Chapter Seventy-Six: Preparations for War

It is important to be fair and just for the above to have clear rewards and punishments.

Wang Hei committed a crime, and he cannot be exempted from punishment because he committed a crime for his mother and sister.

But since he has a sense of shame, it means that this person's nature is not bad, so Shen Chen will not fail to give him a chance to be a new person.

Thus punish him in criminal law, spur him morally, and reform him in thought.

Just like the story of "The Sheep Thief and the Saint" that was learned in later generations, maybe in the future it will also be able to educate a saint from all over the world, who knows.

After inspecting Longzhong Township, Shen Chen went non-stop to several disaster-stricken township pavilions around Xiangyang, such as Hecheng Township, Liqiu Township, and Baishui Township.

Then he went to Jiangxia again and urged the new Jiangxia Taishou Yang Hong to manage the disaster area well and continue to carry out the work of enclosing the lake and cultivating fields.

From the beginning of February to March, Shen Chen had been wandering around Nanjun, Jiangxia and other places, playing his duties as the number one military and political leader in Jingzhou, inspecting the progress of rebuilding homes in various counties and counties.

As the Governor of Jingzhou and the Governor of Nanzhou, Shen Chen's power has reached a higher level. Before, he was only the general of Zuo and the Taishou of Nanjun, and only the Nanjun regime and the Nanyang military power.

Now after becoming the military and political leader of the entire Jingzhou, he has almost substantially controlled half of the country under the rule of Liu Bei's group.

Not even half, but half.

Because Liu Bei's group currently has about 300,000 troops, 200,000 are stationed in Jingzhou alone.

The main reason is that after Cao Cao retreated, there was no war in Guanzhong, and the troops of Yizhou usually fought against rebellious aliens or governed mountain bandits or something.

Unless you plan to attack Chang'an in the future, the role of Yizhou soldiers and horses is of little significance, according to Zhuge Liang's meaning, 30,000 people are enough.

Therefore, Jingzhou, as the front line of the anti-Cao and the extermination of Wu, became a military stronghold, and a large number of soldiers from Liu Bei's group were stationed.

Now these soldiers and horses are all under Shen Chen's jurisdiction.

At this moment, the flood is merciless, and the government actively participates in the construction to help the people rebuild their homes.

Although this made Jingzhou's finances a little nervous for a while, when Jingnan and Nanyang's taxes and Yizhou's grain and grass support came, the pressure was greatly relieved.

In particular, in March, the grain and grass arrears in Nanyang and Jingnan last year were collected, and the government treasury was soon replenished and there was a surplus of grain and grass.

So Shen Chen immediately began to prepare for the plan to cut down Wu.

He first inspected the shipyard in Baqiu and looked at the progress of ship manufacturing in the past few months, and then went to Shaxian, Xiakou and other Jiangxia naval divisions to inspect the progress of naval training.

After that, he also went to Xiling, Qichun, Luoxian, Changsha and other places to see the progress of collecting grain and grass in various places and the preparation of equipment for cutting Wu.

Until the end of March, at the beginning of April, Shen Chen summoned generals from all over the country to Xiakou.

Xiakou County, among the county government mansions.

Shen Chen was wearing a wide robe, draped in a crane coat, dressed as a scribe.

In the Han Dynasty, there was already a division between civil and military positions, but at that time, there was no separation between civil and military affairs, and generals abounded with both civil and military generals, such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, and even Lu Meng, who was a martial artist in the early days, and then studied seriously and became a Confucian general.

It was not until after the Western Jin Dynasty that the emergence of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system caused those high-ranking children from high-class families to disdain to serve as military attachés, especially the local Jiangdong families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who despised martial arts very much.

Since then, there has been a boundary between the civil and military, and the civil officials began to look down on the military attachés, which reached its peak in the Song Dynasty and continued to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The warriors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were born and died, and they were discriminated against, so they naturally lived a very aggrieved life and were unwilling to serve the dead. Under the suppression of civil officials and those in power, the slightest disagreement will lead to rebellion, which will cause even more panic among those in power and civil officials, and continue to suppress them, thus forming a cycle of death.

So this is also one of the reasons why the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were weak and were the two crumb dynasties of the previous dynasties. To a certain extent, the emergence of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is the reason why the Jin Dynasty made a lot of bad starts.

