The news of Zhuge Liang's trip to Jiangdong was transmitted back to Changsha as soon as he got on the ship, and it was delivered to Kou Yan within two days. In fact, Liu Bei and the others didn't know that the order Gan Ning received was ostensibly to watch Liu Qi and them, but in fact it was only to watch the people and troops in Jiangxia, and he didn't care about Liu Qi and Liu Bei himself and their staff members. Therefore, whether Zhang Fei went to Changsha or Zhuge Liang went to Jiangdong, he turned a blind eye and was only responsible for delivering news.

Not to mention that Zhuge Liang went to Jiangdong to seek an alliance, Kou Yan got the news that Zhuge Liang went to Jiangdong in person, and his heart finally settled. smiled at Xu Shu, who was playing chess with her, and said, "Okay now, Senior Brother Zhuge and Senior Brother Pang have come together." If you can really make a move in one place, it shouldn't be a problem to repel the Cao thief. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief, Changsha has been saved!"

"Is this preserved? You see, if the power of this sunspot crosses this boundary, the hinterland of the white son will all be under its edge, and it will be easy for him to overcome it!" Xu Shu put down a sunspot and pointed to the chessboard.

"So, my line of defense is going to go any further?" Kou Yan followed his fingers to observe the chess game.

"It's not a question of the defensive line, it's a question of your strategic vision. Xu Shu grabbed a handful of white pieces from his apprentice's chess box and began to play demonstration chess: "Look, now your defense line is here, but what if I turn to attack here? Can you prevent it? You only see the enemy in front of you attacking like a tide, but you don't see behind you, another enemy is eyeing you. ”

"I know, you mean that if Lord Wu and Uncle Liu Huang unite and defeat the Cao thief, Jiangxia will definitely change masters, and then my Changsha will be the back door wide open, and there will be no safety at all. Kou Yan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled: "However, entering Jiangxia is also a good way for Lord Wu to guard against Changsha, and he will definitely send heavyweights to guard Jiangxia." We shouldn't have much of a chance. ”

"I'm glad you can think of this. But what if the teacher is not talking about Jiangxia but Jiangling?" Xu Shu explained while playing chess: "If I were Cao Cao, I would definitely send a heavy army to Jiangling Tun and send a strong general to guard it." And the ultimate goal of Kong Ming and Shiyuan to raise troops is actually to take Jiangling and gain the initiative in Sichuan. Whoever enters Xichuan first will have the right to speak, whether it is for further development or to settle down, this can be regarded as the real capital. ”

"You mean, we sent someone to fight for Jiangling?" Kou Yan frowned and said, "Since you said that both of them are going to fight for Jiangling, then how can we fight for it?" Kou Yan didn't understand what the teacher meant.

"If we don't fight Jiangling, no matter if Jiangling falls into any of the other three families in the future, Wuling will not be protected, Wuling will not be protected, and Changsha will be attached?" Xu Shu's expression was stern, not like a joke at all.

Kou Yan was silent, and the teacher was right. Offense is the best defense, if she just blindly sticks to Wuling, and when others take down the other counties in Jingzhou, she will still become the turtle in the urn. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for her to take Jiangxia, and the only way to protect Changsha is to fight for Jiangling with Liu Bei and Zhou Yu!

Sun Quan will only be completely relieved if he actually controls Jiangxia, which is also the basis for his alliance with Liu Bei. Once Sun Quan takes charge of Jiangxia, then the main defense of Changsha in the future will inevitably be deployed in this aspect. However, if Jiangdong takes both Jiangxia and Jiangling, the consequences will be too terrible, and Changsha will be in a situation where the enemy is on its back.

Similarly, if Liu Bei obtains Jiangling, Changsha is also under the enemy, and it is necessary to beware of Sun Quan in Jiangxia and Liu Bei in Jiangling. In this way, Gangneung must be handed.

"Yan'er, in troubled times, I don't ask how strong you are, only how big your heart is. When Uncle Huang was trapped in Xinye before, he did not give up his desire for Jingzhou, so he had today's capital and could form an alliance with Jiangdong to share a piece of the pie. You must know that before he entered Jiangxia, there were no soldiers around him, and even the generals were only Guan Zhang and Zhao. However, even with a heroic heart, he can still be Cao Thief's heart disease and your biggest threat!" Xu Shu said earnestly.

"I know I'm still too small. A corner of peace can only be used as a gas bag, and only by constantly attacking and expanding can we always maintain an enterprising heart. Teacher, I want to learn from the thief and think of the world, not just look at Changsha. Otherwise, my fate can only be the same as Liu Jingzhou. Kou Yan swallowed his saliva: "Before today, all my wishes were to protect my sister by myself. But from today, I will revise my wishes and work towards it. ”

"Yan'er, if you can, the teacher doesn't want you to get caught up in it. Xu Shu sighed faintly: "But ......"

