"What does Zixiao think?"

Kuai Liang looked at Deng Xi in front of him with a solemn expression.

Deng Xi, a native of Zhangling, Nanyang (now southwest of Nanyang, Henan). It was originally under Liu Biao, Ren Zhizhong, and he was also a member of the Nanyang clan.

Deng Xi looked at Kuai Liang and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zirou has thought about it, do you really want to surrender to Sun Ce?" ”

"Those who know the times are Junjie, now that Nanjun is not guaranteed, and Liu Bei has not focused on Jingbei, Nanyang County will sooner or later become Sun Ce's bag." Kuai Liang said, the corners of his mouth curled, and he snorted coldly: "Besides, Liu Bei is not a benevolent person. My Jingzhou family sincerely assists and wants Liu Bei to gain a foothold in Jingzhou. ”

"But I don't want Liu Bei to treat Jingzhou as dung after he captures Yizhou." Kuai Liang said, with some anger in his expression: "Isn't it a pity that General Zhongye died?" ”

Deng Xi looked at Wen Ping with a calm face, and turned his head to Kuai Liang's side, Kuai Yue, who was seven points similar to Kuai Liang.

Kuai Liang is a brother of the Kuai Yue clan, a native of Xiangyang Zhonglu (now southwest of Xiangyang, Hubei), and also a subordinate of the original Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.

Kuai Yue is one of the wang clans in Jingzhou Nanjun and a representative of the Kuai family, and he was quite famous when he was young.

Before the chaos in the world, the general He Jin also heard that he was good at strategy, so he hired him as Dong Cao Peng. Kuai Yue once advised He Jin to preemptively kill the eunuch as soon as possible, but He Jin hesitated. Kuai Yue therefore expected that He Jin would be defeated, so he applied to He Jin to be appointed as the commander of Ruyang. Sure enough, He Jin was finally killed by the eunuchs, but Kuai Yue turned the corner.

When Jingzhou assisted Liu Biao, he not only advised Liu Biao to train heavy troops by himself, but also proposed that Liu Biao use more power and scheming techniques to solve the clan thieves (armed groups formed by clan and township relations) in Jingzhou, so that Jingzhou could avoid many disasters.

"What do you think?"

Kuai Yue looked at Deng Xi with a calm face and said: "Originally, Liu Bei was the master, and he didn't want to be a villain who only coveted his immediate interests. ”

The corners of Kuai Yue's mouth curled slightly, and he said to Deng Xizuo: "Brother Zixiao is still the same as Brother Yue's suggestion, and it is the best way out for the elders and children in the clan." ”

Deng Xi frowned slightly, looked at a veteran beside him, and asked softly, "General Deqi also thinks so?" ”

The one who is called Dejun is the former Taishou of Jiangxia County under Liu Bei, Cai Mao.

At this time, Cai Mao's face was very ugly, when Sun Jian's army raided Jiangxia, Sun Ce's father Sun Jian died in his own hands.

"Huh! Do you think Sun Ce will let me go? Cai Mao smiled slightly bitterly, and said with an unkind face: "If you surrender Cao Cao or Xiang Ao, but Sun Ce, even if you want to, I'm afraid you won't have a chance." ”

The three of them were stunned, and then their faces were equally ugly.

Although most of the armies of Nanjun and Nanyang were controlled by Li Yan, many of the generals in the Nanjun and Nanyang armies were Cai Mao's old troops.

Deng Xi frowned slightly, looked at Cai Mao, who had an ugly face, and Brother Kuailiang, who looked uncertain, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Brother Zirou, Brother Xeno." Deng Xi looked at the Kuailiang brothers and asked, "Why don't you find Xiang Ao and Cao Cao to probe first?" ”

Kuai Liang looked at Cai Mao, nodded and said, "Then work hard and filial brother, and quickly send someone to contact Cao Cao and Xiang Ao." Intelligence came from the front two days ago, and Sun Ce probably couldn't wait. ”

"Brother Zirou doesn't have to worry." Cai Mao chuckled and persuaded: "Li Yan is arrogant, thinking that by coercing Jiang Xia, he can make Sun Ce

Withdrawal. I'm afraid he still underestimated Sun Ce's water army. ”

"What does General Dejun mean?"

Cai Mao smiled disdainfully: "Li Yan's hands are almost all infantry and cavalry, even if there are some naval troops, I'm afraid Li Yan won't be able to command them." ”

"If Sun Ce takes all the southern part of Nanjun, then Xiangyang will naturally be in danger. After capturing Xiangyang, Sun Ce attacked Jiangxia from east to west, and Li Yan was defeated. ”

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue nodded approvingly, and took over with a somewhat anxious face: "In this case, then I have to ask Brother Zixiao to contact Cao Cao and Xiang Ao as soon as possible." ”

"That's nature!"

Then the Kuailiang brothers left Deng Xi's residence, and at this time, there was only Cai Mao as a guest in Deng Xi's residence.

"General Dejun stayed, I'm afraid I have something to say."

Cai Mao didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "That's nature." ”

"It is inevitable that Sun Ce will take Jingbei. However, he and Sun Ce have a common enmity, so naturally they will not surrender to Sun Ce. ”

The corners of Deng Xi's mouth curled, and he asked with some curiosity: "Then why don't you retreat to Yizhou with the army?" ”

"Humph! Yizhou Liu Bei? Even if there is something to do, what is the use of Wolong Zhuge assisting? Cai Mao said disdainfully: "Although Yizhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can give Liu Bei enough time to recuperate." But Yan Wang Xiang Ao is so easy to get along with? ”

"As long as he guards Hanzhong Sanguan and Nanjun Wuxian (now Wushan County, Chongqing City), Liu Bei can only be trapped in Yizhou."

