Since the news of Cao Cao's capture of Hanzhong came back, Jingzhou, which had fluctuating people's hearts, began to stabilize in an orderly manner, and the hearts of the Cai family and the Kuai family were completely calm, and they even realized that they had not done some too obvious stupid things after Xiahoudun's death.

In terms of territory, the loss of the annexed state to Hanzhong is, of course, not proportional; Strategically speaking, as the breeding base of the Han war horse, the loss of the state also means that Cao Cao lost a convenient channel to buy war horses.

And from the point of view of population, taxes and wealth, the entire state may not be better than the land of a county in Hanzhong, and it is barely equal.

But if from a strategic point of view, the state is far less important than Hanzhong, here in the north of the pass, south of Bashu, west of Longyou, east of Jingxiang can reach the Central Plains, the most important thing is as the gateway to Yizhou, Hanzhong lost, which means that Cao Cao can use troops against Sichuan at any time.

On the premise that Jingxiang has been obtained, if Yizhou can be included in Cao Cao's strategic backyard, then Cao Cao's basic plate will be even stronger than that of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang.

Counting the world's great Han emperor in his hand, the Jingzhou scholars have reason to believe that Cao Cao is still the most popular candidate to win the world, and this bet is not wrong.

In the general's mansion in Linxiang County, the seat of Changsha County, the sycamore has begun to yellow.

A few people under the tree, listening to the sound of the wind, had different thoughts.

Liu Bei was very apprehensive in his heart, and even frightened was not exaggerated.

When the Seven Gu Thatched Houses invited Zhuge Liang, Zeng Longzhong set a unified policy, first taking Jingxiang, and then seizing Yizhou, so that he occupied half of the world and competed with Cao Lu.

Because Zhuge Liang expected that Cao Cao and Lu Bu would definitely fight to the end in the Central Plains, even if he reluctantly won Jingxiang and the people's hearts were unstable, once the two sides reached a stalemate, he could rely on Liu Qi's identity as the eldest son to become famous and take Jingzhou.

After Jingzhou is in his hands, he can drive out of the Central Plains and compete with Cao Lu.

But now, Cao Cao's hand has reached Hanzhong, and he can feel that he is staring at Yizhou with saliva from a distance of eight hundred miles.

If Yizhou is in Liu Zhang's hands, then Zhuge Liang's strategy he thinks is highly feasible, because Liu Zhang is just a gentleman who has been exposed to the shadow of his ancestors, but if it is in Cao Cao's hands, the Sichuan and Earth natural dangers will be brought into full play, who can take it.

However, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's minds are different, they are looking forward to it, let's fight, let's go to Yizhou, there is a natural danger in Sichuan, even if Liu Zhang is a soft persimmon, you will definitely not be able to eat it for a while, when the time comes, you can take the army in the city, cross Xiangshui to capture Lingling, Wuling and Nanjun, and the indestructible Xiangyang is the gateway to his own home, and the eldest brother has become a veritable lord of Jingxiang.

And Zhuge Liang, with a deep face, was not surprised at all that Cao Cao would take Hanzhong, and the state had been lost, Jingxiang was unstable, and with the previous situation, Cao Cao was simply unable to set off a battle with Lu Lin in the Central Plains for the ownership of the dynasty.

He also analyzed from Cao Cao's point of view, and judging from the situation at that time, there were only two ways in front of Cao Cao, either to take the three counties of southern Hunan and reunite the territory of Jingzhou, which could stabilize the civil strife and relieve his worries.

Either it is to conquer Hanzhong, open the gateway to Yizhou, and grab a strategic point for yourself, so that you can balance the impact of losing and merging states.

If there is anything he didn't expect, it should be to invite the ten departments of Guanzhong into the land of the three counties, it looks like it is diverting the pressure from the west, but the ten departments of Guanzhong are not completely under Cao Cao's orders, so there are too many uncontrollable factors.

Even when Cao Cao let the three counties out, Zhuge Liang himself was a little confused, and after taking Hanzhong, the whole situation was clear at a glance, and he couldn't help but admire Cao Cao's layout methods were really clever.

Lu Lin, who has the north and Xuzhou, wants to use troops against the Central Plains, and he can't avoid the threat of the Ten Divisions, as the biggest problem in entering the rich three counties from the barren land is that the deep desires and ambitions of the Ten Divisions have been stimulated, and they will definitely not be cold sidelines when the Central Plains is in the war.

For the control of people's hearts and the matching of the battle situation, Cao Cao really calculated very thoroughly.

