The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 84 Liu Bei's Way of Being a King

In late August, Liu Bei led Lin Chao, Zhao Yun, and nearly ten thousand soldiers into Lunu City.At this time, Guan Yu and Tian Feng had already captured the city.

At the same time, Liu Bei also received the battle report from Zhang Fei.

He adopted Xun Chen's strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west, and led 1000 soldiers to attack the city from the front, but let Lin Xi lead [-] people to attack from the other side, protruding from the city in one fell swoop, and took Nanxing Tang.

Then Zhang Fei rushed to Shangquyang non-stop, but this time it went very smoothly.

After learning the news of the fall of Nanxing Tang, the enemy troops in Shangquyang surrendered immediately, seeing that they were isolated and helpless.

So far, with the exception of Wangdu, Puyin, and Tang County in the far north near Youzhou, the rest of Zhongshan County has been successfully controlled by Liu Bei.

After receiving this news, Liu Bei was of course happy, but he still ordered Zhang Fei to stand still and not lead his army northward.

In the Lunu government office, Tian Feng was arguing fiercely with Lin Chao.

"Zichu, although your strategy is sound, your troops are expensive and fast. It is inevitable that there will be long nights and dreams. Our army should go north immediately, take down the three counties, and recover the entire Zhongshan."

Tian Feng spoke, speaking very fast.

The goal of Liu Bei Group at this stage is to win the entire Zhongshan.After all, further north is the territory of Youzhou, and fighting across the state is a big taboo, even Liu Yan can't help it.

Faced with Tian Feng's doubts, Lin Chao shook his head, and said, "Yuan Hao, I still believe that the best strategy is to recruit and surrender, supplemented by conquest."

Originally, this was the general policy Lin Chao had set for this trip to the north, but when he was about to implement it, Zhang Yan suddenly jumped out and disrupted the rhythm.

Now that Zhang Yan has retreated and everything has returned to the original state, Lin Chao will of course continue to implement his plan.

This seemingly lofty strategy actually only needs to be divided into two steps.

First of all, the family members and parents of the soldiers who were conscripted by Zhang Chunqiang in the three counties were called, and each of them was asked to write a letter of safety report.

Zhang Chun once occupied more than half of Zhongshan. Although it didn't take long, nearly [-] young and strong were recruited.And now most of the soldiers guarding the city in the three counties should be young and strong from other counties.

In the past, their wives, children, and children were all controlled by Zhang Chun, and they had to work hard for Zhang Chun.But now that Liu Bei has recovered most of the places, asking the families of these soldiers to write them a letter of safety is enough to disturb the hearts of the three counties.

You see, the imperial army regained the lost land, not only did not pursue the crimes of you family members of the thieves, but entertained them with delicious food and drink. What reason do you have to continue to be loyal to Zhang Chun?

This is the so-called, heart attack strategy!
Then, when the matter is fully fermented, send an elite division all the way north, it will be like a broken bamboo, and regaining the three counties is like searching for something.

In fact, this is not a strategy that Lin Chao came up with, but to imitate Lu Meng's raid on Jingzhou decades later.

When Lu Meng took Jingzhou, he was afraid that Guan Yu would return to his army to counterattack, so he used this desperate strategy.

One must know that Guan Yu's army was in full swing at that time, even though he had fought fiercely with Xu Huang, if he turned around and counterattacked Jiangling City, Lu Meng's small body might not be able to withstand it.

Therefore, Lv Meng ordered his subordinates not to invade the people in Jiangling City, and sent troops all day long to take care of the elderly and ask about their shortcomings, so that the people in Jingzhou believed Sun Shiwan's evil.

Then Lu Meng ordered the people to write a letter of safety to the soldiers who were fighting with Guan Yu.

At this time, Guan Yu had been fighting for a long time, and his subordinates were already exhausted. Hearing that his hometown had been stolen, everyone was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to fight back at Jiangling.However, they received a letter of safety from their family members, knowing that not only were their wives and children safe, but their lives were going well, they all had no intention of fighting and broke up in all directions.

