"Lord, with General Fan Chou's ability, this is already the limit, the lord doesn't have to ask for luxury, it's already good to be able to do this step, and it is extremely beneficial for us to be able to delay Cao Cao for one more day."

Zhang Song smiled and comforted, but this smile was a little flattering, at least Chen Zhi beside Liu Bei thought so.

"Ziqiao is right, Fan Chou has done his best, and now that Jiangling is a lonely city, Fan Chou may not be able to leave it alone1

"It's a matter of course to be loyal to the lord, and the lord doesn't have to be like this, it's just a one-time hanging, and he loses some skills and level experience."

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly, it was not a little, but a lot, and he might even lose some kind of skill completely.

"My lord, Jiangling is besieged, Xinling may not be able to hold it, and then the gate of Wuling is wide open, and it is only a matter of time before it is captured by Cao Cao."

"I also know this, haven't we already prepared for defense in Fuling and Padang."

Pang Yuan smiled and said: "My lord, I didn't mean that, even if Cao Jun quickly went south to Wuling, it is unlikely that he would attack Badong and Fuling, or rather, we welcome him to attack, the battle in Yizhou is completely different from the battle in Jingzhou, if Cao Jun can take the initiative to send him to death, it is really a wonderful thing." ”

"What Fuqing said is extremely true, but Cao Cao obviously wouldn't be so stupid. Lord, in the same way, we actually welcome Cao Jun to take the initiative to attack Xincheng and Nanxiang, the terrain here is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the best choice for our army to use all favorable factors to eliminate the living force of Cao Jun. ”

Liu Bei's brows furrowed, no longer entangled in the loss of Jiangling, thinking of Cao Cao's continued head-to-head bleeding in the westward attack. It must be a very pleasant thing!

Liu Bei fantasized for a while, and suddenly remembered that Pang Yuan didn't seem to have anything to say just now, Liu Bei put away the smile on his face, looked at Pang Yuan and said, "Fuqing, it seems that you didn't finish what you said just now." ”

"Hmm. What I wanted to say just now is that in addition to Wuling, Hengyang County will presumably also become Cao Cao's target. ”

"This is very natural, speaking of which, the degree of development of Hengyang County is better than that of Wuling County, how could Cao Cao let Hengyang County go1

"What the lord said is very true. But I'm afraid that's not what Fuqing wants to say. ”

Pang Yuan shook the brand-new white feather fan, glanced at Zhang Song, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, I have an idea, I don't know if adults are willing to adopt it."

"Oh, let's hear about it."

"Your Excellency. Have you forgotten the origin of Hengyang County? ”

"The origin of Hengyang County? The"

"Lord, I understand, Fuqing is saying that Hengyang County was originally separated from Changsha County, so it is reasonable to return it to Changsha County now, and Changsha County is under the rule of Zhu Zhi, and Zhu Zhi is Fang Zhiwen's lackey! In this way, Hengyang County will not fall into the hands of Cao Cao. First, it can weaken Cao Cao's strength, and secondly, it also adds an unstable seed to Cao Cao and Fang Zhiwen. ”

"This is just in case, if one day we regain control of Jingzhou, won't this Hengyang County not be able to get it back1

Pang Yuan and Zhang Song glanced at each other, they didn't expect Liu Bei to be stupid, the two of them laughed, Pang Yuan said: "My lord, such a long-term matter will be talked about when the time comes, the priority now is to weaken Cao Cao first, Cao Cao will not be destroyed, let alone Hengyang, Jingzhou will not be able to take back 1."

"Ugh! Said yes. If I want to go wrong, then I will write a letter to Zhu Zhi to re-merge Hengyang County into Changsha County1

Fang Zhiwen received Zhu Zhi's urgent letter on the way to attack Wenqiang, and seeing Liu Bei's request, Fang Zhiwen couldn't help but feel a little funny. Liu Bei really does everything to Cao Cao, but it's good, it's good that Changsha restores the original old jurisdiction, Hengyang County is relatively good, and it can also accommodate three or four cities, and the geographical location of Hengyang County is very important, it is the flank of Changsha County, and there is Daze in the north, which happens to be a good place for Cai Mao's naval army to operate, basically without adding any defensive troops, it can effectively extend the rule to the past.

Moreover, Fang Zhiwen occupied Hengyang, and Cao Cao had to exert his strength to develop Wuling, which was not exactly what Fang Zhiwen was happy to see, so after receiving Zhu Zhi's letter, Fang Zhiwen immediately replied to Zhu Zhi, asking him to accept Liu Bei's request, and at the same time gave an order to the General Staff to arrange for the letter to go west to Hengyang County, take over the defense of Hengyang County, and then arrange immigration related matters as soon as possible.

Zhixin received the order, immediately set off from Changsha, he did not rush south to Hengyang, but went straight to Yiyang to the north, occupying Yiyang, it is equivalent to blocking Cao Cao's southward road, Hengyang City as long as a random past a defense army troops to occupy it first, anyway, the strangers in the south do not dare to come over and be presumptuous, and Liu Bei has no need to go back.

Zhixin led the heavy dragoons all the way to Yiyang, and similarly, the cavalry of the Cao army under the leadership of Cao Ren also rushed from Wuling to Yiyang, Wuling was only occupied by Cao Ren yesterday, yes, it was occupied, because the people and troops in Wuling City had been evacuated, and Cao Ren, who was hurrying from Xinling along the way, pounced.

