In fact, this can be considered as asking questions knowingly.
Zhang Ren looked at the embarrassed Liu Zhang in front of him with a speechless face, forced out a smile, and gave him a step down:
"Oh, I understand. The main attack is to see that the soldiers have no fighting spirit. I plan to take out my treasures and reward them all to encourage you to resist Liu Bei with all your strength. Am I right?"
"ah……"
Liu Zhang had a mournful face, looked at the treasure in his arms, and then turned away from the menacing eyes of the three big men in front of him. After thinking again and again, he could only nod awkwardly:
"Yes...yes! That's right! I...I just want to share these treasures with everyone. Give them to me. Don't delay me in distributing the rewards!"
I heard Liu Zhang crying, picking a few small objects from the ground, gritting his teeth, pushing away the people in front of him, and rushed out of the door.
Ma Dai was dumbfounded, thinking...Liu Zhang was so arrogant when he faced them before, but when he heard Liu Bei coming, he became so cowardly.
He even had the urge to tell him Yi Xiaotian's past deeds - to everyone in Youjian Villa, no matter how ridiculous Liu Bei boasted, he was just a defeated general under Yi Xiaotian.
——
Back to normal, at this time, officers of all levels were basically present in the government office. There were also some civilian officials who had nowhere to go, so they could only come to Liu Zhang to seek peace of mind.
Seeing Liu Zhang coming out, everyone looked at him expectantly.
Perhaps because he felt that he deserved it, Liu Zhang did not show his previous self-confidence this time, but instead began to dodge everyone.
He pushed Pang Xi and Zhang Ren in front of him, and then hid behind him with his neck scrunched up.
"Ahem...that army came quite early...uh...well..."
"I've called you all here today, for no other reason than to discuss Liu Bei's invasion of Yizhou -"
Unable to bear it any longer, Pang Xi rolled his eyes at Liu Zhang behind him, seized the right to speak in one sentence, and spoke to the crowd:
"I know that you may not be optimistic about the current situation, but please think more about your family and people behind you. If even we are discouraged, our families and our homes will be invaded by the thief Liu Bei! At this time,
How long will it take if we don’t fight!”
Pang Xi is worthy of being a veteran who has been working hard in Yizhou for 20 to 30 years. He mobilized the fighting spirit of everyone in the field with just a few words.
Seeing that everyone's spirit was renewed, Zhang Ren did not hesitate and confessed directly to everyone:
"Right now, our army's armaments are still sufficient. The only problem is that we don't have enough military food reserves. So even though I received the news that Langzhong was under siege, I didn't send anyone to rescue. I hope you can understand - the lengthening of the front line is very important to us.
This is the worst news. What we can do now is to ensure perfect defense within a limited space. Earlier today, I sent my personal guards to Fu County to set up defenses. Now I am calling you all. One reason is to hope
I know who among you is willing to go to the front lines with me to defend against the powerful enemy?"
After saying this, Zhang Ren looked at the people in the room and found that most of them were still hesitant.
Of course, this is understandable. Going to the front line means facing the most dangerous situation. Being exposed to the enemy's most powerful first wave of attack will most likely be an operation that will never return.
Zhang Ren didn't force himself on everyone. He wanted to know if there were other reasons besides danger for why everyone was so cowed.
He told everyone his thoughts, and everyone looked at each other in confusion until Pang Le opened his mouth - Pang Le was a meritorious minister who had previously attacked and killed Zhao Wei with Li Yi. Because of his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion, he was kept by Liu Zhang's side as a
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What he said is quite prestigious among the generals in Chengdu:
"General Zhang, it's not that we don't want to go to the front line to fight against Liu Bei, it's just that our army's current equipment is too backward - I'll tell you that in the past six months, military camps around Chengdu have often experienced problems with the distribution of arms.
In an average situation, as the chief accountant, you shouldn’t even know this kind of thing, right?”
"In addition, the military rations have been insufficient. Now it is not our fighting spirit, but it is difficult for the soldiers to obey our orders and go to work. We all know that Liu Bei intends to completely capture Chengdu and capture Yizhou in this campaign. He originally relied on Yong'an Xiongguan.
Blockade, even if our military strength is at a disadvantage, we still have a chance to compete with the opponent."
"But that guy Wu Yi's rebellion completely eliminated this possibility."
"Instead of convincing us, it is better to take care of the feelings of the soldiers - at least give the soldiers some hope so that they are willing to go to the front line."
What Pang Le said is true, how could Zhang Ren not know?
The problem is that the various problems that are occurring in the military today are not caused by Zhang Ren alone, but are chronic diseases that he has discovered since Qian came to Chengdu.
Ultimately, the reason lies with Liu Zhang.
But right now, he can't reprimand Liu Zhang in front of everyone, right?
Pang Le's words got everyone in the room talking. What was supposed to be a meeting to discuss combat plans now turned into a forum where everyone complained about unfairness in the military.
Pang Xi was helpless, while Ma Dai simply stood aside and watched.
He originally wanted to tell this group of people that if they were willing to resist, the soldiers of their Shenjian camp would also be willing to help them. After all, everyone was just a grasshopper on a rope now, and Ma Dai still understood the relationship between lips and teeth.
As a result, seeing this appearance, Ma Dai was already thinking about how to go back and explain to Cai Zhaoji and others - at least in his opinion, staying in Chengdu would not end well, so he might as well think about how to get in touch with Xu Chu earlier and let him
We are taking everyone back to Hanzhong.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
A knock on the door interrupted everyone's discussion. Seeing the awkward atmosphere, the concierge quickly went to open the door.
But the moment he opened the door, he saw a strange figure.
"May I ask if this is Mr. Liu Zhang's residence?"
"Little brother, you are..."
"My surname is Ma, and my last name only has the character Jun. I am here to explain something to Mr. Zhou Mu. Please..."
"Brother Ma! Why are you here?"
There was no need to announce. Because of the silence inside, the conversation between the concierge and Ma Jun could be clearly heard. Pang Xi was overjoyed when he heard Ma Jun coming, and hurried to greet him personally.
Seeing Pang Xi greeting him, although Ma Jun didn't want to talk to him, he still responded politely:
"Sister Zhaoji asked me to come. She wanted me to tell Mr. Zhou Mu that if you are willing to resist Liu Bei with all your strength, our Youjian Villa will do our best to help you."
"Including...including some new weapons in my hand that have not yet been unveiled. As long as you are willing, we will deliver them to the Yizhou army for use. I guess they can also be a help, right?"
