Yuan Yao has a reputation for knowing people and being good at their duties, and seeing Zhuge Liang, whom Yuan Yao and Pang Tong both attach so much importance to, everyone no longer dares to underestimate them, and they all bowed and said: "Promise, we will be careful when we receive the order!" ”

Yuan Yao nodded slightly, and then said: "Although Cao Cao has led his army north to conquer the four states of Hebei, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch our army capture the land of Jingzhou, which can be seen from the withdrawal of Cao Ren's main troops and horses from Nanyang City and retreat to Runan County. The Jingzhou army alone is certainly not the opponent of our army, then Liu Biao will definitely ask Liu Bei for help, Liu Bei has great ambitions, and he is also coveted for the land of Jingzhou, and now the Cao army retreats to Runan County, which gives him the opportunity to support the land of Jingzhou, Liu Bei will not miss the opportunity, and will definitely send troops to Jingzhou to join the battlefield. ”

"Shi Yuan, in your opinion, how will Liu Bei's army send troops?"

Pang Tong stared at the map next to him for a while, and said: "As far as the minister knows, Liu Bei and Cai Mao's feud is quite suppressed by the Cai family, although its garrison Xinye has a certain degree of autonomy, but Xinye alone can't raise many soldiers and horses, even if Liu Bei got some supplements after conquering Wancheng, but the number of soldiers and horses under his command is not much, and now there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses." ”

"Sending troops from Xinye to fight with our army, there are only two roads, one road is to cross the land of Nanyang County, and send troops through Suixian County to take Anlu City, Anlu City has 10,000 elite soldiers garrisoned by Lu Ziming, Liu Bei is categorically difficult to capture Anlu City with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses; Moreover, even if Liu Bei's army reluctantly broke through Anlu City, most of his soldiers and soldiers will definitely lose most of their combat strength, and at that time, our army can take advantage of its unstable foothold and send troops to recapture Anlu City at any time. ”

"Attacking Anlu City through Suixian will only make it lose soldiers and horses and cannot change the situation in Jingzhou, with Zhuge Liang's vision, he will definitely not choose this road to send troops!"

"In addition to the road across Nanyang County, the remaining road that Liu Bei's army can take is to go south to Xiangyang first, and then come to fight with our army after joining forces with Cai Mao's Xiangyang soldiers and horses in the Xiangyang area."

"The battle of Jingzhou gathered 130,000 people of our main army, and there were more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, and now more than 300,000 soldiers and horses on both sides of the enemy and us gathered on the battlefield of Jingzhou, if Liu Bei only participated with 10,000 soldiers and horses, no matter how elite these 10,000 soldiers and horses were, no matter how resourceful Zhuge Liang was, it would be difficult to recover this huge gap in strength, so the minister thought that after Liu Bei sent his troops, the first thing he would do would be to try to seize the military power of at least one army!"

"Liu Bei went south to Xiangyang and joined forces with Cai Mao's 100,000 army, which will give him the possibility of plotting to seize the military power of Cai Mao's army, he only has to seize the military power of Cai Mao's 100,000 army first, in order to have the possibility of confronting the lord and conspiring to seize Jingzhou, with Zhuge Liang's wisdom and insight, he will not fail to see this, so the minister thinks that Liu Bei will definitely choose this road to send troops!"

Yuan Yao nodded slightly, and said, "What does the military advisor think should be done to deal with this matter?" ”

Pang Tong replied: "After Zhuge Liang joined Liu Bei, he had not yet established military merits, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were battlefield generals, and they must be dissatisfied with him; Although Liu Biao in Jingzhou was afraid of using Liu Bei in the main guild, he also knew that Liu Bei's fame was far and wide and he had great ambitions, so he must be jealous of him in his heart; Jingzhou military advisor Cai Mao was already at odds with Liu Bei, as long as he provoked a little, Cai Mao would definitely hate Liu Bei even more. ”

"The lord can let people go to Xinye Xiangyang and other places to spread rumors, saying that Zhuge Liang has already secretly served the lord, and wants to use Liu Bei's power to seize the military power of Xiangyang, and then cooperate with the lord to help the lord seize Xiangyang City and capture Liu Bei, and then between Liu Bei's subordinates and the military, the relationship between Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others and Liu Bei will be even more discordant, so that there will be an opportunity for the lord to take advantage of!"

"Moreover, if the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang want to go south, they must first break through Jingling City, and the lord can send additional soldiers and horses to Jingling City, in case Liu Bei's soldiers and horses and Xiangyang soldiers and horses work together to attack Jingling City, so that everything can be guaranteed!"

After listening to Pang Tong's words, Yuan Yao said: "What Shiyuan said is reasonable, Mao Xiang, the matter of spreading rumors will be handed over to you to cooperate with the military advisor." ”

Mao Xiang bowed down and responded: "No, the last general will take the order, and he will live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

"The Hebei War has begun, and we can't miss the opportunity, and the generals will listen to the !!"

Everyone under Yuan Yao's command bowed down and bowed: "I'm waiting here!" ”

"Zhou Yu listens to orders!"

Zhou Yu stepped forward and bowed, and responded: "The last general Zhou Yu listens to the order!" ”

Yuan Yao thought for a moment, with the wisdom of Zhou Yu and Zhang Dingbian, plus 40,000 elites, it should be more than enough to guard against Xiangyang soldiers and horses, even with the possible arrival of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and others, they should be able to hold Jingling City, and prevent Xiangyang soldiers and horses from continuing to go south, so he ordered: "You lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to Jingling City, and guard against the enemy's Xiangyang soldiers and horses together with Zhang Dingbian's soldiers and horses. ”

When Zhou Yu heard this, he bowed down and responded: "No, the last general will take the order, and he will live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

"Yue Fei and Chen Deng listen to the order!"

Yue Fei and Chen Deng stepped forward and bowed, and responded, "I'm waiting here!" ”

"The soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou Army are the weakest, especially the Linxiang soldiers and horses, and our troops should destroy this army and horses first to grasp the initiative on the battlefield!"

When Yuan Yao said this, he looked at Yue Fei and Chen Deng, and continued to order: "Yue Fei, you will lead your troops and horses to Baling immediately to gallop to help, and the soldiers and horses of Wei Yansuo stationed in Baling will also obey your dispatch, most of the 70,000 soldiers and horses of the enemy army in the Linxiang area are rabble, and your 40,000 elite combat strength has already gained the upper hand, you will definitely defeat the enemy army in the shortest possible time, and I will have my own arrangements for your troops and horses at that time." ”。

"Chen Deng, I have ordered Yue Yun to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses from Huiji County to Yuzhang County to come to help, when you return to Yuzhang County, these 20,000 soldiers and horses will definitely arrive in Yuzhang County, Yue Yun is brave and good at fighting, but he is a little young and easy to be impulsive, so you will lead this army out of Gan County, go to attack Guiyang, Lingling and Wuling County, after the three counties of Jingnan sent troops to Changsha County, the strength of each county is empty like an empty city, your department must capture the land of these three counties with lightning speed, Then cooperate with Yue Fei's troops and horses to gather and destroy the enemy's Linxiang soldiers and horses. ”

"The 70,000 soldiers and horses in the four counties of Jingnan and the enemy's Linxiang area will be handed over to the two of you, and the two of you will work together to finish this battle as quickly as possible, do you have any objections?"