Chapter 299: Dispatching Troops and Generals
After everyone agreed on the general plan, they began to discuss the details.
Nanlujiang will not touch it for the time being, but in name it must protest to Liu Biao, and even report to the emperor, accusing Liu Biao of exceeding his authority and Liu Xun's misdeeds.
If Liu Biao has envoys coming to visit, he will wait for a change and never take the initiative to turn against him.
After all, the Yangtze River is still dominated by the Jingzhou Navy. The Xuzhou Navy lacks large ships and needs time to build them. It will not be able to compete with the Jingzhou Navy in a short time.
Therefore, it is of great benefit to appease Liu Biao appropriately but not give a clear answer.
After all, Liu Biao may not want to break up with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei may not want to fight with Liu Biao in the same room.
But Liu Feng couldn't stand it, but he thought about breaking up with Liu Biao after pacifying Jiangdong, especially if he could blame the other party for breaking the covenant.
In fact, Liu Feng quite admired Liu Xun's brainless operations.
Since Liu Bei has arrived in Shouchun, he will naturally be stationed in Shouchun. At the same time, he can also supervise the autumn harvest in Jiangbei and prepare for the repair of Shaopei.
The main force crossing the river was naturally Liu Feng. After all, the largest legion in the entire Jiangbei was his subordinates.
The first priority is naturally Hefei. Heavy troops must be stationed here, and a general must be assigned.
Because this place is not only the shelter of Shouchun, but also the logistics center of the army crossing the Yangtze River. It is located in the core of Jiangbei, and can rescue all directions at any time. It is only seven or eight days away from Shucheng, and it can be reached at any time. Threatening Liu Xun's lair.
From Liu Feng's point of view, this important task must be done by his second uncle.
Liu Bei was convinced of this.
If the second uncle leaves, it would be best to take away all the troops from Beilujiang. After all, the military discipline of the Yellow Turbans, even the Runan Yellow Turbans, is just as bad.
Get up with the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou, and even if you fight to death, you can only take thirty steps and laugh at a hundred steps.
Besides, the barrier between the powerful nobles and the Yellow Turban Army is quite large. Due to a coincidence, the powerful nobles in Runan were unable to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, so they simply lived in peace for the time being.
This does not mean that the powerful nobles in Jiangbei can accept this. If the Runan Yellow Turbans are left to guard the Beilu River, Liu Bei might get up one day and receive news that the Beilu River has rebelled again.
At this time, Runan Yellow Turban boss Liu Pi was also in the hall, so he couldn't speak too clearly.
Fortunately, Liu Bei and the scribes in the hall were also smart people, and they understood Liu Feng's hints one after another.
The final decision was made, and Liu Feng led Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Xu Huang, Jia Kui, Gan Ning, Dong Xi, Xu Ding and other generals to cross the river.
Guan Yu led Zhang Liao, Guan Ping, He Man, and Zhang Peng with 19,000 troops to guard Hefei.
At the same time, Liu Bei's army will also begin to expand its army. The four generals, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, will also be expanded to the third battalion with 6,000 men. Each additional infantry camp with two to three thousand people was set up, under the jurisdiction of two to three captains, each leading a thousand people.
Zhou, Chiang, Gan, and Dong all expanded to a full battalion of 2,000 men.
These surrendered troops were all selected from the surrendered troops of the Yellow Turban Army and Yuan Shu's Army, and were scattered and organized.
At the same time, Jia Bin's troops and Xu Ding's troops were placed under the command of Jia Kui and organized into Liu Feng's personal guards, with a total of 6,000 people.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's troops were expanded to 8,000 men, and they were still mainly composed of Yuan Shu's troops and the Yellow Turban troops. Those who were insufficient could be recruited locally, and the Hussar General's Mansion would provide food, grass, money and ordnance supplies.
Because part of the army needed time to reorganize, Liu Feng was the first to cross the river, taking only Pan Zhang (6,000), Xu Sheng (6,000), Jia Kui (6,000), and Zhou Yu (four thousand) Gan Ning (one thousand and five) and Dong Xi (one thousand and five) six tribes, totaling 25,000 people.
Gan Ning, Dong Xi’s expanded 500 men are temporarily organized by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin. After the reorganization is completed, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin will immediately cross the river to reinforce. After all, there is plenty of water in the east of the river, and this is a navy army. A treasure trove of achievements.
The rest of the armies stayed in various places for expansion and training. Gao Shun's troops were still stationed in Guangling, responsible for the security of Xuzhou Jiangbei, and also served as front-line support.
