Zhuge Ke's appointment as Jiangxia's Taishou will be put aside for the time being, because it really doesn't matter.

The really important thing now is that Zhang Xi must first figure out when Soochow and Cao Wei will attack. If he doesn't attack again, the Dahan side will have to make thorough preparations.

These monarchs and ministers of Wei and Wu wouldn't really think that their alliance was a secret thing, right?!

Or, the monarchs and ministers of Wei and Wu are collectively cerebral palsy, thinking that the Han will not care if they are allied or not, and will not make any preparations for war at all?!

In fact, this question is not only Zhang Xi wants to figure out, but Zhuge Liang is also wondering.

The soldiers of Nanyang County have arrived in Luoyang under the leadership of Xu Shu, and Zhuge Liang's joint name Zhang Fei's troop transfer has also been recognized by the imperial court.

What kind of tricks is Cao Wei playing?!

Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi were puzzled by this matter at most, and Sima Yi, who was stationed in Tiger Prison Pass, was about to die.

Wei and Wu formed an alliance, as long as people with a little strategic vision will know that the two countries will inevitably use troops against Shu Han next, and Wei has no choice, it must be a heavy attack on Heluo and recapture Luoyang.

This is not a difficult target to guess, and Sima Yi also knows that with Zhuge Liang's IQ, he will definitely be able to understand the next situation, and he will inevitably respond quickly. And what Sima Yi has to do is to launch an attack before Zhuge Liang's response steps are in place.

This is also the reason why Sima Yi reacted so much when he saw Zhang Xi's banner appear in Gong County.

The current Wei and Han sides are almost in a clear chess arrangement in the Luoyang area, and whoever can prepare for attack and defense first will have the advantage. Zhang Xi suddenly appeared in Gong County, Sima Yi would of course be surprised, and thought that Shu Han had completed all the strategic deployments in less than two months.

Although later, through the reaction of the defenders of Gongxian County, Sima Yi realized that this was a suspicious military strategy, but this was also a wake-up call. The Shu thief is also preparing for the battle, and now it seems that he is not ready, but it does not mean that he will never be able to do well.

Therefore, for Great Wei, as long as it can launch a counteroffensive earlier, it will be able to take advantage one step earlier, and the more time it delays, the more preparations Luoyang can make to deal with it.

This point, not only Sima Yi judged this, but also the Great Wei court in Yecheng.

Cao Rong had already begun to formulate a strategic plan for counterattacking Luoyang before making an alliance with Eastern Wu, and after making an alliance with Eastern Wu, Cao Rong immediately ordered to start preparing for war, and at the same time began to dispatch troops to reinforce Yanzhou and Hedong.

In the Yanzhou area, with Sima Yi as the commander and Xiahou Ba as the protector, Jia Kui of Yanzhou was ordered, Guo Huai who led his troops to retreat into Yanzhou, and Chen Tai of Yingchuan County all belonged to Sima Yi's control, from east to west, and the troops were stationed in the Tiger Pass.

In the Hedong region, Cao Zhen, who had just recovered from his illness, was sent out by Cao Rong again to lead Qin Lang in Hedong, Sima Shi in Hanoi, and Sima Zhao's brothers, from north to south, to suppress the Yellow River.

As long as these deployments are completely in place, the Wei army can take the initiative to attack Luoyang with two large armies.

The plan is well done, but there are quite a few changes.

First of all, there are many problems in the Hedong area.

Cao Zhen, who had just recovered from a serious illness, quickly entered Hedong to preside over the overall situation, but as soon as he entered Hedong, Cao Zhen found that things seemed to be different from what he expected.

The clans and people in the Hedong region showed a very resistant attitude towards the soldiers of the prefecture and county.

On the one hand, it is the natural psychological reason for the confrontation between outsiders and local natives, and on the other hand, there is also the pot of Qin Lang's lax governance of the army.

Hedong County, a place where the big families gather, plus it is the center of Haluo, a suburb of Gyeonggi. I don't look down on the soldiers from these border states.

In the eyes of the soldiers of Bingzhou County, if they hadn't gone south to help the Hedong people defend their hometown, these Hedong people would have been beaten homeless by the Shu thieves in front of us, what kind of score do you put up? !

This is originally a trivial matter, the soldier and the family are not at the same level at all, and there is no reason to make any contradictions.

As long as Qin Lang can strictly restrain the soldiers of the state, and at the same time communicate with the Hedong family through the Sima brothers, this matter will be over.

But Qin Lang didn't do that.

He neither strictly restrained the soldiers of the state, nor did he go to find someone to communicate with the Hedong family. He chose to let it go.

As a result, the relationship between the state soldiers and the local families and people in Hedong became worse and worse.

