Zhang Song left after presenting the picture, representing Li Sheng's work on Xichuan's strategy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info If it is said that before Zhang Song presented the picture, Li Shengjun's ** for Xichuan could only be plainly placed in fantasy. So after Zhang Song presented the map to Li Sheng, it turned out that the fantasy of Xichuan was not just a fantasy, but a reality that could be seen and touched after his own efforts.

"Xichuan must belong to my lord." Anyone who followed Li Sheng to the dock that day and saw the scene of Zhang Song's picture couldn't help but think like this.

Contributing maps, especially maps like the topographic map of Xichuan, where all the passes, cities, treasury, money, grain, and soldiers and horses are recorded on it, is actually of great political significance. Offering a map represents the dedication of territory, and this custom has a precedent as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the past. For example, in the case of the attempted assassination of the Qin Emperor recorded in the Chronicles, the Assassin Jing Ke went there as an envoy to present the Yan Dukang region to Qin Shi Huang, and he hid the assassination weapon of the Qin Emperor in a scroll representing the map of the land to be ceded.

Zhang Song presented Li Sheng with a topographic map of Xichuan, which represented that some people in Yizhou were willing to give up Yizhou to Li Sheng. Although these people are only a part of the ministers in Yizhou, it is a good sign after all. Li Sheng, who got the map because of this, was naturally regarded by his officials and staff as having obtained the legal principles of the land of Xichuan. In Li Sheng's words: "From the moment we got the topographic map of Xichuan, we undoubtedly had the right to claim ownership to Yizhou." ”

Of course, this "declaration of ownership" is only in name. Out of the need for secrecy, Li Sheng could only spread such a thing among the high-level people, and did not dare to make it known to the world. In terms of practical interests, Li Sheng, who obtained the topographic map of Xichuan, can undoubtedly use this topographic map to do another big thing, that is, to plan a plan to attack Yizhou.

Half a month after Zhang Song returned to Xichuan by boat, in a hall where Li Sheng deliberately ordered people to pass the distance between the rooms and vacate a hall that was much more spacious than the front hall of the Taishou Mansion, Li Sheng, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Liao Li, Luo Zhao, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, Zhou Rui and Song De and other generals and staff members who were extremely trusted by Li Sheng were discussing with great interest about the huge and detailed sand table presented in front of him under the guidance and explanation of more than a dozen students of the geography concise class of the Xiangjiang Academy of Geography.

This sand table was built by Li Sheng based on the "Topographic Map of Jing and Jiao" drawn by his "white clothes" and the "Topographic Map of Xichuan" presented by Zhang Song. It uses wax as a mountain, a blue cloth cut into shapes as a river, a hollow block carved from wood coated with gray paint as a city checkpoint, and a small flag marked with different colors as a representative of soldiers, horses, money and grain, and the geographical mountains and rivers of the entire Runan region, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and Yizhou, the location of the city passes, the distribution of soldiers, horses, money and grain, and the places of roads and bridges are all directly marked on it, so that the people watching all this have a clear understanding of what they are going to discuss next.

"I have given ten keys to this hall, and everyone including me will be given a key so that they can enter this hall and see the situation of this sand table. So far, we have learned most of Yizhou, except for not knowing the ability of those officials under Liu Zhang. And from now until I send troops to you, my request to you is to work out a Xichuan strategy plan for me as soon as possible in this sand table. Of course, tactically it would be fine as long as it was aimed at Xichuan, and strategically, you must take into account the situation of all the princes in the whole world. The capture of Xichuan is an extremely crucial step in our plan to dominate the world. It can be said that without Xichuan, we can't talk about dominating the world. So I hope that this matter can be settled and that we will not have any big surprises that will be unbearable to us at the end. Li Sheng announced the request in his clear voice. Seeing that all of them had a calm and solemn look on their faces, he understood that they could understand what he said.

On July 8, the fifteenth year of Jian'an, under the circumstance that most people did not know, Li Shengjun's war preparations for the Xichuan Raid quietly began: the 100,000 migrant workers who were supposed to be sent to Ulin to repair the road between Jiangling and Ulin were transferred to Yiling and began to further repair and expand the city of Yiling; At the same time, the three scattered mountain battalions stationed in Jingnan secretly assembled and entered the Wuling Mountains to begin special training; Another battalion of men and horses, which carried a large number of bamboo tents, also entered the mountains, but there was no trace of them; All the grain merchants controlled by Li Sheng began to buy grain and grass without revealing the mountain dew; And all the ruffians on the ground in Jingnan and Jiaozhou owned by Li Sheng also received orders from their respective bosses: "Keep an eye on the movements of all outsiders." "The massive war machine turned its gears again. And this is the first launch after the completion of the new integration.

