Lan Tian, ​​Zhuge Liang, and Xu Shu drank and chatted happily, and they all felt sympathetic towards each other.
Zhuge Liang gave many instructions to Guan Yu and Xu Shu, but most of his exchanges with Lan Tian were about large-scale matters, such as the results of Sun Cao's war at Ruxukou, changes in the world situation, etc.
Although Lantian's internal affairs were not as good as Zhuge Liang's, he started to focus on the agricultural field that he was good at and raised the grain supply in the four counties of Jingnan. He also had countermeasures for the borer disaster last year. This alone was enough to stabilize the party.
After chatting for a while, Xu Shu joked with Zhuge Liang, "Ziyu had a long conversation with Yide just now. He should be teaching him how to break into Xichuan, right? Why don't you teach General Zilong the same lesson?"
Zhuge Liang also looked at Lan Tian expectantly, wondering what explanation he would give.
Lan Tian smiled and said: "General Zilong has a calm personality and is very principled in his conduct and work. I feel relieved that he is leading the troops in battle. Both military advisors know Yide's character well. He needs to give many instructions..."
Zhuge Liang shook his head, "Zilong is good at cavalry warfare, but it's a pity that Jingzhou has many waterways and Yizhou has many mountains. It's really a useless place for heroes."
"There will be opportunities to recover the Central Plains in the future, but we should adapt measures to local conditions. General Guan used to be the lord's cavalry general, but now he can command the navy?" Lan Tian said, looking at Guan Yu who was at the head.
"My lord, there are heroes like Yun Chang, why should the world be worried that it cannot be settled?" Zhuge Liang sighed.
Xu Shu smiled leisurely and said: "How many? Kong Ming is really greedy, but now that my lord has the power to soar, the heroes of the world will surely vote for him."
"I almost forgot one thing. When my lord collects Yizhou and everything is in ruins, Ziyu will have to arrange for a group of agricultural science colleges from Quanling to enter Sichuan. This will have a huge bearing on stabilizing the situation in central Sichuan." Zhuge Liang said solemnly.
Lan Tian smiled mysteriously after hearing this. Zhuge Liang frowned and asked worriedly: "Could it be that Ziyu wants to open Quanling Academy to Yizhou?"
"Haha, military advisor, please relax. I understand priorities, but I have already prepared for what I just said." Lan Tian nodded slightly.
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang looked at him doubtfully.
Lan Tian said sternly: "As early as a year ago, I asked Li Yang to select nearly a thousand young people in Xindengzhuang. As soon as you open the passage to Shu, I sent these people to Jiameng."
"Jia Meng Pass?" Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu looked surprised at the same time.
Lan Tian explained solemnly: "The three-part world is gradually forming. Han Sui and Ma Chao can no longer contain Cao Jun in Liangzhou. If the news that the lord has taken Xichuan reaches the Central Plains, Cao Cao will definitely stabilize Sun Quan in the east and attack Hanzhong Zhang first.
Lu, thus blocking the road to attack Yongliang from the north of Yizhou. When the time comes, my lord will fight for the grain and grass in Hanzhong first, but no matter whether the military grain is transported from Yizhou or Jingzhou, the people's manpower will be consumed because of the difficulty of the road to Shu."
"Ziyu wants to farm in Jiamengguan area?" Xu Shu suddenly realized.
Lan Tian nodded, "It's a pity that a snake can't do without a head. The people in the fields in Xindengzhuang need someone to lead them. Originally, I planned to send Xu An to Sichuan, but I was still worried that he wouldn't be able to do it well. If there weren't so many things in Jingnan, I wouldn't be able to do it."
I plan to personally lead the team to Jiameng Pass."
Zhuge Liang comforted: "Xu An can be in the first issue of the Yangtze River News, which shows that Ziyu attaches great importance to him. Anyway, it will take time for us to enter Sichuan. You can train him slowly. Ziyu is not a talented person, so don't take on light tasks. You stay here
Jingzhou is more important."
