The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

The only person who is qualified to compete with Liu Zhang for Yizhou Mu is his third brother.

Liu Yan's third son, Liu Mao, has always followed his father Liu Yan.Liu Yan went to Shu to serve as a shepherd in Yizhou, and he also accompanied him.

However, compared with Liu Zhang, Liu Mao had no advantage in front of Liu Yan. He just followed Liu Yan because Liu Yan loved him.

Therefore, there is no suspense that Liu Zhang can become a Yizhou shepherd.

After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne. In a short period of time, he successfully controlled the entire Yizhou.

At the same time, with the assistance of Zhang Lu, the Five Dou Rice Sect, Yizhou began to flourish after Liu Zhang took control.

Speaking of Yizhou, it should be regarded as the most powerful state and county in the late Han Dynasty.

Because besides the vast territory, here also has the advantage of a large population, the environment is also very good, suitable for people to live in, and the surrounding Central Plains are constantly fighting, many people who fled from refugees have poured into Yizhou, resulting in Yizhou people being more than other people. There are more states and counties.

Although Liu Zhang lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Hanzhong last year, this amount of troops was nothing to Liu Zhang. ,

After taking control of Yizhou, Liu Zhang can mobilize more troops.

He has even established friendship with various tribes of the Southern Man, and met a great leader named Meng Jie.

Chapter 1000 two hundred and 24 Liu Bei and Liu Zhang

Liu Bei visited Yizhou and was received by Liu Zhang.

During the Battle of Hanzhong before.

There have been meetings between Liu Zhang and Liu Bei.

Although the two of them can't talk about how close they are, they are still in the same boat.

They all have a common enemy.

That is Liu Zheng.

As long as Liu Zheng survives for a day.

They can have common interests and unite.

Chengdu Liu Mansion.

Liu Zhang, who became the shepherd of Yizhou, naturally became the owner of this place.

Liu Bei came here from Luoyang not far away, and naturally he was treated as a guest by Liu Zhang.

"Brother Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here to be safe."

Liu Zhang, who was Liu Yan's son before, is naturally incomparable with Liu Bei's status.

After all, Liu Bei has always been a general and the mainstay of the court.

Even Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou, is not as good as Liu Bei.

Now that Liu Zhang has inherited Liu Yan's position, he is barely equal to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also wants to win over Liu Zhang, and it is not easy to trust Liu Zhang in front of him.

Besides, both of them are relatives of the Han Dynasty. Speaking of it, everyone is playing the emotional card for the continuation of the Han Dynasty, which is still useful.

"Brother Xuande, I came to Chengdu this time, but for that Liu Zheng?"

For Liu Bei's visit, although Liu Zhang is not smart, he is not too stupid. He naturally understands that if Liu Bei can come to him in person, he may have nothing else to do except to ask him to send troops to deal with Liu Zheng.

Liu Bei nodded.

"I came here this time to congratulate Brother Liu on his succession to the throne and to announce the appointment of the court, and secondly to contact Brother Liu to deal with Liu Zheng."

After all, Liu Bei took out the edict of the little emperor.

The appointment of state pastors in this era is actually not an inheritance system, but an appointment by the emperor.

However, Liu Zhang occupied Yizhou. If he ignored the imperial court's appointment and directly led Yizhou pastor himself, even the imperial court would have nothing to do with him now.

Of course, although Liu Zhang could ignore the imperial court's appointment, it would be the best result if the imperial court appointed him as Yizhou Mu.

Liu Bei knew exactly this.

Only then did he take the initiative to ask the little emperor for instructions.

Let the little emperor directly canonize Liu Zhang as the shepherd of Yizhou, and directly sell a favor to Liu Zhang.

It made Liu Zhang feel more cordial to Liu Bei and even to the Han Dynasty.

Doing so will also allow Liu Zhang and the Han Dynasty to be bound on the same warship.

It will not make Liu Zhang fall to Liu Zheng's side.