Even so, from the current point of view of Yizhou, unless he has internal problems, Cao Cao will not be able to attack for a while, because he still needs to take care of Lin Mo in the north.

Now, Zhuge Liang will neither worry about the problem of Yizhou's surname Cao like Liu Bei, nor will he be like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's desire for Cao Cao to fall into the quagmire of war and eat Jingzhou.

He is a strategist, and what he needs to do is to make an accurate judgment on the next development of the situation in the world, and only in this way can he be ahead of others and not be controlled by others everywhere.

Last time, Lin Mo suddenly sent troops to take Taihang Mountain and Bingzhou, which directly disrupted Zhuge Liang's plan, causing his plan to swallow Jingzhou to fail.

So, this time, he had to make the most precise judgment.

In terms of the situation, he, like Pang Tong, is more inclined to Lin Mo's use of troops in Guanzhong, because the ten men and horses are an extremely unstable factor, and if this undercurrent hidden under the calm lake is not cleared, he may be eaten by him at any time.

The question is what kind of means Lin Mo will use to stabilize Cao Cao from taking advantage of the situation when he is at war with the ten departments of Guanzhong.

Want to trade Guanzhong for Yizhou?

That is obviously impossible, after all, Yizhou can't run away there, but it is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter to sneak attack on the north while Lu Lin is fighting with the ten divisions of Guanzhong.

"Kong Ming, I wonder if I want to write a letter to Liu Zhang to appease, I'm really worried about Hanzhong's loss, and under Shuzhong's three shocks a day, he will surrender without a fight." Liu Bei asked with a frown.

"Eh, look, I don't need to be so troublesome."

Zhang Fei waved his hand, raised his eyebrows and said: "Now that Cao Cao has taken Zhang Lu, but the soldiers and horses are all in Hanzhong, it is better to take advantage of his failure to react and surprise attack Lingling and Wuling, even if he only wins one county, Liu Zhang can have confidence." ”

Guan Yu squinted Danfeng's eyes and stroked his long beard and nodded: "Big brother, what the third brother said is not unreasonable, this move can also prove one thing to the military and civilians in Sichuan, as long as Cao Cao dares to enter Sichuan, the eldest brother will lead the army to sneak attack Cao Cao's rear, which is much more useful than writing letters." ”

Liu Bei was noncommittal, and looked at Zhuge Liang with a solicitative gaze, who slowly shook his head.

"Lord, although Cao Cao is in Hanzhong, there is still a general Cao Ren in Jingzhou, and there are 100,000 horses in Jingzhou, so this is definitely not an opportunity to use troops.

In addition, although the number of soldiers and horses in the army has expanded to more than 50,000, most of them are newly recruited, and their combat strength is not as good as that, and they still need training.

Third, Jiangdong Sun Ce has always coveted Lingling and Wuling, Guangling he can't take it, if you want to enter the Central Plains, there is only Jingzhou left, and he won't watch us take it. ”

"Strategist, although you don't know as much as you, you also know that you can't train elite soldiers in a hundred battles just on the school field, and there is no place that can be more effective than battlefield training, if you don't let them participate in the war, see what the real battlefield looks like, how to become elite?"

Guan Yu asked coldly, and then said: "As for the Jiangdong rats, they can't even beat Zhang Liao, how can they be my opponents and Yide?" ”

Just one Zhang Liao can break 30,000 with 800, does Jiangdong know what it means to fight?

"The second brother is right, now that the Cao army is new, the main force is in Xiangyang, and the soldiers and horses have not been spread to the counties, Taishou Liu Du is a soft-footed shrimp, it won't take a few days to break through, military advisor, don't look ahead."

From Zhuge Liang's point of view, he has made a judgment at present, if Lin Mo uses troops against the ten departments in Guanzhong, then he must have a way to stabilize Cao Cao, at this stage, Cao Cao can only enter Yizhou in the west, and that season is a good time to send troops to recover Lingling and Wuling.

But Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have become less and less willing to buy his account, in addition to the fact that he has occupied his brother for a long time and let the two of them stay alone, the biggest reason is that Zhuge Liang has not fought a battle since he took office.

even blocked them from going to war several times, what kind of sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks can settle the world, whether they will fight in the end.

"Yun Changyide, Jiangdong Sun Ce is known as the little overlord, not to be underestimated."

In fact, Liu Bei himself didn't take Sun Ce too seriously, after all, his old man Sun Jian went to fight Dong Zhuo with himself in the Sour Jujube Association back then, and when he said this, he had a little bit of a taste of mud.

Ryoko felt very bitter in her heart.

