Yuan Yao ordered someone to take a small stick, pointed to Jiangling City on the sand table and said: "We are here now, and the closest to Jiangling City are Wuling and Changsha, and then Lingling and Guiyang. Now we can mobilize 15,000 men, but we can't get out of the nest, we need to leave a part of the garrison in Jiangling City, I propose, divide the army into two routes, each with 5,000 men, all the way to attack Wuling, and take Lingling after taking Wuling; The other way is to attack Changsha, and after taking Changsha, attack Guiyang, I don't know what you think? ”

The generals didn't speak for a while when they heard this, this battle plan was proposed by Yuan Yao, although it was not the best, but after all, it was proposed by Yuan Yao, if anyone objected, wouldn't it be obvious not to give Yuan Yao face?

Although there are not often smart people among the generals, they are not all reckless people, and few people will directly oppose Yuan Yao's plan when there is no big problem with Yuan Yao's plan.

Pan Feng thought for a while and asked, "Dare to ask Gongzi, who will lead the troops of these two roads?" ”

As soon as Pan Feng's words fell, everyone's eyes were focused on Yuan Yao, and Yuan Yao did not feel any discomfort, and said: "The five thousand soldiers and horses who attacked Wuling and Lingling on the first road, General Pan led the troops, I followed the army, and Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao followed; The second route attacked Changsha and Guiyang with 5,000 soldiers and horses, led by General Huang and accompanied by Wei Yan. Liao Hua and Huo Du, the two of you are responsible for guarding Jiangling City, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"What do you disagree with about this arrangement?" After Yuan Yao finished speaking, his eyes swept in all directions and asked.

All the generals shook their heads when they heard this, there was no big problem with this arrangement, and they naturally wouldn't be embarrassed by Yuan Yao at this time.

Yuan Yao said at this time: "Since this is the case, then you should go down and prepare, and send troops in three days, we will take the land of the four counties of Jingnan as quickly as possible, have you ever understood?" ”

"Understood!"

Hearing the reaction of the generals, Yuan Yao showed a satisfied smile, and then asked these people to go down and start preparing for the dispatch of troops in three days. Moreover, they had just taken Jiangling City, and there were still many families and people in the city waiting for Yuan Yao to appease them.

After thinking about it for a while, Yuan Yao wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to Xiangyang City, the content of the letter roughly meant that Xun Yan wanted Xun Yan to send a group of scholars south to Jiangling City to help deal with the affairs of Jiangling City. Although many large and small families in Jiangling City have already expressed their submission to Yuan Yao and are willing to contribute to the stabilization of Jiangling City, Yuan Yao does not want to use these people for the time being.

Three days later, Yuan Yao, together with Pan Feng, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao, led his troops out of Jiangling City and went to Wuling; Similarly, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan also led 5,000 troops out of Jiangling City and headed for Changsha. Because Wuling and Changsha are not in the same direction, the two armies did not travel together and went separately.

Wuling County is one of the four counties in Jingnan, and the seat of the county is Suocheng, but although Suocheng is the county of Wuling County, it is only a small city, not to mention that compared with Xiangyang City and Jiangling City, it is not even as good as Xinye City.

Yuan Yao and Pan Feng drove 5,000 troops south from Jiangling City, marched all the way, and arrived under Suocheng in a few days, and the next thing was very simple.

The Taishou of Wuling County was raised by Liu Biao, although now that Liu Biao is dead, this Taishou also has a sincere heart, but this Wuling Taishou suddenly felt that he should resist a little when Yuan Yao led his troops to Suocheng, let Yuan Yao know his attitude, and also show that he is not a person who does not miss the friendship of the old master.

With such thoughts, when Yuan Yao and Pan Fengbing came to Suocheng, Wuling Taishou did not surrender, but closed his door, looking like he was defending Suocheng. After determining that Wuling Taishou had no intention of surrendering, Yuan Yao ordered the siege of the city, and in just half a day, Suocheng was captured, as for the Wuling Taishou who originally only wanted to resist a little, it was also a bad fate, and when Suocheng was breached, he hit Zhou Cang and was cut off by Zhou Cang. And Yuan Yao didn't have much reaction after knowing that Zhou Cang had killed Wuling Taishou, a small Wuling Taishou was just a little Wuling Taishou, and it wasn't worth his attention.

Pity this Wuling Taishou, I wanted to just make an attitude of resistance and show his integrity, but unfortunately he underestimated the combat strength of Yuan Shujun, and Wuling City was broken without even holding it for half a day. And he also bumped into the red-eyed Zhou Cang when he was about to surrender, and was cut off by Zhou Cang's head with a knife that he ignored, and died so that his body and head were separated.

After Suocheng was taken, the counties around Suocheng, such as Hanshou, Lingyang, and Yuannan, also surrendered, and Yuan Yao and his entourage of 5,000 soldiers and horses took the small half of Wuling County at no cost.

After that, Yuan Yao did not choose to attack the rest of the counties of Wuling County, but after discussing with Pan Feng, he led his troops to continue to move forward, taking the Yuanling and Chenyang routes into Lingling County, and preparing to take Lingling County in one go.

On this day, Yuan Yao and his entourage marched to the territory of Chenyang County, and they only needed to walk for another day before they could enter the territory of Lingling County, but when they passed through a mountain forest, the sound of arrows breaking through the air suddenly sounded on both sides of the road, and then bamboo arrows and wooden arrows shot out from the mountains and forests on both sides of the road and landed in the vanguard array of Yuan Shujun.

Originally, it was also within the target range of this arrow, but when this wave of bamboo arrows and wooden arrows just broke out, Qi Ji and Qin Yi reacted, one wielded a knife, and the other held a gun, blocking Yuan Yao's left and right, resisting the attack of this arrow for Yuan Yao. Yuan Yao's strength at this time was not weaker than Qi Ji and Qin Yi, and now if Yuan Yao used all his strength, Qi Ji and Qin Yi would not be Yuan Yao's opponent if they joined forces.

Yuan Yao's original three-pointed two-edged knife was turned into powder by the collision of two immortal weapons in the contact with Sun Ce outside Jiangling City, and Yuan Yao didn't find any weapons to take advantage of in the following time, so he could only take a long knife that was still a fine product and use it.

When the arrows attacked, Yuan Yao swung the long knife under the spirit horse, forming two sword shadow shields on his left and right, wie Yuan Yao resisted the arrow attacks from the left and right.

Yuan Yao's own strength is not weak, and there are two guards of Qi Ji and Qin Yi to help, this arrow attack naturally cannot pose a threat to Yuan Yao's life, but the others are different, in the face of such arrows, many soldiers were shot by arrows without noticing, and after a few struggles, they fell to the ground, their lips were black, their faces were pale, and they were already dead.