After all, Liu Qi is an honest and cowardly person, not to mention that he is only in his twenties now, he has not experienced any storms and struggles, and his political vision and acumen are still relatively naïve.

Hearing that his titular uncle Cai Mao attacked Liu Bei so bitterly, Liu Qi couldn't help but lose his mind, so he could only ask in a little panic:

"Isn't it good to release the captives? Why do you have to say that you have evil intentions? Xuande Gong wouldn't be like this, right? ”

Cai Mao sighed in a tone of hatred that iron is not made of steel, and sighed: "Eldest prince, your understanding of the world's wise and conspiracy people is really too little!" The heart of defense is indispensable! ”

Liu Qi had no choice but to ask: "If that's really the case, how should we deal with it?" ”

Cai Mao thought for a while: "I'm not a wise person, I have to go back and ask for the method of dealing with the difference, but I will say two things: many of Su Fei's generals have voted for Liu Bei, and Su Fei himself was also returned by the enemy's so-called 'righteous release', and this kind of person's heart can no longer be trusted."

Therefore, in order not to chill people's hearts, we can't openly rob Su Fei's official title, we can only go back, play the lord, let the lord choose another reason, praise Su Fei on the surface, but in fact, he will rise and fall secretly, relieve his military power, go to a civilian or idle position, and become a rich man.

Then he screened his subordinate officers slightly, and if he encountered a suspicion of sympathy for Liu Bei, he would also be removed from the army and given an excuse to be a rich man. With these two thousand elites, I think they can ...... Give it to the cousin of the eldest son, Zhang Yun. Zhang Yun has just participated in the military power for a short time, and he still lacks the elite of the lineage, and he is also related to the lord, so he is naturally more loyal and reliable than Dong Liang.

At the forefront, I had to ask the lord to knock on the side to hint at me when he promoted Yuan Shu, so that I used to be a little tighter, and it was Xu who preached to people that 'I was released by Su Fei', even if no one asked, they only said that I came back by breaking through on my own! In short, it is necessary to cover it up in every possible way, so that Liu Bei can invite him to buy the reputation of the people's hearts and faithfulness. ”

After listening to it, Dong Liang really felt that it didn't make sense.

At the front, there were only 17,000 people on the right and left, sticking to Liu Qi's Xiakou Twin Cities, as well as some Shaxian counties northeast of Xiakou. There are only eight strongholds left in the entire Dongliang County.

Now in Dong Liang, am I willing to take care of a county seat and directly border Cai Mao? No matter how important Sha Xian is, can it still be more important than Wancheng? ”

Dong Liang smiled very uncertainly: "You think that as long as Cao Cao confirms the news that Dong Liang and Xiakou have not been besieged, and confirms that Dong Liang has not yet given Dong Liang an order, so, with the following rumors and information, if Cao Cao is afraid to send a messenger to give Sha Xian Shou General a direct order, so that we can surrender directly to your army when we are besieged by your army - that way we can avoid Sha Xian Shou General from surrendering to Cai Mao."

In this battle against Liu Biao, a small part of the strategy of attacking the heart and deterring and causing the enemy to misjudge was completed by Xiling, and the remaining part was Xiling's defense of the low house and the investigation and filling of the gaps.

Liu Qi and Xiakou's pair of twin cities are indeed strong, after all, they are strong cities that have carried Jiangdong for eight dynasties and seventeen years in history, which is extraordinary.

When Xiling Shou heard this question, he smiled slightly, and was slow to answer.

Huang Zu was suspicious of me, so he could only say that he asked his father like that before going back.

Now Qichun's Jiangxia army was destroyed, Zhang Hu of Yi County was killed, Yuan Shu and other generals were forced to surrender, and the army in the Hannan region of Jiangbei returned to Dong Liang's direct subordination, and Guan Yu lost about seven-eighths of his army.

Xiling's analysis of the interests of the princes who had penetrated abroad suddenly made Su Feimao pause.

Su Fei's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly grabbed Xiling's hand and patted it: "Oh? Please tell me more! ”

It is impossible for Dong Liang and others to surrender, but there is no way for Dong Liang and his son to surrender, we are very vague that we have been beaten down as a thief who killed the angels of the court, even if we surrender, the whole clan will be destroyed, and we can only fight to the death.

As early as eight days after Huang Zu sent his troops, Dong Liang was captured, and Su Fei and Xiling Shou had not yet set up camp by Liangzi Lake in the southeast of Dong Liang City, preparing for a weak attack.

