Chapter 132 "How to Treat Cao Cao's Attack on Xiliang Soldiers"
Fazheng said in a dull voice: "If Liu Bei and the others had not joined, it seems that an alliance should be made with Sun Quan. But it doesn't make much sense whether the alliance or hostility is right now. They may not necessarily think that they are the third child in their hearts now. Maybe they think they are with us. Their strength is about the same, and they may even think that their strength is slightly stronger than ours. If we take the initiative to contact them now, their tails will definitely be raised to the sky and they will ask for prices all over the sky."[]
Liu Jia asked in disbelief: "No way? Their land is not as vast as ours, their population is not as large as ours, and we have the power of victory. How can they compare to us?"
Fa Zhengdao: "That's what my lord thinks, but Sun Quan may not think so. Although we have more land and population than them, we are still uncertain about the war. Their Yangzhou has not experienced war, and because of the war here, many people have fled. Going to them has actually increased our strength. We are now an empty shell with only appearance. Moreover, they have added two powerful generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and an unparalleled talent like Zhuge Liang. What are they afraid of us? ? If we must find something to be afraid of, it is that they are afraid of our gunpowder. But according to our detailed reports, after the explosions in Jiangyou Town and Shangyong City, they sent out a large number of special forces to attack Jiangyou Town and Shangyong City. If Yongzhen investigates the situation, he might be able to find a way to deal with us, or even learn how to make gunpowder."
Liu Jia said resolutely: "It is impossible for anyone to know the ingredients of gunpowder. Now except Ma Di, who can freely enter and leave the gunpowder factory, it is impossible for other people to enter and leave. Now the places where gunpowder raw materials are manufactured are all on death row. It can be said that for at least the past ten years No one can come out. Anyone who comes out will be killed without mercy."
Pang Tong said: "Whether Sun Quan and the others understand how to deal with gunpowder or not, there is no need for us to contact Sun Quan. No matter what we do, Sun Quan will think that we are begging him and the lion's mouth will open wide. This is mainly due to Cao Cao and the others. Caused."
Seeing Liu Jia looking at him with inquiring eyes, Pang Tong continued: "The strength of Ma Teng and Han Sui that Cao Cao has to deal with now cannot be said to be too strong, but it cannot be said that their strength is too small. These Xiliang children are strong and brave. , extremely explosive. Cao Cao's army may not go smoothly in the early stage, so Cao Cao must make good friends with Sun Quan and stabilize the rear. Because Sun Quan and Cao Cao are bounded by the river, places to send troops can be found everywhere. In addition, Sun Quan has been recharging his strength for so many years, except He put in a little effort in the Wulin battle and was replaced early, but his vitality has never been damaged. Liu Bei's addition has given him even more power, so it is possible for Sun Quan to attack Cao Cao."
Pang Tong took out a wine flask from his waist and took a sip of wine. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "And Cao Cao knew that we were weak after the war and were unable to launch an attack for a while. Besides, the place where we can attack Cao Cao is very limited. The only way to attack is from Hanzhong and Xiangyang. As long as these two places are defended, Cao Cao will have peace of mind. Taking these two aspects together, Cao Cao will of course make good friends with Sun Quan and let Sun Quan contain our Xiangyang direction from the side so that we cannot attack Cao Cao from here. .Since Cao Cao shows kindness to Sun Quan and we show kindness to Sun Quan again, what will happen to Sun Quan? Haha, not to mention Master Zhou Mu also understands."
Liu Jia nodded and asked, "What can Cao Cao do? Could it be that Cao Cao would send troops, food, and land to Sun Quan?"
Pang Tong shook his head and smiled: "Haha. No! But will Mr. Zhou Mu know it? Definitely not. But Mr. Zhou Mu lacks one thing. This thing is usually useless, but it is useful now."
When Xu Shu heard this, he smiled and said: "Shi Yuan said this is a bit disrespectful. Haha, it is indeed the case, Cao Cao has us or not. But my lord doesn't want it either."
Liu Jia looked at the two smiling people in confusion and asked in surprise: "What are you talking about? What Cao Cao has and is useful. Jia doesn't have it but doesn't want it. Who doesn't want something useful?"
Pang Tong smiled and said: "This thing is the current emperor! Does Mr. Zhou Mu want it now? What do you want him to do? Haha"
Liu Jia was stunned for a moment, then understood immediately, and said with a smile: "Yes, Cao Cao can just ask for a marquis or a king from the emperor and give it to Sun Quan. Although he talks a lot but doesn't do it, he has always wanted to attract the scholar-bureaucrats. How can Sun Quan be unhappy? Sun Quan himself did not dare to attack Cao Cao, and now he is just doing it as a favor. We do not have this convenience. It is only now that the emperor has made a prefect, and he is still fighting to wear the so-called Yizhou shepherd hat. Can you tell me whether Cao Cao will grant a king to Sun Quan?"
