Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Chen Yang waited in Xudu for several days, and finally waited for Cao Ang to come back.

Now Cao Ang is more and more like a protagonist, whether it is the way of dealing with things or his own temperament, it is completely different from before.

On the second day after he came back, he called Chen Yang, Guo Jia and others to the Cao Mansion for discussion.

"This is Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi, who is also from Yingchuan. He was originally Liu Bei's military adviser, but he finally joined us."

Cao Ang briefly introduced him, and then asked directly: "Wancheng and Fancheng have been pacified, and now Liu Biao has died of illness, and Jingzhou is inherited by Liu Cong. I plan to use troops against Jingzhou first, but before that, I have to deal with Liu Bei in Xinye. Please, do you have any suggestions?"

The people present were silent for a moment, and it was Guo Jia who said first: "Now Liu Bei is not relying on Jingzhou. Although Liu Cong is the new Jingzhou shepherd, the power is actually in Cai Mao's hands, and Cai Mao doesn't like Liu Bei. If Xinye guards He can't help it, he can only rely on Liu Qi who has already gone to Jiangxia."

"To gain Jingzhou and deal with Liu Bei, we must start with Liu Cong, Cai Mao and others, and completely divide them. If we try to cut off the connection between Liu Bei and Liu Qi, or let Liu Qi in Jiangxia have nothing, then Liu Bei will be defeated and vulnerable. .”

As Guo Jia spoke, he cast his gaze on Chen Yang, and said, "Apart from Jingzhou and Liu Bei, we still have another problem with the Jiangdong Sun Clan. It is said that Zian killed Sun Ce, and they will not stop taking revenge, but the Sun Clan One side is actually easy to deal with, if they are united, the trouble will be even greater."

"If Liu Bei, Liu Cong and Sun Quan join forces, it will be very bad for us."

Xu Shu agreed: "In the land of Jingxiang, there are many water systems. Most of the soldiers in Jiangdong and Jingxiang can fight in water. Our number of sailors is still not enough. We will not get any benefits if we go south on a large scale. It is difficult to break through their alliance."

Afterwards, everyone's eyes also fell on Chen Yang.

As to why Chen Yang "killed" Sun Ce, many theories have been circulated, the most widely circulated one is that Chen Yang and Sun Ce had conflicts in order to compete for Qiao Wan, and finally turned against each other and committed murder.

Chen Yang had also heard of these rumors, and he felt embarrassed when he felt the eyes of everyone looking at him.

"Why are you looking at me? I didn't kill Sun Ce either!" He spread his hands innocently.

Immediately afterwards, everyone laughed at the same time, giving some serious discussions to ease the atmosphere today.

"Of course I don't believe you killed it, but the murderer behind it is trying to bring hatred to you. If Jingzhou, Liu Bei and Sun Ce join forces, they will stop our progress in equalizing the South."

Cao Ang's smile subsided slightly, and he said again: "You have no way to resolve it?"

"Sun Quan won't cooperate with Jingzhou for the time being. Sun Quan hasn't avenged his father's death yet, and he doesn't have enough strength. He won't pay attention to me in a short time, but I believe they are already negotiating, and there is no result yet. Sun Quan's next plan should be It's Jiang Xia, at least they will talk about cooperation after they take Jiang Xia down."

Chen Yang almost guessed Lu Su's ideas, and said: "In addition, I can take Jingzhou without bloodshed, and I can also defeat Sun Quan's wish to attack Jiang Xia."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at Chen Yang in surprise. It's too impossible to win Jingzhou without bloodshed, right?

"Zian, what's your plan?" Xun Yu asked hastily.

"Persuade!"

Chen Yang said: "Now Jingzhou Mu is nominally Liu Cong, but the real power is Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others. As long as they are willing to surrender, Jingzhou will be ours."

Xu Shu thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Cai Mao finally got Jingzhou, how could he surrender?"

"Think about it, can Yuan Benchu, who owns the four states in the north and has four generations and three princes, resist our army?" Chen Yang said.

"Of course not!" Xu Shu said.

The battle of Guandu had been fought for so long, even without fighting at Guandu, Yuan Shao couldn't even break through the Yanjin White Horse's defense line, so he could only hide in Liyang.

