"Brother, the military advisor is right. Taking Jiangdong south is indeed the best choice for our army!" I stepped out and said loudly, "With Sun Quan's internal and external troubles, if he did not take it, it would only miss the opportunity and delay the development of our army. The six counties in Jiangdong are vast and rich in land and the people are quite rich. If they can occupy the foundation of our army, it will be enough to compete with the Cao bandits, and the elder brother's great cause can also be achieved. I agree with the military advisor's view!"

"Brother, the third brother and the military advisor to go to Jiangdong in the south, and I think it's quite reasonable!" The second brother pondered for a moment and also echoed.

After hearing what we said, the elder brother concentrated and closed his eyes for a while and thought, without saying anything. After a while, the elder brother suddenly raised his head, and a decisive light flashed in his eyes, and said with a high voice: "According to the military advisor's opinion, our army first aims at Jiangdong, and then decides with Cao Zhe after he is sufficient."

After a pause, the eldest brother continued: "Military advisor, the proposal to take Jiangdong has been decided, but what should our army do? Please ask the military advisor to make it clear!"

Seeing that his strategic intentions had been accepted, Xu Shu just smiled faintly and said slowly: "Lord, if you want to take Jiangdong, you need to do more."

"What is a multi-pronged approach?" the eldest brother asked with great enthusiasm.

"One of them is to cultivate the government. The key to military forces is to gain the masses. Those who gain the masses are good governance. Those who are good at governing are polite and eliminate the harm of the people. Therefore, if the government is good at internal affairs, the military will be stronger than the outside. They will open up land and grow valleys, enrich the people with abundant rewards and punishments, and make promises; if the people will be happy to die as the lord, and will be happy to die as the lord. One county in Shouchun, Linhuai and Ying, irrigate the fertile fields for a thousand miles. If you can diligently practice government affairs, gather refugees, be good at pioneering wasteland, farming with water and land, and use real military resources to support 50,000 troops. Only when the people are at peace and have enough money and food can they respond to the advancement of the army. In terms of government affairs, Sun, Jian, Chen, and Mi are the lords who are in charge of the lord, it is no problem!"

"The second is called the cultivation of troops. As the saying goes, "southern ships, north horses," the battles in the south are different from those in the northern part of the Central Plains. The battles in the northern part of the Central Plains focus on infantry battles, horse battles, and rivers and lakes in the south are crisscrossing, and water battles are even more important. To take Jiangdong, the Yangtze River trench is the first obstacle our army faces, and the Jiangdong Navy is an invincible force except the Jingzhou Navy. In our army, half of the soldiers are not water-free and rashly advance south, and I am afraid that even the Yangtze River may not be able to pass through it.

. Therefore, we must first train a naval army that is sufficient to compete with Jiangdong. Only in this way can the rest of the cavalry and infantry cross the river safely and capture cities and counties. The lord will not have to worry about training the naval army. Gan Ning, a captain of the Dianjun, is very good at fighting in the water, and his Jinfan soldiers are invincible across the Yangtze River. It’s a pity that there are too few soldiers. If we can use the Jinfan soldiers team and Ganning as the commander, we can form our naval army in less than a few months, we will be able to compete with the Jiangdong naval army."

"The third is to make aid. Our army must advance south to Jiangdong and defend Cao Cao from the north. If there is no support, it may be difficult to accomplish things. As mentioned earlier, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Ma Teng in Xiliang, and Yuan family in Hebei can all become the targets of our army's aid. But things need to be divided into urgent matters - it is better to make friends with Liu Biao early than late, for two reasons: one is that there are six counties in Jiangdong, Jiujiang, Danyang, Lujiang, Kuaiji, Yuzhang, and Wu. It is difficult to defeat the six counties in Jiangdong with the strength of our Shouchun county.

But if Liu Jingsheng, who was a hero who was in charge of the nine counties of Jingxiang, could be difficult for Sun Quan to take care of both the front and tail. Furthermore, Jingzhou is rich in land and the people are abundant, and there is enough money and food. If he can form an alliance with Liu Biao, he can buy food and grass from him to solve the problem of insufficient food in our army. If he makes aid with Ma Teng and Yuan family, he can wait for a moment. Ma Tengzheng fought fiercely with Cao's army, and the Yuan family retreated to Jizhou. He needs to wait for their situation to be calm and then send someone to contact him."

"Military advisor, Ma Shoucheng (Ma Teng) may conquer Chang'an and defeat Cao's thief?" Listening to Xu Shu's orderly and detailed analysis, the elder brother nodded sometimes, sometimes closed his eyes to ponder, but the joy on his face became stronger and stronger. When he heard Xu Shu's statement about the battle between Ma Teng and Cao Cao, he couldn't help but ask.

"Master, I'm afraid it can't!" Xu Shu shook his head and said, "Captaining Chang'an is the limit of Ma Teng's army. Even if he captures Chang'an, Ma Teng is unable to continue advancing eastward. As I expected, Cao Cao will first dispatch his troops to defend the natural danger of Tongguan to death, and then lead the army to fight with Ma Teng. Although Ma Teng and the Xiliang army are brave and good at fighting, their wisdom and strategy are probably far from Cao Cao, and they will inevitably be counted by Cao Cao and cannot escape the defeat. But the lord does not need to worry. Even if the Xiliang army is defeated, it will not be damaged or damaged. As long as Ma Teng does not die, the Xiliang army can still be in a stalemate with Cao Cao."

