Chapter 7 Borrowing Soldiers and Borrowing Food
At this time, Liu Chan ignored Pang Tong's gaze at all, and Zhang Song appeared in Liu Chan's mind instead.
Liu Bei pretended to withdraw his troops to Jingzhou to resist Cao Cao, and then borrowed troops from Liu Zhang. As a result, Liu Zhang only gave him one tenth, while Liu Bei used this to get angry and sent troops to Chengdu.
However, when Liu Bei pretended to withdraw his troops, Zhang Song believed it, but he was foolish enough to write a letter to Liu Bei. As a result, his brother Zhang Su discovered it and reported it to Liu Zhang, which made him look different.
Speaking of which, Zhang Songcai really died before he could succeed. He dedicated Yizhou to Liu Bei, but did not enjoy the fruits of victory. If Zhang Song was still alive when Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, he would probably have Zhang Song among the civil officials except Zhuge Liang.
In Liu Chan's opinion, Zhang Song is indeed unlucky enough and worthy of sympathy. In some aspects, Zhang Song and Pang Tong are still somewhat imaginative. For example, both of them are ugly, both of them are arrogant, and neither of them is able to see Liu Bei successfully occupy Yizhou in the end.
Thinking of this, Liu Chan felt that he needed to save Zhang Song's life, so Liu Chan said, "Military advisor, if Zhang Biejia cooperates with this matter, it will definitely be successful!"
Pang Tong nodded: "Okay, I'll write a letter to Zhang Biejia now."
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At this time, Zhang Song was in a similar mood as Pang Tong. Zhang Song originally thought that he had attracted Liu Bei, but it would not take long for Liu Bei to send troops to Chengdu, but after waiting, there was no movement on Liu Bei's side. How could Zhang Song not be in a hurry?
Finally, Zhang Song received a letter from Pang Tong, and Zhang Song was immediately overjoyed and began to plan for the next step.
Sure enough, a few days later, Liu Bei's envoy came to Chengdu and expressed his hesitation to Liu Zhang, Cao Cao was ready to attack Jingzhou, so Liu Bei decided to return to Jingzhou, but now Liu Bei is short of soldiers and food. At the same time, he hopes that Liu Zhang can lend Liu Bei 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, 100,000 hu of food and grass, and several weapons and armor.
Speaking of which, Liu Bei was obviously a lion's mouth. You should know that Liu Bei only brought 30,000 troops to Sichuan, but now he needs 30,000 to 40,000 troops at one gulp. Moreover, Liu Zhang had hoarded a large amount of food and grass at Jiameng Pass, which was enough for Liu Bei's army to use. As for weapons and armor, no one sent troops to fight in wars these days without weapons and armor. Liu Bei obviously wanted to blackmail Liu Zhang.
At this time, the Fucheng garrison Yang Huai also returned to Chengdu. Yang Huai told Liu Zhang that since Liu Bei came, he has been generous and has won the hearts of the people. Now the people near Jiameng Pass only know Liu Envoy, but not Liu Yizhou, and hope that Liu Zhang can be more precautions for Liu Bei.
As a prince, Liu Zhang was not a fool. Liu Bei won the hearts of the people in Yizhou, so Liu Zhang was naturally very unhappy. Now that Liu Bei asked to go back, Liu Zhang certainly couldn't ask for it. So Liu Zhang didn't say anything, and immediately asked someone to mobilize troops and food and grass to lend it to Liu Bei, hoping that Liu Bei, the Bodhisattva, would leave quickly.
Just as Liu Zhang was about to give an order, a person next to him came out loudly and said, "My lord, this move is absolutely not allowed. Liu Bei is a hero of the world. Now he has stayed in Shu for a long time and has not been sent away. In fact, he is a tiger entering the house. If he funded more troops, money and food, it would be like a tiger adding wings. Lord must not give it to him!"
Liu Zhang looked up and saw that it was Liu Ba who spoke.
