Chapter 80 Tiger of Changsha

A few days later, Liu Feng and his men entered Dongting Lake from the Yangtze River. They went deep into the Xiangshui River Basin through Baqiu, which had been occupied by the Wu people, and entered the hinterland of Changsha County.

A county in Changsha has jurisdiction over ten counties, including Linxiang, Youxian, Chaling, Yiyang and Xiajun, as well as a marquis of southern Hunan.

In Baqiu, the southern control of Xiangshuikou, the north control of the Yangtze River and the intersection of Dongting Lake, is of great military significance and originally belonged to Changsha County. However, Zhou Yu was very smart. After the end of the Battle of Red Cliff, he did not hesitate to transfer some troops to capture the three counties in the north of Hanchang and Xiajun Changsha County, including Bachu.

In this way, the Wu people control the Yangtze River and even the whole Dongting Lake, and many water systems running through the four southern counties, including the Xiangjiang River, meet the Yangtze River through the Dongting Lake. Perhaps this is also Sun Quan's preventive move to agree with Liu Bei to take the Southern Four Counties.

Sun Quan's defense of Liu Bei is not what Liu Feng needs to worry about in front of him. Wu people have helped Liu Feng to a certain extent according to the north mouth of Xiangshui. If he breaks with Liu Bei in the second county of Xiangdong in the future, and if Liu Bei leads the army to conquer, he must be restricted by the Wu people, which is also a good thing for Liu Feng. .

After transferring to Xiangshui, Liu Feng was not in a hurry to launch military operations, but asked Ma Yuguang to send scouts to find out the actual situation of Changsha County.

"According to the information collected by the scouts, there are about four or five thousand soldiers under the command of the current governor Han Xuan in the whole Changsha county, but most of these soldiers and horses are scattered in the counties, and it is not easy to gather them in a short time. Moreover, according to the current intelligence, there is no sign of the assembly of soldiers in various counties. Most of them are due to the sudden defeat of Cao Xian in the Battle of Red Cliff, and our army went south quickly. Han Xuan did not react at all.

Ma Jian pointed to the map on the case and said the experience of Lian's intelligence analysis.

Liu Feng nodded slightly and pointed to the word "Linxiang" on the map: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Changsha County?"

"There are less than 1,700 soldiers and horses." Ma Zhen answered very simply.

Liu Feng pondered for a moment and hit his fist on the map: "If this is the case, we will go down the south of the Yangtze River and go straight to Linxiang. As long as we take the place of governance and defeat Han Xuan, the rest of the counties will surrender without fighting."

Ma Yu smiled heartfully. Obviously, Liu Feng's strategy was also in line with his heart, but he was a little cautious in his eyes: "Han Xuan didn't know the soldiers. Although there were more than 1,700 county soldiers than our army, they were all riots who had not experienced the battle. According to this situation, it would not be a problem to take Linxiang. It's just..."

"It's just that Han Xuan is not worried. The real troublesome role is the veteran Huang Zhong, right?"

Liu Feng expressed his concerns for Ma Jian. In fact, this is also the only thing he is afraid of in the second county of the southern expedition.

Ma Yu smiled and said, "It turns out that the eldest prince has had this layer of concern for a long time. Yes, this old general Huang Hansheng is indeed not an easy role to deal with.

Liu Feng vaguely remembered that in history, Huang Zhongren became famous only after following Liu Bei into Shu. He became famous in the world by killing Xiahou Yuan in the battle of Dingjun Mountain. In terms of fame and prestige, Huang Zhong, who is nestled in such a remote place as Changsha, seems to be far inferior to those well-known generals in the world.

However, Ma Yan is so young and spends most of his time in Xiangyang in the north, but he is quite afraid of General Huang. Not only that, even non-local people like Mi Zhu even plan to use Huang Zhong's hand to harm himself, which makes Liu Feng a little confused. It's white.

Liu Fengxin is suspicious, but he can't show it, because he is from Jingzhou and was born in Changsha. If even he doesn't know Huang Zhong's details, isn't it very strange?

"This old general was appointed as a middle general by Liu Jingsheng a long time ago. He has been in Changsha for more than ten years. Over the years, both the thieves of Yuzhang County adjacent to Changsha and the Eastern Wu have invaded Changsha many times, especially the Eastern Wu. Several times he has sent large-scale good generals, but without exception. Repulsed by the old general, what is more valuable is that the old general has not been defeated for more than ten years. Although this record is not as good as those in the melee in the north, it is actually quite rare.

Out of emotion, Ma Qian took the initiative to express Huang Zhong's power with respect, and Liu Feng was well aware of Huang Zhong's power. At this time, after listening to Ma Zhen's vivid description, he was more sure of what kind of enemy he was going to face.

However, Liu Feng's ideological realm has long been different from before. In terms of strategy, he attaches importance to Huang Zhong, but in terms of tactics, he has the confidence to despise Huang Zhong.

At the moment, he sneered: "No matter how powerful the character is, he must have his weakness. Although this old general Huang is difficult to deal with, there will always be a way. What's the matter? You're not afraid, are you?

Ma Jian laughed and said, "You don't have to be provoked to me. I have never been afraid of the fierce battle of Lushan, let alone now."

Ma Yu's self-confidence made Liu Feng have a bottom in his heart. He could hear that Ma Yu's laughter at this moment was not self-enhiliation, but more like he was already confident.

"It seems that you have a plan in your heart. You might as well talk about it."

After being seen through by Liu Feng, it was not easy for Ma Yu to sell his problems again, so he said, "This General Huang is cruel. We can't take advantage of it. Since we can't fight hard, we have to take advantage of it."

'Well, the art of war, go to the army to attack. Of course, it would be best to take Changsha without unnecessary losses, and it would be even better to include Huang Zhong, a good general, under my command, as in history.

Thinking of this, Liu Feng asked happily, "What's the method of wisdom?"

"When Huang Zhong was earlier, Liu Jingsheng was stationed in You County together under the command of his son Liu Pan. Later, after Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Yan, Cao Yan appointed Han Xuan as the governor of Changsha, while Liu Pan refused to surrender Cao and fled from Changsha. Huang Zhong was transferred to Linxiang by Han Xuan at that time. I guess it was mostly Han Xuan who was afraid, so he transferred Huang Zhong to his side and controlled it nearby. Since Han Xuan and Huang Zhong are separated, leaving us with such a big flaw, how can we not make good use of it?

Ma Qian's words suddenly lit up in front of Liu Feng's eyes, and the flaw mentioned by Ma Qian was actually in line with the idea of breaking the enemy brewed earlier in his heart, so it was a secret smile: "It seems that we have to think about how to make a way to alienate, hey hey--"

"That said, but before we officially attack Linxiang, I'm afraid we need to pull out another hard nail?"

"The hard nail you are referring to is..." Liu Feng vaguely had a hunch, but he did not say it clearly.

"Compared with Huang Zhong, this person is a real unknown person. This person's surname is Wei Mingyan and his character is long."