On this day, news finally came from outside the city, saying that Zhang Fei led 10,000 troops in Xiangyang as the vanguard of the front, and he could reach Jiangling City in half a day.

"It's finally here, look at the time, there should be a reaction over there in the next few days...... Zhuge Kongming, you gave me such a surprise, but I don't know the reason to repay the favor, I also prepared a surprise, but I don't know if you can bear it. ”

"What the Lord said, but what he sent before? With all due respect, Cao Zhi was in Jiangling for those days before, most of them were trapped in the lord's father, and had to agree to the conditions proposed by the lord, and now he has returned to Xuchang, I heard that these times have also made some achievements in the competition for the storage position with his brother Cao Pi, and the lord is self-reliant, after a few years, it is difficult to guarantee that he is not the enemy of Cao Zhi, so there is such a thing of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, how can Cao Zhi interfere. ”

As early as when Liu Feng learned that Zhuge Liang colluded with Sun Quan, he had not yet set off from Cangwu to repair a book, and Fei Yuwei was an elite person who quickly whipped and secretly sent it to Xuchang, and the person had returned the day before yesterday, informing Liu Feng that the letter had been handed over to Cao Zhi himself, Liu Feng waited for this matter to be confirmed, and only then did he complete the placement of the defenders of these two counties, which shows that for Cao Zhi, Liu Feng has a lot of expectations in his heart.

But in Pang Tong's heart, Liu Feng's idea of pinning his hopes on Cao Zhi was quite unacceptable, and Liu Feng never revealed the content of the letter he gave to Cao Zhi.

"Although Cao Zhi is smart, but at this time he is not the lord of Xuchang after all, and he needs to compete with Cao Pi for merit. Liu Cover questioned Pang Tong, but smiled confidently and replied slowly.

"Then we will be like the defenders of Changsha, prepare strong bows and crossbows in the city, and we can't defend them?" When Pang Tong heard this, he thought of Liu Feng's general order to Xu Shu and Huang Zhong, and he was puzzled at the moment.

"Naturally it can't be like this, as far as Feng knows, the person Zhuge Liang relied on in Jiangdong is Lu Su, but Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu here, and the generals he brought are all veterans led by Zhou Yu at the beginning, which is mysterious, how can Mr. Shiyuan not see it, if we can't shrink here, Zhou Yu finds an opportunity to attack with all his might, it can be regarded as a lost strategy, so we also need to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger here, deter Zhou Yu, and use a two-pronged approach to achieve miraculous results."

Liu Feng's remarks made Pang Tong have to be convinced, so whether Cao Zhi can really think about Liu Feng's thoughts and have an impact on this battle for the time being, if it is someone else, he is already anxious when he learns that Zhuge Liang is connected to Jiangdong, where can he still think of the matter of writing a letter to Xuchang as soon as possible, but Liu Feng can calculate the time, so that Cao Zhi learned about it on time.

Not only that, when Liu Feng knew that Zhuge Liang might form an alliance with Sun Quan, he did not blindly deploy defenses in the counties of Jingzhou, but personally went out and took Cangwu for himself in less than a month, and formed an alliance with Shixie.

With this guarantee, even if Liu Feng was defeated under the attack of Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang, he could also lead the army to retreat to Jiaozhou, and he would never be cut off from life just after standing on his own.

When Liu Feng decided to go out of the city to meet the enemy, Nanyang in the north of Jingzhou, there was also a team of soldiers and horses doing the same thing, this team of men and horses was sent by Cao Cao from Xuchang, headed by two, one was handsome, the age was weak, white clothes and silver armor, it was Cao Zhi, and the other, looking older than Cao Zhi for several years, wearing heavy armor, holding a heavenly painting halberd, the most surprising thing is that this person has thick hair, and all are yellow, it is Cao Zhi's brother, Cao Pi's brother, Cao Zhang.

At this time, the two were waiting for the oath in front of the battle, and Cao Zhang secretly asked Cao Zhi: "Zijian only has articles and good wine on weekdays, why are you interested in this back and forth war?" If it weren't for my return from the border and the assistance of others, my mother would never have been able to let go of her heart and let Zijian come. ”

It turned out that after Cao Zhi got Liu Feng's letter, he did not tell others, and even Yang Xiu did not know about it, Liu Feng in this letter, told the truth about his self-reliance, and bluntly said that if Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan were attacked, Liu Feng would be in great trouble, but at the same time, he also showed Cao Zhi that he had made relevant preparations, and the two of them attacked and could not make Liu Feng annihilate, but once Liu Feng could not hold the five counties of Jingzhou, Jingzhou would be divided between Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan.

In this way, it is equivalent to throwing the problem to Cao Zhi, the land of Jingzhou, if it is occupied by Liu Feng, it can be regarded as half a natural ally with Cao Zhi in the future, but if it is divided by Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan, Cao Zhi will have to spend some energy once he inherits Cao Cao's foundation and then wants to plot Jingzhou and Jiangdong, it will take some energy, and even lose Liu Feng Such an ally, and once Zhuge Liang or Sun Quan owns most of Jingzhou, with his years of accumulated troops, he will definitely try to seek Yizhou and Hanzhong, although these Liu Feng letters are not mentioned, But Cao Zhi calmed down and analyzed it a little, and all these possible changes in the future emerged in his mind.

In the end, Cao Zhi did not want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, once Jingzhou is less Liu Feng such a force, it will only be bad for him, and there will be no benefit, so Cao Zhi asked Cao Cao for his life on the same day, saying that he learned about it through the dark line in Jingzhou, and wanted to take this opportunity to lead the army to take advantage of Zhuge Liang's army to attack Jiangling, and Guan Yu was far away in Xiakou to garrison the opportunity, for Cao Cao to fight for this Xiangyang land.

Xiangyang was originally for Liu Feng to threaten Cao Zhi's life to force Cao Cao to retreat, at this time from Cao Zhi's mouth to say this, in Cao Cao's opinion, it is enough to show that Cao Zhi after these experiences, is no longer the previous only care about poetry and painting, wine tasting and assembly of the boy, but also Cao Zhi this time actually asked for the order to personally lead the troops forward, in order to be able to be ashamed, although Cao Pi and Cao Zhen and others also wanted to join in, but Cao Cao Yan was able to make it wishful, and immediately agreed to Cao Zhi's request.

Originally, Cao Cao intended to send Zhang Liao, who was powerful in Jiangdong, to follow Cao Zhi with him, but his wife, Mrs. Bian, was quite worried about Cao Zhi's departure, and designated Cao Zhang, who was quite close to Cao Zhi on weekdays, to go to rest assured.

"If my brother can help me take this Xiangyang City in one fell swoop, I will definitely be rewarded in the future!" Cao Zhi only smiled slightly when he heard this, and arched his hand.

"Zijian has made extraordinary progress these days, and when my brother returned from the expedition with his troops, he found that Zijian was a little different from the past, and after a conversation today, it was so!"

"Brother still thinks about it, how to repel Zhao Zilong in Xiangyang City, and then talk about anything else!"