With Dong Yun's sworn statement, coupled with knowing what Cao Cao did in the north, Liu Cong felt that it was time to attack Yizhou, and he had to speed up, otherwise once Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, after recovering, he would think of going south, and whether he attacked Jingzhou or Yangzhou, Liu Cong had to devote most of his energy to deal with it.

After repeated discussions with Fa Zheng and Pang Tong, Liu Cong decided to adopt the middle strategy of the three strategies offered by Pang Tong to attack Yizhou, which was also in line with Liu Cong's consistent style. Steadiness first! Since it is necessary to attack Yizhou, the target must be Chengdu, and it is bound to be known to Jingzhou and Shangyong's Bu Liuming and Brazil Dong Yun and other relevant personnel. Especially Dong Yun, he must speed up the pace of convincing his father. Jingzhou could not be lazy, in case the battle reached a stalemate, Jingzhou may have to send troops to support at any time.

Liu Cong then ordered the fast horse to send the news to various places, and at the same time prepared to pull out the camp and return to Jingzhou, earn Yang Huai and Gao Pei to see them off, and Takemoto killed two people during the banquet according to Pang Tong's strategy, and then earned 20,000 defenders of Baishui Pass. Liu Cong thought very carefully, these defenders have made a lot of progress through nearly a year of contact with the Jingzhou soldiers, and their feelings are also a lot more harmonious, especially Li Hui and other 500 soldiers who have participated in training in Jiameng, and they have deep feelings for Liu Cong.

But Liu Cong also knew that he still couldn't influence Yang Huai and Gao Pei now, and the best way was to kill these generals who were loyal to Liu Zhang. On the sixth day after the whole army was almost prepared and Liu Cong sent a messenger, Pang Tong personally prepared to receive Yang Huai, Gao Pei and others.

Just when everything was ready, a messenger came from Jiameng County, eight hundred miles in an urgent hurry, from Xiangyang.

Pang Tong took the messenger's letter and looked at it, dumbfounded! Crow's mouth, crow's mouth! What can I do? Fa Zheng on the side saw that Pang Tong was distracted, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Shiyuan, what's wrong?" ”

"Something big, something big! Lord, lord! Pang Tong didn't pay attention to Fazheng, but took the letter and picked up the messenger and went straight to Liu Cong's resting place.

Hearing the hurried footsteps outside, Liu Cong thought it was a guard, but he didn't expect it to be Pang Tong who came in. Liu Cong motioned to Pang Tong to find a seat by himself, and then said with a smile: "Shiyuan, what's so urgent?" Yang Huai and Gao Pei have arrived? ”

"No, my lord, it's not that they've arrived."

"That's?" Liu Cong soon noticed that Pang Tong was holding a letter in his hand, and he was followed by small soldiers.

"Lord, it's Jingzhou...... A messenger from Jingzhou has arrived! ”

"Jingzhou? What's up? Liu Cong suddenly became nervous at this time, thinking that Pang Tong was not an abrupt person, since he was so nervous, it must be a big deal.

"My lord, please look at ......" Pang Tong quickly handed over the letter.

Liu Cong looked at the two people who came in, and reached out to take the letter. When I first took a look, I was also shocked.

The letter did come from Jingzhou, and it was written by Zhuge Liang himself. Liu Cong saw that there were still others, so he calmed down a little, sat back in place, and looked at the letter carefully.

Zhuge Liang said in a letter in an almost anxious tone: "Lord Mingjian, Xiangfan Governor Huang Zu, Zhengnan General Mansion Governor Shi Wenpin, Sima Zhuge Liang wept blood and knelt down: After Cao Cao returned from Guanzhong, he did not lead the army back to Yecheng, but was directly stationed in Xuchang. According to the report from my Jingzhou spies, Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of the fact that the lord was in Yizhou to lead his troops to attack Jingzhou again......

Although the ministers and others have started to deploy as soon as possible, they are afraid that the thieves are powerful...... The ministers and other lords led the army back to Jingzhou as soon as possible, and it was best to get the help of the Yizhou soldiers and food, so that they could compete with Cao Cao for a long time...... "The more you look, the more sweat on Liu Cong's forehead. Obviously, he didn't expect that Cao Cao would march south at this time, Zhuge Liang was cautious by nature, and Wen Ping and Huang Zu had many years of battlefield experience, if it wasn't for the seriousness of the situation......

"When are you leaving from Xiangyang?" After Liu Cong finished reading the letter, Pang Tongye told him that behind him was a messenger from Xiangyang.

"Back to the lord, the little one set off from Xiangyang three days ago."

"Eight hundred miles expedited?" Liu Cong's heart was a little colder, the journey from Xiangyang to this place was more than 1,200 miles, and the messenger arrived so quickly, which just showed that this was the most urgent military situation.

"Shi Yuan, go to Wen Chang, Wen Ze, Xiaozhi and others to come and discuss." Liu Cong really doesn't want to give up Yizhou, Liu Zhang can invite himself to Shu this time is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he has also left a good reputation in Jiameng this year. If, as the letter says, return to the teacher immediately, then these efforts will be in vain, especially the efforts of Fa Zheng and Dong Yun and others.

But Liu Cong didn't dare to be careless, if Cao Cao was really stationed in Xuchang and took the opportunity to go south, the situation in Jingzhou would be very critical, even if he captured Yizhou, it would be a few months later, and he didn't know if Jingzhou was still there at that time. Although Yizhou is good, Jingzhou is its own nest in the end, and the soldiers and people have been naturalized. There are still many people in Yizhou who reject themselves.

