"War is not only a military thing, but also involves a political and economic level...... As the saying goes, war is a continuation of politics and is fought to achieve certain political goals...... But it cannot be ignored that the basis of war is the economy. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info You can't expect the domestic economy to be in a mess and win in a big war with the outside world. Because the bad economy will make you unable to cope with the food and grass, so that the army in front will starve. From ancient times to the present, I have never seen a hungry army that can win. …… Well, that's like your training today, if you don't eat today, can you still wield your weapons? Therefore, grain and grass are the most important, and if you want to win the war, you must ensure grain and grass, which is the foundation. When Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the north were fighting to the death around Wancheng, they did not get involved in the battle of the Central Plains on a large scale, but Li Shengzheng, who clearly declared neutrality, was content with his sons against a sand table that was not very fine, but it was also a decent one, and he had a lot of fun fiddling with the finely carved wooden soldiers in his hands. Yes, they are playing, and they are playing like crazy. In the process of playing, Li Sheng told his sons, especially his eldest son, some political, military and even strategic points as the rules of the game.

Li Sheng, who is now in his thirties, is the father of five children: the eldest son Li Bin, born in Jian'an ten years ago, is now nine years old, and his biological mother is Li Sheng's wife Li Zhong'er; The eldest daughter Li Su, born in the twelfth year of Jian'an, is now seven years old, and her biological mother is Li Sheng's second wife Sha Qiangrose; The second son Li Fu, born in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, is now six years old, and his biological mother is Li Sheng's second wife Zhao Yun; The third son, Li Wu, was born in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, is six years old, and his second son Li Funai is a sibling, and his biological mother is Li Sheng's second wife Zhao Yun; The second daughter Li Liang, born in the fifteenth year of Jian'an, is now four years old, and her biological mother is Li Sheng's second wife Sun Ren.

The two daughters, Li Sheng naturally handed them over to their mother to raise, and the three sons, Li Sheng saw that they were somewhat enlightened, but in the case of generally inviting them to Professor Confucianism, he also took some time to accompany them as much as possible, and instilled in them what he knew and thought he could tell them, little by little, through some entertaining way.

"Son...... It's your own, and in a way it's your own continuation in this world. "As a modern person, Li Sheng doesn't have any thoughts of long live long live, he doesn't think of himself as a turtle of ten thousand years." I will eventually grow old, and after I die of old age, if my own thoughts and policies are to continue, it must be my own children and grandchildren. You must let your son be of the same mind as yourself. Li Sheng thinks so, so he takes time out to spend with his son as much as possible.

Of course, such an approach may seem unethical to outsiders. It was Li Sheng who made this matter very secret, and among the ministers, Li Sheng only told a few of his brothers about it. Because he knew that his behavior, in the eyes of those old masters, was too doting on his son, but it was inconsistent with the filial piety they paid attention to.

"But...... Since there are already conditions, why do you need children to fall into so many intrigues when they are young? Why not let them live a little faster? They are still young, and they are still young. Parents always want their children to live better, and Li Sheng can already understand this kind of thinking.

That is to say, the soldiers must be fed so that they have the strength to fight. So if we want to hit the other side and make them hungry, will it be okay soon? Li Bin, who was only nine years old, was very smart, and as soon as he heard his father say that, he immediately drew inferences from the other, and thought of a way to attack the enemy by attacking the opponent's grain and grass and causing the enemy to fall into a shortage of food.

"And what are you going to do?" Li Sheng asked Li Bin step by step.

"Huh? Can you snatch their food and grass? Nine-year-old Li Bin thought for a moment and replied.

