In the hazy July, the land of Jiangdong was shrouded in a vast rain all the time, and the floods everywhere burst the embankment, and the disaster was one after another, which plunged the entire Wu country into a gloomy atmosphere.

However, Jinling City, the capital of Wu State, is now extremely hot, and the controversy in full swing is in full swing above the court.

It is already an imminent matter for the army of Wu to conquer Chu in the west, and it is also a foregone conclusion that the king Sun Jian wants to conquer in person, but the number of troops sent and the commanders of the armies on the left and right are things that need to be discussed.

Wu navy, cavalry, foot soldiers, these main forces plus hundreds of thousands, nearly a million, if you add the county soldiers from all sides, at least more than a million troops.

In terms of military strength, maybe in the whole world, no prince can compare to Wu State, but Wu State has a vast territory and runs north and south, as long as these troops are spread out, there are actually not many of them.

It is not easy to deploy the main forces, after all, there are not a few enemies to defend on all sides.

Fengtian Hall.

This is the solemn hall of the state of Wu, in the middle is a small high platform, on the high platform, the dragon chair stands, the sight of the hall is very broad, the vermilion beam, carved with flowers, birds, fish and insects, very magnificent.

At this moment, the three princes and nine kings, and all the ministers gathered together, and Sun Jian's burly body sat cross-legged on the dragon chair, his eyes were as sharp as a tiger, sweeping over everyone, quite majestic.

"Ministers, in the Chu State of this campaign, Zhou Tai has sent 50,000 troops as the vanguard, killed Jiangxia, and is fighting, but the strength of the Xiaoyao camp cannot move, and Xuzhou Tai Shici has waved 50,000 troops to return to Jinling to standby, the Royal Forest Army has 30,000 troops to accompany the lonely relatives, and the 100,000 navy of Ganning stationed in the East China Sea has also returned, but this force wants to capture the Chu State. It's far from enough, what do you have to say? ”

Facing the full hall of civil and military courtiers, Sun Jian's deep voice sounded faintly.

Jiangdong is adjacent to Jingzhou, and he knows how much strength Jingzhou has.

In the whole world, Jingzhou has been stable for a long time. In recent years, there have not been many wars in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao has little ambition, but he has a hand in guarding his family.

The strength accumulated by the Chu State, he had to pay attention to it.

Although he, Sun Jian, has never taken Liu Biao, a dog who guards the house, in his eyes, he has no contempt for this prince who can single-handedly create the hegemony of the Chu State.

Liu Biao still has some ability, if Wu State does not have more than 500,000 main forces, it is impossible to take Jingzhou.

"The king, Youzhou Pingzhou. We can draw 100,000 troops from it and return to Jiangdong to participate in the western expedition! ”

The general's Pan Feng stood up, arched his hand, and said: "The Jin State and the Wei State are now at war, and for the northern land, there is naturally no intention to attack, and Youzhou naturally has a period of stability. And Pingzhou, this year's spring. At the end of May, the war ended, although it did not eliminate Goguryeo in one fell swoop, but it also made the Goguryeo people unable to cause trouble for at least three years. Pingzhou can also draw some soldiers and horses! ”

Half of the elite soldiers of Wu are stationed in northern Xinjiang, Youzhou and Heping Prefecture have been in war for many years, adjacent to strong enemies and foreign tribes, and the soldiers and horses stationed there. It's all gone through bloody battles, and it's definitely the most elite.

"The general's words are good, but the soldiers and horses in Youzhou and Pingzhou are chaotic, and one person is needed to go to Youzhou and Pingzhou to dispatch troops!" Hearing this, Sun Jian nodded, and said half-loudly.

The soldiers and horses of the Western Expedition will be divided into three points, and they will go hand in hand to enter Jingzhou together, which is a strategy that has been set from the court.

The Chinese army naturally took Chaisang, along the waterway of the Yangtze River, and went straight to Jingzhou, which was the main force of Sun Jian's personal expedition.

The strength of Youzhou Pingzhou is regarded as the right route army, which entered from the Lujiang River and entered Jingzhou from the land of Jiangxia.

"The king, the minister recommends one person!"

