Zhang Xi led the troops into Ji County, and immediately arranged for Zhang Yi and Ju Fu to take over the defense of Ji County, and he himself, together with Wei Yan, met with the representatives of the family in Ji County.

Jiang Xu, Jiang Yin, Liang Xu, Yin Xian, Yang Ling and others.

Jiang Xu, Jiang Yin, Liang Xu, and Yin Xian are all great contributors to Zhang Xi's capture of Ji County this time.

As for Yang Ling, he is the representative of the Yang family, and Yang Ling is also Yang Fu's younger brother. It can be seen that after the Shu army entered the city, the Yang family also began to adjust their position and did not continue to maintain an attitude of watching from the sidelines.

But compared with the Jiang family, the Liang family, the Yin family and other families, the Yang family is still somewhat reserved.

First, the relationship between the Yang family and Cao Wei is close, and Yang Fu is an official in Yecheng, so he can't be too direct on the surface.

Both, although the current Ji County is in the hands of the Shu army, it is still unknown what the future will be, and the Yang family also retains the last trace of the bottom line.

Zhang Xi naturally knew the Yang family's concerns, so he didn't embarrass the Yang family too much, of course, the corresponding official made a wish, and naturally there was nothing to do with the Yang family for the time being.

As for the Zhao family. After Zhang Xi was busy with the meeting with Jiang Xu and others, under the leadership of Jiang Xu, he personally visited the Zhao family's mansion.

Although Zhang Xi knew about the hatred between Ma Chao and the Zhao family, it had nothing to do with Zhang Xi, and it was impossible for Zhang Xi to end the entire Zhao family for the sake of a Ma Chao who was not familiar at all.

What's more, the Zhao family and Zhao Ang and his wife and their son and daughter were all abandoned and thrown out as tools, and now Zhang Xi sent people to detain them alone, what to do next, and now Zhang Xi doesn't know.

Therefore, Zhang Xi visited the Zhao family's mansion and comforted the Zhao family a little, and the specific fate of the family could not be decided until Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, arrived in Ji County.

Zhang Xi's visit, although he still did not give a plan for the disposal of the Zhao family, at least gave the Zhao family a reassurance.

If Liu Bei's group really wanted to avenge Ma Chao and destroy the Zhao family, there would be no need for Zhang Xi to visit the Zhao Mansion at all.

But even so, the Zhao family still couldn't rely on Zhang Xi's attitude to speculate on Liu Bei's attitude Zhao Xiong of the Zhao family, and privately discussed with Jiang Xu about preserving a Zhao bloodline.

You can't blame Zhao, in this case, you must prepare in advance, just in case.

Jiang Xu also remembered his promise, so he agreed to Zhao Xiong's request.

In the current situation, there was definitely no way for the Zhao clan to send a clan out of the city to escape, so after Jiang Xu and Zhao Xiong discussed, they adopted a compromise method.

Let Jiang Wei of the Jiang family, a widow of the third room of the Zhao family, be a concubine.

The eldest son of the Zhao family died early, leaving an only son and a widow who were only three or four years old

After Zhao Xiong discussed with Jiang Xu, he asked the widow of the third room to remarry Jiang Wei as a concubine, marry his only son together, and at the same time marry some of the Zhao family's clansmen and property, so that he could maintain the bloodline of the Zhao family in disguise.

When this only son grows up, the Jiang family will let this only son restore the surname Zhao, and let the Zhao clan find another place to settle down, continuing the Zhao lineage.

This can be regarded as the Three Kingdoms version of the "Zhao Orphan".

It's just that Jiang Wei is not very happy, he hasn't even paid a crown gift, and suddenly there is a concubine and a nominal son. What's this called?!

But how many of the sons of the family in this year can be casual in marriage matters? !

At least Jiang Xu didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Moreover, Jiang Xu also persuaded Jiang Wei to look away. It's just a concubine, not a wife, you're worried about a yarn!

That widow is only the same age as your boy this year, and she is very beautiful and well-read.

