When he received Fan Chou's happy good news, Huang Zu felt that he was a pig teammate.

"Who asked him to fight Sun Bofu at this time?" Huang Zu's face was gloomy as if dark clouds were gathering at the top, and it was about to fall a downpour, he pressed his eyebrows with one hand, and said coldly: "The decisive battle is the decisive battle, and he still chased it out?" ”

"Uh......"

The innocent general said that he was only responsible for delivering the news and not answering the questions of the adults, and besides, he didn't understand it at all.

But when his eyes met Huang Zu's gaze, General Pi had to bite the bullet and say: "General Fan said that in the rainy season, the water level of the Yangtze River is turbulent and rising, so it is not suitable for a decisive battle on the river......"

"It's really not suitable for a decisive battle on the river! What if he waits a few more days?! ”

Huang Zu stood up abruptly on the table, he gritted his teeth with a dark face and said: "Sun Bofu occupies Xiling City, why didn't he run to the city after he was defeated, but went all the way to Dongting Lake?!" ”

The general couldn't answer, and Huang Zu didn't expect the general to say anything, he punched the wall and said angrily: "Because Sun Bofu is a fraud!" He introduced Fan Yiming and 20,000 sailors into Dongting Lake and wiped them out! Fan Yiming thought that he and Han Xuan should be in harmony with each other, maybe Han Xuan would have been someone else's person a long time ago! ”

The general watched in amazement as Huang Zu paced back and forth in the room, and a few times he walked to the table and clasped his hands on the edge of the table, as if he wanted to slam the table over to relieve his anger. General Pi secretly took a few steps back to avoid Huang Zu's anger, he lowered his head and obediently said nothing.

Huang Zu calmed down a lot after turning around a few times, and he walked back to the table and shook Fan Chou's letter again. Skimming through the letters that he had read many times at a glance, Huang Zu whispered, "It's best if I'm too careful...... It's best that Han Xuan's soft egg can hold on...... Best ......"

whispered to himself several times, Huang Zu still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, but became more and more angry, he thought to himself: If it weren't for the fact that there was no one in Jingzhou now, how could Liu Biao even send Fan Chou out!

"What about Cai Deqi? What about Fa Xiaozhi?! Why don't you stop Fan Yiming?! ”

Before Fan Chou's "good news" was sent, Huang Zu had always been very annoyed, the reason was that in order to completely annihilate Cai Yan's army, he formulated a plan to lure the enemy into depth, and lured Cai Yan's soldiers and horses from White Emperor City into the hinterland of Nanjun by pretending to be defeated all the way. There are only two major roads to go from Jingzhou to Yizhou, one is from Hanshui, which has been blocked by the troops led by Mrs. Qingxuan; The other is to take the Three Gorges Waterway.

Cai Yan chose this road to attack Nanjun, but this road is notoriously difficult to walk, especially in the section of Xiling Gorge, the water is turbulent and strange rocks, and ordinary boats may have an accident when they walk by, let alone a large-scale march.

But if you don't go, you can't go, Huang Zu said that it is difficult for him, if he has a choice, he will not let Cai Yan lead his troops deep into Nanjun, there is really no way.

Because the dividing point between Jingzhou Nanjun and Yizhou Ba County is in a place called Kuimen, opposite is the White Emperor City, which is known as the world's first Xiongguan.

Huang Zu couldn't break into Yizhou, and he really had to destroy Cai Yan's army, so he could only let them enter Nanjun.

Cai Yan also had this idea, so he planned and followed Huang Zu into Nanjun first.

Unlike Huang Zu, who is very familiar with the terrain, Cai Yan, a northern girl, is already very good if she can do it without seasickness, but this is far from enough, the lives of tens of thousands of troops are in her hands, and Cai Yan must win this battle and must not be defeated.

So when the army crossed Jianping, Cai Yan took Gan Ning, who was familiar with the terrain of Jing and Yizhou, down the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River several times to survey the landform, thinking about ways to defeat the enemy.

It wasn't until the army was about to advance to Yiling that Cai Yan finally had something to gain.

