Scolding and scolding, Jing Yi also knows that condemnation will not solve the problem.

The key at the moment is to hold the pass of the concave waist mountain and find out the enemy situation as soon as possible. After all, he was attacked by a sneak attack, and there are too many things to figure out.

Regarding the possibility of Liu Beinan's expropriation and subjugation of the four counties in Nanzhong, Jing Yi was not completely unprepared. Guoyuan has been engaged in tuntian and rectification between Yandao and Zhuti for more than half a year, and even if the road is dangerous, Jing Yi will not get any news.

It's just that Jing Yi can't see the strategic layout of Liu Bei and Li Su, and Jing Yi doesn't know that "after opening the road to Yongchang County through Jianning County, there will be huge local trade interests in the future, as well as the possibility of developing trade with the poisonous country from the big rivers flowing to the Indian Ocean from Yongchang".

In Jing Yi's view, he is not in the position of an international trade hub, but in the "border and poor land", and he does not have this string in his head. Therefore, even if Liu Bei wants to use force, he should first attack Yuewang County or Qiqi County - and then consider the location of Guoyuan Tuntian, the Yuewang County in the west is more likely to be killed.

As for the Monkey...... Unless one day Yidu is too guarded by Zhao Yunnan and occupies Lingling County, then Liu Bei may put the matter of subduing Lingling on the agenda. Because between Qianwei County and Lingling County, there is also a narrow and difficult southern trade route, called "Qiqi Road", after opening up Qiqi, it is convenient for the Yizhou regime to better and more comprehensively control Jingnan.

(Note: In history, Liu Ba was in Lingling at the beginning, and after the Battle of Chibi, he was ordered by Cao Cao to surrender the four counties of Jingnan, but because the four counties of Jingnan were immediately recovered by Liu Bei, Liu Ba could not complete Cao Cao's mission, and was afraid of running away to avoid trouble. ）

Because from the map, the county boundary between Yuewang County and Qianwei County is very long, and it also borders the subject country of Shu County (Liu Bei changed to Hanjia County during the Three Kingdoms, and it has not been changed yet). Jianning County and Liu Bei's sphere of influence were only bordered by the southernmost point of Zhu Ti, which was split from Qianwei.

If international trade is not considered, no matter how you look at it, Liu Bei should not give priority to dealing with a remote county that is lonely.

Even ordinary people who don't know much about geography in the 21st century will think, "Isn't Yuewang County a mountainous area in southern Sichuan?" Isn't Jianning County the hinterland of Yunnan? If a warlord of Sichuan wants to pacify the south, shouldn't he first settle the areas of his province that have not yet been annexed? Why go all the way to Kunming? ”

What's more, Jing Yi was appointed by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty during the Xiping period, and the current Yuewang County Code is self-appointed by the barbarian king Gao Yi, and the original imperial court has been killed for many years. All kinds of signs made Jing Yi misinterpret the clues of the mobilization of the northern army as Gao Yi, the barbarian king of Yuewang, was about to suffer, and he himself could watch the fire from the other side.

God-damn Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Li Su! Don't play according to the routine!

The matter has come to this point, after the initial rage, Jing Yi can be regarded as executing, and it took a day or two to find out the scale of Guan Yu's troops, the logistics route, and whether his own mobilization was smooth.

After stabilizing his position, Jing Yi recruited his staff, including Changshi Su Yun, Jun Cheng Li Mao, and Du Wei Cai Fei, to urgently discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

After all, Jianning is a border county, and it is necessary to beware of barbarians, so the staff and officer systems are still very complete. If the inland counties of peace are completely stabilized, there may not be permanent official positions such as Changshi and Governor.

Cai Fei has been stationed in the local area for many years, and has fought with barbarians, and he still knows more about military affairs, so he took the lead in persuading from a purely military point of view: "Fujun, the road is dangerous, and it is not easy for Guan Yu to go over the mountains to transport grain.

Even if the enemy army breaks through a pass, there are still thirty or fifty miles of dangerous mountain roads in Wei County, and they can be delayed everywhere, and within a few months, Guan Yu's grain will retreat. ”

However, after all, Jing Yi saw things more comprehensively and had a more far-reaching vision, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that something was wrong: "The food is exhausted? If Guan Yu comes slowly, our army will have time to clear the wall and wait for the time to clear, but it is still a little certain.

