Lu Bu's "family banquet" is very characteristic of Bingzhou. Hu beds have been used, and people sit around a small table. Wine and food are placed on the table - a rare dining banquet.
And it is indeed a "family banquet", the dishes are very simple, and it is said that Diao Chan made them himself.
To Diao Chan... Bai Tu and Lu Lingqi were all called "aunt".
But now Lu Lingqi looked at the bowl in front of Bai Tu, the pile of boiled meat and barbecue almost up to her chin, and her own pitiful bowl. There were only a few slices of green vegetables on top of the rice, which were all served by her aunt, and she couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
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After three rounds of drinking, Lu Bu also talked to Bai Tu about serious matters, that is, about going to Yangzhou in the future!
"Yuan Shu is so ambitious that Jiujiang, Lujiang in the Huainan area, and Yuzhang in the east of the Yangtze River have all been controlled by him. The governor of Danyang was also recommended by Yuan Shu. Yan Baihu of Wu County caused chaos. Kuaiji is slightly better. The governor Wang Lang is said to be a famous Confucian scholar..."
Lu Bu said with some ingenuity.
"It must have been memorized by force." Lu Lingqi muttered in a low voice.
After being glared at by Lu Bu, Lu Lingqi pursed her lips and said nothing, but she took a piece of meat from Bai Tu's bowl.
At this time, there were six counties in Yangzhou. Jiujiang and Lujiang were in Huainan, and there were only four counties in Jiangdong. The reason why Sun Quan later called him the "Six Counties in Jiangdong" was because he divided the largest Yuzhang County into three - this was also the period of the Three Kingdoms
The routine operations of warlords.
Firstly, it seems to be bluffing, and secondly... the more detailed administrative division has indeed improved the efficiency of military and political affairs.
The current governor of Yuzhang is Hua Xin, and his reputation is only higher than that of Kong Rong. If he is able to serve as a minister in the times of governance, he can be enough to lay a solid foundation for the rear of the princes even in troubled times. But in the early days of troubled times,
When facing a direct military threat, actions are limited.
Although Hua Xin was unwilling to join forces with Yuan Shu, he could not prevent his rule from being eroded by Yuan's disciples and former officials. He had no choice but to allocate part of his manpower and tax revenue to Yuan Shu, who claimed to be Yangzhou Mu, every quarter!
Although the nominal governor of Lujiang is Lu Kang, he was attacked by Yuan Shu last year because Lu Kang expressed his opposition to Yuan Shu and refused Yuan Shu's order to adjust grain. Now he has been besieged in the isolated city for almost a year, and all the counties in the county have attached themselves to Yuan Shu.
As for Jiujiang, it is Yuan Shu’s base camp.
The Jiangdong area, that is, the southeast side of the Yangtze River - the flow direction of the Yangtze River is closer to from southwest to northeast rather than horizontally from west to east.
During this period, the flow of the Yangtze River was even more like this, so the term "Jiangdong" became more popular.
At the same time, Jiangdong is divided into two parts by the Ganjiang River that flows from north to south. On the west side is Yuzhang County, which is relatively developed, and on the east side is Danyang, which is very mountainous - to what extent? Because there are too many mountains.
There are too many people in Shanyue in the mountains, but the talented people in Danyang are fierce!
On the east coast of the coast, in the north is Wu County, which was the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the south is Kuaiji County, where the State of Yue was located in the Spring and Autumn Period. Danyang and Wuyue were the areas where Shanyue was in serious trouble...
The bandits led by Yan Baihu were in control of Wu County at this time, but "according to Lu Bu's speculation", there were Jiangdong family members behind them.
Kuaiji County is currently in the best situation for Bai Tu. The prefect Wang Lang is not an ambitious person, and when Bai Tu's deeds are spread through the spread of the Han Dynasty, I believe that celebrities like Wang Lang will have a good impression of Bai Tu.
"Why don't I believe this is your speculation?" Lu Lingqi murmured in a low voice while poking at the meat in the bowl.
"Hard disk, are you full? What are you doing standing still? You haven't cleared away the dishes yet!" Lu Bu said to Diao Chan and his daughter with a straight face.
Diao Chan glanced at him silently, then lowered her eyebrows and said... But for some reason, Bai Tu felt that Lu Bu seemed to stiffen.
"Hey...I'm going to train after dinner!" Lu Lingqi ran out directly.
