When Liu Bei heard Guo Jia's request, he wanted to refuse at the first time, because this was a joke with the surname of the soldier.

However, when Guo Jia said the possible surname, Liu Ranran immediately hesitated. Because, he felt, this may be an opportunity, an opportunity for Liu Xie to pass away, as long as Liu Xie closes his eyes and kicks his legs, then his chance will come.

And such an opportunity, should we seize it?

The answer is yes.

Liu Bei immediately ordered the army out of the city, but when he was about to leave the city, he was stopped by Guo Jia, "Liu Taishou, as a county guard, how can you easily be in danger!" ”

Liu Bei's face was solemn, and he said sternly: "Guo Saijiu's words are bad!" As an official of the court and with the grace of the emperor, how can he be greedy for life and fear death? And Your Majesty is the king of a country, a body of ten thousand gold, and he is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and goes to the front line in person to boost morale. What is it compared to Your Majesty? Guo sacrificed wine and didn't need to persuade again, he had made up his mind, this trip will definitely defeat Zhao Wei's rebellion and rescue His Majesty! If Guo Sai Wine has a heart, it is better to sit in Jiangzhou as a substitute to prevent a small night! ”

Guo Jia was ashamed and said: "Liu Taishou's words are really a wake-up awakening dreamer!" Jia Bucai, also willing to go together. Previously, His Majesty handed over the 3,000-old Imperial Forest Army to Jia, how dare Jia escape from the battle! Liu Taishou, without further ado, I'll wait for this and set off! ”

Ha!?

Seeing Guo Jia's tragic appearance, he rode away, and then took out an arrow from his arms and came to the three thousand former Imperial Forest Army.

At this time, the depression in Liu Bei's heart can be imagined. Jiangzhou City, plus the 3,000 former Imperial Forest Army, is only 6,000, but the 3,000 former Imperial Forest Army was taken away by Guo Jia in this way, and he still has to leave 1,000 to guard Jiangzhou City, so that there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses he can lead.

Although his current official position is higher than Guo Jia's, it is only an official position, and it is also the official position of a magistrate. Although Guo Jia is just a military advisor who does not have a high official position, he has another identity! -- Deputy Military Aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department!

The Military Aircraft Department, that is the highest authority of the military! Although he does not have the right to command the army, his position in the military is absolutely transcendent, but it is equivalent to Liu Xie's mind in the military, controlling all the military dynamics of the enemy and us, even including some shady things.

This kind of department is the department that makes people feel terrible. Yes, even if Guo Jia is not a high official, he Liu Bei also does not dare to offend easily.

What's even worse is that in Guo Jia's hands, there is actually an arrow from Liu Xie to give him a command order, which is ...... It seems that His Majesty has been guarding himself for a long time! Liu Bei sighed secretly.

If Guo Jia knew what Liu Bei was thinking at this time, he would definitely chuckle and reply: You are really an afterthought!

Liu Xiefang Liu Bei, in Guo Jia's opinion, there was really no reason at all. But after this incident, Guo Jia had to secretly admire Liu Xie's foresight. This seemingly loyal elder is indeed an old and cunning man! Liu Xie had asked him to pay attention to the noble families in Jiangzhou City before, but now the noble families in Jiangzhou City seem to have not changed much, which shows that Liu Bei's policy towards the prestigious families is different from Liu Xie's.

When Liu Xie wrote a letter to Guo Jia in Hanchang before, he not only explained to him, but also brought him an arrow, so that after he arrived in Jiangzhou, if he found that there was no change in the family in Jiangzhou City, then he must control the three thousand former Imperial Forest Army, because Liu Bei did not want to offend the family for him, so he couldn't believe it too much!

Originally, Guo Jia thought that this kind of thing didn't need to be paid much attention to, because Liu Bei really couldn't make any big waves now. But now it is different, Liu Xie may have to withstand the crushing of Zhao Wei's army, and at this time, Guo Jia naturally cannot continue to leave the factors that he cannot grasp.

If you want to take the 3,000 former Imperial Forest Army in Liu Bei's hands, Liu Bei only has 3,000 soldiers and horses left, and I believe that with Liu Bei's shrewdness, he will never do anything stupid again.

