Buxiu looked at Ma Zhen and Pang De, who were kneeling on the ground and pleading guilty, and smiled bitterly in his heart, Lian Gong didn't think that his arrival had changed history beyond recognition, and it was impossible for Cao Cao to cut his beard and robe, and now he didn't know whether it was the huge inertia of the wheel of history or other reasons, and this matter was indeed born, and it was born several years in advance, although the location had changed, but the process was similar.

Ma is also interested, and as soon as he entered the hall, he immediately pleaded guilty to Zhang Xiu, and Pang De directly took all the blame on himself. Zhang Xiu was also conflicted in her heart. The crime committed by the horse is already a relatively light punishment, but the two generals of Ma and Pang De, Zhang Xiu, have no choice but to use it. Especially now that it is obviously at odds with Cao Cao, if there is no help from these two generals, the confidence of his side against Cao Cao will be slightly insufficient.

"Coffee"

Zhang Xiu let out a heavy sigh from the silent hall. He looked at the horse with complicated eyes. sighed: "Meng Qi, how did you say that Ben should punish you?"

Ma heard the "great salute and said: "The last general will be convicted, and the lord will punish him if he wants to punish him, and he will not do what is clear in this matter."

Pang De next to him heard it and hurriedly said: "Lord, this matter was instigated by Naide, and Meng Qi was also bewitched by De.

Waving his hand, Zhang Xiu sighed: "Okay! It is very clear who is who is not Ben General, and you and the two of you have gone home during this time to think about it, and they will not go out without Ben General's order, and they will be fined for another five years. The rest of the punishment will be discussed after Ben will think about it.

When the two heard this, they glanced at each other, and said at the same time, "Thank you for your kindness." With that, the two were led down.

Zhang Xiu sighed helplessly and asked Jia Xu, "Wenhe, how do you say that Ben should punish them?."

Jia Xu arched his hand and replied, "Light punishment and heavy punishment." It's all up to the Lord

Zhang Xiu heard it and scolded secretly: "Old fox." Think about it. He waved his hand and said, "I'll talk about this later." Wenhe. What happened to Cao Cao after Meng Qi sent his troops? ”

Jia Xu shook his head. sighed: "Not optimistic! Cao Cao has returned to Xuchang. Stayed in Youzhou and recruited new soldiers, and sent Xiahou Yuan to Yizhou and reorganized the Zhang Yan Black Mountain Army that surrendered to him after the Battle of Guandu and merged it into the headquarters of Xiahou Yuan, and the Xiahou brothers were the governor of Hebei Military. At the same time, the Taishan commandment and the Qingzhou and Xuzhou armies were transferred to Handcheng, Xuchang and Chenliu, and now the military strength of these three places has increased greatly, and the situation of our army is worrying. And before the shadow came to report. Yu Liang was in Xuchang for a period of time, although he only waited for the Son of Heaven to summon him in the post house every day, but Cao Cao and Liu Bei of Jingzhou had large-scale army movements, so he was worried. I am afraid that there is Liu Bei's conspiracy behind this matter. And Xu even bolder to guess that Liu Bei and Cao Cao may join forces against our army this time! ”

Zhang Xiu could hear it. Shocked, he lost his voice and said, "What". All kinds of thoughts kept flashing in his mind, if Liu Bei and Cao Cao joined forces, then the battle line would extend from Youzhou to Jingyi in the south. The situation is worrying. Zhang Xiu muttered everywhere in his mouth. His mind couldn't help flashing the map of the big man, and he was even more shocked in his heart, and suddenly thought of the Nanban who was about to move when he left Yizhou, and he lost his voice and said: "That's not right! I am afraid that the war will extend from Youzhou to Nanban."

Fa Zheng heard it clearly, and was also shocked: "Nanban?."

Everyone in the hall frowned. Now it seems that this war is probably the biggest test for Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu settled down and asked Jia Xu: "Wenhe, have you ever budgeted for the worst-case scenario?"

