Cao Cao was furious and threw a cup in his room, scaring everyone into silence. Cheng Yu sighed: "Long Fei is a despicable villain. It is reasonable to do such a thing. My lord, you still have to put your body first!"
Dong Zhaodao: "General Xiahou's 100,000 troops stayed at Changshe. We have been short of food and grass these days, but now we have to give Long Fei another 200,000 loads of food and grass. Our army may not be able to use troops against Jingzhou in a short period of time. In this way, Sun Quan from Jiangdong will
Liu Zhang of Yizhou will complain!"
Cheng Yu shook his head slightly: "There is nothing we can do about this. Let's save the two generals first!"
The replacement was still going on little by little. After Cao's army withdrew, a long time passed before Sun Quan's army and Liu Zhang's army were still around Jingzhou. This made Long Fei a little uncomfortable. According to their estimation, neither side
Dare to attack Jingzhou alone, but if you don't retreat, you will have to contain Jingzhou's military strength. If Cao Cao replaces Cao Ren, and Cao Chun immediately sends troops to Jingzhou, these two men will definitely rush forward.
In the yamen, Long Fei watched his men discuss the matter of Sun Quan and Liu Zhang's troops. He didn't say a word, leaning on the cushion and waiting for everyone to discuss the outcome. The difference was whether it was war or peace. In Jia's case,
The army headed by Xu naturally advocated war. Sun Quan sent General Cheng Pu to lead an army of 30,000 to stay in Lujiang, while Liu Zhang sent Liu Bei to lead an army of 30,000 to Kuiguan.
On Long Fei's side, Jiangxia and Ganning's naval forces could be wary of Zhou Yu, Zhang Liao's infantry could completely defeat Cheng Pu, even if the Jiangdong line had done nothing. As for Yizhou, Liu Bei didn't dare to come at all. Xiangyang was an important town.
Xu Huang's army also has 40,000 bodyguards, and any group of soldiers can drive Liu Bei back.
Jia Xu said: "While Cao Cao is afraid to invade, destroy these two arms first. When Cao Cao comes, you can concentrate on the outside world. If you don't take the opportunity to eliminate these two people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with the attack from three sides!"
Xun Yu said: "We have just occupied Jingzhou and are not yet stable. If we use troops at this time, the strength we have accumulated will be wiped out in an instant. If Cao Cao comes again and it is even more difficult to cope with it, it is better to send people to join forces to deal with Cao Cao together. This will make it easier for us."
Cao Cao retreated when he saw the difficulty and did not dare to have any plans against me, Jingzhou!"
A group of people were arguing back and forth, but no one could convince the other. The army wanted to fight, and the politicians wanted to fight. Finally, everyone divided into two groups and looked at Long Fei. Long Fei slowly stood up, looked at the two clearly defined groups, and said
: "I have listened to your opinions just now. Fengxiao has not spoken. Fengxiao, please tell us what should we do?"
Guo Jia smiled slightly: "Master already has an idea, why ask me?" Long Fei smiled and said nothing, Guo Jia continued: "Our Jingzhou is weak, with only one state, and the princes of the world are watching, but don't forget, the world
The greatest among the princes is not us but Cao Cao!"
Everyone nodded repeatedly. Long Fei said: "That's right, now we don't want to put ourselves in the position of the lord of the world. We must know that we are not the biggest princes. Not only do we need to know it ourselves, but all the princes in the world should know! So,
Do you understand?"
Jia Xu lowered his head and thought deeply. Xun Yu nodded slightly. Some of the others nodded when they understood, and looked around randomly when they couldn't understand. Long Fei said: "Cao Cao has the largest army and the largest territory. He is the largest prince in the world. Now,
But he coerced Sun Quan and Liu Zhang to deal with us in Jingzhou together. He also knows who his opponent is. Why don't we do the opposite and unite the other princes in the world to deal with Cao Cao, so that he can also taste the feeling of being attacked from all sides."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Long Fei continued: "We can't fight now, we have to win over, whether it's Sun Quan from Jiangdong, Liu Zhang from Yizhou, or even Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui, as long as they are willing to join forces with us to deal with Cao Cao, we will win over everyone."
