"Big brother, in my opinion, just send troops to Jingzhou, have a good fight with that Sun Quan child, and beat this two-faced and three-knife boy hard, so that he knows that he knows how powerful we are. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" General Zhang Fei stood up and said.

"Yes, my lord, General Zhang Fei is right. Now that our troops are winning, it is just the right time to teach Dongwu a hard lesson, so that they can also know that we are not so easy to bully now. General Huang Zhong also stood up and said.

"Yes, the lord gives the order!"

"Yes! The lord will give the order! My soldiers have been sick lately. ”

"My lord, please give the order! The last general is willing to be the vanguard. ”

All the generals in the hall said indignantly at this time, Liu Bei in the hall saw this, and a smile slowly appeared on his face, seeing that his generals were so belligerent, which lord would be happy!

Liu Bei motioned for the generals to return to their positions, then turned his head to look at Kong Ming and asked:

"I wonder what Kong Ming thinks about this matter?"

Kong Ming thought for a while, then got up and walked to the middle of the hall, arched his hand to Liu Bei and said:

A few days ago, Zi Jing came to Chengdu City to ask for Jingzhou, and finally left angrily, presumably Sun Quan was angry at us for not returning Jingzhou, so he sent troops to attack the four counties of Jingnan. If only the general sent troops to Jingnan, then everything is still easy to say, but if the lord sent troops from Yizhou to Jingzhou, it would be tantamount to tearing his face with Eastern Wu. And if our army and the Eastern Wu army are engaged in a battle in Jingzhou, if they win quickly, it is good, if they can't be bound to fall into a stalemate, they will definitely lose both at that time, if the northern Cao thieves go south to Jingzhou at this time, Jingzhou will be very dangerous at that time! Therefore, I also implore the lord to think twice about sending troops to Jingzhou. Weichen suggested sending a good counselor to Eastern Wu, Xiao according to the pros and cons, and ordered Eastern Wu to withdraw his troops, which not only avoided war but also maintained the alliance between the two families, which was beneficial to both sides. ”

After Liu Bei listened to Kong Ming's words, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and instead showed a sense of contemplation, thought for a while, turned his head to look at Shi Yuan, and asked:

"I wonder what Shiyuan thinks about this?"

After Shi Yuan heard the lord call himself, he walked to the center of the hall like Kong Ming, and then arched his hand to Liu Bei and said:

"Lord, Jingzhou is connected to Dongwu in the east, Cao Cao in the north, it has always been a place for soldiers to fight, Dongwu wants to get this place has never been broken, some time ago Zi Jing came to ask for Jingzhou, Dongwu will definitely take other ways to get Jingzhou, but I didn't expect Sun Quan to be in such a hurry to send troops to attack Jingzhou, so that the alliance between the two will be broken, is Dongwu not afraid of Cao Cao in the north? And we didn't say that we wouldn't return Jingzhou, Soochow's move is unreasonable? It's a little weird. ”

I only heard Liu Bei say at this time:

"My second brother said in the letter that some time ago, Dongwu sent Taishou to the four counties of Jingnan, and these Taishou were driven back by my second brother after they arrived at the place, maybe Dongwu sent troops because of this!"

"Oh, I see. Then it makes sense. This was deliberately done by Eastern Wu, they knew that General Guan's temperament would definitely drive these people out, and as a result, they also sent Taishou to these four counties, which was nothing more than to find a reason for themselves to send troops.

In the past, Mr. Kong Ming set the policy of dividing the world into three parts for the lord, and said that if the lord wants to unify the world, he needs to wait for changes in the north, and send troops from Jingzhou and Yizhou at the same time, so that the world can be determined, if Jingzhou is lost, with only one Yizhou, it may be difficult to unify this chaotic world.

Now that Dongwu has resolutely sent troops to fight for Jingzhou regardless of the alliance, then we naturally cannot show weakness, lest Dongwu make any more excessive demands in the future. Now that General Huo Jun is in the public security, the lord can arrange him to go to Lingling to relieve the danger of Lingling. Then send a general to lead troops to Dongwu to support General Guan, but our army must not take the initiative to attack Dongwu, so as not to cause a false pretext to Dongwu. In this way, the danger of Jingzhou can be solved.

