() In April of the fifth year of Jian'an, a month had passed since Gan Ning came to surrender. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the north were still at loggerheads. Although Cao Cao's subordinate Guan Yu killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou to intimidate China. But in terms of overall situation, Yuan Shao's military strength was
grain
Grass still had the advantage. As for Liu Bei, Liu Qi had formed an alliance with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao had no rear to attack by surprise, so Liu Bei had not yet left Yuan Shao. Jiangdong Sun Ce even recovered a little and captured Lujiang County, where Yuan Shu's general Liu Xun was.
This year is the year that Sun Ce was assassinated. Liu Qi is looking forward to this day every day. However, he can’t say the specific day. After all, Liu Qi is not omnipotent, and history books will not record many. But it turns out that Sun Ce has killed Wu
Xu Gong, the prefect of the county. Xu Gong gave a petition to the Han Emperor, saying that Sun Ce was brave and should be recalled to the capital to control its use to avoid future troubles. The petition was obtained by Sun Ce's spies, and Sun Ce blamed Xu Gong and ordered him to be killed.
Sun Ce was about to die, but Liu Qi was not ready yet. When he went on an expedition to Jiaozhou, he only brought back 30,000 infantrymen, and only 20,000 naval troops, and the rest were new soldiers. With this little combat power, Jiangdong was captured.
It is not enough to be able to hold on. So Liu Qi reorganized the army and stepped up training of soldiers.
Now Liu Qi has three states and 19 counties, with a population of 4 million and a military strength of 200,000, including 80,000 county soldiers and 80,000 field soldiers. Jingzhou is rich, and under Liu Qi's management, there are all kinds of food, grass and weapons. In order to train new soldiers and improve their combat skills,
force, Liu Qi expanded the naval force to 40,000, one of whom
Ten thousand returned to Huangshe, ten thousand returned to Su Fei, ten thousand returned to Wenpin, and ten thousand returned to Gan Ning. He also appointed Huang Zu of Kuai Yue as the commander-in-chief of the navy. Kuai Yue was the commander-in-chief, leading Su Fei and twenty thousand people from Gan and Ning.
There were more than a thousand warships. Huang Zu was the deputy commander, and he was hired by officials. He had 20,000 soldiers and a thousand warships.
At the same time, Kuai Yue, Gan Ning and 20,000 navy recruits were sent to Xiakou to train secretly in preparation for the war.
In terms of cavalry, Liu Qi ordered General Zhang Xiu to lead 10,000 wind cavalry, and Hu Che'er led 5,000 secret weapon thunder cavalry. Most of Jingzhou's war horses were obtained from Liangzhou's merger, which was quite difficult. Therefore, large-scale expansion has never been possible. This has always been the case.
Liu Qi’s regret.
As for the infantry, General Huang Zhong was still in charge of the entire army as the Commander-in-Chief. Wang Wei and Pang Tong were promoted to Deputy Commander-in-Chief, with generals Zhang Fei, Wu Ju, Liu Pan, Liao Hua and others under their jurisdiction.
Liu Qi really didn't have any capable generals. Even young generals like Liao Hua served as generals of the first army. Just when Liu Qi was frowning, another general came along.
Deng Zhi and Deng Bomiao, Han nationality, Yiyang Xinyeren, were important courtiers of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period in history. They were officials and generals of chariots and cavalry, and were on holiday. They were upright and honest, and had been an upright general for more than 20 years.
He obtained funds from the government and did not manage private property. His wife and children even suffered from hunger and cold, and there was no surplus property in the family when he died.
When Deng Zhi entered Shu when he was young, he was not reused, so he went to ask Chang Yu, who was good at physiognomy. Chang Yu said that he would definitely be able to become a marquis and general in his later years. He first took refuge with Pang Xi, the governor of Brazil, and later because of his upright and simple character, he did not know how to embellish his emotions.
, so there are no scholars
Befriended him. He didn't have much respect for the people at that time. He just worked as a minor official in a county under Pang Xi. Later, he heard that Liu Qi in Jingzhou was recruiting talents. Deng Zhi, who was feeling depressed, heard about it and came to join him with his whole family.
During the interview at Zhaoxiange, I was greatly praised by the examiner.
