The county is too guarded in the house.

Liu Bei, who personally went into battle to meet Cao Ying, sat on the main seat, and the first two rows of civil and military columns were about the same. The civil officials on the left are headed by Lu Su, and the military generals on the right are headed by Zhang Fei.

"We have been confronting Cao Ying for more than a month, and although there have been several battles during this period, they have all been small battles. Cao Ying neither retreated nor attacked, but only held on to Liang County to contain our army, which was very suspicious. Pang Tong said with a frown.

"At the moment, the eldest brother has an army of 100,000 here, and Cao Ying is only an army of 100,000. The strength of each other is equal, and of course the old thief does not dare to act rashly. Zhang Fei is a matter of course. As Pang Tong said, there have been only occasional skirmishes between the two sides recently, and large-scale battles have almost never been held. The largest scale, that is, today I will take you a county seat, and tomorrow you will rob me of a cart of grain and grass.

However, Cao Ying knows the art of war very well, and it is against common sense to be so reckless. Before Cao Ying sent his troops, he must have expected that the strength of the two sides was equal, and such a situation was inevitable. Knowing that this was the case, he still sent troops, and Cao Ying's move was very unusual. Xu Shu on the other side also frowned and said.

Liu Bei listened patiently to them, and then asked, "Maybe Cao Ying wants to wait for the rest of the people to make a breakthrough before making plans?" ”

Pang Tong and Xu Shu glanced at each other, made eye contact with Lu Su again, and finally Pang Tong said: "Maybe this is the case, Cao Ying has always been insidious and cunning, and it is very likely that he will sit and watch us fight to the death with the Nanban and Hanzhong army, so as to reap the benefits." When our army is not strong, we will attack again. ”

"If so, what should we do?" Liu Bei continued to ask.

"In order to prevent long-term changes, it is best to defeat the two groups of Hanzhong and Nanban first. At present, General Zhao and Zang Xuangao rely on the danger of Yuanjiang and Shangyong Mountain City, and they can be safe, but the attack is weak. If you can send more troops and horses with them, you can annihilate the invading enemy in one go. Pang Tong thought for a while.

"Where else can we adjust the troops and horses right now?" Liu Bei asked.

Pang Tong thought about it carefully before saying: "We are facing Cao Ying against this 100,000 army, which is 50,000 Yuzhou troops and 50,000 Xuzhou troops. At present, there are still 50,000 troops in Xuzhou, but Xuzhou is adjacent to Yanzhou, and these 50,000 troops are easily immobile in order to prevent Cao Ying from attacking. From the point of view of unification, at present, Yangzhou is in the hinterland of our army, so it is better to transfer military horses from Yangzhou to help these two places! ”

"That's great!" Liu Bei also nodded in agreement, and immediately ordered Yangzhou Mu Zhang Zhao, ordering Yangzhou Zhonglang General Sun Fu to lead an army of 10,000 to aid Jingnan, and Luling Taishou Hengye General Ji Ling to lead an army of 20,000 to gallop Shangyong, in order to break the enemy of Hanzhong and Nanzhong as soon as possible.

"General Zhao!" A few days later, in Linyuan City, Zhao Feng met with Sun Fu, who was ordered to lead the army to support, and the latter saw Zhao Feng coming to greet him in person, so he hurriedly dismounted and bowed.

"The national ceremony is an old man, why is there so much courtesy!" Zhao Feng hurriedly pulled up Sun Fu. Speaking of which, he really has the grace of reinvention for this old man, when he was in Jiangdong, Sun Quan was not tolerated, and was even sent to Lujiang to die. Now after defecting to Liu Bei, he will become a Zhonglang general in three years, which can be regarded as a prosperous official luck.

"General, on the orders of the lord, lead the army to help the battle, and wait for the general to send you!" Sun Fu is not a fool, he knows that although Zhao Feng is just a rebellious general now, he still has the final say here in Jingnan. Zhao Feng said a few more polite words, and then sat down with everyone to discuss the matter.

"At present, the Southern Barbarian Army is blocked by the Yuanjiang River, and it is difficult to advance again. However, if we want to defeat it in one fell swoop, it will not be easy. Now that we have General Sun's 20,000 reinforcements, we can be much more relaxed. Zhao Feng said first.

"General Zhao, why don't you let Captain Feng Xi's five thousand men and horses stationed in Guilin come to help in the battle?" Chen Zhi asked after a moment's thought. No matter how tight the troops are these days, Zhao Feng has not used this way. Chen Zhi didn't understand it a little, and finally couldn't help but ask today.

