The royal palace, the side hall.

"Report."

"My lord, Zhuge Junshi, Fa Shangshu and others are asking to see you outside the hall."

At this time, the guard general Chen Zhi quickly rushed into the main hall, facing Liu Bei, who was sitting on the king and was replying to the official document, and bowed his hand.

Hearing this, Liu Bei raised his head, his face was like water, his face was extremely calm, and he did not have the anger that he had in the main hall before.

As if he wasn't angry at all!

"Uncle Zhi, Xuanjun Division, come in."

"No."

With Liu Bei's decree, Chen Zhi also surrendered his promise and retreated.

Half-loud kung fu.

Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Liu Ba, Huang Quan and others entered the hall in unison, bowed their hands and said, "Lord." ”

"Strategist, are you waiting to come, do you have something important?"

Seeing everyone saluting, Liu Bei waved his hand to stop, faced them, and said slowly.

"Lord, I am here to discuss the matter of aiding Jingzhou."

"Previously, the hall unanimously rejected the lord's suggestion, and the original intention was not to prevent aid to Jingzhou."

"But now the battle of Hanzhong has only ended for two months, and our army has suffered unprecedented losses in this battle, and the loss of ordnance and grain is also unprecedentedly huge, and it has not yet recovered."

"Next, the lord should be sitting in Chengdu, on the one hand, to deter the counties and counties to deter Xiaoxiao, forcing them not to dare to resist the rule of our Han Dynasty, on the other hand, to quickly stabilize the court, pay close attention to the people's livelihood, organize the cultivation matters, and quickly carry out spring plowing in the coming year."

"Then, strive to restore the strength of Shuzhong as soon as possible, enrich the treasury, build ordnance, and wait for the soldiers to be abundant, then swear to go on the Northern Expedition, go out of the Qinling Mountains, capture the Central Plains, and restore the Han Dynasty."

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang smiled, shook the feather fan lightly, and muttered a retelling of the current strategy.

"Lord, the military advisor is reasonable!"

When the words fell, Fa Zheng was also full of approval in an instant, and he gave up his hand to second.

"Therefore, I am unanimously discussing and deciding with the military advisor and Liu Shangshu to recommend Huang Cheng as the chief general of the Eastern Expedition to support Jingzhou."

"My lord, after this battle, our army has already existed in name only with the Jiangdong side!

"In the same way, it is no longer possible to achieve the strategic goal of both offensive and defensive with Sun Wu, and the two sides will join the Northern Expedition."

After a pause, Fa Zheng couldn't help but clear his throat and continued: "Therefore, after the end of the battle for Jingzhou this time, our army must not only guard against the offensive of the Cao army in northern Jing, but also guard against the Sun Wu army at all times. ”

"In case of a critical moment, Sun Quan raised his army again and attacked the rear."

"But in terms of the prince and marquis, there are only 40,000 elite soldiers under his account now, and it is more than enough to defend the Cao army!"

"But if you want to guard against the Wu army again, the military strength is slightly insufficient."

"Therefore, after the ministers and military advisors, Liu Shangshu and others unanimously discussed, it was suggested that after Huang Cheng led the first army eastward, he would garrison Jingzhou and assist the prince."

"Huang is also proficient in water warfare, and with him to guard against Eastern Wu, the prince and the marquis will be free from worries in the future Northern Expedition!"

A seat fell.

Fa Zheng's eyes also revealed a trace of golden light at this time.

Now, after Sun Wu's betrayal of the alliance, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng have also completely awakened them.

Jiangdong is no longer credible!

As long as Jingzhou is not taken for a day, Sun Quan will not completely give up.

Therefore, the only plan now is for the Shu side to send reinforcements to Jingzhou to enrich the military strength of Jingzhou.

In fact, the defeat of Guan Yu in the original history was more due to the lack of troops.

Think about it, if Guan Yu had enough troops, and during the Northern Expedition, he could still stay with enough garrison corps to guard against Eastern Wu, how could Sun Quan take advantage of it?

Of course, at this time, everyone present has already understood.

A seat fell.

Seeing that Liu Ba and Huang Quan also showed approval on their faces, Liu Bei Sui also showed a worried face, and said lightly: "Military advisor, filial piety, in your opinion, how much military strength should our army send to aid Jingzhou this time?" ”

"Twenty thousand."

As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Liang had already made up his mind and said bluntly.

Immediately, he didn't wait for Liu Bei's doubts, so he explained: "My lord, now after the great victory in Hanzhong, the strength of our army in Shuzhong has grown rapidly, and now it has expanded to 100,000 troops. ”

"In addition to Wei Yan, the governor of Hanzhong, who led 20,000 troops to garrison Hanzhong, and General Yide led more than 10,000 troops to garrison Brazil to guard against Cao's army."

"There is also General Meng Qi, who led 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry soldiers to garrison Jiangyouguan in the north to deter the Qianghu Department of Liangzhou."

"As well as throwing out thousands of soldiers and horses of our army to deter the barbarians, for today's plan, our army currently has a total of about 50,000 mobile troops."

"Moreover, there is another Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which is led by Meng Qi's younger brother Ma Dai."

"My lord, with Liang's plan, I will recruit more than 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers who originally entered Sichuan, as well as thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry, a total of 20,000 troops, commanded by Gongheng, and march east along the river."

The voice slowly fell!

Hearing the news, Liu Bei did not give an instant reply, but frowned, and groaned carefully, thinking about whether it was feasible.

Half ringing.

"Kong Ming, in your opinion, this time Gongheng is in charge, and he should be sent with him."

Thinking for a while, Liu Bei was also a resolute person, and he made a decision in an instant, and then continued to ask.

"Liang recommended, with Fu Wei as the deputy governor of the navy, assisting Gongheng to lead the navy, he was originally a general in Jingzhou, and he was also good at water warfare."

"Then, you can also follow Zhang Nan and Feng Xi'er, they are all veterans who have been fighting bloodily with the lord for many years, and they have rich experience in the battle formation."

Gradually, one after another, Zhuge Liang's face was indifferent, and in just a short time, he gave out the generals he had selected one by one.

Similarly, after Liu Bei heard the news, he also agreed.

However, at this time, Huang Quan suddenly stood up, with a resolute look on his face, and arched his hand: "Lord, military advisor, Quan has a request, and I hope to agree!" ”

"What request?"

Listening to Huang Quan's request, Liu Bei couldn't help but say slowly.

"The minister requested that General Chen Shi be transferred to the army, and he would assist the minister and march east together."

"General Chen, who is familiar with military books, has extremely rich experience in battle formations, and is also proficient in water warfare and foot warfare."

"With his assistance, the minister is more confident!"

For a while, Huang Quan couldn't help but put forward his own suggestions.

Hearing this, Liu Bei, the leader, couldn't help but think for a moment, and then patted the case and said, "Okay, Gongheng, it's okay." ”

"I will dispatch Chen Shi to assist you, I hope that after you arrive in Jingzhou, you will be able to coordinate the relationship with Yun Chang, work together, defend Jingzhou, and avoid the loss of the state and county!"

After saying a word, Liu Bei couldn't help but think of Guan Yu's temperament, worried that Huang Quan couldn't check and balance, so he couldn't help but say: "Gong Heng, when the ministers gather tomorrow to discuss matters, General Gu will personally give you a holiday." ”

"After you arrive in Jingzhou, your official rank is equal to that of Yun Chang, and if you have any important military matters, you must discuss and deal with them together."

The voice fell.

"No."

"Thank you, Lord."

Hearing this, Huang Quan heard for a while that he was asked to stick to Jingzhou, so he couldn't help but suddenly look overjoyed, and bowed respectfully and thanked him.

It must be known that today's Guan Yu is also the governor of Jingzhou.

Once Huang Quan also went to the festival, then the two of them controlled each other, not who could command whom.

Just like Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian in the past, they belong to each other, but they restrict each other.

Of course, this move is not a problem that Liu Bei does not trust Guan Yu, but because he is worried about his closeness to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's great achievements and qualifications.

Huang Quan cannot control the right to speak in Jingzhou.

Then there is no point in aiding Jingzhou like this!

"The Holy Name of the Lord!"

"I'm impressed."

For a while, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others also suddenly smiled and admired them.