Chapter 406 Brainstorming
When they first heard about this, not to mention Zhuge Jin, even Dong Zhao, Zhong Yao, Yang Xiu and others who were listening were shocked. Even Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong showed their faces. Shocking, after all, they are far less calm at this time than they would be more than ten years later.
But as what Liu Feng said unfolded step by step, the eyes of everyone present changed.
If the plan Liu Feng said was crude, then everyone would probably urge Liu Feng not to act rashly. No matter how incompetent Liu Biao was in his expansion, he was still a great prince with an army of 100,000 and occupying a single state in Jingzhou.
It would be unwise to rashly turn against him.
But Liu Feng's plans were interlocking and very feasible. The most important thing was that when they brought them to Liu Biao's side, they were surprised to find that they were very likely to fall into Liu Feng's trap inadvertently. .
As a result, everyone’s eyes changed.
Liu Feng saw everyone's reactions in his eyes. The shock on Pang Tong's face had not yet faded away, but a faint excitement was already igniting in his eyes. Zhuge Liang had regained his composure at this time, his eyes were focused, thinking about something.
Dong Zhao had a kind smile on his face and glanced around with his small eyes, obviously looking at other people's expressions.
Zhong Yao was calm and natural. He glanced at Yang Xiu quietly and quickly looked away.
Yang Xiu had a strong look of suspicion on his face at this time. He didn't understand when he could actually join such a confidential strategic conspiracy.
It was only in order to preserve his father and family that he agreed to Liu Feng's conquest, joined the Zuo General Shogunate, and became the chief clerk of the Zuo General Shogunate under Liu Feng.
Although the official position of chief secretary cannot be held by anyone but a close confidant, he is really not Liu Feng's close confidant.
The suspicion on Yang Xiu's face gradually faded, but was replaced by panic. Even with Yang Xiu's quick wit, he could not guess what Liu Feng was thinking.
“Gentlemen, what does this mean?”
When Liu Feng saw that everyone was silent, he simply broke the silence on the field himself.
As the eldest person in the field and the one with the highest official position, Zhong Yao found that everyone else was waiting for him to speak first, so he could only obey the crowd and was the first to speak: "My lord, Although this plan is grand, it is quite mature. The key point is that Zhang Xian and Liu Zhendong are heading south. However, there are still a few details that need to be worked out. "
"Oh? I wonder where the details need to be polished?"
Liu Feng nodded in approval of Zhong Yao, and then asked: "Please Yuan Chang to give me some advice."
"One is the Sun family, who persuaded Zhang Xian to raise an army. The relationship between the Sun family is very important. The lord must ensure that Sun Ce is wholehearted and cannot be ignored."
Zhong Yao stroked his beard and when he saw Liu Feng nodding his head, he continued: "Secondly, Zhang Xian is very important anyway and is the basis for everything in the future. Therefore, Yao thinks that we cannot rely solely on the Sun family's relationship. The Lord should be able to serve in the court." "If you start from Zhang Xian, you can use a two-pronged approach."
What Zhong Yao said spoke to Liu Feng's heart.
Liu Feng had also long had the idea to use the imperial court's order to increase Zhang Xian's motivation and confidence to raise an army anyway.
In the original time and space, Zhang Xian once firmly stood on Cao Cao's side and raised troops to rebel against Liu Biao. It can be seen that the righteousness of the imperial court had a great influence on Zhang Xian.
In this case, why can’t we imitate the tiger and imitate the cat now?
Liu Feng had this plan, but now Zhong Yao mentioned it, it can be said that the heroes have the same idea, how can he not make Liu Feng happy.
Liu Feng laughed loudly and clasped his hands and said: "I know that Yuan Chang is stable and good in governance, but he didn't expect his strategy to be so outstanding. To be honest, this proposal is in my heart, but I haven't made a decision yet. Now there is one person who makes Zhang Xian.”
At this time, the black fat man Dong Zhao also joked: “My lord, if you do. If Zhao is right, the person you like is Jiujiang Jiang Ziyi?"
Liu Feng reached out and nodded Dong Zhao, shook his head and pretended to smile: "Gongren is really smart, but why is he like this? Kuaiyu, why can’t you let me enjoy myself for a moment longer?”
Everyone in the hall laughed in amusement.
"My lord, Liang is also thinking about something, but you need to pay attention to it."
Hearing Zhuge Liang speak, Liu Feng was surprised and happy, and encouraged him with gentle words: "You can tell me what Kong Ming has gained. Everyone in the hall can tell you. He is a great sage in the world, and he can give you some advice."
Liu Feng's attitude towards Zhuge Liang was obviously somewhat different, and everyone present except Zhuge Jin noticed it.
It’s just that these people are all very smart. Not only did no one expose it, but they all looked at Zhuge Liang with smiles, as if they were seriously waiting for him to speak.
Even the eighteen-year-old Zhuge Liang felt a little guilty in this scene.
