Zhang Yun was beaten in his heart by what Cai Mao said.

Thinking about it carefully, he found that what Cai Mao said was true.

It is indeed impossible for Liu Biao to compete with Guo Peng, Guo Peng's power is too large, there are too many soldiers and horses, and there is almost no possibility of defeating the strong with the weak.

Moreover, Liu Biao is older, Guo Peng is not yet thirty, it is when he is in the prime of life, and when the two are compared, it is clear who has the advantage.

Even if you count Liu Biao's son, there is nothing to compare.

Liu Biao's two sons, Liu Qi and Liu Cong, were not born to his stepwife Cai, and Cai's had nothing to do, but Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong had a sweet mouth and was relatively young, and was liked by Cai, while the eldest son Liu Qi was not liked by Cai.

Therefore, the Cai family has bet on Liu Cong, and is optimistic that Liu Cong can inherit Liu Biao's position in the future.

But even so, Cai Mao can see that Liu Qi and Liu Cong are both mediocre sons, they don't have any great talents, and if they want to make a difference in the troubled times, it is far from enough, at most hunting, riding, riding, playing poetry and songs, these sons' exclusive skills, they are okay.

Using soldiers to fight Wen Taowu strategy, these real skills and hard work, can they confront Guo Peng, who single-handedly defeated half of the country?

Basically impossible.

From top to bottom, Jingzhou has no existence that can compete with Guo Peng, whether it is military strength, population, or financial resources.

The most prosperous place in Jingzhou is in Jingbei, and the four counties in Jingnan are larger than the other, the population is smaller than the other, and the barbarians are more than the other, which cannot be counted as the strength of Jingzhou at all.

In this way, Jingzhou's ability to come up with 50,000 or 60,000 mobile troops is a very remarkable move.

In this way, can Jingzhou compete with the essence of the Han Dynasty?

Cai Mao is not stupid, and she knows this very well.

If you want to protect the family, you must rely on the strong, and the fall of Yuan Shao in Hebei has given a very good warning to the wealthy families in the world.

Zhang Yunsi thought about it and felt that Cai Mao was right.

"What you say makes sense, but Guo Zifeng's power is so strong, how can he contact him? We don't even have a way, so we approach rashly, right? ”

Cai Mao was relieved when she saw that Zhang Yun agreed.

"You don't have to worry about this, I have an old relationship with Guo Zifeng's brother-in-law Cao Cao Mengde, we are young friends, we have traveled together, when Guo Zifeng was a child, I also saw him, but he probably didn't have any impression."

Cai Mao's face had a look of reminiscence, and she said: "Back then, I went north to Runan to study, and I communicated with Cao Mengde, Yuan Benchu, Xu Ziyuan and others, and I was also extremely happy.

Who would have thought that the years are fleeting, the world is impermanent, from the beginning to the present, Guo Zifeng has become the overlord of the Central Plains, Cao Mengde has become the assassin of Jizhou, and Yuan Benchu and Xu Ziyuan have both died, the world has changed greatly, and the past no longer exists. ”

At the end of the reminiscence, Cai Mao took out a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Zhang Yun.

"This is my letter to Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde is now doing the history of Jizhou Assassination, after you arrive in Nanyang, send someone to the north to send a letter to Cao Mengde, asking Cao Mengde to mediate and say good things for us.

Cao Mengde is Guo Zifeng's brother-in-law, and he is the first person to support Guo Zifeng's army to fight, and he has a very high status under Guo Zifeng, with Cao Mengde's help, it is not difficult to get in touch with Guo Zifeng, at least no matter what happens in the future, we can leave room for us. ”

Zhang Yun took Cai Mao's letter and nodded.

"I know, I'll go to Cao Mengde to mediate."

Soon, Zhonglang, who served under Liu Pan, rushed Huang Zhong from Changsha and joined Zhang Yun according to Liu Biao's orders, and Zhang Yun set off from Xiangyang to Nanyang to take up the post of Nanyang Taishou.

After arriving at Zhiwan City in Nanyang County, Zhang Yun handed over all the military deployment matters to Huang Zhong and asked Huang Zhong to arrange them, while he concentrated on thinking about how to send people to Jizhou to contact Cao Cao.

After thinking about it, I still can't use the people who come with me.

He was worried that there would be Liu Biao's eyeliner in it, for example, this Huang Zhong might have some problems, he fought under Liu Pan all the year round, and it could be said that he was Liu Biao's descendant.

This guy can't just talk to him about big things.

Zhang Yun then decided to select a brave and resourceful person from Nanyang County to take on this responsibility.

So he sent someone to secretly find out if there were any more powerful rangers and warriors in Nanyang, and this question really gave someone to ask.

This person's name is Wei Yan, he is a well-known ranger in Nanyang, not yet twenty years old, but he is righteous and very famous in the rivers and lakes.

So Zhang Yun decided to summon Wei Yan, feast him on a big meal, and find a dancing girl to sleep with him, so for three days, Wei Yan thanked Zhang Yun for his kindness, so he proposed to repay the favor, so Zhang Yun handed over his task to Wei Yan.

"This is going to Jizhou, the road is long, the road is difficult and dangerous, if there is any difficulty, even if you come back, I don't blame Wen Chang."

Zhang Yun's face was full of sincerity.

"If you can't deliver this letter, bring the reply back, and Wei will come to see you!"

The young Wei Yan patted his chest with an arrogant expression.

Zhang Yun smiled secretly, so he handed over this task to Wei Yan, appointed Wei Yan as his lieutenant, and took three of Zhang Yun's personal soldiers to deliver the letter.

On the same day that Wei Yan set off, a fierce battle was raging under Shouchun City.

Guo Peng personally came to the city to supervise the battle, and commanded the army to throw large stones to bombard Shouchun City with trebuchets, destroying many buildings in Shouchun City, and the city wall was also destroyed in many places, but after all, the destructive power was limited, and the Shouchun City Wall that was specially heightened and reinforced could not be destroyed.

Lu Mian and Ji Ling each guarded the two city walls, and they cooperated tacitly, and the soldiers in the city were frightened by Lu Mian and Ji Ling's rumor that "the enemy army will slaughter the city when they come in", and in order to save their lives and protect their relatives in the city, they did not dare not fight with their best.

Guo Peng sent people to besiege him from all sides, and he did put a lot of pressure on Shouchun City, but it also brought a lot of casualties to his soldiers and horses.

After more than ten days of siege, the soldiers lost no less than 2,000, which made Guo Peng feel very distressed.

However, the means of siege were limited.

While Guo Peng used trebuchets to attack the city, he also ordered his soldiers to dig tunnels from the ground to try to replicate Lu Zhi's victory in conquering Guangzong City, which was defended by Zhang Jiao, in the hope of destroying the Shouchun city wall.

However, several tunnels were discovered by Lu Mian, and he used smoke to invalidate all the tunnels excavated by Guo Peng, and the tunnel war plan was broken.

Guo Peng was also very depressed, so he could only continue to attack the city in the traditional way and think about other possibilities.

At this time, after Gu Yong, the new minister of Chen Guo who assisted Guo Peng in appointing Guo Peng, handed over the official documents of Chen Guo, Yuan Si came to Shouchun City outside Shouchun City to meet Guo Peng.

As the first child of the Runan Yuan clan to surrender on his own initiative, Guo Peng thought that Yuan Si was very promising, so he held Yuan Si's hand, stroked his back, laughed and welcomed him into his handsome tent, talked with him cordially, and poured wine for him with his own hands.

Yuan Si looked a little flattered.

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