Hu Xuan bowed his head slightly, pointed to the map and said: "However, if our army wants to cross the river, Mengjin Port is not the only way. Heyangjin and Xiaopingjin can also cross the river, but the strategic location of these two ports is far inferior to that of Mengjin Port and has fallen into disrepair..."

"Now the thief army is heavily defended in Mengjin Port, I mean Xu Zhonglang to lead the main army to feint Mengjin and Heyang Port, Ben Zhonglang will drop an elite army to cross the river through Xiaopingjin to attack its rear, and then Xu Zhonglang will launch an attack from the front, so that under the attack from both sides, the thief army will be defeated."

"It's a wonderful plan, it's a wonderful plan." Fan Chou said with a smile: "Hu Zhonglang is worthy of being a heavy minister of Xiliang valued by the Taishi, under such a two-sided attack, the thief army will be defeated, and then our army will drive straight into Heyang County, and the Baibo thief will die." ”

Hu Xuan smiled faintly, turned his head to look at Xu Rong and said, "What does Xu Zhonglang think?" ”

Hu Zhonglang is both wise and brave, and Xu is very convinced. It's just..."Xu Rong frowned and said: "Xu thinks that the thief army in the three lanes may not be ignorant, it is because Xu believes that the battle should be based on the right way, supplemented by thaumaturgy, and wants to exterminate the thief army to destroy its sharp spirit first, and to destroy its sharp spirit is in the pressure of the soldiers, from the most heavily defended place in Mengjin Port, a passage is fiercely carned, so that it can flee from the wind, only in this way can the thief army be wiped out in one fell swoop." ”

"Besides, Xu thought that it should be mainly to capture the king of Hongnong, supplemented by the extermination of thieves."

"Xu Zhonglang doesn't have to say ....." Hu Xuan glanced at Xu Rong and said lightly: "Before Ben Zhonglang comes, the Taishi has already issued a strict order that the thieves must be exterminated, so there is no need to prioritize the two. ”

Xi Rong's brows at this time had already condensed into Sichuan characters, and he persuaded him: "Hu Zhonglang, King Hongnong has the most to do with Taishi, and the thief army can be suppressed at any time, in case the trace of King Hongnong is lost..."

"Okay~" Hu Xuan said coldly: "Ben Zhonglang will naturally know how to be gentle, and he doesn't need you to teach him." Xu Zhonglang executes the order~"

"Alas~"

Xu Rong looked at Hu Xuan's departing back, and couldn't help sighing, he always felt that Hu Xuan's strategy of dividing troops to fight was a little inappropriate, but he couldn't say what was wrong, he shook his head and said to Zhang Ji, who was standing solemnly: "Is there any news from Yang Ding?" ”

Zhang Ji shook his head and said, "There is no news. ”

In fact, the Xiliang soldiers that Yang Aruo encountered in the wild grass beach were the troops led by Yang Ding, Xu Rong felt that the Baibo army was difficult to destroy for a while, and he was afraid that Liu Wei would lose his trace, so he sent Yang Ding to enter Hanoi County directly through Chenggao to sweep Liu Wei's figure, and Hu Xuan did not know about this matter.

At this time, Xu Rong only hoped that Yang Ding would be able to find Liu Wei early, although he had never been involved in political affairs, but he still knew the importance of Liu Wei, in case Liu Wei ran away, everything would be over, but unfortunately he didn't know the truth that it was dark under the light, Liu Wei didn't hide around at all, but was moving under his nose.

。。。。。。

According to historical records, Jingzhou during the reign of Liu Biao was a state and county throughout the entire history of the Three Kingdoms, a cradle that gave birth to countless literati and strategists, and a pure land where hundreds of thousands of people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Regardless of the history of Jingzhou at this time, it was Wang Rui.

Wang Ruide Lu Zhi, Yuan Kui and other important ministers played the imperial court in order to contain Dong Zhuo, so he immediately took office as the assassin of Jingzhou, but Wang Rui was talented, and as soon as he took office, he promoted a large number of talents such as Wang Wei, Deng Xi, Han Song, Liu Xian, etc.