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang quickly adjusted his mentality and said: "My lord, in addition to Liu Zhendong and Zhang Prefect, there is a third force in Jingnan. Although this force is scattered and scattered, it cannot be ignored."
Pang Tong suddenly spoke and interjected: "Did Kong Ming say Jing Man?"
"Exactly!"
Zhuge Liang nodded at Pang Tong: "What Brother Shi Yuan said Jingman is exactly what Liang is worried about. We know that the land south of Jing is mountainous, and there may be millions of Jing barbarians occupying the mountain roads and plundering the Han people, just like bandits. But if his troops can prepare early and use their power for their own purposes, they will be able to do so. It can achieve twice the result with half the effort.”
Pang Tong immediately laughed. Then he turned to Liu Feng and said: "Kong Ming's words are actually good words. As far as Tong knows, the Jingmans in Jingnan are now unified. Among them, the leader of the Wuxi Barbarians, Shamoke, is brave and good at fighting. If he can get his help, , will definitely increase your chances of winning.”
After Pang Tong was surprised, he had already adjusted his mentality. Moreover, from his perspective, not only had he been attracted by Liu Feng, but he also believed that his family would also choose Liu Feng.
The reason is very simple, because the Pang family cannot find its place under the current rule of Liu Biao, otherwise Pang Degong would not have retired to the mountains and forests openly, but secretly made various friends with scholars living in the north.
From this point of view, the Pang family is actually the only one among the four families that hopes for changes in Jingzhou.
Therefore, Pang Tong was very confident to convince his family to support Liu Feng.
When he thought of being able to assist Liu Feng in conquering Jingzhou, Pang Tong was so excited that he couldn't help himself.
What a glorious undertaking this is.
As long as Pang Tong can successfully help Liu Fengjing conquer Jingzhou, this achievement will help him pursue Yuntai's ambition.
When he thought that his name Pang Shiyuan would be left on the cloud platform in the future, Pang Tong wished he could immediately grow wings on his back and fly back to Nanjun to meet his elders.
As for informing Liu Biao?
Pang Tong really never had this idea from beginning to end.
At this time, Pang Shiyuan still had a rather loyal character, far less eccentric and adventurous than he would be in the future. Moreover, even Pang Tong, who would become like that in the future, was still quite loyal and was not a person of the Qin Dynasty and the late Chu Dynasty.
After Zhou Yu died of illness in the original time and space, Pang Tong did not immediately defect to Liu Beijun who was nearby, but went to Jiangdong first.
After the negotiation with Sun Quan collapsed, Liu Bei was considered. According to the routine operations of the Eastern Han gentry, this is actually somewhat counter-intuitive.
Because although Nanjun belonged to Soochow at that time, the prefect Zhou Yu was dead, so the morale of the Soochow troops in Nanjun was low and their morale was low. At the same time, the entire Nanjun has actually been divided by Liu Bei's army. Jiangxia County and Changsha County directly cut off the connection between Nanjun and Jiangdong, becoming an isolated enclave.
Although the ownership of Nanjun at this time was not decided by the Pang family, with the Pang family's strength and influence in the local area, it was not difficult to switch to Liu Bei. Especially soon both Sun and Liu saw this shortcoming, and through the intermediary of Lu Su, they exchanged territories with each other.
Liu Bei exchanged Jiangxia County for all the southern counties of Soochow. In this way, the Pang family's family property fell under Liu Bei's rule.
Therefore, it cannot be said that Pang Tong was able to continue to go to Soochow at that time because of his loyalty. However, Pang Tong's loyalty to Zhou Yu and his faith to his master must have played a big role.
Therefore, now that Pang Tong in this plane has made the decision to be used by Liu Feng, he will no longer have the idea of betraying Liu Feng in exchange for his own benefits.
“The words of Kong Ming and Shi Yuan deeply touched my heart, and they are really my opinions to fill in the gaps.”
After Liu Feng heard this, he praised him repeatedly and felt a little annoyed at the same time.
This anger was naturally not directed at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, but at himself.
Why did he forget about the Barbarian King Samoko.
This is really inappropriate.
While Liu Feng was reflecting, Pang Tong spoke again: "Lord, I have a young friend who is from Yicheng, Xiangyang. His surname is Ma, his name is Xuan, and his courtesy name is Bo Chang. The Ma family is a big family in Xiangyang and a famous family. Later, his family had a close relationship with Jingman, and Jingman often only trusted the Ma family when purchasing goods.”
Ma Xuan, whom Pang Tong mentioned, was the eldest brother of Ma Liang and Ma Su.
The Ma family has lived in Xiangyang for a long time, but they have close relations with the Jing Man. Pang Tong recommended Ma Xuandao: "If we can get help from the Ma family, it will greatly increase the possibility of gaining the trust of the Jing Man."
