Liu Bei asked for advice, first and then the technique.

This is also one of the characteristics of his life.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, a considerable number of princes only asked questions about techniques and did not ask questions when asking questions. As long as the benefits are big enough and the risks are small enough, you can go straight to the top without any moral concerns.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang and Lu Su are both Taoist and cultivation talents, and they can answer questions fluently.

So Zhuge Liang immediately took out the strategy he had discussed with his eldest brother before he came, and explained it one by one:

"It is indeed not easy to make Yuan Shu plan and force Cao Cao to fight, but it can also be solved, but it needs to be multi-pronged.

First of all, as mentioned before, further strengthen our army's blockade of the Jianghuai waterway, so that Yuan's army can retreat with all its food. However, Ji Ling must still have food in store at the front of Xuyi, so it may take another month to completely take effect, and it will not be achieved overnight.

Secondly, it is necessary to use Chen Yuanlong, the general's son at Lu Bu's place, to let him take the risk of provoking Lu Bu to hint to Yuan Shu again: as long as Yuan Shu is still at war with our army, he will sit back and watch the success or failure, but if Yuan Shu changes his course and attacks Cao Cao, he will definitely immediately send troops to help in the war. This can have at least three or four percent impact on Yuan Shu's decision-making.

In the end, it is necessary to try to win Yuan Shu's trust without peace talks, so that Yuan Shu believes that we will not pursue, and will not stab him in the back when he is in the middle of a fierce battle with Cao Cao - in fact, Yuan Shu does not dare to offend more princes at the moment, and there is a considerable part of the consideration, because it is difficult to ride a tiger, and he feels that he has offended us, and if he falls into a fierce battle with Cao Cao again, he is afraid that we will attack again. ”

Zhuge Liang told the story, and Liu Bei also listened very carefully, thinking in his heart while listening.

As all the details were finalized, Liu Bei quickly divided the above task into three parts, which were handed over to Zhuge Liang, Lu Su, and Chen Deng, who was still lurking in the enemy camp.

Zhuge Liang's wording this time was very cautious and modest: "There can be many ways to do this third article, and it still requires the collective efforts of the public, Liang and his brother just thought of one of them, so they said it first - but it is not that there is no other choice." ”

And Zhuge Jin didn't expect this trick to be useful, it was just an auxiliary, and it had to be used together with the first two moves.

Anyway, Zhuge Liang had a good understanding of the internal affairs and farming affairs of Guangling County, and he was in charge of the overall situation before controlling the saline-alkali land, expanding the canal, and repairing the sluice gates. Now the span from river repair and water control to shipbuilding and shipping is not large, and many of the original experiences can continue to be used.

Liu Bei was shocked: "Liu Biao...... Brother Jingsheng is also a member of the Han family and a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. We are here to support the Han family, how can we assume that they will also become enemies in the future? ”

Can strategic deception still work like this? It's really whimsical, and no one has ever seen it.

He couldn't help but sigh heartily: "Brother Zijing is in harmony, this theory is very good, and it is good to hear." ”

Today's Chen County is located at the forefront of the confrontation between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's territory, the south of Chen Di is Runan County, the old nest of the Yuan family, and the north of Chen Di is Chen Liujun started by Cao Cao, so the geographical location is very important.

Yuan Shu didn't win against Liu Bei, and he didn't dare to fight Cao Cao for the time being, and he couldn't beat Liu Biao, so he finally set his target on another soft persimmon closest to him - Liu Chong, the king of Chen State, and Luo Jun, the prime minister of Chen State.

After waiting for a while, Lu Su, who was still twenty-five years old, was well-informed, and the key was that Lu Su had lived in Huainan for several years and was familiar with the situation under Yuan Shu.

Zhuge Liang: "The world is unpredictable, and it is not wrong to be prepared for some things." What's more, Liang has lived in Jingzhou for two years, and knows that Liu Biao is a guest ear, even the nine counties of Jingzhou, and he can't control them all. In the future, if someone betrays Liu Biao and Ah Fu Cao thieves? All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted. ”

Seventeen-year-old Zhuge Liang, after all, his empathy is still so bad, and he has too little experience in dealing with people.

In this way, Yang Hong does not have to worry about the crime of betraying the master, but also can perform meritorious service in front of Yuan Shu, and can also get the gold treasure of our army, the best of all three, and he doesn't need to betray anything, how can Yang Hong not take the opportunity to show off? ”

Even if Zhuge Jin cultivated carefully, Zhuge Liang grew rapidly. His hard work in the last few months was at most equivalent to the level of Zhuge Liang's own growth in parallel time and space for one or two years.

