The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 419

Huang Zhong lost the city of Xiangyang and stationed his army west of Xiangfan to prevent Cao Cao's army from attacking Jiangxia from the east.

However, before Liu Bei's army arrived, there was another change in Berkshire, which is close to Yizhou. This time, it was Li Shimin who had just occupied Yizhou.

Li Shimin, as an unworldly hero of a generation, has the aura of a king, which is really unmatched by anyone. Just standing in the middle, the arrogance of the bastard soared to the sky, and even the rebellious Lu Bu and Ma Chao were easily subdued by him. Let alone a hero from a corner of Yizhou.

Ma Chao and Pang De captured Yizhou in one fell swoop, and all the millions of households in Yizhou became Li Shimin's subjects. Of course, Li Shimin, who defeated Cao Cao, gained nothing. In Jingzhao, he gained two great talents, one in literature and one in martial arts. ——Jingzhao Sanyuan Li Jing and Luoyang Changsun Wuji, it can be said that there are two great talents, and now Li Shimin is full of spirits, and his edge is just in full swing.

Compared with Xiliang and Hanzhong, Yizhou Fang is where Li Shimin can be regarded as the foundation for fighting for the balance of the world.

Ma Teng and Han Sui were left behind in Xiliang, Li Xiaogong was in Hanzhong, and Li Shimin led a group of civil and military soldiers into Yizhou.

When he first arrived in Yizhou, Li Shimin called together the local rich and famous families and local celebrities, and a banquet overwhelmed many bigwigs in Yizhou. Li Shimin may not be truly unique in other things, but he knows people, Employing people is really rare in ancient and modern times, and the means of recruiting talents are still higher than that of a hero like Cao Cao. Otherwise, the eighteen bachelors would not be so famous.

Li Shimin, who had a firm foothold, surrounded Fazheng, Li Yan, Zhang Ren and other talents by his side. Even Liu Zhang was not overly embarrassed. He named him Anle Gong and moved to Hanzhong County. In the homeland of China, but also live a comfortable life with rich clothes and fine food.

Li Shimin was sitting in the governor's mansion, and information from all over the world was continuously sent to Chengdu. Li Shimin knew the general trend of the world like the palm of his hand.

"Xiaozhi, Wuji, what are you talking about, what should we do next?"

Li Shimin stood tall, thinking of Fazheng and Changsun Wuji and asked.

Fazheng said in a deep voice: "My lord, now Liu Xiao is taking advantage of the fact that my lord is fighting with Cao Cao, and suddenly killed Cao Cao, catching Cao Cao off guard and greatly hurting his vitality. In a short time, Cao Cao dare not use troops against Hanzhong again. However, Although Cao Cao's vitality was seriously injured, his strength should not be underestimated. It is really difficult for us to manage Sili and Yuzhou and other places. After all, we have just won Yizhou and the people's hearts are not attached. When we fail, the foundation we have built up with great difficulty will fall apart in an instant."

Li Shimin nodded, and replied: "Xiaozhi's words are old-fashioned words for seeking the country, which is very reasonable, Wuji, what about you?"

Changsun Wuji was silent for a moment, before he said: "My lord, Xiaozhi's words are indeed wise and famous, but today is different from the past, the general trend of the world is still established, Liu Xiao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei plus the lord, the four forces are vying for supremacy in the world, Liu Xiao's strength The strongest, followed by Cao Cao, followed by Liu Bei, and we are the last ones. Now Liu Xiao is using troops in the south of the Yangtze River to compete with Liu Bei. Liu Bei is already hard to fight. Once Liu Bei is destroyed, Liu Xiao will occupy the territory from Youzhou to Jiangdong. In the land of five states, if even Jingzhou is taken down, it will be even stronger than us and Cao Cao combined, and it will be difficult to reverse the situation..."

Li Shimin's heart was shocked, he stared at the eldest grandson Wuji for a moment, then nodded slowly, although Yizhou is known as the land of abundance, and there is a natural danger in Shu, but now Liu Xiao's strength is too strong, let Liu Xiao defeat Liu Bei, occupy Jiangdong and Jingzhou, Then I really have nothing to do with Cao Cao. Compared with Cao Cao, I think the same way.

"Wuji, what do you think?"

Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.

Changsun Wuji pointed at the map with his finger, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, Liu Bei and Liu Xiao are now fighting fiercely in Jiangdong. In a short period of time, there is no time to take care of Jingzhou. I even heard that the elite of Jingzhou were transferred to Jiangdong by Liu Bei. There is no doubt that Now is the best time to raid Jingzhou. Liu Bei didn't dare to slack off in the face of Liu Xiao's full attack. Even if we invaded Jingzhou, Liu Bei could only sigh. Swing the army to take it down, and take the entire Jiangdong into the bag, at least within three months, and also have no energy to go west, if we don't grab it, I'm afraid it will be cheaper for Cao Cao..."

Li Jing on the side echoed: "My lord, Brother Changsun is right. Although the natural dangers of the Shu Dao are one man's gate and ten thousand people cannot open it, it also restricts our use of troops. It is too difficult to compete for the world through the Shu Dao. However, transportation and supplies alone are a huge problem. It is not a good strategy to send troops to attack Cao Cao relying on Baoxie Road and Chen Cang Road. On the other hand, in Jingzhou, we can rely on the Yangtze River and go straight down from Berkshire to Yiling. We can attack Wuling and Guiyang in the south, and we can attack Nanjun in Xiangyang in the north, and we only need to take down the three counties of Jingzhou, which will completely open the door for us to compete for the world.

Fazheng hesitated and said: "Although what you two are saying is reasonable, and Liu Bei really has no time to look around, but although the east and west rivers have been pacified, the barbarian land in the south has not yet surrendered, and we cannot mobilize a large number of troops to enter Jingzhou. Even if you can occupy Jingzhou, you can't be the opponent of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, right?"

Li Shimin sneered and said: "There is no need for too many troops. Twenty thousand Xiliang cavalry, [-] Hanzhong infantry, [-] Yizhou elite soldiers, [-] troops are enough. Liu Bei's defeat is certain, so there is nothing to worry about; Cao Cao's vitality is seriously injured. There are not many elites to dispatch. Liu Xiao, who is the only one who is better than us, wants to take over the entire Jiangdong. For the time being, we can't care about competing for Jingzhou. We dispatched [-] troops, and Yizhou still has [-] to [-] troops, which is enough to deter Xiaoxiao's generation. This time, Meng Qi, Li Jing, Pang De, Zhang Ren, and Yan Yan and I will send troops to Yiling, Wuji and Xiaozhi will sit in the rear, and all military affairs in Yizhou will be handed over to Daozong and Li Yan, so that Yizhou can be protected from danger This time, I just want to win Jingzhou, and then gain the capital to compete with Liu Xiao and Cao Cao!"

Li Shimin made up his mind and quickly gathered [-] elite troops. Regardless of Fazheng's dissuasion, he sent troops straight to kill in the direction of the Yiling Public Security Bureau.

At this time, Cao Cao had already advanced his troops into the territory of Xiangyang. When Cao Cao took Xiangyang, Li Shimin's troops had not yet left Sichuan.

Huang Zhong reorganized his army west of Fancheng and was on guard against Cao Cao day and night. When Cao Cao's army arrived at Xiangyang City, Liu Bei's defeated troops finally arrived in Jiangxia and joined forces with Huang Zhong.

Seeing Huang Zhong's embarrassment, Liu Bei was shocked and angry. What was shocked was that Xiangyang City was lost in just over a month, and what was angry was that the immortal Yaoyue once again turned his back on the Lord and surrendered to Cao Cao!

(End of this chapter)