Cai Mao looked at Deng Xi, who was about to speak again, and chuckled: "Brother Zixiao, but you still want to ask Cao Cao and Xiang Ao?" ”

Deng Xi was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Cao Cao is indeed a hero, but the current situation is not good for Cao Cao."

"There is Xiang Ao in the north, Sun Ce in the south, and Liu Bei in the west, which is an irregular hidden danger, if you want to dominate the world, it is difficult!"

Deng Xi chuckled lightly and said firmly: "In this way, General Deqi is planning to defect to the Yan Kingdom?" ”

Cai Mao nodded heavily and said: "In recent years, the old man has investigated in detail the generals Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and others under the command of King Yan, and it is true that they are all generals who can defend one side as the rumors say. ”

"But among the generals of the Yan Kingdom, there is no naval general who can really take action." Cai Mao smiled confidently and said, "Now it seems that King Yan plans to send troops in three ways, and he is also a little anxious to unify it. ”

"If the old man defects to the Yan King at this time, the old man's ability to lead the naval army to fight will inevitably be reused."

Deng Xi's eyes lit up, and then he lowered his face and said with some worry: "I think General Deqi also knows the attitude of Yanguo towards the people of the family, if it is..."

"This old man is not too worried." Although Cai Mao frowned, she was not too worried and said: "After serving King Yan, be a low-key person and help King Yan dominate the world." At that time, no matter how much King Yan resists the existence of the family, he will still leave a little affection when he thinks about it. ”

Deng Xi nodded slightly, and seemed to still agree with Cai Mao's opinion.

"That Kuai Liang and the others..."

Cai Mao smiled disdainfully: "It's not that you can't let go of the status of the family?" Otherwise, with Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue's eyes, they wouldn't be able to see the difference between Sun Ce and Yan Wang? ”

"The two of us..."

Looking at the hesitant Deng Xi, Cai Mao said casually: "What's the matter with telling them, it's not up to them to decide between the north and the south." ”

"What about Li Yan in Jiangxia?"

Cai Mao chuckled fiercely:

"Just leave it to Sun Ce for a headache. With Li Yan making trouble, maybe he can give us time to control Nanyang. Isn't Zhao Yun, the general under King Yan, facing off against Liu Bei's army on Mount Qi? ”

"After controlling Nanyang, as long as King Yan accepts our surrender, we can even go west to Nanyang and cooperate with Zhao Yun to take Hanzhong. Won't we be able to make a great contribution then? ”

Looking at Cai Mao's determined and excited look, Deng Xi thought about it and said heavily: "Okay, just do it!" ”

A few days later, the northern rebellion in Jingbei, the families in the Xiangyang area, under the instigation of the Kuailiang brothers, surrendered to Sun Ce. After the news came, although Li Yan had almost occupied Jiangxia, the back road to the west was cut off, which made Li Yan furious.

No matter how good Li Yan is at fighting and fighting alone, Li Yan can't do anything big. In desperation, Li Yan had no choice but to wave his army westward, hoping to break through from the Yangtze River and return to a wrinkle.

The Jiangxia and Nanyang families, represented by Deng Xi and Cai Mao, declared themselves vassals to the Yan State, and at the same time raised a large army to march west into Hanzhong.

The Nanyang family was in a bad mood, and most of the families migrated, especially the family that followed the Yingchuan family to join Liu Bei, and quickly fled Nanyang overnight and evacuated to Hanzhong.

Cai Mao is also a member of the family, and he doesn't want to offend the families from all over the world, as long as he doesn't raise troops, he will turn a blind eye and let the family leave Jingzhou from his own eyes.

Originally, Sun Ce planned to encircle and suppress Li Yan's army, but under Zhou Yu's suggestion, he did not encircle Li Yan's army. It was just an ambush along the way to eliminate the living force of Li Yan's army.

Under Sun Ce's strategy of releasing water, Li Yan broke through Zhou Yu's encirclement with only two or three thousand remnants of the army, and returned to Yizhou from Yufu (east of present-day Fengjie County, Chongqing).

Jingzhou's movements naturally did not escape Cao Cao's surveillance.

As soon as the Jingbei turmoil began, Cao Cao had an idea about Yangzhou. Xiang Ao in the north defended the Yellow River to the death, and Cao Cao could not wait for Sun Ce's power to expand, so he had to go south to the Yangtze River and attack Yangzhou.

For Cao Cao, Sun Ce was naturally defensive.

Cao Cao raised tens of thousands of troops to the south of Jiujiang, and loaded the army arranged by Sun Ce in Jiujiang head-on. The princes of the two roads fought in Jiujiang County, and it was not lively.

"Fengxiao, Gongda's southern expedition this time, there is no problem." Cao Cao was still a little worried, and looked at the map to confirm with Guo Jia.

Guo Jia shook the feather fan in his hand casually, and replied firmly: "Don't worry, the princess's strategy is not lost to Jia." Moreover, in the showdown, Gongda is even better. ”

Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's reassurance, exhaled slightly and nodded.

"Xiang Ao's pressure on this king is indeed too great." Cao Cao took a deep breath and said, "But fortunately, Xiang Ao accepted the surrender of Cai Mao and others. ”

Guo Jia nodded beside him and said, "That's true." Fortunately, Cai Mao chose Xiang Ao, if Cai Mao defected to the lord, the lord would be a bad decision. ”

Cao Cao nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, now Nanjun is also Xiang Ao's territory." This king wants to see how Sun Ce can defend Jingzhou. ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said with a solemn face: "Although Jingzhou is a battleground for soldiers, if Xiang Ao's army wants to go south, it is the lord who bears the brunt. ”

"The change in the situation in Jingzhou is just to give the lord some time to prepare."

Cao Cao nodded, squinting his eyes to the south: "Gongda will not disappoint this king and take Jiujiang!" ”

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