Outside Yuzhang City, in the Caizhong military camp. Although it was nearing the end of the day, the main tent was still brightly lit. Cai Zhong, who should have arranged the night defense early in the morning, was already resting at this time, but stared at the people in the tent with red eyes, and his brows were tightly knit with a thick look of anxiety.

"General, is this news true? Could it be that the other party deliberately spread the news, just like the previous news that General Huang Zu was also in Yuzhang City at the moment, but it was an attempt to disturb the hearts of our army? Jin Xuan looked at Cai Zhong, who was anxious and restless in the upper seat, not like a general, but like a young and sour Confucian, and said with a dry laugh. Jin Xuan, who is the Taishou of Wuling, is a short and fat man, and pursues a friendly policy with Wuling in Jingnan, so that the four counties of Jingnan, especially Wuling County, have not had any major wars for several years, and Jin Xuan, the official, is also extremely nourishing. Unlike Cai Zhong, Jin Xuan is not a sworn friend of Liu Biao's family, to be precise, he and Liu Biao are just a simple subordinate relationship between superiors and subordinates, and they were directly appointed by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to sit in Jingnan. Therefore, this time he sent troops, and for Cai Zhong's way of fighting steadily, if it sounds good, it is called a steady fight, and if it is not good, it is called delaying the military aircraft, and the generals of Liu Biaojun have a lot of complaints, but it is Jin Xuan and Wuling Manshamoke who were invited by Jin Xuan to be the most calm. At this moment, although Cai Zhong was sweating profusely, Jin Xuan was still able to calm down.

"Deliberately spreading the word?" Cai Zhongdeng was stunned for a moment, and his face was about to rise a little relieved, but he sank again, shook his head with a bitter face, and said, "Jin Taishou doesn't have to comfort Cai. This time this news was brought back by a 600-mile light horse sent to contact the lord, and it would never be wrong. Besides, there is also a personal charge from the lord urging our army to end the war as soon as possible, which is a secret bond agreed with the lord before a certain came. It is impossible for others to imitate it, so this news must be true. Jiangling and Xiangyang were attacked by most thieves one after another, I'm afraid it is true! ”

"Then what does General Cai mean, how should I deal with it next?" Jin Xuan's face should not be, he just nodded heavily, and asked Cai Zhong: "The envoy sent a message to the general this time, did he have any specific instructions?" ”

"Alas! The key is that the lord did not have any detailed instructions, as if he only wrote a sentence in a hurry asking Cai to end the war as soon as possible. There is no following, what is the purpose, but a certain is a little incomprehensible! Cai Zhong looked around at the main generals of his army in the tent, along with Jin Xuan and Shamoke. Quite scratching his head and said: "This is to end the war as soon as possible, does it mean that I will capture Yuzhang as soon as possible, and together with Huang Zu's troops, I will attack Danyang County?" Or make us turn the way we came. Withdraw to the territory of Jingnan? Returning to Xiangyang? This...... This is ambiguous. It's really hard to guess! In this way, Jin Taishou is an old minister in Jingnan, I don't know what to teach the younger generation? ”

"Then General Cai is willing to wait for us to raise the three armies tomorrow and storm Yuzhang County? Or do you start packing your bags from tonight and return to Jingnan in a gloomy way? The indecisive attitude in Cai Zhong's words that could not be concealed made the good-tempered Jin Xuan also feel a little depressed, the chief general of the three armies in front of him was still like some time ago. Do you have to get Liu Biao's exact instructions before you dare to make a move? Liu Biao's words were a little incomprehensible. This young child of the Cai family is completely numb? On weekdays, Jin Xuan didn't think that it was Cai Zhongbu who went to Yuzhang City to attack the city in a decent way, and the soldiers of Jingnan County and the borrowed Shanyue barbarians never participated, so it would not hurt the vitality of his Jin Xuan soldiers. It is possible to let Cai Zhong, who obviously seems to have come to use Yuzhang County to brush up his fame and military exploits, to play himself. Yuzhang City is full of more than 12,000 troops, not to mention that there are 40,000 troops on hand, even if it is halved, Jin Xuan is sure that he will retreat without damaging his own strength, so he does not criticize Cai Zhong's previous path at all. But now, because of an unknown letter from Liu Biao, Cai Zhong was dumbfounded, and asked himself about these people, obviously he couldn't figure out Liu Biao's true intentions, and he was afraid that he would be punished by Liu Biao if he was wrong, and he would find himself and others to top the cylinder! Okay, if you guess correctly, this credit will naturally belong to Cai Zhongquan, who is "someone in the court", if you guess incorrectly, who will be the one who tops the pile? And when the two armies joined forces before, they looked like they loved to answer and ignored them, and everything was commanded by Liu Biao's long-term line. Do you want to nod your face? Thinking of this, Jin Xuan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Me? I think that the lord's words seem to want us to capture Yuzhang County, after all, if we withdraw our troops at this time, it will be a hundred miles and half ninety, and all the efforts made in front of you will be wasted. Cai Zhong didn't seem to hear the displeasure in Jin Xuan's question, but really thought about it for a moment, and said: "But this news says that it seems that there is a group of thieves with a very large number of people and extremely strong combat power, taking advantage of the eyes of the lord to focus on Jiangdong, they actually forcibly attacked Jiangling County, and the sword pointed directly at the base camp Xiangyang. The general Wenpin guarding Xiangyang only had 3,000 guards under his command, and he had to guard against Cao Cao and the thieves in Wancheng, so the lord hurriedly brought back the 30,000 soldiers he brought out. Therefore, if the meaning of the lord in this news is probably also worried that the raiding thief army can break through the important town of Jiangling, which should have been defended by Huang Zuna, in a very fast time, will it ...... Will...... Oh! Broken! How did you forget this! ”

