Chapter 397: Liu Feng's Difficulties
Liu Feng's boldness and decisiveness have once again been proved in the court of Yizhou, Zhou Yu's appointment was not expected by everyone, including Zhou Yu himself, but Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, who commanded the soldiers and horses, were both very obedient to Liu Feng, and they had a lot of exchanges with Zhou Yu at the banquet in Liu Feng's mansion yesterday, and they were also very recognized for Zhou Yu's ability, so they did not refute it.
After announcing the appointment of Zhou Yu, Liu Feng waved his hand, and the court of the day came to an end, and everyone returned to their mansion in the midst of discussions.
After everyone dispersed, today's protagonist Zhou Yu was naturally summoned to his mansion by Liu Feng alone, and since the official position was decided, Liu Feng, the lord, naturally wanted to assign some tasks to Zhou Yu for this official position.
After the two sat down in Liu Feng's mansion, Liu Feng took the lead in looking at Zhou Yu and asked loudly, "I wonder if Gongjin is satisfied with today's official position?" ”
Liu Feng's question, Zhou Yu was obviously prepared, and immediately stood up and thanked him: "Thanks to the lord's refusal to give up, he handed over such an important matter to Yu's control, not to mention Zilong, whether the two generals Meng Qi are unwilling, it is true that I have not given an inch of credit to the lord, and I don't blame the old minister for speaking out against the court." ”
Zhou Yu has lived above the Jiangdong court for a long time, and when he was in Jiangdong, he was used to such xenophobia, so Liu Feng directly wanted to entrust him with important tasks, and he was also like a mirror in his heart. It seems that there is only one old minister in the court today, which is much better than Zhou Yu expected, and this also shows from another aspect how powerful Liu Feng's imperial skills are.
Liu Feng saw that Zhou Yu was still a little afraid to accept the position he had given, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "Since it has reached such a point, Gongjin doesn't have to be so restrained anymore, Zilong, Meng Qi, Gongfu and others are all unparalleled generals, but if you really start a war with Cao Zhi, only this kind of general is still far from enough, and it takes a person like Gongjin who is proficient in strategy and can crush the formation in front of the formation to form a truly terrifying combat power, when Gongjin was in Jiangdong, Sun Quan did not really hand over the military power to Gongjin for a long time, Now that I am in Yizhou, I will give Gongjin this right, as for the result, I will naturally wait and see! ”
Sure enough, as soon as Liu Feng said this, Zhou Yu no longer shirked, but said with a smile: "The lord should not wear a high hat to Yu like this, the lord started from several small counties in Jingzhou District, in order to seek Yizhou, he did not hesitate to repair the plank road in the open, secretly Chen Cang, from Jiaozhou, Nanzhong into Yizhou, even if it was me, I didn't think of it, so if it is about this strategic strategy, the lord is one of the best people today, Yu has to learn more." ”
At this time, Liu Feng sighed and said softly: "Even if I join forces with Gong Jin, plus the courage of Shi Yuan, Yuan Zhizhi, Zilong, Meng Qi and others, I can't underestimate Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi's command, not only have hundreds of generals, but also countless ministers, and the number of his courtiers is much more than that of Yizhou and Jingzhou, and after several battles, I have found out that the newly rising Sima Yi under his command is not only very young, but also a person who is as good as Gong Jin, and this person is very good at forbearance, In war, we are often able to have the last laugh, and there are many surprises, which we really cannot be underestimated......"
As soon as Zhou Yu saw Liu Feng's expression, he knew that he was obviously very jealous of this Sima Yi, and he did not have the confidence to defeat Cao Zhi.
Today's Liu Feng, although it is sitting in Yizhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Jiaozhou and Nanzhong are also in Liu Feng's hands, but the degree of development of these locations is still not comparable with Cao Zhi, who controls a large area of the Central Plains, today's Cao Zhi, the number of troops, generals and financial resources are above Liu Feng, Liu Feng wants to eat away Cao Zhi's territory step by step according to his own ideas, it is not as simple as he thinks, but it is a long way to go, so the burden on Liu Feng and Zhou Yu's shoulders is not light at all.
"Has the lord ever thought that the reason why Cao Zhi seems to have a lot of advantages now is that the territory he occupies is indeed a rich land, and he has a large number of soldiers and generals, what is the reason?"
Liu Feng smiled bitterly when he heard this, he hadn't thought about this problem, and he had discussed it with Xu Shu and Pang Tong more than once.
"The reason why Cao Zhi occupied the sky was that he was sitting in the hands of the Han Emperor Liu Xie, Cao Zhi did not seize the throne in the hands of Liu Xie, but in essence, he was in the hands of this puppet who was nominally at the pinnacle of today's power, once he wanted to send troops, no matter where he attacked, it could be called Liu Xie's order, so that we became the thief in his mouth, and his Cao army became the king's army, such a situation is naturally not good for us."
Zhou Yu also nodded again and again when he heard this, this is the power of public opinion, although the general trend of the world is already very clear, but many people regardless of the current situation do not think so, Cao Zhi, who has the Son of Heaven in his hand, will undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Liu Feng in public opinion, which is a problem that Liu Feng has to face.
In today's situation, Cao Zhi himself has the position of the king of Wei who was canonized by the emperor himself, and Liu Feng and Zhuge Liang have no name, before Liu Feng has been discussing with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others, whether to establish himself as the king, or simply set himself up as the emperor, but after the discussion is shelved, just because there is no absolute military superiority on the basis, rashly doing so will only attract Cao Zhi's so-called justifiable conquest, at that time, the initiative will be lost, but now the first to fight the horse, waiting for the other party's action to see the after-effects.
"What the lord said coincides with what Yu thinks in his heart, so since Yu has accepted the responsibility of commanding the army, the first thing to do is naturally to try his best to solve this biggest problem."
After Liu Feng heard this, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help asking, "I don't know what good plan Gong Jin has in mind for this matter?" ”
Who knew that Zhou Yu was selling Guan Zi at this time, and said: "Yu still needs to think about this matter for a few days, and then he will write it down and report it, and the lord just needs to wait patiently." ”
Liu Feng naturally couldn't ask any more questions at this time, so he could only let Zhou Yu go in front of him.