Oil River Estuary, Liu Bei's camp.

Since the burning of Chibi, Liu Bei cooperated with Jiangdong soldiers and horses to pursue Cao Cao, but the main force was to garrison troops at the mouth of the Youjiang River, ready to take advantage of Zhou Yu's attack on Cao's army, and break through Jiangling in one fell swoop, and now Liu Bei has gathered a lot of original Jingzhou soldiers and horses in the rout of Cao's army, and borrowed 5,000 soldiers from Liu Qi, and gathered 30,000 troops to prepare to capture Jiangling before Zhou Yu returned to the army.

"The Jiangling guard is Cao Ren, this person is not easy to deal with, military advisor, we really want to attack?" Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang while looking at the map.

"Cao's army left in a hurry, there are not many defenders in Jiangling, and the lord has gathered these 30,000 soldiers and horses, as well as Boyuan's warships to help, and the generals must be sent down in one fell swoop before the Jiangdong soldiers and horses return to the army." Zhuge Liang nodded.

"It's just that Cao Ren is a person who is quite strategic, and now he has Jiangling Jiancheng to help......" Liu Bei still hesitated, he didn't know the importance of Jiangling, but Liu Bei didn't deal with Cao Cao once or twice, but he knew a lot about the skills of these generals under Cao Cao, and Cao Ren was not a soft persimmon.

"Don't hesitate!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "If there are no these soldiers and horses and the warships built by Bo Yuan, Liang will let the Jiangdong soldiers and horses attack first, and then try to take it, but it is not the right way in the end, now our army has 30,000 troops, and there are Bo Yuan's warships to help, the warship Liang has seen, if the Cao army is defenseless, as Bo Yuan said, it can easily break through the Jiangling Water Village, this battle, the 30,000 army is false, this water army is the key to breaking the city!" ”

According to the original Zhuge Liang's plan, let Zhou Yu attack Jiangling first, and then they will take it from the side, but in this way, Jiangdong will definitely have resentment in his heart, Yu Liansun's policy of resisting Cao is quite unfavorable, and it is easy to bury hidden dangers, but Nanjun is too important for Liu Bei, and he must not let go, if there is no good strategy, calculating Zhou Yu is also a last resort, and now that he has the confidence to break through Jiangling, even if he loses some more soldiers and horses, he can not give Jiangdong a truth, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

"When's the day?" Liu Bei nodded silently and looked up at Zhuge Liangdao.

"Sooner rather than later, now that the grain and grass have been prepared, the sooner the better, we must take the first step to break through Jiangling when Zhou Yu's army returns, so that we can take the initiative." Zhuge Liang smiled.

After all, this Chibi victory was mainly Jiangdong, and they took advantage of the time when they attacked Cao's army to attack Jiangling, which was still a bit of a loss, but it was better than the previous plan.

Liu Bei nodded and said: "In this case, without further ado, immediately move the troops, order Zilong to be the vanguard, Kong Ming, Yide, and Shuzhi will follow me to sit in the Chinese army, and let Yun Chang lead the water army, lie in the river, and use the sound of arrows as the signal, how about it?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded, but there was some emotion in his heart, this was more beneficial than his original plan, even if Jiangdong came to find it, they could confidently say that the city was built by themselves.

Hearing this, Yi Yuan on the side bowed to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and said: "Lord, military advisor, although it is good to capture Jiangling in this battle, but this defeat and retreat of Cao's army is mainly based on Jiangdong, if Jiangdong is not profitable, it is inevitable to be resentful." ”

This reason is obvious, Jiangdong is willing to take the initiative to attack this time, but he is not here to do day work, he is charging into battle, it is Jiangdong soldiers who fight, but it is Liu Bei who gets the benefits, which will make anyone feel uncomfortable.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The lord can write to Gongzi Qi and ask Gongzi Qi to come to Jiangling and give Jiangxia to Jiangdong." ”

Anyway, Jiangxia was plagued by Sun Quan at the beginning of last year, and the population was lost a lot, and now it is thrown to Jiangdong, and the two sides are bounded by the Han River, and both sides can threaten Xiangyang, which is the best result.

Let Jiang Xia?

Liu Bei was a little reluctant, but it was true, you can't be obliged to come and help you fight off Cao Jun, and you won't give any benefits, right? Then you still have a fart alliance?

"According to Kong Ming's words, after the attack on Jiangling, I wrote to the prince of Qi." Liu Bei said with a smile, he has made a decision in his heart, he is a person who can afford to let go, as for Liu Qi's attitude, it is actually not important, as long as Liu Bei takes Jiangling, if Liu Qi is unwilling to accept it, then leave him to go to Jiangxia to guard, it is better to be able to hold it, and if he can't keep it back, Liu Bei will still treat him well.

"Report~" Just as everyone had discussed and was ready to send troops, a small colonel rushed in, bowed to Liu Bei and said, "Lord, Changsha is urgent." ”

"Oh?" Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly took the letterhead, opened it and read it, and after a while, Liu Bei couldn't help laughing.

"But Bo Yuan has already captured Changsha?" Zhuge Liang asked with a smile, according to Liu Yi's previous combat experience, Liu Yi has a strange plan, and Changsha Taishou Han Xuan Zhuge Liang also understands that Liu Yi is a mediocre person, Liu Yi is accompanied by Liu Feng, Guan Ping and other generals who have been away from the battlefield for a long time, and it is not difficult to capture Changsha, but I didn't expect that it was only a month, and Liu Yi had already captured Changsha.