But although Shen Chen has now changed to a civilian position and put on civilian clothes, he does not look down on military attachés at all, at least in the Han Dynasty, officials with both civil and military skills have always been the official form he admires.

At this moment, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Huang Jie, Shamoke and others were seated in the audience, Deng Ai was also there, but Huang Zhong, Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, Wen Ping, Zhou Budo and Cai Du were not here.

Huang Zhong was transferred to Hanzhong.

As the new general, he will replace Guan Yu as the general of the Hanzhong Guard.

Zhou Budo was transferred to the local Taishou because of his high military merits, and now he is in charge of Nanyang, and Cai Du is currently serving as Zhou Budo's assistant in charge of Nanyang government affairs.

And Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, and Wen Ping were also stationed in Nanyang for defense, becoming a bridgehead to deter Cao Wei's front.

It stands to reason that the three of them are equal, and if Shen Chen is not there, there will be no one to lead.

But because Zhou Budo proved himself in the Battle of Jingzhou, Shen Chen warned the three of them that if they encountered a war, they should obey Zhou Budo's command, thus avoiding the problem of inconvenience of not being under each other's command.

At present, Shen Chen summoned the rest of the generals to start preparing for the official crusade against Jiangdong.

At present, these people are the main high-ranking generals in Jingzhou.

The battle of Jingzhou gave birth to a lot of military exploits, and the names of the generals of Liu Bei's group were a little insufficient.

But people like Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun who have made great contributions, it is really unreasonable not to be crowned a general.

Therefore, at Shen Chen's suggestion, Liu Bei proposed the four expeditions and the four towns as heavy generals, with a rank of 2,000 stones, above the 2,000 stone miscellaneous generals, and below the generals in the middle of the ranks.

Among the generals of the four expeditions, Zhao Yun was the general of the expedition to the east, Wei Yan was the general of the expedition to the west, Gan Ning was the general of the expedition to the north, and Pang De was the general of the expedition to the south.

The general of the four towns was taken over by Huang Jie, Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, and Wenpin.

If it weren't for the battle of Guanzhong on the northern front, Wei Yan and Pang De performed well, and both had meritorious deeds such as capturing the flag and guarding the grain road, I am afraid they would not have been able to sit in that position.

Now that the Battle of Jingzhou has produced six heavy generals, and Shen Chen still has 200,000 military horses in Jingzhou, this undoubtedly makes some Yizhou officials under Liu Bei feel uneasy, and they have written to request that Shen Chen's power be weakened.

Even Shen Chen himself wrote to ask for a transfer to Hanzhong.

But Liu Bei just tried his best to dispel public opinion, not only did not cut power, but instead delegated power, and promoted Shen Chen to the pastor of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanzhou, which shows his trust in him.

At this moment, in the government office, except for Shamoke, who was promoted to miscellaneous general, and Deng Ai who was promoted to captain, they were all generals.

Shen Chen looked around at everyone and said slowly: "Everyone, the King of Han will come to Jingzhou next month to officially prepare for the attack on Wu. ”

"Naturally!"

"Wow!"

"I wanted to kill Sun Quan a long time ago."

"Governor, give orders."

Everyone cheered, although it was a group of old men, they were all a group of enthusiastic old men.

Shen Chen nodded with satisfaction and said: "Last year's new victory, although the victory was a victory, but the burden on the people of Yizhou and Jingzhou was very heavy, so this year, King Han and I both believe that it is not appropriate to mobilize large-scale troops and horses, 100,000 land and water is enough, and Jingzhou will send 80,000 troops." ”

Huang Jian immediately said: "Since we are fighting Jiangdong, we Jiangxia sailors are indispensable." Jiangxia Sailor and Jiangdong Sailor are feuding, in this battle, we must be ashamed and eliminate them! ”

"It's nature."

Shen Chen said: "However, the Jiangxia Naval Division has also lost a lot of men and horses before, and the 50,000 people are already less than 40,000, so let's send 30,000 troops." ”

"Yui!"

Huang Shot was immediately satisfied.

Zhao Yun wondered: "Dudu, Jiangdong's main reliance is on the water division, if there are too few water divisions, will it be difficult to attack?" And there are too many armies, where to attack? ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "When the soldiers are divided into two routes, one way down the river, the waterway goes hand in hand, and the other way marches from Jingnan. ”

This is undoubtedly a continuation of Liu Biao's original attack on Jiangdong.

