"You think I want to?" Huang Yueying was angry, she was a little unwilling, and she was still angry with the old man, according to Xu Zhaoxue, she made herself feel like she was going to pounce on her, her face turned to the side, and she kicked the wooden basin in front of her.

"As we said when we were children, you told me that when you are old, you will live in seclusion in the mountains, live in a big courtyard with beautiful mountains and rivers, and you can be self-sufficient in everything in the yard, with your own weaving machine spinning, your own pumping machine to get water, your own dumping car to water the fields, sitting in your own carriage, and watching the sunset of the sea of clouds with your own wooden figures, have you forgotten all this?

At that time, I said okay, when I get old, I will accompany you to the seclusion, and take the carriage together, but look at you now, the wooden figure pulling the carriage has not been made, and the pump is broken and turned a blind eye, and now I am still reading what fountain pen for most of the night, Sister Yueying, you are so disappointed to me, you are treacherous, you have no interest, and you have to take refuge in that villain, if you go, I will break off my friendship with you, hum. ”

Xu Zhaoxue tilted her head, and Huang Yueying "cut" out: "How old are you, and you're old?" People are still growing up in this life, so let's talk about it when we get old. Huang Yueying picked up a piece of paper casually, crumpled it into a ball, and then unfolded, kneaded, and unfolded again.

"No, I'm going to give you a hexagram." Xu Zhaoxue took out wormwood and rubbed it on her hand quickly, and the parrot next to her immediately shouted: "I want to eat, I want to eat." ”

"Go aside." Xu Zhaoxue raised it and slapped the parrot off the horizontal log, and the fat parrot fluttered for a long time before the claws were caught again.

"Ha, it's done." Xu Zhaoxue's eyes opened suddenly: "If you take refuge in Liu Zhang, you will definitely be unhappy every day, you won't be able to eat at once, and you will lose weight in a month, oh, double." Xu Zhaoxue said solemnly.

"Come less." Huang Yueying was disdainful, seeing that the folded paper was deeply creased, and it could not be restored at all, and some places became thin and transparent, and she threw it into the rain casually, and the big raindrops hit it and quickly mixed with the soil.

"Usually you have to say something in your fortune teller's mouth, but today you haven't moved your mouth, I will believe you? Besides, if your fortune telling is so accurate, Mrs. Xu, Yueying will serve in the future, and please take care of Mrs. Xu. ”

Huang Yueying saluted Xu Zhaoxue, with a wicked smile on her face, Xu Zhaoxue gritted her teeth angrily, slapped the parrot that was too hard to climb up, and stomped into the house.

Huang Yueying smiled retrospectively, sighed again, picked up the white paper that Xu Zhaoxue had written just now, looked at the ink-stained handwriting on it and shook her head.

"The rain should have stopped early tomorrow, and when the sun comes out, I can only see how the next batch of pens works, easy-to-use pens, cheap paper, and free-flowing ink, Liu Zhang, I have paid enough for you, I hope you have at least a little foresight, otherwise it will disappoint me too much."

Huang Yueying under the oil lamp was extremely melancholy, looking at the thick white pulp in the footbasin in a daze, at least until now, through the information she had, Liu Zhang had no foresight, Huang Yueying only saw that Liu Zhang had an ambition to suppress the clan, and then led a group of Sichuan soldiers to fight all the way.

Huang Yueying didn't even know how the Sichuan Army Group, which was seriously lacking in civilian officials, could control Jingzhou, which was in hand next.

Apricot Village.

After Liu Zhang left the garden, he went to see Lei Tong again, and when he lay down, it was already dawn, and he had just slept for an hour, the sunlight outside shone in from the bright tiles on the roof, Liu Zhang opened his eyes, Xiao Furong slept sweetly in his arms, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and there were still a little tears on his face.

Liu Zhang only thought that it was because of Pang Tong's words last night, which made Xiao Furong sad, so he gently kissed Xiao Furong on the forehead, turned over and went out.

This is the only morning in the past few months when she has not been forced to practice swords, even if she was on the boat, Xiao Furong insisted.

After more than ten days of rain, it finally cleared up and the sun was shining, Liu Zhang suddenly found a feeling of vacation, and stood on the edge of the stairs and stretched comfortably.

At this time, Fa Zheng came over, his face beaming with joy, and he completely lost the emotions of last night.

"My lord, just now the Eastern Battalion reported, Chen Sheng, the general of Xiangyang, led the army to attack the camp at dawn, and was jointly defeated by Yang Ren and Deng Zhi, beheaded more than 1,000 people, captured 2,000, and Chen Sheng only fled back to Xiangyang with more than 100 people."

"Chen Sheng? Is that Chen Sheng who threatened that if the official didn't go back to Yizhou, he would take my head? ”

Liu Zhang was a little strange, he was impressed by Cai Mao, he still had the courage to attack? Since arriving in Xiangyang, after Xu Shu adopted the strategy of dividing troops and defending them, the Sichuan army has also attacked Xiangyang several times, but Xiangyang City is high and deep, and the troops are much more than ancient Xiangyang, and there has been no progress.

When it comes to pure city defense warfare, the strength and city walls account for the largest proportion, not to mention that Cai Mao is the governor of the naval division, and he has the experience of defending warships, so he can make do with defending the city, and the Sichuan army rationally chose the main direction of attack as Gu Xiangyang.

Cai Mao guarded against arrogance and rashness, and had been carefully guarding Xiangyang, with tens of thousands of troops in hand, as if there were only a few thousand defenders, for fear that the Sichuan army would break through the city defense, Liu Zhang really didn't expect Cai Mao to take the initiative to attack.

