The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Cai Hao was embarrassed to come to Liu Zheng directly, so he could only ask Cai Yao to remind Liu Zheng in front of Liu Zheng through his sister, so that Liu Zheng could arrange an errand for him.

"Uncle, what's the matter?"

Thinking of Cai Mao, Liu Zheng remembered such a person, and asked Cai Yao to see what Cai Yao wanted to say.

"It's not that after the lord recruited my elder brother, he has not reused my elder brother. For the past few months, my elder brother has been in Wu County, and he has nothing to do first, and he is going to retire. So I thought, can my husband arrange a Leave it to my elder brother, otherwise it is not a way to let my elder brother sink like this."

"No matter what it is, just find something for him to do."

Cai Yao didn't dare to ask Liu Zheng to give Cai Mao a more important position, but just asked Liu Zheng to arrange some things for Cai Mao casually.

No matter what Liu Zheng arranges for Cai Mao, it is always a task assigned by Liu Zheng, so that Cai Mao can do something, so that he will not be at home like now, doing nothing all day long.

Liu Zheng had just forgotten Cai Mao at first, not really saying that Cai Mao was useless.

If Cai Mao was really just a worthless and worthless man, he would not have won the trust of Liu Biao in history and became the first-class tycoon in Jingzhou.

"Yao'er, if you don't tell me, I forgot about this matter. There were many things before. I had important things to arrange for my uncle to do, but I was delayed by other things, so I forgot. Now you have reminded me. Don't worry, I happen to have an important matter in my hands that I want to entrust to your elder brother. "

Not to mention, Liu Zheng's subordinates really have a matter, and they just can't find anyone. If Cai Mao handles this matter, maybe it will get twice the result with half the effort.

That is the creation of the Navy.

Liu Zheng also had the idea and actual actions to form a navy before. The navy composed of people like Zu Lang and Pan Lin guarded the inland river, and the navy formed by Jiang Tuesday was to prepare for the navy.

However, after Liu Zheng opened the maritime trade, Jiang Qin's and Zhou Tai's navy escorted the sea all year round, which left the navy thing in vain.

Now that Liu Zheng has occupied Funan, because Funan is too far away, it will take too long to rely on the news on land. The goods on both sides are transported by sea, which intensifies the trade between the two places.

Therefore, the fleet of marine escorts will be improved, and the escort team and the navy will have more manpower.

Liu Zheng of the navy still hopes to let Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai train, but at the same time separate the escorts and reorganize the escort team.

And this candidate has not been decided yet. Originally, Liu Zheng decided to let Jiang Qin take charge, but now with Cai Mao, there is a new candidate.

Cai Mao was originally a commander of the navy, and now he is not allowed to command the battle. It should be no problem to go to sea to form an escort fleet. If Cai Mao can't handle such a thing, then Liu Zheng has nothing to do up.

"The concubine will thank her husband first."

"Silly girl, what are we talking about thank you for? Jiang'er, I haven't seen him for a long time."

After talking about Cai Hao, Liu Zheng remembered that he hadn't seen his son for a long time, and looked around, but he didn't see his son, so he could only ask Cai Yao, the mother.

"It was still here just now, it should be playing in the backyard."

Liu Jiang, who is about four years old, and Liu Shan, who is just one year old, are the two sons of Liu Zheng. Although Liu Zheng has not been with them for a long time, from the bottom of his heart, Liu Zheng still loves them.

"Go, meet your son."

Pulling Cai Yao, Liu Zheng left the house together, and sure enough, behind the house, he saw Liu Jiang running around chasing butterflies in the garden.

The family is happy and harmonious, but it really makes Liu Zheng very satisfied with this kind of life.

Chapter 672 Rebellion

Liu Zheng watched as his son Liu Jiang hadn't played for a long time, and the sky had already darkened.

The family began to prepare for the meal.

During the meal, Liu Zheng still invited Yuan Rou who was at a loss in the courtyard to the dinner table and arranged a seat for her.

Then I introduced them one by one, and Yuan Rou began to integrate into Liu Zheng's big family.

Although Liu Zheng and Yuan Rou don't have much deep feelings, Yuan Rou is a very sensible little girl. After all, she was born as a lady, she was educated well since she was a child, and she doesn't offend the other women. On the contrary, she likes Zhang Muyu very much. .

