Xiangyang is a larger town than Chengdu in terms of scale, Liu Feng knows that whether it is geographically or strategically, Xiangyang is actually a more suitable place than Chengdu as a royal city, and now Luoyang, Chang'an and many other important towns where the Central Plains emperors are resident are in the hands of Cao Zhi, and even Liu Xie is still guarding an empty imperial city at this time to be his unworthy emperor.

Calling the king, this is an extremely sensitive issue in today's troubled times, except for Cao Cao, who has the Son of Heaven in hand, after coercing Liu Xie to crown himself as the king of Wei, no one is called king in the Central Plains, Liu Feng knows, calling the king, is an affirmation of his own strength, only when he thinks that the power in his hands is as stable as Mount Tai, he will call the king, and the reason why Cao Cao is only the king, and did not coerce Liu Xie to give up the coveted throne to himself, It's nothing more than thinking that his strength has not yet reached the point where he can casually wipe out the remaining forces.

As early as when Liu Feng seized Yizhou and Hanzhong, there were many advisers on his side who secretly persuaded him to be king in Chengdu, but Liu Feng refused, the reason is not that Liu Feng does not want to be king, but that Yizhou is not the perfect place to be the king in his heart, and now he has Shangyong and Xiangyang, this idea appeared in Liu Feng's mind again.

Here, Liu Feng stayed in Xiangyang for a few days, and even explored the situation around Xiangyang again, as for what these were for, he didn't say it clearly, but he was reluctant to leave in Xiangyang for a long time, but it was still deeply left in the hearts of Pang Tong and Zhao Yun, both of them knew that Jingzhou was the place where Liu Feng became famous, and it was also where Liu Feng set up his own door, so Liu Feng's next plan was mostly to take Jingzhou, and after taking Jingzhou, the center of gravity of Liu Feng's forces was afraid that he would return here.

Not to mention Liu Feng's various actions in Xiangyang, just say that Liu Feng's soldiers did not take Xiangyang bloodily, and within ten days, it had already spread all over the Central Plains, which naturally included Cao Zhi, who had just calmed down internal and external troubles, and was stepping up the rectification of Wei's internal affairs on the one hand, and replacing Cao Cao's officials of all sizes, and singing in the palace night and night, and Cao Zhi who couldn't put down Zhen's love.

Xiangyang is not only an important city for Liu Feng and Zhuge Liang, but also a place that Cao Zhi has to take if he wants to seize Jingzhou, originally according to Cao Zhi's thoughts, once he reached 100% control over the officials and soldiers in the Wei State, and gradually took away the military power in the hands of some Cao ministers, who were originally on Cao Pi's side, the first plot was this Xiangyang land, but now Xiangyang was captured by Liu Feng in a few days, and everything Cao Zhi thought about before came to naught. Xiangyang under Liu Feng can reach the level of guarding, which is not the same as Zhuge Liang before.

Sima Yi and Yang Xiu, the two most brilliant people in the Wei State today, were summoned to the court as soon as Cao Zhi learned about it, even if Cao Zhi didn't want to break away from Zhen's jade body, Liu Feng's sense of crisis brought to him by breaking through the bamboo had to let him be at the mercy of the possible consequences of this matter.

As soon as the two entered the court, Cao Zhi guessed through the serious expressions of the two that the two must have learned about it first, so when the two of them sat down, they asked straight to the point: "I don't know what the two of you think about Liu Feng's sudden seizure of Xiangyang from Zhuge Liang?" Xiangyang is an important town in Jingzhou, and now it has fallen into the hands of Liu Feng, whose strength is already the same as a few years ago, and it is not a good thing, if we don't take measures as soon as possible, when the whole territory of Jingzhou falls into the hands of Liu Feng, it will be even more difficult for us to eradicate it. ”

Cao Zhi said his thoughts for the first time, and then looked at Yang Xiu and Sima Yi, waiting for their answers.

Since the last time he defeated Zhang Fei and Lu Xun according to Sima Yi's strategy, Cao Zhi has further recognized Sima Yi's ability and placed him on an almost equal footing with Yang Xiu.

The resentment in Yang Xiu's heart, Cao Zhi could naturally feel it, but he pretended to be unaware and did not follow Yang Xiu's previous advice that Sima Yi was too dangerous and should be abandoned.

How could he not know Sima Yi's danger in his heart, but just like Cao Cao was not worried about the competition between himself and Cao Pi before, as long as he, the lord of Wei, still controls all the troops and civil and military ministers of Wei, plus Yang Xiu, who is an enemy of Sima Yi everywhere, Sima Yi really has a rebellion one day, and he can only be powerless, plus the eight brothers in Sima Yi's family are all under the control of Cao Zhi at this time, he believes that for the safety of his brothers, Sima Yi should also do his best for himself.

Yang Xiu was obviously very dissatisfied with being robbed of his limelight by Sima Yi several times before, so he snorted coldly and said to Sima Yi: "Mr. Zhongda is an unpredictable talent, since the lord asked each other this time, he naturally listened to Mr. Zhongda's opinion first. ”

Yang Xiu's remarks, if normal speaking, would not have any problems, but he successfully used his rich facial expression and tone to make Cao Zhi deeply understand his dissatisfaction with Sima Yi.

On the other hand, Sima Yi was obviously prepared for these, and he didn't care about Yang Xiu's difficult words, and after arching his hand to Yang Xiu and Cao Zhi back and forth, he pondered for a while, and then replied: "Jingzhou is the place where Liu Feng was born, a few years ago, it was Liu Bei who accepted Liu Feng, who was less than eighteen years old, as his righteous son in Jingzhou, and it was in Fancheng that Liu Feng cooperated with Zhao Yun to defend the city for the first time and repelled our generals Cao Ren and Li Dian in one fell swoop, and then this son was out of control. If it weren't for Zhuge Liang, who Liu Bei relied on a lot, Liu Bei's half-life foundation would have fallen into the hands of Liu Feng now, so Jingzhou is the place where Liu Feng is gaining momentum, so once his wings are full, it is inevitable to take Jingzhou. ”

Speaking of this, Sima Yi looked at Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi knew that Sima Yi was emphasizing Liu Feng's determination to seize Xiangyang and even the entire Jingzhou, and the implication was that if he wanted to prevent Liu Feng from sitting big and really seized the entire Jingzhou, then most of them would have to fight Liu Feng head-on, and only in this way could Liu Feng's pace be slowed down.

"This is not the time for a large-scale battle with Liu Feng, and now a small part of our army is still in the hands of unstable people, and we can only fight with Liu Feng after we take it back, I don't know if Mr. Zhongda has any out-of-the-way plans that can cause Liu Feng some trouble?"