Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

"Prime Minister..." After the eunuch scrambled away, Liu Bei immediately asked Zhuge Liang, "Chai Sang has fallen, what should we do?"

Zhuge Liang frowned, and said, "Chai Sang and Peng Ze are on the east and west sides of Pengze Lake respectively, forming a line with Pengze Lake and echoing each other from afar."

"Whether our army attacks Chaisang or Peng Ze, there must be two other Qin troops who can rescue them."

"So, if you want to regain Chaisang and Peng Ze, there is only one way."

Liu Bei is also a battle-tested man. When Zhuge Liang reminded him like this, he immediately reacted: "The prime minister means that our Jiangdong Army must attack three ways in order to regain the lost ground?"

Zhuge Liang sighed: "That's right, there is no other good strategy."

"This..." Liu Bei couldn't help hesitating for a while, the Jiangdong army was not large, and he had to guard against all the important towns bordering the Qin army.

Even the Jiaozhou and coastal cities had to send troops.

Therefore, there are not many mobile soldiers and horses that Jiangdong can really mobilize, only [-] soldiers and horses in Jianye City.

With [-] soldiers and horses, divided into three groups, two of which have to attack the city, it is a bit dwarfed by comparison.

In particular, the Qin army guarding the city is superior to Jiangdong army in terms of elite level and morale.

In addition, if all [-] soldiers and horses are dispatched, Jianye City will be empty.

The news of Yanzhou's destruction and Cao Cao's death has been deliberately spread throughout Jiangdong by Hua Yu.

It's still an art of attacking the heart, a conspiracy, and the effect is surprisingly good.

The current Jiangdong is in a huge undercurrent, and if one is not careful, the whole thing will catch fire.

Therefore, once Jianye City is empty, civil strife will inevitably arise.

And if only [-] were sent out while keeping [-] troops, the chances of attacking the city would be greatly reduced.

Liu Bei thought about it, couldn't make up his mind, so he could only ask: "Prime Minister, is there any other way?"

Zhuge Liang smiled wryly and shook his head: "Unless, wait for Wen Xiang to come back."

Waiting for Xu Sheng to come back?
Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, at least ten more days.

It will take another ten days for Xu Sheng to lead his army to land, and then lead his army to Pengze Lake.

In 20 days, God knows what will happen to Pengze Lake.

Based on Liu Bei's guess, there are two possibilities for Qin Jun's next move.

First, Hua Yu will increase troops in Chaisang and Pengze, and even build a water village in Pengze Lake.

Second, the Qin army will use Chaisang and Pengze as strongholds to attack the remaining towns in Jiangdong.

No matter how Qin Jun chooses, the situation is definitely not good for Jiang Dong.

Liu Bei stood up, hands behind his back, and kept walking before the dragon case, obviously hesitating.

Zhuge Liang was also helpless for a while.

Although he has the wisdom of the sky, the strength of the Jiangdong army is too weak compared with the Qin army.

More importantly, people's hearts are not on Liu Bei's side.

Many of the people in Jiangdong crossed the river and went to Huayu's territory.

For this reason, Liu Bei was once very annoyed. He followed Zhuge Liang's suggestion and forcibly confiscated the fishing boats of all the fishermen on the banks of the Yangtze River, making it impossible for them to cross the river.

But the Qin army also had countermeasures. They sent boats to patrol the river constantly, ready to meet the Jiangdong people who wanted to cross the river at any time.

Because Xu Sheng did not come back, the control of the Yangtze River was in the hands of the Qin Army, and the Jiangdong Army was very passive.

Seeing that the Qin army was so arrogant that it sent ships to meet the people from Jiangdong to go north, although Liu Bei was extremely angry, he could only do nothing.

And because of the limited force, Liu Bei could not completely block all the borders, so he had to turn a blind eye.

Later, under Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei implemented the same policy as Hua Yu in Jiangdong, which gradually reduced the number of people fleeing Jiangdong.

But because Hua Yu's policy is to value ordinary people and despise gentry, it is very unfriendly or harsh to gentry.

Therefore, the voices of the Jiangdong gentry against Liu Bei became louder and louder.

Fortunately, the military power was firmly in the hands of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and these gentry clans were only clamoring and dissatisfied, but they did not take any substantive actions.

After thinking for a while, Liu Bei had to sigh: "If we wait for Wen Xiang to come back, I'm afraid the situation in Jiangdong will become unmanageable."

"The two cities of Chaisang and Pengze must not be in the hands of the Qin army. They must be taken back."

"Right now, Zang Ba is injured, and Kou Feng, Zhu Huan, and Quan Cong are too young, so I can only rely on the prime minister."

"The prime minister has always used his troops like a god. I believe that as long as the prime minister leads his troops, he will surely be able to decide Chaisang and Peng Ze in one battle."

There was really no other way, so Liu Bei had no choice but to throw out Zhuge Liang's trump card.

To put it bluntly, it is tantamount to Liu Bei pitting Zhuge Liang once.

Zhuge Liang's strategy is unparalleled, and Zhuge Liang's use of troops is like a god, which is definitely worth a hundred thousand troops.

"..." Zhuge Liang was speechless for a moment, unexpectedly Liu Bei wanted him to personally lead the army and take back the two cities of Chaisang and Pengze.

This matter is indeed difficult.

Zhuge Liang is indeed unparalleled in strategy, Zhuge Liang is indeed like a god in using soldiers, and with Zhuge Liang's ability, it is indeed worth a hundred thousand troops.

However, if the Qin army defended the city and could not escape from the city, Zhuge Liang would have no other strategies other than a strong attack.

Not to mention, Zhuge Liang is indeed very powerful, but those advisers under Hua Yu's command, such as Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Zhou Yu, Fazheng, Xu Shu, Jushou, Sima Yi, etc., are not inferior to Zhuge Liang. .

If Hua Yu randomly sent one over, it would definitely be difficult for Zhuge Liang to take back the two cities of Chaisang and Pengze.

In fact, Zhuge Liang knew a long time ago that Liu Bei's corner of Jiangdong was not Hua Yu's opponent at all.

Although Jiaozhou has not yet been occupied by Hua Yu, the scholars in Jiaozhou will never compete with Hua Yu.

That is to say, among the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei only occupied less than one prefecture, and all the rest were Hua Yu's territories.

This is because Hua Yu does not want to send all the soldiers of the whole country to attack Liu Bei. Otherwise, Hua Yu only needs to divide into several armies and advance together.

So, while Zhuge Liang tried his best to help Liu Bei maintain his puppet Han regime, he was preparing for the way out.

But one thing Zhuge Liang couldn't figure out, why did Hua Yu look down on him and insist on putting him to death?
After much deliberation, Zhuge Liang could only determine one thing, and that was Huang Yueying.

Zhuge Liang thought that Hua Yu must have taken a fancy to Huang Yueying's beauty.

Then, Hua Yu also knew that Zhuge Liang had thoughts about Huang Yueying.

So, Hua Yu couldn't tolerate him and had to kill him.

Taking a deep breath, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to answer, "Here, Your Majesty, I obey the order."

Liu Bei immediately said again: "Jianye City can't be lost. I can only give the prime minister [-] soldiers and horses. This time, the prime minister has been wronged."

Zhuge Liang still smiled confidently: "Thank you Your Majesty, [-] soldiers and horses are enough."