Liu Bei fought for several months, and Yizhou began to enter spring ploughing. The strategy formulated before was to fight on two fronts, with Nanyang as an open battle and Longyou as a secret attack.

For Liu Bei, who only occupied Yizhou and half of Jingzhou, the huge pressure of soldiers and logistics pressed on the shoulders of Zhuge Liang and Zhang Song.

Zhuge Liang knows that the simplest victory in the art of war is to attack more and less, and attack the weak with the strong.

The Longyou plan was to add 15,000 soldiers and horses to the Wei Yan Department in Hanzhong plus a garrison that could be mobilized in Hanzhong. Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, and Huang Quan returned with 30,000 soldiers and horses from Nanyang.

The soldiers and horses under the command of Wu Ban were also allocated to Hanzhong, adding up to nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses. 60,000 soldiers and horses captured Longyou and Liangzhou, and they still had to face a counterattack, and the troops were not sufficient.

Jiangdong's defection was unexpected, Sun Liu turned his face, Pang Tong broke through Baqiu and sent nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, and the defenders in Jiangling and other places were completely annihilated, and they had to divide their troops to guard after recapture.

Liu Bei brought only 40,000 soldiers and horses to the Nanyang front, plus Guan Yu's troops in addition to the loss and stabilization of the newly captured Xiangfan troops, at best there were 30,000 soldiers and horses left, and these 30,000 soldiers and horses were already tired soldiers, fortunately, they won again and again, and their spirit was flourishing!

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses will never be less than 100,000, and there may be a steady stream!

Reinforcements are needed from both Liu Bei's office and Longxi's office. Zhuge Liang is careful and understands what he needs at the moment.

For Zhuge Liang, this is the best opportunity to realize Longzhong's right now, and he doesn't want to miss it. He wants to increase the strength of Nanyang City and Longyou, and increase the bargaining chips for victory! More soldiers need to be recruited.

There is a fundamental difference between the soldiers and the people, the soldiers are trained, and the people are different. At the beginning of the war, Zhuge Liang discussed with Zhang Song to train the sturdy men as simple as the Tuntian soldiers.

After Liu Bei captured more than 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers and horses, Zhuge Liang, who got the news, thought of an idea: to redeem himself with labor.

After receiving Zhuge Liang's detailed report, Liu Bei said with a smile: "Kong Ming is so calculating, no wonder he asked to be transported to Yizhou after learning about the captives from time to time, or someone came."

The captured Jiangdong soldiers and horses and Cao soldiers and horses were all transported to Yizhou according to Kong Ming's requirements. ”

Xu Shu said strangely on the side: "Lord, what's the matter?" ”

Liu Bei handed the letter to Xu Shu, and Xu Shu smiled after reading it: "Kong Ming is really a whim!" But these 40,000 captives are not easy to manage! ”

Liu Bei said: "I'm afraid Kong Ming is forced to do nothing!" Don't worry, Kong Ming dared to put forward to show that he was sure to handle it, and there was Yongnian to assist them.

As long as Kong Ming can complete it smoothly. After the spring ploughing, there are at least tens of thousands of trained soldiers and horses put into the battlefield, and our chances of winning Longyou will be greater. ”

After Zhuge Liang received Liu Bei's support, he began to mobilize the county guards and officials, and dispatched troops and horses to receive the prisoners in batches

Yang Hong, Fei Guan, Li Yan, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Yang Yi, Zhou Budo and others came to listen to Zhuge Liang's order.

Zhuge Liang shook his fan and said: "Everyone, spring ploughing is coming, and the battle situation on the front line is becoming more and more intense. We must not only complete the spring ploughing, but also train more soldiers and horses to support.

At present, the lord has captured 40,000 soldiers and horses before and after, and it is a scourge to be locked up in Jingzhou. I'm going to have it all. They will then be assigned to work in your counties.

We will recruit strong men and gather them in Chengdu, and I will personally train them, practice the formation, and be ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

I have always been hesitant about whether to mobilize people on a large scale, and I am afraid that it will hurt the roots, but it seems that I can't take too much care about it now, and it is difficult to do both, and we cannot fail. Do you understand! ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Yang Hong said for a long time: "Sir, the pawn is an enemy soldier after all, and he will have two hearts and mess with me!" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "I have already thought about the strategy, you can see if it is feasible!"

First, all the captives and officials above the rank of chief should be taken down and not participate in the labor, so as to avoid chaos. After the prisoners arrived, they disrupted the original sequence, and they were in a team of five. It's best if each team doesn't know each other before.

Second, no more than two people should be cultivated on 30 acres of land, and no more than three people should be cultivated on 50 acres.

Thirdly, each team should watch the bet separately, and it would be best if each team could be alone. Guarded by the soldiers and horses of the county. No more than 300 people in each county. Each county, according to its size, shall not exceed five thousand captives. This is an estimate and is based on the amount of land and population in each county.

Fourth, prisoners should not be beaten or scolded. It is managed in the way that the tuntian soldiers farm the fields.

