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Zhuge Liang took a sip of fragrant tea and said with a smile: "If you don't come, you can't do it...... Brother Gongjin, if you and I are not our own masters, I think we will be the best bosom friends. Especially after the battle of Chibi in the winter, I don't know how much I want to talk about big things with you, only personal friendship, and play a good song, but I'm afraid that you will give me a knife, so it's not okay not to run faster. And although you and I should still focus on the overall situation in this matter, if we can piggyback on another song with you, it is also a rare opportunity. ”

Zhou Yu smiled a little bitterly: "Yes, if it weren't for you and me, Yu would be able to become a bosom friend, and there would be no regrets in death...... But you're so sure I won't take this opportunity to kill you? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Others may do, but Zhou Gongjin will definitely not." Because Liang knew that Zhou Gongjin was a person with a clear distinction between public and private, and he would definitely not ignore the overall situation of Jiangdong for the sake of some personal enmity. ”

Zhou Yu sighed: "I really don't know if you're here to help me, or if you deliberately came here to be angry with me...... That's it, if you can really solve this crisis, I, Zhou Yu, will be admitted by you in a fit of anger. It's just Kong Ming, are you sure you can convince Lu Ren? ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "I'm afraid I can't do it alone, Brother Gongjin should also go together." After all, in the early years, Brother Gongjin could be regarded as having a deep friendship with Lu Ren. ”

Zhou Yu glared at Zhuge Liang and said, "Are you afraid that I will take advantage of your absence in Jingzhou to do anything unfavorable to Liu Yuzhou's newly acquired Jingxiang Prefecture?" ”

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and smiled: "No, no, no!" Cao Gong is in the north, and after hearing about the coastal war in Jiangdong, he will inevitably increase his troops in Hefei, in order to cross the river in a big way when Wu Hou is harassed by Lu Ren, in other words, your Jiangdong war is imminent, and the heavy troops in Jiangdong will be gathered on the front line of Hefei, and where will there be spare strength to plot against the Jingxiang counties of my lord Liu Yuzhou? But when you talk about it...... If you don't go to Yizhou with me, I'm really worried that you will be unfavorable to my lord Liu Yuzhou. So Brother Gongjin, you'd better go to Yizhou with me. ”

Zhou Yu snorted and said, "If I am not here, who should I leave to temporarily take my place and lead the army?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Fulu guards Rao Zijing." ”

Zhou Yu pointed at Zhuge Liang for a long time before sighing: "Zhuge Liang, if you don't die, I won't be at peace." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and responded: "Each other, each other." ”

If Lu Ren was present, he might sigh at such a conversation, saying that this is the mentality of people in troubled times?

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Yizhou, in the city of Mangjia.

Lu Ren was frowning and thinking about the big sand table in the government at this moment, while Liu Ye was silently sipping tea in the seat next to him with his eyes closed.

In the previous naval battle, Lu Ren's side took advantage of the ship's strong artillery or something, and finally captured Lü Meng and forced Lü Meng to commit suicide, although the victory can be regarded as a big victory, but no one can say what kind of revenge Sun Quan will have next. Under the premise of ensuring the defense of Yizhou and Quanzhou, he still assigned Gan Ning and Huang Zhong to use a small but fine fleet to swim in the area of the Yizhou Strait, and to attack at the right time as soon as they found any opportunity, so that Sun Quan's coastal areas were in a state of exhaustion with the main tactical idea of hitting and running, making it difficult for Sun Quan to assemble large-scale troops to carry out a key attack on Yizhou or Quanzhou.

However, the lack of troops in Yizhou is a headache.

Here we must once again make it clear that in ancient times, the government and the people system was that the peasants were soldiers, and the soldiers were peasants, and each family farmed when there was no war, and whenever there was a war, all the men who were registered in each household had to be conscripted into the army, and even more so, the so-called "soldier registration". At that time, during the Great War, there was sometimes a national mobilization, and once the national mobilization appeared, it often caused an undesirable situation in which ten rooms were empty.

It's far away, stop! In any case, this means that if Yizhou is recruited according to the prefectural system, with a total population base of about 500,000 in Yizhou and several other regions, the maximum number of troops that can be obtained will be only 50,000 to 70,000, and the production of Yizhou and various regions will also fall into a semi-comprehensive stagnation. If he really did that, then it was likely that a big war would basically wipe out Lu Ren's years of hard work, which was something Lu Ren didn't want to see.

Therefore, as early as the beginning of the establishment of Yizhou, Lu Ren did not adopt the government military system, but the conscription system. That is, the soldiers are soldiers, and the people are the people, and the peasants and soldiers are separated, and the soldiers exist as a specialized profession in the Yizhou area. In the early days, there were few young and strong men in Yizhou, and the main composition of residents in Yizhou was war-torn refugees, and they were reluctant to serve as soldiers, so the number of troops that could be raised was also very small. Like at the beginning, how many regular soldiers did Gao Shun train for Lu Ren?

