Chapter 111: Candidates for the Rank of Ordinary and Mediocre Hanzhong
At night the next day, Zhao Shu, Guo Huai, and Liu Feng sneaked to the city with their men and horses. Not long after, sure enough, there was a fire in the city, and the city gates were opened. Zhao Shu was about to step forward, but he listened to Guo Huai's persuasion: "Mr. should not go in person, for fear that he has no schemes." "If others Zhao Shu is really worried, but this Ershen is not a good thing at all, the grass on the wall, the wind is strong over there, and it falls there. Seeing that he was powerful today, the two of them would not dare to cheat, Zhao Shusui smiled at Guo Huai and said: "It's okay, I should take the lead as a general." He waited no longer for his advice, but led his men and horses to the city.
From a distance, I saw a military general waiting at the gate of the city, and when he saw Zhao Shu coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "The young general Shen Tan sees the general." Zhao Shu despised his character very much in his heart, and did not dismount to return the salute, so he let him get up and asked, "How is the situation in the city?" Shen Tan hurriedly replied, "The city gate has been guarded by the last general's cronies. Meng Da is preparing his belongings in the house, and wants to abandon the city for the third time. Zhao Shu himself was unwilling to kill Meng Da, so he said to Liu Feng: "The young general can take people and horses with Captain Shen to arrest Meng Da." Liu Feng hated Meng Da's betrayal, and happily responded and left with Shen Tan.
Meng Da was packing up his things with his family and preparing to flee out of the city, but he heard a report from someone that Du Wei Shen Tan led the Sichuan army into the city, he was really angry and anxious, and he no longer packed his things, so he left the house and wanted to escape alone. didn't go out of the distance, just when he met Shen Tan with Liu Feng, Meng Da knew that he couldn't be defeated, and he wanted to pull out his horse and flee, but he had already been knocked off the horse by several generals behind him, and he was tied up. Meng Danai is a new person, there is no prestige in this place, but now he wants to abandon the city and flee, most of the generals in the city are local people, they are really unwilling to obey, now see the Sichuan army into the city, Shen Tan surrendered to the enemy, naturally surrendered.
Not long after Zhao Shu entered the city, he heard a report from Shen Tan that Meng Da had been captured. Zhao Shu sent Liu Feng to do it, just to let him do it, and he really didn't want to personally order Meng Da to be killed. As a result, Meng Da was now captured, and seeing that the order to kill was still given by Zhao Shu himself, he asked Shen Tan to lead him to Meng Da's Taishou Mansion to ascend to the hall, and after a while, he saw Liu Feng and others escorting Meng Da up. Meng Da looked depressed, knowing that he couldn't live, so he lowered his head and didn't say a word.
Meng Da, Zhao Shu, didn't like it either, two-faced, capricious, a typical two-five cub. But this surrender to Cao Cao was indeed forced by Zhao Yun, and it was somewhat related to Zhao Shu, and he still wanted to leave him a way to live, so he immediately asked: "General Meng is still willing to surrender to the lord's subordinates?" Meng Da raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Shu, full of gratitude, and was about to speak. Liu Feng said beside him: "What else does this kind of person want him to do?" If the gentleman is kind, can the father spare him? β
Meng Da was shocked, and he had to sigh and say, "Mr. has a good intention, so please give someone a good time." Then he turned and strode out. Zhao Shu had no choice but to order him to be beheaded, and asked Shen Tan to appease him with kind words, and ordered him to repair the book to persuade his brother to surrender. Now that the mediocrity has been acquired, Gao Ping no longer has to confront Cao Hong. Zhao Shu hurriedly sent people to summon him to retire, and then set up a banquet to celebrate his achievements and entertain the generals.
Soon, Gao Ping led the army and horses, and Shen Tan's brother Shen Yi also led his troops to surrender. Shangyong, Fangling and other places were all pacified, and Zhao Shu repaired the book Liu Bei to report the victory. A few days later, Liu Bei still sent Ma Jian as an envoy, but he appointed Zhao Shu as the Taishou of Shangyong, the governor of Shangyong, Fangling, Xincheng and other places. Zhao Shu originally wanted Liu Feng to guard here, but he still led his troops to join Liu Bei's army. After all, when he is around, it is better to take precautions if something happens. However, since Liu Bei asked him to guard this place, Zhao Shu could not refuse, so he had to thank him, and asked about the war with Cao Cao, only to know that Cao Hong's soldiers and horses had retreated to Chang'an, so Cao Cao would definitely retreat soon.
