Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 37 False Way to Attack Guo
During the turbulent times of the Eastern Han Dynasty, leisurely days were always short.

While Xing Daorong was training troops with Chen Dao and preparing to marry, news finally came back from Sun Quan.

But this time he didn't reply to a letter, but to a person.

The person who came was also an old acquaintance, Lu Su.

...

"The Marquis of Wu highly praised the great virtue of the Emperor's uncle, and he discussed with the other generals and raised an army to help the Emperor's uncle recover Sichuan."

"After we take Xichuan, we will exchange it for Jingzhou, and use Xichuan as a dowry."

"It's just that... the troops are passing by, and we hope to receive some money and food."

Although he was used to being dragged by Zhuge Liang to participate in "diplomatic" affairs, Xing Daorong still felt a headache when he heard Lu Su telling obvious lies.

He glanced at Liu Bei, and saw that he seemed to have made plans with Zhuge Liang long ago. He did not seem to be thinking about it at the moment and replied, "It is rare that the Lord Wu is kind! This is all thanks to Zijing's good words."

Zhuge Liang immediately followed up with: "If the powerful army arrives, we will welcome them from afar and reward them."

Lu Su was very happy and said, "My uncle is very righteous. This is very kind. In this case, I will reply to the Marquis of Wu and ask him to send troops as soon as possible to take Xichuan for my uncle."

Liu Bei nodded and smiled, and Lu Su took the order and returned.

As soon as Lu Su walked out of the hall, Zhuge Liang's questioning began again.

While Xing Daorong was still digesting the news brought by Lu Su, Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked: "Zi Yu, what do you think of Jiangdong's intention of this trip?"

Habit is really a terrible thing.

Xing Daorong had already begun to get used to Zhuge Liang asking him what he thought anytime and anywhere, so he immediately answered subconsciously: "Attack Xichuan in exchange for Jingzhou. If Dongwu is so kind, it would be a miracle."

"I guess this is a trick to destroy Guo by pretending to be in the city. They are just taking Xichuan in name only, but in reality they are taking Jingzhou. When the lord comes out of the city to comfort the troops, we will take advantage of the situation and attack them. This is to attack them by surprise."

Xing Daorong said, seeing that Zhuge Liang had no intention of finishing, he continued: "Dongwu Zhou Yu has always had a plan to divide the world into two, whether it is Jingzhou or Xichuan, they are all what he wants."

"If they can take it, how can they deliver it to us? We must mobilize the troops of Yizhou and Jiangdong and attack Jingzhou together."

As Xing Daorong was speaking, he saw Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang exchanging glances.

I suddenly realized that these two guys had communicated with each other long ago.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "It turns out that the lord and the military advisor had already figured it out, and they insisted that I waste my breath."

Liu Bei hurriedly waved his hands and said, "General, you misunderstood. I am not deliberately testing you. I just really want to hear your thoughts."

Liu Bei was sincere in his words, and Xing Daorong believed him even though he didn't want to.

Zhuge Liang asked, "Do you have any plan?"

With his foresight into the future, Xing Daorong certainly had vision and confidence in grand strategy, but he was lacking in tactics.

He immediately said: "I really have no idea, so I won't give any random ideas. I have to ask the military advisor for a solution."

Zhuge Liang did not hide his weakness and immediately bowed his hands and said, "My lord, please be at ease. Just prepare the bows to catch the tigers and the baits to catch the giant croakers. We will surely be able to drive back the troops of Dongwu and make them no longer think about Jingzhou."

"only…"

"There is still a dangerous gap in this battle, and we need a general to take charge."

Xing Daorong was naturally sensitive to words like dangerous and sinister, and he immediately said, "Military Advisor, let me do this dangerous job!"

Xing Daorong responded quickly, but Liu Bei did not agree.

But he said, "Last time, Ziyou escaped death. We must not take risks again this time."

It is normal for Liu Bei to say this. He can't just catch one person and do whatever he wants!
Even if they are commandos or special forces, they still have to take turns to rest. Seeing that Xing Daorong was going to say something, Liu Bei suppressed him and said, "Don't talk too much, I have made up my mind on this matter!"

As he spoke, perhaps he felt that his words were a bit too strong, so he slowed down and said, "I know you are loyal and not afraid of danger, but I can't leave all the difficulties to you."

"If I really do this, how will my generals view me?"

"Just follow my instructions this time, and don't say anything more!"

have to.

Seeing that Liu Bei was determined to "take care of" him, Xing Daorong did not force it.

He could only bow his hands sullenly and said to Liu Bei with an unhappy look on his face: "Yes, I will obey your orders!"

Seeing Xing Daorong still looking unhappy, Liu Bei couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that Xing Daorong was sometimes a little silly and cute.
...

What Liu Bei said makes a lot of sense.

Xing Daorong was always in charge of difficult and dangerous tasks. Although he himself had no problem with it, other generals might have objections.

But although he understood it, he was also depressed, so Xing Daorong did not look very happy when he left Liu Bei's place.

Coincidentally, Pang Tong came quickly and was slightly surprised when he saw Xing Daorong's expression.

But he said, "General Xing, why do you look unhappy?"

When Xing Daorong saw that it was Pang Tong, he just sighed and said, "This is an easy job, so I am a little unhappy."

As he spoke, seeing that Pang Tong looked a little anxious, he couldn't help but ask, "Pang Zhizhong, why are you walking so fast?"

Pang Tong said: "To be honest, General, I received news from Yizhou that they wanted to make peace with you, so I came here in a hurry."

Xing Daorong knew that Liu Zhang and Liu Bei had a short honeymoon period.

This story has to start from before the Battle of Chibi.

When Cao Cao personally led his troops to conquer Jingzhou, Liu Zhang sent General Yin Pu from Henei as an envoy to pay his respects.

Cao Cao promoted Liu Zhang to General Zhenwei and his brother Liu Mao to General Pingkou in order to stabilize Yizhou.

After Liu Zhang got the news, he sent Zhang Song to Cao Cao.

As a result, when he arrived there, Cao Cao had already conquered Jingzhou and Liu Cong had surrendered, so he no longer attached much importance to Yizhou. He did not receive Zhang Song according to courtesy and only appointed him as the magistrate of Sushi County. Zhang Song was dissatisfied with this.

In the same year, Cao Cao was defeated at Chibi and retreated to the north.

Zhang Song returned to Yizhou and, because he was dissatisfied with Cao Cao, he persuaded Liu Zhang to sever ties with Cao Cao.

Yan said: "Liu Yuzhou and the governor are brothers of the royal family. It is the right thing to do to form an alliance with him."

Liu Zhang agreed with all of this, and so the idea of ​​forming an alliance came into being.

But that's it.
Xing Daorong knew that Liu Bei would eventually have to break off relations with Yizhou, and that there might be a major war in the future when he would attack Yizhou, so he had no interest in this matter at all.

He just nodded towards Pang Tong and said, "I see. These foreign affairs still need the help of Zhizhong."

As he said this, he said goodbye: "I will go to the military camp first."

Pang Tong did not stay long, but just looked at Xing Daorong's running back, seeming thoughtful.

He had also heard that Xing Daorong proposed to attack Yizhou sooner or later and divide the world into three parts. Now that he heard that Yizhou wanted to form an alliance, he didn't react at all?
He didn't understand what Xing Daorong was thinking for a moment, so he had to suppress his doubts in his heart and go to find Liu Bei first to talk about the alliance with Yizhou.

(End of this chapter)