At the same time that Li Sheng's side began to lean on the huge sand table to unfold the plan of Acupuncture Yizhou, Zhang Song, who returned to Xichuan, also began to lobby for Li Sheng to enter Xichuan. He had been thinking about it for a long time on the ship, and he knew most of what he saw and what he was going to say. He knew that Li Sheng was very interested in the people Zhuge Liang said, and he was 100% sure that he could convince those people. This made him have a headache, he kept thinking about this problem, and in the end he thought of a way that was not a way - simply let the lord deal with them, and I only need to be responsible for persuading Liu Zhang, and at the same time let Li Sheng have a name for entering Shu, and sweep them all over for me.

With such an idea, it is already August 20. Zhang Song, who finally arrived at the CD, looked at the still gray sky and sighed deeply, and then walked into the CD city surrounded by tall walls. To be honest, the size of CD City and the population of the city are not much worse than Changsha City under Li Sheng's rule. But for Zhang Song, who has seen Changsha City, when he returned to Shuzhong and looked at this CD City that he thought was unusually prosperous in the past, a sense of frustration of "not comparable" involuntarily came to his heart. At first, he didn't know exactly where CD was inferior to Changsha, but as he got closer and closer to the governor's mansion in his carriage, he finally realized the difference between CD City and Changsha City: "Changsha is a very dynamic city, and our CD City is too lifeless compared to him, just like an old man who is about to enter the ground." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think more and more that he was right: "The lord must be allowed to enter the city and replace the owner of this mansion." At this moment, the carriage had stopped with a "sque......ak" - Liu Zhang's state residence had arrived.

Liu Zhang, whose name is Jiyu, inherited the position of his father Liu Yan and became the pastor of Yizhou, is about 35 years old this year and is a kind middle-aged man. The long-term pampered life makes him look slightly blessed, and there is always such a happy smile on his round face, which makes people always intuitively think that he is a harmless character. Of course, he is not really harmless to people, but in Zhang Song's opinion, compared with the monarchs outside of Yizhou, he is like transparent, directly showing his joy on his face. He was a benevolent man, and in the years after he came to power in Yizhou, he was quite good to most of the officials and most of the people. He likes to talk about literature, but he doesn't like to talk about martial arts, as long as it doesn't make him angry, he tries his best to seek compromise in a peaceful way instead of blindly indiscriminately using force.

"If this is not a troubled era but a peaceful era, he may be able to become a qualified state pastor." Zhang Song thought so. When he entered the Texas Pastoral Mansion, he was quickly received by Liu Zhang. After bowing and sitting down with Liu Zhang, facing Liu Zhang's smiling face, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of his "traitor" behavior - Liu Zhang was not very good to him, but he was not too bad, although he did not value himself as much as his brother, but he also gave himself a considerable high position, in this regard, his betrayal was really an ungrateful bastard behavior. But Zhang Song knew that people like Liu Zhang were not suitable for troubled times, he was too gentlemanly, and he was too emotional, although he had the heart to be good to the people, but he was powerless to suppress the arrogant and lawless subordinates, and even more powerless to deal with the powerful clan that had already dominated a township.

"Let Liu Zhang go up, and Yizhou will have to change its master sooner or later." Except for a very small number of defenders, the officials in Yizhou have more or less such a thought in their hearts.

They all know that the reason why Shuzhong is stable now is because there is no contact with the powerful and abnormal princes in all directions, and if Cao Cao in the north annexes Ma Teng of Liangzhou and Zhang Lu of Guanzhong, this Yizhou may not be stable.