, only by gathering these people around will Cao Cao not dare to underestimate us!"
Jia Xu nodded unconsciously this time: "My lord, please teach your subordinates to understand!"
"In that case, where is Jiang Gan?"
Jiang Gan hurriedly came out. Long Fei said: "I order you to immediately arrange manpower to send envoys to all the princes except Cao Cao, regardless of their size. Those who want officials will be given officials, those who want money will be given money, and those who want food will be given food. In a word
, just to gather them around us, do you understand?"
"No! I will do it immediately!"
After determining the general direction, the next step should not be too negative. What I said before is grace, and some power is also needed. Only with equal emphasis on grace and power will the small princes feel that they can only resist by gathering with Long Fei.
The powerful Cao Cao would have been annexed by Long Fei if he was not annexed by Cao Cao. To this end, Long Fei sent an additional 10,000 troops to Jiangxia and asked Xu Huang to move his army to Yiling.
Long Fei's series of actions shocked the whole world. First of all, Liu Zhang, after seeing Long Fei's envoy, immediately ordered his troops to withdraw. Liu Bei also wanted to withdraw his troops. After living in such a place where birds don't shit for so many days, he still had to
He was worried that Long Fei's troops would attack at any time, and he had already had enough. But Zhuge Liang refused to leave, and Jingzhou's revenge had to be avenged. If he didn't show Long's army how powerful it was, Long Fei would always think that he was the Zhao who could only talk on paper.
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Liu Zhang gave orders repeatedly, and Liu Bei persuaded him several times, but Zhuge Liang never agreed to withdraw his troops. He first sent Wei Yan to advance to Zigui to lure Xu Huang. Seeing that Xu Huang's troops had not moved, he immediately ordered the entire army to press forward, and confronted Xu Huang in Zigui.
What Huang received was a strict order. He was not allowed to send troops without an order from the General's Office. It would be a different matter if they attacked.
Zhuge Liang was making camp step by step and was about to arrive at Yiling. Xu Huang was preparing to attack when Long Fei brought Guo Jia to his military camp. Xu Huang hurriedly went out to greet him and entered the tent. Long Fei first asked about the situation of the battle. General Xu Huang asked about the general situation
After saying it again, he said: "Liu Bei is coming fiercely and is pressing forward step by step. Last night he set up camp thirty miles away from my camp!"
Long Fei frowned: "Didn't Liu Zhang already give the order to retreat? Why does Liu Bei continue to move forward?"
Guo Jiadao: "My lord, don't forget that the current leader of Liu Bei's army is Zhuge Liang. We drove them out of Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang must not be able to swallow this, so he is seeking a battle, and he must win!"
"Hey! You are still young! You are too ambitious!" Long Fei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Fengxiao, can you think of a way to withdraw from the army?"
Guo Jiadao: "What's the difficulty? Yiling is mountainous and it's difficult for the army to move. As long as we guard the key roads, Zhuge Liang will not be able to get through, no matter how powerful he is. Liu Zhang will see that Liu Bei is unwilling to retreat, so he will definitely cut off his food and grass. Once the food and grass are cut off, Zhuge Liang will not be able to get through."
He won't be able to help us if we don't retreat!"
"This is a good plan!" Long Fei nodded.
Guan Hai was quite unhappy. Like Dian Wei, he was a master who liked fighting. Now he didn't like using this attrition tactic. Long Fei comforted him a few words and asked Xu Huang to go down and make arrangements. Standing on the mountain of Yiling
, looking at the curling smoke rising in the distance, where the Yizhou army should be cooking. Long Fei put his hands behind his back and asked Guo Jia beside him: "Is Feng Xiao having other intentions for irritating Zhuge Liang like this?"