Cao Cao got information from the other side, Liu Bei had evacuated from Hengyang, and Zhu Zhi's troops were marching towards Hengyang, Cao Cao was in a hurry, Hengyang was a pretty good place to develop, and Hengyang was adjacent to Daze in the north, the water system is very developed, and the potential for development is still great, and the strangers around Cao Cao also spoke to Cao Cao, and said that the wealth and prospects around Daze were prepared, so Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren not to stay, and he didn't have to care about Wuling and Xinling, as long as he desperately went south, Strive to occupy Yiyang and even Hengyang!

Therefore, after receiving the letter, Cao Ren immediately led the front army to set out, let the rear army collect grain and grass, and then catch up.

Cao Ren is really non-stop, and he doesn't even dare to stop at night, he can't get down if the war horse is tired, the soldiers can almost fall asleep when they walk on the road, and there are many people who fall behind, but Cao Ren doesn't care about these, and those who can't walk wait in place, waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive for containment, and Cao Ren himself is desperately rushing forward with people.

However, when Cao Ren desperately arrived twenty miles northwest of Yiyang City, the scouts brought the worst news, Yiyang had been occupied by a cavalry, and Zhu Zhi's banner was hung on the wall.

Cao Ren didn't know where this cavalry came from, and the scouts didn't know the number and main generals of this cavalry, Cao Ren was also a little uneasy and hesitant in his heart, not knowing if he should take Yiyang hard. When Cao Ren was stationed in Lujiang, he knew something about Zhu Zhi, and knew that Zhu Zhi's defense was okay, and it was relatively poor when attacking, but Zhu Zhi's troops also had Youzhou troops wearing vests, and the strongest ones were naturally Huang Xu and Zhexin.

Huang Xu has now returned to the Youzhou army sequence, and fought in the Central Plains, and also defeated Cao Ren once in Xiapi, it is definitely impossible to run to Jingnan, and the only thing that can appear here is Zhixin, this Zhixin is very young, but it has made a great name in Jiangdong, if this Yiyang City is a Zhixin army, Cao Ren is still quite weak in his heart.

Didn't wait for Cao Ren to send someone to carefully investigate, their whereabouts were also discovered by the cavalry of Zhixin, Zhixin had arrived in Yiyang half a day earlier, and now there have been strangers in Yiyang City who have received the task of transporting supplies, Zhixin has no interest in guarding this empty city, just received supplies, and the troops have been repaired for a long time, Cao Ren sent it to the door.

Different from Cao Ren's scouts, the intelligence system of the Youzhou army is also much more rigorous and efficient, Zhixin has determined the general situation of the enemy army, knows that the opponent is Cao Ren, and knows that Cao Ren is a tired army, Zhixin immediately moved his mind, although the lord only ordered himself to take over Hengyang, but did not prohibit himself from fighting with Cao Jun, now that people have invaded the boundary of Hengyang, then resolutely fight, by the way, make a heavy note on their own merits.

And Huang Xu can defeat Cao Ren, and he can't fall behind.

After making up his mind, Zhixin immediately set off as an army and rushed directly at Cao Ren, now Cao Ren didn't have to think about whether to start a war, he should think about whether to fight or run!

Soon the scout passed back the situation of the Folding Letter Army, the Folding Letter was a complete army, Cao Ren only took half of it, or the situation of being tired and half dead, Cao Ren didn't think about it, turned around and ran, but since the men and horses were already tired and half dead, how could they run away!

didn't run out of twenty miles, Cao Ren's war horses were exhausted and died, and Zhexin's troops had already caught up in sight, Cao Ren had no choice but to turn around and set up the formation, the result is naturally conceivable, the number is not as good, the physical strength is not as good, the war horses are gone, Cao Ren was easily broken through the formation and then divided and annihilated, Cao Ren himself was pitifully hung again.

Zhixin easily wiped out Cao Ren's front team, and went towards Wuling with unfinished intentions, fortunately his staff officers were not confused, and they desperately pulled Zhixin to stop, they knew that now was not the time to destroy Cao Cao, and their generals could wipe the edge to get a military merit, if Cao Cao was really disabled, the lord would definitely not let go of Zhixin and his own staff officers.

Zhixin had no choice but to return to Yiyang, sure enough, just returned to Yiyang's staff order arrived, the order Zhixin can only guard Hengyang, not to cross the border to attack, Zhixin broke out in a cold sweat, almost turned the credit into a mistake!

Knowing that Cao Ren was hung up again, Cao Cao was also very helpless, Cao Ren was even more unjustly defeated this time, speaking of which, Cao Ren was killed by Cao Cao these two times, and both times Cao Cao expected the enemy to be unknown, and as a result, Cao Ren was sent food for nothing, and Cao Ren's strength was greatly reduced, and Shengsheng fell directly from the first-class edge to the level of a third-rate general. Cao Cao had no choice but to comfort Cao Ren with kind words, telling him to recover his strength and return to the battlefield as soon as possible, and did not say a word about the responsibility for the defeat.

Cao Cao's staff are very knowledgeable, tacitly not to talk about it, fortunately, Fang Zhiwen did not make further moves, the loss of 10,000 cavalry is just a trivial matter, although unwilling, Cao Cao can only still follow the original plan, occupy Wuling first, and there is no way to lose Hengyang! To be continued...