In the Cao camp in the army tent.

All the advisers under Cao Cao's command gathered here.

Cao Cao had a meaningful smile on his face, seeing that everyone's hearts were a little unnatural, Cheng Yu asked:

"I wonder what the prime minister is laughing at?"

His eyes fell on everyone, and Cao Cao said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, a certain party is just thinking about how to pacify Jingzhou as soon as possible. Do you have to conquer Shinno? ”..

Everyone was a little surprised and looked at each other.

Xun You said thoughtfully:

"What does the prime minister mean is to directly cross Xinye City and send strange troops to take Xiangyang, so as to stabilize Jingzhou?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded slowly and said:

"Gongda is right, that's what a certain party just thought of. Only then did Gongming come to report that the Xiangyang Navy had arrived in the water, just to support Xinye.

It shows that Liu Qi of Jingzhou also wants to delay our army to move south by defending Xinye. But Xinye City, even if you add the Jingbei camp, may not be able to stop our army's march.

At the same time, if the defense of the Xiangyang naval army is lost, if someone is sent to cross the river directly, then the elite of our army will be used in land warfare, even if there are soldiers in Xiangyang to defend, it may not be an opponent. ”

The ministers were all thoughtful.

Cheng Yu suddenly said:

"The prime minister is clever, and he has a good strategy to break the enemy."

Cao Cao waved his hand and said:

"This is just a plan, it is not yet known whether it will be successful, and now there are two questions, that is, where to cross the river, and who to send to lead the troops?"

Different people lead troops, and the results may be different.

Xun You pondered for a moment and said:

"Prime Minister Qiyu, I foolishly thought that I could send someone to capture Fancheng, and then lead the troops straight into Xiangyang."

Previously, Fancheng was also Cao Cao's.

However, under Xu Shu's design, Cao Ren took the initiative to lead his troops to attack, but Guan Yu seized Fancheng.

Cao Cao said:

"Fancheng is indeed feasible, now that Liu Bei is stationed in Xinye, there must not be many defenders of Fancheng. As long as Fancheng is taken at the same time, it is organized to cross the river and fight, Xiangyang will definitely not be able to react. ”

At the same time, Xun Yu continued:

"If you talk about the generals who lead the troops, the minister thinks that Xu Gongming is just right, so he can lead the troops to capture Fancheng quickly, and at the same time let Xiahou Miaocai respond to prevent the soldiers of Jingbei Camp."

Cao Cao nodded and smiled:

"That's right, then call Komei!"

The soldiers took the order and left.

After a while, just after arranging things outside, Xu Huang hurriedly ran to the big tent again.

Seeing all the people in it, Xu Huang immediately realized that the problem was not simple, and then said:

"I don't know why the prime minister summoned the last general?"

Looking at Xu Huang, Cao Cao said loudly:

"Gongming, there is a heavy task to be handed over to you, I don't know if you dare to take it?"

Everyone knows how bold Xu Huang is.

When he heard what Cao Cao said, Xu Huang did not hesitate, and he was right:

"What the prime minister said, what is the last general's fear?"

Looking at Xu Huang, Cao Cao smiled:

"Haha, it seems that XX is not wrong, then XX will tell you, what is your important responsibility?"

Xu Huang said yes and listened carefully.

After brushing his thoughts a little, Cao Cao said:

"Now the main force of our army is attacking Xinye, but I plan to send someone to lead a surprise army to recapture the land of Fancheng, and then cross the river to Xiangyang.

As long as you get outside Xiangyang City, you won't say that you will take the city, and you can stick to it when the time comes. In the future, a certain self-president will dispatch soldiers and horses to fight to the death outside Xiangyang City. ”

After listening to what Cao Cao said, Xu Huang suddenly felt that he had a great responsibility.

Although he does not have the title of a good general now, under Cao Cao, Xu Huang can also be regarded as a core general.

This task was so important that Cao Cao trusted him.

Of course, Xu Huang won't drop the chain.

He immediately arched his hand and said:

"The last general understands and will live up to the prime minister's trust."

Cao Cao asked again:

"Gongming, then leave this matter to you, how many soldiers and horses do you need?"

After thinking about it, Xu Huang replied:

"The last general needs 20,000 soldiers."

In this regard, Cao Cao did not hesitate for a moment, and said:

"Okay, then give you 20,000 soldiers, as long as Gongming succeeds, it will be the first merit in this battle."

Xu Huang then said in a deep voice:

"The end will definitely live up to the trust of the prime minister."

For Xu Huang, Cao Cao is naturally extremely trusting.

Since Yang Feng's command was used by Cao Cao, he has been conscientious, and the use of troops is also strict and orderly.

If Xu Huang can't do this, I'm afraid no one else can.

Because now, Cao Cao's Zhang Liao, Yu Ban and others are stationed in the strongholds outside Xuchang City.

Even if he led the troops to recruit in person, and Jiang Gan said that Jiangdong would send troops, Cao Cao did not completely relax his vigilance. Xuchang is his lair, and it is also where the Son of Heaven is, how can he ignore it?

If something happens, it's too late to regret it.

Settle the matter.

Cao Cao sent troops and horses to prepare to attack Fancheng at night, so that the people of Jingzhou were caught off guard.

Meantime.

Now Cao Jun has arrived in Xinye and is fighting fiercely with Liu Bei.

Now that Jiangdong has said that he has planned to send troops, how can he sit idly by and ignore it, and now it is time for them to make a move.

Cao Cao found someone and went to Jiangdong to make contact.

Regardless of whether Jiangdong sent troops or not, Cao Cao had a plan, and he didn't really regard Sun Quan as an ally anyway.

For example, today, Cao Cao is the most powerful.

If it was Jiangdong before, because of the combat strength of the naval army, perhaps Cao Cao should not be underestimated. But now that the Jiangdong Navy has lost everything, their army combat power is nothing in front of Cao Cao.

That is, Cao Cao's center of gravity is in Jingzhou, otherwise he will definitely send someone to take Jiangdong, this Sun Zhongmou is not a stable person.

After doing this, Cao Cao was finally relieved.

If nothing else, it should only be a matter of time before Jingzhou is taken.

He is now attacking Xinye, just to hide people's eyes.

That's when it happened.

There was an urgent report again.

It was the news sent by Xiahou Yuan.

After a closer look, Cao Cao showed surprise on his face, and he was very clear about how Xiahou Yuan used his troops.

Now that Huang Zhong has led the troops out, Xiahou Yuan can't break through a camp?

It seems that there are also talents in this camp!

After a little hesitation, Cao Cao at this moment was not worried, he didn't ask Xiahou Yuan to defeat Huang Zhong, as long as he entangled with him, after all, there were only 10,000 people under Xiahou Yuan's command.

And Huang Zhong's subordinates are more than 30,000 people.

It's earned no matter how you think about it.

At the same time, Cao Cao had intended to let Xiahou Yuan contain Huang Zhong.

I didn't think it had already started.

It saved him time.

Soon, Cao Cao wrote a letter and sent someone to send it to Xiahou Yuan.

If you can't capture the camp, then you don't have to storm it.

Just delay Huang Zhong's army.

For the rest, he has his own arrangements!

Everything is ready.

The night was deep, and Xu Huang led the main general.

20,000 elite Wei troops approached Fancheng.

Just as Cao Cao calculated, now Jingzhou's defense is focused on Xinye, and now Fancheng is under-armed.

This is Cao Cao's opportunity to break the impasse.

Such a change, even Pang Tong and others have not expected it.