Shuhan

Chapter 279: The small problem of raising food and deceiving people is my specialty, Liu Chan!

The backyard of the government office.

in the library.

A middle-aged scribe slowly walked in.

It was Zhuge Kongming!

He was wearing an elegant white silk scarf, the corners of which fluttered in the wind like flowing clouds and flowing water.The white scarf was wrapped around his head to form a simple and elegant turban, partially covering his forehead, leaving a pair of bright and clear eyes.

"I pay my respects to Your Highness."

Liu Chan stood up from his seat, personally stepped forward to help Zhuge Liang up, and said: "The military advisor has worked hard and achieved great results, why do you need to salute? Please!"

After welcoming Zhuge Liang to his seat, Liu Chan sat back on the main seat.

"Fortunately, there are military advisors who went to capture Ruyin. Otherwise, Cao Pi would not have retreated easily. At the very least, there will be more Wei troops left in Runan."

Zhuge Liang took the risk and advanced into Ruyin, cutting off another food route for the Wei army, forcing Cao Pi to make a dangerous move in order to fight Liu Chan decisively.

After learning about Cao Zhang's rebellion, Cao Pi was flustered and wanted to lead his troops to leave Runan.

But if Runan had enough food and grass at the moment, he would never take away 10 people.

After all, there is no difference between taking away 10 people and taking away 5 people to Luoyang.

There are many people, but walking is slower.

But it's different in Runan.

Liu Chan's army is here. The more Wei troops you leave behind, the more difficult it will be for Liu Chan to attack Runan.

However, the Wei army in Runan was short of food and grass, so Cao Pi had to take away more Wei soldiers.

"This is all a strategy devised by His Highness's far-sighted vision and joint discussion between you and me. How dare Liang take credit?"

But having said that, Zhuge Liang still showed a happy smile on his face after being praised for a long time by his Royal Highness.

My mood seems to be very good.

"Today I went to the martial arts hall to have a look. Among them, the talents from Runan are far inferior to the talents from Jingzhou, let alone the talents from Nanyang."

Zhuge Liang was asked to come back this time, on the one hand, to discuss strategies for Runan, and on the other hand, it also meant that Zhuge Liang could be used as a teacher to teach the students in the martial arts hall.

If there is someone among them who is amazingly talented and beautiful, after Zhuge Liang's promotion and training, maybe he can become another Jiang Boyue.

but
Judging from the current situation, there is no hope for the students of the Runan Martial Arts Hall this term.

"After all, Runan has been isolated for many years. Like a great scholar, he either went to Jiangdong or returned to the king. This situation is really normal."

Zhuge Liang's hair is spread over his shoulders, slightly fluffy, revealing his casualness and informality.A few strands of white hair occasionally fell between his hair, which showed that he was getting older but still maintained his handsomeness and grace.

"However, even if your talent and learning are hard to praise, cultivating them is still possible and necessary."

These Runan talents were trained and later appointed as officials. As the prince's disciples, they naturally supported Liu Chan.

In this way, Liu Chan's basic position in Runan can be considered stable.

With these people around, Liu Chan's influence in Runan will only grow stronger.

"Of course I know. Therefore, these people need more trouble from the military advisor."

Liu Chan went to the martial arts hall today and showed his face, and he will not go there again.

After all, how could it be more comfortable to be a master than to be a hands-off shopkeeper?

Are those elm knots prettier than my Guan Yinping, plumper than my Mrs. Zhen, hotter than my Princess Zhurong, or cuter than my Sun Luyu?
"This Liang is naturally willing to work hard."

Liu Chan was willing to entrust him with the important task of teaching the students of Jiangwu Hall, which naturally meant that he valued Zhuge Liang.

Everyone knows that as long as a student comes out of the martial arts hall, he will have a bright future.

And for him to be the master of these promising students, isn't it because Liu Chan values ​​him so much?

Notice
After these students from the Jiangwu Hall become officials, they will become a pool of political resources!

And Zhuge Liang, who had been their master, was not respected by them?

"That's it for talking about the martial arts hall. Sir, you and I should come together to figure out how to clean up the mess in Runan and how to solve the food and grass problem."

Liu Chan poured Zhuge Liang a cup of tea, and he clapped his hands. Outside the study, a beautiful maid slowly walked in with a plate of snacks.

There are various snacks of different shapes on the plate, one of which is osmanthus pastry. The outer skin is golden yellow, like fallen leaves in autumn. The pastry is sprinkled with fine sugar and sparkles.

The other one is the floral glutinous rice dumpling. The dumpling is wrapped in transparent glutinous rice, with petal-shaped crushed almonds sandwiched in the middle. The colors are colorful, like a picture of blooming flowers.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but move his fingers.