"Say!"

"Jiang Hou is brave and extraordinary, he can be the commander!" This is an official of the Jianghou Mansion, who took the lead in mentioning yì.

It is not an ordinary thing to win the commander of the Right Route Army, and the troops involved in Youzhou and Pingzhou, as long as they take the opportunity to win the hearts of this part of the soldiers and horses at this time, it will be of great help to outsiders to seize the heirs.

Zhou Yu tried his best to spend Sun Quan's Jinling, waiting for this opportunity, and the consideration was far-reaching.

"Do the ministers have any objections?"

When Sun Jian heard this, he was not surprised, and Sun Ce, who was calm with slanted eyes, had a vague trace of satisfaction in his heart.

As his eldest son, Sun Ce is very similar to him, but he has the impression that he has never been calm enough, brave and extraordinary, fighting on the battlefield, invincible in front of the two armies, but lacking in political wisdom.

But now it seems that Sun Ce has grown a lot.

When everyone heard Sun Jian's words, they looked at each other, and they all glanced at Sun Ce's tall and straight figure, even if it was an official of the Donghou Mansion, he did not object.

"The king, the minister has something to say!"

At this time, Jinling County ordered Xu Shu to stand up.

Sun Ce looked at Xu Shu's back, his heart suddenly suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at the officials of the Donghou Mansion with some gloom.

Even if Sun Quan is not in Jinling, he does not dare to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Donghou Mansion, Xu Shu is the main cadre of the Donghou Mansion, and it is not necessarily a good thing to open his mouth at this time.

"Say!"

Sun Jian said with a smile.

"King, the Jiaozhou region has now stabilized, and the tens of thousands of troops stationed on the west side of Jiaozhou, we can also dispatch them north!"

Xu Shu obviously had some bull heads in the wrong mouth, but he said that he was right.

Jiaozhou, the area that Sun Ce single-handedly fought in the past, when the class returned to the dynasty, tens of thousands of troops left behind in Jiaozhi Yulin and Cangwu guarded it to prevent some of the younger people in the deep mountains and wild forests from disrupting the rule of Wu.

Now that Jiaozhou has transitioned to Wu for several years, even the hidden savages have been pulled out of the rat's nest, and Jiaozhou is still peaceful, and this part of the troops can be released.

"Indeed, Jiaozhou can also send tens of thousands of troops to Jingzhou directly!" Sun Jian nodded: "The troops in this area can directly kill Changsha from Guiyang, and they can take Jingnan in one fell swoop and go straight to the Chibi battlefield." ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly, and then continued to give his hand. His eyes crossed a sharp light, and he said: "However, the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou have explored the wild people in the deep mountains in recent years, and their temperament is a little wild. Jianghou is more popular, compared to Pingzhou Youzhou, the minister believes that Jianghou should go to Jiaozhou! ”

As soon as Xu Shu's words came out, the three princes of the court suddenly glanced at each other.

Zhang Zhao of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cheng Pu of the Taiwei Mansion, and the latest Yushitai to monitor hundreds of officials, and Zhang Hong, the powerful imperial historian, are all veterans of the court. They all knew in their hearts that this Donghou Mansion was going to make a move.

"Bo Fu, what do you think?" When Sun Jian heard this, his face was expressionless, he just glanced at Sun Ce and said lightly.

This sentence seems to be asking him, and it seems to be assessing him.

"Father, my son thinks it's inappropriate!"

Sun Ce took a deep breath. Stand up and give it up. Said: "The Jiaozhou army is also a soldier of Wu State, since the reorganization of the national army, there is no statement about who is whose subordinate, the military order is like a mountain, and those who do not obey will be killed!" ”

Jiang Hou said this differently. Although the Jiaozhou soldiers are a little wild, they are also loyal to the Wu State, but it is only caused by the environment, and now the western expedition is imminent, and the troops are cut before the battle. It's a bad sign! ”

Xu Shu said lightly.

"Xu County's order is right!"

Zhou Yu walked out from behind Zhang Zhao, faced Sun Jian, and said: "However, in the State of Wu, in addition to the Marquis of Jiang, there is another person who is extremely brave and can suppress the Jiaozhou army and lead the troops north. ”

"Who?"

