I Am the Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Bei's face didn't look very good anymore. He still wanted to continue the stalemate with Liu Zhe here, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to bring such bad news.

"How long can our food and grass last?" Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang.

"Three months."

Zhuge Liang said, "If there is an autumn harvest, I can support it for another month or two."

At the time of departure, Wang Lei and Dong He had roughly calculated that the current food and forage in Yizhou could support Liu Bei's army in battle.

"Just a few months?"

Liu Bei's brows furrowed and he asked, "Can't there be more?"

Four or five months is not a long time for a battle, and it can even be said that it has passed in the blink of an eye.

It has been seven or eight months since Liu Zhe brought people here, and it is almost a year.

If this situation continued, Liu Bei felt that the two sides could still face off for a year or two.

In fact, Liu Bei and Liu Zhe continued to confront Liu Zhe for a year and a half.

But I never imagined that the food on my side had begun to run out.

"Is it possible to collect some food?" Ma Su said beside him.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Ma Su and said, "The food and grass are now collected from the people, and the people of Yizhou have begun to complain."

"what?"

When Liu Bei heard this, he got a little angry. He patted the table and said, "Why do you want to collect food from the people?"

Liu Bei knew that he was able to get to where he is today because of his good reputation in the eyes of the people. If his reputation was bad, he would lose the people's hearts and affect his great cause.

Therefore, Liu Bei was very dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's answer: "How did you do things?"

Zhuge Liang didn't explain. If Zhuge Liang hadn't raised the butcher's knife in Chengdu, maybe things wouldn't have turned out like this.

But if Zhuge Liang didn't get rid of a group of people with dissent, maybe Liu Bei wouldn't be able to confront Liu Zhe in Fucheng with peace of mind.

This matter is good or bad, Zhuge Liang said it is useless.

Anyway, at this point, he came here to help Liu Bei solve the problem.

"King of Chu."

Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei, "This matter is the fault of the minister. I didn't find it in time. I hope the king of Chu will punish him."

"Of course this king will punish you for this."

Liu Bei was very angry, he said: "But now you are not in Chengdu to solve the problem of food and grass, what is the use of coming here?"

Forcing food and grass from the hands of the people will affect his image of Liu Bei in the eyes of the people, so Liu Bei is very angry.

"King of Chu."

Zhuge Liang said, "We can still support the grain and grass for a few months, so we must defeat Liu Zhe in these months and let Liu Zhe withdraw from Yizhou. Otherwise, Yizhou will be in danger."

"Chengdu's officials have been arranged properly. With General Wei Yan in charge, with Dong and the prefect to assist, Chengdu will not have too many problems."

"I don't know what the prime minister's plan is to defeat Liu Zhe?" Ma Su asked beside him.

"This requires everyone's collective efforts." Zhuge Liang said.

Zhuge Liang did not arrogantly say that if he came, he would definitely defeat Liu Zhe.

In fact, Zhuge Liang had no idea for the time being. He had just arrived and the situation was not yet clear, so he did not dare to say anything casually.

"What if there is no way to defeat Liu Zhe in a short time?" Liu Bei couldn't help asking.

"if it is like this."

Zhuge Liang paused, then smiled bitterly, "As the minister said just now, Yizhou may be in danger."

Liu Bei's face turned gloomy again, and if he was told to spit out Yizhou, he would never accept it.

Yizhou is too important to him.

Without Yizhou, what if he completely controls Jingzhou?

The power of a state, how to compete for the world?

"But Liu Zhe has been holding back and not fighting. I can't help him." Ma Su said.

"Humph."

Zhu Huan was immediately unhappy about this, and he said: "He's sending people out now, you're scared to death, and you don't agree with this going to fight."

Zhuge Liang glanced at Zhu Huan and Ma Su, he felt the tit for tat between the two, and frowned.

He understood somewhat in his heart why Liu Bei couldn't help Liu Zhe after being in Fucheng for so long.

If nothing else, just look at Zhu Huan and Ma Su and you will know that their subordinates are not in harmony, so how can they work together to deal with Liu Zhe?

"King of Chu."

Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei, "I came all the way, thinking all the way, I think Liu Zhe did it on purpose."

"on purpose?"