Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 389 Liu Bei’s dilemma is difficult to overcome

Shouchun Prefecture.

One battle report after another was submitted to the desk, and Liu Bei's face became darker and darker.

Sun Ce, the lion son of the Sun family, unified Jiangdong, and his military power was booming.

Cao Cao patrolled the north, and all the foreign tribes in the north moved north. From then on, there were no strong enemies in the north of the Central Plains.

Everyone else is developing rapidly, but he is still guarding the small Huainan. Now he is like a rat in a bellows, suffering from both ends.

The foundation of Huainan was damaged by Yuan Shu's violent conquests, and it lacked sufficient foundation.

Liu Bei also wanted to develop outward, but he couldn't find his way back.

To the north?

After the Northern Patrol, Cao Wei's front moved south. If Cao Cao didn't come to trouble him, he would have burnt incense, so how could he take the initiative to attack?

To the west?

Liu Biao of Jingzhou was a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He shouted slogans so loudly before, but now he has gone back on his words and made no jokes to outsiders. Even his subordinates will despise him.

Not to mention Xiangnan.

Jiangdong is famous for its water battles. He might not even be able to cross the Yangtze River, but he would be defeated by Sun Ce and lose his troops.

The land of the three counties in Huainan is neither enough to support Liu Bei to compete with Cao Wei, nor enough to support him to compete with the powerful Jiangdong for supremacy.

On the contrary, he blocked here and became a buffer zone between Cao Wei and Soochow.

Next, it depends on how Sun Ce chooses.

If Soochow expands to the north, Xuzhou, which is heavily guarded by Cao Wei, is obviously not the optimal solution. On the contrary, Liu Bei in Huainan seems to be much easier to bully.

If Soochow wants to go west and swallow up the counties in Jingnan, Liu Bei and Liu Biao have the same ancestry and are in an alliance, so they can't stay out of it.

In other words.

What he should worry about now is not even Cao Cao in the north, but Sun Ce in the south.

Even though Sun Ce is much easier to deal with than Cao Cao, he is still a serious problem for Liu Bei who has only a few soldiers.

"Brother, brother, look, the seabass sent by the people in the city is really fat."

Liu Bei looked up and saw Zhang Fei carrying two big fish into the hall, and his interest was dull.

In the past, he would have been complacent because of the love of the people.

People are afraid of comparison.

When Cao Cao established two pavilions in Yecheng, hundreds of thousands of people in Yecheng rushed to respond. It is said that the people's chorus of "Wan An" even dispersed the clouds in the sky.

Now that he has only collected two fish, if he continues to be complacent, wouldn't it be a drop in price?

Zhang Fei said in confusion: "Brother? Why, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Wei Zeng, how was the soldier's drill?"

"Hey, this is such a big deal, brother, don't worry, I will practice for more than a month and take care of all the counties in Runan. Then I will personally behead Jia Wen and that shady guy to vent my anger for brother."

Mentioning Runan again, Liu Bei couldn't help but be fascinated.

But he knew in his heart that he might never be able to touch the land of Yuzhou that he cherished for the rest of his life.

The capital of Cao Wei moved north, and the emperor moved to Yecheng.

At this time, Yuzhou was no longer the confidant of Cao Wei, but had become a frontier town for Cao's thieves.

If you touch it, you will definitely die.

When Liu Bei was stunned, Sun Qian rushed into the prefect's mansion with Zhang Fei in front and behind him:

"Lord, something bad is happening."

"Gongyou, why are you panicking?" Sun Qian saw that Zhang Fei was there. After eagerly greeting him, he said to Liu Bei: "My lord, it is said that Cao Cao ordered Zhang Wu and Xun Yu to go to Jingzhou as envoys and send back Liu Qi, the eldest son of Duke Jing Sheng. Now Cai Mao The general is already reining in his composure and preparing to withdraw his troops."

"What!!"

