"That being the case, I hope the general will win as soon as possible."

Zhang Song finally suppressed his imminent mind and did not give up the map in his arms.

This map was prepared for Cao Cao when he went to Chendu.

It's a pity that Cao Cao's arrogance is disgusting.

And Cao Cao is arrogant, except for a Sun Quan in the south who has not seen him, maybe only Liu Bei is the master.

But now that Liu Bei is going to Jingzhou, even if he contributes a picture, people may not have time to take care of it.

When the time comes, if Liu Bei doesn't pay attention to it, he will seem to be self-inflicted.

Therefore, Zhang Song felt that it was better to wait for Liu Bei to return from Jingzhou before dedicating Yizhou to him.

And most importantly.

Such a big matter can't be decided so hastily, it still has to be considered.

His friend Fa Zhengfa Xiaozhi has always been good at strategy, Zhang Song thinks that he can discuss with him.

Therefore, taking into account various factors, Zhang Song did not immediately raise the matter.

However, when he met Liu Bei and saw that the Jiangzhou he governed was still in good order, it was not as chaotic as Zhang Lushi, which also made Zhang Song quite good.

Corporal Liu Bei Lixian, and fought in the south and north for many years, fighting with Cao Cao, Lu Bu and others in the Central Plains, and was by no means as cowardly as Liu Zhang.

If there are still people in the south who can become the lord of Yizhou, maybe only Liu Bei is the most suitable.

"My lord."

At this moment, Xu Shu suddenly said to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei asked, "What's the matter with Yuan Zhi?" ”

Xu Shu said: "Although we will leave for Jingzhou tomorrow, the friendship of the Yizhou pastoral family cannot be ignored, and it just so happens that there are many Xichuan people in our army." ”

Liu Bei was surprised: "What does Yuan Zhi mean?" ”

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Why doesn't the lord leave some men and horses to contain Zhang Lu's army?" If things change, Liu Yizhou can't resist it, and the fall of Chengdu will not be good. ”

"Hmm."

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and said: "Yuan Zhi's words are very reasonable, so how about I order Zhao Yun and you to lead 10,000 people to stay?" ”

"Yui!"

Xu Shu should have given his hand.

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Song again and said, "Don't stay in the mansion today, let's talk about it." Now I don't know much about Zhang Lu's offensive, and I want to ask Don't drive to answer for us in detail. ”

"I want to."

Zhang Song hurriedly responded.

"Please."

Liu Bei beckoned him to go to the backyard annex.

After that, in the name of going to the banquet, he went to greet Zhou Lin, and after seeing Zhou Lin away, he returned to Xiaozhu to talk with Zhang Song.

Soon the next day, Zhang Song and Liu Bei had a very happy conversation.

After a night of candlelight and night talking, the two deepened their understanding of each other, and Zhang Song was more sure that Liu Bei was the master of Yizhou, so he left satisfied.

After sending Zhang Song away, Liu Bei led the army to board the ship in the afternoon, without a clear flag, thousands of ships, all merchant ships, under the banner of Zhou Lin and other major families in Ba County, mighty and mighty, down the river, towards the direction of Jingzhou.

When Zhang Song went south, he walked the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the Han Dynasty called it the Great River, and later generations called it the Minjiang River, he went down the river to Jiangzhou at a fast speed, but when he went back, the speed was much slower, so he didn't mention it for the time being.

Liu Bei's ship sailed fast, and it took less than a day to arrive at the White Emperor City, at this time the White Emperor City was still in his hands, but after the White Emperor City, to Zigui, it was Cai Mao's territory.

When he left Zigui for Xichuan, Cai Mao immediately sent troops to Zigui, Yiling, Yidao and other places, and set up beacon towers on both sides of the strait. Although he did not send people to Xichuan to determine whether Liu Bei had joined the war, these basic military arrangements were still in place.

At this moment, on the upper floor of Zigui County, Huo Jun looked north, and his younger brother behind him was chattering and complaining: "At the beginning, the eldest brother attacked Cao Cao and made a great contribution, but he was only promoted from Sima to lieutenant, and after the eldest brother died of illness, he was not allowed to reuse, and now he was sent to this Zigui City, which is really a nest." ”

"Yes, now that Taiwei Cai and Kuai Situ are in control of the Jingzhou government, it stands to reason that our old ministers should be reused. However, I heard that many brothers did not want to fight with the eldest prince, so those who did not want to fight were transferred to remote places. ”

"We don't want to fight, but don't we have to be transferred to Zi to return? There is also General Wenpin, but General Wen has calculated it, he has an army of 20,000 under his command, and Taiwei and Situ don't dare to touch him, which is like us, in the end it is just a false name. ”

Huo Jun's troops came from his brother Huo Du, and Huo Du's troops were clan private soldiers, with only three or four hundred people at the beginning, and later increased to more than 1,000 due to Zhang Yun's expansion of the army, and there has been no increase in men and horses since then.

