There are clear rewards and punishments for those who are superior, so it is important to be fair and just.
Wang Hei committed a crime, but he cannot be exempted from punishment just because he committed the crime for his mother and sister.
But since he has a sense of shame, it means that this person is not bad in nature, and Shen Chen will not fail to give him a chance to start a new life.
In this way, we punish him criminally, spur him morally, and reform him ideologically.
Just like the story "The Sheep Thief and the Saint" that later generations have learned, maybe in the future we can educate a saint from far away from home, who knows.
After inspecting Longzhong Township, Shen Chen went non-stop to Hecheng Township, Liqiu Township, Baishui Township and other disaster-stricken townships around Xiangyang.
Then he went to Jiangxia and urged Yang Hong, the newly appointed governor of Jiangxia, to manage the disaster area well and continue the work of reclaiming lakes and reclaiming land.
From early February to March, Shen Chen had been wandering around Nanjun, Jiangxia and other places, fulfilling his responsibilities as the top military and political leader in Jingzhou, inspecting the progress of rebuilding homes in various counties and counties.
As the shepherd of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanzhou, Shen Chen's power has reached a higher level. Previously, he was only the general of Zuo and the prefect of Nanjun, and only had the political power of Nanjun and the military power of Nanyang.
Now, after becoming the military and political leader of the entire Jingzhou, he has almost substantially controlled half of the country under the Liu Bei Group.
Not even half, but more than half.
Because Liu Bei's group currently has about 300,000 troops, of which 200,000 are stationed in Jingzhou alone.
The main reason is that after Cao Cao retreated, there would be no fighting in Guanzhong, and Yizhou's military strength would usually be used to fight against rebellious foreigners or to control bandits and bandits.
Unless you plan to attack Chang'an in the future, Yizhou's troops and horses are of little significance. According to Zhuge Liang, 30,000 people are enough.
Therefore, Jingzhou, as the front line to resist Cao Cao and destroy Wu, became an important military area, with a large number of soldiers from Liu Bei's group stationed there.
Now all these soldiers and horses are under the jurisdiction of Shen Chen.
At this moment, the floods have no mercy, and the government is actively participating in the construction to help the people restart their homes.
Although this made Jingzhou's finances temporarily tense, the pressure was greatly relieved when taxes from Jingnan and Nanyang and grain and grass support from Yizhou came.
Especially in March, the arrears of grain and grass from Nanyang and Jingnan last year were collected, which soon enriched the treasury and created a surplus of grain and grass.
So Shen Chen immediately began to prepare a plan to defeat Wu.
He first inspected the shipyard in Baqiu and looked at the progress of ship manufacturing in the past few months. Then he went to Shaxian, Xiakou and other Jiangxia naval bases to inspect the progress of naval training.
After that, we also went to Xiling, Qichun, Luoxian, Changsha and other places to see the progress of collecting grain and grass in various places and the preparation of equipment for the expedition to Wu.
Until the end of March or the beginning of April, Shen Chen summoned generals from all over the country to Xiakou.
Xiakou County, in the county government mansion.
Shen Chen wore a large robe with a crane cloak outside, dressed as a scribe.
There was already a division between civil and military positions in the Han Dynasty, but at that time there was no separation between civil and military positions. There were many generals who were both civil and military, such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, and even Lu Meng. They were just martial artists in their early days, but later they studied hard and became Confucian generals.
It was not until the Western Jin Dynasty that the emergence of the nine-rank Zhongzheng system caused those high-ranking children from upper-class families to disdain serving as military attachés. Especially the local Jiangdong families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty despised the military position.
From then on, the boundaries between civil and military officials gradually began to appear, and civilian officials began to look down on military officials. It reached its peak in the Song Dynasty and continued to be like this until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The warriors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lived through life and death, and were discriminated against. Naturally, they lived a miserable life and were unwilling to perform their duties to the best of their ability. Under the pressure of civil servants and those in power, they would commit rebellion if they disagreed, which aroused the fear of those in power and civil servants. Continue to suppress, thus forming an endless cycle.
So this is one of the reasons why the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were weak and were the two dynasties in the past. To a certain extent, the emergence of the Five Husties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was because the Jin Dynasty made many bad starts. .
