Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 534

"My lord, now that Xiangyang is stable, it's time to send troops to crusade against the remnants of the Cai family!"

One month after Zhuge Liang came to Xiangyang, Xiangyang's internal affairs were settled, and the soldiers were strong and strong. Moreover, after Zhuge Liang came to Xiangyang, he laid off a group of old and weak troops, disrupted the battalions and redistributed the soldiers and horses.

Now Liu Bei has a total of 17 troops, of which the Runan Army has [-] soldiers led by Liu Bei's righteous son Liu Feng to resist the northern princes, and [-] soldiers and horses scattered in Wancheng and Nanyang counties are used for defense. The bandits and the tyrants who refused to accept Liu Bei, the remaining [-] troops all gathered in Xiangyang County, and Zhuge Liang drilled them every day.

"Well! It is true that we have rectified the territory of Jingzhou. Now I only occupy Xiangyang, and the territory south of Xiangyang is occupied by the remnants of the Cai family. As far as I know, Liu Pan, Liu Biao's nephew, Cai Mao and Liu Biao. Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, supported Cai Mao and the others, and Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha, and Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling County, sent letters expressing their willingness to take refuge in me, but I don't know if they are sincere!"

"Hehe, these are not difficult problems. As long as they don't make small moves and attack behind our backs when we go south, these two people will not cause us any serious problems, and after the lord takes down the remnants of the Cai family, they will definitely return in hopelessness, and That Jinxuan is after Jin Rixun, but after the Great Confucianism, and Han Xuan is a native of Changsha County, belonging to the local big clan, so these two people are people who know the current affairs, the lord does not need to worry, the lord should worry It is Huang Zu from Jiangxia County, Huang Xu is an old minister of Liu Biao, how can you see Jingzhou is in your hands, Huang Zu will definitely help Cai Mao, and this Huang Zu seems to have often failed in his life, but this person is the real one. Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, died at the hands of Huang Zu. Ling Cao, a general of Sun Ce's army, was also shot and killed by Huang Zu. Moreover, Huang Zu had guarded Jiangxia for more than ten years and had never made a mistake. It is not without his reasons. Therefore, if you want to defeat Cai Mao, you must first design to prevent Huang Zu from sending troops to help Cai Mao!"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, frowned slightly, looked at Jiang Xiajun and said.

"Military Master, if we want to prevent Huang Zu from sending troops, there is someone who can be used by us!"

Liu Bei spoke.

How could Zhuge Liang not know who Liu Bei was referring to, shook his head and said, "Master, I know who you want to use to restrain Huang Zu, but this plan is not feasible!"

Liu Bei hurriedly asked, "Why, then Sun Ce and Huang Zu had a vengeance for killing their father, so doesn't it mean that Sun Ce doesn't want to avenge his father?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head, and then said: "Of course Sun Ce wants to avenge Sun Jian, but how can Sun Ce fail to see that we want to use him to contain Huang Xu, and Sun Ce can conquer Jiangdong and hold Liu Yao's Yangzhou in his hands? A wise man, and Sun Ce has been spying on Jingzhou for many years. In the past, he used to take revenge on his father. He has frequently attacked Jingzhou, so if he wants Sun Ce to send troops, he cannot do without enough benefits. But even if we win the entire Jingzhou, it is not enough. , how can there be room to give him Sun Ce!"

"But, without Sun Ce, who do we find to restrain Huang Zu!"

Liu Bei asked suspiciously.

"You don't need to care about this, the lord. When the time comes, Liang will have a clever plan to make Huang Xu have no time to take care of Cai Mao. Now the lord only needs to arrange the soldiers and horses to attack Cai Mao! Liang still has something to do, so I won't disturb the lord!"

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he got up and left.

And Liu Bei didn't have much to say, so he immediately ordered Wenpin to be the vanguard, Wang Wei to be the deputy vanguard, and lead [-] soldiers to go first. Afterwards, Guan Yu stayed to guard Xiangyang.Holding the arrow of Liu Bei's order, if anyone makes trouble during Liu Bei's absence, he will be killed without mercy!

...The next day, Wenpin and Wang Wei led the army first, followed by Liu Bei. The [-] army marched through the waterway and arrived at Maicheng along the Xiangjiang River on the same day.

"Soldiers, attack the city, take Maicheng for me, and station in Maicheng tonight!"

Liu Bei gave an order, and the [-] troops surrounded Maicheng tightly. The guard of Maicheng was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the door and surrendered.

He has only one thousand soldiers and horses defending the city of Maicheng. Facing an army of [-], the defender of Maicheng almost peed in fright. How dare he resist?Moreover, before the arrival of Liu Bei's army, Maicheng belonged to grandma who didn't hurt, and uncle didn't love those guys. Liu Bei didn't send anyone to take over Xiangyang because Maicheng was too far away from Xiangyang, while Cai Mao was guarding Xiangyang because Maicheng was too small. I can't live, so I don't want Maicheng.

When Liu Bei saw that the guard of Maicheng knew current affairs, he didn't have the same knowledge as the guard of Maicheng. He directly took Maicheng into his pocket and ordered the guard of Maicheng to prepare beef, mutton, wine and meat for the army, and reward the soldiers of the three armies.

"Military advisor, the most urgent task now is to formulate a plan? Let's see how we can take down Cai Mao effortlessly and take over the land in the south of Jingzhou!"

Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang in the big account.

"My lord, why worry about this matter? How can we be invincible with tens of thousands of strong troops against tens of thousands of weak troops! Moreover, Cai Mao was defeated by the lord before, and he was frightened by the lord. Before seeing the lord Go to conquer, even if he has the heart to resist, the soldiers under him will not resist, so the lord should rest early and recharge your batteries!"

After speaking, Zhuge Liang smiled and left Zhuge Liang's tent, leaving only Liu Bei who didn't understand.

"Brother, I think this guy is pretending to be a ghost. We will win naturally. Do you still need him to say? Really, in their words, what is it called? Yes, yes, it is just a superficial, a beast in clothes! He How about comparing yourself to Guan Zhongleyi, I think he is a piece of bullshit! What kind of soldiers and horses are we using in Jingzhou that we captured, and my second brother and I don’t know how to train soldiers and horses?”

After Zhuge Liang left, Zhang Fei walked in from outside the tent, and said to Liu Bei.

"Don't be presumptuous, back off!"

Liu Bei reprimanded Zhang Fei.Then he stared at Zhang Fei with his eyes wide open.

"Hey, brother, I'm being abrupt again!"

Seeing that Liu Bei was going to get angry, Zhang Fei quickly covered his mouth, then he laughed and ran away again.

The next day, Liu Bei woke up and did not march immediately, because he had to wait for Cai Mao to gather all kinds of rebels in the south of Jingzhou. In Zhuge Liang's words, he would be able to catch all the rebels in one go, otherwise he would have to go to one place to conquer, which is the most laborious when attacking the city. For things, only field battles are king.

Although Liu Bei had no idea, he had worshiped Zhuge Liang as his military adviser after all. How could he not trust Zhuge Liang? If nothing else, all the effort he had spent in inviting Zhuge Liang was in vain.

At the same time, Cai Mao and Liu Pan also wrote letters one after another, asking soldiers loyal to them from all over the country to come to help.

(End of this chapter)