Yuan Yao put down the information in his hand, stretched his body, looked out of the door, and said, "Xiao Dezi, quickly send someone to find the three gentlemen, and say that I have something important to discuss!" ”

"No." Xiao Dezi answered outside the door, and hurriedly sent to summon Pang Tong, Liu Ye and Di Renjie.

The office where Liu Ye and the three of them worked was on the side of the Hou General's Mansion, and the three of them soon came to Yuan Yao, Yuan Yao handed over the information on the table about Zhou Yu's secret discussion of returning to Wu County to meet Sun Ce, and said: "Three gentlemen, take a look, Zhou Yu will go back to Wu County to meet Sun Ce, I'm afraid that the land of Jiangdong will be stormy again!" ”

After the three of them read the information, they put the silk book aside, Pang Tong stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Sun Bofu is a hero in the world, and his people are ambitious and have the ambition to swallow all directions, if it weren't for the sudden rise of the lord and Shouchun, I'm afraid that the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang would have been obtained by him a long time ago." It was not easy for the lord to delay him for three months with the jade seal of the country, and now Peng Zehai has been swept away by Zhou Yu, and the door to enter Yuzhang County and Jingzhou has been opened, and it is time for the tiger to come out of the cage! ”

Liu Ye also stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "When the tiger comes out of the cage, it must choose people to eat!" Yuzhang is too shou Huaxin is just a civil official, and the land of Yuzhang is already the food on the lips of his grandson Bofu, he will not be satisfied with only hunting the land of Yuzhang County, and the next Jiangdong soldiers and horses will definitely send troops to attack Jingzhou! The way out of my two counties is also in Jingzhou, we must capture Jiangxia County to open the way forward, if Jiangdong soldiers and horses send troops to Jingzhou, this war will definitely evolve into a tripartite war between our department, Jiangdong department and Jingzhou department, among the three parties, our department is the weakest, this battle still needs to be cautious. ”

After Pang Tong and Liu Ye finished speaking, Yuan Yao looked at Di Renjie with a smile and said, "Renjie, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Di Renjie is the first time to speak at this level of deliberations, he also attaches great importance to this performance, bowed his hand, and replied: "Back to the lord, the minister has been to Jingzhou for a period of time in the first two years, as far as the minister knows, Jiangxia Huangzu and Jingzhou Liu Biao look like a god, Jiangxia County faintly has the intention of supporting the army and separating independence, if Jiangxia Huangzu and Jingzhou Liu Biao are regarded as two independent individuals, the strength of our two counties will be better than Jiangxia, and the minister believes that this should be the key to the lord's plot Jiangxia County." This is just a shallow opinion of the minister, and I ask the lord to decide. ”

"Hahahaha, Brother Renjie is too modest!"

Pang Tong already knew that Di Renjie's ability to understand the law and deal with political affairs was good, but he didn't expect Di Renjie to have such insight above the general outline, Pang Tong first laughed a few times and praised Di Renjie, and then continued: "What Brother Renjie said is exactly what I want to say to the lord, Jiangxia Huangzu and Jingzhou Liu are inseparable, this is an opportunity for the lord to seize Jiangxia County, not to mention that now Huang Zu's son Huang Jie and his two generals are still in our hands, and it is even easier for the lord to seize Jiangxia County." What the lord needs to guard against when sending troops this time is just to guard against the possible arrival of Jiangdong soldiers and horses and the rest of Jingzhou's counties. ”

Yuan Yao listened to the words of a few people, and nodded thoughtfully, although Huang Zu did not directly turn his face with Liu Biao in history, but in several major battles with Jiangdong, he rarely asked Liu Biao for help, almost all of them were he alone to lead Jiangxia soldiers and horses against the Jiangdong Sun clan, and Huang Zu was indeed in a semi-independent position.