Liu Ba was from Lingling, Jingzhou. He was famous for his talent when he was young. Liu Biao recommended him many times, but Liu Ba was unwilling to become an official. Later, Cao Cao went to Jingzhou, and Liu Ba surrendered to Cao Cao and commanded Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling counties. However, the good times did not last long. Before Cao Cao could sit firmly, he was driven out of Jingzhou. Jingzhou was obtained by Liu Bei. Liu Ba was unwilling to surrender to Liu Bei, so he fled from Jiaozhi to Yizhou and surrendered to Liu Zhang.
After hearing what Liu Ba said, Liu Zhang was also a little moved, but after thinking for a moment, Liu Zhang still said: "Xuande and I have a brotherhood. If I don't support you at this time, I'm afraid that everyone in the world will say that I, Liu Zhang, have no kindness!"
"Lord! I think what Lord Liu Ba said is that Liu Bei is now powerful and must not be funded, otherwise there will be endless troubles!" Huang Quan also came out and said.
As soon as Huang Quan finished speaking, he saw a large area of kneeling in the hall, and he did not agree with Liu Zhang's support for Liu Bei's troops and food.
Liu Zhang was also in a dilemma at this time. Although Liu Zhang didn't want to support Liu Bei from the bottom of his heart, after all, 30,000 troops and 100,000 hu of food and grass is not a small amount. If he really doesn't support Liu Bei, he will probably have more people in the world who laugh at him for being indifferent in the future!
At this time, Zhang Song next to him looked at it and felt that the time was almost over, so Zhang Song came out and said, "Lord, I have a way!"
"Talk quickly Yongnian!"
Zhang Song stroked his beard and said, "Lord, Mr. Xuande borrowed 30,000 to him and 40,000 horses and 100,000 hu of food and grass. It's really too much! I think it's better to give less. Now, it can not only protect the brotherhood between the lord and Mr. Xuande, but also block the long mouths of the world!"
Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, he nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Yongnian, how much do you think I'm giving?"
"It's better to give four thousand elite soldiers and ten thousand hu of food and grass, how about it?" Zhang Song said.
Liu Zhang nodded. This little bit of troops, horses, food and grass was not too much in Yizhou. Liu Zhang didn't feel sorry for sending it out. More importantly, Liu Bei's strength could not increase much, and he was not afraid that Liu Bei would bite him back.
So Liu Zhang said, "Follow Yongnian's plan! Deng Xian obeyed the order and immediately prepared 4,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 hu of food and grass to send them to Jiameng Pass!"
Deng Xian immediately came out and spoke, "I will obey the order!"
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Deng Xian reluctantly dispatched troops and food. Because of Liu Bei's existence, his losses were great in the past few months, and the people he sent to assassinate Liu Bei also failed. Now he still has to send food and food to Liu Bei, which makes Deng Xian very unhappy.
Fortunately, Liu Bei is about to leave now. As long as Liu Bei leaves, he can still do his own smuggling business and make his own money. This is the only thing that makes Deng Xian feel relieved.
"General, someone outside claims to be the shopkeeper of Yan Fengtang. Please see the general!" The school came to report.
"Yan Fengtang? Please!" Deng Xian said immediately.
Yanfengtang is a large grain merchant in Ba County, with stores covering all over Yizhou. The big boss behind Yanfengtang is the Yan family in Ba County.
But just one Yan family cannot attract Deng Xian’s attention. After all, Deng Xian is also from a noble family. Although his family is not as good as the Yan family, it is not much different. However, the Yan family has a person who has to pay attention to Deng Xian. This person is Yan Yan, a general in Shu!
Yan Yan is a general in Shu. His prestige in Shu was second only to Jia Long. Half of the generals in Shu were Yan Yan's old subordinates. It can be said that Yan Yan's disciples were spread all over Bashu. Even Zhang Ren and Lingbao and others, they should be very respectful when they see Yan Yan.
So when Deng Xian heard that the person from Yan Fengtang was from Yan Yan, Deng Xian naturally had to deal with it well for Yan Yan's sake.
After a while, a tall fat man was brought in. The fat man was holding a small box in his hand. When the fat man saw Deng Xian, he immediately bowed: "In Yan Fengtang Yan, I have met General Deng!
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The second chapter is here today, and there will be a third chapter later!
Chapter completed!