Zhuge Jin spent more than half a month before and after, inspecting and sorting out the winter farming work in Guangling and Donghai counties.

The follow-up rectification and adjustment have also given a plan.

The medical experiments on Hua Tuo's side, as well as the firing of glass experimental instruments, will not see results until at least a few months later.

It will also take several months to upgrade the planning of the horse farm and promote the war horse trade.

As for the new occupation of a county in Liaodong as a springboard for maritime trade and a new shipbuilding base, it will be completed in a year or two.

Zhuge Jin has done everything he should do, he calculated the time, and Xu Du's side should almost make a fuss. Finally, he confirmed with Chen Deng the armament situation of Guangling, the possible follow-up plan to lure the enemy, and deduced the possible reactions of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

Then, Zhuge Jin returned to Wuhu by boat and personally presided over the preparations for the Jiangnan territory.

Liu Beijun had a total of 40,000 soldiers on the Eastern Front, and he had to guard against the Huaihe-Surabaya-Yishui defense line facing Cao Cao, as well as Sun Ce. Therefore, in the first stage, there are more than 20,000 people who can be used to prevent grandchildren.

After Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought gradually fiercely, and Cao Cao was absolutely unable to look south, he could transfer the troops of the Huaisi defense line to the south in batches, so that the Yangtze River defense line could account for 30,000 troops.

It is impossible to count on this strength to take down Sun Ce, so the main goal of the first stage is to defend and counterattack, consuming Sun Ce's vital strength and attack momentum.

After Sun Ce was weak, Liu Beijun's main force defeated Zhang Xian on the western front, and then moved to the east, giving Sun Ce a fatal blow.

In the eastern defense area, there are now two main senior generals, Jiangbei is defended by Tai Shici, and the three counties of Xiapi, Donghai and Guangling are coordinated, as well as Tian Yu and Chen Zhi are deputies. At various key points along the Yangtze River, about 8,000 soldiers were stationed.

Jiangnan was personally defended by Guan Yu, with Zhang Liao as his deputy. In Wuhu, 10,000 soldiers were gathered to garrison, and the rest of the rear support points were no more than three or four thousand.

Zhang Liao was a demoted general who had just surrendered at the end of last year, and although his status was not low when he was under Lu Bu, he had to re-accumulate military merits before he could be promoted when Liu Bei arrived. It is impossible to engage in "employing people like accumulating salaries, and those who come after will come first", otherwise the hearts of those veterans will be scattered.

The other Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning and others were all concentrated under the direct jurisdiction of Liu Bei himself and were to be used on the battlefield on the Western Front.

In contrast, Sun Ce's army on the opposite side gathered all the combat strength of the three counties of Wuhui, with about fifty or sixty thousand soldiers, and it was also levied according to the ratio of one soldier for every thirty people.

Who made Wuhui three counties located in the Taihu Plain, which is the most densely populated and most developed agricultural area in Yangzhou, so a small piece of land is 1.8 million people.

In history, the military generals who should have belonged to the Sun family, except for Tai Shici, Lu Su, and Lu Yi who were dug up by Liu Bei, and He Qi was already following Wang Lang, and the others were still under Sun Ce, and there was no change. (Gan Ning is not counted, Gan Ning did not vote for his grandson at this time in history, and should be under Huang Zu)

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Haixi County, Guangling County, where Zhuge Jin left on February 13, returned against the current and returned to Wuhu in about five or six days.

And on the same day that Zhuge Jin began to return. In Wuchang County, Jiangxia County to the west, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang finally heard that the "Dong Cheng and Lu Bu Rebellion" had occurred in Xudu, but the specific details are still unclear.

Cao Cao's news blockade was quite successful, and the only information that flowed out at the first time was about the fact of the mutiny, and as for the motive and details, outsiders still do not know.

When Liu Bei heard about it, Rao was mentally prepared, but he still couldn't help but be shocked, and at the same time admired the divine foresight of the Zhuge brothers in his heart.

He immediately found Zhuge Liang to discuss, and also found Gan Ning, Zhang Fei, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu, intending to discuss the next stage of military deployment adjustment.

Zhang Fei had just been transferred to Wuchang's side a few days ago in order to participate in the Jingnan Campaign, which might break out. Zhao Yun may also be transferred in the future, but not at present - Zhao Yun wants to stick to the Shouchun-Hefei first-line defense area, which is also very important. Only after ensuring that all the Cao troops in Huaibei were contained by Yuan Shao could Zhao Yun move.

