Today’s discussion, everyone thought it was purely about Jingzhou’s issues,

But Pang Tong's opening directly raised the significance of today's meeting to more than one level.

Everyone present is not a fool. Naturally, they all know the importance of Jingzhou to the world.

After hearing Pang Tong's words, they all nodded slightly in agreement, and then looked at Pang Tong quietly.

"My lord, now our army has pacified Jiangdong. We have sufficient food and fodder for our troops and horses, and the morale of our soldiers is strong."

After cupping his hands towards Xi Yu, Pang Tong slowly spoke:

"Now that Gong Jin has the help of General Huang and Guo Lingjun, he has led his troops to the Huangpi area. If Gong Jin leads his army along the Yangtze River and approaches Xiangyang, Xiangyang will be in our hands in no time."

Waving his arms, Pang Tong's face was full of confidence.

"Xiangyang is the barrier of Jingzhou. If the city of Xiangyang is defeated and our army enters Jingzhou, it will be like a wolf entering a flock of sheep. Jingzhou can be swept away in an instant. In this way, Jingzhou can be destroyed!"

Looking at Pang Tong, whose face was full of confidence, and recalling what he just said,

Everyone nodded frequently,

But at this moment, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, shook the feather fan in his hand slightly and said slowly:

"Lord, Liang feels that there may be something wrong with what Shiyuan said."

Hearing Zhuge Liang question Pang Tong, Xi Yu raised his eyebrows slightly:

"What is Kong Ming's wisdom?"

Gently shaking the feather fan in his hand, Zhuge Liang slowly spoke:

"On the surface, after Liu Jingsheng died of illness, his son succeeded him as the leader of Jingzhou. However, according to our intelligence, the main control of Jingzhou is now in the hands of Liu Xuande."

Looking around at everyone present, Zhuge Liang continued:

"Everyone must know that although we know that Liu Xuande is a hypocritical person, the people of Jingzhou think that he is a great hero who saved them from Cao Gong. To Liu Xuande, the people of Jingzhou can be said to be grateful."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang continued:

"Besides, Liu Xuande also has Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under his command, these two world-famous warriors. It may not be easy for us to capture Jingzhou."

After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, everyone nodded frequently.

Xi Yu also raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes full of unclear meaning.

Now there is some truth in what the two of them said, and both of them were unwilling to admit defeat. Now Zhuge Liang directly rejected Pang Tong's idea.

According to Xi Yu's understanding of Pang Tong, he will definitely not let it go, and the two people will definitely quarrel later.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Pang Tong's voice reached Xi Yu's ears.

"Kong Ming's words are a bit too ambitious for others to destroy his own prestige."

Pang Tong snorted coldly, his tone full of deep disdain.

Pang Tong always believed that his talent and learning were about 50-50 equal to Zhuge Liang's, but when he came to join Xi Yu,

But it was only because Zhuge Liang begged for mercy that he was able to stay, which made Pang Tong feel very uncomfortable.

Although we are here to discuss matters related to Jingzhou,

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is already a matter of time to capture Jingzhou. Now it just depends on whose opinion the lord is willing to adopt.

And Pang Tong, who had always wanted to perform meritorious service to prove that he was no worse than Zhuge Liang since he entered the camp, now his mind became active.

So, he attacked Zhuge Liang without hesitation.

"My lord controls the land of four continents and controls millions of soldiers! He has countless money, food, cattle and horses, and hundreds of fierce generals! He has just pacified Jiangdong. This is the time when morale is high and everyone is working hard to make progress."

After saying that, Pang Tong raised his head slightly, his eyes filled with deep contempt and disdain.

"What's so scary about a small Liu Bei who hasn't yet consolidated Jingzhou?"

After saying that, he raised his hands towards Xi Yu and said:

"What's more, Liu Bei is a hypocritical man of benevolence and righteousness. Even if he deceives the people of Jingzhou for a while, so what if he gains the trust of the people of Jingzhou? When my lord's army arrives, the people of Jingzhou will know who is truly benevolent and righteous.

Man, who is that person who deceives the world and steals his reputation!"

After saying that, Pang Tong bowed his hands to Zhuge Liang, his eyes still full of deep disdain.

Facing Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang didn't have the slightest trace of panic at this moment. He was still shaking the feather fan in his hand as steadily as an old dog.

"What Shi Yuan said at this moment is reasonable. My lord now has millions of warriors under his command. If you want to defeat that big-eared thief, you can do it in an instant."

