There is only one road from Runan to Jingzhou, that is, through Runan City over the Tongbai Mountains, on the winding mountain road in the mountainous area, almost full of people, this spectacular scene was recorded by the players with a video, put on the forum, became the most clicked video post during this time, the second is Zhang Fei vs. Xiahou Brothers' post.

The same scene of the great migration of the people also appeared on the Yangtze River, as well as on the mountain roads along the Yangtze River, Liu Bei was actively moving the people towards Yizhou, Liu Bei was a slightly emotional person, when Zhang Fei's counterattack was unsuccessful, Cao Cao began to accelerate the transfer of troops into Jingzhou, Liu Bei thought in his heart that the southern part of Jingzhou may not be very reliable, compared to the much safer Yizhou, Jingzhou is no longer safe.

For Liu Bei, the people are valuable treasures, and Liu Bei has never had the habit of putting treasures in unsafe places, so Pang Yuan didn't even spend much effort to persuade Liu Bei to move the people to Yizhou as much as possible.

With the flood of Cao Jun and the people poured into Jingzhou, the entire northeast of Jingzhou seemed to be lively, and these people who had left their hometowns felt a little better in their hearts that the fields allocated to them seemed to have strong crops, and they were about to have a bumper harvest, which were all good things left by Liu Bei, and now this cattle is working hard to develop the mountainous Yizhou, and is even preparing to march to southern Shu.

Fang Zhiwen's strategic intention was almost completely achieved, in this whole strategic intention, the flow of people is an important factor, only Yizhou has a sufficient population, Yizhou can march to the south and west in the case of unsuccessful eastward expansion, similarly, Cao Cao must have a sufficient population in order to curb and weaken Yuan Shao's growth, in order to suppress the population of Yizhou, which is quite large, and force it to develop outward rather than inward.

Fang Zhiwen carefully explained to Lu Bufu and Cheng Gongying in the conference room the realization of the strategic goals of the entire Central Plains War, Lu Bu was dizzy when he heard it, until now, he understood the big goal of the cause of the entire Central Plains War, and also understood why he had to fight cautiously all the time, for fear of breaking Cao Cao, but it turned out that the reason for this was so important, this kind of grand idea, Lu Bu didn't even dare to think about it, in front of Fang Zhiwen, as a leader, Lu Bu was indeed far away, far away.

After Fang Zhiwen finished speaking, he took a sip of tea from the teacup to moisten his throat, and then looked up at everyone: "Is there anything you don't understand?" ”

Lu Bu shook his head, Diao Chan looked at the map with wide eyes, with a look of surprise and emotion, and Cheng Gongying asked curiously: "Lord, after we take Jizhou, will we also oppress Gongsun Chan to the west?" ”

"Hehe, let's draw inferences from one another! Yes, after taking Jizhou, our army's strategic posture is very good, and it is natural to force the annexation to the west, even if we don't do it, Gongsun Chan borders us on the northeast side, and we will definitely feel uneasy, and we will naturally move the center to the west. Of course, we hope that he can develop the relatively barren prefectures and counties such as Hexi and Xihe, as well as Beidi, but in fact, it is not impossible to develop there, and it is feasible to build canals and canals around the Yellow River and then build cities with the Yellow River as a backing. ”

Fang Zhiwen said with a smile, but Cheng Gongying felt that Gongsun Zan and the heroes of the world were actually very pitiful, almost everyone was played with by the lord, and every so-called strong man actually became a pawn in the hands of the lord and a cattle in the wilderness, when they worked hard to open up the land, what followed may be to be driven to the barren area again, and today's Liu Bei is a true portrayal of this situation.

Thinking about this, Cheng Gongying became more determined in his choice, fortunately he became a member of Youzhou, otherwise, I am afraid that he is also depressed in a corner at the moment.

Cheng Gongying subconsciously looked at Lu Bu, and a trace of happiness flashed in Lu Bu's eyes, obviously, he also wanted to understand the doorway, in fact, Lu Bu before was also a chess piece on Fang Zhiwen's chess game, although now he is also Fang Zhiwen's subordinate, and he is also a chess piece on the chess game, but now he is a clear chess piece, and it is very likely to be the chess piece of the side that wins in the end, and the meaning of this is naturally absolutely different.

"Husband, then we can just drive Cao Cao away so slowly now?"

"Yes, just drive him away, although we also want the population, but Cao Cao can't be too weakened, let alone let Cao Cao's population be transferred to Yuan Shao's hands."

Everyone nodded in understanding, and Lu Bu suddenly asked, "What about Yuan Shao?" ”

"Huh? Yuan Shao what? ”

"What about Yuan Shao's future?"

Fang Zhiwen smiled: "What does Yuan Shao need in the future, he will live a day and count it as a day1."

Cao Cao has made up his mind at this moment and will not hesitate anymore, which can be seen from the fact that he himself has rushed to Xiangyang from Runan, Cao Cao's appearance in Xiangyang also made the people in Cao Cao's camp breathe a sigh of relief, which shows that Cao Cao no longer has unrealistic illusions about the Central Plains.