Chen Yang said again: "Since Yuan Benchu ​​can't do it, what about Jingzhou?"

Xu Shu thought for a while, but finally shook his head.

Now the troops stationed in the north have withdrawn a part, and even Cao Ang began to instruct Xia Houyuan to continue to recruit troops in the north, and gained a lot of Yuan Shao's old troops.

The problem of insufficient troops has been alleviated.

The Cao family's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and it is no longer like before the Guandu battle, where they don't have anything to ask for.

Although there are many water systems in the land of Jingxiang, it is impossible to fight on the water all the time. When the army is overwhelmed, Cai Mao has to surrender.

"This time I will go to Jingzhou to persuade Cai Mao to surrender. If I can do it without bloodshed, as long as I give Cai Mao enough promises, he will definitely surrender." Chen Yang said solemnly.

"Zian is so confident, I can leave Jingzhou to you. As for Liu Bei..." Cao Ang asked again, "How will he deal with it?"

"How can the small land of Xinye stop our army?" Xun Yu was very disdainful of Liu Bei.

"It's not necessarily, it's actually my fault."

Speaking of Liu Bei, Xu Shu gritted his teeth with hatred.

Before returning to Xudu, their confrontation with Liu Bei was no longer beneficial, which proved that Liu Bei had a new military advisor to help him.

"Before I left Liu Bei to join the lord, I recommended a person to Liu Bei. The name of this person was Zhuge Liang, and his name was Kong Ming. Mr. Shui Jing Sima Hui once said, "Wolong and phoenix chick, two people get one, according to the world, Kongming is Wolong!"

Xu Shu continued: "This man is not weak, and he is full of tricks. With his help, Liu Bei will be difficult to deal with."

Cao Ang also has a deep understanding of how difficult it is to deal with. The war he has recently practiced has become more and more difficult.

"Mr. Shui Jing really said that?" Xun Yu said in surprise.

Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui, is very famous, and he knows all those famous people, especially Xun Yu, a famous person in Yingchuan.

"Crouching dragon and phoenix chick, how is it compared to Zi An?" Guo Jia asked, and he had never heard of these two people.

But to be recommended by Sima Hui, the strength should not be bad.

Before Xu Shu could open his mouth, Chen Yang said, "There is no need to compare, because Zhuge Kongming is far inferior to me. In fact, Zhuge Liang is not difficult to deal with. As long as you follow my arrangement when attacking Xinye, it will make him doubt life."

Cao Ang saw Chen Yang's confident look, of course he believed that his good buddy had a solution, and said again: "As for Sun Quan, don't you need to pay attention this time?"

"No need, but one thing to pay attention to. When we deal with Liu Bei and Jingzhou, Sun Ce will definitely attack Jiang Xia and kill Huang Zu to avenge his father."

Chen Yang said: "They will definitely cooperate with Liu Bei to fight against us. Their cooperation cannot be stopped. Jiangxia cannot fall into the hands of Sun Quan. It is an important granary in Jingzhou. If we get Jiangxia, even if there is no harvest, we Don't worry about lack of food, Sun Quan and Liu Bei also think so."

After learning that Sun Ce was dead, Chen Yang was basically sure that the Battle of Chibi could be fought.

He had already experienced the three major wars in the Three Kingdoms period, the Battle of Guandu, followed by Chibi and Yiling.

He is about to face the battle of Chibi, this time he has to change the defeat of the Cao family and make Liu Bei doubt his life.

"and many more……"

Guo Jia seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly said, "Zian, do you think Liu Bei is the one who benefits the most from killing Sun Ce?"

Before that, Chen Yang hadn't thought of this relationship, but after Guo Jia reminded him, he suddenly thought it was possible.

Because Sun Ce died, and Chen Yang was blamed by the way, the Sun family will definitely not let Chen Yang go, that is, Cao Ang will not be let go.

Liu Bei had feuds with Cao and Chen Yang, and Sun had feud with Chen Yang.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend. As long as Liu Bei proposes to jointly fight against Cao at this time, Sun will most likely agree.

"Liu Bei..."

Chen Yang repeated the name.