"Huang Quan?"

Of course, Liu Feng had heard of this name, but the arrival of this person made Liu Feng feel a little surprised, but when Liu Feng saw Pang Tong's weird smile, he immediately realized.

"Lord, the arrival of this Huang Quan is not much different from the time I calculated, let's meet him."

Liu Feng nodded and said, "Okay, go and ask this Mr. Huang to come in." After a pause, Liu Feng said again: "No, I'll go and greet it in person." ”

At that moment, Liu Feng left the main hall and went straight to the door of the mansion.

When he stepped out of the high threshold, the image of the character reflected in his pupils made his eyes light up.

It was a middle-aged man with distinct facial features and a dignified appearance, although he was wearing Confucian clothes, but his whole body exuded a kind of martial artist's majestic spirit, but there was a little anxiety between his eyebrows.

"I don't know if Mr. Gongheng is here, I hope I will forgive me." Liu Feng took the first step and greeted him with a smile.

Huang Quan hurriedly returned the salute, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Huang Quan ordered Huang Quan under the Guanghan Order under the Yizhou Pastoral Curtain to see General Zhennan. ”

"Sir, please."

Liu Feng greeted Huang Quan, who was tired and tired, with a high-standard courtesy, into the mansion.

In the hall, the guest of honor sat down.

Liu Feng said with a smile: "Mr. Jiuyang's name, it is really an honor to see it today, Mr. is here, I must stay a few more days, I have a lot of things to ask Mr. for advice." ”

Liu Feng's closeness swept away Huang Quan's uneasiness, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became harmonious.

"Quan is just a nobody, and the general is really a prize. In fact, I don't hide it from the general, Quan came this time on the orders of my lord to ask the general for help. ”

And so it was.

Liu Feng and Pang Tong next to him glanced at each other, and a knowing look flashed in their eyes.

"What does Mr. mean......" Liu Feng pretended to be puzzled.

Huang Quan sighed: "The matter in Shuzhong, presumably the generals have heard about it for a long time. The lord of my family originally invited Liu Bei into Sichuan to help us fight against Zhang Lu in the spirit of the same clan, but I didn't know that Liu Bei was a despicable and shameless hypocritical villain, and in turn wanted to swallow up my Yizhou, which was really hateful. ”

Hearing this, Liu Feng also shook his head and sighed: "Liu Bei has always been like this, back then, Brother Zide and I were deceived very badly by his hypocrisy and hypocrisy, and almost died in his hands." However, Mr. Gongheng and other Yizhou heroes are all wise people, Liu Zhou Mu is benevolent and righteous, and he was deceived by that Liu Bei, why didn't Mr. and other staff members remind him? ”

Huang Quan's face was ashamed, and his expression was full of regret, "At the beginning, we had tried to persuade us, but my lord was deceived by Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and he always didn't listen to our advice, which led to the disaster today." Alas, after all, it is not good for us as subordinates to admonish us. ”

While sighing, Huang Quan lowered his head and took a sip of tea to hide the helplessness in his heart.

At this time, Liu Feng secretly glanced at Pang Tong, and Pang Tong said: "In fact, the purpose of Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan, our General Liu had already expected, and later heard that Liu Bei turned his face and stationed troops under the city, and Yizhou was in danger. My general couldn't bear it, so he sent troops to attack Jingzhou, in order to relieve the siege for Liu Yizhou, but he didn't expect this Liu Bei to be so ruthless, he didn't even care about Guan Yu's hatred, and he still wanted to seize Liu Yizhou's foundation. ”

Pang Tong skillfully linked his move to seize Jingzhou with the relief of Liu Zhang.

"My lord is deeply moved by General Liu's righteous deeds, but now Liu Bei's attack is still urgent, Yizhou is in danger, and the right to come this time is on the order of the lord, and I want to ask the general to send troops to the west, and my two families will attack and encircle Liu Bei, an unkind and unrighteous man."

What a perfect strategy to encircle and destroy Liu Bei.

Liu Feng didn't want to do this, otherwise he wouldn't have sent Ma Jian to attack Yidu County all the time, trying to seize the gateway to Shu, but Meng Da was quite talented in defending the city, and Ma Tan's elite soldiers and horses were few, so he couldn't attack it repeatedly.

