In Nanyang Wancheng, Liu Bei is still waiting for the news of Pang Tong in the eunuch's mansion. The situation is getting worse day by day, and Liu Bei himself has started to cut down on food and clothing. That is because there is not much food and grass. If this continues for another month Within a short period of time, Liu Bei will definitely have no food to use, and at that time Liu Bei will really be finished.
So now Liu Bei can be regarded as living like a year, and now he got another bad news, that is, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Mang of Yangzhou have formed an alliance. .
It can be said that Liu Bei in Yuzhou and Liu Mang in Yangzhou are a pair of brothers in difficulty. Both of them are short of food and grass. It's just that Liu Mang wants food and grass for the people below, while Liu Bei is for his army.
"No news yet!" Liu Bei walked back and forth anxiously in the prefect's mansion. They were all waiting for news from Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan.
"Report to my lord, no!" Jian Yong clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, he was in charge of intelligence, and the intelligence personnel in Jingzhou basically taught Pang Tong how to use them, but now Pang Tong took them to escape. Where is there any news coming, that is, the news of the alliance between Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Mang of Yangzhou was bought by Jian Yong and others, otherwise Liu Bei and the others would really know nothing.
Now Jian Yong is not as casual as before in front of Liu Bei, because Liu Bei already has an opinion on Jian Yong. Last time, he randomly guessed that Sun Qian was the enemy lurking, which already disgusted Liu Bei, so now Jian Yong In front of Liu Bei, he was still a figure of few words.
"No. No, there has been no news all day long! Your subordinates are all dead! I give you thousands of gold every year, and now you have no news for me!" Liu Bei is so angry, all this It is almost imminent, but there is still no information, no, it is almost blind.
"Subordinates should be damned!" Jian Yong lowered his head. He didn't want to argue. He couldn't say that he had given all the intelligence personnel to Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan. You, Liu Bei, gave this order. Jian Yong didn't argue. It's not easy for Liu Bei to vent his anger on Jian Yong.
I could only snort coldly.
"My lord, it seems that this military advisor is no longer reliable!" Sun Ce smiled inwardly as he looked at the scene in front of him. Only Pang Tong is useless. Only in this way can his grandson play a good role.
"Huh?!" Liu Bei frowned suddenly. Jian Yong stood aside and looked at Sun Qian with a fearful expression.
The discord between Sun Qian and Pang Tong, Liu Bei didn't mean that fools would naturally know about it, but now we should help each other instead of crossing the river and tearing down the bridge.
"My lord, our army has run out of food and grass, and it's too late to wait for the news from the military advisor, so my lord, we should make plans as soon as possible!" Sun Qian also learned to be smart, and he no longer spoke ill of Pang Tong directly in front of Liu Bei. In this way, in front of Liu Bei, Liu Bei can only make Liu Bei hate himself, thinking that he is a villain who can only make small reports, and now Sun Gan uses side-talking methods to remind Liu Bei of Sun Gan's role and importance all the time. Pang Tong's uselessness is still to the point.
The military division is unreliable, which can really make people think of it, whether Pang Tong is unreliable and defected to the enemy, or something else, a word can have multiple meanings.
"It's time to make plans as soon as possible!" Liu Bei also changed after hearing Sun Ce's words. It turned out that Sun Qian was not slandering Pang Tong but telling him to make plans as soon as possible. With resentment, you say that you, Pang Tong, want people to ask for money, and Jingzhou is your Pang family's home. It is reasonable to say that the food and grass should have arrived long ago, but now it is imminent, let alone food and grass, even a food and grass. There are no shadows.
"My lord! Our army's food supply is already insufficient. Except for the Xiliang iron cavalry who are still supplying enough food and grass for two meals a day, the other garrison troops have already reduced their food supply. Although this strategy can slow down our army's food and grass consumption, but But it is not a long-term solution, and in half a month we will have to borrow food and grass from the people!" Sun Qian stood up and explained to Liu Bei.
"Borrowing food and grass again!" Liu Bei felt uncomfortable when he heard this. Why Liu Bei can have a place and so many people support him is because Liu Bei has a reputation for benevolence and righteousness. That's why Liu Bei was able to recruit soldiers and horses, and only military generals and civil servants came to join him. However, borrowing food and grass from the people will affect their reputation. How much food can the people have in their hands? I have already borrowed it once. Before, the people looked at you Fame and sex are only borrowed, how long will it take to borrow again.
