Linyuan came to two groups of important guests one after another, and it was lively for a while. As the wedding date approached, all the generals under Wei Ba's command, regardless of distance or near, sent envoys to celebrate with heavy gifts, and even Wei Feng, Feng Jin and others who were far away in the new city also sent representatives, including Meng Da's nephew Deng Xian.

After being polite, Wei Ba directly introduced Deng Xian to the side courtyard.

With so many people coming at once, the original Taishou Mansion can no longer live, and Wei Ba is now temporarily living in the Pan family, which is not far from the Taishou Mansion, and it is very convenient to come and go, but he will not be disturbed by irrelevant people.

After Pan Jun surrendered to Sun Quan, he spent most of his time in Wuchang, and most of his family members were in Wu County, and there were not many people living in Linyuan, so the old house of the Pan family was empty. When Pan Ziyu got married, this house and the slaves became Pan Ziyu's dowry. Pan Ziyu followed Zhao Tong most of the time and didn't live at home, and now Wei Ba had no place to live, so Pan Ziyu gave up his house without giving up.

The side courtyard was quiet, the wall was very tall, and there were shadowy guards on the wall, and the guards held cold and glistening weapons in their hands, which made the wall look even taller, and it seemed that even the sound of the outside was cut off.

As soon as the two of them took their seats, Deng Xian smiled and said, "I heard that General Zhennan was going to participate in the war, and General Zhendong was very happy. Fought side by side with the general twice, it was a pleasure to work together, and hopefully this time will be the same. ”

Wei Ba smiled bitterly and shook his hand: "Don't worry, this is just an intention." Since we have fought side by side twice, I will not hide it from you, I do not approve of this big fight. The meaning of the hussar general was originally to attack by the general Zhendong to contain the Wei army in Wancheng. Share worries for the prime minister. I was worried that General Zhendong would not have enough troops, so I suggested that the Hussar General personally command the troops. Unexpectedly, he dragged me in, and wanted to fight the Wei army, to be honest, I was very much in favor of this plan, and I am still discussing with the hussar general to see if I can cancel this decision. ”

Deng Xian's eyes blinked, and he muttered, "So that's the case? ”

Wei Ba nodded, didn't say anything more, turned around and brought a few letters: "This is the correspondence between me and the prime minister and the hussar general discussing this war. You can take a look. ”

Deng Xian glanced at Wei Ba suspiciously. Shaking his hand, he said, "I won't read the book, I believe the general." ”

Wei Ba did not shirk and put the letter away again. Deng Xian's words are beautiful, but in fact, the accusation is very strong. He singled out his current official position. They were also reminded that this would be their third collaboration. In fact, it is said that Wei Ba grabbed the merit. When Wei Ba first went to Xincheng. is a nominal prime minister's mansion to join the army, just a strange soldier; When I went for the second time, I was already in the real Prime Minister's Mansion and joined the army. In fact, it has become the brain of the army; And this time I went again, and I was already on an equal footing with Meng Da.

This will inevitably make people feel that Xiangyang City has become the blessed land of Wei Ba, and Meng Da has become a foil. Originally, this time the troops to Xiangyang were mainly sent to Meng Da, and even Wu Yi pretended to be sick and couldn't come forward, but now there are not only more hussar generals Li Yan, but also Wei Ba, who is on the same level as Meng Da, and Meng Da has become a foil again, which makes Meng Da feel very uncomfortable.

However, Wei Ba's attitude alerted Deng Xian, and he realized that maybe what Li Yan said was not the truth. Maybe Li Yan realized Meng Da's possible emotions, so he specially pushed Wei Ba to the front. But since Wei Ba dared to show him the letters exchanged with Li Yan and Zhuge Liang, it was enough to prove that what Wei Ba just said was not a lie, and Wei Ba did not mean to compete with Meng Da.

Deng Xian's attitude softened a little: "Does the general think that this attack on Xiangyang is feasible?" ”

Wei Ba smacked his lips: "With the hussar general coming in person, dispatching in the center, and the general Zhendong commanding the battle, I think even if I can't win a big victory, I guess there is still a role in containment." ”

Deng Xian sighed, he understood what Wei Ba meant. This battle was originally intended to take advantage of the fact that when the main force of the Wei army was in Guanzhong, Meng Da attacked Wancheng and played the role of a surprise soldier, but now Li Yan has changed his plan one after another, and the time has dragged on, and the Wei army has been prepared again, and has changed from a surprise soldier to a regular soldier, and there are really not many opportunities. As Wei Ba said, it is already commendable to be able to maintain a small defeat.

As soon as he thought of this, Deng Xian put down his burden, since it was not a big merit, and there was no point in arguing with Li Yan, let Li Yan fight, in case something happened, it would be good to have a tall person to carry it.

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In August, Linyuan ushered in two great events.

One is that Zhao Tong, the Taishou of Wuling, married Sun Luban, the princess of Wu. Everyone knows very well that although Sun Luban's marriage battle is very grand, it is not at all obvious that she is a princess who has remarried, but the people of Linyuan know that Zhao Fujun's main wife is Pan Ziyu, a girl from the Pan family in Linyuan, and no matter how high the princess's status is, she is just a flat wife.

This made the people of Linyuan feel honored, as if they had taken advantage of Wu Guo.