"Here's the route our army has taken." Cai Yan used a brush to sketch the topography of Nanjun on rice paper, and then drew along the Yangtze River: "Basically, we went all the way down the Three Gorges, and now we are here." ”

As Cai Yan's words fell, Xun You circled the location of Yiling, and he took over and said: "From Yiling to the west, the road is difficult and dangerous, mostly lofty mountains and mountains, and the waterway is also very difficult, and we have damaged three warships. ”

"That's pretty good." Gan Ning shook his head and sighed: "There are many of us, if this is a merchant ship or a passenger ship, it won't even make a splash in Xiling Gorge, and the corpse won't rush anywhere." I've seen this kind of thing a lot before. ”

"Huang Zu introduced us into the hinterland of Nanjun just to avoid the Three Gorges section of the battlefield." Cai Yan held his chin with his plain white fingertips, blinked his eyes and said: "Now the terrain on the other side of Yiling, where they are stationed, is flat and open, but our side is mostly deep mountains and old forests, and it is difficult to deploy troops. Coupled with the scorching heat of June, this would be a fire......"

"You can't escape." Gan Ning snorted coldly: "I said at the beginning, don't build the camp in the forest. ”

"But the weather was so hot that the soldiers couldn't stand it." Zhao Yun said helplessly: "Most of the people have suffered from heat stroke. ”

"Winter snort." Ganning shrugged.

"It's cold in winter and hot in summer, there's no difference, where can you fight so well in the season you want?" Cai Yan waved his hand and said: "Recognize your position, since we already know what Huang Zu's idea is, we might as well plan it, as long as Bo Fu's side can take the whole county of Jiangxia, once Jiangling City is threatened, Huang Zu will not be able to bear it." ”

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the position of the main attacker and the responder is not fixed, if Shen Xian's plan was to let Cai Yan serve as the main attacker to attack Jingzhou at the beginning, then now Cai Yanjun's identity has become a planner, and their role is to drag Huang Zu, so that he has no time to turn back to deal with Jiangling's affairs, and finally was trapped and died in Yiling, the burial place that Huang Zu chose for himself.

As long as he can win, because he will lose the war or something, Cai Yan will definitely not allow this to happen.

In the final analysis, Huang Zu's idea is one word, delay, drag until Cai Yan can't hold on anymore and take the initiative to retreat, or drag it until there is a chance to set fire to burn people away. It's a pity that Cai Yan and Xun You have long understood that camping in the forest this season is taboo, and of course there will be precautions.

Cai Yan led the soldiers to open the woods out of open spaces where they could camp, and there must be enough gaps around them, even if they catch fire, they must ensure that they will not burn into the gate. In order to facilitate access to water, most tents are set up near streams, so that even if there is a fire, water can be drawn on the spot to extinguish the fire. Without the shade of the trees, the heat is a little hotter, but fortunately there is a stream, which is not so unbearable, it is better than being dried by the fire at the end.

In addition, Cai Yan also divided the soldiers into three groups, one group stayed on the shore of Yiling to act as the vanguard, one group camped on the boat in the water for response, and the other group secretly went around Yidao from the south bank, preparing to outflank from the rear as a surprise army after crossing the river, and killed Huang Zu in front and back.

Huang Zu will definitely deploy troops in the fortresses of Yidao and Yiling, and it will be difficult to sneak attack. But the reason why Cai Yan dared to divide his troops at this time was because there were not many soldiers under Huang Zu, which was why Huang Zu refused to fight a war of attrition.

Liu Biao only owns the land of Jingzhou, and the soldiers and horses that he can afford are no more than 50,000, and then remove the soldiers who are stationed at the checkpoint fortress and can't move, Liu Biao can only mobilize 30,000 troops. Looking at Shen Xian again, she attacked Jingzhou from three directions, and her troops were drawn from Yizhou Kuimen, Yizhou Hanzhong and Yangzhou. Among them, Hanzhong is a place where soldiers must fight, there are many soldiers stationed, after Shen Xian and Zhang Lu completely formed an alliance, Zhang Lu carried forward the way of the Heavenly Master, gathered a lot of disciples and soldiers, this time Mrs. Qingxuan took out to fight 30,000 people, even if they didn't do anything, they were blocked outside the city, and it was enough to frighten the people in the city to weaken.

