Jiangxia, Anlu.

This year, only Hanzhong, Fangling, and Jiangxia have completed spring ploughing, and under the war, countless people have poured into the Anlu area, Suizhou, Zaoyang, Anlu and other five cities, with a population of up to 400,000.

And Jiang Wan is not a talent for a hundred miles, but a general character. Under his rule, this Anlu area was really full of fertile fields, and the rice was golden, and the golden ears of rice bent the wheat stalks.

The farmers who farm are full of laughter. Although they either fled the war, or were looted by Zhuge Liang's troops, or came to the Anlu area for various reasons.

With land and grain, the people have hope for life. Now that the war in Jingzhou is still continuing, the people who stay in Xiangyang and Nanjun have experienced many wars, so the people have no hatred for the Guan family.

Because of the large population, Jiang Wan, Chen Lan, Lei Xu and other troops increased very smoothly.

In the entire Guan family's forces, there are only two people who lead the troops as civilian officials, one of them is Jiangxia Taishou, and the military division is the general Zhuge Liang.

The other is Jiangxia Changshi, the captain Jiang Wan. However, Jiang Wan did not open a mansion, he was in command of Jiangxia County, he was busy with everything, and he had to lead the troops, so he asked the generals in the army for some veterans, and appointed a battalion Sima to take charge of the soldiers on his behalf.

Jiang Wan just went to the army regularly to show his face and distribute grain and grass to the army.

At noon that day, Jiang Wan returned from the military camp outside the city and went back to Anlu City. There were many guards in the entourage, and Jiang Wan'an sat in the chariot and looked at the fertile fields on both sides of the road from time to time.

Because Jiangxia is prosperous, the Guan family is currently facing off against Jiangdong, and there is not much friction, so the number of merchants who travel to and from Anlu is gradually increasing.

There are quite a few merchants on the road, not to mention the fertile fields, the farmers are not busy farming, but because the autumn harvest is imminent, they have to come to see the fields from time to time.

The five cities of Anlu are full of gold.

"Lord Changshi, this year is a bumper harvest year for our Jiangxia. Although there are many soldiers, in addition to raising soldiers, I am afraid that there is still a surplus of money and food, and they can also support the lord or two. ”

In Jiang Wan's escort, a square-faced man rode his horse and said to Jiang Wan with a smile.

"Huh." Jiang Wan smiled and nodded, at present, there are as many as 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangxia, with a population of 400,000, and every ten people raise a soldier, which is definitely considered a poor army.

However, the tax revenue is taken as 30%, and the surplus of the army can also be used to supply Jingzhou with money and grain.

There is no problem with this.

Although Jiang Wan has a long history, he is actually a county guard, and the situation up and down is very clear, and he is very confident in this. Of course, this is also because this year is a bumper harvest year.

But because this year is a bumper harvest year, Jiang Wan is also worried about it. Soon after, Jiang Wan entered the city and went straight to the county guard's mansion.

Jiang Wan has been working in the front yard of the county guard's office. After entering the county guard's mansion, Jiang Wan took care of some things and came to his small study to rest.

Jiang Wan picked up a lot of silk cloth from the desk, these are all summaries of news, there are news that Jiang Wan got himself, and there are news sent from Jingzhou.

It's all about Jiangdong's intelligence, Jiangdong is also in good weather, and I'm afraid this year will also be a bumper harvest.

"War is definitely going to be war, but if the mountain does not move, I am afraid that it will not be easy to fight." Jiang Wan got up again and walked out of the study, looking at the sky outside the door, and said secretly in his heart.

Jiang Wan's first battalion, Chen Lan's first battalion, Lei Xu's first battalion, and a battalion of men and horses from Xinye Chen to the division of troops were all stationed in a clearing about ten miles south of Anlu City.

The four-way army formed a company camp, all boxy, close to the water source. Although the autumn harvest of the Guan family this year is considered crippled, only Hanzhong, Fangling, and Jiangxia produce grain.

