Liu Cong sent Han Song to Cao Ying to inform Liu Bei of the escape, but on the other hand, he asked Liu Pan and Huang Zhong to lead 4,000 cavalry to prepare to follow the two armies in battle. There were only 1,000 war horses among the 4,000 people, and Liu Cong told the two directly, and the rest of the war horses asked Xiahoudun and Liu Bei.

Of course, the premise is to protect yourself, only to watch the battle, pick up leaks, and never allow the initiative to attack, only when the total number of war horses reaches more than 3,000 to form a battle scale and the opponent is in a bitter battle, as long as Liu Pan and Huang Zhong join the battlefield to determine the victory or defeat of the situation, they are allowed to take the initiative.

And Liu Cong also gave the two of them an important task, that is, no matter what, Liu Bei could not cross the Yangtze River in the south, once Liu Bei left the battlefield and got rid of Xiahoudun's pursuit and wanted to cross the river, the two of them had to contact Jiangling Li Yan and Sha Xian Cai Mao in time in addition to blocking them at the first time.

In Liu Cong's plan, if Liu Pan and Huang Zhong can gather 3,000 war horses when they return to Xiangyang, it will definitely play a role in the next protracted battle against Cao Cao.

After arranging Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, Liu Cong summoned all the generals stationed in Fancheng to prepare to deploy to deal with Cao's army. Huang Zu also drove his two sons to Fancheng and listened directly to Liu Cong.

In addition, Wen Ping, Zhang Yun, Wei Yan, Jiang Wan, Huang Rui, Huang An, and Fancheng's guards were only six people, and Gan Ning, Huo Jun and others could not deploy defenses on the Han River as a last resort, and Liu Cong did not want to mobilize them. However, Huo Jun and Wang Wei were still required to participate in the military meeting, because fighting on both sides of the river inevitably required the mobilization of many ships.

Huang Zu wants to control Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang is not only responsible for the equipment, but also has important tasks such as grain and grass scheduling, and he can't participate in the meeting gift to Cao Cao.

However, even if there are only six generals, Liu Cong is not discouraged. Especially at this moment, Cao Ying must be the most relaxed. And Xinye is already an empty city, at the mercy of Liu Cong and others.

Liu Cong took out the topographic map drawn by the sentinel some time ago and gathered the generals in front of the map.

Soon Wen Ping and Jiang Wan spotted the fighter plane and suggested that Liu Cong set up an ambush on two Han River tributaries in the north of Xinye.

After hearing this, Liu Cong nodded slightly to the two, Liu Cong does not burn the war to Xiangyang, then the north of Xiangyang will be fought for every inch of land, not to mention that now these two tributaries can be regarded as allowing Liu Cong to occupy the geographical advantage, and it is contrary to heaven if not used.

Liu Cong took out a small ring ruler and clicked on the map: "Although Xinye is small, it is not conducive to living for a long time, Liu Bei understands this truth, we naturally have no reason, Liu Bei will go inside, and we will drill inside." However, Cao Cao is different, there are many others, and Xinye is the nearest county seat in Lifan City. In addition to chasing Liu Bei's cavalry, he would definitely send vanguard troops to garrison Xinye, and then large troops entered Xinye one after another to rest.

This is a good opportunity for us to wait, but this time is very important, if we wait until Cao Cao's main force arrives in Xinye, we will no longer be able to disperse our forces. So whether you can give Cao Cao a grand greeting gift before he arrives in Xinye depends on what you do in the next day or two.

A few years ago, Cao Jun suffered Liu Bei's loss in Bowangpo, but I don't think they will necessarily learn a lesson. What's more, this will change opponents, and Cao Cao may not pay attention to it.

Sometimes, it's a good thing not to have enough fame, so let Cao Cao focus on pursuing Liu Bei for the time being. We sing our big play!

Zhongye, you lead the army of 2,000 to the upper reaches of the Baihe River to ambush here, bring more cloth bags, after arriving at the designated location, put more sand and soil piled up, stop the river, and if you can hear the downstream people shouting horses neighing when you come to the third or fourth watch of the next day, you will take the cloth bag and flood it! Then he led his team down the river to meet the other generals. ”

"The minister understands!" Originally, Wen Ping wanted to lead the army to fight with Cao's army head-on, but Liu Cong was right, in terms of strength, Jingzhou was less than half of Cao Cao's, and it must not be used as a last resort. Now there are only 60,000 defenders near Xiangyang, 10,000 in Xiangyang City, 4,000 taken away by Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, and 20,000 sailors. The total number of troops who were able to participate in this ambush was only 25,000. At the very least, 5,000 must be left to garrison Fancheng in case of contingencies, and if the Cao army is attacked in advance, Wen Ping feels that he has no chance of winning.

Therefore, Liu Cong was the first to hire Wen, and Wenping knew that every link of the whole plan was very important, so he gladly accepted the order.

