Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 71 United Jingzhou
"Plop!" Along with the sound of plopping, thousands of strong and strong men stripped off their whole bodies on the edge of a tributary of the Huaihe River, leaving only a pair of shorts to wrap their lower body "crucial points". This kind of underpants is also Zhao Feng's masterpiece: Save yourself the trouble of wrapping it with cloth strips.Then these people plunged into the river one by one.Although it was already autumn at this time, they were not very afraid of the severe cold, and they all swam to the other side with all their strength.

There were still a few people standing on the shore watching, and one of them was Liu Bei.Seeing that more than a thousand people are so much better at water than himself, Liu Bei was also very happy, and immediately asked: "Xingba, this Huaihe Navy can be used for battle now!" While speaking, the rest of the warships Under the mobilization of Lu Su, he is making an inspection tour.

"Exactly, my lord, with the current ten thousand sailors and Xuzhou's armored ships, even if we encounter the Jiangdong navy, Ning is confident that he will be able to fight!" Gan Ning on the right said confidently.

"It's all thanks to Zijing, Bo Tao still has Xingba!" Liu Bei was also determined, at this time Wenpin and Xu Sheng had returned to Yuzhou, and Lu Su and Gan Ning were in charge of the navy.Many of the second batch of graduates from Xuzhou University were also assigned to the navy.Of course, among this batch of graduates, Zhao Feng saw the names of some "celebrities".

"Zhang Nan, Feng Xi?" When he checked the list of graduates that day, these two names came into Zhao Feng's eyes.He knew that these two people were Liu Bei's confidantes, and died in Yiling like Fu Tong.In addition, Zhao Feng was even more surprised by the name of the most outstanding student in this year's graduates.

"Hao Zhao?" Zhao Feng purposely called this student to his camp that day to investigate carefully, and finally confirmed that this guy is that Taiyuan Hao Zhao, the super defensive expert who blocked Zhuge Liang in Chencang.After careful questioning, it was found out that this Hao Zhao was indeed from Taiyuan, and he came south with his family to take refuge in Jingzhou during the war in Bingzhou.Later, I heard that Xuzhou University was recruiting students, so I came to sign up.

"I think you are the most outstanding student in this class, so just be my personal guard for now!" Zhao Feng thought about it and arranged for him to take this position. Hao Zhao was naturally very grateful.Although Zhao Feng is now a miscellaneous general, unlike the Sizhen, Sizheng and Si'an generals who can have their own shogunate and so many subordinates, they can still have a military guard.As for Lu Hao, the original head of the guard, this kid was recently sent by Zhao Feng to the front line of the Yanzhou and Jizhou Yuan Cao battles. It is unknown what secret mission he will perform.

"My lord, since General Gan's navy is ready for a battle, we should also contact Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou. After all, if we want to use troops against Jiangdong, Xuzhou's army alone may not be able to do it!" Back in Xuzhou, Zhao Feng saw that the time was right, so Step forward to remonstrate.This is also a strategic plan he has proposed since Cao Cao implemented the second season of driving tigers and swallowing wolves: to unite Jingzhou and break through Jiangdong.

Zhao Feng was a standard Shuhan party in his previous life, and he never had a good impression of these Jiangdong rats who hid behind their backs all day and made small moves.Therefore, in order to avoid another tragedy like throwing Jingzhou and being stabbed in the back, Zhao Feng has been looking for opportunities to kill Jiangdong as soon as possible.The former poaching of Lu Su, and the recruitment of Gan Ning now are all out of this intention.It's just that I kept a secret and forgot to bring Zhuge Jin over.When he heard that Zhuge Jin pacified Jiaozhou, Zhao Feng was also very surprised.It was only later that I remembered that this old man was also a figure who was almost at the same level as Lu Xun in the late Soochow Wu period in history, but in the early days under the aura of Zhou Yu and others, he had limited room to play.Now Lu Su was fooled away by himself, but he was provided with a broader development platform.If he had done it earlier, relying on his life-saving grace to their family, it shouldn't be difficult.

As for how to deal with Jiangdong, according to Zhao Feng's idea, Liu Biao from Jingzhou should be involved anyway.After all, the strongest navy in Jiangdong is the Navy, and the only one in the world who can compete with Jiangdong Navy is the Jingxiang Navy.Considering that since the time of Sun Jian, Jiangdong and Jingzhou have been at odds with each other, it should not be difficult to persuade Liu Biao to send troops.After hearing this, Liu Bei felt more reasonable.Zhao Feng mentioned it again today, and Liu Bei also felt that it was time to send someone to contact Liu Biao, so he immediately asked, "Who is willing to go to Jingzhou and contact Brother Jing Sheng for me?"

"Sun Qian is willing to go!" Sun Qian, who is good at making missions, did his part. Now Liu Bei wrote a personal letter and handed it to Sun Qian, asking him to persuade Liu Biao to send troops together.So under the expectant eyes of Zhao Feng and Liu Bei, Sun Qian set off and rushed all the way from Yuzhou to Jingzhou.

A few days later, Liu Biao received Liu Bei's envoy Sun Qian in the State Shepherd's Mansion in Jiangling City, where the Jingzhou government was located. "Sun Gong came to Jingzhou this time, what's your business?" It seemed like an ordinary question, but he cleverly took the initiative of the words in his own hands. After all, Liu Biao's decades of officialdom were not in vain.

"It's not for anything else, it's just because the imperial court ordered General Zhao Feng to be the prefect of Nanyang, so I came here to ask Liu Jingzhou for an official position!" Sun Gan laughed.

