Liu Shi had just returned from his inspection in front when Gongsun Xu ran over and shouted, "Uncle! Good news! The personnel we sent brought back the news that Xiang Xiong had news! ”

Liu Shi's eyes lit up and said, "Let's go back to the house!" ”

Back at the temporary mansion in Qingzhou, Liu Shi asked, "What's going on?" Where do you get the news? ”

Gongsun continued to laugh and said: "The dispatched personnel heard that there was a rumor that Xiang Xiong was in Chengyang County, and hurriedly rushed over to confirm, and sure enough, they found that Guan Hai and Xiang Xiong were both in Chengyang County, and Mi Zhu had instigated Chengyang County Magistrate Shi to rebel against Cao Cao, and the eldest prince was also with Xiang Xiong, and now he has tens of thousands of troops. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Liu Shi's face was overjoyed, and then he frowned: "What the hell is going on?" How can Xiang Xiong have tens of thousands of horses? ”

Gongsun Xu's face turned red and said: "The person who just came back said that because he had no contact with Xiang Xiong, the specific situation is not clear, but there are many rumors outside, some say that this bear is a bandit, attacked the county seat, robbed a large household, and then set fire to several cottages, and finally accepted Zhao'an."

It is also said that Xiang Xiong is a hero, surnamed Xiong, originally took his own brother's eldest son out of the tour and walked here, because of accepting other people's requests, entering the mountain to eliminate thieves, occupying the thief's den for some reason, because of his dealings with the big households near the cottage, he was denounced, the result was that the big family was attacked by the county lieutenant, asking them to rescue, Xiong Daxia showed his might to defeat the county army and kill the county lieutenant, capture the county seat, loot the official treasury, and take advantage of the situation to destroy the Haoqiang who was accused, and recruit the bandits. Then the county guard Yin Li was furious and ordered the county lieutenant to lead the troops to conscript, and Xiong Daxia killed the county lieutenant and captured the county soldiers.

At this time, when people thought that this bear hero was going to attack the county government, he wrote to ask for Zhao'an, and the county government agreed, and then ordered him to lead the army to assist Wu Dun in attacking Guan Hai, but Wu Dun was assassinated a few days later, and Guan Hai fled. In the end, people found out that this bear hero and the thief were actually a family. And also---. ”

Liu Shi frowned and said, "This is a bear hero and a bandit, what is going on?" ”

Gongsun Xu blushed and said, "The person sent out to inquire came back and said so." I estimate that this Xiong Daxia is General Xiang, and the eldest prince is the eldest prince! ”

Liu Shi pondered for a moment and said: "Continue to send people out to find out, especially the matter of the Chengyang rebellion, it is best to contact Xiang Xiong directly." There are also Cao Jun's movements, including Jizhou and Qingzhou, as soon as there is news, it will be reported quickly. ”

As he was talking, news came from Zhao Yun and Gan Ning: "The Cao army seems to be mobilizing troops, and the troops in the direction of Jizhou are decreasing, please pay attention!" ”

Liu Shi frowned, pondered for a moment, and immediately said, "Chuan Jia Junshi is here!" ”

Waiting for Jia Xu to come in a hurry, Liu Shi hurriedly handed the news sent by Zhao Yun and Gan Ning to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu was gloomy for a moment, and said, "Cao Cao must be launching some big military operation." ”

Liu Shi nodded and said, "I think the same way, but I can't think of what Cao Cao wants to do next?" Do you want to transfer troops to fight for Nanyang and Jingzhou? That doesn't seem right either! The day before yesterday, news came from Xun You: Cao Cao had sent Sima Yi to the governor Lü Meng, and it was impossible to recapture Jingnan with only 100,000 troops.

