"Ladies and gentlemen, our spies have just reported to us that there are at least 70,000 troops in this Changsha City."

Liu Zheng saw Tai Shici and Gan Ning again, and after Wen Ping and the three of them entered the big tent, he immediately opened his mouth and said a word to them.

As soon as Tai Shi Ci, Gan Ning, and Wen Ping heard Liu Zheng's words, they immediately looked shocked.

"What? There are actually 70,000 soldiers and horses in this Changsha city? ”

Tai Shici was originally not interested in these defenders of Changsha City, and even looked down on them. After all, the news he learned from Liu Zheng at the beginning was that there should only be about 30,000 or 40,000 defenders in Changsha City, and with Liu Zheng's current soldiers and horses, it would not be difficult to deal with them.

But now I heard Liu Zheng confirm again that there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Changsha City, which made Tai Shici feel surprised, 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses and 70,000 or 80,000 people are not a concept at all.

"Why are there so many people in Changsha City all of a sudden!"

"It should be that Liu Biao's guy already knew that we would attack Changsha County, so he sent troops and horses from Nanjun to defend Changsha in advance."

"Now Changsha City has so many soldiers and horses, far from what our people can fight in a short time, so I have a decision now, that is, to give up attacking Changsha County, and instead directly attack Nanjun, as long as Xiangyang City is broken and Liu Biao is captured alive, then the entire Jingzhou will not be attacked."

Liu Zheng simply hired Tai Shi Ci Wen, and after Gan Ning and the three of them described their plans, they said directly, and the soldiers divided into two ways to take the matter of Nanjun.

Since Changsha County is so tightly defended, it is not wise for Liu Zheng to continue to defend Changsha, so it may be a good choice to simply abandon Changsha and directly lead people to Xiangyang City.

After all, according to his understanding of Jingzhou, Nanjun itself did not have many troops. Especially now that 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses have been drawn to Changsha County, there are even fewer people and horses in Nanjun. Judging from the big city of Xiangyang City, the soldiers and horses in the city are at most 10,000 people.

Xiangyang City, which is defended by 10,000 people, Liu Zheng does not need too many soldiers and horses, and only needs 20,000 people to break through the gate of Xiangyang City.

When the time comes. As soon as Xiangyang City was broken and Liu Biao was captured by Liu Zhengsheng, it would be useless for Changsha to continue to hold on.

Just do it. There is one thing to pay attention to, that is, once Liu Zheng is in Xiangyang City, he does not break through the defense of Xiangyang in a short time. But let the battle stalemate, Liu Zheng besieged Xiangyang The news reached Changsha, and the soldiers and horses of Changsha County galloped to aid Xiangyang at all costs.

Therefore, Liu Zheng decided to divide the troops into two routes, one of the soldiers and horses went to directly attack Xiangyang, and the other side of the soldiers and horses continued to garrison Changsha and besiege Changsha.

Once Changsha sensed the movement of Xiangyang City, these people besieging Changsha had to stop Changsha's soldiers and horses from going to Xiangyang to help at all costs.

The tasks on both sides are equally important, Liu Zheng needs to transfer a battalion of soldiers and horses to Xiangyang among the soldiers and horses of Tai Shici, Gan Ning, and Wen Ping.

Using Zulang's water army, passing from the Xiangjiang River, so that it can be killed to Xiangyang City in the shortest possible time, according to Liu Zheng's speculation, if it goes well, it can reach Xiangyang in two days, and then launch an attack, at all costs, within three days, break the gate of Xiangyang City.

As long as you can kill Xiangyang City by surprise, you must be able to take Xiangyang City when Xiangyang City is defenseless.

"The situation is such a situation, you see, who wants to go to Xiangyang with me?"

"Lord, the last general is willing to go!"

Tai Shici, Gan Ning, and Wen Ping spoke at the same time, and they all expressed their willingness to accompany Liu Zheng to attack Xiangyang.

However, the three of them all spoke, Liu Zheng couldn't let them all pass, and after a moment of silence, Liu Zheng still opened his mouth and said a word to Tai Shici.

"Let Ziyi accompany me this time, his soldiers and horses are new recruits, and they have only been trained for a short time, and they need to be honed more, and Gan Ning and W Wen hired your subordinates, all of them are veterans, stay in Changsha and contain these Changsha reinforcements, the task is even more important."

Liu Zheng and the three of them were not offended, and after choosing Tai Shici to accompany him, he immediately comforted Gan Ning and Wen Ping.

For Liu Zheng, attacking Xiangyang is indeed very important, but it is also not easy to defend the reinforcements in Changsha.

If it was Tai Shici's recruits, in the face of tens of thousands of enemy attacks, he might not be able to overcome the fear in his heart, and let Gan Ning and Wen Ping sit in Changsha, which made Liu Zheng more relieved.

At least Liu Zheng thinks that with Gan Ning and Wen Ping here, it is not so easy for the soldiers and horses of Changsha County to gallop to Xiangyang, even if Gan Ning and Wen Ping can't beat these 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses, there is no problem in delaying for a while, as long as they can delay for a few days.

Liu Zheng attacked Xiangyang, and within seven days, if he could not break through, Liu Zheng withdrew his troops, and then returned to Changsha to intercept and kill those Changsha soldiers and horses who came to the rescue.

In this way, no matter what, it is a great advantage for Liu Zheng, after all, there is no need to attack the city, and in the field and these soldiers and horses of Changsha County to fight an encounter, Liu Zheng is not worried at all, his soldiers and horses will lose.

Even if it is twice as many people on his side, Liu Zheng is sure of victory.

After Liu Zheng's decision was completed, Tai Shici, Gan Ning, and Wen Ping had no opinions, nodded and agreed.

However, after discussing these things, Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to directly lead Tai Shici's men and horses to kill Xiangyang, because before going to Xiangyang, Liu Zheng still needed to confuse his opponent and make the other party believe that he planned to attack Changsha City with all his might.

Only in this way can we ensure the success of Liu Zheng's plan to attack Xiangyang.

"Yuan Zhou, you immediately send someone to send Zulang's army here, these days, although you and I go to Changsha City to call for battle, do a tentative attack first, don't send too many men and horses to appear, just send 20,000 troops each time."

Liu Zheng gave an order to the few generals who sat down, and in the next few days, as he said, he asked Gan Ning and Wen Ping to lead the main force respectively and go to the city to call for battle.

However, the two of them were greeted by some arrows, and the enemy troops in the city would not appear at all.

After waiting for two days, after the reinforcements sent by Liu Zheng and Zulang's 10,000 sailors arrived near Changsha, Liu Zheng began to tell Tai Shici that he was ready to leave.

However, before leaving, Liu Zheng still wanted to confuse Cai Mao in the city, he took the initiative to replace Wen Ping, led 20,000 soldiers and horses, and killed under Changsha City, planning to call the battle in person, so that Cai Mao and all the generals in the city knew that he Liu Zheng was in Changsha City.