"Wen He, but what did you think?"

Wei Tao was also a little curious, and when he saw that Jia Xu seemed to understand, he immediately asked.

"Yes, my lord. Now that Zhuge Liang has taken refuge in Liu Bei, it is already clear, and he naturally wants to think about Liu Bei. That Liu Bei has Xichuan, and it can be regarded as the inheritance of Liu Yan's father and son, which can be described as a powerful prince, plus Xichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can also be said to be a hero. However, if you want to fight for the Central Plains, especially to participate in the next Jingzhou War, the lord has never thought that he also has some shortcomings. ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and explained to Wei Tao by the way.

"And the lord should also be able to think clearly, then Liu Bei and the reorganization of the Han family, the world, then his strategy must be to seize Jingxiang first, and then the two armies will go north, so that it is more likely to be obtained, now that Jingzhou is in chaos, the Quartet is competing for power, it can be said that the remaining opportunity is almost this one, then Liu Bei cannot give up easily."

Wei Tao nodded, although he didn't know if Zhuge Liang was not Zhuge Liang who gave advice to Liu Bei this time, but this strategy of taking Jingzhou and Yizhou first should not change.

This is indeed a very clever tactical strategy.

However, for a while, Wei Tao couldn't imagine that Liu Bei had insufficient drink, let alone what it had to do with the things in front of him, so he couldn't help frowning slightly and asked.

"Wen He said that as Wen He said, Liu Bei has almost all the savings of Liu Yan's father and son, and now the people in Yizhou are also very stable, I don't know what is wrong."

"My lord, the rich place of Nayizhou can be described as the country of abundance. Over the years. Let it have an abundance of food and grass. As for military resources, it is even richer. And Liu Bei's subordinates are generals like Zhang, who can be called ten thousand enemies, and in terms of strength, they can already be described as militarily powerful. However, Liu Zhang has always been a conservative person, and he doesn't pay much attention to the soldiers, but the strength of his soldiers is not strong, otherwise he would not have to wait until Liu Bei went straight to Xichuan before he could compete with Zhang Lu to recapture the middle of the Han Dynasty. ”

Jia Xu didn't answer immediately, but explained to Wei Tao from the beginning.

"Although Liu Bei and Zhang Lu also had a lot of elite soldiers after the battle, although Sichuan was rich. But after all, it is only a state, and the population is also limited, and it is impossible for Liu Bei to draw too many people to come to act, so that although Liu Bei seems to have enough soldiers and food, and the generals are brave, but in fact, there is still a shortage of manpower and soldiers. ”

"What does Wen He mean that Liu Bei's current move is to seize the population of the Wuxi barbarians to enrich his military strength? Is he just not afraid that the Wuxi barbarians will rebel? And even if you want to take soldiers, you should take their strength, those who will stay in the tribe, although there are many in the prime of life, but they are much weaker in comparison. ”

Wei Tao was a little strange. It still doesn't make sense when you think about it this way.

Moreover, although the quality of these foreigners is not bad, if they are said to be soldiers, they often do not listen to the dispatch. Really speaking, it is better to recruit strong forces in the land of Jingzhou, why bother to do this? ”

"Lord, whether it is Yizhou or the four counties of Jingnan, there are large areas of fertile land to be desired, as long as this Wuxi barbarian is captured, even if it cannot become a military force, it can be made to work, and even if the lord collects and surrenders this Wuxi barbarian, but his family is not there, can the lord still use it as a soldier?"

Jia Xu shook his head slightly.

Although under the threat of their lives, these surrendered soldiers are not impossible to accept and surrender to soldiers.

But the battle does not mean that the more people there are, the stronger they are, if the discipline is loose and cannot be in battle, then it will be like the Wuxi barbarian army, just a back and forth battle is chaotic, completely unlikely, and it is easy for Wei Tao to lose.

In such a situation, Wei Tao has no shortage of soldiers, except for some very elite and brave people, it is naturally impossible to let these soldiers join the army under his command.

As for letting these barbarians unload their armor and return to the field, it is even more impossible, if there is a family member who is naturally fine, but even the family and the nation are not there, if they let go of their freedom, I am afraid that it will not be long before these people will flee separately.

"I didn't expect to take over such a bunch of troubles in the end, if it wasn't for the fact that I really achieved what I wanted, I'm afraid I would have to complain loudly."

Wei Tao couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, but at this time, Jia Xu couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Maybe the lord won't have to have a headache about this soon, and he will even be able to meet that Zhuge Liang in person, and then the lord won't forget to inform me."

Wei Tao asked again, Jia Xu just smiled lightly, obviously in Jia Xu's opinion, this would not endanger Wei Tao's interests, thinking of this, Wei Tao was relieved.

Since the population of the Wuxi barbarians is no longer there, there is nothing for Wei Tao to covet, so he naturally leads the army back to Xiangyang.

But as soon as he returned to Xiangyang, Wei Tao got a piece of news that surprised him.

