Li Kai complained while tidying up Zhou Xian's bed, "Second Young Master, look at us, we rushed from the capital to Xiangyang. Without a moment of rest, we ran from Xiangyang to Jiangling. We were running non-stop along the way, and we were so tired that our backs were sore. That's great. As soon as we arrived here, we asked us to go to Sichuan tomorrow. Your gentleman is really cruel."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "This is what it looks like to do practical things. If he takes care of us everywhere, he can show your and my abilities. The beauty of Shu is, you just think that it is with me to go and see the scenery."

After finishing the tidying up, Li Kai sat down, frowned and smiled bitterly, "You are still looking at the scenery? Second Young Master, you really can comfort me. I think there may be some dragon and tiger den ahead waiting for us to jump into it!"

Seeing that Li Kai was in a heavy mood, Zhou Xian couldn't help but ask, "Why do you think so?"

"In the past, when I was in Wuyang, I accompanied the second young master to defeat the bandits. In the past, whenever a war was about to come, soldiers would sharpen their guns and the general was worried. Now we are walking away all the way, not really! I think this is the case when I go to Shu this time, I must have fought a big battle!"

Li Kai said it was right. In the 13th year of Chongzhen, a series of wars of all sizes and sizes broke out in Sichuan. The final result was that the official army suffered serious losses and lost control of Shu for a period of time. Sichuan Governor Shao Jiechun was even tied to the capital for the unfavorable suppression of bandits and finally died in prison. Although Zhou Xian knew about these things, he could not tell him clearly. He had to smile and temporarily hide the past.

At this moment, suddenly, a man opened the military tent and walked into it.

Zhou Xian looked up and found that the person who came was Wan Ji. He was still wearing a long blue gown, with a gentle posture and a smile on his face. Zhou Xian quickly stood up and bowed and said, "Zhou Xian has seen Mr. Wan."

Li Kai looked cramped, worried that Wan Jizheng would hear his complaints. He quickly got up and bowed to him, and walked out of the tent on the excuse that there was something else to deal with.

Wan Ji waved his hand and signaled Zhou Xian to sit down. He himself sat down next to Zhou Xian and said, "Young Master Zhou, the army is simple, I feel wronged. Check if there is still something missing in the account. I can ask the soldiers to deliver it to you again."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "It's already very complete, so I won't bother Mr. Lai Wan."

Wan Ji said: "You should check it out. Tomorrow, you and I will take a boat to Shu together. Once you board the boat, you may not be able to get down at will if you don't have a fixed port."

Zhou Xian nodded and responded: "Thank you, Mr. Wan, do you have any specific tasks when you go to Shu in advance this time?"

Wan Ji nodded with a smile and said, "Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other bandit leaders fleeing in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei provinces, and have always been uncertain whereabouts and are difficult to eliminate. At this moment, Shaanxi has a severe drought. The bandits are there, and the soldiers can be quickly replenished. Hubei has a vast territory and is suitable for them to escape everywhere. Neither of these two places is a favorable place to completely wipe out them. Shu has countless mountains and ridges and the roads are rugged and dangerous. It is the dangerous place that is often mentioned in military books. Once the bandits enter there, they will be able to make a fortune and it will be difficult to escape again. I went to Supervisor Yang first this time for this purpose."

With his memory, Zhou Xian carefully recalled the subsequent battle in Sichuan. After a long silence, he said hesitantly: "Mr. Wan, General Yang, deeply understands the situation in various places and believes that only by driving the bandits to Shu can they be completely annihilated. In order to achieve this goal, I heard that he deliberately mobilized most of the elite soldiers and generals in Sichuan, causing insufficient troops in Sichuan. It is said that there are only tens of thousands of weak soldiers in Shu at this moment. Will there be some risks in doing so? Once the bandits defeat the official army that blocked them, Sichuan will be completely in danger!"

Wan Ji nodded and said, "The risk you mentioned does exist, but it is not as serious as you think. The Supervisor did send out a lot of troops from Sichuan, and he did plan to drive the bandits to Shu to annihilate them. But this was forced to do so. Since he became the Supervisor, Su Xing and Xiaomei have always wanted to wipe out the bandits and to sank the world. However, the generals did not do their best, but the major disasters continued. If they did not drive them to Shu in order to annihilate them with the minimum loss, they may only be more and more bandits in accordance with the current situation. However, this does not mean that the Supervisor completely gave up on Sichuan."

Wan Ji paused for a moment and continued, "Although the supervisor had sent out a lot of troops from Shu before, there were two powerful soldiers, and he never moved. One was the Baigang soldier led by the Jade Girl General Qin Liang, and the other was the Chongqing soldiers led by the veteran Zhang Ling. With them, and with the steep terrain of Sichuan, it would be easy for the bandits to attack Shu? However, Shao Jiechun, a mediocre talent, always thought that the general in Sichuan was completely ignoring the lives and death of the people of Sichuan. He didn't think about it. If he did not eliminate the bandits, how could he be safe in Sichuan for a long time?"

Zhou Xian nodded in agreement. From this point of view, there was nothing wrong with Yang Sichang's plan. Moreover, when he was still alive, although Zhang Xianzhong arrived in Sichuan, he always wandered everywhere and did not break through any larger and important cities. He actually took Sichuan in the 17th year of Chongzhen, a month before Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself. "Mr. Wan, go to Shu tomorrow, are you and me the only ones?"

Wan Ji shook his head and said, "Of course not. This time I was the first to enter Shu, with two purposes. First, go there as a military supervisor to coordinate the generals of Sichuan and strictly guard against the enemy to prevent the bandits from really entering Sichuan. Second, try to block all the bandits on the road to enter Shu as much as possible, delaying the time, and waiting for the Yang Commander to lead most of the troops to annihilate them. In order to achieve this goal, Deputy Li Guoqi will lead 3,000 Shaanxi elite soldiers to go with us."

Zhou Xian thought for a while and said, "In the past, Mr. Wan led his troops to block the enemy, and later, the commander Yang led a large army to suppress him. The two attacked each other and would definitely defeat the thief. This is really a clever plan."

Wan Ji smiled and said, "It's hard to say now. It depends on the specific implementation situation in the future. But I guess, this time it will probably be able to defeat the thief."

After saying that, he took out a token from his arms and handed it to Zhou Xian and said, "This is the token of the General General in the army. The supervisor has assigned you a hundred soldiers. From today on, they will be under your command. You are the Captain Zhaoxin personally conferred by the emperor, and you are also a little embarrassed to serve as the General General General. But this is only the beginning, and you will definitely be promoted soon in the future."

Zhou Xian waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's already very good. Isn't there a poem saying 'I'd rather be a centurion than a scholar'? I'm now a definite centurion."
Chapter completed!