But although Liu Biao failed at the beginning, it does not mean that this is not the best route to attack Jiangdong.

Because there are only two routes in total.

Deng Ai muttered: "Shishijun, attack from Jingnan, Shanyue people"

"Hmm."

Shen Chen nodded: "There are countless Shanyue people who have submitted letters to us, attacking from Jingnan, and everywhere they go, they are all our army!" ”

"That's good."

Zhao Yun was relieved.

Shen Chen said again: "Jingnan needs to go over the mountains and mountains, it's not easy, where is Shamoke." ”

"The end will be."

Shamoko, who is in his forties this year, stood up and said.

Shen Chen said: "I order you to lead 10,000 horses from your headquarters and go south to Changsha to stand by." ”

"Yui."

Shamoko De Ling.

Shen Chen looked at Gan Ning Zhao Yun again and said, "The two of you will be stationed in Xunyang and Qichun first, and after the arrival of the King of Han, you can send troops." ”

"Yui."

"Whoa."

The two should go down.

Shen Chen looked at everyone and said seriously: "The battle of Wu is a crucial battle, involving whether the King of Han can get the entire south, and you must not slack off. ”

"Yui."

Everyone responded in unison.

Shen Chen waved his hand: "Go ahead." ”

At that moment, the generals returned to their stations and began to mobilize their troops and horses.

At present, Gan Ning is still stationed in Xinye, and Shamoke is in Wuling, and they all have to transfer their station.

Now that Jingzhou has settled down, the county has been redivided.

The Three Gorges area is newly established as Jianping County, which is from Wuxian County to Yidao, and includes the Shaqu area of Wuling County in the south, bordering Badong County in Yizhou.

Nanxiang County is divided into Nanxiang County from the upper reaches of the Hanjiang River to Fangling and Wudang in the southwest of Nanyang County, which is roughly located in the area of Laohekou City, Danjiangkou City and Shiyan City in later generations, and borders Fangling County, Shangyong County and Xicheng County of Yizhou.

The newly returned Guiyang County was divided into Linhe County, which was probably located in the area from Hezhou in Guangxi to Guilin in the later generations, bordering Cangwu County in Jiaozhou.

In this way, the earliest seven counties of Jingzhou became fourteen counties, which doubled.

They are Nanyang County, Nanxiang County, Zhangling County, Nan County, Jianping County, Jiangxia County and Xiling County north of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou, which are almost Hubei Province except Nanyang in later generations.

Changsha County, Lingling County, Wuling County, Yuanling County, Hengyang County, Guiyang County and Linhe County in the south of Jingzhou spanned Hunan and Guangzhou.

In addition, the Jiaozhou of the Liangguang region in later generations will also be attributed to the Han land.

At the beginning, Jiaozhou was given to Sun Quan as a condition for concluding an alliance, and Sun Quan sent people to occupy it, and the Jiaozhou scholars chose to surrender.

As a result, after the Battle of Jingzhou, the Shi family kept giving Liu Bei a table asking for surrender.

So Liu Bei appointed a new Jiaozhou assassin and some officials to Jiaozhou with a small number of soldiers and horses.

It's just that the current Jiaozhou is really chaotic, and at present, it is a nominal occupation, rather than substantive control and governance, so the sense of existence is low.

After the soldiers left Xiakou and returned to the station to make preparations, Shen Chen went to Xiling.

In Xiling City, in the morning, the soldiers carried a large number of materials, maps, tables and chairs from his ship to Xiling Taishoufu.

Before Liu Bei's group belonged to the military and political unification in various places, like Zhao Yun was the general of the Yijun army and the Taishou of Xiling, Huang Jian was the general of Hengbo and the Taishou of Jiangxia, and Shamoke was the captain of Jianwu and the Taishou of Wuling.

Now that the military and government are separated at Shen Chen's suggestion, the Taishou in Jingzhou have been redeployed, and except for Shen Chen, the military governors of the counties are no longer dismounted to manage the people.

Therefore, at present, Xiling Taishou is the newly arrived Guo Mu, and he is also an old man who has followed Liu Bei for many years, and he is Nanxiang Taishou in history.