"Captain Feng is stationed in Guilin to prevent the state army, and he can't move easily." Zhao Feng explained. "Jiaozhou?" Chen Zhi and the generals were a little unclear. "Jiaozhou? Sun Zhoumu of Jiaozhou has never been an enemy of us? Zhou Tai, who was the most anxious, was the first to say.

"Be prepared!" Zhao Feng knew that there were a lot of Jiangdong veterans here now, and he couldn't say this too hard for a while. I don't feel at ease about Sun Quan's character, so I can only prevent it first. At that moment, Zhao Feng diverted the topic and said: "Since General Sun came to help, our army is no longer afraid of the Nanzhong Army. I intend to immediately pull out, go to the bank of the Yuan River to go down to the village, and defeat Meng Shu in one fell swoop! When the generals heard this, they agreed with a bang, and they did not mention it to their entire army.

"What, the Han army has come to Yuanjiang?" Meng Shu looked at the Tanma in front of him who had just come back to report the news, and asked in disbelief. This man heard that the king's tone was not good, so he had to whisper: "Exactly, the enemy army has all pulled out of Linyuan, and is now camping opposite our army. ”

"It seems that Zhao Feng wants to compete with us." Meng Shu muttered, and then waved his hand to signal the horse to go down, and this person hurriedly retreated as if he had been amnestied. These days, with the lack of progress in the war, Meng Shu's mood is getting worse and worse. Just yesterday, two small leaders suggested that he withdraw his troops, but he ordered him to be beheaded for public display.

Meng Shu himself is also very annoying, since E Huan was released, Yang Feng and Gao Ding have intentionally or unintentionally failed to work, and their men and horses who crossed the river several times retreated without reaching the center of the river. If they were so perfunctory again, Meng Xu knew that it would be difficult to defeat the Jingzhou army on the opposite side by relying only on his own strength. And once the army is withdrawn without success, the throne of the big leader, who was not too stable in the first place, is afraid that it will be even more shaky.

Thinking of this, Meng Huo also made up his mind, and he must let these two people go all out. At that moment, he took a few guards and walked to the high-end tent.

"The king is coming, I don't know what?" Gao Dingwan didn't expect Meng Shu to come suddenly, and hurriedly invited him to sit down with the lord.

"Gao Taishou, I heard that General E Huan was captured by the Jingzhou army before, I don't know if it?" To Gao Ding's surprise, Meng asked such a question with a pleasant face after he sat down.

Gao Ding looked at E Huan, who was a little cramped on the side, and knew that E Huan was not good at words, so he could only reply stubbornly: "This is indeed the case." Zhao Botao only said that he was thinking of the feelings of the same clan, so he explained it with righteousness. ”

"This is Zhao Botao's plan to divide the wedge, Gao Taishou and General E must not fall for it!" Meng Huo said earnestly.

"Naturally not!" Gao Ding replied, but he sneered in his heart: Do we still need to be separated from each other?

"It's not good, just to visit the Malay report, Zhao Botao led the army to garrison and the other side, I mean to say that the whole army will pull out, force the Yuan River, no matter what, we must cross the river as soon as possible, and fight to the death with the Jingzhou army. General E Huan is the first brave general of our barbarian army, so General E led an elite army to open the way. Meng Shu finally said the true purpose of his trip.

E Huan is a general under Gao Ding, and although Meng Shu is a big leader, he is generally not called. But now that he has said this, Gao Ding will not agree again, which is basically equivalent to silently disagreeing with Meng Shu. In the face of Meng Huo's Yinwei, Gao Ding had to nod silently in agreement. The complacent Meng Shu said a few more polite words before leaving.

"Taishou, how is this good?" As soon as Meng Shu left, E Huan said urgently, Gao Ding still sent someone to invite Yang Feng to come to discuss. When Yang Feng arrived, he was also surprised when he heard Gao Dingbei's preface. The two of them were relatively silent, and in the end, E Huan said hatefully: "Since Meng Huo is unkind, why don't we kill him, and then move the clan to Jingnan, and live as freely as Shamoke and others, wouldn't it be happy?" ”

"Huh?" Yang Feng and Gao Ding were a little moved when they heard this. As the war continued, the current Nanzhong Barbarian Department gradually understood the current life of the Wuxi Barbarian Tribe, knowing that they had now moved to Jingnan and lived a much richer life than before, Yang Feng and Gao Ding were also envious in private. It's just that E Huan said it in person, and he didn't have time to react for a while.

