Chapter 24 Zhuge Liang's approval

Zhao Yun repeated the words that Liu Chan taught him: "Yes, the lord just wrote to him, Sun Quan is unwilling, and he will definitely not borrow it, but he will be urged by the lord to be anxious." After all, the relationship between the lord and Jiangdong is now an alliance, and if Sun Quan ignores the lord's request, the alliance will be in danger of breaking.

Borrowing Nanjun to the lord, Sun Quan was unwilling, and if he didn't borrow it, there would be a gap in the alliance. When he learned that the lord wanted to win Yizhou, he would rush to get Yizhou, thus completely breaking the mind of the lord.

And Zhou Yu, who took Nanjun at the moment, was already preparing to attack Yizhou. As long as the lord said in the letter that he wanted to win Yizhou, Sun Quan was anxious and unwilling, so he would let Zhou Yu rush ahead of the lord and send troops to Yizhou! ”

Liu Bei was slightly angry when he heard Zhao Yun say this, are you helping me or Jiangdong?

Although Liu Bei was unhappy, he didn't show it, but said in a deep voice: "Zilong, I'm just worried that Zhou Yu will further try to take Xichuan after taking Nanjun, so I want to use Nanjun to contain Jiangdong's power." If I say in my letter that I want to take Xichuan as a foothold, then Jiangdong will definitely not borrow Nanjun from me, but will try to take Xichuan as soon as possible, completely cutting off my opportunity for development. Are you still helping me with this strategy? ”

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "The last general is to let Jiangdong do this, lord, you don't have to worry about Jiangdong taking Xichuan." The mountains and rivers of Xichuan are blocked, and the cars cannot be on the same track, and the horses cannot be on the same track. Zhou Yu fought in Nanjun and Caoren for a year, and the people were sleepy and lacking, and Jiangdong was only a strong naval army, and his combat strength on land was actually not strong, which can be seen from the fact that it took him a year to take Nanjun.

The Xichuan soldiers and horses are good at mountain warfare, and their infantry combat ability is far stronger than that of the Jiangdong Naval Army, so Zhou Yu has no strength to take Xichuan at all. And Xichuan only needs to send a general to guard Yubei County, Zhou Yu has great ability, and it is difficult to advance an inch.

And Cao Cao in the north, seeing Zhou Yu's troops entering Xichuan, will definitely take advantage of Zhou Yu's westward march to send troops from two routes, one virtual and one real, the virtual army feints to attack Nanjun, and the real army attacks Jiangdong. At that time, Jiangdong will be difficult to take care of, and he will definitely ask the lord to garrison Nanjun to protect Nanjun from loss.

The lord can take advantage of Zhou Yu's attack on Xichuan to take the opportunity to take Jiaozhou, and then Sun Quan's Jiangdong native will withdraw all the soldiers and horses of Nanjun to defend in order to protect himself, so that Nanjun will be empty, and when the time comes, they will beg the lord to garrison Nanjun for the alliance of Sun and Liu.

And the lord can sit on the ground at that time, and propose to change the loan to exchange, and use the Jiaozhou he just seized to exchange for Nanjun, so that the lord will not have to worry about Sun Quan asking for Nanjun in the future, and he will not lose the name of benevolence and righteousness. ”

This ......" After listening to Zhao Yun's lofty talk, Liu Bei did not despise it, but pondered, thinking about the truth in Zhao Yun's strategy.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Bei said: "Zilong means that I will reveal my intention to seize Xichuan in my letter, so that Jiangdong can attack Xichuan without adequate preparation and let it lose." And Cao Cao in the north saw Jiangdong attacking Xichuan, and he would definitely take advantage of Jiangdong's emptiness to attack Jiangdong. And I took the opportunity to send troops to take Jiaozhou, and after Sun Quan was in danger, I exchanged Jiaozhou for Nanjun? ”

"Not bad!" Zhao Yun nodded.