After Shen Chen arrived in Xiling, he moved his war room to the Xiling Mansion.

In a mansion in the backyard of Taishou Mansion, Shen Chen personally made the sand table from Chaisang, Jiujiang to Zongyang, and Weixukou, and marked the situation of the enemy and our defenders in Jiangbei.

Inside the house, Guo Mu, the Taishou of Xiling, Zhao Yun, the general of Zhengdong, and several disciples such as Deng Ai, Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Wei, and Shan Yi accompanied him.

This is the envy of many other Shen Chen's disciples in the army.

Because the disciples of the martial arts, such as Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao and others, had to lead troops in the camp and could not leave their posts without permission, they could not come over and listen to Shen Chen's analysis of the battle in person.

And Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Wei and others are civilians and can follow around. Although Deng Ai was promoted to captain, he did not have any soldiers and horses in his headquarters for the time being. Shan Yi served as Shen Chen's escort commander, so he had the opportunity to follow Shen Chen every day.

Not only can they be familiar with Shen Chen every day, but more importantly, Shijun personally teaches, and the experience he can provide to them is immeasurable.

That's why this kind of opportunity is precious.

At this moment, Shen Chen looked at the situation between the enemy and us, and said with a smile: "Sun Quan is now weak to such a situation, Chai Sang actually only has a thousand people, are you sure this is the result of the investigation?" ”

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Dudu, it's true, not only is the detailed work lurking in Jiangdong confirmed to be correct, we asked some Jiangdong families who are willing to serve us, as well as some ordinary people, and the answers we got are very accurate. ”

"Are the people rejecting us?"

Shen Chen asked.

Zhao Yun replied: "I don't exclude it, the Sun family has deviated from Germany in Jiangdong, and many people have heard that the lord loves the people like sons, and they are looking forward to us being able to fight Jiangdong." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen nodded, looked around and said, "A king who implements benevolent government will inevitably win the support of the people; With one heart and one mind, we are invincible in the world. This is what Mencius said: the benevolent are invincible. Do you understand? ”

"Yes."

Many disciples immediately responded.

Shen Chen said again: "Jiangdong has been abolished by me, Sun Quan will not be stupid enough to place a large number of soldiers and horses in a place like Chaisang, which is not dangerous, how many people are there in Shui Xukou now?" ”

"No less than 30,000."

"What about Nanchang?"

"Five hundred."

"Five hundred?"

"Yes."

Zhao Yun nodded: "Shanyue in the south is everywhere, and after the main force of the Jiangdong Army is lost, it is difficult for Sun Quan to quell the rebellious Shanyue people. ”

"Interesting."

Shen Chen laughed, looked around and said, "Sun Quan has lost his people, and he has lost half of his geographical advantage, so it depends on whether Tianshi can help him." In this battle, if this is the case, it cannot be eliminated, and the heavens will not tolerate it. ”

This is not to stand up, but to strategically defy the enemy.

Nanchang's defense force is very weak now, it is very easy to attack and destroy, Sun Quan's main defense force is in the north of the Yangtze River, and there are Shanyue people in the south to help, and the soldiers and horses marching from Jingnan on the second road can kill all the way from Nanchang to Yuhang.

If this can't destroy Sun Quan, it really doesn't make sense.

And the only variable.

That is Zhang Liao of Huainan.

Shen Chen looked at the Huainan region.

If you want to attack Jiangdong by water, you can't go south from the Yangtze River, because the south is southeast hills, all mountains, and there are almost no roads, so you have to go over mountains and mountains.

Therefore, you can only take the Jiangbei land route, or the one that Xunyang goes to Huainan, from Huangmei County to Qianshan City and then to Wuwei City in later generations.

Therefore, whether it is by land or water, it is necessary to pass through the mouth of the water, which is also the reason why Sun Quan laid a heavy army at the mouth of the water.

It depends on whether Zhang Liao has the courage to come to help.

There's only one chapter today.,Qingming Festival.,Outside in the morning.,Come back in the afternoon.,A little tired.,See if you can make it up tomorrow.,It doesn't matter if you don't make it up.,Because the 8th will explode more.,20,000 words guaranteed.,I'll kill Wu right away.,Wait for my good news.。

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