The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 240 The Two Things I Hate the Most in My Life

Xinye, county government.

"Military division, the situation is like this, how should I deal with it?"

Liu Bei said, looking at Zhuge Liang worriedly.

At the beginning, when Xu Shu first took refuge, the defender of Fancheng immediately sent soldiers to attack, and severely tested Xu Shu's strength in all aspects.Liu Bei immediately fell into the overjoy of getting a great talent.

Although the good times didn't last long and Xu Shu left him soon, Liu Bei undoubtedly had higher expectations for the great talent Zhuge Liang who was "ten times better than him" in Xu Shu's mouth.

However, it has been almost a year since Zhuge Liang defected to him, not to mention that no one came to attack Xinye, and the prophecy that "Liu Biao will die soon" in "Longzhong Dui" has been delayed.

Not to mention the words "Xichuan will return to the general after a long time", that is too far away.

What's more terrible is that under the instigation of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the generals in Xinye were not convinced by Zhuge Liang, and there was an undercurrent in the city, and the atmosphere was weird.

Although Mr. Shui Jing and Xu Shu both said: Zhuge Liang is a great talent born in the world.

But it doesn't mean that others say you are a great talent. You have to prove that you are a great talent and stop others from talking.

How to prove it?This stumped Liu Bei.

You can't take thousands of troops to attack Fancheng, which is defended by tens of thousands of people, to prove it?
If you really do this, it's no different from sending yourself to death!

At this moment, Liu Biao was still very weak and the Northern Army had not attacked. Zhuge Liang was useless and could only train his troops every day.

As for government affairs, a small Xinye county has tens of thousands of people and only a few thousand soldiers. Where does the government affairs come from?

It has been 12 years since Jian'an, and Liu Bei is 46 years old. Half of his body is buried in the soil, and he still has nothing. How can he not be anxious?
Liu Bei has even vaguely seen his own ending-nothing will be achieved, and his life will be empty.

This feeling of seeing death at a glance is very frustrating.

Liu Bei was very anxious, Zhuge Liang was even more anxious than him, but he said without hesitation: "Don't worry, my lord. Now that the northern border is flat, I predict that the northern army will surely go south in a few days. Liu Biao won't be able to hold on for long. Then I can make trouble out of chaos." .”

After all, Liu Bei has been wandering for most of his life and has seen many people. He blurted out what he just said in a moment of anxiety. Hearing this, he thought that Liu Biao will be 65 this year, and he probably won't live long, so he quickly calmed down.

"In that case, what should we do?"

As he said that, Liu Bei sighed: "Cai Mao and his brothers are powerful now. If Jing Sheng dies, Jingzhou will belong to Liu Cong. I can't bear to invade his state and take away its people. In addition, the six counties in the east of the Yangtze River belong to Yuan She, and the north is also returned. With a huge army watching, Jingzhou is facing enemies on both sides, even if it can be won, it is really hard to survive."

The first half of these words are just polite words. Just imagine, how can you take Jingzhou from the 10 people controlled by Cai Mao with only a few thousand people in Xinye?The second half is true. Even if Jingzhou is won, how will we deal with the next offensive from the north and east?
Zhuge Liang also frowned and said: "The small county of Xinye is definitely not a place for martial arts. In my opinion, my lord needs to make plans early."

"What Kong Ming said is very true, but the situation is like this, how can I survive?"

"If the destiny is not mine, I am afraid that the only way to go is to retire to the fields."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei suddenly lost interest.

After all, once a person has no goal, it is easy to become confused.

The current situation of Liu Bei is like this, he can't see where the way out is, and he is in a state of confusion.

In the past, there were many princes and the situation in the world was obscure and difficult to understand. Liu Bei naturally had a goal to fight for.

Now all the princes are dead and fleeing, and there are only two states in the fourteen states that can use force, but these two states still have masters, and they are under the control of Liu Zhang and Liu Biao respectively.

If Liu Biao dies, Jingzhou will have no backbone and will inevitably fall apart, and the situation will only get worse.

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Zhuge Liang's heart moved.

Compared with Liu Bei, who suffered repeated defeats and fought repeatedly and developed an overwhelming fear of the Northern Army, Zhuge Liang, who had just emerged from the army, did not have such negative emotions.