What is cleaning the dishes? After Lu Lingqi became sensible, she ate more in the military camp. Even now in Xiaopei, she usually spends more time in the military camp than living in the mansion.
"How's Qu'a?" Bai Tu asked tentatively.
How about it? Bai Tu didn't know very well, but he just knew that Liu Yao went to Qu'a at the beginning - even though he was a member of the Han clan and the well-known Yangzhou Mu, Liu Yao didn't dare to take advantage of Huainan as soon as he came up.
I went to Jiangdong... Qu'a, a county in the north of Wu County, close to the Yangtze River.
However, after some management, Liu Yao was able to get along relatively well in Jiangdong, but he was completely unable to adapt to the rules of troubled times, and was eventually swept away by Sun Ce.
Quoting from Zhuge Liang: "Liu Yao and Wang Lang each took control of the prefectures and counties, discussed plans for peace, and attracted the saints. The crowd was filled with doubts and difficulties filled their chests. They did not fight this year and did not conquer next year, so that Sun Ce could become powerful, so they merged
Jiangdong."
Translated into vernacular, people like Liu Yao and Wang Lang obviously have some foundation in Jiangdong, but they all talk a lot of nonsense and do nothing, which makes Sun Ce become stronger and stronger and sweeps them out...
There is a saying: "Tomorrow comes tomorrow, and there are so many tomorrows. I live to wait for tomorrow, and Sun Ce will be the big brother."
"Yes, Gongtai... and I think so too!" Lu Bu nodded.
Bai Tu suddenly knew that Chen Gong had no better idea.
In fact, this is inevitable. After all, Liu Yao naturally had his reasons for choosing Qu'a.
Firstly, Qu'a is located in the northern part of Wu County, close to the Yangtze River. Yan Baihu, who occupies Wu County, has no official title after all. The main control area is in the central and southern part of Wu County where the family is stronger. Qu'a, which is close to the Yangtze River in the north, should still be
Will abide by the justice of the imperial court.
Secondly, Qu Axi took over Danyang, and although the prefect of Danyang was Yuan Shu's cousin, he was not a direct descendant of the Yuan family. There was no need to worry about being outed by Yuan Shu before he could gain a foothold...
It's just a big problem to take the road to Qu'a.
If Guangling County of Xuzhou, which is close to the sea in Huainan, is still there, we can go directly to Guangling and cross the Yangtze River to reach it.
However, now the entire Huainan is under Yuan Shu's control.
If you go alone like Liu Yao, you won't be discovered, but... Bai Tu's starting point is better than Liu Yao's, Lu Bu and his Bingzhou Army will also support him, but how can these five thousand cavalry cross Huainan in silence?
, cross the river to the east?
In the past few months, Lu Bu has stationed troops in Xiaopei. The original 4,000 Bingzhou and Liangzhou cavalry have expanded to 5,000, including 3,500 Bingzhou wolf cavalry and 1,500 Xiliang iron cavalry.
Ordinarily, these two major arms must be trained in Bingzhou and Liangzhou, but for "replenishment", troops from other places can be used, but a certain "loss rate" is required.
In fact, this is also in line with the laws of reality. Even without the training function of Chengji, if you bring more than 4,000 cavalrymen from Bingzhou and Liangzhou to recruit new soldiers in the Central Plains, as long as the number is not large, they will naturally be trained and assimilated by the veterans of Liangzhou!
But the elimination rate may be higher...
Therefore, replenishing troops in other places consumes extra manpower, which is completely reasonable. At the same time, it is limited to "replenishing troops." Lu Bu wants to use 3,000 wolf cavalry in Bingzhou and expand tens of thousands of wolf cavalry in other states and counties. It is completely impossible, even if he is given
Even with so many war horses, we can’t do it!
At the same time, Xiaopei's infantry numbered several thousand, but neither Lu Bu nor Baitu had any intention of moving these infantry.
I'm already a little embarrassed to suddenly let Liu Bei's pigeons go to Yangzhou, but I have to take his infantry with me? You can't bully honest people like this...
And now with just these five thousand cavalry, both Bai Tu and Lu Bu had a headache.
"What Gongtai... and I mean is that it is not advisable to break through the encirclement by force. If that doesn't work, you and I can take our own soldiers, travel lightly and act as a caravan to Qu'a first. Wen Yuan and the others can stay, or we can go to Qu'a first.
Help Liu Bei guard for a while and join us again when there is a chance."
Bai Tu was a little moved. Lu Bu was already ready to "start from scratch" again...