Pang Tong said: "Definitely! And maybe after a while, I will grant you the title of king Dangdang, Lord Zhou Mu."
"Huh? Cao Cao will also give Jia a crown?" Liu Jia asked in surprise.
Xu Shu also looked at Pang Tong in disbelief. Fazheng next to him smiled and nodded: "It depends on whether Cao Cao is ambitious.??. The crown of my lord cannot be escaped. But the master still needs to cooperate when the time comes. "
Pang Tong said: "At that time, Sun Quan will be the prince. Mr. Zhou Mu will be the prince. The two people who ignored the emperor will become the prince. Cao Cao will not be the prince. What will the situation be like? Can the emperor and his son sleep? Even if Cao Cao pretended not to want it, his men would force the emperor to give him a prince's hat. Haha"
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The final solution that Liu Jia and others agreed upon was not to irritate Sun Quan but not to please Sun Quan deliberately, and to maintain an attitude of neither arrogance nor humiliation. They would continue to acquiesce in the alliance agreement signed by the two sides in Jiangling after the Wulin War, but strengthen Xiangyang, Jiangxia, and Gaoliang. , Cangwu and other counties bordering Yangzhou forces defended themselves.
When discussing how to deal with Xiliang military forces such as Ma Teng and Han Sui, Pang Tong asked Liu Jia whether he would send some troops to support them. Pang Tong said: "This mainly depends on Zhou Mu's future thinking. If Zhou Mu wants to unify the world in the future, then sit down now." Watch the fight between tigers and let Cao Cao help us eliminate these people, and then take action at the appropriate time and add a few more tiger generals. If you want to live in peace with Cao Cao and share the world equally in the future, then do your best to support us now."
Liu Jia asked: "Shi Yuan's words are a bit confusing. Can't we weaken Cao Cao's power with our best support? Is it more beneficial for us to let Cao Cao destroy Ma Han?"
Pang Tong said: "Although the Ma-Han force is great, a group of rabble cannot make a big difference. Their danger will erupt in a short period of time, but they lack resilience. Over time, their conflicts will be revealed. Even if the enemy is not defeated one by one, they will kill each other. However, Cao Cao has a vast territory and a large number of people, and his advisers are like rain and fierce generals are like clouds. The final winner of the battle between the two of them must be Cao Cao. If we do not do our best to help Ma Han, Ma Han will surely Defeat. In fact, we really tried our best. It is difficult to say that Cao Cao will not win in the end, because our abilities at this stage are limited after all. There are many places to defend. The only consequence of our support is that our own vitality will be restored slower. And once As soon as our reputation of supporting Ma Han spreads, regardless of angering Cao Cao, Ma Han and others may be relied on or used. Letters asking for food, clothing and money will come one after another. We will deliver the materials according to the list they proposed. We gave it to them, but they took it for granted, thinking that they were fighting for us and fighting against Cao Cao for us. Once we cannot allocate the money as they requested because we might have difficulties ourselves, they would curse and surrender. Cao Cao came to threaten us, and he might even surrender to Cao Cao in an instant in order to retaliate against us, an 'ungrateful' person. There are two common sayings that I wonder if Zhou Mu has heard of. The first one is, 'A favor with rice is worth a grudge. ', and the second sentence is 'The jackals can't get enough'. Their pile of loose sand is just a sand pit, and no matter how much water we pour in, we can't see any water."
Pang Tong continued: "And what if our support succeeds. They drive Cao Cao back to the Central Plains. Will we be able to profit? No! It's just that there is one more Xiliang power in the world. The original three-point world has become four-quarter division. The world. Is it possible that those who think they have defeated Cao Cao will come to our side? It is impossible. At most, it is an alliance, which will exist for a long time as an ally to fight against Cao Cao. In the future, after we deal with Cao Cao, we will come to deal with this ally, too much Embarrassing. And things are changing. When Cao Cao's power is almost weakened, maybe they will bite us in turn so that no one can eat anyone. Of course, I don't believe that there are people in Mahan who think so far, but Don¡¯t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.¡±
Liu Jia asked: "According to Shi Yuan, there is no need for Cao Cao to attack them now, right? Ma Han will not merge with us anyway, so Cao Cao might as well just attack us."
