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At the end of that year, there was a small storm in the officialdom in the important town of Pakistan and the old capital.

After the death of the former general Ba Xiu, the position of the second person in the Zongdu Army was vacant, and some people wanted to take the position.

The prince Ba Dongan also wanted to intervene in it, just like when he let Xiang Yong parachute from Jiangzhou, and arrange a crony of his own to go to the capital, but his son Ba Rui thought that there could be no more filth in the interior now, and Ba Dongan listened to Ba Rui's words.

Of course, the eighth prince Ba Yuanan wanted to find a suitable candidate for himself. He is most optimistic about Hu'anshan's Menglong, but on the one hand, in the next battle, Hu'anshan is under the greatest pressure, and it is obviously unrealistic to let Menglong leave Hu'anshan at this time, on the other hand, he also thinks that Menglong still needs to continue to practice.

Therefore, Ba Xiu's successor has not been determined for several months.

What is more difficult for Ba Yuanan is that this matter cannot be too hasty, too urgent, if it is not well considered, it is difficult to change, and it cannot be too slow, and too slow will provide an opportunity for the prince Ba Dongan to intervene.

Therefore, after Badongan returned to the capital after the battle of the Wujiang River, he came up with a temporary method, so that Fan Ju (that is, the half-brother of the red-faced tiger Fan Yuntong), the master of the boat division of the base camp of the capital who had just been promoted, temporarily assisted him in handling the "idle affairs" of the whole division.

Although Fan Ju's martial arts are not the same as his brother Fan Yuntong, and his military exploits are not the same as his late brother Fan Jin, but among the three heroes of the Fan family, his coordination ability, or leadership potential is the best, and he has the legacy of his father, Fan Zhen, the former general of the capital. More than ten years later, it turned out that Ba Yuanan was still quite discerning, and Fan Ju grew into a generation of famous generals, but at that time, the country of Ba was even more declining, and Fan Ju's record could not be compared with Ba Xiu - however, many people present at this time could no longer see this result, which is a later story.

While others think that "there is no character in Padang, and the son is a general." ”

In fact, Ba Yuanan also has helplessness, because of the death and injury in battle, the generals change frequently, change one stubble, another stubble, green and yellow, and can only pick up the tall among the short.

Although this decision is temporary, according to Ba Yuanan's words, it is to let Fan Ju "run errands and do chores", and it also makes E Zhuo, the master of the mountain master who has surpassed Fan Ju in terms of qualifications and military achievements, feel very uncomfortable. But he also understands that this good thing did not fall on him, and it is related to the fact that his father Eren first left the capital to Jiangzhou, that is, he "abandoned" Ba Yuan'an, and then gradually gained the trust and reuse of his son Ba Dong'an. However, E Zhuo and his younger brother E Yue have a different temperament, and they will never show dissatisfaction on their faces and mouths.

In addition, Ba Yuanan also made other personnel fine-tuning.

There is some discussion about the personnel adjustment carried out by the eighth prince Ba Yuanan this time, but almost no one has any discussion about the appointment of one of them, that is, Zheng Rong.

Zheng Rong, who was previously one of the main generals of the Shicheng military camp, in the recent war, Shicheng fell, and the heavy troops in Shicheng were hit hard, and Zheng Rong almost became a Guanggan general. It was at the time of the lack of generals that Zheng Rong, who returned to the capital, was appointed by Ba Yuanan as the general of the water division, in addition to the rest of the original stone city, in addition to the reorganization of the troops that had suffered heavy casualties and were canceled "number", a total of nearly 2,000 people, nominally belonging to the subordinates of Fan Ju, the main general of the boat division, in fact, there is relative independence.

Time is like an arrow, but it comes in early spring.

In the spring of 360 BC, the army of Chu entered the land of Bao Han along the Han River, and the front of the army directly threatened the land of Shuba.

The land of praise and Han is the area of Hanzhong, but it is not limited to the area of Hanzhong in present-day Shaanxi Province.

