Cao Cao stopped his horse again and looked at Sima Yi in surprise, "How could he have such great ambitions?"
Sima Yi cupped his hands and said, "Lujiang is one of the six counties of Soochow. Liu Cong will not tolerate giving the prime minister a share of the meat in his mouth. Hefei is an important place to block the northeastern part of the Yangtze River."
"Shouchun is an important town in Huainan, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and the Huaihe River is also a natural barrier. By capturing Shouchun, Liu Cong will have the capital to send troops from Wancheng and Shouchun to invade the Central Plains!"
"What proof do you have for what you said?"
"There is no evidence. If I were Liu Cong, I would definitely send troops northward to attack the Huainan city in order to conquer the Central Plains."
"Oh." Cao Cao gave him a meaningful look, and Sima Yi immediately lowered his head.
"drive!"
"Chuan Gu's order, Shouchun, Yue Jin and Zang Ba in Hefei, and Li Dian in Lujiang, must be careful about Liu Cong heading north!"
"promise!"
Liu Bei outside Fucheng has increased his troops to 50,000. Although there are some new recruits, Huang Quan and others dare not go out of the city to fight with him in the field.
Outside Fucheng, there were sounds of fighting from Liu Jun's camp. It was Liu Jun's generals training their soldiers.
Liu Bei stood at the door of the camp, staring at the soldiers wielding spears, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.
"Lord, good news!" Zhuge Jin walked towards him from the camp.
"My lord, Ma Chao and Han Sui are worried that Cao Cao's attack on Hanzhong is a false plan to attack Guo. They have raised 200,000 troops to resist Cao Cao!"
Liu Bei's frowning eyebrows relaxed, "This is really great. I can finally feel at ease."
Zhuge Jin said seriously, "It's just that there are still 80,000 troops in Fucheng. Our army can't take Fucheng, let alone Mianzhu, and attack Chengdu."
Liu Bei nodded, "Before Cao Cao pacifies Ma Chao, I must obtain Xichuan, otherwise, I will not have the capital to fight against him."
"My lord is right, Liang also heard that Liu Cong was defeated again in Soochow."
"Oh? Tell me." Liu Bei turned around and walked towards the tent.
"Cai Mao and Zhou Yu fought a decisive battle outside Wu County, but they fell into Zhou Yu's ambush plan. They won first and then lost, and suffered heavy losses. However, Zhou Yu also felt uncomfortable. Liu Jun had too many tricks, and Jiangdong lost a total of 70,000 soldiers.
Ma. Even the veterans Han Dang and Huang Gai were killed in the battle."
Liu Bei sat in front of the case, "Although Liu Cong suffered a few small defeats, he has been advancing towards Wu County. Jiangdong is just a trapped beast still fighting."
"My lord, you are right. From the moment Jiangdong's navy was defeated and the Jingchu army moved down the river, Jiangdong's defeat has been determined. Even if Zhou Yu has great power and the rear falls, he cannot defend Yuzhang."
"Liu Cong and Cao Cao have no energy to interfere with others now. We have no worries now. Can Kong Ming find a way to capture Fucheng and march to Chengdu?"
Zhuge Jin smiled and said, "My lord, although there are many soldiers and horses in Fucheng, they are not insurmountable!"
Liu Bei's expression perked up, "What do you mean?"
Zhuge Liang stepped forward and dipped his hands in tea, writing on the case, "My lord, a few days ago Xu Jing, a famous scholar in Chengdu, wanted to escape with his family, but was discovered by Liu Zhang and placed under house arrest. Does your lord know this?"
Liu Bei curled his lips disdainfully, "This Xu Jing has a false reputation. He is just a greedy person who is afraid of death and speculative."
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile, "Lord, we don't care what happens to Xu Jing, but this shows that the people in Chengdu are already uneasy. If we can advance into Chengdu, Liu Zhang will definitely leave the city and surrender. By then, Fucheng's 80,000-strong army will be defeated without a fight."
