Liu Bei convened a military meeting again, and this time, Pang Tong was also recruited from Wuling County.

As the de facto mastermind of Liu Bei's group, Liu Bei must listen to Pang Tong's advice on this matter.

But Liu Bei didn't expect that Pang Tong, who came from Wuling County, also brought an unexpected person - Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng was an envoy sent by Liu Zhang, who came to exchange feelings with Liu Bei, a "relative" who couldn't fight with eight poles.

Before the Battle of Chibi, Liu Zhang saw that Cao Cao was powerful, so he sent Zhang Song to curry favor with Cao Cao, and sent money and people, for fear that Cao Cao would be careless, not to fight Eastern Wu, and to divert to Shu.

But in the first battle of Chibi and Cao Cao's flight north, Liu Zhang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Cao Cao was just like that, and there was nothing to worry about.

But Cao Cao was defeated, but it took great effort for the Sun-Liu coalition army to fight Nanjun, and it was only in the fourteenth year of Jian'an that it was able to defeat Nanjun, and even Xiangyang was not threatened.

On the contrary, it was Cao Cao, who later sorted out the internal environment, killed some half-minded people, and reinvigorated himself, and is still the number one force now.

Liu Zhang saw that this was not a problem, so he hurriedly found Zhang Song and asked him how he was negotiating with Cao Cao at the beginning, and now it was too late to hug the prime minister's thigh.

As a result, Zhang Song was despised by Cao Cao when he was on an envoy last time, held a grudge, and strongly persuaded Liu Zhang to marry Liu Bei.

Liu Zhang pondered that Cao Cao had the ambition to annex the world after all, but Liu Bei's power is not weak now, and he is still a relative of the same clan. Although this relative is a bit far away, Liu Zhang still feels that it is better to deal with Liu Bei than with Cao Cao.

After all, Liu Bei is considered his own family, and he has the name of benevolence and righteousness.

Therefore, Liu Zhang sent Fa Zheng as an envoy to meet Liu Bei, first, to inquire about Liu Bei's attitude, and secondly, to see if Liu Bei could form an alliance.

Fa Zheng arrived in Wuling under such circumstances, was received by Pang Tong, and then took this opportunity to bring Jiangxia to see Liu Bei.

However, Fa Zheng at this time was not a member of Liu Bei's group, so Liu Bei wanted to see him, and it was also after the military discussion.

Liu Bei first had to convene a military meeting to discuss the Jiangdong coalition army's attack on Yizhou.

This matter, in fact, the people of Liu Bei Group are very entangled.

Zhou Yu took advantage of Jiangxia's preparations for the wedding, carried out the transfer of troops in Nanjun, and now personally led the soldiers to garrison Baqiu, obviously preparing for most of the westward advance, as long as the soldiers and ordnance of the Jiangdong side arrived at Baqiu to converge, Zhou Yu could set off immediately.

In fact, with or without the help of Liu Bei's group in Jiangdong, they can all send troops to Yizhou.

Inviting you to send troops together is just because I don't want to break the covenant, and at the same time, because Liu Bei occupies the mouth of the oil river and can't get around it for a while.

If Liu Bei's group insists on stopping it, then the hat of breaking the covenant can be buckled on Liu Bei's head.

So theoretically, in the case of not being able to break the game head-on, it is obviously an acceptable idea to share the cake together.

But in this way, it is not in the interests of Liu Bei's group, especially Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Zhang Xi, all of whom are opposed.

Zhuge Liang objected because if he did this, it would not be in line with the strategic plan he had formulated for Liu Bei.

Originally, Zhuge Liang's idea was to cross Jingyi Erzhou and wait for the day, but now Jingzhou's leg is lame, if Yizhou's leg is also lame, then there is a fart future.

And Pang Tong and Zhang Xi objected, purely because they felt that Jiangdong seemed to be above board, but in fact they were uneasy and kind.

