Chapter 141: Scheming Liu Bei
At this time, all the Jingzhou generals expressed their willingness to obey Liu Biao's orders and could obey the command of Liu Bei's brothers.
At this time, Jing Yue said again: "Wait, lord, although we in Jingzhou do need support, our army also needs a general of the three armies to sit in charge and confront Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty." However, please don't forget that although Cao Cao is now our ally, he is not harmless to us. Even if we send troops to attack the New Han Dynasty on our own initiative, we don't have to put all our troops into the battle, but we have to leave enough troops to ensure that we don't lose Jingzhou. In a word, while we are fighting against the New Han army, or even defeating the New Han army, we must also beware that Cao Cao will stab us in the back. β
"This naturally, what I mean, is to mobilize Liu Bei's army in Xinye first, and order Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to have vanguards, and they will lead the army to Wancheng to attack first. Liu Bei now, to say the least, has forty or fifty thousand military horses, right? Even if he has 30,000 horses, he will draw an elite division from our army to form a 50,000-strong army horse, and this army will be handed over to Liu Bei's three brothers to command, so that they have almost 100,000 military horses, with them as the vanguard, and our generals in Jingzhou are nominally the deputy generals of the unified army, leading the main army to respond in the back. Liu Yi is now only more than 100,000 or 200,000 military horses in Wancheng, and in addition to the 100,000 vanguard army that went first, the main army is 200,000 horses. During the attack, Cao Cao sent his 200,000 troops and horses in Xiangcheng to attack Wancheng together, so that 500,000 men and horses besieged Wancheng and could not destroy Liu Yi? Liu Biao seemed to be confident and said, "Hmph." Although Cao Cao wanted us to defeat both the New Han army and make him profit from it, how could we do what he wanted? If we fight hard with the New Han army in Wancheng. If Cao Bing still doesn't come to participate in the battle, we can immediately retreat back to Shaanxi County and Ancong County, and let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei defend it respectively. It all depends on the situation, let Liu Bei's 50,000 military horses attack first, if there is anything to do. Then they will throw in our forces, and if they can't do it, and if the casualties are too heavy, they will retreat. I think. Cao Cao wanted to destroy the New Han Dynasty more than we do. β
"My lord!"
A group of generals called the good way.
"That's right. Lord, we are now allies with Cao Mengde, before, he wanted our Jingzhou army and the New Han army to fight to the death, but he just sent troops to fight a little in front of Bishui Pass for a while. Fortunately, we did not attack the New Han Dynasty at any cost, otherwise, we might have fallen for Cao Cao's tricks. This time, we used Liu Bei's military horse. has put on a posture of storming the new Han Dynasty, even. But if Liu Bei's army and horses are sacrificed, so that Cao Cao is indifferent, we can withdraw and come back. I believe that with our hundreds of thousands of military horses, Liu Yi wants to take our Jingzhou with more than 100,000 or 200,000 military horses? I don't think it's that easy! Jing Yue said.
The total number of troops in Liu BiaoxiΓ n is about 600,000, and if there is a temporary reconscription, it may be possible to add another 200,000 troops and horses. Judging from the strength alone, Liu Biao's military horses are not much different from Cao Cao. It seems that it is really not easy for Liu Yi to seize Jingzhou. Now that this plan has been set, Liu Biao has only dispatched half of the soldiers and horses, and it is impossible for him to put all his troops into the battlefield of Wancheng. He wanted to leave half of the army and horses to guard Xiangyang.
"But...... ......At this time, Kuai Liang frowned and said: "Lord, Kuai is worried now, then Liu Bei may not be willing to mobilize his military horse as the vanguard to attack Liu Yi as we wish." Liu Bei is this person...... Hehe, the lord, it is not that his subordinates provoke the brotherhood between the lord and Liu Bei, but this Liu Bei has already proved to be a generation of heroes, and his subordinates are worried that the lord will not be able to see through his inner self, and he is worried that the lord will be deceived by his kind appearance. Just so rashly put the military power of our Jingzhou army in Liu Bei's hands, I am worried about ......"
"Huh? What is Mr. Kuai worried about? Liu Biao was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that the Kuai brothers knew his mind well, this was the key for Liu Biao to deal with Liu Bei, even if no one brought it up, Liu Biao had to induce them to bring it up.
The Jingzhou army can be handed over to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to command, but it must not let the military power fall into Liu Bei's hands. At this point, Liu Biao had already made a decision in secret.
