Liu Ye stood in front of his colleagues at the Military Advisory Office and was filled with emotion.

Once upon a time, he was the emperor's obedient confidant, in charge of the secretary's office, and had dozens of officials under his command, most of whom were from aristocratic families. Among them, a hero like Bufan Pei Qian, now he has to face a group of ordinary scholars, explain his combat plans, and accept inquiries.

Soldiers are tricks, how can we discuss publicly? I am afraid that before the plan is implemented, the news will reach Yuan Tan and Liu Bei's ears.

He did not agree with this approach, but he could not change Sun Ce's attitude. As a surrendered minister and a former loser, he did not have enough influence. There were chaotic footsteps outside the door, mixed with armor and collision of weapons. A group of generals in armor came in. Judging from their clothing and badges, they were all backbone of the central army, many of which were Sun, Wu, Xu, and other attendants and knights.

Liu Ye and the military advisor Zhang Chengzheng on duty were confused, and Sun Jiao led Lu Ji, Zhen Xiang, Wu Qi and other young servants in and sat down aside. Sun Jiao looked around and announced the order of the King of Wu. Except for a few people who could not leave on duty, all the servants, knights and young servants must participate in this inquiry meeting with the backbone generals of the Central Army.

After saying that, Sun Jiao winked at Liu Ye.

Liu Ye smiled bitterly. He understood what Sun Jiao meant. Sun Ce asked so many people to listen to his preaching, so he naturally agreed with his plan, allowing these people to increase their knowledge, and at the same time avoiding the people in the military advisory office being biased due to selfishness. For him personally, this is of course good news, but for the entire war, the risk of leaking secrets is magnified exponentially, which is by no means a wise move.

Liu Ye almost thought of asking Sun Ce to take back Cheng Ming, but after repeated weighing the pros and cons, he still held back.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Cheng announced that the meeting began. He first determined the persons participating in the inquiry. He had been in the Military Advisory Office for a long time and was very familiar with the relevant personnel. He took the opportunity to give a brief introduction to Liu Ye. Then he announced that the scope of the inquiry was mainly strategic and tactical feasibility, and did not involve the arrangements of specific personnel participating in the war, nor did he involve specific tactics.

Liu Ye breathed a sigh of relief. Without specific tactics involved, the possibility of leaking secrets is much smaller.

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he introduced Liu Ye's identity to everyone. He introduced it very simply, only talking about Liu Ye's hometown, age and employment history, and did not mention Liu Ye's experience as the secretary of the Guanzhong court. Although everyone here knew it, it was not stated clearly, and Liu Ye avoided some embarrassment in his heart. Sounds like this, he was no different from a newly appointed military advisor.

Liu Ye's mood was much more relaxed. He coughed, looked around and saluted everyone.

"According to the emperor's decree, we sort out the relevant geographical situation in Jizhou and Youzhou for reference by the king. We will accept inquiries according to the military advisory department. The draft was first completed, and it was hasty and rough, and there was no shortage of waste and contradictory. I hope you will correct it."

Everyone was very polite to give him a polite look, but his eyes were a little unkind, just like looking at the prey to be slaughtered.

"Everyone who fights for the world must judge by the time, place, and harmony between people. The time of the world is that the King of Wu rises in the southeast, practices the kingly way, emphasizes education, and all the people are happy. Farmers are diligent in farming, and new ideas are revealed in the workmen. Merchants and goods are spread throughout the world, warriors serve as military camps, and each gets their own convenience. Half of the household registration in the world is in Jiangdong, the Central Plains are about to be settled, and Hebei will become a place to compete for the deer..."

Liu Ye said, feeling a little complicated. He had been familiar with the situation in the world before. In order to understand why he was defeated a few months ago, he conducted detailed research on Sun Ce's new policy. This time, in order to formulate a combat plan, he entered the archives office of the Military Advisory Office to check first-hand information. Each time he gained differently. After seeing the detailed data and looking back at the summary report of the five-year plan, he was aware of the general trend of the world and could almost be sure that the Han Dynasty was about to perish and the Wu was about to prosper, and it would not take too long.

From another perspective, unless he is willing to be mediocre for his whole life, he will have to choose to follow Sun Ce. No one else is Sun Ce's opponent. It can even be said that their result will not be much better than the late emperor Liu Xie.

This is his last chance.

Liu Ye quickly finished talking about the general trend of the world and turned to the geography part. He spread out the map and explained the geography of Jizhou in detail. If the time of the sky is just a general and has no new ideas, then Liu Ye’s understanding of Jizhou geography surprised many people.

He had a holistic understanding of Jizhou's geography, and had also entered Jizhou with the emperor. He remembered everything he saw along the way and explained it from a military perspective. This is something that many people here cannot reach. They can only understand Jizhou's geography from the map, without a specific concept, let alone details.

For example, at the junction of the three counties and states of Zhongshan, Changshan and Julu, from south to north, there are five or six large waters, including Hutuo Water, all of which are east-west and east-west, and there are countless tributaries, which seem to be suitable for navigators to fight, but the flow of rivers here is heavily dependent on the seasons. The water volume is large in summer and autumn, and it is possible to sail. In winter and spring, the water is shallow in the water, and large ships cannot drive. In fact, it is very short for navigators to fight. Therefore, in most seasons, the only areas that navigators can enter are Hejian, Anping, Juluze, and Juluze as the end point. If you want to advance to Yecheng, it is better to go north through the Yellow River.

