Chapter 1048: Counseling Tactics
Sure enough, after Zhang Fan just told Liu Xian about the matter, Liu Xian only asked if it was true, and then immediately gathered soldiers and horses, killed Yongning Mansion, and wiped out Daniel Zhang and Wang Xin, for this, it can be said that Zhang Fan had been mentally prepared for a long time, and even when Liu Xian listened to his words, he did not say it immediately, but asked him if the situation was true, Zhang Fan still felt that the situation might not be so bad.
But then, after Liu Xian asked clearly whether the situation was indeed true, his "true nature" was revealed, and he hurriedly summoned soldiers and horses to kill the generals.
Although for Zhang Fan, this situation has long been expected by him, but even so, hearing Liu Xian still makes Zhang Fan feel a headache.
"General Liu is slow," Zhang Fan immediately said to Liu Xian, who wanted to call the deputy general over, "This matter, I hope that General Liu can listen to my words before making a decision,"
Although Liu Xian is not a person who will change his mind because of Zhang Fan's words, Zhang Fan's words still made him stop, looked at Zhang Fan and asked suspiciously: "I don't know what Lord Zhang is going to say, although the matter is not urgent now, it is imperative, the other party has gathered twenty or thirty thousand men and horses, and they have been practicing for a long time, and their combat power is extraordinary, this is the news that Lord Zhang's subordinates fought with their lives in exchange for the news, now that I have learned about it, I naturally can't sit idly by, and I should solve this trouble as soon as possible,"
"General Liu has misunderstood," Zhang Fan said, "I didn't let Lord Liu sit idly by, but asked the general to wait for a while, and it was not too late to make a decision after listening to my words, I hope that General Liu can stand still now, no, it's not right to say that the army doesn't move, I want the general not to go to the grass and startle the snake now,"
"Alas, what Master Zhang said is not right," Liu Xian waved his hand and said, "Now that we all know the other party's plans, how can we startle the snake," Liu Xian is really Liu Xian, even stubbornness is superior, when it comes to the war, he can't pull it back, Zhang Fan's words sound inconsistent, but as long as you think about it, you can understand that there must be an inside story, but Liu Xian doesn't care, or he doesn't think about it at all, he just wants to kill those two people.
"Lord Liu, things are not that simple," Zhang Fan now felt that he was a little big, but the matter had to continue to be said, "Those two people are very careful now, the people I sent over, even if they have won their trust, but now they are also being guarded very strictly, this time the news came over, and it was also in a hurry, and in the news, although it was mentioned that the two people were now near Yongning Mansion, but they didn't know where the two people were hiding, I don't know where the two were, General Liu's army drove away, But where to start,"
"Hey, it's not that difficult," Liu Xian obviously disagreed with Zhang Fan's words, and said, "Near Yongning Mansion, there are many rivers, and although the surrounding terrain is steep, there are no deep mountains and old forests, if those two people are hiding there, my army will drive there, and it won't take long to find out those two people,"
"But what if you can't find it," Mr. Zhang said.
And this sentence made Liu Xian silent.
Seeing that his words worked, Zhang Fan hurriedly took advantage of the situation to pursue, and said: "It's not that I don't believe in the soldiers under the general, it's really that those two people are very cunning, and they never show up easily, even if they are the people around them, they can't know where the two are going, if they can't catch all of them this time and let them escape, I'm afraid that these two people will hide again, and they will find opportunities to do something in the future, I'm just afraid of this, so I don't want General Liu to go to fight the grass and startle the snake,"
What Master Zhang said is also reasonable, "Maybe it's because of the relationship between the two before, or because Liu Wei is now on Zhang Fan's side, so that Liu Xian's attitude towards Zhang Fan has changed, and he is no longer in a state where he can't listen to the slightest opinion on others like before, "However, now that things are in front of me, is it possible that Lord Zhang means to let me leave it alone,"
"Naturally, it won't, but this matter is very troublesome, and I have to think clearly before doing it," Zhang Fan said, "Moreover, I don't want the general to move the army lightly, not only because of those two people, but also because of their people."
"The twenty or thirty thousand people under their command are all people from all local ethnic groups, even if it is a drill, it is also carried out in their respective clans, and the two of them plan to do this because of the previous conquest of the servants, so that the people of all ethnic groups here are all soldiers and have drilled one after another, and the imperial court has not controlled this, so it will be like this.