"Alas, my lord, Kuai Mou has secretly inspected Xinye several times, and found that Liu Bei is very good at selling the hearts of the people, and his means of selling people's hearts can almost be compared with the previous Liu Yi. Now in Xinye City, there are more than 100,000 and 200,000 people, they only know Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang, but they don't know that their master is the lord Liu Jingsheng. Originally, when Liu Bei took refuge with us like a lost dog, he was only one or two thousand troops, and now, it has developed to almost 50,000 military horses, it is said that those are under the influence of Liu Bei, and the people in the Xinye area are young and strong, and they took the initiative to take refuge in Liu Bei. Kuai is worried that if the military power of our Jingzhou army falls into Liu Bei's hands, I am afraid that it will not be long before the sergeant will be sold by Liu Bei, and at that time, I am afraid that it will become his Liu Bei's private army. β
With a coax, Kuai Liang's words immediately aroused the discussion of all the strategists and generals in the meeting hall, arousing their worries about Liu Bei.
"W-This won't be, will it? Zirou, don't be alarmist here, my brother Liu Bei, how can he be such a person? I don't think he's going to take his brother's army, right? If so, doesn't it mean that he Liu Bei will rebel? To seek the inheritance of my brother? Liu Biao pretended to be a little annoyed and said to Jing Liangdao.
"My lord! It seems that you are really deceived by Liu Bei's hypocritical appearance. If this is the case, it will not be good, then if Liu Bei really plots our Jingzhou military power, I am afraid that he will rebel. When the time comes, don't talk about the lord, I'm afraid we will also suffer from it. Kuai Liang said with a shocked look: "Don't you know? At the beginning in Xuzhou, Tao Qian just invited Liu Bei to solve the crisis, but Liu Bei stayed in Xuzhou and did not leave, in the end, he did not seek Tao Qian's Xuzhou? Well, it is said that the death of Tao Gongzu back then may have something to do with Liu Bei. These are secrets, don't say it, but, I think all of us can see clearly, that Liu Bei came to seek refuge in the lord, but. Did he see his lord as Lord? This proves that Liu Bei has already hidden evil intentions. Your lord, you must be on guard. β
"Ah, that, this, this ......" Liu Biao seemed to be skeptical, and said a little embarrassed: "In this way, if we can't ask Liu Bei to lead the army to fight the New Han Army on our behalf, then what are we doing now?" β
"Hehe, don't worry, lord." Kuai Yue interjected at this time: "We have already discussed it just now, our Jingzhou army. It's just that there is a lack of generals who can shock the enemy, and all we need is Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two generals, to fight for us. It's not that Liu Bei needs to fight for us to lead the army. β
"Hmm...... It seems that this is indeed the case......" Liu Biao pretended to be thoughtful, nodded, and said as if puzzled: "But." Does that make a difference? You must know that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei only listen to their brother Liu Bei. These two will. I'm afraid that I may not be able to directly follow my Liu Biao's orders. In addition, we bypassed Liu Bei and directly called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and it was difficult to get by on the face. β
"My lord, what's so hard about this? When they Liu, Guan, and Zhang were together, we really couldn't bypass Liu Bei's order to Guan and Zhang. I can't command them. As long as we find a way to separate Liu Bei from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, then we will have the opportunity to mobilize Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Kuai Yue and Brother Kuai Liang glanced at each other and said.
"Oh? Separate them? So what? Liu Biao asked.
"Hmm. Lord, Kuai has now thought of a plan. I just don't know whether to say it or not. Kuailiang rolled his eyes.
"Please!" Liu Biao raised his hand to signal.
"The lord ......" Kuai Yue arched his hand to Liu Biao and said: "I want to invite the lord to be seriously ill, well, let's just say, the army of the New Han Dynasty is pressing, the lord is worried and tired, he can't afford to be sick, and he can't handle the military and political affairs of Jingzhou, but at this moment, he can't do without a respected and talented person to preside over the overall situation of Jingzhou." The two sons of the lord are young and cannot handle the military and political affairs related to the life and death of Jingzhou alone. Therefore, the lord thought of Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang, and asked Uncle Liu Huang to take care of the feelings of the brothers of the same clan, and asked him to come to Xiangyang to preside over the military and political affairs of Jingzhou on behalf of the lord and preside over the overall situation. I think Liu Bei will definitely be tempted. When the time comes, some of our Jingzhou celebrities who usually don't seem to be too close to the lord will go to see Liu Bei secretly and secretly tell Liu Bei that the lord may not be able to afford to be ill, and vaguely reveal to Liu Bei that this is the best time to take over our Jingzhou. How could Liu Bei not come? β
"Hmm......" Liu Biao said as if he was a little moved: "What if Liu Bei really comes?" β
"Liu Bei is here, then it's easy to do." Kuai Yue said: "If Liu Bei leaves two righteous brothers to lead the army and come alone, it will be easy to do, as long as Liu Bei arrives in Xiangyang, we can put us under house arrest unknowingly, and then, in the name of Liu Bei, directly give orders to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and let the two generals lead the army for us to attack Wancheng." β
"What if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei don't believe it?"