After a long time, Yang Feng said: "We are in a dilemma now, one will fail to win the battle, and the other will be scolded by the clansmen if they are ungrateful." It's just that even if you want to emulate Shamoke, you still need to inform General Zhao. There is one of my subordinates whose name is Fei Nan, who was released after being captured before, this person is a fine person, and he is also proficient in the surname Shui, why not send him to connect with General Zhao? ”

Gao Ding has nothing to do, and at that moment Yang Feng summoned Fei Jian and personally wrote a letter to Fei Jian, asking him to take advantage of the darkness at night to swim across the river to see Zhao Feng.

"General, he has caught a good job in the Southern Army, he claims to be sent by Yang Feng, and he has something important to see the general." In the Jingzhou military tent, Niu Jin said to Zhao Feng.

"Yang Feng?" Zhao Feng frowned slightly when he heard this, and then asked Niu Jindao: "Do you know this person?" ”

"Only a few soldiers recognized this person, it was the person who was captured before, and was later released by the general." Niu Jin replied.

"That should be Yang Feng's person, no doubt!" Zhao Feng was stunned when he heard this. To say that the intelligence secrecy work of the southern army is really poor, it was said that those soldiers under Meng Huo who pretended to be Yang Feng and Gao Ding, after returning home, all asked Meng Huo to kill, and the Jingzhou army already knew about it. Now that this fee is difficult, it is naturally a genuine Yang Feng's person.

At that moment, Zhao Feng's mind was racing, and he hurriedly ordered Niu Jin to take a jar of old wine, put the wine urn on the table and pour it slowly, while he took off his armor and lay on the couch, and finally sprinkled some wine on his body, until he looked really drunk, and at the same time carefully instructed Niu Jin to let him act according to the plan, and then ordered him to bring this fine work in.

Fei Yan was escorted into the tent, but he saw a wine urn on the table, an open wine jar on the ground, and Zhao Feng himself was lying on the couch full of alcohol, but for a while he secretly complained in his heart: Taishou asked him to connect with General Zhao, how can he manage things when he is drunk like this now?

"Ugh!" Zhao Feng, who was lying on the couch, burped, slowly looked up at Fei Yan, and said inarticulately: "Meng Huo sent you to say that he wanted to borrow my hand to get rid of Gao Ding and Yang Feng." But how can he count without evidence? You tell him that unless he personally sends the heads of the two people here, I am willing to send troops to help calm him. ”

"General, you are mistaken, this is a fine work sent by Yang Feng just now, not Meng Shu's envoy, that person has already left!" Niu Jin saw that Zhao Feng was too drunk, and hurriedly reminded.

"Really?" Zhao Feng said vaguely, and then fell asleep, and after a while, the voice was loud, Niu Jin didn't wake up after several calls, and finally had to give up. Fei Nan looked at it in his eyes, and his heart went up and down, but his face did not show any sound.

Niu Jinyan couldn't wake up Zhao Feng, so he had to order someone to cover him with a futon, and then he led Fei Nan to the outside of the tent and said to him: "It's a coincidence that the general has never drunk alcohol, but he only drank a few more glasses because of today's hospitality to the envoy." Please go back first, and wait for the general to wake up before making plans! Fei Nanyan nodded, and didn't mention it on the other side.

"What?" Yang Feng was shocked when he heard Fei Nan's reply, and Gao Ding and E Huan on the side were even more restless. "Meng Shu actually wants to kill us by the hand of General Zhao?" Ehuan was a little incredulous. Gao Ding lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly said: "No wonder he is urging the troops today, it seems that it is to consume our military strength, as long as our army suffers heavy casualties, he can take the opportunity to get rid of us and unify Nanzhong." ”

Yang Feng is a delicate person, and originally felt that this matter was a little strange. However, after listening to Gao Ding's words, I felt that I was afraid that it would be ** not far from ten. The two of them made a little plan in the camp, and in order to protect themselves, they decided to strike first, and took advantage of the night to attack Meng Shu's camp.

What the two didn't expect was that Meng Huo was also restless in the camp at this time. There is no other reason, just because his younger brother Meng You just sent someone to hurriedly inform him that Yan Yan, the general of Yizhou, took advantage of the main force in Nanzhong and had already led his army south to kill by the Lushui. Meng You has few soldiers, and several battles are unfavorable, and he also asks his brother to return to the army quickly to make sure that everything is safe.

Meng Shu was already in a cold sweat after reading the letter, and was about to convene everyone to discuss the matter overnight, when he suddenly heard a chaotic stirring outside the military tent, and when he came out of the account, he saw that it was a fire, and then Meng Shu was suddenly blindfolded.

(To be continued)