But now that Guan Yu sent troops to Liang Tiannei to attack and take Cunma County, how can we wait for them to run out of food and retreat? Now that the autumn harvest has just ended at the end of August, won't Guan Yu directly use the new grain stored in the horse to supplement the military rations? Do we have to keep guard until Guan Yu eats up all the grain in the whole county? ”

Faced with this question, Li Mao, the county official who is in charge of civil affairs on a daily basis, said with relief: "If the prince of the government is worried about this matter, he doesn't have to worry too much - Liu Bei Guan Yu chose to send troops at this time, which proves that they know that the mountains in Nanzhong are difficult to transport, and they can't fight unless they have food for the enemy, so they definitely don't have much food."

But they don't know that the people in our border land are fierce, and the government is slow to collect grain and taxes. Now that the end of the autumn harvest is less than ten days, if it is in the rich land of Shu County, it is convenient for cars, horses, boats and boats to go on the Chengdu Plain, and ten days is enough time for the government to collect the people's taxes and grains.

And in which year is it not a toss for one or two months in Jianning to complete the tax collection work? Even so, tax fighters continue to emerge every year. Guan Yu came, opened the official warehouse and took a look, it must have almost bottomed out. On the one hand, we might as well try to spread rumors that Liu Bei was going to carry out tyrannical and forced expropriation, and encourage the people to flee to the mountains with food.

Second, even if the people don't flee, Liu Bei cherishes his reputation and doesn't dare to expropriate excessively. If he really dares to mess around, we can take the opportunity to slander Liu Bei, brutalize and abuse the people, and make the people of Nanzhong hostile to Liu Bei - Nanban eats this set the most. ”

Li Mao's words can be said to be well versed in the temperament of Nanban, that is, Kunming Yi and Ailaoyi.

Because in history, thirty years later, Meng Shu instigated the two major southwestern Yi to rebel, and the excuse was also to slander "I heard that Zhuge Liang wanted us to pay tribute to 3,000 catties of mite brains, 3,000 fragrant trees three zhang long, and 3,000 black dogs, and if we can't hand them over, we will be punished", and then Nanban rebelled.

The Southern Barbarians were accustomed to being casual, their productivity was low, and their folk customs were fierce, so they were very sensitive to expropriation and extortion.

Liu Bei dared to increase taxes, which is good for getting military rations in the short term, but if he is slandered by adding oil and vinegar, the long-term loss of people's morale will be too great.

Jing Yi touched his beard and decided to make two preparations: "Then first, send more detailed work, take a small road over the mountains to Cunqi to spread rumors, and collect information on whether Liu Bei really forcibly levies more rations from the people to replenish the army." If Liu Bei is frightened by the rumors and can't bear to harm the people, we will stick to waiting for them to run out of food and retreat.

If Liu Bei really dares to harm the people and levy grain, we will go to Yuewang and Yongchang to spread Liu Bei's tyranny, and add fuel and vinegar to make them have the same hatred and hatred with us. When the time comes, it is really possible to assemble tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to join forces and fight a decisive battle at the pass, and it is still possible to encircle and annihilate Guan Yu with 5,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Li Mao accepted the mission, but reminded without worry: "Fujun, if you really move the arrangement of borrowing soldiers and horses from other counties to fight the enemy together, I am afraid that even if Guan Yu is annihilated and Liu Bei is repulsed, those foreign soldiers who help the war will not be willing to leave, and when the time comes...... We will raise them at best, and lure wolves into the house. Gao Yi and Meng Wei are both bloodthirsty barbarian kings, and they won't do things for us. ”

Jing Yi: "You go and make arrangements first!" I'm going to be careful. ”

At this time, Su Yun, the chief historian who had not expressed his opinion, jumped out and added two suggestions: "Fujun, I thought that while sending a detailed work, I could also send a messenger at the same time to contact Guan Yu in the light and in the dark. In this way, regardless of whether the envoy has made meritorious contributions or not, he can provide cover for details. ”

Changshi was originally a staff officer-type position, and there was no specific division of labor, so there were often not many suggestions, but they were all crucial.

