Uncle Emperor, I am really not Wolong Zhuge!

Chapter 49 Who among Liu Bei’s troops saw through Zhuge Kongming’s plan?
Liu Feng received a slap from Liu Bei and retreated angrily, not daring to say anything more.
The next day.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Military Advisor sat in court to handle Jingzhou affairs.

The chief clerk held a large stack of documents including Jingzhou's treasury, money and grain, population, distribution of troops and horses, and presented them in front of Liu Bei.

"This money and food is enough to last for more than half a year. I didn't expect that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun would just give up and leave without feeling sorry at all!"

After Liu Bei looked at it, he sighed with emotion.

"This number is untrue. Jingzhou's money and food are enough to support it for more than a year!"

Zhuge Ming did not look at those files, but turned his attention to the chief clerk in charge of the money and food in the treasury.

"grown ups……"

"All the data can be verified and there is no discrepancy! How dare I deceive you..."

The chief clerk plopped down, knelt down on his knees, and said to the ground.

"Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are the most greedy by nature. If they don't have half a year's surplus food, they dare not hold on. Precisely because of their greed, the money and food for these six months must be stored like mice, sealed up and not used, and they will plunder it again from the people of the clan. share to meet current expenses.”

"But according to the reports of my soldiers and horses, when Cai Mao fled, the warehouse was extremely panicked and it was impossible to transport food out of the city. There was no fire in the city. Could it be that the money and food were missing?"

Zhuge Ming stared at the main book with bright eyes.

"You collaborated with the Jingzhou clan to deceive my lord and steal money and food from the government treasury. What crime should you deserve!"

Zhao Yun, who was standing by, saw that Military Advisor Zhuge was so determined, and suddenly shouted loudly.

"Bah!"

With a loud roar of thunder, the chief clerk was so frightened that his crotch got wet and he collapsed to the ground.

"I'll do it, I'll do it all... Please forgive me, sir."

With Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at his side, everyone was shocked!
The military advisor is really a god, but he doesn't even look at the many files.

But he knows every thing in Xiangyang City like a treasure!
Zhangling County.

Kuai Liang frowned, sitting at the table, drinking cup after cup of strong tea, but he could not hide his impetuous heart.

Kuai Yue held the feather fan in his hand and walked gently in the middle hall, sighing.

He once heard that Zhuge Kongming was calm and composed with a feather fan in his hand, so he came up with this method, hoping to use the magical power of the feather fan to soothe his restless heart.

Ever since Cai Mao held his last meeting in Xiangyang and collected twice as much food and grass from the three major clans.The Kuai brothers, who were Jingzhou's staff, never went to Xiangyang again, but chose to retreat to Zhangling County and stick to the city.

Now, as expected, only Lingjun and Nanjun were left, which had not fallen into the hands of Liu Bei and Jiangdong.

"Brother, you said Liu Bei captured Xiangyang, what will he do next? Will he attack our Zhangling?"

Kuai Yue suddenly stopped, walked to Kuai Liang, and asked in panic.

Kuai Liang shook his head and poured another cup of strong tea down his throat without any grace.

"Cai Mao's [-] elite troops can't resist Liu Bei, let alone ours, which only has [-] soldiers and horses..."

"Even if it's a mountain of food and grass, what's the use..."

Kuai Yue threw the feather fan to the ground in annoyance, then stepped forward and stepped on it viciously. .

It seems that Zhuge's plan is not in the feather fan. I shook it for a long time, but I didn't calm down at all. Instead, I became more and more impetuous.

"Have the people sent to Nanjun come back?" Kuai Liang suddenly raised his head and asked.

Kuai Yue shook his head: "Not yet, not that fast. Now there is war and chaos everywhere, and bandits are rampant. Our people have no choice but to take small roads and choose the safest and most secure method."

"Humph!"

Kuai Liang sneered and slammed the water glass in his hand on the table, causing a splash of water.

"I think they are deliberately avoiding us for fear of being implicated!"

Among the four major clans, when it comes to heinous crimes, the first is the Cai family headed by Cai Mao and Mrs. Cai.

Second only to the Cai family is their Kuai family!
Because the Kuai family not only had huge wealth, but also as a staff member in Jingzhou, they often worked in collusion with Cai Mao to achieve mutual success.

It is precisely because of this that the Kuai family has transformed from a small and unknown family into a prominent family in Jingzhou in 20 years!
"Brother...you mean that Mr. Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan from Nanjun no longer want to associate with us at all?"

Kuai Yue's eyes widened and he asked in surprise.

