Chapter 31: Takeover of Yi County
In fact, Liu Fan also imagined that the reason why Fu Gan could cooperate silently was that he had a belief in his heart, which was more important than following Ma Teng's orders.
This is why Liu Fan had to ask Liu Dan to get an imperial edict from the emperor before. Now there is no imperial edict from the emperor in the world, and his behavior is inappropriate and unsatisfactory.
When he glanced at Liu Dan, he immediately took the brocade out of his clothes and handed it to Fu Gan.
Looking at the edict of the dragon-patterned gold silk brocade, Fu Gan was also extremely cautious. He took a step back and bowed respectfully to the long-time Jinshu. Fu Gan spread his hands and raised his head flat, and Liu Dan placed the Jinshu in his hand.
After that, Fu Gan looked up, slowly unfolded the brocade book and read the contents, folded it silently, and placed it on the table in front of Liu Fan.
"Since General Liu Zhonglang was following His Majesty's edict and cooperated with the general in the west, why did he not bring the general's documents when he came to the town of Ji County?"
"Ma Zhengxi fought against Guo Si and Fan Chou's army in Changpingguan. I only read out His Majesty's edict in front of the formation. At that time, I had only hundreds of people in my hands, and there was no benefit to the situation of the war. So I chose to return to the rear of Ji County first, and to take back the reinforcements in Shuzhong while stabilizing the rear for General Zhengxi."
He glanced at Liu Dan and signaled him to put away the brocade. Liu Fan calmly explained the reason with Fu Gan. As the chief clerk of Ma Teng's marching stay in Mei County, Fu Gan was also his confidant. If Fu Gan could trust and support him, Liu Fan would be more comfortable in Mei County.
After pondering for a moment between his eyebrows, when the emperor's decree was in hand, Fu Gan would subconsciously choose to believe Liu Fan.
"Since Liu Zhonglang is going to take over Mei County, why should I stun Meng Qi? It is important to know that he is the eldest son of the general in the west and has the responsibility of guarding Mei County. If he cannot get his support, Zhonglang may not be able to control the entire city of Mei County."
Fu Ganyan's implication was that he wanted Liu Fan to let Ma Chao go first. After all, Ma Teng's old subordinate in the town of Mei County still trusted Ma Chao.
Upon hearing this, Liu Fan looked at Fu Gan and suddenly smiled, "Actually, Yancai should know that if Meng Qi's character is left alone, the town of Mei County will inevitably be in chaos. Therefore, my idea is to temporarily restrain his actions and release him after ensuring the safety of Mei County."
After pondering for a few breaths, Fu Gan looked at Liu Fan, then looked around the soldiers around him, and finally nodded silently.
So, after Fu Gan agreed to temporarily hand over to Mei County, Liu Fan quickly arranged for Liu Dan to follow him to familiarize himself with all the affairs in the city, and then arranged for someone to change important positions.
At the same time, Liu Fan did not forget to gather the local gentry in Mei County to ask about the situation in their city. This was his habit. There were many talents in the late Han Dynasty, and maybe he could meet an available talent in an inconspicuous city.
But unfortunately, the gentry either strongly recommended the young people of their clan, or shook their heads to avoid being involved with Liu Fan. Finally, Liu Fan knocked on them and let them go.
Then Liu Fan picked up the officials in the county temple and took the list of officials and Wei led the list to check it out, hoping to find a useful talent. This is like searching for famous generals in the wild after occupying the city in the game. Now Liu Fan's territory is small, so he can only search for it with great care.
The sky pays off. Just when Liu Fan thought that there was probably no talent available in Mei County. The name of a person in the list of Mei County Chengwei led to a list of people, but it made ripples in his heart.
The head of the city gate Qutun, Meng Da!
Meng Da is a person familiar with the Three Kingdoms. There are several records in history. He first followed Liu Bei to guard Shangyong, and then surrendered to Cao Wei due to Guan Yu's defeat. Finally, under the inducement of Zhuge Liang, he was killed by Sima Yi in an urgent marching and beheading.
What is Meng Da’s talent in his own right? Liu Fan doesn’t need to worry about it for the time being, but he has a friend Fa Zheng, which Liu Fan urgently needs at this time.
As the minister of Liu Bei's late arrival in Shu, Fa Zheng was highly valued. Even when Liu Bei was defeated in the war against Wu, Zhuge Liang once sighed, "If Fa Xiaozhi is here, he can control the lord and order him not to go east; if he goes east again, he will not be in danger."
Since Fa Zheng followed Liu Bei, he has also achieved outstanding results and was attracted by Liu Bei as the leader of the plan. This is a evident.
Because of Meng Da's appearance, Liu Fan quickly remembered this talent who took refuge in Yizhou. Originally, Liu Fan thought that at least he could gather some good officials and talents after returning to Yizhou, but he didn't want him to meet him here. At present, Liu Fan would not miss such a rare opportunity.
So Liu Fan quickly sent Xu Huang to call Meng Da, the chief of Qutun under the command of the city gate lieutenant, over here.
Because Xu Huang took the person himself, Meng Da was quickly caught by him from his home and came to the county temple.
After Meng Da later came out of Fazheng's house, he went back to the city gate to see. After seeing that the city gate had been taken over by Pang De, he simply went home to take refuge. But what he didn't expect was that even at home, he was still caught by Liu Fan. At first, he thought that Liu Fan's army was strict and wanted to punish the fugitives to serve as a warning to you.
Later I found out that Liu Fan suddenly wanted to see him.
Although I don’t understand why Liu Fan was looking for him, the entire county of Mei had to listen to Liu Fan at present, and Meng Da dared not complain at all. He clasped his fists and bowed his songs with his body. Meng Da buried his head very low and stood in the middle of the lobby to salute Liu Fan.
Looking at Meng Da who was very respectful in his rituals, Liu Fan probably confirmed that he was probably Meng Da in history.
"No gifts." He smiled and greeted Meng Da. Seeing him looking up, Liu Fan also looked up and down at the slightly stable young man. "My left-leaning general Liu Fan came to Mei County to select martial arts under the order of the emperor. I heard that you are quite well-versed in martial arts, so I called you over and give it a try."
"Reporting to General Liu Zhonglang, if you have a short time of talent, you may not be able to get to the eyes of General Liu."
"You don't need to be humble, how can you know if you don't try?" After that, he turned his head and squinted his eyes to Xu Huang beside him. Xu Huang understood and walked two times to Meng Da, with a rough voice, holding his fists and bowed, "Mengtun, please give me advice!"
At that moment, Meng Da was also stunned and looked at Liu Fan quickly, but before he could refuse, Xu Huang had already attacked Meng Da. In a hurry, Meng Da could only resist. Although Meng Da had some self-defense skills, how could he be compared to Xu Huang who had fought on the battlefield for several years? With just a few dozen moves, Meng Da was taken down by Xu Huang.
He was detained with his backhand, Meng Da kowtowed to the ground with one knee, looking up at Liu Fan, with a look of shock and suspicion.
He wanted to explain a few words, but before he could say anything, Liu Fan, the first person, was furious, "Bastard! Who told me that Meng Da is a rare young talent in Mei County. Such skills are really a talented person, so he dragged it down with me!"
Chapter completed!