(A large chapter.) Thank you for the rewards, Xiao Ben, Mo Yankai and shawn_yin, hehe) Liu Feng knows very well that the crucial reason for his great success so far is that he has played a beautiful time difference.

If it weren't for Liu Bei in Shu, Cao Ying and Sun Quan entangled in the southeast, coupled with Guan Yu's light enemy, Cao Ren's greed, if he set up a position to confront him head-on, no matter which side Liu Feng would have no certainty of victory. Even if it wins, it will be a crushing victory.

And now, Jingzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes, although the information has not yet been delivered, Liu Feng guessed that Cao Ying is afraid that he is withdrawing troops from the southeast at this moment, and he is on the way to Jingzhou thousands of miles away. As for Sun Quan, seeing his brother-in-law swallowing Jingzhou alone, it is certain that his eyes will be red, whether it is a big move or a small action, as long as Cao Ying withdraws his troops, it will definitely follow.

The only thing Liu Feng is not worried about is the "victim" Liu Bei, there is no way, who let him be halfway through the Yizhou that he is capturing, even if he wants to capture Jingzhou, he is afraid that he will be powerless.

Between the three parties, what Liu Feng is most worried about now is Cao Ying.

The reason is very simple, if Cao Ren doesn't plug in such a line, then the rise of Liu Feng will not be a real threat to Cao Ying, and Cao Ying should be happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

But now that Cao Ren has been captured, Xiangyang has been broken, Cao Ying's layout in Jingzhou has been suddenly disrupted, and Nanyang and even Xu Luo have been threatened by Liu Feng's soldiers, in this case, how can Cao Ying turn a deaf ear.

The army is overwhelming, I'm afraid it's only a matter of time.

Liu Feng first got Xiangyang, which is different from Jiangling, and there are many big families who tend to Cao Ying, although he intends to invite Kuailiang, but it will take time to achieve the people's hearts and minds. Then, if Cao Ying's army is killed, if he only relies on Xiangyang and Fancheng and relies on Hanshui to fight, it will be unfavorable.

Relying on the Han River to fight, it has to rely on the benefits of the water army, but now that the Han River is based on the Wu people, even if Liu Feng has a water division, his actions in the Han River must also be controlled by the Wu people, which is obviously not very safe.

Xinye is a place, only more than 100 miles away from Xiangyang, this is the gateway of Xiangyang, when Liu Biao ordered Liu Beitun to be stationed here, as the outpost of Gongwei Xiangyang, has repeatedly thwarted several invasions of Cao's army.

Liu Feng has followed Liu Bei for a period of time, and he is naturally well aware of Xinye's important surname.

Now that Cao Ren's defeat has caused the Cao army in Jingbei to be leaderless, forming a defensive vacuum, Liu Feng has no reason not to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to build an outpost defense position in Xinye before Cao Ying's army arrives.

Another important reason why Liu Feng decided to cross the Han River to seize Xinye was that he wanted to cut off Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin's road to the north and completely annihilate Cao Ren's army.

Jiangxia County, the south bank, and Xiakou on the north bank and other important cities along the river have been all occupied by the Wu people. After Wen Ping surrendered to Cao, the Jiangxia Taishou led by him, and his jurisdiction was actually only in the Jiangbei area, and the administrative office was relocated to Anlu.

From a topographical point of view, the Hanshui River in the south divides the Jiangbei region into two, with Nanjun in the west and Jiangxia in the east, and this Xinye is the intersection of the northern part of the two counties.

If Liu Feng is based on Xinye, then Wenpin has the Yangtze River in the south, the Han River in the west, and the Dabie Mountains in the east.

Since the friendship with Cao Ying is unavoidable, then if you want to do it, you must do it absolutely, for Wen Ping, who is extremely familiar with Jingzhou and has great talents, how can Liu Feng easily let go.

Just when Liu Feng was in a hurry to march into Xinye, another army rushed to Jingzhou in the dust.

Lujiang County.

On the rolling Yangtze River, a huge fleet is riding the wind and waves and sailing westward.

In the cabin, Sun Quan held his purple beard in his hand and stared coldly at the map of Jingzhou hanging on the wall, his eyes flashing with a touch of annoyance.

Sun Quan was very unhappy and angry.

Lao Tzu and I fought hard to fight to the death with Cao Lao's thief 400,000 foot cavalry in Huainan, you two surnamed Liu are good, one took the opportunity to fight Yizhou, and the other shouted that he wanted to send troops and food for my brother-in-law, but as a result, he took the opportunity to seize Jingzhou.

