As Zhang Jie's order spread to various places, for a while, this war machine of Wei began to rotate in full force.

Officials of the Sixth Ministries also began to prepare for the war with all their might.

By the end of October, Luoyang had gathered nearly 150,000 horses. plus the Tibetan tyrant who withdrew in Xu County first, Zhang Yan and others who came from Yuzhou. There are 170,000 troops!

Of course, the large-scale mobilization of Wei's troops and horses could not hide from the eyes of the other party.

When the intelligence of Zhang Jie's mobilization of a large army reached Xinye. Liu Qi and Zhou Yu also know that Zhang Jie is playing for real. The Great War is finally about to begin.

Although Liu Qi and Zhou Yu put Zhuge Liang under the temporary command of the army, Zhuge Liang did not dare to make his own decisions about anything. also came to Liu Qi's account to discuss.

Zhuge Liang said: "The king, Brother Gongjin, Liang suggested withdrawing Wancheng's Wenpin Huang Gai and them. The reason is that although Wancheng is a strong city, Zhang Jie can cut off the grain and grass in Wancheng as long as he sends cavalry to surround it. Moreover, Wen hired them to stay in Wancheng alone, which was too dangerous.

Liu Qi is also afraid that the civil appointment will be lost, this is his general.

Dao: Lone agreed with Kong Ming's opinion and withdrew Wen and them to Xinye.

In the winter of the eighth year of Jian'an (203), at the beginning of November of the first year of the Great Wei Dynasty, the weather was a little cold. Zhang Jie held a pledge meeting in Luoyang. Wage war on Liu Qi in Jingzhou.

This time Zhang Jie went south, which can be described as a luxurious lineup.

The generals include Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, Gao Lan, Ju Yi, Wei Yan, Zangba, Hao Zhao, Zhang Yan, Zhang Liao, Lu Xiang, Xia Zhong and so on. It can be said that it will be star-studded.

As for the strategists, only Pang Tong, Sima Yi, and Jia Xu were three, and the rest of Zhang Jie didn't bring any of them. and left Yang Hong in Luoyang.

Zhang Jie knew that having these three people was enough, and it was useless to have too many people. Let them handle political affairs in Luoyang better.

Zhang Jie, the old Jia poison, must be brought, but he is afraid that sometimes he will not think about it well. Pang Tong, Sima Yi is still too young. The experience is far behind. Zhuge Liang will definitely suffer.

An army of 150,000 set out from Luoyang, with nearly 80,000 cavalry, stretching for more than ten miles. When the army broke out of the Dagu Pass and entered the Nanyang territory.

The scout came to report, Wen Ping gave up Wancheng and withdrew to Xinye.

Zhang Jie said: Let's ignore him for now. Let's go to Wancheng first and wait for the Tibetan tyrants, Zhang Yan, Hao Zhao and a few of them.

After Zhang Jie arrived in Wancheng, the army was stationed outside the city, and Zhang Jie and others entered the city. Fortunately, Wen Ping didn't pay attention to the people of Wancheng, and it was not difficult for the people in the city.

It's just that the people of Wancheng are indeed a little scared, and this army has not stopped going back and forth, and everyone has to be afraid.

Zhang Jie said: Shiyuan, you know Kong Ming very well, tell me how to fight him, right?

Pang Tongdao: Kong Ming has always been experienced in using soldiers. is not very good at risk, although Pang and him are classmates and friends, but after all, they have never fought against each other. Most of the debates are from the table. Therefore, it is difficult to be sure, but one thing is certain, it is difficult for Kong Ming to reveal his flaws.

Zhang Jie smiled: Then do you think Lone and Kong Ming, who is strong and who is weak? You don't have to be complimented when you tell the truth, and I don't blame you.

Pang Tongdao: If the lord and Kong Ming were the same age, it might be difficult to distinguish the odds, but now the lord is experienced in a hundred battles and has rich experience. If it is just a formation and calculating with each other, the lord is not Kong Ming's opponent.

However, what the lord learned was actual combat experience, not what was recorded in the military book, especially the use of generals by Kong Ming, so he was not optimistic about Kong Ming.