"And my subordinates, although they don't know whether the soldiers and horses of those two people are from those tribes, they also know that those people are near Yongning Mansion, if the general's army passes and can't find those two, the general will not care about the people of the local tribes."
"Naturally, it won't," Liu Xian replied with a natural look, "Since I now know that those two people plan to rebel, and they have gathered twenty or thirty thousand people to practice, if I lead my troops forward, even if I can't find those two, I must suppress these people, otherwise it will be easy to calm down if there is trouble,"
"That's right, don't blame the general, in fact, before I came here, I had already guessed that the general would definitely do this," Zhang Fan said, "but it is precisely because of this that I don't want the general to go now,"
"What does Master Zhang mean," If it weren't for Liu Xian's understanding of Zhang Fan, Zhang Fan's words would have been enough to make him angry, he understood that Zhang Fan would definitely not be that kind of person, then if he said this, there must be ulterior motives in his words, Liu Xian is not stupid, but when he talks about this matter, he is easy to get excited, and this excitement makes those things that he could have figured out now, and now he can't figure it out.
"General, please think about it, what is the situation in the southwest now," Zhang Fan said, and before Liu Xian could speak, he sighed, "Because the previous conquest of the servants made these southwest tribes, each of them nervous, and they were worried that the court would take action against them next, so during this time, the hundreds of tribes in the southwest began to train soldiers and horses, although they didn't want to do anything, but it was also to make them feel at ease."
"We understand this very well, so we don't care about these things at all, all in all, the situation in the southwest now, although it seems very uneven, but in fact there are not many problems.
"However, I don't know if the general has ever thought about what changes will occur if the imperial court has any actions under the current situation, for example, this time the general led his troops to Yongning Mansion, and did not find the two culprits, but all the local ethnic groups are suspicious, and the general naturally wants to suppress it.
"Perhaps, after such a suppression, there is no need to use force, but this kind of thing, no one can say, in case some local tribes do not accept the general's suppression, and finally the two sides use force, of course, with the general's men and horses, it will definitely be able to be quelled, but in this way, I am afraid that there will be rumors that the imperial court is going to do something against other tribes in the southwest.
"In this way, the various clans here are already training soldiers and horses to defend themselves, and as soon as such news comes out, doesn't the general think that it will be chaotic?"
"This ......" Zhang Fan's words made Liu Xian fall into thought, and after thinking about it, although the expression on Liu Xian's face obviously agreed with what Zhang Fan said, but what he said was not the case, "Although Lord Zhang's words are good, but this kind of thing, no one can be sure what will happen, those people may or may not be chaotic,"
"Yes, what the general said," Zhang Fan said, "After all, things have not yet reached that point, and none of us know what will happen when the time comes, but has the general ever thought about what the situation will be like then."
"Moreover, there are many tribes here, maybe not all of them will rise up together to make trouble, but there are so many tribes, there will always be one or two who will make trouble first, and when the time comes, other tribes will see that someone has taken the lead, and I am afraid that they will also follow together to make trouble, in this case, it will be terrible, and it is not that I underestimate the general, but there are so many tribes here, if the number of people is combined, it is really difficult to resist,"
"Otherwise, ......," Liu Xian said, "If you transfer troops from other provinces, you won't be afraid that these people will rebel when the time comes,"
"That's not appropriate," Zhang Fan immediately rejected Liu Xian's proposal, "When the time comes, those tribes may not be chaotic, but seeing that we have transferred a large number of soldiers and horses to Sichuan, this servant has just been recruited, where can we use so many soldiers and horses, I am afraid that we will think that we are going to deal with them, when the time comes, I am afraid that the matter has not yet started, and this side will be in chaos first,"
"This ......" Liu Xian suddenly had no idea, "Although what Lord Zhang said is good, but things are like this, this is not, that is not, how is this good,"
"Actually, there is a way," Zhang Fan said, "This time the conquest of servants, although the general did it first, but the reputation of the servants is not good here, so the imperial court conquest of servants, not to mention our Han people, even the southwest tribes, I am afraid that there are many people who are secretly applauding."
"And now, the servants are no more, if you still want to make the court division famous, then someone has to rise up in advance to rebel, and then the court sends troops to meet it, so that no one will say anything, and the people of those tribes will have no reason to rebel,"