Guangling's good news was almost with Gao Ye to Bowang, and to be honest, Gao Ye had never worried about the war in the south. Don't look at Sun Quanqin leading the army, and he went to Guangling in a mighty way. But now Zhou Yu, who is the most capable of fighting in the entire Jiangdong, is not among the expeditions, and Lu Su, who is the second capable of fighting, has not yet been appreciated by Sun Quan. Sun Quan relied on himself with Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Tai Shici and other fierce generals, and it was almost impossible to take Guangling, where Chen Deng was located. No, only a few days after Gao Ye set out on the expedition, Sun Quan's vanguard retreated to Wangdu.

The same battle report was a little surprising in Pan Zhang's opinion. Although when he was in Beihai, he had heard Kong Rong praise Chen Deng's skills, but which of the disciples around Kong Rong was not praised by him? But when it comes to employing people, who really has the ability? Although Cao Cao and Gao Ye both praised Chen Deng, Pan Zhang never imagined that Chen Deng could win the first victory so quickly.

Seeing Pan Zhang's surprise, Gao Ye smiled and said: "Guangling's victory in the first battle is also a great encouragement to the morale of our army. Wenyuan's soldiers and horses are about to arrive, so the south will have no worries. Wen Jue, you and I should think about the war in front of us first. I've just arrived here, tell me, what's the situation in Wancheng? ”

"The current situation in Wancheng is not bad, Liu Bei has attacked the city four times these days, but there is no effect. However, Liu Bei is only the vanguard of the Jingzhou army, and the scouts report that the main force of the Jingzhou army has arrived in Wancheng yesterday. ”

"Who will the Lord be?" Gao Ye asked with a slight nod. For Liu Bei, Gao Ye was still 120,000 points cautious. After all, if there is anyone in this world who knows Liu Bei best, Gao Ye feels that it must be him. Gao Ye still remembers that when he met Liu Bei for the first time, Liu Bei was still just white, weaving mats and selling shoes. But now he has been fighting horses for 20 years, and he is the world-famous imperial uncle General Zuo.

is such a gangster, starting step by step from the leader of the Volunteer Army, escaping Cao Ang's conspiracy and Yuan Shao's conspiracy, and now he is thriving in Jingzhou. Judging from the news brought back by Li Zhu, Liu Bei is now in Xinye, and even a local family in Jingzhou like the Cai family can't interfere.

If it's just like that, the important thing is that as soon as Liu Bei entered Jingzhou, he accurately found the biggest flaw in the Jingzhou system, and took advantage of Liu Biao's fear and dissatisfaction with the Jingzhou family to successfully gain a firm foothold in Xinye. Not only that, but he also supported his son Liu Qi, but also gained the support of other small families outside the four major families, such as Yizhi, Ma Liang and other Jingzhou celebrities, and now they are in the same boat with him Liu Bei.

In just a few months, he can be mixed like this in Jingzhou, which is definitely beyond Gao Ye's expectations. After all, Liu Bei in history was in Jingzhou, "full of flesh and blood, and burst into tears", Gao Ye never thought that Liu Biao would be so important to him. Perhaps because the family strength of Jingzhou in history was indeed extremely strong, Liu Biao did not dare to act forcibly for the sake of Jingzhou's stability. And in Jingzhou in this life, due to the defeat of the Huang family, Liu Biao's power has risen sharply, and now with Liu Guanzhang and the three of them on the side, this makes Liu Biao have the courage to argue with the Jingzhou family.

Pan Zhang'er listened to Gao Ye's question, and said again: "Back to Situ, it is Cai Mao who commands the army, and Wen is hired as a deputy general, with about 50,000 people. Yesterday, he was ten miles west of the city. Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were concentrated in the south of the city. ”

Gao Ye nodded, and suddenly turned his head to look at Pan Zhang on the side, still Sima Yi and Lu Xun said: "Wen Jue, Zhong Da, Bo Yan, how do you think this battle should be fought?" Pan Zhang was obviously stunned, in the past, he always said that he would fight how he wanted, and it was the first time Pan Zhang encountered such a move today.

However, Sima Yi and Lu Xun have already adapted to this, after all, since they met Gao Ye, Gao Ye's favorite sentence to ask is "What do you think", fortunately, the two of them don't know who Yuan Fang is, otherwise Gao Ye feels that he can be complained to death by two people. In the end, it was Sima Yi who took the lead in speaking, and continued to close his eyes and ponder one after another. This may have become a tacit understanding between Sima Yi and Lu Xun, otherwise it wouldn't be like this every time.

I saw Sima Yi stand up and arch his hand: "What Situ is most worried about is nothing more than fighting in a stalemate on the battlefield in Jingzhou, and he can't deal with the Xiliang soldiers and horses with all his might. But since Cai Mao is leading the army, I think this battle is very easy to fight. Seeing that Sima Yi was full of confidence, Pan Zhang was even more incredulous. There are 70,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou in front of him, besieging Wancheng. Although Cai Mao is not a general, he still has a set of commanding troops. What's more, there is Liu Bei to help, that is an old Jianghu, if you want to completely defeat them, I am afraid it is not possible to do it in three or five days. At least you can't do it yourself. But the confidence on Sima Yi's face, which did not match his age, really made Pan Zhang a little confused. I have also been in the army for several years, is it possible, it is better to be the stinky child in front of me?

