Shen Chen also didn't expect that Liu Bei had only passed through the White Emperor City at the beginning of this month, and Cai Mao had already made a move in less than twenty days, and he was too anxious.

Zhuge Liang had a calm look on his face, and said softly: "Since that's the case, let's go back to the county government and talk about it." ”

"Okay."

Shen Chen stood up and returned to Luoxian County with Zhuge Liang.

The city is now controlled by a large army, and more than 20,000 horses under Liu Pan are stationed in various places, of which 10,000 are guarding the Xiangjiang River in Luo County.

Hearing that Shen Chen was coming, Liu Pan arranged a banquet in the small hall in the backyard of the government to discuss important matters together.

The reason why Zhuge Liang is here is to represent Liu Bei's forces, and Liu Pan and Shen Chen actually belong to Liu Qi's forces, so to a certain extent, Liu Pan and Shen Chen are closer.

At this time, the three of them sat cross-legged in the small hall, and after eating, they began to talk about business, Zhuge Liang got up and said: "I didn't expect Cai Mao to be so impatient, I originally thought that he would not send troops until at least this year." ”

"yes."

Shen Chen also sneered: "If I were Cai Mao, I should also send someone to Xichuan to investigate the situation." As soon as General Zuo left, he made a move, this kind of person is the commander of the Jingzhou army, it is better to give Jingzhou to others. ”

Liu Pan said seriously: "Although Cai Mao is not good in some places, he still has the ability to lead the troops, and he is also the second only general to General Huang in the entire Jingzhou, which should not be underestimated." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen nodded: "You have to despise the enemy strategically, and you have to pay attention to the enemy tactically." ”

Cai Mao's collapse lies in the fact that he doesn't even want to inquire about whether Liu Bei Jinchuan is true or not, so he starts a war impatiently, but he can't ignore that he has a certain strength.

However, this strength mainly comes from water warfare, he himself is the commander of the Yangtze River Water Division, and his ability to fight water warfare is stronger than Zhang Yun and weaker than Huang Zu.

Liu Pan said again: "This time, Cai Mao went south to attack Zuo Tang, saying that he sent Wang Jie. ”

"Wang Jie?"

Zhuge Liang was surprised: "I remember that Tang Shou will be Wang Jie's brother-in-law Tian Mai." ”

"Yes."

Liu Pan nodded: "I'm afraid he plans to let Wang Jie persuade Tian Mai." ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Although Tian Mai is the general of Yuan Shaonan's surrender to the King of Chu, but now that his family is in Jingnan, will he surrender to him Cai Mao?" ”

"Probably not."

Zhuge Liang pondered: "If that's the case, why don't you let Tian Mai trap Wang Jie?" ”

"I'm afraid it won't work."

Liu Pan shook his head and said: "Tian Mai has always been brave, when he attacked Qian Tang before, he was almost killed because he rushed too deep, but I saved his life." With what I know about him, I won't rebel, but I won't betray my uncle. ”

After the battle of Guandu, there was discord within Jizhou, which led to many people fleeing, and Liu Jian, Huanghe, and Tian Mai, all of whom were from Runan, were all the original Yuan Shao's lieutenant generals, and they were also born in Runan, and they went to Runan because of the infighting in Jizhou.

But Runan was controlled by Cao Cao, and they ran south to Liu Biao. Liu Biao almost did not refuse the generals, families, and Haoqiang who fled from the north, recruited them all and placed them in Nanyang.

Since they themselves are from a strong background and have similar status, they naturally have some connections with each other.

Among them, Captain Tian Mai married the sister of Captain Wang Jie, who was still a captain under Zhang Yun at the time, which belonged to a typical marriage between middle- and lower-class families.

After the battle between Liu Biao and Jiangdong began, Tian Mai was transferred from Nanyang to Jingnan and became Liu Pan's subordinate, following Liu Pan to attack Yuzhang, because he stayed in Jingnan for a long time, Tian Mai's family also moved to Changsha.

