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Chapter 2722 Zhao Yun is here!

After all, Guan Yinping was their junior. What could make them happier than watching their descendant grow up?

Liu Bei and his men thought they had overestimated Guan Yinping, but to their surprise, it was precisely Guan Yinping's actions that led to the early detection of Lü Meng's sneak attack. She even built three strongholds in key locations, forming a solid defense that blocked Lü Meng's offensive.

Although Mi Fang was in charge of the main defense, it was Fu Shiren with 3,000 men who launched the surprise attack on Lü Meng's 30,000-strong army, but it was Guan Yinping's fire attack tactic that disintegrated Lü Meng's 30,000 elite troops.

It wasn't until this point that they learned about Wang Yue, the strategist of the bandit-suppressing command.

As for Guan Yinping, he subsequently occupied Jingling, used Guan Ping's army that returned to support him to capture Xiakou, and then moved to Lukou, creating favorable conditions for Guan Ping to pacify Jiangxia.

Of course, this was also because after Guan Yu returned from Xiangfan, he swept through Changsha and Guizhou, and took over the entire Jingzhou. It can be said that Guan Yinping's anti-bandit guards participated in every battle.

Therefore, Liu Bei naturally thought it was a good idea when Guan Yu appointed Wang Yue as the governor of Jiangxia and married Guan Yinping to him. After all, he could see Wang Yue's abilities and knew that Wang Yue had a blood feud with Jiangdong, so he would definitely not give Jiangdong another chance.

Therefore, Liu Bei quickly summoned his civil and military officials to urgently discuss the next course of action.

Upon receiving the news, Zhang Fei hurriedly returned to Chengdu. He felt that Jiangdong needed to be taught a lesson. As for the others, some wanted to ease the tension between the two sides, since their main enemy was Cao Cao.

Liu Bei was considering leading the expedition himself, but he was worried about Hanzhong, so he hesitated and looked at Zhuge Liang, saying, "Kongming, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan lightly and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I suggest sending an envoy to Jiangdong to buy some time for Jingzhou. I predict that within two years, Jiangdong will be free from worries!"

Liu Bei understood that Zhuge Liang was advocating for a delay, so he said uncertainly, "Now that Jingzhou's territory has expanded, there are also more things that need to be defended. Shouldn't we send more troops?"

Zhuge Liang said seriously, "If my lord is really worried, you can send two or three generals to help. However, General Guan is always proud, so my lord cannot just say that you want to send someone to help."

Liu Bei, of course, knew his second brother's personality. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "My niece is getting married soon, so I'll have General Zilong send some congratulatory gifts over. She can come back next year or the year after."

Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded, saying, "My lord, this is a good idea. We can send the envoy over as well and inform Jiangdong of General Zilong's arrival."

However, both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang overlooked one crucial factor: Guan Yu, fearing unforeseen complications, moved up Wang Yue and Guan Yinping's wedding. Therefore, while they were still on their way, Wang Yue had already successfully completed his wedding.

After Wang Yue's wedding, he became the governor of Jiangxia and spent the entire prefecture's resources to raise enough for two thousand warhorses.

Of course, the large number of warhorses was also due to Lü Meng, who stockpiled too many supplies in Xiakou, which also caused a large number of ships and merchants to pass through this area.

Wang Yue and Guan Ping occupied Sharp so quickly that, apart from the powerful Jiangdong clans who had received advance notice, even the merchants didn't have time to relocate, let alone their warhorses. Therefore, after taking over Jiangxia, Wang Yue used the pretext that these merchants were assisting Lü Meng in preparing for the surprise attack on the Yangtze River to order Guan Yinping to lead the bandit-suppressing command to confiscate their property. They obtained not only a large amount of military equipment and food but also several hundred warhorses.

Then Wang Yue sent someone to inform all the families in Jiangxia that he wanted to buy warhorses from them. He sent Wei Chi, a bandit leader who had just come down from Tongbai Mountain, as a warning to these powerful families.

Wei Chi and Wei Yan were from the same village. Unable to endure the bullying in the village, they went up the mountain to become bandits.

However, he advocated robbing the rich to help the poor, and did not harm ordinary people.

It was only after Wang Yue and Guan Ping captured Jiangxia that Guan Yinping sent people to recruit manpower in the nearby mountains, which is how Wei Chi was recruited.

After Wei Chi's largest bandit surrendered, several other bandits joined him, which is why the number of troops in the bandit-suppressing school guard unit increased rapidly.

Unfortunately, apart from the 6000 men who survived the last life-or-death battle and are of great use, the remaining 1 or so are only good for winning battles, and they would probably scatter in the face of slightly more difficult battles.

The powerful families, seeing that Wang Yue had confiscated the merchants' property, now sent Wei Chi to make it clear that if they didn't provide enough warhorses, they would be exterminated by Wei Chi, who had a grudge against them.

The warhorses were acquired just like that, but it also increased the pressure on logistics. After all, with more than 10,000 soldiers, there were also nearly 100,000 elderly, weak, women and children. If it weren't for the large amount of grain left by Lü Meng, they probably wouldn't have been able to support them. Now that there were so many more warhorses, the cost was not much less than that of 10,000 soldiers.

Wang Yue planned to train 2000 cavalrymen in preparation for dealing with Cao Cao. These cavalrymen were all young and strong men selected from mountain bandits, but none of the generals in charge of the cavalry were capable of training them.

It's not that there's no one who can train him; Wang Yue is certainly trainable. The problem is that while he has great strength, he always feels uncomfortable after using his full strength for a long time. Therefore, he's simply not suitable for long-term training with the cavalry.

After all, for cavalry training to be successful, the general and the soldiers must work together seamlessly, practically sharing meals and lodging, in order to train the most elite cavalry.

Just when Wang Yue was in a dilemma, Zhao Yun unexpectedly came over. He was a smart man, and he knew that Zhao Yun's arrival at this time clearly meant that he wanted him to use him, but he didn't say it directly because of Guan Yu's face.

However, Guan Yu's silence didn't stop Wang Yue from speaking. Upon meeting Zhao Yun, Wang Yue bluntly said to him, "General Zhao, I've heard that you trained with the White Horse Cavalry. I wonder if you could help me train the cavalry?"

Zhao Yun had already received instructions from Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang before he arrived, so of course he couldn't refuse Wang Yue's request. Moreover, Zhao Yun had come very well prepared; among the men who accompanied him to deliver gifts were 50 cavalrymen, and the remaining 2,000 were all elite infantrymen, specifically there to help train the cavalry and infantry.

Therefore, Zhao Yun said very politely, "If the governor has made a request, I will certainly not refuse. However, there are still two thousand veterans in my troops. I wonder if the governor could make arrangements for them?"

(End of this chapter)