When I entered Jiaozhou, I wanted to rescue Wu Ju, and the purpose was achieved, and I brought Wu Ju back safely, but my biggest wish was the Sun-Liu Alliance.

Because of Sun Jian's death at the hands of Huang Zu, the alliance has always been ambiguous, and Zhou Yu supports the alliance, but Sun Ce has never been able to let go of this matter in his heart, and even crossed the border to Jiangxia several times.

After Sun Jian's death, the two sides fought bloodily for several years, until the battle of Sha Xian, Huang Zu was beaten and fled, his family members were killed, and the contradictions between the two parties were completely irreconcilable.

And, the general trend, without an alliance, it is difficult to escape the end of being annexed, so Zhuge Liang is committed to this, for most of the past six months, on the whole, there is still some effect, but such an alliance is unstable.

Because Sun Ce is also thinking about Jingzhou, if he wants to attack Lingling and Wuling, the premise is that Cao Cao will withdraw all his troops, and when Jingzhou is empty, he will take two counties and even Nanjun with lightning speed, resulting in an established fact.

Otherwise, as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei said, it is simply self-defeating.

"Lord, Cao Lu must be at a point where both sides have no time to take care of it, so it's time for us to make a move, and please wait a while." Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh and held a feather fan in his hand.

"Isn't that doing nothing?" Liu Bei still listened to Zhuge Liang's words, but his strength continued to grow, his strength reached an unprecedented peak, and he saw the princes outside the square looting the territory, and his heart was very itchy.

"To Liu Zhang, tell him that if Cao Cao dares to violate the realm, the lord will lead the male division to rescue him to calm his heart." That's the only thing we can do at the moment.

Liu Bei nodded, and then walked towards the council hall.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, disdainfully ignored Zhuge Liang, and left.

In fact, it can't be blamed that the two of them look down on Zhuge Liang, if he wants to prove himself, he needs to use a war to justify himself, just like Lin Mo at the beginning.

If he can reach that height, he can still bow down and listen to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Zhuge Liang, who was still optimistic, just waved his feather fan and retreated.

When I returned to my temporary residence, I had already prepared my meal.

Even, after serving Zhuge Liang, he almost didn't feed it to his mouth, as far as women are concerned, Huang Yueying can be regarded as a good wife and mother.

However, she is not only a good wife and mother, but also a first-class master of mechanism, and she is very good at inventing.

Not to mention anything else, the wooden cow and flowing horse were actually invented by Huang Yueying.

As early as the beginning of their acquaintance, Huang Yueying heard that Zhuge Liang was talented and had the ability to never forget, in order to test him, he specially took him to see the structural diagram of the wooden ox and flowing horse invented by himself, and what he saw was not the only one, there were other series of mechanism drawings, including wooden dogs, wooden people, wooden tigers and so on.

When he got married, he said that when Zhuge Liang greeted his relatives, he would not sit in a sedan chair, not ride a horse, and not take a boat.

This condition really stumped Zhuge Liang, and he couldn't crack the method after thinking about it for a long time, and finally suddenly remembered the blueprints of the mechanism he had seen in Huang Yueying's house, and he actually copied the wooden ox and the horse with only a glance of memory, and pushed Huang Yueying home with this thing.

Of course, the magic of the wooden ox and the horse is not like the perpetual motion machine that later generations said, it can walk without the help of manpower, or it needs people to push, but the load can reach 400 catties, and the manpower consumed is also less, plus the single wheel is flexible, basically people can pass the place, this wooden ox and the horse can also pass, it can be regarded as a manpower-saving artifact.

There is another important point, the cow tongue of the wooden ox flowing horse is a mechanism, once it is flipped to lock the whole car, a very awesome braking system.

Huang Yueying is not good-looking, but Caixue is worthy of Zhuge Liang, and the most heart-warming thing for him is that Huang Yueying can often see through his fatigue.

"In recent days, every time my husband comes back, there is a trace of fatigue and helplessness hidden between his eyebrows, I think the time has not come, and I am angry again."

For example, in front of him, even if Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, Huang Yueying could guess a rough idea.

When he was by Huang Yueying's side, Zhuge Liang would feel very relaxed, and even a little comfortable.

He smiled and nodded: "Yes, the direction of the battle situation is beyond my expectations, and judging from the current situation, Lin Mo is still more likely to attack Sizhou, but I don't know how he will paralyze Cao Cao." ”

"Lin Mo's use of soldiers is always unexpected, and it is indeed not easy to guess his thoughts."

