Liu Yi and the soldiers of the two counties waved their troops south, and the troops were stationed in Liandao, and Liu Du, the Taishou of Lingling, hurriedly recruited his son Liu Xian to discuss countermeasures after getting the news.

In the four counties of Jingnan, Liu Yi has obtained the land of Changsha and Wuling counties, and it only adds up to two months, which makes Liu Du feel a little bottomless, and he doesn't know if he can hold it.

After all, it has been more than two months since Liu Bei's army crossed the river, even if the news is blocked, such a long time is enough for the news of the defeat of Chibi to come over, even if Liu Yi is repulsed, for Liu Du, what awaits him will only be the next more ferocious attack of Liu Bei's group.

If you continue to fight, it is somewhat unnecessary, but if you surrender, the position of Taishou may not be guaranteed, so Liu Du is very entangled in his heart.

"Father." After Liu Xian read Han Xuan's letter and put it down, he looked at Liu Du and said: "In Yi'er's opinion, Liu Yi was able to capture Changsha so quickly, all because of Han Xuan's lack of preparation, and his troops were scattered in various counties, so that Liu Yi could break through each of them, but luck, that Liu Yi was cheating, so that he had today's momentum." ”

Liu Du nodded when he heard this, he also felt this way, if Han Xuan was prepared at the beginning, Liu Yi would only have two or three thousand soldiers and horses, let alone attack Changsha, maybe he could go back alive.

Anyway, no matter what tricks and tricks, if you look at it in hindsight, it's actually mediocre, just at the right time, doing the right thing, on the other hand, as the loser will feel stupid, I must do better than him, this is the general mentality of people, not to mention that Liu Yi is nameless, and his background is not high, as Liu Xian, who was born in a wealthy family, looks down on Liu Yi from the bottom of his heart, not only him, including Liu Du, does not have too much awe of Liu Yi, but more of a dazed and helpless about the current situation.

Liu Xian saw Liu Du nodding and smiled: "Father, although Prime Minister Chibi was defeated, it was not Liu Bei who defeated the Prime Minister, even if we want to surrender, we should surrender to Jiangdong, what do you have to do with him Liu Bei?" Why didn't his father write a letter to Zhao Fan in Guiyang, take refuge in Jiangdong, and ask Jiangdong to take over the land of the two counties. ”

Liu Du smiled bitterly when he heard this: "What my son said is deeply in line with my heart, but now that Liu Yi personally commanded the army, even if Jiangdong agreed, it would be difficult to rescue in time." ”

Where are the soldiers and horses in Koto? I don't know.

Sending a messenger, Jiangdong promised, preparing soldiers, horses, grain and grass to help, this will take a month or two at the earliest, can he stop it?

"Father also thinks too highly of Liu Yi." When Liu Xian heard this, he said disdainfully: "According to the report from the sentinel, Liu Yi's soldiers and horses are only six or seven thousand, although I have only four thousand soldiers and horses in Lingling, but all the clans in various places are looking forward to their father's horses, and in addition, the Shanyue Saorio clan is also friendly with his father, as long as his father sends someone to inform, he can gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at any time, why be afraid of Liu Yi?" ”

Liu Du is different from Jin Xuan, he has a good relationship with the local Haoqiang and even Shanyue, and his own power is not too strong, but in the area of Lingling, the appeal is extremely strong, at this point, Liu Du's hidden strength in the four counties of Jingnan is the strongest one, Liu Xian is not without confidence in saying this.

Seeing that Liu Du was still hesitating, Liu Xian continued: "Besides, the people Liu Bei relies on, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are brave, but I also have the general Xing Daorong in Lingling, and I have the courage of ten thousand people, even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are in person, they may not be opponents, not to mention that Liu Yi is around, but Liu Feng and Guan Ping and other juniors, what is my father afraid of?" ”

It can only be said that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are too famous, and Liu Feng and Guan Ping are actually good generals, but standing beside these two people, under the aura of the two, it seems a little overshadowed.

Under the persuasion of his son, Liu Du finally decided to raise troops to resist, of course, this still has to pay attention to the rules, first wrote a letter to Liu Yi, denouncing Liu Yi's various immoral behaviors, and at the same time secretly sent people to contact the Quartet Sect thieves and Shanyue, asking them to send troops to help, and prepare for a big battle with Liu Yi, after all, throughout the ancient and modern times, I have never seen a battle that will really be persuaded to retire because of a letter, and Liu Yi is naturally even more impossible.

Liandao, Liu Yi's camp, looking at Liu Du's various immoral behaviors in the letter, Liu Yi put down the bamboo slips, looked at the generals and said with a smile: "If it weren't for Liu Du's letter, I wouldn't have known that I was so powerful." ”

"Sir!" Huang Zhong came out of the ranks, bowed to Liu Yi and said: "Liu Du This is a plan to delay the army, he must be contacting all parties to come to the aid of the thieves and Shanyue, he has a lot of friendship among the Shanyue and the thieves, I might as well send troops immediately, and defeat it in one fell swoop while his army has not yet assembled!" ”

"Not necessarily!" Liu Yi played with the carving knife in his hand, shook his head and said: "The general's words can solve the temporary trouble, but here in Lingling, the thieves are rampant, if Liu Du is defeated, those thieves will see that the situation is not good, and they will inevitably rebel, that is, to occupy this Lingling, the trouble of the thieves will still be difficult to solve in the future, it is better to take this opportunity to let Liu Du gather all these thieves, and we will take the opportunity to destroy their heads and reduce their crowds to prevent future troubles!" ”

This is different from the situation in Changsha, firstly, the trouble of the thieves in Changsha is not too bad, and secondly, Liu Yi was really a few soldiers and generals at that time, and he had no choice, but now it is different, there are 7,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and there are generals like Huang Zhong, Liu Feng and Wei Yan can also be in charge, Guan Ping is a good assistant, and in terms of Lingling, the power of the sect thieves is too strong, and it has reached the point where it must be weakened and suppressed. That's your own person, and it's not as convenient as it is now.

