Liu Cong first had to start from Yizhou is also forced by the situation, resisting Cao Cao's first southern expedition can only barely survive, to develop must expand outward, relatively speaking, Yizhou is easier than Jiangdong, and Yizhou to the north is blocked by the Qinling Mountains, which can well prevent Cao Cao. And if you want to grow, you must swallow Jiangdong or Liangzhou, which is the third move.

Seeing that Zhang Song was silent, Liu Cong motioned for everyone to leave, leaving Zhang Song alone: "Let Mr. Zhang see the joke, in fact, what Mr. Zhang said is nothing more than that, now with the power of Jingzhou to attack Yizhou, the chance of winning is less than forty percent, if it can't be attacked for a long time, it will definitely be Cao Cao and Sun Quan sneak attack on Jingzhou......"

"The general is too modest." Zhang Song just saw that Liu Cong was still expounding the views of wolves and sheep passionately and generously, there would be no one, but he was telling the truth.

In fact, it is not that Liu Cong is too modest, and it is Liu Yan, the father of Liu Zhang, who is the policy set by Liu Yan, to protect Yizhou and watch the world. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Liu Ermu" contains: "I saw the political decline of Emperor Ling (Han), and the royal family was too old,...... I want to take refuge from the world. …… In the service of Guanghan Dong Fu said: 'The Beijing division will be chaotic, and Yizhou has the spirit of heaven'. Yan heard the words, and the intention was more in Yizhou. ”

It happened that Yizhou was turbulent, and the imperial court took Liu Yan as the envoy of the supervising army and led the Yizhou pastor. After Liu Yan entered Yizhou, he formed the Dongzhou Soldiers, mainly with the number of 10,000 people in Nanyang Sanfuliu, to quell the turmoil in Yizhou, kill the powerful in Yizhou, and establish a separatist regime, so he no longer cared about the situation in the world outside Yizhou. Liu Yan raised troops, did not discuss Dong Zhuo with the world, and Baozhou defended itself. "This undoubtedly limits its own development. This is the same as Liu Biao, but this does not mean that Yizhou has no strength.

Liu Zhang was not without military talent, as evidenced by the fact that during his reign in Yizhou, he put down several large-scale rebellions of the wealthy families in Yizhou. The reason why people at the time regarded Liu Zhang as "weak" and "not martial" was that in addition to Liu Zhang's "gentle" and "gentle" character and cowardly character, it was also closely related to his lack of efforts to "seek people" in the turbulent times when he admired "human schemes".

The outstanding performance is that Liu Zhang's ambition is not far away, and he only wants to protect a state. Yizhou, the land of abundance, the people are rich and the country is rich, the soldiers are good enough to defend themselves, and they can even achieve hegemony.

If Liu Cong rashly attacked, he would not be supported by the people of Yizhou, and once he could not be attacked, Cao Cao and Sun Quan would inevitably target Jingzhou. So Liu Cong just wanted to be honest with each other and try to impress Zhang Song.

"Shu Road is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Liu Yizhou father and son have been running Yizhou for many years, I have no way of knowing the fortifications everywhere, and the odds of winning are already optimistic. However, if I don't take it, Yizhou will be obtained by Cao thieves sooner or later, so if there is a glimmer of hope, I can't let it go...... I heard that Mr. has the talent of the world, and he will never forget it, and if he gets his help, my chances of winning the state will increase by 30%. ”

There is no one at the moment, Liu Cong is not shy about it, and directly said what he thought in his heart, that is, to pull Zhang Song into the gang, he knew that Zhang Song hated Cao Cao, so he was not called the prime minister, and opened his mouth to shut Cao Cao's thief. As Liu Cong said, although Zhang Song didn't want Liu Cong to seize Yizhou, he was even more reluctant to Cao Cao, and his lord Liu Zhang knew that in this era of wolf competition, it was difficult for a sheep to keep his territory. Liu Cong admires Zhang Song so much, with the power of Jingzhou Quanzhou, only forty percent of the attack on Yizhou, plus Zhang Song can increase by thirty percent, what a high evaluation!

"How can Song He De be so appreciated by the general?" Zhang Song recalled that during his time in Jingzhou, in addition to being a little embarrassed when he was unknown on the first day, Liu Cong was really open and honest with himself, presumably he also knew his inner thoughts? Then he said: "Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was arrogant and did not listen to Liu Yizhou's orders, so Liu Yizhou killed Zhang Lu's mother and brother, and the two sides became enemies, Liu Yizhou sent Pang Xi to attack Zhang Lu and was defeated. If the general can get rid of Zhang Lu for Liu Yizhou, presumably Liu Yizhou must be grateful, and now Liu Yizhou is afraid that Cao Cao will be powerful, if the general is willing to share the worries for Yizhou, the troops will be ...... in Hanzhong."

"Thank you Mr. for your advice, I am also a relative of the Han family, this matter will definitely be served, and I ask Mr. to go back and tell Liu Yizhou, if there is a need, Cong can lead the troops into Yizhou to attack Hanzhong!" How could Liu Cong not know that Zhang Song's heart had loosened, and he said between his words the key to capturing Yizhou, if he could lead troops into Sichuan in the name of attacking Han and rejecting Cao Cao, he would then wave his troops south......

