Minkxiong's fine work is densely spread in Xiangyang, and the latest movements in Xiangyang were soon sent to Jiangbei.

Shinno Castle.

In the military palace, Diao Xiong held the latest information in his hand, and a sneer quietly swept into the corner of his mouth, "Liu Biao listened to Cai Mao's slander, and he hit my heart, come on, go and invite Wen Zhongye to the general."

After a short time, Wen Ping, who looked gloomy, was taken to the hall.

At this moment, the house was already filled with the aroma of wine, and a small banquet had been set up in advance.

Diao Xiong asked Wen Ping to sit down, and Wen Ping sat down, but he didn't even move his chopsticks, just sat there silently.

"People are iron, rice is steel, there is no need to worry about your stomach, why bother."

Diao Xiong gestured to a glance, and the pro-soldiers who served left and right poured a glass of wine for Wen Ping and served it in front of the case.

Wen Ping didn't glance at it, but said coldly: "Wen doesn't drink a drop of wine." ”

Diao Xiong smiled, but he was not angry, he drank a cup of himself, and sighed: "Jingzhou famous generals, only you Wen Zhongye and Huang Hansheng, it's a pity, Liu Biao takes Cai Mao as the main general, but you don't need to hire him, Ben will often think that the previous battle, if you were the main general, my plan to flood may not be successful." ”

Mink Xiong's words are not a compliment to Wenpin, but from the bottom of his heart.

At the beginning, Pang Tong offered this time, and it was precisely when he learned that Cai Mao was the chief general of the Jingzhou Army and Wen was hired as the deputy that he was sure of victory.

But when these words came out, Wen Ping, who was ashamed of the defeat, felt a lot better in his heart.

Wen Ping's frowning brows relaxed, as if he had been said to his heart, and secretly gritted his teeth, but sighed softly.

The change in his expression escaped the sharp eagle eyes of Diao Xiong, and he said: "You Wen Zhongye is also the number one general in Jingzhou, and I will appreciate it for a long time, since Liu Biao doesn't reuse you, why bother to suffer that anger again, and return it to my Diao Xiong, and help me achieve a great cause." ”

The foreshadowing has been completed, and Diao Xiong has lowered his civil appointment.

Wenpin's ability to command troops is first-class, and his ability to govern is not weak, and he is a native of Nanyang, recruiting such an excellent military general into his command will definitely be of great help to Mink Xiong to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou.

Wen Ping's expression was shocked, as if he was a little tempted by Diao Xiong's invitation, but soon showed hesitation.

"General Chengmeng values it so much, as long as Liu Jingzhou has the grace to support Wen in the end, how can Wen be treacherous." Wen Ping reluctantly rejected Diao Xiong's offer.

Diao Xiong could hear what Wen Ping said about "the grace of support", but that look was suspected of duplicity.

"The grace of the carry?" Mink Xiong snorted coldly, took out the information in his sleeve, and threw it on the desk, "You can take a good look at how Liu Biao is kind to you." ”

Wen Ping was stunned, I didn't know what Mink Xiong meant by this, the soldiers had already forwarded the information to him, and Wen Ping had to take it suspiciously.

It didn't matter if he looked at it, Wen Ping was shocked and angry in an instant.

The intelligence claimed that after Cai Mao's defeat, he put all the blame on his Wenpin, and actually encouraged Liu Biao to order all his family members to be imprisoned.

"Cai Mao, you shameless person, obviously you didn't listen to my advice, so you were defeated, how dare you be brazen and bite me back!" Wen Ping gritted his teeth and scolded, his anger was furious, and his whole face was distorted and deformed.

When Diao Xiong saw this information, he knew that when Wen Ping learned the news, he would definitely hate Cai Mao and Liu Biao, which was exactly what he needed.

Wen Ping is also an iron-clad man, how can he not be angry when he is wronged by this.

You Cai Mao didn't listen to my advice, and it was just a matter of losing troops and land, and you even dared to blame me.

What's even more hateful is that Liu Biao actually listened to Cai Mao's lies and sent all my family members to prison, which is really not distinguishing between loyalty and treachery, and deceiving people too much!

The more Wen Ping thought about it, the more angry he became, and his teeth were almost crushed.

"Although Liu Biao is weak, with his wisdom, he should also be able to think that Cai Mao may be shirking responsibility, but he still disposed of your family, you should be able to think of why." Diao Xiong further "sprinkled salt" on Wen Ping's wounds, not to let him despair, how could he surrender.

Wen Ping's body was shocked, and he suddenly fell silent.

Why?

Of course, it is because the Cai family is one of the four major families, and its strength is far better than that of his Wen family, and someone must take responsibility for this failure.

