Just when Liu Cong led the generals to fight Cao Cao-for-tat. There is one person who can't sit still, and he is Jiang Qin who is stranded in Xiangyang. Originally, he thought that he had surrendered from Jiangdong and was not taken seriously, but he remembered that Liu Cong was not bad at himself on weekdays, and he was not fortified everywhere. And since Liu Cong took over as the lord of Jingzhou, he also brought himself to Xiangyang.

But now that Cao's army has arrived in Xinye, Liu Cong easily repelled Cao's vanguard Cao Ren and Xiahoudun not long ago. Wen Ping, Wei Yan, Jiang Wan, and even Huo Jun, Wang Wei and others all completed the task brilliantly in several ways.

Even Huang Zu's two sons, Huang Rui and Huang An, participated in the Xinye ambush, and even Han Xuan's daughter Han Yi was arranged by Liu Cong to be in charge of Fancheng's medical logistics. Only he was idle in Xiangyang all day.

On this day, Jiang Qin quit and came to Fancheng to find Liu Cong to ask for battle.

In fact, Liu Cong had long had the intention of letting Jiang Qin assist Gan Ning, after all, the two were from similar backgrounds, and Jiang Qin's martial arts were not bad. If you can do your best, you are indeed a good assistant. But the defense of the Han River was so important that even Huo Jun, Wang Wei, and Liu Cong did not dare to entrust it alone.

Seeing that Jiang Qin was angry, Liu Cong smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, the war has just begun, and you will have a place to use it in the future!" ”

"Lord, after the defeat of Sha Xian's army, Qin has been bent on assisting the lord to achieve great causes, and now Cao Cao is marching south, and Qin is really unwilling to be alone at home! Qin is good at the water army, and I implore the lord to allocate a team of Qin's men and horses, and Qin led the troops around the north of Xinye City to harass Cao's army! ”

"Although Gong Yi's plan is good, it has been used once before, and now Cao Cao himself is in charge of Xinye, and he must defend it tightly, and if he wants to sneak attack at this time, it will increase his losses!"

"That'...... Lord, Qin implores to stay in Fancheng, the Cao army will attack the city in the coming day, and Qin Zidang will lead the troops to the city wall to supervise the battle!. ”

"Gong Yi has a heart, how can I let you be idle. In this way, Yuqi went to find the two generals of Houshi and Hansheng to come to discuss the matter! ”

Liu Pan and Huang Zhong didn't know what Liu Cong called him to do, and Jiang Qin was even more confused.

Seeing the confused appearance of the three of them, Liu Cong still lamented that he had too few strategists and too few generals with IQ. Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Dong Zhao ...... Hey, envy, jealousy, jealousy, hatred.

"Brother, General Huang, it is very important to call the two of you here this time. A few days ago, the two of you had successfully completed the first step of this plan, and successfully made our army have 4,000 cavalry horses. It's time for our cavalry to do its job. ”

As he spoke, Liu Cong paused deliberately.

Hearing that there was a mission, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong were naturally very happy, but they still didn't understand, Liu Cong kept emphasizing that he was sticking to Fancheng, what role could this cavalry play, could he sneak attack Cao's army?

Cao Cao first sent cavalry to pursue Liu Bei, but returned at a loss. The vanguard Cao Ren was also ambushed by our army and defeated, now Cao Cao is sitting in Xinye, and will come to Fancheng in a few days, the distance from Xinye to Fancheng, the cavalry will arrive in one day, easily, but, Cao Cao's infantry is not good, and to attack Fancheng will definitely camp north of Fancheng. Do you remember when I asked the two of you to lead thousands of cavalry to familiarize yourself with the terrain north of Xinye and Fancheng?

Now you can use it, but it's a difficult task, and you have to be very careful. The specific plan is like this......" Liu Cong said and took out a detailed map: "I want the two of you to disturb Cao Jun so that he can't sleep, and naturally he is unable to attack Fancheng during the day." The success or failure of your harassment tactics will largely determine the success or failure of the Fancheng garrison! ”

"Never disappoint the expectations of the lord!" Both of them are veterans of a hundred battles, and now they have 4,000 cavalry in hand, and they are naturally good at harassing Cao Ying north of Fancheng.

After talking for a long time, there was still nothing to do with Jiang Qin, and Jiang Qin was even more anxious.

Liu Cong also did it on purpose, looking at Jiang Qin's flushed face, and then said to Liu and Huang: "This harassment tactic is only carried out at night, and it must be allowed to be carried out under the condition of absolute safety. Gong Yi was responsible for receiving the troops on the White River, and all the cavalry's food and grass were also supplied from the river. Gongyi, I will give you 3,000 sailors and 50 warships, and you cooperate with the two generals to flexibly change the location between the White River and the Tang River.

