Chapter 346: Entering Xiangyang
Liu Feng looked at the direction of Dongfang Xiakou, and replied with a slight smile on his face: "If there is no Zhuge Liang to check and balance, how can this land of Jingzhou and Jiangdong be presented to Cao Zhi in chaos, so that he can be at the mercy of the internal affairs of his Wei State in Yecheng, Jiangdong Sun Quan, it is not a blow that can defeat it, just teach Zhuge Liang to deal with him, and wait for the day when the two of them will divide the victory and defeat, and it will be the time for us to unify Jiangdong." ”
When Zhao Yun heard this, he also had to admire Liu Feng's courage in his heart, if there was really something wrong in this, Zhuge Liang would most likely soar into the sky and take full control of the land of Jiangdong, and the reason why Liu Feng was able to say this must be that even if Zhuge Liang controlled the land of Jiangdong, Liu Feng had no fear, and was still confident that he could defeat Zhuge Liang.
Zhao Yun believes that no matter who he is at this time, he will do his best to end Zhuge Liang's life here, and the only one who can do this is Liu Feng, Zhao Yun always feels that the future that Liu Feng sees in his eyes is beyond the reach of people including Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and Zhuge Liang, they can only make the right decision for a certain thing and a certain battle, but Liu Feng can make decisions according to a fairly distant future, and this may be the so-called emperor's appearance.
After a conversation, Zhao Yun accompanied Liu Feng, and many years later stepped into the most prosperous city of Xiangyang in Jingzhou, but this time, Liu Feng is no longer Liu Bei's righteous son, a general in Jingzhou, but entered here as the master, although Liu Feng is still calm and relaxed, but the capture of Xiangyang, in his heart is still a milestone moment, in Chengdu, although Liu Feng is also the lord of Yizhou, but in Liu Feng's heart, Jingzhou is like a hometown, take Jingzhou, Only then can his heart be a little more steady.
Riding a horse in Xiangyang City, Liu Feng found that the situation was not optimistic, many of the big deals that he was familiar with when he was in Xiangyang before, all of them have gone to empty buildings, and there are a lot fewer businessmen on the street, the people are listless, the street is not bustling and lively, and people are also without the vitality of the past.
And the result of this is naturally that Zhuge Liang secretly transferred a large amount of wealth in Xiangyang, and the part of the people who can create wealth the most.
Even compared with Jiangling at this time, Xiangyang is afraid that it is already inferior, but the only good news for Liu Feng is that the population of Xiangyang has not been damaged because of this battle, so Liu Feng believes that this important town of Jingzhou can play a more dazzling brilliance in the near future than before.
Regarding the situation in Xiangyang, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and others also saw it in their eyes, and everyone's faces were gloomy to the already empty Xiangyang City Marshal's Mansion, and Fei Yuwei had already taken over this place as soon as he entered the city.
"Zhuge Liang has to say that it is very bad, in Xiangyang today, the money and grain must be insufficient, fortunately, the counties of Nanjun are close to it, otherwise the people will complain in a few days, and then move out of here."
Pang Tong knew the situation in Xiangyang at this time at a glance, and combined with the people and items that Zhuge Liang had transported with chariots and horses before, he immediately imagined what he had done.
And Pang Tong's words also show the current situation in Xiangyang, saying that there is a shortage of money and food, one of the reasons is that after the capture of Xiangyang this time, because Xiangyang is the land of four wars, there is Cao Zhi's Nanyang in the north, Jiangxia in the east, and the enemy on both sides, Liu Feng will inevitably leave a large number of defenders here, fortunately, Shangyong in the west, Jiangling in the south was originally Liu Feng's territory, and it is also very convenient to support each other.
After Pang Tong opened this head, everyone started to discuss the matter of Xiangyang, and it took nearly two hours to discuss many matters in Xiangyang before they had a preliminary plan for the time being.
This time Liu Feng brought 70,000 horses, Liu Feng directly left 30,000 of them in Xiangyang, because Shangyong and Jiangling also have a lot of soldiers and horses, so these three places rely on each other, there are already a total of nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, under the mutual rescue, even if Cao Zhi comes to attack, it will definitely be able to parry calmly.
In order to solve this matter, so that the people in Xiangyang City would not flee in large numbers, Liu Feng ordered people to go to Jiangling with the letters written by him on the same day, requisitioned a large number of merchants in Jiangling, provided them with places free of charge, and gave them a large reduction or exemption in taxes and fees, so as to let these people integrate into the development of Xiangyang, and the missing money and grain could only be obtained from the money and grain that Lu Su had accumulated in Jiangling for these days.
Liu Feng and all the generals under his command all know that the expansion of territory is endless, so since they have obtained a strategic place in Jingzhou such as Xiangyang, then where to use Xiangyang to attack in the next step will naturally be put on the agenda, Liu Feng is not satisfied, and should not be satisfied.
Looking at the map that Zhuge Liang didn't have time to take away on the wall, Liu Feng knew that according to his way of advancing, if he wanted to make a fuss in Xiangyang, there were only two directions to go in Nanyang and Jiangxia in the next step, and these two directions were one water and one land, which were extremely difficult to conquer.
The whole county of Jiangxia has been pocketed by Zhuge Liang, Liu Feng believes that with the support of waterways, once Liu Feng has any changes in Xiangyang or any other county in Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang can be informed in advance, and there will never be such a situation as Xiangyang again, so if he wants to take the land of Jiangxia with a very small loss, there is almost no other way than to have an extremely excellent naval army, and this condition, Liu Feng feels that he has not been able to achieve it.
And Nanyang, Runan and other places, although they can also be captured through Xiangyang, but once they get these two places, it is equivalent to opening a gap in the capture of Cao Zhi's Central Plains, which Cao Zhi will never allow, so Liu Feng wants to seek Nanyang, and the difficulty is only greater than that of Jiangxia.
Under this discussion, Liu Feng still decided to follow his previous strategy, without a chance, he began to recuperate, actively recruit troops, improve his strength and combat effectiveness, and at the same time, wait for the next war to happen, because Liu Feng knew that there would always be people who couldn't bear the anxiety in their hearts, and once a war happened, it would be like a butterfly vibrating its wings, which would have a slight but completely irreversible impact on the situation in the entire Central Plains.
And what Liu Feng has to do is to wait for the butterfly to appear......