(330 is not missing, it was on the last copy without changing the name of the chapter.) ）

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Although Cao Cao had already taken action against Jingzhou, because the mobilization of the main force had not yet been completed, he only sent about 40,000 vanguard troops to drag Jingzhou into a state of war. Among the 40,000 vanguard troops, the 20,000 former army led by Cao Ren suffered a big loss at the hands of Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun, so they put away the heart of underestimating the enemy, and waited until they joined Zhang Liao's 20,000 rear army, and put on an aggressive posture towards the Xiangyang area, but did not launch an attack in the real sense.

The intention of Zhang Liao and others is actually very clear, that is, they are using this posture to drag the Jingzhou area into a state of war, so that Liu Bei has to divide the corresponding forces to guard against Cao's army, and then cannot fully carry out the transfer of military supplies. On the other hand, although Liu Cong and Cai Mao and others were driven out of Xiangyang at that time, their own foundation is still there, and now when they encounter such a situation, I believe that Liu Cong and Cai Mao will definitely do something, so Liu Bei still has to leave some energy to stare at Liu Cong and Cai Mao.

All in all, the current Jingzhou has actually fallen into the quagmire of war, and anyone who is a little smarter knows that as long as Cao Cao completes the mobilization of the main force, then Jingzhou will face an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops, and at this point, the two Jingzhou forces headed by Liu Qi and Liu Cong are still engaged in internal fighting, so Jingzhou is probably going to be finished......

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"General, Zhang Fang is calling from Xiangyang."

Lu Ren stopped what he was busy with, took the telegram from Liu Ye's hand, and after reading it carefully, he asked Liu Ye: "Ziyang, what do you think of this situation now?" ”

Liu Ye muttered: "It is basically the same as the situation we imagined before. However, a few days ago, Zhao Yu sent a telegram from Nanpi, saying that Cao Gong was still in Yecheng, which proved that Cao Gong's mobilization of troops and horses was not yet complete, so it would take some time for Cao Gong to go south. ”

Lu Ren sighed softly: "Yes, how can it be so easy to mobilize in place?" How long has it been since Lao Cao Ta went north to Karasuma? And over the years, Lao Cao has been fighting non-stop, and it can almost be said that there is no year for all. With such a way of fighting, is it really impossible for the soldiers and the people's bodies to be beaten with iron? ”

Liu Ye said: "Cao Gong can't fight either." Liu Biao died of illness, and there was a succession battle between Liu Qi and Liu Cong, which was originally a rare good opportunity. And the most important thing is that if you don't hurry up now, the time will drag on a little longer and then Liu Bei will sit firmly in Jingzhou, and it will be even more difficult to knock Jingzhou down at that time. Liu Bei is a hero in the world, and now he has a place to use, and he is supplemented by a wise man, just thinking about it makes people feel scared. To deal with such a person, we should eliminate him while his wings are not yet complete, otherwise there will be endless troubles. ”

Lu Ren nodded, but he felt a little funny in his heart. Because it has reached this time period, Lu Ren will go to check some of the analyses made by those brick families in later generations whenever he has time. Some of them pointed out that in the original history, Cao Cao did not want to recuperate on the eve of Chibi, but because Sun Quan captured Jiangxia in the spring of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, which touched Cao Cao's sensitive nerves, and Cao Cao decided to go south to Jingzhou in advance.

Because Cao Cao knew that Jingzhou didn't have much to do with staying in the hands of Liu Biao, a "guest who sat and talked", but once Sun Quan seized the opportunity, or even took Jingzhou, the situation would become quite difficult to deal with, so Cao Cao also had to send troops to Jingzhou in advance.

And the current situation, although Sun Quan has not moved, a Liu Bei has come out to do something. Cao Cao's level of understanding of Liu Bei is much higher than that of Sun Quan, where will it not be clear that if he meets Liu Bei, this time will not be delayed? So in Lu Ren's view, Cao Cao is now dragging Jingzhou into the war, but on the other hand, isn't it the same that Liu Bei dragged Cao Cao into the state of war? Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei didn't really want to call at this time.

Smiling and shaking his head again, Lu Ren ordered: "Later, you go and give Zhang a call back, and let him act according to the plan." ”

Liu Ye nodded in response, but couldn't help but ask curiously: "Where is the general's plan?" ”

Lu Ren pointed to the map: "This time Mi Zhen went to Jingzhou, I asked Mi Zhen to bring a letter to Zhang Fang, and asked Zhang Fang to move my original industry in Xiangyang to Changsha and Guiyang when the war in Jingzhou started. ”

Liu Ye said: "Why do you want to move south to Jingnan? ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Ziyang, do you really don't understand or fake don't understand?" First of all, Liu Bei himself can't stop Lao Cao, not to mention Liu Cong and Cai Mao. If my expectations are correct, Liu Cong and Cai Mao should still have about half of Jingzhou's military and financial resources in their hands, and in order to regain their power and status, they will definitely take a path if nothing else. ”

Liu Ye also nodded thoughtfully at this time: "What does the general mean that Liu Cong and Cai Mao will surrender to Cao Gong?" ”

