The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 43 Liu Bei is coming to Jingzhou

Fighting for world hegemony is the same as playing Go. There is a saying that "golden corners and silver edges rotten belly".In the corner area, you can concentrate on attacking or defending, without any worries, and without spending a lot of troops to defend everywhere.However, the forces located in the heart of the Central Plains will be attacked from all directions, exhausted to deal with it, and will be dragged down after a long time.

Zhuge Liang also saw this, so after Liu Bei occupied half of Jingzhou, the first thing he planned was to take Xichuan and obtain the golden land that Qin State relied on to rule the world - Yizhou, the land of abundance.

After acquiring Xichuan, Liu Bei was finally stable, and then he became hardened, and he also had the ambition to become king and emperor.

Zhang Wu found that he could not expand outward for the time being, so he had to focus on developing internal affairs and finding treasures. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to deal with Liu Bei who was coming to Jingzhou.

Zhang Wu was very contradictory about Liu Bei's coming to Jingzhou in his heart. He wanted him to come and didn't want him to come.

I want Liu Bei to come because Liu Bei and his group have too many treasures. If they can get them, Zhang Wu can definitely transform into a super-class military general, even surpassing Lu Bu back then.

I don't want Liu Bei to come because Uncle Liu Huang's reputation is too high and his cohesion is too strong. A group of people will welcome and take refuge wherever he goes.Moreover, although Liu Bei's small gang is not many people, its fighting power is explosive. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun are all super-class fighters, so they are difficult to deal with.

After the ten-day period expired, Zhang Wu went to the infantry battalion to inspect it. Right now, Jiangxia County can only support so many soldiers. If they want to improve their strength, they can only train the soldiers to be more elite.

Sure enough, Wei Yan did not disappoint Zhang Wu. In just ten days, the officers of the infantry battalion were convinced. They practiced seriously under Wei Yan's password and fought hard.

Zhang Wu learned that Wei Yan's way to establish prestige is very simple, that is, to fight if he is not convinced, and if you are convinced, the rules in the army are as simple as that, worship the strong.

As a general of an army, there are two ways to make your subordinates completely believe in you.One way is to be able to lead them to win the battle, and the other way is to fight all the dissatisfied ones. The strength of force is admirable.

In fact, Zhang Wu could have expected this result a long time ago, because with Wei Yan's force, not to mention the Jiangxia Infantry Battalion, even in the entire Jingzhou, few people could defeat him.Those captains and school captains who besieged Wei Yan were no opponents, and they were completely defeated.

During the ten days in the infantry battalion, Wei Yan also had a comprehensive understanding of the situation of the entire infantry battalion, and he was very pleasantly surprised.Because in his opinion, the Jiangxia Infantry Battalion is more elite than Xiangyang's main force. It is not only well-equipped, but also well-trained, with strong discipline and coordination.He was not a parallel importer like Chen Sun, and he admired Zhang Wu who had formulated a training plan. Turning left, turning right, and walking in unison had such a good effect.

The battle of a large army depends on the stability of the formation and mutual cooperation. Individual bravery has little effect, unless the general who leads the army is very brave and can kill the enemy's general.

Wei Yan felt that he could command these [-] infantry to beat [-] Xiangyang soldiers, and even fight against [-] Xiangyang soldiers without any problem.

This time Zhang Wu issued a new order to Wei Yan, asking him to take the infantry battalion to practice fighting in rainy days every time it rains, so as to sum up more experience.In order to prevent soldiers from catching cold and getting sick during training, he also brought a lot of high-grade alcohol, and stipulated that soldiers could drink a little to dispel the cold every time they trained in rainy days, and provided hot baths and ginger soup after training.

Fighting in rainy weather is a normal thing, because when the two armies meet on the battlefield, will they stop fighting because of bad weather?So Wei Yan didn't have any doubts.

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will guarantee that the mission will be completed."

"Okay, if you need anything, just ask Mr. Shi Mi, the general's mansion."

Now Zhang Wu can finally be a hands-off shopkeeper. The navy has Gan Ning and Ding Feng, the infantry has Wei Yan, Liu Qi is watched by Chen Sun, and the internal affairs are handled by Mi Heng.His main focus now is on finding treasures and planning how to occupy Jingzhou.

Days go by like this.

Sure enough, Uncle Liu Huang was beaten all over the floor by Boss Cao. Not only was the newly occupied Runan City broken and occupied by Xiahou Dun, but even Liu Pi and Gong who had just defected were killed in battle.

I have to say that Liu Bei's personal charm is great. Both Liu Pi and Gong, who have never met each other, not only gave up the city's soldiers and horses, but also died for Liu Bei. In addition, the hunter Liu An killed his wife to entertain Liu Bei. There are so many people in later generations Black Liu Bei, are people at that time all fools?
Liu Bei fought with Guan, Zhang, and Zhao and left, while Sun Gan protected his family and left first.Seeing that Liu Bei was running away again, Cao Cao did not chase him.

Although the whole family is not young, and the important people under him are not lost, but at this time Liu Bei has less than a thousand defeated troops, which is the most disheartening time in his life.

Since Liu Bei became sworn brothers with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in Taoyuan to crusade against the Yellow Turban, he has had many successes and disappointments. Now, although he has the title of uncle and the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, he is nearly half a hundred years old and has no place to live. He was beaten and fled eastward. Tibet, without any heirs, couldn't help saying dejectedly: "You are all talented Wang Zuo. Unfortunately, you followed me, Liu Bei. I am a hard-fated person, and I have troubled you all. Now I don't even have a place to stand. It is really a delay." Your future is ruined. Why don't you leave me, Liu Bei, to find the Ming Lord, and don't delay your pursuit of fame any longer!"

Those who followed Liu Bei covered their faces and wept.

Guan Yu persuaded: "Brother's words are wrong! When Gaozu and Xiang Yu competed for the world, they were also defeated by Xiang Yu many times. Later, they succeeded in the battle of Jiuli Mountain and created the foundation of the Han Dynasty for 400 years. Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs. How can it be possible? Depressed by a momentary defeat!"

Guan Yu would rather give up the high-ranking officials and rich salary given by Cao Cao to follow Liu Bei, so how could he abandon Liu Bei all the time and find another master?
At this time, Sun Qian said: "Success and failure are sometimes, so don't be discouraged. My lord, this place is not far from Jingzhou. Liu Jingsheng sits in the nine counties, has a strong army and enough food, and he and the lord are both clansmen of the Han Dynasty. Why don't you join him?"

Liu Bei said, "I wonder if Liu Jingzhou can let me wait?"

Sun Qian said: "I would like to meet Liu Jingzhou in person, and I will persuade him to leave the country to meet my lord."

Liu Bei was overjoyed and ordered Sun Qian to go to Jingzhou to meet Liu Biao at night.

Under Sun Qian's rhetoric, Liu Biao wanted to welcome Liu Bei into Jingzhou.

Cai Hao objected: "My lord, you can't! Liu Bei followed Lu Bu first, followed by Cao Cao, and then Yuan Shao. They couldn't stick to it. It can be seen that Liu Bei is also a villain who repeats himself. If Liu Bei is accepted now, Cao Cao will definitely send troops to attack Jingzhou. I think it would be better to decapitate Sun Qian and present it to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will definitely thank the lord."

Sun Gan is the number one diplomat under Liu Bei, and he has traveled among the princes for Liu Bei many times, so how could he be frightened by Cai Mao's words.

(End of this chapter)