Peng Tuoke brought 130,000 troops from Yinan, plus Liu Qi, Chen Zhi, Zhuge Liang, Ma Chao, Liu Feng and other troops in Jingzhou, there were 360,000 soldiers and horses. After this battle, Cao Cao's Nanyang and Jingzhou soldiers and horses were able to escape back to more than 100,000, and even with the addition of the 100,000 troops led by Sima Yi, it was far from enough. It's just that who is this Sima Yi, I have rarely heard of him before? ”

Jia Xu said: "Sima Yizi Zhongda, Hanoi clan, Xiaochang military, but this person was born with a wolf face and eagle eyes, which made Cao Cao extremely jealous, this time it seems that the lord Cao Cao was hurt!" ”

Liu Shi smiled and said: "This Peng Tuo really didn't disappoint me, but I didn't expect to bring an army of 130,000, which is really amazing!" Now have the cities of Xiangyang, Xinye, and Hanshou been taken down? ”

Jia Xu said: "There was news just now: "After Jiangling Mao Jue retreated to Xiangyang, Xu Fu followed, and then Ma Chao and Liu Fengbing surrounded Xinye and occupied Yexian and Luyang. Xiahou Yuan was besieged by an army three times his size, broke the city and fled, and was wounded and captured by Ma Chao halfway. Due to the intercession of Zhang Fei's widow, Mrs. Xiahou, she is now under house arrest in Xinye. Mao Jue and Wang Wei fled to Jiangxia. ”

"What about the direction of Wancheng? And what I asked last time, why did Nanyang launch the attack more than a month late? How do they explain it? ”

Jia Xu said: "Zhang Hong, the general of the Cao army in Wancheng, was very brave, and he was originally going to encircle and annihilate him, but as a result, he developed the two counties of Ye County and Luyang County by us in the way of entering the city through tunnels, and after sneak attack and seizure of the city, he immediately retreated to Xinye, and was cut off by Liu Feng's army, and he retreated to Biyang, and now he is still confronting the Nanyang army according to danger.

As for the delay of launching more than a month, the main reason is that the military advisor Zhuge Liang believes that although the Xinghan army has more than 200,000 troops, compared with the Cao army, the advantage is not strong, and Cao Cao also has 150,000 people between Danyang and Yuzhang, and Yingchuan also has 670,000 people. If we can't quickly take Nanyang, a stalemate will be formed, which will not be good for us.

Maybe the Cao army will take advantage of the situation to encircle and annihilate the army of Wuling and Yidao. If the armies of these two places are lost, and there will be no strongholds in that direction in the future, the people will be completely recovered by them. It is recommended to wait for a while and then recover Nanyang or Wuling in one fell swoop. These two places must not only be captured, but also defended. ”

Liu Shi was silent for a moment and said, "This Zhuge Liang still has a bit of a military master's mind!" ”

And then he said, "All right! Don't talk about this, what do you mean by Cao Cao's transfer of troops? Speaking of which, he also told Xiang Xiong Mizhu and others in Chengyang that they instigated Chengyang Changshi to come over, and also killed Cao Cao's general Zhou Tai with a trick.

Jia Xu said: "Judging from what the lord said, Cao Cao has several possibilities: First, he was heavily transferred to Qingzhou to attack Donglai and wipe us out or drive us away. Second, I want to encircle and annihilate Xiang Xiong and pacify Chengyang. The third is to support Jingzhou. But I have an idea: Cao Cao revealed that the message of the eldest prince was to lure us to support Xiang Xiong when he was besieging Xiang Xiong, and then--"

Liu Shi thought for a moment and said: "Since Cao Cao wants to exterminate us, it is better for us to go the opposite way, protect Qingzhou, and give up Jizhou!" What do you think? ”

Jia Xu's eyes lit up and said: "The lord has such courage, which is admirable. To give up Jizhou, Cao Cao can't do without, and I think that not only should Jizhou be abandoned, but Youzhou should also be prepared to give up part of it to stretch the front of Cao's army. Of course, it can't be too obvious, but give up at a point, and give him the illusion of counterattacking at any time. Once Cao's army ate these, the forces were scattered. Our army attacked Cao Cao from Hanoi, Qingzhou and Nanyang, cut off the retreat of Cao's army from Jizhou and Youzhou, and then divided and encircled. ”