In fact, except for those who initially cooperated with Yi Xiaotian.
The rest of the people, such as Zhu Huan's deployment, Lu Meng's followers, etc., did not have a clear idea of Yi Xiaotian's abilities.
Many people are actually skeptical about various rumors about Yi Xiaotian.
However, the next day, the plan described by Yi Xiaotian conquered everyone bit by bit.
It even gave rise to some strange thoughts in many people's minds, such as...how could there be such a plan? Or, how did this person's brain grow?
Soon everyone realized that the difference between Yi Xiaotian and them was not in the level of intelligence, but in another dimension. Yi Xiaotian's perspective on thinking about problems was completely different from theirs.
Of course, Yi Xiaotian has no intention of explaining this.
Apart from these, no one questioned the content of the plan, even...even Lu Su, who was on Sun Quan's side, was full of praise for the plan.
Probably, this is what it feels like to be teammates with Yi Xiaotian, right?
Not only that, but the key point was that Yi Xiaotian also revealed some secrets to everyone, such as: As early as a few months ago, he had deliberately arranged some aspects of the plan. Now, many aspects do not even require the deliberate help of Lu Xun and others.
They just need to follow the plan step by step.
In short, under such a premise, a real contest with Jiangdong as the stage has begun again.
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time does not wait.
For both parties, this sentence seems to have special meaning.
At least on Liu Bei's side, they didn't want to wait for Cao Jun to jump in his face before reacting belatedly.
Therefore, after the meeting that day, Liu Beijun, convened by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, quickly began to collect intelligence from the surrounding areas.
The methods used include but are not limited to bribery and threats.
Moreover, for a counselor like Pang Tong who is good at people's hearts, there are many ways to attack people's hearts.
Just make up a few random reasons, such as Zhang Zhao has given up on them, don't you believe they can ask for help?
Or maybe Zhang Zhao actually planned to treat them as abandoners from the beginning, and turning against them now would definitely do more good than harm, etc.
As soon as these words came out, those who were mentally weak quickly broke through their defenses.
They were crying and shouting for Pang Tong to save them.
At this time, Pang Tong had to act again, showing his embarrassment, so that those people had to think that he was extremely lucky to be accepted in the end.
This method of recruiting and surrendering is of course less efficient than the methods used by ordinary armies to capture enemies, but if it is only used against certain key figures, this method of recruiting and surrendering can be very effective.
In two days, the entire Chaisang, or rather the entire Qichun, had been infiltrated by Liu Bei's army.
Except for the fact that Gan Ning and a small group of people disappeared somewhere, it can be said that Liu Beijun easily captured Qichun without any effort.
With Qichun's good start, the next actions are particularly critical.
While Yi Xiaotian was making suggestions for Lu Xun and others in Wu County, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were also thinking hard about countermeasures.
In games between masters, especially at the level of Yi Xiaotian and Zhuge Liang, a little information advantage often leads to unexpected gaps.
At this time, when Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong had not yet taken Yi Xiaotian into consideration, Yi Xiaotian calculated every step they took to the extreme.
On the early morning of the third day, Liu Beijun, who had prepared everything, finally set off.
Determined to fight steadily, Zhuge Liang's first target was Peng Ze, who was not far from Chai Sang.
Across the lake, 30,000 naval troops marched directly to Pengze City.
Fifty thousand cavalrymen circled Poyang and surrounded it.
It is not that they have not considered that Poyang would send troops to support Peng Ze, but this detour is also another strategy proposed by Pang Tong - in this way, they can approximate the reaction of the rest of Jiangdong to their actions.
There is probably no doubt that Zhang Zhao had an accident. The question is whether Lu Xun was able to take over quickly after Zhang Zhao lost control of other places.
And the final result is obvious.
With the blessing of saddles and horseshoes, the elite cavalry troops crossed the Poyang City in less than half a day, while the defenders of Poyang simply watched Liu Bei's army heading north without any reaction.
"As expected..."
Pang Tong murmured to himself during the rapid march.
Zhao Yun, who was accompanying him, was a little confused:
"Without Zhang Zhao, wouldn't they be able to rescue neighboring cities? This is..."
"Zilong, you don't understand this. For Jiangdong people, the soldiers and horses who really dare to die have always been controlled by the Zhu family and many other general families. The soldiers and horses stationed in other places are just local wealthy families.
Ordinary troops raised to maintain peace and order."
"Not to mention asking them to work hard, it is unknown whether the generals guarding the city can quickly mobilize their troops to meet the enemy in wartime."
"Hmph...If this is the case, then I have confidence in my heart."
Zhao Yun looked at Pang Tong who was smiling in confusion and followed his steps closely.
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Soon, Liu Bei's two armies gathered under Pengze City. Pengze's city guard and the captain had ever seen such a scene?
Nearly 100,000 troops surrounded Peng Ze, something he had never seen before in all his years in the army.
Without any surprise, Peng Ze's garrison immediately left the city and surrendered.
And all this was within Zhuge Liang's expectation.
According to this method, in just one day, Liu Bei's army attacked several cities in a row, and the army on the river had simply sailed into the new capital——
As for Xindu, this is the first choice the army faces.
"Lord, along the way, the information that should be collected has been collected. It's time to express our conclusion."
"Ah? Shiyuan...what did you find again?"
Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a little frightened when he heard Pang Tong speak so confidently.
In fact, in the past few days, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang had made all arrangements for the army inside and outside.
But precisely because of this, Liu Bei felt a hint of crisis.
It seems... it seems that the last time, during the battle at Chibi, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu were also so confident.
However, Pang Tong's words interrupted Liu Bei's thinking:
"The conclusion is that the Jiangdong counties are at the end of their strength. The embarrassment Zhang Zhao showed to us during the previous negotiations is by no means a disguise. I heard that the new capital is an area controlled by Lu Xun. As long as we do a little testing, we can confirm our guess.
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"So here, my lord, it's time for the army to make a change."
"We must part ways, otherwise, we will not be able to achieve control of Jiangdong before Cao Cao does."
As soon as Pang Tong said this, many people were quite surprised.
Separate lanes?
Isn't this an obvious attempt to weaken the combat effectiveness of all parties? Such a dangerous thing...what did Pang Tong think?