Jia Xu nodded, walked to the map, and said: "If Liu Bei and Cao Cao really join forces, plus the Southern Barbarians as the lord said, I'm afraid that the Eighth Route Army will attack!" Youzhou and Yizhou will inevitably send troops to attack Yanmen and Huguan in the state, and with the military strength of Jizhou today. I'm afraid that I can divide another army to attack Hanoi. Chen Liu's army should be the first line of attacking the tiger prison and remembering the water, the Xuchang army and Liu Bei's Xiangyang army joined forces to take Nanyang, and Liu Bei attacked Jiangzhou from Badong, plus Meng Shu of the Southern Barbarians, a total of eight route troops! ”

Zhang Xiu knew that Jia Xu's analysis was inseparable, and Cao Cao's large-scale military mobilization must be done. What is it alone, Cao Cao is enough for Zhang Xiu to feel good, and now with the addition of Liu Bei, the problem is big. Zhang Xiu secretly calculated his troops, and Guo Huai's troops could not move. Ma Dai of Yanmen and Duzhao guarding Taiyuan each have 30,000 troops, and there are two dangerous passes of Yanmen Pass and Huguan to block, so there should not be much problem. The more troublesome are the two places of Hanoi and Nanyang, Hanoi's current defense is handed over to Zhang Liao to be in charge of, and Cao Cao gathered the army in Chenliu. It must be preparing to attack the Tiger Prison and the first line of Jishui, both of which must be defended by Zhang Liao, and Hanoi cannot be taken into account. And Nanyang, as Jia Xu said, if Liu Bei and Cao Cao's army attacked, the situation would be worrying. There are Li Ru and Pang Tong in Yizhou, and Zhang Xiu is not too worried. The key to this battle is probably the war zone from Hebei to Nanyang. In this way, the main force of the real decisive battle is the 30,000 army of Zhang Liao's department stationed in the Luoyang area, and the 50,000 army of Xu Huang of the Nanyang Corps. There are also 50,000 Thundercloud Cavalry, 40,000 Qianghu Iron Cavalry, 30,000 Flying Feather Bow Cavalry, 20,000 Broken Front Battalion who have returned to Chang'an, as well as elite armies such as the Bloody Blade Battalion and Pangulis, as well as 30,000 elite sailors who have been trained and replaced with new warships. There are more than 200,000 troops in these units, plus 60,000 troops in Ma Dai and Hao Zhao in Bingzhou, 40,000 troops in Yizhou Taishi Ci in Jiangzhou, and 20,000 elites and 50,000 recruits in Xu Rong in Chengdu. As for the 20,000 cavalry that can still be used, there are 20,000 cavalry left in Hanzhong, and the 40,000 infantry of Huaxiong's Liangzhou Corps will remain on the Great Wall, but 30,000 cavalry can still be used. In this way, Zhang Xiu's available soldiers are at most 450,000, and there can be no more.

As for how many soldiers the enemy can use, Zhang Xiu has no exact news, and roughly estimates that there are already 100,000 troops on the side of Youzhou. The armies of Handcheng, Chenliu, and Xuchang are still gathering. Only Qingxu Erzhou, counting Yuan Zhu's surrender department, leaving the Xuzhou garrison can transfer out 200,000 troops, before Jizhou, Yuan has not been able to recruit troops, and after Cao Cao was absorbed, plus the people who served Zhang Yan of Montenegro, there were at least 300,000. In addition to the 200,000 Cao troops in Xuchang and Chen Liu, Cao Cao could at least send 800,000 troops in this battle. Of course, the combat strength of the 800,000 army is unknown, after all, the real elite is the Cao army and Qingxu troops in Xuchang, and the combat power of the Yuan family is unknown, but last year Cao Cao broke the black frame, collected tens of thousands of war horses, and equipped tens of thousands of cavalry.

