From the topographical point of view, the defensive positions of the defenders of Jiangdong and Jingzhou are mostly based on mountains, hills and rivers, and the vertical and horizontal areas of rivers, Jiangxia is not without flat terrain, even if there is a river, it is a river that the cavalry can easily cross, but these areas suitable for cavalry galloping have been abandoned by Jiangdong, and the strong wall is also harmful to Jiangdong itself, at least the next year's farming, this most suitable land for cultivation is naturally deserted, but in the same way, it is also impossible for Chen Mo to spread the battle line to the entire Jiangxia, It is possible to borrow Jiangxia to fight Xiangfan or plunder Jiangling from the rear.

If those empty cities are occupied by Chen Mo, no one has no food, except for increasing the supply burden and giving the enemy a chance to break through, there is no meaning, Chen Mo has many soldiers, and the food consumption is naturally large, so Jiangdong chose Liqiu as the center of gravity for defense, although he gave up a number of cities, but also occupied the geographical advantage, but Chen Mo is not in a hurry to attack now, for Jiangdong and Jingzhou, it has been so consumed, people's hearts are floating, Jiangdong is okay to say, but Jingzhou, the disadvantage of insufficient heritage began to emerge gradually.

Now Zhuge Liang wants to fight, but he doesn't want to attack, and hopes that Chen Mo will attack.

In this regard, even wise people like Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu can't think of a way, people are willing to spend food and money, what can you do?

However, Jiang Gan has come back in the past few days.

"How?" Chen Mo looked at Jiang Gan and said with a smile.

"The king forgives the sin, Zhou Yu is a person with a generous bearing, elegant feelings, non-verbal can be separated, and the lower officials have not been able to convince him." Jiang Gan bowed.

"Get up, everyone has their own aspirations, some people can move their hearts with wealth and wealth, but some people can't, if everyone in the world is so profitable and can say that they can move, then why fight for this world?" Chen Mo motioned for Jiang to get up, and said with a smile: "I can make people like Ziyi admire, I think this Zhou Gongjin is indeed outstanding." ”

"The king, although he failed to convince Zhou Gongjin, the minister accidentally found a few people on this trip, which may be helpful to the lord's attack on Jingxiang." Jiang Gan smiled.

"Oh?" Chen Mo didn't expect that there would be an unexpected joy, and nodded and said, "I don't know who it is?" ”

"It is the wife of the late Liu Jingsheng, the king of Chu, Cai, and his son Liu Cong." Jiang Gan bowed.

Chen Mo's side, Xun You's eyes lit up when he heard this, Liu Bei had never been promoted to the king of Chu, not because he didn't want to, but because his name was not right, Liu Bei had been waiting for an opportunity, although the main purpose of cutting Shu was to expand the territory, but there were also plans to take this opportunity to be the king.

The one who is really qualified to inherit the throne of the king of Chu is Liu Cong.

If Chen Mo can get Liu Cong, coupled with Cai's influence in Jingxiang and the general trend today, he can attract a large number of Jingzhou scholars to vote, in addition, Cai Mao is now in Jiangdong, and he can also be used appropriately.

"Please!" Chen Mo got up directly and said solemnly.

"Whoa!" Jiang Gan bowed, turned to the guards waiting outside the door and nodded, and after a while, a woman came in with a young man.

The woman is about the same age as Chen Mo, maybe older, although she is clothed in thorn hairpin, but she still looks charming, quite beautiful, and the young man around her is a little restrained, and he doesn't dare to make eye contact with Chen Mo.

"When you see the king of my family, you don't salute!" Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Dian Wei glared at him and shouted.

"The concubine body sees King Ming!" Cai hurriedly took Liu Cong to salute Chen Mo.