"Where did General Cai think? Could it be ...... Lujiang!? Although Cai Zhong acted a little too cautiously, and even had some mothers-in-law, Cai Zhong, who could make Liu Biao "rest assured" to hand over half of the whole army, actually had two brushes. Before, it was just because Liu Biao didn't know what the meaning of his words was, and his mind was confused, but when he was reminded by Jin Xuan, he understood the real intention of Liu Biao's worries.

"Not bad!" Cai Zhongmeng's slap of the case, although he understood Liu Biao's true intentions, did not let Cai Zhong show the slightest excitement, and even a large bead of sweat oozed out of his face because of anxiety, and said: "Lujiang originally belonged to Yangzhou, but when Lu Bu's army leveled Jiangdong, it was taken by Huang Zu's family and sent heavy troops to guard it, so that Lu Bu's army, which was already exhausted at that time, was taken in one go. Originally, it had been stable for more than half a year, although there were Zang Ba thieves stationed in Danyang County, who often provoked, but they were also afraid of our army's male soldiers, and they did not dare to make mistakes. But now...... It's hard to say! ”

"Although there is gossip that General Huang Zu was captured, this must be just a rumor that disturbs the hearts of our army. Thinking that Huang Zu is also a powerful general, even Sun Jian died in the hands of this person, and now there are 10,000 sailors and ten fighting ships in hand, how can these thieves in Jiangdong really get their hands on it? And on the side of Danyang County that Huang Zu was ordered to attack, isn't there no other news coming, so it can be seen that it must be ......" Jin Xuan listened to Cai Zhong's words, and also realized the danger in this, and the chuckle on his face was gradually replaced by solemnity. Although there is still a sense of disbelief in the tone, it is no longer as confident as before!

"Yes...... But what if that news is true? Cai Zhong is a character valued by Liu Biao and Cai Mao after all, as soon as this line of thought is smoothed, the more I think about it, the more I feel that it is very reasonable, my face is a little pale, seeing that the strength in Jin Xuan's tone is getting weaker and weaker, and his voice is getting smaller and smaller, he can't help but have a wry smile on his face, and said: "If Huang Zu's guy was really captured, but he was hidden and kept secret, those soldiers of our army outside Danyang County were frightened and didn't dare to move; There are also people in Yuzhang City who are dragging our army. But that's not the point. The point is...... The point is that all these actions, if they are intended to delay our offensive, are intended to be a cover for the attack on Xiangyang, a thief army whose strength has not been directly controlled by us until now, and where it comes from......"

"Hmm! General Cai may have thought too much! Seeing that because of what Cai Zhong said, the faces of the other middle-level generals of Liu Biaojun in the account changed accordingly, and there was a faint look of panic, Jin Xuan was also a subordinate of Liu Biaojun in name, so he hurriedly said comfortingly: "How can there be such a coincidence in this world? If there really is, then the person who devised such a strategy is already infinitely close to the wisdom of ghosts and gods, how can he really be a character in this world? According to a certain point of view, since the envoy has a letter to the general, no matter what the intention is, we must take action. As for the other party's intentions, but seeing that the lord can still have time to reply to General Cai, it can be seen that the lord still has some leeway to control this matter. General Cai rest assured, you think, if the situation really changes now, then in Yuzhang City, whether it is Qin Xu, the assassin of Xuzhou, or Guo Jia, they are all people with superb wisdom, how can there be no movement! ”

"Movement? What's moving? Jin Xuan's words actually meant to appease, and the intention was that no matter what the matter was, he, Cai Zhong, the commander of the army, should definitely not be taken lightly. Cai Zhong understood the intention of what Jin Xuan said, and although it seemed to be far-fetched at first glance when listening to Jin Xuan's words, it was not unreasonable, but when he finally heard what Jin Xuan said, if this news was really the worst result he expected, there would inevitably be some movement in Yuzhang City, and he didn't react for a while that he was anxious here, but what did he have to do with the other party, and asked.

"General Cai, you think, if the news is true, and all of this is planned by someone, Yuzhang City will definitely ...... Ahh Jin Xuan is afraid that in the past few days, he has formed a day immortal battle with the 40,000 army where he is, and only attacks the enemy army in Yuzhang City that has a "tacit understanding" at night, if it is really as Cai Zhong said, he will definitely not have no action after getting the news of Liu Biao's return to the army, but just when Jin Xuan was about to explain the trick to Cai Zhong, who was already in a state of confusion, Leng Bu suddenly heard a few cannons like thunder, followed by a burst of dense horses' hooves that were different from the previous night "program", getting closer and closer...... (To be continued......)