Soldiers come to the world

After the new year, Liu Jing also made a series of appointments, appointing Huang Zhong and Wenpin as partial generals, and Gan Ning, Wei Yan, and Liu Hu as Zhonglang generals.

Liao Hua, Huo Jun, Wang Jun, Chen Shuo and other eight were promoted to the ranks of school lieutenants, and the rest of the generals were rewarded, and the civil servants also changed slightly, mainly Zhang Ji was appointed as Jingzhou Biejia, Zhao Yan took over as Changsha prefect, and Jia Jia Known as a military adviser, Sima Yi is a military officer.

But what Liu Jing is most looking forward to is Zhao Yun. He has reached an agreement with Cao Cao to replace Liu Bei's wife and children with Xia Houyuan and Mao Jie. This is the last favor for Zhao Yun. Now Liu Bei's wife and children have left Yedu. He was on his way to Jiangxia, and it was said that he had already arrived in Anlu County, and Liu Jing had already sent someone to meet him.

For Jia Xu, he finally accepted Liu Jing's appointment as a military adviser. A trace of worry made him aware of Liu Jing's future.

Liu Jing will not be the Dong Zhuo, Li Cui, Zhang Xiu and others he has assisted, he will be the only hero who can compete with Cao Cao for hegemony, if he can assist him step by step, his life will not be in vain. Over sixty years old, he knew very well that he had no choice, and assisting Liu Jing would be his last chance in life. [

It is also based on this consideration that Jia Xu finally accepted Liu Jing's appointment as a military adviser, including Sima Yi, and he also readily accepted the appointment of joining the military, which is the second military adviser after the military adviser.

Jia Xu frowned slightly and said, "Sun Quan just reached an agreement with us a few months ago, is he going to tear it up now?"

"I guess Sun Quan won't backtrack so quickly, but he won't give up this opportunity either. I think he will take a compromise, and Zhang Zhao and others will also add fuel to the flames and encourage Sun Quan to accept Cao Cao's plan. "

Jia Xu nodded, "If Sun Quan had the ambition to unify the south, he would definitely seize this rare opportunity. He would probably send a navy to Jiangling in the name of crusade against Cao Jun, and then easily occupy Jiangling."

Liu Jing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back. He felt a little troubled. Cao Cao's strategy of "eating tigers and wolves" was very successful and aroused Sun Quan's ambition. Of course, he could prevent the Jiangdong navy from advancing westward, but he The worry is that Sun Quan's ambition box will be opened prematurely.

From the first negotiation with Sun Quan, Liu Jing knew that a large number of senior officials represented by Zhang Zhao strongly demanded the unification of the south. In fact, they also represented the other side of Sun Quan. It was only because of Cao Cao's strong south that Sun Quan had to Form an alliance with Jingzhou to resist Cao.

Now that Cao Cao is weak, will Sun Quan really be willing to be bound by a paper contract and give up Jiangdong's generational goal?Liu Jing thought about his heart, if it was him, he would never be bound by the contract, so what about Sun Quan?He will certainly not be bound by a paper contract.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing slowly said to the two of them: "I think a battle with Jiangdong is inevitable. Only by beating him hard can he truly be honest, but we need to ease the relationship with Liu Bei first."

"If Zhou Mu wants to ease the relationship with Liu Bei, he might as well use Liu Bei's wife and children."

Liu Jing nodded, "That's exactly what I mean!"

At this time, Sima Yi, who was silent all the time, smiled and said, "I suggest that before going to war with Jiangdong, we should take Jiangling first. I think there is an opportunity hidden here."

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Jiangling City is the second largest city in Jingzhou and the economic center in the south of Jingzhou. It not only plays a pivotal role in the economy, but also has an even more important strategic position.

The troops coming from the east could not pose a threat by land because of Yunmengze's barrier, and could only attack by water, and the vast and mighty Yangtze River undoubtedly added an insurmountable natural danger to Jiangling City.

Historically, Jiangdong finally crossed the river with Lu Meng's white clothes, and used tricks to capture Jiangling guarded by Guan Yu. At this time, Jiangling City was still under the control of Cao Jun.

More than two months have passed since Cao Cao led his army back to the north. At the beginning of Cao Cao's departure, Cao Ren prepared for battle every day. Even Cao Ren patrolled the city every day, worried that one day Jiang Xia's army would suddenly arrive.

But after more than two months, they and Jiang Xia's army lived in peace, which gradually made Cao Jun's tight strings gradually loosen. The original daily defense drills on the city and the anti-landing drills on the riverside were changed to once every three days, and gradually became ten times. Once a day, half a month has passed since the last drill.

Regarding the general Cao Ren, he did not slack off, but his focus shifted to Liu Bei's army on the other side. This is the task that Cao Cao entrusted to him before he left. He must wipe out Liu Bei's army in Jingnan. If he can complete this task, He will be made a county marquis.

Although the Marquis of the county is very desirable, it is almost impossible to complete it. The main reason is that Cao's army is insufficient. He has only 2 troops in Jiangling, while Liu Bei has more than [-] troops. It is obviously unrealistic to wipe out Liu Bei. [

On the other hand, more than [-]% of the people in Nanjun followed Liu Bei to the south, or fled to Jiangxia in the east, which caused the population of Nanjun to drop sharply, and they could be recruited at all.

