"My lord, Shouchun has already sent news that Sun Jian's old subordinate, Cheng Pu, has defected to Yuan Shu. His forces are gathering in Runan, but the exact number is unknown.”
Kuai Yue's intelligence work was quite good.
"Got it. Is there any other news?”
"Gongsun Zan attacked Han Fu's Jizhou in the north. Han Fu invited Yuan Shao to come to his aid. Yuan Shao took the opportunity to take over Jizhou and is now confronting Gongsun Zan. However, according to unconfirmed news, Gongsun Zan was instigated by Yuan Shao to go south!”
Oh? The two of them finally started fighting.
Chu Huan did not care about the Hebei battlefield at all. He only cared about talents.
Calculating the time, that brave tiger general with a white horse and silver spear should have left the mountain.
Furthermore, according to historical records, the Xun family should have been extremely disappointed in Yuan Shao and was ready to join Cao Cao. However, I had already killed Cao Cao with a single push. Now, they should have me in their eyes, right?
No matter what, he had to get it first. Even if he couldn't use it, he couldn't leave it to others. Moreover, if the Xun family came, they would recommend Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu would recommend Guo Jia. Then, the profits would roll. Liu Ye would be favored, and so on. He would definitely make a profit!
"Have the spies in the north pay close attention to three people. One of them is the real person of Changshan. His surname is Zhao and his name is Yun.”
"The other two are uncle and nephew. The uncle is Xun Yu, also known as Wen Ruo, and the nephew is Xun You, also known as Gongda. If you find any information about these three people, you must express my admiration for them and try your best to invite them to Jingzhou!”
Kuai Yue noted them down in his heart." My lord, do you have any other instructions?”
He had almost forgotten that he still had a life-saving talisman to find.
"Tell all the spies to find out where Hua Tuo is! If you find him, tell him that there's a plague in Xiangyang and ask him to come and save you!”
Don't even think about leaving.
He then called Kuai Liang over." I just received a secret report that Yuan Shu is gathering his forces in Runan. His current movements are unknown, but it seems that only we have offended him recently. There is a 90% chance that he is here to attack me.”
Chu Huan took out the topographic map of Jingzhou that he had collected in his early years and continued," Let's take a look. If Yuan Shu is targeting Jingzhou, what should we do?””
Kuai Yue looked at the map carefully and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he sighed and answered.
"My lord, I think we offended Yuan Shu too quickly. We haven't done some preparations yet. Right now, there are 120,000 regular soldiers in Jingzhou, 80,000 of which are land troops, 40,000 are navy troops, and 40,000 are reserve militia troops. If we are only dealing with Yuan Shu, we can at least dispatch 60,000 land troops, 20,000 navy troops, and another 20,000 militia troops to support the logistics.”
"But look around us. Liu Yan is in the west, Wu Ju is in the south, Dong Zhuo is in the north, and Liu Yao is in the east. Once we start a full-scale war with Yuan Shu, will these people take advantage of us?”
"The distance between Cangwu and Jingzhou in the south is far and there are few people. At most, they can only harass us for a while. Liu Yao in the east was unambitious and timid, so he could be ignored. Liu Yan from the west was ambitious and resourceful. It was said that he went to Xichuan because there was the aura of the emperor there. His ambition was not small! He has no contact with you."
"And the four generations and three dukes of the Yuan Clan have a close relationship with Liu Yan. Once Liu Yan is promised to divide Jingzhou equally, the soldiers of Xichuan will quickly follow the river. Therefore, we must guard against the west.”
"And the most worrisome one is Dong Zhuo. Although Yuan Shu will not risk the world to join forces with Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo is powerful and has a deep hatred for you. If he stabs us in the back when we are fighting with Yuan Shu, we will be in big trouble!”
"Therefore, the key to this battle lies in Nanyang and Xinye. Nanyang is located in the middle of Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu's forces. As long as Nanyang is not lost, Dong Zhuo cannot go south, and Yuan Shu does not dare to go south with all his strength. However, our military strength is a little tight!”
Chu Huan nodded his head in approval after hearing his analysis.
When the time came, he hated the lack of soldiers. In the Battle of Red Cliff, Cao Cao's limit was 200,000 soldiers. He didn't expect that his 120,000 soldiers were still not enough. It seemed that he needed to increase them.
"Then let's have 30,000 soldiers. If necessary, we can fight! He ordered Yue Jin to lead 5,000 troops and 5,000 militia, and Wang Wei to lead 5,000 navy to guard Yiling.”
"Wen Pin will be the leader, Xiahou Dun will be the deputy, leading 30,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers to guard Nanyang.”
"Yu Jin will be the leader, Xiahou Yuan will be the deputy, and he will lead 15,000 soldiers and 5,000 soldiers to guard Xinye.”
"Gan Ning commands 15,000 navy and 5,000 militia to control Yushui and transport supplies.”
"I will lead 10,000 soldiers and 5,000 soldiers to guard Xiangyang!”
This was the most perfect arrangement in Chu Huan's heart. Although it wouldn't be a problem for him to resist Yuan Shu with all his strength, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to kill Yuan Shu.
However, Jingzhou was located in the middle of the world, a place where there were four battles. Everyone wanted to come up and cut a piece of fat meat.
However, when he asked Zhang Rang for Jingzhou, he was already mentally prepared. As long as he could operate it properly, this would be the best springboard to the world.
They could also attack in all directions, wipe out the foreign races, and fight with the golden-haired, blue-eyed people of the Far West.
The most important thing was…
Those Fusang people who suffered a thousand knives!
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