Zhang Xi even clearly told Liu Bei that if Liu Bei's group sent troops, it was likely to be used as a pioneer, and if he couldn't conquer Yizhou when he entered, and Jiangdong would block the back road by retreating, he would have to let Jiangdong slaughter at that time.

And once Jiangdong takes Yizhou, then as long as they occupy Ba County, then Jiangdong can connect Yizhou and Nanjun together.

Even if Jiangdong is generous enough to distribute Shuzhong, Chengdu and other places to Liu Bei in the future, Liu Bei will not be able to cross the two places of Nanjun and Ba County and send people over to govern them, and these places will eventually be cheaper for Jiangdong's gang.

Of the four major strategists under Liu Bei, three were against it, and one did not come. Liu Bei thought about it again and again, and decided to send Sun Gan to continue to send envoys to Jiangdong and reject Sun Quan's proposal.

The reason is that Liu Zhang belongs to the same sect as him, and Liu Bei can't bear to attack the same sect, so he refuses.

This reason is above board, and if you believe it or not, it will be left to Sun Quan to judge.

By the way, Liu Bei also personally wrote a letter to Sun Quan, suggesting that Sun Quan should not go to crusade against Liu Zhang, firstly, there is no legitimate reason, and secondly, Liu Zhang is also a potential ally of the two, and now the biggest enemy is Cao Cao, and he should make more allies to fight against Cao Cao.

That's a suggestion. Believe it or not, it's Sun Quan himself.

After doing this, Liu Bei still ordered Guan Yu to assemble troops in Xiakou and threaten Lukou, and at the same time wrote to Zhang Fei, asking him to be prepared to intercept him, in case the negotiation failed, Liu Bei was also ready to confront Zhou Yu's army.

After the military discussion, Liu Bei met Fa Zheng under the recommendation of Pang Tong.

What the two people said, Zhang Xi didn't know.

After the military discussion ended, Zhang Xi was dragged by Zhuge Liang to discuss the transformation of the swamp and tidal flats, and did not participate in the meeting at all.

But according to the information conveyed by Pang Tong to the two people afterwards, Liu Bei and Fa Zheng seemed to have a good chat, Fa Zheng recognized Liu Bei's personality and ideals, and Liu Bei also appreciated Fa Zheng's talent.

Therefore, Liu Bei invited Fa Zheng to live in Jiangxia for a while, and then return to Yizhou after this winter.

Fa Zheng gladly accepted the order.

As for Pang Tong, he also had to board Jiangxia for a period of time, after all, he didn't know what the result of Sun Gan's envoy to Jiangdong was, and if the result was not ideal, Pang Tong would have to continue to stay and discuss ways to break the situation.

A few days later, Sun Gan returned from Jiangdong with the result of this negotiation - Sun Quan had ordered Zhou Yu to raise troops at the right time to crusade against Liu Zhang in Yizhou.

And Sun Qian brought back a reply letter from Sun Quan to Liu Bei, Sun Quan said in the letter that he could understand Liu Bei's difficulties, but now the world is in turmoil, all because these separatist forces do not have the Han family in their hearts, and he crusaded against these two-hearted people on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and I believe that Liu Bei, the imperial uncle, should also be in favor.

Another one, Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son, in Shu caused a miasma, a mess, the people over there are waiting for someone in the court to save them from fire and water, so he can be regarded as conforming to the people's will, Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous, and he must not want to see the people of Shu continue to suffer under Liu Zhang's rule.

To sum it up, it is a sentence - my capture of Yizhou is a sure thing, you Liu Bei can not go, but don't give me trouble.

Liu Bei was so angry that he almost wanted to point to the east and scold - I have never seen such a brazen person.

But now the situation is very clear, Sun Quan said so many reasons to Liu Bei, just so that Liu Bei would not hold him back, and Zhou Yu's side was almost ready, and he might set off at any time.

