Although there are Jinyiwei and Jingzhou in Xinye and Wancheng and other places to explore Liu Bei's military situation, but this year is a troubled time, and there are too many things to train villagers to maintain the local area, and this 'little thing' has not attracted the attention of Jinyiwei and Jingzhou Xiaozuo at all, and these fine works do not count the township soldiers under Liu Bei's rule as soldiers and horses under Liu Bei.

Liu Bei Ming only had 15,000 soldiers and horses on his face, but in fact he had nearly 40,000 troops, which not only allowed Liu Bei to avoid Liu Biao's suspicion and suspicion, but also made some mistakes in Yuan Yao's estimates!

Just when Yuan Yao was eyeing the land of Jingzhou and preparing to attack, Liu Biao urgently summoned his subordinates to discuss how to fight against Yuan Yao, Zhuge Liang also came to Liu Bei's room and came to discuss the matter with him.

Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang coming in, and hurriedly got up to greet him: "It turns out that Kong Ming is here, I really bother you these days, but you still have to pay more attention to rest, you seem to have lost a lot of time these days." ”

Zhuge Liang bowed to Liu Bei and said: "The lord is not shallow to learn with his talents, and he treats me with three visits to the thatched house, and Liang can only show what he has learned in his chest to repay the lord!" ”

Liu Bei took a few steps forward, personally invited Zhuge Liang to the seat, and said: "Kong Ming treats me like this, I am ready to live up to Kong Ming, please take a seat quickly!" ”

Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei treating himself so politely, and his heart was also very moved, although with Zhuge Liang's wisdom, he also knew that the reason why Liu Bei did this was to win him over, so that he could do his best to give advice to Liu Bei, but I have to say that although everyone knows this truth, there are too few people who can really do this, even if someone can do this, they can only do it once or twice, and there are too few people who can persevere to the end.

But Liu Bei is different, since Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, Liu Bei has been very courteous to Zhuge Liang, not only often send people to ask for warmth, but as long as Zhuge Liang is there, Liu Bei will go out with him and enter the same car and enter the same seat, two years as a day, obey his words, never scolded or violated Zhuge Liang's intentions, especially when Zhuge Liang just came out of the mountain, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were very dissatisfied with it, Liu Bei repeatedly scolded Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and tried his best to maintain Zhuge Liang's face, This allowed Zhuge Liang to establish his prestige among Liu Bei's forces.

Until now, the land of the four counties under Liu Bei's rule has been very prosperous governed by Zhuge Liang, and the treasury of the four counties is also full of grain, and Zhuge Liang's strategy of hiding troops in the people has been effective, so that Liu Bei silently has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it has not aroused the suspicion and jealousy of others, Liu Bei's people have initially recognized Zhuge Liang's talent, and Liu Bei is more courteous to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang had already handed over all his loyalty to Liu Bei at this time, and when he saw Liu Bei being so courteous, he did not refuse, bowed down and sat on the seat, Liu Bei also reflexively sat back on the upper seat, and said, "What is the result of this inspection?" ”

For example, the soldiers and horses are moving everywhere today, Yuan Yao's army is in Jiangxia, and his heart to annex Jingzhou has been obvious to all, Zhuge Liang knows that the battle of Jingzhou is imminent, and this time he went out to inspect the soldiers and horses and the grain and straw of the treasury, so as to be familiar with the strength of his command to deal with the upcoming war.

Zhuge Liang has been governing the land of these four counties for two years, and seeing that the land of these four counties has changed from a desolation to a fertile land, and Liu Bei's command has also changed from thousands of soldiers and horses to tens of thousands of troops, Zhuge Liang's heart is also very happy.

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Rest assured, the soldiers and horses under the command of the generals have been trained, the strength of the troops has been useful, and the township soldiers have also achieved initial results, well-trained and disciplined, and they are not weak compared to ordinary county soldiers. There are about 150,000 stones of grain in the treasury of the four counties, even if there is no Jingzhou supplement, these grains and grass are enough for our army to fight for half a year. ”

When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang's words, he was immediately overjoyed, thinking about the hard days of running around before, Liu Bei's heart was very sad, if there was no Zhuge Liang to help, how could he have Liu Bei today!

Liu Bei hurriedly got up and bowed to Zhuge Liang and said: "The reason why Bei can have today's momentum is thanks to Mr. 's help, and Bei is here to thank Mr. in advance!" ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Bei up, and said: "This is the merit of the lord's benevolence and virtue, and I don't dare to take credit in the next ten thousand years!" ”

When Zhuge Liang said this, he hurriedly pulled away from the topic, and then said: "Yuan Yao's army is pressing, only with the people of Jingzhou, it will definitely not be Yuan Yao's opponent, if I expect it to be good, Liu Jingsheng will definitely let people come to ask the lord to help, I don't know how the lord plans to deal with it?" ”

Liu Bei thought of Yuan Yao's military situation, his heart was also tight, he thought for a moment, and said: "Liu Jingsheng is my brother, if it were not for his acceptance, how could I Liu Bei have the stability I have today?" Jingzhou is the city land of my Han Dynasty, I will definitely not let Yuan Yao attack, if my brother comes to invite, I plan to personally lead the army to Jingzhou to support, I don't know what Kong Ming thinks? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, and said: "When I was in Longzhong before, the minister had already said that Cao Cao and Yuan Yao had already achieved the general trend, and if the lord wanted to compete with them, he must take the land of Jingzhou and Yizhou as the foundation, and only in this way can he achieve a great cause!" However, the land of Yizhou is thousands of miles away, and the terrain of Yizhou is difficult and the power is complex, and the lord still needs to think long-term if he wants to conquer the land of Yizhou. ”

"Liu Jingsheng is just a dog guarding the house, people of insight in Jingzhou have long wanted to find a virtuous and benevolent male lord, the lord has governed Xinye for two years, and the lord has been benevolent and benevolent in the past two years, and the people of Jingxiang clan have learned that they all respect the name of benevolence and righteousness of the lord, and the lord has won the hearts of the people of Jingzhou!"

"Now that Yuan Yao's army is pressing, Liu Jingsheng is incompetent and can't repel Yuan Yao's army, this is a peerless opportunity for the lord to enter Jingzhou! As long as the lord can lead the army to repel Yuan Yao, he can get the full support of the soldiers and people of Jingzhou, and as long as Cai Mao and others are eradicated, the lord can take the land of Jingzhou without bloodshed and achieve meritorious deeds! ”

"What does the lord think?"

After Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang's words, he immediately felt a little moved in his heart, but if it is true, I am afraid that this will hurt his own benevolence and righteousness, Liu Bei thought for a moment, sighed, and said in a whisper: "Liu Jingsheng is my brother, if you usurp his inheritance, how can I bear it in my heart!" ”