In addition, there are more than 100,000 sailors in Jingzhou, excluding the troops left behind, Liu Bei can produce a total of 100,000 foot soldiers on both roads, and the navy is also a threat. As for the Southern Barbarians, Meng Huo can send many troops, and it is unknown what strange types of troops such as fierce beasts and small elephants are drawn.

After Zhang Xiumo finished calculating, he told everyone the general situation, and everyone listened to it, and their brows furrowed unconsciously. In this way, the Cao Liu coalition army is at least twice as much as Zhang Xiu's side. The situation is worrying.

When Jia Xu heard this, he arched his hand and said: "My lord, even if Cao Cao and Liu Bei come together, our army may not have no chance of victory. First of all, the combat power of our army and vehicles is better than that of the two-man coalition army. Second, most of our army can be defended according to danger, and Cao Liu must pay a heavy price when he comes to attack. Third, now Cao and Liu are united, as if the six countries combined to attack Qin during the Warring States Period, and those who break the alliance should use Lianheng! In the end, Jia Xu's eyes flashed brightly.

When Zhang Xiu heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he asked, "Isn't what Wenhe said Lianjiangdong Sun Jian?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Not bad! Cao Liu attacked me, Jiangdong Sun Jian was behind Cao Liu, and there were only two people who could attack, and their offensive direction was nothing more than north to Huainan to attack Cao Cao, and west to take Jingzhou. Before Sun Jian attacked Jiangxia and killed Huang Zu, he unexpectedly achieved Liu Bei, and Guan Yu and Xu Shu led the troops to resist Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's army. Jingzhou has taken advantage of the upper reaches, and Sun Jian has killed Huang Zu to take revenge. Harmony is no longer desirable. In addition, Sun Jian attacked Huainan before, and there were also many complaints within the war for many years. Therefore, they retreated to Jiangdong to reorganize the army. However, the location of Jiangdong determined that Sun Jian and Cao Liu were both enemies, and the lord was worried that Sun Jian would swallow any place in Jingzhou or Huainan, and his power would increase dramatically, so he left Liu Biao, a person who had always been at odds with Sun Jian, to restrain him. Now Jingzhou has been replaced by Liu Bei, who first reconciled with Sun Jian, and then fought with our army, thinking that at this time he must join Sun Jian to break the Cao-Liu alliance. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, frowned and said: "Having said that, Sun Jian and his subordinates Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others are not stupid people, at this time, they wish that we and the Cao Liu coalition army would fight to defeat both sides, where would they be willing to help."

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "It is naturally impossible to send envoys to persuade me, but as long as the lord tries his best to contain Liu Bei's forces, Sun Jian will see that Jingzhou is empty." If there is persuasion from eloquent people, it may not be possible that they will not send troops

Zhang Xiu understood Jia Xu's plan as soon as he heard it, and to put it bluntly, this strategy was actually a yang plan. It is the same reason as when Guo Jialai persuaded himself to enter Shu, Yuan Cao was going to fight at the beginning, if Zhang Xiu participated in the war. The situation becomes extremely complicated. Therefore, Guo Jia persuaded Zhang Xiu to enter Shu, which was in line with the interests of Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu. Now, as Jia Xu said, Sun Jian can fight Jingzhou and Huainan, Huainan has Cao Ren and Xi Zhong and so on, and they can't attack it, Jingzhou was related to Yu before, and Jiangdong was at a disadvantage in terms of geography, so it was difficult to attack Jingzhou, so he had to give up. However, due to geographical reasons, Jiangdong's strategy is difficult to adjust, relatively speaking, it is naturally easier to take the weaker Jingzhou, but Jiangdong's population is small, and if the war casualties are too large, it will have a great impact on Jiangdong, so Sun Jian does not want to fight some tough battles.

And if Zhang Xiu restrained Liu Bei's forces and created an opportunity for Sun Jian, then Sun Jian, who saw the opportunity, should not show mercy. It looks like Zhang Xiu sent Jingzhou to Sun Jian, but now that Cao Liu is menacing, Zhang Xiu must give up in order to win. After hearing this, Zhang Xiu touched his chin and said, "What Wenhe said is reasonable, but I don't know who can do it?"