"Lord, they will not disbelieve it, for we can put all the military power of our army in their hands, and how can they not believe it? At that time, they may still be happy, thinking that their brother-in-law has already taken control of the Jingzhou army, so that they can directly order them to take over the military power of our Jingzhou army. When they defeat Liu Yi for us, we can take back the military power, and Liu Bei, the lord, can watch it. β
"Wonderful!"
A group of military generals did not wait for Liu Biao to express their opinions, but expressed their approval one after another.
However, Kuai Yue suppressed his hand, shook his head and said: "Don't be too optimistic, I think, Liu Bei is not a careless person, he is cautious, he should bring Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to come together, these two generals are the guarantee of Liu Bei's life." It is estimated that Liu Bei will not believe the words of others lightly, he wants to come, and he must be prepared in case the lord wants to plot against him, and he can retreat with his whole body. For a person who is bent on plotting against others, he will always be vigilant against others plotting against him. β
"That's right!" Liu Biaojue is really worried, if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei follow Liu Bei to Xiangyang, then things are really not easy to handle.
However, Kuai Liang still looked indifferent, and said with a faint smile: "Lord, therefore, my subordinates want to invite the lord to be seriously ill, this, it must be realistic, so that Liu Bei can't see the authenticity." β
"Huh? How can that be? Liu Biao didn't think of these details, although he wanted to transfer Liu Bei to Xiangyang early in the morning, and then use Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but how to operate, he didn't think too much.
"If Liu Bei can't see whether the lord is really sick or fake, then he will believe it is true, and when the time comes, I will ask Liu Bei to preside over the overall situation of Jingzhou, I think Liu Bei is at most pretending to resign, but in the end he will agree. When the time comes, we will mention it a little, hoping that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will lead our Jingzhou army to Wancheng to fight with the New Han Army, so I don't think Liu Bei will refuse. As soon as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei leave Xiangyang and go to Jiaxian and other places to receive military power, we can immediately control Liu Bei, or we can secretly attack Wancheng with Guan Yu and Zhang Feixian with 50,000 military horses and their Xinye military horses in the name of Liu Bei. β
"Yes, in this way, this plan is seamless, and Liu thinks it is feasible!" Liu Biao nodded, and said with a flickering look in his eyes: "Then how do we treat Liu Bei?" β
"Hehe, this depends on the meaning of the lord. Seriously, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two tiger generals, if they can be used by the lord, our Jingzhou will be safe in the future, but this is probably a bit difficult. β
Kuai Yue said meaningfully: "If the lord can endure for a little longer, let Liu Bei really preside over the overall situation of Jingzhou for the time being, or there will be some chance to make Guan Yu and Zhang Fei return to the lord." β
"Oh? Xenomorph, is this true? What's your plan? Liu Biao said with a little surprise.
"Lord, Liu Bei will definitely not be a safe person, the lord is seriously ill, if he presides over the overall situation of Jingzhou, do you think, when Liu Bei is in power, will he have any ideas? Perhaps, he would hope that the lord could not afford to be ill in the past, so that he could get Jingzhou naturally. But what if you can make the lord sick? This one...... Hehe, as long as Liu Bei does something to the lord, we can use these things to peel off the hypocritical human skin on Liu Bei's body, and make Liu Bei the sinner pointed out by Qianfu, at that time, how will Guan Yu and Zhang Fei view such a brother? At that time, the lord could recover from a serious illness and regain control of Jingzhou, no matter what Liu Bei did, or let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead our Jingzhou army, in this way, wouldn't Guan Yu and Zhang Fei be grateful for the lord's kindness? Turning to the Lord? (To be continued......)