After Lu Meng threw out two small tricks one after another, Liu Biao was already surprised, but what he didn't know was that this was just the beginning. (_--)

Military maps are just one of the necessary combat supplies for senior commanders of Jin State. The list of Jingzhou guards was also drafted by Zhao Xing himself before leaving. This is not a real skill for Lu Meng himself.

The real reflection of Lu Meng's comprehensive and comprehensive abilities is reflected in his instructions on how to clean up all spies lurking in Jingzhou City, how to strengthen control over local forces such as Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, how to reorganize various armies in Jingzhou, improve training methods, and build various defensive fortifications.

What made Liu Biao even more speechless was that after saying these opinions, Lu Meng actually put forward some proposals to improve the economy and people's livelihood of Jingzhou. It was also very insightful and not the kind of intentional show-off or nonsense. This is not simple, it only means that Lu Meng has learned a lot of real skills with Zhao Xing, which is far from the Ameng of Wu in the past.

Because it was necessary to transfer Huang Zhong and Ma Liang to guard Yiling, this was equivalent to removing Liu Biao's left and right arm. Lu Meng then suggested that Liu Biao select 2,000 burly soldiers from the lower class from various armies in Jingzhou, and form a guard force similar to the "Stealing Camp", directly obey Liu Pan, the nephew of Liu Biao, and the military general Su Fei was appointed as the deputy.

Lu Meng promised that the equipment of these two thousand people would be configured according to the heavy troops of the Jin Infantry Legion. It not only had protective equipment such as full-body armor and helmets, but also had extremely sharp machetes, continuous military crossbows and long-range longbows. Once this unit completed training, Liu Biao's safety would be no problem. (_--)

What Lu Meng did not tell Liu Biao was that Su Fei, who was originally the governor of Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, used to have a close relationship with a "**" in Shu, and was a good friend. This "**" was Jinfan Ganning.

After solving Liu Biao's security problem, Liu Biao felt that having Lu Meng by his side as a military advisor was actually not worse than Ma Liang, but Lu Meng still followed the way of being a guest and recommended several civil and military talents who were ignored by Liu Biao in the past. One of them was named Wang Wei, who could be the deputy general; one was named Yi Ji, who could be the employed; one was named Qin Mi, who could be the debater; one was named Qi Wukai, who could be the chief clerk; the other was named Deng Xi, who could be the governor.

Liu Biao was no longer surprised by Lu Meng's behavior of taking care of housework, so he carefully kept the names of the people mentioned by Lu Meng in his heart, and prepared to investigate one by one and then appoint them. If it was indeed as Lu Meng said, several people could be used more, and he would not mind putting these people in an important position. After all, even if Lu Meng knew these people, it would not affect their efforts to Liu Biao. Liu Biao could not doubt everyone just because Lu Meng knew the details of his civil and military staff. If he really did this, it would be like seeking death.

In accordance with Lu Meng's instructions and suggestions, Liu Biao quietly began various preparations and deployments in Xiangyang City.

Liu Biao first transferred the prefect of Jiangxia Huang Zu to Xiangyang to serve as a deputy governor of Jingzhou, assisting Liu Biao in inspecting various military and horses in Jingzhou. Although he was promoted in name, Liu Biao himself had the final say whether he could control the garrison in Xiangyang City. Afterwards, Liu Biao appointed his subordinate general Wen Pin as the prefect of Jiangxia and also served as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army. He allocated 20,000 naval troops and 20,000 infantry to be responsible for Jiangxia's defense.

Then, Liu Biao appointed Jiang Wan as the prefect of Nanjun, Huo Jun as the prefect of Changsha, his eldest son Liu Qi as the prefect of Wuling, Han Song as the prefect of Lingling, and Kuai Liang as the prefect of Guiyang. Huang Zhong was appointed as the governor of the Western Route Army and Li Yan as the governor of the Central Route Army.

Liu Biao allocated 30,000 infantry to Huo Jun to defend Changsha; he also allocated 30,000 infantry to defend Yiling; he also allocated 20,000 infantry to defend Yiling; he also allocated 20,000 infantry to defend Li Yan, and 20,000 navy troops were responsible for the central support; the remaining 60,000 troops were all put into the Xiangyang front line, and Xiang Chong led 10,000 people to guard Shandu, Wang Wei led 10,000 people to guard Caiyang, Huang Zu led 20,000 people to guard Deng County, and the remaining 20,000 people to guard Xiangyang, and Liu Chou personally led 10,000 people to guard Caiyang.

Before Wenpin went from Xiangyang to Jiangxia to take office, Lu Meng gave him several construction drawings on how to build underwater fortifications, as well as instructions on building defensive facilities near the water, and an iron chain crossing the river, which made Wenpin amazed when he saw it.

Before Huo Jun went to Changsha, Lu Meng also gave him several construction drawings on how to build high-strength city walls and reverse inclined fortifications. These drawings were all from the hands of the master of the Jin Civil Engineering Design Institute, and had strong guiding value for Huo Jun who relied on the lonely city to conduct defensive operations.

Before Huang Zhong went to Yiling, Lu Meng still gave him several construction drawings on how to use the help of mountains to build fire prevention camps. Lu Meng specifically told Huang Zhong that the camps should not be connected together, and that they should pay special attention to the possible fire attacks of the enemy. At the same time, his side should use fire attacks to eliminate the enemy. Lu Meng also agreed to apply to the Jin State to equip Huang Zhong with a batch of gunpowder specially used for arson.

The reason why Lu Meng treated Huang Zhong so well was that when he came to Jingzhou, Zhao Xing made a special explanation, allowing him to find ways to gain Huang Zhong's favor and often win over and get close to him.

Liu Biao highly praised Lu Meng for his "selfless" support for Jingzhou and even exposed some secrets of Jin. He thought in his heart that the more Lu Meng teaches now, the stronger Jingzhou will be, and even if he encounters attacks from the Jin* team in the future, he can defend better.

Lu Meng knew Liu Biao's little thoughts very well, but he didn't say them out loud. Lu Meng thought that this time, I will sincerely help you with the old man. Don't think that Jingzhou is really a wall of iron. In the eyes of the special attacking troops of Jin State, such defensive arrangements are just a bit of a scum. I can teach you to defend Jingzhou this time, and I can still beat you up and lose Jingzhou next time.

After completing these arrangements, Liu Biao thought everything would be fine and he could rest assured from now on, but was urged by Lu Meng to go to Shandu, Deng County, Caiyang and other places to inspect the construction of the fortifications. When Liu Biao saw with his own eyes the three defensive positions that Jiang Jie was responsible for supervising, he widened his eyes again. He did not expect that it was just three protective defensive positions that were built like iron walls by the soldiers. If this approach was followed, I really don’t know who would dare to attack Xiangyang.

In fact, Liu Biao is still an amateur, or short-sighted person. He has never seen the horror situation when using a large amount of gunpowder, so he is still examining the structure of the defensive position with a traditional perspective. It should be noted that Cao Cao and Liu Bei have not only gunpowder in their hands, but also a large number. Even after Huang Yueying's participation, he has developed a powerful gunpowder weapon.

If Cao Cao and Liu Bei really planned to attack Xiangyang, it would be difficult to defend the attack of the imperial army with the current three frontier positions.


Chapter completed!