The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 288: The top management of Tongding Hotpot gathers together and decides to take the surrounding land first

Pang Tong was so angry that he was speechless: "You are the master, how dare you take my things!"

"That's your fault. That was a gift from the Jiangdong nobles. They were giving it to you, right? It was clearly for me. You are a senior officer of our army, so don't make mistakes. You must keep improving. Bring it to me later and we'll have hotpot!"

Bah, you just want to discredit my little tripod.

Xu Shu said: "My lord, I know about the tripod. Shi Yuan handed it over before, and I gave it to him. It didn't violate my lord's rules!"

Luo Yuan rolled his eyes at Xu Shu and asked, "Which side are you from?"

This is Dingshi!
I must try it.

"I don't care. Anyway, I need to use that small cauldron to eat hot pot. Pang Tong, you can borrow it from me if you need it in the future."

"Puh!" Pang Tong was speechless.

This is shameless!

The small tripod given to him by the Jiangdong nobles was simple and exquisite, and not very big, just enough for one person to hold!
Pang Tong still brought it to Luo Yuan, and Luo Yuan immediately started to prepare it. The weather was starting to get cold, and it would be great to eat hot pot at this time.

There are countless fresh fish in the Yangtze River, including a meter-long knife fish. If Luo Yuan had not lived in the late Han Dynasty, he would not even have dared to think about it.

There was also a Yangtze River dolphin. Looking at this thing, Luo Yuan couldn't sit still!

Isn’t this Jiangliuzi? This is something I can eat too!
Yes, it is edible. This is the end of the Han Dynasty. There are countless such river slides in the Yangtze River. Fishermen hate these river slides the most because they always destroy their fishing nets.

Senior personnel under the command of Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Du Mao, Shi Tao, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Zhang Qiao, and Luo Yuan all came to the hot pot banquet.

Even if they killed seven or eight sheep, the generals might not have enough to eat since they had big appetites, and there were countless fish and shrimps as well.

The local people in Jiangling seldom eat shrimps because they have shells and they treat them as insects. But when Luo Yuan came and saw the palm-sized prawns, he was shocked.

It smells so good when fried in lard.

It was the first time that Zhang Zhongjing attended such a high-end banquet. He found it extremely novel. He could just get whatever he wanted to eat, and then everyone would sit around the bronze pot and eat it.

Rice wine is also available.

After this month it will be December, which means winter is coming and everyone has to stop. However, this time is the busiest time for diplomatic activities among the princes.

Luo Yuan ate the scalded prawns and crunched them, then said casually, "Meng De will go south next year. He said he will come in the summer, but I think he will leave in the spring. By then, there will be a big battle in Jingzhou."

Pang Tong said: "Let's really not get involved. Kong Ming has a close relationship with Jiangdong. He must have made an agreement with Jiangdong. I'm afraid Cao Cao will suffer a loss!"

Xu Shu didn't believe it. "Cao Cao will send at least 500,000 troops south next year. If you add the troops from Jingzhou who have surrendered to him, he will get another 200,000 or 300,000 troops. That means he will have more than 800,000 troops. How can he be defeated?"

Huang Zhong was eating mutton, "Why worry about that? In my opinion, after we attack Han Xuan and Han Xuan becomes king, Wuling, Guiyang, Lingling and other places will definitely be nervous. We should instigate them to attack Han Xuan first, so that we can take Changsha. Now I think we should ask the military advisor to visit Wuling and other places to make secret contacts!"

Liu Pan, who had just joined Luo Yuan, said: "I can move around a bit, I have dealt with those people before!"

It was Liu Pan’s first time attending such a high-level meeting with food and drinks. He was very nervous at first but gradually relaxed.

He hadn't done much merit yet, it would be great if he could do something this time. At this time, he saw a muscular man beside him busy gnawing on a pig's trotter. It was Liao Hua. Liu Pan glanced at Liao Hua, but Liao Hua didn't care at all.

You guys are in the meeting and I'm eating. You have the final say on what to do and I just follow your instructions.

Pang Tong said: "Han Xuan must die, right? We also want Changsha. I think we can do this!"

Xu Shu said: "Han Xuan is not important. The lord is considering the nobles. Although the Changsha nobles cooperate with us, it is easy to take Changsha, but it is not easy to make them listen to our arrangements."

Liu Huan, who was holding the pig's head, raised his head and said, "My Lord, this is not difficult. Let the nobles rebel themselves. I am familiar with this matter. How about I do it? Let those nobles advance first. Those who are unwilling to advance will be killed.'

Yang Manqing, who was in charge of policy propaganda, whispered: "The propaganda team should also be sent out. We can absorb some people from Changsha to learn a thing or two first. The key is to win the hearts and minds of the people. There are also people from the surrounding counties and districts. My lord, if we don't pay attention to the surrounding areas, civil unrest will occur!"

Luo Yuan wiped his mouth and said, "Is it that serious?"

Yang Manqing nodded: "Many of the nobles in the four counties have already fled. The common people now compare everything to Jiangling. The more this happens, the angrier they are. We should send people to contact the common people. If a civil uprising occurs, it will be more troublesome to deal with it!"

Once a civil unrest begins, it will become a riot. Murder and arson are minor matters. The main thing that will happen is the disruption of production. If it is exploited by someone with ulterior motives, it will affect the development of Jiangling.

It’s better to control it in your own hands!
Send some key personnel to lead the people to transform the gentry and learn from Jiangling.

"My lord, please be careful about someone taking advantage of the chaos. I can send out thirteen teams and organize the people around us. We can first set up propaganda teams in the surrounding areas to make your ideas deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Then it will be easy to take over the counties!" After Yang Manqing finished speaking, she took a bite of pickled radish, which was crispy.

Xu Shu immediately agreed that taking over the surrounding territories was not a problem for Jiangling now.

It’s just that Luo Yuan has been hesitating.

"My lord, if you don't take what God has given you, you will be punished!" Xu Shu said, "We have a lot of people we can use now. We should expand our territory to the outskirts of Jiangling. Jiangling doesn't have a city wall now. If someone from outside attacks and rushes straight into Jiangling, we need to control some passes outside!"

"

Luo Yuan thought about it and decided, "Let's do this. First, take a few counties around and control the pass. But it's just a few counties around. Don't cross it! Just do it according to Manqing's idea. Manqing, you are responsible for this matter. Huang Zhong will cooperate with Manqing to do things, and you listen to Manqing."

Huang Zhong looked at Yang Manqing and said, "Why not let someone else help Manqing? I want to attack Changsha!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? Cooperate with Manqing first to take over the surrounding counties. You are only acting as a military deterrent, and there is no need to fight."

"Isn't that even more boring? Liao Hua, go!"

"Why are you calling me? I have to train the troops and I don't have time!"

Liao Hua was also unwilling to cooperate with Yang Manqing. He knew there was no need to fight. Wouldn't it be easy to take over the surrounding counties?

Do you need yourself? No!
Huang Zhong hurriedly said, "Yuan Jian, go help Man Qing, and I'll give you some war horses later!"

Liao Hua smiled and said, "No, my lord told me that I will be in charge of the infantry in the future, the mountain infantry, why do I need war horses? Besides, the war horses under your command are not the best. If it's the war horses of the Yulin Army, I can still consider it!"

Pooh!
Huang Zhong rolled his eyes at Liao Hua, feeling very angry.

(End of this chapter)