Spring is blooming, and the weather is warm.

For a whole month, the entire Linxiang City was in a state of high alert, Liu Feng knew very well that Xu Shu was by no means a fuel-efficient lamp, and now that Liu Beijun had arrived, the total number of enemy troops outside the city had exceeded eight thousand, such a number was enough for Xu Shu to implement a plan to deal with him.

However, to Liu Feng's surprise, in the past month, in addition to forcing the city to the northwest of Linxiang, the large-scale military operations of the enemy army outside the city were limited to sending a small force of soldiers and horses to cut off Liu Feng's grain route.

It seems that Liu Bei is not in a hurry to break through Linxiang, as if he is ready to fight a protracted battle.

Liu Bei's Jiangxia County has to face pressure from the Cao army in Xiangyang at all times, and the newly acquired Wuling and Lingling two counties, because Liu Feng secretly sent a detailed work into the two counties, using Liu Qi's banner to secretly make trouble, so that the two counties have always been in a situation of unstable people's hearts, in this case, it is obviously not in Liu Bei's interests to mobilize almost all the troops and fight a protracted war with Liu Feng under Linxiang City.

So, Liu Bei besieged the city but did not attack, what was he thinking?

The enemy's calmness made Liu Feng's mood even more uncalm.

In the blink of an eye, spring goes to the summer solstice, and Linxiang City has been besieged for nearly three months. In fact, to be precise, the enemy's siege in Linxiang was not airtight, and 8,000 soldiers and horses were not enough to encircle this Changsha administrative office, and Linxiang's contact with the outside world was still unimpeded.

In the south of Guiyang County, Wei Yan relied on the mountainous terrain characteristics of Guiyang to successfully block Zhang Feijun's attack, which made the situation in the entire Guiyang County much better.

In the early morning, a summer rain suddenly came, and in the afternoon, the rain gradually went out.

When he ascended the west gate, Liu Feng looked at the enemy camp in the rain and fog from afar, and suddenly found that the situation of the enemy camp today seemed to be different from the past.

"What does Liu Bei want to do, is he planning to retreat?"

Ma Tan also saw something unusual, as he said, in the enemy camp that forced down the city, the Jiangxia soldiers were silently dismantling the things in the camp tents, and the ox carts full of baggage were also driving out of the gate and moving to the northwest.

The siege lasted for three months, and the retreat seemed reasonable.

"No, if Liu Bei wants to withdraw his troops, he should directly withdraw to the Xiangshui Wharf in the west and return north by water, how can he move to the northwest in one fell swoop." Liu Feng had insight into the strangeness.

Ma Tan stared into the distance and muttered: "Could it be that Liu Bei pretended to withdraw his troops, wanting to lure our army out of the city to pursue, and then take the opportunity to deceive?" ”

Ma Tan's speculation is not unreasonable, as long as Liu Feng does not defend the city, Liu Bei will not be able to help him at all, if he can be tempted to fight, so that Ji annihilates Liu Feng's few soldiers and horses, and then attack the city, the effect will be very different.

However, Liu Feng still shook his head and said: "Xu Shu knows very well that he can't deceive us with such a simple strategy as transferring the tiger from the mountain, besides, if you want to lure me into battle, you can do it earlier, but why do you have to delay it until three months later?" ”

"If it's not a trick to lure the enemy, then what does Liu Bei want to do?" Ma Tan stared at the enemy camp from afar, his expression surging with a little confusion.

Syllable!

Liu Feng's fist slammed lightly against the female wall, and his knife-like gaze passed through the thin rain and mist, staring at the enemy camp.

Suddenly felt a little coolness on his face, and looked up to the sky, the already weakened rain somehow became heavier again, and Linlin's raindrops soon fell wantonly on his face like beads with broken threads.

"Lord, it's raining heavily, let's go down to the city to avoid it first." Ma Jian wiped the water stains on his face and reminded.

With a loud bang, rolling thunder exploded from the distant sky, and rapid and dense raindrops poured down from the water-filled clouds, and under the dim sky, whether it was the city under his feet or the enemy camp in the distance, only a black outline remained.

Liu Feng didn't move, the thunder that poured into his ears made him suddenly have a strange illusion, as if in addition to the thunder, there was another sound rushing in his ears.

Ma Jian propped up his cloak and wanted to block the rain for Liu Feng, but Liu Feng pushed him away, and the whole person lay down by the female wall, leaned out, and pricked up his ears to find the source of the strange sound.

"Lord, what's wrong?"

Ma Yan, like everyone else, was a little dazed and surprised by Liu Feng's sudden strange behavior.

Liu Feng waved his hand and signaled them not to make a sound, so Ma Jian and the others just kept their mouths shut and stood sullenly in the rain, drenching him into soup chicken.

The strange sound came from the west of Linxiang City, and there vaguely seemed to be thousands of horses galloping.

Another lightning bolt pierced the sky, and the dim sky was lit up in an instant, and Liu Feng's expression changed, as if the light of that little lightning illuminated his chaotic brain.

Suddenly, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, and he turned around sharply, strode towards the city, and shouted: "Immediately invite Liu Taishou and General Huang Lao, I have 100,000 urgent matters to discuss with them." ”

Ma Jian has followed Liu Feng for so long, knowing that he is not the kind of person who is shocked, but now he suddenly looks weird, and he also urgently summons Huang Zhong and others in the rain, I think there must be a very important reason. At that moment, Ma Jian did not dare to delay a little, and hurriedly sent someone to inform him in the rain.

The horse ran in the rain, all the way straight to his Zhennan General's Mansion, just when he had just changed into a few dry clothes, Huang Zhong and Liu Ba arrived one after another, each of them was wet, and they didn't care about the rain and wind, so they hurried all the way.

"Lord, I have been summoned urgently, I don't know what is urgent?" Liu Ba took off his coat, patted the water droplets on his sleeves, and asked with a pant.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Liu Bei besieged the city for three months without attacking, don't you feel very wrong?" Liu Feng asked with a frown.

Regarding this matter, everyone also discussed it several times, but after all, there was still no tenable analysis and judgment, and at this time, everyone looked at each other, still unable to answer.

Ma Tan seemed to realize something, and hurriedly asked, "Lord, could it be that you have guessed something?" ”

Liu Feng sneered: "Just now, I patrolled to Xicheng with you and found that Liu Bei seemed to have signs of withdrawing troops, but I thought that Liu Bei did not want to withdraw his troops, but wanted to move the camp to the northwest." ”

"Move to the northwest?"

Everyone looked suspicious, and Huang Zhong said: "Liu Bei is so dignified, why did he suddenly move to the northwest, there must be a suitable reason." ”

"The reason is that Linxiang City was built on a low-lying area, and the northwest is a highland." Liu Feng walked to the door and stretched out his hand to bear the raindrops, "The reason why Liu Bei besieged the city for three months and did not attack it is to wait for spring to go to summer, and the rainstorm will come suddenly, and the Hunan water will inevitably soar at that time, he wants to dig the Hunan water to flood Linxiang!" ”