Liu Jing arrived in Shouchun three days ago, and Liu Jing came to Jianghuai to inspect together, as well as the military division Zhuge Liang and the military department Shangshu Sima Yi, at this time the Han army and the Cao army are all Mingmou, the Han army has formed Shouchun, Nanyang, Tongguan, Pujin Pass four major offensive points, there are countless offensive fulcrums, such as Guangling, Anlu, Gaonu and other counties, can launch an attack on Cao Wei.

Cao's army also mobilized nearly 300,000 troops, deployed in various strategic places, in terms of military strength, the two sides are almost the same, but in terms of national strength, whether it is food reserves, or available population, and people's backs, etc., it is obvious that the Han State has the upper hand.

However, whether it is the economic strength that prevails or the strategic deployment that takes the initiative, Liu Jing does not dare to be careless, and still uses all financial and material resources to deal with this war that I don't know how long it will last.

But the result is obvious, the side that wins this big battle will win the whole world, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Jing attaches importance to every detail, and he will not let go of every clue that may win.

Liu Jing led everyone to board a big ship moored on the south bank of the Huai River, more than 30 warships slowly started, closer to the north bank of the Huai River, Liu Jing and more than a dozen generals and military advisors Zhuge Liang, the military department Shangshu Sima Yi and others stood on the side of the ship, watching the movement on the north bank of the Huai River from a distance, and a county town appeared in the distance, gray-black city walls and several tall guard towers.

"Your Highness, that is Xia Cai County!"

Liu Hu, the governor of Huainan, introduced to Liu Jing on the side: "At present, the Cao army has deployed 40,000 troops in Huaibei, mainly stationed in Xia Cai County and Yicheng County. ”

Liu Jing nodded and said to Zhuge Liang: "What do you think? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "There is no point in blocking the river and the iron cable, a small boat can be broken, if I am Cao Cao, I will strengthen the defense of Qian County, I don't know how the defense over there is?" ”

Next to him, Liu Hu hurriedly asked Ding Fengdao: "Is there any news from Qiaojun?" ”

Ding Feng bowed down and responded: "Your Highness, there are 30,000 garrisons in Qian County, commanded by the general Niu Jin. ”

Niu Jin is Cao Ren's deputy general, and he can be regarded as a fierce general. But Liu Jing paid more attention to the general Zhang Liao, and he asked Sima Yi: "Where are Zhang Liao and Xu Huang stationed?" ”

Sima Yi thought for a while and said: "Xu Huang is still stationed in Luoyang, about 30,000 troops, Zhang Liao's garrison point has not been determined, but he is not a general of the Cao family, Cao Ren and Cao Zhen will not let him garrison Yuzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and the state belongs to the Xiahou family, and it is not very likely, Weichen considers that his garrison point is likely to be Yedu, or a backup reinforcement." ”

Liu Jing agrees with Sima Yi's point of view, Cao Jun has many factions, their respective territories are fixed, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang belong to Cao Cao's lineage, Cao Cao can't know Zhang Liao's ability, and letting him out too early is not good for the overall defense, most likely as a reinforcement, where there is a crisis, Zhang Liao will be sent there.

At this time, a guard stepped forward quickly and whispered a few words to Sima Yi, Sima Yi nodded, and then said to Liu Jing: "Your Highness, the person has arrived." ”

"Alright! We'll go back first and we'll continue tomorrow. ”

The fleet slowly turned around and headed in the direction of Shouchun.......

In the Shouchun City County Ya, Li Fu took Jin Sanye to sit on a side hall, and it could be seen that Jin Sanye looked very nervous, fidgeting, and kept drinking tea, he no longer had his usual boldness.

He and Li Fu have been trading for nearly half a year, earning a lot of gold, of course, their transactions have also caused the loss of Cao Jun's weapons very strictly, he himself committed a heinous crime, if Cao Cao didn't know, even the crime of the nine clans would still be light, but he had sunk into it and couldn't extricate himself.

After trading for half a year, Jin Sanye also knew Li Fu's identity, not a businessman, but the intelligence leader of the Han army in Cao Wei, the interests of the two sides were too entangled, and Li Fu was not afraid of him reporting it.

Li Fu once calculated an account, after the opening of trade, Cao Jun privately bought countless pig iron from the Han State, but the Han State also got a large number of weapons from Cao Wei, and the pig iron bought by Cao Jun was far from making up for the loss of weapons.

Of course, Cao Jun also bought 100,000 stone of grain, but the cost of 100,000 stone grain for the hundreds of thousands of troops of the two countries is really not worth mentioning.

Li Fu got Sima Yi's order, specially brought Jin Sanye to Shouchun, it is said that the King of Han values this person very much, and specially wants to meet him, Li Fu saw that Jin Sanye was very nervous, so he smiled and said: "The third master does not have to be so nervous, His Royal Highness the King of Han has always been a corporal of Lixian, this time it is His Royal Highness the King of Han who wants to see the third master by name, this is a good thing!" ”

How could Jin Sanye not be nervous, who is King Han? will become the Son of Heaven in the future, and he is just a small person now, and the gap between them is too big.

Of course, Jin Sanye also understands that if King Han wants to see him, he must give himself more important tasks, so he doesn't know if he can complete it?

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a guard reminded them in a low voice, "Your Highness is here!" ”

Li Fu stood up, Jin Sanye also stood up hurriedly, he was so nervous that his strands trembled, at this time, three people walked in quickly from the outside, the leader was a young officer, not yet thirty years old, and the golden helmet on his head represented his identity, it was Liu Jing, the king of Han.