And the water army in Kuimen in Yizhou was prepared by Shen Xian a long time ago, she wanted to fight Jingzhou a long time ago, and she never gave up this dream, and even specially asked Gan Ning to train the water army in Kuimen for this idea, and there are more than 10,000 people in four or five years, plus the army deployed by Zhao Yun from other places in Yizhou, more than 20,000 people are also very popular.

In addition to the Danyang soldiers borrowed from Wu Jing, there are also Lujiang soldiers under Lu Kang, and the rest are all the soldiers and horses of Huiji and Yuzhang County recruited by Zu Mao and Zhou Yu for him, and various materials such as military rations are also directly deployed from Yangzhou, and later Sun Ce defeated Jiangxia County, and all the materials of Jiangxia County fell into his hands, and then Han Xuan surrendered with Changsha County, which reduced the burden of Yizhou and Yangzhou even more.

This is equivalent to Shen Xian using Yi and Yang Erzhou plus Jingzhou two counties to fight Jingzhou, and it is strange that Jingzhou can eat and live.

After marking the road map of Shen Xian's troops on the map, Huang Zu decided that if he wanted to win this war, he could not fight hard, and he had to consume the opponent's living forces.

Huang Zu was very glad that Cai Yan didn't understand the market in Jingzhou, so he chose to start attacking after April, and as soon as the battle line was lengthened, it would drag on for time, and when it came to June and July, Yiling was hot to death, and it would be seen if the Yizhou troops who came to fight could still bear it!

Of course, Huang Zu was also under tremendous pressure because Jingzhou's food was running out.

Liu Biao has been conscientiously governing Jingzhou since he entered Jingzhou, and in all fairness, he has done a really good job, first pacifying and exterminating the bandits in Jingzhou, and then suppressing Fan Chou, who has always wanted to rebel, and governing Jingzhou in an orderly manner. But since Sun Jian died outside Xiangyang City, Yuan Shu, the second stunned man who admits death, has been sending people to harass Jingzhou, a small fuss for three days and a big fight for five days, and he can't see much loss at first, just annoying, but after accumulating over time, Liu Biao was horrified to find that Yuan Shu really gave him a lot of trouble.

A lot of food and materials have been snatched away, and the people in the border areas are very unhappy, and they all want to move to the hinterland, which is still safe, but when the people move, many fields are empty, that is, they are forced to move away, and the grain output is still declining.

So Jingzhou has not been relieved for many years.

When the decision to fight a war of attrition was made, many people opposed Huang Zu's approach, and some even proposed to surrender Shen Xian directly. But Huang Zu insisted on doing this, he knew very well that once he fell into the hands of Sun Ce, he would never be able to survive with his character of retribution, both horizontal and vertical, it was better to fight happily, and such a delay may not be lifeless.

But the premise is that Fan Chou can't lose! He at least had to stop Sun Ce in Xiling City, so that he couldn't cross the Yangtze River to attack Jiangling! Jiangling is the last reliance of Huang Zu who dares to drag Cai Yan, once there is a problem in Jiangling City, don't fight this battle, everyone pack up and run for their lives.

That's why Huang Zu was so angry when he heard that Fan Chou didn't even leave a way back for himself and ran stupidly to chase Sun Ce.

"Take a small team of people to find out the news of Fan Yiming!" Huang Zu threw out a bamboo slip irritably, let it fall to the ground and rolled out of the distance: "It's best to catch up with his tail team and let him retreat quickly!" ”

"My lord, General Fan has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he shouldn't be able to ......" General Pi still wanted to comfort Huang Zu, but he was trembling by Huang Zu's gaze, his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he pounced on the ground: "My subordinates are talkative!" ”

"He's battle-hardened?" Huang Zu sneered: "Heh, who knows how he survived?!" ”

"Before leaving, I told him to listen more to the words of Fa Xiaozhi, and listen to what smart people say if his head is not smart!" Huang Zu roared: "Sun Bofu has Jia Wenhe and Guo Fengxiao under him, what kind of characters are those?" One turned Chang'an City upside down, and the other turned Yuan Highway around, just like Fan Yiming, it is not enough for people to dish! ”

Although the general who finally learned to be obedient stood in the corner without saying a word, he was swiping the barrage vigorously in his heart.