"Although Gu has been crowned king, but Jingsheng Gong is a member of the Han family, how can his wife bow down to me? Hurry up, please! Chen Mo glared at Dian Wei, stretched out his hand to help, and said with a smile: "Now that Jingsheng Gong has died, counting it, this successor to the king of Chu should be the son of the world." ”

"After the death of my husband, my brother fought unfavorably and was captured by Jiangdong, then Liu Bei bullied my orphans and widows, insisted that my brother defected, and humiliated my orphans and widows in every way, and hoped that King Ming would be the master of my mother and son~" His eyes were red and he sobbed.

"Madame, don't cry, this time Lone waved his division south, for this matter, Liu Bei claimed to be a member of the Han family, first seized the foundation of the King of Chu, and now he wants to persecute the King of Shu, it is really a sin that is not forgiven, even if Mrs. does not say it, Lone will also capture that Liu Bei." Chen Mo helped Cai up and said with a smile: "If Madame doesn't dislike it, you can arrange a residence for Madame here, and Madame can stay temporarily, and after I regain the foundation for Jingsheng Gong, I should be properly settled." ”

How to place it, Chen Mo didn't say, Cai's naturally wouldn't ask, and it was not suitable to say on this occasion, Chen Mo asked Cai's what he had been doing in the past few years.

When Jingzhou changed hands, after Cai's defeat, he took his brothers Cai He and Liu Cong to become a common man in disguise, and waited for more than a year, when Liu Bei began to conquer Nanyang in the north, Cai's family successfully escaped, Cai He wanted to go to Cai Mao, but was stopped by Cai, when the Central Plains War was nearing the end, although Cai's was a woman, but the overall situation was quite strong, knowing that the straw hat would be squeezed out in Jiangdong now, and it was difficult for him to gain a firm foothold, let alone let the Cai family gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong.

Instead of defecting to Jiangdong, it is better to lurk and wait for Chen Mo to go south in the future.

Of course, how much water is in these words, Chen Mo won't say it, and he doesn't even bother to think about it, it is impossible for the Cai family to say that his heart is to Jiangdong in front of him, otherwise why didn't he see Cai He come together?

The only thing that is more credible is that Cai's mother and son have lived in Jiangxia in recent years, and there is their property here.

After some talking, Chen Mo had a general understanding of the other party's affairs, as for how much of a role he could play in this southern expedition, it depended on how to use it, Chen Mo hadn't thought about it yet.

Cai's family is a woman, so naturally she can't live in the barracks, Chen Mo found a house for her to live in Deng County temporarily, and after the Southern Expedition is over, she will take their mother and son to Luoyang, and Jingzhou doesn't want to stay.

"Wang, the Cai family is the former Jingzhou clan, and the protégés and officials are all over Jingzhou, and Liu Cong is the orthodox king of Chu, with him, the Jingzhou army has lost its righteousness in this battle." After Xun You's mother and son left, he looked at Chen Mo and smiled.

"The righteousness is very mysterious and useful, but if you can't break the Xiangfan barrier and break into Jingxiang right now, this righteousness will not exist, and the Cai family's connections have been available a lot over the years, these two people are useful, but it is difficult to rely on them to reverse the victory." Chen Mo smiled.

Jingzhou is nominally the largest king of Chu, but in fact it is the four families of Cai Kuai and Huang Pang who are in power, and now that the Cai family has been squeezed out, how many favors can be left is open to discussion, as long as the Kuai family, the Huang family and the Pang family still support Liu Bei, then it is purely too much to rely on a Cai family that has been squeezed out to take Jingxiang.

Chen Mo told everyone about the next plan, don't rush to attack first, now many soldiers can't stand the weather here, infected with the wind chill, which was not expected before, Chen Mo is ready to stalemate with the other party during this time, and wait for the beginning of spring, the weather will become warmer, and then attack, the geographical advantage can not be reversed, so you can only start from the side of the day.

"By the way, find more local elders, I should at least know a little bit about the climate of Jingxiang." Chen Mo smiled.

"Your Majesty, rest assured." The generals bowed down.

After the dispersal, Chen Mo did not stay in the army, before the war, Chen Mo had to deal with more than military affairs, he generally lived in Deng County, and Zhang Liao and others were in charge of the camp.

