Cao Cao wanted to lend his name to send Dong Zhao and Cheng Yu to disturb Jingzhou, and then he would be pressed by the army, so the price paid was relatively small.

Cheng Yu soon arrived in Fancheng.

Cheng Yu, who was over the age of six, stood outside the moat of Fancheng, looking at the arrow tower standing from a distance, and he immediately understood Liu Cong's resistance. I thought that my trip would not go too well.

But what Cheng Yu didn't expect even more was that Liu Cong actually chose to meet outside the moat.

After the meeting, Liu Cong was also polite: "General Pingnan Jingzhou Mu Liu Cong has seen General Fenwu and Anguo Tinghou, I don't know what advice Tinghou has to come?" "Liu Cong was promoted relatively quickly in Jingzhou, and he was already a member of the Jiang army in Pingnan at a young age.

But Cheng Yu has followed Cao Cao for many years, and Cao Cao actually controls the government, and his subordinates are full of feudal generals and marquis, such as Xun Yu, who has long been a pavilion marquis. Therefore, purely in terms of official rank, Cheng Yu is slightly higher than Liu Cong, but since it is a confrontation between the Liang army, Liu Cong does not intend to be polite, not to mention that there is a bed crossbow on his city wall. Although Cheng Yu was the envoy of the two armies, he did not have the same treatment as Han Song.

It was still raining in the sky, and Liu Cong had people temporarily set up a platform to shelter from the rain to receive Cheng Yu.

Although Cheng Yu was an accident, he was not annoyed, he had experienced too much turmoil and princely disputes for most of his life, from Liu Dai to Yuan Shao, and then to Cao Cao, after seeing Liu Cong, he greeted him with a smile: "I have heard that the general of Zhennan is famous in Jiangnan, and his son is a young hero and all-rounder, why is he so stingy?" ”

"Tinghou don't blame, although you are the Pavilion Marquis of the Han Dynasty, but you are Cao Cao's advisor, that Cao Cao came from afar, and he didn't dare to move for a long time, but he wanted to send Tinghou to spy on one or two, and now Tinghou can also see my Jingzhou up and down to resist Cao's heart, it seems that he can go back......"

"Oh, I originally thought that the young general would let me, an old man, go into the city to visit one or two, but I never thought that I wouldn't even let it rain outside the city. If you want me to say, the general is still weak-hearted.

The prime minister rose in the land of the four wars, and now he pacifies Hebei and commands You, Hebei, Yan, and Xu Prefectures, with 800,000 troops. How did General Pingnan, who was a relative of the Han family and Qin's order, resist reunification, and there was no war in Jingzhou for 18 years. Why did the general drag millions of Jingzhou people into the abyss of war? ”

This Cheng Yu is really not an ordinary person, although Liu Cong is very polite, he still doesn't forget to button Liu Cong's hat and provoke Liu Cong and the people of Jingzhou as soon as he comes up?

"Unification? My Jingzhou originally belonged to the Han court, how can I say that it is unified? However, although your father-in-law Cao Cao is named Han Xiang, he is actually a Han thief. Super Gang is arbitrary, how is it different from Dong Zhongying and He Suigao back then?

There are still waiters, but the food court is abusive! My father is newly mourned, but I can't wait to attack Jingzhou, just now the prince also said that my father has not had a war in Jingzhou for 18 years, and the people are so happy. Now that Cao Thief has gathered heavy troops and stationed in Xinye, what is his intention? ”

Liu Cong's words can be regarded as-for-tat and sonorous to fight back at Cheng Yu.

Hearing this, Cheng Yu's face was a little unsightly, in this turbulent era, disputes among the princes were inevitable, but Liu Cong deliberately pretended to be simple, flattening the disputes of the princes who eat the weak, Cheng Yu and others were said to be aiding and abetting the abuse!

Originally, Cheng Yu thought that Liu Cong was young and vigorous, so he arranged for him to meet outside the city, thinking that he could quickly take the initiative by relying on his three-inch tongue, but he never thought that Liu Cong had been prepared and could speak well.

"Please go back and tell Cao Thief that this world is the world of the Liu family, and now it is still the Han court, please ask him to withdraw his troops quickly and go back to ask the emperor for his guilt.

