Ma Liang left Lingling and headed for Chengdu. The journey was long and the journey was not very smooth.

Because he has been governing Jingzhou for many years, although he is not a household name in Jingzhou, many people know him.

Many Jingzhou families cannot be valued by Sun Quan because of their lack of a letter of fame. If Ma Liang can be sold to Sun Quan, they will definitely be able to get the family talent to be valued by Sun Quan.

In order to avoid the search by the Jingzhou family and the Jiangdong army, Ma Liang could only stay in the night in the morning, and the speed was very slow. It took nearly two months to arrive in Chengdu.

After Jingzhou was occupied by Sun Quan, most of the officials under Liu Bei from various counties had already been informed.

The real death was mainly the soldiers who followed Guan Yu to fight. The left-behind officials either surrendered to Sun Quan or abandoned their official positions and fled to Xichuan. A small number of officials surrendered to Cao Cao.

Only Ma Liang and Ma Su brothers, Ding You, was in his hometown in Xiangyang and lost contact.

Many people think that Ma Liang is very aggrieved this time, and the plan he proposed is very reasonable, but it was not adopted by Liu Bei.

He does not have an official position now, so it is very possible to take this opportunity to join Cao Cao or Sun Quan.

Liu Bei was very disappointed. In fact, he was also very optimistic about the Ma brothers.

After several months, Liu Bei was very happy to see Ma Liang again.

After the greetings were finished, Ma Liang took out the memorial he and Ma Su and handed it to Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei saw that the Ma Liang brothers made a lot of noise in Jingnan, they once joined forces with Shamoke to defeat Zhang Cheng.

Now he has retreated to Wuling County and retained more than 10,000 troops. He only raised an army to respond when Liu Bei attacked Jingzhou.

Liu Bei received many letters from Jingzhou families, threatening to be vain and slandering Sun Quan, waiting for Liu Bei to attack and act as an internal support to help Liu Bei recover Jingzhou.

Now with Shamoke and Ma Su's support, the hope of regaining Jingzhou has increased greatly, and he couldn't help but be moved.

But I was just persuaded by everyone and suddenly wanted to move troops again. It was obviously unlikely that I could only wait and wait for the opportunity.

Liu Bei still believed in Shamoko's effectiveness.

Now that I can't use it for the time being, how to protect this surprise soldier has become Liu Bei's biggest problem.

The next day, Liu Bei summoned Zhuge Liang, Liu Ba, Xu Jing, Huang Quan and others to discuss matters and discuss the placement of Shamoke's barbarian army and thousands of county soldiers in Jingnan.

After Liu Bei finished talking about the situation in Jingnan, no one among the civil servants had time to speak. Liao Hua, the general, came out of the rank and cried and said:

"Sun Quan betrayed his faith and sneaked into Jingzhou. General Guan and his son were killed. Now Jingnan has a five-xi barbarian army that responds to it. It is better to raise an army to attack the Eastern Wu and recover Jingzhou, and declare the general's revenge."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said to stop him:

"Lord, no, although there are Shamoke's troops echoing, Jingnan is too far away from Yidu. Shamoke's power is alone and is blocked by the army of Zhang Cheng, Zhu Ran and Lu Xun. It does not have much help in capturing Jingzhou, so it is better to slow down."

Liao Hua was about to continue to speak, and the guards came to report:

"Jingnan Xizhen and Fan Jian, come to pay a visit."

When Liu Bei heard that it was Jingnan's person coming to pay a visit, he was very happy and immediately called in to ask questions.

The information sent by the two on behalf of the Xi family and the Fan family did not conflict with Ma Liang's report, but could confirm each other.

Ma Su expected that Liu Bei would not hand over the military power to him, so he concealed the forces of Fu Li, Yang Kui, Zhong Yue and others, and only allowed Xing Daorong to lead hundreds of people to join forces with the Xi family and Fan family private soldiers, and Xi Zhen temporarily led them.

Gong Li and Tian Shi's troops were originally mainly barbarian warriors. They left the county soldiers and returned to the tribe.

