Lei Yuan looked up at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang posed a fan, looking calm and serious.

Lei Yuan couldn't help laughing dryly again.

Those who can rise up in these troubled times and hold power among these forces will not be fools with a mind full of benevolence, righteousness and morality? No matter how all the allies are, they have their own plans and plans behind them; when they fall on paper, they work together to carry them all together, but they cannot be seen outside behind them. Everyone holds the hilt of the knife in their hands, hides the cold blade, and makes ruthless decisions at any time.

Duke Xuande pacified Yizhou last year. Although he did not experience a long war during the process due to various reasons and the vitality of Jingyi and the two states was not damaged, Lei Yuanke had seen the panic in Chengdu when Zhuge Liang falsely reported Cao's army to the south that night. In other words, many weak people were still in office, and it would take some time to calm people's hearts.

The Cao army stationed in Hanzhong is like a guillotine that falls at any time, and always maintains a huge deterrent force. This guillotine hangs high for a day, but Yizhou will not be truly stable for a day.

Therefore, Duke Xuande must advance to Hanzhong and expel Cao's army.

But this is by no means easy. Since the generals of Guanzhong such as Zhang Lu and Han Sui surrendered to Cao one after another, the Cao army had existed earlier and more stable than expected. Their support for Hanzhong will become stronger and stronger as time goes by. As long as Cao Gong is willing, hundreds of thousands of Xuchang and the army of Yecheng can enter Hanzhong at any time, forming a threatening momentum blocking the door of Xuande Gong's house.

What will happen in Yizhou at that time? Those Dongzhou people and local tyrants who followed Liu Yan and Liu Zhang for many years will really follow Xuande Gong wholeheartedly and fight the Cao army to the death?

From this perspective, Xuande Gong is actually a bit of a strong man on the outside and doing things at the same time. He had to seize Hanzhong, but he was unable to bear the pressure from Cao's army. Therefore, his need for Wu Hou to raise an army in Jianghuai was no less than Wu Hou's expectations for Hanzhong.

However, Wu Hou had his own opinions. How smart he was, how could he sacrifice himself for others? He had to use some means to create momentum for the Sun family and forcibly turn the Jianghuai battlefield into the main battlefield for the north-south struggle.

This idea sounds ridiculous. For several years, only Mr. Wu has been the home of Duke Xuande through Mrs. Sun. I have never seen Duke Xuande in turn. However, since the battlefield is in Jianghuai...

Under the command of Duke Xuande, there is a force that is suitable for playing in Jianghuai.

This force once occupied the Jianghuai River for decades, only a slight difference from separating the country. They have been rebels, been recruited, occupied cities, and entered the mountains. They can be called old friends in this mountain and river. When they call each other, they are the Lei family in Lujiang.

This is to ask the Lei family of Lujiang to devote all its accumulation over decades to Xuande Gong's career. This is no longer a personal requirement for Lei Yuan, but a requirement for the entire clan, and to the Lei family of Lujiang to fight for the gains and losses of the Huainan hometown and the reputation of the entire clan.

Lei Yuan didn't know how Duke Xuande and Zhuge Liang viewed Jiangdong's combat effectiveness. Anyway, with his own knowledge, he felt that the Marquis of Wu would most likely not succeed.

Lei Yuan looked at the map, hesitating and silent.

"Success?" After a long time, Zhuge Liang called him and said sincerely: "When I came, the lord specially ordered that when I went to Huainan, all the expenses would be borne by the Grand Sima Mansion. The lord would also send a letter to the Duke of Wu, so that the relatives and relatives of Lei's family could be returned to Jingzhou. If their family wealth was lost, the Grand Sima Mansion could be compensated three times; if the land in the family was abandoned, the fertile land of Jingyi could be replaced by three times; in addition, those with talents in the family, the prefecture and county government could be used. If there were outstanding people, they could be ordered and long."

It is a trivial matter to bear the expenses of Lei Yuan’s trip.

The old masters of the Lei family in Lujiang are enemies of Cao Gong, and there will inevitably be losses in politics and economic terms, and Xuande Gong promises to provide several times of compensation.

This compensation is extremely generous. It is said to be three times as the limit. In fact, how many wealth and land does those people have in Jianghuai have? They are not the final decisions on their own? Zhuge Liang said that if it was Duke Xuande who promised that as long as they spoke, they would be able to satisfy their money and land.

It is even more remarkable to have children from various families who can start their own business in the prefectures and county governments. The Lujiang Lei family itself is only a rising Haowu clan in modern times. They are related to the Lujiang Lei family, and at best they are in the status of a village hero, but Duke Xuande agreed to treat them all as scholars!

Duke Xuande deserves his reputation as kindness. To be honest, even if the powerful people in Huainan really need to work hard, it is time to work hard. :(/

Lei Yuan thought for a while: "Jianghuai is a place where four battles are fought, and the household registration is lost. Previously, there were 50,000 people who came to Jingzhou with my father. The people who stayed in the local area were worried about Cao Gong's plan to move the people, and more than 100,000 people fled along the river, but I don't know how many people there are in Jianghuai at this time. If the local population is scarce, I can't make a big splash, but I will miss my lord's major event."

"Of course there are still people. I just said that Cao Gong was in Daxing, Huainan, which is not a false statement. Look..." Zhuge Liang stood beside Lei Yuan and pointed out the map and said: "This is near the Shishui River in Huainan County, there is a military farm; this is near the Feishui River outside Hefei City; this is the shui River near Shaobei, and this is the shui River near Jiabei, and there are military farms near the Qingshui River. In addition, recently, Zhu Guang, the prefect of Wancheng appointed by Cao Cao, opened rice fields, and gathered tens of thousands of men and women."

What Zhuge Liang said was no longer limited to Huainan and Lujiang counties, but expanded to Anfeng, Runan and other counties in Yuzhou. After Lei Yuan left Huainan, he had not paid attention to the situation there for a long time. However, Xuande Gong was able to master the local dynamics so clearly that he had a unique channel, which was not known to Lei Yuan. Thanks to Lei Yuan's precise and meticulous maps, which could be used by Zhuge Liang to draw one by one.

Lei Yuan nodded slightly: "Since that's the case, I'll try my best."

Zhuge Liang smiled: "This is the best, so I'll go on for a while."

"only……"

"Shuzhi has any questions, but please tell me."

Lei Yuan pondered for a while and said slowly: "It's okay for the local tyrants, what about ordinary people?"

"What?"

Lei Yuan stood up, stood by the door of the hall and breathed a sigh, and then turned around and said, "The reason why the Lujiang Lei family led tens of thousands of people away from their hometowns and fled far away from Jingzhou was because they wanted to protect the people under the threat of Cao's army. Those who stayed in Jianghuai and did not leave were beyond the reach of Lujiang Lei family, and the Lujiang Lei family failed to fulfill their promise to protect the country and the people, which made them fall into the hands of Cao's army. Those who were lucky enough to die from the butcher's knife became exploited serfs. Now the mercy of the Lei family has been able to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, but they turned back to instigate the people to fight to the death... With the wisdom of the military advisor, we would not know what kind of ending these people will face once they respond to the Lujiang Lei family. At that time, can they be obtained if they want to be serfs or dogs and horses?"

Zhuge Liang was silent.

After a while, he asked back: "If Xuzhi is there, relying on the prestige of the Lei family, either to be given a sword or to lure him to escape, no matter what the result is, it will always be the same. If Xuzhi does not, would the Wu Hou raise an army to attack Jianghuai? Wherever the Cao and Sun armies arrived, would there be no fighting or massacre? Unless this chaotic world is over, how could the sorrow of the people be born?"
Chapter completed!