Seeing Cai Mao's opposition, Kuai Liang said: "Huang Zhong, the person that Lu Bu is afraid of, it is rumored that he ordered the generals not to be able to defeat Huang Zhong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis veteran is over fifty years old and brave and undiminished, just like Lian Po, and he is not in vain when he wears Yang arrows in 100 steps. Why don't you bring it back? ”

"Good, immediately recruit Huang Zhong." Liu Biao nodded in agreement. Huang Zhong was the first group of generals to serve him, and he was very highly regarded by Liu Biao, and now he is serving as a Zhonglang general under Liu Pan.

Cai Mao proposed again: "Lu Bu is attacking Wancheng, and he wants to serve Cao Cao if he wants to serve Cao Cao, so it is better to send a general to garrison and take Wancheng back to Jingzhou." Otherwise, whether Wancheng falls into the hands of Lu Bu or Cao Cao, the northern gate of Jingzhou will be wide open, and you and other thieves will take it. ”

"Who can do this?"

"Wen Ping can also be hired." Cai Mao recommended it again.

"This will lead to the simultaneous use of troops by Zaoyang and Anzhong, if Sun Ce commits Jiangxia, how can he be rescued?" Liu Biao asked.

"Jiangxia Huang Zu has many generals, elite soldiers, and tens of thousands of warships, and it is unknown whether Sun Ce can get close to Jiangxia, so there is no need to worry." Cai Mao said. Huang Zu had already had ambitions, and he had already had the ambition to break away from Liu Biao and become a prince on his own, and Cai Mao preferred Sun Ce to destroy Huang Zu.

"Okay, General Wenpin will lead 8,000 soldiers to Anzhong and wait for the right time to take Wancheng." Liu Biao was not very clear about Wenpin's ability, and for the sake of safety, he continued: "Liu Hu and Han Xi led five thousand spears and cavalry to assist General Wenpin. ”

"Whoa." Wen Ping, Liu Hu, and Han Xi came out with the order.

"Report! Xinye County ordered to surrender to the enemy. As soon as Wen Ping and the others came out of the front foot, a red-faced man with a height of nine feet and three long beards walked into the main hall, and his voice was so loud that it made people dizzy.

"Deng Yi Kaicheng surrendered to the enemy? Voted for? Lu Bu or Zhang Xiu? Liu Biao could not control the anger in his heart, and a few days ago Deng Yi came to Xiangyang with Chen Qun to persuade Liu Biao and Cao Cao to ally against Yuan Shao. Liu Biao wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but he didn't accept Deng Yi's words, and he didn't agree to Deng Yi's resignation on the spot, but he didn't expect Deng Yi to return to Xinye and actually join the enemy.

"Yiyang Zhang Liao heard that Anle Zhang Xiu was going south, and preemptively attacked Xinye yesterday before Zhang Xiu arrived in Xinye, and Deng Yi opened the door to join the enemy without resistance." The red-faced man said.

"Where did the news come from?" Liu Biao asked suspiciously. Although Lu Bu robbed him of a lot of food, he did not wave his army to attack the city, once he attacked the city of Jingzhou, this would be a complete tear of his face, Liu Biao asked with some suspicion.

"The last general is the Yiyang people, and all the affairs in Yiyang City are under the control of the last general. How could Zhang Liao's dispatch of the army be brutal beyond the eyes and ears of the last general. Dahan said confidently.

"You go down first." Liu Biao waved his hand to the big man under the court, there was no front-line battle report, and Liu Biao did not believe very much that Deng Yi would open the city to surrender to the enemy. The red-faced man bowed and retreated, and did not stop until he was outside the lobby.

"Is this young general's words credible?" Liu Biao's courtiers asked.

"It should be true. If Zhang Liao learned that Zhang Xiu was going south, it was very likely that he would be the first to block Zhang Xiu and the main army. Occupy Xinye, and our Jingzhou army and Zhang Xiu's soldiers were separated from each other on the north and south. Don't drive Liu Xian said.

"Who wants to take back Shinno?" Liu Bei asked.

