Deng Ai's crown ceremony, on an auspicious day in late October, was completed.

After going through the process of "three pluses", "three changes", and "three resignations", Deng Ai is considered an adult and can become a leader.

Deng Ai's words were given by Guan Yu, and Zhang Xi did not interfere with the whole process, it was all based on Guan Yu's preferences.

Guan Yu, on the other hand, checked a lot of information before he gave Deng Ai's character "Shizai".

I thought that after so many years of changes, Deng Ai shouldn't be called this word, but I didn't expect Guan Yu to still give Deng Ai such a word.

Zhang Xi once again felt the restraint of the world line.

Hawkers, anyway, this world is strange, Deng Ai called Shizai, and it didn't delay him that he was still Zhang Xi's disciple, and similarly, it didn't delay Zhang Xi to give him the official position of the head of Nanjun.

This appointment is not surprising, after all, in terms of identity, Deng Ai is a disciple of Zhang Xi, and he is also a native of Jingzhou, let him be the master bookkeeper, at least the people of the Jingzhou family can accept it.

In terms of ability, Deng Ai has long proved in front of Ma Liang that he can be qualified for the position of chief bookkeeper.

After finishing Deng Ai's crown ceremony, Zhang Xi carried a large bag of gifts and personally visited Guan Yu to propose to his disciples.

Then, Zhang Xi was blasted out of the gate by Guan Yu.

Okay, just blast it out, it's blasted out, anyway, this is the second master, and it's not a shame to be bombed.

As long as the goal is achieved.

Yes, Zhang Xi's goal has been achieved, and then as long as Deng Ai's mother entrusts someone to be a matchmaker and goes to the Guan Mansion to go through a set of six ritual procedures, Xiao Deng Ai can marry Guan Yinping home after three years.

Regarding this, Guan Ping was curious about how Zhang Xi did it.

And since it's all been discussed, why did his father knock Zhang Xi out of the gate again?!

This question, Zhang Xi doesn't plan to say it, after all, it's quite embarrassing, and the second master's temper is not good, in case he gets angry. Well, it's not that complicated.

Zhang Xi went to the Guanfu to propose marriage, emphasizing that he had an equal relationship with the second master, and also emphasized the identity of the second master as the guest of honor of Deng Aiguan, and then officially proposed to the second master.

And the second master's reaction was different from what Guan Ping expected, and the second master just frowned, showing hesitation, but he didn't refuse at the first time.

But Zhang Xi hesitated when he saw the second master, thinking that the second master was struggling with the issue of seniority, so he immediately started the backup plan, and in front of the second master, the yin and yang weirdness said the set of his blind thoughts, and used it to squeeze the second master, indicating that the second master did not agree, and the essence was like those so-called families.

Actually, the second master is just a little reluctant that his daughter has reached the age of marriage, and Zhang Xi is completely thinking too much.

But let Zhang Xi have such a yin and yang weird meal, can the second master not be annoyed when he hears it, and can he still talk to Zhang Xi in a good voice? !

Originally, this matter was almost collapsed, but what could I do if I couldn't stand the second master who was eavesdropping on the silver screen outside the door? !

The daughter's heart is not on her side, even if the second master wants to refuse, he has to look at his daughter's tearful appearance and worry.

The daughter's wish can only be fulfilled as a father, but Zhang Xi, the goods, is really angry if he doesn't scold and blast out.

So, things are promised, and they have to be bombed.

What about this matter, although Zhang Xi almost messed up, but in the end the result was good, Zhang Xi can be regarded as letting go of his heart and can start worrying about other things.

After the autumn harvest, the year's government affairs are basically coming to an end, and Zhang Xi's remaining business is to inspect the counties before the end of the year, and then be responsible for rewarding and punishing officials at all levels.

This is not a complicated matter, and with Ma Liang and Yi Yuan staring at it, Zhang Xi basically doesn't have to be too troublesome, he just needs to go to the counties to walk around and show the authority of the government.

Originally, there was also a patrol of the county soldiers' drills and the assessment of the county soldiers' work, but in Nanjun, Guan Yu was in charge of these tasks, and Zhang Xi went through the motions, and the symbolic meaning was greater than the actual significance.

However, when Zhang Xi was inspecting the military camp, he noticed some disturbing places.

The training method of Jingzhou soldiers is still the same as Zhang Xi's training in Xinye, but after the number of troops increases, Guan Yu has his own ideas.

To put it simply, the second master streamlined the soldiers of the Mandarin Duck Formation, and only ensured the scale of about 5,000 people.

In the second master's opinion, the Mandarin Duck Formation is suitable for field warfare, and it can also be dismantled to defend the city on the city wall with the squad as a unit, but it is a bit wasteful to use it to attack the city.