Hearing Xu Shu that Ma Teng could not defeat Cao Cao, although the elder brother showed a faint look of disappointment on his face, he also knew that Xu Shu was very reasonable, so he nodded silently and said, "Military advisor, what else should I do besides the above three strategies?"

"The fourth is to plan an enemy. The military is a trick. Therefore, it is necessary to show it that it cannot be used, it is used to show it that it does not use it, it is near to show it that it is far away, it is far away, it is far away, it is far away, it is prepared for it, it is strong to avoid it, it is angry and tampered with it, it is humble and arrogant, it is idle and labored, it is close to it, it is close to it. If you want to take Jiangdong, in addition to external force attack and pressure, it is necessary to design the relationship between the Jiangdong gentry and the Sun clan, doubt its heart and confuse its faith. The more chaotic the Jiangdong internal, it is more beneficial to me. In the future, our army crosses the Yangtze River and attacks Jiangdong, if we get the help of the Jiangdong gentry, it will be twice the result with half the effort." After saying that, Xu Shu gave a tribute to his elder brother, "This is the four strategies for Xu Shu taking Jiangdong. Please correct me with your lord!"

Until this time, no one in the entire chamber had any doubts about Xu Shu's talent, and they all looked at the young military advisor in his 20s with a respectful look.

"Okay!" The elder brother patted the cases in front of him, stood up, and laughed and said, "With a military advisor's multi-pronged approach, our army will be able to successfully take down Jiangdong! In this way, we will act according to the military advisor's strategy!"

"Gongyou, Xianhe, Xiaoqi, Zizhong, Zifang, I will ask you for the government affairs of Shouchun County! I hope you can recruit more refugees, reclaim more wasteland, and restore Shouchun's past prosperity as soon as possible. This matter is related to the life and death of our army!" The eldest brother restrained his smile and said seriously.

"I dare not let my lord down on my high expectations!" Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Chen Zhen, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang came out at the same time and responded in unison.

"Yeah!" The elder brother nodded, and then said to Jian Yong alone: ​​"Xianhe, you still need to worry about your recent trip to Jingzhou to mediate the alliance with Liu Jingsheng. Xianhe can discuss the details of the mission with the military advisor!"

"Yes, Jian Yong takes the order!"

"Zi Zhong, please do your best to collect information from all over the world, especially Hebei, Xiliang and Jiangdong. If there is any disturbance, I will repay it immediately!" Then the elder brother instructed Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu, the Jin Cao, is not only responsible for managing money, grain, salt and iron, but also shoulders an important mission - to use the extensive connections of the Mi Family Chamber of Commerce to collect information from all over the country.

"Mi Zhu takes the order!"

"Military advisor, if you plan for Jiangdong, you can only leave it to you to do it in person!"

"Xu Shu dares not obey orders!"

After arranging three of the "Four Strategies" proposed by Xu Shu, the eldest brother seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Then he turned to look at his second brother and me, and asked, "Chang Yun, Yide! What do you think should be arranged for the formation of a navy army and train soldiers as the military advisor said? "

"You can select soldiers who are familiar with water from the army to form another battalion of naval troops, and use Gan Ning to lead this battalion, and practice hard!" The second brother gently stroked his long beard under his chin and said in a deep voice.

"My second brother's words are exactly what I want. But I still have some ideas!" After a moment of contemplation, I continued to say: "Brother, can we divide our army into two parts. One is the main horse and infantry, and we are still stationed in Shouchun, practicing cavalry and infantry to prevent Cao Cao. The other part is stationed in Hefei, mainly water and infantry, and practicing water battles to meet the future use of going south to Jiangdong. Hefei is suitable for training the navy. In addition, in addition to being selected from our army, the soldiers of this navy can also recruit those water heroes (actually water thieves) who are still scattered among the people to surrender. If they have their help, our navy will be able to double the combat effectiveness."

After frowned for a moment, the elder brother nodded and said, "Yi De's words are reasonable. Chief Yun, Military Advisor, what do you think?"

The second brother thought about it and said concisely: "It's feasible!"

Xu Shu also said: "The general's proposal is very suitable for me!"

"Since that's the case, we will act according to Yide's advice. The specific decision will be made to Yun Chang, Yide and the military advisor after discussing it together." The eldest brother said loudly.

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On February 17, the sixth year of Jian'an, Jian Yong, under the escort of Lin Bao and 40 Fengqi battalion cavalry, went on a mission to Jingzhou to mediate the alliance between our army and Liu Biao. With the common enemy, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, the elder brother and Liu Biao, our army is not weak, and with Jian Yong's outstanding eloquence, these favorable conditions make people reason to believe that reaching an alliance should be no problem.

It was also on this day that a military horse that was about to be deployed to Hefei was basically selected - in the selection of more than 15,000 soldiers (there were about 21,000 horse and infantry soldiers in Shouchun City, including the fourth battalions of tiger spear, bear spear, wolf teeth and wind cavalry, and the 1,800 cavalry and Cao army cavalry who had just surrendered, more than 3,000 soldiers were selected, plus the third battalions of tiger, bear, and wolf, a total of 6,000 people were selected, and they were preparing to guard Hefei.

But in this way, with the original 1,300 troops in Hefei, the total garrison in Hefei exceeded 7,000. Military horses of this size are no longer the command of Gan Ning's military responsibilities.
Chapter completed!