For a time, Jingzhou drastically rectified the rule of officials, which really made Wang Ruixian's name spread throughout Jingzhou.

However, there are always three heart diseases lingering in Wang Rui's chest, one is the political enemy Wuling Taishou Cao Yin, who is not convinced by him, and the other is Yuan Shu of Luyang, these three are the large and small bandits and water thieves entrenched in the mountains and lakes in Jingzhou.

Although Jingzhou is the cradle of literati and strategists, it is born with a lack of brave generals, even if the famous fierce generals in the Jingzhou army, Zhang Mu and his son, went to suppress the thieves, they also lost their armor and fled.

"Alas~"

In the backyard of Taishou Mansion, a cool breeze blew, and the dead leaves fluttered down with the wind, just as his mood was as bad, the three troubles of Jingzhou were still focused on Yuan Shu and the bandits, but the water thieves were getting more and more powerful, and they dared to plunder the important town of Jiangling during the day, this is where Jingzhou is located, this is a naked slap in the face.

"Lord Thorn."

A voice came, Wang Rui turned his head to look at it, but it was Deng Xi in the middle of the governance, so he nodded and said, "Zixiao is here." ”

"The night is long, it's hard to sleep, and the two of the puppets have good wine, so I came to drink with the adults." Deng Xi raised the wine jug in his hand and said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, Zixiao has this elegant meaning, Rui Zi should accompany him, but how can there be no meat if there is wine?" Wang Rui laughed and ordered his subordinates to prepare meat and vegetables, and after a while, the fatty steamed chicken and seasonal vegetarian dishes were served.

Both of them are well-educated people, so naturally they have to drink against each other, but Wang Rui has never been interested, Deng Xi observed the words, and said: "My lord is still worried about the bandits in Jingzhou? ”

"yes." When Wang Rui heard this, he put down the wine bottle, shook his head and said: "The plundering of the important town of Jiangling by the water thieves is really a provocation to the prestige of the imperial court, but our army is helpless against it, and Rui is ashamed of the imperial court." ”

"My lord, the Jingzhou army has been sparse for a long time, and the water thieves and bandits lick blood all day long, and the combat power of the two is not equal, which is also understandable." Deng Xi groaned: "Ranxi has a plan for adults. ”

"Oh?" Wang Rui said urgently: "What is Zixiao's plan? ”

"The gate of the third prince of the later general Yuan Shu IV, his soldiers are wide, and they are now stationed in Nanyang County, and Nanyang County is under the rule of adults, so Yuan Shu can be regarded as a subordinate of adults...."Deng Xi stroked his chin and said in a deep voice: "Why don't you send Yuan Shu to come and pay off the thieves?" ”

"Zixiao is confused." Wang Rui shook his head and said: "Yuan Shu is in the name of the fourth world and the third duke, but what do you look at what he did in Luyang?" Recruit soldiers on the day of tidying up, regardless of people's livelihood, the wolf's ambition is obvious, how can such a person make him enter Jingzhou? ”

Deng Xi asked: "My lord, do you know what Yuan Shutun soldiers in Luyang are missing?" ”

Wang Rui was puzzled: "What is it?" ”

"Grain and grass, of course." Deng Xi analyzed: "Luyang, is actually a small county in Nanyang, but during the period of Yuan Shu's garrison, he wantonly conscripted soldiers, and the grain and grass obtained must be beyond his means, but the tax burden of the entire Nanyang County is all in Jiangling. ”

"Yuan Shu must be grateful, and adults only need to control the grain and grass, even if Yuan Shu has 100,000 elite soldiers, what can he do?"

"This..."

Wang Ruijian's eyebrows frowned slightly, what Deng Xi said did make him a little moved, but when he took office, Lu Zhi's words were still in his ears, making him always wary of Yuan Shu, but now he asked to save Yuan Shu, which really made it difficult for him to make up his mind.