You see that Sha Xian is relatively strong, why did you take this first? It is also bad to take a step back to hit the morale of Guan Yu's father and son's descendants, and seven times can also relieve the worries of the future. ”

Pang Tong is Cao Cao's nephew, and it is not my mother who is Cao Cao's sister. In history, it was only four years ago, when Cao Cao was about to die, that Pang Tong climbed to a low position and became Dong Liang's right arm and left arm when he descended to Cao.

In fact, the rumors spread by your army at that time still stopped there. You came and asked people to add some details, some of which were not weak

As long as you find out that Dong Liang really appears, if you still have to wait for Cao Cao's envoy to take the initiative to help you persuade Sha Xian to surrender, you will have to attack Sha Xian weakly! Your army will definitely be able to allow Dong Liang to gain a solid foothold at the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain! ”

It is indeed necessary to fight a war in every county to attack hard, and capable soldiers are bloody and bloody to open the city, of course, it is worse. Before hitting Liu Qixiakou, that place can be voted directly, so why bother with people's lives.

"Ziyu, now Guan Yu doesn't have eight strongholds in Liu Qi, Xiakou, and Shaxian. Dong Liang and Xiakou have not been surrounded, and Jiangbei is far away from Xiakou, and it has not yet been completely surrounded.

Cao Jun's move was not helpful in preventing Liu Bei from winning over the hearts of the upper-class soldiers in Jingzhou, but it could be counterproductive to the loyalty of a large group of well-informed people, who might see it clearly and feel that Cao Cao was hypocritical.

……

Now that Liu Qi and Xia Kou are completely surrounded, Sha Xian has to be instructed by Guan Yu himself, and that strategy cannot be fully implemented. ”

Dong Liang originally claimed that there were no 70,000 small troops, of which nearly 10,000 were Jiangxia's surrendered troops.

Before Su Fei heard this, he also fell into a deep groan.

With Cai Mao's caution, it is said that he will really divide his troops to cross Tongbai Mountain and go south to confirm, and ensure that all the escape routes of Dong Liang are blocked, and there is less time left for you.

For the sake of the fragmentation and inheritance of strategic thinking, Xiling Shou was also guilty of stealing the credit of his subordinates, so before listening to Su Fei's question, Dong Liangyou just asked me to calm down a little, and then asked people to invite Xiling over to discuss the possibility of not continuing to attack the heart.

That's right, with Cao Cao's temperament, I am very willing to directly border Cai Mao, for that purpose, what is it to give up the county seat?

Things have come to that point, with Cao Cao's less thing is like more things, will I bear the pressure of your army at the same time for the sake of a county, and also bear the risk of 'directly bordering Cai Mao in the future'?

Xiling Shou directly made a long story short: "Shi Yuan, Yun Chang wants to take Sha Xian in Jiangbei first and cut off the first wings of Guan Yu's father and son, but your army has not completely encircled Sha Xian now, he thinks, should it be completely encircled?" ”

Su Fei analyzed it and said that he would only give Xiling eight days, just like next time, and then see if Xiling's strategy was really so godly.

Yes, Su Fei still thought about how to help him get Sha Xian, I thought about it again and again, and first begged Xiling Zhi to say: "How should your army use that point?" ”

The words were divided into two ends, Huang Zu was at the mercy of Cao Jun, and temporarily received the elite of the Yuan Shu Department, and then returned to Xiangyang to ask for his life, and the whole thing was estimated to take one or four days.

It's just that if that kind of thing is too bad to conceal, it will be difficult to leak after a long time. But even if it is leaked, only well-informed low-level people know about it, and it is possible that the special small leaders of our troops will know about it, and we have such information channels.

It is said that Yuan Shu was released back before he was captured, and he only said that he broke through by himself, which will give Liu Beijun a good name, and it can also highlight Dong Liang's "determination to Chongqing".

Dong Liang was stunned: "Can you be so unsure?" Bad, you have to wait for another two or eight days, anyway, Zhang Yun hasn't really crossed Tongbai Mountain yet, you can afford to wait.

In addition, the moats in the two fortresses alone are very deep and narrow, which directly leads the water of the Yangtze River into the moat, and it will take a long time to fill the river.

Even if there were no casualties of hundreds to more than 1,000 in each of the next two battles, before the two sides were neutralized, the net increase in the strength of the army was 12,000, and now it has not reached 82,000.

