Just when Liu Qi was preparing for the capture of Guiyang, Pan Jun led his army of 10,000 people, day and night. From Yuanling into Chenyang, Rongcheng, and from Rongcheng into the Duliang of Lingling County, Pan Jun put on a posture of attacking the Duliang Marquis, and when the Duliang Xiang organized the army to hold on, he shook a shot again, crossed the Zishui overnight, and when the Duliang Xiang reacted, the army had already entered the territory of Taoyang.

Pan Jun's army still did not attack Taoyang, and after coming to the edge of Xiangshui, after a short rest of the day, they waded through Xiangshui and came to the city of Quanling.

The army did not stop all the way, from the beginning of the departure to the present soldiers under the city, after nearly 20 days of running, walked nearly a thousand miles, and took advantage of the night to build a camp, only after a short rest in the early morning of the next day surrounded Quanling City.

Liu Du heard that Liu Qi's Wuling army was like falling from the sky, and his face was suddenly frightened, a few days ago, he had just led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat from Yuxian, this time the siege battle not only did not achieve a little benefit, but the only 20,000 troops in the county were exhausted, and now there are only 3,000 weak brigades in the city, how can they resist the menacing Liu Qi army? He was facing a powerful army that even the Wuxi barbarians could conquer!

Liu Du thought about it, and felt that he had no idea for a while, so he hurriedly convened the officials of the county to discuss the strategy of meeting the enemy.

Liu Du first said in a low voice: "Everyone should also know, at dawn today, the enemy army on the Wuling side has surrounded my Quanling, and there are only less than 3,000 weak brigades in my city, how can I resist?" This official wants to sacrifice Lingling and surrender to Liu Qi, I don't know what you think? ”

But I heard Li Xiang, the chief bookkeeper of Lingling County, suddenly said sharply: "Lord Taishou, this matter must not be, at the beginning, Lord Zhang Xian trusted the Lord so much, and married Lord Taishou, the Lord should be with Lord Zhang Xian to break the enemy, not to mention that we are now part of the imperial court, and we will be rewarded by the court soon, at least let the Lord continue to be a county guard, and if the general surrenders to Liu Qi, not only the friendship between the in-laws will be severed, but also bear a charge of rebelling against the court. What's more, if the adults surrender to Liu Qi, can they guarantee that Liu Qi will still hand over this county to the adults? Isn't Golden Spin a lesson? ”

"But if I don't surrender, the other party will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack the city, my Quanling is now outnumbered, how can I resist the other party's tiger and wolf army? Overnight, the city is ruined and people die, won't you and I end up even more miserable? ”

Liu Du sighed, glanced at Li Xiang helplessly, and said worriedly.

But Li Xiang smiled and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials have a plan, but they can break the enemy army and protect me from Lingling." ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Liu Du couldn't help but perk up, and hurriedly asked in surprise.

"Hehe, this matter is easy to hear, now the enemy army is strong, but also with the victory over the barbarians, morale is high, honest can not compete with it, even the Lord Taishou has thought about surrendering, the enemy general can naturally think of this section, as long as the Lord Taishou orders the messenger to the enemy camp, to the enemy general to write a letter of surrender to express his willingness to surrender, the enemy general must not be prepared, at this time the adult only needs twenty or thirty pawns to kill the opponent's main general, then the enemy army has no leader, will be in chaos, the Lord will send the elite to take the opportunity to break it, why not win?" Li Xiang smiled faintly and said confidently.

Liu Du was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly held Li Xiang's hand, and said excitedly: "Sir's plan is really clever, if you can defend Lingling this time, Mr.'s merit should be in the first place, and I will set a table in the court in the future and reward Mr. heavily." ”

Li Xiang thanked him happily, and said after a while: "In this case, without further ado, Lord Taishou should immediately write a letter of surrender, ask the other party to make an appointment with the time of surrender, and then use the plan to kill the enemy's main general, in this way, the big thing is harmonious, but we should find a person who can speak well, so as not to show his feet under the other party's interrogation." ”

Liu Du nodded, and then said to a scholar who was seven feet long and had a face like a crown of jade: "This matter must be Jiang Gongyan, and I also ask Gongyan to go to the other party's chief general with the official letter, indicating the intention of our army to surrender, if it succeeds, this official will definitely reward him heavily." ”

This scholar is Jiang Wan, a native of Lingling Xiangxiang, and Pan Jun's cousin, who has always disapproved of Liu Du's rebellion by following Zhang Xian. Because according to him, although Cao Cao is powerful and has a natural political advantage, but because there are Yuan Shao in the north, Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu and others in the south, he is even busy with the affairs of the Central Plains, where is the time to spare troops to rescue Jingnan? And Zhang Xian's seizure of the four counties of Jingnan, although it looks like a fierce momentum, but if he faces the conquest of Liu Biao's army alone, he will definitely fail in the end.

Jiang Wan also persuaded Liu Du many times for this reason, persuading him to observe the courtier's festival and not to bring about his own defeat. But Liu Du couldn't listen to it at all, he relied on Cao Cao as a backup, and didn't take Liu Biao in his eyes at all, and reprimanded Jiang Wan fiercely.

It wasn't until recently that Liu Du led his troops to attack Yuxian that he knew how elite the Jingzhou soldiers were? And Liu Qi, a young man on the other side, has such rich combat experience, and it is full of tricks, those virtual and real are not clear at all, and the other party's late night robbery of the camp is a pain that he can not forget for the rest of his life, overnight, nearly 20,000 troops were lost, and only less than 1,000 weak brigades remained, and they returned to Quanling with themselves.

