The Yan army was menacing, and the actual number of the three-way army combined exceeded 600,000, known as one million to the outside world, and the million-strong army dismembered Jingzhou, and the city of Xiangyang was gloomy. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Changsha and Jiangxia's urgent documents were sent to Xiangyang one after another, but in the end they were all sunk into the sea, especially Jiangxia, Liu Qi was not in Jiangxia, the entire Jiangxia group of dragons had no leader, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin easily conquered most of the cities in Jiangxia.

Jiangxia County, the former Han Dynasty in Anlu, the Later Han Dynasty in Xiling, Zhou Tai led the army to the north, all the way to conquer Qichun, Exian, Yi County, and finally besieged Xiling.

Jiang Qin led the naval army to the west, and then went north, all the way to conquer Anlu, Nanxin, after arriving in Yunmengze, continued to send troops to recover the rest of the county, and then stationed troops in Nanxin, cut off the north-south communication artery, Xiling became a lonely city in an instant, and the entire Jiangxia fell into the hands of Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu himself personally led the naval army to take Jingling, Jingling is a relatively prosperous city, after Zhou Yu conquered Jingling, left 5,000 troops to garrison, supply grain and grass, and then went up the river, attacking Nanjun, especially Jiangling and Yiling on the riverside, Jingzhou's sailors were almost completely wiped out by Zhou Yu, and the Yangtze River has become the world of Yangzhou sailors, allowing Zhou Yu to gallop.

Su Jin also mobilized the soldiers and horses of Danyang and Wu County, combined with the soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County, nearly 150,000, under the command of Su Jin, drove Liu Pan to Lingling, and then Su Jin did not continue to go south, but at the suggestion of Zhuge Liang, left 30,000 troops to garrison Linxiang, and the rest of the army continued to go north to attack Wuling, mainly in the east of Wuling, Su Jin's goal was very clear, he was not to occupy the entire Wuling County, but to go north to assist Zhou Yu to capture the South County, the geographical location of the South County is very important, once the South County is captured, Xiangyang was surrounded by the Yan army from the east and north and south, leaving only Xichuan's forces in the west.

Therefore, Nanjun is bound to win, Zhou Yu's troops are all navy, and the number is not enough, so Su Jin must rush to Nanjun in time to join forces with Zhou Yu, so that he can quickly occupy Nanjun with superior troops, so as to form a situation of encirclement before Xiangyang can react.

Both the armies of Su Jin and Zhou Yu achieved important results, and Su Chen's 500,000 troops did not move in Xinye, which caused great pressure on Xiangyang.

Su Chen didn't plan to storm Xiangyang at the beginning, Liu Biao was dead, Xiangyang became a mourning soldier, if he attacked Xiangyang at this time, he would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and it might not work, even if he couldn't think of this, so many advisers in the Military Aircraft Department would not think of this.

No matter how strong the city wall is, it is broken inside, and when Su Chen received the report, after Su Jin and Zhou Yu successfully captured Nanjun, Su Chen knew that the time had come, so he summoned Guo Jia and ordered: "Fengxiao, it's time for you to go out?" Whether this trip can be successful or not depends on Feng Xiao alone, and the king has decided to let Zilong personally accompany Feng Xiao to Xiangyang. ”

"The lord is loving, and his subordinates must live up to the expectations of the lord!"

The Military Aircraft Department had already formulated a strategy to encircle Xiangyang on three sides, and then sent a heavyweight strategist to Xiangyang to persuade him to surrender, to be precise, to persuade Cai Mao to surrender, as long as Cai Mao agreed to surrender, Xiangyang would be decided.

The future of the entire Jingzhou is at stake, and Su Chen must send a suitable candidate to win Cai Mao's trust, mainly to make Cai Mao feel that Su Chen values him.

This candidate must be a pivotal person in Yan State, mainly in Xun You and Guo Jia, selected and chosen, Guo Jia took the initiative to ask Ying, he knew that Xun You was good at strategy, and he was not proficient in lobbyists, so Guo Jia took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Xiangyang to persuade Cai Mao.

There are a lot of Liu Biao's diehards in Xiangyang, and the stakes are very important at this time, and the news must not be leaked, so Guo Jia can't enter the city with great fanfare, so his safety makes Su Chen very worried, Dian Wei was sent by him to help Su in, Xu Chu's personality is not very suitable, thinking about it, he decided to let Zhao Yun accompany Guo Jia, with Zhao Yun accompanied, Guo Jia's safety does not have to worry.

Everything was packed up, Guo Jia and Zhao Yun went all the way south, preparing to enter Xiangyang as a traveling bachelor.

Before leaving, Su Chen specially instructed Zhao Yun, so Zhao Yun behaved very cautiously on the road, Guo Jia saw him like this, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Zilong, you don't have to be so suspicious, remember our current identity, I am a scholar who travels to study, you are my guard, behave more easily, otherwise wouldn't it be easy to tell others that our trip is not simple?" ”

"What Mr. criticized is that Zhao Yun is taught!" For Guo Jia, Zhao Yun has great respect, he has long heard of Guo Jia's name in the army, and he has seen Guo Jia's ability to turn his hands into clouds and rain with his own eyes, so for such capable people, even if Su Chen doesn't say anything, he will be very cooperative.

