When the generals and generals Lu Yi said this, they were all a little helpless, so they could only follow Lu Yi to the palace.

When Lu Yi and others arrived at the palace, Jia Xu, Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Liu Ye, Lu Su, Xu Shu, Gu Yong and others had already arrived.

Seeing Lu Yi followed by a large group of generals, everyone burst into laughter.

They were still discussing just now, and King Wu had actually decided on the second plan in advance, and he might not have time to sleep at night.

Who wants to miss this rare opportunity for meritorious service?

Sure enough.

Lu Yi looked at everyone laughing, and his face collapsed.

Especially when he saw that the little old man Jia Xu was also laughing, Lu Yi couldn't wait to go up and punch each of them.

Walking into the palace hall with a calm face, Lu Yi said: "Meeting!" ”

The content of the meeting was fairly simple.

It is according to the second plan: to let Zhao State go for the time being, and watch the three sons of Yuan Shao fight for the throne, and be monitored by the Xuzhou Legion, just in case.

Therefore, in Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao, who is the pastor of Xuzhou, and Zhao Yun, who is a lieutenant, are inseparable from their posts.

Then there was the Fourth Army, the regiment led by the great general Cheng Pu, who reorganized their horses and kept them in a state of departure.

This is to make Yizhou see the danger and have to raise its spirit.

Second, it was to send an envoy to Wu to persuade Yizhou to surrender as a guarantee.

It is necessary to make Yizhou understand that surrender is the only reliable course of action.

Otherwise, the soldiers of Wu State will press the border, and the consequences will be borne by themselves.

Third, it is to prepare to deal with Jiaozhou.

Over the years, Wu has not sent troops to Jiaozhou, not because he can't defeat Jiaozhou, but because he wants to recuperate and is unwilling to destroy the plan.

However, now that the state of Wu has finished recuperation, the army is strong and strong.

Jiaozhou, it's time to take it!

Once the result is determined on the Yizhou side: surrender or siege, then the Fourth Army will immediately dispatch Jiaozhou to take the enemy in the back garden of Wu.

Finally, Cao Cao, who must be taken.

First, Cao Cao has been fighting continuously for two years, and the soldiers are tired.

While they continue to conquer Yizhou in the south this time, they will be dealt a strong blow and will not give them any chance to recuperate.

Second, Cao Cao lacked food and grass in the past two years, and slaughtered the cities that refused to surrender almost without exception.

Even, using human flesh as military rations.

If they are allowed to continue to do evil, the population of Yizhou may decline sharply.

Yizhou's population is already lacking.

If this continues, even if the world is pacified in the future, it will not be of much significance to take down the land of Yizhou.

In this era, population is the most advantageous guarantee for the prosperity of the world.

In order to curb Cao Cao's continued scourge of Yizhou, the Jingzhou army on this expedition would directly attack Yong'an from Xiangyang, and then take the land route, from Hanfeng and Langzhong directly north to Zitong.

Zitong, where Cao Cao's army is currently located.

According to the latest information, after Yuan Shao's death, Cao Cao immediately ordered the army to stop at Zitong and prepare to deal with the siege from Jiangdong.

In this battle, Wu prepared to have a head-to-head duel with Cao Cao in Zitong.

In addition, the Lujiang Legion was renamed the Xudu Legion, which was still commanded by Chen Gong and Tai Shici.

The main task of the Lujiang Army was to prevent the Zhao army from moving south.

Although, everyone agreed that the current situation of Zhao Guo should be busy with infighting and have no time to manage Wu Guo's side.

The second strategy was determined again, and Lu Yi discussed with everyone the members of Cao Cao's army.

This time to attack Cao Cao, the Jingzhou army was responsible for the attack.

Zhu Zhi, the general of the cavalry, stepped down from the command of the Jingzhou Army this time.

The reason is simple, Zhu Zhi has always been better at water warfare.

In this operation, it was necessary to carry out mountain operations and even siege cities, which was not Zhu Zhi's strong point.

After constant discussion, it was finally decided to replace the commander of the Jingzhou Legion with Xu Shu.

First, Xu Shu had led troops to fight the Battle of Xuzhou before, defeated Yuan Shao's first southward journey, and killed Zhou Yu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other generals.

Second, over the years, Xu Shu has been serving in Jingzhou.

Xu Shu had previously conducted research on the topography of Yizhou.

After all, if you want to attack Yizhou, sending troops from Jingzhou is the most likely plan.

As for the strategists, this time Wu Guo sent an extremely luxurious lineup:

Jia Xu is the mastermind.

Sima Hui, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Xun were military advisors.

As for the generals, the generals unanimously chose Wenpin.

Wen Ping has always guarded Jingbei and has some knowledge of the north and Yizhou.

Pioneer, after drawing lots, finally there were Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Zhu Ran, Zhou Fang, and Wei Yan.

Each of them brought a thousand dead soldiers.

There were 5,000 cavalry on the left road, with Zhang He as the commander and Gao Ran and Liu Bei as the deputy generals.

There were 5,000 cavalry on the right flank, with Lu Bu as the commander and Ma Chao and Pang De as the deputy generals.

There were 30,000 troops in the middle route, with Zhang Liao as the commander, Zhang Xiu, Huang Zhong, and Huang Gai as deputy generals, each commanding 10,000 troops.

The 30,000 troops of the Middle Route Army are divided into 5,000 thunderbolt troops, 5,000 three-bow bed crossbow troops, 1,000 Zhuge crossbow soldiers, 4,000 archers, 5,000 shield soldiers, and 10,000 spearmen, halberd soldiers, and horse swordsmen.

