Zhou Ping picked up the wine gourd again and took a sip. He smiled slightly and asked Liu Bei: "Who do you think, my lord, is the enemy of Xuzhou?"
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and asked you to make suggestions, but why did he question me instead: "The enemies of Xuzhou are naturally Cao Cao, um, and Yuan Shu."
"Yes, Xuzhou currently has three major enemies. Yuan Shu is the urgent enemy, Lu Bu is the hidden enemy, and Cao Cao is the distant enemy." Zhou Ping said.
Liu Bei was a little confused when he heard this: "Emergency enemy? Hidden enemy? Far enemy? How to say it?"
"Yuan Shu was in Jiujiang and called himself the uncle of Xuzhou, and he seemed to regard Xuzhou as his territory. When Tao Gongzu was there, Yuan Shu went to borrow grain from Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, and wanted to raise troops to capture Xuzhou, but the governor of Lu refused to borrow.
He sent troops to attack. From this point of view, Yuan Shu is determined to win Xuzhou. No matter sooner or later, the Lord and Yuan Shu will have a battle, and for this battle, the sooner the better for us. This is an urgent enemy."
Liu Bei didn't quite understand what he heard: "We have recently arrived in Xuzhou, and the Danyang soldiers have failed to obey orders. The internal situation is unstable. How can we fight Yuan Shu?"
Zhou Ping smiled and said: "This is about Lu Bu. Yuan Shao sent troops to help Cao Cao. Although Lu Bu is brave, Cao Cao is very resourceful. The stalemate will not last long. After half a year, the winner will be determined. Lu Bu is a brave man, and he has
If you are brave but have no plan, even if you have a plan, it cannot be used, and you will be defeated by Cao Cao."
"If Lu Bu is defeated, the places he can go to are Zhunnan and Xuzhou. When Lu Bu first left Chang'an, he tried to defect to Yuan Shu but was rejected. Now Xuzhou is an enemy of Cao Cao, so Lu Bu is most likely to defect to Xuzhou.
Lu Bu is a treacherous man who is only interested in profit and has repeatedly betrayed his master. If Xuzhou has an opportunity, he will definitely attack and capture it, just like Yanzhou. This is a hidden enemy."
Liu Bei stroked his short beard: "If Lu Bu really comes to Xuzhou and comes to surrender after being defeated, how can I refuse him?"
Zhou Ping heard Liu Bei's words. The question of whether to accept Lu Bu is a matter for the future. It is too early to talk about it now. The main thing now is to let Liu Bei know that he needs to guard against Lu Bu's sneak attack.
In fact, Liu Bei also left troops in Xiapi to defend Lu Bu and Cao Bao in history, but he left Meng Zhang Fei behind, but he only had two generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei available at that time, which was considered a helpless move.
Zhou Ping continued: "If Cao Cao defeats Lu Bu, but Yanzhou rebels and is restored to peace, and the people are not attached to it, he will need to keep troops to guard Yanzhou, and he will have no time to take care of Xuzhou in a short time. Cao Cao attacked Xu twice, which shows that he captured Xuzhou
My ambition is very strong and I will definitely come again, this is a distant enemy."
At this point, Zhou Ping told a lie.
But there is no way, I can’t tell the truth.
The reason why Cao Cao did not attack Xuzhou after defeating Lu Bu and Zhang Chao was because he knew that the Han Emperor had left Chang'an and was returning east to Luoyang. At that time, he had already thought of blackmailing the emperor to order the princes.
That's why he marched into Yuzhou. First, he asked Yuan Si, the prime minister appointed by Yuan Shu, to surrender in the state of Chen. He also wiped out the Yellow Turbans who surrendered Runan and Yingchuan. Then he stationed troops in Xu County and built palaces and official offices, just waiting to welcome the Han Emperor.
After welcoming the Han emperor from Luoyang and moving the capital to Xu County, he was busy attacking Yang Feng and Zhang Xiu of Nanyang who were stationed in Liang County, Henan Province. He wanted to completely clean up the forces near Xudu, so he had no time to attack Xuzhou for the time being.
But it is still the first year of Xingping and the second year of Xingping, when Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty will leave Chang'an. If Zhou Ping can predict that the Emperor of Han Dynasty will return to Luoyang at this time and will be welcomed by Cao Cao and move the capital to Xu County, then he
It is not wisdom, but gods or demons.
Liu Bei agreed with what Zhou Ping said, nodded and said: "There are three enemies in Xuzhou, how can we resist them?"