Hanzhong, surrounded by mountains on all sides, the pass is dangerous and solid, the river in the basin is vertical and horizontal, the fertile field is vast, the grain is rich and the soldiers are rich, the attack and defense are suitable, and the soldiers of the past dynasties are regarded as strategic places. Not only that, the Hanzhong area is also a national grain depot.

During the Warring States Period, Qin, Shu, Chu and Ba took Hanzhong from each other for more than 300 years.

During the Chu and Han dynasties, Liu Bang was called the "King of Han" in Hanzhong, built an altar to worship the generals, fought hard and finally seized the national power.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Hanzhong was the military target of Cao Cao's attack on Liu Bei, the destruction of Shu and Wu, and the strategic base of Zhuge Liang's northern expedition to Cao Wei. Huang Quan, the minister of Shu, once said: "If you lose Hanzhong, you will be sluggish." ”。

Zhang Jun of the Southern Song Dynasty went to the imperial court: "The real shape of Hanzhong is a place of victory, the division of the six roads in the front, the Su of the two rivers in the back, the wealth of Jingxiang on the left, and the Ba of Qinlong on the right."

Wu Sangui of the Qing Dynasty and Li Zongren during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression all used Hanzhong as an important military base.

Without further ado, the book is back then.

During the Warring States period, many regions, especially those of great strategic importance, were repeatedly contested, today is yours, tomorrow is mine, and the day after tomorrow may be yours, just like a saw. Or, it is the fact that several neighboring countries control parts of the country separately and do not achieve full control.

For the Chu State, the upper reaches of the Han River are not only a strategic place for fighting for Shuba, but also a strategic place for fighting for the world, while for the Ba State and the Shu State, Hanzhong is a strategic place to protect itself, that is, the throat tube for breathing and eating. Its strategic position is more important to Pakistan than the lower reaches of the Ujiang River.

Due to the special geographical location of the upper reaches of the Han River, it is a sensitive area, and the Chu army will be nervous when it enters Hanzhong, Shu and Ba, as well as Qin. Therefore, the state of Chu repeatedly sought trouble from the country of Pakistan in the Yangtze River basin (such as the Qingjiang River), but in the Hanshui basin, it was either a big deal and caused trouble, or nothing was done and nothing happened.

However, the westward expansion route along the Han River was actually a strategic route map for the Chu State.

Three years ago (363 BC), King Xuan of Chu took the opportunity of the fierce battle between Qin and Wei to go west along the Han River and enter the land of Bao Han.

Entering the land of praise again this year, the purpose of the Chu State is, of course, to completely strangle Shuba's throat tube in his own hands.

At that time, the Bashu high-level may not have seen the important strategic significance of the Hanzhong region to the overall situation of the world, but they all understood the absolute importance of this region to themselves.

The two countries of Bashu are like two enemies living in a wooden house, and the other party dies early, but once one of them really catches fire, the other will definitely not stand idly by, let alone happily call it "burn well".

With the secret peace with Pakistan last year and the help of the Ba people to achieve the great victory of the Danfu Water War (Wujiang Victory), Shu is very natural and decent to ask for help from its old neighbor and old enemy.

After the controversy of the Pakistani court, the opinion of advocating aid to Shu quickly prevailed, however, it also took advantage of the fire to rob, like the Shu people blackmailed the Pakistani people last year, after extorting a promise of Shu, a large army composed of the Jiangzhou Tiger Army and the local armed forces of various tribes in the west and north of Pakistan led by the Ba Guo's son Badongan and his son to aid Shu, or to resist Chu.