"What should I do?" For the sake of their own interests, the heroes of Yizhou can't help but have the idea of looking for their masters. Because they all know that finding a master through their own strength is not the same thing as passively waiting for the master to come in. If the master is invited by himself, then he is likely to think about his own interests, but if the master is in, then his own interests are likely to be damaged. This is something that everyone knows to each other. From a very early age, the envoys of Yizhou traveled far and wide, looking for a suitable master. From Zhang Song's brother to Zhang Song himself, everything is done like this. Zhang Song knew that his brother Zhang Su chose Cao Cao, and Zhang Song also chose Cao Cao, but after Xuchang accepted Cao Cao's rude treatment, Zhang Song did not become cold to Cao Cao. After that, he only had that one thought in his heart at the moment: "Yizhou can be given to anyone, but you can't give it to Cao Cao." ”

Putting away the inexplicable guilt towards Liu Zhang in his heart, Zhang Song began to report to Liu Zhang what he had experienced in Xuchang. He is a smart man, and naturally knows how to speak in order to guide Liu Zhang's emotions to the bad side, so that Liu Zhang is full of resentment towards Cao Cao. He didn't lie, and in fact there was no need to lie based on his experience in Xuchang, and Cao Cao did despise and disgust him. It's just that he didn't attribute the reason for Cao Cao's contempt for him mainly to his ugliness, but to Cao Cao's arrogance and contempt for Liu Zhang himself. He just put the original level of only nine points by ten. Because there are so many infuriating things in the matter itself, and he is only adding fuel to the fire on this dry wood called anger.

Everything went as smoothly as Zhang Song himself expected. Liu Zhang's emotions seemed to be manipulated by Zhang Song, fluctuating up and down with Zhang Song's words. After Zhang Song repeatedly secretly proposed that everything he encountered was the reason why Cao Cao despised Liu Zhang, the gloomy expression on Liu Zhang's face finally reached its peak after Zhang Song's words ended. "The old thief dares to do this." Xiao is always smiling, he couldn't help but be furious, he said viciously, and then turned his head and asked Zhang Song: "Yongnian, how do you think this problem should be solved?" Do we still have to send someone to Xuchang? Although he was angry, thinking of Cao Cao's strength, Liu Zhang couldn't help but have some doubts here.

"Cao Cao can't be foreign aid." Zhang Song said categorically: "If Zhang Lu is adjacent to us, then although the foundation of the lord is in the wind and rain, he can still rely on the pass to resist. But if Cao Cao is adjacent to us, even if he agrees to the lord to stay in Yizhou, I am afraid that it will be inevitable to send his son to Beijing. Thinking that in the past, when Sun Quan had just taken over the throne, the power of Jiangdong was still above my Xichuan, and Cao Cao still did not take Sun Quan in his eyes, so he sent his son to Beijing as a hostage, not to mention the lord. Besides, Cao Cao has always been mean and unkind, and he is extremely strict when he makes a mistake, and he is the same for the officials and the people, is the lord willing to tremble under such a figure? ”

"Needless to say, of course I don't want to." When Liu Zhang heard Zhang Song talk about Cao Cao's harshness in treating his courtiers, he couldn't help but shudder and shook his head again and again. He is generous to others, and naturally he is also generous to himself, and he is unwilling to do things for others and is in a tense precariousness. "Then Cao Cao's matter will end here, and I will never talk about Cao Cao as an alliance in the future." Liu Zhang nodded again and again and said, he was really afraid of the strictness of the legendary Cao Cao. As long as he thought that he might have to live under such a figure in the future, he felt a little chilled.

"However......" Although Liu Zhang is afraid of the future that is likely to become a fact, he still has a headache for Zhang Lu, who is currently intruding on him in the north: "Since we have decided to cut off contact with Cao Cao, how will we deal with Zhang Lu?" Although I can hold on to this pass for a while, the number of letters for help sent a day has shocked the number of CDs a day. I really don't know what to do next against Zhang Lu. It must be known that at this time, I can't reconcile with Zhang Lu. Although I also knew that my actions were too rash at the beginning. ”

"Imprudent? How rash did you be? Listening to the persuasion of the Shu people below, you killed Zhang Lu's mother like that, no wonder you can add Zhang Lu to fight with you. Although the rumors at the beginning are likely to be true, Zhang Lu's mother does have a leg with your father. You can't ignore Zhang Lu's existence in the slightest. Listening to Liu Zhang talk about the things of the past, Zhang Song secretly slandered Liu Zhang in his heart. In his opinion, the reason why there is a threat from Hanzhong in Jinyizhou is completely the result of Liu Zhang's self-inflicted effort. Because in the Liu Yan era before Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and Liu Yan were simply interdependent.