Isn't this clearly discrediting Liu Bei
"My lord, I am considerate of the people, but if I don't borrow food, my lord, I'll starve to death!" Sun Gan said to Liu Bei unceremoniously.
"My lord's reputation for benevolence and righteousness is important, but once the lord's subordinates starve to death, what's the use of the lord's reputation! If there is food sent by the military advisor, the lord doesn't need to sacrifice his reputation, but this military advisor, hehe! "Sun Qian just sneered twice without saying anything, but it made Liu Bei directly transfer the hatred in his heart.
Borrowing food and grass between him and the people will affect the reputation of benevolence and righteousness. If not borrowing food, the great cause will fail, and all this is caused by one person, that is Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan. Invisibly, Sun Qian brought Liu Bei to make Liu Bei's impression of Pang Tong By one point.
"Sun Gan!" Jian Yong on the side saw it in his eyes but was shocked in his heart. When did this Sun Gan start to use such tactics? Subconsciously, there is a sense of alertness, which may have been brought in by Sun Gan, which made him dissatisfied with Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan.
"Borrow!" Liu Bei could only spit out such a word while gritting his teeth. Can you not borrow it? The army under his command can't eat enough. If he is defeated, those enemies of Liu Bei will not have sympathy for Liu Bei. Both Liu Wei and Cao Cao want to get rid of Liu Bei and then quickly. Liu Bei has already reached the end. This road is over, and he can't turn back. Those princes failed, and some of them had good consequences. Gongsun Zan burned his family to death. Yuan Shu didn't even leave a body behind. If Liu Bei lost, he might die worse than them. So Liu Bei had to borrow food and grass.
Hearing the words of the lord Liu Bei, Sun Qian felt proud, and discrediting Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan was only Sun Qian's first step.
Sun Qian still has some skills, otherwise he would not have been recommended by the great scholar Zheng Xuan to assist Liu Bei for so long. Even if Pang Tong came, Sun Qian would not have been abandoned.
"My lord, how much grain can the people have in their hands? Even if we borrow it, we can't get enough of it. We can only hold on for half a month! Except that the lord wants to force the people to rebel. Otherwise, once the military division's food and grass can't be delivered. Then we in Yuzhou Still can't avoid a way of extinction!" Sun Qian said loudly again, this is not because Sun Qian is scary, but the fact that once there is a lack of food and grass. I'm afraid no one else will do it. Liu Bei can play himself to death by himself. The Xiliang iron cavalry over there was the first to do it. Those Qiang barbarians don't understand your rationale. In his view, being a soldier is robbery. Originally, it was a precarious job, in order to be able to be refreshed when robbing, but you don’t even give us food, so it’s anti-fucking. At that time, life will be really miserable.
Liu Bei's face became gloomy, "The plan will come out!" Liu Bei has played to such an extent that he can't afford to lose, and now borrowing food can only postpone death. Looking at the crowd of civil and military people below, he asked.
But these civil and military people aren't gods, could they conjure food for him for Liu Bei! So the eyes looking at Liu Bei are avoided.
Trash, trash a bunch of trash! "Liu Bei roared in his heart, his face was already terribly dark, if his third younger brother was there, he would definitely find that his eldest brother's face was even darker than Zhang Fei's.
Looking at Liu Bei's frighteningly dark face, Jian Yong knew that Liu Bei was going to kill someone. If something bad happened, someone might be unlucky. Jian Yong had no choice but to take a step forward. He didn't say anything to Liu Bei. He said to Sun Qian who was beside him, "Don't drive, Sun, since you don't talk like that, naturally you have a plan, why don't you teach us!"
"Gongyou, what can I teach you!" Liu Bei immediately looked at Sun Qian after being reminded by Jian Yong, yes, since Sun Gan opened his mouth, he must have a plan, otherwise why would he say it.
"My lord, this plan is to borrow food and grass from Yanzhou Cao Cao!" Sun Gan still had a lot of money in his stomach, so he immediately came up with a clever plan, which was to borrow food and grass from his good neighbor Cao Cao.
"Cao Cao?!" The people below started talking about it. Don't you know what kind of person Cao Cao is? Compared with Yuzhou and Yangzhou, the hatred is no less, even worse.
Liu Bei's good face is gone again, he has cheated Cao Cao, Cao Cao wants to kill him, Cao Cao will lend him food and grass, Cao Cao is too happy, it's not too late to show his face Cao Cao is fighting.