I saw Sima Yi smile and continued: "As long as Situ has a good talk with Cai Mao, the danger of Wancheng will be solved!" ”

Gao Ye hadn't answered, but Pan Zhang on the side was surprised: "Huh? How is this possible? Let's not talk about whether Situ can see Cai Mao, even if he sees Cai Mao, then Cai Mao is on Liu Biao's orders, how can he retreat so easily? It's not proper, I see, you still have to fight with real swords and guns! ”

Gao Ye looked at Pan Zhang, who was a little excited, shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Wen Jue. Bo Yan, tell General Pan Zhang about the doorway here! Wen Jue, the use of tactics in war is not only on the battlefield! ”

When Lu Xun heard this, he also got up and saluted, and then he spoke: "General Pan may not know that this Liu Bei is in Jingzhou, and he will not be treated by the great families of Jingzhou. Now with 20,000 soldiers and horses in hand, occupying the land of Xinye, how do you say these families can settle down! Just imagine how much effort it took Situ to clean up those people when he first entered Yingchuan! Although Liu Jingzhou has been in Jingzhou for 20 years, he still has to rely on the Cai family and the Kuai family to govern Jingzhou. Nominally, he is the lord of Jingzhou, but in fact, it still depends on the face of the family.

Besides, Liu Biao wanted to use Liu Bei to contain Cai Mao and others, but why didn't Liu Biao worry about Liu Bei's backlash? This is also the reason why Cai Mao and Liu Bei are all here when they send troops this time. If they can't take Wancheng, then the strength of the two of them will be damaged together, won't they be able to maximize their own interests! Based on this, I think Cai Mao has to carefully consider the proposal to withdraw from the army in order to keep his position in the Cai family. If Cai Mao must retire from the army, there will always be a way for him to force Liu Biao to comply, and the wisdom of these big families cannot be underestimated. At that time, Liu Bei could only obediently return to Xinye and continue to be his northern barrier in Jingzhou. ”

Hearing Lu Xunyang's spilling of this large paragraph, Pan Zhang swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva and opened his mouth a few times, but he didn't know what to say. In the final analysis, Pan Zhang is just a decent general, and the two armies may be able to come up with some clever plans when they fight, but when it comes to calculating political factors outside the field, he is blinded. Now that I heard the analysis of Sima Yi and Lu Xun, the two Confucian scholars, I suddenly realized that at the same time, a chill felt even more spontaneous. Although Pan Zhang didn't speak, he was asking himself, if he met an opponent like Sima Yi and Lu Xun, what chance would he have of winning this battle?

Seeing that Pan Zhang was a little lost, Gao Ye patted Pan Zhang's shoulder and said, "There is such a thing as fighting, and what you have learned!" But one thing you said is right, we still have to fight with real guns! ”

On this side, Gao Ye has already begun to assign combat tasks, but on the other side, Cai Mao outside Wancheng City has no worries. Even if Liu Bei sent Jian Yong over and asked Cai Mao to be cautious in order to deal with the possible attack of Gao Ye, Cai Mao was still indifferent. After all, the 50,000 elites in his hands, as well as the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liu Bei's place, are twice as many as Gao Ye! Gao Ye has to think about it so much that he will come to fight with himself!

But on the other side, Liu Bei was worried at this time, after all, Liu Bei knew the ability to use soldiers at night. Over the years, Gao Ye has never been defeated in the army, and in the face of such an opponent, no matter how careful he is, it is not too much. But that Cai Mao looks indifferent. If it weren't for the fact that there was still a general like Wen Ping in his army, Liu Bei would almost want to withdraw his troops immediately and leave. How can someone like Cai Mao be Gao Ye's opponent!

Liu Bei, who had been worried all night and even moved closer to the direction of Cai Mao's camp in the barracks, still survived the night safely. The surprise attack that Liu Bei was most worried about did not happen. It's just that what Liu Bei didn't expect was that someone came to write a war letter early in the morning, and after careful inquiry, he learned that it was precisely because of the layout of the military camp of himself and Cai Mao that Gao Ye led the troops into Wancheng overnight. Today's war book is under the high night, about Cai Mao and his own soldiers and horses, tomorrow to fight.

As soon as he saw the battle book, Guan Yu closed his eyes and was silent, but Zhang Fei blew up, scolding Gao Ye for looking down on people. As for Liu Bei, he muttered a little in his heart. The troops in Gao Ye's hands do not need the Jingzhou army, even if the Cao army is elite and wants to defeat himself and Cai Mao head-on, he is afraid that his own losses will not be small. Since Gao Ye could appear in Wancheng within a few days, Liu Bei believed that Gao Ye had already had an estimate of the situation on the Western Front. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Gao Ye to lose his troops on the Jingzhou army in vain. In such a situation, if Gao Ye didn't have absolute confidence in defeating the Jingzhou army in one fell swoop, then there must be some conspiracy!

Liu Bei, who had just thought about it all night, had no clue, and Cai Mao had already responded to the battle, so he couldn't help but go. Outside the west gate of Wancheng, the Jingzhou army and the Cao army lined up opposite each other and waited for each other. Cao Cao's army still arrived earlier, and saw Gao Ye standing in front of the formation, Cai Mao was naturally not to be outdone, and took a few steps forward. Liu Bei and several generals also followed.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Gao Ye just arched his hand casually at Cai Mao and the others, and said: "Liu Xuande, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed!" ”