Liu Zheng saw that everyone was happy and happy, so he knew that he didn't need to worry about these women.

After a meal, everyone started to get acquainted, and Liu Zheng was also in such an atmosphere, playing in the courtyard with his two sons in his arms.

Liu Zheng rested at home for two days. After a few days of leisure, his Jin Yiwei finally sent him the news of the rebellion of the Shanyue people in Yangzhou.

The Yangzhou area has a vast land and abundant resources, and it can be said that it has the largest geographical range among the fourteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty.

Only some towns near the seaside have been built up enough to be directly controlled by Liu Zheng's troops.

There are also some places in the mountainous area, among the poor mountains and mountains, it is difficult to build towns in many places, and at the same time there are mountains everywhere, endless, all kinds of strange and steep mountains.

Not to mention the many bandits, there are also many local native Shanyue people. These people are not subject to the government's control. They have always refused to pay the king's rent, occupying the hills and establishing themselves as kings.

Earlier, Liu Zheng really didn't care about them. After all, Liu Zheng was going to fight abroad, and he couldn't deal with these people empty-handed.

Anyway, he only needs to occupy a few important towns and strongholds, which will not affect his rule of the entire Yangzhou, so he is not in a hurry to deal with these Shanyue people for the time being.

And these Shanyue people did not gather in cities and towns, they all gathered together in the form of cottages, many of them were only a few thousand people, and some of them were only a few hundred people distributed in various counties and counties of Yangzhou. If Liu Zheng wanted to completely wipe them out , they don't have a few years to clean them up directly.

At first, everyone lived in peace, and this incident passed like this.

But because of the plague and the natural disasters, those Shanyue people had no food in their villages.

They began to gather in one place, and then hit the town's idea, trying to grab some food from the town.

In this way, the people under Liu Zheng's command were harassed. This is not what Liu Zheng wants to see, so in addition to the county soldiers organized by various counties and counties to gradually counterattack, Yuan Zhou under Liu Zheng's command also sent Wu County to station Here, Wu Anguo led 3000 troops to various places to quell the rebellion of the Shanyue people.

Originally, with Wu Anguo's ability to lead another [-] soldiers and horses, it was not difficult to deal with the Shanyue people's rebellion.

But later, it was discovered that something was wrong. It turned out that those Shanyue people were trying to attack the counties and counties, and they became smarter after failing.

The Shanyue people who were scattered all over the place would not gather together, but because it is difficult for thousands of soldiers to break through the county, some of them colluded with the leaders of several tribes.Gather people from several tribes together to form a soldier and horse with more than 3 people.

This 3-strong army is enough to pose a sufficient threat to the towns and cities in Yangzhou.

The three thousand soldiers led by Wu Anguo had a round of battle with the opponent, but they didn't take advantage of it. In addition, they were indeed at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, so they could only take defensive measures and dare not attack rashly.

After such a long time, Wu Anguo has not achieved any results, and can only wait for Liu Zheng to send reinforcements.

It's not that Wu Anguo didn't dare to attack, but that once Wu Anguo went out of the city to attack, the Shanyue people would only have the opportunity to attack the town. Anyway, these Shanyue people were short of food, and if there was a delay, those Shanyue people would naturally retreat.

In fact, Liu Zheng has heard about the Shanyue rebellion for a long time, but he has not paid too much attention to it before. After all, the Shanyue people are serious in Liu Zheng, and there is nothing to worry about.

In history, when Wu State controlled Yangzhou and relied on the power of one state to fight against Wei State, many Shanyue people rebelled at that time, and Wu State often sent troops to suppress these Shanyue people. On the one hand, it was able to expand its territory and actually control Territory, on the other hand, they can capture these Shanyue people as their free labor force, or even supplementary land for soldiers.

Now that Liu Zheng needs population, many Shanyue people are not counted in the population statistics of the imperial court, so after this plague, Liu Zheng also found that maybe all the Shanyue people living in the mountains and forests of Yangzhou were driven to towns. It is also a good way to increase the population.

Compared with the situation in Wu Anguo, which is relatively stable, the situation in Wuling County, Jingzhou, is not so optimistic.

The situation of the Shanyue people is good, most of them are some bandits gathered in the mountains.