The red-faced man outside the hall didn't wait for the hall to speak, and said loudly outside the hall: "The last general has a plan to break Zhang Liao's army." Once Zhang Liao's army is broken, seizing Xinye, Pingchun and other places is like picking up things. ”

Liu Biao saw that it was a martial artist shouting outside the hall, and he was unhappy, so he nodded slightly and signaled the red-faced man to offer a plan.

The red-faced man was none other than Wei Yan, whom Lu Bu had invited by letter. Although Wei Yan was not reused under Liu Biao and was unwilling to serve Lu Bu, he wanted to seize this opportunity to display his talents: "The last general is a native of Yiyang, and he is deeply loved by the people of Yiyang. As soon as Yiyang is concerned, the back road of Zhang Liao's army in Xinye will be cut off, and he will be trapped and killed in the lonely city of Xinye. ”

"It's too risky."

"It doesn't work."

"It's a dangerous plan."

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As soon as Wei Yan finished speaking, all the strategists in the hall objected.

Cai Mao said: "Zhang Liaotun's troops are in Yiyang, of course they will send heavy troops to guard, if they want to attack Yiyang, they need at least tens of thousands of troops, and they must fight quickly, and they must be taken in one fell swoop before the generals of Lu Bu on both sides of Xinye and Pingchun react, once they are attacked by these two armies, the soldiers of our army who fall into Yiyang are extremely dangerous." ”

"The way of using soldiers lies in the ever-changing and unexpected. Since it is impossible to do anything, it can only be done when it is dangerous. Wei Yan wanted to hit Zhang Liao by surprise, he was very sure that he would be able to make a name for himself in one battle.

"At the moment when the princes are rolling in the hall, you dare to make a big statement even if you are a small city gate?" Cai Zhong sneered at Wei Yan with contempt.

When was Wei Yan embarrassed in front of someone, his face was white and red, and he wanted to kill Cai Zhong in the court, and said hatefully: "In the opinion of the fool, Jingzhou will be buried in the hands of the puppet sooner or later!" ”

"Stand down!" Liu Biao shouted angrily at Wei Yan, and was so angry that Wei Yan coughed angrily regardless of the occasion.

Wei Yan retreated in a huff, unable to hide the disappointment in his heart. When Liu Biao first arrived in Jingzhou, he led his troops to defect to Liu Biao, nearly ten years later, he is still the city gate Sima, has been helping Liu Biao guard the city gate, the position has never been promoted, his heart is full of resentment.

Wei Yan touched the letter hidden in his chest, a person who had never met knew that he was good at raising soldiers and brave, and wanted to win him over for his own use, but the person he worked for did not know him at all, and did not give him the opportunity to make contributions.

"Am I going to die here in this life?" Wei Yan looked up unwillingly at the city gate that had been together for ten years.

Wei Yan returned again to see Liu Biao.

"The tired adults passed on Liu Jingzhou, I have an urgent matter at home, and I want to step down and return to my hometown." Wei Yan bowed to the doorman and said.

"Liu Jingzhou is discussing military affairs, please go back, general." The herald soon brought back Liu Biao's words.

Wei Yan was disheartened, he wanted to force him to resign and ask Liu Biao to give him a chance to lead the troops, but he didn't expect that Liu Biao didn't care about a pawn like him at all. Wei Yan untied the seal ribbon and said to the doorman: "I am tired of handing over the seal ribbon to Liu Jingzhou, Yan has no talent and is difficult to take on the important task. ”

The moment Wei Yan handed out the Great Seal, he found that the whole person was relaxed. He returned to the city gate and took the upper part straight to the east. These parts are his private property, and all materials except for Yulu are provided by Wei Yan himself, whether it is training or equipment, Liu Biao will not be responsible. Not only Wei Yan, but basically all generals are like this, and the trilogy is private property.

Not long after Wei Yan left, another wave of soldiers immediately came to the gate guarded by Wei Yan to take up their positions, as if Wei Yan had no effect on Xiangyang.

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Zhang Xiu originally wanted to quickly capture Xinye with the mobility of cavalry. When he came to Xinye City, he found that the city was full of banners with the word "Hao", and he did not meet a single Lu Bu soldier outside Xinye City.

