After the strategy meeting was dismissed, it was natural for each to go back to their respective homes.

Everyone has their own preparations to make, and a herdsman like Zhang Xi also needs to go back as soon as possible to arrange for soldiers to drill and prepare grain, grass and ordnance, after all, Zhuge Liang has determined that he will assemble in Luoyang after the spring of next year and prepare for the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, after Zhang Xi returned to his mansion in Chang'an, he immediately began to prepare to pack his bags and go back to Jingzhou.

But before that, there were three people who took turns to visit Zhang Xi's mansion.

Actually, they are not strangers, but for sure, they are not acquaintances.

Two of them, one is called Zhao Tong and the other is Zhao Guang, they are the two sons of Zhao Yun's family, these two are real, and after being admonished by their own old man without knowing anything, they rolled up and rolled up and drove them out of the house.

The two of them were directly in a state of confusion, they didn't understand what was going on, and they didn't even hear Zhao Yun telling them to go to Zhang Xi directly after leaving home.

These two stupid dolls thought that they had done something wrong and were expelled from the house by their own old man.

If it weren't for their mother, who looked angry and distressed, and secretly sent someone to send a message to the two, these two stupid children would still be holding each other accountable at the gate of their house, who did the bad thing that made the old man so angry.

Then, these two went directly to the door and came to Zhang Xi.

Two people, to be honest, are restless and excited inside.

The excitement is that the two brothers finally got their father's permission to go into battle to kill the enemy, as Zhao Yun's sons, how could these two brothers not have expectations for going into battle to kill the enemy.

And the uneasy thing is that these two brothers have been scolded by Zhao Yun since they were children, and they never let them join the army, saying that the two of them are wastes, and over time, these two brothers really think that they are the two worst of all the meritorious generals in the second generation.

Other second generations of martial arts, either like the Zhang family, Zhang Bao directly served as a civil official and did not go into battle to kill the enemy, or just like the Guan family, even Guan Yinping could go into battle to kill the enemy, and Guan Ping even temporarily replaced Guan Yu to command the army.

Just the two of them, they don't even have the qualifications to go to the battlefield.

To be honest, the two brothers are not afraid of being embarrassed, but if they fail to meet Zhang Huqi's requirements and embarrass their father, they will really have no face.

Really, I have to say that under Zhao Yun's education, although these two brothers were a little crooked and lacked self-confidence, but in terms of tutoring, did they really not say that there was no rebellious period? !

Anyway, Zhang Xi admires it.

And the ability of the two brothers, well, in terms of commanding troops, Zhang Xi doesn't know much, so it's not easy to evaluate for the time being, but in terms of this force value, he can completely beat Zhang Xi.

Although it is quite easy to beat Zhang Xi, at least, Zhang Xi does not have to worry, these two people are not capable of self-protection when they arrive on the battlefield.

Since they are all here, let's take it first, Zhang Xi let the two brothers take charge of controlling their own personal guards. Although there are only 500 people, it is also a small army, and it is just the right way back to Jingzhou to inspect the two brothers' ability to command the army.

In this way, the two brothers temporarily lived in Zhang Xi's mansion.

And the day after the two brothers came to the door by themselves, Zhang Xi ushered in a stranger who was not very familiar - Li Yan.

To be honest, Zhang Xi never expected that Li Yan would come to visit him.

The two really don't have any friendship.

As for Li Yan, in fact, Li Yan came this time, not entirely for himself, but also for his friends.

Li Yan actually knew that Zhang Xi had always been prejudiced against himself and didn't like him very much. In this regard, as early as more than ten years ago, Li Yan knew everything clearly through the channels of Fazheng.

But Li Yan didn't really care about this.

On the one hand, Li Yan's career route has no intersection with Zhang Xi at all, Li Yan lives in Shu all the year round, and Zhang Xi has been in various places, and the two have no direct conflict of interest.

On the other hand, Li Yan knew that although Zhang Xi didn't like himself, he did things fairly and would not target himself because he didn't like it, plus the status gap between the two was too big, so there was no need for Li Yan to take the initiative to offend Zhang Xi. It's a big deal, just hide and go.

But not anymore.

On the one hand, Li Yan is still a scholar, and he can be regarded as a powerful figure in the court, and the intersection between him and Zhang Xi will inevitably increase.

Now Li Yan is also thinking about whether he is close to Zhang Xi and improving the relationship between the two sides.

On the other hand, my good friend was helpless to ask for his side, and he couldn't help it.

This friend is none other than the Taishou Mengda of Shangyong County.

Meng Da in the early years can be said to be one of the representatives of the Dongzhou faction, after all, the Dongzhou faction at that time was under Liu Zhang, and it was indeed not allowed to be reused, Fa Zheng was a county official, Li Yan was just a county order, and the only person who had a little military power was Meng Da.

Therefore, in the early years, when the first lord entered Sichuan, Meng Da was also a very important person under the command of the first lord.

It's just that no one expected the development of things after that.

Fa Zheng has always been deeply used by the ancestors, and often stays by his side to give advice, and although Li Yan has been dormant for a period of time, he finally came to the current position of Shang Shuling with the support of Fa Zheng.

Only Meng Da is still just a county guard.

It stands to reason that the official position of a county taishou is not low, if Meng Da hadn't worked hard in the first Northern Expedition and made a lot of meritorious contributions, just the things he did back then, with his status in the heart of the ancestors, it is not certain whether he can still be this Taishou now.

But Meng Da is still a big person.

Seeing that his former friends have become Shang Shuling, he is still a county guard. Meng Da felt bitter in his heart.