If Cao Jun decides to force his way south across the White River to attack Fancheng, the three of you will immediately retreat to Fancheng to make plans! ”

Although Liu Cong's words were very complicated, Jiang Qin was still a little disappointed, there was a white river between Fancheng and Xinye, and the east of Xinye Wang was the Tang River, and when it was close to the northeast of Fancheng, the two rivers converged into the Tangbai River, and then joined the Han River in the north of Xiangyang.

If Cao Cao wanted to attack Fancheng, he would definitely set up a large camp on both sides of the Baihe River, which also gave Liu Pan and Huang Zhong the opportunity to sneak attack!

And Jiang Qin is only responsible for taking over the second general, so there is not much to do.

"Gong Yi, don't underestimate this mission, Huo Jun led 3,000 troops before, and the defense of the Hanjiang River almost made Liu Bei escape from the Changjiang River. This time the Cao army is absolutely not allowed to cross the Baihe River and the Tang River in large numbers and our army does not know the situation, if Cao Cao builds a warship in Xinye, it is bound to test the water in the Baihe River, so these three thousand sailors, I will let General Gan choose the most elite sailor for you, if you don't meet Cao Cao, if the two armies meet by chance, you must play the prestige of my Jingzhou navy! ”

"Yes!" Jiang Qin listened to it and felt that the game seemed to be a battle, and he suddenly came to his senses.

"But all three of you must remember that our purpose is to scout and harass the enemy, even if we change one for three, we will lose a large number of cavalry and naval forces, and we must get out of the battle line as soon as possible! If anything happens to these 3,000 sailors and 4,000 cavalry, none of you will be forgiven! ”

"Yes!" Seeing that Liu Cong became more and more serious, the three of them also became serious, after all, Liu Cong is not Cao Cao, not a big landlord, every soldier, every war horse is very precious, Cao Cao can face the situation that Cao Ren lost 30,000 pioneers in one day and remain calm. But if Liu Cong's troops lose 3,000 a day, Liu Cong will definitely not do it, this is still a matter of net worth in the final analysis.

Cao Cao owned several states, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Liu Cong only had a corner, and only 60,000 soldiers could be commanded, and every 1,000 less had to be replenished in Xiangyang City.

Seeing that the excitement of the three of them could not be hidden, Liu Cong repeatedly told and handed over the three-point map prepared in advance to the three of them.

Soon, Gan Ning selected 3,000 sailors who were good at rowing and fighting from among the 20,000 sailors and handed them to Jiang Qin. Liu Pan and Huang Zhong also led 4,000 cavalry to start a protracted harassment war.

In Liu Cong's words, these 4,000 people are night owls, sleeping during the day and dispatching at night, mostly attacking Cao Ying with rockets. Once he was separated from Cao Jun, he chose to run away. These people were like fighter planes, and Jiang Qin's 3,000 naval troops and fifty warships were the motherships of these fighters. It is said that it is two troops, but when they work together, they are a moving whole.

If it is used well, it will definitely give Cao Cao a headache.

At this time, Cao Cao finally couldn't sit still, more than 100,000 people stayed in Xinye, and if he didn't go out to do something, things would be even more depressed. And Dong Zhao went to Shaxian and couldn't come back for a while, Cao Cao, after another military meeting, decided to gradually leave Xinye and march towards Fancheng.

Whether it is attacking Fancheng or Xiangyang, starting from Xinye, choosing a river crossing point is a headache!

There was a lesson in Cao Ren's ambush by Wei Yan and others when he was halfway across the Baihe River, so Cao Cao cautiously sent sentinels to reconnoiter back and forth in the Baihe. Finally, I found a suitable ferry thirty miles south of Xinye City, which was almost a day's march, and it was convenient to take care of before and after.

According to Cao Cao's plan, after the army crossed the river here, it would go straight to Fancheng, so this ferry must also be defended, otherwise once it was cut off by Liu Cong, the front army would lose contact with Xinyecheng and the logistics troops.

Liu Pan and Huang Zhong knew about such a ferry a month ago, and they had suggested that Liu Cong set up an ambush here, but Liu Cong chose a ferry port in the north of Xinye City.

After a sentinel found out that Cao's army wanted to cross the river, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong set up the harassment site in Cao's newly built Cao camp west of the Baihe River, and Jiang Qin's contact point was also set up in the lower reaches of the Baihe.