Chapter 405 Xun You offers advice
“Therefore, if we don’t accept his request, I think he will probably rebel.”
Liu Ye’s conjecture is actually quite correct.
Liu Bei, Liu Feng and others really underestimated Liu Xun's anthropomorphism.
If he had simply withheld Liu Biao's aid, Li Shu might not have been able to rebel so decisively.
The fundamental reason that forced Li Shu to wait any longer was that Liu Xun not only refused to provide relief, but actually asked the counties to pay grain normally. It was this anthropomorphic order that forced everyone in Wan County to unite. The nobles were so powerful that the common people actually supported Li Shu in his attempt to seize the banner. I really don't know what Liu Xun was thinking.
"Since he will rebel sooner or later, it should not be a problem for the young master to worry about the impact it will cause anyway. Besides, in the young master's plan, convincing Zhang Xian to raise an army in good faith is the most important thing. If it is at this time Li Shu raised an army, just in time to attract Liu Biao's attention. Once Liu Biao looks north, he will definitely relax his attention on Jingnan. In this way, it will become easier for Zhang Xian to raise the flag."
Liu Ye said his opinion. Secretly paying attention to Liu Feng's expression with his peripheral vision.
This is not surprising. Liu Feng is indeed the young master, but he is not just the young master.
Liu Feng is now a serious General Zuo, Yangzhou Mu, and Wuhou.
Among the second generation in the world, who else can surpass Liu Feng?
Besides, Liu Ye was one of the first people to join Liu Bei's group, so he knew Liu Feng's abilities and reputation even more clearly. He is indeed under Liu Bei now, but he doesn't want to offend Liu Feng at all.
Before Liu Ye spoke this time, he also thought about it carefully and felt that there was nothing wrong with the opinions he wanted to say. Moreover, in the eyes of Liu Ye and others, Liu Fengzhi was not inferior to them in terms of vision and pattern. It's even worse. Moreover, Liu Feng is a very reasonable person. As long as he can prove that his opinion is right, he will even turn to support you.
But the next moment, Liu Ye's heart suddenly jumped up.
The reason is because Liu Feng actually shook his head.
"What Mr. Ziyang said is indeed true, but there is nothing wrong with it."
When Liu Feng shook his head, everyone's eyes focused on him, listening to Liu Feng's opinions.
“The same thing, different people take action, but the impact is different.”
Liu Feng explained: “If Li Shu pulls the flag alone, then Liu Biao will not take action at all. The other party takes it seriously. But if it is flying the flag that belongs to us. No. Then Liu Biao will be nervous."
"Perhaps as Mr. Ziyang said, Liu Jingsheng's energy may be focused on us, which will make it easier for Zhang Xian to raise an army and increase the probability of success. It will be bigger too.”
When Liu Feng said this, he actually shook his head: "But the biggest problem is that once Zhang Xian raised the flag, the matter was successful. But Liu Biao was under pressure from us and others and did not dare to raise troops to go south to quell the rebellion. What should I do?”
After hearing this, Liu Ye realized that he had gone astray.
It is indeed very important for Zhang Xian to change his army, but the key point is to attract Liu Biao's army to go south to quell the rebellion, thereby creating an opportunity for Liu Feng to seal his throat with a sword.
If Liu Biao did not dare to go south, wouldn't it mean that after Zhang Xian became independent, he would have lost everything?
Once Zhang Xian established a foothold in Jingnan, Liu Biao might not be able to deal with him.
Even though Zhang Xian's name is not obvious, he is a real boss.
This man came from a famous family in Nanyang and was a direct descendant of the Zhang family in Nanyang. He also had a side relative named Zhang Zhongjing.
There are a total of four counties in Jingnan. Zhang Xian served as the governor of three of them, namely Lingling, Guiyang and Changsha. Moreover, because he had a good official reputation and was a famous scholar, he also served as governor. He has done a lot of practical things for the local people, so he has won the hearts of the people in Jingnan.
Any of these attributes were very powerful in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but when combined together, it would be even more powerful.
In the original time and space, Zhang Xian raised his arms and the entire four counties of Jingnan changed their banners overnight, which shows his huge influence in Jingnan.
If Zhang Xian hadn't died of illness, Liu Biao might not have been able to suppress him.
Liu Feng noticed that when he spoke, Xun You showed a look of approval. Apparently he had already thought of this. It was just his habit of hiding things that prevented him from speaking first. If he hadn't discovered it himself, Xun You would have said this.
Compared with Xun You, Lu Su is much slower. Although he is also talented, intelligent and capable, in terms of quick wit, he is indeed much inferior to Xun You.
