Xiangyang City.

Suburbs.

In the barracks, there are not many soldiers left, and most of the soldiers and horses have already been transferred north to Xinye and are heading towards Nanyang.

"Cai Xiangyang, please sit down!"

Xi Zhicai is still in the camp, and what he wants to entertain today is Cai Tu, the Taishou of Xiangyang County.

Attacking Nanyang, Xiangyang County has never been able to bypass it.

It's not just military assistance, but also that after taking the county seat of Nanyang, Xiangyang County needs to send people to assist and manage order.

And if you want Xiangyang County to help, you must get the help of Xiangyang County Taishou Cai Tu, otherwise many things will tie your hands and feet.

However, now the management system of the Minghou Mansion, the division of civil and military rule, and the generals in the army, do not have the power to order the local Taishou, even if Xi Zhicai is the Sima of the Minghou Mansion and the head of the Beiwutang, he does not have the power to order Cai Tu.

Cai Tu is directly subordinate to Nan Shufang, and his top bosses are Liu Jin and Hu Zhao.

Therefore, if Xi Zhicai wants the assistance of Xiangyang County, he must persuade Cai Tu to make a move.

It is persuasion, not command.

"Xi Zhicai went north, and his subordinates failed to greet him, and he missed the welcome!" Cai Tu's posture is very low, after all, everyone in the world knows that Xi Zhi is the first adviser and first confidant of Minghou, no matter what his responsibilities are, this status is far from the same.

"My trip north this time is a secret trip!"

Xi Zhicai said: "As for the reason, you must be able to guess one or two!" ”

"For Nanyang?" Cai Tu thought for a moment and asked.

From the moment he found out that the two main battalions of the herdsmen were heading north, he had a trace of speculation in his heart, if he was dealing with Jingzhou, he didn't have to go to Xiangyang, and only by attacking Nanyang could he not avoid Xiangyang County.

"That's right!"

Xi Zhicai analyzed: "Now the main force of the Guanzhong Army is in Shouchun, for us, this is the best time to capture Nanyang, we have lost Nanyang, and now we must take Nanyang back, Cai Xiangyang is also very clear, Minghou Mansion starts in Nanyang, not only the lord, how many brothers and sons, the family is in Nanyang, this Nanyang, for my Minghou Mansion, is very important!" ”

"How can I help?"

Cai Tu asked neatly and in a deep voice.

If he doesn't listen to it, he doesn't dare to take it in front of Xi Zhicai.

"Militarily, I don't need help, but once we have conquered one city after another, I need Xiangyang's assistance!" Xi Zhicai said: "I remember that there is a soldier and horse in Xiangyang, called the Xiangyang Battalion, the main general is Lei Bo, and the large battalion was set up to defend Nanyang and Jingzhou, because of the problem of the strategic deployment phalanx of the Minghou Mansion, so it is the only soldier and horse that is directly controlled by the local government!" ”

"I can mobilize them to go north!"

Cai Tu nodded.

"I'll attack, they will defend, as long as they hold the city we take, so as to avoid our worries, then the rest will be left to me!"

Xi Zhicai said: "In addition, the matter of local order, there is no plan in the south study at present, and it is not very good to say, Liu Jin and Hu Zhao don't want to come up with a plan, they can't come up with a plan, they have no one in their hands, so this matter has to please Xiangyang County!" ”

"But I don't have anyone in my hands!"

Cai Tu said: "I have more than ten counties in Xiangyang County, and the pressure is already very great at present, if you take care of Nanyang's affairs, the pressure on Xiangyang will be even greater!" ”

"You figure out how to do this yourself, you go to steal and rob, or you go into battle in person, all in all, I only need one result, the city I take down, can't be messed up!" Xi Zhicai said it very strongly.

"Drama Sima, this is embarrassing me!" Cai Tu was a little helpless, with a wry smile on his face.

"Cai Xiangyang, you don't have anyone, there are people in Jingzhou!"

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "I believe that with your appeal, you should be able to invite some talents from Jingzhou, not necessarily the chief officials of the county magistrate, but the county officials, county lieutenants, county masters, etc., there are many officials who need to be replaced, Jingzhou has a strong academic atmosphere, and there are many scholars, I believe you have a way!" ”

"I can try to do it, but if the lord investigates it and says that I am a party and a selfish person, you have to endorse me!" Cai Tu thought for a moment and said.

There are indeed many scholars in Jingzhou who have not yet returned to the border, and at present, he Cai Tu can be regarded as setting up a banner in Jingzhou, forming a party of his own, even in Shilin, he is also slightly famous.

If he is willing to stand up and call on scholars, he can more or less attract some talents and use them for them.

But in this way, it is easy to leave a prestige on the Ming Hou Mansion, which is deeply rooted in Xiangyang, and intends to divide Xiangyang from an intuitive idea.

"Don't worry about this!"

