Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 258 Discussion on the Southern Expedition

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your hospitality! But now I have something important to report to the Prime Minister." Xu Maogong said, the situation is urgent now, so why not have a whole fish feast if you have the time.

Li Song looked at Xu Maogong's expression and tone of voice in front of him, and could feel from it that the matter might be more serious than he thought.

Li Song said in a low tone: "Mr. Mao, did something happen in the palace, or outside?"

"I just received the expedited documents from the south for [-] miles. I haven't opened them to read them, so I asked the prime minister to examine them." After Xu Maogong said, he took out the sealed information from his sleeve and offered it with both hands.

Li Song hurriedly took it, opened it and took out a bamboo slip from inside, opened it, and found that it was Du Xie, the magistrate of Xi'e County, who had sent to expedite the military situation.

Liu Biao finally sent troops to Nanyang County from Xiangyang City in Jingzhou. After all, Nanyang was next to Nanjun County. If Li Song sent troops from Nanyang County on a whim, he could directly march to Xiangyang City. For this reason, Liu Biao didn't sleep well at night, for fear of waking up. Li Song's troops captured him alive.

After much deliberation, Liu Biao decided to make a desperate attempt, so Liu Biao took Cai He as his general, Wen Pin and others as his lieutenants, and Zhou Guang as his supervisor.

The county magistrate of Xi'e County, Du Xi, immediately ordered General Qing to be sent to Xuchang in an expedited way of [-] miles, and at the same time organized manpower to resist the invasion of Liu Biao's army.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, the old man Liu Biao officially launched an attack on Nanyang. In just a few days, most of Nanyang fell into Liu Biao's hands.

"Hmph! Liu Biao dared to sneak attack my Nanyang County, and his troops came to the city of Xi'e County. I think at this time, Xi'e County may have changed hands." Li Song said indignantly, taking a deep breath, "Go home! Zhong Da, you also come to discuss this matter."

"No!" Sima Yi hurriedly bowed his hands and responded.

Xu Chu immediately led the horse for Li Song, and Li Song got on the horse, took the reins, and returned to Xuchang Tiance Mansion under the protection of Xu Chu and a group of personal guards.

Outside Tiance Mansion, Li Song and others got off their horses and walked in, "Zhongkang! Quickly call me all the civil and military staff, I want to discuss with them the matter of the Southern Expedition."

"Obey!" Xu Chu clasped his fists and saluted, and hurriedly asked the officials to go to the council hall to discuss important matters.

In the council hall of Tiance Mansion, the officials who were notified came to the council hall one after another to wait. Sima Yi, who had changed his clothes, walked in. Seeing that everyone in the lobby was whispering, Sima Yi came to his seat, sat upright and waited. The appearance of the lord Li Song.

"The Prime Minister is here!" A shout came from outside the door, and the civil and military staff who were whispering just now shut up immediately and stopped talking.

Li Song walked in from the outside, came to the main seat and sat down, and said to the civil and military staff here: "Liu Biao took Nanyang County from me, so that most of the territory of Nanyang County became Liu Biao's. Liu Biao ordered Cai He to be the chief general." , Zhou Xing is the supervisor of the army, Wenpin and others are the deputy generals, commanding [-] soldiers and horses, what does Liu Biao want to do?"

"Prime Minister!" As soon as Li Song finished speaking, there was a voice of remonstrance. Looking up, he saw a counselor coming out of the line and bowing his hands to Li Song. This person is Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe.

"Prime Minister, Liu Biao is a man of outstanding literary talents, but his martial arts strategy is not good enough. He has no ambitions in all directions. He is one of them. He sits on the sidelines and observes the general trend of the world, but he is also a hero of one side. His vision and wisdom are not inferior to ordinary people."

"Now that the prime minister has defeated the enemy in the north, it is only a matter of time before Yuan Shang is destroyed. Liangzhou in the west has surrendered to the imperial court, and the prime minister has no worries at this time!"