Fifth, I personally devised a system of rewards and punishments: 3,000 quotas. When the spring ploughing is complete, the three thousand people will be given freedom according to their work and performance. Each of them was given food, gold and silver, and let them go home. That's all, is there anything else to add to the ranks? ”

Everyone discussed in a whisper, and Li Yan said: "Sir, I think the decree is too lenient and must be re-enacted." For example, one person in each squad escapes, and the whole team is beheaded. Set an example! ”

Zhou Budo said: "The reason why Mr. does not use the heavy canon is probably because of the benevolence and righteousness of the lord, after all, these captives are also the people of the Han Dynasty!" ”

Li Yan said: "Even so, 40,000 captives is not trivial!" ”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said: "It's okay, only by re-enforcing the code can it deter people." The positive words are very good, but it is important not to apply the criminal law indiscriminately. ”

Fei Guan said: "There are many fields, and it is difficult to distribute them. I'm afraid it's hard to coordinate it for a while! ”

Zhang Song suddenly said: "You don't have to worry, I have completed the distribution of prisoners according to last year's land total, and I am now sending it to you for reference." Please adapt to the specific implementation! ”

After speaking, the information of each county will be sent to everyone! After everyone took it, it was not easy to say anything, and the discussion that began in a few words finally finalized the details.

After the discussion, Zhuge Liang said: "After you return, the conscription must also be carried out quickly, and there must be no delay, do you know?" The people promised.

Under the auspices of Zhuge Liang, spring ploughing was finally carried out in an orderly manner. The captives did take the opportunity to escape, but in the land of Yizhou, those who were unfamiliar with the place were quickly captured and beheaded to show the public.

After the spring ploughing was completed, Zhuge Liang fulfilled his promise to restore the freedom of 3,000 people, no longer have to work, and he can return after the end of the war! This gave hope to the other captives.

After the spring ploughing was completed, Zhuge Liang saw that it was a pity that these captives were idle, and they were divided into three groups. A wave of roads to Chengdu was built to Nanzhong to strengthen control over Nanzhong. A wave of help was sent to mine iron ore. Eight thousand men were left, and they were sent to repair the city. Promise to go home if you do a good job!

Zhuge Liang also completed the preliminary training of the 40,000 soldiers and horses collected, and the Longyou attack was about to begin.

Liu Bei's dispatch order came, ordering Zhuge Liang to go to Hanzhong, and Zhang Song to Chengdu. After receiving the order, Zhuge Liang led 40,000 recruits and Zhang Ren's iron chariot soldiers to Hanzhong.

Jiangdong besieged Baqiu to report to Liu Bei, Liu Bei smiled and said: "Sun Quan is newly defeated, and there are Lingbao and Cheng Ji to guard it, don't worry." Even if you can't hold it, you won't lose much. If Sun Quan dares to kill Ling Bao and Cheng Ji, I will kill his six generals. ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Lord, I'm afraid Sun Quan hasn't made up his mind to lose tens of thousands of people yet!" Even if Sun Quan is willing, Baqiu is not easy to break. At present, Cao Cao is the main one.

In the past, Lu Hun and other places responded with troops, Cao Cao quickly broke through, stabilized the defensive line, and attacked our army, which shows that Cao Cao has no intention of retreating, and wants to consume with our army. How long can Hanzhong's food and salary last? The daily consumption of 150,000 soldiers and horses on two fronts is not small! ”

Liu Bei said: "I have sent Kong Ming to personally deploy the two rivers in Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has a collection of 20 years, and the grain and grass are enough for two years.

More than 20,000 troops in Jiangdong, as well as Cao's soldiers, were all asked by Kong Mingquan to go, and they were handed over to Zhang Song, Yang Hong, Li Yan, etc., who escorted the prisoners and sent them to Sichuan to replace the strong sowing in Sichuan, and the spring plowing has been completed. ”

The law is righteous and good. While he was talking, the soldiers came to report to Kou Feng and led 5,000 soldiers and horses to come and enter the big tent to meet Liu Bei.

Liu Bei said: "Kong Ming and Yongnian can have an explanation?" ”

Kou Feng said: "Lord Qi, the two gentlemen asked me to relay the lord that the spring ploughing has been completed, and everything is normal in Yizhou."

Mr. Kong Ming has gone to Hanzhong. Send me to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to help in the battle, these 5,000 soldiers and horses are all amazing arm strength, and Mr. specially trained them to use hard crossbows.

Mr. completed the development of a powerful crossbow that could shoot five arrows at a time, and sent me here to restrain the cavalry of the Cao army. Later, General Zhang Ren's iron chariot soldiers will also arrive. ”

Liu Bei smiled: "Okay, good, Kong Mingzhen developed it." When I sent troops a few days ago, Kong Ming told me about it, but I didn't expect it to be completed in the past few months. ”

Kou Feng said: "Mr. feels that it is not perfect, and it can be improved again, but the battle situation is urgent, so Sir hurried to produce semi-finished equipment to train us and serve the lord!" ”

Liu Bei said: "Okay." Let's go, let's see! Everyone went together to see the power of Kou Feng's crossbow.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao were at a stalemate. Liu Bei wanted to hold Cao Cao back and cover the raid on Longyou.

Cao Cao wanted to delay for a while, pacify the thieves who responded to Liu Bei, stabilize the rear, and gather more soldiers and horses. At the same time, he wants to drag down Liu Bei's grain road! The two heroes confronted each other with their own thoughts.