Xu Shu also quickly added: "Ziyu can't talk nonsense. If you follow into Sichuan, what will happen to Jingnan and Jiaozhou?"
"That's what I said." Lan Tian smiled awkwardly.
Two days later, everything was ready. In the early morning, Guan Yu delivered a message to Zhang Fei outside the city, while Xu Shu and Lan Tian went to the dock to see off Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun.
The three commanders each led 10,000 troops. Zhang Fei took the land route to attack Jiangzhou, Brazil, and Fucheng from the north. Mianzhu moved closer to Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang took the land route to attack Guanghan in the center. Deyang joined Liu Bei, Zhao Yun attacked Jiangyang, and Qianwei followed.
The southern siege of Chengdu.
The newly recruited soldiers were trained for less than a month. Guan Yu mixed Jingzhou veterans among them and used them, and also deployed navy warships and Gan Ning's transport ships. The number of warships left in Jingzhou dropped sharply, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was also reduced. Finally,
The strongest team is still the trapped army stationed in Lingling.
At this time, Lan Tian also brought Gao Shun and Gan Ning to return to Lingling. When bidding farewell at the dock, Lan Tian said that he would continue to build momentum with the Yangtze River News. Zhuge Liang smiled indifferently. At this time, people did not know how powerful the public opinion offensive was.
Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun set sail to the west, Lan Tian took a boat to Lingling, Zhang Fei's troops also raised dust on the land, and the entire Jingzhou was in motion in early February.
The rations, weapons, and armor for tens of thousands of soldiers have used up most of the wealth that Lan Tian has saved in the past few years. Even so, he did not deliberately raise taxes, but prepared to vigorously develop production and build more official warehouses in various places to reserve grain.
Although Jingnan leads the world in planting technology, because the original foundation is too weak, it will take time for the population of each county to continue to grow. Lantian believes that it will not take long to move from quantitative change to qualitative change.
After a year of development, the Press and Press Office has become familiar with the various yamen under it. Starting from the sixth issue of the Yangtze River News, Lantian no longer conducts final review and control. Now Jiang Wan is able to grasp the content well and use public opinion to serve politics and war.
Among the ordinary students of Quanling Academy, many of them stood out and became the focus of Jiang Wan and Lan Tian when they were handling the complicated work of the newspaper and newspaper office. These people would be assigned to grassroots yamen one after another and slowly participate in the governance of Lingling County.
Come in.
Lantian established the Quanling School to provide an upward path for poor families and ordinary people. The purpose was to break the current pattern of gentry monopolizing power. The training of grassroots officials in the Publishing House was also the first step for Lantian. He would gradually join the management model of modern society and become a selection officer.
After the talent model has a set of processes, county governance will become easier.
Lantian plans to start with Lingling and gradually spread to surrounding counties. Eventually, the advantages of the system will be reflected, the pie of interests will gradually become bigger, and most people will vote with their feet.
In April of the 18th year of Jian'an, Zhang Fei's army entered the territory of Jiangzhou in two months. Because there were attackers approaching from the side, the garrison troops from Yubelly, Chestren, Linjiang, Pingdu and other counties along the way surrendered in anticipation of the wind.
Jiangzhou is the seat of Bajun, where the rivers of Yizhou meet the Yangtze River. Yan Yan, the prefect of Bajun, only has 10,000 garrison troops.
Liu Zhang's attention has always been on Hanzhong, and he has not invested enough in Bajun to the east. When Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun arrived by water, Jiangzhou's navy was less than two thousand, and the warships were relatively short and crude.
Facing the elite navy in Jingzhou, Yan Yan resisted slightly and then had no choice but to let him go. Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun separated in Jiangzhou, Zhao Yunxi attacked Jiangyang, and Zhuge Liang went north to bypass Dianjiang to attack Deyang.
Chapter completed!