He was not polite and just picked it up and ate it.

He kept nodding while eating.

"It's really delicious. Your Highness's chef is really good at all kinds of dishes."

He came in a hurry. He had simple meals for breakfast and lunch, and he was feeling hungry at this moment.

After sweeping away the snacks on the plate and drinking two cups of tea, Zhuge Liang's originally pale face regained its color.

"happy!"

Wiping his mouth with a hand roll, Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan with one hand and stroked his slightly swollen belly with the other. He said with a smile: "I'm afraid your highness already has an idea in mind when deciding on your strategy for Runan?"

Liu Chan nodded slightly and said: "In order to collect food and grass, Cao Pi even broke the forts of several Runan nobles and seized their food and grass for the crime of treason, which caused the people of Runan to turn away. Now that Cao Pi has left Runan, this Runan Most of the Southern nobles have already moved closer, and with the support of the Runan nobles, it will indeed become easier to attack Runan."

"but"

Liu Chan frowned slightly and said: "We can't delay the capture of Runan. I don't know how long Cao Zhang can hold on. If Cao Pi frees up his hands and comes with a large army again, he is afraid of the current situation in Runan. Gone forever.”

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.

"What Your Highness said is very true."

"Using the Runan nobles to raise troops to attack the city is too slow. Moreover, our army is short of food and grass and cannot afford to use it!"

This is the problem Liu Chan faced in Runan.

"I just went down to Runan quickly. I couldn't think of any good ideas for a while."

Liu Chan sighed lightly. There are some strategies that you can't come up with just by thinking about them.

"If we want to attack Runan quickly, the first thing we need to do is to involve the Wei army in Runan so that they can't do their best to defend the city."

Zhuge Liang's feather fan shook slightly, his eyes flickered, and he seemed to have a big plan brewing in his belly.

"The military advisor has a plan?"

"Didn't His Highness say it before? Use Guangling County to involve Wei's military strength. If this plan can be successful, I am afraid that some of Runan's military strength will be attracted to Shouchun."

If Shouchun is lost, the Wei army will have no forward base to the south along the Huaihe River.

If Sun Quan manages it well, he will completely end Wei's hope of going south.

even
Xuzhou will also further escape from Wei's control.

This is definitely not what Cao Pi wants to see.

Even if Runan is in danger, some troops still need to be mobilized to support Shouchun.

Compared with Runan, Shouchun's strategic position is more important!
"Of course, just attracting some people to Shouchun is not enough. Why don't His Highness issue a decree to allow the Wei army to surrender, or encourage the Wei army to surrender."

Liu Chan glanced at Zhuge Liang and knew in his heart that Zhuge Kongming's stomach was starting to get bad again.

"The military advisor taught me."

"Half of the Wei army in Runan now are Wei soldiers transferred from other prefectures and counties. For example, Lu Chang, who is currently guarding Shenyang and Ancheng, most of his soldiers are soldiers from Jingzhou, but some are from Runan's own state. The county soldiers, these people are all your Highness can win over."

Playing with people's hearts is indeed what Zhuge Liang is good at.

Aren’t all the soldiers in Runan’s prefectures and counties descended from Runan?
Among the high-ranking military generals, they may not be from the Runan noble clan, but the middle-ranking officers and the grass-roots commanders such as Qu Wei and others are probably all natives of Runan.Thanks to Cao Pi's violent grain expropriation in Runan, these local generals in Runan were easily incited.

"But it is a pity that when Cao Pi left, he took away more than ten thousand Runan local soldiers. The remaining Runan local soldiers are not in Shenyang, Ancheng, Xincai and other places, but in the hinterland of Runan."

Cao Pi had done something wrong, so he would naturally take precautions.

Some of the Runan soldiers were taken away, and the rest were placed in the city far away from the battlefield. If you want to incite them to cause rebellion, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort.

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly.

"Whether it is Lu Chang or Cao Hong, Sima Yi and Jia Xu, they are not easy to fight. Their military strength is still tens of thousands. It will be difficult to capture Runan in a short time."

Although the Wei army has lost the support of the people in Runan, it is now on the defensive.

But it is not that he is helpless.

Rabbits will bite when pushed hard, not to mention that this is an army of tens of thousands led by a strong man.

If the Han army made a strategic mistake, they might be bitten back.

Zhuge Liang thought deeply for a moment, looked at Liu Chan, and said: "From Liang's point of view, attacking Runan depends on the timing. Now that we have captured more than ten cities in Runan, we should stabilize these cities and then look at the situation. To attack."

Zhuge Liang is still more cautious.

There is not much hope of capturing Runan in a short time.

Unless there is a major change in the situation, or there is some major mistake in the Wei army.

otherwise
It’s better to digest what we took down first, and then talk about other things.

