Liu Bei and Sun Ce divided Jingzhou at this time, Chen Mo didn't think that they were dividing Jingzhou for the sake of harmony in the world, you must know that in the previous war, the two sides fought for important places such as Jiangling and Xiangfan, but they fought hard, and the two sides fought bloody, how could they say that reconciliation would be reconciled?

Chen Mo and Xu Shu didn't pay any more attention to Suiyang's sand table, Xu Shu suggested: "Lord, the land of Jianghuai is not easy to say now, but Nanyang cannot afford to lose!" ”

Nanyang is a strategic place, although Lu Bu's governance back then I don't know if it was deliberate, but now Nanyang is an important place together with the north and the south, as long as Nanyang is in the hands of Chen Mo, Chen Mo can attack Jingzhou at any time, but if Nanyang falls into the hands of Liu Bei, then Liu Bei has the ability to attack Chen Mo at any time, you must know that Chen Mo's approach to Nanyang is not only Heluo, Yingchuan is now Chen Mo's territory, and if Liu Bei gets Nanyang, he can attack Yingchuan at any time.

Chen Mo nodded, the land of Jianghuai is not a threat now, even if Jiangdong calls, as long as they have not gained a firm foothold, Chen Mo can beat them back, but Nanyang is different, if Nanyang is lost, it is equivalent to inserting a thorn in Chen Mo's abdomen, if he is not careful, he may give Chen Mo a blow at any time, and it will be very painful, so compared to Jianghuai, which has not yet arrived, Nanyang, which has been in business for many years, is of more significance to Chen Mo.

"Immediately send someone to inform Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, and Cui Geng, and ask them to lead their troops to Nanyang immediately on the day they arrive, keep an eye on Liu Bei, and don't let him take advantage of it." Chen Mo took out the arrow and said in a deep voice to Xu Shu.

"Whoa!" Xu Shu nodded, took the order and left, and went to arrange for someone to deliver the letter.

Zhang Liao and Wei Yan were Nanyang guards before, and they were familiar with Nanyang, and Cui Geng was also from Nanyang, and now let him return to his hometown, firstly, Chen Mo has the intention of letting him return to his hometown, and secondly, it can also better mobilize the local forces of Nanyang.

Unconsciously, Liu Bei had grown to the point where Chen Mo had to pay attention to it.

Although there are only three counties now, it occupies the most populous and wealthy southern county, this southern county, the four counties of Jingnan plus Jiangxia are not comparable, it can be said that the current Liu Bei is the lord of Jingzhou in the real sense, the most important thing is the terrain, just a Han River, as strong as Lu Bu failed to cross it back then, even if Chen Mo wants to go south in the future, this naval army is also a big problem.

After receiving the order, Zhang Liao and Wei Yan found Xu Shu and asked, "Sir, this battle is imminent, why did you let me leave?" ”

"The two generals don't have to worry." Xu Shu naturally knew what they were worried about, nothing more than worried about whether Chen Mo's move had another deep meaning, or was unwilling to let them get the credit, and patiently explained at the moment: "Liu Bei reconciled with Sun Ce and divided Jingxiang equally, and now Liu Bei has begun to station troops in the Xinye area, if the general returns a moment late, he is worried that Nanyang will not be protected, if Nanyang is lost, our army will win the Central Plains, and the hinterland will be threatened by Liu Bei from time to time!" ”

"I see." Zhang Liao and Wei Yan suddenly understood, although the current war was very critical, but if Liu Bei really sent troops to Nanyang, this would also be a key battle, Chen Mo was not only not guarding against them, but also gave the two of them great trust, Zhang Liao immediately intervened and said: "Without further ado, I will set off at the end." ”

Xu Shu watched the two leave, and then went back to resume his life, as for Cui Geng, there is no need to worry, as Chen Mo's henchmen, Cui Geng, Shi Geng, and Yu Sheng can be said to have a blind worship of Chen Mo, where Chen Mo asked them to go, even if it was a sea of swords and fires, they would not hesitate to go, Zhang Liao and Wei Yan would come over to ask, and Cui Geng's side had already directly led his troops to evacuate the battlefield and rush to Nanyang.

At the same time, Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

"Congratulations, my lord." After Sun Ce withdrew his troops, Zhuge Liang also returned to Xiangyang from Fancheng, looking at Liu Bei who was sitting on the main seat, Zhuge Liang smiled and saluted.

Today's Liu Bei, although nominally, has not accepted the throne of the king of Chu, but Liu Qi is dead, Liu Cong is nowhere to be found, the Cai family has died and scattered, and the other Huang family has begun to support Liu Bei under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, and the Kuai family has also entered Liu Bei's command, but relatively speaking, the Kuai family is a neutral faction, although he is now a leader, but he only does things, and is not loyal, the Pang family Pang Shanmin was also introduced to Liu Bei by Zhuge Liang, although Liu Bei is not the name of the king of Chu, but he has confirmed the position of the lord of Jingxiang, Liu Pan, Liu Hu, Wenpin, The attachment of Wang Wei's clan relatives and generals also made the talents under Liu Bei more substantial all of a sudden.

Coupled with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xiahou Bo, Chen Dao, Ji Ling, these earlier generals, now Liu Bei's command can be said to be fully equipped with civil and military, and there is a foothold, and the foundation is available, and the next step is to consider where to go next.

