Zhuge Liang sent someone to meet Fang Shao in secret, thinking that it was related to his entry into Sichuan, so Fang Shao passed that person in and met him in the secret room in the back hall.

The person who came was called Ah Quan, who was a close confidant in Zhuge Liang's mansion, and this time he came to see Fang Shao to ask him to make some remarks to Liu Bei on the personnel arrangements left behind in Jingzhou.

Ah Quan handed over a list drawn up by Zhuge Liang, Fang Shao took a closer look, and when he saw the names of Mi Fang and Shiren, he couldn't help but gasp. Looking at Mi Fang's position again, it turned out to be the Taishou of Nanjun, Fang Shao couldn't help but be taken aback.

Of course, Fang Shao remembered that in history, when Guan Yu was in Xiangfan and shook Huaxia and killed Cao Wei's ghosts crying wolves, Dongwu Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes and attacked Jiangling in an instant, which directly led to the destruction of Guan Yu's army.

In fact, Lu Mengzhi's so-called white-clothed crossing of the river is not necessarily very clever, as far as the pitiful ability of Dongwu to attack fortifications, with Jiangling and the strong city of public security, even if the troops of Dongwu pour the country to come, it will not be able to attack it for a month or two, but it is a pity that Shiren who guards the public security and Mi Fang, who guards Jiangling, surrendered without a fight, so that Lu Meng became famous in the first battle, and Guan Yu fell.

Of course, the betrayal of the two generals Mi and Shi is inseparable from Guan Yu's surname of the light doctor, so Fang Shaocai strongly recommended Jiang Wan, hoping to use his political ability to coordinate the relationship between the Jingzhou officials and Guan Yu.

But for guys like Mi Fang and Shiren who have "criminal records" in history, Fang Shao certainly won't risk continuing to keep them in Jingzhou.

"Although this Mi Zifang is the brother-in-law of the lord, it seems that his talent is slightly inferior to that of his brother, I don't know why Mr. wants to write him on this list, and he also recommends him to serve as the important position of the Taishou of this Nanjun......"

Fang Shao muttered to himself, Ah Quan listened, his face immediately showed a look of horror, Fang Shao saw that his expression was a little strange, so he joked: "I didn't ask you, what are you excited about." ”

Ah Quan sighed: "Fang Zhi doesn't know, my husband told the little one before leaving, saying that you are engaged in it when you see him recommending Mi Zi Fang to be too punctual in Nanjun, and he will definitely question it, Mr. asked me to tell him, in fact, he wrote it on purpose, and he thought the same as he did." But the gentleman said that the lord would definitely arrange it like this, so he wanted him to find a way to prevent the lord from making such a decision. ”

Fang Shao was also taken aback, he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to be able to guess his thoughts thousands of miles away, such a strong speculative ability was another solid lesson for himself.

However, listening to Ah Quan's advice from Zhuge Liang, Fang Shao suddenly seemed to have figured out a lot of things.

Historically, when Liu Bei's attack on Yizhou was not smooth, he transferred Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and many Jingzhou civil and military forces to Yizhou, in addition to relieving the pressure on Yizhou, I am afraid that to a large extent, it is also to prevent Jingzhou from forming a tail-ending trend.

And after Zhuge Liang and others left Jingzhou, Liu Bei put a person with mediocre qualifications like Mi Fang in such a crucial position as Nanjun Taishou, to a large extent, it was also a balance to the growing Guan Yu army, after all, Mi Fang is his brother-in-law, except for his son, who else is more trustworthy than his brother-in-law.

It seems that the heroes of the past generations like to play the hand of prevention and balance against their subordinates, and it is no wonder that if the king of the world does not even understand this means, then he will still fight for the world.

Fang Shao suddenly remembered Zhou Yu, compared with this poor famous general who was forced to death by Sun Quan, Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, and Zhang Fei were so lucky, although Liu Bei had taken various precautions and checks and balances against them, but in the end they still trusted more than they were suspicious.

Liu Bei's choice, Fang Shao understood, but who would have expected that his brother-in-law would betray Liu Bei at a critical moment.

Although history has undergone drastic changes, many things will change because of it, and even so, Fang Shao will never allow such a hidden danger to exist.

So, Fang Shao was in a hurry to see Liu Bei, and before he could speak, Liu Bei said first: "Zhongzheng, you came just in time, this time to transfer Kong Ming's military division into Sichuan, Jingzhou's stay-behind arrangements will inevitably change somewhat, I have drafted a list of personnel arrangements, you may wish to refer to it in detail." ”

After Fang Shao read the list drawn up by Liu Bei, he couldn't help but admire Zhuge Liang in his heart, because the list drawn up by Liu Bei and the left-behind arrangement speculated by Zhuge Liang were seventy percent correct.

In particular, the personnel arrangements in Nanjun, Public Security, Changsha, and Xiakou are completely correct with Zhuge Liang's inference.

Xiakou City is the base of Guan Yu's naval army, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to concurrently serve as Jiangxia Taishou, sitting in Xiakou, this place since Chibi, Guan Yu has been operating here for many years, and the defense is credible.

As for Changsha Taishou, Liu Bei still serves as Zhao Yun, and with Zhao Yun's ability, once there is a war with Eastern Wu, it will not be a problem to hold Changsha and wait for the army to come to help.

As for the most important position of Nanjun Taishou in Jingzhou, it was originally held by Zhang Fei, but this time Liu Bei decided to transfer Zhang Fei into Sichuan, so this Nanjun Taishou position, as Zhuge Liang expected, was really ready to let Mi Fang take on it, and at the same time, the public security city was also assigned to Mi Fang to guard together.

