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The Cao army has been moving south for more than two months, but a long confrontation often makes people feel illusioned. It seems that the war situation will continue like this forever, but the facts have proved that it is impossible. After fifty days of training, Cao Cao issued an order to the Eastern Expedition.

In the lobby of Jiangling's temporary prime minister's mansion, Cao Cao was wearing armor, a golden crown on his head, and a sword on his waist, and was arranging the plan for the Eastern Expedition to dozens of generals and more than a dozen strategists.

In the middle of the lobby was a one-meter-high wooden frame with a detailed map of Jingzhou hanging on it. Cao Cao had already drawn the marching line with red and blue strokes on the map. He slowly said to everyone: "Before I talk about the plan, I will first reward General Yu Jin and General Zang Ba."

Yu Jin and Zang Ba immediately stood up and bowed. Cao Cao laughed and said, "The two generals have found out the truth and made contributions to this Eastern Expedition. Each of them will reward a thousand gold."

"Thank you for the reward"

Cao Cao waved his hand and asked the two to sit down, and then continued to say to the generals: "What I am most worried about is that more than 200,000 troops are advancing on the ship, but the water battle is not good, so I am afraid of being intercepted by the main force of the Jiangxia naval army, and finally escape without any life, causing our 200,000 troops to be killed at the bottom of the river, so I have been reluctant to send troops."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao pointed to the blue arrow in Yunmengze on the map with a wooden pole and said, "But, the two generals Zang solved this problem for me.

Our army can pass through Yunmengze from the land and reach the Chibi Wulin. At the same time, we can transport food and food from Xiashui and Yunmengze water to ensure the supply of the army."

"Then the water"

Cao Cao pointed to the red arrow on the Yangtze River with a wooden pole, "The remaining ten thousand navy troops marched east along the Yangtze River on eight warships and finally gathered in the Wulin of Chibi."

At this time, Cao Cao saw that Xiahou Dun wanted to speak but stopped, so he asked, "Yuan Rang, what's the problem?"

Xiahou Dun bowed and said, "Just now, the Prime Minister said that he was worried that the Jiangxia navy would intercept our warships. Now our warships are also heading eastward. Why is the Prime Minister not worried now?"

Cao Cao smiled slightly, "This time, that time, and that time, just like I never worry that the Jiangxia navy will come to Jiangling, I will not worry that Liu Jing will intercept the empty ship. As long as there is no main force on the ship, Liu Jing will never intercept it. I know very well in my heart that Yuan Rang doesn't have to worry."

Xiahou Dun dared not say anything more and retreated. Cao Cao said to Xu Huang again: "Gongming, I will give you ten thousand troops. You must take Jingling County for me and wipe out all the Jiangxia army behind me. We are not allowed to let the enemy cut off our army's back."

"As for orders," Xu Huang stood up and bowed.

"Where is General Cai He?" Cao Cao said loudly again.

Cai He stood in the corner of the lobby. He didn't expect that at this important moment, the Prime Minister was the second to find himself. He was excited and nervous in his heart, and quickly stood up and bowed: "I am a humble position."

Cao Cao smiled slightly, "General Cai He, you can lead 15,000 naval troops to Xiangyang, lead five thousand-stone warships from Fancheng to head south along the Han River. There are only more than twenty Jiangxia naval troops in Jingling County blocking the river surface. General Xu Huang will cooperate with you to defeat this Jiangxia naval army."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao pointed to the map again, "Then you can lead the fleet from Mianyang Town to Yunmengze and join the main force in the Chibi Wulin."

There are more than 2,000 large and small warships parked in Fancheng. It would be a pity if you don’t have to. Fortunately, you can come through Yunmengze and no longer have to detour through Xiakou. This is also Yu Jin’s major discovery, which solved Cao Cao’s most headache problem.

"If you can sail the warship to Wulin, Chibi, I will remember your great achievements and give you the title of Marquis of Handongting."

Cai He was extremely excited and bowed and said, "The humble position will never disappoint the Prime Minister."

