Chengdu.
The people were trembling and all closed the city gates tightly.
They saw greed in the eyes of the foreign soldiers.
The people of the defeated have always been the targets of plunder.
In order to boost morale, Liu Bei agreed to hand over all Chengdu's property to the soldiers.
However, this does not include the people, but the property in the treasury.
Unfortunately, many soldiers are already red-eyed.
Soldiers fight not to serve the country, but to rob.
Especially the local soldiers in Yizhou are even more hostile to the dignitaries in Chengdu.
These people are all from Dongzhou!
Liu Bei was obviously a little anxious. He saw the local soldiers in Yizhou wanting to retaliate against the officials of the Dongzhou faction.
The other party is justified in what he says, but if he steps in to stop him, it might weaken the morale of the army.
"Sir, please come this way."
Ma Chao bowed his hands and said, "Our people have the situation under control for the time being!"
"However, the anger of these Yizhou people is obviously not easy to calm down."
Pang De pointed over and saw many Yizhou soldiers, his eyes were already red.
"This is how I have been oppressed for too long."
Ma Dai sighed and said: "Isn't this the case in our Liangzhou? The court doesn't pay attention to it, and it's even more difficult for Liangzhou people to become officials."
Liu Mang did not deny that Liangzhou was nothing more than a piece of chicken ribs to the Han Dynasty, tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.
There are Qiang and Di people causing chaos in the surrounding area. To gain a foothold in Liangzhou, in addition to appeasing the local wealthy families, we must also establish good relations with the Qiang and Di people.
"Come with me."
Ma Chao, Ma Dai and Pang De were guarding the left and right sides.
"Everyone, why did you stop in front of Xu Jing's residence and refused to retreat?"
The soldiers were excited, and Ma Chao shouted: "Young Master asked me a question, but you still haven't answered it!"
The soldiers talked a lot, and Liu Mang finally got a general idea.
The Dongzhou faction suppressed the Yizhou faction not just in a day or two, but the two sides had been grudges for a long time.
Liu Bei's soldiers surrendered in Yizhou, hoping to wipe out a wave of ruthless Dongzhou people after conquering Chengdu.
I don't admit that Dongzhou people like Fa Zheng and Meng Da took refuge with Liu Bei earlier than them.
Only Xu Jing, a Dongzhou native who had just defected to Chengdu from Jiaozhou, failed to get his wish.
This was good, Yizhou sent soldiers to vent all their anger on Xu Jing.
The common people wouldn't let him rob him, and the treasury wouldn't let him take it. So it's not too much to rob Xu Jing, right?
"Master over there, be careful! Why are you so active in order to rob Xu Jing?"
Liu Mang pointed to a corner, where one person was about to climb over the wall and enter.
"Sir, this person is Xu Jing!"
"Blow him to death!"
"Thank you for informing me, sir. If you hadn't reminded me, this old bastard would have almost escaped!"
Xu Jing was shocked. He originally thought he could escape, but he was tricked by Liu Mang's sudden "respecting the old and loving the young".
"Ahem! Brothers, please listen to my advice."
Liu Mang smiled and said: "How about you wait until tomorrow? I will definitely give my brothers an explanation for this matter!"
The soldiers looked suspicious, obviously not believing what Liu Mang said.
"Sir, you are not delaying me on purpose, are you?"
"How presumptuous! My young master has kept his promise, how can I lose your reward?"
Ma Chao Pangde stood with his sword in hand, and then everyone retreated angrily.
Within the mansion.
Liu Bei also had a head as big as a bucket, and Liu Zhang's move obviously deceived him.
Taking advantage of the contradiction between Yizhou and Dongzhou people, Liu Bei was given the choice.
If Yizhou soldiers are allowed to plunder the residences of Dongzhou faction officials, will there be any Dongzhou faction willing to serve Liu Bei?
Even Fazheng, Mengda and others who have already taken refuge with Liu Bei may still have some gaps in their minds.
If he tried his best to defend the Dongzhou faction, then Liu Bei would be like Liu Zhang and completely break the hearts of the Yizhou people.
Once a foreign force attacks Yizhou, this group of Yizhou people will still turn into capitulationists and leading the way.
Liu Bei said nothing and Zhuge Liang frowned.
"Dad, look at the trouble you've caused! Why are you wishing for nothing?"
"If you don't have diamonds, don't take the porcelain job!"
"Sometimes, you think you are a big tree, but in fact, your toothpick is stirring up a big vat!"
Liu Mang sat down angrily, Zhang Fei offered a glass of water to his eldest nephew, while Guan Yu closed his eyes to rest.
"You traitor! Do you still have the heart to scold your father?"
Liu Bei said angrily: "It's not like Liu Jiyu is treacherous! Now that he has gone to Jingzhou, he has left all the mess to me!"
The more Uncle Liu thought about it, the angrier he became. Then he looked at his rebellious son and said with a smile: "Mang'er, logically speaking, this Yizhou shepherd is you, why should you be panicking as a father?"
Ahem!
Seeing his lord cheating on his son, Zhuge Liang gently shook his feather fan and smiled without saying a word.
"Dad, why are you still in a hurry?"
"Your son, I am still a Jingzhou mu, so why don't I end up working for you?"
Liu Mang chuckled and said: "Liu Zhang saw through Yizhou's internal contradictions and now threw the contradictions to us."
"If I want to divert the conflict, I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower."
Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this and said with a smile: "Sir, you are right, Mang'er really has a way!"
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other and smiled. What a stupid chicken, our eldest nephew has to be the one to figure it out!
"The best strategy is to divert the disaster eastward. We transform the internal conflicts between the Yizhou faction and the Dongzhou faction into external conflicts with Cao Cao."
Liu Bei frowned and said, "Mang'er, now that the soldiers are tired, I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate to start a war with Cao Cao directly, right?"
Liu Mang ignored it and continued: "The middle strategy is to use Li Daozhi to use new internal conflicts, such as driving the Dongzhou people to the four counties of Nanzhong."
The four counties of Nanzhong? Such a barren land!
Liu Bei shook his head and said: "No! If we move all the Dongzhou people to the four counties of Nanzhong, what is the difference between them and exiled them?"
Liu Mang continued to talk, "The next best thing is to kill them all! Since the conflict cannot be resolved, then kill the people who caused the conflict!"
"Father, just kill those Yizhou soldiers in one go!"
Liu Bei frowned and said nothing. Seeing that his old habit of choosing a strategy was about to happen again, Liu Mango finally spoke.
"Just choose the best option! That's all that's required tomorrow..."
"Mang'er, I told you to do this before I became a father, but the soldiers didn't listen at all!"
"Dad, your logic is good for fooling scholars, but if you are a soldier who doesn't know a word of Chinese characters, who will listen to your plain talk?"
Liu Mang said disgustedly: "Tomorrow, everything will be revealed!"
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and asked softly: "Commander, our army is going to war with Cao Cao. What are the chances of winning now?"
Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said: "My lord, we should march to Hanzhong sooner rather than later!"
"Zhang Lu is on good terms with the young master and is more willing to take the initiative to relocate 300,000 people. The lord can just do it as he pleases."
"Now that my lord has so many powerful generals under his command, how can he be afraid of Cao Cao?"
Guan Yu caressed his beautiful beard and said with a smile: "Brother! This time, we will definitely defeat Cao Cao on the battlefield!"
Zhang Fei laughed and said: "Brother, don't worry, my Zhangba Snake Spear will definitely poke through Cao Cao's thieves!"
Liu Bei made up his mind, "Just do what Mang'er said! Implement the best strategy and divert the disaster eastward!"
