Repulse?
How was that possible?
Since he had come, how could he let him go back?
"Li Jing, I'm sending you to lead a hundred thousand soldiers to the north to assist Pang Xi. You must kill Zhang Lu!”
Liu Zhang couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with those civil and military officials.
The current him was no longer someone that a mere Zhang Lu could block.
In the face of absolute strength, with Li Jing leading the army, there was no need to use other strategies.
Li Jing immediately stepped forward and said,"I accept your orders!"”
The next day, Li Jing led the 100,000 strong army to Ba Xi County.
At the same time, Liu Zhang also sent out 1,000 soldiers.
He did this to prevent Zhang Lu from running away.
In order to ensure that everything went smoothly, Liu Zhang also sent Li Cunxiao as the vanguard general of the army.
Seeing the soldiers leave, Liu Zhang's eyes were moved.
He knew that this game of power had officially begun.
As for himself, he was about to truly appear in the eyes of the dukes.
He wanted to let all the vassals in the world know that he, Liu Zhang, was no longer that cowardly rat!
Li Jing had taken away 100,000 troops, and had almost emptied Liu Zhang's family.
Although he had taken in 100,000 surrendered soldiers, many of them were eventually eliminated by Li Jing.
After Li Jing's selection, he retained 150,000 soldiers.
This army was already very strong.
In addition, there were still 30,000 troops in the hands of Yan Yan in Bazhong.
Pang Xi also had close to 30 thousand troops.
All in all, Liu Zhang currently had about two hundred thousand soldiers.
Although this military strength was considerable.
However, Li Jing, as the commander of the God of War, did not think highly of such an army.
According to what he had told Liu Zhang, based on the current territory and population of Yizhou, it would be difficult for him to find a way out.
The best military strength should be controlled within 100,000.
The strength of an army lies in its quality, not in its quantity.
These 100,000 soldiers were mainly used for battle.
As for the remaining weak troops, they were used to guard their homes and maintain the order of the local government.
After sending off Li Jing's army, Liu Zhang returned home.
Next, he just needed to wait for Li Jing's good news.
The next day.
Liu Zhang held a regular meeting in the main hall as usual.
Who knew that at this moment, another problem that gave him a headache appeared.
The situation in the north and east was great, but there was a huge change in the south.
The Nanman King, Meng Huo, had just taken over his father's position and had actually announced his departure from Liu Zhang's rule.
He resolutely walked on the path that Zhang Lu had taken back then.
However, Nanzhong had four counties, which was much larger than Hanzhong.
Moreover, this place was where only a few tribes gathered.
If he couldn't be controlled, then Liu Zhang wouldn't be able to live a peaceful life in the future.
This was also why Zhuge Liang wanted to capture Meng Huo seven times.
It could be said that if Yizhou wanted peace, then Nanzhong had to be stable.
Otherwise, these few tribes would endlessly go north to harass the people, rob money, rob food, and rob people.
Anyway, they were a group of barbarians who would snatch anything.
"My lord, the Nanman King Meng Huo has joined forces with the Nanzhong counties and the leaders of the barbarian tribes to declare independence!”
"He also threatened that if the lord did not pay tribute to him every year, he would go north and plunder the people of Yizhou!”
Liu Zhang frowned as he listened to the scout's report.
He held his forehead with one hand and fell into deep thought.
Right now, he was planning to go north to fight for supremacy, and the territory of Yizhou was also becoming more stable.
He never thought that at this critical juncture, this Meng Huo would actually rebel.
What gave him a headache was that Meng Huo had a great influence in South High.
It could be said that a hundred people responded to his call.
If this problem was not resolved quickly, it would definitely bring him endless disasters.
Therefore, Liu Zhang had no choice but to attack Meng Huo in the south!
However, the problem was that Li Jing had brought almost all of his troops with him to help Pang Xi.
Only 50,000 soldiers were left to defend Chengdu.
Liu Zhang did not have any manpower to go south to quell the rebellion.
"My lord! Meng Huo is the number one warrior in Nanzhong and he has good intelligence. If we don't get rid of him, he will definitely bring endless trouble to the people of Yizhou in the future!”
Fa Zheng cupped his hands and said worriedly.
"Although that's the case, almost all of the soldiers in the lord's hands have been taken away by General Li. There are only 50,000 soldiers in the city!”
"And these fifty thousand soldiers must not be transferred out of Chengdu. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, it will be unimaginable!”
Li Yan stepped forward and said.
Liu Zhang's eyes darkened.
At the same time, he also realized many problems.
He had clearly been ranked on the Saint Board, and his strength had long surpassed the various dukes.
But now, Meng Huo from the south and Zhang Lu from the north had caused him so much trouble.
In the future, how could he play against the various lords of the Central Plains?
As Liu Zhang pondered, he glanced at Liu Bowen.
Right now, he could only hope that the other party would give him some useful advice.
Liu Bowen closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and said,"My lord, even if we don't have enough troops now, Nanzhong must be pacified!”
"Right now, Meng Huo has just rebelled, so his reputation and influence are still limited. But if my lord doesn't care, when he grows bigger, he will be like Zhang Lu!”
"At that time, if my lord wants to pacify Meng Huo, it will be even more difficult!”
Seeing that Liu Bowen had made up his mind, Liu Zhang had already made up his mind.
The southern expedition against Meng Huo had to be carried out immediately!
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