For Liu Xie's answer, Chen Gong was a little stunned at the time, and then said: "But in this case, it may be difficult to recover the hearts of the people of Jingzhou." ”

Liu Xie laughed and said: "I am joking, I don't know what the public station has to say?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Weichen has a plan to make a discord. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. ”

Chen Gong said: "Liu Biao has two sons, Liu Qi and Liu Cong, their biological mother Chen is deceased, Liu Cong is young, and Liu Xian's niece is Cai's wife, so he is loved by Cai, but Liu Qi is disgusted by Cai. ”

In fact, what Chen Gong said, Liu Xie basically knew that it was recorded in a small dictionary, but he still listened patiently to what Chen Gong said.

Listen to Chen Gong continue: "This Cai's younger brother Cai Mao and her nephew Zhang Yun hold the military power of Jingzhou, so the Cai family has a certain influence, and they squeeze Liu Qi out and let him guard Jiangxia. Weichen planned to send people into Jingzhou to whirl discord from it. Prompt Jingzhou to rebel, so that His Majesty will have an excuse to fight Jingzhou. ”

"In this way," Liu Xie muttered, "Isn't it too insidious to do this?" ”

"Your Majesty," Chen Gong said, "the minister thinks that benevolence can rule the world, but there can be no woman's kindness in the world." If you don't take some measures, when will you be able to get Jingzhou? ”

Liu Xie thought for a moment and said, "Then you can arrange it, but don't go too far, don't hurt the people of Jingzhou." ”

Chen Gongxi said: "Weichen obeys the order, Weichen will do it." ”

After saying that, he was about to leave, Liu Xie said: "Gongtai, don't you rush at this time, aren't you hunting?" ”

Chen Gong was an anxious man, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen was originally a civil official, and he was not proficient in archery, horseback, riding, and archery, so he no longer offered ugliness in front of His Majesty." ”

"Okay, you can go."

Liu Xie and his brother Liu Wei rode in front of each other, with Liu Xie's three harems and Liu Bian's wife Tang Fei, followed by the escorted Yulin Army.

"Brother Huang, you have also seen it," Liu Xie said, "It is not easy to be an emperor, especially the emperor of the warlords, I have to personally lead the troops to fight, and I must govern the country well, and I can't let the people complain." It's hard. ”

Liu Wei said: "So the minister is not suitable to be the emperor." Your Majesty, the minister Liu Wei is a minister in this life, and he has no objection. ”

Liu Xie said: "I believe in you, we are all our own brothers, and we all hope that the Han family can become strong, so the imperial brother will also support me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the hunt, he returned to the North Palace, and the next day, Liu Xie convened his ministers to discuss the expedition.

Seeing that the ministers had arrived, Liu Xie said: "Within three months at the latest, we will go on an expedition, Xiao Luozi, hang the map!" ”

After Xiao Luozi hung up the map of Kyushu at a glance, Liu Xie said: "What do you ministers think?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Sun Ce in the south of the Yangtze River has expanded his territory and has a positive momentum, and with the Yangtze River moat, it is difficult to figure it out for a while. Liu Zhang of Xishu, weak and suspicious, and Hanzhong Zhang Lu made a feud, the minister thought that it was better to map Xishu first, and after taking the west, then out of Yiling, down the river, Jiangnan will be much easier to fight. ”

Liu Xie asked the ministers for their opinions, and some ministers said: "The north has been decided, and now there are only four left: Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Sun Ce in Jiangnan." The ministers thought that it was the best policy to first map Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, and then to picture Liu Biao Sun Ce. ”

Everyone agreed with Guo Jia's strategy, and Liu Xie said: "Rong Zhen thinks about it again, all troops must be ready to go to the army, and they will go on the expedition in a month at the earliest." Since this expedition may take a long time, we must prepare more jelly cold-proof items such as cotton clothes for logistics. ”

In fact, Liu Xie already had an idea, that is, to fight Zhang Lu first, then defeat Liu Zhang like Xichuan, and then go east to try to show Liu Biaosun Ce.

It's just that the matter of the expedition is highly confidential, and it is inconvenient for Liu Xie to say it above the court to prevent the news from leaking.

After the early dynasty, Liu Xie was accompanied by Guo Jia Chen Gong, walking in the open space of the North Palace, and the guards followed from afar.

Liu Xie said: "Here are the three of us monarchs and ministers, do you two have any specific ideas?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Weichen agrees with Fengxiao's opinion, go to Liu Zhang first, and then take Sun Ce." This Liu Zhang inherited the family business of his son Liu Yan, established himself as the king, and refused to accept the sinicization, so there is a good reason to take him. ”

"How to get it?" Liu Xie asked.

Chen Gong said: "Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang have a grudge against killing their mother, we can send troops to Hanzhong first, appease Zhang Lu with good words, if he surrenders, join forces to attack Liu Zhang, if not, it will be destroyed." Although Zhang Lu is powerful, he is not worried at all. It's just that Yizhou has a vast territory, and the conquest may take a little time. ”

Guo Jia asked: "What should happen after recovering Yizhou?" Directly attack Sun Ce in the east? What should Jingzhou Liu Biao do? ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "The public platform broke Liu Biao with a counter-plot to me." ”

Guo Jia said: "This is very good. ”

Liu Xie asked: "Feng Xiao seems to already know?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Wechen didn't know that the public station was planning to fight against each other, but Wechen also thought of this, and Wechen felt that the public Taiwan plan was feasible. The minister thought that when the Han army attacked Yizhou, Gongtai acted against the intermittent plan, and it was best if Jingzhou could take the initiative to surrender due to civil strife, and if it was against because of chaos, it was just right to send troops to exterminate it. ”

Guo Jiayan's implication was that when Liu Xie's imperial expedition to Yizhou, Luoyang could send an army to attack Jingzhou at the same time.

In this way, the two-pronged approach can recover the cession land more quickly.

But Liu Xie has always disliked dividing troops to attack, he prefers to work alone, which is more conducive to holding the military power tightly in his hands.

Especially like Chen Gong and Guo Jia, the greater the credit, the more Liu Xie is worried that they will overshadow the master.

Guo Jia saw that Liu Xie was hesitant and knew that he had concerns, so he said: "To capture Jingzhou, you must be the imperial prince to be able to use your heart." ”

Liu Xie glanced at him and asked, "Then in the sense of filial piety, who is competent?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Only General Cai is the best candidate. ”

"Yan'er?" Liu Xie asked in surprise, "But she is pregnant, how can she go on the expedition?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Then there is the king of Hanzhong, Xuandegong, but this person has great ambitions and cannot take on great responsibilities." As for King Hongnong, after being held hostage by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao respectively, he seems to be loyal, but this person is cowardly and inactive, and he will not fight at all. ”

Chen Gong said: "What about Dong Cheng, the general of the chariot cavalry? He is the ruler of the country. ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No, although he is a general of the chariot cavalry, almost all of them have false titles, he has never fought a war, he has no prestige, and he can't serve the public, how can he be entrusted with a heavy responsibility?" ”

Liu Xie sighed and said, "Liu Bei has ambitions and can't use them. Liu Wei can't use it, and Dong Cheng can't use it without prestige. Although Yan Er is a female general, she has been on the battlefield for a long time, and she is the most suitable for entrusting her with important tasks. But she is pregnant now, and she has lost a child once before, and this child is too important to her this time, what should I do? ”

(End of chapter)