At the end of April, Zhang Xi received a letter from Zhuge Liang, informing him of Liu Bei's entry into the four counties of Jingnan.

This made Zhang Xi breathe a sigh of relief.

At this point, Liu Bei can finally settle down for a while, and he doesn't have to worry about being suppressed in Jiangxia at any time and can't move.

By the way, Zhuge Liang also mentioned Liu Ba's matter to Zhang Xi in the letter.

Zhang Xi actually has no interest in Liu Ba. In other words, Zhang Xi doesn't like this Liu Ba.

Liu Ba is an excellent talent, but as a person, he always likes to treat others with himself, and the most important thing is that he always puts on the shelf of the so-called famous people, and dares to look down on our lovely three generals.

Anyway, this product doesn't attract Zhang Xi's liking.

And compared to this Liu Ba, Zhang Xi is actually more concerned about another thing.

About the scandal between Zhao Fan's sister-in-law and our Zilong General. But it's really hard to write a letter to ask, because there is no way to explain how Zhang Xi knows that Zhao Fan has a sister-in-law, who is quite beautiful.

This is going to make Zhuge Liang misunderstand, that's the trouble.

So Zhang Xi just sent a letter back to Zhuge Liang, roughly talking about the current battle situation in Jiangling City, and then pretending to be concerned about General Zhao Yun's marriage.

General Zhao Yun is also over forty years old, and he has been widowed for many years, and now that he has finally stabilized, should he be introduced to a partner?!

Well, that's it, and nothing else is superfluous.

But after Zhuge Liang received Zhang Xi's reply, he was directly stunned.

Zhuge Liang wrote to Zhang Xi to inform him of the situation in the four counties of Jingnan, in order to inform Zhang Xi and Zhang Fei that now that the four counties of Jingnan have been taken, the two of them on the Jiangling side can act according to the situation, and there is no need to deliberately delay the time and tell Zhou Yu the truth.

As a result, Zhang Xi wrote back and wrote a paragraph about the battle situation in Jiangling City, and finally cared about Zhao Yun's marriage, what did he want to do? !

If you really want to talk about it, Zhang Xi is already twenty-four this year, and it should be this kid who should get married.

Zhuge Liang was a little skeptical that Zhang Xi wrote this letter to himself, not to let himself, the head snake of Jingzhou, help him find a lady from a Jingzhou family to be his wife, but he was embarrassed to say it, so he talked about Zhao Yun's marriage.

Zhuge Liang felt that he should have "understood" Zhang Xi's intentions, so he specially found Kou Feng to understand the situation.

After all, these two are usually brothers, and Kou Feng should know if Zhang Xi has a favorite girl.

Kou Erha was also confused for a while. I haven't heard my brother mention this.

But Kou Erha recalled it carefully, and really let this Erha find some clues.

"When I was in Hanjinkou last year, my brother was busy with the lord, but before he had time to wash, he asked if there might be someone in the army who was in the army's favor!" Kou Feng replied.

This Kou Erha, the first half of the sentence is true, but the second half of the sentence. If Zhang Xi knew, he would probably be able to beat him to death.

Zhang Xi is concerned about whether Xu Shu's family is separated in the chaos, so he is not a person who is interested in being among the female dependents.

But the problem is that when he heard Zhuge Liang's ears, it naturally changed to another meaning.

At that time at Hanjinkou, Liu Beijun had just experienced the Battle of Changbanpo, and it can be said that he was already very embarrassed when he fled to Hanjinkou.

At this time, Zhang Xi didn't ask anything else, and asked about the female dependents in the army for the first time. Well, nine times out of ten, as Kou Feng said, it is an intentional person among the female dependents.

But the problem is that Zhuge Liang doesn't know which female dependent Zhang Xi has a fancy.

At present, there are still a lot of female dependents in Liu Beijun, but there really aren't many girls who have reached the age of marriage.

The lord Liu Bei has two daughters, and he has reached the age of marriage.

General Guan has an eldest daughter, although she is only fourteen years old this year, she is engaged first, and it seems that it is too late to get married in a few years.

Three Generals. Uh, this can't be, the eldest daughter of the three generals is only three years old, it's impossible.

