Yongzhou, Chang'an.

Liu Bei died of illness in Chang'an Palace, Zhuge Liang mourned in Chang'an, announced to the world, and then supported the coffin of the first emperor and returned to Huiling in the southern suburbs of Chengdu for burial.

In fact, when Liu Bei was alive, he did think about abandoning Huiling in the southern suburbs of Chengdu, and instead sought to choose a site in Chang'an and build another mausoleum.

But for political reasons, Liu Bei never made up his mind.

The emperor's mausoleum is generally built near the capital, and if you rebuild your own mausoleum in Chang'an, it is tantamount to announcing to the world that you plan to move the capital.

Then Chengdu has to be a fryer.

Today's Chang'an is still the front line after all, and it is not a good time to move the capital, so Liu Bei has never been able to make up his mind to rebuild his mausoleum.

In addition, Liu Bei died of illness after occupying Chang'an for a year, and there was no time to build a mausoleum, so in the end, Zhuge Liang still had to help Liu Bei's coffin return to Chengdu and be buried in Huiling, after all, the mausoleum over there has been built for four or five years, and it is almost completed.

It's just that Zhuge Liang wants to support Liu Bei's coffin to return to Chengdu, so the elite of the Northern Army, as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, naturally has to follow back to Chengdu, which is a great weakening of Yongzhou's defense.

At the beginning of the year, it was just decided that Zuo Fengyi would relocate the people's army, but now it has been implemented for less than half a year, and the soldiers from the border counties in various places have just arrived in Yongzhou, and they have not yet undergone rest and training, and their combat effectiveness is seriously insufficient, and the local county soldiers in Yongzhou have just been recruited, and they have only distributed good armor and ordnance, and they have not even practiced a few times, and there is no combat effectiveness at all.

If at this time, Cao Wei heard that Liu Bei had died of illness, and the army was coming, and the northern army had withdrawn from Chang'an. Then things are in trouble.

Although Zhang Xi also felt that with Cao Wei's current strength, it was unlikely that he would start a big war after less than a year of recuperation. But, what if?!

For this reason, Zhang Xi had to go to Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei, and let these two people leave at least 10,000 elite elites of the Northern Army for emergency response.

There is no requirement to stay for a long time, only the elite of the 10,000 Northern Army needs to be stationed in Yongzhou for another year, and when the soldiers of Yongzhou County have initially formed combat effectiveness, then Zhang Xi is really not afraid of Cao Weixing's soldiers.

Even if he can't defeat the enemy, he can hold Sanfu and hold on to the ability to wait for help, Zhang Xi still has it.

Zhang Fei has no opinion on this matter, he actually feels that Yongzhou's defense is a little fragile, coupled with the lack of Dingkou, it is difficult to organize a large-scale Yongzhou army in a short period of time, so it is normal to leave a part of the elite of the Northern Army to help defend Chang'an.

And Zhuge Liang, after careful consideration, also agreed with Zhang Xi's opinion.

Although Zhuge Liang also judged that it was unlikely that Cao Wei would launch a large-scale campaign at this time, it was still possible to harass on a small scale.

If there is no elite defense Sanfu, Zhang Xi will have a hard time defending the entire Sanfu area with those 10,000 soldiers and less than 20,000 county soldiers.

Again, after Zhuge Liang discussed with Zhang Fei, he also felt that although the current Northern Army had grown after the Second Northern Expedition, it still lacked combat experience compared to the elite of Cao Wei's forbidden army.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang planned to leave the Northern Army in Chang'an in batches, and each batch would be garrisoned for one year, so as to accumulate the experience of the Northern Army soldiers in battle.

It's just that in this way, the number of elites of the Northern Army stationed in the capital will be reduced, especially in the months when the guard was changed, only 10,000 of the 30,000 elites of the Northern Army may stay in Chengdu.

If you add the 20,000 people of the Southern Army, the number is enough, but in case there is another war in other places, such as when it is necessary to rush to Jingzhou, the troops will be a little insufficient.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang discussed with Zhang Fei whether to incorporate the 10,000 white soldiers led by Chen Zhi into the establishment of the Northern Army and become the garrison of the capital.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Fei agreed in principle, but whether it was feasible or not, he had to play the new emperor, and at the same time ask Chen Dao's opinion.

In the later stage of the Second Northern Expedition, the Bai Yu soldiers stayed in Wuzhangyuan, guarding the army grain road leading to Wuzhangyuan from the Bao Slope Road.

Now, with Liu Bei's death, the arrangements for Bai Yubing also need to be put on the agenda.

This kind of elite, of course, is impossible to dissolve, and Ji Han has not yet had the luxury to this extent. It is also a proper duty to be transferred back to Chengdu and incorporated into the Northern Army.

It's just that this order, even if Zhuge Liang is the prime minister and has the responsibility of entrusting orphans, he can't give it.

As for Chen Zhi, there is no need to worry.

Chen Zhi's personality is actually really similar to Zhao Yun, and neither of them is the kind of person who is greedy for power.