After explaining everything, Cao Cao's last gaze turned to Cao Ren, "Xiao, the task of guarding Jiangling is left to you. Liu Zhang's Bashu army does not need to worry. The key is that Liu Bei, who is hiding in Wuling, may take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangling. You must not be careless at all, and you will hear nothing."

Cao Cao's tone was very stern, which scared Cao Ren's heart trembled and he hurriedly said, "I don't dare."

At this time, Cao Cao's eyes slowly swept towards everyone, and his eyes became extremely firm, and he said to everyone: "My greatest wish in my life is to eliminate local separatist forces and unify China. I have been waiting for more than twenty years this day. Today, I will take the most important step to wipe out Jingzhou and target Jiangdong. We will win this battle. I hope you all will encourage you."

"Encourage" everyone shouted, and the passionate voice echoed in the lobby.

The Queen of Heaven, 250,000 Cao Cao's army divided into groups and set out in Jiangling.

One was divided into 40,000 naval troops and headed east along the Yangtze River by eight warships, while the other was 200,000 main force, headed east along the Huarong Road, and thousands of newly built small boats entered the Xiashui with food and supplies.

There was also a group of 10,000 troops led by general Xu Huang and marched towards Jingling County. As a result, the war to conquer Jiangxia finally slowly began.

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The Lingtian Tavern in Wuchang is extremely lively. This tavern that can accommodate people to eat is full. The tavern has been booked by Liu Jing. Today is his son Liu Zhi's full moon banquet. Senior officials from Jiangxia and Wu came to celebrate.

The full moon was important in the Han Dynasty. This was the first time a baby met an outsider. An elder would meet him. It also meant that the baby had spent the most dangerous month and began to take the first step in his life, which was worth celebrating, so parents and elders had to hold wine to celebrate.

For Jiangxia and even Jingzhou, the full moon of the prefecture's governor was extraordinary. This was the first time that all subordinates saw their future lord, which had a special political significance. Even several generals from Xiakou rushed back to see Liu Zhi for the first time.

There were crowds of people in the tavern, laughing and talking nonstop, and everyone laughed and talked about the wind and moon. Everyone knew that the war was about to begin, and this might be the last banquet before the war.

Liu Jing walked past the tables with a yellow-mouthed silver-wire-eared cup, and the wine was drank, thanking everyone for supporting him.

"Why haven't Xiaozhou Mu carried it out yet?" Xu Shu blushed and said with a cautious attitude. He also joked.

Jia Xu patted his shoulder next to him and said with a smile: "Why do you want to leave after watching the child? You have six glasses of wine, and you are still four glasses away? Please let Xu Changshi leave?"

Everyone at the table burst into laughter, and Zhou Buyi said with a smile: "If the Chief Secretary says he will leave, we will punish him again."

Xu Shu was so angry that he knocked straight on the table with his fingers, and said hatefully: "I will deal with you tomorrow."

Seeing that they were getting along well, Liu Jing patted them on the shoulder, "Everyone, even if you drink, the child will come out soon."

At this time, Liu Jing saw Zhao Yun at a glance. He was sitting alone in a corner and drinking silently. At present, Zhao Yun is temporarily living in the guest room in Liu Jing's mansion. His injuries have been healed, but he never left the hospital and locked himself in the room every day, feeling very depressed.

Today is his first appearance since he came to Jiangxia, and to see Liu Jing's child, and to give Liu Jing a face.

Liu Jing sighed secretly. He could understand the depression in Zhao Yun's heart. The pain of being abandoned by his lord was difficult to accept for Zhao Yun, who had always been loyal to him. However, he was not unable to recover. It just took time to treat his inner trauma.

"Why are brother sitting here alone?"

Liu Jing sat down opposite him and said with concern: "If you feel uncomfortable, brother, go back first."

Zhao Yun shook his head, "A full month of child is a big event in life. Of course, I want to meet the child. I'm fine, you go and greet the guests."