Liu Zhang's father, Liu Yan, was one of the earliest princes in this troubled era. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was already the assassin of Youzhou, and later because of his meritorious crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, and because of his relationship with the clan, he was transferred to Beijing to serve as Zongzheng and was in charge of the Eastern Han Dynasty royal clan. He is not a person who is willing to be ordinary, it can be said that he has the ambition of the Son of Heaven. He heard that there was a "son of heaven" in the land of Yizhou, so he used his connections to let the emperor release himself as a pastor of Yizhou, and entered Yizhou in the fifth year of Zhongping. At that time, Yizhou was in chaos: Yizhou people, Zhao Yuan and others called themselves the "Yellow Turban Army", killed Li Sheng, the county commander of Mianzhu County, and then broke through Luo County, killing Yizhou Assassin Shi Yijian. Ma Xiang called himself the Son of Heaven. Due to the local "Ma Xiang Rebellion" in Yizhou, Liu Yan was unable to go to Mianzhu, the seat of Yizhou at that time, and had to stop in the east of Qianwei County. Later, Jia Long, a wealthy local clan, led a private army to gather officials and people to attack Ma Xiang and drive him away, so that Liu Yan was welcomed into Mianzhu.

Since Liu Yan has always been in the role of being welcomed in this series of events, he can only be regarded as a hired lord. However, with Liu Yan's ambition, how could he be willing to play such a role.

In Yizhou, in addition to the Hao clan, the power of Taoism is still very strong. Unlike Taoism in the Central Plains, which mostly belongs to the Taiping Dao, Taoism in Yizhou is generally regarded as the "Five Bucket Rice Sect". Because of its grasp of the people's beliefs, the sect should not be insulted. After Liu Yan arrived in Mianzhu, he met with Lu, the sect leader of the Wudoumi Sect, and appointed Zhang Lu as the governor of Yisima, and sent him to Hanzhong to take up his post. At that time, Hanzhong had already been appointed by the imperial court to guard Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu attacked and killed him.

Zhang Lu got the plank road cut off by Liu Yan in Hanzhong, and at the same time the sneaker reported to the imperial court: "The rice thief cut off the plank road, so that communication is difficult." This is undoubtedly a declaration of independence, because the plank road has been cut off, and Yizhou can no longer ask the central government for administrative guidelines one by one, and must rely on its own decision. And the initiator of this decision can only be Yizhou Mu Liu Yan himself. At this point, Yizhou became an independent kingdom.

Liu Yan's abacus is very simple, he is to use the idea of the Wudou Mi Sect to establish such a **** regime as the "Taoist Paradise", give the Wudou Mi Sect such a stronghold in Hanzhong, and set it in Hanzhong. Although he called the Wudou Rice Sect a rice thief in his report to the imperial court, in fact, even after Yizhou became an independent kingdom, he still ordered people to transport rice to Zhang Lu every year, so that he could stay in Hanzhong with peace of mind. Liu Yan is undoubtedly relieved of Zhang Lu, because Zhang Lu has his mother in Yizhou, which is a kind of hostage, a kind of hostage in exchange for Liu Yan's support. As a result, Zhang Lu became a buffer zone between Liu Zhang and the outside court. It was precisely because of the existence of Zhang Lu that Liu Yan was able to complete his action of completely taking over the power of Yizhou in such a closed place: he lured more than ten powerful local wealthy families such as Wang Xian and Li Quan to other places and killed them, exterminated their families, and quickly sent troops to exterminate Ren Qi, Jia Long and others who rebelled because of this "cutting out dissident forces". Finally, Liu Yan completely controlled Yizhou, and in his hands, Yizhou appeared quite stable and became a closed "paradise".

In the first year of Xingping, that is, the seventh year of Liu Yan's entry into Shu, Liu Yan died of gangrene on his back. Liu Yan's son, Liu Zhang, took over the territory of this "paradise" from Liu Yan's hands.

At that time, there was such a news among the people: it was Zhang Lu's mother who stayed in Yizhou, who was actually Liu Yan's mistress. I don't know where the news came from, but the credibility is quite high: Liu Yan does often go in and out of Zhang Lu's mother's house, and although Zhang Lu's mother is quite old, she is a peerless beauty.

At first, such news was only circulated among the people, but it didn't take long for Liu Zhang, the new lord, to know. Liu Zhang saw this as a slander against his father and hated the continuation of this slander. So, on the one hand, he sent people to the people to try to investigate the ins and outs of this matter, and on the other hand, he impulsively entered Zhang Lu's mother's house and killed Zhang Lu's mother and his brother.

