However, he said that Cao Cao had no choice, he rode 200,000 to the south, mobilized the army, and spent countless money and food.

Furthermore, if Liu Cong is left alone, Liu Cong will inevitably be stationed by Guan Yu and Sun Quan, how can he be a lamb among the wolves?

Seeing Guan Yu grow, this is not good, so if you want to fight, you must fight.

The attack on Anlu was hindered by the heavens, and it was not overcome.

Attacking Xinye will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it may not be able to be defeated.

It was easy to attack Fancheng and Xiangyang, but Wang Wei and Huang Zhong returned to the Guan family, resulting in no naval army to use. Zhou Yuxing attacked Huangzu and then annexed the four counties of Jingnan.

Cao Cao could only stare dryly.

Now the plan, Cao Cao can only appoint Kuai Yue and Han Song, hoping to use the fame of these people to stabilize the hearts of the scholars, suppress them with strong troops for a while, and make time for Wen to hire and train the general army well.

As long as there is a water army, it can guarantee a way out and a food route. Cao Cao can duel with Zhou Yu.

Forget about Xinye, this city can only be besieged, not attacked.

said that Prime Minister Cao Cheng was already racking his brains. But people's hearts are really unpredictable.

Fangling area, the north bank of the Han River.

Except for a few times when Liao Hua went to the south bank to carry out heavy supplies, he basically led the ships, floated on the river, and ate, drank, and lazar on the boat.

Li Zheng, Zhang Bao, Mi Wei, Zhao Tong and other four generals, commanded more than 20,000 troops in Jiangbei, and Ma Liangwei joined the army with the army.

This has been the case for a long time.

The three forces of the Guan family in Jingzhou, the Fangling County forces, the Xinye forces, and the Zhuge Liang forces, are like independent existences and are not connected with each other.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao can't beat it.

If the army is in motion, rescue each other. Cao Cao can come to a siege point to send reinforcements. Now throw three bones to Cao Cao to gnaw, Cao Cao can't gnaw them, so he can only beat Liu Cong.

The weather in this area of Fangling is also sunny and sunny. But with the arrival of winter, the weather is getting colder and colder. On the surface of the Han River, there are even cases where ice has been found.

It's cold.

This group of men and horses is Li Zheng's moderation, and Ma Liang joined the army.

But the generals guarded their camps and did not interfere with each other. At this moment, in the big tent of Li Zhengda's camp, there is a pot of fire, and fish soup is burning on the fire.

On the edge of the Han River, Liaohua's navy fished from time to time, and the supply of fish in the army was also very sufficient.

Li Zheng and Ma Liang are sitting in front of the brazier and roasting the fire.

"Good weather." Ma Liang smiled and put his hand in front of the brazier, and saw that the fish soup in the pot was cooked, so he asked Li Zheng's personal soldiers to get a bowl of fish soup to eat. Ma Liang drank the fish soup very elegantly, and said meaningfully.

"yes. In recent years, winters have been cold, but it is rare for the Han water to freeze. Cao Jun is mostly from the north, and I am afraid it will be difficult to adapt to the weather here. If there is a disease in the army, its soldiers and horses will be defeated. Of course Li Zheng understood, and said with a smile.

He smelled the aroma of fish soup and asked his soldiers to get a bowl to drink.

Cao's army is invincible in the north, how to win?

It's just a navy and a sky.

It rained and protected Zhuge Liang. The weather is very cold this year, and it will also cause trouble to Cao Cao.

"If the disease is rampant, Cao Cao will be retired next year at most." Li Zheng then said again. Ma Liang nodded.

In the meantime, a soldier walked in from outside, holding a bamboo tube in his hand. The report said: "Report to the general. Li Junshou sent someone to deliver the official document. ”

Li Zheng and Ma Liang glanced at each other, but Li Zheng didn't pick it up, because Ma Liang was Yang Wu's long history, so he could be regarded as the official of Li Chao, the guard of Fangling County.

Ma Liang stretched out his hand to take the bamboo tube, opened it and took out the silk cloth to look at, his expression moved, and then handed the silk cloth to Li Zheng. Li Zheng stretched out his hand to take it and said in surprise: "Zigui clan, Wang Xu has such courage. ”

Immediately, Li Zheng doubted: "Could it be fraud? ”

But it was the one who rebelled against Cao Cao, not only Li Zhong, the county commander of Yunxian County. This person named Wang Xu is a member of the Zigui clan, and Zigui and the three counties near Zigui are connected to the Fangling Road.

The army walked the mountain road, and it worked.

This Wang Xu's people were quite bold, and they discussed with the clansmen to kill the county order and respond to Guan Ping. hoped that Fang Ling would send troops to respond, but Fang Ling was too guarded by Li Chao to call the shots, so he sent someone to send an official document.

"That Wang Xu is old to my family, he is arrogant and upright, not such a villain. This is credible. "Ma Liang's benefits as a local snake in Jingzhou are revealed, and he is more familiar with local characters.

"If this is the case, then pull out of the camp and go back to Fangling. Liao Hua was ordered to continue to lead the navy to stay in Hanshui, and ordered 20,000 people to garrison Fangling City. We went south to Zigui and confronted Xiahou Yuan. ”

Li Zheng was also courageous, so he said.

"It doesn't have to be a confrontation. If you can confront each other, you will confront each other, and if you can't confront each other, they will migrate the population of Zigui and the three counties and settle in Fangling. Ma Liang said.

"Okay." Li Zheng nodded.

Then Li Zheng sent someone to inform Mi Wei, Zhao Tong, Zhang Bao, Liao Hua and others to uproot the camp and cross the river to go back to Fangling, which was even more difficult to return.

And Liao Hua finally led his troops back to the water village on the south bank and held on.