Liu Feng paid great attention to this and immediately expressed his stance: "In that case, does Shi Yuan have any good strategy to make Ma Xuan help me?"
Pang Tong stood up and bowed his hands: "The Ma family is originally a big family in Xiangyang, and its power is not weaker than that of the Cai family. It's just that since Liu Zhendong took control of Xiangyang, the Cai family has suddenly emerged and its strength has been greatly enhanced. As a result, the Ma family's situation is not easy. Great. ”
The gentry during the Eastern Han Dynasty always maintained an attitude of competing with each other and supporting each other.
Whoever is stronger will get more of the cake, but under normal circumstances, other families will not be killed.
For example, the Ma family and the Cai family are both powerful families in Xiangyang. Although the Ma family was originally weaker, the overall strength between them was not much different.
But as Cai Mao's father, Cai Xi, married his sister to Captain Zhang Wen and his daughter to Liu Biao, who rode alone into Jingzhou, the expansion of the Cai family was almost inevitable. .
The first to be unlucky must be the powerful nobles in the same county, and the Ma family is the one who will lose profits. Moreover, because of the special status of the Cai family under Liu Biao, the Ma family was not favored by Liu Biao, let alone being reused, even becoming an official.
It was for these reasons that Pang Tong was confident in recruiting Ma Xuan for help.
"Good!"
Liu Feng nodded immediately, offered a price and said: "Then from a scholar's perspective, what should I do to get Ma Bochang's help?"
Pang Tong thought for a moment and answered. Said: "Please also In the name of General Zuo's Mansion, the lord conscripted Ma Bochang into the Mansion and granted him the post of Cao Yu."
Liu Feng is currently General Zuo and leads Yangzhou Shepherd. He can serve as Zuo General Shogun and Yangzhou State Shepherd respectively. Recruit scholars. But compared to Yangzhou Mu, who has greater local limitations, General Zuo is undoubtedly more suitable. Not to mention that General Zuo is already a high-ranking general, and he has also added Kaifu Yitong Sansi, which is above Jiuqing. In theory, it is several levels higher than Yangzhou Mu.
Cao Yu is a very important position in the shogunate, equivalent to the six ministries in later generations.
Of course, the scale is not the same. After all, these are only the six departments in General Liu Fengzuo's mansion.
But even so, this treatment is quite heavy.
Liu Feng didn't look weird at all, and immediately nodded in agreement: "In that case, according to Shi Yuan's wishes, this matter will be left to you to handle."
Pang Tong met Liu Feng completely agreed to his request, secretly happy in his heart, and immediately responded: "Yes, my lord."
Yang Xiu, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke, bowed to Liu Feng and asked: "Ming Gong, it seems that this strategy is indeed promising. But in Xiu's opinion, such a large-scale military strategy requires the mobilization of twenty to three people. There are more than 100,000 people. I dare to ask Ming Gong if there are 200,000 people."
As the art of war goes, double the number and divide it.
The attacking side must have twice the strength to take action, and must still pay attention to spreading the defending side's strength to achieve a greater local strength advantage.
It can be seen how disadvantaged the offensive side was in the cold weapon era.
Calculated according to this ratio, the 200,000 to 300,000 troops mentioned by Yang Xiu are really not deliberately disgusting Liu Feng. Liu Biao also has an army of 100,000 troops, and he can mobilize another 30,000 to 50,000 troops when necessary. People are not a problem either.
It can be seen that Yang Xiu actually spoke softly and did not say anything too harsh.
After Liu Feng heard Yang Xiu's words, he did not immediately explain or refute, but looked at him with a smile.
Among the people present, most people called Liu Feng their lord, obviously recognizing Liu Feng as their lord. Only Yang Xiu calls Liu Feng Ming Gong. Although Ming Gong also has the intention of master and subordinate, compared with the master, he naturally seems a little more distant and independent.
Yang Xiu here respectfully calls Liu Feng Ming Gong instead of lord. Obviously he is still a little unconvinced, or he may have other ideas.
Feeling Liu Feng's gaze, Yang Xiu's face gradually turned red. He lowered his head first, and then finally couldn't help but raise it: "Ming Gong, Xiu's opinion is to benefit Ming Gong. Worry, there is really no other meaning.”
“Dezu, don’t worry, I will naturally understand your intention.”
Liu Feng nodded, appeased the other party, and then said to everyone: "This time I go south to Jiangdong, I intend to expand the army to 150,000."
Now with the completion of the Jiangbei water conservancy project, Liu Feng is about to expand his army. , these prisoners of war serving in the water conservancy project are naturally one of the best soldiers for military expansion.
Even the soldiers under Yuan Shu's command can still become successful as long as they do not contract bad habits and can be trained well.
Liu Feng and Liu Bei had budgeted before. There were still about 100,000 prisoners in Jiangbei, and they could be transferred at any time.
This is really not unknown, it is shocking.
Liu Feng went south and captured so many prisoners.
(End of this chapter)