The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 331 Li Shimin Enters Sichuan

"Then wait for Cao Cao to make a move!"

Liu Bowen said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao's attack on Jingzhou is the best time for us to attack. Attacking Jiangnan is not our best choice. In that case, our territory stretches for nearly ten thousand miles from north to south, but the entire hinterland is exposed. In front of Cao Cao, once Cao Cao launches an attack on our hinterland, we will be very prone to the scene where Cao Cao took down Langya in one fell swoop last time, which is extremely dangerous."

Liu Xiao said in disbelief, "Waiting for Cao Cao to attack Liu Bei? How easy is it? Although Cao Cao has captured Nanyang and Nanjun, Liu Bei still swallowed his anger and did not fight back. Come to contain us, lest we attack Jiangdong when his foothold is not stable. Although Cao Cao is unwilling to help Liu Bei, he will not take the initiative to attack Liu Bei. Cao Cao is attacked on three sides and attacks Liu Bei. Li Shimin will not let go of such an opportunity."

"Step by step!"

Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, we don't have to take Liu Bei away in one fell swoop. We just need to take back the six counties in Jiangdong and drive him into Jingzhou. In this way, the situation can still be under our control. Liu Bei is powerless to fight back, and Cao Cao dare not fight back." act rashly."

Liu Xiao shook his head and replied: "Don't be in a hurry. Now that we have the initiative and the fertile land of the four states, we don't have to worry about anything. Even if Cao Cao and Liu Bei attack us from two directions, we can stand on the ground." Invincible, what we have to do now is to wait for the opportunity, once the situation in the world is in turmoil, it is our chance to attack! Whether it is Cao Cao, or Liu Bei and Li Shimin, they will not hold back forever."

Liu Xiao is quite calm, now Liu Xiao occupies the most affluent Jizhou, and Xuzhou has not suffered much damage from wars. There is enough money and food, and there are many talents under his command. What is there to worry about?Moreover, Liu Bowen's worry is not unreasonable. After all, his border is too long, which is not conducive to his own defense. After taking Jiangdong, if Liu Bei and Cao Cao attack him at the same time, the battle line will stretch for three or four thousand miles. No amount of troops can close all the loopholes.

Cao Cao is treacherous and cunning, but he can barely hold his breath. Liu Bei has just won Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, and he has no energy to use foreign troops at all. Now Li Shimin is the one who can't hold back. After all, among the four major forces, Li Shimin has the smallest territory, the smallest population, and the most money and food. At the very least, even though he now has a hero like Ma Chao and Lu Bu, and a handsome talent like Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong, after all, he is still a lot worse. If he doesn't want to win a bigger territory, Li Shimin can only rely on the territory of Xiliang and Hanzhong. Being unable to compete for the world is at most just self-protection. How can this make the Tian Khan and Tianjiao of the future generations willing?
Attacking Cao Cao, Li Shimin does not have that kind of strength now. Cao Cao has strong generals like clouds, counselors like rain, holding the territory of the four states, holding the emperor hostage as a righteousness, attacking Cao Cao, there is no chance of winning, attacking Liu Xiao and Liu Bei, Now Li Shimin is too far away from the two forces, completely separated by Cao Cao.

To expand his strength, Li Shimin had only one choice, and that was to attack Yizhou, enter the hinterland of Liangchuan, and after capturing Yizhou, with Yizhou's 300 million people and countless money and food, it was enough to ensure that Li Shiming could compete with the princes of the world.

Li Shimin really dared to think and do it. He personally sat in Hanzhong, stayed behind Xiliang with Ma Teng, and directly ordered Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, and Ma Chao to lead [-] troops into Yizhou.

Liu Zhang in Yizhou also has a lot of elite soldiers and generals in his hands, but Liu Zhang is just a waste, no matter how powerful a pack of wolves is, the leader wolf is a little sheep, so he has to play for fun, nothing else, just hear God When General Ma Chao reached Yizhou, it was enough for Liu Zhang to drink a pot.

Ma Chao is not well-known in the Central Plains, but in the western region, he is definitely a god-like existence. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he began to follow his father to fight in the north and south, and beat the ethnic minorities in the western borders to fear. Dare not to be an enemy, Yizhou is also located in the west, and it is also a place where Qiang, Miao and other tribes live together. From court to folk, Ma Chao's reputation can even be that of a child, and even surpassed Lu Bu!
Following Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong, Ma Chao took the three counties of Yizhou in just three months, and his troops pointed directly at Chengdu.

Liu Zhang was terrified when he got the news, and ordered General Zhang Ren, Lengbao, Yan Yan, Li Yan and other generals to be transferred to the northwest side, and led a group of elite soldiers to confront Li Xiaogong's army in the direction of Mianzhu.

This time, it will not be so easy for Li Xiaogong to advance his forces. Both Zhang Ren and Li Yan are well-known generals with outstanding abilities. But it's not that easy.

Ma Chao led the Jingqi to battle one after another, and fought several battles within a month. They had to stay with the Yizhou army because of their victories.

Facing Yizhou Commander-in-Chief Zhang Ren's strict defense, Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong had no good solution. As for Ma Chao's charge, he was one of the best, but let him use his brains, it would be far behind.

Facing Zhang Ren's tortoise shell, several people were helpless, so they had to order people to return to Hanzhong immediately and ask Li Shimin for advice.

Li Shimin was so angry when he heard the words, the three big living people were actually blocked by a small Mianzhu for a month, unable to move an inch!
"My lord, you don't know yet, do you?"

The messenger said with a bitter smile: "In order to stop our army, Liu Zhang has mobilized almost all the elite soldiers and generals in Yizhou to the Mianzhu area. In the meantime, it is really difficult to win Mianzhu..."

"fool!"

Li Shimin shouted: "If you can't take Mianzhu, won't you take a detour? Now all the troops in Yizhou are concentrated in the Mianzhu area, and only a small force is needed to bypass Mianzhu and go straight to Chengdu. With Liu Zhang, that waste The only thing left is to go out of the city and surrender. Why do you have to fight them to the death? Even if the road to Shu is difficult, you can divide your troops to attack and mobilize the Yizhou army to separate. As long as the Yizhou army moves, there will be generals The chance of its defeat, where can we attack head-on?"

Li Shimin hated it, Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong are also the only generals, why are they confused at this time?

"Ling Ming!"

Li Shimin turned around and shouted.

Pang De on the side quickly bowed and said, "What are your orders, my lord?"

Li Shimin said harshly: "I'll give you five thousand elites. Let's go straight from Yinping to Jiangyou. No matter what, we must arrive at Jiangyou in the shortest possible time and attack Chengdu!"

(End of this chapter)