At this time, Cai Mao sent Wang Jie to attack Tian Mai, who was stationed in Zuo Tang, what kind of calculation did Zhuge Liang, Shen Chen, and Liu Pan hear it even in Luo County.

It's just that Tian Mai is a strong person, and let him trap Wang Jie, I'm afraid he won't agree.

Shen Chen said: "We are not the ones who force our subordinates to do things that we don't want to do, just forget about the matter of booby-trapping Wang Jie, he is only a school of people, I am afraid that he may not even be able to conquer Tang County." ”

Liu Pan said: "Wang Jie is easy to break, but Cai Mao didn't send him alone, but Han Hu didn't know where he went, maybe there were other people attacking everywhere." ”

"There are nothing more than three places, one Linyuan, one Luo County, and one state mausoleum."

Zhuge Liang tapped lightly on the map and said: "He may not necessarily go to the state tomb, at most he will send the Yangtze River Sailor to guard against the Jiangxia Sailor, then if he wants to win Jingnan, he can only advance by land and water and attack Linyuan and Luoxian." ”

Liu Pan looked at Shen Chen and said, "Can Jiangxia Sailor move?" ”

"Yes."

Shen Chen nodded heavily, but there was actually a question mark in his heart.

"Mr. Kong Ming, how about you immediately contact General Guan and let the army go north, and guard against Linyuan?"

Liu Pan asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "It's useless to go to Linyuan, there is nowhere else to defend except the city, I plan to ambush Cai Mao's army in Yaoshan." ”

"Medicine Mountain?"

Liu Pan frowned and said, "Wouldn't it be too risky, there are many trails in Yaoshan that lead directly to Yiyang." ”

Zhuge Liang explained: "Now that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the enemy is outnumbered, if you don't choose to lure the enemy deeper, I am afraid that the light will defend the city of Linyuan, because the road is impassable, the food and grass are not enough, and sooner or later it will fall." ”

"Hmm."

Liu Pan nodded in approval, because although Changde had a large amount of land connected to Changsha and Yiyang in later generations, in the Han Dynasty, its east side was almost entirely a lake.

As a result, the only road is the northeast of the Snow Peak Mountains by the lake, and there are several in the mountains.

Once Cai Mao sent a large army to besiege Zuotang, Hanshou, Linyuan and other places, and sent people to occupy Yaoshan, the reinforcements from Changsha and Yiyang could not pass, and the grain and grass could not be transported, and Linyuan was in an isolated situation.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to simply hand over the dangerous place and stick to the dangerous Yaoshan by yourself, at least even if you can't defeat the enemy, you can retreat back to Yiyang or Changsha safely.

"I just don't know what Cai Mao's specific plans are, otherwise I would have made a timely response."

Liu Pan sighed again.

Although they have internal responses in Cai Mao's army, their level is not very high, and it is very difficult to listen to this kind of high-level news.

Zhuge Liang looked at Shen Chen and said, "Xiaoqing, I remember that you once said that Cai Mao has "

"I've never asked him to send news out."

Shen Chen shook his head: "This is too dangerous, I just told him to let him give his plan to Cai Mao, and wait for General Zuo to enter Sichuan, and then let Cai Mao send troops." ”

"I see."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly: "This is indeed the best way to protect Neiying." ”

Liu Pan asked: "After the war, General Zuo will probably be able to kill Jiangling City within three days, but a few days ago, Zhang Yun also seemed to lead troops to Yunshe. ”

"That must be a ploy."

Zhuge Liang said: "Zhang Yun led his troops to Yunshe, just to force the Jiangxia Sailors not to dare to rush to the aid of Jingnan, which further proves that they want to attack Jingnan. ”

Liu Pan said regretfully: "Cai Mao and Zhang Yun have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, we have few soldiers, but we are controlled by others everywhere, if we can take the initiative to attack and disrupt their attack, so as not to always think about where they will attack us." ”

"Brother Yijian is very strategic."

Shen Chen glanced at him in a slightly surprised way, and said with a smile: "The best defense is offense, you also know this?" ”

Liu Pan scratched his head and said, "Is there such a statement?" I just saw Xiaoqing that when General Huang was defeated, he suddenly attacked Jiangdong, kidnapped Sun Quan, and flooded Yixian, I thought about it. ”

"That's right."

