Nanyang, Wancheng.

"General!"

The adjutant hurriedly entered the inner hall and bowed to Zhao Yun.

"Excuse me!"

Zhao Yun waved and asked, "Is there something important?" ”

The adjutant said: "I just received an order from the lord army, and I want to attack Jingzhou first, and then go down to Huainan." ”

Zhao Yun's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "How could you change your plan temporarily?" ”

The adjutant said: "The last general doesn't know, he only received an order from the lord's army, and 100,000 western troops have already arrived in Wancheng in batches." ”

"Western Army?"

Zhao Yun's eyes were condensed again, the 100,000 Western Army is the most elite army in the cadre army, because it is stationed in the Xixiao Battalion in Chang'an, so it is called the Western Army, whether it is equipment or training, it is stronger than the Tuntian soldiers, it is a real professional army.

The purpose of transferring the western army to attack Jingzhou is self-evident.

Zhao Yun quickly understood that this was to drive Liu Qi south of the river in one fell swoop!

"What other military orders have come from the lord?"

Zhao Yun calmed down and asked the adjutant again.

The adjutant hurriedly took out a letter and handed it to Zhao Yun, saying, "The lord's edict is here!" ”

Zhao Yun took it, opened it and swept it through the ten lines at a glance, before instructing the adjutant, "Quickly summon the generals to come to discuss the matter!" ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant said yes and immediately ran out.

Just after a winter of calm, the situation in the land of Jianghuai has become tense again.

The 600,000 cadres stationed north of the Huai River began to be frequently mobilized from the beginning of the first month, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life began to assemble in the direction of Shouchun, and by the beginning of February, no less than 400,000 troops had been assembled in the ten miles north of Shouchun.

The army is hundreds of miles together, and from a high place, the north of Shouchun is densely packed with military camps, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

At the same time, the combined forces of Sun and Cao were also mobilizing very frequently, and they were actively preparing for war.

A large-scale battle with more than 500,000 troops is not like 3,500 soldiers and horses, just come up and do it directly.

A battle of this scale, even in history, is rare, whether it is the transportation and deployment of grain and baggage, or the camp of the army on the high ground, all aspects must be considered, otherwise the slightest omission will be a catastrophe.

Headed by Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, he was responsible for proposing the proposal, formulating the strategy, and finally Luo Zheng made a decision.

The generals of each ministry led their troops and marched in order according to the set strategy, in an orderly manner.

Shouchun, Cao Cao's official residence.

"Lord!"

Cheng Yu hurriedly entered the inner hall and said to Cao Cao: "Something is not quite right!" ”

Cao Cao said: "What's the problem? ”

Cheng Yu said: "The cadres are well prepared, if they want to attack Shouchun, even if it takes time for the 600,000 troops to be mobilized, it should be killed outside Shouchun City within half a month at most, but at the moment the cadres are still moving, which is really a bit strange." ”

Cao Cao said: "I don't think it's quite right, but I don't know what's wrong with it, what Zhongde's high opinion is?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "I can't imagine that Luo Zheng's 600,000 army has been stationed north of Huaishui for a winter, which shows Luo Zheng's determination to pacify Huainan and Lujiang County, and he will never give up until his army and Sun Ce are completely driven south of the river, even if our army and Sun Ce join forces, it is only a little more than 100,000 troops, and it can't stop Luo Zheng's 600,000 army no matter what, so it should be prepared early!" ”

"Not bad!"

Cao Cao nodded, was silent for a long time, and began to mutter: "The 600,000 troops of the cadre army spend the winter in Huaibei, and the daily consumption of military resources and grain is tens of thousands, such a huge consumption is difficult to last even when the former Han Dynasty was strong, but Xiqian can cope with it, it can be seen how amazing the money, grain and materials accumulated by Xiqian over the years, otherwise An can let the 600,000 army spend the winter in Huaibei." ”

Cheng Yu said with a solemn face: "Xiqian has the benefit of gold and rice, the biggest shortcoming of Luo Zheng before is the lack of population, now Luo Zheng has occupied twelve states, and the population under his rule is afraid of no less than 10 million, as long as there are no natural disasters, the harvest of one year of cultivation can support a million army for a year, and Luo Zheng has robbed this fang, and over the years, he has robbed many cattle and sheep materials from the Western Regions and Mobei, and encouraged the people under his rule to graze cattle and horses and raise livestock. ”

Cao Cao said with emotion: "If you put aside prejudices, Luo Zheng can be regarded as a heroic, although he is cruel, but most of the people killed are alien Hulu, which is still very good for the Han people." Now the peak of Xiqian's national strength is only afraid that it has surpassed the strong Han Dynasty. However, until the last qiē, Lone will never give up easily. How to retreat, you still need to worry about Zhongde! ”

"Rest assured, the lord will not disgrace his life!"

Cheng Yu bowed his hand and said, "King Wu's ...... there"

Cao Cao said: "King Wu has his own lonely words, presumably King Wu will not be surprised!" ”

From the end of the first month to the end of February, the cadres and troops were assembled for a whole month, and they had not yet begun to attack Shouchun.

Just when Cao Cao and Sun Ce were preparing for a war and secretly planned to retreat in an all-round way, shocking news came from Jingzhou, which surprised Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

At the beginning of February, Luo recruited 200,000 troops out of Wancheng and went south to Xiangyang, intending to sweep Jingzhou.

After the news spread, Jing Xiang was shaken, and Liu Qi, Liu Bei and all the Jingzhou scholars were shocked.

No one thought in advance that hundreds of thousands of cadres and troops gathered in Shouchun, and a great war was about to break out, but Luo Zheng secretly came to Jingzhou and marched south to Jingxiang, how could it not be shocking.

Liu Bei didn't expect it, even Xu Shu and Pang Tong didn't expect it.

This change of plan to attack Jingxiang first was purely a temporary idea, but it was in line with the surprise of the art of war.

It's not that Pang Tong and Xu Shu are inferior to others, it's really that the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops can not be completed overnight, and it is impossible to hide their traces, and hundreds of thousands of cadres and troops gathered in Shouchun, which firmly attracted everyone's attention.

So much so that 100,000 Western troops pretended to be grain transportation teams and assembled in batches in Wancheng.

It wasn't until Luo Zheng raised troops to go south that Liu Bei and the others reacted, but it was too late.

Liu Bei only stationed 20,000 soldiers and horses in Xinye, which was used to prevent the 100,000 Tuntian soldiers in Nanyang from going south.

In normal times, 20,000 soldiers and horses are enough to cope with small-scale friction. When Luo Zheng did not decide to go south to Jingxiang, Zhao Yun would not launch a large-scale war, and if the army moved south, Liu Bei would have enough time to mobilize troops and horses.

And this unexpected sudden dispatch of troops really caught Liu Bei off guard.

By the time Liu Bei learned that Luo Zheng had arrived in Wancheng and personally led the army south, it was too late to ask Sun Ce for help, in fact, even if there was enough time, hundreds of thousands of cadres gathered in Shouchun, Sun Ce and Cao Cao could not divide their forces to save Jingzhou.

There are only 20,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, and even if all of them go north to Xinye, they will not be able to stop the 200,000 cadres from moving south.

If Liu Bei is given enough time, he can withdraw the main army to Jingnan and preserve his strength as much as possible.

Now, however, it is too late to say anything. R1152