"Not bad." Liu Bei nodded and said to the little school: "Where is the person who came to deliver the letter?" Call him. ”

"Whoa!" The little colonel agreed, turned around and left, and after a while, he came in with a dusty general and saluted Liu Bei again.

"Tell me quickly, how did Bo Yuan capture Changsha with 2,000 troops?" Liu Bei asked the general to bring a bowl of water and asked.

"Back to the lord!" The general was also really thirsty, took the water bowl and drank all the water with his neck tilted, and then told Liu Bei about the process of Liu Yi's capture of Changsha this time.

At the beginning, he took advantage of the situation to order the counties along the way to surrender automatically, and before he arrived in a city, he exchanged his soldiers and horses for the soldiers defending the city, although the general didn't quite understand why he did this, but Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang understood Liu Yi's intentions, and later arrived in Changsha, divided the troops to force the rest of the city, forcing Changsha to divide the troops to attack, but Liu Yi took the opportunity to end half of the troops, and then finally Liu Yi cheated to death, led Han Xuan to attack, and took the opportunity to seize the city, that is, Zhuge Liang nodded frequently when he heard it, and this operation is that those generals in the army may not be able to do it.

Liu Bei shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Bo Yuan is really a strange person. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Liu Bei suspiciously: "Why is the lord unhappy?" ”

Liu Bei handed the letterhead to Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming will go and see it yourself." ”

Zhuge Liang took the letterhead suspiciously, and after reading it, he was also a little crying and laughing, Liu Yi actually asked to send someone to replace him in Changsha, and he wanted to go back to Mocheng for a few days off.

"Lord, Bo Yuan probably has the intention of missing home, but it also has another meaning." Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Beidao.

"Oh?" Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang suspiciously: "What else do you mean?" ”

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, looked at Liu Bei, and slowly spit out four words: "Gong Gao Zhen Lord." ”

After all, Liu Yi has followed Liu Bei for a short time, if it were Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, they might not have this kind of worry, but Liu Yi's personality is more cautious, and he loses before he wins, which is not only manifested on the battlefield, but also in his career, as the first person in Liu Bei's army to contact Liu Yi, Zhuge Liang can still figure out this point, which may also be the reason why Zhuge Liang and Liu Yi can talk.

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, but he understood, looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Bei has no such intention." ”

"The name of the lord's benevolence and virtue is all over the world, but Bo Yuan is just a newcomer, and he doesn't know the lord well, so he doesn't dare to let go." Zhuge Liang said with a smile, as for whether Liu Bei has this thought, it must be more or less, but this kind of thing is an unspoken rule and cannot be said.

"So what should we do now?" Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said that it would be taboo to change in battle, he didn't expect Liu Yi to take Changsha so quickly, but since he won it, it is naturally best to annex the four counties of Jingnan by taking advantage of the situation, if Liu Yi is replaced, who will replace Liu Yi? Guan Zhang Zhao and Chen Zhi are about to attack Jiangling, they can't leave at all, Zhuge Liang naturally can't, the four counties together are not as important as Jiangling, not to mention that Zhuge Liang is here, not only to attack Jiangling, but also to give advice to Liu Bei, and the relationship with Jiangdong and Cao Cao has to be handled by Zhuge Liang, as for others, they may not have this ability.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The lord doesn't need to worry, you can ask Zizhong to serve as the Taishou of Changsha, take over the affairs of Changsha, provide logistics for Boyuan, and then send a few Wenchen to assist Boyuan, if you can conquer the other three counties, then these people will govern it, and make Boyuan the Taishou of Guiyang, which can not only reward Boyuan, but also go to his suspicions, isn't it the best of both worlds?" ”

Liu Yi has made such a great contribution, and he is completely qualified to be promoted to a county Taishou, and he is not afraid of others being dissatisfied, and after the southern county is defeated, Zhuge Liang estimates that with Liu Yi's performance, the land of these four counties has almost been taken, after all, there are no capable people over there, and secondly, there are not many soldiers and horses, and there is no strong city, so it is not difficult to take it down.

"What Kong Ming said is extremely true, so he will follow Kong Ming's plan." Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, he did gather a lot of Jingxiang scholars during this time, Cao Cao went south, although Cai Mao and Kuai Yue actively catered to Cao Cao, but there were also many Jingxiang scholars who did not resist Cao Cao's rule of Jingxiang, seeing Liu Bei's momentum, they came to serve, so Liu Bei now has a lot of strategists around him, and Liu Bei is still worried that there is no place to arrange these people.

At that moment, Liu Bei no longer hesitated, and while ordering Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and others to set off, he recruited Mi Zhu and several Jingxiang scholars and arranged for them to go to Changsha to help Liu Yi defend the rear, so that Liu Yi could continue to capture the other three counties in Jingnan without worries.

After the arrangement was completed, Liu Bei Fang looked at Zhuge Liang and said: "I forgot to say before, Jiangxia can let Yu Jiangdong, but Jingling has to stay, and between our army and Jiangdong, it will be ruled across the Han River." ”

Jingling is exactly on the west bank of the Han River, and the most important thing is that Mocheng is in Jingling, which is Liu Yi's home.

"That's exactly how it should be!" Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded when he heard this, this matter is not difficult, and the reason is sufficient, now Liu Bei has soldiers and horses in his hands, and the four counties of Jingnan are also about to arrive, and the waist pole can also be harder.