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Zhuge Liang was the first to arrive, and before the rest of the civil and military forces came, Liu Bei first caught him alone and asked him a lot of questions:

"Sir, do you think this news should be rushed to report to Brother Ling immediately? Now I only know that Dong Cheng and Lu Bu were killed, and the rest of the details are unknown. I really didn't expect that Lu Bu would have such courage. Alas, if Cao Cao is condemned as a thief in the future, won't this Lu Bu become a loyal and righteous man? ”

Zhuge Liang had already thought about it on the way here, so he immediately replied: "I thought I might as well wait and see for a few more days, and let the scouts and meticulous work step up their investigations." In addition, troops should be immediately sent from Xiling County to the north along Tongbai Mountain to investigate whether there is any movement in Runan County controlled by Cao's army.

We have closed information here, mostly because Tongbai Mountain is blocked, and other channels have to take a detour to the south. If you can take the initiative to climb Tongbai Mountain, you should be able to grasp more details. If you can't find out more detailed information within five days, then you can count as much as you want, and send it to Wuhu immediately. ”

Liu Bei thought about it and felt that it was not bad for the past few days, so he would investigate it thoroughly. So he immediately arranged a small group of troops who were good at mountain warfare to go north into Tongbai Mountain.

Gan Ning, who was in charge of the Jiangbei Defense Area of Jiangxia County, was naturally the direct recipient of this task.

As soon as Gan Ning arrived at the Marquis of Wuchang's mansion, he immediately received this order, of course he would not refuse, but he also elaborated on the difficulties:

"My lord, now that the snow on Tongbai Mountain has not yet melted, the road is difficult to navigate, so we can only send an elite team of sentries with a very small number of people. Moreover, it was difficult to supply heavy loads, so the soldiers had to be equipped with light and easy-to-carry rations. ”

Of course, Liu Bei met all these requirements: "You don't need to have many people, just divide them into several teams of dozens of people." Afraid of the inconvenience of climbing the mountains, you can be rationed with the spikes customized during the battle of Lin Lishan the year before last, and the dry food is all rationed with salted meat, dried fish, fried rice, and sugar cubes, and the soldiers are also selected to participate in the battle of Lin Lishan who are good at climbing Danyang soldiers. ”

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As soon as Gan Ning heard that the logistics support was so good, he was naturally full of confidence and immediately went to arrange it.

Cao Cao's troops wanted to forcibly cross Tongbai Mountain on a snowy day, and the casualties would certainly not be small. But Liu Beijun is different, Liu Beijun has a large number of southern soldiers, especially mountain soldiers, and special equipment and high-calorie supplies, which can completely avoid casualties.

The sugar cube supply mentioned by Liu Bei is ordinary sucrose, but not white sugar. At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was also sucrose, the boiling process was relatively poor, and there were many impurities, which were worse than brown sugar in later generations, which could only be regarded as brown sugar or caramel, with a lot of cellulose and sugarcane pectin impurities.

But for ordinary soldiers, it is already a very high specification to be able to have brown sugar as a calorie supply when performing tasks. When I eat sugar, I have to weigh "Is this mission a life of death, so I can eat so well".

After arranging the intelligence scout work, the other civil and military forces had almost arrived, and Liu Bei continued to discuss the combat readiness with everyone.

Zhang Fei, who had just arrived, looked impatient, and yelled and begged to be the vanguard, hoping that Liu Bei would let him take the lead in attacking Changsha County when the time came.

Liu Bei was angry and funny when he heard it, and couldn't help but knock: "Whether Cao Cao can be determined to be a national thief this time, and how Zhang Xian will collude with Cao Cao, it's still unclear, what's the hurry!" ”

Pang Tong and Xu Shu looked at Zhang Fei's anxious appearance, and they couldn't help laughing slightly, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud.

Zhang Fei noticed everyone's expressions and subconsciously glared angrily. However, he still respects the scholar, and he also knows that Pang Tong has been following his eldest brother for three years, and his ability is not small, so he doesn't want to be rude, so he doesn't trouble Pang Tong.

In contrast, Xu Shu has only been here for more than two months, and now he is only the county magistrate of Exian County, and he has not heard how noble his background is and how knowledgeable he is, so Zhang Fei grabbed Xu Shu and pinched the soft persimmon: "What? Could it be that Xu County Ling felt that he shouldn't rush to attack Changsha? ”

So far, Xu Shu has only been able to supervise the opening of iron mines, iron smelting factories, and weapons forging factories in Exian County, all of which are farming management. This time, it was Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong who looked at the relationship between Sima Hui and gave him a chance to perform, so they pulled him to participate in the military meeting.

