The news that Xiangyang was flattened and Liu Bei successfully occupied the land of the nine counties was transmitted to Luoyang by the nightingale arranged in Jingzhou in the form of flying pigeons. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sooner than I expected." Handing over the information to Jia Xu, Lu Bu said with a smile.

"However, it also left hidden dangers, and I am sure that the news of our army's capture of Hanzhong has been known by the princes." Jia Xu nodded, Zhuge Liang originally took the gradual integration, first integrate the small and medium-sized families under the four major families in Jingzhou, and then crush Cai Mao with the general trend, according to Lu Bu and Jia Xu's predictions, it will be completed at the beginning of next year at the earliest, although the time is longer, but the biggest advantage is that Liu Bei can take over Xiangyang completely, and by that time, because of Cai Mao's enemy, Liu Bei will be able to integrate Jingzhou's resources more smoothly.

To put it bluntly, if you follow Zhuge Liang's plan, not only will you be able to take Xiangyang without blood, but Liu Bei's foundation will be more stable than now, and it will be much more stable.

In terms of style, Jia Xu appreciated Zhuge Liang's plan very much, there was no clever strategy, and in the early stage, he staged a wonderful combination of vertical and horizontal for them, and drove Cai Mao from the strong step by step to the corner, and finally trapped in the lonely city, and in the later stage, with the threat of Cai Mao, or the old interest group led by the four major families, let these small and medium-sized families see the hope of their rise, so that they can come to Liu Bei's side step by step.

And inside Xiangyang, under this external environment, there will inevitably be a split, after all, the Cai family represents two interest groups, the Cai family is finished, but the Kuai family has not done anything angry and resentful, Xiangyang is already a lonely city, and they will fly separately when disaster comes, not to mention the Kuai family, even if it is an interest group attached to the Cai family, it will also be shaken.

In terms of overall planning, Zhuge Liang's step, compared to Lu Bu's previous sound of attacking the east and west, strong troops trapped in Yecheng, attracting the attention of the world, in fact, a surprise attack on Hanzhong, and finally annexing southern Hebei, more subtle, good fighters have no outstanding merits, in this battle for Jingxiang, the biggest contribution is Zhuge Liang's tongue, and even from beginning to end, Liu Bei Nanyang, Jiangxia troops are firmly nailed to the north and south portals, at least Jiangdong did not find a chance to take advantage of the situation, did not use it at all, and Lu Bu is not a surprise attack on the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, but also mobilized Zhang Liao's river. The main force in the north and the three battalions of Zhuri, Baima, and Henghai.

Although in this battle, the force displayed made the princes desperate, but it was also equivalent to exposing Lu Bu's military strength in advance, in this regard, Zhuge Liang's plan was a grade higher than Lu Bu, of course, this can only be said that Zhuge Liang borrowed well, Liu Bei's influence in Jingzhou, Zhuge Jia's connections in Jingzhou, Liu Biao's will, Zhuge Liang's innate advantage is much higher than Lu Bu.

It stands to reason that with Zhuge Liang's calmness before, even if Lu Bu showed a strong advantage before, but in the Central Plains, there is still Cao Cao supporting him, and it is impossible for Zhuge Liang to mess up.

Only the news that Hanzhong was taken by Lu Bu could make it possible for Zhuge Liang to end the chaos in Jingzhou ahead of schedule before it was fully integrated.

Although Liu Bei basically didn't pay much in the battle of Xiangyang, Liu Bei lost a lot this time for those things that could not be liquidated on the books.

First of all, Zhuge Liang provoked the dumping of the internal family in Xiangyang, although the vitality of the Cai Kuai family, the only remaining two Cai Kuo families in the four major families, but the Cai family didn't care, the Kuai family was originally Liu Bei could have won over, but this time, it was tantamount to pushing them to the opposite side.

The Kuai brothers are not fools, if they follow Zhuge Liang's strategy, the final pattern should be that the Kuai brothers kill Cai Mao, seize the power of Xiangyang and then return to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei's early dispatch of troops is also equivalent to forcing the Kuai family to fall out with the Cai family in advance when many plans have not yet been perfected, and finally Liu Bei came to clean up the mess, and the Kuai family, which could have been preserved, is now equivalent to finishing with the Cai family.

What's more, it's not complete enough!

As long as there is one person left in the Kuai brothers, for Liu Bei, it is an endless trouble, the four families of Jingzhou in the past, even if they kill all the Kuai family, as long as one remains, it is equivalent to inheriting the entire Kuai family's former connections, this kind of thing is invisible, can't be touched, can't be seen, but it is real, and it is extremely difficult to eradicate, to put it bluntly, if Liu Bei wants to uproot the Kuai family's connections now, then at least half of his subordinates will suffer, and even a few major strategists, including Zhuge Liang, have to be separated from Liu Bei. Then even if he wins Jingzhou, he will fall into Liu Biao's predicament.

The Kuai brothers are actually not terrible, what is terrible is the connections behind them, just like Zhuge Liang was able to take advantage of the situation to lobby, so that most of Jingzhou was pulled into Liu Bei's command one by one, as long as the situation allows, he can do it again in the future, he is not like Lu Bu who subdued Jizhou at the beginning, completely destroyed the entire network circle from the outside, and then re-established his own laws on the ruins.