This is an impulsive and abnormal behavior, but such behavior has led to the confrontation between Hanzhong and Yizhou. Knowing that his mother had been killed, Zhang Lu could not continue to be Yizhou's buffer zone to the outside world, so he used his army of faith to attack Yizhou. In less than a month, Yangping Pass fell, Jiameng Pass was in a hurry, Liu Zhang's Yizhou army failed one after another in the battle with Zhang Lu's Hanzhong army, and had no choice but to defend the pass, and after continuously strengthening the forces of Jiameng Pass and Baishui Pass, Liu Zhang was precarious to hold Yizhou.

From then on, the Zhang Lu Rebellion, which was a headache for Liu Zhang, began: whenever there was surplus food, Zhang Lu sent troops to attack Liu Zhang. Although he did not break the pass and invade the territory of Yizhou once, Liu Zhang felt the urgency of the war every time. From that time on, Liu Zhang realized that he was also a timid person.

"I'm not as good as my father. Maybe my father's dream can't be realized in my hands. Liu Zhang realized this, and abandoned the so-called "Yizhou Dream of the Son of Heaven" and sought a stronger dependence. This point is undoubtedly consistent with some people in the local Haoqiang, who also see that Liu Zhang's "Wenren" will never be able to stand Yizhou. They also want a stronger master to maintain their peace. Although Liu Zhang's father, Liu Yan, was swept up in front of them, so that they did not dare to make any excessive moves, they all thought that Liu Zhang could not be as strong as his father. They have also set their sights beyond Yizhou.

The closure of Shu made them not know the major events in the world quickly. When Yin Pu, the first envoy of Shu to the outside world, came out of Yizhou, the situation in the world had been basically determined - Cao Cao had already held the Son of Heaven hostage, defeated Yuan Shao, and stood alone in the north. Although the war to recover the Yuan clan continued, no one could deny that Cao Cao would achieve the final victory. So, Yin Pu went to visit Cao Cao, and he planned to make friends with Cao Cao, and then hand over Yizhou to Cao Cao when the time was ripe. Of course, he received preferential treatment from Cao Cao. When he returned to Yizhou, he told the people of Yizhou about Cao Cao's strength and the favorable conditions he had given to him. The atmosphere of "befriending Cao Cao" became popular in Yizhou. Liu Zhang was also very tempted. After Yin Pu, Liu Zhang sent Zhang Su and Zhang Song brothers to visit Cao Cao, in order to be good friends with Cao Cao.

Due to the closure of Shudi, it is difficult for outside information to come in, so Liu Zhang has twelve points of trust in these expatriate envoys. What they saw and heard, and what they said about the world's major events, directly affected Liu Zhang's final diplomatic decision. Therefore, when Zhang Song told Liu Zhang that "Cao Cao cannot be relied on", Liu Zhang decided to fight Cao Cao. Of course, because of the rumors about Cao Cao's strength, it has been echoing in Liu Zhang's ears. When Liu Zhang made this determination, his confidence was somewhat insufficient, and he immediately vetoed the direction of continuing to make friends with Cao Cao, and quickly asked how to deal with Zhang Lu's question.

Although on the surface, Liu Zhang seemed to be worried about Zhang Lu in front of him, Zhang Song could hear that Liu Zhang was still hiding the name "Cao Cao" after talking about "Zhang Lu". "It's Zhang Lu who is dealing with it right now, and once Cao Cao or our friends defeat Zhang Lu, we will directly face Cao Cao's troops. For this, Yongnian must come up with a charter for me. Zhang Song knew that Liu Zhang's problem was actually what he said. So, he replied: "The bank of Yizhou is Jingzhou, which has now been divided by Liu Bei, Li Sheng, and Sun Quan. Liu Bei lives in the north and is not connected to our road; Sun Quan is in the south, and the same is true; Only Li Sheng of Jingnan, if he has led more than 100,000 troops and defeated Cao Cao in Chibi, he may have the strength to provide foreign aid. ”

"Oh?" Liu Zhang responded, with a look of surprise on his face, he probably didn't expect such a force to rise around him: "Li Sheng? Haven't heard of it. How is he a person? Liu Zhang asked.