But although Shen Chen has now switched to a civilian position and put on civilian clothes, he has no intention of looking down on military attachés. At least in the Han Dynasty, officials with both civil and military skills have always been the form of officials he admired.
At this moment, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Huang She, Samoko and others were sitting in the audience. Deng Ai was also there, but Huang Zhong, Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, Wen Pin, Zhou Buyi and Cai Du were not here.
Huang Zhong was transferred to Hanzhong.
As the new general, he will replace Guan Yu and become the general guarding Hanzhong.
Due to his high military merit, Zhou Buyi became the local governor and is now in charge of Nanyang. Cai Du currently serves as Zhou Buji's assistant in charge of Nanyang's government affairs.
Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang, and Wenpin were also stationed in Nanyang for defense, becoming a bridgehead to deter Cao Wei from the front line.
Logically speaking, the three of them are equal, and if Shen Chen is not around, there will be no one to lead them.
But because Zhou Buyi had proved himself in the Battle of Jingzhou, Shen Chen warned the three of them that if they encountered a war, they should follow Zhou Buyi's command, thereby avoiding the problem of inconvenient commanding if they were not under each other's control.
Now Shen Chen summoned the rest of the generals to begin preparations for the formal crusade against Jiangdong.
At present, these people are the main senior generals in Jingzhou.
The Battle of Jingzhou gave rise to many military achievements, and the general names of Liu Bei's group were somewhat insufficient. The previous sequence consisted of four generals, front, rear, left, and right, plus a bunch of generals with miscellaneous names.
But for people like Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun who have made great contributions, it is really unreasonable not to be given the title of general.
Therefore, at Shen Chen's suggestion, Liu Bei proposed four campaigns, and the four towns were called generals with the rank of two thousand stones, above the miscellaneous generals of two thousand stones, and below the generals around and around the rank of two thousand stones. .
Among the four generals, Zhao Yun was the general who conquered the east, Wei Yan was the general who conquered the west, Gan Ning was the general who conquered the north, and Pang De was the general who conquered the south.
The generals of the four towns were taken over by Huang She, Zhang Xiu, Lu Chang and Wenpin.
If it weren't for Wei Yan and Pang De's outstanding performance in the Battle of Guanzhong on the northern front, including killing generals and capturing flags, guarding grain roads, etc., they might not have been able to take that position.
Now that the Battle of Jingzhou has produced six high-ranking generals, and Shen Chen still controls 200,000 troops and horses in Jingzhou, this undoubtedly made some Yizhou officials under Liu Bei feel uneasy, and they wrote letters asking to weaken Shen Chen's power.
Even Shen Chen himself wrote a letter asking to be transferred to Hanzhong.
However, Liu Bei defied all opinions and not only did not reduce his power, but instead delegated it. He promoted Shen Chen to be the shepherd of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanzhou, which shows his trust in him.
At this moment, in the government office, except for Samoko who was promoted to general of miscellaneous numbers and Deng Ai who was promoted to captain of school, all of them were generals.
Shen Chen looked around at the crowd and said slowly: "Everyone, the King of Han will come to Jingzhou next month to formally prepare to attack Wu. Before that, we must arrange all military affairs properly. Do you have confidence in this battle?"
"Of course there is!"
"Ouch!"
"I have long wanted to destroy Sun Quan."
"Captain, give the order."
Everyone cheered and cheered. Although they were a group of old men, they were all a group of passionate old men.
Shen Chen nodded with satisfaction and said: "Last year we won a new victory. Although we won, the burden on the people of Yizhou and Jingzhou was heavy. Therefore, this year the King of Han and I both believe that it is not appropriate to mobilize large-scale troops. One hundred thousand land and water troops will be enough." , Jingzhou sent 80,000 troops."
Huang She immediately said: "Since we are attacking Jiangdong, our Jiangxia Navy is indispensable. Jiangxia Navy and Jiangdong Navy are feuding. In this battle, we must avenge our shame and eliminate them!"
"It's natural."
Shen Chen said: "However, the Jiangxia Navy also lost a lot of troops before. The 50,000 people are already less than 40,000. Let's send 30,000 troops."
"only!"
Huang She was immediately satisfied.
Zhao Yun wondered: "Captain, the main force Jiangdong relies on is the navy. If there are too few navy, will it be difficult to attack? And there are too many armies, where can we attack?"