However, it is said that from Fangling to Zigui, there are several mountain roads that can be walked. Historically, Meng Da sent troops from Zigui and invaded Fangling.

Mountain roads are mountain roads after all, and everyone can still march, but not to mention the rugged and difficult ones. Li Zheng and Ma Liang led the four soldiers and horses, walked along the mountain road, plus heavy grain and grass, and walked for half a month before they came to Zigui from Hanshui.

Zigui belongs to Nanjun, and further west is the boundary of Badong County, which is the gateway to the west of Jingzhou. But Liu Biao and Liu Zhang's two families have not clashed for a long time, and Guan Yu and Jiangdong are strong, so Zigui has no garrison in this place for a long time.

Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to lead troops to defend Nanjun, mainly in Jiangling City. Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to divide his troops too much, for fear of being broken one by one.

All in all, Zigui was completely defenseless.

When Li Zheng and Ma Liang arrived outside Zigui City from the north, the gate of Zigui City was closed. Li Zheng sent someone to call the door, but the city gate was opened, and Wang Xu Zema walked out of the city.

This heroic man from the Zigui clan is burly and has a hearty smile. He met Li Zheng first, and then greeted Ma Liang.

"In the past, Xiangyang was goodbye, Ji Chang you were just a child. Now it has reached the crown, and the official worships the long history. It's been a long time. Wang Xu said with feelings.

From the bottom of my heart.

It was precisely because he saw that the former boy was so good that Wang Xu took a risk, led his clansmen to kill the Zigui County Order, and responded to Guan Ping, hoping to take this as a meritorious cause and seek an official position.

Moreover, Wang Xu is a local family in Jingzhou, and he is an old friend of the Ma family and the Yin family, so he naturally adapts to the officialdom on Guanping's side.

Ma Liang also greeted Wang Xu, and expressed his willingness to promote Wang Xu to the Marquis of Hanshou on the spot, Wang Xu was overjoyed, and then invited Ma Liang, Li Zheng and other armies to enter the city.

After Li Zheng and others entered the city, the four generals sent troops to guard the city gates.

Then, everyone arrived at the county office together. The county government is very deserted, and there are still blood stains left by the previous Zigui county order in the back house, but no one is pursuing it.

"Ji Chang, this is Zigui's population roster. Are you going to keep it, or are you not going to keep it? After coming to the hall, Ma Liang invited him into the upper seat, and the rest of the people sat on both sides, Wang Xu asked.

Ma Liang casually looked at the population list of Zigui, the population in the city was about 10,000, and the population outside the city was about 20,000. There are also two county towns nearby, both of which are not as large as Zigui.

That adds up to a population of sixty or seventy thousand.

"What is the rice in the granary of the city?" Ma Liang put down the roster and asked.

"About 10,000 stone of grain." Wang Xu's answer was like a stream.

Ma Liang showed a look of satisfaction on his face when he heard this, Jingzhou is still rich. A county with a scale of only 30,000 has 10,000 stone of grain.

"If you have food, you can keep it." Ma Liang nodded and said. Then he said to Zhao Tong and Mi Wei: "The two generals can send troops to capture the other two county seats. Then the people of the other two county towns, plus the people outside the city of Zigui, all moved to Fangling. And with the money, they wantonly bought grain from the people. Hoarding war materiel in Zigui. Although we have captured the three counties, we are stubbornly defending Zigui. ”

"Be quick, as much as you can. Day and night action. Before Xiahou Yuan got the news, he got things done. ”

"No."

Mi Wei, Zhao Tong promised and went down immediately. And Ma Liang and Wang Xu led the officials in the county together, united with the township head, pavilion chief, and lieutenant chief, to purchase the rations in the hands of the people, distribute them to the wealth silk, and order them to go to Fangling to avoid trouble.

Speaking of Fangling Guanping, no one in Jingzhou knows, and no one knows. is brave and good at fighting, and now they have all fought in Hanzhong. In Fangling County, the people are healthy, and now Cao Bing suddenly killed Jingzhou, and the soldiers are in chaos. Comparatively speaking, Fangling is naturally a paradise.

In addition, Ma Liang also promised to go down, and when the war is over, he will let the people return to Zigui to live. Therefore, the people of the three counties, except for a very small number of people who are attached to their homeland, gave their rations to Ma Liang. Ma Liang bought the rations at a higher price than the market price, and then sent the people to Fangling.

There is grain on the side of Fangling, and the people can spend money to buy it. And if the people store grain, if they take it to Fangling, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, but it is extremely difficult to transport.

It's a win-win-win-win thing.

This was done very well, and the army began to move, and large quantities of stones and wood were transported to the city walls.

The treasury of Zigui and the other two counties was also opened, and some weapons were found. It's a pity that there is no iron armor, I heard that Jiangling City in Nanjun is a place where Liu Biao hoarded military supplies, and he may have accumulated a lot of iron armor.

It's a pity that it is currently occupied by Xiahou Yuan.

But it doesn't matter, Li Zheng, Zhao Tong, Mi Wei, and Zhang Bao's soldiers are all quite elite, especially Li Zheng's department, after his department entered Fangling, he has not moved, he has been training all day long, and the soldiers are very strong and resolute.

Moreover, the iron armor rate of the four armies is okay, no matter how you say that there are still three or four hundred pieces of iron armor per army. is much stronger than Zhuge Liang's soldiers.

Not to mention the grain, Ma Liang scavenged enough 100,000 stone of grain from the people, and it would not be a problem for the 20,000 or 30,000 troops to eat for a year.

And Xiahou Yuan is not Xu Huang, Zhang He, and there are not too many people in the department.

According to the news, it should be in twenty or thirty thousand people.

Zigui City can be defended.

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