Lu Ren nodded and said, "Yes, anyway, in my opinion, they will definitely take this path." In fact, it is not difficult to understand when you think about it, they were originally the boss in Jingzhou, but they were overshadowed by Liu Bei, so don't expect them to help Liu Bei resist Lao Cao. Moreover, many of Liu Cong's gang already knew that Lao Cao would go south to Jingzhou in a few days, and they would definitely not be able to defeat him, and in the end, even if they could snatch Jingzhou back from Liu Bei's hands, they would still have to surrender to Lao Cao. Rather than this, it is better to surrender directly to Lao Cao, and kill Liu Bei with Lao Cao's hands, maybe you can still get a Jingzhou thorn or something when you turn around? Again, Lao Cao represents the court after all, and they can add an official and a knight if they follow Lao Cao, right? ”

Liu Ye said: "Yes, Liu Cong and Cai Mao actually have no benefit to fall to Liu Bei, and if they fall to Cao Gong, they can find a way to advance......"

Saying that, Liu Ye's expression suddenly darkened, and Lu Ren asked when he saw this, "Ziyang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Liu Ye sighed: "The telegram sent by the rain girl some time ago said that Duke Cao wants to resign from the position of the third prince, restore the system of prime minister, and take the prime minister himself. ”

Lu Ren also sighed, stood up and patted Liu Ye on the shoulder and said, "This is also a helpless thing, who can stop him at this time?" ”

Liu Ye said: "General, he forcibly became the prime minister today, so ...... tomorrow"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads. After a long time, Lu Rencai smiled and said, "Ziyang, I'm working hard to manage my own territory now, isn't it just to add some blockage to him Cao at some point?" There are some things that we don't have much to sigh about here, so let's do what we have at hand first. By the way, we were just talking about why we wanted Zhang Fang to move the industry south. ”

After a pause, Lu Ren picked up the previous topic and said: "Jingzhou is infighting, and Liu Cong's faction still has the intention of surrendering, so if nothing else, Jingzhou will fall into the hands of Lao Cao." What kind of stage will Cao, Liu and Sun families set up and sing next, no one can say clearly. But for us, I'm afraid that the Yangtze River waterway will no longer be able to run. ”

Liu Ye nodded in agreement: "That's right, the Yangtze River waterway can't run." Now that the war is imminent and the situation is unclear, if the general still sends a caravan to Jingzhou, he will only cause trouble for himself. ”

Lu Ren said: "But Ziyang, do you know? Although Cao Cao can take Jingzhou, in my opinion, he can't take Jiangdong, and he can't get Liu Bei. If we only saw Lao Cao's strength, we risked cutting off the communication with Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and in the end we would only lose two good customers.

"Sun Quan said that because our trade with Jiangdong has always been concentrated in Wu County, and before that, our trade route of the Yangtze River waterway was mainly responsible for trading with Jingzhou, that is, maintaining contacts with Liu Biao and Liu Bei. So according to my assumption, after Lao Cao goes south, he will mainly be able to control the Jingbei region centered on Xiangyang, but Liu Bei is likely to control the Jingnan region, that is, based on Jiangling, and go south to the four counties of Lingling, Wuling, Changsha, and Guiyang.

"The main reason why the Yangtze River waterway can no longer run is that I predict that in the future, Lao Cao and Sun Quan will have more battles in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, that is, on the front line of Heqi and Moling. But according to my assumption, Liu Bei is a person who can have a climate, and if we lose contact with Liu Bei because of the Yangtze River waterway, it is not worth it. Therefore, I asked Zhang Fang to move south to Changsha and Guiyang now, which is to open up a future communication channel between us and Liu Bei. ”

Liu Ye's gaze also turned to the map, and he muttered, "So that's the case...... To be honest, I don't understand why you think that the Cao Guild can't take the whole of Jingzhou and Jiangdong, but Liu Bei and Sun Quan are indeed not easy to match, and the general is doing this now with a bit of a rainy day. ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Anyway, no matter what, I won't suffer." In fact, I think so, even if this trade route can't be established, now that the war in Jingzhou has been ignited, those who want to escape the war in Jingzhou must have someone to show them a way and let them know where to flee, right? ”

Lu Ren's current smile fell in Liu Ye's eyes, and his evaluation of it was just two words: "insidious", but Liu Ye wanted to say that he liked this insidious very much. At that moment, he smiled and checked the map again, and then pointed somewhere: "If it is according to the general's idea, I am afraid that I will have to set up a pass in this place." ”

The place Liu Ye refers to is actually Shaoguan in later generations, and Lu Ren also easily standardized the place name "Shaoguan" when he drew the map. Now seeing Liu Ye pointing to Shaoguan, Lu Ren's heart was thinking with a bad taste: "Shaoguan...... It's a pity that there is no thirteenth aunt, the flower of Shaoguan. But it's okay, there may not be much else in my territory, or there are a lot of sister papers, so it's time to have a draft event and select a flower of Shaoguan. (To be continued.) )