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First of all, Xiangyang City has been a first-class fortified city since ancient times, it is very easy to defend and difficult to attack, the city is strong, and relying on the Han River, the Jingzhou water army is still very strong, Wei Yan has no water army at all now, and it is difficult to cross the Han River to threaten Xiangyang.

Moreover, the main force of the Jingzhou army still exists, and Huang Zu of Jiangxia, Liu Pan and Han Xuan of Jingnan still have a large number of troops, and Jingzhou can still organize at least 150,000 horses, and they rely on the city to defend it, which is definitely not something that Wei Yan can capture with his current strength.

Secondly, even if Wei Yan captures it, the hinterland of Jingzhou, the nine counties of Jingxiang, and the population of six million, can he digest it?

Just like a snake swallowing an elephant, it often can't succeed, because before it can swallow it, it will die first.

Wei Yan now has to gradually encroach on Liu Biao's power territory little by little, and wait until he encounters the dragon of change in the wind and clouds, and then come to swallow the elephant.

This time, Wei Yan showed his strength, which frightened Liu Biao, Cai Mao, and Kuai Yue, and also made Liu Biao and others give up their original contempt for Wei Yan and hurry up their war preparations.

Liu Biao has a population of five or six million and is rich in resources, while Wei Yan now has a population of only five or six hundred thousand at most, with a difference of ten times in the population base, and Wei Yan is surrounded by enemies on all sides.

And this strategy will not be used next time, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are not complete waste, they will definitely not let Wei Yan burn them again, and they will definitely not be scared away by the bluff strategy again, the more they fight, Wei Yan's strategy and class advantage will be slowly lost.

So what to do?

Wei Yan remembered that in the War of Liberation, one of the great magic weapons that the PLA could defeat its opponent was the underground party's intelligence war.

Many of the opponent's high-ranking personnel were sent by our organization to go undercover, and their existence made the PLA fully aware of the opponent's every move.

Now, Wei Yan has found a character who is very suitable for being an undercover agent, and this person has also been an undercover agent in history, was rebelled by Liu Bei, and was an undercover agent placed by Liu Bei under Liu Biao, and has repeatedly saved Liu Bei's life.

This person is none other than Iraq.

Yi is Liu Biao's hometown, he was attached to Liu Biao when he was a teenager, Liu Biao trusted him very much, once such a person was reversed, Liu Biao would have no secret to Wei Yan.

Now, Wei Yanxian personally untied the ropes on the Yi nationality, comforted him with generous words, and couldn't stop praising the talent of the Yi nationality, and belittled Liu Biao for having no eyes and not knowing great talents.

On the issue of Yi nationality, Wei Yan is really not wrong, Yi nationality is just a talking guest under Liu Biao's account, but when he came to Liu Bei, he became one of the five important ministers who compiled the "Shu Branch", the reason why Yi nationality in history after Liu Biao's death, turned his back on Liu Biao's sons and switched to Liu Bei, he can't blame Yi nationality at all, but can only blame Liu Biao for not having vision, originally Yi followed him when he was a teenager, he can completely cultivate Yi nationality into a loyal minister similar to Yan Qing (to Lu Junyi), and as a result, such talents are handed over to others.

At that time, Yi Yuan's impression of Wei Yan changed greatly, and he felt that Wei Yan was really a hero of Corporal Lixian, and he was able to appreciate his talent.

At this time, an empty voice sounded in Wei Yan's mind: "Lord, Yi Ji has admired the lord's benevolence, righteousness, love for the people and the use of soldiers like gods, and his favorability towards the lord is 70.

Yi is grateful to Corporal Lixian and increases his opinion by 10 points!

Yi was moved by the lord's wisdom and wisdom, and his favorability increased by 10 points, and now it is 90 points!

Yi was moved by the lord's words, remembering the past when he was trusted by Liu Biao and not reused, and his loyalty to Liu Biao was reduced by 10 points, and now it is 120 points. ”

Wei Yan talked with the Iraqis about force, the art of war, strategy, and the way of governing politics along the way, which benefited the Iraqis a lot, and the Iraqis admired Wei Yan more and more.

The empty voice sounded in Wei Yan's mind again: "The lord has increased the strength of the Yi nationality by 10 points, and the friendship of the Yi nationality towards the lord has increased by 10 points."

The lord increases the command of the lord by 10 points, and the friendship of the lord of the lord is increased by 10 points.

The lord increases the intelligence of the Iraqi by 10 points, and the friendship of the lord is increased by 10 points.

The lord increases the politics of the Iraqi nationality by 5 points, and the opinion of the Iraqi nationality towards the lord is increased by 5 points.

At present, the ability of the Iraqi nationality in all aspects is 44 in force, 45 in command, 89 in intelligence, 91 in politics, 82 in charisma, 120 in loyalty to Liu Biao, and 125 in favor of the lord. ”

Wei Yan then took out his big trick to treat talents, cooked for Yi Zhi with his own hands, ate and drank it, and when he went to sleep, he slept with Yi Zhi.

The empty voice sounded in Wei Yan's mind again: "The lord cooks with his own hands, Yi Ji is grateful for the lord's kindness, and his favorability has increased by 15 points!"

The lord and the Yi arrived and slept on their feet, and the Yi was grateful for the lord's kindness, and the favorability increased by 15 points, now 155 points!

But Iraq's loyalty to Liu Biao is still 120 points, I'm afraid I can't agree to the lord's undercover, and ask the lord to think of something else. ”

Wei Yan is now sleeping with the Yi nationality, and they are chatting about some current political affairs.

He first talked about Liu Biao's strategy: "When the heroes are competing for the deer, Liu Biao supports his own troops, and only hopes to protect himself between Jiang and Han in order to watch the changes in the world...... Even if Cao Cao unified the Central Plains and then defeated Yuan Shao and unified the north in the future, and the Sun clan unified the south, Liu Biao was still trapped in the nine counties of Jingxiang and could not do anything, and could only watch the enemy become stronger day by day. ”

Yi Ji was speechless, he had followed Liu Biao for many years and knew that Liu Biao would indeed be like this.

Wei Yan quoted Guo Jia and Cao Cao to comment on Liu Biao: "Table, sit and talk about the guest ear, and the thief who guards himself." If there is no Wei Yan for me, Cao Cao is forced in the north of Jingzhou, and the Sun family is worried about the westward advance of the Sun family in the east, Liu Biao's big ship will be in danger of sinking. ”

Yi broke out in a cold sweat.

Later, Wei Yan talked about Liu Biao's employment: "Liu Biao only won the trust and support of the Cai and Kuai families, but most of the opinions and suggestions of other scholars were shelved. Although he likes the virtuous, but he does not dare to reuse them, although he does not like the mediocre, but he cannot stay away from them. And you, Yi Jibo, although you are a fellow villager with Liu Biao, are only subordinate to the subordinates and have nothing to achieve.

Even if you want to leave Liu Biao, Cao Cao's camp is full of talents, and if you go to serve at this time, you are destined not to be reused. Where to go to the Sun family in Jiangdong? That's even worse, Liu Biao once attacked and killed Sun Jian, and Jiangdong and Liu Biao had a grudge against their father. One of you doesn't want to lose the reputation of betraying the master, and the other is even more afraid of being suspected and discriminated against after arriving in Jiangdong. Therefore, Yijibo, although you have no ambition, you can only suffer in Jingzhou. Am I right? ”