After all, he is from Xuzhou, and he has only been in Jingzhou for a few years. Before Liu Bei recruited him, the imperial court issued an edict to recruit him.

Moreover, he has never had a direct confrontation with Cheng Yuanzhi, and he has never tasted the feeling of failure and failure.

Therefore, he can completely let go of his hands and feet, and it doesn't matter if he fails. Anyway, there are plenty of ways to retreat, or go back to the mountains and forests, or return to the court as an official.

If it succeeds, it must be famous forever.

However, Liu Bei's current strength is too weak, with no more than [-] soldiers and no more than three generals, almost like a polished commander. With such a basic set, it is impossible to create miracles, so he must find ways to increase his strength.

The northern part of Jingzhou is under the control of the three brothers Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and there is no other choice now, as long as the barren four counties in southern Jingzhou can make a plan.

Fortunately, Liu Qi's dark move was laid in Wuling before.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang immediately said: "Your Majesty, you should send your cronies to Wuling to contact Liu Qi and order him to expand his army and recruit troops. If the northern army comes, we will immediately go south to guard the four counties in southern Jing and defend ourselves across the river."

The two looked at each other, and Liu Bei felt that what Zhuge Liang said made sense, so he nodded.

"The military division is right, I will send people to Wuling right away."

"This is the autumn of life and death. Ordinary people can't do it. Mingyu Liu Qi has kindness first. I want to go to Wuling to help Liu Qi quickly control the four counties in Jingnan, waiting for the arrival of the lord."

"It is clear that Liu Jingsheng's deadline will come within a year. If the Northern Army comes at that time, the two generals Dang, Guan and Zhang will immediately lead the army to the south and must not stay in Xiangyang."

Liu Bei nodded his head and said, "Okay, there is no need to delay, military advisor, please go quickly."

Zhuge Liang got up and cupped his hands, strode out, led two followers, and went straight to Wuling.

After Zhuge Liang left, neither Zhang Fei nor Guan Yu noticed that Xinye was missing someone at first.

After two days, I found that no one was training soldiers, so I came to see Liu Bei angrily and questioned Zhuge Liang.

At that moment, Liu Bei told the two of them why Zhuge Liang went to Wuling to seek employment.


Hearing this, the two reacted differently.

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, and instantly felt that Zhuge Liang's image had grown taller. He put his elder brother's interests first in everything. In order to find a place for his elder brother Liu Bei to live, he did not hesitate to go to Wuling alone to plan.

Zhang Fei didn't think so, he stared wide-eyed and said, "Brother, what if he never comes back?"

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei angrily, and was about to reprimand him: "Kong Ming is not this kind of person, and he will never abandon me!"

When the words came to his lips, they suddenly changed to: "If you don't return, then don't return. Good birds choose trees to live in."

Having said that, Liu Bei disapproved of Liu Qi very much in his heart, and didn't think Liu Qi was qualified to keep Zhuge Liang.

.........

The news from Jingzhou soon spread to Yecheng.

Knowing that Zhuge Liang went to Wuling to look for Liu Qi, Cheng Yuanzhi realized that it was unusual, and immediately summoned his advisers to discuss the matter.

Although Guo Jia's health did not recover, he was unable to attend.But there were still a lot of counselors present at the meeting, most of whom were the top counselors of this era.

Shen Pei, Yang Xiu, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Liu Ye, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xun You, Feng Ji, Xun Chen, Chen Lin, Chen Qun, Xin Pi, Xin Ping, Cheng Yu, Hua Xin, Zhang Zhao, Yan Zuo ; Zhang Hong, Kan Ze, Xue Zong, Cheng Bing, Luo Tong, Wu Can, Gu Yong, Zhu Heng, Zhang Wen...

There are too many counselors, and you can't see the edge at a glance.

The examiner came out with a frown and said, "Zhuge Liang is not assisting Liu Bei in Xinye? He went to Wuling instead. This is very strange."

"Could it be that Liu Bei has the intention to annex the four counties in Jingnan?"

Yang Xiu was also a master who was good at understanding people's hearts and unwilling to be followed by others. Hearing this, he came out and said: "The judge did not know that Liu Biao was old and frail, and the two sons were quarreling. Liu Qi was not tolerated by his stepmother Cai. His appointment as the prefect of Wuling was actually a refuge. This plan came from the hands of Zhuge Liang."

"I see."