The second is a bumper harvest that has not been seen for many years. Wuling was the first county to be recovered by Shu Han, although because it was too close to the Wu people, it did not become the focus of Wei Ba Tuntian, but Linyuan's conditions were undoubtedly the most Haode in Wuling County, coupled with Zhao Tong and Liao An's intentions, Linyuan's Tuntian results were no worse than other places. After two years of rectification, Linyuan has been in good weather this year, and an unexpected harvest year suddenly appeared in front of Linyuan people who have been worried about eating for many years.

Double happiness is coming, and Linyuan is full of festive atmosphere.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the conscription order was also sent to all townships and villages, and the battle of Xiangyang, which had been prepared for a long time, finally entered the substantive preparation stage. Because Wei Ba partially reinstated the military service system, and all men of appropriate age were conscripted, the counties began to get busy.

There are two necessary conditions for fighting a war, one is soldiers, and the other is food. As long as the grain is concentrated, it can be transported, but the soldiers are not concentrated and can go to the battlefield. When it comes to the art of war, many people will think of the magic of clever calculations, surprising victory, in fact, that is only a small part of the art of war, how to recruit soldiers into a foot army, and then train, the ordinary people into soldiers who can go into battle, so that they can hear the drum and advance, smell the gold and retreat, how to march out, how to camp and rest, this is the main content of the art of war.

Only when these basic conditions are in place can it be possible to talk about various methods of employing troops, and if the foundation is not solid, it will be a rabble, and no matter how large the number is, it will be impossible to achieve victory. Just like the Yellow Turban Army back then, known as a million, Zuihou was killed all over the field by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and the blood flowed like a river.

Military training is the most important part of the art of war. History evaluates Zhuge Liang's "rule for the long", that is, he is good at training troops, and can be called a generation of famous generals, but "the strain is short", and the use of odd is insufficient, so he can't achieve great success. The latter sentence has historically been controversial, but the former is almost universal.

Compared with the two, the former is the foundation, after all, strength is the decisive factor, if the strength is insufficient, just hope to win by surprise, that is only the scholar's opinion. The Western art of war emphasizes the method of military training, light and strange strategies, and attaches importance to jishu improvement, zuihou defeated the Eastern Empire, which is known for its strategy, and is the most obvious example.

The art of war of the Wei family and his son was inherited from Wu Qi, and Wu paid the most attention to military training when using soldiers, and Wei Wushu was the concentrated embodiment of his military training thoughts. Wei Ba's elite thinking is on a higher level, he never thinks that if he gathers the strong men and sends a knife to each person, he can go into battle, it is a villager weapon fight, not a real battle. In the words of Confucius, this is "to fight without teaching is to abandon them", which is exactly the same as sending them to death.

Therefore, Wei Ba's conscription was very strong, but the progress was very slow. He first sent the elite men of the guard battalion to each county to select soldiers, and not everyone of the right age could be selected, only those who were physically strong, knew basic combat skills, and were loyal to their duties. It has only been two years since the military service system was restored, and many people have not yet been in the habit of practicing martial arts during their leisure time, and very few people can meet the requirements. was busy until the end of September, Li Yandu set off from Chengdu, and Wei Ba failed to recruit enough troops.

Under Li Yan's successive urging, Wei Ba first arranged for Zhao Tong to escort the grain and grass to set off, and he equipped Zhao Tong with 10,000 elites, which were not newly recruited, but standing soldiers who had been fighting on the front line for the past two years, and their combat effectiveness was needless to say.

Even a heartless woman like Sun Luban had to admit that Wei Ba had nothing to say to Zhao Tong, the senior brother, after looking at those soldiers and equipment. After the newlywed, Sun Luban could accompany Zhao Tong as he wished, and went to the battlefield together, he was in a good mood, and he could show a smile when he saw Wei Ba, a big villain.

After Wei Ba and Zhao Tong confessed, they looked up and down at Sun Luban, who was dressed in a strong suit: "Princess, dressed like this, do you plan to go into battle side by side to kill the enemy?" ”

"Can't you?" Sun Luban's eyelids rolled and said with a little smugness: "I can't take care of housework compared to Ziyu, and my strength is always greater than her." My husband went into battle to kill the enemy, and I helped him unarmour, and it was always no problem. ”

"I said, princess, you won't abscond with your husband, will you?" Wei Ba said seriously.

Sun Luban was stunned for a moment, then jumped up, pointed at Wei Ba and shouted: "No wonder you are reluctant to move the nest, originally because you were afraid that our Da Wu would copy your back road." I can tell you, even if he will, I won't run away. I still have to wait for the day when our soldiers of Dawu capture you alive, and see how you decline. ”

"Hey, you're the princess who was captured by General Zhennan?" Zhang Xingcai didn't know where to come out, blinked his big eyes, and stared at Sun Luban up and down: "Dressed so neatly, will you fight?" Why don't we get into a fight? ”

"Where did this wild child come from?" Sun Luban's eyes rolled and he raised his vigilance. She knew that Wei Ba's wife Guan Feng had a female guard by her side, and her martial arts skills were not low. Although she has a strong body, she can also play two tricks, and if she really wants to fight with people, it is not enough to see. Being beaten by a child in front of so many people is a shame.

"Wild child?" Zhang Xingcai's eyes rolled, his sleeves rolled up, his hands crossed his waist, and scolded in a voice three points bigger than Sun Luban: "You dare to scold me for being a wild child?" You can figure it out, my brother-in-law is a great man, and he is much more noble than your father's unjustified King Wuke! You're a wild princess. ”…… (To be continued......)