After Liu Biao heard Cai Mao's words, he frowned and said, "What you said seems to have some truth. ”

When Kuai Yue on the side heard this, he hurriedly said: "Lord, no, this Sun Ce and Gan Ning have been let go, if they attack Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at this time, then no one will be able to balance Sun Ce and Gan Ning in the future." ”

After Liu Biao listened to Kuai Yue's words, he figured it out in an instant.

I saw Liu Biao nodding and said to Kuai Yue: "Then listen to your advice, I'll let Liu Bei and the three of them go for the time being!" ”

……

At this time, in the Jiangdong Army, inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Sun Ce took Gan Ning and stood there awkwardly.

"Father, Xingba and I were defeated." Sun Ce said with embarrassment on his face as Sun Jian as he spoke.

"Defeated? This Liu Biao's subordinates, there are still such generals? After Sun Jian heard Sun Ce's words, he asked with a surprised face.

When Sun Ce heard this, he said with embarrassment: "It's not Liu Biao's subordinates, it's Liu Bei's two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who defeated me and Xingba respectively. ”

"Guan Yu and Zhang Fei? And Liu Bei? How did the three of them end up in Jingzhou? When Sun Jian heard this, he muttered with surprise on his face.

When Zhou Yu on the side heard this, the expression on his face became serious.

"I really didn't expect that the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, after leaving Xuzhou, would go to Jingzhou?" After Zhou Yu muttered, he looked at Sun Jian on the side.

"Lord, if the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang also enter Jingzhou, then we will have to think about it in the long run!"

Zhou Yu faced Sun Jian and put forward his opinion.

When Sun Jian heard this, he asked curiously: "Gong Jin, didn't you say before that you wanted to take down this Jiangxia, but now because of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, you have to temporarily change your strategy?" ”

When Zhou Yu heard this, he nodded lightly and said to Sun Jian: "Lord, the strategy we set before was to take down Jiangxia directly and make a quick decision. ”

"But now, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang are here, so we can't take Jiangxia quickly, so if we continue to attack Jiangxia, we will give Cao Ang in Nanyang a chance!"

When Sun Jian heard Zhou Yu's words, he asked with a surprised face: "Gong Jin, do you mean that this Cao Ang will make a move on us?" ”

"It's possible!" Zhou Yu nodded, and then said: "Cao Ang, I have understood, although he is young, he is ambitious!" ”

"His ultimate goal is the whole world, if you want to seize this place from his hands, then you must unite the other princes!"

"The best thing is to unite this Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, and gather the strength of our three states, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou, so that it is possible to compete with Cao Ang!"

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Sun Jian also asked with a puzzled face: "However, my Yangzhou assassin history, or Cao Ang asked the court for me, do you think he will really attack us?" ”

Zhou Yu nodded with a smile when he heard this, and said, "Lord, have you forgotten that there are a total of six counties in Yangzhou, and now only four counties are in our hands!" ”

"This Huainan Second County has always been controlled by Cao Ang, if one day he wants to do something to us, he can go to this Huainan Second County and directly attack our Jiangdong Four Counties."

"Moreover, the current Xuzhou is also in Cao Ang's pocket, if Cao Ang takes the opportunity to occupy the state and county north of Jingzhou, then he will form a situation of encirclement against us, and at that time, we will be in danger."

"After all, there is still a big gap between our strength and Cao Ang's strength, if he attacks from three sides, then we will definitely lose, and there will be no chance of victory!"

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, everyone present also fell silent, a little at a loss.

After a while, Sun Jian turned to Zhou Yu and asked, "Gong Jin, what should I do in this current situation?" ”

"Lord, in the current situation, we only have one way to deal with it!" Zhou Yu said solemnly to Sun Jian.

"Oh? What are the ways to deal with the situation at hand? ”

Sun Jian asked with an eager face.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu opened his mouth lightly and spit out four words: "Lian Liu Kangcao!" ”

"Lian Liu Kangcao?" Sun Jian repeated in surprise, and then asked puzzledly: "Gong Jin, do we really want to unite Liu Bei and Liu Biao to deal with Cao Ang together?" ”

"You know, the relationship between us and Liu Biao, from the time of the crusade against Yuan Shu, the relationship was not very good, and now it is even worse, on the other hand, the relationship between us and Cao Ang is actually not bad."

After Zhou Yu heard Sun Jian's words, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Lord, in this world, there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends!" ”

"At that time, you had a good relationship with Cao Ang, and that was because he needed you to deal with Yuan Shu!"

"But now, Yuan Shu is already a dry bone in the mound, and many states and counties in the north, except for Liangzhou outside the Guan, the remaining states and counties have all fallen into the hands of Cao Ang."

"And now Liangzhou is in civil strife, so Cao Ang's strategic goal must be our four southern states!"

"This Jiaozhou is too far, let's not talk about it first, Cao Ang will definitely not cross our three states to attack Jiaozhou."

"Now Cao Ang, if he makes a move against Zhang Xiu in Nanyang County, then his purpose is obvious, that is, to attack Jingzhou first!"

"If we continue to stalemate with Liu Biao, then we are making a wedding dress for Cao Ang, after all, the current Nanyang has fallen."

"And now, our strategy of attacking Jiangxia has been stopped by Liu Biao and Liu Bei, if we continue to attack, then the best result is to lose both."

"However, if we and Liu Biao lose both, then we will all be swallowed up by Cao Ang!"

After Sun Jian heard Zhou Yu's words, he fell silent.

At this time, Sun Ce said to Sun Jian: "Father, let's listen to Gong Jin's advice, we are facing the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang now, and there is basically no chance of winning." ”

"If you want to defeat them, you need to use a plan, but if you use a plan, you need to wait for the right time."

"But I don't know when such an opportunity will appear."

"So father, having said that, let's choose to cooperate with Liu Biao."

After Sun Jian heard this, he finally made a decision.

"Okay, since you all said so, let's try it and cooperate with Liu Biao." (End of chapter)