On the second day of Xu Shu's arrival, Lu An's army once again marched from Jiangxia to Nanyang County.

There are a total of 37 counties under the rule of Nanyang County, which is the largest county in Jingzhou, although the vicinity of Wancheng was occupied by Cao Cao, but it is still the most important county in Jingzhou.

However, when Lu An's army arrived, he found that the most important Nanyang County in Jingzhou was now the same as Jiangxia County, without any resistance, and all the defenders were concentrated in Xiangyang by Liu Biao, including Xinye City, where Liu Bei was stationed, and after Lu An's secret investigation, he found that the families of Nanyang County had also let Liu Biao take away all their private soldiers, obviously wanting to unite with Liu Biao for the last fight.

In this regard, Lu An did not make any statement, he just took all the counties he passed along the way in an orderly manner, and posted notices one by one to appease the people, showing good patience.

When the entire Nanyang County was fully integrated, half a month had passed, and Lu An finally made another move, and began to head towards Liu Biao's last layer of defense Nanjun, and the troops pointed directly at Xiangyang.

A few days later, Lu An's army slaughtered under Xiangyang City, and really saw the first city of Jingxiang, the situation is just like what Xu Shu said before, there is a wide and thick moat under Xiangyang City, the city wall is high and thick, and it is also full of defenders, it looks like there is a feeling of copper wall and iron wall.

Liu Bei, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and even Zhuge Liang and others stood in the center of the tall city wall at this time, watching the Jiangdong Army approach with cold eyes, and in their center, there was also an old man with a bit of morale, if nothing else, it should be Liu Biao himself.

"Is it finally here?" Liu Biao watched the Jiangdong army approaching under the city wall, and his fists couldn't help but clench tightly, looking a little nervous.

"Rest assured, Xiangyang City is extremely solid, and our army now has the full help of the Jingzhou family, with a total of 100,000 defenders, and we will definitely be able to defend Xiangyang under the help of the Jingzhou family." Kuai Liang on the side seemed to see Liu Biao's uneasiness, and said softly.

"Hmm!" Liu Biao nodded, but regained his composure.

"Jingsheng Gong? To this point? Do you still want to resist? Lu An hadn't seen Liu Biao before, but some of his subordinates did, so he quickly recognized Liu Biao in the crowd and shouted.

"Lu Xuantong, you thief, I treated you well at the beginning? Why do you want to take my Jingzhou? Liu Biao looked at Lu An, and his words were full of gritted hatred.

"Jingshenggong's words, a little rebellious, Jingzhou is a big Han, the Son of Heaven, but not Jingshenggong's private, and Jingshenggong gave me a few boats, and I also sent back Wuling wine, new books and green salt, you and I are just a courtesy exchange between colleagues, and there is no other kindness." Lu An said unhurriedly with a smile on his face.

"Okay, even if the old man loses his words, the old man is also the Jingzhou pastor appointed by the Son of Heaven, as a Yangzhou pastor, what does it mean that you don't go to govern your Yangzhou, but come to attack the Jingzhou governed by the old man?" Liu Biao was speechless, but quickly asked in a different way.

"Without him, it's just for the Son of Heaven to sweep away the rebels!" Lu An said lightly.

"Bastard, Lu Xuantong, you don't spew blood, I am a relative of the Han family, and Jingzhou Mu is also the son of heaven, I think you are a traitor!" Liu Biao scolded angrily.

"If I remember correctly, after Wang Situ killed Dong Zhuo, the Son of Heaven was besieged by Dong Zhuo's old department, it should have been an order to King Jingsheng, but Jingsheng Gong did not move on the grounds of exterminating the bandits, and finally let the Son of Heaven be held hostage by the two thieves of Li Dao and Guo Yan for several years, and also caused Wang Situ to fall, what is not a rebel?" Lu An shouted suddenly.

"You!" Liu Biao was angry, pointing at Lu An and wanting to scold, but he couldn't think of any words to refute for a while, after all, when it came to this, it was indeed his loss of righteousness.

"Xuantong's words are too extreme, when the Son of Heaven was in trouble and ordered King Qin, although Jingsheng Gong sat in Jingzhou, but there was a Yuan Shu rebel in the middle to stop him, he was really powerless, and Xuantong didn't go?" Liu Bei saw that Liu Biao was deflated, so he took the initiative to stand up and wanted to help Liu Biao break the siege.

"I didn't go because I was far away in Wuling, and it was really difficult to go north, otherwise even if the Son of Heaven didn't call me, I would definitely save the Son of Heaven from fire and water, and Liu Jingsheng was a clansman, but the Son of Heaven ordered but didn't respect it, and the rights and wrongs of this matter are the opinions of the world." Lu An's righteous and awe-inspiring way.