Now that Cao Zhen has just arrived in Hedong County, he has not yet asked the family clan to fully assist the Wei army in the southern expedition, but the family clan has proposed it first, hoping that Cao Zhen can transfer the soldiers of the county back to the county, so as to prevent the recurrence of the rebellion of Li and Guo and endanger the place.

Isn't this nonsense, there is no merger of state soldiers, how can I cross the river south and attack Luoyang. Your Hedong family conjured up an elite border army of 30,000 people for me?!

If you really have this ability, this Luoyang can still be broken by Shu thieves?!

Cao Zhen could only politely refuse this request, and then tried his best to appease the Hedong family, and at the same time ordered to strictly restrain the soldiers of the prefecture and county, and they were not allowed to leave the camp without an order.

If that's all it takes, forget it, it's not too big a thing in itself, and the real trouble is still to come.

Since you want to attack Luoyang in the south, you must cross the Yellow River, and in order to cross the Yellow River, you must have enough ships. Cao Zhen found that Qin Lang had stayed in Hedong for more than half a year, but he had not collected enough boats to cross the river, and even Qin Lang had built a new dock on the bank of the Yellow River to prepare for his own shipbuilding.

Isn't this a waste, I think I have too much money and food in my hands, right?!

Cao Zhen really doesn't understand now, what has Qin Lang suffered since he led his troops to Hedong County, and how did he become so brainless?!

Hurry up and ask someone. As a result, Qin Lang still felt wronged.

When Qin Lang and the Bingzhou soldiers had just arrived in Hedong, the Hedong families actually had a good attitude towards themselves, not only sending some grain and grass to fund the military, but also arranging a good station for the Bingzhou soldiers.

But what happened after that slowly made Qin Lang unacceptable.

As the situation in Heluo slowly stabilized, the Shu thieves stationed troops in Luoyang no longer marched into various places. The Hedong family began to slowly dislike the soldiers of the state and county.

It's okay to say a few cool words, but what does it mean that this person who came to see Qin Lang every once in a while and asked Qin Lang to lead the troops to leave Hedong? !

The county soldiers of Great Wei, stationed on the land of Great Wei, were still being driven out. Is there a bit of a royal law?!

This Hedong, is it the Hedong of the family, or the Hedong of the Great Wei?!

In Qin Lang's opinion, the big families in Hedong don't know what their surnames are, and they can't tell who is the king and who is the minister in this world.

Therefore, Qin Lang naturally ignored the requests of these Hedong families, and even Qin Lang, who was originally relatively strict in governing the army, relaxed his requirements for sergeants and pawns a little.

Originally, Qin Lang wanted to give these Hedong families a little color, but in the end, the people who were isolated became Qin Lang and the 30,000 soldiers under his command.

30,000 soldiers from the state and county should be stationed in Hedong, and grain and grass must be provided by Hedong County. However, since the middle of last year, both the Taishou of Hedong and the county commanders of the counties in Hedong have reduced the supply of military rations to the soldiers of the counties in Hedong on the pretext that the grain harvest is poor and the people have insufficient food and clothing.

But when they turned their heads, these Heluo family clans beat gongs and drums again, and sent a large amount of grain, grass, money and grain to the Sima brothers stationed in Hanoi to supply their garrison expenses.

Where is this lack of food and grass, this is simply a slap in the face of Qin Lang!!

After that, Qin Lang ordered to collect ferries in Hedong County. Two months after the order was issued, Qin Lang collected twenty boats in the entire Hedong County, all of which were small fishing boats used by ordinary people and fishermen to fish.

Qin Lang was forced to have no choice, so he directly ordered to choose a site along the Yellow River, build a new dock, and build his own ship.

Qin Lang really didn't believe it, without this group of Hedong families, he would still be unable to move an inch.

Then Qin Lang was really unable to move an inch.

After Cao Zhen listened to Qin Lang's report, he really didn't know what to say.

When Qin Lang was asked to be his deputy before, Qin Lang did do things in a clear and orderly manner. How could he come out and take charge of himself, but he would make such a low-level mistake.

Yes, you Qin Lang is my Great Wei family and a confidant of the Son of Heaven, but when you get to the place, you still have to have a good relationship with the local family.

No way, in this era, especially in Dawei, without the support of local families, you really can't do much.

Now it is no longer the period of Emperor Taizu Wu, nor is it the period of Emperor Shizu Wen. And even during the period of Emperor Shizuwen, there was no good way to face the Heluo family.

This thing. Forget it, fortunately, although Qin Lang had a little temper, he didn't completely turn his face with the Heluo family after all, and there was still the possibility of remedy.

It's just that God knows when we will be ready to send troops to the south.

(End of chapter)