The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Yuan Zhou was the first to stand up and express his apology.

He is No.1 in charge of Jinyiwei.

It was his dereliction of duty that he failed to find out this news in advance.

So when Liu Zheng asked, Yuan Zhou immediately stood up.

"Your Majesty deserves to die for his humble position, but he failed to detect Liu Bei's movements in advance. He deserves death."

In fact, even Yuan Zhou himself has not been able to figure out why Liu Bei was able to gather [-] troops in a short period of time and kill them in Nanyang County.

Liu Zheng waved his hand.

He didn't mean to punish Yuan Zhou.

"Now is not the time to discuss this. Let's talk about your matter later. Jin Yiwei failed to find out the news this time. He is indeed guilty. Everyone will be fined for half a month, and the person in charge of Luoyang will be demoted by three levels!"

This matter is too important, even if Liu Zheng wants to favor Yuan Zhou, he can't do nothing in front of the officials.

If they really protected Yuan Zhou, those present would have some opinions on Liu Zheng.

In the future, they will all be lucky in their hearts. If they do something wrong, they will be able to avoid punishment by relying on their relationship with Liu Zheng.

It was precisely because he didn't want to see this happen that Liu Zheng decided to punish Yuan Zhou. Of course, this punishment is nothing more than a relegation, and he will make some contributions in the future and be promoted again.

After dealing with Yuan Zhou's matter, the other civil servants and generals present all focused on what Liu Zheng had said.

Liu Bei came to fight, and led an army of [-] to Nanyang County without them being prepared.

Although Gan Ning is currently stationed in Nanyang to resist Liu Bei's attack, there should be no major problems for the time being, but the [-] army led by Liu Bei may even hide other backers.

This matter also made Liu Zheng and others have to defend themselves.

Moreover, Gan Ning, who is stationed in Nanyang, is absolutely unable to stop Liu Bei with his current manpower. It may be possible in a short period of time, but it will definitely not work in a long time. Therefore, Liu Zheng must send additional troops to Jingzhou to support him in a short period of time. Gan Ning.

"Your Majesty mentioned this, but I remembered one thing."

Everyone was silent, and Guo Jia was the first to speak to Liu Zheng to comfort him.

"Feng Xiao, if you have something to say, say it."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember that Jin Yiwei sent a message saying that Liu Zhang from Hanzhong was transporting grain and grass to Luoyang?"

They remembered the news from Jin Yiwei two months ago, but Liu Bei didn't send troops and horses at that time, he was just transporting food and grass, so Liu Zheng didn't arouse vigilance.

Now I heard Guo Jia say this again.

Two things can then be mixed together.

After hearing this, Liu Zheng suddenly realized.

"It was that time! It turned out that Liu Bei had already started preparations two months ago!"

After Guo Jia's reminder, Liu Zheng immediately thought of what happened two months ago.

But even if you think about it now, it's too late.

After two months of preparation, it is no wonder that Liu Bei sent troops to merge the prefecture, and placed troops in the east of the river to confuse the public, so that Liu Zheng did not place Liu Bei's troops on the front line of Jingzhou.

This gave Liu Bei time to hide the truth from Liu Zheng and mobilize all his troops on the front line of Jingzhou.

"Your Majesty, from the information we have now, do we know where Liu Bei's troops were drawn from?"

After a while, Lu Su asked Liu Zheng a question.

Now that Liu Bei's troops have come to fight, while Liu Zheng is thinking about how to defend, the most important thing is to find out Liu Bei's detailed information.

You need to know how many troops Liu Bei can mobilize, and know yourself and the enemy before you can make full preparations.

When Lu Su asked this question, Liu Zheng looked at Yuan Zhou and asked Yuan Zhou to tell all the information he had now.

"Generals, Liu Bei can now mobilize more than [-] troops."

Seeing Liu Zheng's gaze, Yuan Zhou immediately understood what Liu Zheng meant, and began to tell everyone.