Sun Xiang immediately went to Liyang to persuade Sun Ben to surrender. If Sun Ben refused to surrender, Liu Fengshun would be responsible for solving the problem.
Jian Yong and Liu Yan took office immediately and served as the prefects of Jiujiang and Lujiang counties respectively. They convened the county magistrates and magistrates in the region to issue administrative orders and ensure the autumn harvest.
Sun Qian rushed to Jiangdong first, and with the emperor's edict and the general's order, he informed Yangzhou Shepherd Liu Yao and Yangzhou officials and generals to welcome the Hussar General's army to cross the river, as well as the strategic deployment after crossing the river. .
Chen Deng, Du Ji, Lu Su, Jia Xi, Yuan Huan, Yuan Ba, Yuan Min, Du Xi, Zhao Yan, Fan Qin, Zhuge Jin, Bu Zhi, Wei Jing, Chen Duan, Qin Song , Yan Xiang and others joined the temporarily formed Shaopi Caozhong, specifically responsible for planning and leading the repair of the Shaopi water conservancy project.
Among them, Chen Deng, Du Ji, Jia Xi, Du Xi, Zhao Yan, Fan Qin, Bu Zhi, Wei Jing and others were still on their way to Shouchun.
Later, after stabilizing the situation and formulating a plan for repairing Shaopi, some of these people, such as Du Xi, Du Ji, Fan Qin, and Zhao Yan, may be assigned to various places in Jiangbei. The county serves as the county magistrate and county head.
While stabilizing the people and rectifying the officials, we mobilized private forces to cooperate with the government to promote the Shaopei repair plan.
Zhuge Jin may not have enough qualifications and reputation, but he is a talent brought by Liu Feng. He may find a small county to send him to be the county magistrate to brush up his qualifications and continue in the future. Promote by accumulating merit.
Zhuge Xuan's condition is getting better day by day, but at this time he is not in a hurry to go out and do work. Instead, he stays in Tancheng to study and make friends.
Zhuge Xuanhui became like this, and the two nephews played a decisive role in being highly regarded.
Compared to himself, his nephew obviously has a greater future and is undoubtedly more beneficial to the family.
Besides, the current situation is quite embarrassing. It is better to retreat than to advance. Zhuge Xuan's choice is actually quite smart.
After Liu Bei's consideration, he also ordered Zhang Fei to return to Xiapi after Tian Yu returned to the Pei Kingdom. He took over from Xiahou Bo and went to Dongguan. He temporarily served as the prefect of Dongguan and joined the troops left by Chen Deng. Guard Langya.
After all, for Liu Bei, Xiahou Bo was not prestigious enough to take charge of Xuzhou, so it was most appropriate for Zhang Fei to return to Tancheng and take charge. At the same time, Chen Dao's troops will also go south again after Tian Yu arrives in Pei State, heading to Beilujiang to sit on standby.
After leaving the hall, Liu Feng invited Liu Bei to the study room in the backyard, and ordered Xu Chu to personally guard the outside, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering.
Liu Feng looked nervous and cautious, which made Liu Bei a little funny.
Your father and I have never seen any big storms. What is it that deserves to be so careful?
Liu Bei complained in his heart, but he did not stop him. Instead, he allowed Liu Feng to operate.
After Xu Chufeng stood at the door of the small courtyard, Liu Feng quietly took out a small black box from a secret compartment beside the bed, carefully brought it to Liu Bei, and placed it on the table in front of him.
"What is this?"
Liu Bei looked at the small black box curiously and asked in a teasing tone: "Is this thing worthy of your labor and effort?"
Liu Feng sneered in his heart, Waiting for the box to be opened, I'll see if Dad you can still maintain your current calm demeanor.
Liu Feng carefully opened the buckle of the black box, and then slowly opened it in front of Liu Bei, revealing a small seal inside.
Liu Bei looked at it carefully and confirmed that it was a seal. He laughed and said, "As a father, you thought it was a treasure. It turned out to be just a seal. Looking at your cautious appearance, it is still a treasure for me as a father." I thought it was a national jade..."
Liu Bei suddenly got stuck, his smile froze on his face, his body involuntarily bent down, he stretched out his hands and gently pinched the seal like holding a jade, and then faced the seal to himself.
Immediately, Liu Bei's pupils continued to dilate, obviously being greatly stimulated.
"This, this...this...?"
Liu Bei looked at his eldest son as if asking for help, his hands holding the jade seal of the country seemed to be petrified and he didn't dare There was no movement at all.
