It's really not that Zhang Xi is cautious, but Jingzhou's troops are insufficient, and the only mobile force that can be called up is probably this one in Nanyang.

Although it is a little farther away from Jiangling, it can still be used to assist in the defense of Xiangyang.

Moreover, Nanyang now has a total of 30,000 garrisons, of which 5,000 people from Zhang Wei's department guarding Xiangcheng have to be removed, and the actual number of troops that can be mobilized in Nanyang is only 25,000.

No matter how it is dispatched, Nanyang is important to leave nearly 10,000 people to defend the counties of Nanyang, prevent Dongwu from going up the Han River, sneak attack Nanyang, and cut off the connection between Heluo, Jingzhou, and Guanzhong, so there are only about 15,000 people who can really be transferred.

If Zhuge Liang transferred this mobile force of 15,000 people, then from the perspective of guarding Jingzhou, the troops would be stretched.

However, Zhuge Liang can't help it.

He didn't know when Cao Wei would send troops to counterattack Luoyang, and even if he transferred troops from Guanzhong and Hanzhong now, it would take about two months to gather troops from the two places to rush to Luoyang.

If Cao Wei takes the initiative to attack at the beginning of next year, it will be a little too late for this time.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang could only transfer troops from the nearest Nanyang County to make up for the vacancy in the upper army.

Again, Zhuge Liang believes that the possibility of Dongwu taking a big risk and going north to attack Nanyang is really not large.

Transporting grain from the Han River and attacking Xiangyang, the Eastern Wu may still do the same, after all, the Eastern Wu naval army is strong, and water transportation is much more convenient and safe than land transportation.

But if he goes north from Hanshui and attacks Nanyang by land, how will his supply line be arranged?!

There are all Han counties all around, and there are Han county soldiers.

Unless the leading generals of Eastern Wu can completely conquer the entire Nanyang County in the shortest possible time and sweep away all the Han troops in the counties of Nanyang County, otherwise, a sneak attack on Nanyang will be sent to death.

Zhuge Liang felt that neither Zhou Yu nor Lu Xun could lead the troops to make such a strange mistake.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, the only thing that may be affected by the transfer of troops from Nanyang is the issue of Zhang Xi's mobile strength to defend Jingzhou.

At this point, Zhang Xi needs to judge whether Zhang Xi is sure that he can hold Jiangling and Xiangyang without this mobile force.

Of course, Zhuge Liang will not just do things like tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall.

It was a helpless move to send soldiers from Nanyang County to support Luoyang, and in the follow-up, he would also play the Son of Heaven, asking the Son of Heaven to agree to send Wu Yi to Hanzhong, and Zhao Yun, the new assassin of Yongzhou, led the troops into the customs to help the war, and when these people entered the customs, if Zhang Xi still had the need for mobile troops, it was not impossible to divide the troops to Zhang Xi.

This is Zhuge Liang's plan, everything is just a temporary decision made to grab time.

Now, it is Zhang Xi's turn to make his own judgment on whether he can let Zhuge Liang transfer the soldiers of Nanyang County.

Zhang Xi thought about it carefully and thought about it. Forget it, let's agree.

Luoyang, both in military and political terms, is much more important than Jingzhou.

Again, Zhang Xi thought about it, the first target of the Eastern Wu Army with a high probability of attacking will be Jiangling, and Xiangyang is unlikely to attack on a large scale, so in the final analysis, the distance between Nanyang County and Jiangling is too far, even if Jiangling is in distress, the soldiers of Nanyang County come to help, and there is some far water that cannot quench the thirst of the near.

It's more convenient to use it to support Luoyang.

As for Gangneung and Yangyang. Just defend it, and until Zhuge Liang's reinforcements from Chang'an and Hanzhong arrive, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Moreover, on the Jiangling side, it really can't be done, Zhang Xi can also ask Chen from Ba County to come down the river to help, and Xiangyang side, there are still county soldiers from the three eastern counties behind him, with a high probability, it should be fine.

In this way, Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang roughly agreed on the scope of defense between each other, and then. Zhang Xi stayed in Luoyang for another ten days or so.

On the one hand, he went to Gongxian County to persuade Deng Ai to accept this seemingly unreliable marriage, and on the other hand, he took his son and daughter-in-law to visit Luoyang to cultivate their feelings.

Xiao Zheng'er was very uncomfortable with the sudden extra daughter-in-law, especially since this daughter-in-law was actually one year older than him. Hawkers, it is also necessary for the young couple to cultivate their relationship.

On the contrary, it was when Gong County and his party discussed Xiao Zhong'er's marriage with Deng Ai. Zhang Xi almost kicked his apprentice's daughter-in-law out of the house.

If Deng Ai hadn't tried her best to stop her, she would have turned off Yinping's temper, she didn't care if Zhang Xi was her husband's master, and whether it was unfilial and rude to do so.

And Guan Yinping also felt that this matter was too unreasonable. My baby son is only nine years old, what kind of marriage contract is there at this time?!

