Pang Tong said to Liu Qi: "General, the last general thinks that this time Pei Junshi will go to the four counties in the southwest to pacify the barbarian thieves, and the barbarians in Changsha will inevitably take the opportunity to fight my Wuling, and may even lead Changsha Zhang Xian to take the opportunity to send troops to invade my Wuling, so we should deliberately show the enemy weakness, defeat the Changsha thieves, and force them to retreat, and then we will feign to attack Changsha again, forcing the thieves to return to the city to defend, and then our army will take advantage of the situation to occupy Yuxian, which is the throat of Guiyang and Lingling County, once we have this place, can cut off the connection between the three armies, especially Lingling, who has become a caged bird, and can only choose to surrender when isolated. ”

Liu Qi's eyes were immediately full of approval, and then he asked Xu Shu, "What does the military advisor think?" ”

Xu Shu was also approving, nodded and said: "Shi Yuan's strategy is clever, it can be said that our army is the best strategy to pacify the three counties, but the soldiers are fast, our army does not have to wait for the Changsha thieves to send troops to Yuannan, but can take the initiative to send troops, Zhang Xian saw that our army divided the troops, and the enemy will definitely intercept it, and then our army will be able to break it." Zhang Xian saw that our army was strong, and he would inevitably sit in Changsha, and then wait for the rescuers of Lingling and Wuling counties to join forces with the outside and break our army together, but he would not have expected that our army had already arrived in Youxian. ”

When Liu Qi heard this, he clapped his hands and smiled: "Xu Junshi's words are exactly what I want, and this general is also planning to do this, but this battle is a bit risky, because once our army is based in Yuxian County, it will definitely be desperately counterattacked by the soldiers of the three counties, so the key to forcing Lingling to surrender must have two points: one is that our army must hold on to Youxian, and the other is that the army of Wenxing and Chengming will break through the barbarians in time and decisively attack Lingling, so that the enemy of Lingling will surrender in despair." In addition, Yuannan will inevitably face a hard defense, because Changsha Zhang Xian will inevitably take the opportunity to attack Yuannan. ”

Wei Yan smiled when he heard this: "The Art of War says: Win with the right and win with the odd." Although the general is a bit risky in this battle, the last general believes that he will be able to win, so it is better to let the last general go forward and go to Lingling with the general, and he will definitely make contributions to the general. ”

Yu Ban and Gan Ning listened to Wei Yan's words, and they were not far behind, and asked for their lives.

Liu Qi's eyes were full of joy, and he smiled: "The three generals don't have to compete, each of them has their own tasks, and this time the generals will definitely let you show your talents." ”

Liu Qi discussed with Xu Shu for a while, and then said with a straight face: "Where are Xu Shu and Wei Yan?" ”

"The end will be." Wei Yan glanced at Yu Ban and Gan Ning proudly, and hurriedly said.

"The end will be." Xu Shu also hurriedly agreed, although he was calm and capable, but at this moment, he couldn't help but be very excited, because soon, it will be in him and

"This general ordered you to command the troops and horses of the headquarters, go to Changsha with this general, occupy Yuxian, and quickly build fortifications, defend against danger, and hold on until Lingling surrenders, I don't know if Wen Chang can be confident?"

"Please rest assured that the general will complete the task beautifully, and he will definitely protect the general's safety, and will never let the enemy hurt the general's hair." Wei Yan straightened his chest, took the general order with a smile, and said loudly.

"Where are Yu Ban and Gan Ning?"

"The end will be." seemed to know each other's fate, although they were unwilling, the two knew that Wei Yan was the confidant of the general Liu Qi, and they didn't dare to fight more, so they hurriedly responded.