Now, after more than ten years, until the Battle of Quanzhou, the regular army in Yizhou was only 8,000 people, and the navy army was less than 20,000 people, counting some messy spinning, and the total was only about 30,000 at most. Based on the current population base of about 300,000 in Yizhou, it is necessary to raise one soldier for ten residents, and the burden on the people is actually very heavy. This is Yizhou's agricultural environment is good, and for a long time it has attached importance to trade with all parties, and when the navy is not fighting, it is also responsible for running merchants and harvesting some areas to reduce the burden, so Lu Ren still has some spare strength to raise these soldiers.

After the Battle of Quanzhou, Lu Ren recruited troops on a small scale, but if the personnel lost in the battle were to be replaced, the actual expansion of the army would not exceed 3,000. Because Lu Ren knew too well that once his troops here exceeded that warning line, Yizhou's economic system would have problems.

In a word, although large-scale wars may break out anytime and anywhere, the armies in various parts of Yiquan cannot be expanded casually. However, if it really comes to that kind of unavoidable situation, Lu Ren will consider the matter of the general mobilization of the whole people. It's just that in that case, the people's livelihood and economy in Yizhou will have a super-large regression.

Therefore, if you can use other methods to avoid this situation, it is better to avoid it as much as possible. It was precisely after Lu Ren captured Lu Meng that he had to talk to Lu Meng like that. The one who should have been beaten has been beaten, and the one who should have been killed has been killed, but if it is still fought hard...... Worth! I still don't have enough to see here.

On the other hand, Lu Ren is still a little confident, because not long ago, the information report from Lao Cao's side said that Cao Cao had transferred additional troops to Hefei, and Sun Quan had an enmity with Lu Ren again, and it was impossible for Sun Quan to ignore the front in Hefei, so there was hope for a truce and reconciliation with Sun Quan. Now there are only a few communication problems, but this communication does not seem to be so easy to do, after all, it seems that his side is the strong side at the moment, and there is no reason to send someone out first. If I had sent someone here first, wouldn't I have lost my confidence? So therefore, Lu Ren is very conflicted and irritated in his heart now.

"General, let me say a word."

Liu Ye slowly put down the teacup, and said in a deep voice: "Judging from the current situation, Cao Gong has increased his troops in Hefei, and Cao Gong also has the intention of personally commanding the troops to come, Sun Quan will inevitably be tightened on the Hefei front, and the coastal defense everywhere will also be weakened." So I thought it was a rare opportunity on the surface, but behind the scenes......"

Before Liu Ye finished speaking, Shirley walked into the hall and said, "Senior brother, do you want to listen to the telegram from Lao Cao?" ”

Lu Ren nodded to Liu Ye, signaling that Liu Ye's words would be said later, and then said to Shirley: "What is the news, you can tell me first." ”

Shirley shook the telegram in her hand and said, "Lao Cao sent an envoy and brought a lot of gifts, meaning that he wanted to take the ship of our northern caravan to our Yizhou as a guest. I can't find out what Lao Cao means for the time being. But then again, it was strange and strange to be able to detect Lao Cao's true intentions from the mouth of that envoy. By the way, senior brother, do you know who this envoy is? ”

"Who?"

"Sima Zhongda."

Lu Ren almost didn't vomit blood on the spot, and coughed violently for a long time before he said, "It's him!?" Isn't he in Xuzhou in front of the assassin? Why did you suddenly become an envoy?"

At this time, Sima Yi was actually not very good, and his reputation was not too big, so Liu Ye didn't know very well what kind of master Sima Yi was, but he still barely knew a little: "Sima Zhongda?" The son of the Sima clan in Hanoi? In the early years, Sima Fang (Sima Yi's father) was appointed to govern the imperial history, and sent his eldest son Sima Lang (Sima Yi's eldest brother, Sima Yi himself ranked second) to return to Hanoi with his family. What he did afterwards shows that this person has extraordinary insight, but the younger brothers under Sima Lang have not been famous in the world, why is the general shocked when he hears the name of Sima Zhongda? ”

Lu Ren and Shirley glanced at each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, Lu Rencai reluctantly remembered some allusions, so he fooled Liu Ye and said: "I heard a little rumor when I was in Jingxiang a few years ago, saying that this Sima Zhongda was opened up by Lao Cao after the Battle of Guandu, but he was reluctant to go out because of the unstable situation. Because he was afraid that Lao Cao would be guilty, he pretended to be sick at home, and was once broken by a servant, and in order to kill his mouth, it was his wife Zhang Chunhua. Ziyang, you might as well imagine that even his wife is so powerful, what kind of character will Sima Zhongda himself be? ”

Liu Ye let out an "oh", and secretly kept his heart in his heart. If this kind of thing is said from someone else's mouth, Liu Ye may not think so, but if it is said from the mouths of Lu Ren and Shirley, Liu Ye will be more concerned than anyone else. Because Lu Ren has always "looked" at people, it seems that he has never "looked" away, so Liu Ye believes that the people that Lu Ren will pay attention to will definitely not be good...... (To be continued.) )