"All talk nonsense."

"Su Jijiu can tell that Jiangxia is a heavy city in Jingzhou, with hundreds of thousands of people. It has abundant food and grass, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Isn't it a gift to Liu Bei for free? Isn't that enhancing Liu Bei's strength?"

"Su Jijiu, you are not so crazy that you came up with such bad ideas, right?"

Xiahou Dun had a straightforward temperament and couldn't help it immediately. He caught Su Chen and started to squirt.

"Yuan Rang, don't be rude to the military advisor." Cao Cao glared at Xiahou Dun.

Although he also felt that what Su Chen said was too shocked, but when he thought of Su Chen's evil strategy, he chose to trust Su Chen.

After all, since he met Su Chen in the Battle of Guandu, Su Chen had no choice but to fail even once.

Even the Dragon and Phoenix Chicken are no match for it.

Besides, even if Su Chen made a mistake this time.

He just lost a Jiangxia City.

Compared with the contributions made by Su Chen before, it is not worth mentioning.

"The military advisor said this and he must have a strategy in his heart. I also asked the military advisor to explain clearly to everyone's doubts." Cao Cao said.

Su Chen was not in a hurry, but looked at Xiahou Dun and asked with a smile: "General Xiahou has led his troops for many years. Can we know how many soldiers are needed to defend a heavy city like Jiangxia?"

Speaking of where he was good at, Xiahou Dun immediately became aware of it: "Jiangxia City has high walls and long walls. At least 30,000 people must stay in the city to ensure the safety of the four walls."

"Okay, let's take 30,000 troops as a reference." Su Chen's face showed a signature smirk, "After obtaining Lujiang, Liu Bei captured all the Lujiang counties, about 70,000 to 80,000 troops. In addition to garrisoning Lujiang City, these troops also had to station in the important roads of Qichun, Xunyang, Lu'an, Shiting and other small cities."

"The troops are already scattered. If Liu Bei divided another 30,000 troops to Jiangxia, General Xiahou felt that how many troops would be left in Lujiang City?"

Um?

When I heard Su Chen say this.

Cao Cao, Cheng Yu and others came to their senses.

The military advisor sent Jiang Xia to Liu Bei, which seemed to be giving away a city for free, but in fact he was sinister.

The city always has to send troops to garrison?

However, Liu Bei's troops could not increase out of thin air, so there was only one way to quickly occupy Jiangxia, that is, to divide the troops from Lujiang, and after occupying the city, they would recruit the people to join the army and train troops again.

But training is not a matter of overnight. Without three or five months, you can’t even get on the battlefield!

Even if it is easy to train troops, you have to build weapons and armor, right?

The time and money spent are not small amounts.

During this period, there will not be too many troops in Lujiang and Jiangxia City.

"No matter how many troops are divided, 20,000 troops must be left in Lujiang City to guard it, otherwise there will be omissions when defending." Xiahou Dun replied.

"Okay, according to General Xiahou, there are still 20,000 soldiers and horses left in Lujiang City!" Su Chen continued to follow Xiahou Dun's answer and asked back, "If Jiangdong knew that there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses in Lujiang City, what would Sun Quan and Zhou Yu think?"

"Aren't you going to be moved?"

"And it was after Liu Bei got a Lujiang City for nothing, and he got another Jiangxia. It was reasonable and Jiangdong would not sit idly by."

"After all, Lujiang is the city of Jiangdong in name."

It's amazing!

Originally, there were more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Lujiang City, and Jiangdong still had to consider it, but half of the troops were divided at once. If only 20,000 soldiers were left in the city, it would be impossible to say that Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were not moved.

This is equivalent to weakening Liu Bei's strength in Lujiang in disguise and attracting Jiangdong to attack.

Really clever!

This was the first time he knew that he could weaken the enemy's troops so as to defeat them.

After all, the more troops you divide, the less troops you have in the city, and the easier it is to attack.

"It's not over yet, this is just one aspect." Su Chen smiled.

What?

It's not over yet?

Everyone looked at Su Chen in shock.

"The city can be given to Liu Bei, but all the food, weapons and other supplies must be taken away. Before leaving, the prime minister must collect all the food stored in the people's homes at a high price in the city."