Zhang Liao's seizure of Xinye was not a temporary decision when he knew that Zhang Xiu was going south, and when Lu Bu planned to snatch Liu Biao's grain, he planned to take Jingzhou's army to the west bank of the water, so that he could harvest as much Jingzhou grain as possible.

More than 100,000 acres in the north of Xinye are planted sesame seeds, which have long been harvested, of course Zhang Xiu can't touch a single Lu Bu soldier, but there are nearly 10,000 soldiers who are harvesting rice in the south of the city or call them people's husbands.

The new wild guard is a young general promoted by Zhang Liao from the ministry, named Hao Zhao. After Wang Mao's death, Zhang Liao began to train Hao Zhao, intending to train him to become a lieutenant general. Zhang Liao didn't expect Zhang Xiu, who was stationed in Anle, to go south so quickly, and after he captured Xinye in one fell swoop, he was worried about angering Liu Biao, so he was leading his army south to Zaoyang, preparing to attack Zhang Yun with Gao Shun and Xu Shu in Pingchun, and first eliminate the Jingzhou soldiers on the east bank of the water.

Although there were only 10,000 soldiers under Zhang Yun's command, the equipment was much higher than that of Lu Bu's army, so Zhang Liao only had 500 soldiers left in Xinye to defend the city.

When Zhang Xiu's cavalry suddenly pressed the city, Hao Zhao, who was defending the city, was stunned.

When a military marquis saw that the enemy army had just arrived, Hao Zhao was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body. The military marquis slapped his chest with contempt: "General Hao, don't be afraid, there is the last general here, and the enemy army will be close to the city!" ”

After a long time, the military marquis heard Hao Zhao squeeze out the words with difficulty from between his teeth: "Zhang Xiuju is a cavalryman, of course he can't attack the city by holding the gate tightly, but the soldiers who are harvesting grain outside the city are extremely dangerous!" ”

The military marquis was frightened by Hao Zhao's words and broke out in a cold sweat, it turned out that Hao Zhao was worried about the soldiers who were harvesting grain outside the city, and said in horror: "Could it be that the general is going out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the enemy cavalry?" ”

Seeing Hao Zhao nodding, the military marquis stopped: "Xinye's battleable soldiers are all in the city, the enemy's cavalry is ten times that of our infantry, and the defense of the city is acceptable, if you go out of the city to meet the enemy, the whole army will be annihilated." It's better to stick to and wait for General Zhang to come back! ”

"This will cause General Zhang Liao to take care of his head and not his tail, and the people who are harvesting grain outside the city will not be able to wait for General Zhang's return." Hao Zhao gritted his teeth and said: "At the moment, I can only try my best to stop the enemy, you send people to bring two thousand soldiers who collect grain outside the city into the city to assist, and the others continue to harvest grain, I will find a way to delay Zhang Xiu's cavalry." ”

Hao Zhao quickly came up with a plan, and sent 400 people out of the south gate to cut down bamboo poles, which were sharpened and tied into simple horses, which were much faster than building antlers out of wood. He had just taken over Shinno, and he hadn't had time to arm his defenses yet.

Hao Zhao arranged a stop, and said to Zhang Xiu, who was looking at the defensive strength outside the city: "My lord Lu Fengxian often praises the general as a rare famous general. A certain talent, willing to use the mantis arm as a car, in the name of the general to promote my reputation. However, the general is far away, and now he goes out of the city to defeat the general, and there is a suspicion that he will not be able to win, which is not enough to prove his talent, and he will give General Zhang two hours of rest time, don't delay, go to bury the pot and cook quickly, and then wait for a certain to kill you without leaving a piece of armor. ”

Zhang Xiu was filled with Hao Zhao's arrogant rhetoric, and a little-known little person wanted to step on him to become famous. Zhang Xiu took a few deep breaths before suppressing the anger in his heart: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, but to see how you defeat a certain one!" ”

Zhang Xiu didn't expect Hao Zhao's arrogant appearance to hide a moment of fear, Hao Zhao just wanted to delay time and give the people outside the city to withdraw to the city.