Soldiers come to the world

At nightfall, three Jiangdong Qianshi warships left Qichun County and headed north along the Yangtze River. This was Cheng Jin's tentative move. He wanted to test the bottom line of Jiangxia's army and see if Jiangxia's army dared to turn against Jiangdong's army. The risk of attacking the warships of the Jiangdong Army.

On the Jiangdong main ship, Cheng Pu watched the three warships heading north, his eyes were very complicated. This time the westward expedition to Jiangling took two days of consideration for Marquis Wu to finally make up his mind. The ten-year feud cannot be easily eliminated.

It can be said that capturing Jingzhou and unifying the south has always been Jiangdong's national policy. Although there was an alliance in the Battle of Chibi, this does not mean that Jiangdong has given up his fundamental interests.

Just before he led the army to set off, Zhou Yu insisted on persuading Marquis Wu not to violate the covenant, which angered Marquis Wu and took away half of Zhou Yu's military power. ambition.

Now that Cao Cao's strategy is shrinking, and the north is uneven, he will not be able to conquer the south for at least ten years. If Marquis Wu doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to unify the south, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Jiangdong to do anything more.

On this point, Cheng Pu sees through Sun Quan more than Zhou Yu does. Zhou Yu is still too bookish and emphasizes promises and credibility. However, when the two countries compete, the most important thing is the interests, and the contract is just a tool to realize the interests.

"Father, isn't this too risky?" Cheng Zi asked beside him in a low voice, Gan Ning's stern warning was still fresh in his memory.

Cheng Pu glanced at his son coldly, "Then what do you say? Are you going to retreat in spite of the difficulties? Then how do you explain to Marquis Wu?"

Cheng Zi was speechless after three consecutive questions, and Cheng Pu said to his son, "Don't underestimate Marquis Wu, of course he knew that Jiang Xia's army would not allow us to cross the border, but he still ordered me to come. It can be seen that Marquis Wu has already I have made up my mind and will not hesitate to fight Jiang Xia's army, and now the imperial court has appointed me as the prefect of Nanjun, but Jiang Xia's army has blocked me from taking up the post, they have already lost moral points."

Cheng Zi's lips twitched. In fact, he wanted to say that if his father went alone, Jiang Xia's army might not stop him. Now he is leading [-] troops. This is not the appearance of being a prefect!

Although he thought so, Cheng Zi didn't dare to say it. Cheng Pu patted his son on the shoulder and smiled: "Don't worry about anything, we are just a vanguard army. If Jiang Xia's army forcibly blocks or even uses swords, then Marquis Wu will personally lead the army to the west." Levy!"

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As soon as the three Jiangdong warships left Qichun County, the sentry ship of the Jiangxia Army, which was monitoring the river, immediately returned to Wuchang to report.

There are currently 3 troops stationed in Wuchang County. In addition to the [-] navy led by Gan Ning, there are also [-] heavy armor soldiers led by Liu Hu and [-] cavalry led by Liao Hua.

In addition, veteran Huang Zhong also led [-] troops to train [-] soldiers in the militia camp west of Wuchang County. These were [-] elite soldiers selected from Cao Jun's prisoners of war. After half a year of intensive training, they will be loyal to Jingzhou , loyal to Liu Jing.

In this way, the total strength of the Jiangxia Army will reach 10, but Jiangxia, Changsha, Anlu, Nanjun, and Xiangyang alone will not be able to support such a large army, so external expansion will also become inevitable.

Gan Ning led more than a dozen cavalrymen to gallop all the way, and soon arrived at the military yamen. Gan Ning got off his horse and walked to the military yamen, "Is the military commander here?" He asked anxiously.

Gan Ning wanted to find Jia Xu, a military advisor. Liu Jing had an order before he marched west to Jiangling. When he was away, all major military affairs were decided by Jia Xu. Now that the warships of the Jiangdong Army were heading north, Gan Ning could not make the decision. He needed to discuss countermeasures with Jia Xu.

The soldier on duty quickly responded: "The military division is in the back hall, discussing matters with Xu Changshi."

Gan Ning immediately walked quickly to the back hall. In the back hall, Jia Xu and Xu Shu were discussing the system arrangement of the militia. In the history of Jingzhou, due to its long-term sparse population, it has always adopted the backward planting method of fire and water. extremely low.

However, with the continuous war in the north, a large number of northern people migrated to Jingzhou, which caused the population of Jingzhou to increase rapidly. In addition, Liu Biao and Liu Jing, two generations of state herdsmen, attached great importance to agricultural development, which led to the rapid development of Jingzhou's agriculture. be greatly improved.

At present, Jingzhou implements the rotation of wheat and rice, and the wheat is mainly winter wheat. In this way, the spring season is actually relatively leisurely.

Therefore, Liu Jing considered establishing a local militia system and implementing national military training, which required coordination with the local government and the assistance of the local government.

"The meaning of the state pastor is that since the recruitment of the militia was temporarily implemented during the Chibi War, he simply took advantage of this opportunity to fully promote the militia system, farming in busy times, concentrated training in leisure time, taking the village as the camp, and not leaving his hometown, Chang Shi Do you think it's possible?"

Xu Shu pondered for a moment and said: "It's not a big problem not to leave home. This time Cao's invasion to the south made the people realize the importance of defending their homeland, and it's easier to persuade them to participate in military training. The key is that during the slack season, everyone has to be busy with other jobs. For example, fishing and growing vegetables, once they participate in the training, they will no longer be able to earn money to support their families. For them, this is a great loss, has the military adviser ever considered it?"

