"Oh, Sima Shi's move is really crazy." Cao Liang received a report from Jizhou, and said with a smile.

Since winning the seven counties of Youzhou, Cao Liang has been busy with the integration of the counties in Youzhou, and the successful experience of merging the state has been promoted to Youzhou, especially at this critical moment of spring plowing and preparation, which is related to the harvest of the year, Cao Liang does not dare to be careless, only by letting the people eat and clothe themselves can it be possible to sincerely support you.

The conditions in Youzhou are more difficult than those in the state, this bitter cold place, the life of the common people is more difficult, and Youzhou borders the Hu people, and the Hu cavalry keeps coming to plunder, which is even worse.

When Wuqiu Jian was alive, he could still suppress those Hu people with his prestige, but now that Wuqiu Jian is dead, the regime in Youzhou has changed, and those Hu people are like wild wolves that smell fishy, and they continue to enter the fortress and loot, causing smoke to spread across the border.

Cao Liang hated these Hu people, and had ordered the army to fight back, and the attack on those Hu people who entered the fortress must be merciless.

However, now Cao Liang's focus is still on the Jizhou side, and the large army of the state army is stationed in Youzhou, which is preparing to fight Sima Shi to the death.

But judging from the current situation, Sima Shi admitted, he had no idea of recovering Youzhou at all, but recruited a large number of troops in Jizhou, defended the city and prepared for war, and strengthened the defense of Jizhou to prevent the Bingzhou army from moving south.

Huan Fan said: "Sima Shi's newly formed cavalry has not yet had the strength to fight, so he does not have the courage to counterattack Youzhou, but his practice of recruiting troops in Jizhou is a bit unexpected, so reckless and reckless, can only make the people's resentment boil, at this time, if the lord leads his troops south, it is a good opportunity to capture Jizhou." ”

Cao Liang shook his head and said: "We have just gained a foothold in Youzhou, there are still remnants of Wei Qian and Wang Qi in the east, and Xianbei Wuhuan in the north is constantly harassing. Judging from the current situation, Sima Shi has completely abandoned Youzhou and is ready to defend Jizhou with all his heart, taking this opportunity, we will first solve our worries, and then attack Jizhou is not too late. ”

Cao Liang has always had a clear strategic idea, that is, first the north and then the south, and only after solving the worries behind him can it be possible to go south to fight Sima Shi.

After the battle of Bingzhou, the Sima army lost most of the cavalry, so the Sima division had to take a defensive position, as far as possible to avoid field battles with the Bingzhou army, the news from Luoyang, Sima rebuilt the cavalry is very determined, the scale of the new cavalry is no less than before the battle of Bingzhou, and all the workshops are going all out to build Gaoqiao saddles and bilateral stirrups, it is estimated that in less than a year, the cavalry of the Sima army can be formed.

This result was completely unexpected by Cao Liang, after all, the technical content of things such as Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups is not high, as long as there is a sample, any craftsman can create it, so Cao Liang has been mastering this technology before, just to prevent this technology from leaking in advance.

In the Battle of Bingzhou, Cao Liang took it out, and indeed inflicted a heavy blow on Sima Jun, who also began to realize the importance of the Takahashi saddle and bilateral stirrups after paying the expensive tuition, and began large-scale imitation.

This point, Cao Liang is naturally foreseeable, but this matter cannot be wasted because of choking, it cannot be said that in order to prevent leakage, Cao Liang took the initiative to give up the innovation of weapons and equipment, they want to copy and want to imitate, Cao Liang can't stop it, but in the field of technology, Cao Liang believes that he will always be at the forefront, they can always imitate, but they can never surpass.

In the field of cavalry, Cao Liang has been at the forefront, has seized the opportunity, Sima Shi realized the importance of new harness, but the formation of a new cavalry is easy to talk about, the formation of combat effectiveness will take at least two years, and in these two years, Cao Liang does not know how many steps will be taken.

Sima Shi has been catching up, but it is so difficult to catch up with Cao Liang's pace.

At this time, Sima Division, not only the cavalry has not been formed, even the infantry is stretched, otherwise he would not recruit new recruits in Jizhou, Sima Division is indeed ruthless enough this time, the combat power is not enough people to make up, use the tactics of the sea of people to defend Jizhou, recruit 300,000 soldiers, it is equivalent to Jizhou's young and strong men to the net, and then the defense problem of Jizhou is solved, but the sequelae brought about by this are endless, there are no young and strong men, the land of Jizhou will be abandoned in large quantities, the people are not happy, and the people are complaining, Public resentment is boiling, and the result of this can only be more than worth the loss.

In this case, Cao Liang will not take the initiative to attack Jizhou, although the newly recruited army does not have much combat effectiveness, but guarding the city, it is true that the quality is not too high, in the general city defense war, will temporarily recruit the people in the city to help the war, as long as you can draw the bow and shoot arrows, you can go to the city to defend against the enemy, and it doesn't matter if you don't even draw the bow, as long as you have a little strength to move the rolling wood and stones, it can also play a role.

Therefore, Sima Shi's starting point is very simple, that is, to take advantage of the large number of people to strengthen the defense capabilities of each city to prevent the siege of the state army.

But he seems to have overlooked one point, that is, Cao Liang may not have the intention of going south at this moment, Sima Shi recruited 300,000 people to defend the city, but in the end he found that the Bingzhou army did not come, which was embarrassing.

300,000 people is 300,000 mouths, and the amount of grain and grass consumed every day is quite an astonishing amount.

But before the enemy arrives, the daily expenses seem to be a little unbearable, but you can't know when the enemy will come, so the recruited army can't be easily disbanded, and in this long waiting process, it is a bit difficult to ride a tiger.

After Cao Liang knew the situation in Jizhou, he would not go south easily, and after spending him a year and a half, Jizhou's economy would completely collapse, the army's morale would be weakened, and the people's morale would be lost. At that time, it will be easy for the Bingzhou army to move south and take Jizhou.

Therefore, Cao Liang decided not to move Jizhou for the time being, anyway, with the combat effectiveness of those armies in Jizhou, it will not pose any threat to Youzhou, what he should consider now is whether to attack Wei Qian and Wang Qi stationed in Linyu Pass, or to eliminate the threat of the Hu people from the north first, with the current strength of the state army, it is difficult to take care of both, and can only choose one of the two. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.