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After the news of Li Mu's encounter with the assassin spread, Lu Meng was even more puzzled.If Li Mu was assassinated in the room at that time, but he clearly saw Zhou Yu coming out of Li Mu's room, how did the assassin escape?

When the assassin was detained by him at the gate of the county mansion by accident, he didn't just catch him obediently. Although his skills were good, he was sure that Zhou Yu could take him down even if he was drunk.

That night, Li Mu summoned Gan Ning to the county mansion for the first meeting since she arrived in Jiangxia.

Gan Ning, Zhou Yu, and Lu Meng were old acquaintances, although they had some quarrels with Cheng Pu, they didn't have any major conflicts. Although they didn't know Zhang Liao, but seeing that he and Lu Meng had a good conversation, they bowed their hands politely.Seeing Xu Shu still in the hall, he was slightly taken aback and glanced at Li Mu.

Xu Shu sent Huang Yueying here, and he just regarded it as an ordinary member of the Huang clan.And he always felt that the relationship between Li Mu and Huang Yueying was very close. Seeing Xu Shu appearing here, he subconsciously thought that it was because of Huang Yueying's relationship.

"Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu, and the army hadn't returned yet. Yuan Shu suddenly raised troops in Qingzhou. He led his own chariot and rode a general, saying that Yuan Tan was plotting to assassinate his father, and Yuan Shao was dead. Therefore, he supported Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, as the leader." Li Mu saw everyone. When they are all here, save the politeness, and just cut straight to the point and break out the most amazing news that Zhou Yu brought back.

The transmission of news in this era is really too slow. If Zhou Yu hadn’t intercepted the letters between Yuan Shang and Yuan Shu outside Yecheng, and immediately rushed back day and night, the news of Yuan’s internal turmoil reached Jiangxia, at least after the beginning of spring. up.

Li Mu paused for a moment to give everyone some time to digest the news, and then asked: "I want to send troops to help Cao Pingyuan, but I don't know if it's feasible in your opinion?"

She has been Sun Quan for a long time, she has been in his position for a long time, in charge of military equipment, money and food, went out several times, discussed the situation before the army, asked a question, and glanced at her, she has a sense of majesty.

Zhou Yu sat on the first seat on her left, met her eyes, unconsciously raised the corners of his lips, and nodded towards her almost imperceptibly.

Cao Jun and Jiangdong are indeed separated by the Yangtze River from the north to the south, but compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao is in the south and Yuan Shao is in the north.Everyone here, except for Xu Shu, are all generals who are well versed in the formation and fighting on the battlefield. They all know that it is impossible to cross Cao Cao and fight Yuan Shao in terms of geographical location. Such a geographical location helps Cao Ping and Yuan Shao. , It means that their soldiers and horses will pass through Cao Cao's hinterland, and join forces with Cao Jun to attack Yuan Shao.

With Cao Cao's suspicious character, he would be worried that this is a false plan to attack Guo. If they want to take the opportunity to encroach on the territory north of the Yangtze River, they will probably not accept Jiangdong's proposal.But if Cao Cao hadn't taken advantage of the victory and wiped out the Yuan family in one go, he would have countless heroes and righteous men under his command, and in the future it would become another big hidden danger.And with his current strength, even if Guandu wins and Yuan Jun is in chaos, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. If he wants to swallow the Yuan family completely, he will have no time to look south for a while. Opportunity, Liu Biao of Jingzhou alone.

Then the next situation will become Cao Cao chasing Yuan Shi with all his strength, while Jiangdong and Jingzhou confront each other. The two will fight on their own without interfering with each other. Come on.

Therefore, Li Mu asked about sending troops to assist Cao, but he was actually testing everyone's attitude towards sending troops to Jingzhou.The covenant of Sun Cao's marriage comes first, and it is naturally most appropriate to send troops in the name of assisting Cao.

However, Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue the Yuan, while Jiangdong and Jingzhou were fighting, so the downstream faced the upstream, and there was no geographical advantage.

Should we train our soldiers and horses first, hoard food and grass, and then go to Jingzhou after Cao Cao pacifies Yuan, and then fight against Chibi as in history, or take the initiative to send troops to Jingzhou when Cao Cao has no time to look south?

The civil servants and military generals in Jiangdong, regardless of factions, have always had the attitude towards wars that civil servants dominate, recuperate, and military generals invite battles, open up territories, and have clear barriers.

