The so-called four counties in the south of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou refer to the four counties of Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang, which are roughly modern Hunan Province.

Only because these four counties are located in the south of the Yangtze River, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the strategic position is not as important as Jiangling, Jiangxia and other counties, so after Liu Cong surrendered, Cao Ying sent heavy troops to collect Jiangbei Xiangyang and other counties, as for Jiangnan and other counties, it is equivalent to the transmission of the tree, nominally attached to Cao Ying, but to a large extent it belongs to the state of autonomy and wait-and-see, so this time the Battle of Chibi, Changsha and Wuling two counties are closer to the battlefield, but they did not send support people.

In Liu Bei's eyes, the center of gravity of Jingzhou is nothing more than the Jiangbei Iron Triangle composed of Xiangyang, Jiangling, Xiakou and other places, and the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River are basically ignored by him, and at this time, Zhuge Liang proposed to take the four counties first, so as to attract Liu Bei's attention.

Liu Bei looked at the map for a long time and said: "Cao Ying returned to the north, and the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River were cut off, so it is naturally easy to determine." It's just that even though these four counties are occupied, but the southern county is taken by Sun Quan, we not only lose the passage to Yizhou in the west, but also are held in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no more land to expand. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The feud between the Wu people and Jingzhou, although Zhou Yu can capture Jiangling, but whether he can sit firmly is still unknown, plus there are many suspicions between Jiangdong, this is where we can take advantage of, the lord only needs to collect the four counties, expand the people as much as possible, and then see the opportunity to go." ”

What Zhuge Liang said is also the only feasible way for Liu Bei at the moment, Liu Bei nodded slightly in agreement, and said: "The first-hand preparation of the military advisor is also feasible, but I don't know what this second-hand preparation is." ”

Zhuge Liang coughed dryly and said: "This second-hand preparation, Liang thinks that if Dongfeng does not cooperate with Zhou Lang, the lord should retreat to Xiakou in advance of the army and horses in Lushan area, while watching the development of the war, while trying to find ways to elevate Liu Qi and take the land of Jiangxia." At that time, even if the Wu army loses, the Cao army will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it will not be beneficial to advance eastward again, so the lord can take advantage of the defeat of both families and the inability to take care of us, and then take Jiangxia as the foundation, and Xu Tu will collect Jingxiang. ”

Zhuge Liang's two preparations can be regarded as the best plan for Liu Bei, so that he can be invincible no matter what the outcome of the battle of Chibi is.

Fang Shao admired Zhuge Liang's strategic planning in his heart, although he has not seen Zhuge Liang have the opportunity to perform at the tactical level, but his strategic vision of the overall situation is first-class in the world, and he is worthy of being an out-and-out strategist.

It's just that Liu Bei hesitated at this time, and muttered: "Liu Qixian's nephew gave a great helping hand when Bei Changban was down, and then divided the soldiers to provide grain and grass, he treated me like this, how could I bear to empty his power and seize his land." ”

Liu Bei began to be fettered by "benevolence and righteousness" again, and Zhuge Liang was also used to it, so he no longer gave him a big reason at this time, but just smiled weirdly and said: "The lord of this section doesn't need to worry, Liang received information from Xu Yuanzhi from Xiakou not long ago, saying that Liu Qi suddenly contracted a disease, and his body was worse than the other, and the doctor said that he couldn't last long." When Liu Qi is gone, the lord, as the person entrusted by Liu Jingsheng and the Liu royal family, can naturally and legally accept the inheritance left by Liu Qi, and there is no need to worry about being criticized by others. ”

A trace of excitement flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, but then his expression became suspicious again, and he said, "When I saw him for the last time not long ago, he seemed to be in good health, why did he suddenly become seriously ill?" ”

Zhuge Liang sighed: "People have good fortunes and misfortunes in the past, people's life and death are determined by heaven, lord, you also want to open some, don't be too sad about it, you should focus on the overall situation now." ”

"Alas-" Liu Bei also sighed, and said with great regret: "The eldest prince is kind-hearted, and he has always been respectful and courteous to me, and when he encounters such an unfortunate thing, this heaven is really cruel, how can he not take care of good people." ”

The two of them sighed and regretted there, but Fang Shao could hear a little bit of hypocrisy and a bit of truth, to say that Liu Bei might still have a little bit of uncle and nephew feelings, then Zhuge Liang was completely hypocritical.

But this is harmless, back then, Brother Liu Bang, the father was about to be cooked by Brother Xiang, and he calmly asked for a few pieces of meat for himself, and now he can be so sad for a person who can only be beaten with eight poles, even if it is pretended, it is interesting enough.

So, the next day, Liu Bei resigned from Zhou Yu and decided to take Zhuge Liang and other people to Lushan. The excuse, of course, is to reorganize the army and prepare to flank Zhou Yu's upcoming decisive battle.

Zhou Yu may not have guessed Liu Bei's thoughts, and he was still eager for Liu Bei to take the initiative to resign this time, so he didn't pretend to be kind to stay, and only sent Liu Bei and his people on the road after a few polite times.

After Liu Bei came to the Lushan camp, Zhang Fei and other generals were naturally overjoyed, and after a small banquet, Liu Bei immediately ordered the whole army to enter the highest state of response, and sent small ships to continuously monitor the situation on both sides of the Chibi River, and at the same time sent a small team to secretly explore the terrain around Huarong.

And Liu Bei himself returned to the state of life when he was in Fankou, every time in addition to dealing with military affairs, he stood by the river and looked east, but this time the object he was waiting for was no longer the difficult Zhou Yu, but the more difficult God.

Liu Bei is not the only one who is waiting, Zhou Yu is also waiting, but people are not stupid and standing by the river looking forward, but moving a piano every day to caress by the river, it looks leisurely and indifferent, but the anxiety in my heart is only a few points less than Liu Bei, but at least it looks much more chic and calm.

Unconsciously, ten days have passed, and in the past ten days, there has been Cao Ying, if Liu Zhou's waiting is a torment, Cao Ying's waiting is a kind of enjoyment.

Before waiting for the grain ship of Eastern Wu led by Huang Gai to return to Shun, he had enough time to imagine Zhou Yu's angry face, imagine the scene of the return of the Eastern Wu civil and military forces, imagine that his iron horse stepped into Chaisang City, and killed those who resisted Tianwei not long after, imagined the pleasure when he personally held the sharp blade and cut off Sun Quan's head, and imagined dragging Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, even Wu Guotai, who was old and decrepit, but still had the charm to his crotch......

In short, Cao Ying has too many ideas, and at this moment, sitting on this iron-locked boat, the wind and waves on the river are calm, and he is unconsciously interested again, and gradually has the interest of poetry.

"Warm wine and ink, I want to write a poem!"

Literati love wine, how can they not drink wine when they make poems, and where can they get inspiration if they don't drink, at this time Cao Ying was interested, so he left behind his self-admonition after killing Wang Cang drunk.

The attendants hurriedly brought a few brushes and inks from the case, and also moved the stove, preparing to light a fire and warm the wine.

It's just that a small fire has just been made with flint over there, and suddenly, the river wind is blowing, and the gusts of east wind are coming, and the freshly lit fire is easily blown out.

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