The next day, Liu Bei gave an order on behalf of Ma Chao, ordered the army, and rushed out. Liu Bei's goal was very clear, he did not go to Sun Ce's camp, but instead chose to go to the Jiangdong camp that surrounded the Lijiang River. Moreover, he was not half arrogant, with the tenacity of an old ox pulling a broken cart, the army gathered together, and gnawed the surrounding camp at once.

Facts have proved that Liu Bei's tactics are correct. Sun Ce is newly dead, and if he rushes directly to Sun Ce's camp, he may encounter a battalion full of mourning soldiers. But the surrounding camps have not yet received news, only knowing that the two families had a big battle a few days ago, but they did not get the results of the battle. As soon as Liu Bei's army came out, he still shouted the slogan 'Sun Ce is dead', which made those generals and soldiers who were still in doubt lose their fighting spirit. Liu Bei's army only needed a shock, and easily broke into the tooth gate, and then happily moved the war equipment and materials in the camp back to his own camp, and when he left, he didn't forget to put a fire.

This was the case for several days in a row, Liu Bei broke four camps in a row, without much effort, and lost Sun Ce's Jiangdong military horses, which was simply scum, and Liu Bei was allowed to ravage it. And most of the defeated Jiangdong soldiers also fled into Sun Ce's camp, seeing that the whole camp was hung with white flags, and the soldiers were wearing mourning clothes, they felt that disaster was falling from the sky for a while, and they all rushed to Sun Ce's coffin to worship, and the entire Sun Ce camp was gloomy and gloomy.

And as time passed, Liu Bei could no longer dispatch a large army. The battalion commanders who got the news all converged into Sun Ce's camp with a tacit understanding, and the two families looked at each other from a distance, one was crying in white clothes, and the other was celebrating with a large bowl of wine and a large piece of meat, forming a sharp contrast, which made people feel weird and crying and laughing.

Three days later, Liu Bei came to Sun Ce's camp and looked at Ma Chao's ancient face. It was difficult to contain a sense of powerlessness in his heart: what kind of bloody rain and conspiracy made this young man reach such a point where everything was as calm as water?

Liu Bei lamented that he was older than Ma Chao, and his half-life experience was no different from Ma Chao. But I can't figure out where the gap between him and Ma Chao is.

However, he didn't think about it for now, and once again clenched his fists and asked: "King Yong, we should attack this time, right?" ”

Indeed, at present, Sun Ce's strength has been greatly reduced, and his morale has fallen to the bottom. In the battle with Ma Chao, he lost twice and buried himself on the battlefield. Liu Bei thought that this was the best opportunity to defeat Sun Ce, but Zhuge Liang told him that it would take a little time.

asked Zhuge Liang the reason, Zhuge Liang said that there is a Zhou Yu behind Sun Ce, that guy is a first-class person in the world whether he is training troops or using soldiers, although he deliberately hides himself behind Sun Ce, but his wisdom that is completely different from Sun Ce has long been sung in Jiangdong.

But Liu Bei felt that that was not the main reason, even if Zhou Yu had the means to shock the world and cry ghosts and gods, it was impossible to lead a mourning army to turn things around. However, Ma Chao seems to agree with Zhuge Liang, and he is still calm and relaxed when the two armies have not fought for three days. Even today's camp, Ma Chao looked a little lazy.

"King Yong!" Liu Bei accentuated his tone and asked for instructions again: "Now that Sun Ce is in mourning, the troops in Jiangdong no longer have the will to fight, it is a good opportunity for our army to break the enemy's soldiers, why did King Yong delay the order for a general attack?" ”

Ma Chao glanced at Liu Bei, and at that glance, Liu Bei seemed to feel that the calculations in his heart were seen through by Ma Chao: the reason why he took the initiative to attack Sun Ce so much, Liu Bei did have his plans. Now the situation in Jingzhou is unclear, although the Son of Heaven in the hall sits high and Cai Mao loses his troops, there are still 50,000 soldiers and horses in total. Ma Chao did not clearly open his mouth to support him as the lord of Jingzhou, which is impossible for Liu Bei, who has a far-sighted vision and sees that there is not much place for him to show his strength and feet.

And the only way to increase the prestige of his position in Jingzhou is the current opportunity: war!

War is the fastest and most effective shortcut to improve a person's reputation, Liu Bei himself already has some roots in Jingzhou, and in the past few days, the military name has steadily surpassed Cai Mao. As long as Sun Ce is defeated again this time, the news will reach Jingzhou, even if Ma Chao does not want to make him the lord of Jingzhou, it is difficult to explain to the people of Jingzhou.

"Xuande Gong, do you look at Sun Ce's camp, is it different from some time ago?" Ma Chao didn't withdraw his gaze and lightly changed the topic.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes and looked at it, only to see that Sun Ce's camp, if he didn't pay attention for a few days, it had become a terrible fortress, heavy trenches, heavy barracks, and the positions in front of the Jiangdong Army were lined up like spider webs.

It seems that the Jiangdong Army anticipated the intentions of the self-army and wanted to use the space to gain time under the idea of holding on in layers. Use it to fight a mud battle with yourself in this muddy field that is like a quagmire.

Such a strange situation made Liu Bei a little suspicious: "Isn't this Jiangdong Army waiting for reinforcements?" His first reaction was that the Jiangdong Army was waiting for Sun Ce's heir to come over with reinforcements, and then fight to the death with his own army.

Ma Chao shook his head, as if he was too lazy to answer this kind of question, and his eyes fell on Pang Tong beside him. Pang Tong saw Liu Bei's inquiring eyes, and pursed his lips: "Xuande Gong, if King Yong is killed, will you lay these trenches slowly and methodically, and then let the surrounding camps be captured by the enemy army without any response?" ”

Gan Ning and Tai Shici saw that Pang Tong was disrespectful to Ma Chao in public, and they were immediately furious. But Ma Chao smiled and waved his hand, and said to Liu Bei: "Why hasn't Zhuge Junshi under the Xuande public account shown up?" In Chang'an, I have a good family affair to talk to him......"

"Ma Chao, you! ......" Pang Tongden was short of breath, and since Ma Chao knew about his shortcomings, Ma Chao has been holding on tightly. Pang Tong also felt more and more that Ma Chao was hateful, and made several disrespectful remarks.

It's just that when the dispute between the two began, I gradually can't remember clearly. Pang Tong even sometimes felt that he was still a little uncomfortable if he didn't fight with Ma Chao for a day......

Liu Bei didn't care about the grievances between the two, he felt that Pang Tong's words were reasonable: any army encountering this situation would not be such a strange reaction of the Jiangdong Army. Unless, they have some other plan.

However, in addition to this, Liu Bei also took a deep look at Pang Tong. His eyes flickered a little, and he didn't know what he was thinking. But then he felt a trace of concentration fall on him, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Ma Chao staring at him with a smile again, and said: "Xuande Gong, the general attack is too risky, but if you lead the troops to test what the Jiangdong Army is doing, you will hand it over to Xuande Gong." ”

This sudden change made Liu Bei a little unable to react for a while. Chen Zhi beside him seemed to understand Liu Bei's intentions, and said with some hesitation: "King Yong, the Jiangdong Army looks like a turtle shell, I am afraid that there will be fewer soldiers and horses dispatched, and it will send vegetables to the Jiangdong Army in vain......

"It's okay, this time, except for the Nanyang soldiers under me, the rest of the other corps are all commanded by you Xuande Gong." Ma Chao said in this voice, and Cai Mao on the side changed color slightly, but he couldn't say anything more. Who let him not be able to do his own skills, and didn't take the initiative to ask Ma Chao for instructions like Liu Bei?

"Big brother, I think King Yong is right, no matter what he Jiangdong Jun thinks, let's rush over, knock off their turtle shells, pull them out and cut them down, or we will get it." Zhang Fei is a typical militant, as long as there is a fight, he is very happy, as long as there is no fight, he is painfully unscratched. Whether to win or lose is not what he is concerned about. Thus, he agreed to Ma Chao's order for the first time.

And Liu Bei, under the pressure of Ma Chao's bright eyes, also knew that this was an opportunity. But the feeling of being played by Ma Chao everywhere lingered, so he was slightly suspicious for a moment. At this time, Ma Chao offered another bid code: "As long as Xuande Gong can step on the Jiangdong camp this time and return triumphantly, I will definitely play the Son of Heaven and ask Xuande Gong to be the pastor of Jingzhou!" ”

Liu Bei's eyes lit up suddenly, but then they returned to calmness. He looked at the Jiangdong camp, and he couldn't feel Ma Chao's pulse. And at this time, he didn't even expect that he would say something like this: "King Yong, let's wait for me to ask the military advisor before making a decision." ”

"Well, it's okay, it's not in a hurry anyway." Ma Chao looked indifferent, turned the horse's head, and went back like that.

And Liu Bei looked at Ma Chao's back, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart......