To be honest, Liu Bei knows that it is useless for him to plan too much now, and he doesn't know when, there is always a deviation in the plan, and it seems that there is a master in the dark, and he will always fail to achieve what he wants to do.

He calmed down and thought about it, if it was really as the old man Jing said, if the barbarian territory was not guarded, he would flee to the rainforest in the south to develop, it was just an illusion, the hardships, the obstacles, Liu Bei really didn't even dare to think about it.

What's more, this time is different from the past, how can the ancient Shu Kingdom during the Warring States Period be compared with the current period? What the lord of the ancient Shu Kingdom could do back then, he Liu Bei is now afraid that it is even more difficult to do at all.

Think about it, during the Warring States Period, the Jiaozhou area in the south was basically some undeveloped barbaric aborigines, and it was some areas that had not been developed at all. Therefore, when the lord of the ancient Shu Kingdom brought some more advanced civilizations to those places, he could soon exercise substantial rule over those places. In this way, he can establish a state in Vietnam.

At that time, there was no concept of a country in Vietnam, and there was no force that could pose a threat to the lord of the ancient Shu kingdom who had fled to Vietnam.

But can the present period be the same as then? At least, the Jiaozhou area already has an official government, which has been ruled by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the people in those areas are no longer uncivilized people. What's more, now that the New Han Army has been stationed in the Jiaozhou area, even the farther Vietnam and Nanyang areas are now under the control of the New Han Army. He Liu Bei. What space is left for its development?

Once again, in Liu Bei's heart, even if he was unwilling. But he had to face despair again and again.

Anyway, the more Liu Bei thought about it, the more he felt that the plan that Jing Lao said would not work at all. Now, he faintly has a feeling that he has been fooled by Jing Lao. Coming back again, Liu Bei felt so painful that he had to face such a situation now, so when he caught up with Meng Huo in Yizhou. Don't listen to Jing Lao, directly kill Meng Shu, and then die to apologize. In this way, he may still be able to obtain some forgiveness from the Han Chinese after his death. It's not a mistake in the end, but now, even if he wants to, the possibility of turning back doesn't exist.

Liu Bei in despair. He couldn't help but feel a kind of broken can. The crazy thought of putting it to death and then being born.

He straightened out his plan again, and found that his plan to seize the Spring City in the Nanban region was actually too complicated and too passive, and from the beginning, the plan was always forward-looking. Of course, if things go the way he expected, then there will be nothing. But now things are going to happen. He had completely deviated from his plan, so it seemed that he was too passive.

Liu Bei now thinks about it, why did he wait for the Xinhan army on the Yizhou side to kill him before he played with fire like dancing on the tip of a knife? Why did you want to hide from Meng Shu and attack Spring City? In fact, Liu Bei thinks about it now, he feels that he can be more proactive. What if it was to attack Spring City with an open army? Under the situation of the new Han army's overwhelming situation, Liu Bei felt that he could completely wave his army to attack Spring City with great fanfare, and at this critical time, Meng Xu would never dare to do anything to him. Perhaps, Liu Bei felt that he could still oppose the guest, and use the safety of the entire barbarian region and the fate of the entire barbarian people as coercion, forcing Meng Shu to bow to him, and for the fate of the entire Southern Barbarian tribe, Meng Shu had to obey his Liu Bei's orders.

After this crazy thought popped up in Liu Bei's heart, he couldn't suppress himself, in such a situation, he felt that he could gamble once. bet that Meng Shu would not dare to gamble with the fate of his entire tribe. Bet that Meng Shu would never dare to ignore the New Han army pressed by the army, but would attack him desperately.

This time, Liu Bei no longer discussed with the generals below, and he felt that there was no need for that at all. Anyway, it's the current situation, and he can only make a desperate bet. Jing Lao's follow-up plan was no longer feasible, Liu Bei felt that it was better to take advantage of the fact that the New Han Army in the direction of Yizhou had not moved, before the army was moved, and before the army was moved, and then while Meng Shu was now focusing all his attention on the New Han Army in front of Lujin Pass, he might as well directly wave his army to attack Chuncheng.

Liu Bei, who was already in a state of madness, suddenly made a decision.

Immediately, he ordered all the Yizhou troops in Zhuti County to assemble, with a total of more than 60,000 men and horses (some of them had fled earlier, and later some Yizhou soldiers and horses loyal to Liu Bei came to join, so Liu Bei now still has more than 60,000 military horses).