Liu Bei is still in control of some of the only men and horses in the Han Dynasty. In addition to the 5 Royal Habayashi Army stationed in Gyeonggi, there are [-] horses under Zhang Fei in Yanzhou.

And some county soldiers from Chenliu, Yingchuan and other places, adding up to 3 to [-] soldiers.

And Ma Teng, who had defected to the imperial court a few days ago, should have [-] to [-] soldiers and horses under his command.

In addition to these, Liu Bei also has more than [-] Bingzhou Baibo troops.

These Baibo troops in Bingzhou were not directly recruited by Liu Bei. These Baibo troops were all black mountain bandits before, and they turned into official troops, but it was only a title promised by the imperial court.

These troops are still controlled by the commanders of the Baibo Army, and they are not directly called by Liu Bei at all.

Therefore, besides Zhang Fei's tens of thousands of troops, Liu Bei can really command the troops by himself, that is, the 3 Yulin Army in the capital, and [-] county soldiers from various places.

And Ma Teng's [-] to [-] soldiers and horses.

Now, there are exactly 8 soldiers and horses appearing in Jingzhou. According to the information obtained by the Jinyi Guards before, they are the Yulin Army and [-] county soldiers under Liu Bei.

This information was uttered from Yuan Zhou's mouth, and everyone present heard it.

"No, you still underestimated some people."

Liu Zheng added something immediately after Yuan Zhou finished speaking.

"Ok?"

Yuan Zhou has not yet reacted.

"Liu Zhang from Yizhou, he and Liu Bei worked hand in hand, and started delivering food and grass to Liu Bei two months ago. It is impossible for him not to participate in this matter. I am afraid that all his troops have already been transferred to Hanzhong."

"Just wait until we transfer our troops to Nanyang, Shangyong City will definitely be attacked by Liu Zhang's troops!"

Yuan Zhou has forgotten Liu Zhang, but Liu Zheng will not.

"Oh, Liu Zhang succeeded his father Liu Yan last year and became the shepherd of Yizhou. At the same time, he mastered all the power in Yizhou. There are 11 soldiers and horses in Yizhou, but he fought us in Hanzhong before. Thousands of people were lost."

"This time, Liu Zhang can at most bring out [-] soldiers and horses to harass us."

After Liu Zheng reminded Yuan Zhou, he quickly revealed some information about Liu Zhang.

After Yuan Zhou finished speaking, Guo Jia frowned and counted them down.

"Liu Bei has 8 people, Ma Teng has 5 people, and Liu Zhang has 6 people. Tsk tsk, this is another army of nearly 20 people."

"And this is still an elite force, excluding the transportation of food and grass, and the bravery from all over the country who participated in the battle. I am afraid that if we really fight, we will have to face at least 25 enemies."

"There are also the Baibo army in Bingzhou. They are also members of the imperial court in name, and they are very likely to fall to Liu Bei's side. When Liu Bei attacks Jingzhou, they will attack us in Jizhou."

Chapter 1000 two hundred 28 potential danger

Originally, the pressure of the people present was not too great.

After all, after hearing Liu Zheng's description, the enemy he was about to face was nothing more than the 8 men under Liu Bei who were making trouble in Nanyang County.

A mere 8 people will not attract Liu Zheng's attention at all.

After all, Gan Ning, Sun Jian, and Huang Zhong, with a garrison of [-] to [-] troops, are in Jingzhou.

And Zu Lang is in the waters of Jingzhou, and his military strength is not much worse than Liu Bei's 8 people.

If it doesn't work, they can still recruit soldiers from various counties in Jingzhou, and there are still two to three thousand soldiers in each county that can be recruited.

All in all, in a short period of time, Gan Ning and the others could be replenished with at least [-] troops.

Therefore, in Liu Zheng's view, there is actually no need to worry about the battlefield in Jingzhou.

But now after Guo Jia's analysis, the opponent they are about to face is not just as simple as 8 people.

"20 elite troops? There may even be more than 30 troops!"

"This is a bit tricky. We just ended the Northern Expedition last year, and the soldiers and horses in various places have not yet fully recovered."