Shen Chen smiled and said: "The soldiers are divided into two groups. One group goes down the river and goes hand in hand with the waterway. The other group goes from Jingnan."
This is undoubtedly a continuation of Liu Biao's original attack on Jiangdong.
However, although Liu Biao failed initially, it does not mean that this was not the best route to attack Jiangdong.
Because there are only these two routes in total.
Deng Ai muttered: "Master Shijun, attack from Jingnan, Shanyue people"
"Um."
Shen Chen nodded: "Countless people from Shanyue have written to us. Attacking from Jingnan, wherever they go, they are all our troops!"
"That's good."
Zhao Yun felt relieved.
Shen Chen added: "It's quite difficult to cross mountains and ridges in Jingnan. Where is Samoko?"
"The end will be here."
Shamoko, who is already in his forties this year, stood up and said.
Shen Chen said: "I order you to take 10,000 troops from our headquarters and go south to Changsha to stand by."
"only."
Samoko De Ling.
Shen Chen looked at Gan Ning and Zhao Yun again and said, "You two will be stationed in Xunyang and Qichun first. After the King of Han arrives, you can send out troops."
"only."
"Here."
The two of them responded.
Shen Chen looked at everyone and said seriously: "The battle against Wu is a crucial battle. It involves whether the King of Han can obtain the entire south. You must not slack off."
"only."
Everyone responded in unison.
Shen Chen waved his hand: "Go."
At that moment, all the generals returned to their bases and began to mobilize their troops.
At present, Gan Ning is still stationed in Xinye and Samoko is in Wuling, and they have to move their stations.
Now that Jingzhou has settled down, the counties have been re-divided.
The newly established Jianping County in the Three Gorges area extends from Wu County to Yidao, includes the Shaqu area of Wuling County in the south, and borders Badong County in Yizhou.
Nanxiang County is divided into Nanxiang County from the upper reaches of the Han River in the southwest of Nanyang County to Fangling and Wudang. It is roughly located in the area from Laohekou City, Danjiangkou City to Shiyan City in later generations, and borders Fangling County, Shangyong County, and Xicheng County in Yizhou.
The newly returned Guiyang County was divided into Linhe County, which was probably located from Hezhou to Guilin in later Guangxi, bordering Cangwu County in Jiaozhou.
In this way, the earliest seven counties in Jingzhou became fourteen counties, doubling the number.
They are Nanyang County, Nanxiang County, Zhangling County, Nan County, Jianping County, Jiangxia County and Xiling County north of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou, which is almost the Hubei Province except Nanyang in later generations.
Changsha County, Lingling County, Wuling County, Yuanling County, Hengyang County, Guiyang County and Linhe County in the south of Jingzhou spanned Hunan and Guangxi in later generations.
In addition, Jiaozhou in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas in later generations will also belong to the Han Dynasty.
Jiaozhou was originally given to Sun Quan as a condition for the conclusion of the alliance. Sun Quan sent people to occupy it, and the scholar family of Jiaozhou chose to surrender.
As a result, after the Battle of Jingzhou, the scholars kept petitioning Liu Bei to surrender.
So Liu Bei appointed a new governor of Jiaozhou and some officials took a small number of soldiers to Jiaozhou.
It's just that Jiaozhou is indeed in chaos now. It's just a nominal occupation, rather than actual control and governance, so the sense of existence is low.
After the soldiers left Xiakou and returned to their base to make preparations, Shen Chen went to Xiling.
In Xiling City, in the morning, soldiers carried a large amount of information, maps, tables and chairs from his ship to the Xiling Prefect's Mansion.
In the past, Liu Bei's group belonged to a unified military and political system in various places. For example, Zhao Yun was the general of Yijun and the prefect of Xiling, Huang She was the general of Hengbo and the prefect of Jiangxia, and Samoko was the captain of Jianwu School and the prefect of Wuling.
Now, under Shen Chen's suggestion, the military and political affairs were separated, and the prefects from various places in Jingzhou were reassigned. Except for Shen Chen, the military chiefs of each county no longer took charge of the people.
Therefore, the current governor of Xiling is Guo Mu, who has just arrived and has been with Liu Bei for many years. Historically, he was the governor of Nanxiang.