But when it comes to soldiers and horses, they are strong and strong. It has been several months since the expansion of the army. The ten troops under Jiang Wan's command are already looking like this.

If you pull it out to fight in the field, you will definitely have to finish the game, but it is okay to garrison a city.

Chen Lan and Lei Xu are veterans, and they originally had 2,000 elite soldiers under their command, so they used this as the backbone to increase the number of troops to ten soldiers, because there were veterans with new soldiers, but their combat effectiveness was much stronger than Jiang Wan's recruits.

The ten soldiers and horses who were divided from Chen to that side did not need to be said. The armor rate is extremely high, they are all veterans, and they practice all the time, which is really strong.

If the war starts, this group of men and horses will first land on the south bank and fight with Zhuge Jin and Zhu Zhi's 30,000 Jiangdong naval army.

The generals of these four armies, companies and camps, naturally gathered from time to time. Jiang Wan and Chen Zhi were not there, but their respective camps were there, plus Chen Lan and Lei Xu, and the four of them often got together to eat and drink.

The same is true today.

At this moment, in late autumn, the weather is gradually getting colder. The four leaders gathered in Chen Lan's big tent, drank wine and ate chickens, and ate meals separately, each with two chickens and three taels of Mi's wine.

"Although the recruits are still lacking in training, the elite of Deng Sima's department is abnormal, and we are also considered to be strong. plus General Wang Wei and General Huang Zhong, a total of forty or fifty thousand horses. It is not difficult to compete with Zhuge Jin, Zhu Zhi and others for Xiling, and Exian County. Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, and when there is food, we can send troops. I just don't know when the army will start. Is it September, October, or December? I'm not afraid of your jokes, I am really weak in the face of Cao Jun, but against the Jiangdong people, it is not false to have half a point, but I am very enthusiastic. Chen Lan put down the wine glass and said to everyone with a smile.

The so-called Deng Sima is Deng Fang, who is one of Chen Zhi's Simas. Chen Zhi led 20,000 troops, and there were battalion governors and four Simas under his command.

Generals also.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to fight. There is also a bumper harvest in Jiangdong, and there is plenty of food. I'm afraid Yamagoe won't betray, Yamagoe won't betray. We forcibly crossed and attacked Xiling, and there was no problem with Exian. However, it is really difficult for the lord, General Gan, and General Zhang to attack Jiangling City in the south, and defeat Han Dang's 40,000 or 50,000 horses. ”

Deng Fang sighed.

At present, Guan Yu has not officially issued an official document saying when to send troops, but the generals are sensitive and guess that there will be a war after the autumn harvest.

I'm afraid I have to cooperate with Yamagoe's action.

But this year's autumn harvest in Jiangdong may be a bumper harvest, if Shanyue betrays, the Guan family is alone.

As for the Maleonn matter, it only spread in a very small area, and they did not know.

"It's really a problem. However, fighting a war is never a question of the number of troops, but a question of whether the generals are brave and whether the soldiers under their command are good at fighting. Although the people of Jiangdong are powerful, we are also strong. Besides, at present, Zhuge Jiangxia and Guan Yangwu's general Li Zheng are all guarding in Chengyang, guarding the lonely city. Can the lord and Guan Yangwu still sell the two? Fight is definitely going to fight. Lei Xu said.

No matter how bad Guan Yu is, he is very righteous. Guan Ping doesn't need to say more. Zhuge Liang, Li Zheng guarded the lonely city and never betrayed.

Guan's father and son, can An see death or not?

Although Lei Xu didn't know the whole plan, he also believed in the credibility of the Guan father and son.

"Yes." Chen Lan, Deng Fang and others were all relieved. Immediately, Deng Fang sighed: "Let's step up training, I don't know when, I'm going to go south." ”

"Hmm." Everyone nodded in unison. After eating this drink, the people dispersed again and continued to train their soldiers.