"Chen Sheng didn't follow Cai Mao's orders, I'm afraid he made his own opinion." Fa Zheng said, and then said with a smile: "But no matter what, if Chen Sheng is defeated, the defenders of Xiangyang will be frightened, we can concentrate more troops to attack Gu Xiangyang, now that the weather is sunny and the city wall is dry, we should concentrate our forces and prepare for a strong attack." ”

Liu Zhang nodded.

Fa Zheng suddenly had some doubts and said: "It's just that we don't have much food and grass anymore, I'm afraid we can only last for a month at most." ”

………… Liu Zhang and a group of Sichuan army generals climbed to the top of the mountain south of Gu Xiangyang, looking down on the situation around Gu Xiangyang, the city was full of flags and strong defenses.

"How much grain and grass is there in Xiangyang City?" Liu Zhang asked.

Fa Zhengdao: "I have never calculated, and I don't need to count, if the lord wants to besiege the city, in the end, we must not be able to hold it first." ”

"Just kidding." Liu Zhang smiled, and was a little stunned in his heart, if Jingnan was not disabled, and the hearts of the people from Jiangling to Xiangjiang were attached, how could the Sichuan army not survive the Jingzhou army, and it would be no problem to surround it for a year and a half.

Now the people of Jingnan are considered to be attached, but they are already ten rooms and nine empty, the people are struggling on the verge of death, except for the Xiangjiang area in Jiangbei, the small cities and counties in other places are all holding on to the sidelines, some officials ran away with seals, and some officials pretended to surrender, but in fact they were independent.

Even if Liu Zhang sent troops to fight down, he couldn't find anyone to replace these officials, and now the Sichuan army can only be regarded as controlling most of Jiangbei, but the actual rule is impossible to talk about, this is the reason why the taxes cannot be collected, otherwise even if Jiangling opens a warehouse for disaster relief, it will not make the Sichuan army so embarrassed.

Even if Xiangyang is captured and Liu Biao is destroyed, it may take a long time for the Sichuan army to go from controlling Jingzhou to ruling Jingzhou, which is also what Liu Zhang is worried about.

But now it is obviously inappropriate to worry about what will happen after the capture of Xiangyang.

"In a month, the possibility of a hard attack can be captured, I'm afraid there are only five or five, the risk is too big, we have to think of other ways."

Confrontation is the last thing Liu Zhang wants to see, this is the power of the people's will, if the siege fails, and the Jingzhou army has a confrontation, it must be the Sichuan army that will be dragged down in the end.

Liu Zhang looked far away at the foot of the mountain, outside the jungle, many Jingzhou soldiers and young men were busy, that is the place where the ancient Xiangyang city wall collapsed, Liu Zhang tentatively said: "Xiaozhi, I have two methods, you see if it is feasible, it is much easier to attack the mountain pass than to attack the city wall, we can concentrate our forces, take advantage of the ancient Xiangyang city wall is not repaired, and take the southwest shortage."

In addition, the reason why ancient Xiangyang was abandoned by Liu Biao is because of the troubles of the sect and thieves for a long time, and the second is also because of the low terrain, the confluence of the Han River and the Xiangjiang River, and the dampness and sickness in the city. ”

Fa Zheng thought for a while, and slowly shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not very feasible, it's indeed easier to attack the mountain pass than to attack the city wall, but if we want to reach the mountain pass, we must go through the jungle, every time we attack, the road is too far, and it is difficult to retreat, and the soldiers are running back and forth, I'm afraid it will not be able to bear it."

Although the terrain of ancient Xiangyang is low, but it is also a thousand-year-old city, the waterproof project has been repaired for generations, there is a tributary of the Han River in the city through the city, Xu Shu is cunning, it is impossible to prevent floods, and the rainstorm season will not come in a short period of time, if we wait for the rainstorm, to the grain and grass to calculate, then there is only one chance. ”

Liu Zhang sighed, Fa Zheng frowned for a long time and said: "Lord, although the siege of the city is not good, but it is still possible to send reinforcements, Xiangyang City and ancient Xiangyang have always been connected by Yongdao, which is the formation of a corner of the momentum, it is difficult to capture, we can attack Yongdao first, and then take the city, so that we may have a greater grasp." ”

"Then it's better to just flood the road." Fan Lixiang said in the back, she didn't know much about fighting, she just said it according to her own thoughts.

Fa Zheng smiled and said to Liu Zhang: "General Fan is reasonable, we can directly burn the Yongdao in the mountain, and the Yongdao outside the mountain will be flooded with water, and the rest of the ground will have no effect, and then send 5,000 soldiers to guard it, which can completely cut off Xiangyang and ancient Xiangyang, so that the grasp of the siege should be able to reach sixty percent." ”

"Sixty percent." Liu Zhang weighed it, and still felt that it was too small, but there was no other way, the war relied on strength, especially the siege war was even more cruel, often human lives were piled up, there was no other way, at this moment, he suddenly heard a secret whistle shouting in the distance: "Who?" ”

Then a group of guards pursued in one direction.

Xu Zhaoxue hid in the bushes, looking out from the green and lush branches and leaves, step by step back, the sound of shouting outside, at this moment, Xu Zhaoxue suddenly felt that her back touched a soft thing, and she screamed in fright, and before she could scream, she was pressed by a palm in her mouth.

"Shut up, or you'll break your neck."

The mouth was released, Xu Zhaoxue looked at the person behind in surprise, with faint eyebrows, long eyelashes, as if covered with a layer of frost, a powdery and dusty face with a murderous face, and a lake-green dress, which matched the scenery at the turn of spring and summer.

(To be continued)