The most amazing thing is that after Guan Yu's defeat, Lu Meng immediately put away his hypocrisy and returned to normal.

And this period of time has actually become the most benevolent period of time for the people during Sun Quan's rule of Jingzhou for decades. This operation is not unreasonable.

What Lin Chao used was the same tactic as Lu Meng's, psychologically disintegrating the defense of the soldiers in the three counties, so that the entire Zhongshan could be regained without bloodshed.

Although this strategy is good, it is also the safest, and it is also in line with Tian Feng's behavior style, but he still strongly opposes it.

"Zichu, it will take a long time for your plan to take effect!" Tian Feng shouted loudly, "and it is already the end of August, how come the time will come for you to implement this plan. If it is after October, the plan has not yet come true." If it takes effect, the lord's plan to recover Zhongshan before the end of the year will be destroyed!"

"Besides, Thief Zhang is still on the troubled side of Youzhou. If he is allowed to grow bigger and counterattack Zhongshan next year, how will we deal with it?"

"When our army is victorious and the soldiers are in full swing, take down the three counties in one fell swoop and regain Zhongshan to resist the Zhang bandits!"

Tian Feng said a lot, and his saliva tended to spray on Lin Chao's face.

But I have to say that his consideration is indeed very reasonable.

In ancient times, speed is the most important thing in soldiers, and procrastination is difficult to accomplish.And with the current conditions, once the snow falls into winter, trying to attack the city is tantamount to nonsense.

Once Lin Chao's strategy fails to take effect in a short period of time, it will be equivalent to giving the three counties a chance to breathe. It is unknown how Zhang Chun will act in the coming year.

The great situation in front of us must not be missed. Therefore, Tian Feng, who has always insisted on fighting steadily, strongly demanded to enter the army.

Lin Chao got a headache from Tian Feng's loud voice, and couldn't help rubbing his temples.

"Yuan Hao, according to your words, if you can't take down the three counties before winter, you will have to retreat. It's just a waste of money and food, and it won't help."

Tian Feng snorted coldly and said: "Our army's morale is high, and our soldiers are in full swing. If we attack with great power, why worry about winning it! On the contrary, it is your Lin Zichu's strategy of attacking the heart. A certain person thinks that the effect is too slow to win quickly."

The two were arguing in the room, and Dian Wei was guarding the outside, but happened to see Liu Bei leading Guan Yu and Zhao Yun into the yard.

Dian Wei was about to salute, but Liu Bei stopped him with a wave.

Obviously, Tian Feng's voice was so loud that even Liu Bei who had just entered the yard heard it.

Seeing Liu Bei stop, Dian Wei trotted over, wondering, "My lord, the supervisor and the landlord have been arguing for a long time, why didn't my lord come in and fight for them?"

"Jun Ming, a certain person can't go in yet."

After listening to a few words, Liu Bei understood what the two were arguing about, so he couldn't help but speak.

"Why is this?"

After hearing Liu Bei's words, Dian Wei touched his head in doubt, expressing his incomprehension.

Not only him, but even Zhao Yun and Guan Yu were a little puzzled.

Seeing that the three were puzzled, Liu Bei laughed and said, "At present, Yuan Hao and Zi Chu are arguing endlessly. If someone goes in at this time, with Yuan Hao's upright nature, he must ask someone to make a decision. But Yuan Hao and Zi Chu are both great talents. The people, the strategies proposed by the two must be reasonable, how to make a decision?"

"If someone agrees with one side, it will definitely hurt the face of the other side. This is not what a gentleman does."

"My lord is wise, I admire you!" Zhao Yun clasped his fists in admiration, "It's not an option to let the two of them argue like this."

Hearing this, Liu Bei smiled.

"Don't worry about Zilong, just wait for a while. When the two of them argue about a general strategy, I will go in and make a decision, so as not to embarrass one of them."

"But... what if we can't argue?"

Zhao Yun asked again.

Liu Bei laughed again, happier than before.

"Then the three of you will follow someone in to persuade the fight, and then hold a banquet where everyone gets drunk. We will discuss this matter later."

"Uh... the lord is wise!"

(End of this chapter)