"How sure are you of this strategy planned by Kong Ming, Ziyu?" The potter asked Zhuge Jindao.

Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang brothers are both talented, and their brothers have a characteristic, that is, they are relatively stable in their work, and they never make noise around with red mouths and white teeth, and they are extremely solid, which is also where the pottery merchants appreciate the Zhuge family the most.

Zhuge Jin is really a very calm person, he pondered quietly for a long time, as if he was carefully calculating the probability of success.

In the end, he humbly said to the pottery merchant: "You should be seventy percent sure." ”

The figures were very cautious, neither ambiguous nor boasting about ten percent, and the potter was very pleased with the figures he had given.

"What do you need Tao to do?"

Zhuge Jin hurriedly said: "There are two things, one is that the prime minister needs to allocate soldiers and horses, change the deployment of the three armies, and the other is to ask the prime minister to help me analyze whether there are any omissions in the words below." ”

The potter thought about it seriously and said, "I really have some ideas and a few suggestions, we might as well negotiate it." ”

"Prime Minister, please speak."

……

The day after Zhuge Jindao arrived in Xiangyang City, the 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Jinling Army began to divide their troops.

10,000 horses returned to Fancheng, and the remaining 50,000 horses began to march towards the cities around Nanyang County under the leadership of the generals of Jinling.

These include Xi'e, Nanxiang, Caiyang, Wuyin and other places......

And the Jinling army surrounded in Xiangyang City disappeared without a trace.

The movements of the Jinling army were soon conveyed to the city of Xiangyang.

The generals of Xiangyang hurriedly went to Pang Tong and asked to go to war.

Wei Yan said to Pang Tong: "Situ, the pottery merchants divided their troops to take more than ten counties around Xiangyang, and it seems that they have taken down the important towns around Xiangyang, and forced the city with siege tactics. The last general and others asked Situ for permission to allow us to fight! ”

Pang Tong looked at Wei Yan quietly, and then looked at the impatient generals of the Jinling Army, and said: "The generals led the soldiers and horses, and began to prepare the ordnance to defend the city and strengthen the city defense, needless to say." ”

When the generals of Xiangyang heard this, they immediately became anxious.

But a captain Han Qi stood up and said: "Situ, the enemy army is scattered and the combat strength is uneven, it is a good time to break through one by one, if you miss this opportunity, turn back to the Jinling army to defeat many counties in Xiangyang City, and surround Xiangyang, then this battle is not very easy to fight." ”

"It's okay." Pang Tong said lightly: "Xiangyang is the gateway to Jingzhou, the heavy capital and arsenal are basically in Xiangyang, and the harvest of the surrounding counties is basically collected in Xiangyang. ”

Zhang Fei said to Pang Tong: "But no matter what, it is also the loss of a lot of cities, and the potters are cheap in vain!" ”

Pang Tong said lightly: "If you can take it back in the future, it's okay." ”

Guan Yu stood up and said to Pang Tong: "Situ said this, didn't he want to let Tao Jun gain a firm foothold on the south bank of the Han River and ignore it? ”

Pang Tong squinted his eyes: "The first task at the moment is to hold Xiangyang and buy time for the Jiangling side, and other things can be postponed for the time being." ”

Guan Yu snorted and said, "How is this kind of behavior different from a coward?" ”

Pang Tong said lightly: "General Guan, I remember that Pang seems to have informed you that you have been grounded and thought about it, you are not staying in the mansion, what are you doing when you run out?" ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he was immediately angry.

"Guan is a dignified general of the three armies, how can he be grounded?"

Pang Tongyi raised his eyebrows: "The military order and law are here, how can you not stop it?" ”

If it weren't for the generals next to him to stop him, Guan Yu would have transformed into Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, at this moment, and beheaded Pang Tong, Song Yi in his eyes, with one sword.

"Pang Mou has made up his mind, he will never go to war, you will act according to the military order, there can be no mistake, and those who violate the order will be punished by military law."

……

Cai Mao is not in Xiangyang City now, he was squeezed out by Liu Bei and others, and was sent to Zhangling County as the county guard.

Zhangling County and Nanyang County as a whole, after Liu Biao and Fu Wan and others supported Liu Qiong as the emperor, in order to weaken Cai Mao's power, Zhangling County was deliberately cut out from Nanyang County, which was garrisoned by Cai Mao, called reuse, but in fact weakened.

Although the Cai family is strong in Jingzhou, through Liu Biao's careful polishing over the years, coupled with the continuous duel of Liu Bei, Pang Tong, Fu Wan and others after his death, the Cai family was suppressed in the end.

And Cai Mao was also depressed and took office in Zhangling County, but also to avoid trouble.

In terms of geographical location, Zhangling County is closer to the Central Plains than Xiangyang and Fancheng, but it is more focused on the direction of Wancheng.

The potters led the army to attack Fancheng, and the Zhangling County side was naturally highly nervous, for fear that the potters would not be able to defeat Xiangyang, so the soldiers turned around and arrived at Zhangling.

During this time, Cai Mao didn't sleep well because she was scared.

Until this day, he sat in the hall in a daze with dark circles under his eyes, but his own brother Cai He ran over to him and said, "Brother, a guest is here." ”

"Guest?" Cai Mao blinked suspiciously, looked at Cai He, and said, "What guest?" ”

Cai He said: "It's Huang Gong who is visiting. ”

"Huang Gong?" Cai Mao didn't react for a while: "Which Huang Gong?" ”

"Huang Chengyan, Mr. Huang."

"Oh! Brother-in-law is here! Cai Mao suddenly patted her forehead and said, "Look at my memory, please come in...... Oh no, I personally went out to greet him. ”

Cai Mao hurriedly got up and came to the gate of the mansion in person, only to see Huang Chengyan and a young scribe standing there waiting for him.

"Brother-in-law, how did you get here?" Cai Mao strode forward, held Cai Mao's hand, and said with a smile.

Huang Chengyan was also full of smiles: "Since you took office to Zhangling, you have never visited you as a brother, and now you are in chaos, you are the head of a county, and you have a great responsibility, and your sister is worried about you, so Old Man Zhuo took the time to visit you." ”

Cai Mao was dissatisfied when she heard this: "My sister is really, since she knows that the war is in chaos, how can she let your brother-in-law walk around at will, if something happens, won't you regret it?" ”

Speaking of this, Cai Mao turned his head to look at Zhuge Jin again, and said, "Who is this gentleman?" ”

Huang Chengyan pointed at the door of the mansion and said, "Bo Jue, can we go in and talk?" ”

"Oh, yes, yes, you see what I did...... Walk! Talk inside! ”

……

Cai Mao led the way and took Huang Chengyan and the others to the main hall.

After sitting down as the guest host, Cai Mao immediately smiled: "My brother-in-law has always been a lonely person, he has always been a loner, and rarely has the company of others. ”

Zhuge Jin stood up and said, "In the lower Zhuge Jin, he came from Jinling, and now he is in the position of Taichangqing in the court." ”

"Poof~~!"

As soon as he heard Zhuge Jin report to his home, the tea in Cai Mao's mouth sprayed out directly,