Hearing that Zhuge Liang actually praised himself, Pang Tongyi was a little stunned for a while.

"Ke Shiyuan, you have to know that Xiangyang has been the site of the Four Wars since ancient times. All dynasties have continuously strengthened the city of Xiangyang. Nowadays, Xiangyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Regardless of how many casualties our army will suffer when attacking Xiangyang. We

Let me talk about it first,

If Liu Bei sees that the situation is not good and seduces the people of Xiangyang to defend the city with him, even if our army breaks through Xiangyang, Xiangyang will surely be desolate for thousands of miles. How much food, grass and silver will my lord spend to govern Xiangyang?

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"Moreover, the general trend of the world has been decided. The day when my lord will unify the whole world is determined. The people of Xiangyang are also my lord's subjects. If the people are harmed, how can the lord's benevolence endure it?"

Watching Zhuge Liang talking eloquently, belittling Liu Bei while elevating himself.

Sitting on the main seat, Xiyu's eyes were also full of deep unknown meanings.

"Ryoko, it's over"

Although I think it's a little strange that Zhuge Liang scolded Liu Bei, what Zhuge Liang said is worth pondering.

After all, population is productivity!

Since the moment when the situation began to tilt toward him, his pace of attack has been constantly slowing down. When dealing with many things, he often resorts to peaceful means first.

If peaceful means fail, then he will use force. The most important reason is the population.

This country will develop the industrial revolution in the future. If the population is wiped out due to war, it will not be worth the gain.

Therefore, if the people can preserve it, they must preserve it.

At this moment, when Pang Tong heard what Zhuge Liang said, he frowned slightly because Zhuge Liang praised him before. Pang Tong also cupped his hands and asked slowly:

"I wonder what Kong Ming thinks our army should do?"

Facing Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang nodded lightly,

Of course, Zhuge Liang knew everything about Pang Tong's little plan to achieve meritorious service.

If this were normal, he would have given in, but now this is a major event involving Xi Yu's unification of the world.

Naturally, no personal feelings can be involved and only official business can be done.

"As far as Liang knows, when Cao Gong went south, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to kill Cai Hao. This move can be said to have offended the entire Jingzhou wealthy family."

"Although this wealthy family in Jingzhou is not as powerful as the wealthy families in Qingxu and Qingxu, they still have a large number of servants at home."

"If our army can bring these Jingzhou wealthy families into our hands and make them surrender to the bright side to welcome my righteous army, or if we can minimize the casualties, it will be more likely to capture Xiangyang without any bloodshed."

After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, everyone present nodded slightly.

Everyone is also constantly thinking in their minds. Now, what these two people said has its truth. There is no problem in following anyone's ideas.

Now we just wanted to see who Xi Yu, who was sitting on the high platform, wanted to take. For a moment, everyone turned to look at Xi Yu.

Before Xi Yu could speak, a cold voice slowly came from the corner.

"What is there to fight for in this kind of thing? I don't think it would be better to bribe powerful people, and at the same time reorganize the troops and wait for the opportunity. When the powerful people and Liu Bei are both injured in the fight, let Zhou Dadu lead his army to attack Xiangyang.

, brought Hao Qiang and Liu Bei together."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone turned to look at Jia Xu sitting in the corner, shrugged slightly, Jia Xu looked indifferent,

After taking a look at Jia Xu, everyone couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths.

Cruel, so ruthless. As expected of Jia Xu, his acting style is still so ruthless.

After Jia Xu finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Xi Yu, waiting for his answer.

After scanning the crowd present, Xi Yu slowly spoke:

"Jia Xu's idea is very good. I have ordered Feng Xiao to do it."

After slowly explaining Guo Fengxiao's previous plans and the current situation to everyone, Xi Yu looked at Zhuge Liang and spoke slowly.

"Liangzi's idea is also very good, so we started to take action after the Hao family and Liu Bei started to fight. If the time drags on for a long time, I am afraid that the people of Jingzhou will be wiped out by them."

After listening to Xi Yu's words, everyone present showed expressions of sudden realization.

It turns out that the lord has already made a decision on how to attack Jingzhou.

For a moment, there were tears in everyone's eyes. The lord is really a benevolent master. With such an advantage, he can still dominate the people of Jingzhou.

He is truly a benevolent and virtuous person!

At the same time, a trace of confusion arose in everyone's hearts.

Since the lord has already thought about how to solve this matter, why did he ask them to come here to discuss the matter together?

Looking at everyone's expressions, Xi Yu naturally knew what they were thinking at the moment.
To be continued...