"Who is Fa Xiaozhi? Oh, it's that arrogant hairy boy, why does the general value him so much, is he really powerful? It is said that the governor hated him. ”

"Jia Wenhe? Damn, it's scary! ”

"Guo Fengxiao? I heard that he took his concubine to visit Yuan Highway, but the concubine was Sun Bofu's old friend, and in the end, he eloped with Sun Bofu, so Guo Fengxiao still stayed with Sun Bofu, he was really funny. ”

“……”

“…… In short, you can go to Fan Yiming! Let him withdraw his troops! Stop chasing, such an obvious trap! ”

Huang Zu finally finished scolding, he sat back behind the table panting, and directly picked up the teapot and drank the tea to his mouth.

The general stopped making up his mind, and he said respectfully to Huang Zu: "Yes, my lord! ”

"Let's go down!" Huang Zu waved his hand irritably, his voice became a little hoarse, and it sounded like he hadn't slept well for many days: "Alas......"

It seems that we have to do everything possible to solve the army on Cai Yan's side, and if something really happens to Fan Chou, I can go back to remedy it. Huang Zu's gaze became gloomy, and he sketched the approximate location of the Yizhou Army camp one by one on the map, and muttered in a low voice: "The time is almost up, it won't rain for many days...... How about a fire for you? ”

Cai Yan's back was straight, she swept her gaze away from everyone's faces, fell into Xun You's eyes, and said with a slight smile: "I think he wants to set fire to us, probably in the past two days." ”

"It's been really hot and dry lately, and it hasn't rained for many days." Zhao Yun nodded in agreement with Cai Yan's words: "Miss Zhaoji, haven't received a reply from Bo Fu yet?" ”

"Not yet." Cai Yan shook his head: "But counting the time, it is estimated that they should have already acted." ”

When Sun Ce asked Guo Jia how to deal with Fan Chou, Guo Jia directly wrote a letter to Cai Yan, Zhou Yu, Shen Xian and Jia Xu to inquire, among which Shen Xian and Jia Xu were closer to Sun Ce, and the reply arrived at the same time, and Zhou Yu came in person on the same day. Only Cai Yan's letter arrived a little late because of the route and the Huangzu blockade line, so Cai Yan's reply to Sun Ce was even later.

After reading Guo Jia's question, Cai Yan knew that as long as Sun Ce could kill Fan Chou in this battle, so that there would be no obstacles in front of Jiangling City, the dilemma on Yiling's side would naturally be solved, and all they could do was to compare with Huang Zu who could drag it to death.

Cai Yan's answer to Sun Ce was similar to that of Shen Xian and them, they all asked Sun Ce to lead Fan Chou to the land for a decisive battle, and if the decisive battle was fought quickly, he could also disguise himself as Fan Chou's defeated army and enter Jiangling City, so that the province would attack the city.

I have to say that in some ways, Cai Yan and Shen Xian are the most compatible, at least the two people's ideas are highly consistent.

"Although as long as Bo Fu defeats Jiangxia County, we will basically be safe," Cai Yan's lips hooked up a shallow smile: "But it doesn't seem to be very willing to drag it like this." ”

"The other party has been pretending to be defeated, and Lao Tzu is very unhappy!" Gan Ning echoed Cai Yan's words: "And if you drag Bofu over like this, you will definitely be laughed at by him to death." ”

Xun You smiled slightly: "Since you are not convinced, then fight." ”

"Huang Zu wants to set fire to us, won't we burn them?" Cai Yan finally finished drawing the array diagram on the rice paper, and she pushed the rice paper to Xun You: "It's also very hot, and it's the same day that it doesn't rain, and it's not certain who burns whom!" ”

Just when Cai Yan and Huang Zu were about to raise torches to burn each other, and Sun Ce took Guo Jia and Cheng Pu to Jiangling City disguised as Fan Chou's men to prepare to blend in, Fa Zheng took a small group of people to escort Fan Chou to Lujiang County to meet Shen Xian.