Liu Bei's fight against Jingzhou is reasonable, that is because Liu Bei agreed, as long as he conquered Yizhou, he would return the borrowed Nanjun to him.

From a legal point of view, the ownership of Nanjun belongs to my grandson, and the right to use it belongs to Liu Bei. Now that you Liu Feng have taken away Nanjun, it is equivalent to robbing my Sun Quan's property, so what do you mean, do you plan to take it for yourself?

In this era of competition for every inch of land, whoever grabs my territory, I will fight with whomever I want.

What's more, Sun Quan felt that he was humiliated, and he could endure being humiliated by the strong, but it was absolutely impossible to be humiliated by the weak.

Sun Quan was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

Therefore, after confirming Cao Ying's withdrawal, Sun Quan did not wait for the soldiers who had been fighting hard for nearly half a year to rest and recuperate, and even led an army of 40,000 and more than 500 warships towards Jingzhou.

He asked Liu Fengxing to ask for guilt.

At this time, the fleet had entered the territory of the Lujiang River, and it was still a few days away from Jingzhou.

While thinking to himself and being annoyed, the door of the cabin creaked open, and a military general stepped into the cabin.

It was a young general, with a muscular body, dark skin, a slender and well-proportioned waist, thick sideburns and a wide chin, indicating that he had a composure that did not match his age.

"Lord, there is the latest news from Jingzhou." The young general arched his hand and said.

Sun Quan hid the angry look on his face, turned around, and saw that the general was Lu Meng, who he had picked up with one hand, so he said, "Say it." ”

Sun Quan's tone was extremely flat, and it was difficult to perceive that he was a little bit of the city, so he sat down as he spoke, and casually picked up the tea that still had residual warmth.

"General Liu defeated Cao's army, captured Cao Ren alive, and now Xiangyang has been captured." Lu Meng replied lightly.

This bland sentence was like a muffled thunder, hitting Sun Quan's heart hard.

At that moment, the teacup in Sun Quan's hand shook.

That's Xiangyang, there is no Jingzhou without Jiangling, and there is no Jiangling without Xiangyang.

The dream that the three generations of the Sun family have been fighting for for many years, and they have paid the lives of the father and son of the Sun family, but now, they have been captured by Liu Feng's kid in less than a month.

At this moment, in Sun Quan's heart, a strong jealousy gushed out like a volcanic eruption, and that jealousy quickly turned into deep resentment.

Bang!

Sun Quan put the wine glass on the desk fiercely, and the flames of anger burst out in his cold eyes.

In Sun Quan's view, whether Liu Feng captured Jiangling or Xiangyang, it was due to his containment of Cao Ying, and Xiangyang City, like Jiangling, should belong to Eastern Wu, not the kid who would only take advantage of the fire to rob.

"This stinky boy, the city is really hidden deep enough, and even I have been deceived by him." Sun Quan couldn't help but grit his teeth and scolded.

At this moment, Sun Quan felt even more deeply remorseful, regretting that he should not have married his sister to Liu Feng in the first place.

originally thought that Liu Feng was just a desperate lost dog, and Sun Quan could use this dog to guard his home in Jingzhou. Unexpectedly, the docile and obedient dog once upon a time turned out to be a vicious wolf in a deep disguise.

Not only was he toyed with in the palm of his hand, but he was also bitten back, so it's no wonder that Sun Quan is not angry.

Seeing that Sun Quan was angry, Lu Meng was calm, and said with a faint smile: "The lord is angry, and the last general thinks that this is the perfect opportunity given to us by God." ”

Opportunity?

Lu Meng's words, like the light of spring, immediately soothed Sun Quan's "injured" heart a lot.

Sun Quan's spirit was immediately lifted, he knew very well that the young general in front of him, who had been single-handedly raised, had always been full of scheming, and the original proposal to set up a dock at the mouth of the water was exactly what he put forward, and it turned out that Lü Meng's suggestion was very useful, and made a great contribution to the response to the southern invasion of Cao Ying.

"What is Ziming's good plan?" Sun Quan's eyes were curious.

Lu Meng lowered his voice and said: "Although Liu Feng has won Jingzhou at the moment, his momentum looks like Zhongtian, but he has laid down a large territory in one go, but the trustworthy soldiers and horses are only more than 10,000, which is far from enough to defend such a vast area." Moreover, Xiangyang in the north has fallen, Cao's army will soon arrive, Liu Feng will definitely send out a large number of soldiers and horses to guard Xiangyang, although Liu Bei in the west has not gone down to Yizhou, but there are still 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in his hands, and Liu Feng has to defend. At this time, it is an excellent time for the lord to take Jingzhou. ”

Lu Meng's "golden and jade good words" deeply moved Sun Quan, or this was originally Sun Quan's inner thoughts, otherwise, he would not have brought tens of thousands of troops to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

"How to capture Jingzhou, does Ziming have a detailed strategy for using troops?" Sun Quan's interest became more and more intense.