"Li Sheng is the grandson of Li Yinggong, the former leader of the party. In his early years, he studied abroad under Mr. Shuijing, and later served as Lord Liu Biao, and successively served as the commander of Xiyang County and the Taishou of Changsha. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, and Liu Cong surrendered. Cao Cao held Liu Cong hostage and ordered Jingzhou, Li Sheng respected the order of the eldest son Liu Qi, expelled the three counties of Jingnan who wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, and kept the foundation of Lord Liu Biao in Jingnan, and then the whole army participated in the battle of Chibi, and at the same time as the Eastern Wu army launched a fire attack, it attacked 600 miles in one night, and even broke Jiangling and Xiangyang to force Cao Cao to flee north in embarrassment. After Chibi, Li Sheng thought about Liu Qi's son, took the initiative to give up the land of Xiangyang, and considered the overall situation, and promoted the establishment of the tripartite alliance in the south of the Yangtze River by exchanging land and giving up the city, so that Cao Cao did not dare to face the southeast. Li Sheng can be said to be loyal to Lord Liu Biao, who promoted him, and Liu Qi's son, Liu Bei took over the position of Liu Qi's son, and Li Sheng was self-reliant. He entered Jiaozhou with 20,000 soldiers, defeated the wealthy Shixie of Jiaozhou, and controlled the land of Jiaozhou, sitting on the benefits of the South China Sea. Today's Li Sheng has 100,000 infantry and 30,000 naval troops, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan are standing on top of each other, and he is Cao Cao's biggest opponent. He cherishes talents, even if those talents were once his enemies, he is not willing to wantonly harm them, such as in the war against Jiaozhou, the younger brother of Jiaozhou Shixie, who was defeated and surrendered, also remained in Jiaozhou, and the four counties of Jiaonan controlled by the original Shi family still have three counties in the hands of the Shi family, which can be said to be extremely benevolent. I want him to help the lord, I'm afraid it's the best choice. ”

"Huh? Is there really such a good person? Liu Zhang's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhang Song carefully, as if he wanted to see something from his eyes that belonged to those who didn't speak sincerely in his eyes. But he failed after all, Zhang Song's eyes were very clear, and he didn't dodge when he looked at him. "In that case...... Then send someone. It's good to get in touch with this Li Sheng. Liu Zhang thought for a while and said, he asked Zhang Song: "Is there a good candidate for Yongnian?" ”

"I think let's let Fa Zheng go. He is engaged in Yizhou, and his identity is enough, and he is also an old man who has been under the account of the lord for so many years. Zhang Song thought about it and suggested to Liu Zhang.

"Fazheng?" Liu Zhang read the name, and a smile appeared on his face: "He's still your friend, isn't he?" Aren't you afraid that he's such a piece of wood and messes things up? ”

"That can't be? I dare to guarantee that Fa Zheng is definitely not a piece of wood, and there is nothing wrong with letting him deal with this matter. Zhang Song hurriedly assured Liu Zhang for the sake of his friend. Fazheng is not a piece of wood, Zhang Song is clear. It's only because of his own eccentricity that people think that he doesn't like to talk like a piece of wood. In fact, Zhang Song thinks that Fa Zheng is a very good talker, and every time he talks to him, he is very happy. The reason why he gives outsiders another feeling is entirely due to the fact that he distinguishes friends from strangers more clearly—he is very good at talking to friends, and he is dry at saying nothing to strangers. "This seems to be a bit similar to the legendary Li Yuanjun's personality." This thought flashed through Zhang Song's mind, and he was even more sure that sending Fazheng was the right thing to do.

"Then let's send the law right." Seeing Zhang Song's insistence, Liu Zhang agreed indifferently, but he was still a little afraid that Fa Zheng would do things badly, so he said to Zhang Song: "But Fa Zheng has never been in charge of military affairs. I'm afraid he's lacking in military affairs. Yongnian, do you think you want to send another general to Fazheng as an assistant? First, it can ensure the security of the law, and second, it can supplement the shortcomings of the law and the military affairs. ”

"The lord has a great point. But since they are Fa Zheng's deputies, their rank must not be higher than Fa Zheng. I think it's better to let Zhang Ren and Li Yan, who are engaged in the Central Protector, serve as deputy envoys. Zhang Ren is a person who is both civil and military, and Li Yan is even more courageous, so he is the best candidate. Zhang Song nodded, remembering what he had been stuck in his heart, and suggested to Liu Zhang.

"Zhang Ren and Li Yan? I thought you'd recommend another friend of yours, Munda! Liu Zhang laughed, glanced at Zhang Song, nodded and said, "Well, you are right, they are indeed the best candidates for this deputy envoy." Well, let's settle it. Tomorrow I will officially announce this to the ministers. ”

"Yes, my lord!" Zhang Song bowed to Liu Zhang and went out like this.