Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 378 Preparations before the war
Rewards and punishments are clearly defined for those who are superior, and it is very important to be fair and just.

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

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

In this way, punish him criminally, spur him morally, and reform him ideologically.

Just like the story of "The Sheep Thief and the Saint" learned by later generations, maybe a saint from all over the world will be educated in the future, who knows.

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

Then he went to Jiangxia to urge the newly appointed Jiangxia prefect Yang Hong to take good care of the disaster area and continue to carry out the work of reclaiming land from the lake.

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

As the shepherd of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanzhou, Shen Chen's power has risen to a higher level.Before that, it was only General Zuo and Nanjun Taishou, only Nanjun regime and Nanyang military power.

Now, after becoming the military and political leader of the entire Jingzhou, he has practically controlled half of the country under the Liu Bei Group.

Not even half, but more than half.

Because Liu Bei Group currently has about 30 troops, 20 are stationed in Jingzhou alone.

The main reason is that after Cao Cao's retreat, there will be no war in Guanzhong, and the troops in Yizhou usually fight against rebellious aliens or deal with bandits and bandits.

Unless you plan to attack Chang'an in the future, the Yizhou soldiers and horses will be of little significance. According to Zhuge Liang, 3 people are enough.

Therefore, Jingzhou, as the front line of resisting Cao and destroying Wu, became a military center, and a large number of soldiers of the Liu Bei Group were stationed.

Now these soldiers and horses are all under the jurisdiction of Shen Chen.

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

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

Especially in March, the grain and grass in arrears from Nanyang and Jingnan last year were harvested, which quickly filled the treasury and produced a surplus of grain and grass.

So Shen Chen immediately started to prepare for the plan to defeat Wu.

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

After that, I went to Xiling, Qichun, Luoxian, Changsha and other places to see the progress of grain collection and the preparation of equipment for cutting Wu.

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

Xiakou County, in the county government mansion.

Shen Chen was wearing a loose robe with a crane cloak outside, dressed as a scribe.

In the Han Dynasty, there was already a division of civil and military positions, but at that time there was no distinction between civil and military positions, and generals with both civil and military skills abounded, such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, and even Lu Meng.

After the Western Jin Dynasty, the emergence of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system caused those high-ranking children from high-ranking families to disdain serving as military officers, especially the Jiangdong local families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who despised military positions very much.

From then on, there gradually became a boundary between civil and military officials, and civil officials began to look down on military officials, which reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, and continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The warriors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were born and died, and they were discriminated against. Naturally, they were very aggrieved and unwilling to do their best.Under the suppression of civil officials and those in power, if there is a disagreement, they will commit chaos, which will arouse the panic of those in power and civil officials, and continue to suppress, thus forming an endless loop.

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

But even though Shen Chen has changed his job to a civilian and put on the clothes of a civil official, he has no intention of looking down on the military officer at all. At least in the Han Dynasty, an official with both civil and military skills has always been the form of official he admired.

At the moment, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Huang She, Sha Moke and others are sitting in the audience, Deng Ai is also there, but Huang Zhong, Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, Wen Pin, Zhou Buyi and Cai Du are not here.

Huang Zhong was transferred to Hanzhong.

As the new post general, he will replace Guan Yu as the general guarding Hanzhong.

Because of his high military achievements, Zhou Buyi became the local prefect, and now sits in Nanyang. Cai Du is currently serving as Zhou Buyi's assistant in charge of Nanyang's government affairs.

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

It stands to reason that the three are at the same level, and if Shen Chen is not around, no one will lead them.

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

Right now, Shen Chen summoned the rest of the generals to start preparations for the formal crusade against Jiangdong.

These people are currently the main senior generals in Jingzhou.

The Battle of Jingzhou gave birth to a lot of military achievements, and the names of the generals of the Liu Bei Group were not enough. The previous sequence was composed of four generals, front, back, left, and right, plus a bunch of miscellaneous generals.

But for those who have made great contributions like Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, it is really unreasonable not to be named a heavy general.

Therefore, under Shen Chen's suggestion, Liu Bei named Sizheng and Sizhen as heavy-ranked generals, with a rank of two thousand stones, above the miscellaneous generals of two thousand stones, and below the front, back, left, and right generals of two thousand stones in rank. .

Among the generals of the Four Expeditions, Zhao Yun was the general who conquered the East, Wei Yan was the general who conquered the West, Gan Ning was the general who conquered the North, and Pang De was the general who conquered the South.

The generals of the four towns were taken over by Huang She, Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, and Wen Pin.

