The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 97 Attacking Pang Tong

Liu Bei first reprimanded Zhang Fei, and then said: "Military Master, brother Jing Sheng took us in when we were in danger, and I am very kind to you. Although brother Jing Sheng has passed away, his son is still alive, and he has received the kindness of brother Jing Sheng." , An Rentu it!"

Zhuge Liang knew that if he still wanted to occupy Jingzhou, now was the best time. If he waited for Zhang Wu to gain a firm foothold and completely and firmly control the power of Jingzhou, they would have no basis and only Xinye County. How can a few thousand soldiers and horses compete with Jingzhou's [-]-strong army?If Jingzhou cannot be occupied, future planning will be impossible. There is Cao Cao in the north, Sun Quan in the southeast, Liu Zhang in the west, and Zhang Lu, Ma Teng, and Han Sui in the north. These princes have ruled for a long time and have already competed with the local leaders. After forming an interest group, who is willing to give up the territory to Liu Bei?Without territory, it is useless even if you are a clan member of the Han Dynasty or a great uncle of the Han Dynasty. No matter how lofty ideal goals you have, it is useless!
So Kong Ming said: "If you don't take it now, what time will you regret it!" There will be no such good chance in the future. Zhang Wu came to power by force and even massacred the Cai family, the largest family in Jingzhou. But there will definitely be dissatisfaction inside.As long as Liu Bei can unite with Liu Qi, the major foreign families will still have a chance to unite to kill Zhang Wu and occupy Jingzhou.

But Liu Bei resolutely said: "I would rather die than do something wrong!"

Seeing Liu Bei's resolute attitude, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to say: "My lord is really a man of benevolence and righteousness. Since this is the case, my lord should go to Xiangyang. On the one hand, I can assist Liu Qi according to Liu Jingsheng's last order, and on the other hand, I can observe Zhang Wu closely. Then make another plan." Zhuge Liang still didn't give up the idea of ​​occupying Jingzhou, because this was the basis of his entire plan, without Jingzhou's backing, how could he attack Yizhou?If Yizhou could be conquered with their thousands of people, then Zhang Lu would have occupied Yizhou long ago.

As the political center of Jingzhou, Xiangyang has more opportunities than Xinye, a remote place. Once there is another change in Jingzhou, he can help Liu Bei respond quickly and take the opportunity to seize the power of Jingzhou.Zhuge Liang faintly felt that if he could not capture Jingzhou in a short time, he might never have another chance in the future!

Therefore, under Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei took Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others to lead a thousand elite soldiers to Xiangyang, leaving Guan Yu, Jian Yong, Mi Fang and others to guard Xinye.

After Zhang Wu got the secret report, he couldn't help laughing, and said to Xu Shu beside him: "You, Kong Ming, are really good at planning. Let Liu Bei bring Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to Xiangyang, and let Guan Yu lead the army to station in Xinye. Don't give up on Jingzhou!"

Xu Shu also smiled and said, "Kong Ming's talent is really my own. When I was talking about the general trend of the world with Shi Yuan and Kong Ming, I heard Kong Ming say that his first step was to take Jingzhou as the foundation of his plan. But he didn't It was expected that Liu Jingsheng would pass away suddenly, but the lord took the opportunity to quickly get rid of Cai Mao and take control of the power in Jingzhou."

Zhang Wu also sighed a little, if he hadn't turned out to be born, Zhuge Liang's plan would really have a great possibility to come true.According to the original book, if Liu Bei is more ruthless and immediately abandons Xinye when Liu Biao dies, and join forces with Liu Qi to fight against Cai Mao with force, the chances of winning are still great.Because Liu Bei's counselors and generals are much stronger than the combination of Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, if Cai Mao dares to go out of the city to fight Liu Bei, he will definitely lose. , There are too many people like Yi Ji who have a heart for Liu Bei.

Another chance is that when Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and fled with the people, he passed by Xiangyang City, and Cai Mao closed the gate tightly and refused to accept Liu Bei.But at that time, Wei Yan led hundreds of people to welcome Liu Bei into the city. Wei Yan had hacked to death the guards, opened the city gate, and lowered the suspension bridge. up.If Liu Bei was more decisive and sent strong generals like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei or Zhao Yun to lead elite troops to meet Wei Yan, he would have a good chance of occupying Xiangyang.

It can be said that Zhuge Liang's plan was actually very good, and it was also a plan that was most suitable for Liu Bei's development, because judging from the situation at the time, Liu Bei only had a little hope to win Jingzhou.But Liu Bei just couldn't bear it, you said he was hypocritical?False benevolence and righteousness are stronger than true cruelty. Zhuge Liang is aiming at Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and he can fake it for a lifetime.

"No matter how talented you are, you need strength to support it. Kong Ming is indeed a genius, but Liu Bei is not strong enough. Zhuge Liang has a lot of talent, but it is useless!" This is the sorrow of a counselor, you No matter how capable and cunning you are, you still need your master to listen to your opinions and have the ability to implement them.

For example, Tian Feng and Jushou gave Yuan Shao one good strategy after another, but if Yuan Shao can listen to one of them, it is difficult to say what Cao Cao's current situation is.

For example, Zhuge Liang now, no matter how well you plan, if you want to capture Jingzhou in the end, you have to compare your strength.Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Chen Dao, while Zhang Wu has Xu Shu, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Wenpin. Zhang Wu himself is also a first-class general.The high-end strength of the two sides is almost the same now, but Zhang Wu holds an army of [-], and has no worries about logistics and food, while Liu Bei has only a few thousand soldiers, no navy, and has to rely on Xiangyang for food and grass. How can we fight against this?

If Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang each lead [-] troops to confront each other, Zhuge Liang may win in the end, but if Xu Shu fights Zhuge Liang's [-] troops with [-] troops, Xu Shu is not a parallel importer like Chen Sun! (Chen Sun said aggrievedly: I am your second brother after all!)
Xu Shu also knew this truth. He almost defected to Liu Bei at the beginning. Now that he thinks about it, he was lucky to be snatched by Zhang Wu, otherwise he would also face such a predicament.

Zhang Wu said again: "Yuan Zhi, you didn't expect to have a secret contest with Kong Ming, did you? Haha, when you were both studying in Lumen Mountain, did you ever think that you would become enemies in the future?"

"The Xun brothers are divided into Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. This is true for brothers, let alone classmates! Each is the master."

"At the beginning, your teacher, Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui once said: Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, one can be safe for the world. Actually, I know that you, Xu Yuanzhi, are no worse than the so-called 'Crouching dragon and phoenix chick' in Lumen Mountain. Han Degao, Shi Guangyuan, Meng Gongwei, and Cui Zhouping are also great talents in the present. The time for the rest of them has not come yet, but it is time for Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan to come out of the mountain. When the time comes for you three to gather in Xiangyang City, it must be very lively Haha, let's go, Yuan Zhi will accompany me to Pang's house and arrest Shi Yuan!" At this time, "Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Young" is still a compliment, but it is a pity that it was ruined by later movies! !

Xu Shu couldn't help laughing when he recalled the scene when he was snatched into Jiangxia by Zhang Wu. He knew Pang Tong's talent well. If Pang Tong could join Zhang Wu, he would add another Wang Zuo's talent to his lord. Great things can be expected ah!Let's see how the lord fools Shiyuan! !
(End of this chapter)