"Huh!" Guo Jia didn't say anything more, he knew that Zhao Yun was also a person who knew everything about it, and the two of them rode inferior horses, which was also to not attract attention, Xiangyang's literary style was at its peak, although the army pressed the border, which shrouded Xiangyang with a trace of terrifying atmosphere, but after entering the city, Guo Jia found that Xiangyang City was still very lively.

"Zilong, let's go to a place to settle down first, and then inquire about the news in the city."

Guo Jia took Zhao Yun to the largest inn in the city, Zuixianlou, Guo Jia ordered some food, and then asked the guy to call their boss.

When the two of them had eaten almost, the owner of the store was late, Guo Jia didn't say a word, took out a token from his arms, and the shopkeeper was immediately shocked when he saw the token, and then said: "Distinguished guests, please come with me!" ”

The shopkeeper led the two of them to a secret room, and then paid homage with a big salute: "Deng Zhan, the helmsman of the bayonet Xiangyang Branch, meets Guo Junshi!" ”

"Get up! This time, the lord sent me to Xiangyang for a major event, and your entire rudder will be loose on the outside and tight on the inside from today, and all of them will serve me. ”

"No!" Deng Zhan agreed, and then asked, "What does the military advisor command?" ”

"What has been going on in Xiangyang City recently?" Guo Jia asked this sentence, and immediately said: "What is the movement of Jingzhou Wenwu these days? ”

Deng Zhan truthfully reported: "After Liu Cong succeeded to the throne of Chu Queen, he mourned for Liu Biao, Jingzhou civil and military support Liu Cong, a small number of people who disagree with Liu Cong have been demoted by Cai Mao, and now the whole Xiangyang people know that Liu Cong is just a puppet in the hands of Cai Mao, and all the civil and military decrees in Jingzhou are from Cai Mao, and even the Kuai brothers are all resigned to recuperate at home, and rarely participate in important military and political affairs. ”

Hearing this result, Guo Jia raised his eyebrows and asked, "So Cai Mao is in charge of the entire Jingzhou?" ”

"Seven or eight times out of ten!" Deng Zhan said with some reservations: "So that the military advisor can know that there are four major families in Xiangyang, eight wealthy families, the four major families are the Cai Mao family, the Kuai family, the Pang Degong family and the Huang Chengyan family, these four families are related to each other by marriage, the Huang family is degraded because of Huang Zu, and has little say in the government affairs of Xiangyang, to a large extent, it is also the only Cai family to look forward, although the Pang family does not participate much in the military and politics of Jingzhou, but the Pang family is quite powerful in the army, Pang Degong is also a man of his word in Jingzhou, his status is very high, The younger generation of the Pang family also produced a very famous Pang Tong, who was called a phoenix by Mr. Shuijing. ”

"Phoenix chicks?" Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "I have also heard of the name of the phoenix, it is rumored that Sima Wei is running a school in Lumen Mountain, and among all the disciples, this phoenix chick is the most famous. ”

"Not yet!"

"Well, you're talking about the eight giants in Jingzhou!" The Families are the actual controllers of a place, and the clearer the information about them, the better.

"The military advisor doesn't know, these four families, the eight giants, are not the twelve families, but there are a total of eight wealthy families in Jingzhou, among the eight giants, the four families of Cai Kuai, Pang and Huang are stronger than the remaining four, and the other four are one level lower."

"I see! So who are the remaining four? ”

"The remaining four families are the Xi family, the Ma family, the Yang family and the Xiang family." Deng Zhan has long been familiar with these forces, and he came as soon as he opened his mouth, "Among these four families, the younger generation of the Ma family has the most talents, and it is said that the Ma family is the five constants, the white eyebrows are the best, and Ma Liang is the most talented among the five brothers of the Ma family in Yicheng. ”

"In addition, Xi Zhen of the Xi family, Xi Zhen is also quite talented, and now Xi Zhen has been in Jingzhou, as for the Yang family, Yang Yi and Yang Hao are quite talented, and they have not yet been outstanding, but they are quite famous in Shilin, Xiang Lang Xiang Lang's uncle and nephew are also a little famous, Xiang Lang is now serving as the magistrate of Linfu County, although these four families are not as good as the four major families, but they are also the number one family in Jingzhou."

"Listening to your words, this military division suddenly brightened, Deng Zhan, you have done well in Jingzhou in the past few years, the news you provided is very valuable, if this trip is successful, this military division will definitely show the lord and ask for credit for you!"

"Thank you, Strategist!"

After Deng Zhan went down, Guo Jia carefully analyzed the eight wealthy families, and finally came to the conclusion that it can be judged from the fact that the Kuai brothers do not seem to have too strong desire to resist, and they are likely to have the heart to surrender to Yan, so before going to meet Cai Mao, Guo Jia is ready to go to Kuaifu to explore the bottom.

However, Guo Jia was not in a hurry to act, he knew the importance of this trip deeply, the more so, the more he could not tolerate the slightest sloppiness, the next few days, he walked between the markets of Xiangyang City, and got a lot of useful news from the mouths of the peddlers' pawns.

After induction, he found that the people of Xiangyang have a high opinion of Liu Biao, and Liu Qi is also quite famous among the people, as for the four families, it seems that there are shadows of the four families everywhere in Xiangyang City, from inns and restaurants, to carriage and horse shops, etc., these businesses are related to the four families.

After making enough preparations, Guo Jia decided to visit Kuaifu, but he couldn't go rashly, otherwise he would probably not be able to see the main master.