Meng Da is now in his forties, almost fifty, if he doesn't make any moves, I'm afraid he will have to live a life of mediocrity.

Meng Da definitely didn't want that.

In terms of talent and ability, Meng Da thinks that he is not inferior to Li Yan and Fa Zheng, and he can only be trapped under a puppet now, but he doesn't have enough opportunities to show himself.

As Dahan pushed the battle line to Heluo, Meng Da, who had been staying in Shangyong, the further back he went, the less likely he was to have the opportunity to show his ability.

And Kou Feng, the general of the town guard in the three eastern counties, is just a reckless man who doesn't go into the oil and salt, and if there is any opportunity to go out to fight, he will lead the troops by himself, and hand over the task of staying behind to himself and the Shen family brothers, and he doesn't know how to show himself.

Meng Da really had no choice but to write to Li Yan for help.

Meng Da hoped that Li Yan could pull himself along, intercede with himself, and win an opportunity to show his ability as Fa Zheng did back then.

Li Yan also had no choice, so he personally visited Zhang Xi.

Now the strategy has been decided, and the Han actually has three ways to attack.

All the way, it was the largest corps attacking Yingchuan.

There are the largest number of people in this corps, and the relationship between Li Yan and Xu Shu is also good, and he said that it is not a big problem to let Xu Shu take Meng Da on the expedition.

But in Xu Shu's corps, there is still a Kou Feng in it. Meng Da, as Kou Feng's subordinate, once he enters this corps to lead the troops to fight, the command is still in Kou Feng's hands, what great achievements can Meng Da make, and how can he show himself? !

I'm afraid that Meng Da fought hard, and in the end, the biggest credit was also made by others.

Therefore, this place, Munda can not go.

There is also a reserve army led by Wei Yan.

This is a place where miracles can be built, but there are also limitations.

One, Wei Yan has his own group, why does he want to give you Meng Dateng's position?!

The other, the army led by Wei Yan, the main force is the Northern Han Army led by Jiang Wei and Biqiu Jian, and it is too difficult to compete with this group of people to establish meritorious achievements.

Plus the last and most important. Wei Yan didn't come to Chang'an to discuss the military, and his duties were all arranged by Zhuge Liang, so what else could he do?!

Li Yan can't go to Zhuge Liang and discuss with him, should Meng Da be reactivated? !

Meng Da's biggest mistake was not that he was incapable, nor that he didn't obey military orders. His greatest mistake was to be rejected by his ancestors.

Will Zhuge Liang go against the decision of the ancestors?!

Don't even think about it!

Therefore, Li Yan thought about it, and only Zhang Xi's soldiers and horses might use Meng Da.

On the one hand, Zhang Xi's soldiers and horses all the way have the heaviest task and the most difficulty, and Zhang Xi definitely needs a capable subordinate to help him share the pressure.

Meng Da's ability, Li Yan thinks, is still competent enough.

On the other hand, Li Yan also wanted to take the opportunity to probe Zhang Xi's tone and see if he had a chance to improve his relationship with Zhang Xi again.

It just so happened that I took this opportunity to intercede for my friend and personally visited Zhang Xi.

Plea for a friend, no matter success or failure, you can give a good impression to others, especially for a person like Meng Da who was abandoned by the ancestors, and he didn't give up as a friend, doesn't it just reflect his own morality.

This is Li Yan's careful thinking.

But put it here in Zhangxi. To be honest, Zhang Xi didn't want a general like Meng Da who didn't care about the overall situation and retreated in danger.

But so be it. Zhang Xi is actually worried.

Do you want to use 50,000 soldiers against 100,000 Cao Wei's army, if you want to say that there is no pressure, it is impossible.

And more importantly, of the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Zhang Xi, there are actually 20,000 of them who are the county soldiers of the Qianghu rangers led by Ma Dai, and there are only 30,000 people.

There is no way, Yingchuan is the main force to attack the fortification, and the Liangzhou cavalry must have gone there to help in the war, and Hedong County, with its back to the state, and the wolf cavalry of the state is not without the possibility of going south, so there must also be a part of the cavalry to prepare for the rangers, which is better than no cavalry.

But since then, compared with the county soldiers, Zhang Xi actually wants to use 30,000 people to fight against Cao Wei's 70,000 or 80,000 people.

Even if it's a feint, the pressure is still very high.

Zhang Xi really needs some generals who can fight well and are both wise and brave to help him share the pressure.

Originally, Zhang Xi wanted to transfer Liu Yin to help in the battle, plus Zhang Yi, Xiang Pet. These are the people you can think of.

However, there is still a bit of a lack of confidence.

Liu Yin is good at defending, but he is not good at attacking, Zhang Yi, Xiang Pet The two have very average abilities, but the average ability means that there is no too outstanding place.

Not to mention anything else, any of them faced Sima Shi, and Zhang Xi really didn't think they had enough chances to win.

Therefore, if he can, Zhang Xi really wants to transfer a character like Deng Ai and Jiang Wei to help him.

But it's a pity that they can't be drawn, these two Zhuge Liang are all stuffed into Wei Yan's partial division, after all, if that partial division really wants to be used well, the strategic effect is great.

Really, Zhang Xi was still pondering, if it was really not possible, he transferred Shibao in Jingnan to the north, and let Pan Jun preside over the defense in Jingnan At this time, Li Yan came to the door.

Mengda?!

This person's character is not good, capricious, and putting it under his own hands is indeed a risk.

But on the other hand, Meng Da's ability is beyond doubt, although he can't do Lu Xun, Sima Yi and others, it should be okay to bully Sima Shi.

Do you want to take it?!

(End of chapter)