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Liu Bei was a little stunned and asked for a while: "Military advisor, what do you mean?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head gently and said, "Actually, I am not sure, but I feel that Liu Jing's construction of the military city on the Li River is just his strategy."

"Strategy?" Liu Bei became even more confused. "What strategy? Can the military advisor explain it clearly?"

"I am considering that the Han army has always started a war after spring plowing. Why is it so early this time? I thought of a possibility that perhaps the purpose of Liu Jing's campaign in Cangwu County was to transfer the Jiaozhou army to Cangwu County and Luling County to the north, so that Nanhai County and Fanyu City were empty."

Liu Bei understood a little, and he interjected: "What the military advisor means is that Liu Jing is actually going to attack Nanhai County, or directly attack Fanyu City?"

Zhuge Liang nodded, "I suspect that the real main force of the Han army will come from the sea."

"ocean!"

Liu Bei was shocked, and then he shook his head repeatedly and said, "Impossible! The assumption of the military advisor is ridiculous. How could the Han army come from the sea? It is absolutely impossible!"

"I thought it was impossible, but when I thought of the Han army seizing Kuaiji County from the sea, I felt that everything was possible. Of course, the Han army's warships could not enter the deep sea. But if the Han army walked along the coastline, their warships could withstand the wind and waves. Moreover, winter and spring were relatively small seasons. If the Han army's warships came in from the Lingding Ocean and arrived directly at Fanyu City, and our army was restrained in the north, Fanyu City would be in danger."

Liu Bei sat down slowly, and he felt a little confused. If the Han army came from the sea outside Fanyu as Zhuge Liang said, it would be a disaster. But asking him to follow Zhuge Liang's advice and withdraw Zhang Fei's army from Luling County would be equivalent to giving Luling County to the Han army. He could not do it. He was panicked and had no idea for a moment.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was having some thoughts in his heart, so he bowed and said, "My lord, think carefully first. I will come to meet my lord in a day or two. I will say goodbye first!"

Zhuge Liang slowly retreated, but Liu Bei's mood was not at all calm. He walked to the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the white clouds in the sky.

It is said that it was snowing heavily in the northern part of Cangwu County, but Fanyu City was still hot. This heat affected his thinking and made him very annoyed. He planned to march into Jian'an County after the spring, but unexpectedly, the Han army took the lead and launched an offensive on Cangwu County. Could it be that Liu Jing was really just creating momentum?

At this time, Liu Bei felt something. When he turned around, he saw Bo Ma Su, the head of the Record Office, standing aside, as if he wanted to speak, but stopped. Liu Bei's heart moved and sat back and asked Ma Su, "Master Bo had heard the military advisor's analysis just now. Do you think the military advisor is right?"

Ma Su hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I think the military advisor's analysis of the militia is correct. Letting the militia fight against the Han army will only affect..."

Before Ma Su finished speaking, Liu Bei interrupted him impatiently, "I am not talking about the militia. I am saying that the Han army came from the water. Do you think it is possible?"

"This... I dare not speak nonsense."

"You said it, I'll just listen."

"Yes! Weichen noticed the tone of the military advisor. The military advisor said first, he was not sure, and later said 'maybe, maybe' and so on. These are all hypothetical words, which means that the military advisor was just speculating. He really could not guarantee that the Han army would attack from the sea, but Weichen knew that the Han army had really happened in the construction of the military city in Lishui. On one side was assumptions, but on the other side, it was really happened. How did the lord choose?"

Liu Bei nodded and praised: "You are right, your thoughts are clear and your meridians are clear. You can continue talking."

Ma Su thought for a moment, "I think that even if the Han army may attack from the sea, if the lord adopts the plan of the military advisor and withdraws the army of Luling County back to Fanyu, what should I do if the lord of Luling County? Wei Yan's 20,000 troops will go south to capture Luling County, and then turn around to attack Cangwu County. General Guan not only cannot defend Guangxin County under the attack from front and back, but may also have life worries. Once Cangwu County is lost, the Han army can still fight from Lu to Fanyu. Under the siege of tens of thousands of Han troops, how long does it take for Fanyu City to stay?"

Ma Su's analysis was thorough, which made Liu Bei's thoughts clear at once. Ma Su was right. He could not give up the real crisis just because of an assumption. In any case, he could not lose Cangwu County. Thinking of this, Liu Bei praised Ma Su: "Young Chang also has the talent of a military advisor."

Ma Su quickly said modestly: "I am ashamed of the lord's praise, but I have another word to remind my lord."

"You just say anything!"

"I remind my lord that if you send troops to rescue Cangwu, it is best not to let the military advisor lead the troops."

"Why is this?" Liu Bei asked in confusion.

"Did the lord forget Yu Zhang's defeat?"

Ma Su reminded Liu Bei in one sentence. He later learned that Guan Yu and the military advisor had a bad relationship. When they were in Yuzhang, the two had a dispute. If the military advisor was asked to rescue Cangwu, there would be a conflict between them. Liu Bei immediately said: "You reminded me very well. I will not make the mistakes of the past again. You can go and call General Chen Dao to see me."