"It's just that such a good situation now will not exist in many years. It would be a pity to waste it."

Zhuge Liang didn't think so.

"We can eat as many bowls of rice as we can. Once we can capture more than ten cities in Runan, our belly will be almost bursting. It will take two or three years before our army has enough energy to plan the entire Runan."

Liu Chan naturally knew that what Zhuge Liang said was true.

But he still felt unwilling in his heart!

"Then attack and capture the cities that can be captured, and then stabilize the captured cities. Those who surrender will be rewarded, and those who stubbornly defend the city will be killed! At the same time, they will harass the Wei army's food routes and incite the people under their rule as a strategy to tire out the enemy. "Liu Chan's eyes flickered.

Zhuge Liang is an old fox with a belly full of bad things. How can he, Mr. Liu, not be a little fox?

When it comes to deceiving people, he was influenced by the British and Americans who lacked great virtues in later generations. Liu Chan is very familiar with the methods!

No matter what, it must be right not to make life easy for these people.

And fighter planes.

You never know when it will appear.

"As for the problem of food and grass, if His Highness does not plan to attack the remaining cities in Runan, he can withdraw the excess troops to Jingzhou, and the problem of food and grass will be solved by himself."

withdraw troops?

This is indeed a solution to the army's food and grass problem.

But again, after withdrawing his troops, it will be more difficult for Liu Chan to capture the remaining cities in Runan.

"Maybe there is a better way."

Liu Chan held his chin in his hand, looking deep in thought.

"Oh?"

Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Your Highness, do you have any good ideas?"

Even Zhuge Liang couldn't think of any good solution.

Requisition?

Runan has no more food to collect.

Go grab food?
The Wei army doesn't have much food and grass, and even if it does have food and grass, it's heavily protected by troops, so it's not easy for you to grab it.

As for other aspects?

Go to Jiangdong and Xuzhou to borrow grain.

They don't have it either, and even if they do, they won't borrow it.

If you want to adjust grain from home, you have to transport grain and grass from Yizhou. It's such a long journey. If you can get [-] kilograms of grain to Runan and have ten kilograms of grain left, you'll be thankful.

"You can ask Xuzhou and Jiangdong for food." Liu Chan said slowly.

Want food?

Zhuge Liang had a look of confusion on his face.

If you ask for food, he will give it to you?
"I'm afraid that Jiangdong Sun Quan and Xuzhou Zang Ba will not agree."

Liu Chan laughed and said, "Under normal circumstances, he would naturally not agree, but what if I want them to use food and grass to buy Guangling County?"

Use food and grass to buy Guangling County?

"Your Highness means"

Zhuge Liang somewhat understood.

"good."

Liu Chan nodded slightly and said, "You can send an envoy to tell Zang Ba that if he sends 30 hu of grain and grass, I will withdraw my troops from Guangling County and allow his army to enter Guangling County."

30 hu of grain and grass are exchanged for Guangling County, which is not a small price.

But for Xuzhou Zang Ba, it is not unacceptable.

"Then Zang Ba may agree, but if you want to transport grain, you will naturally have to pass through Jiujiang County and Lujiang County. This area is now owned by Jiangdong. How can he allow Xuzhou's grain and grass to be transported to Runan?"

Liu Chan laughed and said: "We can also send an envoy to inform Sun Quan that we can exchange Guangling County for 20 dendrobium grains and allow Xuzhou to transport grain to Runan. In this case, we will donate Guangling County to Jiangdong. At the same time, Zong Ziqing can also Lead the army back to Jiangxia along the waterway."

Guangling County is an enclave.

Liu Chan is indeed beyond his reach now.

If you want to get involved, you have to send troops.

Now for Liu Chan, even if he could send troops, the income would be low, and this deal would definitely not be a good deal.

It is better to give up and exchange for some benefits to relieve the army's food and grass worries.

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

After thinking through the key, even Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile while stroking his hands.

"Your Highness's plan is to sell Guangling County twice. Both parties have received His Highness's consent and have ownership of Guangling County. I am afraid that they will fight against Guangling County in the future."

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Chan with admiration.

Although His Highness is young, his intelligence is unparalleled.

The evil spirit in his belly is no less than that of Zhuge Liang!
"One table of food has been prepared, and two tables of guests have been invited. If they want to eat the food, the two tables of guests will naturally have to make gestures."

Sufficient food and grass
Zhuge Liang's originally indifferent expression suddenly became serious.

"If there is enough food and grass, His Highness may be able to re-formulate a strategy for Runan!"

Zhuge Liang is someone who can fight as many battles as you give him resources.

In the past, there was a lack of food and grass.

Now that we have enough food and grass, we naturally have a way to play with enough food and grass!
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