With Lei Yuan's order, the entire Lujiang Lei family mobilized.
Thousands of divisions are ready to be put into combat, but it is not as simple as soldiers walking out of the barracks with weapons. In order to support the actions of this army, many things need to be done and a complete system is needed to support it.
In terms of military weapons, weapons such as flags, drums, horns, armor, swords, guns, bows and arrows should be prepared, and sufficient spare weapons should be reserved; in terms of auxiliary distribution, cattle, horse, animal power, saddles, horse felt, ropes, leather tape, vehicles, tents, military uniforms, straw sandals, shovels, hammers, axes, saws, and even cooking pots and guillotines for cutting grass.
Although these things are trivial, they are the basic guarantee of the combat effectiveness of the army. Generally speaking, the economic and technological army has the support of officials and warehouses in various places, and their support capabilities in this regard are far greater than those of a certain family. The Lujiang Lei family is exceptional. As a clan entrenched between the Jianghuai River and Huai River and dealing with several powerful regimes for decades, they have already accumulated enough experience. Even when they come to Jingzhou, they have always maintained their original strengths... Under Lei Yuan's repeated supervision, many aspects of work are even more perfect than before.
These things are not the main materials needed by the army, but more importantly, the military supplies. When soldiers are fighting, they need grain, millet, wheat, beans, etc. every day, supplementary food such as meat, vegetables, salt, and soybeans. War horses require horse materials such as straw and horse materials, as well as money and silk rewards expected to be distributed to soldiers. Thousands of divisions and hundreds of cavalry teams have a huge amount of materials needed, which is usually difficult for a county to easily support.
But the Lujiang Lei family can do it. This family did not flourish after decades of passing on poetry and books, but rose in constant fighting and fighting over the decades of troubled times. Compared with the former, although they lacked the foundation, they embodied a strong martial spirit and prepared for war almost every moment. In this regard, Lei Yuan himself was the representative. After taking charge of the Lujiang Lei family, he did not pay attention to the luxurious things at all, and completely devoted all resources to farming and war.
This is also one of the reasons why many officers in the Lei family's verse are full of awe of Lei Yuan and believe that he will definitely achieve success. But in fact, Lei Yuan just doesn't like the so-called luxury enjoyment of the present, and is always surrounded by a strong sense of insecurity.
With the full cooperation of more than 20,000 people dependent on the people, the Lei family tribe prepared to go to the expedition in the shortest time.
The total number of the Lei family in Lujiang was as high as 3,500. According to the scale of troops, it was almost the powerful force of Xuande Gong's subordinates second only to Guan and Zhang. Such a force suddenly entered a state of full mobilization, which once again caused shocks in the surrounding areas.
Just in the afternoon of the same day, the night was getting colder and the setting sun was about to fall in the west. A dark red light as blood was hit on the window frame of the wing room on the east side of the main hall of the Zuo General's Mansion.
Zhuge Liang sat leaning against the desk, squinted his eyes, looked at the light at the window frame, turned around, and put an oil lamp closer. The soft brush he held made a slight rustling sound on the bamboo slips, and every word he fell was neat and square, which was very different from the simple and clear handwriting of writing when writing instructions and writing: "... Liu Gongxiong was so talented that he had the world, and he had the land of Jing, and all of them returned to virtue. It is already known that the heavens and man left. What is he going to do? "
Two Shujiao cooperated with the office on the side of the desk. One kept going back and forth between the desk and the wall. According to Zhuge Liang's brief order, he picked out the corresponding parts from the stacks of bamboo slips and plates piled up along the wall as a reference; the other knelt on the desk, stacked the approved files in different categories, and occasionally got up to pick the lights on the shore to brighten them.
The door that was hidden was suddenly pushed open, and someone stepped in, interrupting the busy and orderly working state.
Zhuge Liang raised his head and was surprised: "Lord?"
A few days ago, Liu Bei and Mrs. Sun had a big fight, and the originally warm and loving relationship between husband and wife was severely damaged. A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and neither of them wants to bow their heads or give in, so Liu Bei has been resting in the outer courtyard all day long. Today, Guan Yunchang came to the police, so Liu Bei made an appointment to rest at Guan Yunchang's house. The two left General Zuo's Mansion in the afternoon. At this time, Liu Bei suddenly returned, and something must be important.
Zhuge Liang hurriedly put down his pen, bypassed the desk, and bowed down to salute.
Liu Bei helped him up: "No need to be polite!"
Zhuge Liang took the seat and asked Liu Bei to sit next to the desk.