Pang Tong said: "The problem is that Cao Cao and them have always had sharp conflicts, and Ma Han has never calmed down. Cao Cao will definitely go all out to attack us, but Ma Han will calmly wait for Cao Cao to eliminate us before going to destroy them? We cannot merge into one, but we can make alliances and complement each other. We exchange our grain and cloth for their good horses. We have horses that are more powerful than tigers. They have grain and their combat effectiveness is doubled. How dare Cao Cao be so entrusted? It can be said. No matter it is We are still Cao Cao, and if we want to unify the world, we must stabilize Xiliang. But now they are located behind Cao Cao and in his belly, so this evil person can only be done by Cao Cao."
Liu Jia asked: "Is it fair to say that supporting Ma Han will either be too late or a waste of money and food, so we should just watch them fight to the death?"
Pang Tong said with certainty: "That's right! Since full support is not possible and it means little without full support, it is better not to support at all. We will use the spare troops according to Zhou Mu's strategy and let them farm and open up wasteland to grow grain. Anyway, we only need horses. Han Feng, in addition to surrendering to Cao Cao, is also coming to surrender to us. As long as we can defeat Cao Cao in the future, we will avenge them, and they will also thank us."
Liu Jia smiled and said: "Isn't Shiyuan's method too shady?Did Yimahan come to ask for our support? If we don't agree to them and they see our hundreds of thousands of soldiers sitting here watching the fight between tigers and tigers, they will definitely scold us as unbenevolent and will not surrender to us even if they fail. They will simply accept the thief as their father. "
Pang Tong smiled and said: "Then we will raise troops in the southwest to attack the Wuge Kingdom and the Burmese Kingdom. Although those southern barbarian countries are far away, it is not difficult to defeat them. We can not only avenge General Wutugu, but also add a few more counties. Tens of thousands of prisoners to solve the problem of soldiers in the future."
Xu Shu also smiled and said: "Although this suggestion is not authentic, it is still a good idea. For Ma Han and others, just help a few times at critical moments, or we can help them when they are desperate. On the contrary, Ugo and Burma The people of Lan State would never have thought that we were attacking them to avoid Cao Cao, our enemy. Haha"
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The two major events were decided in such a ridiculous way.
When they were about to end their discussion and go home, a guard came over and reported: "Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Sun are back! They are all settled now."
When Liu Jia heard this, he said happily: "Okay, okay! Are Mrs. Xu and Xiaozhi's family back?"
The guard said: "We are all back. General Zhao Yun's family members have also arrived. They have arranged to be placed in the same courtyard as General Huang Zhong's family."
When several people heard this, they all became happy and quickly dispersed.
"Daddy!" When Liu Jia just walked out of the state pastor's house and entered the courtyard of his home, a little girl came up to him and shouted crisply.
Liu Jia was stunned when he heard the shout. It wasn't until he saw his two wives standing behind Xiaoya and looking at him with a smile that he realized that this little girl was his daughter.
He bent down happily, picked her up, and asked with a smile: "Little girl, how do you know daddy?"
"Ping Ping doesn't know, it was her mother and her second mother who told her. Hehe" the little girl said while laughing as she pushed Liu Jia's head away from her armpits with both hands, "It's so itchy! It's not fun. Ping Ping likes to play hide and seek the most. !whee¡¡"
Liu Jia put her on the ground after enough trouble, holding her little hands to prevent her from escaping. He smiled and asked: "Pingping, what's your name? How old are you?"
Unexpectedly, the child turned around and shouted to her mother: "Mom, second mom, this person who calls me daddy is so stupid! You know my name is Pingping and you still ask me what my name is."
After saying that, he turned to Liu Jia and said word by word: "Pingping's name is Pingping, she is three and a half years old. Pingping's sister is Dingding, she is one and a half years old. Do you know?".
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After teasing Liu Ping, Liu Jia hugged Mrs. Sun's one-year-old child, also a daughter named Liu Ding. After teasing for a long time, she returned to the house with satisfaction and faced two people with eyes full of sadness and excitement. The woman didn't know what to say for a moment.
"I'm really embarrassing you!" Liu Jia held a woman's hand with one hand and said a little guiltily at the end. Both children were taken away to play by the servants.
The two women looked at each other first, both wanting to say something, but neither came out. In the end, his eyes turned red, and he threw himself into Liu Jia's arms and cried loudly.
Liu Jia had no choice but to comfort them as much as possible. He knew that the serious and relaxed military career was temporarily over, and the happy and troubled family life officially began from now on.
Chapter 132
"How to deal with Cao Cao's attack on Xiliang soldiers"