"You live poor in a busy city and have no one to care about you, but when you are rich and live in the mountains you have distant relatives!"

"We are just like rats crossing the street now, and everyone is shouting to beat them."

"The people in Jingzhou hate us so much that they may have treated our Kuai family the same as Cai Mao and Zhang Yun!"

Kuai Liang prided himself on being smart, but he didn't expect that the agencies had been exhausted and they didn't wait for Cao Cao to come. They offered high-ranking officials in Jingzhou, but Liu Bei instead took over one-third of the nine counties of Jingzhou and Xiangzhou.

"We were fooled by Cai Mao. If we had known this, we should not have followed them in their rebellion and killed Liu Biao..."

Kuai Yue thought of his actions in Xiangyang and regretted it endlessly.

"What's the use of talking about this now!"

"Did you accept all the gifts sent to Xiangyang and Changsha? What was your reaction?"

Kuai Liang asked extremely irritably.

At this time, his internal organs were in chaos and his six spirits were without a master. He was no longer the Kuai Liang who had the highest IQ in Jingzhou in the past.

"Both Xiangyang and Changsha accepted the gifts, and they were very polite to our envoys."

Kuai Yue sighed: "I hope these two families can give us a chance to breathe... Hey, it's not easy to survive in the cracks..."

Kuai Liang nodded: "Even so, we can't trust it easily. A soldier never tires of deceit. Who knows that one day between our two families, whose sword will be put to the necks of our two families?"

"In short, if Jingzhou comes to attack, we will offer the city to Jiangdong and surrender to Changsha. If Changsha comes to attack, we will offer the city to Liu Bei and surrender to Xiangyang!"

Kuai Liang sneered: "If both families are greedy for the gift and don't attack us, then we will still follow the original plan and wait for Prime Minister Cao's army!"

Kuai Yue clapped his hands and cheered: "Brother, I know everything! I also think that only by surrendering to Prime Minister Cao can we maximize our interests! Prime Minister Cao will leave Jingzhou sooner or later. If we surrender, we will definitely become the backbone of Jingzhou. We The power in Jingzhou will not be weakened at all!"

Kuai Liang waved his hand and frowned.

"You can't say that anymore! Liu Bei today is simply beyond my understanding!"

"Half a month ago, I would have never dreamed that with his few troops and horses, he would dare to attack Jiangxia and Xiangyang! He would conquer seventeen cities in one day!"

Kuai Liang's face was pale, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes were twitching from extreme fear.

"Who is the person behind the plot for Liu Bei?"

"This person is definitely not Kong Ming. In my opinion, this person's intelligence is definitely higher than Kong Ming's!!"

"Today Liu Bei can no longer judge his strength by the number of his troops..."

Kuai Liang suddenly stood up: "Send people to Xiangyang again to find out who the master behind this is!"

……

South County.

Pang Degong's family business, almost all in Jiangxia and Xiangyang, has been basically destroyed.

Only some businesses cooperating with Huang Chengyan are barely operating in Nanjun.

Although these transactions are enough for him to enjoy prosperity and wealth for the rest of his life, he, who has always pursued luxury, will never be willing to settle down.

"Kuai Liang sent a letter, asking us to go to Zhangling to discuss something, but I have been dragging him until now, and I haven't replied to him yet!"

Huang Chengyan squinted his eyes and lay leisurely on the bench, watching the snow on the eaves outside the window slowly melting and falling to the ground in drops.

The reason why he is so laid-back is because he has a smart son-in-law!
Kong Ming had long expected that Cai Mao would not be able to defend Xiangyang, so he privately persuaded Huang Chengyan to carry out the golden cicada's escape plan and transfer all major industries in Xiangyang and Jiangxia to Nanjun.

Although the fall of Seventeen Cities and Jingxiang County caused him losses, it was still much better than the other three clans!

Also!

Just a few days ago.

Huang Chengyan followed Kong Ming's plan and secretly established a relationship with the chief clerk in charge of Xiangyang's money and food, intending to take half of the food and salary collected by Cai as his own!
This part of the food and salary was obtained by Cai Mao from the pockets of the clan and the mouths of the people, but he was conquered before he had time to consume it.

This account is neither registered nor recorded in and out of the warehouse!

"As long as this amount of food and salary comes into my hands, it will be enough to make up for all my losses elsewhere!"

Thinking of this, Huang Chengyan became even more proud.

"Them? The Kuai family can't get along with Cai Hao anymore. They just want to get us to be like mandarin ducks with him! They are old and cunning, so naturally they won't be fooled!"

