In the eyes of Fu Zhu, Yu Fu and others, Liu Xin's decision-making has never been wrong, and when he suddenly heard Zhang Zhao say that Liu Xin's plan would not work, he couldn't help but change his face. Liu Xin knows very well that he has a few catties and a few taels, what he relies on is nothing more than his shallow understanding of history, and the fact that he has recruited a large number of capable subordinates in front of others.

Liu Xin nodded again and said, "Liu listens. ”

Zhang Zhao has been paying attention to Liu Xin's expression, and seeing that he is not only not angry, but has a kind of understanding, he can't help but secretly admire Liu Xin's mind, so he simply stood up and said: "The fourth generation and third prince of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao has been praised since he was a child, and he thinks very highly of himself. He will neither put Yuan Shu nor Cao Cao in his eyes, if there is one person in the world who can attract his attention, it is only the lord. ”

Liu Xin knew that Zhang Zhao was not a flattering villain, he said this definitely not to please himself, but to have another deep meaning, so he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Zibu is right, Yuan Shao has always been above the top, he can pay attention to Liu, in his opinion, it should be Liu's honor." ”

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the hall was light.

Zhang Zhao laughed for a while and continued: "Therefore, no matter who wins or loses between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao will only send troops according to his own wishes, because in Yuan Shao's opinion, both of them are embarrassed by his thunderous blow. If you want to promote Yuan Shao to use force against Cao Cao as soon as possible, only the lord will strike first! ”

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment and said, "Zibu means to let Liu do it first?" ”

Zhang Zhao said: "Not bad! The lord has now exterminated Liu Bei, as long as the lord can make persistent efforts and successfully take down Liu Miao and Yuan Shu, the entire Han world will be a three-third. At that time, Yuan Shao must have been afraid that the main guild would swallow Cao Cao with successive victories, so that his strength would greatly increase, far surpassing him. At this point, Yuan Shao will definitely take the lead. ”

This is exactly what the authorities are fascinated by, and the bystanders are clear. Although Liu Xin knew his strength very well, he definitely didn't expect that in the eyes of others, his strength was already worrying. Liu Xin has always wanted to try to create an opportunity for Yuan Shao to take advantage of, but he never thought that he could exert endless pressure on Yuan Shao and force Yuan Shao to take the lead. Zhang Zhao's idea was too dramatic, and Liu Xin couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.

In fact, with the wisdom of Fu Zhu and others, this should also be seen. It's just that they have been following Liu Xin for a long time, and they have habitually not doubted Liu Xin's orders and strategies, and take it for granted that Liu Xin's decisions are correct, so they don't think about the problem from a different angle.

The more Liu Xin thought about it, the more he felt that what Zhang Zhao said was reasonable, if he took all the Runan and other counties and Jiujiang controlled by Yuan Shu, he would be able to open up the passage between Jingzhou and Xuzhou, and it would be relatively easy to defend, and at the same time, he would be able to exert more pressure on Cao Cao, and his face inadvertently showed a hint of joy.

However, the joy on Liu Xin's face only flashed, and he immediately shook his head again and said: "Liu once promised Yuan Shu that as long as he didn't make a big mistake, Liu would not use troops against him." If a person has no trust, he will not stand, and Liu must not lose his trust to others. ”

Zhang Zhao dedicated this planning committee to use his brains, of course he didn't want his efforts to be in vain, and hurriedly said: "Lord, those who seek great things are not informal, and I hope that the lord will put the overall situation first and the people of the world first!" ”

Fu Zhu also gradually figured out the truth of what Zhang Zhao said, got up and said, "Lord Qiqi, Zibu is right. What's more, it was only a stopgap measure to make these agreements at the beginning, even if the lord complied with them, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao would one day tear their faces. The overall situation is important, and please think twice. ”

Liu Xin was silent for a while, and finally shook his head and said, "No! It is their business whether Cao Cao and Yuan Shu keep their promises, but we must not lose the minimum bottom line of being a human being. You can't let others do bad things, so let's learn from them, right? ”

can say this, it is because Liu Xin has confidence. He has hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in his hands, and his generals are like clouds, of course he can talk about Xinyi, and try to do as little as possible to engage in any conspiracy, even if he wants to do it, it is also a conspiracy, and he wants to make the opponent have nothing to say. If he is like Yuan Shu now, if he does not expand the army, he will be in danger of being eaten by others, and the expansion of the army will make the people's livelihood miserable, and the ghost believes that he will still say the word Xinyi.

But after listening to Liu Xin's words, both Fu Zhu and Zhang Zhao blushed. Fu Zhu hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Then dare to ask the lord, what are your plans next?" ”

This is not a place to discuss national affairs, but everyone is very engaged in talking, and everything seems to be natural, and no one realizes that there is anything wrong.

Liu Xin smiled and said, "Wait, there will always be opportunities, anyway, I've waited for so long, and it's not bad at this time." Inform Junyi, Wanling has been surrounded for so long, find a way to take it down for me. ”

In fact, Liu Xin is now very glad that he came to Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong today for this long talk, otherwise when Yuan Shu and Cao Cao were fighting, he was still waiting for Yuan Shao to send troops, wouldn't he have missed a big deal?