"Bei is still a guest in Jingxiang." Liu Bei waved his hand, and then said solemnly: "Kong Ming, now that Chen Mo has won the battle of Guandu, the Central Plains is about to be unified, if this is the case, Bei is based on Jingxiang, I am afraid that when Chen Mo goes south, it will be difficult for us to resist the enemy." ”

Zhang Fei on the side said disdainfully when he heard this: "Chen Mo is just a child, why should my brother be afraid of him, we now have a lot of soldiers and a wide range of food, while he is still in the Central Plains, he will penetrate Nanyang in one breath and attack Luoyang, and it will be useless for him to occupy the Central Plains at that time." ”

"Yi Dexiu wants to talk nonsense." Liu Bei said with a smile, if it were really so simple, he would not have been running around for so many years without a foothold, Cao Cao could easily clean him up back then, not to mention that Chen Mo was stronger than Cao Cao.

"What the three generals said is not entirely unreasonable." Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "However, Luoyang has Yique and Lu Hun's solidity, and it is not easy for our army to break it, but now Chen Mo is going all out to capture the Central Plains, and the land of Nanyang is empty, it is our opportunity, if we can take this opportunity to capture Nanyang, he will be Chen Mo to capture the Central Plains one day, and the east can form a flanking attack with the Sun family on the Central Plains, and the north can threaten Heluo, and the west can seek to capture Sichuan and Shu, and the advance can be attacked, and the retreat can also be defended!" ”

Liu Bei frowned when he heard this: "It's just that Jingxiang has been decided, is it a little ...... to send troops at this time?"

"Lord, there is no chance to be missed." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "With Liang Guanzhi, the battle of the Central Plains has come to an end, and the mayor of Suiyang City will be a year, and the short will be a few months, and it must be broken by Chen Mo. ”

Zhang Liao and Wei Yan in order to capture Yingchuan, Runan and other places, Nanyang's troops were almost exhausted, although there were still a lot of men and horses left to defend, but at this time it was the weakest time in Nanyang, if this [fo] time is not attacked, I am afraid there will be no chance to attack in the future.

"My lord, what Kong Ming said is very true, this is the best time to capture Nanyang, miss this opportunity, when the Central Plains is pacified, it will be too late for me to capture Nanyang." Chen Gong bowed to Liu Bei and said.

Liu Bei nodded silently, and after a moment of silence, he said: "This time to capture Nanyang, do you think you should send troops?" ”

Although he formed an alliance with Sun Ce, Liu Bei didn't believe too much in this alliance, it was the kind of alliance that could break at any time, and if he went all out, Liu Bei would definitely not worry about the rear.

"Liang thinks that General Liuguan can sit in Jiangling, Liang is in Xiangyang to sort out the rear for the main public, and the three generals, Shu Zhi, Wen Ping, Wang Wei, Liu Pan, Liu Hu, and General Ji Ling are generals, leading 50,000 troops to go on the expedition, Nanyang Bike." Zhuge Liang already had a plan in his heart, and bowed down at the moment.

These horses are almost all the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, and there are almost no people left in the rear except for Guan Yu's department.

"This ......" Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, and poured out of the nest, in case Sun Ce betrayed the alliance, then Liu Bei might have nothing left.

"Don't worry, the lord can rest assured, the Jiangdong direction is also fighting for the land of Jianghuai at this time, and the generals are still holding Jiangling, even if Jiangdong comes to attack, at most the two counties of Jingnan will be ceded, but it is very difficult to attack the southern county." Zhuge Liang smiled.

Nanjun only needs to guard the three points of Jiangling, Xiangyang, and Fancheng, Jiangling is guarded by Yu, and Xiangyang has Zhuge Liang in charge, which is enough to deal with for a while, and Nanyang is not far from Xiangyang, if there is a change, Liu Bei can also return to the army at any time.

"Brother, Nanyang is not far from this Xiangyang, even if Jiangdong comes to attack, we can return to the army at any time, and Xiangyang is not completely defenseless?" Zhang Fei on the side said.

"In this way, it depends on Kong Ming's plan!" Liu Bei finally chose to use Zhuge Liang's strategy, this opportunity is indeed rare, and Sun Ce has just formed an alliance with him, although this kind of alliance is the kind that can be torn up at any time, but the original intention of the two sides is to limit the results of Chen Mo's battle.

Now that the decision has been made, Liu Bei no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered people to prepare to send troops, and in this battle, he would do his best to take Nanyang down.

"Kong Ming, this trick is quite dangerous, not like your previous style." Leaving the palace, Chen Gong and Zhuge Liang walked side by side on the street, looking at Zhuge Liang, Chen Gong asked with a smile.

"Liang also had to make this decision, the battle of the Central Plains ended too early, and did not give the lord too much time to prepare, originally in Liang's view, the battle of Guandu will last a year or even longer, I don't want to be so fast, and that Chen Mo has been fighting for many years, rarely showing flaws, this time Nanyang is showing a great flaw, in fact, it is not a flaw, if it is not for Sun Ce to be willing to reconcile with the lord and divide Jingzhou, it is Zhang Liao to send troops, and our army has no spare strength to capture Nanyang, such an opportunity is quite rare, if you miss this opportunity, and then want to capture Nanyang, I don't know when! Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "The lord needs Nanyang." ”

Chen Gong nodded when he heard this, Liu Bei's foundation is not deep now, Nanyang is too important to Liu Bei, if he can get Nanyang, Liu Bei will have a strategic place and depth to confront Chen Mo, and he can plan more, if there is no Nanyang, after he is pacified in the Central Plains, Nanjun will bear the brunt, and when the time comes, no matter what Liu Bei wants to do, he will not be able to exert it under Chen Mo's deterrence, if not, it will not force Zhuge Liang, who is quite cautious in his usual calculations, to go against the norm, and almost let Liu Bei gamble everything to win Nanyang.