"Thanks to the general's hospitality for many days, Song Bucai once asked people to draw a topographic map of Yizhou, which was intended to be dedicated to Cao Cao, but the clinker did not know the goods. This picture is useless to stay with Song, so I should thank the general for his appreciation! As he spoke, he took out a roll of drawings from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Cong.

When Liu Cong heard that it was a map, he was excited, this pine seemed to have been used for himself, but his wife, children, and clansmen were still in Chengdu and it was inconvenient to return to Jingzhou immediately.

In this way, Mr. Cong thanked Mr. for the soldiers of Jingzhou, Mr. has a long way back to Chengdu, so it is better to go with Mr. Jibo. I want to send Mr. Ji Bo to Chengdu to make friends with Liu Yizhou, and I hope that Mr. Ji will say a lot of kind words in front of Liu Yizhou. “

"So loose to thank the general, the general is eloquent, pine wishes the general as soon as possible to get what he wants, the world ......"

Hand over the topographic map of Yizhou, point out the crux of Liu Zhang, Zhang Song can be regarded as benevolent and righteous, whether he can defeat Liu Zhang in the future, he has to rely on himself, Zhang Song can't help Liu Cong kill people with great fanfare, after all, he is from Chengdu, his wife and children, clansmen, relatives and friends are all there, once Liu Zhang detects, it will be a disaster of extermination. Liu Cong naturally couldn't force Zhang Song to stay in Xiangyang, that is, he was preparing to send an envoy to Yizhou.

In any case, Liu Zhang is also a member of the Liu family, as Zhang Song said, in order to be able to successfully lead the troops into Sichuan, you must first win Liu Zhang's trust, this time Zhang Song was rejected by Cao Cao, but Liu Cong was able to take the initiative to send envoys after defeating Cao Cao, and the sincerity can be seen.

Sending an envoy to Chengdu is also a policy that Liu Cong has set a long time ago, and now it is just right to let Zhang Song accompany him in order to learn more about Yizhou.

In the next few days, Liu Cong accompanied Zhang Song to visit inside and outside Xiangyang City, just to learn from each other's strengths and ask Zhang Song more opinions on the capture of Yizhou. Zhang Song is no longer as restrained as a few days ago, and he must speak freely wherever he goes, and people who don't know still think that Zhang Song is Zhuge and his ilk and is an important minister in Jingzhou.

Liu Cong's choice of Yi nationality to envoy Chengdu is also after careful consideration, Yi nationality was originally a famous man in Xiangyang, now Liu Bei is no longer there, Yi nationality is not the kind of person who is loyal to Liu Bei, he was deeply favored by Liu Biao in his early years, and now Liu Cong is a young hero. Of course, what is more important is that the Iraqi are good at debating and have a talent for impatience. He had sent an envoy to the state of Wu, Sun Quan heard of his eloquence, and wanted to frustrate him in his words, so he visited Sun Quan, and Sun Quan asked: "The king of unprincipled work?" (Are you tired of working for the King of the Senseless?) The Yi immediately replied: "One worship is not enough." (Just take a pray, it's not tired.) Sun Quan was also amazed at his eloquence.

With such a talent as an envoy, coupled with Zhang Song's kind words on the side, presumably Liu Zhang will definitely be able to accept the alliance with Jingzhou. Of course, Liu Cong naturally did not forget to ask Huang Quan to select the elite from the Jinyi Guards and go to Chengdu together in the name of guards. In any case, it is beneficial and harmless to learn as much as possible about Yizhou before attacking Yizhou. Especially those famous generals, those people are die-hard, those can be fought for, only with a general understanding, can we get twice the result with half the effort in the war.

After sending Zhang Song and the Yi nationality away, Liu Cong convened a high-level meeting, the content of the meeting was still the topic of Yizhou Raiders, and then asked people to copy a few points of the topographic map of the week and hand it over to several major generals for study. In all aspects, including intelligence, Liu Cong has set specific goals. This is especially true on the issue of population growth and resettlement of displaced people. Nowadays, Jingzhou has a large number of medical officers headed by Zhang Zhongjing, and there are methods for controlling typhoid fever and plague.

Liu Cong believes that as long as Jingzhou remains stable and disease control is effective, it can quickly surpass Yangzhou and Yizhou in terms of population. Moreover, the surrounding people will also move their families to Jingzhou after hearing the news, and then it will be the time when Zhang Zhongjing and others will really play a role.

Just like the last time Cao Cao went south, there were 30,000 pioneers eliminated by Liu Cong, but only more than 10,000 people really died under the walls of Fancheng, and then more than 10,000 prisoners were captured by Liu Cong, but more people died of the plague. Xinye City, which was burned down during the war, welcomed tens of thousands of Liu Min nearby, who came for the good medical conditions in Jingzhou.

And as long as Liu Cong can provide them with sufficient security, they will take root in Jingzhou, and the increase in these populations is the most beneficial to Jingzhou!