"Bo Yan?" Seeing that it was Lu Xun who came to read the edict, Zhao Feng, Zhang Zhao and others were a little surprised. "General Zhao, generals, Master Pang has been absent for a long time!" Lu Xun smiled and bowed to everyone. He has just turned 20 years old, and his demeanor has become more and more decent.

After a salute, Lu Xun began to read out Liu Bei's long edict. The reason why it was long was because this edict included both the reward of meritorious generals and the disposal of Sun Quan's prisoners. As expected, Huang Zhong was promoted from General Huyi to General Pingnan and was crowned Marquis of Han Township because he killed Tai Shici, Lü Meng and Ding Feng this time, captured Sun Quan's brothers, and made the greatest contribution under the reward for meritorious deeds. followed by Gan Ning, who captured Sun Jing's father and son in Jiaozhou, and was deliberately promoted from General Hengbo to General Yangwei; Pang Tong was promoted from the general of the left army division to the general of Zhengnan Zhonglang, and concurrently served as the minister of Qi. The rest of Zhao Feng and the others also have their own rewards. Considering that the New Year is approaching, Liu Bei specially gave preferential treatment to everyone to go to Shouchun for the New Year.

However, Sun Quan was not so lucky, and the edict also ordered that ten major rebels, including Sun Quan, Sun Lang, Sun Jiao, Pan Zhang, and Lü Fan, be escorted to Shouchun with the army. The men of his family were sent to Jingnan Tuntian, and since Zhao Feng was in charge of Jingnan's affairs before, this matter was handed over to him to deal with with it with full authority. The female dependents were not registered as slaves, which was the same as Zhao Feng imagined. In addition, Zhao Yu, the former Hui Ji Taishou, and Gong Zhi, the Nanhai Taishou, both died in their posts, and these two positions were taken over by Jingxiang scholars Liao Li and Cui Zhouping respectively. The edict was sprinkled with more than 1,000 words, and finally made things clear. Zhao Feng and the others were dizzy when they heard it, and after Lu Xun finished reading it, they hurriedly drank water.

"The lord treats the Sun family very favorably!" Zhang Zhao sighed after listening to the edict, and everyone agreed. In all fairness, Sun Quan surrendered and rebelled, and it was not an exaggeration to punish the Nine Clans for making such a big move, but Liu Bei only held the main personnel accountable in the end. Thinking about it, it was also a rebellion, Liu Biao wiped out the Cai clan and the Kuai clan, and Liu Bei was quite restrained this time.

After sighing, Yangzhou Mu Zhang Zhao, as the host, hurriedly set up a banquet to entertain the envoy Lu Xun. During the banquet, Lu Xun told everyone two other things, one is that after Yang Feng and Gao Ding of Nanzhong returned to the tribe, they first fought with Yan Yan's conquest army, and then Meng You, Meng You, the younger brother of Meng Huo, and his wife Zhu Rong also met with them in order to avenge their brother and husband. The barbarian tribes in Nanzhong have been fighting since July. Gao Ding and Yang Feng couldn't resist the enemy on their backs, and half a month ago they had already written to Liu Bei asking for the Ju clan to move to Jingnan. And this melee between the south and China lasted for several months, more than seventy percent of the large and small tribes were involved, a large number of young and strong people died in battle, farming, fishing and hunting were completely stagnant, and now the two clans of Gaoding and Yang Feng combined, there are only less than 600,000 people left. Of course, Meng You and Zhu Rong didn't get any benefits, and after the internal friction, their vitality was greatly damaged, and in the face of Yan Yan's strong offensive, they were also completely defeated and retreated south of Lushui.

The second is that after Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was defeated and returned to Nanzheng, Zhang Ren took the opportunity to lead the army to kill him, and lost the two counties of Tangqu and Badong, leaving Hanzhong and Xicheng to be desperately defended by the Zhang Lu brothers. In this way, this time Sima Yi's vigorous six-way army marched together, and in the end, he really took a big advantage, except for Cao Ying, who laid the foundation of Hebei in one fell swoop, but he was originally going to be used as a gunman, and was recognized as the most cowardly and incompetent Duke of Shu Liu Zhang. On the occasion of this great war, he took the opportunity to pacify five counties. When everyone talked about it, they all felt that the world was wonderful, and there was nothing more than this.

At this time, it was the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and in the afternoon, Zhao Feng and others returned to Shouchun. The armies of all walks of life returned to their original places, and the 30,000 or 40,000 captured prisoners were escorted to Chen, who was to be reorganized and reformed. Since this was not a war, Zhao Feng and the others marched slowly, and finally arrived in Shouchun on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month.