Even for Chen Zhi, Liu Bei is gone, so supporting the young master is the best way for Chen Zhi to repay the ancestor.

These things are all things that need to be coordinated by Zhuge Liang after returning to Chengdu, and for the Yongzhou Assassin History Department, Zhuge Liang's agreement to leave Wu Yi to lead the 10,000 Northern Army is enough to satisfy Zhang Xi.

Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei want to support Liu Bei's coffin to return to Chengdu for burial, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time, after all, it was already late June when Liu Bei died of illness, and they really can't afford to delay.

Therefore, after Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei chose a date, they set off as soon as possible and prepared to return to Chengdu.

However, before returning to Chengdu, Zhuge Liang went to Zhang Xi again and discussed with Zhang Xi the defense strategy of the Guanzhong region.

The defense strategy of Guanzhong, because Wuguan and Tongguan are not in hand, so Zhuge Liang suggested that it should focus on key defense.

In the right Fufeng area, it is possible to arrange for garrisons and county soldiers to guard several important cities and passes near Wuguan Road, build some military forts, and base the enemy outside Wuguan Road.

There is no such condition in the Zuo Fengyi area.

Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang discussed, and felt that there was really no good way to deal with the Wei army in the direction of Tongguan except to strengthen surveillance, draw a buffer zone, and stick to the military route.

And Zhang Xi also proposed to take advantage of the opportunity of foreign families to come to Zuo Fengyi's land to expand the industry, and allow these families to recruit family guards and defend themselves on the spot, so as to delay the penetration of the Wei army. This idea was vetoed by Zhuge Liang.

It's not a bad idea, because even if you don't agree, the big families will do it privately, and there's nothing you can stop them from doing in a border state like this.

But Zhuge Liang still didn't want to set this precedent in the official face, for fear of giving this group of foreign families the opportunity to sit big in Yongzhou, and even, taking this as a precedent, families in other places would also ask for the same treatment.

For example, Jingzhou.

Yongzhou is the front line, isn't Jingzhou the front line? !

The most taboo thing in official affairs is to set a precedent, and some things are obviously policies adapted to local conditions, but in the eyes of some selfish people, they will become policies that need to be popularized.

Zhuge Liang didn't want to make trouble for himself, so he would rather be safe.

As for Chang'an's defense, this Zhuge Liang is not worried.

As long as Zuo Feng Yi and Right Fufeng are not broken by Wei thieves, Chang'an will not be threatened by any threat, and even if Chang'an is threatened by an attack, with Chang'an's city defense, as long as Zhang Xi is not brain-dead enough to clean up all his troops, it will not be a problem to hold on for a few months.

After the two discussed the garrison strategy of Guanzhong Sanfu, Zhang Xi thought that it was okay and was ready to send off the guests.

But Zhuge Liang said something to Zhang Xi before leaving.

"Yuan Chang can know, why did the first emperor want to make Yuan Chang Marquis Bolu Marquis before the collapse?!"

Zhuge Liang mentioned these words to Zhang Xi in a casual tone.

Zhang Xi actually wondered, he hadn't figured out the Tao here.

Zhang Xi is a member of the Yingchuan Changshe, according to the consistent practice of the Han Dynasty, if Liu Bei wants to seal Zhang Xi as the marquis, it should also be the marquis of the Changshe, which can show Liu Bei's reward for Zhang Xi, and at the same time make Zhang Xi famous in his hometown.

Although it is undecided today, even if Liu Bei makes Zhang Xi the marquis of Changshe, he can only be a remote leader, and it is impossible to really enjoy the fiefdom of the land of Yingchuan, but it is also a symbol of honor.

Why did you seal a place called Bolu Hou Bolu, but it's in Youzhou.

Zhang Xi was also in a lawsuit, and asked Zhuge Liang for advice in confusion, "Xishi doesn't know, I don't know if Mr. Kong Ming has a clue?!" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and directly made his words clear to Zhang Xi.

"Huo Guang, the general of the Han Dynasty, is the Marquis of Bolu."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xi was stunned.

What does it mean that it's not the first emperor?!

The political meaning in this really made Zhang Xi feel a little creepy the more he thought about it, and subconsciously looked at Zhuge Liang.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty entrusted the four great ministers to Gu Zhong, what was the final fate, Zhang Xi still knew that Liu Bei made himself the Marquis of Bolu, did he want to balance Zhuge Liang by himself? !

Zhang Xi's small expression, Zhuge Liang naturally saw it in his eyes, but Zhuge Liang just smiled and continued, "Liang thinks that he is not Shangguan Ji, and Yide will only be a loyal minister like Jin Riyan. But Yide and I, after all, are older than Yuan Chang, if someone wants to be Shangguan Ji and Sang Hongyang in the future, Yuan Chang will need to be the Bo Lu Hou. ”

After saying this, Zhuge Liang bowed his hand to Zhang Xi and walked away.

Zhang Xi was left alone, standing at the gate of his house in a daze.

Is that really what the first emperor meant?!

(End of chapter)