"General Huang Zhong!" Zhou Yu knew what Xu Shu wanted, didn't he just want the Jianghou Mansion to make every effort to push Huang Zhong to the position of the commander of the Left Route Army?

Xu Shu expressed the meaning of Xiàn, this is a deal, if you want to sit in the main general of the Right Route Army, you must send Huang Zhong to the position of the chief general of the Left Route Army, otherwise you will be scattered.

Why Huang Zhong?

Among the generals in the Donghou Mansion, Huang Zhong is not the only one, for example, the former general He Qi is also a general, but Huang Zhong is a native of Jingzhou, he is the main general, and he has a great blow to Jingzhou.

He didn't mind, after all, as long as Sun Ce took this part of Youzhou and Pingzhou and became the commander of the Right Route Army, they would be considered victorious.

"Oh?"

Sun Jian squinted, his gaze was as sharp as a knife, sweeping over everyone, especially the faces of the officials of the Jianghou Mansion and the Donghou Mansion.

In the game of the court, the people of these two factions have more and more tacit understanding, which makes him a little surprised.

"Hansheng." Sun Jian thought about it and glanced at Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong is a native of Jingzhou, and it would not be a good thing if Huang Zhong was allowed to personally command the troops, which would have extraordinary significance for Jingzhou's attack.

"The last general!"

When Huang Zhong heard this, he directly stepped forward, faced Sun Jian, and bowed.

"You are confident that you can suppress the wild and difficult to train soldiers in Jiaozhou?" Sun Jian lowered his head, his eyes were lifelike, staring at Huang Zhong deadly, and asked coldly.

"Repay the king!"

Huang Zhong bowed down and said very confidently: "Under the command of the last general, the three thousand black armor elite cavalry are first-class elite soldiers, all of them are from Shanyue people, Mo General can rely on three thousand black armor elite cavalry, and the training department has 50,000 Shanyue people's troops, even if the soldiers in Jiaozhou are wild, they are not as strong as the Shanyue people, and the last general will have absolute confidence!" ”

Among the Shanyue people who surrendered at the beginning, tens of thousands of elite soldiers who had been trained by him were now stationed in Danyang, which was part of the elite troops of the Wu State.

"Good!"

When Sun Jian heard this, he smiled slightly, as a military general, he liked Huang Zhong's self-confidence.

He stood up, looked at the ministers, and after half a sound, he said in a deep voice: "In this battle, the general of the Right Route Army appointed by Gu Bofu will immediately go to Youping and Zhou, screen 100,000 elite soldiers, and return to Jiangdong!" ”

"No!"

Sun Ce's eyes lit up and he returned the salute.

"Huang Zhong!"

"In!"

"Lone now appoints the commander of the Left Route Army of Ru Wei, leads the 30,000 Shanyue soldiers to guard the town, rushes to Jiaozhou, unites the Jiaozhou troops, a total of 80,000, and comes out of Cangwu to take Jingnan!" Sun Jian said.

"No!"

Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, and it was a great honor for him to win the task of this main general.

In the past, he fled from Jingzhou in a hurry, but now he is angry and fresh, and he wants to lead his troops all the way back to Jingzhou.

"The king, the minister has another matter to report!" Seeing that he was about to retreat, Xu Shu stood up again at this time.

"Say!"

"The minister is valued by the Prime Minister's Mansion, supervising the three armies of the Western Expedition, and now he has concurrently served as the general of the Western Expedition, and he lacks skills in Jinling's important affairs, and it is difficult to maintain the duties of the Jinling County Order, so the minister implores to resign from the position of Jinling County Commander!" Xu Shu arched his hand and said firmly.

"Resign from the Jinling Order?"

When Sun Jian heard this, there were some accidents, not only for him, but also for many people present.

Jinling, the capital of Wu State, this county order, if it is in accordance with the real rights, is equivalent to the position of Jiuqing.

Donghou Mansion was actually willing to give up this position, and Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and the others even showed a scorching light on their faces, and their eyes were clear.

This is a great opportunity! (To be continued......)