Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer, you dare to steal my horse!

Chapter 42 Punishing the Heart
"From this we can see how cruel Liu Bei is for his great cause."

"Even my wife and children who have followed me for many years and even helped him in trouble can treat him like this."

"So, don't underestimate Liu Bei."

Bai Chuan exhorted again.

In fact, since Liu Bei betrayed Cao Cao, Boss Cao should have known this truth.

This Liu Bei is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.

But things are different today.

To be honest, one of the factors in the failure of the Battle of Chibi in history was that Cao Cao was a little inflated.

Swallow mountains and rivers with anger, unify the entire north, and shock China.

Not only that, but Jingzhou was directly collected without any effort.

All of this seems to have come too easily.

Therefore, this is one of the reasons why Cao Cao was anxious to take down Jiangdong.

He already holds about [-] to [-]% of the entire China in his hands, and the army, food, etc. are far above other princes.

Under such circumstances, it seems that winning Jingzhou is a piece of cake.

However, neither Sun Quan nor Liu Bei is so easy to deal with.

In order to prevent the tragedy of the Battle of Chibi in history, Bai Chuan still inoculated Cao Cao in advance.

"Then Jingming, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Cao Cao seemed very satisfied with Bai Chuan's words, and asked with a slight nod.

Bai Chuan saluted and said:
"I am not too different from what Master Cheng and Master Jia think."

"I believe that there are three factors that are unfavorable to our army."

"One is that the navy of our army has not yet formed yet, and there is almost no way to deal with the natural moat of the Yangtze River."

"Secondly, after Sun and Liu joined forces, they obtained most of Jiangxia's resources."

"When Jiang Xia was in Liu Biao's hands, it was an important place, and many grains, grasses and military equipment in Jingzhou were in it."

"This resource is definitely a lot."

"Liu Bei has food, soldiers, and weapons, which should not be underestimated."

Having said that, Bai Chuan was a little thirsty, and drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp, and continued:

"The last point is Jingzhou."

"Although the prime minister has captured Jingzhou, the hearts of the people in Jingzhou are still unstable."

"In Jingzhou, the people who admire Liu Qi are far more than those who admire Liu Cong."

"Liu Qi's supporters are still in Jingzhou, and Liu Qi is now under Liu Bei's command."

"So it's anyone's guess whether these people will do something."

Hearing Bai Chuan's words, everyone present fell silent.

Especially Cao Cao.

In fact, Cao Cao also thought about this matter.

After all, there were more than 30 soldiers in Jingzhou, nearly [-].

At first Cao Cao thought about taking Jiangdong in one go, and then slowly dealt with these surrenders.

But Cao Cao forgot that there was Liu Qi.

As long as Liu Bei uses it properly, Liu Qi will become the most favorable factor to instigate the Jingzhou army.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Chuan continued:

"So, Prime Minister, the top priority is, on the one hand, we need to train sailors, and on the other hand, we need to deal with the people's hearts in Jingzhou."

"During this period, we can reduce Jingzhou's taxes to a certain extent. In addition to the previous reconstruction of Xinye City, we can stabilize the hearts of Jingzhou people."

Hearing Bai Chuan's words, Jia Xu and Cheng Yu's eyes lit up.

Correct!
Now is a great opportunity to regain the hearts and minds of the people!

Although Bai Chuan didn't say it, both of them understood it very well.

In fact, the word-of-mouth of the prime minister is not good nowadays.

Especially for the common people, it feels like the prime minister is a complete usurper.

Even though it is still the position of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he is coercing the emperor to make the princes.

In addition, there was a massacre of the city in Xuzhou before.

Therefore, in fact, the whole Jingzhou is in panic.

Not only the people of Jingzhou, but also the soldiers of Jingzhou.

They were all afraid that for some reason, they would be abandoned like trash, and they didn't know how to die.

It just so happens that Xinye is being set on fire, so it is entirely possible to blame Liu Bei directly.

Anyway, this is not wrong, they took the people away, and they also set off the preparations for the fire.

Sulfur and smoke are all planned by Zhuge Liang.

At that time, only the two armies were fighting, and there were no civilians at all, so no one would question whether Liu Bei set the fire.

Then work harder, rebuild Xinye City, and resettle the displaced people.

This kind of thing is the best chance to regain the hearts of the people!

Cao Cao suddenly laughed and said:

"Excellent, wonderful!"

"Just do what Mr. says!"

"Come on, let me drink!"

On the surface, although Cao Cao didn't say anything.

But in fact, Cao Cao was secretly muttering in his heart.

After Bai Chuan woke up, Cao Cao realized that he was a little too inflated?
So much so that Liu Bei and Sun Quan were not taken seriously.

In fact, after knowing the news of Sun Liu's coalition army, Cao Cao showed only anger.

Even, Cao Cao planned to directly lead his troops to wipe out Liu Bei who was guarding Jiangxia City first, and then go to take Jiangdong.

But thinking about it now, it seems that it is not so simple.

Given the advantages of Jiangxia's terrain and the fact that there are many soldiers stationed there, these [-] soldiers are definitely not a small number.

And there is enough food and grass, and there is Jiangdong's rush to help.

The Sun and Liu are completely capable of fighting each other!

Just like Xuzhou and Xiaopei back then, no matter which side attacked first, the other side would do their best to stop it.

Thinking about it carefully, Cao Cao also began to examine himself slowly.

It seems that after taking down Jingzhou, his mentality has changed a lot.

Just take advantage of this time to recuperate, first settle down the soldiers of Jingzhou, and then think about attacking Jiangdong.

Anyway, I now have an absolute advantage.

The more this is the case, the more we cannot take it lightly.

However, Cao Cao still didn't understand.

Logically speaking, Bai Chuan should be the one who hates Liu Bei the most among all the people present.

Therefore, given the opportunity to attack Liu Bei, it stands to reason that Bai Chuan should choose to send troops without hesitation.

But now, not only did Bai Chuan not do that.

On the contrary, during the battle of Changbanpo, he chose the strategy of attacking the heart.

Could it be...

An idea gradually rose in Cao Cao's mind.

What Bai Chuan wanted to destroy was not Liu Bei.

It's Liu Bei who has worked so hard for most of his life to accumulate the surface of benevolence and righteousness!

This is the fact.

If he wanted to destroy Liu Bei, Bai Chuan had ten thousand ways.

With Bai Chuan's current status, he can definitely encourage Cao Cao to take Jiang Xia down at all costs.

Although this is a battle that will inevitably lose money, at least it can kill Liu Bei.

However, if this is the case, the world will only scold Cao Cao, but no one will reveal Liu Bei's true face.

In Wollongong, Bai Chuan saw it.

Therefore, Bai Chuan not only wants to kill people, the most important thing is to kill people.

Bai Chuan wants to let Liu Bei's hypocritical mask be completely torn off, and expose his true face to the public.

(End of this chapter)