"Hehe, the two generals will not be so sullen, because the task you are shouldering will definitely not be easy, you may face the full attack of the Changsha thieves, among which there may even be an attack by the Changsha barbarians, so only if you stick to Yuannan, can you ensure the safety of the general, otherwise if Yuannan is lost, it will be difficult for the general to return to Wuling. What's more, you also have to ensure the supply of grain and grass, and the task is no less important than attacking the city. ”

Liu Qi gently patted the shoulders of the two tiger generals with his hand, and said solemnly: "Ben General knows that the two generals are holding their breath and want to prove their ability, so Ben will give the two of them such a chance." Although there are only 5,000 men and horses under the command of Wen Ze's headquarters and 10,000 miscellaneous troops under the command of Xingba in the city, the general believes that the two will successfully complete the general's task. ”

Yu Ban and Gan Ning were suddenly shocked, because they obviously heard a strong trust from Liu Qi's words, and a kind of pride in entrusting life and death to themselves, and couldn't help but bow down and say: "Even if the last general is full of liver and brains, he will never let Changsha thieves take an inch of my land in Yuannan." ”

"Haha, with the words of the two, Ben Jiang will be completely relieved. However, Ben Jiang doesn't want you to be ruined, Ben will hope that you will all live well, create immortal achievements with Ben Jiang, support the community, and let the people return to peace. Liu Qi smiled at Yu Ban and Gan Ning, and said heroically.

Two days later, Liu Qi left Sima Zhi to guard Linyuan, acting as the Taishou of Wuling, responsible for the central dispatch, and Fanqin was responsible for the operation of various grains and grasses, and set off with Xu Shu, Wei Yan, Pang Tong, Wang Cang, Liu Shi and an army of 18,000 people, only saying that it was to take Changsha.

After the news reached Changsha, Zhang Xian, the Taishou of Changsha, immediately ordered the counties to lead the army to support Linxiang, and convened the generals under his command to discuss the matter. and ordered his subordinate Zhonglang to lead the army to ambush Liu Qi.

Huang Zhong said; "Zhongsu heard that Liu Qi of Jingzhou is good at using soldiers, in May this year, he led his troops to repel Cao Gong, and today he led his troops to advance lightly, there must be fraud, besides, my Linxiang soldiers are full of fine food, with Liu Qi's tens of thousands of horses, even if the siege is several years, it can't be overcome, not to mention that Wuling on the other side was disturbed by the Wuxi barbarian attack, how could he do his best to attack my Changsha? Therefore, it seems that the other side must have other plans. Please be careful. ”

Zhang Xian smiled and said, "Is Old General Huang old and timid? As the general said, Liu Qi was attacked by barbarian soldiers, and he didn't want to find a way to pacify the barbarians as soon as possible, and he even wanted to attack my Linxiang, which was simply unbelievable. If I don't take it, I will disobey the will of God. What's more, although Liu Qi claims to have 20,000 troops, he will never have as many as possible, because according to our intelligence, Liu Qi has a total of 30,000 troops, and if he wants to quell the barbarian rebellion, he must bring at least 20,000 soldiers and horses, and at least 5,000 soldiers and horses will be needed to guard Linyuan and Yuannan, right? Therefore, this official thinks that Liu Qi only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses at most, and it is simply a fool's dream to take me Changsha with only 5,000 soldiers and horses. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xian no longer paid attention to Huang Zhong, but sent his son Zhang Yi to lead an army of 10,000 to lay an ambush in the area of Yiyang Jungle, preparing to defeat Liu Qi.

At this time, a scribe also stepped forward and said: "What General Huang said is reasonable, Zhang Taishou must be careful of that Liu Qi, and the name of Liu Qi in Xiaguanguan is taken from Linxiang, and he must have another plan, Yuxian County is the transportation hub of my Changsha and Lingling and Wuling counties, and the place is not to occupy this place?" Once he really succeeds in his plot, our three counties will be broken by each one, and our army will be in danger at that time. ”

Zhang Xian smiled and said, "Mr. Boxu is a little too careful, right?" To be honest, I'm really looking forward to him attacking Youxian. If he wants to go deep into the territory of our army alone, he will inevitably be reasonably besieged by the army of our three counties, and he will definitely be unable to fly at that time, and there will be no place to bury him when he dies. ”

Zhang Xian looked at the scribe named Huan Jie, and said with a grin.

