The news of Zhang Fan's victory made the world tremble, and the news was transmitted back to Jizhou, which caused a huge sensation, but Liu Yu was a little surprised, even the Huns who made him afraid were defeated, and it seemed that the defeat of the coalition army was reasonable, and there was nothing outstanding.

This idea is very ridiculous, you need to know that the Huns are brave and unplanned, the strength is single and the equipment is poor, the real hole card is actually a huge grassland, on the other hand, the coalition army has advantages in all aspects, and there are top strategists such as Zhuge Liang, the strength is several levels higher than the Huns, not the same.

But confidence is a good thing, no one will say anything, Liu Yu's changes are obvious to all, and now Liu Yu has changed his stubborn appearance in the past, and has become a little old man who is happy all day long.

At the same time, and Jizhou and Jizhou began a new round of recruitment plan, Youzhou because of the need to purge the Xiongnu, and to participate in it, but it is enough, Jizhou has a large population, and they are all united, united as one, there are many conscripts, are willing to fight for Zhang Fan.

Jizhou is different from other places, Zhang Fan has absolute popularity, joining the army not only has a generous settlement fee, but also after the death of the war can also enter the martyr's hall, by the people to worship, if you do not die, you will inevitably add officials to the knighthood, glorious lintel, in any case is a beautiful thing, people rush to it.

Zhang Fan's main army suffered too many losses in the battle of the state, and the casualties were already more than half, and a large amount of fresh blood needed to be replenished, and all branches of the army needed to be expanded, which was not an overnight thing, but Zhang Fan was a little uncontrollable, he was not the kind of person who had revenge and did not take revenge, and the land of the state was stained with blood, it can't be just like that, this blood will spread and sweep across the states!

There are nearly 200,000 troops stationed in Jiguan, and there are more than 200,000 players, all of whom are gearing up for a big battle.

Sun Ce resisted the army of Xiliang Ma Teng in Hexi, the two sides fought back and forth, no one could take advantage, this side of the battle line is extremely important, but Zhang Fan can not help for the time being, Ma Chao and Zhuge Liang pulled the army again in the territory of Sili, this time the defeat did not let the coalition army disperse, but made it panic, they have already stood in a good position, completely break with Zhang Fan, if they can't resist its soldiers, I'm afraid there is only one way to die, and they also know that it will be difficult to compete with Zhang Fan with their own strength, so they hurriedly sent more soldiers and horses, and took out the old bottom, Resolutely can not retreat.

If you don't capture the state, it can be said that it is inconvenient to fight in the enemy's territory, and if you even lose your subordinates, I am afraid that it will really provoke the collapse of the army's morale and the boiling of public opinion, and this matter must be decided.

After repeated defeats, in fact, there are not many soldiers and horses left of the princes around the country, and the soldiers are afraid of the Jizhou army, thinking that this is really an invincible iron army, the princes need to spend a lot of effort to mobilize, spilling countless money, but even so there are many people who are timid, unwilling to die, in the end some princes can only be forced to recruit the people into the army, although not to say that the strong army is not strong, but it is also about the same, so that the territory has a lot of resentment, can not be calmed for a long time.

"We must make a loud noise to calm the emotions of the people, we can't be defeated again, we can't retreat!"

This is the voice of all the princes, a series of defeats and forced conquests have caused their prestige to decline, and some powerful people in the territory have begun to occupy the mountains as kings, and the thieves have become more and more arrogant, but they have no time to pay attention, they can only suppress but not eradicate, and even the big forces can only temporarily put down their faces and sue for peace, waiting for the next day to be liquidated.

That's it, the princes from all over the country once again pulled up an army of one million and gathered in the direction of Sili, with Ma Chao as the commander and Zhuge Liang as the military advisor, practicing day and night, always on guard against threats from the state.

"Hasn't Liu Biao sent troops yet?" Ma Chao frowned and asked, he was very annoyed by this, and his face was not good.

Pang De hugged his fists and said: "There is news that the Jiangdong army has committed Jingzhou, and Liu Jingsheng suddenly fell ill and was bedridden, so he did not send a large army." ”

"Jiangdong Army?"

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment: "As far as I know, Sun Ce is now in Hexi, and Zhou Yu is fighting with Yuan Yin in Yangzhou, the Jiangdong Army should not have much strength, and it dares not to defend the counterattack?" Are they really turning the sky upside down? ”

Pang De added: "The leader is the Jiangdong general Cheng Pu, who sent hundreds of thousands of troops to Jiangling!" ”

"Hundreds of thousands?" Ma Chao sneered: "Impossible! Although Sun Jian raised troops in Jiangdong, but at that time he did not control the entire territory of Jiangdong, and later died in the Taihang Mountains, Sun Ce did not return to Jiangdong at all, even Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin did not stay in Jiangdong for long, it can be said that Jiangdong ranks extremely low among the princes of the world, even inferior to Yizhou Liu Zhang, it has not developed at all, and they can still take out hundreds of thousands of soldiers when supporting the Yangzhou War? He Jiangdong still regards himself as Jizhou, can't he? ”

"The news came from Jingzhou, and it may be exaggerated and unknown, but the Jiangdong Army did come to the city and surrounded Jiangling, which is true!" Pound Road.

Zhuge Liang on the side suddenly sneered: "The Jiangdong Army is insufficient, and Jingzhou is more dangerous than the Yangtze River, so it was directly crossed and surrounded by Jiangling, a military stronghold, and Liu Biaocha was ill at this time, there must be something strange about this matter!" ”

He sighed: "I'm afraid Liu Biao will become the second Tao Qian!" ”

Ma Chao was shocked: "Are you saying that Liu Biao is deliberately like this, and he has leaned towards the chaos?" ”

"Highly likely!"

Zhuge Liang nodded, the corners of his mouth flashed a helpless wry smile, Zhang Fan's clever trick can be described as a soldier who surrenders without a fight, Jingzhou is definitely an important part of the coalition army, and choosing not to act at such a juncture will be a great blow to the morale of the coalition army.

"Damn!" Ma Chao got up and was furious: "He Liu Jingsheng actually surrendered to the enemy, I will destroy him!" ”

Zhuge Liang waved his hand: "At this time, it is a critical juncture, the situation is chaotic and ready to move, if Liu Biao is persecuted too much, resulting in his complete rebellion, then our army will suffer from the enemy, and it will be difficult to win, for today's plan can only stabilize Liu Biao first, as long as we can win, then his heart will be shaken, and then persuasion may have a miraculous effect!" ”

Ma Chao gritted his teeth, Liu Biao's heart can be punished, and not only can he not blame, but he also needs to pretend to be casual, which is really a bit aggrieved, but the situation is indeed as Zhuge Liang said, the current situation is very delicate, Liu Biao's bias can affect the overall situation, if you force too much to unite with the Jiangdong Army, the coalition will be defeated.

After a long time, Ma Chao sighed silently and said, "How is the contact with Cao Cao, is he willing to send troops?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Cao Cao's current situation is not good, but he pointed out to us a person, if this person is willing to help, our army's chances of victory will be increased by two percent!" ”

"Who?" Ma Chao was stunned, two percent chance of winning? This is inevitably a little terrifying, what kind of power is this person, could it be that he has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth?

Zhuge Liang turned around, looked in the direction of Yanzhou, and slowly said, "Zhang Yan! ”

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