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Liu Bei sighed and said, "Our army only has 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 new soldiers. If we divide our troops, we will definitely be defeated by Huang Quan."
Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, "Who said we should divide our troops?"
On July 23rd of the 15th year of Jian'an, it had been six days since the Shanyue tribe withdrew its troops from Jiangdong and looted the south of Jianye.
"Hahaha, little lady, don't run away!"
"Get out of here!"
"Pfft!"
They are as cruel as the Wuxi Barbarians, but the barbarians are poorer as they go up the mountain. They wear straw sandals and even have animal skins on their clothes. If they didn't have knives in their hands, they would be no different from beggars. They want whatever they see, man.
Women, children, they all want it! Except the elderly.
In fact, Shanyue spread all over the east of the Yangtze River, even affecting Jingchu and the north of the Yangtze River. Since the Yellow Turbans in the late Han Dynasty, Shanyue barbarians and local separatist clans have continuously robbed people and merged, forming the increasingly large Shanyue force.
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There were three Shanyue barbarian leaders who rebelled this time, Fei Zhan, Jin Qi, and Mao Gan. In fact, they were conferred by Chen Qun. Last time Chen Qun went to Jiangdong as an envoy and after crossing the river, he came back secretly and conferred the title of three captains on them.
Cao Cao originally wanted to take the opportunity to go south when Jingchu and Wu Yue were at war, and if these people supported him, he might be able to drive away the tigers and devour the wolves and capture part of the south of the Yangtze River. Unfortunately, these idiots were short-sighted and relied on Cao Cao.
The prime minister acted as a backup and took the lead in raising troops to cause chaos.
"Damn it, Sun Quan! Don't you care about the life and death of the people in Jiangdong?" An old man holding a cane and holding his grandson was surrounded by the Shanyue tribe.
For the people in Jiangdong, they hated Liu Cong for leading the invasion, but they hated Shanyue even more. They went out to rob the mountains almost every year. In the past, Sun Quan also sent troops to encircle and suppress, but this time Sun Quan could not control it. What the old man said was
His resentment towards the Jiangdong rulers for their inaction.
"Hahaha, old man, you are right. Sun Quan has withdrawn his troops. Hand over your grandson and spare your life!" Several Shanyue tribesmen said with a smile.
"My son and grandson have been snatched away by you. Instead of letting him follow you and cause trouble to the people when he grows up, I might as well kill him now!" As he said this, the old man raised his cane and was about to point it at him.
Focus on the grandson and smash it down!
"Ah! It hurts, wuwuwu..." The boy whined and fell to the ground crying. Maybe he was old, maybe he couldn't bear it in his heart. The old man didn't hit the child's head;
's shoulders.
"Hurry up and grab people and kill that old guy!"
"Boohoo!"
Just when several Shanyue tribesmen were about to rush forward, several arrows shot out and penetrated the chests of several people!
"Wei Yan is here, the barbarians in the mountains will not be rampant!"
"Pfft..."
Wei Yanzong immediately stepped forward and killed several Shanyue tribesmen with just a few swords.
"Don't be afraid, old man. We are Jingchu's sergeants and we will not harm you."
"Jingchu's army?" The old man's cloudy eyes tried to see as clearly as possible, but he couldn't see clearly.
"Someone, take the old man and the child for treatment!"
"promise!"
In the past few days, Liu Cong had long wanted to send troops, but for the sake of the people in Jiangdong and to make them resent Sun Quan's inaction, Pang Tong suggested that Liu Cong let it go for a few days. If he sends troops at this time, Jing Chu will be seen by the people
The invader will become the savior!
When fighting for hegemony in troubled times, Liu Cong will not stick to small details. Only when the world is unified can the people suffer less. As for the casualties in the process, this is inevitable. Perhaps when Liu Cong is in his position, he will consider more than just the merits of a general.
Thousands of bones have withered, but there are hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, in exchange for long-lasting peace and stability!
Liu Cong himself didn't know when he became so cold-blooded. He would never give up on a common person.