Changsha County Administration, Linxiang.

In such an era when transportation was underdeveloped, most of the famous cities and towns were located next to the water system to facilitate the transportation of military rations. Like Jiangling is located in the north of the Yangtze River, Xiakou west according to the Han River, south of the Yangtze River, Luoyang has the benefits of the Yellow River, Chang'an has the convenience of Weishui, and Yecheng has Zhangshui to connect the north and south.

Linxiang is no exception, as the name suggests, this city is located in the east of Xiangshui, is a transportation hub that guards the upper reaches of Xiangshui, connects the Yangtze River in the north, and controls Jiaozhou in the south.

Such an important place was originally supposed to be a heavy general, but it is a pity that the four counties of Jingnan and Jiaozhou are all underdeveloped, and their military and economic importance are far inferior to those of the Central Plains, so they have not attracted attention.

At this moment, it was dark, and the people of the city were all sleeping, but the Taishou Mansion was still brightly lit.

In the hall, Han Xuan sat upright in front of the desk, staring at the silk letter on the desk and sneering.

A few months ago, Cao Ying's army went south, and Xinzhou Mu Liu Cong surrendered without a fight, and the whole Jingzhou was shaken. After that, Cao Ying's iron cavalry defeated the famous Uncle Liu Huang in Dangyang, and Cao Ying, who seized Jiangling with this power, only a piece of paper, made all the four southern counties that were already grass on the wall surrender.

It was another piece of paper, and Han Xuan was transformed from a county official, with the support of Cao Ying's powerful force, and sat on the throne of Taishou in a grand manner.

However, what Han Xuan never expected was that less than three months had passed, and the invincible Prime Minister Cao Cheng and his army of hundreds of thousands were unbelievably defeated by the young Zhou Yu and his tens of thousands of Wu troops, and retreated to the north in a panic.

And then, before the Taishou seat was hot, the southern expeditionary army sent by Liu Bei drove straight into Linxiang, his place of governance.

Han Xuan knew very well that Cao Ying could take Liu Bei seriously and drive this Uncle Liu Huang all the way from the Central Plains to Jiangnan like a sheep, but he Han Xuan did not have the slightest qualification to despise Liu Bei.

Do you want to surrender?

Just when Han Xuan, who was lacking in confidence, had this idea, he unexpectedly discovered that Liu Bei was not sent by Guan Zhang and other powerful generals, but his penniless adopted son, as well as a mere eight hundred soldiers.

After learning this information, Han Xuan immediately gained confidence again, and he still had a trump card in his hand, this card used to deal with Liu Bei or Guan Zhang may not be sure of victory, but if it is used to deal with Liu Feng, a yellow-haired boy, it seems that it should not be a problem.

What made Han Xuan feel even more ridiculous was that this Liu Feng even openly sent someone to write a war letter, naming Huang Zhong to invite him to fight.

Liu Feng's challenge book is in Han Xuan's arms.

"General Huang has arrived."

The guards outside the hall entered and reported, Han Xuan perked up, waved his hand, and said, "It's just in time, please invite the old general to come in quickly." ”

A moment later, an old man seven feet tall strode in.

The old man's beard was sparse and gray, and his flat forehead was deeply embedded with a deep wrinkle like a knife, but the vicissitudes of life were not lost. The pupils that were deep in the eyes were half-open and half-closed. His whole person is like a vigorous pine and cypress, although he is full of traces of time, but he still exudes a daunting majestic atmosphere.

"Huang Zhong has seen Han Taishou." Stopping at the front of the steps, he bowed his hand, and his voice was as loud as a bell.

"It's all my own people, why should the old general be so formal." Han Xuan got up with a smile and went down the steps to greet him, and stepped forward to help Huang Zhong up in a few steps.