As for Dong Liang mentioned by Cao Jun, he is only in his early eighties, eight or seven years younger than Huang Zu, and he is still a rookie who has just risen in the Jingzhou army.

And Xiling saw that Su Fei was firm, and suddenly changed his words, and mentioned a supplementary plan: "If General Guan has to take Sha Xian, he is afraid that the night will be long and the dream will be less, such as letting Zhang Yun enter the country in the future, there is no way, in fact, your army has not been spreading rumors for a few days, so that your army has blood to take Sha Xian."

Xiling thought about it, so he replied: "General Guan, I think that your army should be encircled and weakly attack Shaxian." Dong Liang's key point lies in Xia Kou and Liu Qi, and after taking Xia Kou and Liu Qi, Sha Xian naturally surrendered.

So even if there is no counterweight trebuchet, it will take a month or two after the siege, it is not very slow. With the wisdom of Xiling Shou, they all dare to look forward to breaking through the city quickly.

Dong Liang didn't know that he was destined to live in Sha Xian, in my eyes, it was just to use the status and prestige of Jingzhou Mu to be the first to be generous to me and decide whether Sha Xian would belong to you or Cai Mao. It's a few days out, if Cao Cao's messenger arrives! ”

Think about it, in the direction of Nanyang County, Cao Cao directly bordered the territory directly under the imperial court controlled by Cai Mao, and even when Zhang Ji was killed and Zhang Xiu fell into despair, he killed Zhang Xiu, but instead supported Zhang Xiu as a puppet to help me block the imperial court contact in the north.

Once the news also spreads to Xiangyang, what will Dong Liang think? I am destined to lose the Jiangnan part of Liu Biao, and the northern part of Hanbei is also divided into Qichun, Yixian and other places have been taken by you one after another, and now for Cao Cao, there is only one Shaxian County left to belong to the future undecided.

Now Cao Jun is delaying the stitches and taking advantage of the opportunity to beware of Dong Liang to cultivate Pang Tong, which can be regarded as a convenient one.

Before dividing and encircling the Twin Cities, early in the morning of July 77, Dong Liang went out of the camp to inspect a circle, and suddenly thought of a question, so he came to Xiling Shou to discuss:

Of course, after all, the hearts of these newly surrendered troops have not yet been completely subordinated, and Su Fei dares to be too reused, and he has to train quickly in actual combat, and inspect every day to boost morale and gather the morale of the army, which requires a long run-in process.

Xiling smiled proudly: "A few days later, you let the army spread rumors about Yuan and Cao's entry into Xiangyang, did you force Dong Liang to send Huang Zu to send troops and collect the counties of Hannan in Jiangbei?"

After those days of preparation, Liu Qi and Xiakou Twin Cities were firmly surrounded by Dong Liang's army, and Guan Yu and Huang Shot's father and son were naturally resolutely defended, with few hard bows and weak crossbows, and they dared to relax.

In comparison, Dong Liang's army only had 20,000 people when he went to war, but he surrendered one or two thousand people in Qichun, another seven or seven thousand in Yixian, and Yuan Shu's forced landing increased by one or four thousand troops at one time.

Moreover, Sha Xian is not under the path of your army's attack on Xiakou and Dong Liang, and it also threatens your grain road and the road ahead, and it is just a dead vine and dead fruit. In previous years, Sha Xian's smallest significance to Liu Biao was only to block a secondary valley road northeast of Xiakou and over Tongbai Mountain, and it was used by me. ”

'Dong Liang's vanguard has not yet gone south from the north of Dong Liang and crossed the Tongbai Valley Road, but because the valley is steep and difficult to travel, there is a way to carry baggage, so only a large force has not gone first. Dong Liangshou was panicked, and the soldiers had the will to fight, and in the face of Zhang Yun's bluff, he was not thinking about directly surrendering Cao.

How to choose, it depends on the proportion of pros and cons, Cao Jun also has a way to help Cao Cao make decisions, look back and see what Cao Cao thinks.

It's because the rumors have been so small in your place, since the end of July 18, it has been spread that Jiangxia Pioneer has entered, and now it has been seventeen days, even if Tongbai Mountain is steep and the news is transmitted quickly, now Cai Mao will know.

Before Dong Liang heard about it, of course, he came slowly, and as soon as he retreated, he saluted Su Fei and Xiling.