On the contrary, Liu Ye hurriedly explained: "Young Master may have misunderstood Ye's original intention. It is true that Li Shu will attract the attention of General Zhendong to Yangzhou anyway. But Li Shu is only a county after all. Even if it is located in a strategic location, it will not help the overall situation if we just take over. Will accepting Li Shu's surrender but not touching Liu Xun give General Zhendong a misjudgment? When Zhang Xian in Jingnan rebels, General Zhendong just thinks that he can use Liu Xun to contain us. "
Liu Ye's explanation actually makes sense and is not completely fabricated.
If Liu Bei accepted Li Shu, but it was limited to this, it was actually more of an insurance policy.
Wan County is indeed located in a strategic location and is very important, but the problem is that Liu Xun has taken refuge with Liu Biao for more than half a year, but except for the troops from Jingzhou stationed in Xunyang, other places have not accepted reinforcements from Jingzhou.
Liu Bei's restraint gave Liu Xun an illusion and gave him enough confidence to politely reject Liu Biao's Jingzhou soldiers.
This incident made Liu Biao very surprised, but he had no choice but to do it. After all, Liu Biao was not a fool. He naturally knew that if he forced Liu Xun, he would immediately defect to Liu Bei.
Although Wan County is an important land passage for Jingyang, it has never fallen into the hands of Liu Biao so far. Moreover, even if the connection with Wan County is cut off, as long as Liu Bei does not break up with Liu Biao, Liu Biao can still help Liu Xun by water.
Therefore, Liu Ye felt that accepting Li Shu would not break the situation in the southwest of Lujiang, nor would it detonate the peace between Liu Biao and Liu Bei.
Liu Ye's point of view is that as long as Liu Bei continues to stand still after accepting Li Shu and does not target Liu Xun, there is absolutely no chance that Liu Biao will go to war with Liu Bei because of Li Shu.
In this way, if Zhang Xian raises his troops, there is still a high probability that Liu Biao will use his main force to go south to quell the rebellion.
After all, in the east there was not only Liu Xun as a barrier, but also Huang Zu's important town in Jiangxia, which was a double insurance.
To be fair, what Liu Ye said makes sense, but the problem is that what Liu Feng wants is a foolproof strategy.
"What Brother Ziyang said is true, but he overlooked something. No matter how important its position is in Wan County, how can it be compared with the entire Jingzhou?"
This time, the person who spoke was Xun You.
“What the young master wants is to be foolproof.”
Xun You continued: “Although Ziyang’s proposal can gain the land of Li Shu, there is no guarantee that it will not make Liu Biao suspicious. , If it affects the overall situation, what’s the point of regretting it then?”
Xun You first pointed out the loopholes in Liu Ye's suggestion, and then put forward his own suggestion: "My Lord, Young Master, in view of You, I will send an envoy to Jingzhou to warn Liu Zhendong not to send troops into Wan County. The matter should be decided by Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang."
"Wonderful! What a brilliant idea!"
Liu Feng was the first to react and praised loudly.
Following that, Liu Ye also showed a look of surprise, cupped his hands towards Xun You and said: "Brother Gongda's plan is indeed far better than the one below. This plan is in line with the art of using troops. It really shows that Use softness to meet it with hardness, show it with weakness and take advantage of it with strength, show it with strength and respond with tension, show it to the east when it desires the west." Lu Su also nodded in agreement: " This is indeed the case, especially to prohibit Liu Zhendong from sending troops."
Liu Bei also suddenly realized at this moment that Xun You's plan was almost threefold, and the first was to force him to turn against him. Liu Biao was not allowed to send troops to quell Anhui. In Liu Biao's view, this was obviously because Liu Bei did not want to quarrel with him, so he threatened him with war.
This is easy to understand. After all, if Liu Bei really wanted to plot Jingzhou, Li Shu would be the best excuse anyway. It would be too late for Liu Bei to be happy, so why would he send envoys to force Liu Biao not to send troops.
As long as Liu Biao does not send troops, then this matter will be a big deal. It can be seen that Liu Bei does not want a war with Jingzhou in his heart.
Secondly, Liu Bei's seemingly coercive, but actually begging, move would implicitly hint to Liu Biao and give him the illusion that he had the initiative.
Liu Bei's side is so fierce but internally weak. He clearly has a great opportunity in hand, but he still doesn't want to make progress.
How could Liu Biao not have the illusion that the initiative in war and peace was in his hands?
Third, it also paralyzed Liu Xun at the same time, echoing the previous move of transferring the governor of Lujiang to Liu Xun, which obviously made Liu Xun and Liu Biao let down their guard.
As for the small gains of secretly instigating mutual trust between Liu Xun and Liu Biao and putting Li Shu to death, they are not worth mentioning at all.
Liu Feng admired Xun You very much at this moment. He had just calculated that he could never accept Li Shu. He would rather give up Li Shu and make sure that Liu Biao was not wary of Dongfang.
After listening to Xun You's strategy, Liu Feng also realized his mistake.
As the Art of War goes, if you want to take something, you must give it first.
The more clean I am, the more likely I will arouse Liu Biao's wariness.
