On the official road outside Fancheng City, Xiangyang County, a team of carriages walked slowly, and there were hundreds of people in a line, all dressed as merchants. Slowly entered Fancheng along the official road.

Huo Yi and his entourage of more than a dozen people all pretended to be merchants, pretending to be the apprentices of the Lingling Liu family, and also obtained an identity certificate from Liu Min to prove that they were indeed Liu's apprentices and merchants.

Huo Yi never thought that the energy of this small Quanling Liu clan was so big, Liu Ba under his own master's hands, and Liu Xian, who served Cao Ying, had all achieved high positions. But there is a layer of relationship, and it is really unwise not to use it. In fact, in line with Huo Yi's essence, he didn't want to get into trouble with Liu Ba, after all, this Liu Ba was also a wise and resourceful man in Shuzhong, and the relaxed relationship was conducive to Huo Yi consolidating his position in Jingnan, regardless of whether it was Liu's instruction or not, but he gladly accepted Liu Min's kindness.

The government affairs of Lingling County were all handed over to Fei Yi, Liu Xun was in the center to adjust the military affairs, Huo Yi was very relieved, both of them were talented people, and when they left, they could ensure the stability of Lingling.

When he went to the territory of Cao Jun, he still had to report to his direct commander Guan Yu, and it took a lot of words to convince his father-in-law, who had a good face, for no other reason, Guan Yu's deployment of more than 1,000 fine works had not yet been trained, and the war was about to break out.

Guan Yu nodded helplessly, and only asked Huo Yi to be careful, not to reveal his whereabouts, knowing that although this righteous son respected himself, he had a surname of reading power, and he also had his own attention and decision, which was not something he could control, but Guan Erye was not a grinding character, so Suo let go and let Huo Yi go.

Entering Xiangyang County in the north, Huo Yi was deeply shocked, Xiangyang County is a new county after Cao Ying took Nanyang, and its county is adjacent to the southern county guarded by Guan Yu, the purpose is to take Xiangyang as the front line of the enemy.

Seeing this, Huo Yi couldn't help but feel glad for Liu Min's charcoal in the snow, this businessman's identity avoided the embarrassment of his identity, which aroused suspicion; The official voice of Liu Xian's Shangshu also saved Huo Yi a lot of trouble. Being able to stuff some benefits with the city gate guards, coupled with his identity as a merchant attached to the Liu family, he also easily entered Fancheng. The merchants who traveled with Huo Yi were criticized and very embarrassed.

Entering Fancheng, Huo Yi was even more surprised, this Fancheng is completely different from ordinary walled cities, the height of the city is imaginary, but the street scene is depressed, and the merchants are not prosperous, but Huo Yi is difficult to imagine. In fact, Fancheng is a city that is completely different from other cities, but Cao Ren painstakingly managed, thinking that he was extremely careful to refuse to defend the forefront of Guan Yu, and all the merchants moved to Xiangyang, leaving only military places in the city. This is a heart that must be guarded to defend this Fan City.

Wake up all the way, the Cao army in the city is full of momentum, and the military discipline is strict, but I have never seen the merchants being embarrassed.

Huo Yi saw the scene of Fancheng, but he had a deep understanding of the reason why Cao Ren was able to hold the flooded Fancheng with thousands of troops in later generations. How can a city like this be broken if it is not besieged tenfold? Cao Ren is worthy of the name of a famous general, but he has the truth on the surface.

The merchant's post house is also fixed, Huo Yi's calculation to spy on the military situation is completely scrapped, and there are soldiers and guards around the post house, and they are not allowed to leave half a step without permission. In the city, it is rare to see idle people waiting for leisurely walking. The entire city of Fancheng was transformed into a huge war fortress by Cao Ren, and its mission seemed to be born for war.

Huo Yi knew that Pan Huan was useless in Fancheng, so he had to go north from Fancheng to Xiangyang City, or he might receive the goods unexpectedly. It was a group of people who left Fancheng, and with the merchant brigade of more than 100 people, escorting the goods, all the way to Xiangyang City. Xiangyang City is not very far from Fancheng, only a day, and you will arrive at Xiangyang.

Although there are many military tuns in Xiangyang County, but this place is also the distribution place of goods in Shuzhong, Jiangdong and Jiangbei, although the separatist forces confront each other, but also to communicate with each other, the salt of Shu, Shu brocade, is also a scarce thing in the Central Plains. The various products and tea produced in the Central Plains are also the things sought after by the powerful in Shuzhong and Jiangdong. The communication of goods is a peculiar scenery of the three places during the period of military confrontation.

Huo Yi is a group of people who do wine trading, but Huo Yi doesn't know how to make wine, but in this era, the wine in Shu is the best in the world, and it is an indispensable wine for the world's powerful and wealthy families.

Xiangyang City was the best place in Jingzhou in Liu Biao's era, and the county was governed here, and it was also the most prosperous place in Jingzhou. Many of the characters in Shu were also from Xiangyang City, such as Feng Xiao Pang Tong, and Ma Yan, Ma Liang and others. This place can be described as rich in materials and outstanding people.

Although it is not far from Fancheng, the cavalry can reach it in half a day, but it is two scenes with Fancheng.

Xiangyang is also stationed with a lot of soldiers, Xiangyang Taishou is the general of Pingdi Lu Chang, the evaluation of it in the history books is that the soldiers do not stop at the enemy country, and do not invade the neighbors. He is strict in governing the army and is a general who defends the army.

Looking at the prosperity and stability of Xiangyang, but such a scene near the front line, it shows that his people's cultural governance is not weak.

There is this person who is the Taishou of Xiangyang, thinking that Cao Ren's arm helps, and it is strange that with the courage of Guan Gong, it is also difficult to capture Xiangfan.

But in the end, he was still a little careless, Ye Zhi's mind was extremely delicate, and at the cost of ten jars of fine wine, he found out the exact number of defenders in the two cities of Xiangfan from a general under his hand, but it was 8,000 people. There are 5,000 people in Fancheng and more than 3,000 in Xiangyang. But it was not the general's carelessness, Ye Zhi pretended to be good friends with him, and even took out good wine to entertain him. I had also heard that this person was as good as his life, and the enemy general who had been drunk for three rounds and was slightly drunk, under Ye Jiong's intentional or unintentional questioning, revealed the reality of the Xiangfan defenders.

Huo Yi never thought that it would be so easy to get such a big secret, but after thinking about it, he still couldn't report this military situation to Guan Yu too early. First, if Guan Yu sent troops to attack Xiangfan, under the unstable foundation, if Jiangdong and Jiangbei join forces, it is still their own family that suffers in the end, and this Jiangdong Sun family is not a good man and a woman; Second, the battle of Hanzhong is only in an instant, if Xiangfan is invaded at the same time, it will not only arouse the vigilance of Jiangdong and Jiangbei, but also make Cao's army full of elite and counterattack, but I am afraid that Jiangdong Sun will become a profitable fisherman.

Huo Yi still had to try his best to make his wings fuller, enough to deal with Jiangdong's Xiaoxiao tricks, before he could start the battle of Xiangfan. Otherwise, it will be a big mistake to start a military disaster and end up reacting a careless loss of Jingzhou.