The big boy nodded firmly to Liu Bei.
Just now he was laughing at my fuss, but now I just wish I didn't have a mirror for my dad to take a look at and see how ridiculous he looks now.
"Is this genuine?"
Liu Bei only felt that his throat was dry, and no matter how hard he swallowed, it didn't work, as if it was burned, so that his voice was a little hoarse.
Liu Feng had made up his mind to watch his dad's joke, he just stood there and nodded: "It must be the real thing!"
Liu Bei has experienced many storms, but it has never been like this. nervous.
Even when he was defeated and seriously injured during the crusade against Youbei Zhang Chun, he could only hide in a pile of dead people and pretend to be dead, surrounded by Zhang Chun's soldiers. His heartbeat at that time was not as strong as it is now.
Liu Bei carefully put the jade seal back into the box, closed the lid, and then breathed a long sigh of relief.
Then he looked at Liu Feng with a complicated expression and asked, "How come this thing is in your hands?" Liu Feng blinked, his father was so frightened.
Didn’t you tell Yuan Shu that Yuan Shu secretly hid the imperial seal before attacking him?
Where could this thing come from? It was naturally from Yuan Shu.
Looking at his son's strange eyes, Liu Bei also woke up at this time and knew that he had asked a stupid question and made his son laugh.
However, Liu Bei couldn't care less about arguing with Liu Feng at this time. He pressed the box with both hands, pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision: "This thing cannot be possessed by other ministers. Yuan Gongli is the one who can possess it." A lesson learned from the past. I will present this thing to the Emperor."
Liu Feng blinked, his father was really willing to give it up.
But yes, at least before Changbanpo went dark, Liu Bei was quite loyal. Even if Changbanpo becomes dark, it will only become more scheming, and it will not start robbing and killing without a bottom line.
Now that things are going smoothly, and there is no longer a harsh beating from society, my father's loyalty and patriotism have become stronger again.
"Okay, okay."
Liu Bei said excitedly: "Now that the imperial seal has been recovered, this destiny belongs to the Han Dynasty, and the great Han Dynasty will surely rise again!"
Liu Feng was a little speechless, but since dad wanted to give it away, then let him give it away. Anyway, whether to give it away or not is just a matter of words.
When the time comes, I will send him to Luozhong together with Yuan Shu, which will make the little emperor happy and show my father's loyalty to the world.
"In this case, I will give this thing to my father."
Liu Feng said jokingly: "You have to keep it well. If it is lost, I won't be able to find a second one for you."
Liu Bei glared at Liu Feng fiercely. His big boy was getting smaller and smaller in front of him.
Although it was somewhat inconsistent with etiquette, Liu Bei felt very sad in his heart. Whose son could be so promising, so filial, and so close to his father?
After a while, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart, and thought that once the jade seal was handed over, he would never see it again.
So, he gently opened the black box, took out the jade seal, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. Especially the eight words "Ordered by Heaven" and "Longevity and Longevity" seem to have a magical power that makes people fascinated.
Fortunately, Liu Bei was quite determined. After playing with it for a while, he put it back again.
"Well, then leave me alone. I will report to the court and inform the emperor that the imperial seal has been lost and recovered."
Liu Bei nodded and acknowledged Liu Feng's opinion: "Do you still have it? Hiding other things from your father?"
Liu Feng's eyes widened, his father actually learned to beat himself up.
The conscience of heaven and earth, he was so drunk yesterday, how dare I hand over the imperial seal to him.
Liu Feng quickly shook his head: "No more."
Liu Bei snorted coldly: "You said there is no more, so what happened to Shaopi Cao?"
< br>Liu Feng suddenly realized that the person his father was asking about was actually Shaopi Cao. He hurriedly explained his judgment and plan in detail.
In fact, this matter was originally supposed to be explained to Liu Bei. He was about to cross the river, and Liu Bei was not allowed to make a decisive push for matters in Jiangbei.
It's just that this is a big matter that can't be explained clearly in a short time, so he is not in a hurry.
Now it seems that my father is worried.
Liu Feng simply sat down and told the story exactly as it was.
Liu Bei listened very carefully, frowning several times, but did not interrupt Liu Feng.
It wasn't until Liu Feng finished speaking that he asked: "Is the drought really going to be so serious next year?"
There was no way Liu Feng could back down at this time, so he immediately patted his chest and promised: "It's quite serious. More than half of the areas in the two counties of Jiangbei may have no harvest."
There are still Shaopei, Huaihe and Feishui around Shouchun. He Xianshui has developed water conservancy, abundant water, and some harvests.