Liu Bei made up his mind that he was no longer influenced by Zhuge Liang's speculation. He decided to implement his established strategy, arm the thousands of civilians, and then rushed to Guangxin County with 5,000 troops to support Guan Yu. With these 8,000 troops, he believed that Guan Yu could divide his troops to destroy the Han army's city-building plan.

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Zhuge Liang returned to his mansion and walked to the steps. He happened to meet his son Zhuge Zhan coming out of the mansion. Zhuge Zhan was originally his brother Zhuge Jinzhi. Because Zhuge Liang had no choice, Zhuge Jin adopted his son to his brother. Zhuge Zhan was only eight years old, very smart and in good health, and soon adapted to the hot climate of Jiaozhou.

Zhuge Zhan met his father in front of him, and he quickly bowed and bowed, "Children, please see my father!"

Zhuge Liang liked this successor very much, and he asked with a smile: "Where are you going?"

"I heard that a book shop was opened in Jiaozhou City, so I wanted to go and take a look, and my mother agreed to go."

"Then go! Go early and come back early."

"I understand!" Zhuge Zhan bowed and walked quickly.

At this time, the mansion had already received news that the master had returned. His wife Huang Yueying hurried out to greet him, but his daughter Zhuge Guo ran in front, "Dad is back!"

Zhuge Guo is fourteen years old and is almost at the age of getting married. She is tall and beautiful, but she is still childish. She ran up and hugged her father's arm and said, "What gift did Dad bring me?"

Zhuge Liang loved this baby girl, but had no choice but to do anything to her, so he knocked her on the head and scolded her with a smile: "Are such a big girl, and she still cares about gifts, are you ashamed?"

Zhuge Guo pouted and said, "Dad always brings me a gift. This time I clearly forgot, but I said my daughter was wrong."

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to take out a string of pearl necklace from his arms and hand it to her, "This is bought for you in Beihai County. You are satisfied with the real good Haizhu!"

Zhuge Guo was overjoyed, snatched Haizhu, turned around and ran to the mansion, and heard her shouting from afar: "Little brother, Daddy bought me a gift, you lost."

Zhuge Liang then realized that the brother and sister had made a bet. He shook his head helplessly. He was about to tell his daughter that his younger brother had gone out, but his daughter had disappeared.

At this time, Huang Yueying stepped forward and smiled and complained: "Look at you! She said that her daughter couldn't grow up, but she was spoiled. Can she grow up?"

Zhuge Liang smiled, "I hope Guo'er will never grow up."

Zhuge Liang walked into the inner hall, Huang Yueying took off her husband's outer clothes and said with a smile: "I received two letters yesterday, one letter from my elder brother to my husband, and the other letter from the Princess of Han to me. It's really strange."

Zhuge Liang was stunned, "Did the Princess of Han write to you?"

"Yes! We haven't had a correspondence for almost six years, but this time she suddenly wrote a letter. I'm really confused."

"What did she say in the letter?"

"That is to say something about family matters, saying that she gave birth to another daughter, the family has a large population, and she is busy all day long. If it is all between women, my husband will not be interested."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Maybe she remembered you, an old friend, did you reply?"

"Not yet! If my husband doesn't object, I will reply to her."

"You might as well, please go back! Let me have my brother's letter."

Zhuge Liang received the letter from his elder brother Zhuge Jin and came to the study. Zhuge Liang learned that his elder brother had surrendered to the Han Dynasty and was named Yuzhang Shou by Liu Jing. Their uncle had served as Yuzhang Shou back then, but he did not expect that his elder brother would inherit his uncle's career.

Zhuge Liang was a firm supporter of the Han Dynasty. He firmly opposed Liu Bei and Cao Cao's establishment of an alliance. In the end, under his opposition, Zhong Yao returned without any gain. Zhuge Liang was actually not disgusted with Liu Jing. On the contrary, he deeply admired Liu Jing's dedication to reviving the Han Dynasty. His differences with Liu Jing were the question of who would revival the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang hoped that the emperor's uncle Liu Bei would revival the Han Dynasty.

Although Liu Bei lived in the border area of ​​Jiaozhou, Zhuge Liang still refused to give up his ideals. He designed a plan for Liu Bei to develop to the southeast, that is, to first capture Jian'an County, then seize Linhai County, and then take advantage of the decline of Jiangdong, to seize Kuaiji County and even the entire Jiangdong in one fell swoop, so that they could take Jiangdong as the foundation, and after twenty years of hard work, they finally defeated Cao Cao and confront the Han Kingdom.

But I can only say that the ideal is lofty, but the reality is cruel. Before they sent troops to Jian'an County, Liu Jing conquered Jiangdong, shattered their ideals, and Zhuge Liang was also hit hard. Now he was only thinking about how to protect Jiaozhou. As for long-term development, he could only defeat the Han army.

Zhuge Liang opened his brother's letter, but before he could take a closer look, his wife's voice came from outside the door, "Husband, can I come in?"

"Please come in!"

Huang Yueying walked in with a bowl of ginseng tea. She put the ginseng tea on the table and said to her husband: "I heard a message just now, and I don't know whether it is true or false."

"What news?" Zhuge Liang picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, asking casually.

"I heard that the emperor's uncle sent General Chen to lead 7,000 troops to Cangwu County."

"What!"
Chapter completed!