Although Jin Jue and the three of them didn't know Huang Zhong's specific age this year, they all knew that Huang Zhong was about thirty or forty years old now, and it was not an exaggeration to be turned into a veteran by Fu Gan.

In another time and space, among the generals from Jingzhou in the Shu Han Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, in addition to Wei Yan and Fu Tong, Huang Zhong is now the one who has come out.

As soon as Fu Gan mentioned Huang Zhong, Fu Tong's eyes lit up, in the previous battle in the northern part of Nanyang County, Liu Pan had sent Huang Zhong to Luyang County with a part of Fancheng's troops to help, at that time, he considered that the defense pressure of Li County was greater, so he sent Huang Zhong to the county to help Zhao Hu defend the county.

As a result, with the help of Huang Zhong, especially his superb archery skills, Cao Hong's troops were finally forced away before winter.

Zhao Hu's archery skills were learned from Li Feng, who had the best archery skills in Jin Jue's army, but compared with Huang Zhong, he was still a lot worse.

What's more, Huang Zhong has a very big advantage over others - Huang Zhong has been stationed in Youxian County, Changsha County with Liu Pan before, attacking or resisting Sun Cejun. He must have been more familiar with everything on the ground than Zhang Long, including defense. And if Zhang Long is liberated, he can be allowed to carry out the task of harassing Sun Ce's army in the south of Wuling County, and by the way, it will also reduce the military pressure on Fu Tong's side.

Fu Tong himself also knows very well that he is about to face Sun Ce, who is second only to his son-in-law Jin Jue in terms of military talent, not to mention, the army in his hand is still a recruit he is not familiar with or has not been trained, to say that he is not nervous at all, not worried, it is a lie. can increase one's own strength a little more, and the more certain Fu Tong's next defensive battle.

This personnel suggestion can be described as killing three birds with one stone!

After figuring out this, the next day, Fu Tong recruited Yi and Cai He, first read Liu Biao's letter to the two, and then Fu Gan introduced it to the two, and finally, he instructed Yi Ji to continue to strictly follow the plan he had formulated in advance, and complete the two very important tasks of expanding the new city wall and spring ploughing.

After saying this, Fu Tong left Zhao Hu in the city and commanded his troops, while he himself only led a hundred people to Xiangyang City with Fu Gan.

Before sending Wei Yan away last night, Fu Tong also wrote a letter and asked Wei Yan to pass it on to Jin Jue, in which he asked Jin Jue to introduce him to some of the junjie of the four counties of Jingnan, so that he could recruit his subordinates.

When passing by Fancheng, Fu Tong and Fu Gan visited Liu Pan together, and when Fu Tong personally proposed to borrow Huang Zhong, and truthfully explained the purpose and reason for borrowing the general, Liu Pan readily agreed.

As Liu Biao's cronies, stationed in Fancheng, Liu Pan knew very well in his heart that his main task was actually to prevent Fu Tong from rebelling, and preventing Cao Cao's southern expedition to Jingzhou was only a secondary task, but even so, he was still very grateful to Fu Tong and Zhang Long in his heart.

I am grateful to Fu Tong, because Liu Pan knows that it is precisely because of Fu Tong's recommendation that he was promoted to Fancheng by Liu Biao from that ghost place in Youxian County. In ancient times, the weather in the south was modest, and it was difficult for northerners to adapt to life there, especially in Changsha County.

And I am grateful to Zhang Long, but because just recently, Zhang Long coincidentally killed Zu Lang, which can be regarded as giving Liu Pan a bad breath. It was the appearance of Zu Lang that made Liu Pan unable to complete the task assigned to him by Liu Biao, so that Liu Biao was already a little disappointed in him.

What's more, Huang Zhong is the person who Liu Pan picked up with one hand, in this battle for the four counties of Jingnan, if Huang Zhong can have a good performance, he, the main general, will also show his face in front of Liu Biao because of this.

After receiving a positive answer, Fu Tong did not stay in Fancheng for long, and crossed the Han River on horseback and boat that day, and finally dared to enter the city before Xiangyang City closed the city gate.

As soon as Liu Biao learned that Fu Tong actually received his order, it only took one day to rush to Xiangyang City, and immediately recruited Fu Tong into his mansion despite the fact that it was already dark.

Because they met alone, as soon as Fu Tong saw Liu Biao, he first asked for peace and saluted, and then he explained his plans to Liu Biao without any reservations or concealment.

In these words, it naturally also includes the preparation of Fu Tong to directly abandon Huang Zu and defend the three counties along the river in Wuling County as soon as he led his troops into Wuling County.

After Liu Biao heard this, his complexion did not change, and he did not immediately give him a reply, but pondered for a long time, and then deliberately asked with a calm face: "Zhizhong, isn't your obvious move deliberately provoking the relationship between Gu and Huang Zu?" Aren't you afraid that loneliness will punish you for this? ”

"My lord, I am not afraid. Although I have not personally fought with Sun Ce's name, my subordinates have heard of it as early as when they were at the junction of Runan County, Jiangxia County and Yuzhang County. The subordinate is not very capable, but he is a little self-aware, and with Sun Ce personally leading the army, my little ability can only do my best to defend this road.

And leaving Huang Taishou in Linyuan County can just leave enough time for his subordinates to arrange the defense of the three counties. Besides, dare to ask the lord, with Huang Taishou's temper, if his subordinates lead troops to Wuling County, and enter the county seat of Linyuan County, his subordinates are his subordinates, and everything has to listen to him.

At that time, under that situation, the subordinates really didn't have much confidence that they would be able to hold Linyuan County. In this way, the subordinates will have to live up to the trust of the lord, and the loss of Wuling County is very likely to be inevitable. Fu Tong first humbled himself in front of Liu Biao, and then he pointed out a very important reason why he did not go directly to Linyuan County to rescue Huang Zu.

Huang Zu is a strong, self-authoritarian person, and has a bad temper, which is well-known in the whole Jingzhou, and it is not that Fu Tong is deliberately exaggerating.

Even if Liu Biao really ordered Fu Tong to be in charge of the defense of the entire Wuling County, Huang Zu, as the Taishou, would definitely not obey his orders. If Fu Tong refused to give in, Huang Zu's army would definitely clash with the reinforcements sent by Liu Biao. If it was just to save Huang Zu's life, and lose the entire defense line on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and then put the entire Nanjun and the western part of Jiangxia County within the reach of Sun Cejun's troops, this was naturally not what Liu Biao wanted to see.

Therefore, after listening to Fu Tong's explanation, Liu Biao's face immediately became calm.

"Hehehe!" Liu Biao said with a smile: "It is worthy of being loyal, you can understand the task of going to Wuling County so well, you can rest assured." Zhizhong, if you have any other requirements, you might as well say them together! There is only one request, you must at least keep the three counties on the south bank of the Yangtze River, do you understand? ”