In the meeting room of the Public Security Governor's Office, Liu Bei walked around excitedly with the secret letter sent by Ma Su. He had sent someone to invite Kong Ming and Pang Tong to discuss with them the attack on Xiangyang.

After thinking, Liu Bei believed that Ma Su's plan could be implemented smoothly, and it would be no dream to restore the entire Jingzhou area! With the territory of Xiangyang and the two major counties of Wancheng, he could obtain a lot of military resources, and his strength was almost 30% higher!

This is not the biggest benefit he has gained, because the taxes of income are used to defend these two places, and the money has been consumed almost the same!

The main reason is that Wancheng's strategic position is too important. Once Wancheng and Xinye are occupied, there will be a bridgehead to attack Cao Cao, and troops can be sent to threaten Xu Du at any time. The strength of Jingzhou will be greater than that of Liu Biao in his heyday.

Supporting the Han Dynasty has always been Liu Bei's dream. When he was in Xudu, Cao Cao was in power and deceived the emperor and forced himself to live in the world. A sense of injustice arose in Liu Bei's heart!

If he had the opportunity to attack Xudu, Liu Bei believed that as long as he could gain the upper hand in military affairs, Xudu's large number of ministers loyal to the Han Dynasty would respond one after another, and he could get rid of the traitor Cao Cao and make the Han Dynasty clear!

Liu Bei was thinking about successfully eliminating Cao Cao's glory. Kong Ming and Pang Tong came together and walked into the conference hall under the guidance of the guards.

Seeing Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong come in, Liu Bei quickly asked to sit down and ordered the guards to serve tea. Then he picked up Ma Su's secret letter and handed it to Zhuge Liang first.

Liu Bei picked up the teacup and seemed to be drinking tea slowly. In fact, he kept looking at Kong Ming's face, hoping to read Zhuge Liang's attitude towards this matter from his facial expression.

Pang Tong didn't know what was going on yet, he was just a little curious inside and was also staring at Zhuge Liang to observe.

But Kong Ming just quietly read Ma Su's secret letter, with a expressionless face, looking like an ancient well without waves!

It was difficult for Zhuge Liang to finish reading the secret letter, but he did not look up. He just frowned slightly and handed the secret letter to Pang Tong.

Pang Tong looked at the letter. At first, his facial expression was richer, sometimes he nodded and sometimes shook his head, looking undecisive. But in the end, he didn't know whether to decide Ma Su's proposal, but he still restrained his emotions, returned the usual calmness, and returned the letter to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei felt cold after seeing the expressions of the two military advisors!

He had not seen Pang Tong's thoughts yet, but he had been with Kong Ming for a long time and naturally formed a tacit understanding, knowing that Kong Ming would definitely not support Ma Su's suggestion.

Sure enough, seeing that Pang Tong had read the secret letter, Zhuge Liang cleared his throat and said to Liu Bei:

"Lord, this matter is too risky, so you must not attack Xiangyang rashly!"

Liu Bei and Pang Tong both looked confused, because according to Ma Su's design, even if Liu Bei sends troops to cooperate with Ma Su and Ma Chao in attacking Xiangyang once, it is not a big deal to not be able to capture the city!

Liu Bei called the two military advisors so quickly to discuss, but in fact he had already recognized Ma Su's proposal in his heart. When he heard Kong Ming's statement was so serious, he was naturally confused and asked immediately:

"Military Advisor Zhuge, I sent Ma Su to mobilize Ma Chao to raise an army to attack Cao Cao, but I have never moved my troops. I feel a little dissatisfied. Now Youchang has created such a good opportunity. Even if we send troops to deal with it, even if we can't conquer Xiangyang, we can only bring Youchang's troops back. It will not be possible to cause any adverse consequences, right?"

Zhuge Liang dared to raise objections, so he naturally thought about it and immediately replied:

"The lord doesn't know that this time it was not that You Chang said that Ma Chao would send troops, but Han Sui organized the Xiliang coalition forces to fight against Cao Cao for the benefit of the Xiliang troops. Moreover, they did not send people to contact us. If we didn't send troops to respond, it would be considered as if we were to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight! Besides, the thousands of rammed people who You Chang recruited in Guanzhong were not strong in combat and had no experience in siege. If you want to capture Wancheng, which was guarded by the famous general Man Chong of Cao Cao, it is probably an exaggeration to say that our hasty troops to respond is a taboo in military strategist!"

Before Zhuge Liang finished speaking, suddenly there were crowds of people outside the governor's mansion, and the guards sent in a red victory. It turned out that Ma Su had led his troops to successfully capture Wancheng.

Zhuge Liang was slapped in the face on the spot. He looked at Liu Bei and Pang Tong's strange eyes, but his expression remained unchanged and he said slowly:

"Even if Youchang used a strange plan to capture Wancheng, his thousands of troops would be like a drop in the bucket to cooperate with his lord to capture Xiangyang, and would not be of great use. It is no different from our own attack on Xiangyang! Even if everything is as Youchang said, we will capture Xiangyang and Wancheng, and even capture the entire territory of Jingzhou. This is not only not a good thing, but a hot potato. If the lord is reluctant to let go of this potato, then Jingzhou will be in danger!"

Liu Bei has always wanted to seize the entire Jingzhou from Cao Cao and become the veritable governor of Jingzhou. Now when he heard Zhuge Liang's argument, he looked confused, and even Pang Tong looked inquiry!

Zhuge Liang exaggerated his words so much that he wanted to bring Liu Bei and his friends over the ideas.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Liu Bei asked:

"What does the military advisor say about this? Xiangyang is an important town in Jingzhou. If you cannot capture Xiangyang in one day, then I will lose the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Cao Cao can attack my Jiangling City at any time, so he will naturally be unable to sleep or eat!"

When Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei and Pang Tong were waiting for his answer, he said slowly:

"After we captured Xiangyang and Wancheng, Cao Cao's Xu Du lost the barrier, and we can send troops to attack Xuchang at any time!"

When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang say this, it was no different from what he thought, so he snatched the conversation and said:

"This is a good thing. In this way, it will be Cao Cao's turn to sleep and eat. We can attack Xuchang at any time. If we can get a response from all parties, we may be able to get rid of the traitor Cao Cao and restore the glory of our great man in the past!"

The brilliance flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes. After Liu Bei finished speaking, he asked calmly:

"Lord, the strategic position of Wancheng and Xinye is so important. If we occupy it, do you think Cao Cao will wait for us to unite all parties to attack Xuchang? I think definitely not! He will never sit still and wait for death. He will definitely take the initiative and use all his strength to attack Wancheng. Lord, do you think with our current strength, we can beat Cao Cao and defend Wancheng? Since we can't defend, why should we conquer?"

Liu Bei now understood what Kong Ming meant. He was saving his strength and did not want to fight to the death with Cao Cao, but he still did not give up. Qiqi said in a vain:

"Military advisor, although our strength is far less than Cao Cao, it is not the same as before. He has more than 100,000 soldiers in battle. As well as Jiangdong, a solid ally, I am not afraid of having several battles with Cao Cao in Wancheng. The war has not begun yet. The military advisor is not afraid of being afraid before the battle, right?"

Since joining Liu Bei, Pang Tong has been training troops in Jiangling for several months, except for being a county magistrate in Leiyang. He felt that the soldiers he trained had become an army and could be used. He always wanted to find an opportunity to prove himself, with a look of eagerness to try!

Seeing Pang Tong's playful expression, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel a little worried. If Pang Tong fully supports Liu Bei's attack on Xiangyang, it would be like Ma Su and Pang Tong join forces, and he really can't stop it!
Chapter completed!