The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 334 The Battle of Jingzhou Begins

"My lord, this time it was Liang's mistake, please punish me, my lord."

After returning to Changsha, Zhuge Liang immediately came to plead guilty to Liu Bei.

"Why does Kong Ming have to be like this? The general has experienced many battles and has counselors to assist him. It is amazing that Kong Ming can do this. Even if we take Jiangling, it will not be stable. Instead, it will disperse our few troops. Kong Ming Being able to exchange it for the Wuxi barbarians is already a great achievement."

Naturally, it was impossible for Liu Bei to punish Zhuge Liang, not to mention that as he said, Zhuge Liang did not make any serious mistakes from beginning to end this time, just that Zhuge Liang was able to face Wei Tao without losing the wind was enough to make him feel very happy.

After all, Wei Tao's reputation was made with one punch, and Liu Bei has personally experienced Wei Tao's strength. Although Zhuge Liang can't weaken and calculate Wei Tao now, he didn't let Wei Tao take advantage of it.

In this way, Liu Bei can already respect and obey his words.

"What's more, compared to the field battle between the two armies, it is advantageous to wait for Wei Tao to attack after occupying Changsha. Kong Ming's plan was not completely defeated by Wei Tao, but Wei Tao was forced by Kong Ming."

Liu Bei is not an ignorant person, so he can naturally understand the overall situation. After several plannings, he has firmly believed in Zhuge Liang's ability.

"Although Liang was prepared for this, he didn't expect that Wei Tao would be so decisive. After he got Jiangling, he would immediately raise troops to attack Changsha. In this way, no matter whether he was sincere or not, the three-way encirclement originally planned may have ended. It is impossible. The countermeasures that Liang originally did were all unavailable."

Zhuge Liang is not the kind of person who has been entangled in it all the time. Knowing that Liu Bei didn't mean to blame, he quickly recovered his calm, and then said slowly.

"Wei Tao will come, but there are still a few days to go, but since our army is going to war, we can't just let Cao Cao and Sun Quan stand by and watch. My lord can send an envoy to Cao Cao, saying that our army is willing to row the river with him. Although Cao Cao knew our army's intentions, Cao Cao and Sun Quan had a great enmity. When Wei Tao was fighting with our army, he would definitely send troops to attack Sun Quan. Although the situation in Jingzhou is now chaotic, it is just two or two As long as our army can defeat Wei Tao, then it is possible to capture the entire Jingzhou, and the Lord will have a great career at that time!"

Zhuge Liang's words made Liu Bei's eyes light up, and he nodded immediately.

"Thanks to Kong Ming's reminder, I don't know who Kong Ming thinks anyone in our army can take on this important task?"

"Only Fa Xiaozhi can take on this task."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's recommendation, Liu Bei nodded even more. Fa Xiaozhi is Yizhou Fazheng. After Liu Bei entered Yizhou, he voted under Liu Bei's command, and he can almost be said to be his number one adviser.

Although Zhuge Liang has just arrived, he has a very good relationship with Fazheng. This time it is not a evasion, but now Liu Bei's subordinates besides Zhuge Liang himself may be Fazheng who can take on this role.

But Zhuge Liang was already very high-profile before, and if he did this again, he might really be envied by others, and this credit should naturally be given to Fazheng.

Coincidentally, at this time Zhou Yu also suggested to Wei Tao that Wei Tao provoke the dispute between Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

"My lord, in order to prevent Cao Cao and Sun Quan from attacking our army together, our army has no choice but to quickly declare war on Liu Bei. However, it would be inappropriate for the two men to threaten our army in the rear. My lord, please send someone to lobby Sun Quan. Sun Quan has always wanted to capture Jing Yang and beat his elder brother, and now that our army is fighting Liu Bei, and he has beaten Cao Cao, he will definitely not hesitate."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Wei Tao nodded directly. Naturally, Wei Tao would not refuse something that could relieve the pressure on his rear.

"Won't we let Wenhe go over this matter?"

After Wei Tao thought about it for a while, he couldn't help looking at Jia Xu. It wasn't that Wei Tao had no one under his command, but that most of the advisers were now raising food for Wei Tao to guard the overall situation, and after Zhou Yu came, the rear was even more short of manpower.

If you wait for the arrival of the advisers from the rear, I'm afraid you don't know how long you will have to wait.

Now the only ones beside Wei Tao who can get his hands on are Jia Xu and Zhou Yu.

"My lord, Wen He and I will help the lord to deal with Liu Bei. This battle can be won but not defeated. Otherwise, the lord wants to make peace with the outside world first, and I don't know how long it will take. If so, why should the lord do this in person? ?”

Zhou Yu had already discussed it with Jia Xu, and he immediately talked about it.

"My lord, there are many talents in Jingzhou. If the lord agrees, I can recommend someone for my lord."

"Oh?"

Wei Tao was slightly puzzled, but at the same time he was even more delighted. To be recommended by Zhou Yu, his talent must be extraordinary.

