Han Xiang

292 next time

Although Sun Quan failed to attack Shouchun, he showed his minions.

In order to compete with Yuan Shao for the north with peace of mind, Cao Cao must leave a heavy guard in Huainan, indirectly posing a threat to Longxiang's Hefei, especially the new city of Hefei is still under construction.

So as soon as he returned to Xiaowei's Mansion, Lu Su proposed to Long Xiang to increase the number of defenders. Hefei Shuangcheng and Junqiu County in the east, including the craftsman camp, were worth ten thousand people. It felt like a small horse-drawn cart.

Long Xiang upholds diligence and thrift in managing his family. He worries about raising too many soldiers and burdening him too much.

Don't look at the tens of thousands of people who moved to the new city, but the most elite [-] athletes went to Runan, and then they were recruited as soldiers, and there was a shortage of people to farm the land and build the city.

Seeing Long Xiang's hesitation, Lu Su frowned and reminded: "Cultivate one's self, regulate one's family, rule the country and the world. We are trying to survive in this chaotic world. We only know how to farm and raise people for the sake of the people. It will not last long. We don't have enough power in our hands. It can be wiped out at any time, and now that Cao Cao has completely intervened in Huainan, we must pay more attention to it."

Long Xiang shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't pay enough attention to it, it's just that building a new city is too costly. If you recruit thousands of men as soldiers, farming and city building will all be affected."

Lu Su said to him: "There are few things in the world that have the best of both worlds. The worst thing is to adjust the proportion of craftsmen and farmers in the new city, even if there are more soldiers in reserve. Doesn't Yunqi like to plan ahead? It's time to increase the garrison in the new city."

"I've been thinking about it for the past few days. I'm going to transfer the city defense battalion of Bo'an (Xu Ding), and it's barely enough to cooperate with Uncle Zhong's craftsman battalion."

"The new city is several times the size of the old city, wouldn't it be enough to have more than a thousand defenders?"

Long Xiang said in his heart, don't look down on thousands of people, Zhang Liao has 800 people to enter the Wu Temple, seeing Lu Su's earnestness, he couldn't help but show his hole card.

"Zijing doesn't know something. It's not that I don't want to recruit soldiers. There is actually an army waiting to be received. He has nearly ten thousand pieces under his command, which is completely enough to defend the new city."

"Nearly [-] songs?"

As soon as Lu Su heard it, he understood that Chen Lan, who was entrenched in the northern part of Lujiang River, left Yuan Shu at the same time as Lei Xu, so he was Long Xiang's colleague.

Lei Xu was defeated and went to Hefei, and Chen Lan also sent envoys to show his favor to Long Xiang, so at the beginning of the year Zhang Fei borrowed Runan, and the upper reaches of the Huai River were so smooth.

"Since Chen Lan has this intention, she should make it happen as soon as possible, and be careful that things will change if she is too late."

"I want to wait."

"Wait? Wait for what?"

Lu Su's face was full of question marks, and he said in his heart that there are elite soldiers stationed in Shouchun now, and they will 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, so he finally chose to vote for Cao.

"Wait for an opportunity."

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

Lu Su was startled when he heard this, and asked in disbelief: "Is this possible? Is it too risky? First of all, the weather is out of control."

Long Xiang said solemnly: "After a severe drought, there are often severe floods. If it weren't for the severe drought in Huainan last year, how could I dig the Shifei Canal to discharge the flood? The rain in the first half of this year is normal, and the heavy rain is likely to be concentrated in the second half of the year and early next year. It is reasonable to find excuses at that time."

"I always think it's too idealistic." Lu Su said bitterly, "And why are you picking on Sun Quan for schemes? Jiangdong is really such a threat to the emperor?"

"Zijing understands Sun Quan's character, do you think he is a good stubble? Once the ruler becomes popular in the future, Jiangdong will definitely hinder one side."

Long Xiang's tone was very firm, as if he was finalizing the case for Sun Quan's coffin. He predicted that there would be heavy rains at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and the west of Lujiang River is dominated by mountainous landforms, which are extremely vulnerable to flash floods and heavy rains.

According to Long Xiang's plan, Chen Lan pretended to take refuge in Lujiang Sunhe on the grounds of waterlogging, and then under the banner of Jiangdong, he went to Shouchun to plunder. It is planned to let the Sun and Cao families stop, and the ultimate goal is to let Hefei siphon the population of Huainan.

Long Xiang didn't make up his mind easily, but he would definitely implement it firmly. After a few words of persuasion, Lu Su would not continue. He also firmly believed that the ups and downs would help Liu Bei.

Thinking that Cao Cao sent a general to aid Shouchun, and his main force would return to Xudu and run to Runan, Lu Su couldn't help but sigh: "If we used Liu Fu to win Shouchun, the emperor's uncle could come to Huainan even if Runan failed. Now Xiahou Dun , Zhang Liao and others are guarding Shouchun, the emperor probably can only go to Jingzhou."

"There is always Liu Biao in Jingzhou, who can make the envoy rely on the big tree, just like our back to Jiangdong. It is said that it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree." Long Xiang paused, and continued to explain: "Adversary like Cao Cao, head-to-head It is bound to suffer, and only by transferring the contradictions can we have the opportunity to seek development. The reason why I didn’t want Shouchun Kongcheng at the beginning was because 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 Lujiang River, and Hefei is still the front line. You still have to block Cao's army for Sun Quan."

Long Xiang smiled mysteriously: "Hey, so we have to use Chen Lan to make a fuss, and once again intensify the conflict between Sun and Cao. It is best to let Cao Jun bypass Hefei and attack Lujiang directly."

"If Cao Cao conquered Lujiang, wouldn't Hefei become an isolated city?"

"What are you afraid of in an isolated city? At that time, the population of Huainan will be concentrated in Hefei. No matter whether Cao Cao or Sun Quan occupy the city, they will not only send troops to garrison, but also transport food and grass from the rear. When I accumulate enough strength in the future, I can defeat them one by one."

"It makes sense, I'm afraid that when you take the initiative to attack, it will be after Liu Huangshu gains power?"

"It is very necessary to wait patiently for the opportunity, so that you used to have a general but no master, now that you have Ziyang to complement your wings, it is time to fly high. As the saying goes, don't fly for three years, soar to the sky, and don't sing for three years. A blockbuster."

"Then we'll wait and see."

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

Zhang Fei had been in Runan for several months, during which time Liu Bei had only annexed a few hilltops, leaving Huainan's [-] athletes useless.

At this time, Cai Yang led [-] troops to advance into Runan. He was going to Yang'an to cooperate with Li Tong, but Liu Ye used tricks to lure him to Pingyu on the way, and he became a piece of fat in Liu Bei's bowl.

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

Liu Bei's team at this time is composed of three parts: the old Xuzhou army, the Runan Yellow Turban Rebel Army, and the Huainan recruits. He has used the local Yellow Turban Rebel Army in the past few months in Runan.

Both the Huainan recruits and Xuzhou's old army were regarded by Liu Bei as the backbone of the army, and he planned to rely on these thousands of people to grow stronger in the future, but he did not want to use them to compete with Cai Yang's regular army at this time.

"Since it was Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao who brought Cai Yang here, the second brother should be allowed to lead them to the battle. The third brother should wait for the next opportunity."

During Guan Yu's exile in Runan, Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were taken under his command, and more than a thousand yellow scarf soldiers became his trilogy. Liu Bei preferred Guan Yu to play from the beginning.

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

(End of this chapter)