Zhang Xiu's voice fell. I saw a person turn out from behind me and said loudly: "Lord, Zhi is willing to send an envoy to Jiangdong."

Zhang Xiu heard this and said in surprise: "Oh? It was Bo Miao who then remembered Deng Zhi's outstanding performance in Jiangdong in history, nodded and said: "Bo Miao is very good

Deng Zhi heard it and arched his hand: "Thank you for your trust."

At this time, Jia Xu, who was not very familiar with Deng Zhi, asked in a loud voice: "Bo Miao is an envoy to Jiangdong. I don't know how to convince Sun Wentai? ”

Deng Zhi smiled confidently and said: "When Zhi arrives in Jiangdong, he will not go out of the post house first, wait for the news of the lord, and after Jingzhou is empty, Zhi will talk about the marriage between the eldest prince and the daughter of Sun Wentai."

After listening to this, Jia Xu nodded slightly at Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiulang laughed: "It's hard work." Ben will let Cao Xing accompany him to protect Bo Miao. Cao Xuan heard this, and swept his eyes to Gao Shun, but Gao Shun nodded when he saw it, so Cao Xuan made a promise.

After Zhang Xiu asked the two of them to sit back, he said: "Although Lianjiangdong can break the Cao-Liu Alliance, it shouldn't be able to do it so quickly. Before Sun Jian sent his troops, our army had to face the Eighth Route Army alone. In terms of grain and grass, it is necessary to raise as much as possible the needs of the army, and if the military rations are insufficient, it will be allowed to carry out emergency orders in wartime, and in the name of the general's palace, it will be forced to borrow grain from the people, and then return it as appropriate after the war. However, this matter is extremely disturbing to the people, and it is not necessary to use it lightly when it is not in an emergency. ”

Zhong Chai heard this, nodded and responded: "Don't worry, my lord, please understand this matter."

Zhang Xiu nodded and said to Mi Zhu: "Zizhong." From now on, merchants in the province will be forbidden to trade in Cao Cao and Liu Bei's territories, and at the same time, barricades will also be set up to prevent merchants and ordinary people from entering and leaving the border. Zi Zhongru also has to manage the businessmen well, don't let them raise prices, if it is violated, don't blame the general's subordinates for not showing mercy! In the end, Zhang Xiu's tone showed murderous aura. Mi Zhu heard it and nodded solemnly.

Zhang Xiu turned his head to look at Ma Jun and said, "Deheng." Immediately cease all the major and minor works in the administration, and gather all the craftsmen so that they can be requisitioned at any time. In addition, the stones used to repair the walls and the timber used to make various instruments should be prepared so that they can be used sufficiently. Ma Jun nodded naturally when he heard it.

After that, Zhang Xiu said to Chen Song: "Junheng, the household department must also send more people to maintain the emotional stability of the people everywhere in the governance, and don't let them panic." I don't know how long this war will last, and the matter of grain and grass is extremely important, so the three places of Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Hetao must ensure the smooth progress of spring ploughing, and there must be no mistakes." Chen Song listened and nodded in agreement?

Zhang Xiu turned his head to look at Zhuge Jin, Chen Gong, and Yan Gu. said: "Gongtai, the affairs of the Ministry of Officials are temporarily handed over to Yan Pu to be in charge, and the Du Branch is temporarily under the sole responsibility of Yuan Chang, and all expenditures are given priority to support the Great War. Ziyu, the affairs of Sizhou are also temporarily in charge of returning to Yuanchang, and you and Gongtai will go on the expedition with the general.

The three of them heard it, and at the same time replied: "No"

Zhang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Okay, except for the military attache and Yuan Chang Xiaojunheng, Gongtai, Ziyu, and Yishan, the rest of the people who were not named will listen to it, and know that Zhang Xiu is going to start discussing the military situation, so they will retreat together." ※

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