If it weren't for the battle of Guanzhong on the northern front, Wei Yan and Pang De performed well, they both captured the flag, guarded the food road and other meritorious deeds, I am afraid they would not be able to sit in that position.

Now that there are six heavy-ranked generals in the Battle of Jingzhou, and Shen Chen still controls 20 troops in Jingzhou, this undoubtedly made some Yizhou officials under Liu Bei feel uneasy, and they wrote letters asking to weaken Shen Chen's power.

Even Shen Chen himself wrote a letter asking to be transferred to Hanzhong.

However, Liu Bei tried his best to resist all opinions, not only did not cut power, but instead delegated power. He promoted Shen Chen as Jingzhou shepherd and Nanzhou governor, which shows his trust.

At this moment, in the government office, except for Sha Moke who was promoted to a general and Deng Ai who was promoted to a lieutenant, they are all generals.

Shen Chen looked around the crowd and said slowly: "Everyone, the King of Han will come to Jingzhou next month and formally prepare to attack Wu. Before that, we must arrange all military affairs properly. Do you have confidence in this battle?"

"Of course there is!"

"Huh!"

"I have long wanted to kill Sun Quan."

"Captain, give the order."

Everyone cheered. Although they were a group of old men, they were all passionate old men.

Shen Chen nodded with satisfaction and said: "Last year, the new victory, although the victory is a victory, but the burden on the people of Yizhou and Jingzhou is very heavy, so this year the king of Han and I both think that it is not appropriate to mobilize large-scale troops, and [-] land and water are enough. , Jingzhou dispatched [-] troops."

Huang She immediately said: "Since we are fighting Jiangdong, our Jiangxia Navy is indispensable. Jiangxia Navy and Jiangdong Navy are feuds. In this battle, we must wipe out our shame and eliminate them!"

"It's natural."

Shen Chen said: "However, the Jiangxia Navy also lost a lot of troops before. The 5 people are less than [-], so let's send [-] troops."

"only!"

Huang She was instantly satisfied.

Zhao Yun wondered: "Commander, Jiangdong mainly relies on the navy. If the navy is too small, will it be difficult to attack? And there are too many troops, where should we attack?"

Shen Chen said with a smile: "The soldiers are divided into two routes, one route goes down the river, and the water route goes side by side, and the other route travels from Jingnan."

This is undoubtedly a continuation of Liu Biao's original path of attacking 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 murmured: "Shi Shijun, attack from Jingnan, Shanyue people"

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded: "Shanyue people have sent countless letters to us. They attacked from Jingnan, and wherever they went, they were all our troops!"

"That's good."

Zhao Yun felt relieved.

Shen Chen said again: "It's not easy to go over mountains and ridges in Jingnan, where is Shamoke?"

"The end is here."

Shamoke, who is in his 40s this year, got up and said.

Shen Chen said: "I order you to lead the headquarters of 1 people and go south to Changsha to stand by."

"only."

Sha Mo Ke ordered.

Shen Chen looked at Gan Ning and Zhao Yun again and said, "The two of you should first station in Xunyang and Qichun. After the King of Han arrives, you can send troops."

"only."

"Here."

The two should go down.

Shen Chen looked at the crowd and said earnestly: "The battle to defeat Wu is a crucial battle. It involves whether the king of Han can get the whole south, and you must not slack off."

"only."

The crowd responded in unison.

Shen Chen waved his hand: "Go."

At present, all the generals returned to their stations and began to mobilize their troops.

Currently Gan Ning is still stationed in Xinye, while Shamoke is in Wuling, they have to move their bases.

Now that Jingzhou has settled down, the counties have been re-divided.

Jianping County was newly established in the Three Gorges area, from Wuxian County to Yidao, including the Shaqu area of ​​Wuling County in the south, and bordering on Badong County in Yizhou.

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

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

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

They are Nanyang County, Nanxiang County, Zhangling County, Nanjun 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 straddle Hunan and Guangxi in later generations.

In addition, Jiaozhou in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions of later generations will also belong to the Han land.

At the beginning, Jiaozhou was given to Sun Quan as a condition for concluding the covenant. Sun Quan sent people to occupy it, and the scholars of Jiaozhou chose to submit.

As a result, after the Battle of Jingzhou, the scholars sent Liu Bei a petition to surrender non-stop.

So Liu Bei appointed a new governor of Jiaozhou and some officials took a few soldiers to Jiaozhou.

It's just that the current Jiaozhou is really chaotic, and it is currently occupied in name rather than actual control and governance, so the sense of existence is low.

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

In Xiling City, in the morning, the soldiers transported a large amount of materials, maps, tables and chairs from his ship to the Xiling Prefect's Mansion.

