Because of Zhang Xi's blind operation, there was a possibility of starting a war in the Luoyang area in advance, so Zhang Xi could not stay in Luoyang for a long time, and must immediately rush back to Jingzhou, while deploying defenses against Eastern Wu, and immediately transferring Nanyang troops north to support Luoyang.

The matter of transferring troops was easy to solve, and when Zhang Xi was passing by Nanyang, he met with Xu Shu and had a talk.

They are all smart people, as long as they explain the basic situation to Xu Shu clearly, Xu Shu himself can understand the importance of going north to support Luoyang.

However, there are still a few minor problems here.

The first problem is that Xu Shu did not prepare in advance.

From summoning the soldiers of various counties and counties to the convergence of Wancheng, to preparing for the grain and grass ordnance to the north, and then to leading the troops to Luoyang, it will take a month at the earliest. In the past month, if there is a change in Luoyang, no matter how capable he Xu Shu is, it is impossible for him to arrive immediately.

Zhang Xi has no good way to deal with this problem, so he can only let Xu Shu prepare as soon as possible and go north as soon as possible.

And with Zhuge Liang's ability, it should not be completely broken by Cao Wei within a month, resulting in the loss of Luoyang.

As soon as Xu Shu heard Zhang Xi's explanation, he knew that the first problem was unsolvable, and there was no other way than to coordinate various preparations as soon as possible.

So, the second question - if Xu Shu led the troops to Luoyang, who would guard Nanyang.

There is no one under Xu Shu's hands to use.

It has been almost three years since Nanyang County was defeated, but the formation of Nanyang County soldiers has just been completed. The people who were stationed in Nanyang before were either the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty or the soldiers of Xiangyang County, each with its own belonging.

Therefore, after these armies with their own affiliations leave Nanyang, the newly formed Nanyang County Soldiers will be a completely new army, and there is no shortage of generals and lieutenants in the army, but there is no one who has the ability to lead the army and stay behind.

No, it should be said that there is still one, and that is Zhang Wei.

But the problem is that Zhang Wei must guard Xiangcheng and not move, otherwise he will not be able to effectively suppress the Wei army in Yingchuan County, you can transfer him back to guard Nanyang, but who do you let guard Xiangcheng.

And it doesn't matter if there is no general, after all, the general is strictly speaking, only responsible for military affairs, but Nanyang County has been back in the Han capital for three years, and until now, there has been no officially appointed Taishou.

Even if you don't give me a general, you can give me the Taishou who can coordinate the overall situation!!

This question, Zhang Xi is also embarrassed. He, the pastor of Jingzhou, has the right to mobilize the army, but he does not have the right to appoint and dismiss officials.

The imperial court has never arranged such a Nanyang Taishou, and Zhang Xi has no choice but to let Xu Shu, Deng Ai and others temporarily take care of government affairs as former line guards.

Zhang Xi didn't mention this matter to Zhuge Liang, but at that time, Zhuge Liang was either busy preparing for the Northern Expedition, or he was busy stabilizing Luoyang, plus after capturing Luoyang and Xiangcheng, Nanyang was not considered the front line, and he was not in a hurry if he was too guarded. Back and forth, who knew that three years would have passed like this.

So, Zhang Xi has no choice but to go to Xiangyang quickly, and then let Xi Hong, as the governor of the state, come to Nanyang County to temporarily guard the Taishou for a while, after all, Zhuge Liang's reinforcements are important, and Xu Shu can leave one day earlier.

After finally getting the matter of Nanyang County, Zhang Xi continued to go south and came to Xiangyang.

When he arrived in Xiangyang, Zhang Xi naturally met with Wen Ping, and roughly described the possible changes in the situation, so that Wen Ping paid attention to defending Xiangyang, especially the Eastern Wu Army in Jiangxia, to prevent them from relying on the power of the naval army to go against the Han River.

These are all clichés, tell Wen Ping, Wen Ping, an old general, will not understand.

What is really important is that Zhang Xi left Wen Ping a codex that had been stamped with the state pastor's seal in advance, and a private letter to Kou Feng.

This codex is a codex for Wen to hire troops to transfer troops to the three eastern counties when Xiangyang has insufficient troops.

And the private letter was written by Zhang Xi to Kou Feng, stating the interests and disadvantages, and preventing this product from being deceived by villains and refusing to send troops like in history.

Because strictly speaking, the three eastern counties are actually an independent administrative region, and they do not belong to Jingzhou County, so they do not need to obey the dispatch of Jingzhou Mu.

The Codex of Troop Mobilization is an official procedure, which is equivalent to Zhang Xi, the Jingzhou pastor, asking Kou Feng, the guard of the three eastern counties, to send troops to assist in the defense of Xiangyang Kou Feng, who can or may not send troops.

But, who let Zhang Xi be his brother dare not send troops, don't be cheeky and call your brother in the future.

With this insurance, Zhang Xi felt that there should be no problem in Xiangyang.