Liu Bei was frightened by Liu Xie's hand, it turned out that Liu Xie had already guarded him, so if he made any more changes, he would have to die and have no place to be buried! After thinking about it like this, Liu Bei suddenly became honest, thinking in his heart, if he can, this is the first thing to do, and he should fight for it!

So, he simply let the private soldiers contributed by those noble families defend the city, and he took the three thousand original defenders directly.

……

After staying in Qu Ren all night, Liu Xie did not hesitate and directly ordered to kill those diehards who supported Zhao Wei. Then he handed over the county to those surrendering factions as agents for the time being to appease the people. The next day, he took more than 4,000 soldiers and horses such as Zhang Fei, Zhou Cang, Xi You, and Gong Zhi to Linjiang County.

Although he also knew that each county needed to change some fresh blood, it was obviously not now, there were more and more scholars from all over the country, and he needed to use these scholars to conduct a big examination, and slowly imprinted the basic concept of scientific research in the minds of those scholars.

It is not an overnight thing to let them gradually build up in their hearts the idea of merit-based recording. And this time, it's an opportunity.

Because there are only so many locations, there are many people from all over the world who come to Xishu. Moreover, after this battle, Liu Xie's prestige is established, and those scholars who are still hesitating will definitely be firm. In this way, the idea of merit-based recording will probably not continue to be opposed.

Of course, those who don't want to take the exam because they can't put down their work, and they are not very famous, let them go!

From Quren to Linjiang, along the way, it was unimpeded, but when I arrived in Linjiang County, I found that the county station building of Linjiang County was full of flags. Seeing this situation, Liu Xie directly ordered, "Yide, you have a loud voice, go and warn them!" Just do what I told you before, and go! ”

Zhang Fei responded hesitantly, rode out of the horse, came to the city, and when there was an arrow away, he stopped, pointed his spear at the guard on the city tower, and shouted: "I am the general Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide under the command of His Majesty!" The people on the city tower listened to me Lao Zhang, His Majesty has led a large army to be stationed outside the city, His Majesty explained, give you an hour to consider, if you don't open the city and surrender, the moment the city is broken, it is the time when your people's heads fall to the ground! If you surrender within an hour, your Majesty can forgive you for participating in Zhao Wei's rebellion. If you think you can hold on until the traitor Zhao Wei returns to the army, you can hold on! ”

After Zhang Fei came back, Liu Xie ordered, "The whole army will rest on the spot for an hour, send scouts, and after an hour, if Linjiang City does not surrender, we will take a detour!" ”

"Huh?" Several generals looked at Liu Xie strangely, thinking that their ears had misheard.

Zhang Fei even said: "Your Majesty! Although Linjiang City is full of flags on the city tower, but I have carefully looked at it, most of them are temporary recruits, and their combat effectiveness must be limited, Your Majesty only needs to give me 2,000 soldiers and horses, and I will take Linjiang County for Your Majesty! ”

Liu Xie shook his head with a smile, looked at Lu Meng and Guan Ping, and said, "You two explain to General Zhang, I have gone to rest!" ”

Lu Meng and Guan Ping watched Liu Xie leave, couldn't help scratching their heads, looked at each other, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in the face of Zhang Fei, Zhou Cang, Gong Zhi, and Xi You's eyes. Lu Meng bared his teeth and said: "Your Majesty must want to test us, generals, let us think about it carefully!" ”

So, Lu Meng and Guan Ping squatted aside, pondered hard, and finally took the branch and drew it on the ground.

"Ziming, is Your Majesty worried that our troops are small and the siege is not good?"

"This is indeed possible, after all, we don't have siege equipment, if we want to attack the city, the time will definitely drag on for a long time, and there will be a lot of casualties!"

"Perhaps, Your Majesty wants to take this opportunity to lure the snake out of the hole and lure the defenders of Jianglin City out of the city!"

"It shouldn't be that simple, what if those defenders don't leave the city? Linjiang is Pingdu, then Tongxian, and then Jiangzhou, Zhao Wei is now in Jiangzhou, and I don't know if Jiangzhou City can be defended. ”

"Could it be that Your Majesty is worried about the safety of Jiangzhou City? But didn't Guo Saijiu go to Jiangzhou to relieve the siege? ”

Lu Meng patted his head and said with a smile: "Understood!" Your Majesty, this is trying to kill two birds with one stone! ”

Guan Ping: ......