Vol 2 Chapter 356: Opportunity

Twenty-two years in Jian'an, overall, it was fairly peaceful. Although the three princes were struggling, they still kept restraint and there was no war. Until the completion of Xiangyang City at the end of the year, Cuizhouping, Maliang, and Yiji were responsible for Jingzhou. In the overall settlement, Jingzhou was obviously another bumper harvest this year, and a large amount of grain was transported to Xiangyang.
At this point, Xiangyang has abundant grain and grass, and its armor is complete. Even if it is besieged by people, it is no less worried about the grain and grass. According to Liu Yi's plan, as the future central city of Liu Bei's forces in Jingzhou, Xiangyang City not only has strong defensive capabilities, but also One of the economic focuses, but at the moment Xiangyang City may face war at any time, it is naturally impossible to open commerce, so the shops established in the city are temporarily open to the people of Xiangyang who live in the city.
This year, I couldn't spend time with my wife and children. The atmosphere of the year made Liu Yi feel lonely. Even if Guan Yu invited Liu Yi to his family for the New Year, he was a guest and could not find the warm and comfortable feeling at home.
"You said ..." Walking side by side with Pang Tong on some desolate streets, Liu Yi frowned: "When will this battle be finished?"
"It shouldn't be too long." Pang Tongsi thought: "At present, Cao Jun has actually increased a lot of troops in Nanyang. According to Lord Wu's intention, he hopes that our army can start a war with Cao Jun first. They can take advantage of this to attack Hefei."
"The key is here." Liu Yi sighed. It was almost a year since the negotiation was over. Soochow was urging Liu Bei to hurry up, but the problem was that if Liu Bei did it, Soochow did not attack Hefei, but Stabbed with a knife in the back, it was really enemies.
It took a year for both parties to spend a lot of time in a negotiation. This trust issue is the key. After all, after the last thing, Liu Bei ’s credibility with Jiangdong may be discounted, even if both parties have rebuilt the alliance now. Meaning, but there is a gap in the trust issue, and it is not easy to build it again. Now Liu Bei is recruiting 30,000 soldiers in Xiangyang, but there are as many as 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangxia, Jiangling, Yueyang, and Changsha. Soochow came back with a knife.
After all, when Lu Su died, Lu Meng came to power, and his attitude towards the Liu Bei Group was very different from that of Lu Su.
If Lu Su is still there, the problem will be much simpler.
Pang Tong nodded, and Fazheng had been busy for the past year to convince Sun Quan to fight against Cao, but until now, Fazheng has not recommended Liu Bei to attack. Obviously, Fazheng also thinks that Jiang Dong is still not too reliable. Not wanting to take risks, Pang Tong can still trust the judgment of Fa-rectification.
"Bo Yuan, Shi Yuan!" Sun Qian took two guards, found Liu Yi and Pang Tong, and hurried forward, facing the two people: "Follow me quickly."
"What's the matter? We have just eaten." Liu Yi looked at the hurried Sun Gan and wondered, just after this year, it was common for everyone to walk with each other, but it was really impossible to eat. Liu Yi felt that he had gained a lot of weight during this time. .
"?" Sun Qian looked at Liu Yi blankly and said, "What is Bo Yuan talking about?"
What did you have to do with me just now?
"Ah ... haha, it's okay, let's go." Liu Yi smiled a little embarrassedly, and then urged Sun Gan to go quickly.
Among the government offices, Guan Yu has arrived, along with Zhang Ren and Yang Ren transferred from Shuzhong. As the top talents in Shuzhong, Liu Bei attaches great importance to these two people. After all, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are not too young, and although Ma Chao retreated, he came to invest in poverty. Liu Bei did not dare to let it go. The most important thing is that these two are young, with Wei Yan, Guan Ping, Liu Feng. Like people, Liu Bei was trained as the backbone of the Liu Group in the future. Since this time it is necessary to move, Liu Bei specially transferred the two.
It has the meaning of cultivation and the idea of ​​continuing to be enveloped. In short, the status of these two people will not be too low under Liu Beiyu.
"Prince!" Liu Yi and Pang Tong salute Liu Bei.
"Bo Yuan, Shi Yuan, and be seated first!" Liu Bei nodded and motioned for the two to be seated.
Liu Yi found that Fa Zheng had also returned, and the two had not had many opportunities to meet each other, and the friendship was not deep. Liu Yi nodded slightly to Fa Zheng, which was a hello. Fa Zheng, he heard Pang Tong say, If you lose your temper, it will do whatever you want, but if you do n’t like it or you want to count him, it ’s really a must-have. During the past two years in France, you have packed up a lot of ridicule or lowliness when you were under Liu Zhang. His people, Shuzhong in the past two years, have been destroyed by many families, at least half of them are from the hands of Fazheng.
Of course, there are also factors in these clans who have their hands and feet unclean and want to take advantage of Liu Bei ’s unstable footing and use some means.
For such a person, Liu Yi does not want to make a bad relationship, and Ping Bai makes himself a troublesome opponent, but he does not want to be too close. The ghost knows that the sentence is wrong and provokes it.
"Protagonist, I don't know what happened?" Pang Tong looked at Liu Bei and asked.
Liu Bei gestured to the waiter beside him, and the waiter handed a paper to Liu Yi and Pang Tong to watch, smiling: "This is a secret letter from Xu Chang, Shaofu Gengji, Taiji Lingjiben, Si Zhiwei Huang, etc. The loyal men sent to death, saying that Cao Cao is now in Nanyang. They wanted to plot to rescue his majesty in Xuchang. They asked me to join the army together and help the Han Room! "
"Opportunity!" Liu Yi and Pang Tongwen's eyes brightened. This is a good opportunity.
but……
Liu Yi looked at Liu Bei: "Cao Cao is in Nanyang? Maybe the protagonist is sure?"