"Rob? Here's a way. Li Sheng nodded with a smile, but asked further: "Why do you have such thoughts?" ”

"Didn't my father say that the best way to deal with the enemy is to turn everything about the enemy into our own?" Li Bin blinked his big flickering eyes and said, "I think since the enemy is the enemy, the relationship with us is definitely not good." If we ask him for bread and grass, he will never give it to us. Therefore, we can only take the initiative to grab them. Perhaps this is what my father once said about plundering. ”

"But the enemy's grain and grass will never pass through your territory, and if you want to grab grain and grass, you must do it in the enemy's territory. In that place, there are enemies all around, and there is no way you can bring back the looted food and grass. What would you do if that were the case? Li Sheng asked again. This is a very real problem, Li Sheng directly set up soldiers on the simple sand table: there are enemies stationed on all sides of the grain road, and the only road leading to his own defense area is only one, and it is very narrow, and it is impossible for his side to pass through with a large number of grain trucks. What Li Sheng asked Li Bin was how he would deal with the enemy's grain wagons in such a situation.

"Since you can't take it away, you can only destroy it." Li Bin thought about it for a while, and then gave Li Sheng such a calm answer.

"How to destroy?" Li Sheng asked again.

"Burn with fire?" Li Bin replied. He searched for the soldier in his hand, looked at the terrain near the grain road, selected a soldier who looked like an infantry but marked with the word mountain on the back, and gently placed it next to the grain cart - the soldier had three bars on his body, which in Li Sheng's explanation represented the most elite troops. "Father said that attacking the opponent's grain and grass is the best way to break the opponent in a short period of time, so this is undoubtedly an important means that can change the situation of the battle, and it is the most important thing in the battle. For such a thing, if you want to do it well, you have to send our elite. I saw that the terrain marked around here was all mountainous, and the enemy was cavalry except for the ordinary infantry, so I decided to use the most elite mountain infantry to accomplish this. The speed of cavalry in the mountains is not as good as that of mountain soldiers, and the average infantry is even worse. So I should be able to calmly retreat while destroying the other party's grain and grass. Li Bin explained calmly. He looked at the smile on his father's face after listening to his explanation, but his heart was slightly up, and finally he showed a faint smile. He knew that his father would praise him next, and this praise made his heart sweet every time.

"Bin'er is really smart......" Li Sheng, who was as always, was about to boast, but suddenly heard three sounds of "Bang...... Bang". Li Sheng knew that it was his subordinates, and someone was in a hurry to find him. "It seems that today's parent-child activities are in vain." Li Sheng smiled apologetically at his sons, but touched Li Bin's head and said, "Bin'er, take care of your younger brothers." For the father, do a little work first. ”

"Hmm." Li Bin nodded sensibly, raised his head and asked his father, "Will my father come back?" ”

"That maybe, but it depends." Li Sheng smiled and said, he would not promise his son what he was not sure of, and once he agreed, he would do everything possible to do it. Perhaps because of this integrity, he was undoubtedly the most trusted in the hearts of his own sons.

"Then father, please go early and come back early, by the way, it's better not to be too tired." Li Bin pulled his younger brother to stand up, but he was very sensible and pretended to be a little adult and bowed to Li Sheng: "Bin'er and his younger brothers are here to send off their father." ”

"Alas...... You little ghost. Li Sheng looked at the innocent appearance of his three sons, smiled heartily, touched the round heads of the three of them, but exited the room step by step. When he came out, he arrived in the courtyard, but he saw Luo Zhao coming up. "What happened?" When Li Sheng saw that it was Luo Zhao, he knew that he must have some important information to tell him.

"Cao Cao has sent envoys to our Yizhou and Jiangdong respectively." Luo Zhao reported to Li Sheng.

"Just go, that's not a big deal." At first glance, Li Sheng yawned, but he looked very indifferent, but he soon found that things were not so simple: "...... Wait, are you saying that Cao Cao sent people to Jiangdong at the same time as he sent people to my side? The lazy eyes on Li Sheng's face changed, but he stared at Luo Zhao very nervously: "Is it the news from the white clothes?" Who are the envoys sent by Cao Cao to our side and the envoys to Sun Quan's side? ”

"The messenger who came to our side is Han Song, and the messenger who went to Sun Quan's side is Hua Xin." Luo Zhao quickly gave Li Sheng the answer he wanted to know.