This troubled Cao Ren very much. He knew that Liu Bei was building a city at the mouth of the Youjiang River and renamed the county Public Security Bureau, but he tried his best to go to clean it up. On the one hand, there was a shortage of troops, and on the other hand, there were too few ships. They were all small boats, more than a thousand stone There is almost no big warship in the country, so how can he cross the river to fight?

Early in the morning, Cao Ren led dozens of people to the shipyard on the west side of the pier. This was a new shipyard he had built a month ago. He had recruited more than a hundred craftsmen. He planned to build several thousand-stone warships in half a year.

In fact, this is also Cao Ren's slickness. He didn't dare to disobey orders and refused to attack Liu Bei, but on the surface he wanted to actively prepare for war, so he built a shipyard and showed Cao Cao that he was serious about preparing. In fact, the cargo ship in his hand is enough to carry across the river, there is no need to build a thousand-stone warship.

Two warehouses have been repaired in the shipyard. More than [-] soldiers are building the wharf, picking soil and moving stones. The construction site is busy. Cao Ren reined in his horse and shouted: "Bring all the generals!"

Not long after, three dental generals stepped forward to salute, "See the general!"

Cao Ren pointed at the wharf with his horsewhip and ordered, "Stop construction immediately, and bring the soldiers back to camp!"

The three generals looked at each other, not knowing what happened, but they didn't dare to refuse, so they rushed back to call the soldiers to gather and prepare to return to the camp. Seeing that the pier was mostly repaired, Cao Ren couldn't help sighing, it was a pity.

In the early morning, he received an order from the prime minister, ordering him to hand over Jiangling City to the Jiangdong army. Although Cao Ren was a little bit reluctant, he was more fortunate. This meant that the prime minister had given up his plan to exterminate Liu Bei.

Cao Ren came to the shipyard again. Two warehouses for storing shipbuilding materials had been built. Hundreds of craftsmen were busy dismantling dozens of [-]-stone cargo ships, preparing to use the materials from the cargo ships to build ships.

The manager of the shipbuilding station immediately greeted him, bowed and said: "General, we have obtained the materials for making the keel, and we are going to start construction tomorrow."

Cao Ren nodded, smiled wryly and said, "I'm here to tell you that shipbuilding is temporarily suspended."

The steward was taken aback for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Does the general mean to temporarily stop, or to give up shipbuilding?"

Cao Ren sighed, "It should be giving up shipbuilding!"

"Are these boat builders going to be disbanded?" The steward asked, looking back at the hundreds of boat builders who were busy.

"That's not necessary. There are very few such shipwrights in the north. Please comfort them and bring them to the north."

As soon as Cao Ren finished speaking, there was a commotion outside, and someone shouted: "Jiang Xia's army, Jiang Xia's army is here!"

Cao Ren was taken aback, and he pulled his horse out of the shipyard, only to see a fleet of ships approaching on the river. They were all medium-sized warships of about [-] shi, with bulging sails, and they sailed like flying on the river. There were about fifty ships. On the left and right sides of the warship, the battle flag of Jiang Xia's army was hung on the mast.

Cao Ren then breathed a sigh of relief. There were only more than 50 small warships, which were not enough to threaten the safety of Jiangling City. However, Cao Ren was worried that the Jiangxia Army brigade was behind, so he immediately galloped towards the city, and repeatedly ordered: " Quickly adjust three thousand crossbowmen to the shore for defense!"

Not long after, the general Niu Jin led three thousand crossbowmen to the pier quickly, and soon formed an arrow array, ready for battle.

Cao Ren rushed into the city in one breath, and then ran up the city. At this time, Changshi Chen Jiao and a dozen generals had rushed to the top of the city to look at the Jiangxia warships on the river.

Chen Jiao is about forty years old. He has followed Cao Cao for many years. He is practical and capable, and he is deeply trusted by Cao Cao. He is also a resourceful person. Because of this, Cao Cao left him to assist Cao Ren. . [

Seeing Cao Ren walking in a hurry, Chen Jiao smiled and said, "General Zhennan, don't worry too much, Jiangling is ill!"

Cao Ren was worried that Jiang Xia's army was behind him, so he asked quickly, "How did you know, sir?"

"Because the wind changed to the southeast three days ago, even if the Jingzhou army came, they did not come so fast. Seeing that the fifty warships are all five hundred stone oarboats, it can be seen that this is only Jiangxia's army. The outpost is just to control the river."

Cao Ren frowned slightly, "Sir, did they say they wanted to control Jiang Nian?"

Chen Jiao nodded, "Liu's real purpose is to prevent us from handing over Jiangling City to Liu Bei, so they want to control the river and prevent Liu Bei's army from crossing the river."

Speaking of this, Chen Jiao also sighed slightly: "I'm afraid we can't keep our ships."

Cao Ren's heart sank, and he raised his eyes to look in the direction of the pier, only to see that the Jiangxia warships had indeed launched an attack on the ships moored at the pier.

On the pier, Cao Jun's three thousand crossbowmen fired random arrows, and the arrows shot at the fleet in the river, but there was no effect. .

The Jiangxia army fleet on the river did not dock, but moored outside the range of Cao's crossbowmen, and used stone cannons and rockets to attack hundreds of ferries moored on the pier.

I saw rocks flying across the sky, clay pots filled with kerosene shot from the air, and smashed on the ship. The kerosene flowed all over the ship and was quickly ignited by rockets. The boats were wrapped in thick smoke and fire, and a raging fire ignited on the river.

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