Zhuge Liang also said: "Sometimes the more you can't figure out what the enemy wants to do, it's better to take the initiative to let the enemy reveal his intentions." ”

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "I have an idea. ”

Zhuge Liang looked at him with a smile and said, "You say." ”

"The way of using soldiers, attacking the heart is the top, and attacking the city is the bottom. Psychological warfare is the top, and military warfare is the bottom. You say, since Tian Mai is unwilling to trap Wang Jie, will Wang Jie bear to attack his brother-in-law? ”

Shen Chen looked at the two.

Liu Pan wondered: "What, you want to recruit Wang Jie?" All the families are in Nanyang, how can they surrender to us? ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Shen Chen and said softly, "Xiaoqing wants to be embattled." ”

"Brother who knows me."

Shen Chen said with a smile: "These days, I have tried to make the details that were placed in Cai Mao's army, and I found that most of them don't want to fight a civil war. And Jingzhou has always believed in the eldest prince and not the second prince, with the prestige of the eldest prince, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's more than 100,000 troops, I don't believe that there is no one who is unwilling to do it, not to mention that the Jingzhou army is one, and now it is divided into two, and they are fighting in the same room, how can they have the will to fight? ”

Now the Jingzhou army has been divided, the original Xiangyang and Nanyang defenders have been returned to Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and the Jiangxia naval army and Jingnan's 20,000 troops have been returned to Liu Qi.

These armies were originally one, and middle and senior officers knew each other, such as the original Yangtze River Naval Division and Jiangxia Naval Division, everyone was mixed on the Yangtze River, one was stationed in Jiangling to guard against Liu Zhang, and the other was stationed in Jiangxia to guard against Sun Ce.

Later, the source of the army expansion was basically the local people in Nanyang, the displaced people who migrated from the north and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, these people were newly recruited by Liu Biao, like Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, more than half of the more than 100,000 troops came from here.

What do they have in common?

First, his loyalty to Cai Mao is relatively poor, and he is not Cai Mao's descendant.

The second is that Shen Chen's prestige in it is quite high.

After all, Shen Chen's reputation in the entire Nanyang was very great, and the northern refugees and the remnants of the Yellow Turban were all able to survive thanks to Shen Chen.

Therefore, there is still a certain probability of countermeasures.

One more point.

That is, Liu Qi himself is the eldest son of Liu Biao, and many people in Jingzhou believe in him, especially in the past few years, he has gone to Jiangxia, made many military exploits, and his prestige has been increasing day by day.

Including Shen Chen's drowning of Jiangdong, although Shen Chen became famous again, Liu Qi has always been there, and his military achievements are attributed to him.

Therefore, if you use a strategy to attack the heart, Liu Qi, Shen Chen, and even Liu Bei's reputation are actually quite good.

Hearing Shen Chen's analysis, Liu Pan suddenly felt very reasonable, and immediately asked, "Xiaoqing, tell me quickly, how should we deal with it?" ”

"It's very simple, let the whole army shout slogans up and down, and shout and fight while fighting."

Shen Chen said the way to attack the heart.

When the war was fighting, he shouted, everyone is the Jingzhou army, the Jingzhou army does not fight the Jingzhou army, we should support the eldest prince Yunyun.

What else is Cai Mao Yue Zhang Yun controls Jingzhou, wields power, wants to seize the foundation of the first emperor, join us, clear the monarch's side together, support the eldest prince to inherit the throne, and so on.

For the Jingzhou Army, whether it is Liu Qi or Liu Cong, they are all Liu Cousin's sons anyway, who is not support?

Therefore, once the war starts, as long as the war does not go well, the probability of the low-level soldiers surrendering is still very high.

Hearing this strategy, Liu Pan was immediately amazed.

At that moment, they also quickly drew up a plan, and the soldiers and horses from all over the country thundered one after another, and began to officially prepare for the war to unify Jingzhou.