"You are also a person who has been fighting for a long time, and before entering the city, you won't send someone into the city to have a look!?" Outside the ruins of Xinye or Xinye City, Zhang Liao looked at the disgraced Zhu Sheng, whether it was in the Lu Bu era or now after being attached to Chen Mo, the Nanyang army has rarely been defeated, and now this battle has not started, even after a few defeats, although it is not a big defeat, but for the Ming army, it is also a shameless thing, giving people the feeling that they are being pressed and beaten by the Jingzhou army, even for Zhang Liao himself, it is also a shameless thing.

"The last general is incompetent, please surrender the general!" Zhu Sheng saluted Zhang Liao with some shame.

"A fine of one year, thirty military staffs, and meritorious service." Zhang Liao didn't directly order the fight, and he had to use people in the next war, and it was not now that he wanted to be punished.

"Thank you, General!" Zhu Sheng bowed and said.

"General, now that Xinye has been destroyed, why don't you move the army to Deng County and wait for the lord's army to arrive?" A general looked at the ruined city in front of him and frowned.

Zhang Liao looked at the collapsed city wall, it is impossible to rebuild a city, but to say that the army is moved to Deng County, the geographical location of Deng County can not be compared with Xinye, as the gateway to Jingxiang, occupying Xinye, the Jingzhou army can play little space.

"No need, just take the ruins of Xinye as the center, set up camp, and prepare to welcome the lord!" Zhang Liao shook his head, looked into the distance and said, "Many scouts, especially the woods and hills around here, must be explored, don't be taken advantage of by the enemy again!" ”

Before, Huang Li lost Xinye somewhat of his own slackness, and he rushed out without exploring the surrounding situation, and took over not only Xinye was lost, but Deng County was also lost, and the people of the two counties were now moved.

Nanyang does not have too many troops, in the face of a strong city like Xiangfan, and a defensive line with the same qi and branches, it is almost impossible to break through with this little soldier and horse in Zhang Liao's hands, so he can only wait for Chen Mo's army to arrive before making calculations, but the intelligence needs to be discovered.

"Whoa!"

The generals were ordered, and each went to arrange things.

On the other side, in Xiangyang City, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and Ji Ling studied the next layout, Zhang Fei rushed in, and when he saw Zhuge Liang, he said: "Kong Ming, make a report, that Zhang Liao has led the army to Xinye, and is now camping in Xinye, how about I lead my troops to fight?" ”

Last time he suffered Zhang Liao's loss in Nanyang, Zhang Fei has always remembered it, and now that the two sides are facing each other, Zhang Fei naturally wants to be ashamed.

"Zhang Liao is different from Huang Li and Zhu Sheng, this person is a general under Chen Mo, and he was a wise general around Lu Bu earlier, with both civil and military skills, and he can't be underestimated when he fights." Zhuge Liang shook his head after thinking for a moment when he heard this.

It is not difficult for his father's ordinary generals, but for a brave and resourceful general like Zhang Liao, he feels that he should be more careful, and wants to clean up Zhang Liao like deceiving Huang Li and Zhu Sheng, Zhuge Liang is not sure.

Under Chen Mo's command, there are not many generals who can make Zhuge Liang jealous, but Zhang Liao is definitely among them, and even if the opponent is Lu Bu, Zhuge Liang will not worry too much.

"Then you watched him show off his martial arts in Xinye?" Zhang Fei said a little unpleasantly.

"Now is the time for us to negotiate with Jiangdong, the previous few small victories are enough, but if we are a little careless at this time, we will lose the last one, our army will fall into a disadvantageous situation, and now Chen Mo is going south, we need Jiangdong's assistance!" Zhuge Liang patiently explained.

Zhang Fei was still a little dissatisfied, but seeing Zhuge Liang's serious face, he didn't mention the matter of the army again, just waited for the negotiation with Jiangdong before talking about it.

"Kong Ming, Jiangdong grew up in the navy, and now if he agrees to send troops, he will also send troops from Jiangxia and go to land, I'm afraid Jiangdong won't help much." Guan Yu frowned.

"Yun Chang didn't know, Cao Cao's army was defeated, and he was ready to defect to Jiangdong, many of Cao's generals are now in Jiangdong, training elite soldiers for Jiangdong, this war, I'm afraid it is still dominated by Cao's generals, like Cao Ang, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhen, Xiahouba and other Cao generals can also be generals, and now the power of Jiangdong's land war is not weak!" Zhuge Liang smiled.

Guan Yu frowned, the generals of the Cao family, he still knows Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, as for what Zhuge Liang said, in Guan Yu's opinion, they are just juniors, how can they be compared with Chen Mo's Ming army?

"Military advisor, if Jiangdong agrees to send troops this time, how many soldiers and horses can he send?" Ji Ling on the side asked.

This is a key issue, this time Chen Mo is menacing, claiming to be 500,000, if Jiangdong only symbolically sends tens of thousands of horses, it will not help at all.

"Thirty thousand to fifty thousand." Zhuge Liang thought about it and said, Jiangdong is afraid that he still has resentment towards Liu Bei, and he will definitely send troops due to the situation, but it is impossible to bet his family on this battle, after all, as Guan Yu said, the strongest in Jiangdong is still the navy.

Thirty or fifty thousand, plus the soldiers and horses that Jingzhou has gathered now, and they are on the defensive, they can fight with the Ming army, after all, they have a strong city and a favorable location, if Liu Bei can come back in time, it is enough to fight with Chen Mo.

