After the New Year, just after the New Year, Liu Bei was still preparing for the expedition in Chang'an, however, before Liu Bei set off, Chang'an ushered in a wave of scouts and officials!

These two waves of scouts came from Nanyang County, but the scouts who came to Chang'an were sent by Xu Huangxiao's army.

The reason is that just after the first month, the heavy snow melted, and Sun Ce of Yuzhou increased his troops by 50,000 from the border of Runan County like Nanyang County, and at the same time the number of troops reached 100,000, with Huang Gai as the main general, Cheng Pu as the deputy general, and Lu Su as the military division, and the troops were stationed in Langling, with a posture of attacking Nanyang County!

Disaster is not a single line, just west of Nanyang County, Xiahou Yuan led an army of 100,000, and Yu Ban was the deputy general, and Dong Zhao was stationed in the Kunyang area as a military division!

Because it was an urgent war report, Jia Xu and Xun You in Luoyang also came to Liu Bei's Hussar General's Mansion early, and even Lu Zhi was invited by Liu Bei!

Regarding the scout's report, Liu Bei was still thinking about it, but Jia Xu seemed to think of something, and asked: "It has been determined that the main generals on both sides are Xiahou Yuan and Huang Gai, and the military advisers are Dong Zhao and Lu Su?" ”

"That's true!"

After listening to the scout's answer, Jia Xu felt a little inexplicable, and then still asked uneasily: "Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu didn't come?" ”

"No, none of the people asked by the military advisor came with the army!"

At this time, Xun You, who was on the side, also seemed to remember something, and then nodded suddenly in understanding! Moreover, Xun You's expression was seen by Liu Bei at all! Therefore, Liu Bei opened his mouth and asked:

"Wenhe and Gongda, do you remember something?"

Jia Xu looked at Liu Bei, then at Xun You, and then motioned for Xun You to answer, Xun You saw Jia Xu's constraints, and was not polite, but said directly:

"My lord, it stands to reason that in such a big battle, Cao Cao and Sun Ce must have communicated in advance and formed an alliance."

Liu Bei thought about it and felt that it made sense, and then nodded, and Xun You saw Liu Bei nodding and continued:

"Since the two are allies, they will inevitably not attack each other, although Cao Cao is new to Yanzhou, but in addition to garrisoning Xudu and guarding against Qingzhou soldiers, he can also take out at least 150,000 troops, why only use 100,000 troops to fight Nanyang;

Similarly, Sun Ce can at least squeeze out an army of 150,000. In this way, the two armies combined with 300,000 troops, and then the soldiers were very fast, even if the lord wanted to rescue Nanyang, he was helpless.

However, now, they are all stationed at the border with a mere 100,000 troops, and they do not march! More importantly, such a big battle will inevitably be Cao Cao and Sun Ce's personal expedition, and their advisers and generals will be exhausted, but the two only send two generals and do it for themselves, so it can be seen that the two do not take the siege of Nanyang to heart! ”

Liu Bei thought about it and felt that it made sense, and then said with understanding: "Gongda's words mean that Cao Cao and Sun Ce do not mean to be in Nanyang, but to contain my Nanyang defenders?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Lord, it's true, Cao Cao and Sun Ce allied with Chen Bing Nanyang, putting on a posture of attacking Nanyang, but it was a Yang plot, 200,000 troops Chen Bing border.

If the lord did not see the intention of the two, the lord would inevitably increase his troops in Nanyang, so Cao Cao and Sun Ce would guard the lord's army of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands with an army of 200,000;

If the lord sees the intentions of the two and is unwilling to increase the troops in Nanyang, in this way, Cao Cao and Sun Ce can wave their troops to the west and seize Nanyang with 200,000 allied troops! ”

"I see, that is to say, I have to increase my troops in Nanyang no matter what, and only by increasing the corresponding troops can I have no war with Cao Cao and Sun Ce in Nanyang!" Liu Bei thought for a moment, and then said!

"That's true!" Lu Zhi also echoed!

However, after a while, Liu Bei frowned again, thought hard and said, "It's just that even if you transfer troops to go to defense, where can you transfer troops from?" ”

"My lord, if you want to transfer troops, you need to understand the purpose of Cao Cao and Sun Ce's troops on the Nanyang border, and Cao Cao and Sun Ce will not be untargeted." Xun You thought about it and put forward his own opinion!