"Zhuge Liang came to ask for a meeting? Have you been waiting here for three days? ”

Sure enough, it was in response to Jia Xu's words, but this also made Wei Tao more curious, although he didn't have much damage, but Zhuge Liang couldn't fake his calculations several times, and he didn't know what he was doing.

However, since Zhuge Liang dared to come, Wei Tao would not say that he would not dare to see it, and immediately ordered someone to find him.

Zhuge Liang slowly walked into the hall, dressed in a white robe, a feather fan, eight feet in size, and a crown like jade, Zhuge Liang is an out-and-out beautiful man, and coupled with his unique demeanor, all the people who saw him for the first time couldn't help but secretly bow their heads and have a good impression of him.

"Zhuge Liang has seen the general."

Seeing Wei Tao here, Zhuge Liang took two quick steps, and then bowed and saluted.

"Huh...... Mr. Kong Ming, you and I are not strangers to each other, not to mention a few fights, just what Ziyu said, I know Kong Ming's talent, but unfortunately I can't get Kong Ming's help, it's really regrettable. ”

Wei Tao shook his head slightly, in fact, he didn't try to solicit before, but unfortunately the final result was always unsuccessful, and in the end, over time, Wei Tao naturally gave up this idea.

"Huh...... The general's trip is very admired, those foreign enemies have plagued my Han for a long time, and it is the immortal heroes such as the general who can expel them. If it was a peaceful time in the past, as long as the general was called for the prime minister, it was naturally incumbent on him at that time. But if there is chaos today, we should give priority to stabilizing the world. Although the general's trip is very admired by Liang, but the Tao is different, the general's concept is different from Liang's, please forgive Liang for the crime of not being able to help. ”

Zhuge Liang's face was calm, but the words he said were sonorous and powerful, as if the collapse of mountains and rivers could not be changed.

"If the world is calm one day, Liang will definitely follow under the command of the general, even if it is only for a small pawn, and he will forget his life and death!"

Wei Tao has read countless people, so he can naturally distinguish the truth from the falsehood in the words, at least in Zhuge Liang's words, Wei Tao did not find that there was any false lie.

This is what Zhuge Liang said from the bottom of his heart.

Shaking his head slightly, he expelled some sighs in his heart, no matter what, now Zhuge Liang can also be regarded as his enemy, no matter how much he admires, it is difficult to change this fact.

"Kong Ming is here now, isn't it for the matter of the Wuxi barbarians?"

Wei Tao is Wei Tao after all, and now Wei Tao still doesn't understand Zhuge Liang's plan.

Indeed, really, the Wuxi barbarians are of no great use in their own hands now, but if they are in the hands of Liu Bei, then it will be possible to be incorporated into an army in the near future, and Liu Bei's strength will be strengthened a lot by then.

"Now the battle is just around the corner, Kong Ming should also understand the reason, even if the princes of the Quartet will not fight immediately, but I am afraid that there will be a war between Liu Xuande and me, how can I make Liu Xuande's strength even stronger?"

Wei Tao's words are not false.

Although Xiangyang is also a big city, Jingzhou is rich, in addition to Xiangyang, there are more big cities such as Fancheng and Jiangxia, but now they are taken by Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

And the four counties of Jingnan may not be as single as they are, but they add up to more than that.

But in addition to this, there is also an important big city, Gangneung.

Jiangling is located between Xiangyang and Changsha, which is where Wei Tao wants to compete with Liu Bei, as for Cao Cao and Sun Quan, if the power of Jiangling has been uncertain for a long time, then they will naturally join it. At that time, I am afraid that the Jingzhou War will start in advance.

Therefore, Wei Tao did this, taking advantage of the fact that Liu Bei had just occupied the land of Jingnan and the foundation was not stable, Wei Tao directly seized Jiangling.

At this time, Wei Tao naturally couldn't be willing to let Liu Bei increase his strength so easily.

But Zhuge Liang dared to come, so he naturally made all the preparations, and when he heard Wei Tao say this, he didn't see the slightest panic, but just smiled and said bluntly.

"The power of the general, my lord has also seen it myself, and I recently heard that the general has defeated Lu Bu, but he is the first military general in the world, and the lord does not want to have a gap with the general. At that time, as long as the general sends a man of argumentation, he can take Gangneung lightly. ”

Wei Tao was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to be like this.

Indeed, now Jingzhou has no owner, and Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and other original Jingzhou ministers were surrendered by Wei Tao, and now Jiangling is actually occupied by no capable people, but Jingzhou's local family is only in charge.

Those families can also understand the truth of this, as long as no one fights, and they make a slight promise, they can indeed easily accept Jiangling.

Although it is not said that if you occupy Jiangling now, you can always keep it, but there is more or less an advantage, even with Wei Tao's heart, at this time, I can't help but hesitate.

"Huh...... Zhuge Liang, your empty glove white wolf is inevitably too powerful. This matter is difficult to decide, how about I ask Mr. Kong Ming to go down and rest for a while, and then give you an answer tomorrow? ”

At this moment, Jia Xu, who had been sitting next to him silently, said with a smile. (To be continued......)