Yuan Yao pondered for a moment and looked at everyone: "Jiangxia soldiers and horses have just suffered a big loss in my Lujiang River, and now our army is in full swing, if our army sends troops to attack Jiangxia at this time, do you think Huang Zu will immediately ask Liu Biao for help, or will Liu Biao immediately send reinforcements to Jiangxia?" ”

Everyone lowered their heads and thought for a while, Pang Tong, who was most familiar with the situation in Jingzhou, took a few steps forward and walked to the map, and said: "Lord, the minister thinks that Huang Zu should not immediately ask Liu Biao for help, Huang Zu's position is embarrassing, if he asks Liu Biao for help, this move will undoubtedly be a tiger in the front yard and a wolf in the back yard for Huang Zu, Liu Biao's reinforcements come in and it is easy to say, but it will be difficult to let them go out again." ”

When Pang Tong said this, he stretched out his hand and pointed to a place on the map, and then said: "As far as the minister knows, since the rise of Sun Bofu and Jiangdong, Huang Zu moved the administrative office from Xiling to Anlu in order to prevent it from happening, and hoarded heavy troops in Shaxian and strengthened the city defense here to guard against Jiangdong. ”

"Shaxian is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a necessary place to capture Anlu, as long as Shaxian is not lost, the land of Jiangxia can protect itself. As long as Shaxian is not in danger of being lost, Huang Zu will never ask Liu Biao for help, so the lord's worries can be put aside for the time being. ”

Yuan Yao looked here, and also remembered some things, in history, Huang Zu seemed to have had many battles with Jiangdong soldiers and horses in this place.

Huang Zu relied on Sha Xian's geographical advantage, not only blocked the attack of Jiangdong soldiers and horses several times, but also shot and killed many Jiangdong generals and won several small victories, until eight or nine years later, Sun Quan took the risk to break through this place and kill Huang Zu.

Thinking about it this way, Huang Zu should be very confident in this place, and he should not ask Liu Biao for help at the beginning of the war.

Yuan Yao was slightly certain in his heart, and said: "Now that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have made a plan, thinking that the Jiangdong army will send troops in a few days, when do you think our army should send troops to attack Jiangxia?" ”

Liu Ye stroked his beard and said: "The minister thinks that our army should be dispatched quickly, firstly, to seize the opportunity to dispel the fear and vigilance of Jiangdong soldiers and horses, and secondly, it can also express the lord's importance to the land of Jiangxia and the imperative to win, forcing Sun Bofu not to think about Jiangxia County anymore, otherwise our army will not be afraid of a war!" ”

Di Renjie also said: "What Mr. Ziyang said is very true, if our army does not send troops first, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Jiangdong soldiers and horses to rest assured that they will attack Yuzhang County with all their might." Our army can also express the goodwill of our two counties to the land of Jiangdong, and after the Jiangdong soldiers and horses break through Yuzhang County, they will definitely look at the land of Jingzhou and continue to march into Jingzhou. ”

"Jiangdong soldiers and horses are strong, and the threat of its army to Jingzhou is far better than our army, and Sun Bofu, the lord of Jiangdong, has a common enmity with Liu Biao, if Jiangdong soldiers and horses violate the border, the Jingzhou army will definitely send heavy troops to guard against Jiangdong soldiers and horses, so that it can also reduce the pressure on our army to attack Jiangxia."

Yuan Yao nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Ziyang, have the grain and grass used in the expedition ever been complete?" ”

Liu Ye arched his hand and replied: "Back to the lord, in the past two months, the minister has hoarded more than 200,000 stone of grain and grass in Chaisang, which is enough for 50,000 soldiers and horses to eat for more than four months!" ”

"Good! The morale of our army is high and thirsty for war, and the ordnance money and food are also sufficient, since this is the case, then I will immediately send troops to Jiangxia! Yuan Yao said this, looked at Pang Tong and the three of them, and said: "This time, Shiyuan will accompany the staff and military, Mr. Ziyang will continue to sit in Shouchun, Di Renjie, you will go to Lujiang, and you will ensure that the rear of our army is worry-free!" ”

The three of them received the order and said: "No, we will receive the order!" ”

"Shi Yuan, give an order to Zhang Dingbian and ask him to immediately lead the navy to Hefei and wait for our army to board the ship; Then send an order to Wei Yan, so that he can immediately lead the Longxiang army to enter Xunyang, and find an opportunity to attack Xiayan County in Jiangxia County to open the way for our army; Then he sent an order to Zhang Xutuo, so that after Wei Yan's army left, he transferred Yuan Xin's troops and horses to Anhui County, and the defense of Lujiang County was handed over to him, so that he could strictly prevent the enemy's sneak attack and protect our army's rear road! ”

"No, the minister will receive the order, and he will send the message later!"