A few days later, Liu Feng and his men entered Dongting Lake from the Yangtze River, and passed through Baqiu, which had been occupied by the Wu people, into the Xiangshui Valley, and into the hinterland of Changsha County.

Changsha County has jurisdiction over ten counties, including Linxiang, Youxian, Chaling, Yiyang, and Xiajun, as well as a southern Hunan marquis.

Baqiu, which controls Xiangshuikou in the south and the intersection of the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake in the north, is of great military significance, and was originally subordinate to Changsha County. However, Zhou Yu was very smart, and after the Battle of Chibi, he did not hesitate to transfer some troops to capture the three northern counties of Hanchang and Xiajun Changsha County, including Baqiu.

In this way, the Wu people are equivalent to controlling the Yangtze River and even the entire Dongting Lake, and including the Xiangjiang River, many water systems running through the four southern counties are all intersected with the Yangtze River through Dongting Lake.

Sun Quan's precautions against Liu Bei are not what Liu Feng needs to worry about in the moment, the Wu people have the north mouth of Xiangshui, and to a certain extent, they have helped Liu Feng, if he breaks with Liu Bei with the two counties of Xiangdong in the future, and if Liu Bei leads the army to conquer, then he must be restrained by the Wu people, which is also a good thing for Liu Feng.

After being transferred to Xiangshui, Liu Feng was not in a hurry to launch a military operation, but asked Ma Yanguang to send scouts to thoroughly understand the actual situation in Changsha County.

"According to the information gathered by the scouts, in the entire Changsha County, there are about four or five thousand county soldiers under the command of the current Taishou Han Xuan, but most of these soldiers and horses are scattered among the counties, and it is not easy to gather them in a short period of time. And judging from the current intelligence, there is no sign of the assembly of soldiers in various counties, most of which is because Cao Ying was defeated suddenly in the Battle of Chibi, and our army moved south quickly, and that Han Xuan didn't have time to react at all. ”

Ma Tan pointed to the map on the case and told Lian Yue's experience in intelligence analysis.

Liu Feng nodded slightly, and pointed his finger to the word "Linxiang" on the map: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Changsha County?" ”

"There were less than 1,700 men and soldiers." Ma Tan replied very simply.

Liu Feng pondered for a moment, and smashed his fist on the map: "Since this is the case, then we will go south and take Linxiang directly, as long as we take the administrative office and defeat Han Xuan, the rest of the counties will surrender without a fight." ”

Ma Yan smiled knowingly, obviously Liu Feng's strategy was also in line with his intentions, but there was a bit of caution in his eyes: "Han Xuan doesn't know soldiers, although there are more than 1,700 county soldiers than our army, but they are all rabble who have not experienced battles, according to this situation, it would not be a problem to take Linxiang, but it is just ......"

"It's just that Han Xuan doesn't have to worry about it, the real troublesome character is the veteran Huang Zhong, right."

Liu Feng expressed his worries for Ma Yan, in fact, this was the only thing he was afraid of in the second county of the southern expedition.

Ma Tan smiled: "It turns out that the eldest prince has long had this concern. Yes, this veteran general Huang Hansheng is indeed not an easy character to deal with. ”

Liu Feng vaguely remembered that in history, Huang Zhongren became famous after following Liu Bei into Shu, and he became famous all over the world by killing Xiahou Yuan in the first battle of Dingjun Mountain. In terms of fame and prestige, Huang Zhong, who is nested in such a remote place as Changsha, seems to be far inferior to those well-known generals in the world.

However, Yi Ma Jian is so young and spends most of his time in Xiangyang in the north, but he is quite jealous of General Huang, not only that, but even Mi Zhu, who is not a local person, even intends to harm himself by the hand of Huang Zhong, which makes Liu Feng a little puzzled.

Liu Feng was suspicious, but he couldn't show it, because he was from Jingzhou and was born in Changsha, if even he didn't know the details of Huang Zhong, wouldn't it be very weird.

Over the years, whether it is the thieves of Yuzhang County adjacent to Changsha, or Dongwu, they have invaded Changsha many times, especially Dongwu, and several times have sent a large number of good generals, but without exception they have been repelled by this old general, and what is even more commendable is that this old general has not been defeated for more than ten years. Although this kind of record is not as good as those in the northern melee, it is actually quite rare. ”

Ma Jian took the initiative to say Huang Zhong's awesomeness out of emotion and respect, and Liu Feng already knew Huang Zhong's awesomeness, and then listened to Ma Tan's description so eloquently, and he was more sure of what kind of opponent he was going to face.

However, Liu Feng's ideological realm has long been different from before, in terms of strategy, he certainly attaches importance to Huang Zhong, but in terms of tactics, he has the confidence to despise Huang Zhong.

At that moment, he sneered: "No matter how powerful a character is, he must have his weaknesses, although this old general Huang is difficult to deal with, there will always be a way." Why, you shouldn't be scared? ”

Ma Tan laughed: "The eldest prince doesn't have to use the radical method on me, I have never been afraid of the danger of the battle of Lushan, let alone now." ”

Ma Tan's self-confidence made Liu Feng feel at ease, and he could hear that Ma Tan's laughter at this moment was not self-defeating, but more like he was already confident.

"It seems that you have a plan in mind, so you might as well talk about it."

was seen through by Liu Feng, and Ma Jian was not good at selling Guanzi again, so he said: "This old general Huang is ruthless, we can't take advantage of it, since we can't fight hard, then we have to outwit it." ”

'Well, the art of war, go to war. Of course, it would be best if I could take Changsha without making unnecessary losses, and even if I could bring Huang Zhong, a good general, under my command as in history, it would be even better. ’

Thinking of this, Liu Feng happily asked, "How is it a way to outwit?" ”

"When Huang Zhong was earlier, he belonged to Liu Jingsheng under his son Liu Pan and was stationed in Youxian together. Later, after Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Ying, Cao Ying appointed Han Xuan as the Taishou of Changsha, but Liu Pan refused to surrender to Cao and fled from Changsha without a trace, and Huang Zhong was transferred to Linxiang by Han Xuan at that time. Since Han Xuan and Huang Zhong are in harmony and separated from each other, leaving us with such a big flaw, how can we not make good use of it. ”

Ma Tan's words made Liu Feng's eyes suddenly brighten, and the flaw mentioned by Ma Tan was actually in line with the idea of breaking the enemy that he had brewed earlier in his heart, so he smiled secretly: "It seems that we have to think about how to make a clever trick, hehe-"

"Having said that, but before we officially attack Linxiang, we are only afraid that we need to pull out another hard nail?"

"What is the ...... of the hard nail you are referring to" Liu Feng had a vague premonition, but he did not say it explicitly.

"Compared with Huang Zhong, this person is a veritable obscurity, this person's surname is Wei Mingyan, and he has a long word."