"If we wait another year, we won't be afraid of the 20 army, but now, we still have some troubles."

Liu Zheng couldn't help saying something to the people present.

In this way, it's not that Liu Zheng is humble, but that he is really tricky at the moment.

On the one hand, the lost soldiers and horses have not been replenished. On the other hand, because there are more Jizhou and Youzhou, and even a large area of ​​the Xianbei grassland in the north needs to be stationed, Liu Zheng needs to recruit more troops to garrison these sites.

Under the natural division of troops, there was no way to transfer his own troops to support Gan Ning.

The newly recruited soldiers and horses have just undergone a few months of training. Although they can go to the battlefield, their combat strength is naturally not the same as those of the veterans.

There is still a lot of pressure.

"Everyone, use your brains now and give me an idea."

Liu Zheng didn't think much about it himself, he would have a headache if he thought about it any more, so he simply left this troublesome matter to the counselors present.

Had them a headache going.

Guo Jia, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhang Zhao, and even Zhou Yu fell into deep thought.

"Mr. Zibu, do you have a clever plan?"

No one spoke.

Liu Zheng glanced at the people present, and his eyes fell on Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao is now the cabinet assistant minister under Liu Zheng's command.

Although Zhang Zhao has a soft temper, he is still capable. Liu Zheng, who has worked with Zhang Zhao for many years, is still clear about this.

Every time he saw Zhang Zhao, Liu Zheng could recall what Sun Ce told Sun Quan in history when he was seriously ill and was about to die.

If you are undecided about internal affairs, ask Zhang Zhao, and if you are undecided about foreign affairs, ask Zhou Yu.

But Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu are actually two opposite temperaments.

For example, whenever you have something to ask Zhang Zhao, his answer can be simplified into one sentence.

Don't ask, just vote.

When I asked Zhou Yu, the answer I got was just the opposite.

Don't ask, just call.

Right now, Liu Zheng asked Zhang Zhao, who also asked Zhang Zhao to answer indifferently.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Liu Bei is not planning to attack with all his strength at this moment. This attack is just a feint. We just need to send someone to negotiate peace with Liu Bei. After all, we still have a few of his captives in our hands. You must not dare to move the truth."

Zhang Zhao didn't like fighting, and he didn't want to fight.

Because fighting will kill people, and dead people are the lives of the people.

As an official who controls the life and death of the people, Zhang Zhao has seen too many people living in dire straits.

So he really wanted to save the lives of the people, but after all, he didn't have the ability to fight on the battlefield, so he could only engage in internal affairs.

When Liu Zheng asked about the war, Zhang Zhao naturally had no good advice for Liu Zheng.

"Come on, Mr. Zibu should sit on one side."

Liu Zheng waved his hand, not intending to continue to listen to Zhang Zhao's words.

Liu Zheng is not a bastard like Sun Quan, he has his own opinions and has never been a coward.

If Liu Bei wants to fight with him, then he should fight Liu Bei well and show Liu Bei some color.

"Feng Xiao, let's talk about it, what's your plan?"

Liu Zheng still turned his gaze to Guo Jia.

Only Guo Jia is Liu Zheng's trusted adviser.

Guo Jia was silent just now, but he was actually thinking in his heart, how to help Liu Zheng in the current situation.

After thinking for a while, Guo Jia had some ideas in his mind, and when Liu Zheng asked, he immediately answered them.

"Your Majesty, I also agree with the main battle."

"I have the same idea as me, so tell me how to fight now?"

"At present, our army still has a lot of soldiers and horses that can be used. The [-] soldiers and horses under General Wenpin, the troops of General Tai Shici, and the troops of Generals Sun Ce and Zhou Yu can all be called upon."

"Let them go to Jingzhou to support, and the crisis in Jingzhou can be resolved."

After a little thought, Guo Jia was able to think of a solution.

The men of Wenpin and Taishici lost a lot during the Northern Expedition, but they were supplemented later, and after more than half a year, they have recovered.