The appraiser was busy with government affairs all day long and didn't know much about what happened in Jingzhou, so he nodded and said to Cheng Yuanzhi:

"In the past, Yuan Benchu ​​looked down on Heshuo; Gongsun Zan lived in Youyan; Yuan Shu occupied Huainan; Liu Jingsheng rose to Jingzhou; Ma Teng and Han Sui ruled in Guanxi; Lu Bu stole his life in Dongxia; Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of cavalry, united vertically and established diplomatic relations, they are outstanding for a while. Today all the heroes are all annihilated, only Liu Biao is still alive."

"With my prosperity today, I don't need to care about what others do. If the prime minister is going south, Jingzhou can be leveled with a snap of his fingers."

"I just don't know if the prime minister intends to go south?"

Cheng Yuanzhi thought for a while and said: "Yes, yes, but let's talk about it after my wife gives birth..."

When this statement came out, everyone was lost.

The foreign troubles in the north have almost been eliminated, and the great cause of reunification is just around the corner. The prime minister (lord) actually postponed the great cause for his wife to have a child. This...

This is outrageous!

Acting like this is very much like Yuan Shao who "forgot about small gains and cherished his life when he did great things".

But such an unreliable protagonist is about to rule the world.

This is really puzzling.

Everyone felt that after the imperial court regained Jiangdong today, there was already a navy, and Jingzhou was not a threat.

Cheng Yuanzhi doesn't think so.

That's right, he does have a navy now, but without Zhou Yu, without Zhou Yu, Jiangdong's navy is really stronger than Jingzhou's navy?

Not necessarily.

What's more, Jiangdong is located in the lower reaches, so can it really "pacify with a snap of the fingers" by attacking Jingzhou upstream?
Can't.

If it was so easy, why couldn't Sun Quan, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan take Jingzhou for so many years?
Are Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu incompetent?
Not so.

In fact, Jingzhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack!
In this day and age, the scope of Yunmeng Lake is ridiculously large, and Jingzhou is full of water country, which is more like a water town than Jiangdong Water Town. Even if the army has a million lions, it is completely useless in Jingzhou.

Strictly speaking, when attacking Jingzhou, only the [-] to [-] sailors who surrendered from Jiangdong can be used to attack Jingzhou, and the Jiangdong navy that sneaked over is not the confidant of Zhou Yu's navy. Not big, not many.

And Jingzhou has 10,000+ sailors!Although lacking in training, they are well equipped.

How can it be so easy to win more with less?
Besides, Liu Biao is still there, and Jingzhou is still monolithic.

In such a calculation, the odds are too low.

If it wasn't for Liu Biao's old age and frailty, he had no enterprising spirit, he would have led his army down the river and captured Jiangdong long ago.

All in all, with the current number of naval forces in Jiangdong, self-protection is not enough, and many troops must be sent to help defend the city. They do not have the conditions to attack Jingzhou and win it.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi looked around at the crowd and said inscrutablely: "The time has not come, and it is not appropriate to raise troops. Now we are only talking about Zhuge Liang's going to Wuling. What advice do you have?"

Seeing that the theme of the meeting had been decided, Tian Feng came out and said: "I heard that Liu Biao's health is declining and he will die soon. If Liu Biao really dies in the near future, the land of Jingxiang will definitely belong to the Cai family."

"The Cai family has long wanted to seek refuge with the imperial court. Why doesn't the Prime Minister send someone to contact him and promise him a generous salary from a high-ranking official? If so, he will be able to obtain Jingzhou without any effort."

That's right, how could I have forgotten the ghost Cai Mao... Cheng Yuanzhi chuckled lightly: "Yuan Hao's words are very true, so let's do this."

After Ju Shou was unwilling, he also came out and said: "The prime minister sent envoys to Jingzhou quietly in the name of the court to appease the prefects of the four counties in southern Jing and show his favor. In this way, let Zhuge Liang give up the lotus. It must not work."

"At most, I can only persuade Liu Qi, the prefect of Wuling."

In the final analysis, between the imperial court and Liu Bei, who controls ten states in the world and an army of millions, normal people know how to choose.

However, is this really good?
Before Liu Biao died, he was secretly carrying out a series of tricks in an attempt to carve up his inheritance. If he found out about this, he would be pissed to death!
But what does it matter to me whether Liu Biao is angry or not?
Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi smiled and said: "Your words are very kind, I should follow them."

