Although Sun Quan attacked Shouchun, he showed his minions.

In order to fight with Yuan Shao for the north, Cao Cao must have left heavy troops in Huainan, which indirectly threatened Longxiang's Hefei, especially the new city of Hefei was still under construction.

So as soon as he returned to the school captain's mansion, Lu Su proposed to Long Xiang to increase the garrison, Hefei Shuangcheng plus Junqi County in the east, counting the craftsman battalion, it was worth 10,000 people, a bit of a small horse-drawn cart.

Long Xiang adheres to the principle of diligence and thrift, and he is worried that there are too many soldiers and too heavy a burden.

Don't look at the tens of thousands of people who moved to the new city, but the most elite 3,000 athletes went to Runan, and then drew Ding as soldiers, there was a shortage of people to farm land and build cities.

Seeing Long Xiang's hesitation, Lu Su frowned and reminded: "Self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, we are trying to survive in this troubled world, just knowing how to raise the people in Tuntian for the people, it must not last long, there is not enough strength in hand, everything in front of us can come to naught at any time, now Cao Cao is completely involved in Huainan, we must pay more attention." ”

Long Xiang shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't pay enough attention to it, it's just that the construction of the new city is too expensive, and if a few thousand more men are recruited as soldiers, Tuntian and the city will be affected."

Lu Su said: "There are few things in the world that have the best of both worlds, and the worst thing is to adjust the ratio of craftsmen and farmers in the new city, even if there are more reserve soldiers, doesn't Yunqi like to take precautions?" It's also time for the new city to increase the garrison."

"In the past few days, I have been thinking about transferring the city defense battalion of Bo'an (Xu Ding) to the past, and it is barely enough to cooperate with Uncle Zhong's craftsman battalion."

"The new city is several times the size of the old city, and I'm afraid that there are not enough more than 1,000 defenders, right?"

Long Xiangxin said don't look down on thousands of people, Zhang Liao relied on 800 people to enter the martial temple, he saw that Lu Su was serious, so he couldn't help but show his hole cards.

"Zijing doesn't know, it's not that I don't want to recruit troops, but there is really an army to be received, and he has nearly 10,000 troops under his command, which is completely enough for the defense of the new city."

"Nearly 10,000 parts?"

Lu Su understood as soon as he heard it, Chen Lan, who was entrenched in the north of the Lujiang River, broke away from Yuan Shu at the same time as Lei Xu, and he was also Long Xiang's comrade.

Lei Xu was defeated and took refuge in Hefei, and Chen Lan also sent an envoy to show goodwill to Long Xiang, so at the beginning of the year, Zhang Fei borrowed Runan, and the upper reaches of Huaishui were so smooth.

"Since Chen Lan has this intention, she should promote this matter as soon as possible, and beware of changes later."

"I want to wait."

"Wait? What are you waiting for? ”

Lu Su's face was full of question marks, and he said that there were elite soldiers stationed in Shouchun now, and he would definitely not be as weak as Yan Xiang and Liu Fu, Lu Su was worried that Chen Lan would not be able to withstand the pressure, and finally chose to join Cao.

"Wait for an opportunity."

Long Xiang smiled mysteriously, leaned forward and whispered his plan in Lu Su's ear.

Lu Su was stunned when he heard this, and asked incredulously: "Can this thing be done?" Wouldn't it be too risky? First of all, the weather is uncontrollable. ”

Long Xiang Zhengse said: "After the great drought, there are many major floods, if it were not for the severe drought in Huainan last year, how could I dig the Shiqi Canal to discharge the flood?" The rain was normal in the first half of the year, and the heavy rain is likely to be concentrated in the second half of the year and early next year, so it makes sense to make excuses at that time. ”

"I always felt too idealistic." Lu Su had a bitter face: "And why do you pick Sun Quan to calculate?" Is Jiangdong really such a big threat to Uncle Huang? ”

"Zijing understands Sun Quan's personality, do you think he is a good stubble? In the future, once the king becomes the climate, Jiangdong will definitely hinder one side."

Long Xiang's tone was very firm, as if he had finalized Sun Quan's coffin, he expected that the rain would be dense at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and the western part of the Lujiang River was dominated by mountainous landforms, which were very vulnerable to flash floods and heavy rains.

