Xiangyang, the state pastoral house.

Liu Biao, who was nearly sixty years old, held the letter sent by Huang Zu in his hand, and was quite hesitant, but fortunately, there were many capable people under his command, so he decided to work together and quickly sent people to gather all the important ministers under his command.

When everyone arrived, Liu Biao handed the letter in his hand to the military advisor Cai Mao, and said: "Everyone, this is a letter sent by Huang Zu this morning, he proposed to take advantage of the opportunity of Jinfan and Sun's war in the southeast to send troops to Yangzhou, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Attack Yangzhou? I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right? Don't drive Liu Xian frowned, and took the lead in saying, "Now that Yuzhang and the two counties of Danyang have fallen into the hands of Jinfan, we have no grievances with Jinfan, and rashly sending troops is just to add a strong enemy to ourselves!" ”

"No grievances? Not necessarily! Cai Mao sneered, "When Jin Fan was transferred from Dongting Lake to Poyang Lake last year, he was intercepted by my Jingzhou naval army, and although he successfully broke through, he still lost a commander, so the feud between the two sides has already been settled, not to mention that Jin Fan just took advantage of the fire not long ago to rob and took 200,000 stone grain and grass from my Jingzhou, and it is time to settle this account!" ”

Liu Xian retorted: "Jinfan's combat power is strong, since his debut, there has been no defeat, even if he is as strong as Sun Ce and Cao Gong, he has never taken any advantage of Jinfan, and now that Sun Ce has just died, Jinfan has connected Yuzhang and Danyang two counties, and the momentum is like a rainbow, is the military really sure that he can fight Jinfan?" ”

Cai Mao said: "Under normal circumstances, naturally I am not sure, but you can take a look at this letter!" ”

Cai Mao threw the letter to Liu Xian as she spoke, and continued: "Now Jinfan's troops are mostly concentrated east of Danyang. The total number of troops in Yuzhang is less than 10,000, and most of the counties are unguarded, which is a godsend. And the local families all hate Jinfan, when my Jingzhou army arrives, the major families will inevitably flock to respond, so Yuzhang is at your fingertips, and as long as Jinfan dares to return to the rescue, Jiangdong will inevitably launch a counterattack, and then Jinfan will not be able to take care of everything. It's hard to be undefeated! ”

Liu Xian sneered and said: "The military adviser has quite a set of words on paper, but if everything develops as the military advisor expected, now this is a big man in the world." I'm afraid that I have already been included in the military division! ”

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"Okay, okay, stop arguing!" Liu Biao stopped the quarrel between the two with some displeasure, and asked Kuai Liangdao instead, "Zirou." What do you think? ”

Kuai Liang thought for a while and said, "The snipe and the clam are fighting. The fisherman profits, now Cao Gong and Yuan Shao are fighting in the north, Jinfan and Sun are fighting in the southeast, and they have no time to take care of my Jingzhou, if the lord wants to take this opportunity to open up the territory, it is not impossible, whether it is to attack Nanyang in the north, Jiaozhou in the south or Yangzhou in the east. In fact, it's not a problem, it just depends on whether the lord dares to take risks! ”

"Oh?" Liu Biao's eyes lit up. asked, "Please also ask Zirou to analyze the pros and cons for me!" ”

Kuai Liang said: "At present, Nanyang has Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army, leading 5,000 troops to garrison, it is not easy to attack, and it will offend Cao Gong, and the risk is extremely great, but once the matter is completed, you can go to the northwest to cross the Wuguan Pass to attack Guanzhong, and to the northeast you can pass through Ye County to attack Yuzhou, so that it will greatly increase the strategic depth of my Jingzhou, of course, about the north attack on Nanyang, no one present should agree!" ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Kuai Liang's mouth inexplicably flashed a playful smile, which made everyone present extremely embarrassed, and Liu Biao's brows were deeply wrinkled, and he was very unhappy in his heart, because Kuai Liang was right, except for Kuai Liang, the rest of the people present were basically oriented to Cao Cao, Han Song and Liu Xian even persuaded him to surrender to Cao Cao in person, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue also had the same hint, but they were all severely rejected by him.

Liu Biao looked around coldly, forcing everyone to dare not raise their heads, and said to Kuai Liang again: "Zirou, keep talking!" ”

"No!" Kuai Liang smiled slightly and continued, "Among the three choices, the risk of entering Yangzhou in the east is undoubtedly the greatest, because Jinfan is very likely to transfer reinforcements from Huainan, and what we will face at that time may be as many as tens of thousands of Jinfan's army, but as Fang Cai's military division said, Jinfan has just captured Yuzhang and Danyang, and these two counties are not yet very stable, and they can be used by us, and once we defeat Jinfan, with the Jiangdong Army that has been disabled by Jinfan, it is obviously impossible to launch a counterattack against us, so, We can at least divide half of Jiangdong in one battle! ”

By the time Kuai Liang finished speaking, Liu Biao's eyes were already shining, and he was clearly moved.

Liu Xian secretly said that it was not good, in fact, even after listening to Kuai Liang's analysis, he still did not agree with attacking Yangzhou, because Wang Chong was too weird, you must know that more than a year ago, Wang Chong was just a little-known little water coward, but now he has changed and become a powerful prince of the separatist side, this ability, who in the world can compare with it? If Jingzhou really wants to send troops to Jiangdong, it is very likely that he will return with a feather, so he hurriedly interjected: "Brother Zirou, you might as well talk about Jiaozhou again, right?" ”

Kuai Liang glanced at Liu Xian deeply, and said with a smile: "In fact, in my conscience, the most inclined is to attack Jiaozhou, during this time, Jiaozhou Mu Zhang Jin frequently sent troops to harass Jingnan, although it is a disease of ringworm, but it is also annoying, if the lord concentrates his forces, it should not be difficult to take Jiaozhou all, but compared to Nanyang and Yuzhang, the deserted Jiaozhou is much worse in a strategic sense!" ”

"Attack Jiaozhou?" Liu Biao muttered and fell into deep thought.

There is no doubt that taking advantage of the fact that the surrounding forces have no time to take care of Jingzhou, the risk of sending troops to attack Jiaozhou is definitely the smallest, but Liu Biao is a little disdainful of that. Wild land', as for Nanyang and Yuzhang, the former ministers opposed, although he is a state pastor, but he also has to consider the feelings of the ministers, because his position, all rely on the support of these Jingxiang families to sit firmly, in this way, only Yuzhang is left, but the risk of attacking Yuzhang is very great, if you can't beat it, and offend Jinfan, it really outweighs the loss, so for a while, Liu Biao's heart is full of contradictions.

In the final analysis, Liu Biao has never been a hero, he wants to expand, but he looks forward and hesitates, such a person will not be able to achieve great things after all.

After struggling for a long time, Liu Biao finally made a decision: "In this way, let's secretly rectify the army for the time being, and send sentry detectives to investigate the battle situation in Jiangdong, once we find that Jinfan can't get out, I will immediately send troops to attack Yuzhang!" ”

Kuai Liang heard the bitter corners of his mouth, and he was disappointed in his heart, as the so-called soldiers are fast, if Liu Biao immediately sent troops and attacked Yuzhang with lightning speed, they still have a great chance of winning, but with Liu Biao's temperament, before finding out the truth and truth, it is obviously impossible to make a desperate bet, because of this, Kuai Liang is not even too lazy to persuade again, this battle, eight times out of ten, can not be fought. (To be continued.) )