After Cao Cao arrived in Xiangyang, he quickly checked the military deployment of Jingzhou, and then began to deploy the troops to the west and south, the troops of the Xiahoudun brothers were supplemented and expanded, and continued to attack in the direction of Xincheng, striving to drive Zhang Fei out of Xincheng, and the Ji Ling Department in the north was also supported by Li Dian, avoiding Nanxiang, and attempting to isolate Nanxiang from both north and south, the purpose of which was also to force Guan Yu to retreat.

Then Cao Cao actively stabilized the situation in Xiangyang, settled a steady stream of people, and actively reorganized the army to fight, sharpening his sword and pointing straight at Jiangling.

Liu Bei, who is far away in Chengdu, is also busy, he is busier than Cao Cao, because there are a lot of things on the Yizhou side, plus the resettlement of new immigrants, the construction and development of new cities, as well as road construction, conscription, and war, Liu Bei is so busy that he will fall as soon as he returns to the back house.

However, when he was working, Liu Bei was always in good spirits, only Chen Zhi knew that Liu Bei's teacup was not tea, but ginseng, and this thing developed by Youzhou was indeed a good thing.

"My lord, Cao Cao is actively preparing for war in Xiangyang, and his target should be Jiangling, which can be seen from his busy shipbuilding."

"This, can't it be that he wants to control the Yangtze River route?"

"Hehe, my lord, this joke is not funny." Pang Yuan smiled, pointed to the map and said: "There is no Cao Cao's interests along the Yangtze River at all, what is the use of controlling the route, not to mention, can he control it?" This kind of thinking is just setting himself on fire, so the only purpose of his shipbuilding is to deliver supplies, and the target can only be Gangneung! Of course, the first target of the attack is Dangyang, followed by Jingling, and after taking these two water and land points, he will attack Gangneung1

Liu Bei looked at the map, frowned, when the real fight started, Liu Bei found that his army was really not enough, the huge Yizhou due to the large number of barbarians, had to stay a large number of troops, in Nanxiang, Xincheng Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also need a large number of troops, as well as Yan Yan who has been sent to Xiling, there can be no less troops, and Fan Chou in Jiangling and Li Yan in Wuling, the number of troops is quite tight, if Cao Cao personally led the army south to Jiangling, Liu Bei really has no better way to resist Cao Cao's footsteps southward now.

"Jiangling might as well let Fan Chou continue to recruit soldiers?" Liu Bei said with some hesitation.

"Conscription? How many soldiers do you plan to recruit to stop Cao Cao? Cao Cao is ruthless now, he is desperately recruiting soldiers, what are we recruiting for? ”

"Jiang Ling is here, and the two counties of Wuling and Hengyang will be safe."

"What is the role of Wuling and Hengyang counties on our army? Is it worth it for us to have a protracted war with Cao Cao in Jiangling for this? If it is worth it, then General Guan Yu should be transferred south to Jiangling, abandon Nanxiang, retreat to Xicheng, rely on the terrain to establish a strong defensive line in Xicheng, and similarly, establish a defensive line in Shangyong, and then liberate General Zhang Fei in Xincheng, let him attack freely, contain it in the north, and resist in the south, so that he may be able to fight evenly with Cao Cao. However, Cao Cao's population is sufficient, his combat power is also strong, and the development degree of northeast Jingzhou is not low, the war will be protracted, are you ready to consume Cao Cao for a long time? ”

"Yuan Shao"

"Yuan Shao's new Central Plains, in a short period of time, will not continue to attack Jingzhou, and you should pay attention to the war, in the entire Central Plains, the leading role is actually the Youzhou army, although most of the deaths are Yuan Shao's people, but every important military victory, is because the Youzhou army appeared in the most suitable place, hit Cao Cao's uncomfortable place, again and again to tear Cao Cao's defense line apart, again and again Cao Cao's key combat power to eliminate, this is the key to Yuan Shao's march all the way, in the Central Plains, After Fang Zhiwen returned home satisfied, did Yuan Shao still have the ability to continue to attack Cao Cao? The subordinates felt that this was basically impossible. ”

"Yuan Shao can't count on it, Cao Cao is desperately recruiting troops, can't we take the initiative to give up Jiangling?"

"Of course not, Jiangling must be fought, one to try to consume Cao Cao, Jiangling we have also been operating for some years, Dangyang, Jingling, Xinling and Jiangling are all strong cities, Cao Cao needs to gnaw down one by one, and he needs to shed blood under the city, so that on the one hand, it can consolidate the defense line in the north and buy time for the evacuation of the people on the southern line; On the other hand, we can also consume Cao Cao as much as possible, after all, we and Cao Cao have no room for relaxation from now on, and there is no room for cooperation, we can only destroy each other. ”

"There's no room for cooperation? What do you mean by that? ”

"The geographical location of Jingzhou! Distant and close attack, we can't cooperate with Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shao, right? Or do you think you can cooperate in attacking Sima Fang? Since there is no basis for cooperation, there is only one way to eliminate each other. ”

Liu Bei frowned and thought for a while, then sighed and said: "I understand, the most important thing now is to stabilize the dividing line between the two sides and consume the strength of Cao's army, and at the same time try to preserve the strength of our army, and wait until Yuan Shao eases up and plots to attack Cao Cao." ”

"Yes, at the same time, our army also needs to slow down, the development of Yizhou has just begun1RS#/