According to Pang Tong's original plan for Liu Feng, after capturing Jingzhou, the next step was to lead the army into Sichuan, take advantage of the entanglement between Liu Bei and Liu Zhang, take advantage of the chaos to destroy the two of them together, take Bashu, and have Jingyi and two states, and then try to dominate the industry.

However, Cao Ren's unexpected move disrupted the overall layout of Pang Tong, causing Jingzhou to face the attack of Cao Ying's army of more than 100,000 troops, so that Liu Feng had to concentrate most of his troops to the north to resist Cao Ying, and how could he draw troops to the west.

Now, the arrival of Huang Quan has put Liu Feng's idea of going west again, but the time has not yet come for him.

After glancing at each other, Pang Tong sighed: "If you can, of course my general is willing to cooperate with Liu Yizhou to get rid of Liu Bei's calamity." It's just that Jingzhou decided that if the soldiers were allowed to travel thousands of miles away from their hometown to fight in Shu, the soldiers would inevitably be homesick and unwilling to use their lives. Besides, my general also needs to give a reasonable explanation to the civil and military officials for sending troops into Shu. ”

Pang Tong is bargaining for Liu Feng.

Huang Quan had already expected it, and after pondering for a long time, he said solemnly: "My lord said that as long as the general Kenxi attacks Liu Bei, after the matter is completed, my lord is willing to give the three counties of Badong, Fuling, and Bajun as a thank you gift, and will also take the money and grain of the Chengdu Treasury to reward the soldiers of Jingzhou, I don't know what the general wants." ”

Hearing Huang Quan's offer, Liu Feng's heart was really moved.

The three counties of Badong, Fuling and Ba County, located between the mountains, although the population is not large and the economy is not rich, but the strategic significance is very important, and it is the barrier to defend the east of the Chengdu Plain.

Once these three counties are obtained, it means that there will be no danger to the east of the Chengdu Plain, and Liu Feng's troops and horses will go up the river and reach the city of Chengdu within a few days.

Liu Zhang was willing to cut such an important three counties to himself, it seems that he was really cornered and had to spend blood.

However, Liu Zhang's kid is also very smart, the two counties of Badong and Fuling are currently in Liu Bei's control, and Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County, is also surrounded by Liu Bei, which is also in danger. Nominally, these three counties are still part of Yizhou, but in reality they are no longer under Liu Zhang's control.

This Liu Zhang used something that no longer belonged to him as a reward for Liu Feng to send troops, and this abacus bead was really cost-effective.

Thinking of this section, Liu Feng was displeased, and when he was about to bargain, Pang Tong gave him a wink, hinting that he could agree.

What he could think of, Pang Tong couldn't have imagined, since he persuaded himself to agree, it must be reasonable.

Liu Feng didn't have time to think about it, and immediately promised Huang Quan to send troops, but now that Jingzhou was attacked by Cao Ying, under the fact that Cao's army had not retreated, he did not dare to send troops to the west without authorization.

Yizhou crisis, people's hearts are unstable, Huang Quan was naturally overjoyed after getting Liu Feng's promise, and did not dare to stay in Jingzhou for a while, so he set off on the same day to take a small road back to Chengdu.

Liu Feng personally sent Huang Quan out of Xiangyang for ten miles.

When he returned to the mansion, Liu Feng said to Pang Tong: "Sir, the three counties that Liu Zhang promised to cede are now in Liu Bei's hands, and we have to use our soldiers to exchange their lives for back, as for money and food, it is a trivial matter, in the end, Liu Zhang is equivalent to empty-handed let us send troops to help him relieve the siege, isn't it too cheap for him." ”

It seemed that he had long known what Liu Feng was thinking, Pang Tong just stroked his short beard and said with a mysterious smile: "Lord, in fact, for us, it doesn't matter how many counties Liu Zhang cuts, the important thing is that we have a legitimate reason to conquer the west and enter Shu." ”

"The justifiable reason ......" Liu Feng paused for a moment, and suddenly realized.

Pang Tong is right, this justifiable reason is far more cost-effective than getting a few counties.

Liu Bei's attack on Yizhou was completely a clever seizure, although he won many battles, won a lot of territory, and surrendered a lot of Yizhou officials, but most of these surrendered people were represented by Fa Zheng, and there was no shortage of stubborn resistance such as Zhang Ren and Yan Yan, which is why Liu Bei was never able to capture the important reason for the city.