Therefore, the second master only maintained a team of 5,000 people to practice the mandarin duck formation, which was used as elite soldiers, and the rest of the army sergeants, the second master still trained ordinary foot soldiers in accordance with the conventional training methods of this era.

Of course, it is also related to Zhang Xi's training method, which is more expensive and food-intensive, after all, in these years, the soldier's armor rate can't go up, how can there be enough money and food for the soldiers to eat meat.

In this regard, Zhang Xi can understand the second master, after all, when he was in Badong County, the 4,000 county soldiers under Zhang Xi were still ordinary soldiers in this era, if there were no 10,000 white soldiers Chen Zhi, Zhang Xi would definitely not be able to kill Xiahou Yuan.

However, Zhang Xi still felt that the second master was a little too much.

Yes, you have to keep the size of the elite army at 5,000, which is understandable.

However, other soldiers, you can increase the proportion of shield soldiers and pikemen, if you encounter special circumstances in the field, these soldiers can be quickly replenished or even expanded, forming a simple mandarin duck formation reserve.

Always thinking about attacking the city, the proportion of long knife soldiers is too large, so although it is convenient to siege the city, the field ability is also weakened.

Zhang Xi vaguely remembered that the turning point of the second master's battle of Xiangfan was that in the field battle, the second master was repelled head-on by the reinforcements led by Xu Huang, and Jiangdong was backstabbed, which became defeated.

So, Zhang Xi hurriedly went to Guan Yu and said, but Guan Yu was still angry and drove Zhang Xi out again.

Actually, what Zhang Xi thought of, the second master had already thought of as a famous general.

But it can't be helped, that's the way it is now.

Over the years, the second master has basically expanded the sphere of influence of Nanjun to the north of Linfu.

This place is already quite close to Xiangyang.

In other words, if the second master wants to use troops next time, he doesn't need to think about the problem of field warfare at all, what he needs to consider is how to conquer the fortified city of Xiangyang.

Therefore, the second master will consciously increase the proportion of long sword soldiers in the army, so that he can take advantage of the siege in the future.

You carry a three-meter-long spear or a shield more than one meter, how are you going to attack the city?!

You can't even climb the ladder.

In the end, you have to change to a long knife to attack.

So, the second master actually thought about it, but when he saw Zhang Xi, he thought that this thing helped the disciple deceive his daughter, and mocked himself for being able to explain it well.

Zhang Xi was of course very dissatisfied, so he wrote a special letter to Xu Shu, wanting to invite Xu Shu to write a joint letter to Liu Bei in Chengdu with him, asking him to persuade Guan Yu not to weaken the field combat capability of the troops in order to strengthen the strength of the siege.

Then, I was persuaded by Xu Shu's letter.

Although Xu Shu has been staying in Jingnan, he is also very familiar with the situation in Jingbei.

Over the years, Cao Cao has not given up going south to harass Nanjun, and he has come almost every year, but every time he comes, he has not taken any advantage.

Don't look at Cao Jun's boasting every time, saying that someone defeated Guan Yu again and won the victory, but in fact, the Cao army, which was originally able to go back and forth with Guan Yu in the north of Nanjun, and even once attacked the position near Qingnikou in Jiangxia County, has all withdrawn to the north of Linfu in the past two years.

Even Le Jin was too improperly guarded by Xiangyang, and was transferred by Cao Cao to guard Hefei with Zhang Liao.

From the commander of one front army to the deputy of another front army, if this is really a good fight, Cao Cao can arrange it like this?!

So, don't look at Guan Yu and Xiangyang Cao's army back and forth over the years, but the battle line has indeed been advancing towards Xiangyang, and the next time they fight, it will be under Xiangyang City.

After Xu Shu's explanation, Zhang Xi finally understood why Guan Yu wanted to increase the proportion of long sword soldiers in the army.

But Zhang Xi can't be blamed for this matter, after all, Zhang Xi has only been in Nanjun for less than four months, and the affairs in the army have always been in charge of Guan Yu, Zhang Xi has no contact, so naturally he doesn't know as much as Xu Shu.

At the same time, Zhang Xi also complained, since this is the case, the second master is good to say, he will bombard people at every turn, which hurts his self-esteem.

I'm thirty years old this year, and I'm a person who is a year old, don't you want to lose face?!

But so be it. Forget it, who made him the second master.

However, the problem of the army's field warfare still needs to be improved.

After all, Zhang Xi knew the process of the historical line, and knew that the second master would be defeated by Xu Huang in the field battle, and it would obviously not work if he did not strengthen the army's field capability.

It's just that how to take into account both field warfare and siege is a problem that Zhang Xi needs to think about and solve.

(End of chapter)