It is already the spring sowing season, and although Wanling City is surrounded by water, it has not affected the farming work of the people in the surrounding villages and towns. Not only that, Zhang He also sent a large number of soldiers to help the villagers repair the canals and clear the ridges. In fact, the people in all parts of Danyang did not have much resistance to this army, and now they are even more supportive.

In the past six months, they have seen the changes in Wujun, Yuzhang and other places adjacent to Danyang, and since Liu Xin took over, there has been no famine in those places throughout the winter, and they still need to endure this difficult period of green and yellow. Now, these young soldiers in black clothes and black armor not only help them with farm work, but also distribute rice, flour, grain and oil to them, and even provide them with excellent seeds. The common people are the most simple, whoever is good to them, they are good to whom, and they chose to stand on Liu Xin's side without the slightest hesitation.

Wanling City is a different scene, it has been besieged for more than ten days, and people are panicked everywhere, but Yu Lu is loyal to Liu Xuan, he sticks to the city on the one hand, and suppresses the riots in the city on the other. Fortunately, Zhang He never attacked the city, and the surplus food in the city was still enough to support one or two months, so there was nothing to worry about for the time being.

However, this situation did not last long, and the army outside the city finally opened its stance, the war drums sounded, and groups of crossbowmen swarmed from all directions, shooting sharp arrows into the city. The crossbows outside the city were obviously much more powerful than the bows and arrows of the defenders, and those crossbowmen were all out of range to start firing, and they could not fight back at all, and even if they did, they would not be able to reach each other. However, to the surprise of the defenders, the arrows that entered the city did not have clusters of arrows, but were tied to a letter urging them to surrender.

Most of the soldiers were uneducated, but there were always a few who knew how to read, and some of the young men who were forcibly conscripted to defend the city had read. Soon, the contents of these letters, tied to the arrows, spread throughout the four gates. It was only at this time that the defenders knew that only the isolated city of Wanling was left in the entire Danyang, and the naval army stationed on the riverside had surrendered a few days ago. Thinking of the formidable and powerful crossbow of the army under the city, the already unstable military spirit was even more shaken.

Yu Lu carried a knife and led his own soldiers to patrol the four gates constantly, shouting at the soldiers and people who were guarding the city, not allowing them to read the letters shot in from under the city, and cutting down two soldiers who did not obey orders. As a result, not only did they fail to stop the rumors, but the morale of the military became even more turbulent.

However, after the crossbowmen under the city finished shooting this wave of letters, they retreated like a tide, and the city was quiet again, but the camp not far away waved its flags, as if to tell the people in the city that it was impossible to escape.

The next morning, the frightened defenders climbed the city again, and suddenly heard a "boom boom" sound from outside the city, so they looked down the city. I saw many strange vehicles pushed out of those camps, and when they were still five hundred paces away from the city wall, they stopped, and many dark shadows were busy around these vehicles, and with the sound of drums, many large and small stones were suddenly thrown from these vehicles, and poured down towards the city.

Many of the defenders did not understand what the army under the city was doing, and some people craned their necks to look at the strangeness, and when they reacted, the stone rain had already crackled down from the top of their heads, and a ghost cried wolf howl from the city. This is the first official attack of the Han army outside the city, and it is the same as shooting into the city yesterday, and it is not in front of them.

It was the first time that Yu Lu had encountered such a situation, and he didn't know if the army outside the city would take this opportunity to climb to the top of the city, and hurriedly commanded the soldiers to be on full alert. Yu Lu stood there shouting, a stone bullet flew and smashed on the big knife in his hand, only to hear the sound of "dang", a huge force came, shaking his arm numb, the knife could not be grasped, it flew out early, and it fell outside the city.

This sudden surprise surprised Yu El, and he didn't dare to stay in the city anymore, so he hurriedly rushed down the city under the escort of several personal soldiers.

The stones outside the city were still raining down on the city, and they were no match for arrows, and shields could not stop them. The defenders had to huddle in all corners of the city, daring to occasionally raise their heads to see if the enemy forces outside the city had launched an assault. Even so, from time to time, soldiers and people were hit by stones and let out screams. The stone rain continued from morning to evening, and with the sound of "boom, boom", the vehicles were pushed back into the besieging camp.

Yu Lu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly arranged to repair the smashed city wall, treat the injured soldiers, and was busy until midnight.

Early the next morning, the terrifying sound sounded again, and countless stone bullets were poured down again. This time, the defenders had learned their way and looked for places to hide from direct stone hits, but still suffered some casualties. In fact, casualties could only be avoided unless they all withdrew from the city and had to move some distance away from the walls, because even some of the houses near the walls were hit by stone bullets, and many even collapsed. But in this way, the enemy could easily climb to the top of the city, and the defenders of the city became old turtles in the urn, and they could only be captured.