After such good news was known by Chen Deng, Chen Deng was of course relieved. decided to fish in troubled waters with Lu Bu on the same day, and told Yuan Shu about his determination, cheered Yuan Shu up, and prompted Yuan Shu to completely make up his mind to give up the battle with Liu Bei.

He also wanted to wait for Zhuge Liang to continue to answer the second point, but Zhuge Liang fell into deep thought, and he didn't dare to urge.

Lu Su also nodded and said modestly: "The fool has a thousand thoughts, and occasionally has one gain, what is the way?" It wasn't that he was too resourceful to think of this. Su just took advantage of the people who had lived in Huainan for a long time and understood the characters under Yuan Shu. ”

Zhuge Liang: "For example, the general can build a shipyard in Guangling in the near future, build a large warship, and let out the rumors, saying that he has few soldiers, and now he can resist Yuan Shu's onslaught for more than a month, and he is exhausted."

Every few months, I go back to my eldest brother to recharge, and my eldest brother helps him hold meetings to summarize, give new teaching materials, and study with questions, so that he can fully grow.

Liu Bei didn't know that Zhuge Jin's contribution to the formation of this strategy was actually greater than Zhuge Liang's - Zhuge Liang was still young after all, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and it was only eight months since he officially started to do things.

But there is no doubt that Yuan Shu's idea is too naïve. Even if Cao Cao was not fully prepared for war, as long as Yuan Shu swallowed Chen Di, Cao Cao would definitely fight Yuan Shu, and the difference was only a matter of fighting now or in a few months.

Zhuge Liang said three strategies, the first one he is already doing, is nothing more than slow work, and it can't be done quickly.

If it is said that when Sun Shao was under Liu Xuan, he was responsible for public and formal foreign affairs, then Yi was doing the kind of work that was secretly bought. Just like this time, if Liu Bei wanted to send someone to meet with Yuan Shu directly and negotiate a formal armistice, then he would have to send Sun Shao. But if it is to let people secretly rub and give gifts to Yang Hong, it is more appropriate to be a ritual.

Just as Chen Deng was paving the way, Yuan Shu, eight hundred miles to the west, did another thing that caused the relationship between him and Cao Cao to deteriorate sharply.

I will send someone to meet Yuanlong secretly today, and ask him to do it as soon as possible. The rest of the matters will be discussed and implemented by the two of them. ”

Once this law is implemented, the general's control over the shipyard can even be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and he deliberately let Yuan Shu carefully investigate the rough situation, so that he can know that our army has really invested so much manpower and material resources in building a naval army and shipbuilding.

In this way, Zhuge Liang grasps the overall planning, and Chen Qun grasps the operation management, which just plays the effect that one plus one is greater than two.

"My lord, Su has a little shallow opinion, and is about to discuss with Kong Ming: Why should we worry that Yuan Shu is too stupid and can't understand our kindness? He can't understand it, so he can naturally let the people around him remind him.

Because his thinking was relatively strange, it took Liu Bei a long time to thoroughly ponder the taste, and thought of two small problems, or uncertainties.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, his heart was suddenly shocked. It was the first time he had felt so inspired when he had talked to someone other than his eldest brother.

After all, Lu Su defected from Yuan Shu's subordinates, and if he returned, he might irritate the opposing camp, and he would be vulnerable to danger when he was discovered. Yes Yi doesn't have this concern.

Many officials who are not enthusiastic enough about the Three Kingdoms game may not understand what a cold character like Shiyi does. Historically, after he arrived under Sun Quan, he was engaged in intelligence analysis and was good at seeing through diplomatic deception. When he was under Liu Xuan, he also often carried out various secret missions.

In the remaining days of mid-July, everything was developing in a more favorable direction for Liu Bei's camp, and every link in the plan was properly implemented.

If Chen Deng is not careful, he will be easily obstructed by Chen Gong if he is rash and forcibly persuased.

Of course, Liu Chong and Luo Jun would not confess to the thieves, so Yuan Shu sent the assassin Zhang Min to sneak into Chen Di with a team of men and horses and assassinate Liu Chong and Luo Jun.

However, perhaps it is God who helps Chen Deng, and God helps Liu Bei.

In order to continue to work hard, the general's advisers offered advice, and asked the general to use the limited money and food, as well as wood and iron materials, to build warships and other water warfare equipment. Trying to give full play to the Jianghuai Army's water superiority to ensure that Yuan Shu dared to attack again, he would absolutely cut off his water food route.

