Zhuge Liang was quite embarrassed for a while, because Zhang Xi proposed a path that he really did not envision.

If Cao Cao was really so lucky, he went south to catch up with Liu Biao and died, and all the Jingzhou families advocated surrender...... So what to do?!

Zhuge Liang's first thought was to take advantage of Cao Cao's unstable foothold in Jingzhou to seize some strategic places.

For example, South County.

But it doesn't seem safe to think about.

If Cao Cao really led his army south and took Xiangyang without bloodshed, even if Liu Bei really seized Nanjun, I am afraid he may not be able to do Cao Cao.

After all, the gap between the forces of the two sides is too big, and Cao Cao also has the support of the Jingzhou family, and Liu Bei may not be able to get the support of the Nanjun family even if he goes to Nanjun..... Well, it's too hard.

But if you don't do this, I'm afraid you'll have to run for your life alone, and when you find a place to stabilize, you can turn to Koto for help.

It's just that in this way, the route I planned for Liu Bei may not be realized from the beginning.

Zhuge Liang is not a stingy person, after thinking of these possibilities, he thanked Zhang Xi on the spot, and shared the consequences he thought of with Zhang Xi and Xu Shu.

Xu Shu gasped when he heard this.

The feeling of some things coming out of Zhuge Liang's mouth is completely different from the feeling of saying it from Zhang Xi's mouth.

Zhang Xi was also quite surprised - Zhuge Liang actually analyzed the future development.

Xu Shu began to get anxious, and then began to desperately think of a way...... In the end, it seems that he really has a way that is not a way.

"Seize Jiangxia!" Xu Shu raised his head coldly, looked at Zhang Xi, and said what he had discussed with Zhang Xi before, "If this is the case, you can only occupy Jiangxia first." Jiangxia's back to Jiangdong is enough to make Cao Cao throw a mouse, and it can also force Jiangdong to form an alliance with us, combine the strength of both sides, and win a decisive victory with a naval army, so that there is a glimmer of life. ”

"Seize Jiangxia?!" Zhuge Liang hesitated slightly, thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid this matter is not feasible now." ”

At this time, Liu Biao and Huang Zu were still alive and well, these two people, one wanted to take back Jiangxia directly, and the other wanted to make Jiangxia his own territory as the emperor of the soil, and it was impossible to watch Liu Bei, the guest army, occupy Jiangxia.

I didn't see that in the spring of this year, Zhang Liao occupied the northern counties of Jiangxia, and Huang Zu made such a big mistake, Liu Biao still didn't mean to punish Huang Zu.

This shows that Liu Biao is waiting, he wants Huang Zu to continue to be arrogant, and then Liu Biao will mix sand into it, and wait until Huang Zu's control over Jiangxia has dropped to a certain level, and then he will completely control Jiangxia.

And Huang Zu also knew that Liu Biao couldn't do anything about him now, so he didn't worry about losing the city and land, and still controlled the one-third of an acre of land in Jiangxia, and continued to be the emperor of the soil behind closed doors.

Xu Shu also knew that it was not realistic to seize Jiangxia at this time, but he still pulled Zhang Xi, and the two of them told them about their plans for Jiangxia together.

After listening to this, Zhuge Liang thought about it for a while, and compared it on the map for a long time before he nodded and said, "Although there is a certain amount of truth, it is convenient for the son Liu Qi to be cowardly...... Well, you should have prepared early, whether you succeed or not, it is all in the destiny. ”

Zhuge Liang didn't know the bottom of this matter, but he still recognized the necessity of Xu Shu and Zhang Xi's pre-planning.

But Xu Shu said, "The key to this matter is that one is in Gongzi Liu Qi, and the other is in Kong Ming...... Without Kong Ming's help, I am afraid that this Jiangxia would not be able to take it. ”

Xu Shu's meaning is very simple, if there is no Zhuge Liang as an intermediary to match, it is impossible for the Jingzhou Huang clan to give up control of Jiangxia so easily, and it is impossible for Liu Biao to hand over Jiangxia to Liu Qi to guard with confidence.

After all, what kind of person Liu Qi is, Liu Biao, who is a father, knows best.

But this made Zhuge Liang embarrassed again.

It's not that Zhuge Liang doesn't want to go out of the mountain..... Originally, he still wanted to wait, but after listening to Zhang Xi's assumptions, he really couldn't sit still.

But he Zhuge Liang can't just go out of the mountain like this, he doesn't have any face at all when he goes out of the mountain like this...... This is not the treatment that people manage Zhong Leyi.

So, Zhuge Liang didn't speak, he just shook the fan.

Xu Shu thought about it for a while, and probably understood the idea of this dead tsundere, and he also smiled.

Anyway, I'm not in a hurry now, Cao Cao is still tossing in the north, and he won't go south in a short time, in this case, let this dead tsundere continue to pretend, it's just a matter of bothering the lord to come a few more times.

As for the strategy, don't worry about this, it's a big deal that he Xu Shu took Zhang Xi and ran to Wollongong a few more times.

After thinking about this, Xu Shu and Zhang Xi pulled Zhuge Liang, and the three of them continued to discuss the strategy.

At this time, Zhuge Liang no longer pretended, but took the initiative to discuss with the two.

Cao Cao's movements in the north, Xu Shu and Zhang Xi would provide Zhuge Liang with more accurate information, especially Zhang Xi, who took the risk to provide Zhuge Liang with the harvest of Cao Cao's tuntian system.

The history books clearly record Cao Cao's order for jujube and Ren Jun's incident in Xuchang Tuntian, saying that he harvested 1 million grains that year.

