Jiameng Pass is actually not the front line of the attack on Hanzhong, the real front line of confrontation is in Baishui Pass, where Liu Zhang's henchmen and generals, Yang Huai and Gao Pei lead the troops to guard.

Strictly speaking, Liu Zhang asked Liu Bei to go north to support Yang Huai, and Gao Pei went north to attack Hanzhong.

It's just that Liu Bei is always a prince, and Liu Zhang invited him to help, so nominally, Liu Bei is the front-line commander of the entire northern Yizhou and attacking Zhang Lu, and Yang Huai Gaopei is also under Liu Bei's jurisdiction.

Liu Beitun was stationed at Jiamengguan to rest and train his troops, while Yang Huai Gaopei temporarily occupied the enemy on the front line, but it was also said in the past.

And Liu Bei's current military discussion, on the one hand, is to discuss how to stabilize Yang Huai and Gao Pei, so that they know that they are indeed here to fight Zhang Lu, so that they can report to Liu Zhang, and on the other hand, they are also discussing with a few strategists how to reasonably grind foreign workers.

After running in along the way, Fa Zheng was already Liu Bei's trusted advisor, and Meng Da, who was guaranteed by Fa Zheng, was also able to enter Liu Bei's decision-making circle.

Therefore, the four of them are now considered their own people, and they don't have too many scruples to discuss.

As for how to touch fish, this Zhang Xi has experience.

"The lord can make people marry Yang Huai Gaopei, send more grain, grass and ordnance with the two, and send more wine, so as to appease the hearts of the two!" Zhang Xi said to Liu Bei, then glanced at Meng Da, and continued, "If these two people are not courteous to the lord, they can also order General Meng Da to lead 4,000 troops to aid Baishui Pass. ”

Anyway, no matter how Zhang Xi looks at it, he thinks that Meng Da is not pleasing to the eye, and it is also a good thing to hurry up and spend.

And Fa Zhengzhi glanced at Zhang Xi slightly, and also said, "This matter is not difficult, now that it is winter, it is inconvenient to march, the lord can make people go out of Baishui Pass, march twenty miles back, only say that it is inconvenient to march in winter, and after the beginning of spring, then make a plan." ”

Pang Tongyi saw that the two of them had given a plan, and if he, the chief of staff, didn't speak, it would be a bit embarrassing, so he hurriedly said, "You can also use the excuse of insufficient troops to recruit and train on the spot, first, you can ask Liu Jiyu for food and grass, and second, you can strengthen the hearts of Gao Yang and the others." ”

Meng Da's embarrassing, let you finish speaking, what else can I say.

Shut up at the moment, save what to say wrong, and make everyone laugh.

After listening to these suggestions, Liu Bei sorted it out and made a decision.

First of all, he sent supplies and wine to Yang Huai Gaopei, and bought a wave of people's hearts first.

Then, he sent a letter to Liu Zhang, saying that he was short of troops and wanted to recruit and train locally, hoping that Liu Zhang would allocate grain and grass supplies.

In the end, he asked Meng Da to lead 5,000 people out of Baishui Pass, pretending to march towards Hanzhong, and then let Meng Da choose by himself, retreat to Baishui Pass at the right time, and monitor Yang Huai and Gaopei nearby.

A whole set of combos is justified, and no one can find fault with it.

Liu Bei will not have to send troops to compete with Zhang Lu at least until the spring of next year.

And at this time, it is time for Liu Bei to give full play to his strengths, establish kindness, and win the hearts of the people.

Isn't that the purpose of procrastination?

If it weren't for the sake of insurance to buy people's hearts, Liu Bei would have directly detained Liu Zhang as early as Fucheng and attacked Chengdu.

And for this kind of thing of buying people's hearts, Liu Bei doesn't need to be taught, he has the means, so he doesn't need to discuss anything with the strategists.

And during this time, Zhang Xi, who had nothing to do, also lived in the town after Jiameng Pass with peace of mind.

Don't think that the checkpoint of this year is a city tower and a city wall, and there is a town behind it, otherwise how to support the daily life of a checkpoint defender.

Liu Zhang will only supply military rations, but will not take care of the daily life of the soldiers.

Therefore, although the scale is not large, there is a town under Jiameng Pass, and Zhang Xi rented a house in the town behind Jiameng Pass, clocked in every day, and accompanied his wife after work when he had nothing to do.

Sun Shangxiang followed, and he really came to the right place.

First, I looked at my husband and asked him not to find a Sichuan sister for himself to come back.

From ancient times to the present, the Sichuan girls are all watery.

Second, Sun Shangxiang is pregnant.

In February of the seventeenth year of Jian'an, after more than three months of continuous efforts by Zhang Xi and Sun Shangxiang, Sun Shangxiang finally became pregnant.

And Sun Shangxiang's pregnancy, Zhang Xi was suddenly anxious.

In these years, pregnancy and childbirth are like passing through the ghost gate, Zhang Xi really doesn't worry about Sun Shangxiang giving birth in a place like Jiamengguan.

Jiamengguan is a military fortress, so it is also decided that everything in this place is for military services, and the people's livelihood conditions are really not good.

The place is so remote and supplies are scarce, and there is only a barefoot doctor in the whole town. Sun Shangxiang is giving birth here, Zhang Xi is really afraid of a bad thing.

But Zhang Xi has a little concept, knowing that a newly pregnant woman is not suitable for sports bumps, if Sun Shangxiang is sent back to Jiangling now, the road will be bumpy, in case there is a good one, not to mention that he can't forgive himself, Sun Shangxiang can carry a sword on Zhang Xi's neck.