"Hmph, let that thief Zhao Feng take office by himself. If I don't chop him into pieces and feed them to fish, I swear I won't be a human being!" Before Liu Biao could speak, Cai Mao on the side said viciously, then turned to Liu Biao and said, "My lord , Mao would like to personally raise an army, break through Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and bring Liu Bei and Zhao Feng's head!"

"Presumptuous!" Seeing Cai Mao's rudeness, Liu Biao was extremely upset, and immediately reprimanded him.In fact, although Cai Mao is rude, he is not so arrogant on weekdays.The reason was that Wei Yan beheaded his cousin Cai Zhong in Runan, and now he hated the entire Liu Bei Group.

"At present, I already have Cai Degui and Cai Dudu in Jingzhou as the prefect of Nanyang. With Xuande's arrangement, doesn't it mean that Degui should be dismissed from office?" Liu Biao said slowly, this reason is quite sufficient and can buy people's hearts.

But Sun Qian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, what's more, everyone in Xuzhou had already thought up their speech before coming, so he smiled and said: "My lord also thought about this, so there is a compromise strategy at the moment, please Liu Jingzhou adopt it."

Liu Biao was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help asking: "What good strategy does Xuande have?"

"My lord proposed that Nanyang can be replaced by another county and sent to General Zhao!" Sun Qian laughed.Liu Biao frowned slightly when he heard this, but Cai Mao and the others thought they understood Liu Bei's meaning: Maybe Liu Bei knew that Liu Biao would not give up easily in Nanyang's most important place, so he took a step back and proposed to change to another county in Jingzhou.

"I don't know which county Xuande wants to replace Nanyang with?" Liu Biao asked in his usual slow tone, but he was thinking in his heart: It's really not possible to just draw a few counties and gather a county.Didn't he think that Liu Bei is so easy to fool?
"Yuzhang, or Luling!" Sun Gan replied with a smile, his expression was so unpredictable.Everyone in Jingzhou was in an uproar when they heard the words, and even Kuai Yue, who was always known for his wisdom, frowned and said, "I'm afraid Liu Taiwei's words are difficult for a strong man. Both Luling and Yuzhang are under the rule of Jiangdong Sun Quan. How can it be?" said At this point, Kuai Yue seemed to understand what he wanted to do, but he kept silent, but looked at Sun Qian questioningly.

Sensing the meaning in Kuai Yue's eyes, Sun Qian no longer pretended to be mysterious, and immediately said seriously: "That's exactly the case. The former Sun Ce attacked me in Shouchun for no reason, and was lucky to be repelled by me. My lord knows that Jiangdong and I, Xuzhou, still exist." Jingzhou has a gnashing of teeth hatred, if it goes on like this, it will cause future troubles, so I intend to join forces with Liu Jingzhou to attack Jiangdong and divide the land equally!"

Silence, deathly silence.After listening to Sun Qian's words, everyone in Jingzhou was almost overwhelmed by the huge temptation of "dividing Jiangdong equally".After a while, Liu Biao said slowly, "Since that's the case, our army won't get much more than Luling in Yuzhou, and the two armies will use Poyang Lake as the boundary. I'll write a book and reply to Xuande!" Lai Bimo immediately wrote a reply on the spot, and then hosted a banquet in honor of Sun Qian.

After the banquet in the evening, Liu Biao arranged for Sun Qian to stay in the post house, and then called all his subordinates to discuss matters. "My lord, why did you agree to that big-eared thief?" Cai Mao hated Liu Bei deeply, and was also very puzzled by Liu Biao's agreement to join forces with Liu Bei to attack Jiangdong.

"Jiangdong has been harassing me in Jingxiang for a long time. If we don't get rid of it, it may become a serious disaster! What's more, the former fan Wen Zhongye went to Yuzhou, and Liu Bei also accepted it. Now if we stand by and watch Zhao Feng's incident, it will inevitably cause people to gossip." Liu Biao said slowly.Kuai Yue, who was at the side, frowned and said, "Since that's the case, why do you only want two counties, the six counties in Jiangdong, why don't you share them equally with Liu Bei?"

"I just want to get rid of a hidden danger, so two counties are enough! If there are more cities than Liu Xuande, he will work harder!" Liu Biao said indifferently.Kuai Yue's elder brother Kuai Liang was thoughtful, but he didn't say anything in the end.

After receiving Liu Biao's reply, Sun Qian returned to Xuzhou almost non-stop. Liu Bei was also overjoyed when he heard the news, and summoned Zhao Feng, Lu Su and others overnight to discuss how to attack Sun Quan.

"We have to take this place first!" Lu Su and Zhao Feng pointed to a spot on the map at the same time.This is the only city in Jiangdong on the north bank of the Yangtze River: Lujiang.Historically, the Lujiang River was originally divided into two by the Yangtze River, so Sun Quan and Cao Cao each occupied a part.Now this situation naturally does not exist. The entire Lujiang County belongs to Sun Quan, but it is still divided into two parts.Among them, Jiangbei is governed by Yangquan County, while Jiangnan is governed by Shucheng County.

"That's right!" Liu Bei thought it made sense at first glance, then looked at the generals under the tent, and asked, "I don't know who is willing to lead the army to attack Sun Quan in Jiangdong this time?"

"The last general is willing to go!" Almost all the generals volunteered.Liu Bei looked at it for a while, and finally stopped his gaze on Zhao Feng. "Bo Tao, are you willing to take on this important task?" Liu Bei asked in a deep voice.

"The last general is willing to go!" Zhao Feng also stepped forward and said with a surge of emotion.Liu Bei looked at the young man he had known for eight years, and nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)