But this matter is a military secret in this era, and if it were not for those who had stayed on Cao Cao's side and had personally been in contact with Tuntian affairs, they would not have known these exact figures.

This news also surprised Zhuge Liang, and even asked Zhang Xi if the source was reliable...... Zhang Xi couldn't tell the source, so he could only blush, patting his chest vigorously and assuring that this matter was absolutely reliable.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang did not have the intention of asking to the end, so Zhang Xi escaped.

For Cao Cao's Tuntian, Zhuge Liang actually estimated that he felt that after years of war in the north, the land was seriously idle, but the strength of the northern families was more intertwined, and Cao Cao would not have much more harvest even if he was in Tuntian.

Zhuge Liang estimated that Cao Cao's Xu Du Tuntian could harvest about seven or eight hundred thousand Hu a year, which was because Xu Du was Cao Cao's lair, Cao Cao was in Tuntian under his nose, and the family did not dare to do too much. But when it comes to the place, it is the world of the family, so it is estimated that the local tuntian can only have four or five hundred thousand yuan a year at most.

But now Zhang Xi told Zhuge Liang that Xudu Tuntian had an output of one million Hu in the first year, which made Zhuge Liang misjudge the assessment of Cao Cao's military rations.

Originally, Zhuge Liang estimated that with the current sphere of influence controlled by Cao Cao and the reserves of grain and grass, Cao Cao would have to repair the north for at least one to two years before he could go south.

But if Cao Cao's Tuntian really brought him the output that Zhang Xi said, then Cao Cao really had the capital to go south immediately after fighting the north.

You must know that Cao Cao's first Tuntian was in the first year of Jian'an, and it has been eleven years now.

Although in the past eleven years, Cao Cao's southern and northern wars have not stopped, but the hinterland of the Central Plains and Hebei are large, and Cao Cao also set up tuntian places every time he fights, so that after accumulating it, God knows how much grain and grass Cao Cao's army can use.

If this is the case, Cao Cao will have a great initiative.

As for Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang discussing the strategy of dealing with Jiangdong later, Zhuge Liang didn't pay much attention to it.

On the one hand, Zhuge Liang certainly had a set of his own strategies for dealing with Jiangdong in his heart, and he also knew Jiangdong's desire for Jingzhou, and he had already known these things.

You can't give up Jingzhou to Jiangdong just because Jiangdong wants Jingzhou...... What kind of strategic planning is there to engage in, isn't it good to surrender Cao Cao directly.

Jingzhou must not be given, and Jiangdong must also be handed over, in this, Zhuge Liang feels that he should be able to grasp this scale.

It's for Cao Cao in the north...... Zhuge Liang felt really stressed.

Cao Cao's strength lies not in the large number of soldiers and generals, but in the fact that he occupies the hinterland of the Central Plains, and if he unifies the north...... China's traditional economic zones and plantation areas were all in Cao Cao's hands.

At that time, Cao Cao really wanted money and money, and grain and food.

In today's words, Cao Cao's comprehensive national strength is too strong, so strong that it can crush any of Sun Liu's families.

Cao Cao can fail, it doesn't matter how many times he fails, but both Sun and Liu are not very able to accept failure, and one failure is a point vulnerable.

This is still a judgment made by Zhuge Liang when he thinks that Liu Bei can take Jingzhou completely.

Zhuge Liang felt the pressure, and it was the pressure he felt from Liu Bei's position.

Not to mention Zhang Xi and Xu Shu, they are now Liu Bei's advisers, if Liu Bei is unlucky, their lives will not be easy, and there may even be a threat to their lives.

Therefore, the three of them chatted more energetically.

The main thing is that one person feels a little unbearable of this pressure, so it is better for three people to discuss it together and see if there is a good way.

As the saying goes, there are three stinkers, and one Zhuge Liang is the top.

What's more, this time Zhuge Liang himself is among the three stinkers, plus a Xu Shu...... Although Zhang Xi is a one-size-fits-all figure, these two can always come up with a suitable way.

Zhang Xi thought so, but Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang couldn't think so.

After all, it is not the omniscient Zhuge Liang in Romance, the three of them discussed for a long time, but they didn't find a way to break the situation after all.

"The general trend is like this, it's useless to think about it!" Zhuge Liang frowned and said to Xu Shu, "After Yuan Zhi goes back, I still have to persuade Xuande Gong to make more friends with the wealthy family of Jingxiang, and the son Liu Qi should also have more contacts there..... If there is nothing to do, it is naturally the best, and once things change, Jiangxia's affairs cannot but be planned early. ”

Xu Shu nodded and agreed.

It seems that we can only take one step at a time and do our best to obey the destiny of God.

Then Zhuge Liang turned his head and said to Zhang Xi, "I heard that Yuan Chang is good at training, and I have a volume of "Liutao" in my hand, so I borrow it from Yuan Chang, and I hope that Yuan Chang will be good at training soldiers for future use." ”

After speaking, Zhuge Liang went to the study to take out a volume of "Liutao" in Xu Shu's envious eyes and handed it to Zhang Xi.

"You need to study it carefully, and you need to cherish it, remember." Zhuge Liang finally told him quite uneasily.

And Zhang Xi took the bamboo roll, and then bowed to the worship.

There is no disrespect and shame in this big salute, Zhuge Liang borrowed an important military book like "Liutao" to Zhang Xi, which is already regarded as a half-master's grace, and he can be worshiped by Zhang Xi.

And after that...... The three of them said goodbye, Zhang Xi and Xu Shu returned to Xinye, and Zhuge Liang closed the door and continued to think.

Think about what to do next.