According to Long Xiang's plan, Chen Lan first pretended to take refuge in Lujiang Sun River on the grounds of waterlogging and disaster, and then went to the vicinity of Shouchun to loot under the banner of Jiangdong, Cao Cao must settle the account on Jiangdong's head, Long Xiang did not intend to let Sun Cao's two families stop, and the ultimate goal was to let Hefei siphon the population of Huainan.

Long Xiang easily does not take the idea, and if he takes the idea, he will firmly implement it, Lu Su persuaded him not to continue, and he also firmly believed that one and the other could help Liu Bei.

Thinking that Cao Cao sent a general to aid Shouchun, and his main force would definitely return to Xu Capital to run to Runan, Lu Su couldn't help but sigh: "If we used Liu Fu to take Shouchun at the beginning, Uncle Huang would be able to come to Huainan even if Runan failed, and now Xiahoudun, Zhang Liao and others are guarding Shouchun, and Uncle Huang is estimated to have to go to Jingzhou."

"Jingzhou always has Liu Biao, so that the envoy can lean against the big tree, just like we have our back to Jiangdong, just like the so-called good shade under the big tree." Long Xiang paused and continued to explain: "An opponent like Cao Cao, if you fight hard, you will inevitably suffer, only by transferring the contradictions can you have the opportunity to seek development, the reason why I didn't want Shouchun Empty City at the beginning was that I didn't want to block Cao Cao for Sun Quan." ”

Lu Su shook his head bitterly: "But now that Sun Quan is defeated, Sun He does not control the northern part of the Lujiang River, Hefei has still become the front line, and you still have to block Cao's army for Sun Quan." ”

Long Xiang smiled mysteriously: "Hehe, so if you want to use Chen Lan to make a fuss and once again intensify the contradiction between Sun and Cao's families, it is best to let Cao Jun bypass Hefei and attack Lujiang directly." ”

"If Cao Cao conquers the Lujiang River, won't Hefei become an isolated city?"

"What is the lonely city afraid of? At that time, the population of Huainan will be concentrated in Hefei, and whether Cao Cao or Sun Quan occupy the city, they will have to send troops to garrison it, and they will have to transport grain and grass from the rear, and when I accumulate enough strength in the future, I can defeat each of them. ”

"That's reasonable, I'm afraid that when you take the initiative to attack, it will be after Uncle Liu Huang gains power?"

"It is necessary to wait for the opportunity to be patient, so that the monarch has no master, and now that he has Ziyang to complete his wings, it is time to fly high, as the so-called three years do not fly, a flight to the sky, three years without a sound, a blockbuster."

"Then we'll see."

When the two were talking about Liu Bei in Hefei, Liu Bei, who was in Runan, was also talking about Long Xiang, to be precise, about the past three thousand young men in Huainan.

Zhang Fei had been in Runan for a few months, during which Liu Bei had only annexed a few mountains, so that the three thousand athletes in Huainan were useless.

At this time, Cai Yang led 5,000 troops into Runan, and was originally going to Yang'an to cooperate with Li Tongshi, but he was lured to Pingyu by Liu Ye halfway and became a piece of fat in Liu Bei's bowl.

There was only one piece of fatty meat, and the generals under Liu Bei wanted to eat it, among which Zhang Fei was the most excited.

Liu Bei's team at this time was composed of three parts: the old department of Xuzhou, the Runan Yellow Turban Rebels, and the Huainan recruits.

The new recruits of Huainan and the old department of Xuzhou were regarded by Liu Bei as the backbone of the army, and they planned to rely on these thousands of people to develop and grow in the future, and they were unwilling to fight with Cai Yang's regular army at this time.

"Since it was Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao who attracted Cai Yang, they should let the second brother take them to battle, and the third brother should wait for the next opportunity."

During Guan Yu's wanderings in Runan, he received Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao under his command, and more than a thousand Yellow Turban soldiers became his troops, and Liu Bei liked Guan Yu to fight from the beginning.

"Next time? I want this time, and I will give it to my second brother next time."

(End of chapter)