Liu Bei occupies all the land of Hanzhong and will soon be king. Guan Yu has been attacking Fancheng for a long time, so that Zhao Shutun's troops are mediocre, and he must have the intention of letting him help. Zhao Shu then said to Ma Yan: "The lord has the land of Hanzhong. I will wait for the stability of the mediocrity and the cultivation of the soldiers, that is, I will go to Fancheng to help General Guan. Ma Tan was originally here to convey this edict on behalf of Liu Bei, and he didn't want Zhao Shu to say it himself, so he smiled and said: "This is what the Lord meant. Hanzhong established that Sun Quan had the heart to peep into Jingzhou, so he made Mr. guard Shangyong and assist General Guan at any time. β
Sun Quan has long had the intention of taking Jingzhou, but now that the military horses are all in Shouchun, and LΓΌ Meng has been newly defeated by Zhang Liao, there should be no more tragedy of Guan Yu's carelessness in Jingzhou. Even so, he had to be prevented, Zhao Shu absolutely couldn't let this tragedy happen again, so he happily ordered that someone set up a banquet to entertain Ma Jian at the moment. The next day, Ma Jian said goodbye, and Zhao Shu was stationed in Shangyong with Gao Ping, Guo Huai, and Liu Feng.
Cao Cao was tricked by Kong Ming in the sloping valley, and he really led the army to retreat within ten months. Liu Bei took Hanzhong as much as he could, and he was also satisfied, led the army back to Nanzheng, and sent someone to urgently summon Zhao Shu. At that time, Gao Ping went out of the town and Xincheng, and Zhao Shu had no choice but to hand over all the affairs to Guo Huai, Liu Feng, himself and Guan Feng, and Rong'er with his family will rush to Nanzheng.
Zhao Shu didn't know what Liu Bei had summoned him for, and it wasn't until Liu Bei opened his mouth that he knew that he wanted to ask about the candidate for the Hanzhong guard. Zhao Shu can know from history that Hanzhong Taishou is Wei Yan, but now Wei Yan has the closest relationship with him, if he rashly recommends it, it will inevitably make Liu Bei suspicious, and he doesn't know what Kong Ming and Fa Zheng think in their hearts, they don't dare to talk nonsense, but just say that "the stakes are very high, Shu's position is humble, and he doesn't dare to speak well."
Liu Bei also knew that Zhao Shu was worried, so he said with a smile: "Jingwei can collect Gao Ping and persuade Guo Huai to surrender, which shows that people have a unique vision." Isn't there any one of my generals who can guard Hanzhong? Zhao Shu listened to Liu Bei's first two sentences, and always felt that there was something outside the words, as if he was saying that he was forming a party, and he was even more panicked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Shu can only discover talents for the use of the main public, as for the duties of each person, it must be judged by the main public." β
Liu Bei could hear Zhao Shu's fear of himself, and he was very satisfied in his heart, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then Jingwei can dig someone for me to take on this responsibility." Zhao Shu saw that the other party had to recommend himself, and if he insisted on not saying it, he seemed to have a ghost in his heart, so he asked: "Has the lord ever asked Zhuge Junshi and the Fa Master for advice?" Liu Bei was slightly displeased when he heard him mention these two people, and replied lightly: "Kong Ming belongs to Zilong, and filial piety recommends the positive side." I'm worried about this matter, so I'm going to ask Jingwei to come and discuss. β
Zhao Yun and Kong Ming are kind, Li Yan is a general of Xichuan, I don't want these two people to recommend so obviously selfish, no wonder Liu Bei is displeased, but Zhao Shu doesn't want to offend on both sides, and replied: "Zigentian is overlooked, and both are both civil and military, both of which are the best choices, and the lord can choose one of them." β
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