But here in Jingzhou, those people in Wuling County are not all bandits, they are all barbarians, barbarians from various mountain tribes.

What impressed Liu Zheng more was the barbarian king Menghuo who was captured by Zhuge Liang seven times and seven times in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Even the famous rattan armored soldiers came from here.

These people are people with tribal rule and faith, who can mobilize more active combat than the Shanyue people, and have more soldiers, and it can even be said that the whole people are soldiers.

Their dispatch was far beyond the reach of some Shanyue people. That's why Guo Shi, who was in Wuling County, was wiped out so easily by those barbarians.

It's just that what makes Liu Zheng a little strange is that Guo Shi didn't have a good relationship with those barbarians in the first place, so how could he end up like this.

When Guo Shi rebelled earlier, he was bewitched by those barbarians and borrowed a lot of barbarians from the barbarians to help out.

However, perhaps it was precisely because Guo Shi seconded a lot of barbarians, but the results did not bring visible benefits to those barbarians, which caused some changes in the relationship between those barbarians and Guo Shi, which led to Guo Shi's current situation. kind of result.

Although these barbarians hadn't reached Liu Zheng's territory, they were still ready to move. In addition, Liu Zheng's territory bordered those barbarians, so Liu Zheng had no time to take care of it for the time being, so Shi Xie from Jiaozhou had to deal with it by himself.

Compared with the rebellion of the barbarians in Jingzhou and the Shanyue people here in Yangzhou, what worries Liu Zheng most is that the northern imperial court and Yuan Shao's army have also begun to move around recently.

It is also a threat, and it is a bigger threat. It is the threat that causes Liu Zheng the most headache.

Chapter 673 Big news

Jin Yiwei, who was in charge of collecting intelligence under him in the north, sent a message saying that Yuan Shao had secretly sent someone to meet with Lu Zhi. The two sides were at war, but now they could sit down and shake hands and talk. Great sign.

If Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi cease their troops, then they are likely to join forces to deal with Liu Zheng.

Although Liu Zheng didn't think there was any possibility of them cooperating, Bao Buqi and the others would put aside their grievances for the time being, and both sides would join forces to march into Liu Zheng, and they would continue their battle after suppressing Liu Zheng first.

"My lord, something is wrong. Just now, the caravan going south sent us a message saying that the spies we placed in Yuan Shao's army found out that Yuan Shao had secretly sent his advisers to Lu Zhi's army and wanted to invite Lu Zhi to deal with me. The army is attacking!"

Xu You hurriedly went south with the fleet to look for Liu Zheng, with an extremely ugly expression on his face.

Originally, Liu Zheng was still figuring out how to quell the rebellion of these people in Shanyue and those barbarians in Jingzhou, but after hearing Xu You's words suddenly, he temporarily put aside the matters in these two places and focused on Yuan Shaohe The imperial court secretly colluded.

"Ziyuan, what exactly happened, please tell me in detail!"

"My lord, when we went to Youzhou to buy horses, we would place some of our spies in Yuan Shao's army. Earlier, there would be some news about Yuan Shao's army. In the past few days, there have been news from over there. It is said that Yuan Shao secretly sent someone to contact Lu Zhi, intending that the two of them will attack the lord separately. They want to annex the lord first."

Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi represent the two strongest forces. If these two forces attack Liu Zheng, then Liu Zheng will have to weigh it.

Neither Yuan Shao nor the imperial court wanted to see Liu Zheng grow bigger. They fought against each other, and in the end it was very likely that Liu Zheng was taken advantage of. So after this plague incident, they realized that Liu Zheng's strength had already fainted. It has developed to the point where even they have to be afraid of it, and there are even some shortcomings.

If they stand by and ignore Liu Zheng and let him continue to develop, maybe they will no longer be Liu Zheng's opponents.

In addition to the plague incident this time, Liu Zheng's appearance also completely offended them, making them hate Liu Zheng to the bone. Therefore, after the plague disappeared, the busy work of farming in spring was over, and Yuan Shao and the people of the court It started to stir around.

"Yuan Shao is really an ungrateful person. He forgot that if we hadn't helped him last winter, how could he have survived this winter so quickly and well. The food he lacked was transported from us. Without us, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive this winter!"

When Liu Zheng heard that Yuan Shao was playing tricks behind his back, the expression on his face became even more unsightly. He secretly scolded Yuan Shao with a white-eyed wolf but it didn't help.

