The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Bei's spies had placed many spies in Yangzhou a long time ago, although Liu Zheng was very wary of these things.

But the infiltration of fine work cannot be avoided.

Liu Zheng can only prevent the people around him from being infiltrated by the spy, but it is impossible to completely stop the infiltration of the spy.

When the news that Liu Zheng led troops and horses set off from Yangzhou to support Jizhou came from Yangzhou, Liu Bei's hidden spies quickly passed the news back to Luoyang.

Tell Liu Bei the news.

Of course, this process lasted for several days. Liu Bei in Luoyang learned that Liu Zheng was no longer in Yangzhou and had gone to Jizhou.

After learning the news, Liu Bei, who had been silent for a while, finally started to move again.

He knew that this was an opportunity, Liu Bei could take advantage of this time to attack Liu Zheng when Liu Zheng was not in Yangzhou and his attention was not on Liu Bei.

In doing so, Liu Zheng, who is fighting left and right, can't take care of the head and the tail.

Otherwise, after Liu Zheng pacified the war in the north, it would not be so easy for Liu Bei to find such an opportunity.

Liu Bei naturally didn't want to let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He summoned several of his counselors overnight. ,

I plan to discuss how to deal with Liu Zheng at this time.

In the General's Mansion.

Cheng Yu, Jian Yong, Xun You, Wang Yun and others gathered here.

In the corner, there are Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others.

Cheng Yu and Jian Yong are the direct counselors brought over by Liu Bei.

It is a group of people who support Liu Bei the most, while Xun You, Wang Yun and others are the royal party.

They supported the original Han Dynasty. They originally supported Lu Zhi. After Lu Zhi died, they naturally supported Liu Bei.

Such a person can be regarded as belonging to Liu Bei's lineage.

As for Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others, they were newcomers who were hired later. They were not deeply trusted, so they were only temporary marginal figures.

But this didn't affect Liu Bei's respect for them. When discussing such a major event, Liu Bei still called them all.

After everyone arrived, Liu Bei coughed and signaled everyone to stop whispering.

Cheng Yu was the one who received the most attention. Seeing Liu Bei's expression, he immediately knew something was wrong.

Immediately, he opened his mouth and asked Liu Bei.

"Liu Gong, what happened?"

Everyone heard Cheng Yu's question, so they didn't continue to say more, they all focused on Liu Bei, waiting for Liu Bei to answer Cheng Yu, so that they could listen together and then analyze the matter.

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, his eyes swept over the people present one by one.

"Something has happened."

Liu Bei answered, all of a sudden, everyone's curiosity was aroused.

"Please, Mr. Liu, explain in detail."

"Then Liu Zheng raised his troops."

Liu Bei replied again.

"what?"

The few people present suddenly showed surprise on their faces, and some even couldn't sit still, and immediately opened their mouths to continue asking.

"Liu Zheng sent troops to us again? Didn't this just quell a big war last winter? Where did Liu Zheng get so much food!"

At this time, at the beginning of spring, the grain and grass have not yet been harvested, and the grain and grass consumed last year have not been replenished this year. If wars start again at this time, the deficit in grain and grass will be even greater.

Not to mention that Liu Bei can't bear it, even the entire Han court can't bear it.

Therefore, when Liu Zheng raised his troops again, the counselors present were all surprised.

"It's true that troops have been raised, but this time it shouldn't be aimed at us."

Liu Bei explained, and this time, everyone who was in fear breathed a sigh of relief.

If it's not aimed at big men, then they won't be so worried, at least the matter of food and grass can be less nervous.

Jian Yong was silent for a moment, and then asked Liu Bei a question.

"My lord, since Liu Zheng is not targeting us, who is he targeting? Liu Zhang from Yizhou?"

Jian Yong participated in the whole battle in Hanzhong last time, so he knew that Liu Zheng suffered a lot in the battle in Hanzhong.

This is all because of Liu Zhang, so Liu Zhang and Liu Zheng's Liangzi are finally settled.

There is a great chance that Liu Zheng will send troops again, and he will go to Liu Zhang. After all, there should be reasons and excuses for his intention to take revenge in the Battle of Hanzhong.

However, after Jian Yong finished asking, Liu Bei quickly shook his head.

"It's not Liu Zhang, Liu Zheng is going after Yuan Xi this time."

"The north is always a hidden danger. How can others snore and sleep on the side of the couch? Liu Zheng should also know this truth, so he won't tolerate Yuan Xi's constant control of Youzhou."

"This time Liu Zheng sent troops to deal with Yuan Xi, I'm afraid he was determined to destroy Yuan Xi and pacify Youzhou."

Although Liu Zheng's thoughts have not been made known to the world, people like Liu Bei can easily guess Liu Zheng's intentions.

It was precisely because he understood Liu Zheng's intentions that Liu Bei didn't want to let go of this opportunity.

The faces of those present all sank after hearing Liu Bei's description.

However, they soon understood again.

"My lord, where is Liu Zheng raising tens of thousands of troops now?"

Xun You didn't have many spies, so the news was relatively backward for him. He could only ask Liu Bei for more detailed news, and then analyze the news.

Liu Bei didn't hide anything, and answered Xun You's doubts.