"Jingzhou is bordered by Yizhou, Jiaozhou, and Yuzhou, and there is Sun Quan to the east of the Yangtze River. Now that Nanyang County has fallen into the hands of the prime minister, the gate of Jingzhou has been lost, so Liu Biao can't feel at ease." Jia Xu said.

What Jia Xu meant was that Liu Biao was afraid. Li Song naturally understood why Liu Biao was afraid. After all, Liu Biao had more or less hatred with Zhang Jin in Jiaozhou, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and Sun Quan in Jiangdong.

Next to him is Li Song, a powerful neighbor. Jingzhou is a rich place, and everyone wants to take a bite. Now that the gate of Jingzhou is wide open, Liu Biao is not afraid that Li Song will send troops to the south at that time.

Therefore, for safety reasons, Nanyang County must be taken back. Even if the entire Nanyang County cannot be eaten, Wancheng must be taken. In this way, even if Li Song's army cannot be stopped, it can be delayed for a while so that Jingzhou prepares.

"That's right! What Wen He said is right." Li Song agreed, then looked back at Han Hao, the chief minister, and said, "Yuansi, can the food and grass still support our army's southern expedition?"

"Report to the Prime Minister! Most of the current food and grass supports General Su's Northern Expedition. With the expenses of all parties, it can still support [-] soldiers and horses to march south. If it is [-] soldiers and horses, it will be more than one month. If there is more, it will not be able to support it." Nanzheng." Han Hao said.

"Our army's Northern Expedition to Yuan Shang is about to succeed, and we can't fall short! Therefore, we must not give up, but Liu Biao has already reached the door, but we can't ignore it. If you have any good strategies, you might as well talk about it." Li Song listened. After finishing Han Hao's words, he said to everyone.

"Prime Minister! Liu Biao is a self-defense man surrounded by enemies. He only needs to block his attack once, and he will not dare to take another action."

"Right now, food and grass are not enough to support our army in a protracted war. After resisting Liu Biao, we can negotiate a peace with him. Our army and Liu Biao will not invade each other." Sima Yi came out and bowed his hands. Li Song's eyes had been on him just now. , meaning that he was asked to come out to offer advice, and it happened that he knew that Li Song did not want to go south now, so he had no choice but to come out to advise.

Li Song smiled slightly and said: "Zhongda's method is very good, but it can't just be so cheap to Liu Biao. He can't let him live too comfortably, and he has to find something for him to do."

"Prime Minister!" Xu Maogong came out, bowed his hands and said, "You can write a letter to Situ Liu Bowen, and ask Bowen to instigate Jiangdong Sun Quan to send troops to attack Jiangxia. In this way, Liu Biao will be busy."

"Furthermore, another person was sent to contact Liu Zhang in Yizhou and Zhang Jin in Jiaozhou to send troops to harass Jingzhou, leaving Liu Biao exhausted. After General Su returns from the Northern Expedition, he will send troops to the Southern Expedition."

When Sun Jian returned to Jiangdong, he was ambushed by Liu Biao and shot dead by Liu Biao's general Huang Zu. Huang Zu was promoted by Liu Biao to be the prefect of Jiangxia. Therefore, it is said that they have a blood feud. Let Liu Bowen instigate Sun Quan to send troops to attack Jiangxia. possible things.

"Okay! Just according to what Guang Luxun said, write a letter to Situ Liuji to let him do things cheaply! After sending people to Jiaozhou and Yizhou to contact Liu Zhang and Zhang Jin to harass Jingzhou, even if they don't send troops, the news If it gets to Liu Biao's ears, it will also make him cast a slap in the face." Li Song said.

"Prime Minister! I think it's better to attack the heart!" Jia Xu said, he already had a plan in mind.

"Oh! I don't know how to attack the mind?" Li Song's eyes lit up, and he squinted his eyes and asked.

(End of this chapter)