Chapter 148 Entering Jingnan (7)
During the reorganization of the army in Lingling, Liu Bei was in a very good mood. Every day, he was surrounded by stars, and he could say good things were happening.
First, by incorporating Lingling County soldiers and absorbing private soldiers brought by local families, the number of troops increased by almost doubled.
Although the army's combat power has temporarily decreased, after a short period of training and running in, it can recover its combat power. Now he has the confidence to fight Zhou Yu, and he no longer has to worry about Zhou Yu turning against others.
This time when Lingling County was pacified, Zhuge Liang must be the happiest person. As a military advisor, he also coordinated the military pay, money and food for this war. After only a few days of fighting, he felt a little stretched.
He doesn't have to worry about it now. Not only does he have a lot of talents, but he also has obtained enough military funds!
Not only did he obtain a lot of money and food in the official warehouse, but he also brought more money and food through the talents recommended by Liu Du and others. Now he is fighting for another half a year and is not afraid of insufficient military food.
Because Lingling was still Liu Du's county magistrate, although Zhuge Liang replaced all important positions with people he could trust, it did not affect Lingling's stability at all and soon returned to normal track.
On that day, after listening to Zhuge Liang's report, Liu Bei felt that Lingling County had completely controlled it and it was time to implement the next plan. He decided to convene the generals to hold a military discussion and attack Guiyang. He asked straight to the point:
"Lingling has been taken. I discussed with the military advisor and decided to take Guiyang first. Who dares to attack?"
Originally, Ma Su's suggestion was to attack Wuling first and fight steadily, but Zhuge Liang believed that it was best to take Guiyang first! Because Guiyang connected Jiaozhou and Jiangdong, he was afraid that Sun Quan or Shi Xie would attack first, so it would be difficult to start a war at that time, otherwise he would make enemies everywhere.
However, Wuling County was already surrounded by Liu Bei and could be captured at any time.
Liu Bei recognized Zhuge Liang's opinion and decided to send people to capture Guiyang first. He led the army to Lingling and responded to various changes at any time.
Before Liu Bei finished speaking, Zhao Yun stood up and asked for a fight:
"Zhao Yun is willing to go."
Zhang Fei was the vanguard officer this time. He thought that when he went out to fight, he naturally put him first. He responded a little slower when he asked for a war. Then he stood up and shouted:
"Fei also wishes to go!"
The two of them fought and looked at Zhuge Liang with their eyes. No one was willing to speak out and wanted to let go. Things froze!
As the military advisor, Kong Ming can be said to be the commander-in-chief of this war. He could only stand up and smooth things over. He coughed, cleared his throat and said:
"General Zhang, please stop fighting. In the end, Zilong responded first. Everything must be in a sequence!"
Originally, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun had a good relationship. It was a normal competition and a habit for them to come out to compete. It was mainly to adjust the atmosphere on the scene and strengthen the momentum. Seeing that the temperature was almost done, Zhang Fei was about to give in.
However, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu have never been very harmonious with Zhuge Liang since they visited the cottage three times. Zhao Yun was attracted by Zhuge Liang as his confidant because of his easy-going personality and reliable work.
Whenever there is an important task, Zhuge Liang's first thought was Zhao Yun. Every time he sent Zhao Yun to take on important tasks, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu had already felt a little confused!
This time Zhuge Liang stood up to smooth things over, and asked Zhao Yun to attack Guiyang first. Zhang Fei thought he was a gangster and was dissatisfied. His willful spirit came up, and even Liu Bei couldn't persuade him, so he must first go to capture Guiyang.
Of course, Zhang Fei was not a nonsense. As the vanguard officer of this expedition, he naturally had the qualifications to go to the expedition first.
Kong Ming had no choice but to use the most popular method at that time - "picking the eunuch" to decide, and then go.
Who knew that Zilong picked it up again this time. The eunuch was made by Zhuge Liang. Zhang Fei thought that it must be Zhuge Liang's move, so he couldn't help but say ruthlessly:
"I don't need others to help me to capture Guiyang. I only took three thousand troops from the headquarters to securely capture the city."
Zhao Yun did not have the treatment of Zhang Fei. His troops were only 1,000, but he said without any weakness:
"I only need to lead three thousand troops. If I can't capture Guiyang City, I'm willing to receive military orders."
Kong Ming was overjoyed and asked Zhao Yun to write a reproach order. He picked up two thousand elite soldiers to Zhao Yun and asked him to quickly capture Guiyang.
Before leaving, Kong Ming did not want Zhao Yun to fail to capture, and he did not forget to give Zhao Zilong the face-to-face advice.
Zhang Fei was dissatisfied and gasped, his face was black and purple, and he tended to go wild. Liu Bei also became ugly. He wanted to drink Zhang Fei back, but he was afraid that Zhang Fei would be stubborn, so the scene became a little nervous.
When Ma Su saw him, he couldn't do it! He quickly took a step forward, bowed, and said to Liu Bei:
"Lord, I have a plan, don't you know whether to talk about it or not?"
Although Liu Bei has not reused Ma Su, it is because his territory and official position are too small and he does not have a suitable position for the time being. He still recognizes Ma Su's ability!
When the people present heard that Ma Su was going to offer advice, they were very interested. Even Zhang Fei calmed down. Liu Bei quickly replied politely:
"Young people often don't have to be restrained. If you have something to say, it's okay!"
Like Kong Ming, Ma Su coughed, cleared his throat and said:
"Lord, our troops were not enough to capture the two cities of Guiyang and Wuling at the same time, but because General Zhao and General Zhang only had 3,000 troops and horses, now General Zhao has led his troops to set off. It is better to ask General Zhang to also issue a military order to lead the 3,000 troops and horses of the headquarters to capture Wuling County. If they can all succeed, they can greatly speed up the pace of pacifying Jingnan and free up more time to pay attention to Jiangling and Xiangyang, which is worth a try."
After hearing Ma Su's words, Liu Bei's eyes lit up. Just as he was about to agree, he suddenly remembered that he had handed over the right to dispatch troops to Zhuge Liang. It was difficult to make a plan directly, so he turned to Zhuge Liang and asked:
"What do the military advisor think?"
Zhuge Liang was cautious by nature and liked the feeling of controlling everything. He didn't want to start a war in two places at the same time, because once he sent too many troops, he would easily have accidents and lose control.
But when he saw that Liu Bei was already tempted and sent out another 3,000 troops and Lingling still had more than 20,000 troops, which was enough to deal with various changes, Zhuge Liang nodded and said:
"The lord's troops have doubled now, and sending two groups of 6,000 troops will not affect the normal plan of expedition. Even if he cannot conquer two cities, it will not have much impact. I think this plan is feasible for Youchang."
When Liu Bei heard that Zhuge Liang agreed, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhuge Liang:
"Military advisor, please give a military order!"
Liu Bei knew that Zhang Fei seemed reckless, but in fact he was very careful. He naturally had his intention to do this. Although he could forcefully drink him back, his face was still not good-looking. Now it can be said that he had the best of both worlds, of course it was better!
Although Zhuge Liang did not have too deep prejudice against Zhang Fei, he felt a little unhappy because he and Guan Yu often played against him.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were Liu Bei's sworn brothers, and Zhuge Liang would definitely not deliberately target him, but he would not let go of the matter of issuing military orders, and he also proposed to ask Ma Su to protect him.
Zhang Fei did not resist the signing of the military order, so he signed the military order with Kong Ming in the account.
But I was still a little embarrassed to bring Ma Su in as a guarantee and kept asking myself to take responsibility alone, but was taken away by Ma Su.
Chapter completed!