The rear army was 8,000, Tian Yu was the commander, and Hu Che'er and Lü Meng were the deputy generals.

In addition, Gao Shun led a thousand traps to be responsible for escorting Xu Shu, Jia Xu and others.

The grain transport officer is still Wei Jing.

Grain and grass were supplied from Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

In addition, Lu Yi and the civil and military officials also determined the candidate to lobby Yizhou this time: Deng Zhi!

In addition, from the two convoys of Lu Da and Fang Hao, a hundred people who are ingenious, know how to read words and colors, and are good at disguise infiltrated Yizhou as a meticulous work.

There are two main purposes for these detailed works to enter Yizhou:

First, using heavy money and other means to lure Yizhou officials to advocate taking refuge in Wu.

Second, to publicize to the common people that Cao Cao wantonly slaughtered the city and did not surrender to the state of Wu, and if Cao Cao came, other cities in Yizhou would also face the danger of being slaughtered.

Arrange all the manpower, some people are happy and some are sad.

Rejoicing is that Lu Bu, Ma Chao and others have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions this time.

It was the old Jiangdong veterans who were worried.

They can't participate in the Jingzhou Legion.

However, Lu Yi also gave them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and incorporated them into Cheng Pu's Fourth Army Corps, preparing to go to Jiaozhou.

Beginning the next day of the conference, the civil and military officials left Wu County and returned to their respective posts.

Lu Yi led everyone to the port of Ou'a to see off the Jingzhou legion, as well as Deng Zhi and others.

After paying homage to the immortal monument at Ou'a Port, everyone drank Zhuangxing wine and took the Nangong family's big ship to Shandu Port in Xiangyang.

Rushing to Xiangyang, Xu Shu immediately requisitioned the army.

After resting in Xiangyang for two short days, on the third day, the army marched towards Yong'an City.

The general in charge of guarding Yong'an City is called Meng Da, and the strategist is Fazheng.

At this time, Yong'an City.

The hall of the government office.

A man in his early thirties holds a piece of paper in his hand and looks anxious.

This person is none other than the defender of Yong'an City, Meng Da.

Meng Da, the word Zidu, is a native of Fufeng County.

In the early years, thinking that there was a famine everywhere, in order not to starve to death, he and his friend Fa Zheng left Fufeng County with their clansmen, entered Shudi, and took refuge in Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang felt that the two were very talented, so he asked Meng Da to be the county guard of Yong'an City, and Fa Zheng was the gongcao.

In recent years, Meng Da and Fa Zheng have also worked hard in Yong'an City.

On the one hand, water conservancy was built to encourage the people to reclaim wasteland.

On the other hand, train soldiers to prevent attacks from Jingzhou.

However, even with sufficient preparations, at this moment, Meng Da was in a hurry.

At this moment, a middle-aged scribe in his thirties and dressed in brocade walked in.

When Meng Da saw the middle-aged scribe, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Xiaozhi, you're here!" If you don't come again, you're going to kill me! ”

Filial piety, the word of Yongan Gong Cao Fazheng.

Fa Zheng is also a native of Fufeng County and the grandson of the famous Fa Zhen.

Seeing Meng Da so anxious, Fa Zheng smiled and said, "What are you anxious about?" ”

Meng Da handed the paper to Fa Zhengdao: "Look at this!" ”

Fa Zheng took the paper, glanced at it, and shook his head with a smile.

The content of the paper is extremely simple: Jingzhou dispatched more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it is coming towards Yong'an City!

Meng Da saw that Fa Zheng was not anxious, but still smiled, and said speechlessly: "What are you laughing at?" In this situation, how can we hold the city? I'm afraid it's too late to transfer reinforcements from Chengdu! ”

Fa Zheng let out a long breath and said angrily: "Defend the city of fart!" ”

Meng Da: "."

Fa Zheng shook the paper in his hand and said, "Let me ask you, how did you get this paper?" ”

Meng Da said blankly: "I bought it!" ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Where did you buy it from?" ”

Meng Da shook his head and said, "How would I know?" Aren't you in charge of this? ”

Fa Zheng said: "This paper was bought by our local papermaker!" ”

"These papermakers have only produced this kind of paper in the past two years."

"This paper, a wider range of materials, better quality, cheaper—"

Meng Da hurriedly said: "What are you telling me about these things now?" The Jingzhou army is coming, and every few days it will be under the city, who cares how this paper came from! ”

Fa Zheng said angrily: "Can you listen to me?" ”

Meng Da held back his anger.

Fa Zhengdao: "The most fundamental reason why this paper appeared is that King Wu created a Wujun University in Wu County, which recruited a large number of talents from all walks of life. The papermaker is also one of them. ”

"King Wu has a heavy reward for these papermakers to study paper and make it cheaper and better."

"However, instead of using this to make money, he made the technology public, so that everyone in the world can use more paper, better paper."

"Such a righteous person, compared to our state pastor, is superior to the judgment."

"Now that the righteous are coming, why should we resist?"

"Instead, let us open the gates and welcome them in."

"If we defend the city to the death, and when we come, we resist the soldiers of the righteous people, this is unrighteousness."

"Second, isn't it countless times better for us to serve such a righteous person than to serve a butcher like Cao Cao?"

"Cao Cao's army is in Zitong."

"Wherever he passes, if there is resistance, the whole city will be slaughtered."

"They even feed their hunger with human flesh."

"Let me ask you, even if the Jingzhou army doesn't come to attack the city, will Cao Cao come? When the time comes, do you want to let the people of Yong'an City take refuge in Cao Cao, the butcher, or wait for the city to be breached and the whole city will be slaughtered? ”

(End of chapter)