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"I have received news that a large number of Jingzhou warships are gathering in Chaisang. This should be that Liu Jing is preparing to start the war. Jingzhou has 40,000 naval troops, and Liu Jing cannot use them all. He will keep some of them to defend Jingzhou, so at least tens of thousands of naval troops will send troops to Yuzhang County."

"Ten thousand"

Yang Yi exclaimed in a low voice. This was not a warning, but a war with them. Yang Yi suddenly became nervous.

Zhuge Liang turned around and walked to the wall. There was a huge map of Jingzhou hanging on it. He looked at the Jingnan area on the map and pondered for a moment: "Actually, what I am really worried about is not this ten thousand naval army. What I am worried about is another Han army. They will set off from Nanjun and go straight to Jingnan and threaten Jiaozhou. Last time Pang Tong mentioned this threat, I was worried that this threat would become a reality. After all, the strength of the Han army is far stronger than us. It is entirely possible that they will send an army of tens of thousands of people to the south, but Jiaozhou is empty."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang said to Yang Yi in a deep voice: "I want to make peace with Liu Jing, and hand over the prisoners of war to Liu Jing immediately, and then we withdraw from Yuzhang County. If so, I think we can at least protect Luling County."

"But this is inconsistent with the Emperor's strategy, I'm afraid that the two generals Guan and Zhang will not agree."

Zhuge Liang also knew that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would definitely not do anything if they admitted their defeat and retired from Yuzhang County. Especially with Liu Bei's handwritten letters, it was even more difficult to convince them. But no matter what, he wanted to give it a try. He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to "Bei Horses, I'm going to the military camp."

The Jiaozhou army has completely withdrawn from Jingnan. At present, tens of thousands of troops are concentrated in Yuzhang County. Among them, Guan Ping led 5,000 troops to station in Xinwu County, guarding more than 20,000 prisoners of war in Jiangdong, and the remaining 25,000 people are stationed in Nanchang County.

The military camp is located in the north of Nanchang County, covering an area of ​​thousands of acres, and has built more than a thousand large tents. These tents are all the benefits of the Jiaozhou Army, seized from the Jiangdong Army, and there are also a large number of armor and weapons. Originally, the Jiaozhou Army had poor equipment, only the soldiers had armor, and the spears, swords and crossbows were relatively backward. Now, they have equipped the Jiangdong Army's armor and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

The soldiers were very motivated and worked hard in the barracks to continue attacking eastward and completely defeat the Jiangdong Army.

But at this time, the atmosphere in the central army's tent was very depressing and serious. Just as Zhuge Liang was worried, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both clearly opposed his plan to seek peace and withdraw troops. Especially Zhang Fei, he was even more furious, and his thunderous roar echoed in the entire tent.

"At that time, we were still humiliated in Jingzhou, were we driven away like chickens and dogs. Now when we think about it, my heart is still bleeding, and now we are going to run away with our tails. What kind of dogs are we, we know that we are, we are not even as good as dogs."

Zhang Fei's face was swollen with pig liver color, his beard and hair were all open, his eyes were wider than a copper bell, and he clenched his fists and roared at Zhuge Liang, "I, Zhang Yide, have been defeated for decades, but I have never surrendered once. If the military advisor is afraid of Liu Jing, he wants to escape, and I will not leave, and I will not leave on the battlefield if I die in battle."

Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "I am not afraid of Liu Jing, but I am really worried that the Han army will go to Jingnan to enter Jiaozhou. Our Jiaozhou is empty, so what can I do to resist?"

Guan Yu said on the side: "This is inappropriate for the military advisor. Not to mention whether the Han army has gathered in Jingnan, we still don't know. Even if the Han army wants to advance from Jingnan, will it be too late for us to go back? I think that if we defeat the Han army in Jiangxia, it will be the best support for Jiaozhou. More importantly, we defeated the Jiangdong army and captured Yuzhang County. Now we have to give up, and no one of the ten thousand soldiers will agree."

At the end, Guan Yu was also a little angry, but he was not as furious as Zhang Fei, his voice was slow, and there was no room for negotiation in his words. "Brother wrote a letter yesterday, which was his order. I think the lord of Jiaozhou should be my elder brother. If the military advisor thinks it is not, then we will not force the military advisor, but the Jiaozhou army is loyal to my elder brother, including me, Guan Yu, and even a chef, will only obey the orders of my elder brother."

Zhuge Liang's face was pale, Zhang Fei scolded him for not caring about it, but Guan Yu's words deeply hurt him. Zhuge Liang said for a while: "Does General Guan think I am unfaithful to the emperor?"

Guan Yu shook his head, "I just talk about the matter. Perhaps as the military advisor said, we are not Liu Jing's opponents, we should preserve our strength and withdraw the army, but things are not that simple. If the military advisor wants to withdraw, he should first persuade the elder brother and let the elder brother change his decision. We will naturally follow the arrangements of the military advisor, but now the elder brother's military order has been sent, and the military advisor asks with his heart, whose instructions we should follow."

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and slowly said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "Since the emperor appointed me as the commander of the Northern Expedition with all his powers, then before the emperor took back my military orders, should you obey my military orders, let alone being outside, and the king's orders are not accepted. The emperor did not consider that the Han army would be half-killed. His ideas are no longer in line with the actual situation. Do we still have to blindly obey?"