The biggest characteristic of the Guan family is that the generals have never been mediocre. And as long as the generals are not mediocre, the soldiers will only get stronger and stronger. Day by day it is getting stronger and stronger, and day by day the morale is getting higher and higher.

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On the north bank of the Yangtze River, Wang Wei, Huang Zhong, Liao Hua, Ding Feng's water village. Everyone is also a company battalion, but the warships cannot be separated, lined up, floating on the shore, surrounded by wooden fences.

Since Wang Wei, Huang Zhong, Liao Hua, and Ding Feng led the naval army to return to Jiangxia from the vicinity of Nanjun to recuperate, the generals also began to recuperate, and did not have friction with Zhuge Jin, Zhu Zhi and others who were garrisoning Exian.

And because of the order of conscription, the four generals recruited thousands of elite soldiers in the five cities of Anlu and replenished their own lost men, among which Huang Zhong's department replenished the most.

Because when Huang Zhong led his soldiers and horses north to Zhuge Liang, he led very few men and horses, and now his military power has been expanded to ten soldiers.

In the past few months, the four generals have also not trained their troops. Except for Huang Zhong's subordinates, whose combat effectiveness was almost due to too many recruits, the rest of the men and horses were all strong and brave.

The training of the navy army is different from that of the infantry army, and the soldiers will take the warship from time to time to experience the waves of the Yangtze River, and experience how to use weapons when standing on the warship and shaking it.

Speaking of autumn and winter operations, it is also beneficial to the Guan family. The Jiangdong Navy is definitely stronger than the current Jiangxia Navy and has a large number of people.

The water level of rivers is low in autumn and winter, and high in spring and summer. For example, in history, Guan Yu flooded Fancheng, and the warships all arrived outside Fancheng.

In history, Cao Ren was able to defend Fancheng, which was really awesome.

Chen Lan, Lei Xu, Deng Fang, and Jiang Wan's Ying Sima all get together from time to time, not to mention Wang Wei, Huang Zhong, Liao Hua, and Ding Feng, these four people were born and died together, and they lived next to each other.

It was a fine day, and the four of them were fishing together on the shore.

In fact, it was Huang Zhong, Ding Feng, and Liao Hua who were fishing, and Wang Wei stripped off his clothes and dived into the water to fish. The harvest is not bad, Wang Wei is a fisherman, the water is excellent, and the fishing is really good.

"Hahaha." After Wang Wei dived down, he touched a big fish again, laughed non-stop, shook his hand, and threw the fish to the shore, and the big grass carp jumped alive on the shore. Ding Feng picked it up and put it in the fish basket. And Wang Wei had enough fun, so he also went ashore.

Their own soldiers sent cloth, clean pants and clothes. Wang Wei showed the bird to the sky, and after drying the water, he took off his pants in public and changed into clean pants and clothes.

"What a fat fish. Just like the soldiers and horses under our command. How about we take a gamble? Wang Wei picked up the fish basket and looked at it, and said to Huang Zhong and the others with a smile.

"Bet on what?" Red-faced Huang Zhong, showing interest. Liao Hua was also mixed up on the side, and Ding Feng was very serious.

"Strong soldiers and strong horses, of course, are indispensable for a battle. September, October, November, December, we take a gamble. The loser each took out twenty-five catties of Mi's wine, and the winner won the wine. I'm betting on October. How is it? Wang Wei said with a smile.

"I'm betting on November." Liao Hua was even more interested, and raised his sleeves and said.

"I'm December." Huang Zhong said.

"September." Of course, Ding Feng had no choice, and said.

"Hahaha. Okay, pay the bill when the time comes. Before that, they polished their armor and weapons, raised war horses and soldiers, and occupied Exian. We won. Wang Wei laughed and was arrogant.

Exian County is a waterway artery and a place for grain hoarding. If you take Exian, you will win a small half. Wang Wei and others are arrogant.