And what is particularly important is the measure that Liu Bei implemented later, he used his imitation of Lu Bu in Nanyang to Jingzhou, although it was only the land of Cai Kuai's two families that was taken into official ownership, and it did not cause any damage to other families, and even in addition to the fields, other property and manors were all given to the families who supported him, but this was a dangerous signal.

In Liu Bei's heart, he already has the same way as Lu Bu to deal with the family!

In fact, not only Liu Bei, after Lu Bu's Juntian system achieved unprecedented achievements under his rule, Cao Cao, Sun Quan and even Liu Zhang began to consciously collect land, although they did not explicitly start to implement the Juntian system, but similar systems appeared a lot, of course, they were very cautious, because this is a problem that touches the roots of the family, if you are not careful, there is a danger of capsizing, so both Cao Cao and Sun Quan are very careful in this regard, and even tremble at every step, and would rather not do it than take risks.

Lu Bu was able to achieve great success in the Juntian system because Lu Bu had been completely abandoned by the family, coupled with the barren Chang'an and Xiliang at that time, and Lu Bu's territory was all made by him, and he had a very high prestige, so Lu Bu was able to completely spread out his own set without external interference.

But this is an example, not that Liu Bei can't learn from it, in fact, Liu Bei was able to restore the livelihood of Nanyang and strengthen himself in a few years, which is directly related to his imitation of Lu Bu.

During that time, including under Lu Bu, no one scolded Lu Bu, so that no one in Nanyang was willing to take office for several years, leaving enough space for Liu Bei to follow Lu Bu's example, but Jingzhou was different.

It's not that it's not at all, but at least, you have to do these things after your status is stable, and you can't be too radical, because to put it bluntly, Liu Bei's status today is all supported by the Jingxiang family.

got the benefits of others, but now he wants to cross the river and demolish the bridge, he will definitely be disgusted and resisted by others, Lu Bu's world is killed by himself with a knife and a shot, and it has nothing to do with the family, and even the family is stumbling on Lu Bu many times, although the family is dissatisfied, but Lu Bu can use the knife against the family with confidence, why are you Liu Bei?

And if the whole world implements the Juntian system, under the rule of Lu Bu is no different from under your Liu Bei, then it is better to vote for Lu Bu, at least in the hands of Lu Bu, he has the right to trade and trade on the Silk Road, and Lu Bu has opened trade with the countries in the Western Regions and even further afield, whether it is industry or extraterritorial influence, the princes can not be compared together, although the land was taken back by Lu Bu, but Lu Bu can bring wealth to his subordinates, what do you Liu Bei?

Of course, this is just a signal, in fact, Liu Bei also knows this, and has been working hard to maintain the relationship with the family, but just this signal is also the source of endless hidden dangers.

Liu Bei's hand, the most direct impact is to plant the seeds of distrust in the hearts of those subordinate families, even if Liu Bei redistributes the land to the families at this moment, this kind of son is by no means something that can be wiped out in a short period of time.

This is also the root of Jia Xu's saying that Liu Bei buried hidden dangers, even if Zhuge Liang is powerful, he can't control people's hearts, and this wrong step is equivalent to Zhuge Liang not hesitating to take Xiangyang quickly and some of the previous plans are destroyed, and now if you want to fully integrate the Jingxiang family, it will be more than ten times more difficult than Zhuge Liang expected.

"Not bad, actually!" Lu Bu took a sip of water, looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "Even if those families don't admit it, they should also see clearly that Juntian has become a general trend, no matter who wins the world in the future, Juntian will be promoted, which will virtually reduce the cost of digesting the results of the battle in the future." ”

"What the lord said is very true." Jia Xu smiled and nodded.

"After this incident, I am reminded of the matter of Shuzhong, and there may be other ways to speed up the annexation of Shuzhong by our army." Lu Bu leaned on the recliner and looked at Jia Xu, his eyes flashing with inexplicable brilliance.

"You said that if Liu Zhang starts to promote or secretly starts to plot Juntian, will it make the road to Shu smoother for my army?" The corners of Lu Bu's mouth pulled up a wicked smile.

"As far as I know." Jia Xu thought for a while and said: "Since Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang has always wanted to win over scholars from all over the world through Huairou means, but unfortunately not only did not succeed, but made the family more and more popular, I am afraid that Liu Zhang also has similar ideas in his heart, but now Liu Zhang wants to promote Juntian, I am afraid it is also difficult." ”

"That's his difficulty, not ours, what we have to do is to add fuel to the fire." Lu Bu said with a smile.

"Then there must be someone who knows Shu well." Jia Xu smiled and nodded.

"That Wenhe thinks, should it be better to go by Fa Yan or filial piety?" Lu Bu asked.

"Fa Yan is old, and the opportunity is insufficient, the minister thinks that when he goes straight from filial piety, this person can cooperate with Pang Tong and Wei Yan to help the lord determine Shuzhong fairly." Jia Xu thought for a moment and then said.

"But how to act, you still need to write and plan."

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )