In the final analysis, the dispute between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang is still about the first salute or the first soldier.

When Liu Bei returned to Jingzhou with Sun Shangxiang before, Kong Ming arranged for Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to ambush soldiers and horses at the boundary of Huangzhou in advance, killed Zhou Yu by surprise, and let the soldiers below shout: "Zhou Lang's clever plan is to calm the world, and he lost his wife and broke his army!" Zhou Yujin was so angry that his sores burst and he collapsed on the bed unconscious.

According to the plan provided by Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, he pretended not to know first, but he wanted to salute first and then the soldiers, on the one hand, to block Zhou Yu's passage into Sichuan, on the other hand, on the basis of arranging ambushes and strict defense of the cities, he did not tear his face first, and waited for Zhou Yu to do it after he started.

What Liu Bei thought about was that although the Jingzhou soldiers had recently recruited a lot of new recruits and received some of Liu Biao's old troops, most of them had not gone through several drills. When Cao Cao returned to the north, he took away most of the ordnance, grain and grass in Jingzhou, resulting in a lot of ordnance in Liu Bei's army, and many recruits did not even receive a pole gun when they enlisted in the army, so they could only go to help with the logistics work that did not need ordnance first.

Liu Bei believes that since he already knows from Zhuge Liang's words that Zhou Yu is coming for himself this time, although he is in favor of pretending not to know first, he insists on first hitting the Eastern Wu army by surprise, so that it loses its ability to threaten him, and then asks the Eastern Wu to withdraw his troops.

Liu Bei was obedient to Zhuge Liang militarily before, and the reason why there was a dispute this time was also because Liu Bei really valued the base of Jingzhou too much, although Kong Ming's strategy was morally grounded, but in case Zhou Yu was really desperate to suddenly attack Nanjun, even if he barely held it, he might have to suffer huge losses.

However, Kong Ming said: "Although Zhou Yu came to seize Jingzhou this time, but at this time the two sides are in an alliance relationship after all, although the first soldiers are safe, but Zhou Yu is fighting this time to help us capture the banner of Xichuan, if we do it first, no matter whether we win or lose, we will have a bad reputation for betraying the alliance, which is too unfavorable for us."

Even so, Liu Bei was still a little hesitant, and he asked the opinion of Ma Liang, whom he valued very much now. Ma Liang thought about it, and still said to Liu Bei: "What the military advisor said is still reasonable, the lord is relieved, even if we don't do it first, the arrangement of the military advisor will be foolproof." ”

So the policy of saluting first and then the soldiers was finally decided, Kong Ming began to distribute various military horses, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others each had their own dispatch and dispatch on land, so that Zhao Yun led 10,000 troops to guard Nanjun, and ordered Liu Feng Guan Ping and the two to intercept the waterway to Shu in the upper reaches of Baqiu. After the generals go down to prepare, the next step is to arrange the task of arranging the four counties of Jingnan.

The men and horses of these four counties are 5,000 people and horses each, and they are all relatively elite soldiers in the four counties, with a total of 20,000 people. Among the responsible generals of the counties who led the troops, except for Zhuge Song, they were Chen Zhi of Lingling County, Chen Zhen of Guiyang County, and Mi Fang of Changsha County, and the rest of the generals were waiting outside the hall.

The generals arranged by Kong Ming before can be said to be enough to ensure the safety of Jingzhou, and it is not too difficult to stop the Wu army, Zhuge Song doesn't know what he can do with the 20,000 horses. Everyone in the hall couldn't guess how Kong Ming's military division would be deployed next, but Kong Ming began to ponder at this time, and the hall was quiet for a while.

After a long while, Kong Ming sighed and asked Mi Fang: "Mi Fang, what is the number of Wu soldiers in the camp set up by the Wu army in the mountains and jungles east of Changsha before you came?" ”

Mi Fang didn't expect Kong Ming to suddenly ask him this, and after being stunned for a moment, he replied honestly: "Soon after our army occupied Changsha County, the Wu army began to set up camps in the mountains and forests. However, according to the report of Tanma, there seem to be only 100 soldiers in each of the seven or eight camps not far from the border, and the total number of seven or eight camps should not exceed 1,000. ”

Zhuge Song's heart moved when he heard Kong Ming ask Changsha, but he only vaguely guessed something, and he was not sure. I just saw Kong Ming shaking the feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "What do you think of Zhou Gongjin's resourcefulness?" ”

Zhou Yu can definitely be called a person with superior wisdom if he can burn Chibi and defeat Cao Cao's army, but when Kong Ming asked this, no one in the hall answered. Zhuge Song felt that they might think that it would be slanderous to say that Zhou Yu was incompetent, but it was not so easy to say that Zhou Yu was powerful in front of Kong Ming.

