The next day, Liu Feng, who had returned to Jiangling City, reported that Zhuge Liang led the army to fight a bloody battle with Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, and suffered a lot of losses, so that the two of them retreated, and now Zhuge Liang has returned to Xiangyang City, Xiangyang, Xiakou, is still in the hands of Zhuge Liang.

"It's a pity that Cao Jun failed to capture Xiangyang this time, Zhuge Liang will not get rid of him, and sooner or later he will send troops to attack the land of the five counties of Jingzhou again!"

Obviously, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang failed to take advantage of the situation to take Xiangyang, Wei Yan, Gan Ning and other generals are not satisfied, although Cao Cao has many generals, but he has been played by Liu Feng several times before, not like Zhuge Liang, every time he attacks, it makes everyone under Liu Feng worried, and every time he is turned the tide by Liu Feng, Zhuge Liang's previous strategy to deal with Liu Feng, no matter which one succeeds, it can be called a catastrophe for Liu Feng, so everyone has hated Zhuge Liang to the bone.

This time, Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan both retreated, and Xu Shu had already returned to Jiangling as soon as possible, and explained to Liu Feng what the situation was like when Zhou Yu's soldiers came to Changsha. At this time, he was also standing in front of the hall, heard Wei Yan's words, and responded with a smile: "Zhuge Liang is conceited and talented, although he was defeated last time, the Xiangyang sergeant did not hurt his muscles and bones, but this time the expedition is different, his stay in Xiangyang defenders are almost completely damaged, almost lost Xiangyang, and now compared with our army, it has no advantage, and has lost trust with Jiangdong, even if he has the heart to raise troops, he has no strength to raise troops, so there is no need to worry about this matter." ”

Xu Shu said, everyone nodded yes, came twice, did not cause any damage to Liu Feng's army, if Zhuge Liang wanted to come to attack again, it would be against the sky, and he would live up to his reputation as Wolong.

"Although we have been able to avoid being attacked for the time being, but we are born in troubled times, the situation is turbulent, and we must not give birth to a corner of the heart, the two gentlemen think, this rare peaceful time, what should we do?"

Liu Feng sat on the main seat, seeing that the soldiers had finally defeated these two pinching attacks because of this, their faces showed rare joy, and they knew that they should take this opportunity to beat them to avoid making them feel safe.

Liu Feng two generations of people, and has made great achievements in history, how can you not know the change of dynasty, the troubled times are like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, once you think about it is not to expand the territory, but to stick to the old ways, rest on your laurels, that is annexed by others, it is a matter of time, so Liu Feng is to borrow the mouth of Pang Tong and Xu Shu this time, and convey this intention.

Pang Tong and Xu Shu glanced at each other, the three of them had already discussed the future development plan, but in the end they did not reach a consensus, Liu Feng was just listening at the time, almost did not speak, today put this matter on the table, both of them were a little surprised, but since Liu Feng asked, he naturally wanted to say what he thought in his heart.

"I think that although the lord sits on the land of the five counties of Jingzhou, compared with the two counties occupied by Zhuge Liang, the territory is vast and the population is large, but when he takes advantage of this opportunity, he recruits a group of elite soldiers within half a year, and takes advantage of the damage of Zhuge Liang's army, and also has no relationship with Sun Quan because of this alliance, and when the relationship is not harmonious, he will take Xiangyang with the strength of the whole army, and get Xiangyang, so that he can grasp this Jingzhou in his hands, and then go north or westward, and he can handle it calmly, if not, our army will have to retreat in the land of the five counties of Jingzhou, and the matter of the Central Plains has nothing to do with us. How can the Lord's ambitions be displayed? ”

Pang Tong thought about it a little, and then opened his mouth to say this opinion, everyone listened, they all nodded yes, Xiangyang and Xiakou, for Jingzhou is the gateway to the land, now all in the hands of Zhuge Liang, at first glance Liu Fengjin can not enter, so everyone listened to Pang Tong's words, they all thought that only by taking this Xiangyang first, can they march to the Central Plains, all of them are gearing up, want to avenge Zhuge Liang's two attacks.

Liu Feng listened, just smiled, and then turned to Xu Shu and asked, "Yuan Zhi thinks what Mr. Shiyuan said, can you do it?" ”

Xu Shu had to smile bitterly when he heard this, he and Pang Tong had already argued more than once, but there was no result, but Liu Feng asked again, there must be a reason, so he had to speak: "According to Shu's opinion, the lord is newly established, when you can't be so rash, half a year, even if you can raise tens of thousands of troops, it is difficult to form an absolute advantage over the army of Xiangyang and Xiakou, and Zhuge Liang is in the city, even if you can capture Xiangyang, our army will also lose most of it, and Sun Quan is eyeing you in the east, whether our army can hold Jingzhou is still unknown, Therefore, it is urgent to capture Xiangyang, there is Zhuge Liang in Xiangyang to guard, if the enemy in the north wants to take Jingzhou, he will attack Xiangyang first, and we can wait for the opportunity to take advantage of it, and then send troops. Now, it is a God-given opportunity to recuperate and recuperate, if our army can first manage these counties and counties as a monolith, and the rear is stable, why worry about not being able to soar into the sky in a few years? ”

Xu Shu said, everyone is a voice of discussion, just because Xu Shu's words, in its ears is also quite reasonable, Pang Tong and Xu Shu two, one advocates rapid advancement, one advocates steady progress, but they are all aiming at the north, Jiangdong has gone through three generations, profound heritage, and now it can only be reached, so it can only break Xiangyang first, and the words of the two are only in the morning and evening.

"The words of the two are reasonable, but Feng neither wants to forcibly compete with Zhuge Liang, nor does he want to wait for a few years later when he is full of wings and then try to plot the Central Plains, Cao Cao is powerful, if he is still shrinking here within two years, the northern land will be owned by Cao Cao, and then it will be difficult to chase the Central Plains."

Liu Feng glanced at everyone, and denied all the things mentioned by the two before, making everyone look at each other, and they didn't know what Liu Feng was thinking for a while.

"Doesn't the lord want to take Jiangdong?"

When Liu Feng heard this, he shook his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "In today's situation, our army in the east, north, and west cannot do anything in the short term, but the south still has a large territory, why don't you mention it?" ”

"South? Some time ago, the lord didn't personally lead the army to collect the land of the whole county of Cangwu, and Cangwu returned to us, and then to the south is the barbarian place in the depths of Jiaozhou, although there is a large territory is not fake, but the sergeant, the tax can not be provided, it is a wasteland, what is the use of our army? ”

Although Pang Tong knew that Liu Feng's previous attack on Cangwu was just in case, but at this time of comfort, Liu Feng still set his sights on the land of Jiaozhou in the south, which made Pang Tong very puzzled.

"Mr. Shi Yuan, do you know the strategy of the false way?" Liu Feng didn't say anything, but looked at Pang Tong with blazing eyes and asked softly.