361. Cao Cao's Intentions
After Han Fei led his army to land in Baidi City, he was warmly welcomed by Liu Zhang. To be honest, he agreed to Zhang Song's plan at that time just to try his luck. After all, although Liu Bei was powerful, he was too far from Yizhou. But what Liu Zhang did not expect was that Liu Bei really remembered the friendship of his fellow clans and sent the strongest strategists and popular thugs here.
Therefore, Liu Zhang was happy and did not feel a little impressed by his clan brother who had never met. In his own words, it was: "My brother Liu Bei is indeed the most benevolent and righteous person in the world!"
No more gossip, after the high-standard banquet, everyone was full of food and food. Liu Zhang was afraid that Han Fei and others would be exhausted on the journey, so he ordered his subordinates to clean up the inn and let them go to rest.
Han Fei was not polite, and simply thanked Liu Zhang, then took Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others directly to the inn. After Han Fei and others left, Huang Quan, the chief adviser under Liu Zhang, said to Liu Zhang: "This time, Liu Bei not only sent his confidant adviser, but also sent out two of the five tigers. I am afraid that his purpose is not only to help us regain Hanzhong. Lord, you have to be careful!"
Zhang Song was displeased when he heard this, and he interned: "The King of Qi Liu Bei is a benevolent and righteous ruler, and he has the spirit of an ancient gentleman. This time, he sent a large army to him regardless of the losses. If the lord cannot make good use of it, he may be the coldest heart of the other party! Besides, they only brought a little food and grass when they arrived in Yizhou. After we arrived in Yizhou, we all rely on our support. If there is any abnormal movement, we just need to cut off the supply of food and grass, and the army will collapse without fighting!"
When Liu Zhang heard what Zhang Song said was reasonable, he glared at Huang Quan and left, and no longer paid attention to his words in this matter. Afterwards, Huang Quan sighed to Wang Lei: "My lord believes in the slander of villains. I don't know how long the foundation of Yizhou can be maintained." This is a later statement, so I won't mention it for the time being.
Just talking about the sky, Han Fei brought Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others to the prefect's mansion. Liu Zhang had been waiting for them here for a long time. Han Fei and Liu Zhang officially started the negotiations. Han Fei clasped his fists at Liu Zhang and said, "Mr. Zhou Mu, I am here under the order of the lord. Please let the provincial governor inform you about the specific details of how you want to act."
"Hahaha, Han Junzhi is polite! I hope your army can help me defeat the rebel Zhang Lu and recover Hanzhong." Liu Zhang said with a smile.
"What Zhang Lu? Yes, but you know that I didn't bring too many soldiers to come here this time, so can you take a shot of an army to act with us?" Han Fei asked. Liu Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart: "I was thinking about finding a reason to send some people to the army to monitor them, but Han Fei raised it himself. He was really sleepy and someone gave him a pillow."
Thinking of this, Liu Zhang laughed and said to Han Fei: "No problem, I will let Zhang Ren and his 30,000 troops obey your command. I just hope that Military Advisor Han can capture the rebel general Zhang Lu."
Han Fei nodded and said, "I will do my best. Lord Zhou Mu still has one more thing, that is, this Baidi City is close to the Yangtze River. My Lord intends to send someone to come here for business, and I hope Lord Zhou Mu will approve it."
"I think it's something, but there's no problem with the businessman!" Liu Zhang relaxed his vigilance when he heard that it was just the businessman, and then agreed. Han Fei sneered in his heart, but he didn't show any of it on his face. He confirmed the marching route with Liu Zhang, and then said goodbye and left. The army rested in Baidi City for two days, then went north through Fu (fu) water and then turned to Baishui City by land. Baishui City was attacked by Zhang Wei at this moment. Zhang Ren and Yang Huai, the city guard of Baishui City, led his army to block the attack.
When Han Fei was about to leave, he handed Ding Feng aside and gave him a detailed advice. Then he took his men to board the warship to Fucheng. The large ship of the shallow Navy in Fushui River was no longer available, so Liu Zhang's Yizhou Navy provided the ship to transport them over. Seeing the ship sailing, Han Fei sighed in his heart: "The plan to guide Yizhou is about to officially begin."
Let’s talk about Cao Cao. After learning that Liu Bei’s army was launched in Yizhou, he also became concerned about the land of Shuzhong. This was hard to investigate. Unexpectedly, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong had an army of tens of thousands, which was not counting the subjects and the five dou of rice sects under his rule. These are all populations. You must know that Cao Cao seems to have a large territory now, but he is in a hurry to have a population shortage. Chang'an and Luoyang have been defeated after a series of conquests, and Liangzhou is even more barren. So after Cao Cao’s investigation, he immediately became thoughtful and wanted to take down Hanzhong and even Yizhou, so that there would be no shortage of population.
The idea was good, but he knew that Liu Bei would not give him the chance to strengthen himself. In addition, Sun Quan, compared to Liu Bei, who was determined to win Jingzhou, he probably still had a fight in Jingzhou after the beginning of spring. If it could not be resolved, it would involve too much energy.
So Cao Cao summoned his advisers to discuss countermeasures. The adviser Chen Jiao said, "Lord, it's better to send an envoy to Jiangxia. At this time, Zhou Yu will be stationed in Jiangxia again. As long as he is told, he will definitely be able to dissuade Sun Quan."
"Well? Ji Bi thought that someone could convince Zhou Yu?" Cao Cao asked casually after hearing this.
Chen Jiao laughed and said, "Lord, I know someone, who is Zhou Yu's classmate. This person is eloquent and eloquent. If he is sent to him, he will convince Zhou Yu and then eliminate Sun Quan's intention to go north."
When Cao Cao heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Who is this person?"
Chen Jiao replied: "Jiujiang Jiang Gan is right!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao was overjoyed and asked Chen Jiao to contact this person. He would come forward to lobby Zhou Yu, and not be stingy with money. As long as he could stabilize Zhou Yu and Sun Quan. After hearing this, Chen Jiao agreed quickly. He just waited for a while to finish the work here and contacted Jiang Gan.
Cao Cao didn't expect that the problem that made him the most troublesome could be solved so easily, but the success or failure of this matter was not certain at this moment. So Cao Cao wanted to hear other people's opinions, so he looked at Guo Jia. Guo Jia was stunned after hearing that Han Fei had gone to Yizhou. At this time, he saw Cao Cao's gaze and saluted Cao Cao: "Lord, there is something else in the matter in Yizhou. Based on my understanding of Han Fei, this person seems young but his layout is unpredictable. Now that he has gone to Yizhou, he will definitely make arrangements here. If we cannot deal with it in time, we may suffer losses."
Cao Cao's eyes shrank after hearing this. At this time, he knew that the battles with Eastern Wu in Jingzhou were all made by Han Fei. Now that Guo Jia mentioned them again, Cao Cao's heart began to doubt. Could it be a trap this time?
So what if it is a trap? But the population in Hanzhong has no choice but to take it! Even though I know there may be a fraud, I have to jump in. It seems that the strategy of this little military advisor Han Fei is probably even more powerful!
Chapter completed!