"My lord, there are three reasons why this is related to Cao Cao's borrowing of food. One..." Sun Qian looked at all the civil and military people arguing. If he wanted such a scene, you all think it is impossible. I made him a fact. Didn't it just reflect my value, and on the premise that Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan failed to do it, just when Sun Qian was about to talk, a messenger suddenly rushed in over there.
"Report to my lord, a letter from the Jingzhou military division!" The messenger came in and said a news that made everyone exclaimed.
"What! There's a letter!" Liu Bei stood up on the spot, he couldn't sit still anymore.
"A letter from the military adviser, this is the food and grass is ready!"
"This is great. We can expand the army with food and grass!" The civil and military officers below are also smiling. With food and grass, we can expand the army. After expanding the army, there will naturally be various positions. Those military lords, hundreds of people General, these positions of real power are all about money, so you can arrange your own people, right
"Hurry up, bring it up, bring it up!" Liu Bei was overjoyed. They were waiting for the news from Jingzhou. Now that the news arrived, they were naturally overjoyed.
"My lord, this, this!" Sun Qian was dumbfounded, he hadn't talked eloquently yet, he hadn't said his third.
"Gongyou put your suggestion on hold for now, and read the news from the military division first!" Liu Bei stopped Sun Qian with a smile.
"Military division, military division, it's him Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan again!" Sun Qian growled in a low voice in his heart, and his murderous intent towards Pang Tong deepened in his heart. But the lord insisted on this, so Sun Qian could only nod and say that he had retreated.
A letter was handed up quickly, and Liu Bei opened it directly, and started to read it. The more he read, the faster his expression changed, from excitement at the beginning to solemnity, to hesitation, and even a little kind of doubt.
"What's the matter, my lord!" Jian Yong who was beside him asked Liu Bei suspiciously, because Liu Bei's complexion changed really badly.
"Xianhe, come and take a look!" Liu Bei taught Jian Yong the letter in his hand.
Jian Yong looked at it with a glance. His face was also changing.
"This. This! What did the military adviser think?!" Jian Yong didn't understand, and this letter was passed on to other people with Liu Bei's permission.
Sun Qian also read the letter, and this Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan were really bold, and even asked the lord to send troops to attack Fancheng. Take Fancheng.
"Hehe. Hehe!" Sun Gan laughed. Anyway, if Pang Tong is in favor of everything, then Sun Qian will oppose it. This is Sun Qian's current principle of respect. What's more, it was supposed to be the time for him, Sun Gan, to show off his talents, but he was abruptly interrupted because of a letter from Pang Tong. Do you think Sun Gan can't be angry.
Sun Gan's laughter was so piercing that Liu Bei felt a little uncomfortable, "Gongyou, do you have any opinions!"
"My lord, it's not that Sun Qian has a problem with the military advisor. The military advisor wants to kill our entire Yuzhou army and you, my lord!" Sun Qian stepped forward and bowed to Liu Bei.
"Yes, yes! This Fancheng cannot be attacked!" A group of civil servants over there also hesitated. Pang Tong wants the Yuzhou army to attack Fancheng. Where is Fancheng? It is the territory of Liu Biao of Jingzhou. It could be one of Liu Biao's lifeblood in Jingzhou. If this is hit, it will really tear apart Liu Biao's face.
"My lord, this Fancheng is the barrier to the west of Liu Biao in Jingzhou. It is indestructible in itself. It is guarded by tens of thousands of elites. The city is tens of feet high and surrounded by the flowing water of the Yangtze River. It can be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it is captured Fancheng doesn’t have an army of 100,000 to 80,000, so it’s impossible to take it!” Sun Gan said, looking at Liu Bei, now even if Liu Bei expands his army, there are only 100,000 troops, how can this Fancheng be gnawed on
"My lord, even if we take down Fancheng with all our efforts, then the end of our Yuzhou is almost here! In the north of Yuzhou, there is Cao Cao, the capital of Xu, and Cao Cao's ambition is the world. Now he is trapped in Hebei, and the day of escape will come. When our two armies were at war, there was Yangzhou Liumang and Lujiang Lubu in the east. My lord, our army had just fought against him in Yangzhou. The war between the two sides has not yet ended. This is already surrounded by two enemies. Then you will completely offend Liu Biao of Jingzhou to death. Once Liu Biao also becomes an enemy of our army, then our army will really be full of enemies! My lord, doesn’t this military adviser want to let our Yuzhou army be buried with him? "Sun Qianyi said righteously, and all the civil and military men over there also nodded straightly. If it is true that they are all enemies, then it is really over. Their lord is not Cao Cao. Cao Cao can now be regarded as the top of the world. With hundreds of thousands of armored men in their hands, they are not afraid even if they are enemies of the world, but their lord Liu Bei only has one state in his hands, and only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command. If this offends all the surrounding princes, then just wait Be besieged.