That night, the freshly baked Liu Bei, the Duke of Qi, personally held a banquet for the meritorious soldiers in Shouchun to celebrate his achievements, to say that now Liu Bei is really generous, this celebration banquet is located in the Mansion of the Duke of Qi, this mansion is rebuilt on the basis of the palace of the puppet Zhong court of Yuan Shu in the past, everyone drinks old wine during the banquet, and the dancing is also the stunning kabuki of Jiangnan, and the whole looks like a peaceful and prosperous world.

After the banquet was dispersed, Liu Bei specially met with Zhao Feng alone. "Bo Tao, you conquered Jiangdong again this time, and you pacified Sun Quan in only three months, it's really hard for you!" When Liu Bei said this, he patted Zhao Feng's shoulder in private. With Zhao Feng's insight, he can naturally conclude that Liu Bei is the truth.

"The lord has won the award, if it weren't for Xingba to pacify Jiaozhou, how could we defeat Sun Quan so quickly, this is the work of everyone!" Zhao Feng's words can't be considered humble, and the truth that everyone carries a sedan chair still understands. Liu Bei also nodded and smiled when he heard this, and asked him some questions during the battle. Zhao Feng also told the truth, even if Sun Quan wanted to use his sister-in-law to win him over, he also gave it all out.

"Sun Zhongmou is really sick and rushed to the doctor!" Liu Bei was also a little funny when he heard this. Zhao Feng looked at Liu Bei in front of him, and suddenly felt very weird: he almost robbed Liu Bei's wife in history, and now he is still talking about it in front of Liu Bei, this feeling is too bad to taste.

Liu Bei naturally didn't know how to arrange himself in his heart, and after stopping his laughter, Liu Bei also sighed: "This Sun Zhong is still a character, but it's a pity that he is my enemy, so he has to get rid of it!" ”

"The lord is serious, this guy will surrender and rebel, and he will not be wronged if he kills it!" Zhao Feng can be regarded as an explanation. Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and the two talked about other topics, Zhao Feng took the opportunity to tell Liu Bei about the carrier pigeon, and told Liu Bei the original story of Sun Quan's rebellion, only to hear Liu Bei's surprise.

"Since this carrier pigeon transmits the news so quickly, then our army must also be equipped in the future!" Liu Bei thought about it for a while, and also understood the strategic significance of raising carrier pigeons. After a pause, Liu Bei said to Zhao Feng again: "In the past, it was said that Gu studied in Beijing, and his family teacher Lu Zhi had a deep friendship with Cai Gong, Wang Situ, Qiao Xuangong and other Qingliu scholars. This carrier pigeon is raised by Qiao Gong's daughter, and Bo Tao can treat it well and think it is for my use. ”

"Feng understands!" Zhao Feng knew that Liu Bei had entrusted him with full authority to take charge of this matter. At this time, Liu Bei asked again: "Cao Ying's expedition to Mobei has been several months, and it is said that he and the three Xianbei tribes have their own battles, and there are many victories and few defeats. ”

"I think he basically has three intentions: one is to pacify the northern Xinjiang and eliminate worries, so as not to make the rear defense unstable when he is in an open war with the Lord, which is not difficult to do with his current strength; The second is to coerce the lord with national righteousness, so that the lord can suspend the attack on Yanzhou, and he can take the opportunity to restore the livelihood of the people in Hebei; The third is to beat rabbits with grass and take the opportunity to eliminate Yuan Tan's forces entrenched in Youzhou. Zhao Feng thought for a while.

"When it is!" Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and then asked again: "Then Bo Tao thinks, what should I do now?" ”

Zhao Feng didn't answer immediately this time, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then spoke: "Lord, Feng thinks that before we start a war with Cao Ying, it is best to do four things first. ”

"Which four?" Liu Bei asked.

"First, let Gan Xingba sweep away Zhuya County and Yizhou, and completely smash Sun Quanyu's party; Second, Jiangdong and Jiaozhou have experienced Sun Quan's rebellion, and the people's livelihood has withered, so they should take this opportunity to recover as soon as possible; Third, Yuan Tan and I are allies, and if we sit back and watch their people be defeated by Cao Ying, then when Cao Ying and we are at war, there will be no worries. Now the plan is to send sailors to open up a shipping route, connect Yuan Tan by sea, and get war horses from Liaodong; Fourth, Feng Thief thought that it was best to take the opportunity to take Xichuan, but if he couldn't, he would also take Hanzhong and Xicheng County. Zhao Feng summarized as briefly as possible.