Lu Meng saw that Sun Quan was moved, and he was also interested at the moment, so he revealed his already planned strategy for using troops.

Lü Meng's strategy was that Sun Quan's 40,000 troops were divided into two routes, one of which was to go up the river and attack Jiangling directly, and the other was to go south to Xiangshui and seize the four counties of Jingnan. On the Xiakou side, Lu Su's 20,000 naval army quickly moved north from Hanshui to Xiangyang to contain Liu Feng in Xiangyang. The army of 60,000 blossomed on three sides, so that Liu Feng could not take care of each other.

"The last general has calculated that the elite army in Liu Feng's hands is only 20,000, and now it is scattered from north to south, and the battle line is extremely long, which is a taboo for soldiers. And my three-way army, no matter which way has an advantage, only the middle road, as long as it can smoothly reach the city of Jiangling, Liu Feng can be cut off, and then the north and south are not connected, and it can be easily broken for our army. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Meng's eyes lit up with excitement, and he looked like he was eager to try.

Sun Quan was deeply infected by Lü Meng's strategy and his exuberant fighting spirit, but this was not enough to convince him to start a war with his former ally, or "little brother".

"Defeating Liu Feng seems simple, but Jingzhou must have become more chaotic at the time, if Cao Ying's army comes to attack, what should it do?" This was Sun Quan's last concern.

At this time, Lu Meng said angrily: "Even if Cao Ying comes in person, what is he afraid of, he is willing to base Xiangyang in front of the Lord, with the benefits of my Dongwu naval army and the unity of the soldiers, why not make Cao Ying look at Jiang Xing and sigh." ”

Sun Quan's heart was shocked, and in an instant, his mind was occupied by Jingzhou, the long-awaited piece of fat, and Lu Meng's generosity and self-confidence.

With excitement on his face, he paced in the cabin for a long time, Fang took a deep breath, his eyes bursting with murderous aura and determination, "Okay, it's up to you." ”

……………… The soft red sunset hangs obliquely in front of you, adding a little warmth to the cold wind of early spring.

Liu Feng stood on the high oar at the north corner of Fancheng and looked quietly into the distance, as far as the eye could see, it was an endless wilderness, and an ancient official road extended from afar to the city in the wilderness.

Looking at everything that was familiar, Liu Feng's heart swelled with an inexplicable emotion: after many years, he finally returned to Fancheng again.

Although this is not his real hometown, as the place where he lived at the beginning of his own crossing, Liu Feng has always had a sense of home-like closeness to Fancheng.

It was here that he spent perhaps the most peaceful and peaceful year, and since then, there has never been a quiet and peaceful life.

At the gate at the foot of the city, an army of Wuxi barbarians was marching out.

Because the Battle of Jingzhou captured countless ordnance, as a reward for Shamoke, Liu Feng allocated a large number of military funds to upgrade the equipment for this "poor" but fierce barbarian army.

Now, this newly equipped army will set out from Fancheng and be ordered to seize Xinye County, a barrier in the north of Xiangyang.

"My lord, Mr. Shiyuan's urgent paperwork."

It was Wei Yan who hurried up to the top of the city.

Previously, Liu Feng ordered Wei Yan to lead the army to conquer Lingling, but because Guan Yu gave the head, Lingling was too guarded by Hao Pu and surrendered without a fight. After capturing Xiangyang, Liu Feng ordered Wei Yan to lead his troops and horses and quickly rushed to Xiangyang.

In Liu Feng's opinion, among the few generals in his hands, Wei Yan is the only one who has the ability to stand alone for him, so Liu Feng plans to order Wei Yan to take full responsibility for the defense of Jingbei after taking Xinye, so as to fight against Cao Ying in the north.

Wei Yan, who had always been calm, had a bit of solemnity in his face, and Liu Feng suddenly had an ominous premonition.

After taking the paperwork and looking at it, Liu Feng's brows couldn't help frowning.

Pang Tong said in the letter that Sun Quan had led tens of thousands of troops to come to Jingzhou with great momentum, and it seemed that there was an attempt to seize Jingzhou by force, and asked Liu Feng to immediately abandon the battle plan to take Xinye in the north and lead Xiangfan's army to return to the front line of Jiangling.