Xi Zhicai took care of it and said: "As long as you can solve this problem for me, even if the lord's knife is cut down, I will block it for you, unless you have a betrayal of the Minghou Mansion one day, otherwise I will guarantee that you are fine!" ”

At this time, if he didn't give Cai Tu a little confidence, he didn't dare to do things with great fanfare.

And with Xi Zhicai's understanding of Mu Jing, Cai Tu's concern is completely unfounded, Mu Jing can't hope that Cai Tu can directly tear apart the Shilin atmosphere of some unity in Jingzhou, as for the problem of high merit and mastership, there is no such thing as a master, even if Cai Tu's ability is strong, he does not have absolute military power in his hands, and his position is just an edict from the Ming Hou Mansion.

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On September 2, Xi Zhicai went north to Xinye.

In Xinye City, the Battle Tiger Battalion and the Wuxi Battalion have been preparing for a long time, and all siege equipment, logistics and grass have also been completed in just a few days.

Outside the city, a large army camp is covered with flags.

Xi Zhicai walked directly to the side of the huge sand table, which was established by two battalions of scouts, working together, and comparing countless marching maps and topographic maps to complete the construction of this huge sand table.

The entire terrain of Nanyang was caught in the eyes of Xi Zhicai.

He stood beside him, looked at it for a long time, and looked very carefully, in the entire camp tent, the captains, Simas, generals, chief bookkeepers, military marquis, etc., of the Wuxi Battalion of the War Tiger Battalion, stood left and right, and seemed very quiet.

"For the time being, we don't care about Wancheng!"

Xi Zhi thought about it before he spoke.

"Don't fight Wancheng?" Lei Hu was a little puzzled: "We directly attacked Wancheng and annihilated the remaining main force of the Guanzhong Army, and the entire Nanyang, didn't it already fall into our hands!" ”

This is the capture of thieves and kings.

Taking the center of Nanyang, Wancheng, is equivalent to taking the entire Nanyang, especially now that Nanyang has very few troops, the basic main force in Guanzhong is in Wancheng, and if Wancheng is captured, Nanyang will be taken.

"In the past, the strategic deployment we used was to directly take the center, with the least number of troops, the smallest scale of the battle, to win a battle, but this time, I want to change, I change the offensive strategy, blossom in all directions, the center is not taken!"

Xi Zhicai said indifferently.

"The center doesn't take it?" Lei Hu and Sha Moke were a little puzzled, but they couldn't ask too much, because they couldn't figure out Xi Zhicai's intentions now, and they didn't know how to ask.

"I want to be in a month, Ping's, Pingyang, Wuyin, Thorn Yang, Anzhong............ Take all these cities, and on the heads of these cities, plant the banner of my Minghou Mansion! Xi Zhicai pointed to the cities on the sand table, basically involving the southern, eastern, and western parts of Nanyang.

"Yes!"

The two lieutenants trembled, and suddenly felt that this was a big battle.

However, Lei Hu was a little puzzled: "Sima, in this way, for the sake of efficiency, our troops are bound to be dispersed, Nanyang is so big, with our two battalions of soldiers and horses, it may not be enough, if Wancheng attacks, or the Xiliang army in Yuzhou suddenly kills, it will definitely kill us by surprise!" ”

"I've asked for help!"

Xi Zhicai said: "But how much can the White Emperor Mountain come out of, I don't have much confidence now, in the end we have to rely on ourselves, after the capture, the city will be handed over to Xiangyang County to guard, the Xiangyang battalion should be able to stabilize, our goal is to attack, but pay attention to one point, when dividing the troops, we must keep in touch, not too far apart, and reserve the fastest way to rescue each other!" ”

"Yes!"

The two lieutenants nodded and took the task down.

In the afternoon of the same day, the main forces of the two battalions, divided into two routes, quickly dispatched troops, and went non-stop towards the cities of Nanyang.

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On September 5, Lei Hu first landed in the first battle of Nanyang, captured Huyang in the west of Xinye, Huyang City, there was originally a Jingzhou army, but was raided by Lei Hu, lost troops and retreated overnight.

On September 7, Shamoke also won the first place in the north of Xinye, Youyang City.

On September 9th, Lei Hu led the army, the soldiers came to Ping's city, the gate of Ping's city was closed, the county town summoned the young and strong in the city, according to the city and defended, on September 10, Lei Hu's general, Han Xian led a partial division, over the mountains and mountains, avoiding Ping's, surprise attack on Wuyin, Wuyin City guards 300, could not resist a day, then opened the city and surrendered.

At this point, the Pingshi City, sandwiched between Huyang and Wuyin, under the call of the local squire and wealthy family, ordered the county to open the city to welcome the herdsmen, and raised the county to the Ming Hou Mansion.

On the 13th of September, Shamoko set up a total of two troops, divided into two routes, and attacked at the same time, the cities of Jianyang and Nieyang, and attacked in two days, taking two cities.

Before and after only half a month, the ferocity of the herdsmen's troops, beyond the expectations of many people, at this moment, the herdsmen are far from the center of Nanyang Wancheng, at present only a small town in the south, at any time can be soldiers under the city.

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