Although Liu Zheng had a temporary truce with Liu Bei in Qingzhou last year, but now that such a long time has passed, the truce agreement between the two sides may be abolished at any time.

Once Yuan Shao sent troops, the imperial court would surely follow closely behind.

As a result, Liu Zheng is likely to face attacks from three directions.

The first to bear the brunt is Qingzhou.

Qingzhou is the only place where Liu Zheng borders Yuan Shao. Once Yuan Shao wants to attack Liu Zheng, his first choice will be Qingzhou.

There are not many soldiers stationed by Liu Zheng here in Qingzhou, only more than 4 bandits who originally belonged to Zang Ba and more than [-] original Yellow Turban Army.Add up to no more than [-] horses.

If Yuan Shao attacks, he will definitely send a large number of his elites to attack Qingzhou. As long as Qingzhou is captured, he can control more territory, and then attack Xuzhou southward according to Qingzhou's strategic position.

Aside from Yuan Shao's offense, there are two other things that will give Liu Zheng a headache.

One is Liu Bei from Yanzhou. After half a year of recuperation, the plague in Liu Bei's army has been eliminated.In order to have some morale changes, once the court declares war on Liu Zheng, Liu Bei will definitely not sit idly by, and his Yanzhou location is very good.

He can attack, retreat, or defend. If there is a war, he can directly attack Xuzhou from Yanzhou or even go south to Liu Zheng's Wujun.

Liu Bei's strength is also very strong, which will make Liu Zheng feel afraid.

What makes Liu Zheng even more nervous is that Lu Zhi's troops, who originally fought with Yuan Shao and had no time to worry about Liu Zheng, will inevitably merge with Liu Bei's troops if they turn their guns from the north and go south. More than one hundred thousand.

What Liu Zheng has to face is not only Liu Bei, but also Lu Zhi's tens of thousands of troops.

Just thinking about it already gave Liu Zheng a headache.

You can't help it.

The other battlefield will be concentrated in Jingzhou.

The Jingzhou battlefield is the most important, and it is also the place where Liu Zheng hoards the largest number of troops. For the time being, there are three generals Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang stationed there, so they are sure to be safe.

There are more than [-] troops gathered in Jingzhou. Liu Zheng is not worried about Jingzhou for the time being. What he is worried about is his own Wu County and Qingzhou.

"Ziyuan, is the news reliable? Are you sure that Yuan Shao and the imperial court will declare war on us?"

"My lord, the news is already a few days ago. If the news is correct, Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi have already started to mobilize their troops. As long as our Jin Yiwei, go to their barracks to see if they have any troops." Mobilize, we will be able to know the truth of this news."

Liu Zheng still had some doubts about this, but Xu You was extremely worried.

"Well, Ziyuan's words are justified. Let Yuan Zhou step up Jinyiwei's intelligence spying immediately. At the same time, we have to be on guard. Let Xu Huang's troops come from Jingzhou to Wujun immediately. Then let Zulang's water army attack all the soldiers in the Yangtze River Basin. Arm your defenses and strictly control the ships!"

Although there is no definite news yet, Liu Zheng still needs to make some preparations for this.

There are not many soldiers and horses under him that can be mobilized, and the troops in various places have their own military functions and cannot be mobilized directly.

Xu Huang's cavalry, on the other hand, are relatively mobile, and they were able to come to Wu County because Liu Zheng wanted Xu Huang's soldiers and horses to go to the battlefield to support them as soon as possible in the event of a battle.

After Xu You went down to work, Liu Zheng began to meditate in the room by himself, and now these soldiers and horses of his own.

In his hands, he now holds an army of more than 20.

Among the six major military camps, due to expansion, each battalion has 2 horses.

Among them, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang were stationed in Jingzhou.Wenpin is stationed in Yangzhou, Taishici is stationed in Xuzhou, and Zhou Cang is now in Funan, and he will not be able to return for the time being.

Chapter 674 Reviewing Troops and Horses

Therefore, leaving Zhou Cang's first battalion of soldiers and horses aside, Liu Zheng can really control and dispatch the elite here, but in fact there are only 10 people.

In addition to these elite troops, there are Zu Lang's navy of nearly 2 people, and Pan Lin's navy of 1 people.