Huo ...... This Cao Cao really knows how to think about it. Presumably, Han Song came from Jingzhou to Sichuan this time, and he will definitely stay in Jingzhou for a few days. The surrender of Liu Biao in Jingzhou has an extraordinary relationship with Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and other cadres. Now that Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue have been returned to me, it is unlikely that he will be convinced, so Han Song may lobby other officials in Jingzhou. Scold...... It seems that my father-in-law is a little worried about me. Li Sheng said with a smile.

"Is the lord saying that Cao Cao will let Han Song come to lobby the people in Jingzhou and make them rebel against me?" Luo Zhao heard this meaning from Li Sheng's words.

"Rebellion? That was too serious, even if Cao Cao tried to convince them like this, they might not agree. However, Cao Cao may have connected them with Sun Quan. My eldest brother. Although I don't say it, I really want Jingzhou in my heart, but this Jiangling in Jingzhou was originally obtained by myself, and I gave most of Jiang Xia to gamble on his mouth, so he had no excuse. Now the prosperity of Jiaozhou makes him even more jealous of Jingzhou. Everyone knows that I, Li Sheng, want to keep Jiaozhou, but I have to keep Jingzhou. Li Sheng's thinking jumped very quickly, and he was still talking about Han Song's side here, but he was mentioning Sun Quan's ambition for Jingzhou over there.

"This ......" Luo Zhao was speechless, he didn't know how to deal with it, but when he saw Li Sheng's appearance of talking about sex, he also got funny, and asked in a low voice: "Why did the lord link Han Song's affairs in Jingzhou with Sun Quan's ambition for Jingzhou?" It seems that the two are not related. ”

"There is actually a connection between two seemingly unrelated things. After hearing the news that Cao Cao had sent people to Sun Quan and us at the same time, I kept wondering, what was Cao Cao's purpose in doing this? Li Sheng looked up at the sky, and did not answer Luo Zhao's question, but said faintly: "Cao Cao sent someone to my side, I can understand." Because the gunpowder that was once sold to Liu Bei was used by Liu Bei on the battlefield, Cao Cao suffered heavy losses. His loss of the city, and the loss of the city are all related to this gunpowder weapon. Cao Cao knew that this weapon was my exclusive possession, so he sent Han Song here, I'm afraid he also wanted to question me. Of course, he'll try to order some of this from me if he can. Of course, Cao Cao won't buy too much from me, and I won't sell him too well. He bought it, some of which he probably used for battle, and the other part may be used to see if he could copy it. But no matter what, Cao Cao sent Han Song to me for what purpose it was. As for him sending someone to see Sun Quan, I don't see any inevitability. So I thought about it, but I was scared when I thought about it. ”

"Oh? Why do you say that? Luo Zhao asked puzzled.

"I think Cao Cao will form an alliance with Sun Quan." Li Sheng coldly spit out such a sentence.

"This ...... Impossible, right? Luo Zhao was taken aback: "Cao Cao caused Sun Quanjun's Tai Shi Ci and Zhou Yu to die in successive battles. Tai Shici is the general of Sun Quanjun, and Zhou Yu is a person who is related to Sun Quan's side by marriage and is regarded by Sun Quan as his eldest brother. Both of these men died at the hands of Cao Cao, and Sun Quan may also form an alliance with Cao Cao, which ...... It's incredible. Luo Zhao couldn't believe that two strengths that should have been mortal enemies would actually become allies of each other in the blink of an eye.

"Why can't it be? There are no absolute friends or enemies in the world, and the boundaries between friend and foe are just driven by interests. If Cao Cao used the land of Jingzhou and the place of Huainan to tempt Sun Quan, Sun Quan might not agree. Sun Quan has wanted these two places for a long time. Li Sheng said this, and the tone of affirmation made people feel that he seemed to believe in this.