Pang Degong snorted coldly.At this time, his family fortune was greatly reduced, and he no longer cared much about who beat whom or who could compete with whom!

Anyway, whether it was Jiang Dong or Liu Bei who came to fight, what he should have lost has already been lost!
"Pang Gong, why are you so depressed?"

Huang Chengyan looked sideways at Mr. Pang Degong, saw that he looked hopeless, and said with a soft smile.

"You can stand and talk without pain in your back. If you were me, you would be ready to die!"

Pang Degong felt that this old guy was talking sarcastically while standing, so he glared at Huang Chengyan and said.

"Old man, neither Xiangyang nor Jiangxia seems to have taken any restrictive actions so far. Your industry should still operate as it should, and make money as it should!"

"As long as Liu Bei doesn't investigate you or settle old scores with you, then how much money he makes will be yours sooner or later? Why bother!"

Huang Chengyan suppressed his smile and said seriously.

"Report!" "Report to the master, there is news in Xiangyang, please report urgently!"

The housekeeper of the mansion strode in. Seeing Pang Degong present, he paused briefly and continued.

"What's the matter? But it doesn't matter, Mr. Pang is not an outsider either."

Huang Chengyan said leisurely, he must have guessed that the chief clerk in charge of food had already done everything and came to ask for credit and reward from him.

"master……"

"Xiangyang's plan was discovered by Liu Bei's military advisor!"

"The particles were not released, but the bookkeeper was arrested and investigated by Liu Bei and imprisoned..."

The butler said with a bitter face.

"Ha ha!"

Pang Degong suddenly understood a lot, stood up suddenly, and laughed!

"Old boy, it turns out that you are playing the role of black and eating the black, no wonder you are so comfortable!"

The tobacco bottle in Huang Chengyan's hand fell to the ground with a clang, and his whole body seemed to freeze instantly!

Who is this master behind Liu Bei?

My son-in-law's long-planned plan was like an old man playing with a baby in front of him, childish and ridiculous.

Unexpectedly, I couldn't hide it from him at all!

"Father-in-law, what happened?"

Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying walked out together as husband and wife. Seeing the panic on Huang Chengyan's face, he asked.

There were frequent changes in Jingzhou, and Liu Bei raised troops to encroach on Jiangdong.

Zhuge Liang sat in the Huang Mansion, strategizing and scheduling well, and preserved the Huang family's property to the greatest extent.

That day in Xiangyang City, Cai Mao forced Jing Xiang's clan to contribute money and food to help him defend the city.Huang Chengyan took the lead, enjoyed the work more than anyone else, and produced more grain and rice.

What he did was simply to raise the standards and let other clans bleed as much as possible.

Because privately, Kong Ming had already made up his mind that Cai Mao would definitely not be able to defend Xiangyang, and Xiangyang would definitely fall within ten days!
As long as Cai Mao escapes from Xiangyang, he can, through collusion with the chief secretary of the mansion, take all the food and wages that he has spit out and those from other clans as his own!
Unexpectedly, Kong Ming's strategy completely lost its effectiveness!

"Dad, what happened? You look so ugly!"

Huang Yueying saw that Huang Chengyan didn't say a word, but his whole face had turned sallow, without any blood.

"Kong Ming!"

"Your plan has been seen through!"

After holding it in for a long time, Huang Chengyan finally got up and shouted angrily!

"What happened?"

Huang Yueying was smart and stopped asking her father. She turned to the frightened housekeeper beside her and asked in a low voice.

"My young lady's plan was discovered by Liu Bei's military advisor, and all the grain and salary returned to the warehouse were confiscated by Liu Bei's treasury..."

The housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and said tremblingly.

"Oh……"

Huang Yueying exclaimed slightly, and she clearly felt Kong Ming's arm in her hand tremble slightly.

The feather fan in Kong Ming's other hand also fell to the ground at this time.

"Liu Bei actually took the money and food from Jingzhou one step ahead of me!"

"Haha, say goodbye! If my nephew is here, I will definitely take care of it."

"I'm in a good mood today. Let's go out and visit!"

Pang Degong, who was gloating about his misfortune, felt a lot better when he saw Huang Chengyan's furious and uncontrollable look. He stood up and strode out the door.

"This old guy can't stand others being better than him!"

Huang Chengyan looked at Pang Degong's back and said bitterly.

……

Lingling.

Cai Mao was fully clothed, with a sword hanging at his waist, and he regained his former dignity.

Although he lost [-] soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, as soon as he arrived in Guiyang, he was immediately supplemented by another [-] soldiers and horses!
Moreover, the three counties under his control are known as the land of grain and rice. They have all kinds of food and wages, so they will never go hungry without food.

