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Liu Jing arrived in Shouchun a day ago and came to Jianghuai for inspection with Liu Jing. There were military advisor Zhuge Liang and Minister of War Sima Yi. At this time, the Han army and Cao army were all fighting against Mingjing. The Han army had formed four major offensive points, Shouchun, Nanyang, Tongguan and Pujinguan. There were countless offensive fulcrums here, such as Guangling, Anlu, Gaonu and other counties, which could launch an attack on Cao Wei.

Cao's army also mobilized nearly 100,000 troops and deployed them in various strategic locations. In terms of military strength, the two sides are almost the same, but compared with national strength, whether it is food reserves, population mobilization, people's hearts, etc., it is obvious that the Han Dynasty has the upper hand.

However, whether it is economic strength or strategic deployment, Liu Jing did not dare to be careless and still used all his financial and material resources to deal with this war that would last for unknown duration.

But the result is obvious. The side who won this battle will win the whole world. It is precisely because of this that Liu Jing attaches great importance to every detail and will not let go of every possible line of victory.

Liu Jing led everyone to board a large ship moored on the south bank of the Huai River. More than ten warships slowly started and moved closer to the north bank of the Huai River. Liu Jing, more than a dozen generals and military advisor Zhuge Liang, Minister of War Sima Yi and others stood by the side of the ship, watching the movements on the north bank of the Huai River from afar. A figure of a county town appeared in the distance, gray-black city walls and several high whistle towers.

"Your Highness, that's Xiacai County!"

Liu Hu, the governor of Huainan, introduced to Liu Jing: "Cao army has deployed 40,000 troops in Huainan, mainly stationed in Xiacai County and Yicheng County. The last time we attacked Yicheng County, Cao's army strengthened its defense against Yicheng County, not only increased the city wall, but also increased the troops to 10,000. In addition, a river-blocking iron was pulled at the mouth of the Woshui River."

Liu Jing nodded and said to Zhuge Liang: "What do the military advisor think?"

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "There is no point in blocking the iron in the river. A small boat can be cracked. If I were Cao Cao, I would strengthen my defense against Qiao County. I wonder what the defense there is?"

Liu Hu next to him hurriedly asked Ding Feng: "Is there any news from Qiao County?"

Ding Feng bowed and replied, "Report to Your Highness, there are 10,000 troops stationed in Qiao County, and the commander of the general Niu Jin."

Niu Jin is Cao Ren's deputy general, and he is also a powerful general. But Liu Jing attaches more importance to the general Zhang Liao. He asked Sima Yi: "Where are Zhang Liao and Xu Huang garrisoning troops?"

Sima Yi thought for a while and said, "Xu Huang is still stationed in Luoyang and has made tens of thousands of troops. Zhang Liao's stationed troops are not yet determined, but he is not a general of the Cao group. Cao Ren and Cao Zhen will not let him station Yuzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and Bingzhou belong to the Xiahou group, and it is unlikely that. I consider that his stationed troops may be Yedu or a backup reinforcement."

Liu Jing agrees with Sima Yi's point of view. The Cao army has many factions and their respective territories are fixed. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang belong to Cao Cao's direct line. Cao Cao cannot not know Zhang Liao's ability. Releasing him too early will not be beneficial to the overall defense. The most likely is that as a reinforcement, Zhang Liao will be sent there wherever there is a crisis.

At this time, a guard quickly walked forward and whispered a few words to Sima Yi. Sima Yi nodded, and then said to Liu Jing: "Your Highness, the person has arrived."

"Okay! Let's go back first and continue to inspect tomorrow."

The fleet slowly turned around and headed towards Shouchun...

In the yamen of Shouchun City County, Li Fu took Mr. Jin to sit on a side hall. It was obvious that Mr. Jin seemed very nervous, restless, and kept drinking tea. He no longer had his usual generousness.

He and Li Fu have had a transaction for nearly half a year and have earned a lot of gold. Of course, their transactions have also caused the loss of Cao's weapons to be very serious. He committed a heinous crime. If Cao Cao had not known it, even the crime of implicating the nine clans would have been light, but he had already sunk into it and could not extricate himself.

After half a year of trading, Mr. Jin also learned about Li Fu's identity. He was not a businessman, but a head of information from the Han army in Cao Wei. The interests of both sides were deeply entangled, and Li Fu was not afraid of him reporting it.

Li Fu once did some calculations. After opening up the trade, Cao's army privately bought countless pig iron from the Han State, but the Han State also obtained a large number of weapons from Cao Wei. In short, the pig iron bought by Cao's army was far more than enough to make up for the loss of weapons.

Of course, Cao's army also bought 100,000 shi of grain, but the consumption of 100,000 shi of grain on the hundreds of thousands of troops of the two countries is really worth mentioning.

Li Fu received the order from Sima Yi and specially brought Mr. Jin to Shouchun. It is said that the King of Han values ​​this person very much and specifically wants to meet him. Seeing Mr. Jin very nervous, Li Fu smiled and said, "You don't have to be so nervous. Your Highness, the King of Han has always been respectful to the wise and polite. This time, His Highness, the King of Han, wanted to see him. This is a good thing!"

How could Master Jin not be nervous? Who is the King of Han? He will become a god in the future, and now he is just a commoner, and the gap between them is big.

Of course, Master Jin also understood that if the King of Han wanted to see him, he would have to give him more important tasks, so he didn't know if he could complete it?

At this time, a sound of footsteps came from outside, and a guard whispered to them, "You are down!"