Huang Zhong straightened up, his face was still solemn: "Han Taishou summoned the last general late at night, I don't know what is important?" ”

Han Xuan coughed lightly: "I said to the old general before, about Liu Bei sending troops to invade my Changsha County, the old general should not forget it." ”

"Liu Xuande is a generation of heroes, Cao Gongshang was defeated in Chibi, and we can't easily compete with it. I still have the original suggestion, the enemy has few soldiers and little food, and the advantage is to fight quickly, and he will definitely come to take Linxiang, we only need to guard the city and wait for its food to retreat. ”

Huang Zhong's response was crisp, but Han Xuan's expression obviously didn't look satisfied.

"As soon as Cao Gong is defeated, the four counties south of the Yangtze River will be isolated from the imperial court, if you just blindly avoid the door and defend yourself, and let the enemy come and go freely, sooner or later you will suffer from it. I have sent someone to reconnoitre, this time the enemy soldiers are only 800, and the general who leads the troops is only Liu Bei's yellow-haired fake son, so why don't we take this opportunity to take the initiative to attack and defeat the invading enemy in one fell swoop, so as to show my determination and strength that Changsha is inviolable, so that Liu Bei does not dare to attack again, what does the old general think? ”

Hearing Liu Feng's name, Huang Zhong's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, but he still said: "No matter who the enemy is and how many there are, I have few troops in Changsha and can't withstand losses, and the last general still thinks that it is the best policy to defend." ”

Han Xuan's face gradually became gloomy, and he sneered: "Old General Huang, you are always unwilling to fight, you should not be afraid of losing your four hundred elite troops, and you are bent on preserving your strength." ”

Huang Zhong's wrinkled face flashed with a hint of gloom: "I, Huang Zhong, as a native of Changsha, should do my best to protect my hometown, how can I do it for my own selfishness, I just don't want to make senseless sacrifices." ”

"Don't be angry, old general, I'm just talking casually." Han Xuan sneered, and as he spoke, he picked up the silk book and handed it to Huang Zhong, "It's just that others have already pointed out the door-to-door provocation of the surname, if the old general still endures it, what will be the reputation of the Tiger of Changsha." ”

Huang Zhong's face was suspicious, and when he took the battle book and looked at it, his face immediately became complicated, and there was a faint surge of anger in the depression.

Liu Feng's war letter did not have a few sentences, that is, he pointed out that Huang Zhong should go out of the city to fight in formation, if Huang Zhong did not dare, he would kill Han Xuan, who was too guarded, and surrender the city.

"Old general, are you planning to go to war, or are you going to take down my head and make a gift to Liu Bei's fake son?" Han Xuanpi asked with a smile.

Han Xuan's words had already said this, Huang Zhong had no choice, so he slapped the battle book on the case, and said angrily: "I will go out of the city to fight tomorrow, and teach this stinky boy who doesn't know the height of the sky a good lesson!" ”

Hearing this, the corners of Han Xuan's mouth showed a smug smile.

…………

The next time, when Xu said that he was about to rise, Liu Feng led his 800 soldiers and horses, and was already waiting in the north of Linxiang City.

"Eldest prince, what if Huang Zhong is calm and just refuses to fight?" Ma Yan's eyes stared at the city tower in the distance, and there was a little worry in his tone.

Liu Feng looked confident and said with a smile: "Don't worry, with the war book you wrote to sow discord, even if Han Xuan becomes smart and chooses to avoid the war, then Huang Zhong will definitely take the initiative to fight." ”

When the first rays of light broke through the thin clouds in the sky and embroidered Linxiang City with a layer of golden gauze, there was a sudden movement on the opposite side, only to see the drawbridge slowly lowered, the city gate was wide open, and a team of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses went out of the city one by one, and formed a formation in an orderly manner in front of the moat.

Looking from afar, sure enough, there was a veteran standing in front of the battle with a knife, and he thought it was Huang Zhong.

Ma Yan showed surprise on his face: "Eldest prince, what you expected is really good, then Huang Zhong is in the battle." ”

Looking at the towering veteran from afar, Liu Feng sneered: "You will send someone to inform Huang Hansheng as planned, and say that I want to talk to him alone in front of the battle." ”