Shen Xian looked at Fan Chou's eyes, and after she walked around Fan Chou, she asked Fa Zheng: "Big brother asked you to send it?" What did you send him for? Do you want to change the official position of the imperial court? ”

"yes, why are you so smart!" Fa Zhengyi clapped his hands and glared at him: "Who is the girl?" I want to see your Lord Liu. ”

Liu Miao tried to hold back his smile, Huang Zhong snorted coldly and rolled his eyes, both of them were thinking in their hearts what Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were thinking, and sent a stupid hairy boy back, is it because he is handsome?

"I'm Lord Liu!" Shen Xian blinked her eyes wide, and looked at Fa Zheng with a sincere gaze: "Forget to ask you, who are you?" ”

"What are you Liu Shangyu? Is Liu Shangyu a girl?! Fa Zheng looked at Shen Xian in horror: "My name is Fa Xiaozhi, and it was Guo Fengxiao who asked me to come back to assist you in helping you come up with ideas......

Shen Xian: "......"

Fa Xiaozhi? Fa Zheng? How is it so two!

After Fa Zheng finished speaking, he held his head in his hands and began to mutter: "Oh my God, I thought Liu Jingsheng and Fan Yiming were unreliable enough!" I didn't expect Liu Shangyu to be even more unreliable! It's a girl! Is she as old as me? Lie! ”

Shen Xian frowned and looked at Fa Zheng, she walked over and patted Fa Zheng on the shoulder: "What did you say?" I heard that! Of course I'm older than you! ”

"That's not the point!" Fa Zheng raised his head violently and grabbed Shen Xian's sleeve, and he said solemnly: "Lord Liu, I have always wanted to ask you, is it your idea to fight Jingzhou?" ”

"yes." Shen Xian nodded: "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Fa Zheng took a deep breath, let go of Shen Xian's sleeves, and bowed to her quite respectfully: "Lord Liu, let's talk about treatment." ”

This is the first person to publicly ask Shen Xian to talk about treatment, and Shen Xian is very interested: "Okay, you can talk about it." ”

Yan Sù's Fa Zheng looked very reliable, and he stared at Shen Xian with blazing eyes: "Dare to ask what is the ideal of the adult?" ”

Does this question sound familiar? Shen Xian smiled slightly: "Help the world and save the people." ”

"Oh......" The expression on Fa Zheng's face was like saying again: You make it up, you continue to make it up, you are really dishonest. But Shen Xian didn't pay attention to him, but insisted on this answer.

"Since this is the case, then I will do my best to help Liu Envoy Jun Kuang help the world and save the people." Seeing that Shen Xian insisted, Fa Zheng didn't say anything more, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "In exchange, I want ......"

Finally know why it's familiar! Shen Xian patted the table and asked, "Do you want beautiful women or fine wine?" ”

Liu Xuan: "......"

Huang Zhong: "......"

"What!" Fa Zheng was a little angry: "Do I look like such a person who has no pursuits? ”

Guo Jia was hit by an arrow in the knee.

"I want to be a big official!" Fa Zheng proudly puffed up his chest and said, "The kind that is under one person and above ten thousand." ”

Shen Xian looked at Fa Zheng meaningfully: "What you said may be my position." ”

"Oh, then the two of them are above 10,000 people." Fa Zheng waved his hand, a little impatient: "Don't care about this, you ...... anyway"

Anyway, what will happen to Shen Xian, Fa Zheng didn't say it, and Shen Xian didn't ask.

"I can give you a chance," Shen Xian looked at Fa Zheng with interest: "But whether you can grasp it depends on your own ability." ”

"It's enough to have a chance." Fa Zheng raised his chin slightly, and his still immature face was full of confidence: "I will do it." ”

Shen Xian smiled and clapped her hands: "We'll see." ”

So Fa Zheng lived in Lujiang like this, and he lived a very idle life every day, because the position that Fa Zheng applied for was a strategist, and now there is no place for him to seek it.