Liu Bei waved to the two Shuzuo: "I will discuss the secret with the military advisor, you can go out and don't disturb you."
Seeing the Shujiao retreating in small steps and closing the door, Liu Bei placed a book in front of Zhuge Liang: "Military advisor, please read it."
The book had been in Liu Bei's hand for a while, and the cold bamboo turned warm and the outer edge was a bit damp, which was a sweat stain on Liu Bei's palm.
Zhuge Liang took it and opened it straightly. After looking at two lines, he couldn't help but take a breath.
"The entire army of the Lei clan in Lujiang is mobilized? What are they going to do?"
Liu Bei reached out and asked Zhuge Liang to continue reading. So Zhuge Liang stopped talking and finished reading the whole bamboo slips.
The plan described in the book "Shunting the Jingman riot" was so bold that Zhuge Liang didn't know how to evaluate it.
Zhuge Liang placed the calligraphy on the table and read it again. He recognized that this was Jiang Wan's handwriting, but there was a sloppy stroke between the strokes, and it was obvious that he was a little impatient when writing.
"I would not be surprised to kill Zhou Tai on the spot after being attacked by the Eastern Wu. But he did not do that, but was preparing to attack the Eastern Wu territory and launch a tragic revenge?" Zhuge Liang pondered: "He did this because he was determined to attack the Eastern Wu severely, and put himself in the heart of the conflict between the Sun and Liu families..."
Liu Bei nodded: "So Lei Xuzhi used Jiang Wan to write to us that since the Eastern Wu repeatedly provoked, he had to make a powerful counterattack and cut off their delusions in one fell swoop. Otherwise, with the greed of the Wu people towards Jingzhou, I was afraid that there would be no peace in all places. And the most suitable person to bear this responsibility is the Lei family in Lujiang."
Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment and slowly said: "It's true."
In any case, the Sun and Liu families are all alliances. There are some things that can be done between the Sun and Liu families, but they cannot be done blatantly: Lei Xuzhi, as the captain of the Jingman, has been said to have fought fiercely with a large chief of the Jingman these days, and he will definitely be able to drive a large number of Jingmans, which can be used as a cover for military operations.
Even if some things have to be done between the Sun and Liu families, there must be sufficient reasons: the Lei family in Lujiang has enough reasons. If you want to say the reason for the death of the former sect leader and the ambushing process of the current sect leader, you can say countless truths in a sect leader. Retreat to Liu Bei himself, a strong clan of this size acts freely, and the military government cannot control it... Isn't this just right? The same is true between the advance, retreat, and the rebellion between the Wu Hou and the Jiangdong clan, and no one should expect too much.
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang's expression: "Then reply to the book and let him do it?"
Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "At this moment, the Lujiang Lei family has been mobilized, and this so-called arrow has to be fired on the string. Even if we intend to stop it, can we stop Lei Xuzhi?"
Liu Bei smiled without saying anything. Both of them knew very well that they could stop him. But doing so would show tens of thousands of people to the Lei family in Lujiang to show their weakness and incompetence; from then on, they were afraid that the relationship between the king and the minister would be over.
Zhuge Liang subconsciously held the feather fan and waved it briefly and vigorously: "Since that's the case, we must urgently write about Jingnan and talk about the Jingman riots and conquer counties... Well, you might as well exaggerate the deaths and injuries of Lexiang, Yidao, Chanling, Zuotang and other places. If the Eastern Wu reacts, we will have something to say. In addition, immediately send a team of elite troops to Lexiang. If there is any dissonance, try to pick them up as much as possible and not let them fall into the hands of the Eastern Wu. Also..."
Zhuge Liang said, Liu Bei nodded and nodded a few times, but saw Zhuge Liang's brows frowning tighter and he stopped talking.
"Kong Ming?"
"Lord, this move of the Lei family in Lujiang will eventually anger the Marquis of Wu. Even if it can shock the Eastern Wu for a while, many subsequent conflicts will arise between the two families in the future. Have you ever thought about how to treat Lei Xuzhi at that time?"
Liu Bei lowered his eyelids and looked at the seats laid on the ground, as if he was very interested in the color of the seats. After a long time, he slowly said: "The Lei family in Lujiang is originally a powerful and fierce Haowu family. We put it in Lexiang in order to rely on their ferocity to prevent the infiltration of the Eastern Wu. Thinking of this, isn't everything Lei Xuzhi does exactly what we need? Therefore, no matter what the result appears, no matter how dissatisfied the Hou of Wu will be, it should be borne by the General Zuo."
Chapter completed!