Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 283 Li Chen: It's all under my command.

Zhang Liao came all the way from Xiaopei to deliver the news. Ever since he received the news that Zhuo County was occupied by Liu Bei, Zhang Liao didn't dare to delay for a moment.After arranging everything about Xiaopei, he rushed towards Xuzhou immediately.

Zhang Liao never expected that Li Chen would have a calm expression, as if everything was under his control.

"His Royal Highness, could it be that you already knew about the occupation of Zhuo County?" Zhang Liao asked tentatively.

Zhang Liao was very curious about this meeting, because Xiaopei was the closest to Zhuo County, so Li Chen couldn't possibly get the news before him.

Li Chen took a sip of tea, then said lightly: "That's right, I commanded them all?"

"You commanded? What do you mean?" Zhang Liao asked a little puzzled.

Obviously Zhang Liao couldn't understand why Li Chen's participation rate was so high.Liu Bei is attacking Cao Cao's territory, how can the king of Qin in his own family also get involved?

Li Chen smiled and said: "Yuan Shao was afraid of Cao Cao, but he couldn't beat Cao Cao, so he decided to divide Cao into four families. Cao was divided among four families, and three families were moved, but Liu Bei, the big-eared thief, did not move. Let me talk about it." It is determined that Liu Bei will move Zhuojun."

"His Royal Highness, even if you knew that Liu Bei would attack Zhuo County, what do you mean by commanding this?" Zhang Liao asked puzzled.

"Wen Yuan, a few days ago I ordered Zang Ba and Sun Guan to deliver grain to Cao Cao, but recently they were replaced by General Guan Sheng. Do you know why?" Li Chen asked Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao is handsome, and his brain is very easy to use.When Li Chen said this, Zhang Liao immediately understood: "His Royal Highness Qin Wang, did you expect Liu Bei to let Guan Yu pretend to be General Guan Sheng to cheat the city, so recently General Guan Sheng was deliberately asked to transport food?"

"Ha ha!"

"That's right, Wen Yuan is really smart." Li Chen said with a smile.

Li Chen saw that Zhang Liao was still puzzled, and asked Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan was thinking, obviously Cao Cao is our ally, why would I help Liu Bei take this Zhuo County behind the scenes?"

Li Chen's question just happened to reach Zhang Liao's heart.Zhang Liao was thinking right now, now that Qin and Wei are allies, it stands to reason that even if they don't send troops to help Cao Cao, they can't make trouble behind their backs.

The most important thing is that letting Liu Bei take down Zhuo County is a matter of harming others and benefiting Li Chen.You must know that the grain they sold to Cao Cao all came from Zhuo County. Now that Zhuo County is lost, all the surrounding areas of Cao Cao's territory are lost.Now the grain from Qin cannot be transported to Wei, and the grain from Wei cannot be transported to Qin.

"That's right, His Royal Highness King Qin, so our food won't come in, and the iron ore inside won't come in either?" Zhang Liao said.

"Ha ha!"

"Wen Yuan is too worried. As long as there is no winner in the Central Plains War, no matter whose territory our food or iron ore comes from, they will not dare to touch us."

"The Great War in the Central Plains will end sooner or later. After this king cleans up Jiangdong, he will naturally have to get involved. If this Zhuo County is in Cao Cao's hands, what will it be like to fight allies? In Liu Bei's hands, when the time comes we It's a good start, isn't it?"

"As for the safety of the transportation road, this king has already decided that [-] cavalry will be drawn from each army to form a road guard army, responsible for protecting our food and the safety of iron ore on the road." Li Chen said to Zhang Liao. .

The establishment of the Road Guard Army is nominally to protect the safety of their own transportation roads, but in fact it is also a kind of political blackmail.However, now that the Central Plains is fighting in a scuffle, all forces are very afraid of Li Chen.Therefore, as long as Li Chen does not formally enter the arena in name, then there should be no one who can not refuse to use various forces to transport supplies.

After Li Chen's explanation, Zhang Liao finally understood.Feeling that Liu Bei occupies Zhuo County, this is really commanded by Li Chen.Li Chen deliberately asked Guan Sheng to deliver food, so that Cao Jun in Zhuojun relaxed his vigilance, and this was the reason why Guan Yu's surprise attack on Zhuoxian happened.

"Wen Yuan, after you go back to Xiaopei, gather Xiaopei's soldiers and horses for me, and just go to Xiaopei to perform martial arts outside." Li Chen instructed Zhang Liao.

Zhuo County was occupied by Liu Bei, and it is estimated that the entire Zhuo County should have been occupied by Liu Bei now.Although Cao Cao lost Zhuojun, Li Chen's grain and iron ore had to be transported as usual.

Now the road guard army has not yet been established, and Li Chen has not yet freed up his hands, so Li Chen decided to intimidate Liu Bei and ask Liu Bei to make way for his family.

The persimmons are soft, Liu Bei's foothold in Zhuo County is not stable now, if Li Chen puts on the appearance of sending troops to the outside of Zhuo County, and then asks Liu Bei to borrow a road, I think Liu Bei will agree.

Mr. Lu Xun once said that if a group of people are in the same room, if you want to open a window, most people will not agree.But if you say I'm going to take the roof off, then they will probably let you open a window.

On Zhang Liao's side, after receiving Li Chen's order, Zhang Liao gained confidence and returned to Xiaopei overnight.

Early the next morning, Gao Shun and Cao Xing took Xiao Pei's army out of the city to practice.You know, the straight-line distance from Xiaopei to Zhuo County is only a few tens of miles.Cao Xing came to practice a cavalry attack, and Xiaopei's Bingzhou cavalry brushed the edge of Zhuojun.

Cao Xing and his cavalry had just passed Zhuojun on the front foot, when the scouts from Liu Bei's side came to report on the back foot.

"Report to the King of Shu that Xiaopei's [-] troops are gathering outside the city. It looks like they are practicing." The scout reported to Liu Bei.

As soon as Liu Bei heard this, he was terrified of Liu Bei.Liu Beixin said, Could it be that Li Chen is dissatisfied with me letting my second brother impersonate Guan Sheng to cheat the city, is this going to send troops to attack me?

Liu Bei was in a panic at this time. Now his second brother Guan Yu and third brother Zhang Fei led soldiers to recover the rest of Zhuo County.Now there are only [-] people in the entire Zhuo County, and Liu Bei is personally in command.

Liu Bei thought to himself, if Li Chen sent a general to attack the city, I'm afraid I won't be able to defend this Zhuo County.

"Military officer, will this Li Chen attack our Zhuo County?" Liu Bei asked the officer Shan Fu.

"Shu King, I guess it's impossible." Shan Fu replied.

In fact, at this time, even Shan Fu was uncertain.It stands to reason that Li Chen can't attack Zhuo County at this time, but Li Chen often does not follow common sense.At this moment, Shan Fu was also afraid that Li Chen would go crazy and suddenly attacked Zhuojun, which would be troublesome.

Taking Zhuojun was originally a risky move, and it was a neighbor with a fierce tiger.Shan Fu was just betting, he was betting that now that the tiger had prey again, it would not easily fight them.But since it is a gamble, Shan Fu is not fully sure.

Shan Fu just inferred that Li Chen would not do anything, but now that Xiaopei's Zhang Liao made a move, although it was just a demonstration outside the city, it also made Shan Fu figure out what Li Chen was thinking.

(End of this chapter)