"But if they were impulsive..." Liu Bei couldn't help laughing just in the middle of saying this, "Bei is confused. If they couldn't even figure this out, I'm afraid Jiangdong would have been with him long ago.

They have nothing to do with the Sun family."

"My lord is right." Zhuge Liang couldn't help but chuckle, and then continued, "If we don't have many soldiers and horses around us at this time, we won't have much foothold in Jingzhou.

Then we can only unite with him, and then rely on Jiangdong soldiers and horses to resist Cao Mengde.

This gave Jiangdong soldiers and horses the opportunity to intervene in Jingzhou, and we could only look for opportunities to make further progress after repelling Cao Mengde.

But things are different now. We have been operating in Jingnan for several years, and we have enough reputation in Jingzhou. We also have the instructions of the late Liu Jingzhou and the help of the eldest son.

Apart from the soldiers and horses left to guard various cities and counties, we are no longer the people who lived in the small town of Xinye.

Over the years, Jiaozhou Liang and General Wei Yan have trained no less than 6,000 elites. They are all elites who have been trained for a long time and have many battle formations.

The two generals Guan Yu and Gan Ning of Jiangxia also have thousands of elites who have been fighting for a long time.

General Zhao Yun has a thousand cavalry and three thousand soldiers who have experienced the bloody battle in Nanyang, as well as Yuan Zhi's thousand soldiers and horses in Fancheng.

The most important ones are the 5,000 barbarians under Deng Fang and Samoko, and the personal army composed of 3,000 Jingnan disciples under the lord.

Over the years, we have continuously divided all our troops and distributed them in various places, so that no one could have imagined that we could easily deploy nearly 20,000 soldiers.

This is our biggest reliance.

Since we have such a strong force, sufficient food and grass, and a stable rear area, we can tell Sun Zhongmou that Jingzhou does not welcome them from Jiangdong.

If he wants to unite, then he can take the initiative to unite with us. If he doesn't want to unite...then we can only force him to withdraw from Jiangxia first!"

At this time, most of Liu Bei's generals and counselors have gathered in Xiling City, and many of them have followed Liu Bei all the way to the present.

People such as Jian Yong, Chen Dao and others, when Kong Ming explained all the power in Liu Bei's hands, everyone's eyes couldn't help but widen.

Over the years, only Zhuge Liang, apart from Liu Bei, knew how many soldiers and horses Liu Bei had, how much food and how many people he had hidden.

Today, it is also time to let everyone know their results over the years.

"Have we actually come this far?" Jian Yong, who was responsible for allocating grain and grass from Xiling, didn't know when he stood up from his seat.

He just looked at Liu Bei in the main seat with some dullness, and then at Zhuge Kongming who had an indifferent expression.

As if he still couldn't believe it, he asked again. "I can immediately mobilize 20,000 elites now..."

"Xiling City still has three thousand elites, and General Han Sheng still has three thousand elites under his command. Han Sheng wrote to a certain family before, saying that he would prefer the eldest son and uncle Xuande.

In addition to You County...if Tai Shici would not attack You County secretly.

General Fu Kuang can also mobilize two thousand elite soldiers, which were all trained by a certain family..."

At this time, Liu Pan once again added some confidence to the war. He and Huang Zhong had been generals in Jingzhou for many years, and even though they were highly used, they were not useless.

"Although Xiangyang City is lost, General Wang Wei also has his own direct line of troops, not many in number but more than two thousand.

My father once said before that General Wang Wei was his confidant and loyal to him.

Moreover, he will personally submit a letter to the court to grant the position of Jingzhou Shepherd to this young man. Old General Wang Wei knows this.

If we take Xiangyang, General Wang Wei can also..."

"Isn't that 30,000 elite troops?" Jian Yong knew that he had lost his composure, but he couldn't help but exclaimed, "The last time I waited for more than 10,000 troops...it was when I was waiting in Xuzhou.

At that time..."

"At that time, there were only three thousand elites in Danyang, and most of the rest were just private soldiers and servants in Zizhong's family."

At this time, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh. He never doubted that he would go out of his own world on this road.

But he really didn't expect this day to come so soon.

Only those who are like them and have walked step by step can know how much they have gone through to get to this point.

Tens of thousands of elites are enough to make them feel fulfilled and have a deep sense of security.

However, compared to Liu Bei and others who looked emotional, Zhuge Liang was not so excited.

"My lord, Liang may disturb your...excitement." Zhuge Liang directly interrupted Liu Bei and others' sighs, and then continued to say softly, "If my lord could mobilize 30,000 troops ten years ago, that would be great."

It can really be said to be a grand achievement.

We can even use these 30,000 troops to do great things, but now..."

"If your military advisor has something to say, you might as well say it directly..."

"The 30,000 people now are just to allow my lord to fight Cao Cao." Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and patted the map behind him, "In the battle of Guandu, Cao Mengde used 20,000 elite troops to defeat Yuan Benzhu's 100,000 southward army.

It seems that there are not many soldiers and horses, but this does not include the Battle of Yanjin where General Guan was located in the early stage, and the Battle of Baima where Wen Chou was killed.

It also does not include the Battle of Guanzhong commanded by Zhong Yao and Ma Teng and Ma Chao, as well as the Battle of Qingzhou between Zang Ba and Yuan Tan.

In just one Guandu battle, both sides mobilized 120,000 elite troops. If the three-party battlefield is included, the two sides mobilized nearly 300,000 troops.

In addition, Sun Zhongmou seems to have brought in tens of thousands of elites these few times, but no matter whether he wins or loses, he cannot damage his own foundation at all. It can last for three or two years, or half a year or even a few months.

Then you can make a comeback...

The late Liu Jingzhou had more than 100,000 soldiers under his command, Yizhou's Tianfu Kingdom had no less than 100,000 brave soldiers in the southwest, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong also had tens of thousands of elites guarding the dangerous passes.

The Ma family in the northwest and Han Wenyue of Jiuqu Yellow River can also easily mobilize tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Moreover, after many years of fighting and fighting, these people have almost all of their soldiers wearing armor...

The 30,000 elites that my lord has scraped together...maybe they can just barely fight.

Uh...Lord?"

Zhuge Liang was very careful to maintain their confidence, but still caused everyone who had just been excited to fall into silence for a while.

Liu Xuande, who just thought he was rising, once again let Kong Ming carve a huge word "poor" into his heart.

"I'm a little... a little bit out of control, but these 30,000 soldiers are not what I have been waiting for forever, they are just an opportunity for us to start over.
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