If Liu Feng enters Shu, although he can attack Liu Bei, even if he defeats Liu Bei and attacks the city and plunders the land, these cities nominally belong to Liu Zhang, and if he does not return it at that time, in the eyes of the people of Yizhou, he and Liu Bei are all the way, if it is returned, it will not be in vain.

But now it's different, Liu Zhang took the initiative to announce the cession of land, so after Liu Feng entered Yizhou, he could justifiably take over the three counties, without worrying about being resisted by Yizhou officials in the name of robbery.

"Ba County is the last barrier in the east of Chengdu, and once it passes through this county, it is the Chengdu Plain. If it weren't for the infallibility, Liu Zhang would never give up this county, but I guess that once Liu Bei is destroyed and the crisis is lifted, Liu Zhang will most likely regret it, and when the time comes, we can use this opportunity to make a fuss again. ”

Pang Tong's tone was full of unspoken meaning, Liu Feng thought about it, and immediately understood its meaning, and in an instant, the whole person's mind became unprecedentedly open.

"What Mr. said is very true, now that everything is ready, we just wait for Zhou Lang to relieve us."

……………………………… Hefei, Xiaoyaojin.

The sky was like an overturned inkstone, and the thick and mellow night obscured everything that glowed, and it was a lifeless dead black.

In the field, countless torches flickered, flashing and flashing, as if the stars had run to the ground, as if the sky and the earth had changed places.

The night wind was moist and dull, although it was slight but not soft, it was very uncomfortable to blow on the face, Zhou Yu could feel it, a breath of murder was permeating the heavens and the earth, floating in this night wind, appearing and disappearing.

Zhou Yu stationed in Mayujinkou, looking at the Feihe River in the south, only to see the sparks on the river densely, at a glance, like a general fire-scaled dragon, lying on the fat water.

The 20,000-strong vanguard army under the command of Captain Wu Meng Pan Zhang, Fenwu General He Qi, and Ping Thief Zhonglang General Xu Sheng had already landed on the river bank before dusk and set up camp in the southwest of Hefei City. Now, the Chinese army under the command of Zhou Yu has left the ship one after another, and entered the camp under the cover of night.

Zhou Yu's intention was to take advantage of the night to land all the 50,000 soldiers and horses on the shore, and at dawn, the formation of a large army to overwhelm the city of Hefei, and to deal a spiritual blow to the enemy defending Hefei.

After a few years, once again commanding such an army, at this moment, Zhou Yu's mood faintly throbbed.

In a trance, I returned to the era of the stormy past, the kind of long-lost ambition, and the quiet taste at this time is really unstoppable.

This time, I must not repeat the mistakes of the past.

When Zhou Yu secretly swore an oath, a general rushed in, it was Chenglie Commander Ling Tong, this young general, who was entrusted by Zhou Yu to guard the camp alone during the Battle of Jiangling, and now, has become one of Zhou Yu's most trusted generals.

Ling Tong stepped forward and shouted: "Dudu, there is no sign of fighting outside the city of Hefei, it seems that the enemy intends to defend the city to the death. ”

Zhou Yu looked at Hefei from afar, although he couldn't see anything in the dark night, but Zhou Yu could feel that at this moment, the three enemy generals left by Cao Ying were also looking at him in the night city.

"Cao Ying, this person, is indeed far-sighted, in the early years when he was still competing with Yuan Shao, he sent a Liu Fu to secretly build Hefei City into a strong fortress, it seems that he has long been wary of our Jiangdong. It's a pity that Jiangdong has been eventful in recent years, and a great opportunity has been missed. ”

Although Cao Ying was defeated that year, Zhou Yu never despised this defeated general, on the contrary, when he came to Hefei and saw the strong city defense system of Hefei City for the first time, he admired Cao Ying a little more.

"The defenders of Hefei City are only 7,000, so there is no need to worry about it, with the commander of the governor, we will definitely win this battle." Ling Tong believed in Zhou Yu very much.

Zhou Yu said lightly: "It is reported that the Hefei guards arranged by Cao Ying this time are Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Li Dian, do you know more about the situation of these three people?" ”

"This ...... Don't hide it from the governor, I only know that Zhang Liao is Lu Bu's former general, who has always been brave, and that Le Jin is Cao Yingqizhen's Yuan Gong general, and he is also a brave man, as for this Li Dian, I don't know very well. Ling Tong's answer was vague, obviously without a detailed investigation.