After assembling the army and horses, Liu Bei didn't bother to inform Meng Shu again, asking him to send another army to Zhuti to prevent the New Han army on the Yizhou side. Immediately wave the army and march towards Spring City.

Along the way, when he encountered the barbarian army, Liu Bei directly said that he was ordered by Meng Shu to go to support Lujin Pass, but it happened suddenly, and the unknown barbarian army did not force it to block, and let Liu Bei wave his army westward.

At this time, Jing Lao, who was sent by Sima Hui, happened to lead people to get a batch of money and grain, but he heard that Liu Bei had already led the army to Chuncheng alone.

Jing Lao was shocked.

You must know that Jing Lao and other masters who have been trained by Sima Hui, they only obey Sima Hui's orders. The order given to them by Sima Hui was to let Liu Bei muddy the situation in the world and delay the unification of the Han Dynasty as much as possible. At the very least, it is necessary to let Liu Bei keep harassing the New Han Dynasty, so that the New Han Army cannot do its best to concentrate its forces against Cao Cao.

Sima Hui's secret help target has actually been placed on Cao Cao's body. He figured it out that only Cao Cao could fight with Liu Yi in the current Han Dynasty. Sima Yi is in Luoyang, and he has already suffered restrictions, and it is unlikely that he will be trusted and valued by Liu Yi. Therefore, staying in Luoyang will not only make it difficult to develop successfully according to his plan, but may cost him his life.

Therefore, Sima Hui really had no choice, so he could only insert Sima Yi into Cao Cao's camp.

Not long ago, Jing Lao had received a secret order from Sima Hui, and in any case, Jing Lao had to contain the strength of the New Han Army as much as possible in Yizhou or Nanban, so that the New Han Dynasty could not concentrate its forces to attack Cao Cao in a short time. And he hurried up time to convince Cao Cao. Let Cao Cao turn the passive into the active, seek a fighter, and attack somewhere in the New Han Dynasty first. First raise the banner of righteousness to attack the New Han Dynasty. Now, Jing Lao had to buy Sima Hui time to gain Cao Cao's trust, or rather, to buy Cao Cao more time to develop and prepare for an attack on the new Han Dynasty.

Now, Jing Lao was worried that if Liu Bei attacked Meng Huo's Spring City so desperately, let alone whether Liu Bei would succeed. However, Jing Lao felt that it would definitely directly cause the whole line of Meng Shu's barbarian army to be shaken. It will directly affect the morale of the barbarian army.

In case, Meng Huo's barbarian army, because of the decline in morale and morale, was not attacked by the New Han army. was directly killed by the New Han Army into the Nanban territory. After seizing the Nanban region, who else can contain the current Yizhou and the New Han army in front of Lujin Pass? Relying on Liu Bei's 50,000 or 60,000 military horses? Don't laugh, if the barbarian army is defeated, then it is equivalent to the skin is gone, and the hair will be attached?

Liu Bei is going to dig Meng Huo's heart.

Earlier, why did Jing Lao draw a big cake for Liu Bei to prevent Liu Bei from killing Meng Shu? That's what Jing Lao knows. In the case that Yizhou had been lost, Meng was killed again. Then all the territory in the southwest of the Han Dynasty is equivalent to the New Han Dynasty, and then the entire Han Dynasty is left with only a lonely Central Plains Cao Cao. In this case, what else is there to fight against the New Han Dynasty?

Therefore, Meng Huo must not die, because Meng Huo still has greater use value. Therefore, in Yizhou, when Liu Bei led the army to chase and kill Meng Shu, if Jing Lao failed to stop Liu Bei's actions, then Jing Lao could only kill Liu Bei with a hot hand, and instead surrendered to Meng Shu to help Meng Shu contain the energy of the New Han Dynasty. At that time, the other masters were already lurking around Liu Bei, as long as Liu Bei didn't listen to Jing Lao's advice, then Liu Bei would have died a long time ago.

Sima Hui could save Liu Bei's life, but he could also take Liu Bei's life.

However, having said that, Liu Bei is indeed a heroic figure, he has his unique personality charm and his strategy. In particular, Sima Hui took a fancy to Liu Bei's perseverance and Liu Bei's character traits that could not be killed. Such a character is best used to defeat repeatedly, but he can always bring trouble to the New Han Dynasty. Therefore, as a last resort, Sima Hui didn't want Liu Bei to die, but wanted to keep Liu Bei's life, let him create more and bigger troubles for the New Han Dynasty, and restrain the energy and strength of the New Han Dynasty.

