With the fall of Xiangyang, after the news of Liu Biao's death spread, the defenders of Jingzhou, who were originally unwilling to fight, also surrendered one after another.

After all, these guards didn't have the intention to defend it, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan also understood the reason that time was tight after hearing that Wei Tao had captured Xiangyang, so they immediately strengthened the offensive, which made those guards also frightened and did not dare not surrender.

Fancheng belonged to Cao Cao, and Jiangxia belonged to Sun Quan.

But what really shocked Wei Tao was that the four southern counties of Jingzhou surrendered to Liu Bei directly.

Liu Bei's own strength is not the strongest, and although he was invited by Liu Qi, he can be regarded as having the name of orthodoxy, but now that Liu Qi has fallen into the hands of Wei Tao and does not say, how did the Taishou of the four southern counties of Jingzhou surrender to Liu Bei so easily?

"Lord, I can't think of this either."

After Jia Xu heard Wei Tao's question, he sighed slightly.

"This is what Zhuge Kongming did, I didn't expect that after leaving Xinye, Zhuge Kongming directly persuaded Huo Jun to surrender, and then ignored the matter of Xiangyang, and went straight to the four counties of Jingnan, persuaded the four counties one by one, and asked him to surrender to Liu Bei. Maybe things weren't that simple, but the lord easily captured Xiangyang, and those Taishou had to find their own way out. ”

"That's the case, this Zhuge Kong Mingguo is a great talent!"

Wei Tao also sighed, he was still wondering why he hadn't seen Zhuge Liang's whereabouts since the battle of Xinye, and he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to do this.

"Yes, I'm afraid that Zhuge Liang has already seen the ability of the lord in the battle of Xinye, and he also understands. If you are going to Xiangyang. Even if he has a deep relationship in Jingzhou, it is impossible to get the attention of Cai Mao and others. At that time, what he could do was not as good as when he was in Xinye, so he decisively went south to the four counties of Jingzhou and persuaded the four counties to surrender to Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei could easily collect the four counties without spending any troops, not to mention, and even more troops from the four counties, and his strength increased greatly. ”

Jia Xu nodded slightly, finally recognizing Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness.

"With such an ability to look at the overall situation, I am afraid that only Gong Jin can match it under the command of the lord!"

Wei Tao nodded slightly. The strategists under his command have their own strengths, Xun You is good at plotting in battle, and Jia Xu is even more scheming, but if you look at the general trend of the world, you should be headed by Zhou Yu.

Zhuge Liang was able to look at the overall situation of Jingzhou so sharply, found the right opportunity, and persuaded the four southern counties of Jingzhou in one fell swoop, I have to say that I am afraid that only Zhou Yu can be his opponent.

"Speaking of Gong Jin, when the lord took Xiangyang, Gong Jin had a plan to send it. I hadn't given it to my lord before, but now I've brought it with me. ”

That's when it happened. Jia Xu handed Wei Tao another letter.

"Oh? Gong Jin's strategy? ”

According to the urgency of the letter, this letter is also different, so although Jia Xu has not opened it, he also knows that Zhou Yu has a plan, in this regard, both Jia Xu and Wei Tao are a little curious, and they don't know what Zhou Yu's strategy is.

As soon as the letter was opened, I saw that there were four words on the letter, recruiting and surrendering.

"Wen Ping is the general of Jingzhou, and he can still protect Xiangyang without losing it by blocking our army alone, if it weren't for me to let Lu Meng deceive Xiangyang, and then capture it in one fell swoop, I'm afraid this battle can't be stopped until now."

Wei Tao pondered slightly for a while, and couldn't help frowning lightly and looking at Jia Xu.

"If such talents can be recruited, I should surrender them, why did Gong Jin use this letter to send a letter?"

"Wen Ping is the general of Jingzhou, it is said that he is very popular with the army, and the soldiers of Jingzhou are headed by him, Gong Jin's move is to let the lord take the opportunity to recruit Wen Ping to appease the hearts of the soldiers of Jingzhou, not to mention that now the war in Jingzhou is about to start, if you can get the help of Wen Ping who is familiar with the situation in Jingzhou, the lord is like a tiger with wings!"

Wei Tao was not a professional strategist after all, so he didn't understand what Zhou Yu meant for a while, but Jia Xu only thought about it for a while and then understood.

Wen Ping is the key to Wei Tao's ability to quickly gain a foothold in Jingzhou, Wei Tao wants to fight with other princes, it is impossible to waste too much time for this, since this is the case, it is natural to quickly unify the hearts of the soldiers under his command, so it seems that this Wen Ping is naturally important.

After Jia Xu reminded Wei Tao that he also understood, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally nodded and said.

"Wen He, and let Ziming come. As long as it is good for Jingzhou, then Wen Ping should be able to accept the fact of surrendering to me, but at that time, Ziming pretended to be Cao Jun to enter the city, and because of this, he broke Xiangyang, I am afraid that Wen Ping was unwilling in his heart. But I will make it clear to my son, if he doesn't want to, I won't force it. ”

The inside came soon, Wei Tao really didn't have the slightest intention of concealing it, he directly explained the stakes to him, and he just asked Lu Meng to go and talk about the matter with him, and he didn't ask Lu Meng to apologize, let alone anything else.