Otherwise, one day, we and other royal relatives will unite the princes of the world to raise troops and serve the king, and there will definitely be no good life for him! Don't look at him defeated Yuan Shao and took Hebei, but my people in Jingzhou are only loyal to the Han family, and they have the natural dangers of the Han River and the Yangtze River, if he insists on going his own way, Cao Ren and Xiahoudun's yesterday is his today, I will not bury his troops in the north of the Han River for more than ten years, and kill Xu Du in one fell swoop to rescue His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"General Liu is eloquent, but the war depends on strength. Prime Minister Cao Cheng's fierce generals are like clouds, there are groups of wise men, and there are soldiers from several states, not a Jingzhou can resist, General Liu, you are young and promising, it is better to return to the prime minister as soon as possible, and you will not be able to drag down millions of Jingzhou people for no reason! ”

"It was Cao Cao who dragged the people of Jingzhou into the war innocently, if he was obsessed and did not regret it, this turbulent river would be the burial place of Cao Jun! Tinghou doesn't need to say much, please go back, Tinghou wants to spy on my Fancheng reality, I'm afraid I have to dress up before I can get in, forgive Liu for not sending it! ”

Liu Cong naturally knew what Cao Cao meant, and at the beginning he was expecting civil strife in Jingzhou, and now he sent Cheng Yu here, naturally he wanted to try to convince himself, even if he couldn't convince himself, it was also a kind of tactic to be able to shake the generals in the city or take the opportunity to incite the people.

Not only did he not let Cheng Yu enter the city, but he also ordered Huang Zu to strictly prohibit all kinds of personnel from entering Xiangyang. This order was actually issued a month ago, and now that Cao Jun arrived in Xinye, it was only more strictly enforced.

Cheng Yu was helpless, Xiucai met Bing, and he couldn't explain it clearly. Liu Cong played a scoundrel with him very smartly, and he couldn't enter Fancheng, so any co-optation and incitement could only stay in theory.

As Liu Cong said, if you want to further destroy Fancheng, you must dress up, but now that Liu Cong has been alerted, if he sneaks into Fancheng in disguise to carry out sabotage activities, once he is caught, he will not treat the envoys of the two armies so politely. As a last resort, Cheng Yu could only return to the camp for the time being to make plans.

Compared with Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao was treated worse, although Gan Ning sent someone to pick him up and drop him off across the Han River, but Huang Zu was in Fancheng as the lord and asked Dong Zhao to go directly to Fancheng. Therefore, he did not even have the opportunity to stay temporarily outside Xiangyang City and was directly sent back to Jiangbei by Huang Zu. However, Dong Zhao still gained something, that is, he crossed the river twice, he secretly observed the defense of the Han River, and gradually understood that the Han River would definitely not be able to cross without someone to pick him up.

For such a result, Cao Cao could only smile bitterly, Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao were also first-class strategists in their own camp, and they knew that Liu Cong did not play cards according to the routine, and both of them were closed! Of course, this is by no means that Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao are incompetent, but that they are simply unable to play!

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand, although Liu Cong is young, but there are also many capable people in Jingzhou, and now that the big war is imminent, it is also necessary to take strict precautions, since the plan cannot penetrate, you can only find another way, and you did not come to Jingzhou to hunt with more than 100,000 troops. Waiting for a few days of training in Xinye City, and the morale will recover a little, which will definitely make Liu Cong look good.

However, Cao Ren and Xiahoudun saw Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao returning home, and their mood finally improved, and even the two scheming guys were closed, which proved Liu Cong's shrewdness from the side.

In the hands of Liu Cong, who is extremely shrewd, the two generals also have a reason to cover for their own failures.

After waiting for Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao to introduce what they had seen and heard in detail, Xun You immediately said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, then Liu Cong was at odds with several prominent families in Jingzhou, and after Liu Biao's death, he ordered the extermination of the famous scholar Kuai Yue in Xiangyang. But even this time, his father-in-law Cai Mao was dissatisfied with his confrontation policy, and the two did not get along, so Cai Mao was transferred to Jiangxia. It is better for the prime minister to start from Jiangxia, send someone to sandwich Cai Mao in front of him, and let Cai Mao raise troops to respond to the prime minister......"

After hearing this, Cheng Yu reminded on the side: "Prime Minister, although the plan of the public is good, then Cai Mao will not be able to agree." Although Cai Mao is leading the troops outside, but the group is all in Xiangyang, Liu Cong's killing of Kuai Yue is a demonstration to the Wang clan in Xiangyang, and now the battle situation is unknown, Cai Mao does not dare to stand in line rashly even if he has the heart! ”

"Zhong De is very concerned, but I think it is feasible for Gongda to do so. I will work hard to go to Gongren again, and crown Cai Mao as the general of Zhennan and the pastor of Jingzhou. Let them raise their troops to help me. In this way, even if you can't really ask Cai Mao for help, you will definitely be able to accelerate the separation of Jingzhou generals. "Cao Cao's trick has been used before, but now that Liu Biao is gone, General Zhennan's is also vacant, just so that Cai Mao can replace Liu Biao.

Although Cai Mao is Liu Cong's father-in-law, if he has the opportunity to be the lord of a state, he will not refuse compared to Cai Mao, so Cao Cao's move is also quite ruthless, this is the effect of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, which is the benefit of being a prime minister!

Dong Zhao was then ordered to send an envoy to Jiangxia again.