In the next few days, the two sides were calm, of course, there were a lot of temptations between each other, not only the scouts and sentinels of the two sides infiltrated each other to spy on the military situation, Chen Mo would secretly send people to spread rumors and secretly win over the enemy generals, although it was impossible to use it immediately, but it was also good for Chen Mo to make the other party have less strength.

On this day, Chen Mo took Dian Wei back to the government office, and when he was about to eat, he saw a guard come in, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Caifu sent someone to send an invitation, I want to invite the king to come to the palace to talk about it, and there is something important to discuss." ”

"Oh?" Chen Mo nodded when he heard this: "Tell him back for me, and say that it will be later." ”

"Oh~" The guards agreed and bowed to leave.

"Your Majesty, what do you say the girl can discuss?" Dian Wei followed Chen Mo and said curiously.

"I can't say, the four families in Jingzhou used to have in-laws with each other, and now although the Cai family is in trouble, I can't guarantee that there are any important people who can be brought over for my use." Chen Mo thought about what Cai's could bring to him while patient's clothes: "If you go, you will know, a woman's family, are you still afraid that he will eat you?" ”

"Hey, who's going to say for sure?" Dian Wei grinned.

Chen Mo changed into civilian clothes and took Dian Wei to the temporary residence arranged for the Cai family.

Although this mansion is definitely not comparable to the Cai family's former mansion, in terms of Deng County, it is not small.

"Your Majesty, Madame invites the king to enter the inner hall for a detailed discussion." The butler bowed to Chen Mo and said.

"Inner Hall?" Chen Mo frowned, and after following the steward into the inner room, the steward took Dian Wei to resign, the inner room was spacious and elegantly furnished, but as soon as he came in, the room was filled with a stream of water vapor, and through the screen, he could hear the sound of gurgling water.

At this moment, Chen Mo understood, looked around, Chen Mo found a place to sit down, and said with a smile: "Madame has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, you don't have to invite it in this way, if you don't say it, Lone may not agree to what you want." ”

Behind the screen, in the bathtub, Cai Shi was stunned when she heard this, she thought about many possibilities, Chen Mo rushed up, or pretended to be a gentleman, but she didn't think that it would be this result, and after hesitating for a moment, she said softly: "The king has something to say, you might as well say it later." ”

"Nope." Chen Mo shook his head and smiled: "If there is nothing important, I will leave first." ”

Cai was in a hurry, got up and came out of the bathtub, and walked out from behind the screen with only one piece of profane clothes, which were stuck to his body by water, although he did not reveal anything, but it was even more reverie.

"Ma'am, it's over." Chen Mo admired the scene in front of him, shook his head and smiled.

"Your Majesty, but the concubine's posture is not in the eyes of the king?" Cai gritted his teeth.

"Naturally not, Madame is beautiful and quite charming." Chen Mo shook his head: "But...... There are some things that have to be achieved like this, what can be given to Mrs. Lonely, Mrs. will not say, Lone will also give, but Lone can not give, you and I are what happened today, after going out, Lone will not admit it, let alone give more points, so, Mrs. is still willing? ”

"The king is so incomprehensible?" He bit his lip and muttered softly.

"Yes, my wives and concubines sometimes say the same, they have been fighting for many years, they are dyed with evil spirits, how many men in the army can solve the amorous feelings?" Chen Mo took off a piece of clothing from the hanger, stepped forward to help Cai's put it on, and sighed and said: "Madame, there is no need to be like this, after this battle, I can ensure that your mother and son are rich and noble, and if Madame wants to remarry, Lone can choose a good match for Mrs., if there is nothing else, Lone will not disturb Mrs. Bathing." ”

After speaking, Chen Mo ignored Cai's either, turned around and exited the inner hall, and left straight with Dian Wei.

"Your Majesty, so fast?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in some surprise.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't!"

"Whoa!"