"Teacher, you don't need to say it anymore, the path is my own choice, even if I will be crushed in the future, I will continue to walk. Now it's too late to turn around, there's no chance!" Kou Yan said as he began to pack up the chessboard: "Thank you, teacher, for borrowing my time in this game of chess, allowing me to benefit again." ”

"It is the duty of subordinates to plan for adults. Xu Shu saw that the student had figured it out, so he put on a respectful face of his subordinates and bowed to Kou Yan to the end.

"If you want to fight for Jiangling, you have to do your best, there are still many things that need to be planned by the teacher! The teacher has to show his ability to let Senior Brother Zhuge and Senior Brother Pang see, the two of them together are not as good as you!"

"Wolong and phoenix chicks came out together, coupled with the resourceful Zhou Lang, this combination is not trivial. Yan'er, you are going to roast the teacher on the fire!" Thinking that he was going to compare his wits with these three people, Xu Shu felt a lot of affection. I didn't expect people to encounter such a challenging thing when they reached middle age, Xu Shu asked himself, it seems that the matter of killing the nominal father-in-law's family with a sword back then can't be compared with this matter,

Taking Gangneung is a task that must be completed, and after setting the goal, the next thing is to plan, plan the deployment of troops, plan the generals who lead the troops, plan the route of the troops, and wait for the opportunity to enter the army.

In terms of generals, there is no doubt that the old general Huang Zhong led the troops, and a group of people such as Wei Yan, Kou Feng, and Cen Qi had to be dispatched.

Ma Liang is negotiating with the various tribes in Wuxi, but according to Kou Yan's intentions, the negotiations cannot be negotiated endlessly, in order to achieve the goal, let Wei Yan lead the troops to Wuxi when necessary to settle them. The barbarian strong man has a strong body and a fierce nature, and is the best cannon fodder.

As for the soldiers, now, the territory in Kou Yan's hands has expanded several times, and the continuous conquest has also mobilized the enthusiasm of the people to join the army. There is no need for many people to fight Jiangling, there are 58,000 people, it is enough, because what they want to fight is Jiangling, which was disabled by Zhou Yu and Liu Bei. In any case, it is still easy for Changsha to prepare five soldiers.

There are generals, soldiers, and Xu Shu, a military division. As soon as the preparations were in place, they waited for Cao Cao's order to march into Jiangdong.

In July of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Sun Quan reached an alliance. Sun Quan sent Zhou Tai, the general of the navy, to lead 5,000 sailors to Tunjiangxia to form a confrontation with Gan Ning. In order to confuse the enemy, Gan Ning took the initiative to retreat, and Changsha did not add another soldier to him.

At the same time, Wei Yan and Kou Feng led 30,000 troops to Wuxi to assist Ma Liang, changing negotiations to conquest, intending to level Wuxi with one foot. The veteran Huang Zhong was revealed to have contracted an unknown disease, left the barracks, and lived in Zhang Zhongjing's house for emergency treatment.

In this way, almost all the troops in Changsha were on duty, and all of them were mobilized. You must know that on the Wuling side, originally in order to prevent Jiangling's civil employment, there were 5,000 soldiers stationed in Kou Feng. In addition, in order to stabilize the situation in Guiyang and Lingling, the 5,000 soldiers placed there, as well as the 10,000 troops in Changsha under Huang Zhong's rule, and the 5,000 soldiers in the Jianchang Soldier City, Changsha's army strength can be broken by others with their fingers.

Now Wei Yan transferred 30,000 at once, and the remaining 25,000 soldiers and horses couldn't move. It is equivalent to saying that one Wuxi tied up Kou Yan's hands and feet.

In this way, Sun Quan was relieved, Liu Bei was relieved, and Cai Mao, who was suspicious, was also relieved. Kou Yan snickered in the study: "How do you know that Wei Yan's 30,000 men went to Wuxi to really go to war? Of course, confusing your eyes is also one of his tasks, but it is certainly not the main task!

In September, Cao Cao's headquarters arrived in Xiangyang, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Liu Cong surrendered, Cao Cao Shun took over the Jingzhou Water Division, and named Liu Cong as the Qingzhou Mu, Cai Mao as the Governor of the Water Army, and Kuai Yue as the Taishou of Xiangyang. The order immediately drilled the naval army to prepare ships for a decisive battle with Sun Quan and Liu Bei.

Like Xu Shu thought, Cao Cao didn't take Kou Yan, a little girl, in his eyes at all, first, she was a girl who was only a teenager, so she was useless for Cao Cao, and secondly, Changsha's army was now on the border, and it was not a threat to Jingzhou, and thirdly, it was because of Xu Shu.

There are talented people in Jingzhou, Cao Cao can only afford a few, it just so happens that these few are already famous, the only person who makes Cao Cao feel more hopeful to win it quickly is Xu Shu, he doesn't know that Xu Shu is the same as his mother, and he is determined to live and die with the Han family, he thinks I treat you well and put back your mother, you should be grateful to me, at least you should have a good impression of me. Isn't it a gesture that you are courting yourself by choosing to be a military advisor next to a girl and putting on a posture that you don't want to get in my way?