Anyway, Yizhou is now under Liu Zhang's control, and they can get such a powerful ally with just a verbal appointment.

Why not do it?

Liu Bei handed over the letter of appointment to Liu Zhang.Liu Zhang quickly took it for a look, and after a glance, he was sure that it was a letter of appointment from the imperial court.

I was overjoyed immediately.A look of excitement immediately filled his face.

The attitude towards Liu Bei is much better again.

"My virtuous brother is really my benefactor. Since you can help me get an appointment from the imperial court, I will remember this kindness!"

"Brother Liu, what is this? You and I have a friendship of sharing weal and woe. After all, we have a common enemy, and we should support and help each other!"

The purpose of Liu Bei's appointment edict of the little emperor was also in exchange for Liu Zhang's trust.

Now that the goal has been achieved, naturally the next step is to discuss with Liu Zhang how to deal with Liu Zheng.

After all, not long after that, Liu Bei planned to attack Liu Zheng again.

He must bring Liu Zhang to deal with Liu Zheng together.

"Brother Xuande, recently I heard that Liu Zheng succeeded in the Northern Expedition. Now is a good time for us to attack him. How many troops are we going to lead this time?"

Just now Liu Bei had already told Liu Zhang his intention of coming, and he invited Liu Zhang to send troops together to deal with Liu Zheng.

Now that Liu Zhang has received the imperial edict of appointment, his attitude towards Liu Bei has changed drastically. Naturally, he has agreed to Liu Bei in his heart, thinking of sending troops together to deal with Liu Zheng.

So without waiting for Liu Bei to ask and take the initiative to ask Liu Bei, how to deal with Liu Zheng this time.

Liu Bei saw that Liu Zhang took the initiative to ask.

Without hesitation, he immediately stated his plan.

"Last year, Liu Zheng's Northern Expedition suffered heavy losses, at least tens of thousands of troops were lost."

"Although some supplements were made later, the newly recruited people are recruits. In addition, the cavalry under his command was completely lost in the First World War last year. At this moment, we are attacking him. In fact, we have some advantages. I invite the northern Xianbei Shanyu to join me in attacking together."

"Presumably in this way, Liu Zheng can be completely suppressed, so I would like to ask Brother Liu, you can send troops from Hanzhong or Jiaozhou to contain Liu Zheng's rear, let it stretch out, and ignore the tail for a while. Unable to fight on multiple fronts."

The calculation in Liu Bei's mind is actually very good.

Regardless of the Jizhou and Youzhou that Liu Zheng currently occupies.

But for the time being, Liu Zheng still doesn't have enough control over these two states.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, if the remnants of the Xianbei tribe suddenly attack.

It is inevitable that the cities and towns of these two states and counties can be taken lightly. If Liu Zheng wants to deal with the Xianbei people, he must send more troops to these two states and counties.

And once more troops are sent, there will be a shortage of troops under Liu Zheng's command.

Let alone whether there is enough food and grass, it is just to deal with the main force of the Xianbei and Liu Bei in Yanzhou.

That's enough for Liu Zheng to keep busy.

If at this time, Liu Zhang could still come out of Hanzhong or Jiaozhou area.

That would definitely greatly increase the difficulty of Liu Zheng's defense.

On the three-party battlefield, Liu Zheng will inevitably have one place, and he will not be able to gain any advantage.

Even can only give up.

And the county that was given up, no matter which one it is, can deal a serious blow to Liu Zheng.

And such a rout may start from such a state and county, and spread to the whole body.

They can also take this opportunity to completely attack Liu Zheng and repel the territory Liu Zheng now occupies.

Tell Liu Zhang about your plan.

Liu Zhang's eyes lit up immediately.

Understand Liu Bei's ambition.

Immediately praised.

"Xuande's wise eyes are like torches, such a clever plan will definitely win a big victory and defeat Liu Zheng in one fell swoop!"

"Brother Liu also thinks this plan is good?"