The elusive tactics and tactics of the other party, and the shrewd and tough soldiers left a very deep impression on him, and it was only then that he understood why Jiang Wan would persuade him not to follow Zhang Xian in the first place.

However, now that he has been on the thief ship, it is impossible to withdraw even if he leaves, so Liu Du had to decide to make a last ditch fight, and according to Li Xiang's strategy, he used a trick to capture and kill Liu Qi and completely solve the danger of a county.

Although he did not accept Jiang Wan's strategy and surrendered to the enemy, Liu Du finally understood that although this Jiang Wan was young, he was far-sighted and indeed an excellent talent, so he continued to reuse Jiang Wan, and promoted him to Gongcao yesterday, and handed over the responsibility of surrendering to Jiang Wan.

Although Jiang Wan was grateful to Liu Du for his kindness, he knew that Zhang Xian would eventually lose, so he had been planning his own way out, and by the way, he tried to save Liu Du's life as much as possible to repay his kindness in the past.

Because Pan Jun led the army to surround Quanling City during the day, the purpose was mainly to threaten the other party to surrender, and did not order the siege of the city, so the situation was not so tense, and the troops were collected and returned to the camp after the afternoon, but Pan Jun left a sentence before leaving: "Before noon tomorrow, if you don't see Kaecheng surrendering, you will definitely lead the army to attack, once the city is broken, you and others will not be able to save your life." ”

Jiang Wan saw clearly in the city, the enemy's main general turned out to be his cousin Pan Jun, and he was even more surprised in his heart, and secretly said that this time God really helped me, so he silently made a plan and prepared to take Quanling.

That night, Jiang Wan went down to the city and went to Pan Jun's army with a letter of deception written by Liu Du, claiming to be an envoy sent by Lingling Taishou, and he had something important to see the main general Pan Jun.

When the guards reported the news of his cousin Jiang Wan's arrival to Pan Jun, Pan Jun said in surprise: "My cousin is here, and the big thing is harmonious." This time, I will capture Liu Du alive and take the entire Lingling in one fell swoop, clearing the way for the Lord to determine Changsha and Guiyang. ”

Although most officials in Jingzhou directly call Liu Biao the main prince and Liu Qi the eldest son, but cronies like Pei Qian, Xu Shu, Yu Ban and other cronies all call Liu Qi the main prince in private, this is because they have received Liu Qi's appreciation and reuse, and they have long regarded Liu Qi as the only object of allegiance in their hearts, and the second is that Liu Qi, as the eldest son of Jingzhou, will naturally become the heir of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao without dispute.

Although Pan Jun hadn't seen his cousin for many years, he still forcibly suppressed his excitement of wanting to go out to greet him in person, and ordered the guards to invite Jiang Wan in.

Jiang Wan's face was joyless and sad, and he slowly walked into the barracks, and said to Pan Jun: "Xia Guan is engaged in the account of Liu Du, the Taishou of Lingling, and he was ordered to come to see the general, present a letter of surrender, and agree to open the city gate at noon tomorrow and surrender to the general. ”

Pan Jun ordered someone to take the letter, glanced at it a few times, and said with a smile: "My cousin is here, could it be that he is the younger brother who is not able to take the school examination?" Although the little brother is stupid, he can also conclude that someone must have offered a trick to surrender, I don't know if what the little brother said is or not? ”

Jiang Wan smiled and said: "I know that my cousin has always been careful, and he will never be fooled, and today he was really guessed by me, but if he didn't unite with the foolish brother, this time the cousin would naturally still succeed, but there would be a loss, and the virtuous brother could rest assured that he would capture Liu Du tomorrow, and every one would be with me." However, the foolish brother asked for one thing, and asked his cousin for permission. ”

Pan Jun didn't beat around the bush, and said directly: "The younger brother knows that my cousin wants to get a life for that Liu Du, but the younger brother can only promise my cousin that he will not be executed by me, and I will try my best to intercede for him, but the real decision-making power is in the hands of General Fenwu, and in the end it is up to him to have the final say, but according to the character analysis of my general, Liu Du should still be able to save a life." ”

Jiang Wan thought about it and knew that what Pan Jun said was also the truth, so he didn't say anything more, said goodbye to Jiang Wan, and then left silently.

After returning to Quanling, Jiang Wan told Liu Du the news that Pan Jun had promised to accept the surrender, Liu Du was overjoyed when he heard this, so he conspired with Li Xiang how to capture the enemy's main general and solve the crisis of a county.

After Jiang Wan went back, he secretly asked his henchmen to make a preparation, he joined forces with Pan Jun inside and outside, and had already laid a net of heaven and earth, waiting for Liu Du to get into the middle of the plan.

"Liu Taishou, please don't blame me, this is the general trend, even if I don't agree to help, with my cousin's superior forces, I will definitely be able to take the opportunity to capture Lingling, but it will cause some losses, not to mention, I am also in line with the will of the people of Jingzhou, to ensure that the people of my county are less suffering from the war, this time I lost you, and I will repay you in the future, not to mention from another point of view, in fact, it can be regarded as saving you, not only saving your life, but also preserving your reputation, So that you will not become a lone husband who will let the entire Lingling suffer from war for his own selfish interests. Jiang Wan looked at the night with a complicated expression and sighed silently.