"This ......" Luo Zhao still felt incredulous.

"Don't forget, the power of those who surrendered in Koto is very large." Li Sheng smiled: "Cao Cao is still the strongest force in the world, if Cao Cao is really willing to make up his mind to win over Sun Quan, those ministers under Sun Quan, such as Zhang Zhao and others, will try their best to persuade their lord to serve Cao Cao." Zijing is in Jiangdong, and the suffering during this period is great. ”

"That'...... Why didn't the lord try to stop it? Luo Zhao asked. Even if he was not too sophisticated in his vision of these strategic and military affairs, he knew that once Cao Cao and Sun Quan united, it would be Liu Bei first, and then himself. This is definitely not a good thing, after all, once Cao Cao and Sun Quan get together, they Li Sheng will undoubtedly face attacks from the north and west, and then except for Yizhou, I am afraid that everywhere will become a chaotic place on the border. Such a situation, as long as people feel bad, Luo Zhao is naturally no exception, so he raised the above questions.

"Block? It's just our guess, how can we stop things that are not visible. Maybe they're having a secret meeting right now, but what can we do? Jingnan and Jiangling and Jiaozhou are very important to us, and it is with them that we can say that we can compete for hegemony in the world, otherwise we can only have a corner of Yizhou. Li Sheng raised his eyebrows, but he was also helpless.

"That's right...... But...... Can we just react passively? Luo Zhao asked a little sadly. Seeing that something bad is right in front of you and you can't stop it, this kind of frustration is really maddening, and the kind of powerless frustration in it seems to be the same for Li Sheng or Luo Zhao, and even for Kong Ming.

"At this stage, it seems that this is the only way, let's wait and see for a while." Li Sheng sighed: "In fact, for us, enhancing our strength is the most important thing. It is necessary to let the Gan Ning of Jiaozhou speed up the process of militarization. Li Sheng thought for a while, and then said: "At the same time, we must also let Hansheng and them end the southern expedition as soon as possible." We must first withdraw the power we have scattered before Sun Quan and Cao Cao have such a result. Li Sheng muttered quietly.

"Then do you need to tell Kong Ming about this?" Luo Zhao asked in a low voice.

"Of course." Li Sheng nodded: "Kong Ming's confidence in the Jiangnan Alliance is too great, and he should be cooled down." In addition, it is also necessary to report this directly to Pang Tong in Jingzhou. You must know that once Cao Cao and Sun Quan join forces, the pressure on Jingzhou will be great. ”

"I know." Luo Zhao nodded, and glanced at Li Sheng secretly, but it was rare to suggest to Li Sheng: "My lord, I still think that I should try to prevent the establishment of an alliance between Cao Cao and Sun Quan. ”

"Trying to stop it?" Li Sheng raised his eyebrows in surprise, but asked Luo Zhao curiously: "What can you do?" ”

No matter how Cao Cao tried to win over Sun Quan, for now, there was still more enmity between him and Sun Quan than interests. If we can dispatch some people to provoke each other at this time, then I think the alliance between Cao Cao and Sun Quan will naturally not succeed. Luo Zhao thought about it, narrowed his eyes and said.

"You mean to send Haoyue?" Li Sheng blinked with a little understanding, "Then I'm afraid I have to let Kong Ming discuss this matter together." I think there are many more things that can be done if I go out to Haoyue. ”

"Huh?" Luo Zhao was surprised: "Isn't the lord Mo trying to play bigger?" ”

"Well, it depends on the situation, it depends on the situation......" Li Sheng snorted, really refusing to explain things more clearly.