Li Fu stood up, and Master Jin also stood up in a hurry. He was so nervous that he shivered. At this time, a man walked in quickly from outside. He was a young officer, less than ten years old. The golden helmet on his head represented his identity, which was Liu Jing, the King of Han.

Li Fu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "I am not willing to meet your highness for my humble duties."

Liu Jing smiled and helped him up, "Sima Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time, maybe it's been a year!"

"I saw you in two months and two months last time, I saw you as a humble official in Beijing to report on your duties."

"Thank you for your hard work in Sima Li."

Liu Jing comforted Li Fu and his eyes fell on Mr. Jin. Li Fu hurriedly pulled Mr. Jin and introduced: "This is Mr. Jin I mentioned in the report."

Master Jin was so scared that he fell to his knees and kowtowed, "The villain Jin Ying kowtowed to His Highness the King of Han!"

Although Liu Jing was quite disgusted with everyone, he would play a big role. Liu Jing cared about his people. He smiled gently and helped Master Jin up, "Everyone calls you Master Jin, I'll call you Master Jin too!"

"Xiaomin didn't dare. In the past, everyone called me Jin, and Your Highness also called me Jin Binke. I really didn't dare to call you Master in front of the palace."

Liu Jing introduced to them again: "This is Sima Shangshu and this is Zhuge Liang's military advisor. I think you all should have heard of it."

Of course Li Fu knew that Sima Yi was his immediate superior. Zhuge Liang was originally a military advisor in Jiaozhou and now they were their prime minister. He hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang exchanged greetings with the two, and everyone sat down separately.

Liu Jing ordered people to serve tea, and smiled at Li Fu and Jin Ye and said, "Thanks to the two, the Han army has obtained a lot of weapons and strengthened our preparations for war."

Li Fu bowed and said, "This is a matter of humble position."

Li Jing smiled and said to Master Jin: "My master has made a great contribution!"

"It is a villain's honor to serve His Highness."

"I will certainly not forget you have made contributions to the Han Dynasty. I hope I will continue to work hard and strive to be the title of Guanneihou in the future and shine the grandson."

Master Jin is not short of money, but he has no status. Now he is just a commoner. Now the King of Han actually said that he could be conferred the title of Guanneihou in the future. He was so excited that he stuttered in his voice. He knelt down and said, "Jin Yi is so heartbroken for His Highness, and he will die."

Seeing that he was quite tactful and satisfied with his attitude, Liu Jing smiled and said, "Of course it is not that easy to be a marquis. It requires a certain price to pay. Of course, as long as I am willing, I will definitely be able to do it."

Master Jin nodded, "Xiaomin understands!"

"Li Sima said that he is generous and has a good reputation. How to do it will be discussed in detail by Sima Shangshu and the two of you, so I will take the lead."

When Liu Jing met him, he just expressed his opinion. He would not participate in what he did. So he got up with Zhuge Liang and left the side hall. He walked outside. Zhuge Liang laughed in a low voice: "Does your highness want to use his connections in Cao's army?"

Liu Jing smiled faintly and said, "It would be a pity for such a powerful person to just ask him to resell weapons."

After walking a few steps, Liu Jing remembered something again and said to Zhuge Liang: "It is late October today. The military advisor is going to rush to Shangjun and set off as soon as possible."

Zhuge Liang nodded, "Weichen will set off in the afternoon!"

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Only Sima Yi, Master Jin and Li Furen were left in the room. Master Jin's nervousness calmed down a little. He quickly expressed his opinion to Sima Yi first: "As long as the villain can do it, the villain will do his best and will never postpone it."

Sima Yi smiled and asked, "Actually, what I am most interested in is how can I have such a wide connection? Can you reveal it?"

Mr. Jin sighed and said, "Actually, there is nothing strange. Cao Hong is my brother-in-law. As early as the sixth year of Jian'an, Cao Ren secretly reselled Yellow Turban Army prisoners of war as slaves. I was manipulated by him. At that time, I had a deal with General Gan of the Han army. It is said that he had some relationship with His Highness. Later, this incident was exposed. I was protected by Cao Hong and followed Cao Ren. After fifteen years, I knew my master, all of whom were friends with me. In the war between Hefei the year before yesterday, I sent grain to Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao found that he was short of food. According to military rules, I should be a death sentence. But for Cao Ren's sake, Zhang Liao defeated me fifty military rules and dismissed him from the military camp. I did my current business."

Sima Yi nodded, "So that's it. So the weapon that Master Jin brought was obtained from Cao Ren?"

"No! No!"

Mr. Jin waved his hand quickly, "Cao Ren is an upright person. If he knew about this, he would have to kill me. He could only say that part of the weapons came from his army, as well as Cao Zhen from Yuzhou and Cao Xiu from Qingzhou. Cao Zhang also had a little, but not much."

Sima Yi smiled and asked again: "I wonder if Niu Jin from Qiao County has anything to do with him?"

"It has no direct relationship with Niu Jin, but his subordinate Zhang Li is one of my sources of goods."

Sima Yi's smile became even brighter, "I have an idea, can I ask you to contact Zhang Li for us?"

Master Jin understood what Sima Yi meant. He hesitated for a moment, and Sima Yi smiled and said, "If you do this, your Guannei Marquis will get half of it."

When Mr. Jin thought of enthroning the Marquis of Guannei, he felt aroused in his heart and said with a sigh: "Sima Shangshu just told him that the villain must do his best!"
Chapter completed!