Guo Jia gently shook his feather fan, his thin body was covered by the wide sleeves of his robe, and the wind blew loudly: "Yizhou is a fortress that has not seen war for many years. Liu Zhang and his son are generous, and the people of Yizhou are rich and live in peace and contentment. If Liu Bei wins Yizhou safely and the people don’t know whether Liu Bei is good or bad, it will be difficult for us to win over the people when we attack in the future. We might as well take this opportunity to let the people of Yizhou see Liu Bei’s true face!”
"Fengxiao is playing with fire. Aren't you afraid that Yizhou will fall into Liu Bei's hands and become our formidable enemy?"
"Hahaha..." Guo Jia laughed loudly: "Yizhou will eventually fall into the hands of Zhuge Liang. I think Zhuge Liang is a serious man, and he is very strict in his words and actions. If he rules Yizhou, although it will be peaceful, it will be difficult to make progress. , it was much easier to attack then than it is now!”
Zhuge Liang has been studying the military situation from morning to night. Judging from the past situation, the Dragon Army has always been known for its toughness. Anyone who dares to bully them must pay blood for blood. But it seems to have changed today. He is already three years away from them. It had been ten miles, but the dragon army was indifferent and silently showed no reaction at all. This made Zhuge Liang a little puzzled.
Ma Liang walked in with a bowl of porridge, put it gently on the tables next to him, and watched Zhuge Liang call softly: "Strategy! Strategist! Take a rest and have something to eat!"
Zhuge Liang did not raise his head. Ma Liang shouted a few more times. Zhuge Liang came back to his senses and saw that it was Ma Liang who nodded slightly. Ma Liang hurriedly handed the porridge to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang took a few sips and looked down. There was clear soup and little water in the bowl. , after drinking for a long time, he couldn't even see a grain of rice. He immediately looked at Ma Liang: "What's going on?"
Ma Liang sighed: "Liu Zhang asked us to withdraw our troops several times, but we have not done so. Since yesterday, our army's food and grass have been exhausted. In a few days, we will not even be able to drink gruel like this!"
"Is it so serious? Why didn't anyone tell me?"
Ma Liang immediately knelt down and said, "The military advisors are working hard, and we don't want to disturb them. I thought we could transport grain and grass from Zigui, but we didn't expect it to be available from Zigui. I have sent Taishi Ci to Jiangzhou to collect grain. There should be news in the next few days." !”
Zhuge Liang's calm face showed murderous intent: "Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang! I wanted to capture Jingzhou for you, but I didn't expect that you listened to Long Fei's slander and did this to me, hum!"
"Military advisor!" Ma Liang shouted twice. Zhuge Liang suddenly felt that he was a little rude and shook his head: "Don't be afraid, we can seize the food and grass after we defeat Long Fei. Pass on my military order to prepare for a battle with Long Fei tomorrow. General, lord They called, I have something to say." Ma Liang immediately got up and went to invite Liu Bei.
Liu Bei brought Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Jian Yong into the tent. Zhang Fei got angry when he saw Zhuge Liang and said viciously: "Hey! What do you want from my brother? If you have anything to say, please tell me. Grandpa is still waiting to go back for a drink!" "
"Third brother, please don't be rude!" Liu Bei saluted Zhuge Liang and said apologetically: "Strategist, don't be on the same level as third brother. I wonder what the military adviser wants to see me for?"
Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei: "Tomorrow I am preparing for a decisive battle with the Dragon Army. I would like to ask some of you to help me. If I can defeat the Dragon Army, our army will survive. Otherwise, the situation will not be good."
"Is the military advisor worried about the problem of food and fodder?" Liu Bei was still modest: "Liuzhou Mu has said before that as long as we retreat, we will immediately send food and fodder. Cao Cao has already retreated in the north. There is no need for us to be an enemy of Long Fei. You and I both know how powerful Long Fei is. If he is here here……"
"Shut up!" Zhuge Liang rarely got angry and slapped the tables with his palms. The soldiers outside the door roared and rushed in. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei immediately protected Liu Bei. Zhang Fei was furious: "That boy with a dead face"
, what do you want? If you dare to do anything bad to my eldest brother, I will kill you right now!"