After a while, Kong Ming came, and Li Sheng told him about the possible alliance between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, but Kong Ming's face changed from the initial disbelief to the dismal color of the following year, and then slowly returned to calm. He heard Li Sheng say that he planned to send Haoyue, but he groaned slightly, and a slightly evil smile appeared on his face, and said to Li Sheng: "Why doesn't the lord make it bigger?" ”

"I have such an idea...... Li Sheng nodded and looked at Kong Ming: "But how to do it still needs Kong Ming's opinion......" Li Sheng smiled and winked at Zhuge Liang.

"Sun Quan may have an alliance with Cao Cao, and it would be best if we could destroy this alliance. But maybe it's not too easy. If Cao Cao has the heart to make concessions, he is afraid that Sun Quan will forget the unhappiness he once had. I understand that Sun Quan is a very practical person, but he is also very profit-oriented, so we can't put too much effort into stopping it, but focus our own experience on how to deal with Sun Quan's possible aggression against us. With Sun Quan's personality, it is unlikely that he will attack us directly, and he will fight us, but only when we show defeat in the fight against Cao Cao. Of course, we won't let that happen, but we're not going to be able to prevent an alliance between the two sides. Therefore, the best we can do now is to make it more difficult for Sun Quan. We want to stir up a rebellion in Sun Quan's domain. Zhuge Liang said with a smile, he looked like a conspirator at this moment.

"You mean to make Sun Quan's economic situation and the security of the territory become chaotic, so that even if he forms an alliance with Cao Cao, he will not be able to deal with us, right?" Li Sheng looked at Kong Ming and asked seriously.

"That's right." Kong Ming nodded vigorously: "If you talk about the most difficult people in the whole world, the tun people under Cao Cao, Sun Quan's men are counted as one." Judging from the fact that Liu Bei's 'avengers' can easily provoke the people of Wancheng to initiate chaos against Cao Cao, it should be easy to use 'Haoyue' to provoke those people in Jiangdong. In addition, the relationship between Koto and Yamagoe is not very good, which can also be used. As long as you start from these aspects, I want to keep Sun Quan a little busy, which is not a big problem. ”

"Well, tell them that as long as they can stir up chaos in Sun Quan's territory for at most two years, after two years, we can easily deal with Sun Quan - if Sun Quan dares to disadvantage us." Li Sheng thought about it and commanded. He calculated the ability he could rely on, and thought that as long as he could support himself for two years, he would undoubtedly be able to ignore Sun Quan's threat to him. Because at that time, he will have the power to counter Sun Quan's army.

"Huh? Why is the Lord Guild so sure? Luo Zhao was surprised, he was full of puzzlement about Li Sheng's statement.

"What's so strange about that? Our navy has been training for more than five years, so it should have a certain combat power. It may not be enough now, but in two years, it should be able to enter the actual combat. But if Sun Quan doesn't come to provoke us with a long eye, then don't blame us for being polite. Li Sheng said fiercely: "Our navy can attack along the coast. Sun Quan's Jianye is very close to the sea, but it is very likely that we will come to the city when they don't react. ”

"Drink ......" Hearing Li Sheng say this, and gave such a detailed method, Luo Zhao and Kong Ming couldn't help but gasp. Although they had heard Li Sheng say similar things before, they never took this to heart, and it was not until now that Li Sheng had indeed told them about the feasibility of this matter, and they realized that they did have a powerful abnormal force in their hands. "My lord, it's really far-sighted." They think so.

The matter was determined in this way, and Haoyue, who was organized by Operation White, acted again. This time they were less constrained and more powerful. "Haoyue", which is almost all composed of people who hate Cao Cao, does not have any burden on how to rectify Cao Cao. For them, no matter what they do, as long as this matter is bad for Cao Cao, it is worth them to do.