"According to the information we have so far, he has mobilized at least 7 to [-] people this time, mobilizing some of Jianye's troops, as well as Xuzhou and Qingzhou's troops."

"Of course, the troops in Jingzhou and Yuzhou didn't move. He was also guarding against us. He was afraid that we would stab him in the back when he sent troops to the north."

"However, precisely because of his defense, we must not miss this opportunity. We must give Liu Zheng a head-on blow when he puts most of his troops in the north."

"Otherwise, when he recovers and dispatches all his troops here to deal with us, then we will be under great pressure."

As soon as Liu Bei said what he meant, the people present understood that what Liu Bei called them to come over was to discuss how to take the initiative to deal with Liu Zheng next.

The Thousandth Chapter 17 Consultation

"You are all my most trusted people, and also my counselors, my right arm and right arm. Now that Liu Zheng is sending troops, how can we get around and get benefits from it? Give me a suggestion."

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he stopped talking, looked at the counselors present, and planned to listen to them.

The people present first looked at each other and observed their expressions.

Seeing that no one spoke first, Cheng Yu was the first to stand up.

I want to give Liu Bei some advice.

"Liu Gong, it's really good to send troops at this time. We can take advantage of Liu Zheng's energy when we are not with us, and give him some trouble. But when we sent troops in Hanzhong last year, we lost too much food and grass, and we haven't slowed down yet. Come on, we don't have enough food and grass to support us to send troops to encircle and suppress Liu Zheng."

Cheng Yu didn't want to pour cold water on the ambitious Liu Bei at this time.

But now Liu Bei has indeed encountered such a troublesome problem.

Say this sentence.

Liu Bei, who was still a little excited, suddenly sank.

Liu Bei didn't speak.

Just looked at Jian Yong.

Jian Yong can be counted as Liu Bei's logistics officer, basically how much food and grass there is, Jian Yong is the clearest.

Jian Yong knew that Liu Bei's intention to look at him was to ask this question.

He was silent for a while.

Still speak slowly.

"My lord, in fact, we are really short of food and grass, but it's just that the imperial court lacks food and grass. The aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty do not lack food and grass at all. The nobles near the suburbs of Luoyang alone can't hold it in their hands." For one year's food for an army of one hundred thousand."

"These people are stingy masters. If we don't ask them for food, they won't take the initiative."

"If the lord can think of a way to get the food and grass in their hands, the matter of food and grass can be solved."

What Jian Yong said, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts.

It has been like this since ancient times. The emperor's family lacked food and grass, but the pockets of those aristocratic families, landlords and veterans, were all short of food.

This is like, the country is going to war, and it tells you that you want to donate money, and asks you, if you have 100 million, will you donate.

You will definitely say donate.

Ask you again, if you have 100 yuan, would you donate it.

You certainly won't.

Because you really have 100 yuan.

Those landlords and rich families are like this. If the country is going to war, they will not donate money.

They would cry poor one by one, saying that they had no food, no money.

But when the city can't be defended anymore, the enemy can find several months of food in their docks and camps.

The difficulty lies here, how can people from these aristocratic families voluntarily donate food and grass.

"Leave this matter to me for the time being. Don't worry about the issue of food and grass. I have a way. I will get the food and grass of these aristocratic families."

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, as if he had been thinking about how to prepare food and grass.

After thinking for a long time, he finally thought of something, but he didn't tell the counselors present directly.

Seeing that Liu Bei had said this, everyone naturally didn't dare to say more.

"Okay, then I will leave this matter to my lord."

"Well, Mr. Jian Yong, go down now and raise food and grass first."

Time was running out, Liu Bei didn't intend to let Jian Yong continue to discuss here, and directly asked Jian Yong to go down to raise food and grass first.

The few remaining people looked at Liu Bei again.

"Everyone, please formulate for me how to deal with Liu Zheng this time."

For a while, the arena was silent again.

After a while, Wang Yun spoke up.

"Liu Gong, I have a suggestion."

"Wang Situ, please speak frankly."

Liu Bei asked for advice directly and humbly, and asked Wang Yun.

Wang Yun didn't beat around the bush, and answered directly to everyone present.

"Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses have all gone to Jizhou now, so we will send troops directly from Hulao Pass, attack Jingzhou directly, and take Jingzhou back. As long as we occupy Jingzhou, Liu Zheng who occupies Yangzhou with the help of Jingzhou's waterways, will have nothing to lose." What a power."

Jingzhou is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River system. As long as there is Jingzhou and the training of the navy, they can go down the river at any time and enter Liu Zheng's hinterland.

This is clear to everyone present.

But is Jingzhou really that easy to fight?

Everyone's heart sank slightly.

At the beginning, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang joined forces to retake Jingzhou from Hanzhong, but they failed.

Liu Zheng, the soldiers and horses stationed in Jingzhou are all the best of his elite.

Even if he is gone, there must be a lot of soldiers in Jingzhou. If you want to take down Jingzhou directly, I am afraid that it is impossible without 10,000+ troops.

Therefore, as soon as Wang Yun's plan was proposed, several other people around him immediately denied it.

"Wang Situ, this statement is wrong."