"This plan is feasible! I predict that Liu Zheng will not be able to stop our three-way attack!"

When Liu Bei and Liu Zhang said this, Liu Zhang immediately agreed.

"Then ask Brother Liu to send troops to help me!"

"No problem, I will prepare 5 elite soldiers! Just wait for Brother Xuande's order to send troops to help you, and then I will lead the army to attack Shangyong City!"

"Attack Shangyong City?"

Liu Bei frowned slightly after hearing Liu Zhang's words.

"Brother Liu, I don't think it's wise to attack Shangyong City."

Liu Bei suddenly opened his mouth and gave Liu Zhang a suggestion.

This made Liu Zhang startled and a little confused.

Chapter 1000 two hundred 25 wonderful plan

"Ok?"

Liu Zhang questioned.

"Then Brother Xuande means how do you want me to cooperate with you?"

At this time, Liu Bei already had a great affection in Liu Zhang's heart, and Liu Zhang made up his mind to help Liu Bei attack Liu Zheng. Naturally, he was willing to obey Liu Bei's dispatch.

"Brother Liu, Liu Zheng stationed a large number of soldiers and horses in Shangyong City. This should be able to be seen from the last time we attacked Hanzhong. Although they have retreated to Jingzhou now, they live near Shangyong and Jingzhou. There are definitely not a few soldiers and horses."

"Brother Liu wants to take down Shangyong City with only 5 soldiers and then attack Jingzhou. I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

"Although it can play a role in restraining Liu Zheng's large number of main forces, Shangyong City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There is only one way. If Liu Zheng is stationed in Shangsie City, he only needs to send a small number of soldiers and horses to block you. Outside Shangyong City."

"Brother Liu is not only difficult to take down Shangyong City in a short period of time, but also unable to contain Liu Zheng's absolute main force. In my opinion, Brother Liu might as well attack Jiaozhou."

Yizhou occupied by Liu Zhang has a vast territory, extending from Yangping Pass in the north to Jianning County in the south, and bordering on Liu Zheng's territory Jiaozhou in the south.

Because of the existence of some southern barbarian troops, Liu Zhang's soldiers and horses did not directly contact Liu Zheng.

Because of this, they had a buffer, and did not directly become two forces that competed against each other.

As for the barbarians, since the Wuxi Man was pacified by Liu Zheng last time, some of them turned to Liu Zheng, while the other part of the barbarians did not associate with Liu Zheng. They did have some friendship with Liu Zhang.

So Liu Bei hoped that Liu Zhang would be able to kill Liu Zheng from Jianning County to Jiaozhi County and catch Liu Zheng by surprise.

You must know that most of Liu Zheng's troops are distributed along the border, such as Jingzhou, Shangyong and other places that are the most important.

In the internal Jiaozhou, there are few soldiers and horses. Even if there are some troops, most of them are county soldiers. In each county, the county soldiers do not exceed 3000, and there are even some counties with only [-] to [-] troops.

Most of these people are the reserve troops of the main front line.

The combat power is limited, although there will be a distance from Jianning to Jiaozhi County, and the march will take at least a month, which will consume a lot of food and grass, but such a plan.

The most can play a miraculous effect.

"Brother Xuande, this plan is very clever. As long as you can contain Liu Zheng's main force on the front line, my troops can kill Liu Zheng's hinterland and give Liu Zheng a heavy blow, disrupting their plans!"

Liu Zhang, who originally wanted to attack Shangyong, immediately understood the power of Liu Bei's move after hearing Liu Bei's explanation.

"It just so happens that recently I met a barbarian leader named Meng Jie, who is the leader of this barbarian tribe. If I come forward, they will definitely be able to bring me some help."

Liu Zhang thought, since this time is a big plan against Liu Zheng, he must gather all the forces he can win.

After he made up his mind, Liu Bei was even more excited, knowing that Liu Zhang could get more help, so they would be more confident in dealing with Liu Zheng next.