When Jiang Wei and his party came to the north gate, there were already three figures waiting under the city wall, and when they got closer, they found that it was Wei Rong, Zhao Tong, and Pang Hong.

When the three of them saw him coming, they smiled and stepped forward to greet each other.

Jiang Wei also turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "The three of you came early enough." ”

These three people were able to gather here, but they had their own circumstances and plans.

Let's talk about Pang Hong first.

It turned out that Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, was very concerned about the descendants of the deceased veteran generals, and always worried about the future of these descendants.

Pang Hong has just turned 20 this year, and according to convention, he is almost at the age of official debut.

Liu Bei summoned him to the palace a month ago to talk, and asked for his own opinion to see whether he wanted to enter the civil or military position.

Pang Hong's father, Pang Tong, served as a military commander with Zhuge Liang before his death, and he was a military officer; Pang Hong wanted to inherit his father's will, originally intending to walk in the army, but he thought that his talent and knowledge were far inferior to his father, and he had no confidence in whether he could be qualified for military duties, so he went to Jiang Wei for advice.

Jiang Wei suggested that he go to the army first to experience it, and then it was not too late to make plans, and at the same time invited him to go to Wudu together.

Pang Hongshen thought so, so he gladly accepted this suggestion, and this time he participated in the Pingqiang operation as Jiang Wei's staff.

Let's talk about Zhao Tong.

Zhao Tong is Zhao Yun's eldest son and is seventeen years old this year. Zhao Yun had the idea of letting his son exercise, so he asked Jiang Wei to accompany him.

Regarding the master's request, Jiang Wei naturally had no mouth to agree; What's more, Zhao Tong is one of the members of the "Heluo Society", and he has no reason to refuse in public or private.

As for Wei Rong, he was reporting to the queen of Hanzhong and was going to take this opportunity to go to Hanzhong to visit his father Wei Yan.

He was the winner of last year's autumn hunt, Liu Bei had a good impression of him, and with a wave of his hand, he immediately agreed.

So Wei Rong also joined the team on this trip.

Jiang Wei, Wei Rong, Pang Hong, and Zhao Tong are all members of the "Heluo Society", and they often mix together on weekdays, without any restraint.

After a while, a sound of horses' hooves sounded, and everyone followed the prestige, and saw a wave of about ten people slowly approaching, one of whom was about twenty years old, with a white face and beard, graceful and elegant, and it was Mi Wei, who had not seen the former Yulin Zhonglang for a long time.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei led his three partners to walk quickly to Mi Wei, and said with a toothy smile: "My good general, you are finally willing to come out to meet people!" ”

Wei Rong then quipped: "Okay, you Miwei, after sitting for five months, can you finally walk on the ground!" ”

Mi Wei looked confused at first, and after recognizing the person, a hint of surprise flashed on his face. He quickly turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists and saluted them one by one.

After seeing the ceremony, he suddenly stretched out his fist and hammered Jiang Wei's shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, you Jiang Boyo, you yourself ate a closed door in my house, but you instigated the lord to order directly!" Now it's okay, I just want to stay at home, but I'm afraid that my father will also drive me away with a broom! ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "It's been half a year since the Jingzhou War, you eat at home every day and wait for death, even if the lord's edict doesn't come, Ling Zun will definitely sweep you out of the house, at least out of sight is clean, isn't it?" ”

This sentence was naturally a joke, and everyone around laughed in unison; Even Mi Wei himself couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After all, he was a young man, and the slight estrangement dissipated invisibly in a burst of laughter.

After laughing, Mi Wei looked at Jiang Wei, who was refreshed and suddenly changed, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Boyo, it's been a long time!"

When Jiang Wei heard this, he grinned toothily and hugged him tightly with his arms.

Since he entered Shuzhong, Mi Wei is the second good friend he has met after Ma Dai, who has both the experience of working together and private friendship, if you want to talk about feelings and tacit understanding, you may be closer than Wei Rong and them.

Wei Rong, Pang Hong, and Zhao Tong also laughed and stepped forward to hug Mi Wei respectively.

After everyone finished greeting, Mi Wei's chief personally accompanied Mi Quan, and led more than ten companions to come forward to salute.

Mi Wei introduced: "My father knew that the imperial court was going to Wudu to set up a field, so he sent a few of the best guys in the family business, hoping to help the lord and his great cause. “

Jiang Wei's scrutinizing eyes swept over the group of people one by one, and saw that these people were shrewd and capable, thinking that they could play a great role in the next trip, he hugged his fists and said: "Jiang Wei is here to thank you in advance, and the next line will be please." “

Everyone returned the salute one after another, and it was an honor to do their best for the court and the owner.

At this moment, there was a loud footstep in the south, and everyone followed the sound to see a group of elite guards slowly approaching a carriage pulled by five horses.

"The Legend of the King" says: The Son of Heaven drives six, the princes drive five, the Qing drives four, the doctor is three, the scholar is two, and the Shuren is one.

In Jinguan City, there is naturally only Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, who is qualified to ride in a five-horse carriage.

There is no doubt that it must be the king of Hanzhong who used his own carriage to personally see Zhuge Liang off.

Jiang Wei looked at it, only to see that above the car, Liu Bei held on to Zhuge Liang's hand and talked all the way; On the side of the two, a round head was exposed, but it was Liu Chan.

He was grinning and couldn't help waving in the direction of Jiang Wei.

******

Outside the Jinguan City, the ten-mile long pavilion, the ancient road weeping willows, the grass is green.

In the pavilion, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were saying goodbye; In a corner outside the pavilion, Liu Chan also pulled Jiang Wei and couldn't bear to separate, and Huo Yi stood aside.