Second, our army may have to deal with Sun Ce in the future, and even ...... To deal with Liu Biao, the current strength of our army is still too weak compared to other southern princes. ”

After the successful assassination, Yuan Shu, who had already made all the preparations, of course, immediately drove his army into Chen County, and captured a county from the Han court almost bloodlessly.

Liu Bei humbly asked again: "This method is really exquisite, but there are still two points that I don't understand—let our army use money and grain to build warships, will it be useless in the future?" If it was just to make Yuan Shu think that our army had no intention of enterprising, wouldn't it be a waste of people's efforts to build a bunch of things that would be difficult to use in the future?

(Note: According to the "Book of Wu", this Zhang Min is the Zhang Min who killed Cao Cao and his father Cao Song under Tao Qian, after Tao Qian's death, Zhang Min actually fled to Yuan Shu and was not chased and killed by Cao Cao.) Now he has killed Chen Wang and Liu Pet, which can be regarded as an assassination of a professional household. ）

In addition, Liu Bei also knew people and sent him a staff member who was received from Liu Xuan, Shiyi, to cooperate with Lu Su to do things and help Lu Su get familiar with the situation-

This excuse made Liu Bei's sense of morality a little better, so he didn't ask any more, and accepted the setting of "start building a naval army now, and it will definitely be used in the future".

Although Chen Qun does not understand technology at all, his organizational ability is very strong, so that he can organize forced labor and allocate money and grain, which can always reduce waste and loss to a low level, and can also identify various waste links and improve the efficiency of farming.

Chen Deng, who was in Xiapi, was also surprised in disbelief after hearing about it.

After all, Zhuge Jin is well-informed, and in later generations, he has seen "The Three-Body Problem", and inspired by the idea of "Universe Security Statement", he has slightly changed his appearance and thought of the change of "building a water army, temporarily declaring that he will abolish the construction of the army".

By the way, Liu Bei also asked Zhuge Liang to sort out all the farming and development projects in Guangling County that are suitable for rectification and investment in the subsequent period of time. It is best to combine it with the shipyard to build warships, reduce costs, dual-use, and improve productivity while engaging in armaments.

For Cao Cao, although Chen Di was originally not directly controlled by him, he was taken away by Yuan Shu so easily, and he also pushed the front line of confrontation between the two sides to the border between Chen County and Chen Liujun, how could he bear it? Chen Liujun was the foundation of Cao Cao's initial army.

In other words, Zhuge Jin helped Zhuge Liang complete the five-year road in more than a year, and the current Zhuge Liang is about the same strength as twenty-two or three-year-old in the original time and space, which is still a little tender.

So after careful consideration, he threw out the question again, hoping that Zhuge Liang would refine it.

When Liu Bei heard this, he finally suddenly became enlightened.

Moreover, Chen Qun, who was specifically responsible for the construction organization and manpower and material resources scheduling of the river repair, can also continue to cooperate with Zhuge Liang.

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When Zhuge Liang heard this, he was stunned.

From the second day, Zhuge Liang received the work of planning and building the Guangling Shipyard and formulating the follow-up warship construction plan - not acting, but investing resources to develop the shipbuilding industry.

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As for the third article, Liu Bei really couldn't imagine how he could win the trust of the other party without making peace with the other party.

However, he didn't care about this, and hurriedly answered the first question first: "Don't worry, general, the construction of warships will definitely be used in the future, and it will be within two or three years at most." First, we will fight Yuan Shu again in the future, and we will more or less need a naval army, and we will not make it in vain.

It turned out that it was Yuan Shu who had been emperor for a whole month and a half, but he had no achievements in military affairs, which finally made Yuan Shu fall into a certain degree of madness and wanted to find a place in another direction.

"Why should you be too modest, sir, but it doesn't hurt to say it." While encouraging Liu Bei, he had already decided in his heart: Brother Zhuge threw it, it must be a jade that can be used directly! How can it be bricks?

The second one requires Chen Deng's cooperation, but fortunately, Chen Deng is indeed very cooperative and hopeful.

This year's eight-month experience is worth the original three or four years of hard work and study tours.

Secondly, this method is too winding after all, and it took so long to understand the mystery of it after being explained by Mr. Yuan Shu's stupidity must be far above Bei, if we play so much, but Yuan Shu turns a blind eye, what should we do? ”

It is precisely with this in mind that Zhuge Jin often lets the second brother run at both ends. What I'm afraid of is that the second brother has been outputting all the time, has no time to learn and summarize, and finally goes into a goof, and Liu Bei discovers that he is actually not as strong as the legend.