I didn't want Liu Bei to shake his head and said, "Although Zilong's strategy is good, it is like talking on paper, and some things are taken for granted. First of all, on the Jiangdong side, they fought on two fronts in Nanjun and Hefei, and after a year of one victory and one defeat, they suffered heavy losses, and they may not have attacked Xichuan because of my words in the letter.

Second, even if Sun Quan really sent Zhou Yu to attack Xichuan, Cao Cao might not attack Jiangdong, and he might also attack Nanjun and cut off Zhou Yu's retreat.

Third, Cao Cao attacked Jiangdong, and Sun Quan may not be unable to defend it. If Sun Quan had blocked Cao Cao's offensive and Zhou Yu had taken Xichuan, I would have no chance of reviving the Han Dynasty.

Fourth, if Zhou Yu attacks Xichuan, Liu Zhang of Yizhou may not be able to defend it.

What's more, Jiaozhou is located in Lingnan, the mountains and rivers are blocked, and there are no people, if I send troops to get it, how can it be so easy to fight?

Your strategy needs to be said in the above five points, and Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Liu Zhang have all been counted, will they be fooled? ”

Hearing Liu Bei say these five problems, Zhao Yun sighed in his heart and thought secretly: "The young master's plan really didn't work, hey, I'll still declare the guilt to the master!" ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun wanted to confess.

"Yes!" But I didn't want to, and a clear voice suddenly sounded from His Highness.

"Strategist?" Hearing this voice, Zhao Yun stopped abruptly, and there was a faint expectation in his heart: "Could it be that the military advisor agrees with the young master's plan?" ”

Liu Bei saw that it was Zhuge Liang, and couldn't help but doubt: "Military advisor, do you agree with Zilong's plan?" ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Zhao Yun, seemed to be smiling, and immediately faced Liu Bei, arched his hand and said: "Liang thinks that Zilong's strategy is very good, it is absolutely feasible!" ”

Liu Wei pinched his beard and wondered: "But Zilong's strategy, with these five points, is unpredictable, if one link is not calculated accurately, it will not succeed at all!" ”

Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said: "Lord, Liang thinks that he has calculated these five ideas of dragons!" ”

Liu Bei asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Zhuge Liang explained: "First of all, will Sun Quan attack Xichuan because of the letter of the lord. According to the detailed report, after Zhou Yu took Nanjun, he did not recuperate, but reorganized his army and had the intention of continuing to use troops. Needless to say, Zhou Yu wanted to send troops to Xichuan, although Jiangdong suffered a lot of losses in the first battle of Nanjun, everyone felt that Jiangdong was unable to use troops in a short time, but the reality was virtual, and the reality was real, if Zhou Yu raided Xichuan, wouldn't it be promising? ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this and said: "This makes some sense, Yizhou Liu Zhang is weak, if he is unprepared, let Zhou Yu go up the river and kill to Sichuan, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, he can't stop Zhou Lang!" But in this way, wouldn't Zhou Yu take the land of Xichuan? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "But what if Liu Zhang has precautions? ”

"This ......" Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard Zhuge Liang say this: "Yes, yes, if Liu Zhang is prepared and sends troops to garrison Yubei County, then Zhou Yu will definitely not succeed." ”

After Liu Bei was defeated in the Battle of Yiling, he was worried that Eastern Wu would continue to attack, so he did not return to CD, but personally guarded the fish belly until he died of illness a year later.

Later, Shu Han also set up a garrison governor in Yong'an, and stationed troops to guard Yong'an all the year round, that is, to guard against the attack of Eastern Wu.

Therefore, as long as Yizhou holds the fish belly county, Zhou Yu will not be able to defeat it at all.

As for how to make Liu Zhang guarded, it was naturally him Liu Bei who reported the news, so that he could also befriend Liu Zhang and lay the foundation for attacking Xichuan in the future.

It's just that this topic is sensitive, and notifying Liu Zhang is to harm Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang is inconvenient to say more, and the monarch and the minister know it.