But there are all military generals here, so naturally one faction is asking for a fight, and they have the same opinion, but there is a dispute over whether to send troops directly out of Nanjun, or to detour from Changsha.

Lu Meng and Gan Ning both wanted to take Nanjun first, and Changsha prefect Su and Liu Biao were at odds. When Gan Ning and Zhou Yu broke Jiangxia last time, Liu Biao ordered him to send troops to rescue him, but he refused to do so.Therefore, they advocate sending lobbyists to Changsha to persuade them to surrender, and put all their troops in Nanjun. Once Nanjun is broken, all parts of Jingzhou will surrender in anticipation.But Cheng Pu was mature and prudent, but he believed that the city of Nanjun was strong and could not be broken overnight, and it was very likely that he would not be able to succeed before Cao Cao pacified Yuan.

The three insisted on their own opinions and argued endlessly.Zhang Liao glanced at Zhou Yu, and then glanced at Li Mu, and saw the two sitting side by side, one in front of the other, but they were so close that their clothes and wide sleeves overlapped at one corner. got together.

The rivalry between Zhou Yu and Li Mu is well known throughout the world.But he knew better that Zhou Yu was originally dissatisfied with his intention to vote for Liu Bei. Although he never treated him lightly, he transferred all his cavalry under the command of Gao Shun.But after Li Mu entrusted him with the full power to defend the city in Xiapi, Zhou Yu's attitude towards him was completely different.The surprise attack on Shouchun last time, and this time when the soldiers arrived in Yecheng, they all made great achievements. Not only did they use him as the vanguard, but they also handed over the command of the cavalry to him again, and even let him join the Jiangdong army. He picked out the elite from among the cavalry and added them to the cavalry, all of which were drilled by him.

With his careful thoughts, he vaguely guessed what the "discord" between the two was about.But now, just as Li Mu raised his hand to Xu Shu and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Yuan Zhi?" Before he could say anything, Zhou Yu's eyes fell on Xu Shu following her voice in a very tacit understanding.Zhang Liao could see clearly, and even more clearly in his heart.

Xu Shu was called by her name, stood up and bowed to her first: "The situation laid out by the public in Yuan Jun has been completed, why can't we wait for the changes in Jingzhou?"

Sending Yuan Shu back to Yuan Jun to seek refuge with Yuan Shao, and sending Liu Bei to Jingzhou to seek refuge with Liu Biao are actually the same.Yuan Shao wanted to abolish the elder and establish the younger, causing the two sons to fight, so why not Liu Biao?

Li Mu wanted to use Yuan Shu to make Yuan Shao's messy family affairs even more messy. When he helped Liu Bei go to Jingzhou, he really had the same idea.Zhou Yu knew her plan a long time ago, and the elite soldiers who "escorted" Liu Bei along the way were not only scouts sending back and forth news about the military situation, but also looked for opportunities to approach Liu Biao's two sons after entering Jingzhou.

Just like what Xu Shu said, Yuan Junnei is now almost as Li Mu expected, and it has become a mess, which also catalyzed the speed of Yuan Shao's defeat in Guandu, while Liu Bei has not made much movement in Jingzhou.

If Jingzhou is also in chaos, then they will undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort if they send troops again.

As soon as this remark came out, Gan Ning, who watched Liu Bei drive into Jingzhou, also realized that he looked at this "Huang Clan member" differently.However, he also saw the risk in Xu Shu's proposal at a glance: "If Jingzhou slows down at the speed of Cao Jun's victory, wouldn't we have missed a good opportunity?"

Xu Shu smiled slightly, turned around and clasped his fists to Gan Ning again: "Liu Biao seems to be the lord of Jingzhou, but in fact, the Cai family is in charge of the army, and the Kuai family is in charge of the government. If there is a war, these two families can take advantage of the situation to control the military and financial resources of the entire Jingzhou. Liu Biao spent more than ten years supporting the Pang and Huang families to hold the power in his hands. Now that Liu Xuande enters Jingzhou, it actually gives Liu Biao a chance to check and balance the Cai and Kuai families. To change Jingzhou, only Wu Cheng Hou is the commander, and the general displays the water army at Xiakou. Liu Biao will surely use Guan Yu and Cai Mao to lead the water army to resist. Liu Bei was left alone in Xiangyang, and together with his son Liu Qi, Kuaiyue was in charge of military rations, which not only restrained the generals, but also weakened the influence of Cai and Kuai in the army through the war. Liu Bei stayed in Xiangyang alone, and had contact with military rations and political affairs. How can there be no chaos?"