Now, Jing Lao felt that he had to stop Liu Bei's actions, and he must not mess around in this period that may affect the overall success or failure, and he must not let Liu Bei affect the military spirit of the barbarian army at this critical moment.

Therefore, Jing Lao hurriedly caught up with Liu Bei again and stopped Liu Bei.

"Grand Duke, please calm down, at this time, you must not attack Spring City!" Jing Lao said bluntly to Liu Bei unceremoniously: "At present, the army of the New Han Army is pressing, if you want to attack Spring City, then it will affect the military spirit of the barbarian army and distract the attention of King Meng Huo, once Lujin is lost, the army of the New Han Army will enter the barbarian territory, and when the time comes, how can you resist the army of the New Han Army?" Therefore, please think twice about the Metropolitan Governor, and you can't march to Spring City anymore. ”

However, how could Liu Bei listen to Jing Lao now? He sneered in his heart and said, "Elder Jing, then when do you say we will attack Spring City again?" I, Liu Bei, when will I be able to have my own territory of influence? How do I develop my power? Now, the New Han Army has attacked and killed Lujin Pass, if the Yizhou Army kills again, how do you call me Liu Bei to deal with himself? ”

"The Grand Duke? Didn't the old man tell you these questions very clearly?" Seeing that Liu Bei had ignored his own opinion at all, Jing Lao's heart sank, and said: "What we have is strategic space, our strategic purpose is to use Meng Shu's barbarian army to attract the New Han army that is now in the southwest as much as possible, so that it is difficult for the New Han Army to be transferred to the Central Plains to use troops against Cao Cao in a short period of time, so that only Mr. Sima needs to persuade Cao Cao to raise troops to crusade against the New Han Dynasty, then we will be safe, and when the time comes, you will have a chance." ”

"Hmph, okay, Jing Lao, don't fool me Liu Bei with these anymore, the governor of Pondu is not blind in his eyes, his ears are not deaf, he can see and hear, what you said, along the route of the lord of the ancient Shu State during the Warring States Period, to reach a farther place to establish a country, it is unlikely, the place where the lord of the ancient Shu State arrived back then has already been ruled by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and now, those areas have also fallen into the hands of the New Han Army, where do you tell me to develop again?" Liu Bei snorted coldly: "Now, I have a better plan, instead of thinking about what to do in the future, then it is better to seize the barbarian area now, and then take Meng Shu under the account of the governor of Bendu, and the governor of Bendu will command the barbarian army in a unified manner, so that there is a possibility of a war with the New Han army." Otherwise, there is no need to say anything more. ”

"But ......"

"No, but! The Pontus Governor has made up his mind, if the Pontus Governor's attack on Meng Huo's city and pond as a place for our military horses to settle down leads to the defeat of Meng Huo's army, then they also deserve it? Putting the big enemy in front of him not concentrating on dealing with it, but because of some trivial things, the whole line was defeated, and the entire barbarian people fell into the hands of the New Han Army, who is to blame for this? In other words, if it is the governor of Pontus, don't say that his rear city has been invaded by friendly troops, even if it is given to them generously? As long as they can always provide themselves with strong support, then it is worth paying some price. Liu Bei said with a cold face.

"Governor, how can you, how can you think like this, you know, if there is no barbarian army to defeat the New Han army for us, even if we get a city and a pool? Isn't it that you got it today and will be taken away by the New Han Army tomorrow? ”

"If I don't take the city, I, Liu Bei, will never come out! Jing Lao, there is no need to say more, the governor of Bendu has made up his mind, Jing Lao will go back to be responsible for the delivery of money and grain, the governor of Bendu has his own plan, he is sure to win Spring City, and he can also give Jing Lao a surprise to you. Liu Bei didn't want to say anything more to this Jing Lao, who was actually monitoring him, and verbally, he just barely maintained a little politeness.

"Hehe, a surprise for the old man?" Jing Lao said noncommittally: "Then let's wait and see, I hope the surprise you said can come as it comes." ”

"Hehe, we'll see you in Spring City!" Liu Bei rode away.

Seeing that his persuasion was fruitless, Jing Lao looked at Liu Bei's back in the army blankly, and said to himself lightly: "It seems that Liu Bei also saw through the plan to go to Nanyang and just fooled him, and he actually stopped listening to the old man's persuasion?" Alas, so don't blame the old man for being ruthless. Liu Bei, you have lost the value of use......"

After Jing Lao finished speaking, he resolutely turned around and rushed to Lujin Pass. (To be continued.) )