Just as Zhang Fei was about to attack, Guan Yu waved his hand to stop him and said coldly: "I need to remind the military advisor that when the eldest brother handed over the military advisor, we were all present. The eldest brother made it clear that we were just to seize the four counties in Jingnan. In other words, the military advisor's military advisor's military advisor was limited to the four counties in Jingnan.

But now we have greatly surpassed the four counties in Jingnan. The military advisor's orders in the name of commander is actually a transcendence. We can ignore it, but the military advisor cannot pretend to be confused. What's more, my elder brother's words are the king's orders, which is wrong. Those who are ministers must obey. This is the rule of the king's subject. I don't agree with the statement that the king's orders are not accepted by them."

Guan Yu said it very seriously, and it already involved the rule of the ruler and his subjects. Zhuge Liang knew that once Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both believed that they had the intention of rebellion, Liu Bei would never tolerate him anymore.

Helplessly, Zhuge Liang had to sigh, "Okay, since Yun Chang believes that I am overpowering now, I have nothing to say, so just obey the emperor's orders and fight with the Han army."

From Nanchang County to Jiujiang, it takes about more than a mile of water and requires a voyage. It is already late autumn. The north wind blows the river, and five warships are sailing like clouds. They ride the wind and waves and line up on the Ganjiang River, stretching for dozens of miles.

It was a 4,000-stone tower ship, the main ship of the Han army and Liu Jing's ship. This was the first time Liu Jing came to Yuzhang County. He stood at the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back and enjoyed the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait. At this time, Lu Xun slowly walked up and smiled: "Your Highness doesn't seem to be worried that the Jiaozhou army will send troops."

Lu Xun is currently a staff member of Liu Jing and does not serve as the Han army. He assists Liu Jing in the military. He has not been loyal to Liu Jing for a long time and is full of curiosity about this legendary figure. Liu Jing does not hide it from him. He smiled and said, "When Zhuge Liang wrote a letter to ask me to support the Jiaozhou army for 10,000 barrels of turmeric oil. They are willing to exchange it with an elephant. I did not agree. I know very well that if the support is given to him, he will use it to deal with me today."

Lu Xun nodded, "It turns out that Your Highness has been ready to take action."

"Boyan will slowly understand some things in the future, but I might as well say something clearly."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing looked back at Lu Xun, and saw him looking at him with anticipation, he smiled and said, "Information is the most important thing for the two countries to compete for hegemony. If I don't understand the information of Jiaozhou, I would not have given the four counties of Jingnan to Jiangdong. Sun Quan's defeat was precisely because he did not know what happened in Jiaozhou."

Lu Xun couldn't help but sigh: "In fact, many Jiangdong strategists realized afterwards that the Han Dynasty might be a trap, but they were trapped in a trap and could not help themselves. From this incident, we can also see that Sun Quan was indeed not as good as His Highness in the overall situation."

Lu Xun praised Liu Jing without hesitation. In the past few days, he gradually learned the truth of some things and gradually realized that Liu Jing had made many foresighted plans to seek Jiangdong.

Lu Xun did not think that there was anything wrong with Liu Jing's plan for Jiangdong, or that it was immoral. On the contrary, he admired these foresighted layouts very much, and he believed that this was what those who planned the world did.

If Lu Xun first surrendered to Liu Jing, he was somewhat helpless and considered the interests of his family, then now he was convinced by Liu Jing and began to respect Liu Jing from the bottom of his heart, and had the idea of ​​being loyal to him.

He pondered for a moment, then asked slowly: "Will your Highness do his best to destroy Jiaozhou this time?"

Liu Jing shook his head with a smile, "If it were to destroy Jiaozhou, I would not have let Liu Bei go to Jiaozhou at the beginning. Liu Bei's biggest advantage is that he has the name of benevolence and righteousness, which is very beneficial for unifying Jiaozhou and uniting the various factions of Jiaozhou. With Liu Bei managing Jiaozhou for me, he will at least save ten years for me to govern Jiaozhou in the future, and it will also help Jiaozhou return to the central dynasty. So what I have to do this time is to completely dispel Liu Bei's idea of ​​returning north and let him work hard in Jiaozhou."

Lu Xun sighed with emotion: "Your Highness's mind and vision are hard to reach for ordinary people."

At this time, a small patrol boat rushed over quickly and approached Liu Jing on the boat. The patrol soldiers on the boat were taken on the big ship. Liu Jing stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"

"Report to Your Highness, two Jiaozhou troops were found on the west bank, with about 10,000 troops each. They were marching rapidly along the west bank and heading north. The vanguard army was only ten miles away from us."

Liu Jing nodded. It seemed that this battle was inevitable. He turned around and asked Lu Xun with a smile, "Boyan thinks how to fight this battle?"

Lu Xun had a plan in his heart and smiled slightly, "I think the Jiaozhou army is obviously eager to fight the Han army. They also know that the Han army in Jingnan is advancing towards Jiaozhou, so they want to defeat us to eliminate the threat from Jingnan. But once the army is eager to fight, there will be loopholes. Of course, Your Highness can concentrate his troops to defeat the other party in one battle, but I tend to use the opponent's impatient mentality to win."

He whispered to Liu Jing's plan, and Liu Jing smiled happily and said, "The so-called wise man coincides with each other, and my plan is exactly what I want."
Chapter completed!