"Lu Xuantong, your words like this are really nonsense, Jingzhou was worried about internal and external troubles back then, so it was not possible to go north, but you can't see it, and you are a courtier, what right do you have to send troops in the name of the Son of Heaven?" Liu Biao stood up again at this time, and said indignantly: "In the final analysis, you are just plotting against Jingzhou, and the old man will never let you succeed!" ”

"Say whatever you want, Liu Biao, I know that you and the Jingzhou family are united, in addition to tens of thousands of soldiers, there are tens of thousands of private soldiers, but let me tell you, I, Lu Xuantong, fought in the south and the north, and there is no city that cannot be taken, and tens of thousands of private soldiers can't stop the general trend of our army at all, if you surrender now, it's still too late." Lu An stopped talking nonsense and shouted.

"If you want the old man to surrender, it is absolutely impossible, Lu Xuantong, if you have the ability, come and take the city yourself, and you will definitely be killed!" Liu Biao said resolutely.

"Good, good!" Lu An said coldly, and then waved his hand: "Withdraw the army for five miles, set up camp!" ”

"Huh?" Watching the Jiangdong army slowly retreat under Lu An's order, everyone on the city wall felt a little collapsed, what is the situation of this Nima, according to the previous verbal conflict, shouldn't he rush up to attack the city? Why did you withdraw the troops directly?

"This Lu Xuantong must have a trick!"

"Lu An'er, you must be playing tricks!"

"It must be so, we have to be careful!"

The crowd on the city wall discussed it one after another, and finally came to a conclusion that the other party was engaged in some kind of conspiracy.

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Lu An led his troops to retreat five miles, and then began to set up camp, ready to let the army rest, as for the forced siege of the city, he is not so stupid, such a deep moat, the city wall is still high, to capture this Xiangyang, God knows how many lives to fill, especially when there are tens of thousands of prisoners of the Jingzhou army in the Lu An army, he does not dare to lose too many soldiers and horses, otherwise if the game collapses, the camp may be bombed at any time.

However, although these captives are troublesome, they are not blindly dragged down, according to Xu Shu's previous advice, as long as it takes some time, these captives are likely to become the biggest weapon in the siege.

"Gong Jin, those Jingzhou captives are not in turmoil!" After the camp was formed, Lu An discussed the future strategy with the civil and military forces in the tent, and Lu An seemed very concerned about the most critical part of the plan.

"Rest assured, according to the laws and regulations of the lord, our army treats those prisoners very well, and in addition to being under the care of our army, they eat the same food as our soldiers, so they are naturally very obedient, and many people are still grateful to the lord!" Zhou Yu replied.

"Very good, then we will start brainwashing those captives, and pick out some well-behaved ones, and go to the city to persuade them to surrender in a few days!" Lu An smiled.

"Brainwashing?" The crowd was puzzled and wondered what this meant.

"Oh, to put it simply, let them know the policy of our Jiangdong Army, and let them serve our army with sincerity, and then let them go under the city wall to shout my Jiangdong decree!" Lu An explained.

"The lord's strategy is very wonderful, in addition to those soldiers who are more determined in the Xiangyang garrison, there are also some private armies of the family, those private armies are slaves, presumably the lord's decree to divide the land according to the population will be extremely tempted, and after their Jingzhou local soldiers to publicize, I am afraid that there will be an ambition to resist immediately, even if there is not, its military spirit will naturally be chaotic, and our army will naturally be able to fish in troubled waters!" Guo Jia's eyes lit up at this time, and he guessed Lu An's thoughts at the moment, clapping his hands and laughing.

"This is not my idea, but the advice of the newly appointed marching Sima Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi!" Lu An smiled slightly, and then stretched out his hand and pointed at Xu Shu, who was very low-key in the crowd.

"Yuan Zhi is talented!"

"Congratulations to my lord, I have another talent!"

Everyone looked over and praised a few words. They knew in their hearts that this man had taken refuge in the lord for two days, and he was made a marching horse, and at this time he offered a clever plan, and he was afraid that he would also be reused in the future.

"Actually, Shu is just imitating Han Xin's embattled strategy in ancient times, it's nothing." was praised by so many people, Xu Shu seemed quite modest, and politely returned the salute one by one, which made everyone feel good again.

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After discussing the specific implementation plan of the strategy, after a few days, Lu An led the army to re-besiege the city, and then, a group of Jingzhou soldiers who had been tamed officially appeared and began the voice offensive.

"I'm Li Yong from Bowang County, the brothers in the city surrender, General Lu's new policy will divide the land among the poor people, and the previous slavery contract will be invalidated, so that those powerful people no longer have the full strength to kill us at will!"

"I am Wang Xiaoqi of Fuyang County, I guarantee that what I said is true, General Lu not only treats the prisoners preferentially, but also treats the people preferentially, everyone believes me!"

"I'm Li Shi from Nanxiang County,、、、、、、、、

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If these words come out of the mouth of the Jiangdong army, it is estimated that few people will hesitate, but from the mouth of a Jingzhou people, it will have an extraordinary effect, although the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty belong to the same Han Dynasty, but the customs of each state are different, Jingzhou people and Jingzhou people naturally have a congenital sense of closeness, just like the countrymen of later generations, especially those defenders still have half of the private army, immediately make people's hearts begin to float.