The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 327 The Little Horse-drawn Cart

Liu Bei fell silent immediately, Cao Cao occupied the Central Plains, held the emperor in his hand, and occupied all the time; Liu Xiao sat in the land of the four states, with countless advisers and generals, and managed the four states of Youji, Qingxu, Qingxu, and Hebei like iron barrels, and brought everything to the extreme ;Although I am sitting on the Yangtze River, there is a gap between the other two in terms of money, food and population.

If you want to fight Cao Cao and Liu Xiao head-on, it is not something you can handle now. It has become a fact that Cao Cao has taken over Nanyang and Nanjun. Even if Cao Cao survived, even if he defeated Cao Cao in the end, both sides would be hurt. When Liu Xiao made a sudden move, he would definitely die miserably.

"The military division, what do you think we should do next?"

Liu Bei asked in a deep voice.

"Where's Liu Cong?"

Pang Tong asked in a deep voice, "My lord, now that Liu Biao is dead and Liu Qi is murdered, although Liu Cong is not in the right position, he is Liu Biao's only heir after all. Let Liu Cong continue to be the shepherd of Jingzhou and send capable people to control Liu Cong. Yes; recall Yide and Hansheng, and take Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang and other counties into the bag in the shortest possible time. When Yunchang takes Jiaozhou, we can concentrate the power of the three states and advance westward to Yizhou , Occupy the land of abundance, since all the south of the Qinling Mountains and the Yangtze River have fallen into our hands, when the time comes, we will send troops to the north, no matter whether we attack Cao Cao or Liu Xiao, we will not be left behind, and we can even send troops to the north while Cao Cao and Liu Xiao are at war. Lay the foundation of the emperor!"

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "Shiyuan is really insightful. It's a pity that because of the destruction of Xiangyang City, Liu Cong committed suicide with the Cai family in the mansion. Alas, I just wanted to kill the Cai brothers and Zhang Yun. I really didn't think about it." How to treat Liu Cong like this, in this way..."

Pang Tong shook his head and replied: "It's okay. Liu Cong is just a decoration. It is more convenient for us to do things with him. With Liu Cong, we can gather the hearts of the people in Jingzhou. Now without Liu Cong, it is necessary to release a general. Now that we are in Xiangyang, Cao Cao will take Nanyang, and he will definitely be eyeing Jingzhou!"

Liu Bei's heart trembled, what Pang Tong said was right, Liu Biao had ruled Jingzhou for nearly 20 years, and the people of Jingzhou supported this old governor very much. Although he could not fight for world hegemony, he made Jingzhou extremely rich, not much inferior to the Central Plains. If Liu Cong was around, it would indeed be able to gather people's hearts. Unfortunately, Liu Cong is dead. Without Liu Cong, there must be enough powerful people to sit in Jingzhou. Otherwise, there will be no stability inside, and Cao Cao will be watching outside. Absolutely dangerous.

"Military division, you can temporarily let Yide sit in Xiangyang..."

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice.

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "No, although the three generals are brave and good at fighting, they are addicted to alcohol and often treat their soldiers harshly. How can they sit in Jingzhou alone? If Yun Chang is still there, they can sit in Xiangyang. However, Jiaozhou is not just three or two. If the moon can be calmed down, it is even more taboo for military strategists to change generals in the middle of the battle!"

"What should I do?"

Liu Bei asked.

Pang Tong said in a deep voice: "My lord, what I mean is that Yuanzhi and Yide can sit in Xiangyang, one civil and one military, and Yide respects Yuanzhi the most. Yuanzhi can be restrained so as not to cause trouble; I will sit with you in person. Danyang confronts Xuzhou, and Wenpin sits in Jiangxia to support him in the middle, so nothing will go wrong!"

Although Liu Bei is reluctant to part with Xu Shu, he can only agree with Pang Tong's strategy now. After all, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, Jiangdong is important, and Jingzhou is even more important. If there are no trustworthy and capable people, how can they defend the seven counties of Jingzhou? land?
Liu Bei followed Pang Tong's suggestion and had to recall Huang Zhong and Zhang Fei. He ordered Zhang Fei and Huo Jun to take charge of Xiangyang, and Wenpin to take charge of Jiangxia. Huang Zhong led the Changsha troops to advance southward and capture the southern counties of Jingzhou.

In less than two months, Liu Bei took all of Jingzhou, except Nanyang and Nanjun, as his own. The Cai family fell, Zhang Yunfu and Liu Cong committed suicide. Officials can compete with Liu Bei?Wherever Huang Zhong's army went, all the counties surrendered one after another, all the way to the southwest of Jingzhou, and even went straight into the southwest of Jiaozhou, and began to attack the Shixie brothers in Jiaozhou with Guan Yu in two directions.

Under the pincer attack of the two famous generals, the counties of Jiaozhou surrendered in anticipation. The unlucky brothers Shi Xie and Shi were forced to be driven to the deserted Qiongzhou Island, never daring to go north to Jiaozhou again.

I have to say that Liu Bei's luck is so good that he can't stop his luck. For more than ten years, Liu Bei was just a small vendor weaving mats and selling shoes. It's just a plain face, but only [-] troops, with a shallow foundation, wandering around, it's just a bully, finally ran to Jingzhou, and took refuge in Liu Biao to gain a foothold, the result is only three or four years Time comes and goes, from Nanyang's county guard, soaring into the sky, he first occupied the six counties in Jiangdong, and then returned to the old master, even the nine counties of Jingzhou, sitting on half of the south of the Yangtze River, and now even Jiaozhou. Beat down.

In just three years, the territory occupied by Liu Bei has soared ten times, or even dozens of times. This is different from Liu Xiao. Although Liu Xiao's expansion speed is not slow, every step is steady and steady, never greedy for success, the foundation He is solid, with countless officials and generals in his hands, and he is well-regarded by the people. The power of the four states of Youji, Qing, Xu, and Xuzhou is in an orderly manner, and they are almost monolithic, even more stable than Cao Cao's territory.

But Liu Bei's foundation is too shallow, and there are only a few people under him who can be used to great advantage. Now he has occupied more than [-] counties in the three states in one go. The vastness of the land is still higher than that of Liu Xiao and Cao Cao. But it is too difficult.

It wasn't until Liu Bei turned around that he felt a little dumbfounded. Such a large territory was too difficult to control. Xu Shu and Zhang Fei were sitting in Jingzhou together. After Guan Yu took Jiaozhou, he couldn't leave Jiaozhou for a short time. There are only a few people left, such as Pang Tong, Wei Yan and Liu Feng, but there are still six counties in Jiangdong, and there are local prominent families and Shanyue aboriginals who can't lose their tails. How can it be so easy to control?
Worry, Liu Bei almost turned his hair gray with worry. There are simply not enough talents under his command. Even if he appoints the original officials, he is not trained by himself. He cannot trust him for a moment...

"People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants..."

Pang Tong smiled wryly and said: "My lord, you just answered this sentence. We are too greedy. Now it is a small horse-drawn cart, which cannot be pulled. It takes too much effort..."

(End of this chapter)