"Ma Liang in Xiangyang, Ma Jichang. The five brothers of the Ma family in Xiangyang are all talented and famous, and Ma Liang is the head among them. People in Jingzhou all say: Ma's Wuchang, the white eyebrows are the best, that's Ma Liang."

Hearing Zhou Yu's laughing words, Wei Tao also remembered.

Of course, what Wei Tao thought of was not Ma Liang, but Ma Liang's younger brother Ma Su. After all, the historical "killing Ma Su with tears" is too famous.

Up to now, the cognition of the previous life is not very meaningful to Wei Tao, not to mention that the history has changed, even the heroes that Wei Tao knows have been born one after another, each choose their own schemes, and the remaining people are also determined It is impossible to change one's heart easily.

However, some celebrities still know that at least Ma Su's strategy is not bad if he doesn't personally command.

"Okay. If that's the case, please send Gong Jin a letter. If there are other talents in the Ma family who are willing to serve as officials, they can be appointed."

"promise."

Zhou Yu naturally didn't know that Wei Tao had already thought of something far away in his mind for a moment, so he just nodded slightly, and then changed the topic to the current battle.

"My lord, both Xiangyang and Jiangling are going to be stationed. Now our army's strength is insufficient. At most, it is comparable to Liu Bei's army. With the advantages of defending the city of Changsha, I am afraid that this battle will not be easy to deal with."

Hearing what Zhou Yu said, Wei Tao couldn't help but frowned slightly. At this time, Zhou Yu's words were naturally not to suppress his morale, but the truth.

"I don't know what Gongjin means?"

"In this battle, the two armies are fighting each other. It's not about gaining at the moment. Please don't make any changes at the moment. Our army wants to fight Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also wants to fight our army, so as not to change. , if that Zhuge Liang dares to make a conspiracy, Wenhe and I will definitely break it for the lord, and let the lord use this to win."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Wei Tao smiled even more. Since this is the case, Wei Tao will naturally not refuse. After all, the continuous battle has made Wei Tao a little tired, and the siege battle is indeed the battle that Wei Tao is least willing to fight. .

On the other hand, the envoys sent by Wei Tao and Liu Bei also saw Sun Quan and Cao Cao respectively. After talking about it, both Sun Quan and Cao Cao understood that if they did not fight, the battle between Wei Tao and Liu Bei might be It's also impossible to really fight.

In addition, Cao Cao and Sun Quan also had grievances and grievances. Originally, they wanted to win over each other. After being told like this, they finally couldn't hold back. Although they didn't send troops immediately, they dispatched troops frequently.

The Jingzhou war is about to break out, and the situation of all parties becomes more tense.

At this time, Wei Tao had already led the army to the city of Changsha, and after a day's rest, Liu Bei turned a deaf ear to him, let alone sent someone to sneak attack.

Facing Liu Bei's calmness, Wei Tao also felt a bit difficult, but Wei Tao was Wei Tao after all, he had experienced hundreds of battles, and he also understood the way of war.

Responding to all changes with the same is not to hide in the camp. Now that the opponent is doing this, Wei Tao will also challenge it appropriately to test the opponent.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

The sound of beating drums rang directly outside Changsha City, and all the soldiers were also shouting outside the city. Faced with such a situation, Liu Bei also understood that it might not matter what the victory or defeat is for a while, but if he dare not respond when the battle starts, then Perhaps it is possible to keep Changsha, but it is absolutely impossible to launch a counterattack later.

Liu Bei was absolutely unwilling for such a thing to happen, so he led the army to fight immediately.

I saw Liu Bei leading the way, besides Guan and Zhang, there was also Ma Chao who had been defeated by Wei Tao, a veteran who had only met outside Xiangyang not long ago.

"Liu Xuande, you and I meet again."

As soon as Wei Tao saw Liu Bei, he seemed to sigh in his words.

"After Jizhou in the past, I thought that there would be no time to fight against Lord Xuande. After all, I was in the north, and Lord Xuande was Yuan Shao from the south. I didn't expect the world to change like this. Now Xuande came to fight with me."

Wei Tao's exclamation is naturally not a real exclamation, it's just a method of provocation.

But even though Liu Bei knew this, and even though Liu Bei was the most forbearing, he still couldn't help feeling angry. After all, the days when he lived under the hedge of others was not a glorious day, and he didn't want to be mentioned all the time.

"General, my brothers and I were defeated by the General in the past, but the General's words are not arrogant?"

"No one in sight?"

Hearing Liu Bei's response, Wei Tao sneered slightly, but Liu Bei's words put Wei Tao on the target.

"Although I don't want to say it explicitly, but to be honest, including you, Mr. Xuande, who is not my defeated general?"

Hearing this, Liu Bei was speechless for a while, even though Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and other generals glared at Wei Tao, but the matter was a fact, they could not refute it.

But Wei Tao's words also angered one person, and he saw a veteran who had been standing quietly beside Liu Bei galloping out, rushing to the front of the battle and shouting loudly!
"I am Huang Zhong from Changsha. How did I ever lose to the general? I have heard about the general's martial arts. Now I just want to ask the general for advice. I don't know if the general will dare to answer!"

(End of this chapter)