Even if your titular son will revert to the surname Zhao in the future, the concubine will still be your concubine. You kid is cheap, what's not to be dissatisfied with.

Although Jiang Wei is still not very satisfied, this kind of thing is really not something that his junior can decide, not to mention that even his father Jiang Jian agreed, what can he say.

So, when Zhang Xi was busy inspecting the city defenses and dealing with Guo Huai's attack at any time, the Jiang family and the Zhao family in the city reached an agreement, and Jiang Wei had an extra concubine and a cheap son.

This kind of thing, although Zhang Xi also received a detailed report from the city, but Zhang Xi really didn't care, to a certain extent, he also turned a blind eye Zhang Xi was not sure of Ma Chao's thoughts, in case Ma Chao really had to cut people and the whole family to take revenge, Zhang Xi was not easy to persuade anything.

Zhang Xi felt that this was a way to preserve the bloodline of the Zhao family.

Besides, Zhang Xi doesn't have the heart to think about this strange thing now, and the top priority is to block Guo Huai's Liangzhou Army first.

According to the report of the horse exploration, Guo Huai has led more than 50,000 Liangzhou troops to the south, and it is only a day's journey from Ji County.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the cavalry is not good at attacking cities.

However, the enemy has a large number of troops, and he has only just taken over the defense of Jixian County, so he cannot be underestimated after all.

Zhang Xi convened his subordinates overnight to discuss defense matters.

Jiang Xu, Liang Xu, Yin Xian, and Jiang Yin, as the head snakes, of course had to attend, and Zhang Xi, Wei Yan, Zhang Yi, and Ju Fu also attended together.

Finally, there is another person, who Zhang Xi specially named and made an exception to attend - Jiang Wei.

Tianshui Qilin'er, can this be let go?!

Although Jiang Wei is only nineteen years old at this time, he is still very immature, but so what, his apprentice Deng Aike has been helping him deal with government affairs since he was sixteen years old, and Jiang Wei is nineteen years old this year.

Zhang Xi's deliberate roll call not only made Jiang Wei feel happy, but also made Jiang overjoyed. Obviously, Jiang believes that this is a signal that Liu Bei Group values Tianshui Jiang.

Although Liang Xu and Yin Xian are also a little envious and jealous, they can't help it, since the children in the family, there is really no next generation who can compare with Jiang Wei.

Besides, Jiang Wei is from Tianshui, Liang Xu and Yin Xian are also from Tianshui, Jiang Wei was exceptionally promoted to the military tent, which may not be a signal for Liu Bei Group to appease the hearts of Tianshui.

Therefore, these two people did not have much opinion on Jiang Wei's attendance.

On the contrary, Zhang Xi's side is the one who really has opinions.

Zhang Yi and Jufu are better, these two are also young, or Zhang Xi pulled them up, although they have some opinions, but they will not be too obvious after all,

But Wei Lao Pifu is different.

Wei Yan felt that the army was about to face a big war, and Zhang Xi didn't ask about himself, a veteran general in the army, and instead of naming a teenager to discuss the matter, he simply didn't take Wei Yan seriously.

Therefore, at the beginning of the military discussion, Wei Yan took the initiative to say, "Now that Guo Huai is going south, the city of Ji County is small, and the army can't accommodate it, so I also ask the general and me to go out of the city and go down to the village to be a horn!" ”

Wei Yan was really not polite at all, and asked Zhang Xi directly to ask for someone, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he had to leave 10,000 people.

But Zhang Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Although the county seat of Ji is not small, the 20,000 soldiers under the fortress are somewhat crowded.

At the beginning, Zhang Xi set out from Hanzhong with 20,000 people, and only fought a battle at Qishan Fort along the way, losing some soldiers.

With so many people crowded and stuffed in Ji County, it is not only not conducive to the arrangement and command of defensive forces, but also the consumption of grain and grass will be even more.