In the period of one and a half years from October of the nineteenth year of Jian'an to May of the twenty-first year of Jian'an, Sun Quan, who had some heartfelt contact with Cao Cao, can be said to have fallen into a state of anxiety: in October of the nineteenth year, Zhao He, a peasant in Wu County, rebelled; In November of the nineteenth year, the already settled Shanyue rebelled again, and the Shanyue army surrounded Yanping City; In March of the twentieth year, Zhao He's rebellion was put down, but in April of the twentieth year, there was another rebellion in Lujiang; In May of the twentieth year, a large-scale clash broke out between Zhu Zhi's subordinates on the Huainan front and the subordinates of Zhang Liao, the defender of Xuzhou, and the Jiangdong Army lost 3,000 men and horses; On May 15, 20 years, the Lianchang of the Huainan front was destroyed by inexplicable forces, and the grain and grass stored in the 20,000 troops on the front line for a year were wiped out; June 20......; October 20......; December 20...... March 21.......

For Sun Quan, in this year and a half, Lujiang, Yuzhang, Wujun, and Huiji ...... Sun Quan's territory can be described as full of beacon fires, rebellions everywhere, all kinds of accidents and a large number of middle and lower-level officials were assassinated, not only made Sun Quan himself depressed and annoyed, but also made his group of people involuntarily panic - although the current trend of assassination has not yet reached the heads of these people, no one knows whether he will be inexplicably assassinated at home in the future.

"Alas......" everyone sighed, but they always felt that this world was not very peaceful.

"You have to know who did this to me, and I will definitely crush him to ashes?" With so many things happening in the territory, even a fool knows that this is a hostile force acting against him, not to mention that Sun Quan is not stupid? From the very beginning, he sent out the Annoyance Soldiers to try to stop the situation from worsening, but it seemed that the Dao was a foot high, and the magic was a foot high, and even the Annoyance Relief Soldiers did not seem to find any useful information. Almost all clues point to Cao Cao, but is this possible? Cao Cao has been wooing himself and has been working against Liu Bei, which is ...... Is it possible that he turned his gaze directly to his side? Don't say that in Sun Quan's own opinion, Cao Cao is not a person who blindly likes to use secret moves, even if he is, Sun Quan does not think that with Cao Cao's intelligence, he will not see the disadvantages of provoking two opponents at the same time.

"My lord, the situation is already like this, so how should we deal with it? The results of the investigation completely point to Cao Cao's news, I don't know who leaked it, and now everyone knows that Cao Cao is harming us. They all demanded that the lord sever ties with Cao Cao as soon as possible and attack Cao Cao together with Liu Bei. Zhang Zhao said to Sun Quan. This is also the truth, and there is already a mess down there.

"These bastards...... At the beginning, it was you who said that you had to join forces with Cao Cao, but now you are actually ......" Sun Quan became more and more irritable when he heard this: "Can you still join forces with Liu Bei now?" Since Cao Cao's army broke through Wancheng in October last year, Liu Bei's situation has deteriorated day by day. We can only use Liu Bei as a thug when we go to join forces with Liu Bei now...... I don't want to see the result like Chibi anymore, huh...... I don't want to go on an expedition and waste money and food without getting anything. ”

"What does the lord think?" Zhang Zhao asked.

"Join forces with Cao Cao to defeat Liu Bei." Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said sharply.

"But in this way......" Zhang Zhao worried, although the opinions of the people below were wrong, but they were the foundation of the Sun family's rule in Jiangdong, and now everyone's opinions are like this, if they don't follow it, I'm afraid ...... He didn't dare to think about it, because the worst of things was already on the horizon.

Sun Quan didn't care much about Zhang Zhao's worries, he said with a smile: "Actually, the matter is not that serious...... The people below are just begging for a force that can repel their sins. As long as we announce the latest results and say that Liu Bei is the mastermind behind all this, then everything can be easily done. When Huainan and Jingzhou are obtained, our territory will expand, and those who could originally speak will become speechless at this moment. ”

"But...... What do we use as an excuse? Zhang Zhao asked.

"Excuses? Scared no? In fact, I have already asked Lu Meng and them to deal with this matter. Sun Quan smiled and looked at the sky outside: "The world with four princes is really too chaotic."