"How far is it from here to Nanjun?"

Cai Hao was riding a horse and turned to ask Zhang Yun beside him.

"It's only three hundred miles away, what do you want to do?"

Zhang Yun felt a headache when he saw Cai Mao's snarling look.

"I want to go to the Huang family and kill Zhuge Liang myself!"

Cai Mao was filled with anger, drew out his sword, and cut a large tree next to him as thick as a bowl into two pieces. .

"Hey, although Kong Ming is hateful, we can't send troops to Nanjun to find him!"

Zhang Yun shook his head helplessly: "Nanjun is close to Xiangyang. Maybe this old guy Huang Chengyan has already had an affair with Liu Bei and has laid a trap for us to get through!"

"We must not fall for their trap."

Once bitten by a snake, Zhang Yun was cautious and suspicious every step he took.

"I just don't understand! We have obviously met Zhuge Liang at Huang Chengyan's house. How can he control Liu Bei's troops and horses, and still be so orderly and not messy at all?"

Cai Mao said angrily.

Although he is a tiger, he is not lacking in heart.

Now it has three counties, and they are the three most fertile counties in Jingzhou.Naturally, he would not take risks easily and ignore them just for the sake of anger.

"At this time, we can only defend with peace of mind and wait for the right time! We must not raise troops to go out to prevent others from destroying our old foundation..."

After the Battle of Xiangyang, Zhang Yun no longer had the courage to rely on the troops in his hands to defeat no one in Jingzhou.

"As for Zhuge Kongming! I think he had already made a plan, so he rushed to Huang's house in a hurry and appeared in front of us deliberately. The purpose was just to clear himself of suspicion!"

Besides Zhuge Kongming, who else in the world is called Mr. Zhuge?
Now it is spread all over the world that Liu Bei has won Mr. Zhuge, swallowed up Jingxiang, and pointed his sword at the world!

Besides Zhuge Kongming, who else, Mr. Zhuge, has such magical powers and understands all the details and humanity of Jingxiang?
There was only Zhuge Liang who had the reputation of living in seclusion in Wollongong, but he remained unnoticed and invisible all day long!

"Zhuge Kongming! I will kill you!"

Cai Hao said through gritted teeth, then waved his saber and chopped down several big trees in succession to vent his depression.

……

"Mr. Shui Jing, you must know everything about Jingzhou!"

On Shuijing Villa.

Mr. Pang Degong and Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui, were sitting on a pavilion. In the teacups on the table, white smoke was rising from the newly added tea.

Although it is a pavilion, it is just a place for Sima Hui to entertain guests, but it is not just for enjoying the shade.

Surrounded by a rockery bamboo forest and a natural lake in the backyard, this pavilion is warm in winter and cool in summer, perfect for entertaining guests and drinking tea.

"I have studied Liu Bei's strategy of sending troops out of new territories to conquer Xiangyang County and Jiangxia County many times!"

Sima Hui put down the Art of War in his hand, frowned and said with some annoyance.

"Looking at the layout of this battle, every step is unremarkable, and it even seems to rely purely on luck. The seventeenth city must surrender without a fight; Cai Xun of Jiangxia must be unprepared, and the attack on Jiangxia must be can succeed; another example is that Jiangdong will attack Changsha. Once Changsha is destroyed, Xiangyang will be unprotected..."

"In this battle, there are soldiers and horses everywhere, but there are always strategies that are superior to the soldiers and horses, and they are practicing the supreme art of war of defeating without fighting, winning without fighting, and subduing the enemy without fighting!"

Mr. Shui Jing put the Jingzhou strategy bamboo slips he just picked up on the table with trembling hands, shaking his head and sighing.

"I originally thought that the most powerful person in the world could only come from the sleeping dragon and phoenix chick. But now it seems that is not the case..."

Pang Degong was respectful and respectful in front of Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui. He would never laugh or curse, let alone be as arrogant and rude as he was in front of Huang Chengyan.

"I am also convinced that Zhuge Liang did not take control of the new country, let alone make suggestions for Liu Bei."

While Sima Hui was speaking, he looked at Mr. Pang De again.

"My nephew Pang Tong is said to be living in seclusion in Jiangdong and has not been heard from for many years. The events in Jingzhou have nothing to do with him!"

Pang Degong said decisively and loudly.

Sima Hui stood on the bamboo pavilion, looking into the misty distance.

The world.

Besides Wolong Fengchu, who else?

Can you make such a simple, yet meticulous plan for Liu Bei?

(End of this chapter)