"Kong Ming, now that he is critically ill and fighting, brother, should you ask your brother to return to the division as soon as possible to rescue?" Guan Yu asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "If you don't have Xichuan, you will hold it this time, Sun Quan will not give me the opportunity to take Xichuan again, if the lord returns to the master at this time, then the previous efforts will be wasted, this battle Liang has already thought about it, you don't have to worry, you will be able to hold it!" ”

If Liu Bei comes back, the grasp of blocking Chen Mo will naturally be greater, but in this way, the previous plans in Sichuan are tantamount to being in vain, and once this opportunity is missed, Zhuge Liang estimates that he may not have the opportunity to enter Sichuan again in his lifetime, Chen Mo will not give them this opportunity, and Sun Quan will not either.

……

Koto, Chaisang.

"Gongyou, since the lord has agreed to this matter, we should naturally try our best to help, but Xuande Gong is now attacking Xichuan, knowing that Chen Mo is coming to attack and does not want to return to the division, it is okay to send troops, but the two counties of Wuling and Lingling that promised us need to be delivered as soon as possible!" Zhou Yu looked at Sun Qian and said with a smile: "I don't believe it, it's just that Xuande Gong's actions are indeed a bit excessive." ”

If Liu Bei can really take Xichuan, then let Liu Bei go to Xichuan, Jiangdong has Jingxiang, in this way, the cooperation between the two sides is actually more beneficial, Liu Bei can cut down Xiliang and Sanfu, and Jiangdong can also have more choices in addition to Jianghuai.

"Don't worry, the governor has come this time, the military advisor has already instructed that Lingling can be handed over first, and after this battle, Wuling will definitely give it away!" Sun Qian said with a smile.

If you don't let it, there is no way, now the existing forces in Jingzhou are almost all concentrated in the Xiangfan area, the rear is empty, not to mention the large-scale invasion of Jiangdong, even if a few bandits with more people come at random, even if Jiangdong wants to take it by force now, Jingzhou has to pinch its nose and admit it, in this case, it is better to accept it generously.

Zhou Yu nodded, this is also reasonable, if this battle fails, at least they still have a deep place, so that they will not be beaten homeless all at once, Liu Bei will even cut off the way back.

"Governor, the Ming army is coming, I don't know when the governor is going to send troops?" Sun Qian was a little anxious, he had already received a letter yesterday, Zhang Liao, as Chen Mo's vanguard, had arrived in Xinye, Chen Mo's army was probably not far away, if Jiangdong did not send troops again, it would be too late.

"Don't worry, my lord is already gathering troops, and he can cross the river to Jiangxia tomorrow at the latest." Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Will Gongyou return to the army immediately, or will he go back with the army?" ”

Sun Qian hesitated, shook his head and said: "In the next corrupt Confucian, even if you go back, you can't help the army to break the enemy, so I will bother you for another night, and I will go back with the army tomorrow." ”

"It's okay, Ziming, arrange for Mr. Gongyou to go back and rest." Zhou Yu nodded and looked at a general beside him.

"Whoa!" The general agreed and made a gesture of invitation to Sun Gan.

"There is labor." Sun Qian nodded, and after saluting Zhou Yu, he turned around and left.

Seeing Sun Gan's departing back disappear, Zhou Yu took the others back to the Chaisang Office and explained to Sun Quan.

"My lord, it has been decided that our army can be stationed in Lingling at any time, and as for Wuling, they will give it after the war." Zhou Yu smiled at Sun Quan.

"Gong Jin, I don't believe you, it's just Liu Bei...... If you can win this battle, are you really willing to hand over Wuling? Sun Quan frowned and asked.

"Actually......" Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Yu hopes that he will not make a handover, so that our army can justifiably start a war with it, just after fighting Chen Mo, even if he can finally retreat from the enemy, the Jingzhou army will be seriously damaged, if he is unwilling to hand over Wuling, our army can justifiably attack Jingzhou, and then not only Wuling, Nanjun will also belong to the lord." ”

When Sun Quan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and smiled: "Gong Jin has a good idea in his heart, this time to help Jingzhou, I don't know what Gong Jin thinks, how much should our army send?" ”

It is impossible to do his best, this war is to help Liu Bei take the blame, Liu Bei himself doesn't want to contribute, but he relies on his lips and teeth to play tricks with him, Sun Quan can be happy to see the hell, not to mention the right to help, Sun Quan takes care of the overall situation when he sends troops.

"Over the years, our army has successively trained a lot of infantry troops, the last general thought that the infantry army could go out, with Cao Ang, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhang, Xiahou Ba, Cao Zhen and other generals as the mainstay, they are good at land warfare, as for the troops, too few may not be able to stop the Ming army, the last general thought that 50,000 troops could be sent to the Jiangxia battlefield." Zhou Yu said solemnly.

"Fifty thousand!?" Sun Quan was a little distressed when he heard this.

"Otherwise, it may be difficult to stop the Ming army." Zhou Yu nodded, even so, the two families combined are only 80,000, if they are not fighting at home, and Jingzhou is not as smooth as the Central Plains, I am afraid that even if Jiangdong does not do his best, he will have to put most of his wealth here.

After Sun Quan pondered for a moment, he looked at Zhou Yu and said, "Fifty thousand is okay, but this battle can't be led by Cao Ang, and Gong Jin needs to be in charge of the army." ”

Even if the Cao family surrenders now, it is not at ease after all.

"Whoa!" Zhou Yu nodded and agreed, which was also a way to reassure everyone.