"Liu Biao loves to be famous, and only uses celebrities from the big clans, Zhongye, you are talented and excellent in martial arts, but you can only be a deputy general. And Cai Mao and his ilk are far inferior to you in talent, but because they are from four major families, Liu Biao ordered him to control the military power of Jingzhou, defend it in every way, and even sacrifice you to maintain Cai Mao's authority, Wen Zhongye, if you still have a bit of manliness, you should know how to do it! ”

Wen Ping's face was swelling, and his eyes flashed with resentment.

Diao Xiong could see that his words had deeply poked at Wen Ping's sore spot.

Anyone who is talented must have a little arrogance, and he is not used to mediocre people standing on his head and peeing, even if he is patient for a while, but the resentment in his heart will explode sooner or later.

Diao Xiong's words were like explosives, blowing up the embankment in Wen Ping's heart, making his resentment gush out like the water that broke the embankment.

After pondering for a long time, Wen Ping gritted his teeth suddenly, his face was as resolute as iron, and he had already made up his mind.

"This revenge is not avenged, Wen Ping is not worthy of being a person, General Mink, Wen Ping is willing to surrender to you, serve you as a dog and horse, I just ask you to let me kill Cai Mao Liu Biao in the future, and avenge my Wen family!" Wen Ping jumped to his feet, his face burning with endless vengeful anger.

A smile flashed across the corner of Mink's mouth, and there was a burst of joy in his heart.

"To be able to get such a good general as Zhongye is really like a tiger with wings, come, let's drink this cup full." Mink's face was full of excitement.

Wen Ping didn't hesitate anymore, raised his glass and drank with Mink Xiong.

Mink Xiong was very pleased to accept Wenpin, a good general, he knew that Wenpin was loyal, and once he chose to submit to himself, he would be loyal.

Mink Xiong was relieved to give the right to hire soldiers, and asked him to retract the wandering troops.

Wen Ping has been stationed in Jingbei for a long time, and he has some prestige in the Xinye area, and he stood up and called for it like this, and those scattered tribes soon gathered to defect.

In a few days, Wen Ping gathered more than 3,000 Jingzhou troops for Mink Xiong, making the total number of soldiers and horses in Mink Xiong's hands reach more than 10,000, plus the thousands of reserve soldiers and soldiers who are being reorganized, the total number of soldiers and horses can reach more than 17,000.

Diao Xiong then ordered all the generals to gather in Xinye, strengthen the city day and night, gather grain and grass, and prepare for battle.

Because according to the intelligence, Liu Biao is mobilizing more soldiers and horses, and has even mobilized Lu Bu, who is stationed in Jiangxia to assist in the defense of Huangzu, and leads his troops and horses to Fancheng to rendezvous.

Diao Xiong and Pang Tong speculated that Liu Biao knew that his military strength was not good, and in order to recapture Xinye, he did not hesitate to use Lu Bu to fight for him.

Lu Bu's bravery, known to the world, is what he is best at is cavalry combat, if he comes now, it is definitely a restraint to Mink Xiong's cavalry.

Moreover, in addition to the cavalry, Lu Bu also has a trap camp under Gao Shun under his command, which is unstoppable in siege and siege, and it is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

Diao Xiong had a hunch that the real war had just begun.

Time passed day by day, and according to intelligence, more and more enemies were converging on the front line of Fancheng.

In the direction of Wancheng, a large number of grain and grass, and follow-up soldiers, are also constantly rushing to the front line of Xinye to assemble.

On this day, Diao Xiong was in the hall with Pang to discuss military affairs, but the pro-army came to report, saying that it was Miss Diao Chan, and she also came to Xinye with the men and horses of the labor army, and was now in the medical camp to comfort the wounded.

"Why is my sister here, let's go, let's see."

Mink Xiong was quite surprised when he heard that his sister came to the front line, and immediately put down his military affairs and went straight to the medical camp outside the city.

After entering the medical camp, Diao Xiong saw many people in Nanyang, who were carrying fruits, vegetables, wine and meat, visiting and comforting the wounded and sick in the tent.

Nanyang Shimin actually took the initiative to come to the labor army, and Diao Xiong's popularity in Nanyang can be seen.

Walking through the crowd, Diao Xiong saw the beautiful figure, and saw Diao Chan holding his sleeves, distributing wine and meat to the wounded soldiers, and comforting every wounded man softly like his sister.

This is the first beauty in the world, just like that, sympathetic to the weak, kind-hearted, and compassionate to anyone.

Mink was ambitious, but he didn't alarm her, he quietly leaned behind her, and suddenly shouted: "Sister." ”

"Ah~~" Diao Chan was startled, screamed, the thing in his hand fell, and his body fell backwards involuntarily.

As soon as Diao Xiong stretched out his hand, Diao Chan's plump and delicate body fell into his arms.

Diao Chan's soul was undecided, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Diao Xiong's smiling face, but only to find that he was lying in the crook of his brother's arm, and between his beautiful faces, he couldn't help but fly to his face.