"This, this, this!" Liu Bei frowned. He didn't want to attack Fancheng either. He could imagine what Sun Qian thought. , grab someone's bones, they will still roll up their sleeves to cut you, rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention a prince like Liu Biao.
"My lord, Jian Yong thinks what Bie Jia said is a bit exaggerated!" Just when Liu Bei was hesitating, Jian Yong suddenly spoke.
"Jian Yong!" Hearing Jian Yong's words, Sun Qian's eyes narrowed. Originally, Jian Yong questioned Sun Qian and said bad things about Sun Qian in front of the lord, but Sun Qian still didn't believe it. After all, Sun Qian and Jian Yong worked together. It's not a day or two, but now it seems that this Jian Yong is really not simple. Did he and Pang Tong already form an alliance
Sun Qian couldn't help frowning and said, if Jian Yong really got together with Pang Tong, then Sun Qian really had to reconsider.
In fact, Sun Gan misunderstood Jian Yong. Jian Yong is not in an alliance with anyone, he is only loyal to Liu Bei, and whoever makes him suspicious will naturally speak ill of someone in front of Liu Bei.
"Xianhe, what do you think?!" Liu Bei looked at Jian Yong and asked with objections.
"My lord, Fancheng is the important place of Liu Biao in Jingzhou. As Mr. Sun Qian said, if we take down Fancheng, we will offend Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and have always surrounded the enemy on three sides. But don't forget one thing, that is The current Liu Biao of Jingzhou has formed an alliance with Liu Mang of Yangzhou, and with the enmity between us and Liu Mang of Yangzhou, what difference does it make if we offend Liu Biao of Jingzhou or not!" Jian Yong said to Liu Bei.
"Yes, yes! This Jingzhou Liu Biao has already formed an alliance with Yangzhou Liu Mang and is already our enemy!"
"This is different. Liu Biao has no enterprising spirit, and the alliance is nothing more than Liu Biao's appeasement!" It is manifested that I just want to live a life in peace and stability.
"Hehe!" Jian Yong didn't refute, but changed the angle, "My lord, let's talk about it again. Fancheng is an important town in Jingzhou. If you take Fancheng, you can get Fancheng and go to Jingchu. You can go to Xiangyang in half a day, and the whole Jingzhou will be taken by the lord." I'm staring at you now, my lord, and one more thing is that the grain and grass in Fancheng that the military adviser said in this letter is the key among the keys. If Fancheng is taken down, then our army will completely let go of the crisis of grain and grass. Fancheng is an important town in Jingzhou. With the prosperity of Jingzhou, there must be more than 10,000 food and grass. If this is the case, the lord can expand the army by 100,000, destroy Yangzhou first, and then plot Jingzhou!" Jian Yong's courage is really great, and he wants to win Yangzhou annexed Jingzhou.
"Food!" Liu Bei's eyes flashed. What Liu Bei lacks now is food.
"My lord, you can't do it." Sun Qian still wanted to stop Liu Bei, "My lord, we can borrow food and grass from Xudu Cao Cao! As long as we are..." Before Sun Qian could explain clearly, Liu Bei stopped Sun Qian from speaking.
"Gongyou, don't need to say more!" Liu Bei already has a determination in his mind. Food, food, or food, as long as there is food, we can get through the difficulties. If you don't have it, don't talk about other things. Liu Bei is thinking about Cao Cao as Sun Qian said. uncomfortable.
"Xianhe, how can Fancheng come down!" Liu Bei asked Jian Yong, who was in charge of intelligence.
"My lord, although Fancheng is big, there is one shortcoming in Fancheng, that is, the gates of Fancheng are difficult!" Jian Yong said to Liu Bei. Fancheng is a big city, so naturally its gates are thick and heavy. There are jacks and suspension bridges. Once closed Then it is difficult to open the city gate, but there is another disadvantage of such a city gate, that is, it is difficult to close the city gate, at least it takes a few sticks of incense.
"The city gate is difficult!" Liu Bei finally had an idea, "Where is Hu Che'er!" (To be continued...)