Xu Shu also wanted to behave well, and was asked angrily by Zhang Fei, of course he had to deal with it carefully, which could not only resolve Zhang Fei's impatience, but also make achievements in strategic arrangements, so that the lord could pay attention to himself as soon as possible.

There are too many strategists around the lord! Not to mention Zhuge Jin, Chen Deng, and Lusu in the eastern theater, just talking about the western theater, there is Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong pressing on it.

Of course, Xu Shu does not have any strengths compared to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, and his only comparative advantage is that he knows more about the recent situation in Jingzhou.

After all, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong left Jingzhou three years ago, and Xu Shu has only been away for a few months.

So Xu Shu paid great attention to giving full play to his comparative advantages, and said cautiously: "General Zhang is in a hurry to make meritorious service, which is of course a good thing, and it is beneficial to the great cause of the lord." Once there is a change in Jingnan, our army must attack Changsha quickly, but it must not be too fast, so it is indeed necessary for a fierce general to penetrate Changsha as soon as possible. ”

Liu Bei didn't have much expectation for Xu Shu today, but after listening to his tricks, his interest grew, and he asked: "Why can't you be too fast, and not too fast?" ”

Xu Shu took a deep breath and replied with vigor: "If it is not fast, then Liu Biao can react and order Liu Pan and Huang Zhong to go south from Jiangling to quell the rebellion." Even if our army surrounds Changsha, Liu Biao can also take advantage of the situation to attack Wuling, so that in the future, it will inevitably be a situation where the two families draw Hunan and water as the boundary.

But if it is too fast, the other three counties in Jingnan may not have time to respond to Zhang Xian. As far as I know, although the Taishou of the four counties of Jingnan more or less disobeyed Liu Biao, the other three had no courage to act on their own, so they either pushed Zhang Xian as the leader, or watched and watched.

If Zhang Xian shows his decline too early, maybe the rebellion in the other three counties will be nipped in the bud, and it is difficult to see the end. ”

Liu Bei thought about it, and it really made sense.

If Zhang Xian was too fast and frightened the other three counties, and they didn't have time to meet before they could meet each other, wouldn't it still be cheaper Liu Biao?

It seems that we have to think about how to refine the first phase of action after the war, so as to ensure that Liu Biao is not allowed to rush south to pick peaches, and the other three counties are not frightened.

This kind of "both want and want" thing is really not easy to do.

"That's it, let's think about this matter again, we can have specific countermeasures, and strive to come up with a strategy before sending troops. Now that the specific reasons for the mutiny in Xudu have not yet been clarified, we are not in a hurry to act rashly. ”

Liu Bei asked everyone to think more about it after they went back, and this military discussion was over.

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In the next few days, while Liu Bei was planning pre-war preparations, he asked Gan Ning to step up scouting and probing.

Just three days later, on February 17, the search team sent by Gan Ning found Gao Shun who was heading south and part of the Runan Liujun army of Gong Du who came to join the Tongbai Mountains and the Baoshui River north of Xiling County.

The two sides cautiously contacted, Gan Ning confirmed that the other party had no malicious intentions, and he really came to defect, and immediately asked people to quickly return to Wuchang to report the news, and then took Gao Shun and others back to Xiling County.

Liu Bei was also shocked when he heard that there were Dong Cheng and Lu Bu's subordinates, as well as Dong and Lu's families, and realized that a very heavy inside story could definitely be unearthed from Gao Shun.

Liu Bei hurriedly crossed the river from Wuchang County and came to Xiling County on the north bank.

As soon as he arrived in Xiling, Gan Ning also came back with Gao Shun and Gong Du, and Liu Bei personally went out of the north gate of Xiling City to greet him when he heard the news.

Gao Shun also knew Liu Bei, and when he saw Liu Bei, he felt very ashamed that they had stolen Liu Bei's lair back then.

Gao Shun hurriedly turned off the red rabbit horse, and bowed down without shame: "The criminal general of the end road, if you want to follow General Wei and the right general to kill Cao thief, Kuang Fu Han has no way, only to come to the general to throw a car and ride the general, and ten thousand beggars to take it in!" ”

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