In Yecheng, two thousand Yunhui were guarding a convoy and it was difficult to leave.

Zhang Wu, Xun Yu and Huang Zhong all rode horses. Chen Lin, a famous scholar in Jizhou, was also following everyone on a horse, just like a little secretary who had been wronged.

It's not that someone wants to humiliate Chen Lin.

In fact, because the big shots all rode horses, he, a small clerk, was naturally not qualified to ride in a carriage. Also, because of his poor equestrian skills, it was difficult to ride a tall horse, so he could only ride on a tamer horse.

Sitting on the front frame were Zhang Wu's concubines Cao Jie and Kuai Yu'er.

The person riding in the frame behind was Liu Qi, who was in frail health.

"Wen Ruo, I've never figured it out. Why did you release the news about our mission first to give Cai Hao time to react? Wouldn't it be better if we just threw Liu Qi in front of Liu Biao and let Cai Hao ride a tiger? ?”

Xun Yu smiled: "Zi Qian thinks that Cai Mao will jump over the wall and scream?"

"That's natural. Wouldn't it be nice to let his ruler and his ministers bite dogs?"

"No, Cai Mao values ​​small profits over righteousness. He only has family interests in mind and is short-sighted. Previously, he openly rebelled against Liu Biao in order to support Liu Cong in power. Now that his plan has failed, it is inevitable that he will completely fall to Liu Bei, thereby aggravating Liu Bei's situation. Cong’s bargaining chip.”

Zhang Wu nodded slightly.

What Xun Yu said is true. If it were Cai Mao, it would really be possible for him to do such a ridiculous thing.

No matter how depressed Liu Bei was, he was still the talker of the coalition forces on the southern front against Cao Cao, and he still had some weight.

In addition, Liu Cong's uncle's family is quite powerful, so maybe Liu Biao will really bow his head.

Xun Yu continued: "Liu Qi doesn't matter, as long as he can bring the 'Emperor's Blood Letter' to Jingzhou alive. Give Cai Mao some time and let him prepare chips and negotiate with us."

"Wen Ruo said that Cai Mao would be the first to intercept the Wei envoy?"

"Exactly."

Zhang Wu laughed: "That guy has tens of thousands of troops in his hands. You are really not afraid."

"Who is not afraid of Zi Qian's name? Now that the Northern Inspection has extended the border of Cao Wei for hundreds of miles, it is even more like the sun. How many people in the world are shouting about Zhang shrinking? I think that Cai Mao has neither courage nor ambition. No matter how many soldiers and horses there are, He doesn't have the guts to use swords and soldiers, they are just ordinary men. Just wait for him to come, and Yu can use his words to tell him that he is in chaos, secretly surrender to Cao Cao, and when our Cao Wei army attacks Jingzhou in the future, he can also be used as an internal response. This is the best way to kill two birds with one stone.”

Zhang Wu immediately raised his hand and said, "Wen Ruo has a far-sighted vision, I admire him."

"Zi Qian was ridiculous. What Yu did was just a fox pretending to be a tiger's power. If Zi Qian wasn't around, he definitely wouldn't have acted like this."

He was ruthless and left no room for cruelty. Xun Yu was not as decisive as Guo Jia and Jia Xu.

Xun Yu is not as violent as Cheng Yu.

Compared with military planning and calculating the gains and losses of a city and a place, Xun Yu may not be as fancy as Xun You.

But the reason why he is the first of Cao Wei's five great counselors and the second most distinguished person in Yunxiao is not just because he is clean in internal affairs and coordinates the overall situation.

Zhang Wu knew clearly that Xun Yu's plan was as silent as the drizzle in early spring, making it difficult for people to guard against it.

Even in most cases, those who fell into the trap did not realize that they had fallen into the trap, and instead praised Xun Yu as a humble gentleman.

Now Xun Yu has his sights set on the target, and if he wants to capture Cai Mao, he can't do it at his fingertips.

(End of this chapter)