Soldiers come to the world

Liu Jing arrived in Shouchun three days ago, and came to Jianghuai to inspect with Liu Jing, as well as military advisor Zhuge Liang and Minister of War Sima Yi. There are four major offensive points, Nanyang, Tongguan, and Pujinguan, and there are countless offensive fulcrums, such as Guangling, Anlu, Gaonu and other counties, which can attack Cao Wei.

Cao Jun also mobilized nearly 30 troops and deployed them in various strategic locations. In terms of military strength, the two sides are almost the same. It was Han who had the upper hand.

However, regardless of whether economic strength prevailed or strategic deployment took the initiative, Liu Jing did not dare to be careless, and still used all financial and material resources to deal with this war that did not know how long it would last.

But the result is obvious, the side that wins this battle will win the whole world, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Jing pays attention to every detail, and he will not let go of every clue that may lead to victory.

Liu Jing led the crowd to board a large ship moored on the south bank of the Huaihe River. More than [-] warships slowly started to move towards the north bank of the Huaihe River. , Watching the movement on the north bank of the Huaihe River from a distance, a county town appeared in the distance, with a gray-black city wall and several tall sentry towers.

"Your Highness, that is Xiacai County!"

Liu Hu, the governor of Huainan, introduced to Liu Jing: "At present, Cao Jun has deployed 1 troops in Huaibei, mainly stationed in Xiacai County and Yicheng County. After we attacked Yicheng County last time, Cao Jun strengthened the attack on Yicheng County. Not only was the city wall heightened and widened, but the garrison was increased to [-], and iron chains were erected to block the river at the mouth of the Guoshui River."

Liu Jing nodded, and said to Zhuge Liang, "What do you think, the military adviser?"

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "The iron chains blocking the river are meaningless. A small boat can break them. If I were Cao Cao, I would strengthen the defense against Qiao County. How about the defense over there?"

Next to him, Liu Hu hurriedly asked Ding Feng, "Is there any news from Qiao County?"

Ding Feng bowed and replied: "His Royal Highness, there are 3 troops in Qiao County, commanded by General Niu Jin."

Niu Jin is the deputy general of Cao Ren, and he can be regarded as a fierce general.But Liu Jing paid more attention to general Zhang Liao. He asked Sima Yi, "Where are Zhang Liao and Xu Huang stationed?"

Sima Yi thought for a while and said: "Xu Huang is still stationed in Luoyang, with about [-] troops. Zhang Liao's garrison point has not yet been determined, but he is not a general of the Cao family. Cao Ren and Cao Zhen will not let him garrison Yuzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and Bingzhou belongs to Xiahou. The possibility is not high, I consider that his garrison point is likely to be Yedu, or the backup reinforcements."

Liu Jing agrees with Sima Yi's point of view. There are many factions in the Cao army, and their respective territories are fixed. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang belong to Cao Cao's direct lineage. Reinforcements, wherever there is a crisis, Zhang Liao will be sent there.

At this moment, a guard stepped forward quickly and whispered something to Sima Yi. Sima Yi nodded, and then said to Liu Jing, "Your Highness, you have arrived."

"Okay! Let's go back first and continue to inspect tomorrow."

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In Shouchuncheng County Yamen, Li Fu took Sanye Jin to sit in a side hall. It could be seen that Sanye Jin was very nervous, fidgeting, drinking tea non-stop, he was no longer as bold as usual.

He and Li Fu have been trading for nearly half a year and have earned a lot of gold. Of course, their trading has also caused a serious loss of Cao Jun's weapons. He himself committed a heinous crime. It's light, but he has sunk into it and can't extricate himself.

After trading for half a year, Mr. Jin also knew Li Fu's identity. He was not a businessman, but the intelligence leader of the Han army in Cao Wei. The interests of the two parties were deeply entangled, and Li Fu was not afraid of him reporting.

Li Fu once made a calculation. After the opening of trade, Cao Jun bought countless pig iron privately from Han, but Han also got a lot of weapons from Cao Wei. Calculated, the pig iron bought by Cao Jun could far make up for the loss of weapons.

Of course, Cao Jun also bought [-] shi of grain, but the cost of [-] shi of grain to the hundreds of thousands of troops of the two countries is really not worth mentioning.

Li Fu was ordered by Sima Yi to bring Sanye Jin to Shouchun. It is said that the king of Han valued him very much and wanted to meet him. Seeing that Sanye Jin was very nervous, Li Fu smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous, the king of Han Your Highness has always been a virtuous and virtuous corporal, this time it is His Highness the King of Han who wants to see the Third Master by name, this is a good thing!"

How could Mr. Jin not be nervous? Who is King Han?He will become the emperor in the future, but now he is just a commoner, the gap between them is too big.

Of course, Jin Sanye also understood that if the King of Han wants to see him, he must entrust him with more important tasks, so he doesn't know if he can complete it?

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a guard reminded them in a low voice, "His Royal Highness is coming!"

Li Fu stood up, and Mr. Jin hurriedly stood up too. He was so nervous that his legs trembled. At this time, three people walked in quickly from the outside. The leader was a young officer, not yet 30 years old. , the golden helmet on his head represents his identity, which is Han Wang Liu Jing.

Li Fu hastily stepped forward to salute, "Please refer to Your Highness for humble positions."