Therefore, after Huo Du died of illness and Huo Jun inherited Huo Du's army, this army, which was originally based on the private soldiers of the clan, followed Huo Jun in a group and became the private part of the Huo family.

And the characteristic of this army is that the upper-level officers are all relatives of the same clan of the Huo family, and several of the guards are still Huo Jun's brothers, so they naturally don't have so many scruples when they speak.

Huo Jun listened to everyone's complaints, but did not stop them, because even he himself felt that it was unfair, not to mention that they were all his own people here, and he would not spread gossip to Cai Mao's ears.

"Hey, Captain, look."

At this moment, someone beside Huo Jun suddenly pointed to the north and said, "There are boats on the river." ”

Huo Jun looked over and saw hundreds of merchant ships heading south along the waters of the Yangtze River, and the beacon towers along the coast were not lit with wolf smoke, and he wondered for a while: "What kind of ship is this?" ”

"It looks like a merchant ship."

A soldier raised his eyes and said, "This should be a ship from Jiangzhou." ”

"Come with me."

Huo Jun waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers in the city went out at the moment, came to the riverside and opened two ships, which were across the river.

Naturally, the merchant ships on the Yangtze River in the distance also saw them, so they began to stop their ships one after another.

In ancient times, it was not easy to stop a boat on the Yangtze River, but the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

And the stone and the claw anchor is not a small object, the stone weighs several tons, it takes dozens of people to pull into the river to let the big ship stop, the claw anchor is slightly lighter, but there are more than two zhang long, hundreds of kilograms, rely on the claw to take the bottom of the river to stop the boat.

As for the retraction of the anchor, it is also simple, and the stone anchor is pulled back purely by human leverage. The claw anchor rows back when the boat is opened, and after the grappling hook is loose and falls off, the claw anchor is retrieved with a winch, and you can continue to move forward.

Therefore, although it is a little troublesome to stop the ship, because these ships are all relatively advanced ships that Shen Chen helped Zhou Lin renovate, it is still easy to stop the ship and anchor.

After the boat stopped, a small boat soon rowed over and went to the riverside to meet Huo Jun.

That person was a merchant ship master sent by Zhou Lin to deal with the interrogation along the way, and after getting on the ship at this moment, he saw Huo Jun and hurriedly said, "The villain meets the general." ”

"Who are you?"

Huo Jun asked.

"The villain is a Jiangzhou businessman, because Zhang Lu was cut off from the business road in the previous year, so that the river could not be passed, and we and other businessmen accumulated a large number of goods, which could not be sold, and they were about to be smashed in their hands."

The director clapped his hands and said: "Fortunately, after General Zuo went to Jiangzhou, trade and trade were resumed, and we hurriedly organized a fleet to trade with Jiangdong in Jingzhou." ”

"Don't you know that Jingzhou is also at war now?"

Huo Jun asked.

The director smiled bitterly: "Naturally, I know, but what can I do?" If we can't sell the goods, I don't know how many people in Jiangzhou will be ruined, and we will lose their livelihoods by raising so many guys under our hands, and we can't help it. ”

"Hmm."

Huo Jun groaned.

In fact, he stopped the fleet not because he suspected that there was something wrong with the fleet, but because he didn't want them to go south to Yunmengze.

The Yangtze River was connected to Yunmengze at that time, and as far as he knew, Cai Mao had begun to wage a full-scale war, and the Yangtze River Sailor Division and Jiangxia Sailor were currently facing each other on the Yangtze River port downstream of Yunmengze.

Now that the caravan has passed from the war zone, isn't that looking for death? So Huo Jun is actually not harming these businessmen, but trying to save these businessmen.

It's just that the person in charge is right.

The essence of trade is to revitalize the livelihood of the local people.

For example, Jiangzhou is the distribution center of Bashu trade, and Bashu's medicinal materials, tea, silk, and salt have to be sold to Jingzhou and Jiangdong, and other items have to be purchased back.

If business contacts are completely cut off, medicine pickers, tea pickers, silkworm breeders, and salt diggers will all have to cut off their livelihoods.

So if you ignore it, you don't know how many people have died.

Thinking of this, Huo Jun admonished the principal: "It's just that now that Jingzhou is fighting, the Great River Sailor and the Jiangxia Sailor are facing each other in the Yunmengze area, and the servants are passing through the battlefield, isn't it sending them to death?" ”

The director hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, we were originally doing business along the river, not only in Jiangdong, but also in Jingzhou." It's a big deal that we stopped the ship in Jiangling and sold the goods to Nanjun and Nanyang, although we made less money, but at least we could manage the food and clothing of the people. ”

"I see."

Huo Jun thought about it, then turned his head and said to the guard: "Go and get two flags." ”

"Yui."

The guards went to get the flag.

Huo Jun said to the principal: "If you put these two flags on the bow of the ship, there should be less interrogation, remember, don't go to Yunmengze!" ”

"Thank you, General, thank you, General!"

The chief took the flag and left with a thousand thanks.

This flag is not actually an army flag, but a trade flag.