Another general named Du Xian also bitterly advised Zhang Xian not to underestimate the enemy, and asked for orders to lead a team first to assist the county commander of Yuxian County.

The reason why Zhang Xian was polite to Huanjie was because he was sentenced to Liu Biao at the beginning, not only because Liu Biao did not pay attention to himself, but also because of Huanjie's persuasion, and he was not so polite to Du Xian, and shouted: "You are a yellow-haired child, how can you do?" Is this official not as good as you? This official remembered that you were also a guest at Liu Biaoyan at the beginning, and now you propose to lead an army to garrison Youxian County, do you want to repay Liu Biao's kindness? If you don't remember what you did in the past, you should be beheaded, and you won't retreat quickly? ”

Du Xian let out a long sigh and had to retreat.

However, it was said that Zhang Yi led an army of 10,000 to Yiyang, and had already laid an ambush, waiting for Liu Qi's army to pass by, and then launched an ambush, preparing to break it.

Two days later, I found that a team appeared not far in front, and the flag of the leader was embroidered with a big "Liu" character, Zhang Yi knew that this must be Liu Qi's team, and he was secretly proud in his heart, thinking that Liu Qi was just like this, and he didn't fall for himself lightly?

When Liu Qi's army came to the place where the ambush was, Zhang Yi immediately ordered the ambush to go out and capture Liu Qi alive.

All of a sudden, the drums were loud, the shouts of killing were loud, and the 10,000 army led by Zhang Yi rushed to Liu Qi's army like a tiger and wolf.

Liu Qi was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly waved his army to retreat, throwing down countless weapons and materials along the road.

When Zhang Yi's army saw Liu Qi fleeing, he did not pursue it, and began to scramble for the weapons and materials discarded by Liu Qi's army.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud shout: "The general's weapons and materials, how can you and other juniors compete for them?" Soldiers, kill me, capture the enemy's main general, and reward 100 catties. ”

With an order, I only heard that the original defeated army suddenly killed back like a tiger and a wolf.

"Huh? Meet the enemy, meet the enemy quickly. Zhang Yi's face turned pale, and he casually killed several sergeants who were scrambling for supplies, and ordered the soldiers to launch a counterattack.

Liu Qi's complexion did not change in the slightest, and he waved the sword in his hand and slaughtered the enemy soldiers around him.

Since Liu Qi's swordsmanship was self-named Jiang Ban, all of them were the most efficient killing moves, basically killing an enemy soldier with a single sword, and soon a vacuum was formed around him.

"Kill, kill, kill, the enemy has few soldiers, and it is not terrible at all." Zhang Yi shouted loudly and commanded his soldiers to continue the attack, trying to surround Liu Qi's army in the core. “

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a sneer, and then he saw an elite cavalry outflanking from the left flank, followed by the infantry behind the cavalry, and it seemed that there were five thousand troops.

And the enemy's self-proclaimed general Wei Yan shouted even louder, the killing efficiency was much higher than that of the main general Liu Qi, and a large number of enemy corpses were quickly piled up around him, and I don't know which enemy soldier's blood sprayed on his face, making him look even more hideous and terrifying, as if he was a killing god.

"Huh? This, it seems that the other side's soldiers are already equal to our army, and now that I have fallen into the opponent's plan, how should this battle be fought? Zhang Yi hesitated for a while, and wanted to drink the order to retreat.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a shout of killing on the right flank, and then another team came to kill.

"Thief general, Yingchuan Xu Yuanzhi is here, why don't you quickly dismount and surrender?" Xu Shu rode his horse and rushed into the military formation, stabbed a sergeant to death with a sword in his hand, and said with a laugh.

"Withdraw, withdraw the troops......" Zhang Yi completely lost the courage to fight, his face turned pale, he almost fell off his horse, and hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat.