Sun Quan, Lu Su's analysis is reasonable.

Guan Ping does have options.

If Sun Quan didn't agree to help, then Guan Ping would use a method similar to that in Wancheng to sell wine, but it would take a lot of effort.

Whether Sun Quan helps or not, it doesn't have much impact on the outcome.

Of course, Sun Quan is willing to help, so it is very happy for Guan Ping.

Because I'll be able to go back to Shinno soon. Of course, Jiangdong is good, Jiangdong, which is composed of Wu County and Huiji as the core, is very prosperous.

Everywhere there were people with big sleeves fluttering, people in chariots, and people coming and going.

But no matter how good Koto is, it is not its own place. If it weren't for the urgency of the matter this time, Guan Ping would not be willing to come to Jiangdong.

After that, Sun Quan held a banquet in the Wuhou Mansion, and the Mi wine officially spread throughout the upper class of Jiangdong, and was shocked to be a celestial.

Many scholars sent people to Xinye to buy Mi's wine, and Guan Ping took the opportunity to publicize that Xinye lacked horses, iron ore, grain, servants, slaves, and maids.

If the merchants were willing to transport these materials to Xinye, General Zuo would definitely buy them at a premium.

And with the supplies from Jiangdong, the servants and slaves entered Xinye, and Liu Biao's trade strategy of blocking small countries from large countries officially came to an end.

Xinye is still Xinye, and under the-stirring stick of Guan Ping, a spoiler, he will definitely become more and more popular. Until the anti-customer is the mainstay, one day Liu Biao will be called to take a good look.

It's just that the process is a bit new.

Guan Ping didn't expect to find someone to ask for directions on the road, it was Zhuge Liang and his boss Zhuge Jin. Lu Su is such an unorthodox scholar again.

The matter is done, and Guan Ping is also planning to leave.

Guan Ping's experience when he came was a bit novel, but when he went back, it was unremarkable. Few people know that there was a boy in chief who came to Wu County, ate and drank with Lu Su and Zhuge Jin, and successfully persuaded Lu Su to let Sun Quan help sell wine.

When leaving, Zhuge Jin and Lu Su sent the chief horn boy who sent this Xinye to be very strange.

Outside the North City Gate of Wu County, on the corner on the right. The people on both sides stood in the north and south, Guan Ping and Lu Su, and Zhuge Jin said goodbye.

Lu Su gave Guan Ping a model of a building ship, with a smile on his round face, and said with a smile: "Gifts are still exchanged, you gave me five jars of wine, and I will give you this building boat." ”

Guan Ping and Lu Su have been together for a few days, and they already know that Lu Su is very obsessed with warship models. Being able to use the model of the building ship as a parting gift shows the importance attached to Guan Ping.

The two of them are friends now, but in the future, of course, they are friends, but other things may happen because of their position.

Guan Ping stretched out his hand to take the model of the warship, handed it to a soldier, and then bowed to Lu Su and said, "Mr. Zijing, Guan Ping is gone, and I have the opportunity to visit again." ”

"Precious." Lu Su said with a smile.

On the other end, Zhuge Jin handed Guan Ping a letter and said: "My brother is called Zhuge Liang, and his family lives in Longzhong, Xiangyang, which is very easy to find. This letter was forwarded to my brother by the troublesome boy. ”

This guy didn't have a dime, and he didn't have any parting gifts.

Guan Ping muttered a little in his heart, but on the surface, he agreed. Anyway, the letter handed over to Zhuge Liang is a gesture.

After that, Guan Ping said goodbye to Lu Su and Zhuge Jin, and then stepped on the war horse and went north with Wei Yan, Ding Feng and others.

After returning to the ferry, Guan Ping and his men rode horses and headed up the river towards the west. The Yangtze River is naturally like a bamboo, but it is slow to go upstream. Sometimes the wind is not good and the water is very strong, and the boatman needs to rock the oars.

When he came, more than a dozen ships were loaded with 10,000 catties of Mi's wine and 300 elite soldiers, and when he went back, Guan Ping was not empty.

In the area of Wu County, 10,000 catties of grain were purchased to bring back, so it was not an empty ship. However, when the fleet arrived at Jiangxia County, Guan Ping divided his troops into two routes.

Let Wei Yan divide his troops of 280 men and return to Xinye with a large number of ships. And Guan Ping, Wei Yan, Ding Feng, Ding Feng, and twenty elite soldiers went to Jiangxia County's administrative office, Xiling City.

After Guan Ping unexpectedly recruited Ding Feng, he carefully thought about whether there were any of Jiangdong's civil and military ministers left behind.

This thought brought to mind a person.

This person was originally Liu Zhang's general, and then he joined forces with others to attack Liu Zhang, so he fled to Jingzhou for refuge, and first defected to Liu Biao, because Liu Biao was a Confucian and did not attach importance to this person. So this person defected to Huang Zu.

In the battle of Sun Quan's crusade against Huang Zu in history, this person shot and killed Ling Cao, the father of Sun Wu and Ling Tong.

That's right.

This person is the famous general of Eastern Wu, the fighting general, Gan Ning.

However, Guan Ping is not very sure whether he can recruit Gan Ning this time. Because in history, Gan Ning was depressed because he was not reused by Huang Zu after shooting Ling Cao, so he went to Jiangdong to join Sun Quan.

And now that this matter has not happened, Guan Ping is not very clear about what is the situation with Gan Ning.

Whether it can succeed or not, of course, is two theories. But if it doesn't work, Guan Ping will have to find a way to kill Gan Ning. Kill Gan Ning while he was still a nobody and had no soldiers and horses.

Again, weakening the enemy is strengthening yourself.

If you recruit a general from a hostile force, it will be doubled.

Since Guan Ping excavated Ding Feng, he has become a little addicted to this kind of digging into the wall.

Jiangxia.

It's a very special place.

Jiangxia County is located in the north of Changsha County, bordering Jiangdong to the east and Nanjun to the west. This place is located in the western part of the Jianghan Plain.

The Yangtze River runs from west to east, cutting Jiangxia into two parts, north and south. The Han River flows into the Yangtze River from north to south, and cuts the northern land of Jiangxia County into two pieces.

This is a piece of land that was cut into three pieces by the Han River and the Yangtze River.

This is the barrier of the Jianghan Plain in the west, and if Jiangxia is lost, then the rich Nanjun will be directly exposed to the warships of Jiangdong.

And Changsha County in the south of Jiangxia is not easy to conquer because of the protection of lofty mountains. Therefore, Sun Quan went west to take Jingzhou and hit Jiangxia first, which is absolutely right.

Let's talk about the North.

In fact, Cao Cao, who occupies the north, has two ways to enter Jingzhou. The geographical location of Jingzhou is special, there are three huge mountain ranges from west to east, namely Jing Mountain, Dahong Mountain, and Tongbai Mountain.

Between these three mountain ranges, there are two long, flat plains.

All the way is from Nanyang to Fancheng, into Xiangyang, and finally to the Jianghan Plain. All the way is from Xinye, south to Zaoyang, Suizhou, Anlu, and directly to Jiangxia County.

Jiangxia County can also be said to be the barrier of the northern part of the Jianghan Plain. In addition to the defense, if you occupy Jiangxia County, you can attack Anlu to the north, go straight to the Yiyang Sanguan of Tongbai Mountain, and attack the Jianghuai Plain to the east.

This is a strategic location, but unfortunately it was historically divided into three, which were occupied by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, and Liu Bei occupied a part of the immediate vicinity of Nanjun.

Sun Quan occupied a part of Jiangdong next to it.

Cao Cao certainly occupies the most important part of the north.