General Zhao. Hey, could it be General Zhao's daughter?!

Zhao Yun has a daughter who is exactly eighteen years old this year.

Thinking of Zhang Xi writing a letter, it's okay to mention Zhao Yun's continued marriage, isn't this hinting at something? !

Zhuge Liang felt as if he had touched a little vein.

Immediately sent Kou Feng away, Zhuge Liang went to find the lord Liu Bei with a smile on his face.

On the one hand, he shared eating melons with Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he also asked his lord Liu Bei to do him a favor and be a matchmaker. After all, Zhang Xi and Zhao Yun are both heavyweight generals in Liu Bei's army, and Liu Bei must be known about this matter.

As for Zhang Xi. Well, at this time, Zhang Xi was caught by Zhou Yu again.

This time, Zhou Yu asked Zhang Xi to go over, not to ask Zhang Xi to help analyze the war situation, but to ask the teacher for the crime.

Liu Bei's capture of the four counties of Jingnan, Zhou Yu has now also gotten the news, and Zhou Yu suddenly became angry.

He fought desperately under Jiangling City, but this Liu Bei copied his back road without saying a word, and occupied the four counties of Jingnan, which should have been in Jiangdong's bag.

If Zhou Yu didn't have to fight with Zhang Xi, it really couldn't be justified.

But Zhang Xi is also justified.

The four counties of Jingnan, before Liu Bei conquered it, nominally obeyed Cao Cao, and it was reasonable for Liu Bei to capture the four counties of Jingnan.

Besides, let's help Zhou Dudu clear the way back, in case the four counties of Jingnan and Nanjun attack Zhou Dudu, this is also to contribute to Zhou Dudu's capture of Nanjun.

As for Liu Beijun's promise to help capture Nanjun, aren't we and General Zhang Fei still here at the disposal of Governor Zhou, and General Guan is in the north of Nanjun, isn't there also a military report coming over recently.

Although it was not a complete cut off of Gangneung's supply line, it also burned grain and grass several times, making it difficult for Xiangyang to support Gangneung.

Didn't you see that Cao Ren has been a lot more honest recently, and his cavalry doesn't dare to go out of the city gate now.

Zhou Yu was told by Zhang Xi, and the angry Zhou Yu didn't want it, and cursed Zhang Xi with sharp teeth and sharp mouth in his heart.

But Zhou Yu really can't take Zhang Xi, and he can't take Liu Bei.

Liu Bei of the four counties of Jingnan has already eaten it, and it is definitely impossible to spit it out again.

And what people say is indeed reasonable and well-founded, and it can't be said that it is not right for people to send troops to attack Cao Cao.

The two sides are just allies, not subordinates, how people transfer troops and where to attack, and they don't need to inform you in advance of Zhou Gongjin.

Zhou Yu doesn't want to turn his face with Liu Bei now, because what Zhang Xi said is very right, Guan Yu's Jubei Dao has a considerable impact on Jiangling, and Zhou Yu can't turn his face with Liu Bei before he captures Jiangling and completely controls Nanjun.

As for the capture of Gangneung, let's talk about this later.

The four counties of Jingnan are indeed geographically important and can connect Jiangdong and Jingzhou, but from an economic point of view, the four counties of Jingnan are not as good as one southern county.

For the time being, let Liu Bei occupy the four counties of Jingnan, and the difference in strength between the two sides will not change immediately, Jiangdong is still strong and Liu Bei is weak.

Therefore, the most important thing for Zhou Yu now is to take Nanjun.

And for South County. Zhou Yu has been besieging the city for more than three months, and there is still not much progress.

But it's really not that Zhou Yu can't help it, it's purely that Zhou Yu adjusted his siege strategy.

With Guan Yu's Absolute North Road, it became more and more difficult for Cao Ren's supply, so Zhou Yu didn't have to be so anxious to attack the city by climbing the wall.

Jiangling City is a big city, and there are not only Cao Jun in the city, but also many wealthy families and common people.

For so many people to survive, eat and drink, it is far from enough to rely on the hoarding of grain and grass in Gangneung City.