Liu Bei also thought about it, and then thought about it along this line of thought: "Nanyang is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and now Cao Cao, Sun Ce, and Chen Bing are on the eastern border, will they want to lure me to transfer the army guarding Jingzhou to the east, and then cooperate with Jingzhou Liu Biao to attack my Nanyang?" ”

Jia Xu followed Xun You to listen to Liu Bei's words, and they all nodded, then shook their heads again, and finally Jia Xu said: "This is also possible, or unknown, but Jingzhou Liu Biao has to guard against it, but it's a pity that the Ganning Jinfan Army is not in Nanyang, otherwise there will be a Jinfan Army across the Yangtze River, why not be afraid of Liu Biao!" ”

"Xuande, at this time, there is no choice but to transfer the county troops in Nanyang County to the front line, so that he can temporarily resist Cao Cao and Sun Ce, so as not to give these two a chance! Then I was thinking about where to transfer troops! Lu Zhi on the side suggested first!

"Lord, this can only be the case!" Xun You and Jia Xu first echoed!

At this time, Liu Bei was also helpless, so he ordered Yan Xing to lead 35,000 county soldiers to Xu Huang's camp, and then ordered Naduo and Zhang Haolin to lead 3,000 people each to garrison Hangu Pass and pass through the customs, and ordered Wang Wei to lead 7,000 soldiers to garrison Wuguan, and the remaining 2,000 people to guard the counties to maintain law and order!

After the order was issued, Liu Bei, Jia Xu, and Xun You still did not pause, but continued to discuss where to transfer troops!

"My lord, now that the area is too big and the troops are too small, if the enemies of the lord besiege the lord together, the lord will definitely not last. Therefore, after the second recuperation, the lord is bound to expand the army again! Xun You opened his mouth to suggest!

Liu Bei nodded, the six states in the northwest out of Xizhou and Shuangzhou and the other four states are too thin, and they have been fighting for ten years during the period, so Liu Bei is also in difficulty now, so Xun You's suggestion coincides with Liu Bei, and then Liu Bei nodded and said:

"That's true, but it's too late to recruit at this time, and it's time to think about how to solve the current problem!"

"Lord, there are only three places where troops can be transferred at this time: first, Liangzhou, now Zhang Xiu commands 50,000 Shence troops stationed in Liangzhou, and the only thing that needs to be guarded against is Budugen, and Dugen can be at war with Kirby at this time, so two soldiers can be transferred in a short time;

Second, Yongzhou, Yongzhou is also located inland, although there is Yuan Shao in the northeast, and Huang Zhong and Yan Yan have a total of 100,000 troops stationed in Sizhou, which is enough to rely on the Tiger Pass to guard against Cao Cao, and rely on the Yellow River to guard against Yuan Shao! Therefore, Yongzhou can draw out the tiger army and the tiger and leopard to ride!

Third, Ningzhou, although there was civil strife in Jingzhou before, but the political situation has been stable in the past six months, although there are 70,000 troops in Tibet, but there is no need for 100,000 troops to be prepared, so Ningzhou can adjust two soldiers!

As a result, 62,500 troops were stationed in Nanyang in three places, including an elite army of tigers and leopards. Although the defenders everywhere are under pressure, they can hold on! Jia Xu and Xun Yu said after some discussion!

Hearing Jia Xu's suggestion, Liu Bei ordered someone to unfold the map, and then looked at the map for a long time, finally nodded, and then hurriedly gave three orders:

Ordered Yang Qiu of Liangzhou to command an army of Shence to enter Nanyang, and Yu Xu Huang and Zhang Xia listened to the order;

ordered Wei Xu to lead the first army of Long Xiang and Han Sui to lead the first army of Leopard Tao to enter Nanyang as quickly as possible, and listen to orders under Xu Huang's tent;

Finally, he ordered the tiger and leopard cavalry of the first army of Chang'an to set off immediately, and was directly ordered by Xu Huang, so that in a month, Xu Huang's command would gather up to 150,000 troops, and there was basically no pressure on Cao Cao and Sun Ce's army under the premise of not attacking!