After Lu Meng threw two small tricks one after another, Liu Biao was already surprised, but what he didn't know was that this was just the beginning.

The military map is just one of the necessary combat supplies for the senior commanders of the Jin State, and the list of Jingzhou guards was also drawn up by Zhao Xing himself before leaving, which is not a real skill for Lu Meng himself.

The true embodiment of Lü Meng's comprehensive and comprehensive ability and quality is reflected in his instructions to Liu Biao on how to clean up all kinds of spies lurking in Jingzhou City, how to strengthen the control of Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and other local forces in Jingzhou, how to reorganize the various armies in Jingzhou, improve training methods, and build various fortifications.

What made Liu Biao even more speechless was that after Lu Meng said these opinions, he even put forward some proposals for improving Jingzhou's economy and people's livelihood, and they were very insightful and insightful, not the kind of intentional showmanship or truthfulness. This is not simple, it can only show that Lu Meng has learned a lot of real skills by Zhao Xing's side, and he is far from the Ameng of Wuxia in the past.

Because Huang Zhong and Ma Liang were to be transferred to guard Yiling, this was equivalent to removing Liu Biao's right-hand man. Lü Meng then suggested that Liu Biao select and transfer 2,000 burly soldiers from lower-class families from various armies in Jingzhou to form a guard force similar to the "trapped camp", which directly obeyed Liu Pan, Liu Biao's nephew, and made the military general Su Fei his deputy.

Lü Meng promised that the equipment of the two thousand men would be configured according to the heavy equipment of the Jin infantry corps, not only with protective equipment such as full-body plate armor and helmets, but also with razor-sharp machetes, serial military crossbows, and longbows with a long range. Once this unit completes its training, Liu Biao's safety will be completely out of the question.

What Lu Meng didn't tell Liu Biao was that Su Fei, who was originally the governor of Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu, used to have a close relationship with a "Jiang/thief" in Shuzhong, and he was an iron buddy. This "Jiang/thief" is Jinfan Ganning.

solved Liu Biao's safety problem, Liu Biao felt that having Lu Meng by his side as a military advisor was actually no worse than Ma Liang, but Lu Meng still followed the way of hospitality and recommended him several civil and military talents who were ignored by Liu Biao in the past. One of them is named Wang Wei, who can be a deputy general, one is called Yi, who can be engaged, one is Qin Mi, who can be a debater, one is called Qi Wuhong, who can be the main book, and one is Deng Xi, who can be a ruler.

Liu Biao was no stranger to Lu Meng's practice of outsiders taking care of housework, and carefully kept the names of these people mentioned by Lu Meng in his heart, and prepared to appoint them after inspecting them one by one. If it is indeed as Lu Meng said, a few people can be used, he doesn't mind putting these people in important positions, after all, even if Lu Meng knows these people, it will not affect them to contribute to Liu Biao. Liu Biao can't be suspicious of everyone just because Lu Meng knows the details of his martial arts staff, if he really does this, it is tantamount to asking for his own death.

According to Lu Meng's instructions and suggestions, Liu Biao quietly began various preparations and deployments in Xiangyang City.

Liu Biao first transferred Jiang Xia Taishou Huang Zu to Xiangyang to serve as Jingzhou's special driver, and assisted Liu Biao in supervising various military horses in Jingzhou. Subsequently, Liu Biao appointed his general Wen Ping as the Taishou of Jiangxia, and concurrently served as the governor of the East Route Army, and allocated 20,000 Wen Ping Naval Army and 20,000 infantry to be responsible for the defense of Jiangxia.

Subsequently, Liu Biao appointed Jiang Wan as the Taishou of Nanjun, Huo Jun as the Taishou of Changsha, his eldest son Liu Qi as the Taishou of Wuling, Han Song as the Taishou of Lingling, and Kuai Liang as the Taishou of Guiyang; Huang Zhong as the Governor of the Western Route Army, and Li Yan as the Governor of the Middle Route Army.

Liu Biao allocated 30,000 foot soldiers to Huo Jun to be responsible for defending Changsha; another 30,000 foot soldiers to Huang Zhong to be responsible for defending Yiling; another 20,000 foot soldiers to Li Yan and 20,000 naval troops to be responsible for the central strategy; the remaining 60,000 troops were all put into the front line of Xiangyang, with Xiang Zhong leading 10,000 troops to garrison Shandu, Wang Wei leading 10,000 troops to garrison Caiyang, Huang Zu leading 20,000 troops to garrison Deng County, and the remaining 20,000 troops stationed in Xiangyang led by Liu Cousin.

Before Wen Ping went to Jiangxia from Xiangyang to take up his post, Lu Meng handed him several construction drawings on how to build underwater fortifications, as well as instructions on building defense facilities near the water, and even a plan to cross the river with an iron cable, which made Wen Ping not only amazed.

Before Huo Jun left for Changsha, Lü Meng also handed him several construction drawings on how to build a high-strength city wall and anti-slope fortifications. These drawings are all from the master craftsmen of the Jin National Wood Engineering Design Institute, and they have strong guiding value for Huo Jun, who relied on the isolated city for defensive operations.

Before Huang Zhong went to Yiling, Lü Meng handed him several construction drawings on how to build a fireproof camp with the help of the mountains. Lü Monte instructed Huang Zhong not to connect the camps together, to pay special attention to the enemy's possible fire attack, and at the same time to find a way to use fire attack to destroy the enemy. Lü Meng also promised to apply to the Jin state to equip Huang Zhong with a batch of gunpowder specially used for arson.

The reason why Lu Meng treated Huang Zhong so well was because when he came to Jingzhou, Zhao Xing specially explained that he wanted to find a way to gain Huang Zhong's favor and often wooed and approached.

Liu Biao greatly appreciated Lü Meng's "selfless" support for Jingzhou, and even did not hesitate to expose some secrets of the Jin Kingdom. He thought in his heart that the more Lu Meng taught now, the stronger Jingzhou would be at that time, and even if he was attacked by the Jin army in the future, he would be able to better defend it.

For Liu Biao's careful thinking, Lu Meng was very clear in his heart, but he didn't say anything. Lu Meng thought that this time I will sincerely help you old boy, don't think that Jingzhou has really become an impregnable wall, in the eyes of the special attacking troops of the Jin State, such a defensive arrangement is just some scum, I can teach you to defend Jingzhou this time, and I can still beat you to lose Jingzhou next time.

After making these arrangements, Liu Biao thought that everything was fine and that he could sit back and relax, but he was urged by Lu Meng to go to Shandu, Dengxian and Caiyang to inspect the construction of fortifications. When Cousin Liu saw with his own eyes the three defensive positions that Jiang Jian was responsible for supervising, his eyes widened again. He didn't expect that it was just three defensive positions of a covering nature, and they were built by the soldiers like copper walls, if they followed this method, I really don't know who else would dare to attack Xiangyang.

In fact, Liu Biao is still a layman, or rat eyes. He had not seen the horrors of using large quantities of gunpowder, so he was still looking at the construction of defensive positions through the eyes of tradition. It must be known that now Cao Cao and Liu Bei not only have gunpowder in their hands, but also a lot of it, and even after Huang Yueying's participation, they have developed a powerful gunpowder weapon.

If Cao Cao and Liu Bei really planned to attack Xiangyang, with the current three forward positions, it would still be difficult to hold the attack of the imperial army.