Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

Although the news of Bai Feng's retirement has been known to Sun Quan.

But Sun Quan still did not dare to be careless, and sent Lu Meng and Lu Xun to lead troops to Jingzhou, always paying attention to the movements of Cao's army.

For some reason, Sun Quan always felt that Bai Feng would launch a surprise attack and attack Jingzhou.

After all, now that both Hanzhong and Bashu have fallen, both Liu Bei and Sun Quan are in danger.

Although Sun Quan was sitting in Jiangdong and had already reaped some benefits from the battle in Chibi.

Although the Battle of Chibi made Sun Quan miserable, it also showed that even if Cao Cao led all his soldiers to attack Jiangdong, it would still take a lot of time.

Moreover, there are many unstable factors.

So far, Bai Feng has not shown any ability to train the navy.

After all, Bai Feng is also from the north. As long as the navy still has the upper hand, Jiangdong will be able to fight.

During this period, Sun Quan was also training his troops vigorously, almost to the point of being aggressive.

But after all, Cao Cao's shifting of the battlefield also left Sun Quan and Liu Bei a lot of time.

The troops they accumulated during this period not only restored their strength before the Battle of Chibi, but also increased a lot.

This also gave Sun Quan a lot of confidence.

In addition, it was true that Bai Feng had not heard any big moves for such a long time, and instead went to Hanzhong, which made Sun Quan even more happy.

Not only Sun Quan, but Liu Bei was also fully prepared.

After some calculations, Lu Xun and Lu Meng finally arrived in the direction of Jingnan with 200,000 Jiangdong soldiers.

Although Liu Bei had many soldiers, Jingzhou was so vast that it was impossible to cover everything.

Therefore, Liu Bei mainly defended the northern part of Jing, while Sun Quan mainly defended the southern part of Jing.

The Sun-Liu Alliance is much stronger than before.

Lu Meng and Lu Xun were not ordinary people. Their commanding and combat capabilities were among the best in the Three Kingdoms.

Not to mention that Cao Cao can be defeated, but with repeated attacks, it is not a problem to defend Jingzhou.

After completing the fortifications in Jingzhou, Sun Quan turned his attention to Jiaozhou.

Shi Xie of Jiaozhou was old and had no heirs. The whole of Jiaozhou fell into an embarrassing situation.

To say that Shi Xie was a prince would be better to say that he was just a nobleman.

In today's world, the weakest among the princes is Shi Xie.

However, Sun Quan had never had the idea of ​​dealing with Jiaozhou before.

After all, Jiaozhou is too far to the south, not to mention barren, and most of the south is barren land.

But mosquito legs are also meat. Since there is no movement from Cao's army and there is no pressure, Sun Quan still chooses to lead his army to capture Jiaozhou.

Sure enough, after only three days of fighting, Shi Xie surrendered.

Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Huang Gai and other veteran generals fought bloody battles, but Jiaozhou's weak soldiers could not stop their devastating attack.

After Sun Quan captured Jiaozhou, Liu Bei took over.

"How wonderful that you, Sun Zhongmou, actually took advantage of this opportunity to take Jiaozhou as your own!"

Liu Bei punched the document and was so angry that he was speechless.

He was facing the pressure from Cao Jun in front.

Some time ago, 200,000 Jiangdong troops came to Jingnan for assistance. Liu Bei was originally quite grateful.

As a result, Sun Quan actually captured Jiaozhou directly.

The meaning is clear, just let Liu Bei guard Jingzhou, and there is no need to expand territory.

But Liu Bei is not without ambition.

How can Jingzhou alone be enough?

Although Jingzhou is rich, it is only one state and county. If you want to continue to expand your strength, you need to capture other states and counties.

Liu Bei originally thought of attacking Bashu, but Cao Cao captured Bashu first.

Liu Bei's eyes were actually set on Jiaozhou.

However, he was actually tricked by Sun Quan!

Zhuge Liang on the side frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:

"Lord, in my opinion, this matter may not be a bad thing for our army."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei suddenly felt a little confused:

"Oh? Come and listen to the military advisor."

If someone else said this, Liu Bei would think it was just teasing him, and he would definitely get furious.

But it was Zhuge Liang who said this, which had to make Liu Bei a little curious.

Jiaozhou was secretly taken away by Sun Quan. What good could this do to him?

Zhuge Liang gently flapped his feather fan calmly and said with a smile:

"Jiaozhou is a barren land, and there are many barbarians to the south. Whether it is planting crops or developing elsewhere, it is extremely useless."

"Even if our army takes it, it will only be empty space and will not have any real effect."

"Now that Sun Quan has taken it, there is actually no loss to our army. Instead, it was sold to Sun Quan at a bargain price."

"Otherwise, Sun Quan would not have sent 200,000 elite soldiers to help us garrison Jingnan."

"These 200,000 soldiers are nothing more than providing help in times of need."

Liu Bei couldn't help but nodded slightly when he heard this.

Listening to Zhuge Liang say this, it seems that this is a good thing.

Zhuge Liang continued:

"I would like to petition and go to Jiangdong to discuss it with Sun Quan."

"Although this area south of Jiaozhou does not belong to the Central Plains, it can be regarded as a retreat if it can be captured."

"Cao Cao hasn't made any big moves yet. We can't just sit back and wait for death."

"At this time, we should develop some of these barbarian lands and continue to expand our territory."

"Taming these barbarians will make them future soldiers."

"If Sun Quan doesn't take over the state, we can only handle this matter."

"But now that Sun Quan has occupied Jiaozhou, he needs to handle this matter."

"No matter how long Sun Quan's hands are, he can't take in all the barbarian lands. We can also send troops while they are expanding their territory."

"In that case, at least I have something to do before Cao Cao makes any move."

"It also gave our army a retreat."

Although Zhuge Liang said it more euphemistically, Liu Bei also heard the implication of Zhuge Liang's words.

Even if the current Sun-Liu coalition is much stronger than before, facing Cao Cao today, the chance of winning is still very slim.

Even if it can withstand it for a long time, Jingzhou may not be able to hold it.

If this is the case, you need to give yourself a way out.

This retreat is the barbarian land.

Although it is not a place in the Central Plains, it still has a way out after all. If Jingzhou is not destroyed, he will have nowhere to go.

If he was lucky, Cao Cao would not be able to succeed in his southern expedition, but would instead be destroyed by the coalition forces.

This barbarian land can also be used to open up new territories in the future.

If you think about it this way, it’s not a loss no matter what.

"Excellent, excellent! As expected of a military advisor!"

"Then there's Army Master Lao!"

Liu Bei suddenly smiled happily and said.

At this time, Pang Tong, who had been silent for a long time, also stood up and said with a smile:

"My lord, I am willing to go there, and I happen to know who Sun Quan is, who killed Gong Jin."