Soon, Zhou Tai came back to report, "Lord, it's Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha! He led his soldiers to open the north gate of Linxiang in the city, and now General Xu has controlled the entire city!"

Changsha guards the name of Zhang Xian, Gao Cheng is not unfamiliar, this person is not very famous in history, but he has a lot of influence in Jingzhou. He successively served as the Taishou of Lingling, Guiyang, and then Changsha, and won the support of the people in the four southern counties of Jingzhou.

This time, Gao Cheng led the army westward, and Zhang Xian saw the opportunity and decisively launched a rebellion in response. Gao Cheng was a little surprised in his heart.

"It turned out to be him!" Gao Cheng replied.

At this time, a very strong fluctuation of Gang Qi suddenly broke out in the city, but this fluctuation quickly subsided, and soon a Yangzhou military captain carried a head to the city wall and shouted: "Liu Pan is dead, why don't you hurry up and restrain your hands?"

"It's really General Liu's head!"

Some of the soldiers that Liu Pan had managed to gather suddenly lost the slightest fighting spirit after seeing the head of the main general, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered. was guarded by a team of Yangzhou soldiers.

After a brief combing in the city, Gao Cheng took Gu Yong and the others into Linxiang. At this time, Zhang Xian and his son had been waiting at the city gate for a long time.

"Meet the High Envoy!"

Zhang Xian is not young, his hair is gray, but his spine is straight, and there is a hint of stubbornness on his face. Even if you bow down, it gives people the impression of being a board and a glance. His son Zhang Yi did not have such momentum, standing beside Zhang Xian and only promised, when he saw Zhou Tai and Lu Dai, these angry generals, there was a trace of fear in his eyes.

Zhang Xian's father and son greeted him in person, of course Gao Cheng would not put on a show, so he hurriedly came to Zhang Xian's side and held the other party up. He said with a smile: "Zhang Taishou is polite! Thank you Taishou for helping in this battle, otherwise the Yangzhou army would not be so easy to break through the city!"

The two sides exchanged pleasantries, and then Zhang Xian, the head snake, led the way in front and led Gao Cheng and others to the hall of the government in the city. When walking together, Gao Cheng deliberately wooed the other party, deliberately lowered his posture, and had a good conversation with Zhang Xian.

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Linxiang is the seat of Changsha, and the fall of the city means that the entire Changsha County fell into the hands of Gao Cheng, and then Gao Cheng appointed Zhang Xian as the Taishou of Changsha, and his official position remained unchanged, which was regarded as tying the other party to his chariot.

At the beginning of October, Zhang Xian passed on the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang and Wuling. The clan forces of the three counties responded one after another, and before Gao Cheng could send a single soldier, the three counties were too guarded and the county order changed their flags and became the men and horses under his command.

When the news reached Xiangyang, Liu Biao was furious, accelerated the dispatch of troops and horses, and used Wen Ping as the general to mobilize the county soldiers and elites of Nanjun, Nanyang and Jiangxia counties, and summoned 500,000 soldiers and horses to go south to Jiangling, and reorganized the army to go south at any time.

However, when Liu Biao sent Wen Ping to lead his troops south, Gao Cheng handed over the army to Lu Dai, and then appointed Gu Yongwei to be responsible for sorting out the civil affairs and grain and grass materials in the four counties of Jingnan. He himself took Xu Chu quietly north to Chaisang. and Zhou Yu and Xi Zhicai's water army.

"Liu Biao's 500,000 army was pinned down by Dinggong in Jiangling, then Jiangxia will have no reinforcements, if you can defeat the Jingzhou Navy Division on the river this time, Jiangxia will not be owned by Liu Biao!"

When Gao Cheng was in a hurry, he was still thinking in his heart. The current situation is very favorable to Jingzhou, and he suddenly sent troops to catch Liu Biao off guard, and then used Zhang Xian's influence to quickly grasp the four southern counties, and has successfully mobilized Jingzhou's reserve forces to Jiangling.

However, Liu Biao and Wen Ping are not fools, they know that the battle between Jingzhou and Yangzhou is not sure of victory, so they are angry in their hearts, and the army is still stationed in Jiangling, and they will not rush out.

This situation was expected by Xi Zhicai before the troops, so he did not go to Jingzhou with the army, but came to the Chaisang camp with Yu Ji.

To break Jingzhou, you must first defeat its naval army. Gao Cheng, Xi Zhicai and Zhou Yu are very clear in their hearts.

In the middle of October, the weather is still hot, and the river is mighty and rolling eastward. After Gao Cheng came to Chaisang Water Village, he immediately brought Zhou Yu, Xi Zhicai, Chen Zhi and others to the high platform of Water Village and began to discuss ways to defeat Jingzhou Water Master.

"My lord, over the years, our army and the Jingzhou Navy Division have won and lost each other, and after tempering, our army's warships and soldiers have actually surpassed each other, but Jingzhou's general Huang Zhong is too strong!"

Zhou Yu smiled slightly bitterly and said, "Not long ago, I and the drama master urged the inheritance artifact at the same time, but we couldn't break through the battle formation that Huang Zhong had practiced. This person is brave, no less than Lu Bu!"

Zhou Yu and Chen Zhi are sitting in Chaisang Water Village, and they have not been able to repel the enemy over the years, not because the art of war is not strategic, but because the other party has a strong man who is about to enter the realm of supernatural powers. In the face of such a powerful force, any intrigue is useless. As long as Huang Zhong is not defeated, Yangzhou Sailor will not want to go west.

Gao Cheng nodded slightly, of course he knew that Huang Zhong was powerful, one of the five tigers of Shu Han in the future, among the countless generals in this world, he could rank in the top ten. It is not easy for Zhou Yu and Chen Zhi to keep Chaisang Water Village.

"The lord, just Huang Zhong, why be afraid! When the time comes for the big war, the subordinates are willing to take down this person's head for the lord!" Xu Chu said in a deep voice on the side.

In the capture of Changsha this time, Xu Chu made a lot of contributions and was promoted to general by Gao Cheng. Hearing that there were peerless generals guarding Jingzhou, he suddenly ignited his fighting spirit.

Gao Cheng's eyes fell on him, and he said with a smile: "Zhong Kang is really a brave man, okay, when the naval army fights, it will be up to you to face Huang Zhong!"

At this time, in addition to Gao Cheng, Xu Chu and Yu Ji, the three top powerhouses gathered in Chaisang Water Village, there were also top generals Chen Zhi, soul refining powerhouses Xi Zhicai, and Zhou Yu. With so many strong people joining forces, as long as they all shot, Huang Zhong couldn't resist no matter how strong he was.

Without Huang Zhong, the Jingzhou Sailor would have no confidence to support.

"Gong Jin, this is located in Ji Daochang, you should have heard of his name, and when tomorrow's battle, Zhong Kang will face Huang Zhong, and Yu Ji Daochang will perform the magic of the kamikaze to reverse the direction of the wind. Help you, be sure to defeat the Jingzhou Navy Division and capture Jiangxia!" Gao Cheng said with a calm expression.

Zhou Yu arched his hand and replied seriously: "The subordinates will definitely not live up to the expectations of the lord!"

With the help of Yu Ji, a great master of soul refining who is good at wind and thunder spells, most of the shortcomings of Yangzhou Sailor against the current were immediately made up, and with the help of the strong wind, Huang Zu could not use any fire attack method.

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On the second day, the sound of the vast horn sounded on the river, the fog was cloudy, countless soldiers boarded the warship, a drum sounded, and hundreds of warships poured out of the Chaisang Water Village. It covers most of the river.