Liu Jing helped him up with a smile, "Li Sima, we haven't seen each other for a long time, about three years!"

"Three years and two months, the last time I saw His Highness was when I came to Beijing to report on my work in a humble position."

"Li Sima has worked hard."

Liu Jing comforted Li Fu with a few words, and his eyes fell on Mr. Jin. Li Fu quickly pulled Mr. Jin over and introduced, "This is the Mr. Jin I mentioned in the report."

Jin Sanye was so frightened that he fell to his knees on the ground, kowtowed and said: "The villain Jin Yan kowtowed to His Highness the King of Han!"

Although Liu Jing despises this person's character, but he will play a big role, Liu Jing cares too much about his character, he smiled gently, and helped Mr. Jin up, "Everyone calls You Jin Sanye, let me call you Sanye too!"

"I don't dare, I don't dare. In the past, everyone called me Jin San, and His Royal Highness can also call me Jin San. I really dare not call me Lord in front of His Highness."

Liu Jing introduced them again: "This is Sima Shangshu, and this is Zhuge Liang's military adviser. I think you should all have heard of it."

Of course Li Fu knew that Sima Yi was his immediate boss, and Zhuge Liang was originally the military advisor of Jiaozhou, and now they are also their Prime Minister, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang exchanged greetings with them, and everyone sat down.

Liu Jing ordered people to serve tea, and smiled at Li Fu and Jin Sanye: "Thanks to you two, the Han army has obtained a lot of weapons, which has strengthened our preparations for war."

Li Fu leaned forward and said, "This is a matter of humble duty."

Li Jing smiled, and said to Jin Sanye: "The third master has contributed a lot!"

"It's a villain's honor to serve His Highness."

"You have contributed to the Han Kingdom, of course I will never forget it. I hope that the third master will continue to work hard to strive for the seal of the Marquis of the Pass in the future, so as to glorify the descendants."

Jin Sanye is not short of money, but he has no status, and now he is just a commoner. Now the King of Han actually said that he can seal the Marquis of the Guan in the future, so excited that his voice stuttered, and he knelt down again: "Jin San is willing to embarrass His Highness, die! And then."

Seeing that he was quite knowledgeable and satisfied with his attitude, Liu Jing smiled and said, "Of course it's not that easy to be a marquis, and you need to pay a certain price. Of course, as long as the third master has the heart, he can definitely do it."

Mr. Jin nodded, "Xiaomin understands!"

"Li Sima said that the third master is bold, and he really lives up to his reputation. I will let Sima Shangshu and the two discuss in detail how to do it. I will take a step first."

When Liu Jing met him, he was just expressing his attitude. He would not participate in what to do, so he and Zhuge Liang got up and left the side hall. When they walked outside, Zhuge Liang laughed softly, "Your Highness wants to use his connections in Cao Jun?"

Liu Jing smiled lightly and said, "It would be a pity to let such a man with great powers resell weapons."

After walking a few steps, Liu Jing remembered something again, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Today is the end of October, and the military division is going to Shangjun, so we have to leave as soon as possible."

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, "Weichen will leave in the afternoon!"

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Only Sima Yi, Jin Sanye, and Li Fu were left in the room, and Jin Sanye's nervousness calmed down a little bit. He quickly expressed his opinion to Sima Yi: "As long as the villain can do it, the villain will definitely do his best. put off."

Sima Yi smiled and asked: "Actually, what I'm most interested in is how the third master has such a wide network of contacts. Can the third master reveal a thing or two?"

Jin Sanye sighed and said: "Actually, there is nothing strange about it. Cao Hong is my brother-in-law. As early as in the sixth year of Jian'an, Cao Ren secretly sold the prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army as slaves, and I manipulated them for him. The general had a deal, and it is said that he had some relationship with His Royal Highness. Later, this matter was exposed. I was under Cao Hong’s protection, and then I followed Cao Ren. I followed him for 15 years. I have a friendship, the year before last in the battle of Hefei, I delivered food to Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao found out that there was a shortage of food. According to the military regulations, I should be punished with death, but Zhang Liao saw me in Cao Ren's face, beat me fifty military regulations, and dismissed me from the barracks , I did my current job.”

Sima Yi nodded, "So that's the case, then the weapons that Sanye Jin got from Cao Ren?"

"no no!"

Jin Sanye quickly waved his hand, "Cao Ren is a very upright person. If he knew about this, he would have to behead me. I can only say that part of the weapons come from his army, as well as the troops of Cao Zhen in Yuzhou and Cao Xiu in Qingzhou. A little too, but not much."

Sima Yi smiled and asked again: "I don't know if Niu Jin in Qiao County, the third master has anything to do with him?"

"It's not directly related to Niu Jin, but his subordinate Zhang Li is one of my sources of goods."

Sima Yi's smile became brighter, "I have an idea, can I ask the third master to contact Zhang Li for us?"

Third Master Jin understood what Sima Yi meant, he hesitated for a moment, Sima Yi laughed again: "If this is done, Third Master's Guan Neihou will be half in his hands."

When Jin Sanye thought of sealing the Marquis of Guannei, he felt hot in his heart, and said with emotion: "Even though Shangshu Sima orders, the villain will definitely do his best!"

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