Li Fu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Your Highness." ”

Liu Jing smiled and helped him up, "Sima Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time, it's been about three years!" ”

"Three years and two months, the last time I saw His Highness, I went to Beijing to report on my work."

"Sima Li has worked hard."

Liu Jing comforted Li Fu for a few words, his eyes fell on Jin Sanye, Li Fu hurriedly pulled Jin Sanye and introduced: "This is the Jin Sanye I said in the report." ”

Jin Sanye was so frightened that he fell to his knees, kowtowed, and said, "The villain Jin Xi knocked on His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

Although Liu Jing is quite disdainful of this character, he will play a great role, Liu Jing cares too much about his character, he smiled gently, and helped Jin Sanye up, "Everyone calls you Jin Sanye, and I also call you Sanye!" ”

"Xiaomin didn't dare, in the past, everyone called me Jin San, and His Royal Highness also called me Jin San, but I really didn't dare to call me Lord in front of His Highness."

Liu Jing introduced them again: "This is Sima Shangshu, this is Zhuge Liang's military advisor, I think you should all hear about it." ”

Of course, Li Fu knew that Sima Yi was his top boss, Zhuge Liang was originally a military advisor in Jiaozhou, and now he was also their Xiangguo, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang exchanged pleasantries with the two, and everyone sat down separately.

Liu Jing ordered someone to serve tea, and smiled at Li Fu and Jin Sanye: "Thanks to the two of them, the Han army has obtained a lot of weapons and strengthened our preparations for war." ”

Li Fu bowed and said: "This is a matter of humble duty. ”

Li Jing smiled and said to Jin Sanye: "The third master is even more indispensable!" ”

"It is the honor of the villain to serve His Highness."

"You have contributed to the Han Kingdom, of course I will not forget it, I hope that the third master will continue to work hard, and strive to seal the customs in the future and glorify the descendants."

Jin Sanye is not short of money, but he has no status, and now he is just a commoner, and now the King of Han actually said that he can seal the Neihou in the future, so excited that his voice stammered, and he knelt down and said: "Jin Sanyi is willing to smear His Highness's liver and brain, and then die." ”

Liu Jing saw that he was quite knowledgeable and satisfied with his attitude, he smiled and said: "Of course, it is not so easy to seal the marquis, you need to pay a certain price, of course, as long as the third master has a heart, he will definitely be able to do it." ”

Jin Sanye nodded, "Xiaomin understands!" ”

"Li Sima said that the third master is a bold character, and he really deserves his reputation, how to do it, Sima Shangshu and the two of them will talk in detail, and I will go first."

Liu Jing met him just to make a gesture, what to do, he would not participate, he and Zhuge Liang got up and left the side hall, and walked outside, Zhuge Liang laughed in a low voice: "Your Highness wants to use his connections in Cao Jun?" ”

Liu Jing smiled faintly and said: "With such a powerful person, it would be a pity to just let him resell his weapons." ”

After walking a few steps, Liu Jing remembered something again, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Today is late October, and the military division is going to Shangjun and is about to set off." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, "Weichen will set off in the afternoon!" ”

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There were only three people left in the room, Sima Yi, Jin Sanye and Li Fu, and Jin Sanye's nervous feelings also calmed down a little, and he hurriedly said to Sima Yi first: "As long as the villain can do it, the villain will do his best and never postpone it." ”

Sima Yi smiled and asked: "Actually, what I'm most interested in is how the third master has such a wide range of contacts, can the third master reveal one or two?" ”

Jin Sanye sighed and said: "Actually, there is nothing strange, Cao Hong is my brother-in-law, as early as the sixth year of Jian'an, Cao Ren secretly resold the Yellow Turban Army prisoners of war as slaves, that is, I manipulated it for him, at that time I also had a deal with General Gan of the Han Army, it is said that he also had a little relationship with His Royal Highness, and later this matter was revealed, I was protected by Cao Hong, and followed Cao Ren, with him for fifteen years, I know hundreds of Cao army generals, all of whom have a relationship with me, the year before last, the Hefei War, I sent grain to Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao found that there was a shortage of food, According to the military regulations, I should be a capital crime, but Zhang Liao looked at Cao Ren's face, beat me to the military regulations of 50, and dismissed me from the barracks, so I did my current livelihood. ”

Sima Yi nodded, "I see, then the weapon that Jin Sanye got was obtained from Cao Ren?" ”

"Nope! No! ”

Jin Sanye hurriedly waved his hand, "Cao Ren is an extremely upright person, if he knows about this, he must behead me, I can only say that part of the source of weapons is his army, as well as the army of Cao Zhen in Yuzhou and Cao Xiu in Qingzhou, Cao Zhang's side also has a little, but not much." ”

Sima Yi smiled and asked, "I don't know Niu Jin of Qian County, does the third master have anything to do with him?" ”

"It has nothing to do with Niu Jin, but his subordinate Zhang Li is one of my sources."

Sima Yi's smile became even brighter, "I have an idea, can I ask the third master to contact this Zhang Li for us." ”

Jin Sanye understood Sima Yi's meaning a little, he hesitated slightly, and Sima Yi smiled again: "If this is done, the third master's Guan Neihou will be half in hand." ”

Jin Sanye thought of sealing the Neihou, his heart was hot, and he said angrily: "Although Sima Shangshu commanded, the villain must do his best!" ”

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