Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 567 Give Them A Chance
"My lord?"

"Are you surprised, are you surprised?" Mu Jing came back quietly, and appeared in front of Xi Zhicai like a prank.

"Why did you come back so quickly?" Xi Zhicai didn't have a good rest in the past two days, and his expression was a little tired, but his eyes widened, and he looked at Mujing who appeared in front of him in surprise.

The letter returned a few days ago is still in Xi County, even if they leave immediately, according to the itinerary, Mu Jing will return from Xi County, as soon as seven days, and as late as half a month.

In just a few days, Mu Jing returned to Nanzheng.

This surprised him quite a bit.

"I'm taking the water route. If you come west along the road, it will take you a few days!"

He walked straight in, sat cross-legged in the lobby, twisted up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "The soldiers and horses let me stay on the river bank, now I know I'm coming back to Nanzheng People, just you!"

"Waterway?" Xi Zhicai heard this, his eyes lit up slightly: "From this point of view, it is imperative for us to open up the waterway!"

"Ok!"

Mu Jing nodded: "We must act. Only when the waterway is completely opened up can we completely connect with Nanyang Hanzhong. Thoroughly clearing the ship requires a big project!"

"Nanyang cannot be abandoned. If Hanzhong Nanyang is too far away, it will lead to insufficient governance. This waterway, no matter what, must be opened up!"

Xi Zhicai thought about it, spread out a map, looked at it carefully, and said: "And there is no delay, I am going to arrange people to do it!"

"No, let the prefect's house arrange it!"

"The Prefect's Mansion?"

Xi Zhicai raised his head and looked at Mujing: "Do you trust the prefect's mansion so much?"

He whispered: "After Su Xin came back from Chengdu, it seems..."

"Like what?"

"It's just a little different!"

"You mean, he was convinced by Liu Yan?"

"It's not like!" Xi Zhicai shook his head: "It's more like someone provoked him, he looks a bit ambitious, don't forget, he is the son of a respectable family, if he succeeds with one trick, he may not want to restore the glory of his ancestors! "

"Don't be afraid!" Mu Jing said confidently: "I still can't control Su Xin, so I'm not worthy to be the Marquis of Ming. If I can give them the position of prefect of Hanzhong, I can take it back!"

"It's good that you have self-confidence!" Xi Zhicai respected Mu Jing's self-confidence: "However, the matter of opening up waterways can be used in the name of Minghou Mansion to buy people's hearts!"

"No, this must be in the name of the prefect's mansion, it has nothing to do with whether I trust them or not!"

Mu Jing smiled: "Everyone should perform their duties, Hanzhong affairs should be handed over to them, I always give them a chance to show, otherwise I will become a puppet soon after I established the Hanzhong Prefect's Mansion, and the Minghou Mansion will want to do it in the future." To be strong, you must learn to delegate power to the people below!"

"You're right!"

Xi Zhicai thought about it, Mujing's consideration was also right, he nodded, and said: "I haven't finished the whole army work yet, I really don't have time to care about those things!"

"Is Chen Dao back?" Mu Jing asked.

"Entered the city two days earlier than you!" Xi Zhicai said: "He personally escorted those captives into the city, creating a commotion. This was arranged by you. What's your intention?"

"Just find a name and beat some people's arrogance!"

Mujing sneered.

He is not Su Gu or Zhang Lu in the past. He is not threatened by these aristocratic families. If he wants to rule Hanzhong, he must subdue these people.

"It's too hasty!" Xi Zhicai frowned: "We haven't gained a firm foothold yet, and rashly hostile to them, it is inevitable that they will collude with foreign enemies and overthrow Hanzhong, which is not good for us!"

"Strike while the iron is hot!"

Mu Jing resolutely said: "I don't have so much time to argue with them, and we don't have so much time to waste on them. After defeating Hanzhong, we actually don't have much time to recuperate. Whether it's the court of Chang'an, Liu Yan of Yizhou, or Yuzhou Yuan Shu will attack us sooner or later, we must spend more time on recovering our fighting power and accumulating food and grass!"

"Then what do you want to do?"

"I was assassinated in Fangling. They couldn't get away from it. They were able to understand my itinerary so thoroughly and arrange such a big deal in advance. This person must be from the Nanzheng family, and there may be more than one person. It is estimated that many people are already restless. Already!"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes, and a killing intent flashed across his eyes: "I want to give them a chance to kill and silence!"

"Don't go too far, Hanzhong will be in chaos!" Xi Zhicai said.

"No!"

Mu Jing said: "If I pamper them at this time, there will be chaos. This time, I will kill one, and at least let them not dare to disobey me within three to five years!"

"Okay, it's up to you!"

Xi Zhicai's planning in this regard is still not as good as Mu Jing's. He is more willing to focus on the rectification of the various armies, so he is not very resistant to Mu Jing's decision.

The two sipped tea for a while, and then talked about some recent deployments in the army.

"The spring plowing is coming to an end, and all the armies will be mobilized. How to deal with the prisoners of the Hanzhong Army on time?"

"Choose the best young men to replenish our troops, and return the rest to our hometowns. Hanzhong needs productivity, so we can't resort to military force!" Mu Jing said, "And we simply can't afford so many soldiers and horses now, even if the soldiers and horses of our various ministries are now, As long as they settle down, they still need to judge part of it, leaving only the elite soldiers!"

