In December 218 AD, the people of Fufeng County ran out of food and had no food to eat, and Cao Cao did not distribute grain and grass to rescue, so that the people rebelled.

At the beginning of January 219 AD, Cao Zhen led an army to Fufeng to quell the rebellion, and after slaughtering a large number of people, he returned to Chang'an after suppressing the rebellion.

At the beginning of February, Youhaoqiang rebelled again, beheaded the county commander of Meixian County, and surrendered to Liu Bei for help.

For a time, the servants in Fufeng County gathered, and a large number of heroes rose up, controlled the city and submitted a letter of surrender to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to send troops for help.

In March, Liu Bei received a letter asking for help.

Liu Bei convened the civil and military ministers to discuss the matter of sending troops: "Cao Zhen suppressed the Fufeng rebellion with iron and blood, slaughtered a large number of people, and the blood of Fufeng County flowed like a river.

Now that I have been recuperating in Yizhou for three years, the soldiers are full of food, water conservancy, and the roads have been almost repaired. ”

At this moment, Liu Bei's analysis of Liu Chan last year was shaken.

Liu Chan said at the time that Cao Cao pretended to be sick to lure the enemy, but Cao Cao had been sick for more than half a year, and now that he had finished recuperating, Cao Cao was still sick, how could he pretend to be so long?

Moreover, the situation in Fufeng County was erosive, Cao Zhen suppressed it with iron and blood, and slaughtered nearly 10,000 people, if this was Cao Cao's plan to lure the enemy, then the price would be too great.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if this is really Cao Cao's plan to lure the enemy, but now Yizhou has been recuperating for three years, soldiers and horses have been trained for three years, grain has been hoarded for three years, military construction has been done for three years, water conservancy, roads and other projects have also been almost done, and the strength has increased greatly.

You tempted me to attack, and I was about to hit you!

Liu Chan sat next to him and pondered, Liu Chan did not object to the Northern Expedition, and now that the recuperation is over, it is a good time for the Northern Expedition.

It's just that in terms of troop strategy, Liu Chan is a little undecided.

On the side of Fufeng County, the situation is too weird, if he attacks Fufeng County out of the Slope Valley, Cao Cao is likely to open his net and wait.

It's just that Cao Cao made a big fanfare to create a rebellion in Fufeng County and lured Liu Bei to send troops from Xiegu to fight Fufeng County, what was his intention?

Cao Cao only has 100,000 soldiers and horses in Yongliang, even if he has a state, Si Li can send reinforcements, but there are not many, what confidence can he have to defeat Liu Bei?

Aren't you afraid of losing Guanzhong?

Therefore, Liu Chan felt that it was better to attack Liangzhou with troops out of Qishan, since there must be a problem with Fufeng County. Then sending troops to Longxi will definitely be able to achieve a surprise effect, although it is not as good as winning in Guanzhong to achieve great results, but the victory is stable!

Zhang Song arched his hand and said: "Lord, now Cao Cao is still sick in bed, the people of Fufeng County are in rebellion, and the heroes from all over the country have risen up, clearly surrendering to the lord, and the lord should take this opportunity to lead his troops north to Guanzhong and take Yongliang in one fell swoop!" ”

"My lord!" Xu Shu arched his hand.

"Why not?" Liu Bei frowned, and said: "Now that I have been recuperating in Yizhou for three years, and the soldiers are full of food, does Yuanzhi want to stop my Northern Expedition?" ”

Xu Shu arched his hand and said: "Shu is not to stop the Northern Expedition of the Lord Gong, but in terms of how to enter the army, he has other ideas!" ”

"Oh? I don't know what other strategies the military division has? ”

Xu Shu said eloquently: "Now the lord has been recuperating for several years, but Cao Cao is sitting back and watching the people of Fufeng County rebel, but he does not try to appease it, there must be a conspiracy, so Cao Jun is in Fufeng County, I am afraid that he is waiting for a net."