Just when the three kingdoms of Chu, Shu and Ba were about to fight the war, Ba Yuan'an, the eighth prince stationed in the old capital of Ba Yuan, thought that he could take a breath, and received a secret letter from Jiangzhou: the Chu army gathered troops and would go out of Gongtan and Yucheng again;

It turned out that Qu Rong, the supreme commander of the southeastern occupation area of the Chu army, had been ordered to return to the capital to discuss the military issue of the Chu army's troops entering Hanzhong. At this meeting, Qu Rong advocated the simultaneous use of troops against Pakistan to swallow up all the territory of Pakistan in the lower reaches of the Danfu River. After arguing, the king of Chu agreed with Qu Rong's opinion, but the premise was to use the existing forces in Qu Rong's hands and not to increase the number of troops. Qu Rong understood that his army was already twice that of his opponent Ba Yuan'an, so he voluntarily made a military order for this - Qu Rong certainly understood that if he really did it, how could the king ignore him?

This news inquired about by the secret agents of Pakistan had already reached the hands of the lord of Pakistan before it reached the hands of Ba Yuanan.

At this time, the son of Badong'an and his son were not in the capital, and the general Ba Wujian also resigned from the military at the end of the previous year because of the physical reasons of many years of war, and the son of Badong'an led the highest military rank in the country, integrating military and political power. Sick, exhausted, and with long hands and short sleeves, the lord of Pakistan ordered that Pakistan should have the right to security to deal with the war in the southeast of Pakistan.

Ba Yuanan knows very well that the monarch's father has full authority to dispose of it, which essentially means that a large number of troops in Jiangzhou and its surroundings have gone to the Baohan battlefield, and it is impossible for you Ba Yuanan to get reinforcements, at least not in the short term, everything can only rely on the existing forces in your own hands.

Ba Yuan'an asked the generals in the capital to urgently go to the palace to discuss the matter.

When the deliberations begin, so does the controversy.

Zhongqing Zheng Huan and others believe that the Chu army is using troops in the southeast of Ba in order to cope with the current Baohan battlefield, so that Ba can not fully cooperate with Shu, so that not only will the Chu army be easier to win, but also may cause Shu to be dissatisfied with Ba, and the already fragile Bashu "wartime couple" will completely break up. That is, the actions of the Chu army on the southeast side of Ba are estimated to be "virtual", but they must not be prepared in advance.

The mountain master general E Zhuo and others held the opposite opinion, thinking that the people of Chu were defeated last year, and they held back their evil breath, that is, they wanted to fight Dan Fushui again.

Others, some on this side, some on that side, some disagreeing, argued to the end, and most of them were inclined to have a war.

Seeing that Fan Ju, the newly promoted senior assistant, Ba Yuanan had not spoken, and motioned for him to express his views.

Fan Ju said: "The strength of the Chu State is far stronger than the two countries of Bashu combined, and it is not surprising that it is within the scope of the national strength and military strength of the Chu State at the same time.

"Even if the troops in the hands of General Qu Rong of Chu do not need to be clever against the existing strength of our army in Dan Fushui, with strong military strength, it can be done.

"Even if it is a reckless seizure, it is useless to be reasonable, it is useless to retreat, and it is even more endless to cut land and make peace, and there is only force against force. However, you all know that only God knows how far you can go. ”

Time is victory, and it takes time for an army to assemble. Rather believe it, not believe it, no matter whether Chu will Qu Rong this time, whether it is a real move or a false move of Chu State, the Wujiangba people must assemble to deal with the situation, otherwise if they wait until the wolf really comes, they will be caught off guard, the eighth prince Ba Yuanan identified this, stopped everyone's arguments, and decisively issued the first order: all the subordinate departments to assemble at the mouth of Danfu Shuipanhu (now the Jiangkou area).

The generals resigned and prepared separately.

Ba Yuanan secretly left Qing Zheng Huan, Gao Group assistant Fan Ju, and senior civil officials well-known.

Ba Yuan'an said: "The reason for leaving the three is because my father-in-law also brought an edict, I don't know how to understand it." ”

Zheng Huan said in disbelief: "What kind of message?"

"My father-in-law said: If necessary, you can take any measures to make sure that the orange is okay. What does it mean to ensure that the capital is clear, needless to say, to take any measures?"

Zheng Huan, Fan Ju, and well-known are all silent, and these three people all feel that Ba Yuanan should understand, but they don't want to say it themselves.