Jing Yi has always trusted Su Yun the most, so he asked in detail: "Messenger? What can be done? ”

Su Yun: "Guan Yu attacked Jianning, under the pretext that our army intercepted and killed the merchant brigade of the Yizhou Assassin Shi official camp, a few days ago, the guard was in full swing, and both sides were not calm, but now that the war is resting, we just happened to share it with them - we didn't know about the interception and killing of the merchant travel, and from the perspective of the goods transported later, it should be Zheng Dou, the magistrate of Cunma, or the lieutenant of Cunma, who was greedy for personal gain.

Now that Cunqi has been captured, judging from the current information, Zheng Dou and Ma You have no news that they have been captured, and it is estimated that they were martyred. Why didn't the prince send an envoy to clarify the grievances, so that Guan Yu had a debtor and a master, and it was a big deal to whip the two dead people and kill the corpses to vent his anger. ”

Jing Yi patted his head: "Look at me doing this...... Alas, in the past two days, Guan Yu attacked the pass too quickly, and he was confused, this matter should be done. Even if Guan Yu is calculating against us, it is impossible to withdraw from the army because of this. It is also convenient for us to win the sympathy of our colleagues in the United States. ”

Jing Yi's mind is still clear, and he knows that even if he begs for mercy, it is unlikely that Guan Yu, who has a calculating heart, will withdraw from the army, but he can win "interstate sympathy".

Just like in history, Tao Qian posed as "praying for Cao Cao to let go of the people of Xuzhou", Cao Cao would not leave, but Tao Qian could attract interstate assistance such as Tian Kai, Kong Rong, and Liu Bei.

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The suggestions of Jing Yi's three major staff members were quickly and selectively implemented, and within a few days, Jing Yi fully figured out more about the dynamics of the enemy army.

However, the whole process was not all smooth sailing, because the messenger he sent was driven back by Guan Yu first, and if he hadn't run fast, he would have almost been killed.

Guan Yu seemed to be very well prepared, taking out the "thief head" that the caravan had paid back at the beginning, as well as some "talismans" found from the corpses of thieves, and saying clever words to prove that the caravan was definitely not sent by the county magistrate, and did everything possible to bite Jing Yi, and insisted that Jing Yi himself was responsible for the caravan interception and killing, and this time he could not let Jianning completely surrender to Liu Bei, so he would never withdraw the troops.

After Jing Yi heard the return, after thinking about it, he felt that this could not be an excuse that a person like Guan Yu who only knew how to fight a war, but did not understand the law and was literate. After a little investigation, Jing Yi concluded that behind this matter was not only Guan Yu's military scheme, but also Li Su's terrible opponent-

The whole world knows that in Liu Bei's camp, Li Su's tongue is the most terrifying, and it is possible to say that life and death are possible if right and wrong are reversed. This time the planting was so meticulous, it must have been Li Su who wrote the lines for Guan Yu in advance!

As for the talismans found on the corpses of those thieves, of course, they must have been forged by Li Su. Otherwise, how could there be a bandit who still carried the officers and soldiers on his body when he robbed the road? The acting skills are too clumsy, just like the assassins of the Heaven and Earth Society who broke into the palace and assassinated in "The Legend of Deer and Ding" used Wu Sangui's weapons, and the ghost knows that it was framing Wu Sangui!

After the envoy failed, Jing Yi could only count on the meticulous work, but the work of the meticulous work was not completely smooth.

Although the meticulous work probed a lot of news and spread rumors, which squeezed Guan Yu's army and did not dare to lose the people's support in the storage and rampant expedition, Guan Yu also took the opportunity to catch several rumor-spreading details, tortured confessions, and executed them. In this way, Guan Yu also figured out what Jing Yi wanted to do.

This is also something that can't be helped, because if you just go to secretly watch and listen to information and don't do anything, then you can still ensure safety. And once he wants to take the initiative to do things or spread rumors, he will definitely have losses, be caught and killed. This also means that while squeezing the enemy army, your own plan is also revealed.

Guan Yu knew that Jing Yi wanted to bet that he was short of food, so he decided to follow one of the pre-war plans and designs to do the opposite.