Since Zhou Ping was by his side, Liu Bei no longer bothered to think deeply about some things and only wanted to listen to Zhou Ping's opinion.
Now that Zhou Ping had proposed these three major enemies, Liu Bei couldn't think of any good way to resist them. The internal stability problem in Xuzhou alone was already giving him a headache.
Zhou Ping said: "Cao Cao's distant enemies can be ignored for the time being. The one that my lord needs to guard against most right now is actually Lu Bu."
Liu Bei asked in confusion: "Why is it Lu Bu? Shouldn't it be Yuan Shu?"
"This is Lu Bu. My lord knows that Yuan Shu wants to fight for Xuzhou. This is an open enemy, and Lu Bu is a hidden enemy. It is easy to hide with open swords, but hard to guard against hidden arrows. If it is as Chen Changwen said, when we fought with Yuan Shu, Lu Bu came from behind
If an attack comes, what will happen to us?"
Liu Bei pondered: "If this is the case, we are surrounded by enemies from both sides, and I am afraid it will be difficult to win... Sir, how should we deal with it?"
He was anxious to know the answer.
Zhou Ping suddenly laughed and said: "Haha... Yi Er."
"How?" Liu Bei stretched his neck and asked urgently.
"Before Lu Bu is defeated by Cao Cao and surrenders to Xuzhou, we must first repel Yuan Shu, so that we will not be afraid of Lu Bu's sneak attack." Zhou Ping replied.
Liu Bei's face showed a hint of joy, and then became gloomy: "Yuan Shu has fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses. If he comes to attack, how can we easily repel him? Besides, if Yuan Shu doesn't rush to attack, he will wait until Lu Bu comes.
If he sends troops again after Xuzhou, how should he respond?"
In fact, Liu Bei is not very confident in defeating Yuan Shu. The total number of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou is less than 40,000, and Cao Bao's 15,000 Danyang soldiers were left behind by him in Xiapi. He may even have to leave some soldiers and horses behind.
To defend against them, what can we do to repel Yuan Shu with such a divided army?
Not to mention guarding against Lu Bu, even Yuan Shu might not be able to guard against him!
Even if Zhou Ping had the wisdom to defeat Yuan Shu, if Yuan Shu did not send troops to attack, but waited until Lu Bu was defeated and surrendered to Xuzhou before sending troops, how could he defeat Yuan Shu? Do he have to go to Shouchun to fight him?
Liu Bei immediately regretted coming to Xuzhou. If he had listened to Chen Qun, it might be better to stay in Yuzhou.
Xuzhou is a mess, and there are several pairs of eyes staring at it, ready to bite you at any time, making it impossible for you to guard against it.
Zhou Ping looked at Liu Bei with a sad face and understood his worries, but since he had proposed the strategy of "establishing Xu to seize Yang and conquer the world", he had already thought of these problems.
"Don't worry, my lord. My lord is now planning to achieve peace and surrender to the country. He is brave and virtuous. He also has generals such as Shuzhi and Zhongkang. Moreover, my lord has a reputation for benevolence and virtue. He is attached to the hearts of the people and is supported by the scholars of Xuzhou."
, it’s just as easy as turning the palm of your hand to defend the land of Xuzhou.”
Zhou Ping first used words to stabilize Liu Bei's mentality and give him confidence that he could defend Xuzhou, so that the subsequent plan could be easily launched.
Liu Bei thought about it carefully and instantly felt that he was powerful.
Although Tian Guorang did not have great wisdom or strategy, he was still quite brave.
Not to mention Zhou Wen'an, who talks about the world situation very clearly and knows almost all the advantages and disadvantages of all the forces. Since he is so confident, why should he be too worried?!
Moreover, he has brave generals such as Yunchang Yide and Shuzhi Zhongkang. Let alone capturing Yangzhou, it should be no problem to defend Xuzhou.
That's what he thought, but since Zhou Ping didn't reveal his plan, Liu Bei's worries couldn't be completely dissipated.
He forced out a smile and said, "Sir, it's easy as it sounds. I believe you, but I just don't know how you want to deal with it."
Zhou Ping had a smile on his face, hoping that his smile would give Liu Bei more confidence: "If you want to repel Yuan Shu, you must lead Yuan Shu to attack. If you lead Yuan Shu to attack, you must first stabilize Xuzhou and gather Xuzhou soldiers."
Ma. Currently, there are three major forces in Xuzhou. Does the Lord know which forces they are?"