The supply from Xiangyang is getting less and less, and naturally more and more of the original grain reserves in Jiangling City will be consumed.

Of course, it is not a big problem for these grains to supply the Cao army in Jiangling City, but if the people are counted, it is a bit insufficient.

As the supply of Xiangyang became less and less, the atmosphere in Gangneung City became more and more eerie.

It's not that the people have any complaints, after all, it's a troubled time, and the people don't have any right to speak at all.

The main thing is that the families in Gangneung City are starting to become uneasy.

Generally speaking, when the army defends the city and the grain and grass are not enough, the first thing that will come to mind is to collect grain and grass from the rich families in the city, can the powerful people of these families not be in a hurry, this is their money and food.

Cao Ren is not Liu Biao, he can really be ruthless.

So, the family in Gangneung City definitely doesn't want to sit still.

There was no way before, you Cao Cao was powerful, hundreds of thousands of troops pressed the border, Jingzhou surrendered without a fight, no one could beat you, and no one could take it.

But now, Cao Cao fled back to Xudu, leaving only one Cao Ren and more than 20,000 soldiers, and let Zhou Yu in Jiangdong give the water to the encirclement, and even the supplies from Xiangyang could not be sent. The family's mind began to come alive, and the atmosphere in Gangneung City became more and more strange.

Seriously, after a few months of siege, there is no need for Zhou Yu to make any moves, it is estimated that the powerful families in Jiangling City will rebel and open the door to surrender to Jiangdong.

So now Zhou Yu's siege strategy is to attract Cao's army out of the city as much as possible or lure Cao's army to climb the city tower and kill the enemy with bows and arrows. It is not necessary to kill, but also to kill or injure, which can effectively hit the morale of the Cao army in defending the city, and can also consume the food of the Cao army.

In this way, Cao Ren held on for another month, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

The time interval between the delivery of supplies on the Xiangyang side is getting longer and longer, Guan Yu is still wreaking havoc in the northern part of Nanjun, and Man Chong and Xu Huang have jointly encircled and suppressed several times, each time they can temporarily repel Guan Yu, but each time they can't inflict substantial damage on Guan Yu.

In a few days, Guan Yu will make a comeback and threaten the supply line again.

Man Chong and Xu Huang are also very helpless, Guan Yu, this guy, basically doesn't fight you head-on, and occasionally he finally blocked Guan Yu a few times, and as a result, he let Guan Yu lead the troops to kill him.

His side kept losing troops and losing generals, but the losses on Guan Yu's side were not large.

Moreover, Guan Yu's supply line is a waterway, people have a navy, Man Chong and Xu Huang are both army troops, so they can only watch Guan Yu replenish grain, grass, baggage and soldiers, but there is no way at all.

Guan Yu's Absolute North Road made Cao Ren quite uncomfortable, especially now that the atmosphere in Jiangling City was becoming more and more tense day by day.

Cao Ren really had no choice but to write to Zhou Yu cheekily, and in turn asked Zhou Yu to go out of the city to fight.

Zhou Yu didn't want to agree to Cao Ren's field request.

Now the situation is different, Zhou Yu also found that as long as he continues to besiege the city, even if he does not attack the city, the hearts of the people in Jiangling City will inevitably fluctuate, and Cao Renjun will also face a shortage of food.

If it is surrounded for another three or four months, I am afraid that Cao Ren will have to withdraw his troops and return north.

So at this time, it was not Zhou Yu who was in a hurry to fight a decisive battle, but Cao Ren who was in a hurry to fight a decisive battle.

But Zhou Yu considered another problem - the longer he dragged on here in Nanjun, the more stable Liu Bei's rule over the four counties of Jingnan would be, and if this continued, the chances of Jiangdong intervening in the four counties of Jingnan would become more and more slim.

After thinking about it again, Zhou Yu still decided to agree to Cao Renjun's request, and the two sides fought a decisive battle in the field.

The purpose is not to compare with Cao Ren who has stronger command ability, but to strike at the sharpness of Cao Ren in the field battle, and effectively kill Cao Ren's living force If possible, it is best to kill Cao Ren.

In that case, Gangneung Fortress will be self-defeating.

(End of chapter)