But Fa Zheng is a person who can't be idle, after all, he is a strategist, and he always wants to toss a big news out when he has nothing to do, otherwise he will feel that he has become a mushroom.

So Fa Zheng always went to harass Liu Xuan, who approved official documents. After a few times, the good-tempered Liu Miao couldn't stand it, but seeing that Fa Zheng was still young and a child, and he was just chattering like a mosquito in his ear, it didn't cause any substantial damage, so the helpless Liu Miao threw Fa Zheng to Shen Xian.

Since sending Xi Zhicai away, Shen Xian has been a little flustered about what Xi Zhicai will do next, analogy with Guo Jia's virtue, Shen Xian feels that Xi Zhicai left without achieving his goal when he came to Lujiang this time, and he will definitely not give up. So Shen Xian has been paying attention to the affairs of Xuzhou recently, seeing that Boss Cao slaughtered the three cities of Xuzhou, and the name can scare the children who can't sleep well, Shen Xian deeply feels that she needs to make a plan to prevent Xi Zhicai's backhand, don't always wait for something to happen before thinking about summoning the strategists to save the scene.

That day, when Shen Xian was seriously writing down all the bits and pieces of things she thought of on a piece of paper and making a simple record, Liu Miao sent Fa Zheng over.

Looking at Fa Zheng's innocent face, Shen Xian couldn't cry or laugh: "Okay, then let Xiaozhi follow me." ”

"Liu Yuanjun." Fa Zheng sat opposite Shen Xian with his cheeks crossed, and he stared at Shen Xian's beautiful face with burning eyes: "Is there anything I need to do?" ”

"Just shut up." Shen Xian said helplessly.

"No, I'm uncomfortable if you don't let me speak." Fa Zheng resisted: "Why don't you find something for me to do!" What are you writing about? ”

"Nonsense." Shen Xian said without raising her head: "Some time ago, the strategist Xi Zhi under Cao Mengde came to visit me......

Fa Zheng asked suspiciously, "How did he know that you were here?" ”

Shen Xian, who was struggling to write, paused, she slowly raised her head to look at Fa Zheng, her eyes were a little incredulous.

Is this what smart people are called? Shen Xian only said one sentence, and Fa Zheng grasped the point of the problem.

"Probably he guessed it." Shen Xian said softly, "Just like you." ”

"Guo Fengxiao explained, I didn't guess that you would hide in such a place." Fa Zheng pouted: "Your whereabouts are confidential, but Xi Zhicai guessed it, did he come to you to blackmail you?" ”

Shen Xian nodded: "He said that he would tell Yuan Highway the news of my time in Lujiang." ”

Fa Zheng frowned: "Why? Wait a minute! It won't be because ......"

Fa Zheng's eyes widened, and he clapped his hands suddenly: "You won't be the maid who has a leg with Sun Bofu!" ”

Shen Xian: "......"

Shen Xian was crazy: Mom, how far has this spread! Do all the big men know? And I only said one thing, how did you speculate!

Seeing that Shen Xian didn't speak, Fa Zheng excitedly stood up and sat down beside her, holding his chin and looking up at Shen Xian: "Really! Do you really have a leg with Sun Bofu! ”

Shen Xian said expressionlessly: "No, he is my brother-in-law, and he just made it up to bring him out of Yuan Highway at that time." ”

Fa Zheng suddenly went from being in high spirits to being a little disappointed, and he rolled his eyes: "Oh, okay. ”

Shen Xian still wanted to defend herself, but she heard Fa Zheng say in a voice that had already recovered to normal: "If Yuan Highway knows that the girl is the lord, it will indeed be very troublesome. However, Yuan Highway still thinks that Sun Bofu is an ally with him, why is he so naïve? ”

"Cao Mengde is in Xuzhou, he has no time to deal with us for the time being, and when he finishes dealing with the affairs of Xuzhou, we should also take Jingzhou, so you don't have to worry about it." Fa Zheng patted Shen Xian's shoulder comfortingly, and said lazily: "But if you are still not at ease...... You can start from Yuan Benchu, I know that you must have a way. ”

Fa Zheng spread his hands innocently: "After all, he has been looking at Cao Mengde for a long time." ”