After dealing with the matter here, Zhang Xi did not stay in Xiangyang for a long time, and continued to go south and returned to Jiangling.

When Zhang Xi returned to Jiangling, it was already the first month of the eighth year of Jianxing. I didn't make it to New Year's Day, but on the seventh day of the first month, I returned to Gangneung.

For this reason, Zhang Xi was caught by Sun Shangxiang and complained, saying that she was alone in the ancestral hall when she worshiped her ancestors in the New Year, and the two masters in charge were not there, and the whole house was deserted. had to ask Xiaoba to accompany her, and their sisters celebrated the New Year together.

As soon as Zhang Xi heard this complaint, the latter immediately said cheekily that he could actually accompany the two Sun Shangxiang sisters to make up for this Zhengdan. Well, don't ask how to make it up.

Anyway, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xi went to Jiangling Taishou Mansion refreshed, and summoned Wang Ji, Yang Wei, Zhou Tai, and Shi Bao to have a meeting together.

It is also in the first month of the year that so many people can be found at once, otherwise, each has its own dispatch, how can there be such a simple trip back to Jiangling.

There is nothing to say about the content of the meeting, just some things to strengthen vigilance and beware of a sneak attack by Soochow.

Of these four people, Wang Ji is to sit in Jiangling at the necessary time, the prime minister is in logistics, Zhou Tai is guarding Yingxian in the east, Yang Wei is in command of the Jiangling Naval Army, and Shi Bao is in Jiangnan to preside over the front-line defense from Lingyang to the public security.

Each is important in its own way.

To guard against the matter of Dongwu, the whole of Jingzhou has been doing it since the end of August last year, after Deng Zhi returned from Jianye, and now, Zhang Xi is just making this point in time more clear.

As early as late this month, and at the latest in February, Soochow should launch an attack, and during this time, the enemy must not be careless.

Especially the public security and Lingyang in Jiangnan. Zhang Xi is really worried about these two places.

At present, the Eastern Wu Navy is strong, and if the Jiangling Navy of Yangfu is defeated by the Eastern Wu Navy, then it is possible that the connection between Jiangnan and Jiangbei will be cut off again.

Therefore, Zhang Xi instructed Shi Bao to judge the situation by himself, and if he felt that it was necessary, he could abandon Lingyang and retreat to the public security. If you feel that even the public security can't hold it, Shibao can cross the river from the pontoon bridge upstream of the public security and retreat to Yidu County to set up defenses.

There is one thing to say, the pontoon bridge has not been dismantled until now, I don't know if Zong had foreseen it in advance, or if it was accidentally hit.

As for Yang's Jiangling Naval Army, Zhang Xi also gave a lot of autonomy, but the main combat idea, Zhang Xi still hoped that Yangqu could focus on stability.

As long as the naval army still has the strength to fight a war, and the Dongwu naval army is not allowed to completely control the waters of the Yangtze River, it is unlikely that Jiangling will fall into a situation of siege.

Of course, if Yang Wei really finds that he can't stop the Dongwu Naval Army, then he can also choose to retreat independently, go up the river, and go to Ba County to join Chen Dao, without being too forced to win on the water.

Our navy has only been built for less than two years, and it is normal that we can't do the Soochow navy, so don't ruin the hope of all the Jiangling navy for the sake of a temporary victory.

And the last Jiangling defenders, well, there is nothing to say, led by Zhang Xi, guarding the counties of Gangneung County and protecting the territory and the people.

For the Jiangling defenders, there is no way to retreat, they must defend to the death, so during this time, Zhang Xi will work with Zhoutai to inspect the defense affairs of various places, check the drills in the army, and supervise the combat readiness of ordnance, grain and grass.

If there is any slackness, it will be forgiven.

In this way, each has its own combat readiness work to be done, and after the New Year's Day of the 15th day of the first lunar month, the entire Gangneung County has entered a state of combat readiness.

Zhang Xi and Wang Ji inspected everywhere, Zhou Tai was in charge of military drills, Yang Wei was busy training the navy, inspecting the defense along the river, and even Shi Bao, a "womanizer", did not stay with his wives and concubines for a long time, and immediately returned to Lingyang after the tenth day of the first month, and after sharing the military information with Li Qiu, they arranged to defend the city.

The entire Gangneung County was ready for the invasion of the Eastern Wu Army.

Wait, wait, wait, just wait for a month, it's already February 15, and there is no movement.

Not to mention Dongwu, even Jiangxia's side, there is no movement at all.

Well, rather, it's not completely motionless. On the Jiangxia side, a new Taishou was appointed, appointed by the Eastern Wu side.

And this is too guarded, the surname is Zhuge again, the name Ke, and the word Yuanxun.

That is, Zhuge Liang's eldest nephew, Zhuge Qiao's younger brother, Zhuge Jin's current eldest son, the historical Taifu of Eastern Wu, Zhuge Ke.

By the way, he is still a person who is evaluated by Yang Wei as "talented and sparse".

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