It was not an easy task to repair the arrow tower, first of all, it was necessary to send someone to clean up the previously destroyed arrow tower, including the wood and the foundation buried in the earth, although Wei Yan personally supervised the formation, and completely repaired the destroyed during the day until the second half of the night.

Fortunately, there was plenty of wood in Fancheng, and Cao's army did not send troops to harass him at night.

At dawn the next day, Zhang Liao came to the moat early, and was not surprised to see that the arrow tower that his subordinates had worked hard to destroy yesterday was suddenly new, everyone was a general, once they clearly understood the power of the arrow tower, one must try their best to destroy, and the other is to try their best to maintain this advantage.

Cao Cao's task for Zhang Liao today was to tentatively attack the city wall, so he had to start with destroying the arrow tower.

But soon Zhang Liao paid the price for it, and according to Liu Cong's instructions, Wenpin divided all the generals stationed in Fancheng into contracting areas, and each of them was responsible for supervising the battle of several arrow towers. There is a lord who will supervise the battle on the city wall, and the combat effectiveness of the archers on the arrow tower has also increased a lot.

Therefore, Zhang Liao also paid a heavy price for his mission.

After carrying out two attacks, Zhang Liao collected his troops early, and he went straight to Cao Cao's tent: "Prime Minister, the casualties in such a siege are too great, please order the moat to be filled as soon as possible!" ”

Of course, Cao Cao knew that Zhang Liao was by no means a coward, and his judgment Cao Cao was absolutely convinced!

So soon, on the other side of the moat, a large number of busy figures appeared everywhere to take soil and load soil.

Seeing the enemy act like this, the Jingzhou soldiers guarding the arrow tower also shook their heads helplessly.

Although the task of supervising the battle of several generals was relaxed, everyone knew that every time the Cao army pushed forward, the battle would be fierce, and when the Cao army filled the moat, Fancheng would directly face the impact of more than 100,000 people.

"Lord, Cao Jun is like this, it's better for us to send a death squad to make trouble!" When everyone quieted down, Liu Cong gathered all the generals together to discuss countermeasures, and Liu Pan couldn't help but kill Cao when he saw that Cao Jun had tens of thousands of people without weapons and shovels.

"Troublemaking is a must, but not now, but at night! You and General Huang can go to prepare the cavalry, set off from the north gate at night, and kill all the way, I want you to stir up Cao Ying! ”

"Huh?"

"Our cavalry will not appear for a few days, Cao Jun must have forgotten about you, this time I don't have any specific requirements for you, on the premise of protecting yourself as much as possible, you don't need too much killing, just let more Cao Jun know about your existence. In addition, tonight you will not go back to Fancheng directly, but Gongyi will pick you up in the upper reaches of the Han River. From tomorrow onwards, your mission is no longer to harass the Cao army, but to ambush the Cao army in the Cao camp who are cutting down trees and making equipment! ”

Liu Pan and Huang Zhong were sweating profusely after hearing this, and Liu Cong understated on the map, but how difficult it was to cross Cao Ying. As soon as the cavalry leaves the city gate, it will definitely alarm the Cao army on the other side, and when all 4,000 people leave the city, I am afraid that the Cao camp will already be brightly lit and ready for battle!

"Don't worry, although Cao Jun is outnumbered, I don't think Cao Cao will dare to attack. So many of you went out of the city, and then disappeared, and Cao Jun definitely couldn't sleep. And those soldiers who go out to find wood must also be careful, which will greatly reduce the speed at which they can build siege engines, and this is your result! ”

"Understood!"

"Remember, during this period of time, you can not have any results, but you must let Cao Jun know that you are out of the city and near them!"

It is really not a good thing for four thousand cavalry to be locked up in the city, it is too wasteful, but Liu Cong also knows that it is far from the time for a decisive battle with Cao Cao, so Liu Cong's task for the two is to save themselves as much as possible, so that Cao Jun can know that there is such a cavalry outside the city!

Although this move may have been plotted by Cao Cao, before Cao Cao eliminated this cavalry, he must have been unable to sleep well. The cavalry can run to Xinye overnight, although it will not be enough to break through Xinye Castle, but it is too easy to ambush the grain and grass troops. If this is to be prevented completely, a large number of sentinels must be sent along the way, and care must be taken at all times in setting up camp.

After Liu Pan and Huang Zhong went down, Huang Quan brought bad news.

"My lord, according to the report from his subordinates' spies in Shaxian, it is possible that General Cai will accept Cao Cao's canonization!"

"What?!" Liu Cong obviously couldn't believe it, after all, Xiangyang was still under his control, Huang Zu and Zhuge Liang stationed in Xiangyang were related to him by marriage, and Huang Zu's loyalty to Liu Cong did not have to be doubted, if Cai Mao was a rebel, then the Cai clan in Xiangyang would be controlled by Huang Zu for the first time.

"Lord, the positions given by Cao Cao to General Cai are General Zhennan and Jingzhou Mu, you must guard against it!" Huang Quan reminded.

Liu Cong was silent immediately, Huang Quan's reminder was not unreasonable, Cai Mao was not optimistic about his resistance to Cao, thinking that he would be defeated, and now Cao Cao promised so, which is equivalent to Liu Biao's status, you must know that Liu Biao rode into Yicheng back then, and then pacified Jingzhou and was a royal family member to have a general Zhennan.

Cao Cao's move is really vicious!

"You go to Xiangyang quickly and invite Erniang and General Cai Zhong to come to Fancheng to discuss matters!" Liu Cong couldn't be sure of Cai Mao's thoughts, so he could only vaguely convey his determination to Cai Mao through Mrs. Cai and Cai Zhong.

Huang Quan was ordered to go to Xiangyang immediately.

"Yuqi, go and invite Ma Jichang!"

Soon Ma Liang was invited, and Liu Cong said with a serious face: "Ji Chang, the situation has changed, please go to Chaisang quickly, and ask Zhou Du to swallow the troops in Xiakou to jointly resist the Cao army." ”

"My lord?" For such a decision, both the generals present and Ma Liang were taken aback. Liu Cong's move is tantamount to luring a wolf into the room.

"Lord, no, please send Shen Nan easily, once Zhou Yu enters Xiakou, he may attack Jiangxia and Nanjun at any time!" Wen Ping was more decisive than Ma Liang and immediately objected.

"Lord ......"

"Lord ......"

The generals came out one after another to try to dissuade Liu Cong, and Liu Cong waved his hand at the generals: "Everyone, although Zhou Yu is dangerous, but imagine it, will he rashly attack Jingzhou when our army and Cao Cao are not divided?"

Although Sun Quan has coveted Jingzhou for a long time, he will never be stupid enough to send himself directly to Cao Cao. As long as we and Cao Cao do not decide the winner for a day, Zhou Yu will not attack Jingzhou, especially Xiangyang. Because once he attacks Jingzhou, even if he can successfully take Jiangxia and Nanjun, he may be able to make a wedding dress for Cao Cao. Although Sun Quan's army was powerful, it was also limited in number.

Attacking Jingzhou will definitely cost it dearly!

On the contrary, the one most likely to sneak up on us is Cai Mao, without Sun Quan's restrictions, even if we only show a trace of defeat, he may fall to Cao Cao. At present, in this situation, only Zhou Yu can restrain Cai Mao, and our Xiangyang * naval army is only 20,000 people, and it is already very difficult to control the Han River.

If Zhou Yu can send troops to garrison Xiakou, Cai Mao will not move. Cao Cao can give him the support of high-ranking officials Houlu is the Jiangxia he is stationed in, if he loses Jiangxia, Zhou Yu will take advantage of the victory to pursue, then he will face the attack from the north and the south.

Although this move is tantamount to drinking water to quench your thirst, it is also helpless.

There is a precedent for Kuai Yue's uncle and nephew, who knows if he can't resist the temptation to ignore the clansmen, or he thinks that I don't dare to decisively execute the Cai clansmen, as long as he can win quickly, he can also protect the clansmen! ”

"The lord ......" The generals listened to Liu Cong's analysis, and felt that it was not unreasonable. Cai Mao and Liu Cong disagreed, they had long known that Liu Cong took advantage of the Kuai Yue incident to take the opportunity to adjust his defense with Huang Zu.

The so-called tiger brothers, father and son soldiers, in the face of Cao Cao's southern expedition, if Cai Mao and Liu Cong are of the same mind, then it must be Cai Mao who commands the Jingzhou naval army at this moment.

Cai Mao may not be as brave as Gan Ning, but when it comes to resourcefulness and combat experience, he is far better than Gan Ning, and the war is imminent, Liu Cong chose Gan Ning to be the commander of the Jingzhou Naval Army, and even Cao Cao saw the gap between Liu Cong and Cai Mao.

As Liu Cong said, asking Zhou Yu to contain Cai Mao is tantamount to drinking water to quench his thirst, but at the moment, no one in Jingzhou can stop Cai Mao except Gan Ning, once Cai Mao is allowed to sneak attack from behind, morale will definitely plummet and people will panic.

Liu Cong is also an extremely painful choice, if he had come a few years earlier, Cai Mao would not have appeared in this situation earlier, and now he can only hope that Cai Mao will not dare to move. Zhou Yu did not dare to rashly attack Jingzhou, once Sun Quan and Cao Cao joined forces, Jingzhou would be lost.