"At that time, I will give Liu Bei a Jiangxia, which has hundreds of thousands of people."

"And it's spring plowing at this time. Even if you plant it in spring, you will have to wait a few months before you can produce grain. Liu Bei can't watch these people go hungry, right?"

"So he had to transport grain from Lujiang to save the people of Jiangxia."

"But the food is transported over, should it be given to the people or sold to the people?"

"That depends on how kind and righteous our Uncle Liu is."

Su Chen finished speaking.

Everyone gasped.

ruthless!

Too cruel!

This trick to remove firewood from the cauldron is enough to make Liu Bei lose his skin even if he does not die.

"But what if Liu Bei didn't take Jiang Xia?" Xiahou Dun asked.

"That's right. After the Prime Minister resolves the turmoil in various places, Jiangxia can be taken down without a single soldier."

Su Chen said that, but he was sure that Liu Bei would definitely be moved.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be completely hoped for Liu Bei's heart. Su Chen naturally has a way to force Liu Bei to lead Jiang Xia.

He smiled and continued, "You can let Gan Ning post a list in the city before leading his troops out of Jiangxia, just say that he is today, appointing Liu Bei as the prefect of Jiangxia, and the Prime Minister will hand over Jiangxia City to the emperor's order."

"The people of Jiangxia must meet Liu Bei with their way. Can Liu Bei not go?"

"This will not only allow the Prime Minister to gain the reputation of being 'loyal to' the emperor, but also force Liu Bei to take over Jiangxia City!"

Xiahou Dun understood.

"I see."

At the same time, I feel a little secretly happy.

Didn’t Liu Bei claim to be kind and righteous all over the world? This time, facing hundreds of thousands of hungry people, it’s up to him to go or not to Jiangxia!

Cheng Yu and other advisers nodded.

This method is amazing!

Use the sword of benevolence and righteousness to attack Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness.

It's flawless.

Unless Liu Bei completely tore off the hypocritical mask on his face, he will fall into the pit dug by Su Jijiu little by little.

"but……"

Cheng Yu was still a little worried. He looked at Su Chen and said, "Liu Bei is surrounded by Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and other wise men, and there is Lu Su in Jiangdong. I am worried that Jiangdong and Liu Bei will not be able to fight, and they will join forces again."

"If Jiangdong is helping, Liu Bei can quickly control the situation and it will not take long to control the territory of Jiangxia and Lujiang."

"At this time, I was really full of wings and it was difficult to cut it off."

"And once Liu Bei has gained a firm foothold, he may join forces with Jiangdong to attack Nanjun and advance to Jingzhou. By then, the entire Jingzhou will be in danger."

Cheng Yu's worries were quite reasonable, and he immediately poured cold water on everyone who had just become happy.

yes.

If this is true, this plan will not only be useless, but will also encourage Liu Bei's strength.

The gain is not worth the loss.

"Also, Su Jijiu, if Liu Bei returns Lujiang to Jiangdong on his back and leads Lujiang troops to Jiangxia, doing so will not only retain its strength, but also have Jiangxia garrison and turn wars with Jiangdong into jade and silk, which will unravel the conflict with Jiangdong. No matter how you look at it, your plan is also helping Liu Bei."

Xiahou Dun also yelled from the side.

Cao Cao also looked at Su Chen with his eyebrows tightly.

"Military advisor, do you have a solution to the changes in this?"

"Jiangdong will definitely not sit idly by and watch Liu Bei grow stronger."

"Because neither Sun Quan nor Zhou Yu would agree!"

Su Chen shook his head, but he still followed Cheng Yu's words and said, "Even if Sun and Liu join forces again to occupy Jiangxia, and then lead troops to attack Nanjun."

"Zhongde can think about it. If the two families join forces to attack Nanjun, they must first cross the river, and all parts of Nanjun are under the control of our army."

"The supply of the Sun and Liu coalition forces is unsustainable and cannot be taken over by Nanjun, so Jingzhou will naturally be worry-free."

"As for what Yuan Rang said, it is not impossible. If Liu Bei had such great courage, it would be a good thing for him and Jiangdong."

"But Liu Bei can agree, but the Lujiang family cannot agree."
To be continued...