In the past, the Liu Bei Group belonged to the military and political unity in various places. Zhao Yun was the general of Yijun and the prefect of Xiling, Huang She was the general of Hengbo and the prefect of Jiangxia, and Sha Moke was the lieutenant of Jianwu and the prefect of Wuling.

Now, under Shen Chen's suggestion, the military and the government were separated, and the prefects in Jingzhou were reassigned. Except for Shen Chen, the military chiefs of the counties no longer stepped down to manage the people.

Therefore, the current prefect of Xiling is the newly appointed Guo Mu, who is also an old man who has followed Liu Bei for many years, and was the prefect of Nanxiang in history.

After Shen Chen arrived in Xiling, people ordered his war room to be moved to the Xiling government office.

In a mansion in the backyard of the prefect's mansion, Shen Chen personally made sand tables from Chaisang, Jiujiang to Zongyang, and Ruxukou, and marked the situation of the enemy and our defenders in Jiangbei.

Inside the house were Governor Guo Mu of Xiling, General Zhao Yun who conquered the East, and several disciples including Deng Ai, Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Mian, and Shan Yi.

This was something that many of Shen Chen's disciples in the army envied.

Because the disciples who were appointed as military officers, such as Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao and others had to lead troops in the battalion, they could not leave their posts without authorization, so there was no way to come and listen to Shen Chen's analysis of the battle in person.

And Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Mian and others are civilians and can follow around.Although Deng Ai was promoted to be a school lieutenant, he has no soldiers and horses in his headquarters for the time being.Shan Yi served as Shen Chen's guard commander, so he had the opportunity to follow Shen Chen every day.

Being by Shen Chen's side not only makes them familiar with each other every day, but more importantly, the master teaches them personally, and the experience he can provide them is immeasurable.

So this opportunity is rare.

At this moment, Shen Chen looked at the situation of the enemy and us, and said with a quick smile: "Sun Quan is so weak now, Chaisang actually only has 1000 people, are you sure this is the result of the investigation?"

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Captain, it's true. Not only is the secret work lurking in Jiangdong confirmed to be correct, but we also asked some Jiangdong aristocratic families who are willing to serve us, as well as some common people, and the answers we got were all accurate."

"Do the people reject us?"

Shen Chen asked.

Zhao Yun replied: "I don't reject it. The Sun family has been divorced in Jiangdong. Many people heard that the lord loves the people like a son, and they all hope that we can go to Jiangdong."

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded, looked around and said: "A king who implements benevolent government will definitely win the support of the people; if he is united and united, he is invincible in the world. This is what "Mencius" said: the benevolent is invincible. Do you understand? "

"Yes."

Many disciples responded immediately.

Shen Chen said again: "Jiangdong has been abolished by me, Sun Quan will not be so stupid as to place a large number of troops in such a dangerous place as Chaisang, how many people are there in Ruxukou now?"

"No less than thirty thousand."

"What about Nanchang?"

"five hundred."

"five hundred?"

"Yes."

Zhao Yun nodded: "Shanyue is everywhere in the south. After the main force of the Jiangdong Army has been lost, it is difficult for Sun Quan to put down the rebellious Shanyue people."

"interesting."

Shen Chen laughed, looked around and said: "Sun Quan has lost his harmony and lost half of his geographical advantage. It depends on whether the weather can help him. If this is the case, he can't be wiped out in this battle. It's too much for heaven."

This is not to establish a flag, but to despise the enemy strategically.

Nanchang's current defense is very weak, and it is extremely easy to attack and destroy. Sun Quan's main defense is the Yangtze River in the north, and the Shanyue people in the south are helping.

If this can't destroy Sun Quan, it's really unreasonable.

And the only variable.

That is Zhang Liao from Huainan.

Shen Chen looked at the Huainan area.

If you want waterways and attack Jiangdong, you can't go south of the Yangtze River, because the south is southeast hills, all mountains, and there are almost no roads, you have to climb mountains and ridges.

So I can only take the Jiangbei land route, which is the one from Xunyang to Huainan, from Huangmei County to Qianshan City to Wuwei City in later generations.

Therefore, whether it is by land or by water, it must pass through Ruxukou, which is why Sun Quan deployed heavy troops in Ruxukou.

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

　There is only one chapter today, Ching Ming Festival, I was outside in the morning and came back in the afternoon, I am a little tired, I will see if I can make it up tomorrow, it doesn’t matter if I don’t, because there will be a big explosion on the 8th, the guarantee is 2 words, and Wu will be wiped out soon , Wait for my good news.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)