Jingzhou is the key point, only these four places, the rest of Guiyang, Wuling, Lingling and other counties, although the land is vast, but the key points are controlled by these four places, the loss of the four counties will not protect the three counties, and the four places are in, then the three counties can be easily down. Therefore, the duties of the three counties are not very important.

"The lord's left-behind arrangement is naturally reasonable, but this southern county is the key point of Jingzhou, and Shao thinks that it is most suitable to guard General Yide, and Yizhou has been decided, and a small number of people who are not attached to it can't make any waves, so it seems that there is no need to bring a general like General Yide into Sichuan."

Fang Shao tried to persuade Liu Bei to keep Zhang Fei, after all, the current situation is very different from Liu Bei's predicament in history, and transferring Zhang Fei to Sichuan is indeed a bit of a fuss.

Liu Bei said: "The rest of the small number of people who are not attached to it are naturally not worried, only Brazil is too guarded by Pang Xi, this person has been alone in Brazil for many years, has enough soldiers and food, and has a military strategy, and is a local strong in Brazil, quite popular, if you want to pacify Brazil, you have to be virtuous." ”

Liu Bei's reason seems to be reasonable, and after pacifying Yizhou, the next target must be Hanzhong, with the strength of Hanzhong, Liu Bei really needs the help of a tiger general like Zhang Fei to conquer it.

But even so, Liu Bei didn't need to rush Zhang Fei to the front of his eyes for the sake of a little Pang Xi, Fang Shao vaguely felt that this seemed to be a kind of restriction on Zhang Fei, to prevent him from staying in Nanjun for a long time and forming a second "Guan Yu Army".

"The lord is far-sighted, Shao admires." Fang Shao's first wave of persuasion was ineffective, so he first complied with Liu Bei's wishes, and then said with a worried face: "As for General Zifang, he has followed the lord for many years, so naturally he has worked hard, and it seems that it is not an exaggeration for him to take over as the Taishou of Nanjun, but Shao still has another layer of worries." ”

Liu Bei frowned slightly, and said busily: "Zhongzheng has any worries, just come." ”

In fact, Shao thought that the biggest threat to Jingzhou did not come from Cao Ying in the north, but Sun Quan in the east. Cao Ying did not have a naval army, even if he had 100,000 horses in Xiangyangtun, it was not enough to threaten Jingzhou. On the contrary, Dongwu is good at water warfare, and now he has Nanjiangxia, and his naval army starts from Lukou, and can reach the upstream in a few days, and can attack Jiangling in the north and public security in the south. If in the future, if the lord goes north to fight for the world, then according to Longzhong's policy, General Guan will raise a large army to attack Wanluo in the north, and then Jingzhou's military strength will be weak, at that time, if the Eastern Wu changes, with a large army to raid Jiangling and Gong'an, Shao is only afraid of the ability of General Zifang......"

Fang Shao didn't say it thoroughly, but the meaning was already obvious, that is, he didn't trust Mi Fang's ability, of course, this was only the surface meaning, but in his heart, it was his temperance that he didn't trust Mi Fang.

Liu Bei was obviously a little moved by Fang Shao's words, his face gradually became solemn, and said: "Zhongzheng, you are very thoughtful, but Dongwu and I are an alliance, if there is a change in the world in the future, it will naturally be when my two families will destroy Cao Ying, at that time, Sun Quan did not go to the east to seize Hefei, but instead came to attack Jingzhou, this did not let Cao Ying avoid the danger of being attacked on both sides, even if he took Jingzhou, but lost the opportunity to destroy Cao, such a narrow vision, then Sun Quan will not." ”

Fang Shao sneered and said, "Has the lord forgotten that Sun Quan wanted to destroy the Tao before the previous time?" In fact, the lord has been dealing with this person for so long, and he should also understand that this person's ambition is far less than that of his brother, and he is just a guard who is greedy for immediate interests. And if he wants to stabilize half of the south of the Yangtze River, then he can only seize Jingzhou and take advantage of the Yangtze River, so as long as Jingzhou has an opportunity, then Sun Quan will definitely do everything. ”

Fang Shao analyzed Sun Quan thoroughly in a few words, and he did not come to such a conclusion, but after several years of contact with Sun Quan, as well as the evaluation of this person in history, he finally came to such a conclusion.

In fact, in addition to Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and a few other Jiangbei clans who have the ambition and insight to compete for the world, such as Lu Meng, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and other generations, although there is no shortage of famous generals and good ministers, but most of them are short-sighted, and Sun Quan under such an environmental influence, over time, naturally became a monarch with secession as the basic national policy.

And if it is an ambitious true male master, how could he not take the opportunity to attack Cao Ying when Liu Bei and Cao Ying fought several decisive battles, but repeatedly came to dig into the corners of their allies. In fact, throughout the ages, an unreliable ally like Sun Quan is indeed rare.

When Fang Shao tore apart Sun Quan's true face, Liu Bei was terrified when he heard it, and he was silent for a while, and Fang said: "If it weren't for Zhongzheng's reminder, I would have almost ignored this point, and the hidden danger of Dongwu is indeed unguarded." It's just that Nanjun is an important place after all, and apart from Zifang, I really can't think of anyone else who is qualified for this important position. ”

Fang Shao knew that Liu Bei was determined to arrange a cronie of his own in Nanjun, but as long as it wasn't Mi Fang, the rest of the people were still negotiable.

Fang Shao smiled and said, "The lord doesn't need to worry, Shao has a suitable candidate." ”

(To be continued)