"At this time, it is better to be quiet and not to move. You can deploy troops instead of fighting. If you wait for the chaos for a lifetime, the army's morale will be unstable, and it will be time to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Why worry about being later than Cao Cao?"

Gan Ning himself came from Jingzhou, and after listening to his few words, he analyzed the relationship between Liu Biao and several powerful families in Jingzhou clearly.At the beginning, Li Mu took advantage of the trebuchet to destroy the city of Xiling in one go. In fact, the morale of Jiangxia's navy was demoralized by the trebuchet in that battle, and they did not exert their full combat power at all.Even dozens of large ships with a thousand stones moored in the Jiangxia Water Village did not have time to sail into the river mouth. The gate of Xiling was broken, Huang Zu gave the head, Huang She fled north, and Jiangxia's army surrendered.

Gan Ning was born in the water, and he has long been fascinated by these dozens of large ships. It's just that in the past year, Jiang Xia and Jingzhou's main forces have confronted each other. .

A word of war, most of the generals in the hall, immediately gearing up, Gan Ning quickly took out the map, spread it out, and discussed with Zhou Yu the location of the water village and the route to send troops, and Lu Meng also came over to see where the cavalry should go Which way is walking with the navy, and then because of who is playing the forward, he is fighting with the veteran Cheng Pu, and the original calmness that only appeared on his body is swept away.

Li Mu let out a long sigh of relief, got up slowly, and withdrew from the general-style discussion of slapping the table, staring and rolling up his sleeves, leaving them to fight.

In terms of strategy, she is far inferior to Zhou Yu and Xu Shu, and in terms of pre-military tactics, she is even less comparable to Gan Ning, Lu Meng, and Zhang Liao. But after at least 800 years of precipitation, history books are green, and there are different opinions. Her vision is long-term. Judging the future structure of the world is beyond the reach of people in this era.

The Battle of Guandu, the surrender of Cao Cao in Jingzhou, the march of Cao soldiers to the south, and the fire in Chibi, this series of events is like an unstoppable huge axle, Li Mu's small actions are not worth mentioning in front of it.And because of this, she was able to make the best preparations in advance for this battle that has been passed down through the ages.

When the news of Li Mu's assassination reached Xudu, Xun Yu was burying himself in arranging a group of soldiers captured by Yuan Jun who had been captured in the Guandu Battle.Yuan Shao was defeated, and the spoils Cao Cao obtained in this battle quickly alleviated the shortage of food in Xudu.However, a large number of surrendered soldiers also needed to eat, and all the places in Hebei were thrown under Cao Ying, and the people in each city needed to be appeased.Calculated in this way, these seized food supplies are actually not enough at all.

However, as soon as this military report arrived, he immediately put down half of the taxes and food from various places.

"Tie the goose fish lantern and Linzhi gold in the library on colorful silk, send them to Jiangxia, and discuss the wedding date with Wu Chenghou." Incense was burned on the desk, and light smoke curled up, enveloping his clear face in it, like a A layer of tulle fell, and it swayed gently with his words and deeds, "Send this army report to Sikong, and ask Sikong to set Sun Cao's wedding date."

The goose fish-shaped lamp holder inlaid with gold and jade, plus two full boxes of Linzhi gold.In Jiangdong, both Sun Shao and Sun Quan are enfeoffed as marquises, and they offer wine to the emperor of Han in August every year as required, and use gold as a sacrifice.In today's troubled times, no one continues to follow this old rule, but last year, Jiang Dong sent two boxes of gold to Xudu neatly, following the minister's etiquette, which caused a great commotion.Now he sent the gold back, and added a priceless golden lantern, which was regarded as the name of the emperor to appease his shock of being assassinated, and the colorful silk was the dowry of Cao Cao's daughter.

When Cao Cao read this letter, whether it was discussing relatives or comforting him, everything had subsided.It not only shows that Cao Cao's intention to marry has not changed, and the assassination has nothing to do with Xu Du, but also uses this as a name to keep people from talking.