Hehe, Shi Yuan still knows Kong Ming quite well!

To be honest, Lone likes Kong Ming very much and wants to try his military talents. But Lone can't play like this, after all, Lone is responsible for the lives of soldiers.

Kong Ming was overhauling the fortifications to guard against the cavalry, but Jingzhou was so big that no matter how many fortifications were repaired, it could not be prevented. Believe it or not, it only takes a month at most for Kong Ming to collapse the army.

What Gu is thinking about now is not how to defeat Kong Ming, but how to keep the Jingzhou naval army, which is a warship.

Didn't the lord order Cai Mao to protect the warship? Pang Tong said.

Zhang Jie said: Cai Mao's talent is average, I don't know if he has this ability! I hope so!

No matter how much it is, let's get a night's rest first! More on that tomorrow.

Promise!

The next day the army continued south. Thirty miles outside Xinye City, there is Bowangpo in front. Zhang Jie ordered all the troops to camp on the spot.

Pei Yuanshao, Lone will give you an order now. You take the brothers to arrest all the scouts within a radius of dozens of miles. Don't let one go. Go now!

Promise!

What are you trying to do, my lord? Sima Yi asked.

Hehe, you'll find out in a moment.

Come, send an order, let the people come to the lonely tent to discuss things.

Promise!

When everyone arrived, Zhang Jie said: Everyone, there is Bowangpo in front. After Bowangpo is Xinye.

What Lone is telling you now, you must keep it a secret. If it leaks, then it will be difficult for us to do it.

The lord can rest assured, some of them are the henchmen of the lord, how can they leak secrets? Wei Yan said.

Zhang Jie said: It's not that you intend to leak secrets, but you should also pay attention to what you say in the army, and no one can guarantee that there is no other party's detailed work in our army.

I've thought about it these days. Zhuge Liang and others had nearly 200,000 horses and a large number of fortifications. If we rely on a strong attack, our brothers will not be able to hit Xiangyang even if they are gone.

So we're going to have a trick to draw salary.

Wei Yandao: How to smoke?

Zhang Jie said with a smile: From Xinye to Xiangyang, you have to go through the Han River.

However, the Han River starts from Xiangyang and basically flows from northwest to southeast, thus joining the Yangtze River.

Gu has studied it carefully, and it is okay to go from Nanyang to Jiangxia without crossing the Han River. First to Yiyang, then to Suixian, (later Suizhou) and then to Jiangxia County to Xiling County (southwest of Huangpi District, Wuhan City) (in fact, Jiangxia County is the east to the south of Hubei and the south of Henan in the later generations. The area is huge)

Everyone understood as soon as they heard it, Sima Yi said: Is the lord planning to send troops to attack Jiangxia and cut off Zhou Yu's way back?

Zhang Jie smiled: Hehe, how is it? You said that if Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang and others knew that we had taken Jiangxia, what would you do?

Yes! That would definitely be a self-defeat without a fight. Jiangxia is the only place where the Han River flows into the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu Zhuge Liang's warships were all parked at the docks such as Hanshui and Fancheng, and if Jiangxia was taken, he would choose a relatively narrow river channel and block the river with iron locks. Dozens of catapults were erected on both sides of the river. With hundreds of bed crossbows, then Zhou Yu and they will all be finished. Sima Yi replied.

Hahahaha, Zhongda! Lonely's plan has been told to you.

When everyone heard this, they were also shocked, or Zhang Jie was amazing! If this is the case, Zhou Yu, I'm afraid there is no way back.

Zhang Jiedao: But it's not easy to complete this strategy! Zhang Jie opened the sheepskin map. You see, this is Xinye, this is Yiyang, this is Suixian, and this is Jiangxia Xiling.

There are nearly 800 miles of land from us to Xiling, and what is even more difficult is that this area of Suixian County is the remnant of Dabie Mountain. The road is hard! There are many places where there are no roads.

The map is about more than 800 miles, but in fact, you have to take a detour mountain road. That's at least a thousand miles.