Liu Biao has many strategists like Kuai Yue under his command, and Liu Biao’s own strategic skills are not low. Maybe he is too willing to compromise, which will be self-defeating, which arouses the wariness of Liu Biao and Kuai Yue. and doubts.
On the other hand, Xun You was the most suitable, and he accomplished multiple things with one stone. How could he not be admired by Liu Feng.
“My subordinates made a mistake and almost missed a big event.”
Liu Ye’s attitude was very good. He immediately left the table and prostrated himself, kowtowed to Liu Feng and Liu Bei and said, “This is what Ye Zhi said. If you are at fault, please forgive me, my lord and young master.”
"Mr. Ziyang was also impatient for a while, so it's not a fault."
Liu Feng glanced at Liu Bei, and after seeing his father nodding, he comforted Liu Ye and said: "It's not wrong for you to give advice, besides, it will be the same in the end." The decision I am about to make has nothing to do with you."
Liu Ye burst into tears of gratitude, kowtowed again and then returned to the table.
After Liu Bei glanced around, he saw that his elders and close advisers supported Xun You's plan, so he made a decision: "For Gongda's plan, we can use Jiang Gan as an envoy to go to Jingzhou to negotiate. The soldiers of Jingzhou were strictly ordered not to set foot in Wan County. "
When Liu Feng heard this, his heart sank at first, and then he burst into laughter.
He didn't expect that Jiang Gan had actually defected to his father's command.
Think about it carefully, Jiang Qian is also from Jiujiang, and has the reputation of being the only one in Jianghuai, and he is an old acquaintance of Zhou Yu and Liu Ye.
To say that the person who was most blackmailed by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is not necessarily Jiang Qian, but if one of them is added, then Jiang Qian is well-deserved.
Jiang Qian's reputation for stealing books was so great that when Liu Feng first heard the name of Jiang Qian, his heart couldn't help but sink.
Fortunately, he quickly realized that Jiang Gan was a famous scholar in Jiujiang, the first Jianghuai eloquent person, and he was sent to Jingzhou as an envoy, so he deserved his title.
"Father."
Liu Feng suddenly remembered something: "Liu Yuanying is also a talented person. He is good at water conservancy and can govern the people. He is a useful talent. If he is allowed to return to Wan County, he may be in bad luck. Less. In this case, it is better to find a way to keep it. , just send his followers back to report the news."
Liu Feng's intention to keep Liu Fu at this time is also true. If Liu Fu is Cao Cao's secret chess, then it is natural to keep him in his sight. It is safer and can also be used to understand Cao Cao's movements.
If Liu Fu is not Cao Cao's secret chess, but sincerely joins his father and son, then Liu Fu is also a useful talent. He is more than enough to be the governor of a county, and he is also good at building cities, repairing water conservancy, and at least doing internal affairs. It's also an A grade.
The more talents like this, the better.
It was with this in mind that Liu Feng spoke out to persuade Liu Fu to stay.
As soon as Liu Feng said this, Xun You immediately nodded in agreement: "Young Master's words are very reasonable. Liu Yuanying is a famous scholar in Pei State. He is quite famous and has good talents. If he can be kept, It’s also a good way to promote the lord’s reputation as a virtuous person.”
The elders and confidants have already expressed their opinions. , How could Liu Bei refuse to obey? He immediately responded: "In that case, let's entrust this matter to Gongda. If Mr. Yuan Ying doesn't mind, I will temporarily invite him to join the army as a member of the Hussar Mansion."
Joining the army in the general's mansion is like working in the state and county. It is one of the best places to temporarily place talents.
Liu Bei was willing to offer his position in the army, and he was indeed treating Liu Fu quite favorably. After all, he was already a hussar general, mostly because of the respect of Daer and Xun You.
Sure enough, Xun You was very sensible and thanked Liu Bei for his kindness on behalf of Liu Fu.
After the discussion, Liu Feng stopped staying in Shouchun and went south with Zhuge brothers, Pang Tong, Zhang Liao and others the next day.
After Liu Feng ran away, Liu Bei faintly realized that something was wrong.
Where has my family gone?
Liu Bei suddenly discovered that Zhang Liao, who was under his tent, was missing.
Liu Bei was immediately furious. No wonder this brat helped him arrange to expand his army. He never mentioned Wenyuan from the beginning to the end. It turned out that this was his plan.
Liu Feng did not know that Liu Bei was impatient, so he took a leisurely boat southward.
On the way, he told the Zhuge brothers and Pang Tong about his plans for Jingzhou. Even though the Zhuge brothers and Pang Tong were both top-notch talents, they were also frightened by Liu Feng's huge appetite.
Liu Feng hesitated whether to inform Pang Tong of this plan.
After careful consideration, I decided to show my sincerity.
After all, in this plan, the alignment of Pang Tong and even the entire Pang family is very important.
(End of this chapter)