People in this era pay attention to food and sleep, since they want to talk, they simply don't eat first, Huang Yueying took the initiative to analyze: "But no matter what, there will be an unprecedented war between Cao and Lu, as long as you wait patiently, you will definitely wait for a good opportunity to rise." ”

Zhuge Liang sighed deeply.

Yes, Ah Chou knows how to do it, but unfortunately, the lord and the two generals don't know the essentials.

The time has not yet come, and forcibly acting will only be counterproductive, don't look at the current military strength of each county together is 50,000 people, but as long as you are not careful, it will be a situation where you will lose everything.

Swing the sword, only this time.

The three pits in Taoyuan are too difficult to take, Zhuge Liang shook his head gloomily.

But in his heart, Zhuge Liang can actually understand Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei has endured it for a long time, and now he wants soldiers and food, but he can only look at it from afar across the Xiangshui, watching others drink wine and eat meat, and there is inevitably a gap in his heart.

As for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, in the final analysis, he didn't really show the strategy of war in front of them, more often than not, it was a strategic positioning, and this positioning was destined to be a direction of development, and it was impossible to have immediate results.

The two of them are arrogant and anxious, how can they convince themselves.

When Han Xin worshiped the general, there were also a group of people under him who were not convinced, but he was immediately able to show his skills on the battlefield.

Therefore, Liu Bei needs to endure and wait, and so does himself.

"Actually, even if Cao Cao draws his troops away, Uncle Huang's current soldiers and horses may not be able to stabilize Lingling and Wuling at the same time, let alone Nanjun, Sun Ce will not watch you block the only passage for him to go north to the Central Plains.

Moreover, he also has a reason to send troops, his father is not the same as the sky, whether it is against the river to Jiangxia or through Guiyang, it is a hidden murderous opportunity. ”

"What Madame said is very true, so we must wait for the opportunity, as long as we are sure to take Lingling and Wuling counties in one go, Sun Ce must rush before the end of the Caolu War, otherwise the final result will inevitably be a defeat for both sides, he doesn't understand this truth, and Zhou Yu also understands it."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he picked up the chopsticks and started.

The husband moved the chopsticks, and Huang Yueying could naturally eat together.

A meal is very simple, but it can calm Zhuge Liang's mood a lot.

After eating, when Zhuge Liang got up and was about to go to the room to look at the map to find some inspiration, Huang Yueying stopped him, "Husband, there is something that may help you." ”

When you hear it, you know that Huang Yueying must have some whimsical inventions, and Zhuge Liang is of course very interested in her invention.

When I came to the backyard, there was a crossbow machine there, with a triangular bracket below, and a crossbow machine that was one size larger than the ordinary crossbow was propped up, and there were ten arrow holes.

"Is this, a crossbow?"

"The Yuan Rong crossbow can fire ten arrows at a time."

Huang Yueying said and demonstrated directly, the crossbow machine had already been loaded, and the position of the arrows had been arranged in advance, so she just walked to the front and pulled the launch mechanism with difficulty.

Whoosh~

Ten arrows shot at the same time, and ten arrows were nailed to the stakes in the backyard, three points into the wood, which shows how strong its penetrating power is.

"Wonderful, this thing seems heavy, although the sergeant can't use it freely on the battlefield, but if it is used in the city pass or military wall, it must be a defensive weapon, especially in the case of insufficient soldiers and horses, this crossbow can fill the vacancy!"

Zhuge Liang was extremely excited, and he stepped forward to look up and down, and couldn't put it down.

Of course, he understood what Huang Yueying meant by deliberately putting this invention in front of him, it was nothing more than that when he was fighting for Jingxiang in the future, he could deploy this crossbow in the rear to defend against the sneak attack of Jiangdong's soldiers, so that he could draw more soldiers and horses to the front line.

What is called virtuous help, this is called virtuous help.

Zhuge Liang held Huang Yueying's hand and said softly, "Thank you, madam." ”

"Since they are husband and wife, how can they say thank you, I just hope that I can share the worries of my husband and this thing will not come out in vain." Huang Yueying smiled shyly.

He is indeed grateful to Huang Yueying.

Not only because this Yuanrong crossbow fills the gap in the future strategy she formulated for Liu Bei, but also because she can always light an oil lamp to guide her home when she is physically and mentally exhausted.

The temperament of the two of them, coupled with the turbulent situation, have actually made Zhuge Liang very tired and tired before he really makes a move on the battlefield.

But Huang Yueying can always wash away the dust of the worldly torrent for him after he goes home, and dust off the entanglement.

Marry a wife like Huang Yueying.

There is actually a certain amount of controversy about these inventions, so please position them according to the judgment in the book.

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