In the next few days, Liu Cong accompanied Fa Zheng alone and handed over Yang Yi to Iraq. Fa Zheng thought it was because Yang Yi's outspoken words a few days ago annoyed Liu Cong. However, Liu Cong was still very polite to himself, and he was inconvenient to say anything.

On this day, Liu Cong accompanied Fa Zheng on the street of Xiangyang City, passing by a green building, and there was a woman standing at the door who looked like Jiang Li. It makes sense to leave Cai Lin and Jiang Li alone before doing this body. Fa Zheng didn't know Jiang Li's story, and thought that Liu Cong was interested in the mussel girl.

Stunned, Liu Cong smiled in order to avoid embarrassment: "The merchant girls don't know the hatred of the country, and the warbler dance is also a means for them to make a living." I have long heard how beautiful women are in Chengdu, but I don't know how beautiful my Xiangyang woman is in the eyes of Brother Xiaozhi? ”

Fa Zheng thought that Liu Cong had also introduced him, so he stopped again and again: "The general said that he laughed, Chengdu women are indeed beautiful, but there is comparable to Xiangyang, the general's father and son have been running Jingzhou for more than ten years, and the prosperity of Xiangyang is even far beyond the land of Heluo, even Xuchang cannot be compared......"

"Brother Xiaozhi, let's go to the city tower to have a look." Showing off his might is the next move Liu Cong is ready to take. From Fa Zheng's words, it can be seen that he still recognizes the prosperity of Xiangyang. Originally, Liu Cong also had this self-confidence, and since Liu Biao governed Jingzhou, he set up his governance office in Xiangyang, and Luoyang and Chang'an have been wars several times, so prosperity naturally does not have to go to Xiangyang. That Xuchang used to be a small city in the land of the four wars, and after Cao Cao took the state, he began to build Luoyang and Yecheng, and the prosperity of Xuchang is naturally difficult to compare with Xiangyang.

And Fa Zheng's conclusion that Xuchang is inferior to Xiangyang is mostly derived from Zhang Song, which is somewhat credible. As an envoy, he can be invited to visit the school field and the like, even if the salary is relatively high, there are very few ancient people like Fa Zheng who were directly led by Liu Cong to wait for the city wall. In this era, the city walls were the main fortifications of a city, including the height and width of the walls, the distribution of the arrow towers, the number of arrows, and the distance between the walls and the moat, which were top secret before the two armies fought.

Fa Zheng climbed the city wall, and the prosperity of Xiangyang City moved him again. And then Liu Cong was even more blunt: "My Jingzhou mainly relies on the navy to compete with Cao Cao." Therefore, on the edge of the Han River is the Xiangyang * Naval Army Camp. The infantry battalion was located in Fancheng. However, Brother Xiao does not have to go far and near, in addition to the city wall is slightly higher than Xiangyang, there are more bed crossbows and arrow towers than Xiangyang. ”

"In addition, the thunderbolts used for the attack are all arranged in Fancheng. Although these weapons are sharp, they are extremely complicated to transport, and expeditions are not conducive to carrying. ”

"The general is really an accident, he is the envoy of Yizhou, and the general is afraid that I will lose the secret of this city and use it for the general's enemies in the future?"

"Brother Xiao is a smart person, how can he be my enemy. In addition, Jingzhou and Yizhou were both Han territories, but the imperial court was weak, so we had to fight to protect ourselves. Jingzhou and Yizhou are one family, so why should they be so clear. ”

Liu Cong is also tempting, he said this, it is nothing more than two meanings, on the surface, no one can deny that Jingzhou and Yizhou are currently from the Han Dynasty and belong to the same Son of Heaven. There is also the fact that even if the world is in turmoil, Liu Cong is determined to take Yizhou into his own possession. Of course, the latter meaning is very vague, and people who are not on the road may not be able to hear it.

And Fa Zheng obviously heard the meaning, and before he came, Zhang Song repeatedly recommended Liu Cong, the lord of Jingzhou, to him. Today's Liu Zhang has no intention of expanding, and in this troubled era, it is equivalent to sitting still. And Fa Zheng is also good at strategy, and there is no place for him if he doesn't fight. Although the war was brutal, it was only a matter of time before Yizhou was annexed. It's just that this possessor is Cao Cao or Liu Cong or Sun Quan.