Hanzhong is barren, and the counties in Nanyang don't have much food and grass. They simply can't afford too many soldiers and horses. If they insist on stationing so many troops, it may hinder their development. In the future, they must pursue the strategy of elite soldiers.

"Will it cause turmoil in the army?"

Xi Zhi was worried.

Regardless of whether it is a prosperous or a troubled time, judging soldiers and horses since ancient times will cause confusion in the army. After all, a man in the army is either unable to survive, or just wants to win a future. He has fought so many battles, and he has been born and died.

"Guide it well, it shouldn't happen!" Mu Jing thought for a while, and said: "I have thought about it, we now have a few soldiers and horses, the Jingping Army, the Yellow Turban Army, the Baibo Army, the Violent Bear Army, and those Hanzhong soldiers. The military captives are too strong to support them!"

"Too!"

Xi Zhicai nodded: "If it goes well, we don't need so many soldiers to defend Hanzhong!"

"By the way, is there no news from Chang'an?" Mu Jing asked suddenly.

"I just wanted to arrange for someone to send it to you!" Xi Zhicai took out a secret seal letter from the desk: "This is sent by Jing Wusi in advance!"

Mu Jing opened it, and after a careful look, his eyes flickered for a moment: "This Yiji is very shrewd, if he walks half a step slower, he might return to Chang'an. If they hadn't escaped from Chang'an and entered the Qinling Mountains earlier, they would be dead. It stands to reason that Li Wenyou's absence in Chang'an was a great opportunity, so how could Dong Zhuo go back on his word and kill him so hard?"

Yiji got the holy will, and fled Chang'an in a hurry, but escaped unharmed. That night, the Chang'an post station was burned to the ground. Later, after Yiji got out of the city, he was hunted down all the way. Fortunately, someone Jing Wusi escorted him, otherwise he would die.

This Chang'an still can't go casually, Dong Zhuo is a man with no taboos, he kills people as soon as he says, he doesn't pay attention at all, if he doesn't have a heavy army, he should avoid provoking him in the future.

"My lord, don't forget, among the counselors in Xiliang, there is another person who needs our guard!"

Xi Zhicai said: "At the beginning when we fought in the Kwantung region, it wasn't that we didn't supervise Luo Yang behind us, but we only focused on Li Ru, but never thought that Dong Zhuo's subordinates would have a subordinate whose intelligence, mood and ability were not inferior to Li Ru's." Man, this man single-handedly planned the entire Luoyang incident and drove us to a dead end!"

"Jia Wenhe?" Mu Jing's eyes were slightly cold: "This is also a ruthless man!"

Li Ru made a wise decision with a ruthless heart.

But in terms of fame, he may not be comparable to Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, one of the five great counselors of Cao Wei in history, known as poisoners, this is a poisonous snake.

He took a deep breath, calmed down a bit of anger in his heart, and said: "In the future, you have to pay attention to him. This person is ruthless and has no sense of existence. He is like a poisonous snake. If he is bitten suddenly, it will be fatal!"

"I will!" Xi Zhicai nodded.

"Where did Yiji go back?"

"I have sent elite soldiers to take him secretly along the Meridian Road to meet him. Within three days, he can return to Nanzheng!" Xi Zhicai said.

"In this way, the north can be determined!"

Mu Jing couldn't help but smiled: "Let's look at Nanyang now, if Nanyang settles down, we will have at least one or two years to recuperate!"

"Nanyang?"

Xi Zhicai heard the words and said: "I don't worry about it anymore, unless he Yuan Shu dares to bring up the main force, otherwise the worst thing is to maintain the original situation. From what I know about Hu Kongming, he has the advantage. I will definitely bite off a piece of meat from Yuan Shu!"

"Wait and see!"

Mu Jing also believed in Hu Zhao's ability.

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Mujing returned to the back house, took a hot bath, and felt much refreshed.

"Where's that girl Zhang Ning?"

Mu Jing remembered that he sent this girl to confinement, but there was no one in the house, so she must have gone out.

"My lord, Your Highness has gone to Nanyang!"

A guard officer reported in a low voice.

"Nanyang?"

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes: "What is she going to Nanyang for?"

"News came from Nanyang. During the battle in Nanxiang, Madam personally went to the top of the city to stop the enemy army. The heroine shocked the world. After His Highness got the news, he was worried about Madam's safety, so he took a few guardsmen and wanted to go to Nanyang in person. Protect Madam!"

"This girl!"

Mujing shook his head, no matter if it was the one he liked or the one he married back home, it was not a cheap lamp.

The course of the Nanxiang battle had already been reported to him before the case.

To be honest, he was surprised.

He thought that Cai Yan was a gentle woman, but he didn't expect Cai Yan to have such a resolute side, which really impressed him.

But thinking about it, he felt that this was in line with the character of that tragic woman in history.

Cai Yan in history lived a life of misery, but she never wanted to die like an ordinary woman, crying and making noise. She was reduced to the grassland and lived a life that was worse than death day and night. What kind of perseverance is the combination of music and music on the grassland.

(End of this chapter)