Then he was recommended to Liu Qi by Jiang Wan. Since Deng Zhi was talented in literature and military, and Jingzhou had many scholars and good generals, Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard about it and immediately asked Deng Zhi to lead the army.
Deng Zhi had a rough life. He had no ambitions in his previous life, but he gradually rose to the top in his later life. He was first summoned by Liu Bei to be the governor of Pixian County, and later served as the magistrate of Pixian County, the prefect of Guanghan, and the minister. After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang wanted to hand over
The Kingdom of Wu was good, but there was no suitable candidate, so Deng Zhi volunteered to lobby.
As expected, the two countries re-allied. He was deeply loved by Sun Quan and received many gifts from him. Later, he successively served as the Central Supervisor of the Army, General Yangwu, former military advisor, former general, governor of Yizhou, and was granted the title of Marquis of Yangwuting.
Later, in the sixth year of Yanxi, he served as a general of chariots and cavalry, holding the Talisman Festival. In the eleventh year of Yanxi, he led his troops to Fuling.
The rebellion was successfully suppressed. Yanxi died in the fourteenth year of his life. Later that day, Zhuge Liang prepared for the Northern Expedition and stationed in Hanzhong. He appointed Deng Zhi as the Central Supervisor of the Army and General Yangwu. He and Zhao Yun acted as suspects and set up a situation from Jigu to attack Yicheng from the north of Xiegu Road.
In 234, Zhuge Liang died of illness, and Deng Zhi was promoted to former military advisor and general, leading the Yan army.
The governor of the state was granted the title of Marquis Wuting of Yangyang, and was soon appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou. Sun Quan contacted Deng Zhi many times and received generous gifts. In 243, he was promoted to the general of chariots and cavalry, and was later granted leave. In 249,
The people of Fuling rebelled by killing their captain, and Deng Zhi led his troops to conquer them, killing their leader and allowing the people to live in peace.
How could Liu Qi be unhappy about such a big future investment? It solved an urgent need. Liu Qi immediately asked Deng Zhi to command 10,000 troops as Zhonglang General and be responsible for cao and training.
Deng Zhi said modestly: "Thank you very much for your trust, Commander-in-Chief. I will do my best to live up to the Commander-in-Chief and train the new recruits well."
The total of more than 70,000 cavalry and infantry armies could not be confined to one city in Xiangyang. Liu Qi ordered the infantry commander Huang Zhong to lead Wang Wei, Wu Ju, Deng Zhi, Liao Hua and other generals with 30,000 troops and horses to station in Jiangling City. Jiangling City was located in Jingzhou
The second largest city is also the second place where grain and grass are stored in Jingzhou. Therefore, it is more than enough to accommodate 40,000 soldiers.
The military aspect has been taken care of, and the political affairs are also handled by Kuai Liang, Liu Xian, Jiang Wan and others. Jingzhou is flourishing and becoming more and more powerful.
In this way, Liu Qi immediately asked Zhuge Liang to come to his general's house to conquer the south and help Jiang Wan with his affairs first. Liu Qi, Pang Tong and others even celebrated Zhuge Liang's appointment. Of course, Jiang Wan was the happiest about Zhuge Liang's appointment.
, since Shi Tao left, all the affairs of the house have been handed over to Jiang Wan, and he is often too tired to go to bed in the middle of the night.
Jiang Wan is such an honest person, who can endure hardships very much, and often complains to Liu Qi. It can be seen how tired he is. Zhuge Liang's arrival is probably also due to Jiang Wan's nagging. Zhuge Liang's arrival greatly eases Jiang Wan's pressure
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Of course, Zhuge Liang's talent is more than enough for a small job, but there is no shortage of talents in Jingzhou now, and Zhuge Liang is young and still needs experience. There will be plenty of opportunities for Zhuge Liang to show off his talent.
The addition of Deng Zhi and the appointment of Zhuge Liang immediately made Liu Qi's men much richer. The good ministers and generals were all ready and waiting for the training of the soldiers to be completed. Jiangdong changed greatly. Liu Qi's Jingzhou army moved down the river, and Yangzhou was within easy reach. At that time,
Liu Qi could view the world from the perspective of the Three Rivers.