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Of course, there is still a big gap in this, and the security statement that Zhuge Jin thought of is only temporary and not permanent, but the underlying sociological principle is the same, that is, to change the method to prove that he is temporarily harmless to humans and animals.

Chen Di was guarded by the princes Liu Chong, so it was nominally in the same camp as Cao Cao's court, but in fact, Cao Cao did not interfere in Chen Di's affairs, and Liu Chong and Luo Jun were previously governed by themselves.

After Yuan Shu took Chen Di, he was actually not ready to start a full-scale war with Cao Cao, he still thought about "I assassinated Liu Chong and Cao Cao, what did you have to do with Cao Cao, you had better admit my expansion, I will not fight you anymore, it is better to continue to be peaceful."

However, Guangling and Yuzhang have limited manpower, and the strength to expand the army in a short period of time is spent on water, and the land is naturally weak. What's more, the shipbuilding cycle is very long, and it cannot be effective within a year and a half. After Yuan Shu knew about it, he would naturally realize that the strength of our army to defend was growing steadily, and the strength of enterprising was insufficient. ”

It's like an empty city plan that can only deal with Sima Yi, but can't deal with ordinary bandits, people can't understand it at all.

The answer to the first question came to him immediately, but he didn't think about the second question either - it's also a curse of the wise, sometimes occasionally ignoring how mentally retarded your enemies really are.

So don't spray me again to Liu Bei Zhuge Liang and say how could Yuan Shu abandon Liu Bei and fight with Cao Cao, it is Yuan Shu in history who is so mentally retarded.

Liu Bei was also overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly praised Lu Su, and at the same time concluded: "The two of them have their own strengths, so why be too modest." With such a complete plan, why worry about Yuan Shu not moving his troops north.

According to Su's knowledge, among the civil officials under Yuan Shu's command, Yang Hong is corrupt and bribe-worthless, and is good at flattery. When the time comes, Yuan Shu can understand our kindness on his own, then it is best, if he can't understand it, he can send someone to bribe Yang Hong secretly with Jinbao to secretly show the kindness of our army.

When he stole Chen Di, he didn't think about starting a full-scale war with Cao Cao, and his preparations were very inadequate. He also felt that as long as he acted fast enough, others would obediently admit it if he stole it, and he could only say that Yuan Shu was arrogant to a certain extent. He was Cao Cao is Chang Kaishen, and he recognized that the three eastern provinces were successfully stolen. ）

(Note: Historically, Yuan Shu was not long after he became emperor, because of the unfavorable progress, so he used the next three indiscriminate means to sneak attack and assassinate King Chen, seize Chen's land, and wanted to open up the situation.) It's just that this matter is relatively small, and it is not written in acting, and book friends who only watch acting may not know.

That's right! I didn't think about it in this direction at first, mainly because I felt that it must be very difficult to ask the civil officials under Yuan Shu's command to sell their lords for glory.

Lu Su saw that Zhuge Liang didn't answer for a long time, so he didn't care if he would steal the limelight, and hurriedly seized the opportunity to show himself:

As time suddenly entered the end of July, Chen Deng, the last hole card on Liu Bei's side, was about to finish the preparations for slandering Lu Bu, and he was only one step away from the door - don't underestimate Chen Deng's preparations, after all, there is Chen Gong under Lu Bu's command.

Zhuge Liang and Lu Su are advancing in an orderly manner. Guan Yu also won two small victories in a row in the front battlefield of the water army robbing grain.

Lu Su is on his side, he is temporarily responsible for intelligence deception, after all, Lu Su has just arrived, and he doesn't know the situation very well, so he can't put too much weight on it all at once, do a little less, and familiarize himself with the situation while doing it, which is the safest.

As an aside, when Chen did not have princes and kings, it was also called Chen County, which was located in Yuzhou. In the pre-Qin period, he was the capital of Chu for a while, and later Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised troops and established the "Zhang Chu" regime in Chen County.

But in this matter, even if Yang Hong is allowed to contribute, Yang Hong is not a traitor, just a "win-win". Win-win and extra money to get, why not?

When Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others in Guangling learned of this news, their hearts immediately let go, knowing that this time they induced Yuan Cao to pinch each other, which was definitely appropriate.

Yuan Shu wanted to make up for it from elsewhere because of his military disadvantage this time, so he sent someone to Chen Di to borrow military rations from Liu Chong, and also extorted weapons to help in the war.