Therefore, Shu thought that the lord could send troops in two ways, one virtual and one real, and the virtual one was partial to the division, and sent a general to go out of the valley under the banner of the main army. The lord personally led a large army out of Qishan and attacked Longxi. In this way, let the partial division contain the main force of the Cao army in Fufeng, and the lord will quickly take Longxi, wait for the lord to settle Liangzhou, and then enter Guanzhong in the east, and converge with the partial division, so Yongliang can be determined. ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, looked at everyone and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Huang Quan arched his hand and said: "The words of the military advisor are reasonable, the matter of Fufeng County is indeed a bit strange, and the lord can use the strategy of the military advisor to enter the army." ”

"The lord can use the soldiers according to the strategy of the military division!"

"What Xu Junshi said makes sense!"

For a time, the civil and military forces in the palace supported Xu Shu's strategy of marching into the army.

Originally, Liu Chan also supported the dispatch of troops to Liangzhou, but it can be seen that His Royal Highness Wenwu supported the dispatch of troops to Liangzhou, but Liu Chan felt a little wrong in his heart.

Do so many people think there is a problem with the right wind?

Cao Cao, Sima Yi and others are no less wise than Xu Shu, Xu Shu, Zhang Song, Huang Quan, Liu Ba and others, what they can think of, how could Cao Cao, Sima Yi, Jiang Ji, Cheng Yu and others not think of it?

If Fufeng County is really an ambush, then this strategy is too clumsy. Could it be that Cao Cao deliberately exposed the flaws of the right Fufeng, so that Liu Bei noticed the calculation, and thus calculated that Liu Bei would send troops to Longxi?

Therefore, the right side of Fufeng is actually safe, and the real ambush is actually in Liangzhou?

Liu Chan was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "Yes, Cao Cao is treacherous, and he uses soldiers to make it difficult to figure out. Therefore, this real method of marching into the army needs to be done in the opposite way! ”

Liu Chan looked at Zhuge Liang, only to see Zhuge Liang's brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about something.

"Father, don't do that!" Liu Chan hurriedly stood up.

"Adou, what do you think?"

Liu Chan arched his hand and said: "Father, Cao Cao's use of soldiers has always been treacherous, false and real, difficult to figure out, and now the situation in Fufeng County, according to the wisdom of all gentlemen, can see that there is a trace of wrongness, and feel that there is a conspiracy."

This is exactly where Cao Cao is treacherous, the child thinks that there should be nothing wrong with Fufeng County, and the land of Longxi is the real trap. Or the opposite, the partial division went out of Qishan under the banner of the main force, and was responsible for personally leading the army out of the valley secretly. ”

"Forehead ......" Liu Bei listened to Liu Chan's words, and was stunned for a moment, Liu Chan's strategies in the past were all Qizheng, this is the first time that Liu Chan relied on his feelings, according to the enemy's temperament, Liu Bei was a little undecided for a while.

Zhuge Liang listened to Liu Chan's words, and his originally frowning brows relaxed in an instant.

He immediately arched his hand and said: "Lord, what the prince said is right, Cao Cao is treacherous, and he uses soldiers to be virtual and real, and now there is a problem with the situation in Fufeng, so Cao Cao may have expected that our army would divide his troops into the Northern Expedition, so he set up an ambush in Longxi, but here in Fufeng County, there is no ambush.

When the whole army goes out of the valley, the lord only needs to be careful when using the troops, so even if there is a conspiracy in Fufeng County, it will not hurt. If the troops are divided, they will inevitably be broken by Cao Cao one by one. ”

"What do you think?" Liu Bei nodded, looked at everyone and asked.

Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't make up their minds for a while.

They supported Xu Shu just now, and now Zhuge Liang, what Liu Chan said also makes sense, if they are supporting Liu Chan, won't they have no opinions.

Fa Zheng arched his hand and said: "I am supporting the army's strategy of the prince, and the whole army of the lord is out to support the wind, even if Cao Cao has a conspiracy, he can be invincible." If Cao Cao has no conspiracy in Fufeng, the lord can take advantage of the situation to win Yongliang in one fell swoop! ”