"My lord, if Dongwu is determined to start a war with us, he will definitely concentrate the main force to capture Jiangling, and until now, defending Jiangling is the top priority."

Wei Yan's reminder, Liu Feng didn't know, as for Sun Quan's westward advance, Liu Feng had already expected it, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to come so quickly, as if he was stimulated by something.

"The Eastern Wu side is menacing, I must personally go back to Jiangling to preside over the overall situation, Wen Chang, I will hand over this Xiangyang to you." Liu Feng's tone was quite solemn.

Wei Yan was excited, as if he had been waiting for Liu Feng's words for a long time, and said proudly: "Don't worry, my lord, with me Wei Yan here, whether it is Cao Ying or Sun Quan, I will use the head of the person on the item to guarantee that this Xiangyang is foolproof." ”

Hearing Wei Yan's heroic and confident words, Liu Feng felt a lot relieved, but he was curious: "Wen Chang, in the land of the four battles in Xiangyang, the pressure you are under will be unprecedented, I think you seem to be looking forward to it." ”

Wei Yan laughed and said bluntly: "Don't hide it from the lord, the lord ordered me to go to Lingling before, and I still felt that I was overkill." Now that the lord has asked me to guard Xiangyang, this grievance in my heart is dissipated, to be honest, I, Wei Yan, have been waiting for this day for a long time, if Cao Ying and Sun Quan don't dare to attack, I will feel very disappointed. ”

is worthy of Wei Yan, the courage of a tiger and wolf, no wonder in the past history, Liu Bei dared to be promoted beyond the level and reused him to guard the gateway of Yizhou in Hanzhong.

Feeling something, Liu Feng also laughed and said happily: "Okay! With your words, I am relieved. ”

On the same day, Liu Feng appointed Wei Yan as the Taishou of Xiangyang and promoted him to the general of Yamen, handing over the burden of Xiangfan's front-line defense to him. After leaving Wei Yan with 5,000 elite Changsha troops, Liu Fengzi led the rest of the army, and rushed south to Jiangling in the starry night.

Two days later, Liu Feng arrived in Jiangling, and in the original General Liu Beizuo's mansion and now the Zhennan General's Mansion, Liu Feng met Pang Tong and Liu Ba for the first time.

At this time, after seizing Jingzhou, Liu Feng quickly made new adjustments to Jingzhou's personnel deployment.

With Liu Ba as the driver of Jingzhou, he and Xiangyang Kuailiang received Jingzhou's grain and prison affairs. Shengpang was the commander of the military division and participated in the affairs of the Zhennan General's Mansion. Transferred Ma Liang to the southern county guard. Shengma Tan is too guarded by Yidu, partial general, and attacks Yidu in the west. Huang Zhong was promoted to the general of Dangkou, led the Wuling Taishou, and the town was public. Promoted Chen to General Pei, Zhenjiangling.

As for the original "old nest" Changsha, when there were not many credible people, Liu Feng replaced Liu Ba as the Changsha Taishou with his uncle Liu Mi. In order to repeatedly fulfill his promise to Shamoke, Liu Feng ordered the separation of several counties in the Wuxi people's settlement area in the south of Wuling and the establishment of a new Nanling County.

"Lord, with all due respect, your surprise attack on Xiangyang is really inconsiderate, and at this time, you really shouldn't openly oppose Cao Ying."

As soon as they met, Liu Ba complained in front of everyone. Putting aside Liu Ba's always advocating a union with Cao Ying, judging from the unfavorable situation that Jingzhou is currently facing, Liu Ba's complaint seems to be reasonable.

"Zichu's words are wrong, as the so-called no Xiangyang, there is no Jiangling, Xiangyang is the barrier of Jiangling, and even the entire Jingzhou, we are determined to win, we will have to go to war with Cao Ying sooner or later."

As one of the instigators of the surprise attack on Xiangyang, Pang Tong immediately stood up to explain for Liu Feng.

Liu Ba shook his head and said: "Xiangyang is naturally to be taken, but it also depends on the timing, now that Sun Quan and Cao Ying have been offended at the same time, the two armies are pressing, so that we are surrounded by enemies, and taking Xiangyang at this time will do more harm than good." ”

Liu Ba's tone was blunt, a bit of a blatant lesson to Pang Tong.

Pang Tong sneered and said coldly: "Zichu said it lightly, as if this Xiangyang is in your bag, and it is up to you to take it whenever you want." Then I want to ask, with Cao Ying's strength, if it weren't for Cao Ren's horse stumbling this time and giving us a great opportunity, what kind of magic plan do you have to help the lord take Xiangyang anytime and anywhere? ”

(To be continued)