(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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"The general can rest assured, if something happens ahead, the general will definitely do his best to protect the general's safety." General Wu Ban said seriously.

"Thank you, but I don't think so. I'll take care of this dispute. "I refused the kindness of General Wu Ban, my heart was still uneasy just now, but now I have suddenly calmed down, it seems that I am ready to meet that 'mysterious man' for a while. I quickened my pace, and soon I saw the army in front of me unfold into my eyes. This time I'm going to rewrite my destiny. I walked with a smile.

As soon as we entered the rear military formation, we heard the sound of boiling arguments, and from time to time some people would shout loudly about the decisive battle of Soochow, and at the same time, more people would sing along with the voice, so we came to the front of the army, but the soldiers did not care about our arrival, and they were still arguing about something.

The most prominent of these was the argument between the two young soldiers, and the soldiers around them listened quietly and attentively.

"Our army has been stationed here for many days, but it still has no achievements, in my opinion, it must be the incompetence of the commander, it will not be able to attack for a long time, so we can only be defeated, in this case, it is better to win the battle against Dongwu, it is better than wasting time here, consuming the grain and grass of Xishu." A young-looking soldier spoke.

"I don't think so, the warrior, the art of war, the battle without strategy, even if it is several times the enemy, it is just a mantis arm as a car, not enough to measure his strength, have we forgotten how Cao Cao defeated the proud Yuan Shao of the fourth and third princes in the battle of Guandu? At this time, just like Hebei back then, Wu Jun worked hard here, and if he wanted to break through with one blow, how easy was it to say? Moreover, the boss was appointed by His Majesty himself, and if you question the incompetence of the boss, aren't you saying that Your Majesty has no strategy in employing people? Another man retorted. But because he had his back to us, we couldn't see him clearly.

"I think this must be the coach's cronies, and his words are all biased towards the useless boss, I think you are all together!" The young soldier said in a mocking tone.

"Favoritism? How can I be partial? The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, we are all His Majesty's generals, how can you and me be different? But you deliberately provoked a dispute in the military, what is your intention? The man's tone was stern.

"You are clever in your words, now that the army is defending and not attacking, will the gate of Yiling Pass open by itself? Moreover, the Eastern Wu army is suppressed, and it will be able to reach this place tomorrow. How our forces can compete with it, a war is not something you can win with a few words. Apparently the young soldier was in a hurry.

"We are His Majesty's generals, and when we are ordered to be in danger, do we hear that the enemy's army is coming, so we will be in a hurry to fight a decisive battle?" Men are in charge.

"You!! I don't have the same knowledge as you, now Dongwu has 50,000 troops and goes straight to Yiling Pass, we are deeply favored by His Majesty, and we can only repay with our lives, but some people are afraid of Dongwu and dare not fight. You are afraid, I am not afraid, the soldiers of the Shu army behind me are not greedy people, who wants to take the lead with me? Together, we will go to the national crisis!! It seems that the young soldier has used his last trump card, and now the morale of the whole army is high, and there is just a lack of a lit flame. It is too much of a coincidence that this young soldier appeared at this critical time sooner rather than later.

"Cheng Yin, I think that the young-looking soldier is probably the 'mysterious person', and even the tone of their speech is exactly the same, absolutely can't be wrong." Cui Li insisted that the person was the 'mysterious man'.

"I am willing to go to the national crisis with you!!"

"Me too!"

"Count me in."

In a moment more than half of the army was on the side of the young soldier. It looks like you can rush into the enemy line at any time.

"When we are in danger for the country, we should do our best to turn things around, how can we break the pot and go to war in a confused way? You and others are the foundation of the country, how can you be so hasty and done by soldiers? The commander has not given a military order, how can you go to war without permission? The man fought back.

"Boss? Where's the manager? In such a time of crisis, how come I have never seen him come to the army to give orders? I think he must be scared and don't dare to come out! "The young man didn't take the manager seriously at all.

"How can you conclude that the commander doesn't dare to come to the military formation in person?" My voice was low, but I could feel the anger in my heart with every word.

"Boss!" Most of the soldiers still saluted immediately.

"You, what about you! Do you still have a manager in your eyes? How not to salute? General Wu Ban roared at the young soldier.

"Boss? Can this person also claim to be the manager? Jokes, there are neither military merits nor achievements, I am not convinced!! The young soldier said.

"Presumptuous!! You don't have a manager? Military Law Won !! General Wu Ban shouted.

"It's clear that you are incompetent, the battlefield of Yiling Pass has not been attacked for a long time, and we have volunteered to ask for orders to fight, but we have been blocked by you, let me know what is wrong with being loyal to the country, and what military law will you use to take me down? Do you think so? The young soldier asked loudly, looking like a righteous man.

"That's it!! What's wrong with us asking for war!! Many of the soldiers spoke for the young soldier. For a moment, the scene was about to get out of control.

"Loyal to the country? Then let me ask you are for Shu or Wu? As a minister of the State of Wu, what is the reason why you came to me to provoke in Shu? "My voice is deep and powerful.

Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, after the Battle of Chibi, the seven counties of Jingzhou were divided by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, Cao Cao occupied the largest Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got Jiangxia County and Nan County, and Liu Bei got four counties in the south of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling). Liu Bei's military security was not conducive to development, so he proposed to Sun Quan twice to borrow the southern county of Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu Lusu persuaded Sun Quan to temporarily lend the southern county to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling).

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

Note: Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has divided the Han land into nine regions, the so-called "Kyushu". According to the records of "Shangshu Yugong", the order of Kyushu is: Jizhou, Chongzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou. In the Zhou Dynasty, the two states of Xu and Liang were merged into Qingzhou and Yongzhou respectively, so there was no Xuzhou and Liangzhou.

------ Baidu Encyclopedia.

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