The relocation to Wuchang was not a whim of Liu Ze, but the result of his careful consideration. After all, as far as the geographical location of Xuzhou as a whole is concerned, it is biased to the eastern corner, and it is very suitable to use it as a starting point and springboard, but as a ruling center, Xuzhou is not competent. Xuzhou has always been a place for soldiers, Cao Cao has several attempts to Xuzhou, but for various reasons and did not succeed, this time Cao Cao and Yuan Shao decisive battle in Guandu and broke it, the shape of the north has gradually become clear, Cao Cao's unification of the north is already unstoppable, and Xuzhou will undoubtedly become the biggest threat after his unification of the north, if Cao Cao uses troops, Xiapi must be the first to bear the brunt. Therefore, the most urgent task in front of Liu Ze is to re-select the place of governance, and the ancients have a saying: "The king of the world chooses the middle of the world and establishes the country." "The choice of the capital should at least be in the hinterland, not only to maintain a certain buffer distance from the main battlefield but not too far from the main battlefield, and Wuchang has become Liu Ze's preferred target.

The largest tributary of the Yangtze River, Hanshui, merges into the Yangtze River in the three towns of Wuhan, and Wuchang, Xiakou and Hanyang (Hanyang was not built at this time, but is just a small market town) are at an angle to each other, no matter which direction it is attacked, it can be calmly dealt with, and its geographical location can be described as unique. Go down the river in the east, go straight to Jianye, go up the river in the west, you can pass through Bashu, go north along the Han River, you can go straight to Wanluo, Changsha in the southwest, Yuzhang in the southeast, Wuhan is called a line through since ancient times, the intersection of two rivers, the three towns are majestic, the four seas echo, the five miscellaneous places, the six roads are in unison, the seven stars are high, the eight sides are exquisite, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, the ten fingers are connected, and the golden waterway sits on it. With the outline of the deed, the momentum of the world, the advance can be attacked, retreated, defended, and the system can be long-sleeved and good at dancing with ease.

The plan to relocate Wuchang was approved by Jia Xu, Chen Deng, Xu Shu, and other strategists, including Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang still spoke highly of Liu Ze's plan, thinking that Wuchang turtle coil snake breath, there is a Xuanwu elephant, left and right, north and south are smooth, and this is the best choice.

Since the subordinates are unanimously in favor. Liu Ze also showed his courage to act resolutely. At the beginning of the Spring Festival of the sixth year of Jian'an, Liu Ze held a grand groundbreaking ceremony at the foot of Snake Mountain, breaking ground and building a large number of buildings. Began to build a new Wuchang City.

as a new political center. The scale of Wuchang is naturally no less than that of Xiapi City. Before the construction began, Liu Ze had already drawn a detailed layout map of Wuchang City, except for the local craftsmen in Jingzhou. Liu Ze specially mobilized tens of thousands of craftsmen from Xuzhou to participate in the construction of Wuchang City, and the project was huge, which is needless to say.

After the status of Wuchang City was determined, the Gongwei of Wuchang was accordingly put on the agenda, the Yangtze River is the natural barrier of Wuchang City, Xiakou in the east of the Hanshui in Jiangbei was originally the head county of Jiangxia County, Liu Ze changed its name to Hankou, and built a new acropolis Hanyang City in the west of the Hanshui in the north of the Yangtze River, the three cities are interdependent on each other, and can resist the enemy on three sides. On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Baqiu and Exian became the left and right barriers of Gongwei Wuchang.

In fact, the most ideal acropolis is Chaisang and Baqiu, Baqiu chokes the throat of Dongting, Chaisang locks the throat of Poyang, Wuchang and Baqiu, Chaisang finished glyph triangle arrangement, the most flawless appearance, both offensive and defensive are impeccable. But Chaisang is still in the hands of Zhou Yu, Liu Ze has no choice but to retreat, using Exian as the guard of Wuchang, and ordering Guan Yu to lead the second army into Exian, posing as a heavy army to march eastward, defending the attack, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu Even if they knew that Liu Ze had the intention of moving to Wuchang, but in the face of Guan Yu's heavy army group that was eyeing him, they could only sigh with admiration.

The city of Rome can not be built in a day, and naturally Wuchang City cannot be completed in a few days, Liu Ze appointed Jian Yong as the general manager of the city construction, and Mi Zhu as the deputy general manager, fully responsible for the construction of Wuchang City.

The four counties of Jingnan have not been completely attached to Jingzhou during the era when Liu Biao was in charge of Jingzhou, but they are nominally under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, but in fact, the counties are too guarded and self-respecting, and they are not subject to the jurisdiction at all. Changsha Taishou Zhang Xian was arrogant and arrogant, unruly, and Liu Biao had a grudge, Jian'an for three years, rebelled, Lingling, Guiyang two counties attached, the momentum is huge. Liu Biao sent his nephew Liu Pan to conquer, but even after years of fighting, he could not overcome it. Later, after Zhang Xian died of illness, his subordinates supported Zhang Xian's younger brother Zhang Yi as the Taishou of Changsha, and Liu Pan took the opportunity to capture Changsha and kill Zhang Yi. Originally, Liu Biao had the opportunity to unify Jingnan, but at this time, Liu Ze had already raised troops in Huainan, and Sun Ce's troops forced Jiangxia, so Liu Biao had no choice but to give up the great opportunity to subdue the four counties of Jingnan, and ordered Liu Pan to lead the army back to Jingbei to rescue Jiangxia.

Liu Pan hurriedly crossed the river and returned to the north, but in the battle of Anlu, the whole division was lost, and he also lost his life. Jingzhou's shape has taken a steep turn, Liu Biao has long been self-conscious, where is there still the strength to care about the problems of the four counties of Jingnan, the four counties of Jingnan are just like wild horses that have escaped the reins, no one is tamed, and they have been divided and self-reliant.

Among them, Changsha Taishou Han Xuan is the county guard appointed by Liu Biao, but Han Xuan is quite ambitious, when Liu Biao is flawless in the south, Yang Fengyin disobeyed, ignored Liu Biao's orders, recruited troops, stockpiled grain and grass, as if he had set up an independent kingdom in Changsha, just when Liu Biao Xiangyang was besieged and waiting for rescue, Han Xuan refused to send troops, and his heart of self-reliance was clearly revealed. With Han Xuan as an example, Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan, Lingling Taishou Liu Du, and Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan were also colluded, colluding with each other, and entered into an offensive and defensive alliance, and resigned themselves to Liu Biao's defeat in Jingbei, refusing to send troops to rescue him.

After Liu Ze led Jingzhou Mu, Han Xuan and others also pretended to be deaf and dumb, ignoring the fact that Liu Ze was sitting in Jingzhou and refused to obey the order. Now that the Battle of Chibi is over, the conquest of the four counties of Jingnan is back on the table, even if Zhuge Liang does not suggest, Liu Ze has already made up his mind to attack the four counties of Jingnan first and take down the entire Jingzhou.

Just when Liu Ze was actively preparing for war, frequently mobilizing troops, and preparing to march to the four counties of Jingnan, a sudden incident disrupted Liu Ze's deployment. (To be continued......)