Therefore, the threat of water and land to Jizhou is limited, and entering the hinterland of Jizhou mainly depends on infantry and cavalry. For infantry, Jizhou's climate is dry and cold, and the winter is longer, and the diet is mainly wheat and millet. Jiangdong soldiers who are used to eating rice are likely to be unadapted. In severe cases, they will be unacceptable. In the winter, Jizhou will be long and beneficial to the defenders. The offense and defense will be camped for a long time. If the measures to prevent cold and keep warm are not in place, non-combat casualties will occur due to frostbite, wind and cold diseases.

After a series of questions, the military advisors and the military officers of the Military Affairs Office did not dare to be careless, and they listened carefully. There were many people taking notes and recording key points. The central army generals who were listening were also whispering and discussing carefully. After the autumn, the central army will be the main force. They all have to face the geography and climate of Jizhou. Some things need to be prepared now. Whether they are fully prepared depends on whether they can make contributions in the autumn or even survive.

There are many people who disagree with this, and some people asked Zhen Xiang for confirmation. Wuji County is at the junction of Zhongshan, Changshan and Julu that Liu Ye mentioned. Zhen Xiang confirmed most of what Liu Ye said, but he also admitted that although he was a Wuji person, he did not travel widely and his understanding of nearby geography was not as comprehensive as Liu Ye. As far as he knew, what Liu Ye said was true and insightful.

Then, some of the generals of the Central Army also confirmed what Liu Ye said, especially the people in charge of the scout camp. They followed the King of Wu to visit Youzhou and stayed in the northern part of Jizhou for a period of time. What they saw and heard was consistent with what Liu Ye said. Unlike the military advisors of the Military Affairs Office who started and stopped by Sun Ce, some of them went deep into the hinterland of Jizhou and learned more about it.

After talking about geography, Liu Ye began to analyze people, mainly Liu Bei, Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and the civil and military officials around them. He focused on analyzing Liu Bei's character. Liu Bei was from Youzhou and Youzhou was a border state. It was different from the Central Plains that emphasized culture and education. There were many knights, and he valued heroes, valued real profit, neglect reputation, and was brave and incompetent. While Liu Bei had these characteristics, he was also somewhat different from others, which was mainly reflected in two points: First, he had a good background and his grandfather was the official.

As the county magistrate, he was considered an official family. Liu Bei was unwilling to be a knight for the rest of his life. He had strong ambitions. Secondly, he lost his father since childhood, engaged in a low career with his mother, and depended on each other for life. Many times, survival was a problem he had to consider, which also destined that this person would not stick to morality when he was necessary. When necessary, he would use any means. But on the other hand, he was particularly destined to be a lifelong child. If he did not respect him, he would retaliate with all his might and was not rational enough.

Liu Bei followed Sun Ce for a while, and the old men in the Military Affairs Office, such as Zhang Cheng, were not unfamiliar with Liu Bei, but not many people could analyze Liu Bei in such an in-depth manner. They just despise Liu Bei's character, but never thought about why Liu Bei did this. Now, after listening to Liu Ye's analysis, he felt ashamed of himself.

Liu Ye's inquiry was successfully passed, and the military advisor on duty Zhang Cheng gave a high-level evaluation suggestion. As for whether it was a Class A or a Class B, he did not dare to make a decision and asked the King of Wu and the military advisor to offer wine.

The Military Advisory Office was uproar and looked at each other. There were many people who were unfair about this. With Liu Ye's combat plan and questioning process, it was more than enough to be rated as a senior class B. However, as the military advisor on duty and acting as a military advisor, Zhang Cheng had the power to directly evaluate the senior class B. He wanted to submit the King of Wu and the military advisor to the pride of Guo Jia. The implication was that he hoped to be rated as a senior class A.

The highest honor is the highest honor. So far, the Military Administration has not yet had a combat plan for the best-level A. This is the first time that a surrendered minister has seized it? Zhang Cheng is suspected of favoring the Jianghuai Group. If he had not belonged to the Qingxu Group and had no connection with the Jianghuai Group, someone would inevitably stand up and accuse him of being biased and overestimating Liu Ye's plan.

The central generals who attended the audience disagreed. They all supported Zhang Cheng's suggestion and felt that Liu Ye deserved a high-level class. Such a detailed combat plan could not get a high-level class. Why do your military advisory office set up a high-level class? There will be no more in the future, so just withdraw it.

When the Military Advisory Office heard this, it was immediately furious. Someone immediately pointed out that Zhuge Liang's combat plan was rated as a top-level A, and in the end it was the king's decision to cut it by half, which made Zhuge Liang fail to get the A. This was the king's decision, not our Military Advisory Office deliberately made things difficult for others.

The generals of the Central Army retorted. You did it on purpose. Since Zhuge Liang's plan can get the best grade level, why can't Liu Ye? In terms of practical experience, Zhuge Liang cannot compare with Liu Ye at all.

In the blink of an eye, the civil and military quarrels in a quarrel, and the protagonist Liu Ye was left alone. Sun Jiao pulled him, then pulled Zhang Cheng, and headed straight to Sun Ce's cabin next door.

Sun Ce was sitting in the cabin and was talking to Xun Yu. When he saw Liu Ye and the other two coming in, he couldn't help laughing.

"Congratulations to me for showing my sharpness and sweeping the Military Affairs Office."
Chapter completed!