Liu Bei really didn't have any reason to stop the Jiangdong Army's westward advance.

Even Pang Tong was considering whether to directly let Chen lead the Jiangxia fleet south and lock up the Youjiangkou with Zhang Fei, betting that Zhou Yu would not dare to directly turn his face and break through the Youjiangkou.

This is a very risky thing, and Zhang Xi bets that if Zhou Yu really leads his troops to the mouth of the oil river, not only will he really dare to break through, but maybe he will even capture the mouth of the oil river.

Zhou Gongjin wouldn't care too much about this Sun-Liu alliance like Sun Quan.

But there is no way out, even Zhuge Liang agreed with Pang Tong's suggestion this time, and asked Chen to quickly reorganize the army, try to complete the supply within ten days, and take advantage of Zhou Yu's departure to move west first and block the mouth of the Youjiang River.

Then Liu Bei summoned Fa Zheng again, told Fa Zheng that Jiangdong was going to attack Yizhou, and asked him to hurry back to Yizhou to report the news.

If Zhou Yu really broke through the mouth of the oil river in spite of the alliance covenant, then he could only count on Liu Zhang's early preparations to defeat Jiangdong's army.

"I wanted to get together with Mr. for a long time, but there was such a change" Liu Bei finished talking to Fa Zheng about the matter, and said with a sigh, "Sir, go back to Yizhou first and inform Liu Yizhou to take strict precautions." Zhou Gongjin is a famous general in the world, and he must not be underestimated. ”

When Fa Zheng heard this, he was not in a hurry, but sat quietly and thought carefully for a long time before saying, "Don't worry about Liu Yuanjun. Since ancient times, it has never been heard that going against the tide can defeat the enemy. Zhou Gongjin's battle of Chibi, although it is famous all over the world, but the land of Yizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Ba County is too strict and the old general, although he is old, he also has the courage of ten thousand people, and he is strict in governing the army, and he will not be taken advantage of by Zhou Lang. ”

Anyway, Fa Zheng is not in a hurry at all.

If Yizhou is so easy to capture, where will it be Liu Jiyu's turn to be the lord of Yizhou.

If nothing else, let's just say that the flow of the Yangtze River from Zigui to Ba County is dangerous and urgent, and if you are not familiar with the local hydrology, it will be difficult to even operate a boat, let alone attack.

Since ancient times, it is easy to break through the south of the Yangtze River from Yizhou, and it is easy to enter Yizhou from the south of the Yangtze River against the water, and I have never heard of it.

Fa Zheng was not in a hurry, but it surprised Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others. Zhang Xi is not surprised.

Fa is Liu Bei's future mastermind, it is written in the history books.

Even according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Fa Zheng came to welcome Liu Bei into Shu, he took refuge in Liu Bei in an instant, and he was completely looking at mung beans with Liu Bei and Wang Ba, and he saw the right eye.

Fa Zheng has such a performance, which is normal in Zhang Xi's opinion, after all, Fa Zheng doesn't look down on Liu Zhang at all.

And to be honest, Liu Zhang's current situation is not very good.

I don't know how this guy got mixed up, mixed to the point that both the Yizhou faction and the Dongzhou faction wanted to let him step down.

Fa Zheng is not in a hurry, and Liu Bei is not in a hurry to say anything, so he can only hope that what Fa Zheng said is true, and then wait and see how the situation changes.

Situation. No change at all.

Seeing that this day is already about to enter winter, if you enter the winter and send troops, is it a bit too late?!

Or does Zhou Yu plan to wait for this winter to pass first, and then send troops to Yizhou next spring?!

But if that's the case, then why do you want to garrison Baqiu after the autumn harvest, there are too many military rations and there is a waste of law?!

Liu Bei was puzzled, Zhuge Liang and others were puzzled.

Only Zhang Xi sighed in his heart. What should come will come after all, and you can't escape.

God won't give me a chance.

(End of chapter)