Immediately, Liu Ye and Cheng Yu were ordered to rush to Jingzhou respectively to carry out the agreed tasks.

The proceedings ended successfully.

After the meeting, Cheng Yuanzhi left Jia Xu alone.

Everyone left one after another, Jia Xu was the only one left in the hall, looking at the empty hall, feeling uneasy.

He followed Dong Zhuo for many years, and later instigated the Xiliang Army to bring chaos to Chang'an. Although his crimes were written off when he defected to Cheng Yuanzhi, he still felt very uneasy.

Although it was Li Jue, Guo Si and others who gave the order, without his strategy, the Xiliang army would have dispersed like birds and beasts. How could they invade Chang'an, control the court, and harm the people.

After all, he, Jia Xu, was the culprit.

Because of this reason, since Jia Xu took refuge in Yecheng, he has been having nightmares night after night.On weekdays, he doesn't leave the gate at the second door, fearing that he will make a mistake and offend someone who shouldn't be offended, and Cheng Yuanzhi finds an excuse to deal with him.

What's more, those aristocratic families who were plundered by the Xiliang army, court ministers, and even the Han emperor Liu Xie who were coerced are still in their positions to this day.

Back then, Xiliang's army was powerful, so they had to swallow their anger.

Now that the Xiliang army has disappeared, how can they bear with themselves, the instigator?

Even if it is difficult for Emperor Liu Xie to get out of Xuchang by decree, it is not difficult to decree Cheng Yuanzhi to kill a surrendered general.

Liu Xie still has chips in his hand.

So every time Cheng Yuanzhi held a meeting, Jia Xu tried his best to pretend to be invisible and speak without speaking, for fear of making mistakes if he spoke too much.

But unexpectedly, he was noticed and stayed.

Jia Xu was a little flustered.

Cheng Yuanzhi, who was sitting in the high position, quickly noticed Jia Xu's uneasiness, and asked curiously, "Why is Wenhe so flustered?"

Jia Xu replied: "I am alone against Prime Minister Tianwei, so I am trembling."

This sentence is strange. Cheng Yuanzhi was confused all of a sudden. I don't eat living people. Why are you, Jia Xu, so scared?
After thinking about it, Cheng Yuanzhi felt relieved again.

the reason is simple.

He has been in the top position for a long time, and his majesty has been established. Because he is good at martial arts, he used war to pacify ten states in the world. At least four to five million foreigners died under his command. If you add the deaths caused by the pacification of ten states, the number has already exceeded million.

As the saying goes, killing one person is a thief, killing 900 people is a hero, and if you kill [-] million, you will be a hero among heroes.

This is the same reason that small animals will feel weak when they see a tiger, because the tiger has eaten too many of its own kind, and the smell emanating from its body makes it feel fear.

The same is true for people.

Because more than a million people have died under his hands, his breath will also make people feel fear.

Not to mention fighting, even looking directly at them is frightening.

This is nature, and it cannot be overcome by human beings.

At this time, Cheng Yuanzhi is no longer the Confucian scholar who was angry and hated by scholars all over the city with his sharp mouth 20 years ago. His temperament has changed a lot over the years, his face and demeanor are abnormal when he is not speaking. fierce.

But now Jia Xu has a ghost in his heart, and he is detained for some reason, so how can he not panic!


What's more, in history, have there been few incidents of crossing rivers, demolishing bridges, unloading mills and killing donkeys?
If she was finally killed by her own coquettish operation, who can Jia Xu blame?

Although Cheng Yuanzhi knew where Jia Xu's fear came from, he didn't know the second reason. He didn't know that Jia Xu had other concerns. Seeing this, he said calmly: "Wen He, don't panic. Let me ask you, why do you always show up in front of Jia Xu?" No one said a word in the hall?"

The one on the left, Xu Shu, closed his lips and said nothing; the one on the right, Jia Xu, closed his eyes and meditated, the old god was there.

Cheng Yuanzhi is not well.

Fishing at work has always been an unbearable behavior for him.

There are two things he hates the most in his life. The first thing is that others do not let him fish; the second thing is that others openly fish under his nose.

Today, if Jia Xu fails to give a reasonable explanation or a good plan, Cheng Yuanzhi will settle the score.

At least half of his salary should be deducted.

(End of this chapter)