Zhou Yu sighed lightly: "The two armies are fighting, and if you don't have a deep understanding of the enemy generals, how can you know yourself and your opponent and win every battle." Cao Ying used these three people to guard Hefei with ulterior motives. ”

"Ulterior motives?" Ling Tong's eyes were full of light.

Zhou Yu then freely shared his views with Ling Tong.

That Zhang Liao was brave, and after returning to Cao Ying in his early years, he did not avoid great dangers, and went into the enemy camp alone to persuade Qingzhou tyrant Chang Xi to surrender, and made many meritorious contributions in the defeat of Yuan Shao, the attack on Yuan Tan, and the expedition to Liucheng, and was the most valued general by Cao Ying among all the generals.

As for this Lejin, in addition to the identity of the long-range general, every time he goes to attack, he often takes the lead, fights hard and is invincible.

And this Li Dian is the nephew of Cao Ying's late old general Li Gan, who was born in a powerful family, likes to learn, has elegant feelings, and respects wise men and doctors, and is called an elder in the army.

Speaking of this, Ling Tong suddenly remembered one thing, and hurriedly said: "As far as I have heard, that Li Dian is from the Li clan in Yanzhou, and his uncle Li Gan was killed by Lu Bu in his early years, and Zhang Liao is the identity of Lu Bu's old general. And that Lejin is a general of Yuan Gong, but now he is on an equal footing with Zhang Liao, an official general, and he will definitely be dissatisfied in his heart. ”

Ling Tong is really smart, and he can understand it at one point.

Zhou Yu laughed: "Cao Ying's doing this is exactly what he is clever." ”

"Governor, I'm really confused, please make it clear." Ling Tongyi's face was puzzled.

"Hefei is a city, although it is located in a critical position, the city is strong, but it is deep in Huainan, far from the rear, it can be said to be a lonely city. Moreover, this city is too close to the water, which is suitable for giving full play to the advantages of our naval army. If you want to defend such a city, you either have to keep heavy troops, or you have to return to the army in person. ”

Zhou Yu clicked to this point, Ling Tong seemed to be enlightened, and muttered: "Now Cao Ying has repeatedly increased his troops in Jingzhou, it seems that he will not give up if he does not take Jingzhou, and the soldiers of Hefei City are only 7,000, so it seems that the two points that the governor said are not true, with Cao Ying's style, he is not like a person who will put Hefei as important as him and put it in danger." ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu's handsome face suddenly surged with a murderous aura, he looked at Hefei in the night, and sneered: "In my opinion, Cao Ying has no intention of defending at all!" ”

……………………………… Hefei City.

At the head of the city, the three grim faces were facing the overwhelming firelight outside the city, and the three pairs of sharp eyes flashed with different looks.

It was the Wu army camp that stretched for more than ten miles, forcing down the city, and countless torches illuminated the night as if it were day, and they knew very well that the Wu people were demonstrating to them.

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng has an order, as soon as the thief army arrives, General Zhang and General Li go to battle, and General Le defends the city. Three generals, what are you going to do? ”

It was the protector Xue Yi who spoke, and he also showed the three generals Cao Ying's handwritten secret order, which Cao Ying left to the protector Xue Yi before leaving, and told him to "thief to Naifa".

To tell the truth, Xue Yi also didn't understand Cao Ying's personnel arrangements in Hefei, the official positions of the three generals in front of him were equal and not subordinate to each other, and Cao Ying did not designate who was the main general, and his own protector only had the authority to monitor whether the three generals were loyal, and did not interfere with their right to use troops.

In other words, the defenders of Hefei can be said to be leaderless, and the only thing that can be used as the highest authority is the "legacy" left by Cao Ying.

Moreover, it is a plan to let them fight.

Li Dian didn't speak, and Le Jin didn't squeak.

There is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, and they attack the crowd with a small number, and both of them do not understand Cao Ying's strategy.

At this time, the silent Zhang Liao said in a loud voice: "Cao Gong is on an expedition, if he leads the reinforcements to arrive, the thief army must have broken through us, this secret order is for us to give a sudden blow before the enemy army can be assembled, first frustrate the enemy's spirit, boost the morale of our army, and then we can successfully defend the city." The opportunity of success or failure, in this move, you still have any doubts. ”

(To be continued)