In the Han Dynasty, it was necessary to pay commercial taxes, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when caravans from all over the country passed through the territories of the princes, they must have been exploited.

But everyone also understands the principle of sustainable fishing with all their might, so the princes often set up tax inspection points on the traffic arteries, and after checking the taxes, they will be registered in the register, and give customs clearance documents, customs clearance flags, etc.

Now is a special period, Huo Jun didn't give the paperwork, and the flag was a little help.

Soon the flotilla set off again, heading in the direction of Gangneung.

After planting flags along the way, sure enough, no one questioned again, and the caravan was almost unimpeded and went straight to Gangneung.

And just when Liu Bei went straight to Jiangling, Zhang Song had already arrived at Yandao.

The Yangtze River goes down the river fast, and the upstream is slow, especially upstream, the water flow is turbulent, so it only took two days to come to Jiangzhou from Chengdu at that time, but it took more than ten days to go back.

By the time Zhang Song arrived in Yandao, Fa Zheng, the military lieutenant who had no soldiers and no power, was already waiting for him in Yandao County.

Although Fa Zheng was not appointed as an envoy this time, he was friends with Zhang Song, and he was not reused anyway, so he came with Zhang Song.

However, when it came to Yandao, because Zhang Lu's army had already controlled the Jiangyang area, ships could not pass on the river, so it was difficult for the brigade to pass, so Zhang Song separated from Fazheng.

Fa Zheng stayed in Yandao to lead the mission, and he himself only brought two retinues, disguised himself, took a detour by land, and then ran to Jiangzhou.

Later, Liu Bei collected a large number of ships, sent people to attack Jiangyang, and dispersed the Zhang Lu defenders there.

When he returned to the Yafu Mansion of Yandao County, Zhang Song saw a young scholar in his thirties waiting for him, so he went up and said, "Filial piety." ”

"Ziqiao."

"Let's go back and talk first."

"Okay."

That person was Fa Zheng, and he went back to the courtyard with Zhang Song.

It's been raining lightly these days, and the floor tiles are wet, and the gray bluestone slabs and black wooden pillars and tiles make the yard a cool color.

The only bright spot is that there is a small bamboo forest in the courtyard, which is lush and green, and there are water droplets dripping from it.

Zhang Song and Fa Zheng sat cross-legged under the porch, looking at the bamboo forest in front of them, Fa Zheng asked, "Ziqiao, have you seen General Zuo?" ”

"See."

"How?"

"It's a great talent."

Zhang Song gave a thumbs up and praised: "General Zuo has fought many battles in the south and the north, his bearing is extraordinary, his appearance is good, and he is a corporal of courtesy, which is admirable." ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Brother Ziqiao, like me, thinks that Liu Jiyu is cowardly and incompetent, and he is definitely not the master of Yizhou. Since General Zuo is eloquent and strategic, must he have agreed to send troops to Chengdu? ”

"Nope."

Zhang Song shook his head and said: "Jingzhou is in turmoil, and General Zuo has led his troops south to Jingzhou." ”

"Went to Jingzhou?"

Fa Zheng was surprised for a moment, so he asked about the specific situation.

Zhang Song told him that after Liu Bei sent troops to Bashu, Cai Mao immediately launched a war and wanted to defeat Liu Qi and unify Jingzhou.

He also said that Liu Bei had asked Jiangzhou merchants for a large number of merchant ships to transport troops, and he had now arrived in Jiangling.

"I see, I see"

After Zhang Song informed Fa Zheng of the situation, Fa Zheng muttered to himself, and then also gave a thumbs up and laughed: "General Zuo is indeed a hero." ”

"Amount"

Zhang Song wondered: "Now that General Zuo has gone to Jingzhou, he can't join us to plot Yizhou, why is Xiaozhi still laughing?" ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "I am Xiaozuo General Da Luo, and I am afraid that going to Jingzhou this time is already a plan." ”

"Scheme?"

Zhang Song was even more puzzled: "What plan? ”

Fa Zheng said: "Brother Ziqiao, think about it, why did Cai Mao immediately start as soon as General Zuo left?" Why did Cai Mao's side just take action, and General Zuo could get the news? Why did General Zuo come by land, but he was able to quickly raise so many merchant ships? ”

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Song's eyes widened.

Fa Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, this must be General Zuo's plan to seize Jingzhou." ”

With that, he looked to the east with a deep gaze.

Although Liu Zhang is besieged now, Chengdu should not be breached for a year and a half, and General Zuo will take Jingzhou and then return to Yizhou.

At that time, maybe Liu Zhang has been defeated by Zhang Lu, and at that time, General Zuo will destroy Zhang Lu and Xichuan, and he will no longer need to bear the notoriety of seizing the foundation of the same sect, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It's a chapter today.,It feels like I've regained yang.,I'm yang 10 days ago.,Okay, it's been four or five days.,But today it's starting to be very uncomfortable.,Maybe it's a cold.,I hope it's a cold.,Take advantage of the fact that you're not delirious before you code a chapter.,And then go to sleep.,It's really torment.。

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