"Liu Mingfu is right!"
Jin Xuan said in agreement: "In a head-on confrontation, even if we can defeat Liu Bei, both sides will suffer in the end. It is better to form an alliance secretly. When Liu Bei arrives, we can join forces to attack suddenly and break this situation!"
Regarding how to fight, Liu Du's plan was highly approved by them.
They all thought it was okay for Liu Du to do this.
Zhao Fan said: "Our four counties in Jingnan each support their own troops and govern their own affairs. They can submit to Liu Bei, but they will not surrender military power, let alone political power. This is our bottom line."
Han Xuan echoed: "If Liu Bei wants us to be friends, then we will rebel!"
"Yes, we rebelled together!"
Liu Du said loudly: "Since you have no objections, our four-county alliance is officially established."
"The alliance is officially established!"
The other three prefects said in unison.
It was rare for them to come together.
It had to be done for their common good.
Liu Du nodded with satisfaction. When they faced Jingbei in Lingling, they were the first to bear the brunt. Facing Liu Bei with their own strength was a great pressure.
Now that he has brought the other three counties together and dragged them into the water, he can do whatever he wants.
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Xiangyang.
Also on New Year's Eve.
Zhuge Liang received a piece of information, and Liu Du secretly contacted the governors of Changsha and other three counties for information. Since the transmission of information took time, when Jingnan's detailed work began to transmit the information, the governors of the four counties had not yet met.
However, it was not difficult for Zhuge Liang to guess that based on the time of transmission of the information, he could conclude that the wise men had already met.
How the people from Jingnan met did not pose any threat to Zhuge Liang. It was quite easy to break up their alliance, so he didn't take it to heart.
But after reading the information, he still showed it to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei frowned before he finished reading.
In fact, Liu Du's worries are not unreasonable. Liu Bei really wants to take Jingnan into his own hands. Even Zhuge Liang thinks so.
The four counties in Jingnan were in the hands of Liu Du and others, and Liu Bei was worried.
In addition, Liu Du and the others are Liu Biao's old friends and can still control the military power, which makes them even more uneasy and must be firmly in their own hands.
Otherwise, the four counties in Jingnan would not be considered surrendered.
"What do Kong Ming think?"
Liu Bei asked.
Zhuge Liang said calmly: "That's all! According to my guess, Liu Du invited several other prefects to Lingling, mainly to discuss how to deal with us. The alliance of the four prefects seems to be very powerful, but in fact it is in disarray."
Liu Bei asked: "Why did Kong Ming say that?"
Zhuge Liang said: "It's very simple. If the four of them cannot unite, it is actually very easy for us to disintegrate them. As long as two of them are provoked, the remaining two will destroy themselves. Even if we don't provoke them, with our current situation It is not difficult to conquer them directly by force."
Seeing Zhuge Liang being so confident, Liu Bei's nervousness eased and he asked again: "We don't need to worry about Liu Du and others?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Don't worry about it now."
However, Liu Bei still had a question, asking: "If we still have to pacify Jingnan, won't it delay our development progress?"
Zhuge Liang has also considered this concern and said calmly: "It won't slow down, but it will be a very good opportunity to train troops. I don't take the four governors of Jingnan seriously, unless they have expert guidance, otherwise they will A tool for our training."
After receiving such a confident response, Liu Bei was completely relieved.
Since the four governors of Jingnan are so weak, there is nothing to worry about.
"After the ice and snow melt, no matter Jingnan or Liangzhou, these layouts will be operational."
"My lord, you should make preparations in advance and act after the snow melts."
"As for the four governors of Jingnan, I will arrange for people to contact them after a while. Using a small alienation plan, they will be unable to maintain unity and everything will be under control."
Zhuge Liang continued.
"good!"
Liu Bei is overjoyed!
Zhuge Wolong is indeed extraordinary.
Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, got one person, Liu Bei thought that his world was completely stable.
"Kong Ming, and Mr. Fengchu, are there really nothing we can do?"
Liu Bei then thought of Pang Tong.
People are always greedy, and he is no exception. If he doesn't collect all the sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks, he will feel imperfect.
"Disaster!"
Zhuge Liang said helplessly: "I tried to contact Shiyuan many times, but there was no news from the people sent out, and none of them came back. It can be seen that Cao Cao must be staring at Pang Shiyuan and being restricted from freedom. I am also worried whether Shiyuan is still there. Stay alive."
Liu Bei said fiercely: "Damn thief Cao!"
In this way, he cut off Pang Tong and snatched away Mr. Fengchu who belonged to him. In his heart, he had already scolded Cao Cao over and over again.
Zhuge Liang said: "We can only forget about Shi Yuan!"
Really just forget it.
No matter how much it was a pity for Pang Tong, he still couldn't beat Xu Du and rob people, so he had to put these thoughts aside.
"Lord, for now, we just have to go as planned."
Zhuge Liang said confidently: "There will be no problems with my plan."
Liu Bei affirmed: "I believe in Kong Ming!"
There is still a certain amount of time before the ice and snow melt, enough for them to prepare and shock everyone when the time comes.
With the assistance of Zhuge Wolong, Liu Bei thought it was enough.
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Liangzhou.
The wind and snow in the northwest region are heavier than those in the Central Plains, and the weather is also colder.
Han Sui found an excuse to go out for winter hunting.
At this time, he had been away from Guzang for several days. He came to the vicinity of Yumen Pass and met with some envoys from small countries in the Western Regions, as well as the leader of a large Xianbei tribe. They met together near Yumen Pass.
This was Chen Gong's advice to him. If Liangzhou's troops were insufficient, foreign troops could be borrowed.
It is not unfamiliar to them to borrow foreign troops to fight wars.
For example, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Eastern Han Dynasty frequently asked the Xiongnu and Xianbei to borrow troops, and of course they needed money.
Those foreigners were almost mercenaries of the Han Dynasty. For example, not long after the Yellow Turban Rebellion ended, when chaos broke out in Youzhou and Wuhuan invaded, they borrowed soldiers from the Huns to put it down.
The Han court at that time gave the Huns a lot of money and food.
However, because they didn't have enough money to give them all, the Huns were naturally dissatisfied and fought in. They finally managed to calm down.
Han Sui now also wants to hire mercenaries.
The Mansion of the Governor of the Western Regions was almost deserted in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are in charge of their own affairs, and the Han Dynasty has no sense of existence towards them.
If Han Sui wanted to borrow troops, he had to give him money. If he couldn't afford the money, he could still give him goods.
Give the big man salt, cloth, grain, wine and other things to hire mercenaries.
Salt and cloth, in particular, were necessities and scarce goods in both the Western Region and the grasslands.
When they heard that they could make money, they immediately contacted Han Sui.
In fact, Han Sui couldn't bring out that many things now.
But that doesn't stop him from writing a bad check first. As long as he gets Liangzhou, he can march into Guanzhong and plunder Ma Teng and others. Salt, cloth and other things will definitely be given to him, but it's just an installment payment.
These were all taught by Chen Gong, and Han Sui thought they were reasonable and could be used.