But in inland areas, especially hilly areas lacking large-flow rivers, you really can’t expect a harvest.
"Then what effect can this peony have?"
Liu Bei frowned even more tightly, and he shuddered when he thought about the consequences of a failed harvest.
How many people would starve to death, and how many civilian families would be sold into slavery.
Liu Feng made a rough calculation in his mind: "I am afraid that only 10% of the drought this time, and at most 20% of the land can have a harvest, but there will still be a reduction in production. The remaining 70 to 80% of the land will inevitably have no harvest. If the Shapi water conservancy system is completely restored, the situation will be completely different."
Liu Bei perked up and asked enthusiastically: "Oh? What would be different?"
“After the restoration of Shaopi, at least 60% of the land in the two counties of Jiangbei has become irrigated land, and water can be diverted directly from the Huaihe River for irrigation. The yield of many dry lands has even increased instead of falling. In this way In the future, most of the land in North Jiujiang and Beilujiang will not be affected by drought."
Liu Feng became more and more excited as he spoke: "If we can gain experience in the Shaipi renovation project, then Next, we can rely on the Yangtze River and the Yellow River to carry out large-scale water conservancy projects to connect the entire south of Henan and the north of the Yangtze River. The annual grain tribute may be more than three million dan. "
Liu Feng is not talking nonsense at all. This is the future achievement of Deng Ai's farming in Wei.
Relying on the national power of the Wei State, he connected Huainan and Huaibei into one, and vigorously cultivated fields. He earned more than 3 million shi of grain per year. In 67 years, he accumulated 30 million hu of dendrobium, equivalent to 20 million shi of grain.
Compared with those in other places, the farmers here in Deng Ai live a relatively better life.
Although Deng Ai was not very considerate of the soldiers, he was relatively kind to the farmers.
This may sound a bit contradictory, but it actually has its own internal reasons.
To Deng Ai, soldiers were consumables for making achievements, while farm households were cattle and sheep that produced food for Deng Ai.
Of course consumables do not require sympathy. How can we make meritorious deeds if we are sympathetic?
Of course the cattle and sheep must be taken good care of, otherwise how can they continue to provide you with a steady stream of fish?
Liu Feng knew how successful Deng Ai's farming was in history, which directly improved the national power of Wei by a large amount. More importantly, the large amount of food and population completely overturned the Jiangdong and Comparison of strength between Hefei theaters.
It turns out that everyone is equal. The Soochow army transported grain from Jiangdong, while the Hefei Wei army transported grain from Henan.
But now the Wei army in Hefei can just transport grain directly from Shouchun, and Shouchun also produces a large amount of grain.
This is tantamount to slapping the base in someone else's face. From then on, Soochow was no longer capable of defeating the Hefei Military Region, so that in the later stages, the Wei army once voluntarily abandoned Hefei, and Soochow did not I dare to occupy it because I really can’t afford it.
Soochow has put too many troops in Hefei, and the logistics cannot keep up. No matter how many people are on the front line, they will lose their lives.
Soochow has put fewer troops in Hefei. The Wei army in Shouchun waited for you to leave and came directly to collect the heads. This is equivalent to giving a gift.
It can be seen that as long as the water conservancy projects in the Central Plains area are well done and there are enough manpower, the various outputs are quite amazing, and Jiangdong, the land of plenty in later generations, will still be completely unable to compete.
This is why Liu Feng insists on gathering the population no matter how difficult it is. This is not only because Liu Bei and his son are kind-hearted, sympathize with the people, and want to save the people from poverty.
At the same time, it was also because only Liu Feng knew that the Han Dynasty was about to enter the stage of population stock game.
The remaining population in each state is seriously insufficient, and the land is beginning to become surplus.
Liu Bei shook his head frequently, feeling a little unbelievable.
This is what Liu Feng told him. If it were someone else, he would definitely think that the other person was talking nonsense.
Liu Feng continued: "Father, the construction of water conservancy is an act of accumulation and accumulation. Now as long as we capture the south of the Yangtze River, the map I drew to my father the year before last to occupy the southeast and wait for the changes in the world has been overfulfilled."
< br>It is true that the quota is exceeded. The three counties of Rencheng, Lu State and Runan are indeed not within the original imagination.
I was even worried about the reaction of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and wanted to give up.
But later, he and Cao Cao turned enemies into friends, and formed an alliance to go to Luo to welcome the emperor, and then Yuzhou and Sizhou were peacefully divided.
(End of this chapter)