Jia Xu laughed and said calmly: "This problem can actually be solved. When participating in training, you can give them a certain amount of money and food subsidies to make up for their losses. What's more, there is no need to train every day. For example, training one day every five days will actually affect people's health. Not too big, the key is to have a system that can recruit supplementary troops at any time."

"In that case, I'll go back and discuss it in detail, come up with a specific plan, and then discuss it."

When the two were discussing, the soldier reported at the door: "Qi to the military division, Captain Gan is in a hurry to see you!"

Jia Xu chuckled, "Please come in."

He said to Xu Shu again: "It is estimated that the Jiangdong Army has made an action, Chang Shi might as well listen to it together."

After a while, Gan Ning walked in quickly and bowed to salute, "Gan Ning sees the military adviser and the chief history."

"General Gan, please sit down!"

Gan Ning sat down and said, "At four o'clock last night, three ships of the Jiangdong Army left Qichun County and headed north. It is estimated that they will reach the Wuchang River soon. Shall we fight or not?"

"It seems that the Jiangdong army is really toasting, and if they don't eat, they will be punished!"

Jia Xu sneered, and was about to make a decision when she remembered that Xu Shu was there, so she asked Xu Shu, "What does Chang Shi think?"

Xu Shu was very cautious. He thought for a while and said, "Yesterday afternoon, Cheng Zi also came to me and said that his father was appointed as the prefect of Nanjun and was going to Jiangling to take up his post. He wanted to borrow an excuse from us. At that time, I replied that a passenger ship You can go there, why do you need a hundred warships? If you must have a hundred warships to cross the border, you need to get the permission of the state pastor. In fact, you are politely rejecting them. I feel that Jiangdong has nothing to gain in this Chibi War, and they are going to take this opportunity to make trouble. "

Jia Xu nodded, "Chang Shi is right at all. Cao's army retreated to the north and was unable to go south for a long time. The Sun family wanted to seek Jingzhou and unify the south for generations. Now there is no trouble in the north. It is their opportunity. This is their opportunity. A little Zhou Mu also has a deep understanding. He said more than once that if we don’t solve the worries of Jiangdong, we will not be able to go west.”

At this time, Gan Ning said: "I have been thinking about it, since Jiangdong wants to unify the south, why can't we unify the south? If we destroy Jiangdong and unify the south, then we will have the capital to compete with Cao Cao."

Speaking of this, Gan Ning said with some embarrassment: "This is just my humble opinion."

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "General Gan's idea is good, but it's a bit difficult to realize! The Sun family has occupied Jiangdong for three generations, and its roots are deep, and its army is stronger than ours. Maybe we can defeat them, but It is impossible for us to completely destroy the Jiangdong regime, and this is exactly what Cao Cao hoped, and when the cranes and clams compete, he will also come to reap the benefits of the fisherman, so the plan made by the prefectural herdsman is to make peace with Jiangdong as the main line."

Seeing that Gan Ning was about to speak, Jia Xu waved his hands and smiled, "Our goal is peace, but there are many ways to achieve peace, and war is one of them. After the Chaisang War, didn't we achieve six years of peace? "

Xu Shu also sighed: "The military adviser is right. To fight against Sun Quan in the east, resist Cao Cao in the north, and expand the territory in the west. This is our national policy. War is just a means to realize this fundamental policy."

Gan Ning nodded silently, "I understand. There are two factions in Jiangdong. We want to attack the Nantong faction and fight for the Nanhe faction, so we must not be soft on Cheng Pu!"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and smiled, "General Gan is right. Zhou Mu had an order before he left. If Cheng Pu leads the troops here, General Gan can do whatever he wants!"

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The Yangtze River belongs to the sphere of influence of Jiangdong in the east of Chaisang, and belongs to the sphere of influence of Jingzhou in the west of Xiakou to Yiling. The section from Chaisang to Xiakou is Qichun County in the east and Jiangxia County in the west. The river domain, which is hundreds of miles long, should theoretically be owned by the two families.

However, since Wuchang, the prefecture of Jingzhou, is located in this sensitive river area, in order to ensure the safety of Wuchang, in the Jingwu Covenant reached by Sun Quan and Liu Jing, it was clearly stipulated that the warships of the Jiangdong Army could not sail through Qichun without the consent of the Jiangxia Army. county.

In other words, Cheng Pu sent three warships to leave Qichun County and head north without authorization, which has already violated the Jingwu Covenant.

Three thousand stone warships sailed northward with the southeast wind. At noon, they had already passed Wuchang County, but just as they were about to head towards Xiakou, a water force composed of thirty warships suddenly appeared in front of them. Army wings formation, approaching them head-on.

Thirty Jiangxia warships were moving fast, and soon surrounded the Jiangdong warships. The three Jiangdong warships immediately hoisted the war-free flag, and began to turn around slowly, furling their sails, which indicated that they had no intention of going north again, and were willing to Return to Qichun.

But Gan Ning sneered and gave the order, "Sink them!"

The Jiangxia water army besieged around the warships of the Jiangdong Army launched an attack. The talc was shot out by the stone cannons and hit the warships of the Jiangdong Army violently. Arrows rained down on the enemy ships from all sides.

Soon, the front warship was pierced through the hull, and a large amount of river water poured in, and began to sink slowly, while the other two warships also caught fire, and the soldiers jumped into the river one after another in fear and panic escape.

Only half an hour later, all three Jiangdong warships heading north sank into the Yangtze River, and nearly half of the Jiangdong soldiers were killed.