Moreover, even if he wants to get married, Guan Yinping is more inclined to marry his eldest brother Guan Ping's daughter, and the two families are close to each other, isn't it a better thing? !

If you really can't do it, the daughter of Zhang Bao's family is not impossible. It's just too small, and you'll have to wait a few years.

Where did a Yang girl pop up, let her husband's master and that Zhuge fish head be stuffed into her own precious son?!

Our grandson of the Guan family, do we need to marry a Yang daughter to prove something?!

What is the fourth world and the third duke, do you have the majesty of my father's megatron Huaxia?!

So that's it. That Zhuge Yutou's concerns were right, and it was basically impossible to have any good results when discussing this matter with Guan Yinping.

It's just that Zhang Xi still has Guan Yinping, although this girl is the daughter-in-law of her apprentice, but the relationship between her and her daughter-in-law is not ordinarily good.

Of course, the most important thing is that even if Guan Yinping really turns his face with Zhang Xi, Zhang Xi can't beat others, and second, he can't talk about others, and third. For the sake of the second master's face, what else can Zhang Xi have to do with Guan Yinping? !

There is no way, Zhang Xi can only drag his apprentice to spit out bitter water. Master doesn't want to do that, but it can't be helped, politics is such a fucking thing.

Besides, the Yang girl, she has been familiar with poetry and books since she was a child, and she must be quite familiar with various etiquettes and etiquette, with the genes of the fourth generation and the third prince of the Yang family, her appearance, and temperament, she must not say anything. We're not at a loss.

Again, from a genetic point of view, forget the daughter of Zhang Bao's family, the daughter of your eldest brother's family is really not suitable for marrying Xiao Zhong'er, and it is easy to produce idiot offspring

Zhang Xi chattered for a while, and said that Deng Ai understood for a while what is called gene? !

Hawkers, Zhang Xi couldn't explain the Tao to Deng Ai for a while, not to mention that he himself didn't know anything about it, so he simply asked Deng Ai to try his best to persuade his daughter-in-law to let her accept this family business.

Deng Ai that helpless. You're done saying such a sentence lightly, and I won't be guilty of anything when I go home!!

What kind of temper does your daughter-in-law have, can I say it in the inner house without understanding it, when did we master and apprentice have the right to speak?!

Zhang Xi didn't care about this matter directly. Who made him Master!!

Deng Ai was helpless and asked the last question - what is the identity of the future daughter-in-law, what is the surname, and whose child is it.

You have to know this, otherwise how can you convince your daughter-in-law.

Zhang Xi also scratched his head when this question was asked. At that time, he was patronizing and discussing the defense of Jingzhou and Luoyang with the dead fish head, and he forgot to ask about it.

There was no way, Zhang Xi could only send someone to send a letter to Luoyang and ask Zhuge Liang, and he would stay in Gongxian for a while.

By the way, I inspected the defense of Gong County, and together with Deng Ai, I arrived in the direction of Tiger Prison Pass to see the situation.

After all, Deng Ai's opponent was Sima Yi's old fox.

Although Deng Ai is now considered to have entered a mature period, with years of experience in leading troops, he is already a qualified military commander. But for Sima Yi, it's hard to say.

is Zhang Xi himself, who is a little weak about Sima Yi, let alone his apprentice.

Zhang Xi is really not at ease, after all, he doesn't know whether Deng Ai in this time and space, under his own teaching, can reach the height of Deng Ai in history.

Even if he could, Deng Ai in history made Sima Zhao calculate, and the one who died in the end was confused.

For Sima Yi, isn't that even worse?

Let's help my apprentice take a good look.

But Zhang Xi's arrival also frightened Sima Yi, who was training soldiers in the Tiger Prison Pass. Zhang Yuanchang, the old fox, suddenly arrived in Gong County, what are you going to do?!

Zhang Xi is afraid of Sima Yi, and Sima Yi is also afraid of Zhang Xi, who is supposed to be the pastor of Jingzhou, suddenly appeared in Gong County, what does it mean? !

Are the Shu thieves going to attack the Tiger Prison in a big way?!

In Sima Yi's mind, such a question immediately popped up.

Originally, Deng Ai on the other side, Sima Yi already had a headache, like a little fox, he couldn't slip away, in the past half a year, no matter how many times Sima Yi tried it, this little fox just wouldn't be fooled.

Now the little fox has not been solved, but has attracted an old fox. What's even worse is that he clearly said that the reinforcements that could be transferred from Yanzhou before the end of the year have not even seen a shadow so far.

Sima Yi is in a hurry.

I couldn't even imagine that Zhang Xi was just coming to see his apprentice, and he would leave after a few days. What Sima Yi is most worried about now is that Zhuge Liang in Luoyang has already sensed in advance that Great Wei is about to counterattack, and plans to strike first, concentrate his forces to break through the Tiger Prison Pass, and break into Yanzhou.

If this happens, the strategic counteroffensive of the Great Wei will be stillborn immediately, and the direct transfer to the strategic defense will only cheapen those Wu dogs who do not pay attention to faith.

This is the last thing Sima Yi wants to see.

(End of chapter)