Now that we have captured Yizhou, if we want to send troops from Yizhou to Xiliang and the Central Plains, the land of Hanzhong is a necessary place, so we must seize this place as soon as possible, so that Cao Cao in the north will not take the lead in sending troops to take Hanzhong. ”

At this time, of course, Shiyuan knew that it was in this year that Cao Cao sent troops to occupy Hanzhong, so Shiyuan also advised Liu Bei to hurry up and send troops to fight for Hanzhong, and take Hanzhong before Cao Cao, so as to avoid the later battle with Cao Cao in Hanzhong, but whether he can catch up with Cao Cao Shiyuan is not sure, but what should be done must be done.

After Liu Bei heard Shi Yuan's words, he also nodded constantly, he should have temporarily agreed with Shi Yuan's statement, and at this time, Shu County next to him was too law-abiding, and walked out and said to Liu Bei:

"My lord, the minister has an idea, and I would like to hear it with the lord."

"Filial piety! So good, filial piety is said quickly. ”

"Lord, Weichen thinks that the current situation of Jingzhou requires the lord to personally lead a large army to Jingzhou to recapture the land of Changsha and Guiyang counties that surrendered to Eastern Wu, and this approach has three benefits: Shang, Jingzhou can be determined to ensure that Jingzhou is in our hands, so as to be ready to dominate the world in the future; If Jingzhou is lost, the forces of Eastern Wu can reach Yizhou directly, and Yizhou will face a great crisis; , it can expand the territory, increase the population and tax burden.

Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, this person has no ability, and there are no famous generals and strategists under him, so it is enough to send a general to go and match the defenders in Pujia Pass to obtain the land of Hanzhong.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu had already arrived in Jingzhou, which was the first place that needed our protection, so the minister thought that the lord should go to Jingzhou in person. ”

Xiaozhi made a lot of plans when Liu Bei obtained the land of Yizhou, and Xiaozhi is also good at scheming, and Liu Bei often compares Xiaozhi with Guo Jia, who assisted Cao Cao back then, and naturally attaches great importance to Xiaozhi. Hearing Xiaozhi's words, Liu Bei also kept nodding. At this time, many generals on the side also came out, all saying that the idea of filial piety was very good, and they all said that they would accompany the lord to Jingzhou together.

At this time, Liu Bei fell into deep thought, whether it was Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, or Xiaozhi, it was all reasonable, and at this time Liu Bei needed to make a decision. Liu Bei thought for a while, then stood up and said:

"I have made up my mind, and I personally led the army to Jingzhou and stationed in the public security to prevent Sun Quan of Eastern Wu from recapturing the land of Changsha and Guiyang. Xiaozhi, Dong He, the third brother, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Liu Feng, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Sha Moke, etc., accompanied me. In addition, Shi Yuan, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Wu Lan, Lei Tong, Ren Kui, and Chen Shizhi led the army to Pujia Pass after the autumn harvest, and captured Hanzhong with Wei Yan and Meng Da, the two generals who guarded Pujia Pass. Kong Ming, Mi Zhu and other towns guarded Chengdu, prospering agriculture and commerce. ”

After Liu Bei issued the order, Shi Yuan and Kong Ming didn't say anything, and at this time they were constantly thinking about how to do a good job in the main bus task. There were about 120,000 troops in Yizhou, 60,000 were under Liu Bei's account before he attacked Chengdu, 30,000 were Liu Zhang's soldiers in Chengdu, and the remaining 30,000 were surrendered from other places in Yizhou, and some were newly recruited soldiers. Liu Bei personally went to Jingzhou, with a total of 50,000 troops, and most of them were elites; Shiyuan went to Pujiaguan with 20,000 soldiers, and the remaining soldiers were trained in Yizhou for the needs of various battlefields.