After Shen Chen arrived in Xiling, he was asked to move his war room to the Xiling Mansion Ya Lai.
In a mansion in the backyard of the Taishou Mansion, Shen Chen personally made chai mulberry sand tables from Jiujiang to Congyang and Ruxukou, and marked the status of the enemy and our defenders in the north of the Yangtze River.
In the house, Guo Mu, the governor of Xiling, Zhao Yun, the general who conquered the east, and several disciples including Deng Ai, Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Miao, Shan Yi and others accompanied him.
This is a place that many of Shen Chen's other disciples in the military would envy.
Because disciples with military positions, such as Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao and others, had to lead troops in the camp and could not leave their posts without permission, they could not come over to listen to Shen Chen's analysis of the battle in person.
Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Miao and others are civilians and can follow him. Although Deng Ai was promoted to captain, he has no troops for the time being. Shan Yi serves as Shen Chen's guard commander, so he has the opportunity to follow him every day. Beside Shen Chen.
Being with Shen Chen not only makes them feel familiar every day, but more importantly, the teacher teaches in person, and the experience he can provide them is immeasurable.
That's why this opportunity is so rare.
At this moment, Shen Chen looked at the situation between the enemy and ourselves, and said with a sudden smile: "Sun Quan is so weak now, and Chaisang only has a thousand people. Are you sure this is the result of investigation?"
Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Captain, it is indeed true. Not only are the secret agents lurking in Jiangdong confirmed to be correct, we also asked some Jiangdong families who are willing to serve us, as well as some common people, and the answers we got are all accurate."
"Are the people rejecting us?"
Shen Chen asked.
Zhao Yun replied: "I don't reject it. The Sun family has become alienated in Jiangdong. Many people heard that the lord loves the people as his own son, and they all hope that we can fight to Jiangdong."
"Um."
Shen Chen nodded, looked around and said: "A king who implements benevolent government will definitely win the support of the people; if everyone is united and united, they will be invincible in the world. This is what "Mencius" said: The benevolent are invincible. Do you understand? "
"yes."
Many disciples immediately responded.
Shen Chen continued: "Jiangdong has been defeated by me. Sun Quan would not be stupid enough to place a large number of soldiers and horses in a place like Chaisang, which is not dangerous. How many people are there in Ruxukou now?"
"No less than thirty thousand."
“Where is Nanchang?”
"five hundred."
"five hundred?"
"Yes."
Zhao Yun nodded: "Shanyue people are everywhere in the south. After the main force of Jiangdong Army has been lost, it will be difficult for Sun Quan to quell the rebellious Shanyue people."
"interesting."
Shen Chen laughed, looked around and said: "Sun Quan has lost his people and half of his geographical advantage. It depends on whether Tianshi can help him. In this battle, if he cannot be eliminated even in this way, the laws of heaven will not tolerate it."
This is not to establish flg, but to strategically defy the enemy.
Nanchang's defense force is very weak now, and it is extremely easy to attack and destroy it. Sun Quan's main defense force is on the Yangtze River in the north, and there are Shanyue people in the south to help. The second group of troops marching from Jingnan can fight all the way from Nanchang to Yuhang.
If this still fails to destroy Sun Quan, then it is indeed unreasonable.
And the only variable.
That is Zhang Liao from Huainan.
Shen Chen looked towards the Huainan area.
If you want a waterway and attack east of the Yangtze River, you can't go from the south of the Yangtze River, because the south is the southeastern hills, which are all mountains and there are almost no roads. You have to climb over the mountains and ridges.
Therefore, we can only take the Jiangbei land route, or the one from Xunyang to Huainan, from Huangmei County to Qianshan City and then to Wuwei City in later generations.
Therefore, whether you are traveling by land or water, you must pass through Ruxukou. This is why Sun Quan deployed heavy troops at Ruxukou.
It depends on whether Zhang Liao has the courage to come to his aid.
There is only one chapter today. It's Qingming Festival. I was out in the morning and came back in the afternoon. I'm a little tired. I'll see if I can make up for it tomorrow. It doesn't matter if I don't, because there will be a big update on the 8th. The minimum guarantee is 20,000 words. Wu will be destroyed soon. , waiting for my good news.