As soon as Liu Biao finished speaking, Fu Tong knew that the main event was coming.

"My lord, my subordinates only make two requests. First, after arriving in Wuling County, his subordinates would appoint a few of his subordinates to serve as county commanders in the four counties of Chong County, Lingyang County, Zuotang County, and Xiaoling County, which were adjacent to the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, this is just an expedient measure, and after his subordinates successfully force Sun Ce back, the lord will send someone to take over.

Second, the subordinates did not know how many troops the lord could deploy to his subordinates, and if it was possible, the subordinates wanted 30,000 troops. "The crying child has milk to drink, this is the key that Jin Jue handed over to his subordinates, to have military power, of course, the more the better, but there must also be a degree, Fu Tong will ask Liu Biao for 50,000 and above soldiers will definitely cause Liu Biao's suspicion or dissatisfaction.

If Liu Biaoken sent 50,000 soldiers to Jiangnan to resist the threat of Sun Ce's army, it might not be his turn to command Fu Tong's troops to go out at all, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun may be precisely because of this, they guessed Liu Biao's thoughts, so they did not stand up in the previous military meeting to refute Kuai Yue's recommendation of Fu Tong as the commander of the reinforcements.

First, as the pastor of Jingzhou, Liu Biao must maintain a certain size of army in Xiangyang City in order to ensure his own safety.

Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha County, has not moved so far, and what he thinks in his heart, no one knows except himself. The scholars in Jingzhou were very strange, Zhang Xian was obviously at odds with Liu Biao, why didn't he take the opportunity to unite with Sun Ce this time to oppose Liu Biao. Perhaps, with the assistance of Sun Ce, it is really possible for the two of them to drive Liu Biao out of Jingzhou, and the two of them will divide the river and divide Jingzhou into two.

Second, Cao Cao in the Central Plains frequently dispatched a large number of troops to the south of Yingchuan County, but he couldn't hide it from Fu Tong, so naturally he couldn't hide it from Yi and Cai He, and he couldn't hide it from Kuai Yue, and Liu Biao also learned the news from Kuai Yue.

Compared with Sun Ce, Liu Biao was more afraid that Cao Cao would suddenly lead his army south and attack Jingzhou.

As for why Fu Tong was transferred away at the whole juncture, it was also because there was really no one who could stop Sun Ce's troops, and it was just an expedient measure. Once Fu Tong crossed the river and quickly stabilized the situation along the river in the northern part of Wuling County, if Cao's army really attacked Jingzhou in a big way, Liu Biao would send another general to take Fu Tong's place and replace him back in Xinye County.

The key reason why it is so troublesome is that Sun Ce's soldiers are too strong.

Liu Biao and Kuai Yue both agreed that among the generals in Jingzhou, there would be someone who was better at defensive warfare than Fu Tong.

Sure enough, Liu Biao didn't care about the first question, just a few county orders, and it was not the position of Wuling County's Taishou, in the future, after Fu Tong forced Sun Cejun away, Liu Biao also hoped that Fu Tong could simply leave his young generals in Wuling County to ensure the safety of both sides of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou. Because Liu Biao didn't think that Fu Tong would be able to recapture the entire Wuling County from Sun Ce.

However, Liu Biao was a little dissatisfied with the figure proposed by Fu Tong.

Liu Biao knew that Huang Zu had asked his sons-in-law and nephews to recruit recruits in various counties of Wuling County, and if Fu Tong went to Jiangnan, he would at least be able to include the newly recruited recruits in the four counties he had just mentioned, so that the 30,000 soldiers proposed by Fu Tong were a bit too much.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Biao first nodded, then shook his head, and replied: "Zhizhong, you can decide the candidates for several county orders, if you can recapture Wuling County for Gu, you can recommend one person to Gu to serve as the county lieutenant of Wuling County." Also, Huang Zhong and Zhang Long temporarily swapped positions, and Gu was also approved.

You sent someone to tell Zhang Long that if the errand is done, in the future, Gu Shao will not be allowed to give him a county guard.

However, 30,000 soldiers is still too much, and you probably know that the recent movements of Cao Jun have made Gu Shen worried. Therefore, Xiangyang still needs to leave more troops to fight against Cao's army. If it weren't for Sun Ce's attack being too fierce and urgent, Lone wouldn't have wanted you to leave Xinye at this time. In this way, I will send you a total of 20,000 veterans, how about it? ”

Recently, Zhang Long led his troops to defeat the Jianchang Lieutenant set up by Sun Ce, although he was soon forced back by Zhou Yu's troops, but the killing of Sun Ce's general Zu Lang can be regarded as saving face for Sun Ce. Therefore, Liu Biao was very satisfied with Zhang Long's performance. If Zhang Long can recapture Wuling County for Liu Biao this time, he will consider appointing Zhang Long as the Taishou of Wuling County on the spot.

And the 20,000 soldiers he promised were not newly recruited, which was obviously the bottom line in Liu Biao's heart, and the maximum number of troops that could be allocated to Fu Tong.

"My lord, everything will be done according to your orders!" When Fu Tong heard this, he hurriedly lowered his head, held back the joy in his heart, and resumed loudly.

In fact, Fu Tong originally thought that Liu Biao would only be willing to give him 10,000 or 15,000 soldiers.

20,000 is much more than his estimate.

"Hmmm! That's good, by the way, Zhizhong, after you leave, can you arrange it in Xinye County? Liu Biao saw that Fu Tong was so obedient, and he was very satisfied in his heart, so he asked casually.

"Lord Qiqi, all the subordinates have been arranged, Yijun Cheng is extremely capable of doing things, and he can complete all the tasks assigned to him by his subordinates, so before his subordinates leave, they will entrust him with the construction of new city walls and spring ploughing." When Fu Tong heard this, he hurriedly praised his deputy Yi Yuan in front of Liu Mian.

Yi is Liu Biao's fellow villager and one of his cronies, but because he was still young, Liu Biao only made him a subordinate official in the state. The fellow villager and cronie handled the matter so effectively, after Liu Biao heard it, his face lit up, and his heart was even happier.

"That's good!" Liu Biao nodded, and then, he suddenly remembered the incident reported by Fu Tong's subordinates before he came, so he asked: "Zhizhong, I heard that you brought a friend to Xiangyang and wanted to recommend him to Lonely." What's that friend's name, and where is he? ”

Previously, he had conflicts with Cao Cao and Jin Jue because of his stubbornness, and his hometown of Beidi County was now in the hands of the Xiliang warlords related to his father's death, so he was ready to go to Jingzhou to join his uncle Fu Cheng.

When Fu Gan passed by Xinye County, he happened to be recognized by Zhao Hu, who had known him since he was a child. This time, his subordinates brought him to Xiangyang, first, because of his relationship with Zhang Long, Ma Han and Zhao Hu, and second, because he was Fu Zhi's nephew, and he just wanted to let the lord know about it, not to recommend him to you. Fu Tong replied.