Huang Zhong frowned and said: "It's just that our army is only 7,000 troops now, according to the detailed report, Liu Du has now gathered more than 10,000 men and horses, and is still gathering, I'm afraid it ......."

"Being big is an advantage." Liu Yi nodded, this is an objective fact, in the era of cold weapons, the advantage of numbers cannot be ignored, he looked at Huang Zhong and said: "But according to today's intelligence, there are more than a dozen sect thieves assembled at the moment, not to mention the Shanyue soldiers and horses, the general thinks, can these people be united?" ”

"This ......" Huang Zhong shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not easy, it depends on how Liu Du schedules." ”

"Can't be concentric, is the rabble, if the situation is still like a bamboo, once a slight setback, it will be scattered, besides, there are many people, which means that the consumption of grain and grass is also large, we are not short of time now, so we will camp here to train, there are many people, it will not last, he sees that we do not attack, will lead the army to attack, when the time comes, the attack and defense will be transposed, we will defend according to the camp, the general can have the confidence to hold?" Liu Yi said with a smile.

"The battalion set up by the gentleman is quite strong, and our army has sufficient troops, although the attack is insufficient, the defense is more than enough." Huang Zhong nodded and said, the power of the military camp built by Liu Yi, he has seen it in the past two days, I am afraid that he had enough troops at the beginning, and let himself lead his troops to attack, as long as Liu Yi does not make any big mistakes, it will be difficult to break through, let alone a group of rabble.

"As long as we can hold it, we will win, and when the enemy army is in chaos, it will be the time for our army to counterattack!" Liu Yi smiled.

Liu Yi actually didn't say anything, he was waiting, waiting for news from Guiyang, Wei Yan had been sent out for a long time, but there had been no movement, obviously Zhao Fan did not send troops at that time, and now that Han Xuan has also arrived in Guiyang, Zhao Fan will have some reaction, and Wei Yan is a wolf who peeps in secret, waiting for the prey to expose his weaknesses, once Zhao Fan makes a move, Wei Yan will definitely make a move, regardless of success or failure, Guiyang is unlikely to support Lingling again.

Of course, the best result is that Wei Yan successfully defeats Zhao Fan and quickly seizes Guiyang, in that way, not to mention that he can get support from Guiyang immediately, but at least he will trap Lingling, and when the time comes, he will have time to play with Liu Du.

Even if Wei Yan's attack failed, he could let Guiyang's men and horses know that their situation was not safe, so naturally they would not dare to send troops easily.

Liu Yi naturally hopes for the best, but things in this world cannot go well, and he is not Zhuge Liang, he has the ability to foresee the future, but as long as he is sure that the worst result will not be a loss to his side, it is enough, and he can now let go of his hands and feet to make moves with Liu Guo.

On the other side, Liu Du gathered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and his heart was bold, seeing that Liu Yi was only stationed in Liandao, but he had been in the future, and he couldn't wait to hope that Liu Yi would come over to complete his reputation, but Liu Yi was as stable as Mount Tai in Liandao, and he had no intention of sending troops at all, which made Liu Du a little dissatisfied, and convened the generals to discuss at the moment.

"What does it mean that Liu Yi has been sending troops for a long time, neither attacking nor withdrawing troops?" Liu Du looked at the generals under the tent and asked with a frown.

"I must have seen that our army was strong, and I didn't dare to attack." A military general laughed.

This is also the idea of everyone present, Liu Du looked at Liu Xian and said: "Do you know how many soldiers and horses our army has now?" ”

He only knew that there were many people, but the thieves from all sides came to help, each with soldiers and horses, and he couldn't count how many people there were for a while.

Liu Xian said with a smile: "Father, don't worry, just the soldiers gathered by all clans, there are more than 10,000 people, plus I am too guarded by the soldiers and horses, there are 15,000 people, and there are Shanyue soldiers and horses, and now our army is afraid that there are no less than 20,000 people, then Liu Yi is afraid that he is afraid of the prestige of our army and does not dare to come." ”

When Liu Du heard this, his heart was relieved a lot, 20,000 troops, this is not a small number, you must know that Jiangdong resisted Cao Cao before, and Zhou Yu only had 30,000 horses under his command.

But then, Liu Du frowned again and said: "These many people and horses consume a lot of grain and grass every day, if Liu Yi doesn't come to attack for a long time, I can't afford to raise these horses!" ”

People came to help, and this grain and grass should naturally be handled by Liu Du, but Lingling is not a rich county, although there is some grain stored over the years, but it can't withstand 20,000 people like this, Liu Du is worried that he can't afford it.

Liu Xian thought for a moment and said, "Since he doesn't come, why don't I wait for the troops to attack?" ”

Liu Du thought about it and felt reasonable, anyway, they had a lot of soldiers, what were they afraid of, so he immediately agreed, and ordered Liu Xian to take Xing Daorong to lead the army and send troops to the road, while Liu Du sat in the rear to provide logistical support for the army.