Therefore, the county soldiers are less than 5,000 now, but Shamoko's barbarians have more than 8,000, but unfortunately they lack unified command, otherwise they would be considered a powerful brigade.

Originally, Ma Su, who was the magistrate of Wuling County, was a good candidate for the chief general.

But he is now in Ding You's period and has no official position, so he has not taken the initiative to take charge of the army.

Seeing that there were still many people in Jingzhou loyal to him, Liu Bei couldn't help but want to enter Jingzhou.

Because of the arrival of Xi Zhen and Fan Jian, knowing that Jingnan has not been controlled by Sun Quan, the number of people who advocate attacking Jingzhou has increased.

However, although Liu Ba, who succeeded Fa Zheng as the Secretary of the Shangshu Ling, was in a position to play against Zhuge Liang, he always held the position of guarding him, and this issue was on the same front as Zhuge Liang.

The main battle faction is unable to compete with the main conservative faction led by Zhuge Liang because there is no heavyweight leading person.

Liu Bei had heard the information about Cao Cao's death. Now Cao Cao's sons are busy fighting for the position of heirs. Even if Cao Cao has arranged it properly, there is still a process of stabilizing the situation. He should have no time to send troops to attack Hanzhong, which can be regarded as a good opportunity to attack Jingzhou.

But because there were too many people opposing the attack on Jingzhou, he was not willing to do whatever he wanted. Thinking of Ma Liang's accurate foresight of the situation in Jingzhou when Guan Yu was singing all the way, Liu Bei decided to seek Ma Liang's opinion.

He had already made up his mind that if Ma Liang agreed to send troops, he would have a gamble this time and decide the outcome with Sun Quan in Jingzhou.

Originally, when Ma Liang left Jingnan, he had an in-depth discussion with Ma Su. Ma Su believed that it would be better to counterattack Jingzhou than to be late, and Ma Liang also agreed with his opinion.

Because after one or two years, the Jingzhou family will soon return to their hearts by using Sun Quan to win over the hearts of the people and completely stabilize the hearts and situation of the people in Jingzhou.

At that time, Liu Bei wanted to attack Jingzhou again, and those aristocratic families would fully support Sun Quan and it would be impossible for him to surrender.

If Liu Bei wants to win, he can only compete with Sun Quan for military strength and economic strength.

With the population and production of Xichuan, it is far from Jiangdong. If you cannot win quickly, you will definitely not be able to consume Sun Quan. Therefore, Ma Su believed that Liu Bei could no longer recover Jingzhou.

Ma Liang deeply agreed. This time he came to Chengdu, he originally wanted to suggest that Liu Bei immediately send troops to attack Jingzhou after Sun Quan left Jingzhou and returned to Jianye, and Ma Su would raise troops to attack Jiangling in Jingnan.

Under the attack on both sides, Sun Quan was difficult to deal with.

In addition, many aristocratic families in Jingzhou are not determined, and most people will choose not to help each other, and many aristocratic families will even come forward to help Liu Bei.

Once Liu Bei gains the upper hand, those fence-leading families will continue to support Liu Bei, and there is a high possibility of regaining Jingzhou.

But last night, Zhuge Liang visited Ma Liang and the two talked at night. Zhuge Liang insisted on burying his head first and waiting for a war between Sun Quan and Cao Cao, and then unexpectedly attacking Sun Quan and regaining Jingzhou.

Although Ma Liang was not convinced by Zhuge Liang, he also felt that Ma Su's plan was too risky.

Once the attack on Jingzhou is unfavorable, Hanzhong will be attacked by Cao's army, and it will be difficult to deal with the beginning and end.

Liu Bei was trapped in the quagmire of fighting on both sides and was likely to be wiped out by Sun Quan and Cao Cao.

Liu Bei is no longer barefoot like that back then, and he can't afford to take this risk!

So, today when discussing the Jingzhou issue, Ma Liang made up his mind and was foolish and left it to Liu Bei to make a decision.
Chapter completed!