"The lord is rest assured, I still have some admiration for that Wen's appointment, and being able to turn enemies into friends with him is also something I can't ask for, and I will never have any knots in my heart because of this."

For Wei Tao repeatedly emphasized to himself,; Lu Meng was also a little moved in his heart, which showed that Wei Tao attached great importance to him Lu Meng.

reciprocated the favor, not to mention that Lu Meng naturally would not say that he had to be an enemy of Wen Ping, so he immediately said so.

Wei Tao nodded, and then came to Wenpin's mansion with Lu Meng, since Xiangyang was taken by Wei Tao, Wenpin has just closed his door, with his prestige in Jingzhou in the past, Wei Tao can't do anything.

But for Wei Tao and Lu Meng to arrive together, Na Wenpin was still very surprised.

However, Wen Ping still knew that Xiangyang was still in Wei Tao's hands at this time, so he still invited Wei Tao and the two into the house and ordered someone to bring tea.

For Wei Tao, Wen Ping was a little enthusiastic, but for Lu Meng, Wen Ping was much colder, obviously what Lu Meng did at that time also made Wen Ping feel a little pimple.

"I've seen General Wen, some time ago, it was not under the line, but the two armies clashed, and they did everything they could, and I think General Wen Ping can also understand the hardships of the subordinates, and today I am replacing wine with tea to apologize to the general."

Wei Tao originally just wanted to talk about the matter, but Lu Meng obviously thought about it more clearly, so he just got up at the moment, held the teacup and walked in front of Wen Ping to bow to Wen Ping.

This has already given Wenpin a lot of face.

Wen Ping originally knew that everything was done on the battlefield, and although he was a little annoyed with Lu Meng in his heart, he also understood that Lu Meng was really no wonder about this matter.

Now that Lu Meng has given him such face, it is naturally impossible for Wen Ping not to accept it, so he immediately got up and took a cup of tea and drank it all.

"General Lu Meng, in the future, you will be my friend, and you and I don't need to mention the previous things!"

Seeing that the two of them were able to turn enemies into friends, Wei Tao was also relieved in his heart, and then smiled at Wen Ping.

"General Wenpin, you can also guess what I mean, if the situation is turbulent today, Jingzhou is divided by everyone, there must be a big war, so the general needs to help, I don't know what the general thinks?"

Wei Tao did not beat around the bush at all, and directly proposed the intention of soliciting Wenpin.

After hesitating slightly, Wen Ping finally bowed to Wei Tao.

"Wen Ping has seen the lord."

Since Wen Ping was willing to surrender to Wei Tao, Wei Tao did not be stingy at all, and immediately ordered all Jingzhou soldiers to be handed over to Wen Ping.

I have to say that Wen Ping did not live up to Wei Tao's expectations, only on that day, he captured the heart of the Jingzhou army, so that all the Jingzhou soldiers who surrendered were convinced.

If you can do this, then even if you let him take charge of the army alone, it won't provoke too much criticism from others.

As soon as Xiangyang was peaceful, Wei Tao could naturally pull out his hand to look at the other princes.

I have to say that although the other princes do not have such an advantage as Wei Tao, at least on the surface, they are all stable.

Of course, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, in order to stabilize the city just obtained, if they want to launch an offensive, I am afraid it will take several months, but it is not like Wei Tao, with the help of Wenpin, Xiangyang can be completely stabilized.

"Lord, the original four Taishou of the four counties of Jingnan died three, and I don't know how, then Liu Bei actually promoted a veteran named Huang Zhong from Changsha, it is said that this Huang Zhong and Liu Bei's subordinates except for Guan Yu and other generals are all fighting, and they are invincible."

On this day, Jia Xu reported to Wei Tao that he knew about Huang Zhong and Wei Tao, but it was impossible for Wei Tao to recruit him in person, and after arriving in Jingxiang, Changsha fell into the hands of Liu Bei again.

Jia Xu didn't notice the difference in Wei Tao's face at this time, he naturally didn't come to say these words, no matter how powerful Huang Zhong was, Jia Xu didn't know it early enough for Wei Tao.

Jia Xu naturally came here for other reasons.

"Lord, although Liu Bei has arrived in Jingnan, but Zhuge Liang is gone, judging from the merits of Zhuge Liang, it is not difficult for him to be crowned, and now since he has not immediately joined Liu Bei, I am afraid that there are other plans in it."

"Wen He means that Zhuge Liang has to do something else?"

Wei Tao couldn't help frowning slightly, after personally fighting Zhuge Liang, he knew how difficult and powerful Zhuge Liang was, if Zhuge Liang still had other plans, then even Wei Tao would feel extremely embarrassed.

However, Wei Tao is Wei Tao after all, and he just frowned slightly and then smiled.

"Since Wen He came to discuss with me, I'm afraid he can also guess a thing or two, I don't know what Zhuge Kongming's intentions are?"

Jia Xu is also a person with the best wisdom, Wei Tao believes that he will not know the mystery at all, so he did not lie, and asked directly about it, Wei Tao believes that Jia Xu will be able to give him a clear answer. (To be continued......)