At this moment, a slight commotion came from the inner room. More than a dozen wives surrounded Tao Zhan and came out of the inner room. Tao Zhan held Liu Zhi who was sleeping in his hand. Tao Zhan looked full of joy and was looking for her husband.

Liu Jing pulled Zhao Yun's arm, Zhao Yun also got up and followed Liu Jing quickly to meet him. "Husband" Tao Zhan saw her husband and smiled and said, "Let me show you the child."

Liu Jing took the one carefully and gently lifted the veil covered on his face. The generals who could not help but surged up together, surrounding the inner and outer layers. Zhao Yun stood beside him. He silently stared at the cute child. He hesitated for a moment and gently pinched the child's pink little hand. At this time, Zhao Yun's face, which had not been smiling for a long time, finally slowly showed a warm smile.

Laughing around, everyone was expressing their opinions, "Is this Xiaozhou Mu so beautiful?"

"He is completely the shrinking of the provincial governor."

Everyone laughed. At this moment, Liu Jing suddenly saw a personal soldier at the door waving to him desperately, and his expression was very nervous. He was surprised and handed over to the wet nurse and smiled at everyone, "You are only allowed to watch, you are not allowed to cry, but you have nothing to watch."

The wet nurse held the child and looked at everyone one by one. Liu Jing squeezed out of the crowd, walked quickly to the door, and asked the personal soldiers, "What's wrong? I'm so nervous."

The personal soldiers whispered in Liu Jing's ear: "I just received a message from Jiangling that Cao Cao officially sent troops yesterday morning."

Although Cao's army was expected to send troops, Liu Jing was secretly surprised when the news really came.

He looked back at the generals and officials who were happily meeting the governor of Xiaozhou, pondered for a moment, and whispered to his personal soldiers: "Go and find General Wei and General Gan."

After a moment, Wei Yan and Gan Ning walked out quickly, and they smiled and said, "We are saying that Xiao Gong is a martial arts material, and they are both competing to be his master."

Wei Yan was as careful as he found that the smile on Liu Jing's face was unnatural, and he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Zhou Mu, what happened?"

"You guys come with me"

Liu Jing took the two of them to the corridor, then lowered his voice and said, "I just got the news that Cao Cao sent troops."

"What"

Both of them were shocked and couldn't help but look at each other. Gan Ning asked in a deep voice: "When did the troops be sent?"

“Yesterday morning.”

Wei Yan also interjected: "It will take ten days to come from Jiangling. It is still time for Bei Zhi to rush back to Xiakou immediately."

"I'll go back overnight." Gan Ning couldn't stay there anymore. He was the governor of the Jiangxia naval army and was responsible for it. He had to go back immediately.

"You keep the secret first and don't let the generals know, so as not to disrupt the morale of the army."

"Unclear job"

The two of them bowed each other and hurried away. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind Liu Jing, "What secret do you want to keep?"

When Liu Jing turned around, he saw Huang Zhong standing behind him at some point. He smiled bitterly and said, "Have you seen Zhi'er?"

"I've seen it. It's a dragon and a phoenix, which is extraordinary. But don't change the topic, what secret did you just say?"

Huang Zhong was a little dissatisfied with Liu Jing's concealment from him and said unhappily: "I can guess if you don't say it. When they went back in such a hurry, it must be Cao Cao who sent troops, right?"

Liu Jing was helpless, Jiang was indeed old, Huang Zhong saw through at first sight, and he had to nod and said, "That's true. Cao Cao sent troops yesterday, and more than 200,000 troops were divided into two and rushed towards Jiangxia."

Huang Zhong's eyes were excited. He had been waiting for this day for many years. He looked at Liu Jing and said, "I will return to the first battle, you promised it."

Liu Jing has not discussed the countermeasures in detail yet, so he couldn't answer. He pondered for a while and said with a smile: "Let's go to the mansion first. I will come back with Mr. Jia and Changshi Xu immediately. Then we will discuss the countermeasures together. I will leave the first fighter plane to the master."

"Then we will decide"
Chapter completed!