Zhang Song was rejected by Cao Cao, but was treated favorably by Liu Cong, so he naturally thought about Liu Cong. Fa Zheng listened to his friend's words and followed Liu Zhang's order to send an envoy to Jingzhou, judging from the contact in the past few days, Fa Zheng also felt that Liu Cong was a rare Ming Jun. It's just that the location of Jingzhou is indeed inferior to Yizhou, if it can help Liu Cong get Yizhou, and then wave his army north to take Xiliang or go east to capture Jiangdong, it is also possible to form a division and even unify the world.

The so-called work from the dragon is that the dragon is still small, and there is no way to soar when he follows, gives advice, finds the dragon's lair for the real dragon, plans the territory, and one day in the future when the real dragon returns to the position and soars into the world, this person from the dragon is a great hero. Fa Zheng obviously didn't want to die of old age under Liu Zhang, but wanted to submit to the dragon before Liu Cong soared.

It is precisely in the past few days that Liu Cong has also revealed his intention to solicit, how can Fa Zheng not see it. Today, Liu Cong directly took himself to the city wall, which is to exchange trust for trust.

"With all due respect, the general is a young talent, and he is the pillar of my Han Dynasty, and I think it is ...... The general should go west as soon as possible and seek Yizhou before Cao Cao can achieve great things! Fa Zheng looked around vigilantly and whispered persuasion.

"Having said that, Shu Road is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Besides, the strength of my Jingzhou is about ...... of Yizhou" Liu Cong tried his best to hide the joy in his heart and told Fa Zheng about his current difficulties: "Cao Cao in the north is not dead, and he wants me to stay in Jingzhou for a long time. Although Jiangdong Sun Quan formed an alliance with me, the premise was that Jingzhou's strength was on par with Jiangdong's. If I move westward and fail to strike a blow and form a general, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, I will definitely take advantage of the weakness! What will I do then? ”

"General Mingjian......" Fa Zheng was about to elaborate, when he suddenly turned around and found that a figure in the distance seemed familiar, so he stopped. Liu Cong, who noticed Fa Zheng's expression, also followed Fa Zheng's gaze, and then called a guard over.

"What just happened?" Liu Cong was very annoyed, he and Fa Zheng had such a private conversation, and someone was eavesdropping?

The guards were also very wronged, because the person who eavesdropped was granted permission by Liu Cong, and Liu Cong said that he could go anywhere else in Xiangyang City except for the inner hall of the General's Mansion.

The guard whispered a few words in Liu Cong's ear, Liu Cong frowned at first, he was very unhappy in his heart, he really hated it!

It's not surprising that this figure is also familiar, he is Yang Yi. Originally, Liu Cong thought that he was born in Xiangyang, and he should still have a little Xiangyang in his heart, so he let him see what was going on in Xiangyang City, and maybe he would move his mind to stay in Xiangyang.

This time Liu Cong was careless, he was actually nearby, and he also eavesdropped on his conversation with Fazheng, and I don't know how much he heard, if he went back to Chengdu and told Liu Zhang about the conversation between the two, wouldn't Fazheng be a dead end? This is also the reason why Fa Zheng is very afraid.

Even if he didn't hear anything, after he went back, he would arrange the Fazheng, and even Zhang Song might be exposed. And the most important thing is that Yang Yi is dedicated to Yizhou, so many secrets in Jingzhou may become the credit for his promotion......

"Brother Xiaozhi, I was disturbed by the villain. The matter has come to this point, I might as well say it directly, Zhang Ziqiao admires you very much, these few days of getting along, Cong also feels that his brother's great talent cannot be displayed in Yizhou, it is better to stay and help me......"

"This ......" Fa Zheng didn't think of this, but because he didn't make up his mind in advance, Fa Zheng's family is in Chengdu at the moment, in Liu Zhang's mind, although Fa Zheng is not so important, but if Yang Yi goes back and plays right and wrong in front of Liu Zhang, then Fa Zheng's family is only afraid......

"General, this matter is difficult to follow! I can't leave my wife and children, my relatives and friends, and enjoy the glory alone! Fa Zheng naturally understands that staying in Xiangyang, Liu Cong will inevitably reuse himself, and compared to his current status in Yizhou, it will definitely be soaring

"So ......" Liu Cong didn't think that he was ruining his family, and even affected Zhang Song. Although Fazheng is very important, it is even more important to win over the hearts of the people in Yizhou, if Fazheng ends up like this, then in the future, how will those civil and military officials view themselves if they win Yizhou? Wouldn't it be too selfish to even ignore the families of his subordinates in order to achieve his own success.

Fa Zheng is no less important to Liu Cong than Zhuge Liang, so we must be cautious in dealing with this matter, since Fa Zheng can't stay, and of course can't be killed by Liu Zhang, then there is only one way left......