But seeing that Liu Chan had nostalgia on his face, he said: "It's been less than two months since the general came, and I'm leaving, and no one will accompany me to ride a horse and shoot arrows in the future." ”

Jiang Wei and Dong Yun are both subordinate officials who manage the affairs of the prince's mansion, but in Liu Chan's heart, Dong Yun is strict and ruthless, which makes him feel pressure; But Jiang Wei does not lose money in the big festival, but there is always room for details, and he pays attention to ways and means of doing things.

Although he has only been in the Prince's Mansion for two months, he has brought a lot of freshness and happiness to the old-fashioned and serious Prince's Mansion, and everyone likes him very much.

Therefore, in Liu Chan's view, Jiang Wei is half a master and half a friend, and studying by his side is always more happy than stressful.

Today's departure also means that his life will return to its original boring and dull again.

Thinking of this, Liu Chan was in a low mood and sighed softly.

Jiang Wei had already seen through his thoughts, and said with a smile: "There has been an agreement between the minister and His Royal Highness, this autumn hunt, His Royal Highness must hunt a big deer, do you remember?" ”

Liu Chan nodded and said, "Naturally, I haven't forgotten it, but no one teaches me archery anymore, I'm afraid that I won't be able to do it." ”

Jiang Wei pointed at Huo Yi and said, "Shaoxian's archery skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and with him serving by the prince's side, it is naturally the same." ”

Huo Yi also said at this time: "Brother, please rest assured, Yi will urge the prince to practice diligently." ”

Liu Chan muttered his mouth, noncommittal on his face, but secretly said in his heart: "You are different. ”

Speaking of which, Jiang Wei is a master, Huo Yi is a playmate, and their identities are different; And the prestige of the two is even more incomparable.

Huo Yi accompanied Liu Chan to play a game, if you want to urge him to practice martial arts, even if his ability is enough, but he can't hold back in terms of qualifications and authority.

Jiang Weizi also knew this, and after a little thought, he said: "If the prince can hunt a big deer this year, the minister will bring a fun gift for the prince from the northwest." ”

At first glance, when he heard the words "fun gift", Liu Chan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Really?" What is it? ”

Jiang Wei looked at the northwest and said slowly: "There are a lot of interesting things there, there are powerful horses, eagles and falcons that fly freely, wild asses with white butts, foxes with square faces, deer with white lips, cranes with black necks, and groundhogs that are not afraid when they see people......

Liu Chan is fourteen years old this year, which is the age when he is full of curiosity about all things, and when he heard Jiang Wei's eloquent words, he couldn't help but be fascinated, and sighed for a long time: "I really want to go to that place to take a look." ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "The minister went to the northwest to expand the territory for the lord and His Royal Highness, and to include this place in the territory of the Han Dynasty." His Royal Highness still needs to be trained in martial arts, so that he can have enough physique to appreciate the local customs in the future. ”

Liu Chan slowly bowed his head, suddenly changed to a solemn expression, and said with a straight face: "The general is right, I will practice archery in Shuzhong and wait for the general's triumph!" ”

******

On May 30 of the 25th year of Han Jian'an (220 AD), Zhuge Liang was edicted by the king of Hanzhong and personally led more than 30 ministers north to Hanzhong.

The accompanying officials are roughly divided into three categories, one is the officials who are good at overall management led by Yang Yi and Zhang Yi; The other category is the technical officials with Pu Yuan and Lu Yi as the core.

These two groups of officials, who accounted for the majority of the trip, would assist Zhuge Liang in visiting the resettlement of Jingzhou soldiers and civilians in Hanzhong; And inspect the local mountains and rivers hydrology, and implement the policy of comprehensive management of Hanzhong.

The next wave is the team of generals led by Jiang Wei, who will start the strategy of pacifying Qiang as soon as possible after arriving in Hanzhong, so as to make strategic preparations for the subsequent Northern Expedition.

And Zhuge Liang will sit in Nanzheng, take charge of the power of Hanzhong, supervise all internal and external affairs, and escort the smooth implementation of the two plans.

On this trip, the king of Hanzhong specially ordered Gao Xiang to lead 3,000 Chinese troops to accompany the escort.

Gao Xiang was a native of Nanjun, Jingzhou, participated in the war against Hanzhong, and won the trust of the king of Hanzhong, and was accompanied by him, which also showed the importance that the imperial court attached to the safety of Zhuge Liang and his party.

But what Jiang Wei paid the most attention to was the general named Liu Yin in the 3,000 Chinese Army.

Liu Yin, the word Xiuran, a person from Shu County, Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, both civil and military, is the right-hand man of Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition in history, not only good at politics, but also his impromptu response, charging into battle, and the brave army strategy is also the best of the three armies.

After Jiang Wei inquired about the whereabouts of this person from Ma Liang that day, Ma Liang immediately checked the file and found that this person was a small general in the Chinese army, and his reputation had not yet appeared.

Jiang Wei then suggested to Liu Bei, asking him to be transferred to the ambulance battalion under Xiang Pet's command to study for a period of time, and to accompany him as his subordinate when he went north to Hanzhong.

The Han army could not appear in Wudu and Yinping, which was the consensus of the imperial court; However, the ambulance battalion is an exception, this is a unique system of the Han army, and the Chinese army has been popularized and popularized, and it is just taking this opportunity to slowly expand and popularize it to foreign armies.

Moreover, for the belonging of such a small general, Liu Bei naturally did not take it to heart, and with a wave of his hand, he immediately agreed to Jiang Wei's performance and transferred Liu Yin to his command.

During this trip, Jiang Wei will also keep his eyes open and observe the strength and ability of this famous general in history.

And just as Zhuge Liang's brigade was heading north, Wei's strategy for the four counties of Hexi also had a new adjustment.

The two forces will quietly collide without each other's knowledge, and a conflict is imminent.