Pang Tong smiled aside: "Although it may not be possible to believe it all, but since last year, Nanyang has suddenly been put under martial law, and the detailed work sent by our army is almost gone. ! "
"Just ... what can these people do?" Guan Yu frowned.
Shaofu Gengji, Taiji Lingjiben, Si Zhiwei Huang, listened to these leaders, is one related to the leader? With these few people together, it felt like they were delivering food to Cao Cao.
"It doesn't matter if they succeed or not, the point is, Cao Cao is in Nanyang!" Liu Yi laughed.
"Good." Pang Tong echoed: "Besides, these people have no military power, but they are all clan, it is not difficult to gather some people, and they have a wide network. If they do, they will definitely have a great influence. The embarrassment of moving capital over the years is obviously also worried about this. "
Such a move is a major event. Although Cao Cao decided to move the capital as early as 20 years in Jian'an, the progress has been quite slow. The emperor is still in Xuchang. Obviously, these people in the Chaozhong also saw that once the emperor was moved When they arrive at Yecheng, they will have no chance, so after finding Cao Cao to go to Nanyang, there was this incident.
Although Cao Cao foresaw that something would go wrong, he obviously did not expect that these people would drag himself behind at this time.
Liu Yi squinted on the map in the direction of Nanyang, and suddenly looked up: "Princess, he thought, now is a good time to occupy Nanyang!"
Once there was a problem in the rear, Cao Cao was definitely not interested in fighting. At this time, if Liu Bei sent troops from Hanzhong and Xiangyang, a war would be inevitable. Cao Cao gave up Nanyang to ensure the stability of the rear. Although it was impossible, there must be some restraints. At this time, if Soochow could see the opportunity to attack Hefei, Liu Bei was standing on his side with enough food and soldiers, and he could afford it and had a high combat power. It is very likely that he would eat Nanyang.
After all, Nanyang's terrain is relatively independent, but Cao Cao is definitely not as good as Liu Bei in terms of logistics supply. If the time is long, Cao Cao's logistics transportation costs must be several times higher than Liu Bei, even if Cao Cao sits in Kyushu, but from a farther away If food is transferred from places to places, the transportation cost is increasing geometrically, but if it is nearby, Xuchang is in chaos and Luoyang does not have much ability to support it. Runan also has to deal with Jiangdong. This is indeed a golden opportunity.
Pang Tong nodded and said, "Yes, since Cao Cao won Nanyang, the people of Nanyang have been suffering from hard work. As long as our army occupies two or three cities.
In fact, Cao Cao imposes heavy taxes on Nanyang, and personal emotional factors are not the main ones. The most important thing is that Nanyang is an enclave for Cao Cao. However, to prevent Liu Bei and Sun Quan from attacking, Nanyang must station heavy soldiers and the necessary food and grass. Most of them must be recruited locally from Nanyang, which can reduce the demand for logistics. In addition, Cao Ren and other generals are always cherishing the death of Cao Ang and Dian Wei, and the people in Nanyang suffer from hard work and have a natural perception of Cao Jun. It is not strong, and the rift between the two sides continues to deepen in this situation. It can be said that under the control of Cao Cao, Nanyang ’s popular feeling is the lowest and the most fierce.
Before Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang in the north, there were a large number of gentry and heroes gathered in the militia uprising in Nanyang to respond to Guan Yu. Unfortunately, after Guan Yu captured Xiangyang, he could no longer go north. These uprisings were quickly extinguished by Cao Jun, but many people took advantage of it. After the war, he fled south and sought refuge in Xiangyang. Now Liu Bei goes northward, not to mention the benevolent rule, but he treats the people of Nanyang with the same attitude as the people of Jingzhou. For the people of Nanyang, it is all benevolence.
And now Liu Bei, the most indispensable is money and food, the most qualified to practice benevolence in Nanyang.
Previously because of the trivial relationship between the three parties, and because Nanyang Cao Junbing has a wide range of soldiers, he has a strong strength ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is not good to go to die, now with this opportunity, it is really appropriate to use troops at this moment.
"18th of the first month ..." Liu Bei thought of the time that Geng Ji and others had agreed with him, and watched Liu Yi and others arrive: "Jiangdong's side ..."
"Only the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang can be transferred. In addition, Guan Ping leads the army to send troops from Shangyong, and then builds Yang to attack Nanyang. The soldiers of Jingzhou cannot be moved lightly." Fa Zheng laughed and said: "Go down to lobby Sun Quan, then see Sun Quan Our military is cautious in its defenses and naturally dare not rush to attack. "
In Jingzhou and Jiangxia, Wenxing is guarding various ports today. It is not easy for the Jiangdong Marines to come over. On the land, Zhao Yun guards Changsha. Land wars, even if there are few soldiers, there are probably few people in the Jiangdong Army. Zhao Yun's opponent, Sun Quan can only go north!
"Good!" Liu Bei filmed the case, and the decision was finalized. At the moment, there is not much time left for them. They must be prepared before the agreed date and then send troops to the north. If Nanyang can also be included in the bag, Xuchang and Luoyang then By the time he reaches Guanzhong, he is within the scope of Liu Bei's attack. The most important thing is that Nanyang is still easy to defend!
At the moment, Liu Bei ordered people to rush to Jiang Shangyong, ordered Guan Ping to send troops, and Fazheng once again sent Soochow to prepare for a joint effort against Cao Cao.
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