Liu Bei thought for a moment when he heard this, and finally asked: "The first three things are like this, but why do you still use troops against the land of the two rivers?" ”

"Lord, the general trend of the world is now clear, one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, the lord occupies the five states of Xuyu, Jingyangjiao, Cao Ying occupies one of the four states of Yongsi Yanji, and the two Qingzhou families each account for half. If there is a war in the future, it will be a confrontation between the north and the south. It's just that at the moment, if we march north, we can only attack Yanzhou from the land of Xu Yu, or attack Sizhou from Nanyang. The former is the place where Cao Ying made his fortune, and the foundation is not easy to go down; The latter is the Tiger Prison Pass, which is the world's Xiongguan, and Sizhou is located between Hebei and Yongzhou, even if Luoyang is taken, it will be attacked by Cao Ying. In this situation, if you can send troops from Hanzhong or Xichuan to Guanzhong and take Yongzhou, it will make Cao Ying's food more scarce, and second, you can attack Cao Ying from the southwest side, so it is easy. Besides, even if we can't take the land of Xichuan and Hanzhong, Cao Ying will also take it, and then we will be even more passive when we are attacked on both sides! Zhao Feng finished speaking in one breath, and he was also quite emotional in his heart. In history, Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pair paid attention to the fact that during the Northern Expedition, several armies marched together, so that Cao Ying could not resist. It's a pity that because Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, he could only go deep alone from the Xichuan side. Now it's the other way around, without Xichuan, if you want to enter the army, you will be alone, and the land in Guanzhong is also difficult to touch, so it's not good.

Liu Bei was not too surprised to hear Zhao Feng's words, he just took out a watch from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Feng with a smile. Zhao Feng opened it and took a look, but it was written to Liu Bei by Zhuge Liang, who was in Jingzhou, and Zhuge Liang elaborated on the important surname of Zhuchuan in the playtable, and at the same time proposed that it was best to take Hanzhong first, and then map Xichuan. Because Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is Liu Zhang's sworn enemy, and this time he once followed Cao Ying to invade Jingzhou, if he was dealt with, it would not be too irritating to the people of Yizhou. Once Hanzhong falls into the hands of Liu Bei, a large encirclement from Jiaozhou to Jingzhou and then to Hanzhong can be formed, firmly wrapping Xichuan in the core, and then taking Xichuan is the trend of ripening melons. It is also Hanzhong connected to Xiliang, and Liu Bei can use grain to exchange high-quality war horses from Xiliang. Zhao Feng also secretly admired this recital, he has always been good at seeing the overall situation, this Zhuge Liang thinks more far-reaching than himself, and it is more comprehensive, which is really worthy of being the embodiment of wisdom through the ages.

"I talked to Zijing, and he also felt that if he wanted to start an all-out war with Cao Ying, he must first take the land in the middle of Sichuan to seize Yongsi." Liu Bei's words interrupted Zhao Feng's thoughts, but he heard Liu Bei continue: "Now that the New Year is approaching, our army has just conquered Jiangdong, so let's wait for a period of time to recuperate after the New Year before making plans." ”

"Be as it is!" Zhao Feng nodded in agreement. The two chatted for a while, and Liu Bei told Zhao Feng that although he was now the pastor of Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou was now in the rear and there was no war, so Zhao Feng was temporarily asked to stay in Shouchun to listen. And once the New Year is over, Zhao Feng will return to Jingnan first, and first deal with the migration of the southern barbarian tribe. Zhao Feng heard that he had nothing to say, and he really didn't want to go to Jiaozhou in the south so early.

"By the way, the lord, Sun Quan has also been escorted with us, and he is now in the camp, when is the lord going to dispose of it?" Before Liu Bei left, Zhao Feng suddenly remembered this matter and hurriedly asked.

"Let him spend the New Year!" Liu Bei sighed and said. Zhao Feng nodded, he really didn't have the interest in killing people for the New Year. Anyway, now that he has been imprisoned, he is not afraid that he will fly into the sky, so let him live a few more days.

However, the next day, the guards in charge of guarding Sun Quan came to tell him that Sun Quan had been on a hunger strike for many days and asked to see him. Zhao Feng was very surprised and helpless, and after getting Liu Bei's permission, he still went to see Sun Quan. Of course, in order to avoid suspicion, he took Lu Xun, the captain of the Zan Military Academy, who happened to be in time, to go with him.

(To be continued)