So, I can only give Sun Shangxiang some supplements or something as much as possible, and serve Sun Shangxiang before and after the saddle.

Zhang Xi looked so attentive to his wife, and in Fa Zheng's eyes, he suddenly felt that although this Zhang Yuanchang was talented, he didn't seem to have any manhood. Women, why bother?!

Fa Zheng didn't know Sun Shangxiang's true identity, he only thought that it was Zhang Xi's concubine in Jiameng Guan Xinna, so he naturally felt that Zhang Xi was making a bit of a fuss.

As for Pang Tong, he just smiled at Zhang Xi's behavior, and didn't say anything that it was Sun Quan's sister, and no one could be sloppy.

These two people basically couldn't understand Zhang Xi's mood.

As a traverser, I married Sun Shangxiang as my wife, and now my wife is pregnant, it's okay if you don't spoil her? !

Besides, Sun Shangxiang is much more friendly than the barbarian women of later generations, at least people won't want to eat sour food in the middle of the night, so they let you take a taxi dozens of kilometers to buy rock sugar gourds, and if you can't buy them, you will cry and make trouble with you.

Sun Shangxiang was at most a little dissatisfied with Zhang Xi for not letting her get up early to practice martial arts, and her body was about to rust.

But Zhang Xi really didn't dare to let Sun Shangxiang fool around, mainly because he didn't have this experience in his two lives combined, so he could only listen to the words of the doctors of this era, and the doctors said what to do, and they didn't dare to be sloppy at all.

Therefore, under the care of Zhang Xi, Sun Shangxiang is more and more worried about his figure.

Anyway, it wasn't until the barefoot doctor in the town said that the fetus had settled down that Zhang Xi allowed Sun Shangxiang to exercise to a limited extent, and accompanied Sun Shangxiang to go out and breathe fresh air.

But it was already mid-March.

Although it is already spring, Liu Bei himself is here to garrison the army, and the grain and grass are provided by the rear, so naturally he does not have to worry about spring ploughing, so Zhang Xi can have time to accompany his wife to go to Qingqing to play when he should have been spring ploughing in March.

After returning from the trip, Zhang Xi seemed to think of something, and after appeasing Sun Shangxiang, he hurriedly went to find Liu Bei in private.

"My lord, in the past, I had a secret agreement with Jiangdong, did I agree that Jiangdong could send troops to help us and others take Yizhou?!"

As soon as he saw Liu Bei, Zhang Xi hurriedly asked.

Liu Bei recalled for a moment, nodded, and said, "This is indeed the case. It's just Jiangdong's words, why is it credulous?! ”

Liu Bei didn't expect Jiangdong to really send someone to help, and these guys wouldn't be difficult to leave when they came.

But Zhang Xi said, "Now that spring has begun, Liu Yizhou is afraid that someone will come again to urge the lord to enter the army, why don't the lord write to Jiangdong and ask him to send troops to help us crusade against Zhang Lu, first, Jiangdong can lose money and food, and second, he can also make it clear to Liu Yizhou that if he does not send troops, he will wait for Jiangdong's troops to attack him on both sides." ”

Liu Bei thought about it for a while and felt that this matter might be okay.

One, it is true that they can prevaricate Liu Zhang, recruit and train themselves, buy people's hearts and buy time, and the other one, let Jiangdong fight Hanzhong, they should not send a large army, even if they send a large army, even if they defeat Hanzhong, without Yizhou as a support, they will not be able to hold Hanzhong.

What he said at the beginning was so generous, but now that he really wants you to fulfill it, Liu Bei wants to see how much Jiangdong can "value" the covenant.

At that moment, Liu Bei personally wrote a letter to Sun Quan, inviting him to send troops from Jiangxia and attack Hanzhong through the Han River.

Later, Liu Bei wrote a letter to Liu Zhang before Liu Zhang urged him, telling Liu Zhang that he was short of troops, but it didn't matter, he had already asked Jiangdong for help, as long as he waited for Jiangdong's reinforcements to arrive, he would send troops to attack Hanzhong and crusade against Zhang Lu.

After Liu Bei finished doing these things, Zhang Xi was relieved.

As for the small-minded lord of Jiangdong and the small-minded governor of Zuodu, it is impossible for them to make a big move for the so-called covenant and raise troops to crusade against Hanzhong.

Besides, from the Han River into the Han River, not to mention going upstream, you have to pass through a large section of Cao Cao's territory.

Even if Cao Cao doesn't have a formed navy now, and there is no way to take the Jiangdong navy, but in this case, neither Zhou Yu nor Lu Su will send a large army to Hanzhong to risk receiving Liu Bei.

Therefore, there is a high probability that it is a small fleet, and the size of a few thousand people is dying.

At this point, in fact, Liu Bei didn't take Jiangdong's reinforcements to heart, and even Liu Bei was ready for Jiangdong not to come. He just needs a legitimate reason to delay time, so that he can establish his prestige and buy the hearts of the Bashu people.

And the reason why Zhang Xi said this was not to have any good intentions, let alone expect the Jiangdong Navy to really come to help, but to let them symbolically send some people over, and then escort Sun Shangxiang back to Jiangling to raise the baby.

If he just sent a boat to escort Sun Shangxiang back to Jiangling, Zhang Xi would really be a little uneasy, after all, the current world is not good, in case of an accident, Zhang Xi will definitely not forgive himself.

But if it's a fleet, and it's a fleet in Jiangdong, it's much easier.

This is your lord's sister, you Jiangdong soldiers, you have to wait for your life along the way.

So, the fleet from Jiangdong is the most suitable tool.

(End of chapter)