"Wen Chang, you lead 3,000 troops to the Boling ferry to ambush, the ground here is gentle, the Cao army will definitely escape from this when it is flooded, you will choose the opportunity to lead the troops to kill, echo with Zhongye Yao, the two armies must be combined to defeat the enemy."

"Xinye City is the place where the Cao Army's vanguard must go after the rout and the rest of the main forces have turned. Gongyan, you led an army of 5,000 to ambush at the four gates of Xinye City, including 1,000 at the north gate, the west gate, and the south gate, and you led 2,000 to ambush outside the east gate. All zombies carry fire, so go to various places in the city in advance to hide flames and nitrate and other fire-causing things behind the doors. After the vanguard of the Cao army entered the city and prepared to rest in the private house, once the wind rose, the north, west and south gates were ordered to rocket towards the city at the same time.

When the fire broke out, there was no need to enter the city, so the soldiers shouted and cheered outside the city. Leave them alone at the East Gate to let them escape, and then you yourself lead the army to ambush them. By daybreak, the three of you will be able to turn quickly. Huo Jun, Wang Wei, the two of you prepared some empty boats to meet the soldiers in the south of Xinye City. Remember, as long as you give Cao Jun a certain blow, don't be greedy! ”

"Yes!" Everyone secretly admired Liu Cong's strategy, but also knew that they had a heavy responsibility, and if everyone could successfully complete Liu Cong's general order, they would definitely be able to give the vanguard of the Cao army a head-on blow and severely demoralize the enemy.

"Huang Rui, Huang An, the two of you have more important tasks!"

"But please command, my lord!" The two brothers were originally assigned by their father to listen to Liu Cong's account, but now that all the generals have a task, the two of them are afraid that Liu Cong will not give the task, and when they hear that there is a heavy responsibility, their eyes suddenly light up.

"The two of you each take two thousand sergeants, remember half of the red flag and half of the astragalus, and go to the outside of Xinye City to be stationed. After Cao's army arrived, the Red Seventh Army went to the left, and Huang Qijun went to the right. ”

“？ Lord, this is ...... "The two of them only have 4,000 soldiers, since it is an ambush, they should wait for Cao Jun to take the opportunity to kill after they arrive, what is Liu Cong going to do?

"Remember, Cao Cao is suspicious. His generals have also infected him to some extent, as long as the two of you lead the team to march to Xinye in an orderly manner, no matter who is the vanguard, they will not dare to chase after him. The two of you will speed up your march for a few miles, and then ambush you, and there will be a surprise! ”

"Understood!" If the vanguard of the Cao army has doubts, he will definitely report back, and when he encounters a general with a main force, he will definitely recognize that the two are fake ambushes, which are really magnificent.

Then the vanguard will be angry, and will go forward with all his might, and then ambush him......

After instructing the generals, Liu Cong breathed a long sigh of relief, I don't know if Cao Cao's vanguard troops can arrive on time, and who are the generals of the vanguard troops? If it were Zhang Liao, Cao Ren and others, maybe they wouldn't really be able to take advantage of it.

However, since there are two tributaries in the north of Xinye City, which are geographically advantageous, Liu Cong certainly can't let it go.

Liu Cong was busy ambushing here, and Cao Cao was not idle.

After Han Song arrived at Cao Ying, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately sent Xiahou to ride five thousand tigers and leopards. Xiahoudun is required to catch up with Liu Bei as soon as possible, to see people alive and corpses to die, and never allow Liu Bei to cross south.

That Xiahoudun hated Liu Bei as much as Cao Cao, and Liu Bei helped Yuan Shao make trouble from behind at the critical moment of the Battle of Guandu. Later, he summoned the old troops to start an incident in Runan, and Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun to pursue Liu Bei all the way, but he was defeated by Liu Bei's ambush in Bowangpo, and fled back to Xu Du and asked for death. Although Cao Cao forgave him, this hatred was recorded, so Cao Cao was absolutely right to use him to chase Liu Bei. No one will work harder than Xiahoudun.

After Xiahoudun left, Han Song also rushed to Fancheng. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he knew that Liu Bei abandoned Xinye, which was a major blow to Jingzhou. Moreover, Xinye is close to Xiangyang, which is suitable for a large army to be stationed, so even if he ordered the vanguard troops to speed up their advance, they would strive to control the Wash City as soon as possible.

The commander of Cao Jun's vanguard is none other than Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who have followed Cao Cao's southern expedition for many years, and have also won many victories, gradually maturing and winning Cao Cao's trust. Xiahoudun went to pursue Liu Bei, and the main vanguard was naturally Cao Ren.

Cao Ren led 30,000 troops as the vanguard, and Xu Zhu was at the forefront of the team. Speaking of Xu Zhu, it is estimated that Zhang Fei is not as good as himself, he has brute strength, but his IQ has no lower limit. However, this kind of person is very brave, and it is most suitable to be the vanguard of the vanguard.