Pang Tong, a big crow's mouth, why do you want to return to the teacher and earn Yang Huai and Gao Pei, this is good, it will come true? ! Of course, Liu Cong knew that this had nothing to do with Pang Tong, Pang Tong's strategy was excellent, but it didn't follow people's wishes on this day.

"You can tell me in detail......" Taking advantage of the time when Pang Tong gathered everyone, Liu Cong sat down again and asked the messenger.

"When the governor came, he repeatedly instructed that this matter was of great importance and should not be easily divulged...... When Xiao set out, it was the end of the discussion between General Wen Ping and Huang Dudu and Mr. Kong Ming...... "The messenger can know limited, but some information is not favorable to Jingzhou, which can make it difficult for Liu Cong."

The messenger intermittently finished talking about the situation in Jingzhou, and Wei Yan, Yu Ban and others were almost there, so Liu Cong asked Pang Tong to circulate the letter from Jingzhou.

Everyone was shocked and then stunned when they saw it, and then they made a difficulty. Because from the very beginning, they knew that they had come to Yizhou with Liu Cong, and now they were ready to go back to the division to rescue.

"I want to go back to Jingzhou and leave in five days. Shi Yuan, give Liu Jiyu, let him support some soldiers and grain and grass in Jingzhou, and notify Xiu Zhao (Dong Yun) and Ziqiao (Zhang Song) to come to say goodbye...... Xiaozhi, you can go back to Jingzhou with me this time. Liu Cong was reluctant to go back to Jingzhou now, but since such a big thing happened in Jingzhou, Liu Cong didn't dare to take the risk. After a short pause, the assignment began.

Zhang Song can continue to stay in Chengdu to do internal response, Dong Yun looks at his own wishes, Liu Cong gets along with Fa Zheng this year, and also feels that he is indispensable for his future great cause, so he directly proposed to take Fa Zheng back to Jingzhou. ”

"No, Ming Gong, God gives you the opportunity, if Ming Gong doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to benefit the state, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the future. Xiaozhi was willing to persuade the soldiers of Baishuiguan for the Ming Duke, and then there were two generals, Wen Chang and Wen Ze, who led the army to Chengdu in a few days. That Liu Zhang is a coward, and he will not dare to resist......"

"Yes, the opportunity is rare, please think ......twice" Liu Cong wanted to return to his teacher, and Pang didn't think of any good way when he was unified, so he had to ask Liu Cong to think twice.

"Lord, wait." Wei Yan didn't believe it was true after reading the letter, he had a similar worry before, but Liu Cong persuaded him, he always felt that the lord's consideration was reasonable, even if Cao Cao occupied Guanzhong at this moment, but Ma Chao and Han Sui's forces were still there. And after more than half a year of conquest, how can there be any reason not to rest?

"You, get up for me, who are you, where do you live, where did you get this letter, and dare to deceive my lord......" Wei Yan grabbed the messenger standing beside him and interrogated, his right hand holding the hilt of his sword.

"Chief, don't be reckless...... The messenger is tired, so let him go down and rest early. ”

"Lord, this book is not credible, this person may be a Chengdu spy!" Wei Yan saw that Liu Cong was blocking him, so he expressed his worries.

"No, this is Kong Ming's own handwriting, I can still see the handwriting."

"My lord, Yizhou is a vast land and a lot of talents, maybe there are people who are good at this technique and imitate Mr. Kong Ming......" Hearing Liu Cong say this, although Wei Yan let go of the messenger, he still refused to let go.

Liu Cong heard Wei Yan say this, and was a little hesitant, in his impression, in history, Cao Cao, in order to get Liu Bei's adviser Xu Shu, was to imitate Xu Mu's handwriting and successfully bring Xu Shu to Xuchang, but Zhuge Liang was far away in Xiangyang, could it be that Liu Zhang was already aware of his intentions? And then...... If that's the case, it's not going to be good.

"Lord, the little one is indeed from Xiangyang, and the little one has been from Zhonglu for generations." Hearing the conversation between Liu Cong and Wei Yan, the messenger was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and explained again and again.

"Really? I ask you, what is your name, and when did you arrive in the army? Wei Yan still refused to let the messenger go.

"Little Shao Xuan, General Wen's subordinates who arrived the year before last, were selected as messengers because of their good equestrian skills, and this mission was also personally selected by General Wen ......"

"Chief Wen, let him go down and rest first." Pang Tong was the first to see the messenger, who was more like a native of Xiangyang in terms of appearance and accent.

"Lord, generals, I remember, I have here the token that Mr. Kong Ming gave before leaving......" The messenger wiped his sweat while reaching into his arms and taking out a thing: "Mr. Kong Ming is still smart, so he gave me this ......"

"You rammer, don't take it out sooner." Wei Yan had a fire in his heart, snatched the token, looked at it carefully, and then handed it to Liu Cong: "Lord, this seems to be Mr. Kong Ming's ......"

"Well, let's go down and rest first."

Liu Cong didn't want to embarrass the messenger anymore, even if he was really a spy, he could still send the messenger to Xiangyang for verification, and he would definitely be exposed at that time, seeing that he was young and not like a veteran, Liu Cong would rather believe that this letter was true, and then it was the right thing to discuss what to do.

"Lord, Mr. Kong Ming is a cautious person, since Jingzhou is in danger, it is better for the lord to return to Jingzhou as soon as possible. Ban Yuan and Mr. Pang are stationed here to wait for the lord to return. Yu Ban, who had been silent, spoke, he knew what Liu Cong was hesitating about, and he also knew why Wei Yan was annoyed, he had been living in Jiameng for a year, and he was finally about to set off, but suddenly such a song came, and everyone was aggrieved.