Zhuge Song thought to himself: "You are all afraid of me, anyway, my own husband's sycophants are not filmed." Thinking of this, he walked out of the middle of the hall and said to Liu Bei and Kong Ming: "Yi Song'er thinks that Zhou Yu's resourcefulness and talent are naturally very powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, he can't compare to my husband!" ”

Kong Ming smiled noncommittally when he heard Zhuge Song's words, but Liu Bei said to Kong Ming with a smile: "Kong Ming, look, the other generals are bowing their heads and silent, and at the critical moment, your own scholar is holding you!" But Song'er was right, in front of the military advisor, Zhou Yu had nothing to do. ”

Kong Ming listened to Liu Bei's words before he smiled and waved his hand at Zhuge Song, and said: "In terms of resourcefulness, Zhou Yu is not weaker than me, but he wants to win Jingzhou too much, and you must also remember Song'er that the more anxious a person is to get something, the more weaknesses he will expose." ”

Zhuge Song subconsciously thought that after Liu Bei's death, the generals of Shu withered, and Kong Ming went out of Qishan to take Chang'an, but he always returned in vain, but Kong Ming was so full of ambition at this time, not only subconsciously sighed.

Fortunately, Kong Ming didn't pay attention to him at this time, but began to speak with a straight face: "The Wu army has set up so many camps in the dense mountains and forests leading from Changsha to Chaisang, and it is definitely not just to monitor our military. Although this strategy is ingenious, it is full of loopholes, and I think that with Zhou Yu's resourcefulness, he will not just rely on this one strategy to win over me, and Liang believes that he must be prepared with both hands. After that, he stood up and walked to the wall behind him where the map was hung, and used a goose feather fan to guide the route of the Wu army's march and said: "Zhou Gongjin has an army of 50,000 this time, he must be thinking that he can deceive us into seizing Jingzhou, if he can't, he must also think of using strange soldiers to capture Changsha so as not to be useless!" ”

When Zhuge Song heard this, he understood the intention of Kong Ming's question Mi Fang, and the generals in the hall also discussed a lot after hearing Kong Ming's words. At this time, Mi Fang only heard Mi Fang ask: "Master Commander, there are already only 10,000 military horses in Changsha, but since you expected that Zhou Yu might attack Changsha, why did you let me transfer all the elites in the city to Nanjun?" In this way, wouldn't the garrison of Changsha be even more empty? In case the Wu army attacked, how could Fu Shiren and the five thousand old and weak men and horses who stayed in the city resist the enemy? ”

I saw Kong Ming smile and said: "I want to use this to measure Zhou Yu's sharpness, so that he will not dare to face Jingzhou, but also protect the peace of the four counties of Jingnan!" ”

When the generals heard this, they were all excited, and after listening to Kong Ming's words one by one, they knew that they had to make great achievements, and they all turned their attention to Kong Ming, eager to get a good errand.

Kong Ming said: "The reason why I transferred the elite people from Changsha is to make Zhou Yu feel that there is an opportunity. Fortunately, Zhou Yu was only in Jingzhou, and Changsha was just a surprise attack strategy reserved by him just in case. I think there will not be many military horses attacking Changsha, but they will definitely be led by a fierce general, and the soldiers must be elite. Chen Dao, Chen Zhen, and Mi Fang listen to orders! ”

"The end will be! The end will be! The end will be! ”

"Ordered Chen to be the main general, Mi Fang to be the deputy general, Chen Zhenwei to lead the staff of the army to lead a total of 15,000 people from the two counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha to march to Luoxian Port with great fanfare when Zhou Yu marched to Jingzhou. After speaking, Kong Ming took out a bag and gave it to Chen Dao, telling him: "Once Changsha is in danger, just open the bag and do it." ”

After the three of them received the order, in addition to the generals and officials in Nanjun City, only Zhuge Song was left who had not been dispatched.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Kong Ming beckoned to Zhuge Song and motioned him to Kong Ming's side, Zhuge Song looked at Liu Bei, and saw that he also bowed slightly to him, so he walked up to the hall. Kong Ming waved his hand to the hall and said, "This transfer of troops has been completed, and everyone is scattered!" "All the officials in Nanjun City, except for Ma Liang, dispersed.

As soon as Zhuge Song saw that Ma Liang was not leaving, he knew that there was an important task to be assigned to him, and this Ma Liang was likely to be the prison army that Kong Ming wanted to send for him when he was young.

Sure enough, Kong Ming saw that there were only Liu Bei, Ma Liang, plus Zhuge Song and the four of him in the room, so he said to Zhuge Song with a smile: "Song'er, sir, I have won a great opportunity for you to make great contributions in front of the lord, how can you thank me?" ”