admired Deng Ai's plan to hide from the world, and also regretted that Deng Ai suffered from stuttering, Liu Yong gave a solution, he wrote a few famous tongue twisters in his previous life, persuading Deng Ai to go home and practice more, and strive to overcome the problem of stuttering.

Originally, in history, Deng Ai was in a marginal position in the Sima Group, and he was at odds with the generals, and there was also a relationship between Deng Ai who suffered from stuttering and was inconvenient to talk.

After instructing Deng Ai Qinjia to practice tongue twister expression, Liu Yong made arrangements for his appointment, "I take Jun as the general Sima of Zhenbei, and I am under the command of General Wei Yan. ”

All the way into Shu, Deng Ai was also strengthening his understanding of the military and political system of Shu Han, and knew that Wei Yan was the general of the country who guarded one side. In particular, he is also the predetermined commander of the Han army in Meridian Valley, and his intention to put himself under Wei Yan is self-evident - the first to ascend, the first to the army.

So Deng Aima slipped up and bowed: "Humble minister...... Minister...... Commanded. ”

The monarch is only famous and famous.

Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king.

Liu Yong granted Deng Ai an official position in person, and Deng Ai voluntarily accepted it, so that the righteous name of the monarch and the minister has been decided!

After finishing this section, the matter came to an end, Liu Yong said to Deng Ai: "When Qing first arrived in Chengdu I, the relatives of the family house had not yet settled, and I invested 100 gold in the internal fund to help Shizai settle the family. Qing went first, and then I instructed Chuntuo to allocate funds. ”

Knowing that today's duet ended here, Deng Ai bowed again: "Thank you...... Thank you, Your Majesty! Humble Ministers...... Withdraw...... Retire"

Seeing Deng Ai's thin figure slowly disappear away, and finally completely disappeared outside the palace gate, Liu Yongcai retracted his gaze.

Regarding Deng Ai's proposal to attack Chang'an from the mouth of the Chang'an Bamen Water Supply Channel, Liu Yong will certainly not let go of the opportunity, but he will not listen to the words of the family.

So he turned sideways to Zhang Wei and said, "Qing will sort out and copy a copy of the strategy proposed by Deng Shizai just now, and send it to the prime minister." ”

"No!" When Zhang Wei heard the order, he immediately picked up the brush that Deng Ai had used just now, spread out a clean piece of paper, and the pen went up.

Today, he insisted on leaving Zhang Wei by his side, Liu Yong not only considered his own safety, but also a means of cultivating Zhang Wei - let him be well-read, and the setting for Zhang Wei's future is definitely not limited to a small guard, and the general is Liu Yong's reasonable expectation of him.

In fact, recruiting Deng Ai, promoting Du Zhen and Du Di, and invoking Hao Zheng and Zhang Wei as cronies and close servants were all steps for Liu Yong to start cultivating his henchmen for himself.

All the powerful politicians under his command unite and condense a small collective with him as the core, giving him advice and overcoming obstacles.

This is the political significance of the Celestial Empire, why it is open its mouth to "hold high the great banner of XX and resolutely unite and support around the Party Central Committee with XX as the general secretary" - to show who is the leader and who is the center.

In fact, Liu Yong did not figure out this truth at once, but took history as a mirror and came to it after a long period of thinking.

A long time ago, Liu Yong was very strange, why was Liu Bei, a cheap father, an independent warlord who defected, and Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He and others became warlord generals as soon as they surrendered?

After thinking about it, I realized that Cheap Daddy has always had his own henchmen, and they are closely around Daddy.

As a simple example, if Cheap Daddy is a battalion commander under Gongsun Zhan, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are company commanders; As a division commander under Cao Cao, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were the regiment commanders. Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Zhao Yun, Mi Zhu and others will inevitably hold important positions under Daddy. So Daddy is an independent warlord wherever he goes. If after Daddy surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao asked Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others to lead the army elsewhere, or transferred to Cao's military jurisdiction as a guard, then it would be equivalent to smashing Daddy's relatively independent status as a warlord. Then Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will first say: Thanks to the love of Duke Cao, he is shallow in his studies, and it is difficult to bear heavy responsibilities, so he can only run under the command of Duke Xuande. If Cao Cao insists on going his own way, Dad will definitely die and the net will be broken.

And with the situation at that time, my father wanted land without land, and he wanted money and grain without money and food, and the fire with Liu Bei Group outweighed the losses. There is also the hidden worry of killing celebrities and ruining reputations. Warlords are fighting each other, so it is more in line with the interests of the times to form an alliance with Daddy.

Moreover, at that time, it was also common for the warlord leaders to send people under the fence, Zhang Yan and Zang Ba under Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan's fathers, and Zhang Xiu under Liu Biao.

So, the danger of the Daddy Group being annexed cannot be said to be absent, but it is indeed small.

Through this incident, we can see the importance of the monarch cultivating his confidants and loyal ministers.

"That's right," after thinking about this, Liu Yong instructed Zhang Wei again: "Boqi, you will write another letter to Wei Yan, the general of Zhenbei, for me, and ask him to verify the loophole in the drainage channel of Chang'an's Bamen." ”

After deciding to leave the Meridian Valley and join the Tongguan with the army, Shu Han spent a lot of money to step up the detection and collection of defense, personnel, and intelligence of the Yongliang Wei army, and it was Wei Yan who was responsible for this task.

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Time came to the first year of Shaohan, winter and October,

In the East Pavilion

A blazing charcoal fire burns in the furnace, which burns the room red, making people feel warm like spring.

The whole map of the territory of the Han Dynasty was hung in its original position again, and half a month ago, Wei Yan, the general of Zhenbei, sent the most detailed information about the Yongliang region of Cao Wei.

As a result, Liu Yong and the civil and military ministers gathered in the East Pavilion again.

Ma Tan, a member of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was talking eloquently with information: "According to the information sent back by General Zhenbei, in this Northern Expedition, we are mainly fighting against the Wei thief Western Army in a short period of time. ”

"The predecessor of the Wei thief Western Army was Xiahou Yuanbu, in the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211 AD), Xiahou Yuan marched to the west general, supervised Xu Huang to attack the Taiyuan thief, beheaded the thief Shang Yao, and then conquered Ma Chao and Han Sui, and fought in the south of Weishui; In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao returned to Yecheng to stay in Xiahou Yuan to protect the generals, supervised Zhu Ling and Lu Zhaotun Chang'an to further purge Chao and Sui Yu party, and pacified Song Jian, who was called the king; In the twenty-first year of Jian'an, Zhang Lu surrendered, and Xiahou Yuan supervised Zhang He and Xu Huang to pacify Ba County. Cao Cao also returned to Yecheng, left Xiahou Yuan to guard Hanzhong, and worshiped Xiahou Yuan as the general of the expedition to the west. At this point, with Xiahou Yuan as the first commander and Zhang He, Xu Huang, Zhu Ling and other main generals, the Wei Thief Western Army was formally formed. ”

However, soon the western army of the Wei thieves suffered the setback of losing the main general, and in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, after Huang Hansheng killed Xiahou Yuan, the thieves elected Zhang He as the army master to fight against the Liezu Heavenly Soldiers. After Cao Pi usurped the throne, Cao Zhendu supervised the military of Yongliang, and Zou Qi was the assassin of Liangzhou and Zhang was the assassin of Yongzhou. Three years later, Cao Pi took Cao Zhen as the general, supervised the Chinese and foreign military, and conquered Sun Quan with Xiahou Shang and others. ”

Ma Tan looked at the intelligence materials and narrated, "After Cao Zhen left Yongliang, the person in charge of guarding the western front was the puppet Anxi general Xiahou Nan, Xiahou Nan is the son of Xiahou Xuan, the daughter of Cao Cao, and the son of Gaoliang. Relying on the nepotism of his father and his wife to guard Guanzhong, it should be Cao Pi who saw that the western front was relatively peaceful and sent him to mix his qualifications. Solidly, strictly speaking, ......"

"Strictly speaking, the Western Army of the Wei thieves has existed in name only!" Liu Yong's eyes lit up, and he followed Ma Yan's words.

The discussion was suddenly interrupted, Ma Jian frowned, and paused: "That's right, that's probably how things are. This can also be seen from the distribution of troops of the Yongliang Wei army. ”

"Wei thief Yongzhou assassin Guo Huai, Anxi general Xiahou Nan guarded Chang'an, with 5,000 foreign troops; The key points along the Qinling Mountains in Guanzhong include Chencang, Meicheng, Wugong, etc., and there are generals Jia Xu and Wang Sheng along the way, and 1,000 to 2,000 people guard each place. Hao Zhao and Wei Ping led an army of 2,000 people and stationed them in Jincheng County, Liangzhou; Another thief led Niu Jin to lead 4,000 troops in Wuwei County. The three generals Hao Zhao and Niu Jin, who were stationed in Liangzhou, were obviously used to guard against Qiang and Hu. ”

At the end of the day, Ma Jian added: "The soldiers and generals listed above do not include the state and county soldiers of Yongliang counties. ”

"Isn't Zhang He in Guanzhong?" Liu Yong suddenly asked.

Ma Jian glanced at the intelligence information and confirmed: "No, he is in Jingzhou!" ”

Hearing Ma Yan's detailed report, everyone also had a bottom of the strength of the Yongliang Wei army, and their confidence in the victory of the Northern Expedition was also greatly enhanced.

Even Liu Yong was excited, even Zhang He was not in Guanzhong, Wei Jun was really careless!

As long as you can keep the reinforcements of the Wei army's central army out of the pass, to put it mildly, the state and county soldiers, it is just a mantis arm as a car!

After Ma Tan finished reporting the information he had collected, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, everyone, after understanding the deployment of the Wei army, I will now state the detailed offensive route and deployment of the Han army. ”