"This Wu Ju can be regarded as the old man of this king, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was still a Sima under the account of Huangfu Song, and he has not seen him for so many years, and he looks like a person." Liu Ze held the letter in his hand and said to the ministers. "Since Wu Ju has a book so far, we are sending troops to the state, and we are worried that there is no good excuse, so we just came to borrow it."

So Liu Ze ordered Guan Yu to lead the Second Army to Xiangyang, Zhang Fei to lead the Third Army to garrison Wuchang, Gao Shun to lead the Sixth Army to return to Xuzhou, and Tai Shici's Fifth Army, which was originally stationed in Huaibei, Xuzhou, returned the defense of Xuzhou to Gao Shun and was stationed in Huaibei County. From east to west, Liu Ze lined up the 150,000 troops of the three legions, which was fully prepared to meet Cao Cao. Zhang Liao was stationed in Huainan and Zhang Fei was stationed in Wuchang, which was to strictly control Eastern Wu.

After a year of hard work, the Seventh Army finally began to take shape, although it did not restore the number of warships in the heyday of the Jingzhou Navy in the past, but its combat effectiveness was already incomparable under Gan Ning's training, and it was greatly improved. Liu Ze did not assign Gan Ning a substantive task, but still used Baqiu as a base and Dongting Lake as a naval training base, taking into account the defense of the Yangtze River waterway from Exian to Jiangling, and at the same time strengthening the research and development of new warships, and striving to launch new warships as soon as possible.

In this southern expedition to Jiaozhou, the troops mobilized by Liu Ze were the First Army Corps, which had been fighting for a long time, and the newly formed Eighth Army Corps. Liu Ze also resigned from the position of governor of the First Legion, and Zhao Yun officially became the governor of the First Legion, and was promoted to a five-star general, and was knighted as a third-class marquis - Marquis of Liyang Pavilion.

Zhao Yun's promotion to the governor of the First Legion this time is completely deserved, after so many years. Zhao Yun has been silently sticking to the position of deputy governor, taking care of almost all the military affairs of the First Army, working hard and without regrets. In the early days of the establishment of the legion, Liu Ze concurrently served as the governor of the First Legion entirely out of the need to control the army and to facilitate command, but with the rise of Liu Ze's status, the size of the area under his jurisdiction, and the increase in the number of troops, Liu Ze no longer needed to take the lead. The charge is ahead. The army has no longer been deployed at the corps level, but two or more corps combined into a corps cluster to fight together, just like the southern conquest of Jiaozhou. The number of troops used was close to 100,000 troops in two legions. At this time, Liu Ze's responsibilities. More strategic strategizing, and Zhao Yun is fully capable of standing alone and commanding the Guards Corps, the most elite ace unit of the Jing Army.

Xu Rong was also promoted to deputy governor of the First Army. At the same time, he was also the first deputy governor to be promoted to the rank of general. This time, Jia Xu did not go out with the army, he happened to be sick and returned to Wuchang to recuperate, and Zhuge Liang acted as the agent of the first legion.

Liu Ze ordered an army of 90,000, left Changsha, passed through Guiyang Lingling, and looked at Cangwu County.

As the southernmost county on the border between Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, Du Raid will serve as the logistical support task of the 90,000-strong army. Liu Ze did not enter the city, but only told Du Xian a few words, and then led the army to turn southwest, diverted to Lingling, and opened to Cangwu County.

Although it is the cold winter season, the five mountains are still mountains and green, when the army marched to Xing'an, Liu Zexin Ma Deng was on a square stone, and a blue wave in front of him was divided into two by a barrage dam, so he asked the guide. The guide said that this is the Ling Canal built by Qin Shi Huang to unify Baiyue, the place where Liu Ze stands is the flying stone, and the dam in front is called the ploughshare, and the water of the Ocean River is split in half, half of which flows to the Xiang River and half to the Li River. This canal is also known as Qin digging ditch, Qin Shi Huang sent an army of 500,000 to the south to conquer Baiyue, three years can not enter, cover is because of the high road of Wuling Mountain, grain and grass transport difficulties, the army has not been able to march for a long time, the Lingqu side is completed, within half a year, Baiyue was subdued, Qin Shi Huang set up Guilin, Xiang County, Nanhai three counties in the south of Wuling, since then the Lingnan lands have been included in the Chinese territory, a Ling Canal can be said to be indispensable.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiaozhi rebelled, and the Fubo general Ma Yuan was ordered to march south, dredge the Ling Canal, and quell the rebellion. Now the water flow of the Lingqu is the same as before, and the boats are constantly traveling on it, which is still the credit of General Fubo.

Liu Ze stands near the canal, full of emotion, the Ling Canal can be said to be the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient people, a Ling Canal connects the Yangtze River and the Pearl River water system, in the case of underdeveloped transport capacity in ancient times, the role of this artificial canal is undoubtedly huge. In the future, with the rise of the Maritime Silk Road, a large amount of silk will also have to be transferred from the Yangtze River to the South China Sea, and the Ling Canal will become the most core water conservancy channel to ensure the smooth flow of this waterway, which is undoubtedly of great significance to the reconstruction of the Maritime Silk Road.

After returning to the camp, Liu Ze quickly summoned the local officials and asked them to send a special person to be responsible for the management and maintenance of the Ling Canal, and the required funds were directly allocated by the Jingwang Mansion, so as to ensure the smooth flow of the Ling Canal.

When did these county commanders and county officials ever see such a distinguished figure as King Jing, they couldn't help but be sincerely afraid, and naturally bowed their heads to Liu Ze's orders and obeyed their orders.

Due to the importance attached to Lingqu, Liu Ze personally formulated a plan and handed it over to the local county officials for implementation, and was busy until late at night, and Liu Ze rested. The next morning, the chicken crowed all over the place, Liu Ze habitually got up, but he felt dizzy and swollen, his limbs were weak, Liu Ze didn't feel anything before, it may be a symptom of occasional cold and excessive fatigue, he didn't take it seriously, Liu Ze has been diligent in exercising over the years, and there has been almost no problem with his body.

Liu Ze didn't want to affect the march because of his illness, so he decided to find a military doctor to come over at night to dispense some medicine, but as soon as he rode on the horse, a cold wind blew, Liu Ze felt dizzy, the sky was spinning, and he fell directly from the horse, and in an exclamation, Liu Ze fainted.

When he woke up again, Liu Ze found that he was already lying in the tent, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Rong and others were nervously surrounding him, watching Hua Tuo check his pulse.

"Mr. Hua, I don't know how the lord is doing?" Zhuge Liang was asking Hua Tuo.

Liu Ze struggled to get up, and said as he got up: "I'm fine, it's just a little cold, it's not in the way, it's not in the way." ”

Zhao Yun held him down and said, "The lord's illness has not healed, so let's rest more, Mr. Hua, how is the lord's illness?" ”

Hua Tuo had a solemn face, and said: "The lord has been suffering from hard work for many years, and his five organs are damaged. ”

Zhao Yun was anxious when he heard this, and said, "Does Mr. Hua have a cure?" ”

Hua Tuo said: "This disease is not difficult to treat, Hua gave acupuncture and moxibustion, took it with decoction, it can be cured, but the land of smoke miasma in South Vietnam, not the place where the lord lives for a long time, the lord must not stay here, you need to go back to Jingzhou to recuperate for 100 days, so that you can be safe, otherwise the old disease will recur, and your life will be worried." (To be continued......)