Again, the military discipline of the non-commissioned officers in these years is like that, no matter how strict the discipline is, there are always some unsightly thorns who claim to be conquerors and have to challenge military law.

Zhang Xi can only try his best to restrain it, but with so many people in the city, it is inevitable that there will be friction with the local people or families, and in this kind of situation where the army is pressing, it is somewhat of a hidden danger.

Therefore, Zhang Xi didn't think that he should put all the soldiers in the city.

In the battle to defend the city, sending troops out of the city and under the wall, forming horns with each other is not only conducive to defense, but also a means of protecting the grain route, in this regard, Zhang Xi felt that Wei Yan's suggestion was right.

Although Zhang Xi and Wei Yan do not agree, there is one thing to say, these generals present now are really capable of leading 10,000 troops, and the only people who can cooperate with the defenders of the city are probably Wei Yan.

Therefore, although Wei Lao's tone was very annoying, Zhang Xi stood from the perspective of the matter, and was ready to agree to Wei Yan's proposal, divide his troops to give him 10,000, and go out of the city to set up a walled city to defend it.

Can. Some people have different opinions.

"General, never!" Jiang Wei hesitated, but still stood up and said to Zhang Xi, "The general must not send troops out of the city, this will be broken by thieves!" ”

Jiang Wei said this, Wei Yan was not very happy to listen to it.

"What do you mean, boy?!" Wei Yan glared at Jiang Wei angrily and said, "Don't you underestimate me?!" ”

Originally, Wei Yan was very unpleasant to see Jiang Wei present, if this kid didn't speak obediently, Wei Yan really wouldn't trouble him, but what do you mean now?! If I lead my troops out of the city to garrison, I will be broken by the enemy?!

Who the hell do you kid look down on?!

Jiang Wei, on the other hand, bowed his hand to Wei Yan and replied very politely, "It's not that Wei underestimates the general, it's true. The Liangzhou army fought mainly with cavalry, and the cavalry fought like the wind. The general went out of the city, if he stuck to the walled city, the Liangzhou army lacked skills in attacking the city, so he naturally had no choice but to be a general, but if the general went out of the village to fight, he was afraid that he would lose for a while. ”

Jiang Wei spoke more tactfully, but anyway, everyone present was not stupid, and they all understood what Jiang Wei meant.

In this Northern Expedition, the soldiers of Liu Bei's group, except for some scouts, were all infantry.

The infantry went out of the city to set up a wall, if it was just to hold on, then there was naturally no problem, the Liangzhou army was mainly cavalry combat, and the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, and it might not even be possible to break through the camp under Wei Yan.

But the problem is that the purpose of Wei Yan going out of the city and building a walled village is to echo with Ji County, and if they are just trapped in the camp, what kind of mutual rescue is it.

But once Wei Yan led the troops out of the camp to fight, with the small short legs of the infantry, he couldn't outrun the cavalry at all, and the impact of the cavalry was not something that the infantry could stop.

Therefore, in the border of Liangzhou, it is not that you can't go out of the city to build a wall, and defend it with horns, but you must have enough cavalry on the side of the city, so that it can really play a role.

Therefore, Jiang Wei suggested that there is really no need to divide the troops, the people of Liangzhou are not good at attacking the city, and the army can shrink into the city and hold on, unless the defenders of Jixian County run out of food, otherwise the Liangzhou army relies on cavalry and cannot attack the city wall at all.

But in fact, it is impossible for Ji County to be short of food.

Let's talk about Ji County first, as a large county of Tianshui County, its own grain and grass reserves are very sufficient, and it is unlikely that there will be a shortage of grain and grass in the short term.

Speaking of backup, the defenders of Ji County are not alone, the army led by Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, is behind them, and the time should have left Qishan Road and is almost to Xixian.

In other words, as long as Zhang Xi and the others hold on for ten days, the real troublesome person is Guo Huai.

Not to mention, Liu Bei is not without a trick. Qiang Hu Yicong, led by Ma Chao, should be about to arrive in Tianshui County by now.

(End of chapter)