The lingering fear on Liu Bei's face was noticed by everyone present.
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong heard the consequences of Ma Chao's defeat clearly.
Even if…
When Liu Bei went out to look for the map for Zhuge Yi, they had already expected this to happen.
However, when their lord Liu Bei actually narrated it, they could not hide their shock.
"Uncle is right," Zhuge Yi said.”
"Ma Chao has been defeated, Cao Cao will definitely take advantage of the situation to drive straight to Hanzhong.”
"Uncle, you didn't even put Zhang Lu in your eyes, so why would Cao Cao, who is qualified to be your lifelong enemy, take him seriously?”
Zhuge Yi raised Liu Bei's name without batting an eyelid.
Then, he continued,
"Even if someone told me that Zhang Lu chose to surrender to Cao Cao because he was afraid of Cao Cao's army, I wouldn't find it strange.”
"Once Zhang Lu of Hanzhong surrenders, even if you obtain Sichuan and Yizhou in the future, you will send troops to Qinchuan and the road to Guanlong will be blocked.”
"Cao Cao…"
Zhuge Yi sighed." Although I don't want to admit it, but…"
"He is indeed much more difficult to deal with than Zhang Lu, the leader of the Wudou Rice Sect.”
"So…"
Zhuge Yi looked straight at Liu Bei and said solemnly,""Uncle, since you want to use Sichuan and Shu as your foundation to rule the world, then before you succeed in conquering Shu, Western Liang's Ma Mengqi cannot be defeated.”
"He lost, which means…"
" Your strategy failed."
"It was my father who outlined Dingding's 30% defeat for you.”
After explaining the importance of the battle between Ma Chao and Cao Cao to Liu Bei, Zhuge Yi pointed his finger at Xichuan.
"Uncle, the envoy from Xichuan, Zhang Song, is still in Yizhou.”
"When he returned to Chengdu, he advised Liu Zhang to send troops to quell Zhang Lu's rebellion and sent his close friends Fa Zheng and Meng Da here to discuss military matters. The round trip would take more than a few months.”
"When everything is settled and Liu Zhang agrees to let the Jing State army march into Yizhou, this year…it is unlikely that Jing State will have the chance to enter Yizhou.”
"In that case,"
" In the next year, from June to the spring and summer of next year, you and the people of Jingzhou must not do nothing other than prepare for Yizhou. You must watch Ma Chao's defeat…"
"Otherwise, it's no different from waiting for death."
"If Cao Cao takes a step forward, even if you are still standing on the same spot on the surface, in reality, you have already taken a step back in the struggle for hegemony.”
"That's why."
"Forming an alliance with Ma Chao and helping him fight against Cao Cao is the best choice.”
Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Yi's incisive analysis and nodded in agreement. He did not think that Zhuge Yi was a coward.
"Bozhi, you are right."
"If you want to become a king, you can't focus on a corner. You have to focus on the overall situation.”
"It's just that…"
"I'm nearly a thousand miles away from that Western Liang Ma Mengqi, so how can I help him?”
Zhuge Yi chuckled at Liu Bei's question.
"Uncle, since I mentioned that we can borrow Uncle Guan's famous general to pacify Zhang Lu with Liu Jiyu in the strategy of attacking Shu…"
"As for Ma Mengqi, we can also help him with our strategy.”
"In my opinion, since Ma Chao and Han Sui were able to gather 300,000 troops in a short period of time, it's enough to prove that they are strong in the military.”
"At the same time."
"This also indirectly revealed their shortcomings in terms of strategy.”
"It's not that I'm looking down on Ma Mengqi, but Han Sui, other than Han Sui, who is somewhat quick-witted and can see the big picture, the rest of them can be described as warriors.”
"Ma Mengqi is a brute who only has martial strength.”
"Of course, assisting Wenmou is only one aspect.”
"The other side."
"Uncle, you can ally with Sun Quan from Jiangdong to attack Xiangyang and Yuzhou. Even if we don't start a war, we can still scare Cao Cao and force him to not send his troops to Chang 'an for a decisive battle.”
"If Sun Quan doesn't want to cooperate with uncle to scare Cao Cao, uncle might as well really fight Cao Cao's army in Xiangyang City in a controllable civil war.”
War is a matter of truth and falsehood.
In actual combat, sometimes it was also a form of bluffing.
No matter how he changed, he just acted according to the situation.
Zhuge Yi did not mention how Wenmou, who was sent by Jing State, had gotten to Ma Chao.
It wasn't that he didn't want to say it.
There was no need to say it.
With the Cao army's control over Jingzhou, it was not difficult for them to send a few people to disguise themselves and enter the pass.
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