Chapter 208 Land ceding

"Huang Quan?"

Of course, Liu Feng heard of the name

, but the arrival of this person made Liu Feng a little surprised, but when Liu Feng saw Pang Tong's strange smile, he immediately realized.

"Lord, the arrival of Huang Quan is almost the same as the time I estimated. Let's meet him."

Liu Feng nodded and said, "Okay, please invite Mr. Huang to come in." After a pause, Liu Feng said again, "No, I'd better meet him in person."

At the moment, Liu Feng left the main hall and went straight to the gate.

When he stepped out of the high threshold, the image of the character reflected in his pupil made him shine.

It was a middle-aged man with clear facial features and a good appearance. Although he was dressed in Confucian clothes, he exuded a kind of martial arts spirit all over his body, but there was a little anxiety between his eyebrows.

"I don't know that Mr. Gongheng is here. I hope you will forgive me if I miss you." Liu Feng took the lead and greeted him with a smile.

Huang Quan hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Wang Han Ling Huang Quan under the curtain of Yizhou, and I have seen General Zhennan."

"Mr., please."

Liu Feng welcomed the tired Huang Quan into the house with high-level etiquette.

In the hall, the main guest is seated.

Liu Feng smiled and said, "I have been looking forward to your name for a long time. It's a great honor to see you. Since you are here, you must stay a few more days. I have a lot of things to ask you for advice."

Liu Feng's closeness swept away Huang Quan's uneasiness, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became harmonious.

"The power is just an unknown person. The general is really flattering. In fact, to tell the truth, the general came this time by order of my master to ask the general for help.

That's true.

Liu Feng and Pang Tong next to him looked at each other, and a trace of heart flashed in their eyes.

"Mr.'s meaning is..." Liu Feng pretended to be puzzled.

Huang Quan sighed: "I think the general must have heard about it for a long time. My lord originally invited Liu Bei to Sichuan to help us fight against Zhang Lu. He didn't know that Liu Bei was a despicable and shameless hypocritical villain. In turn, he wanted to devour my Yizhou, which was really hateful.

Hearing this, Liu Feng also shook his head and sighed: "Liu Bei has always been like this. In those years, my brother Zide and I were deceived by his false benevolence and almost died in his hands. However, Mr. Gongheng and other heroes of Yizhou are all wise men. Liu Zhoumu Renyi was deceived by Liu Bei. Why didn't the staff remind them?

Huang Quan's face was full of regret, and his expression was full of regret. "At the beginning, we all tried to persuade him, but my master was deceived by the name of Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and he always did not listen to my advice, which led to today's disaster. Alas, after all, the advice of our ministers is not good.

In addition to sighing, Huang Quan lowered his head and took a sip of tea to hide his inner helplessness.

At this time, Liu Feng secretly gave a look at Pang Tong, and Pang Tong said, "In fact, we General Liu had already expected the purpose of Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan. Later, I heard that Liu Bei turned against him and stationed troops under the city of Luzhou, and Yizhou was in danger in the past. My general Yu Xin couldn't bear it, so he sent troops to attack Jingzhou in order to relieve Liu Yizhou. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei was so cruel that he ignored even Guan Yu's hatred and still wanted to seize Liu Yizhou's foundation.

Pang Tong's clever move to seize Jingzhou was related to Liu Zhang's encirclement.

"My master was deeply moved by General Liu's righteousness, but now Liu Bei's attack is still urgent. Yizhou is in danger in the past. Quan came by the order of the lord this time. He wanted to invite the general to send troops to the west. Our two families attacked each other and surrounded Liu Bei, a benevolent and unjust man in one fell swoop."

What a perfect strategy to attack and encircle Liu Bei.

Liu Feng didn't want to do this. Otherwise, he would not have sent Ma Jian to attack Yidu County all the time, trying to seize the door to Shu. It's just that Meng Da was quite talented to defend the city, and Ma Jian's elite soldiers and horses were few, so he could not attack repeatedly.

According to the original plan originally drawn up by Pang Tong for Liu Feng, after capturing Jingzhou, the next step is to lead the army into Sichuan. When Liu Bei and Liu Chang are entangled, they will take advantage of the chaos to destroy them together, take all Ba Shu, have Jingyi two prefectures, and then seek hegemony.

However, Cao Ren's unexpected move disrupted the overall layout of Pang Tong, causing Jingzhou to face the attack of Cao's army of more than 100,000 troops, so that Liu Feng had to concentrate most of his troops on Cao's army in the north, and how could he draw out troops to march to the west?

Now, the arrival of Huang Quan has made Liu Feng's idea of a western expedition back on the way, but the time has still not come for him.

After looking at each other, Pang Tong sighed, "If possible, of course, my general is willing to cooperate with Liu Yizhou to eliminate the disaster of Liu Bei. It's just that Jingzhou is determined that if the soldiers are allowed to travel thousands of miles away from their hometown to fight in Shu, the soldiers will inevitably be homesick and refuse to use their lives. Moreover, my general also needs to give a reasonable explanation for the civil and military officials to send troops to Shu.

Pang Tong is bargaining for Liu Feng.

Huang Quan had already expected it. After a long time of meditation, he solemnly said, "My lord said that as long as General Kenxi attacks Liu Bei, after it is completed, my lord is willing to give the three counties of Badong, Fuling and Ba County as a gift, and will also take all the money and grain of Chengdu treasury to reward the soldiers of Jingzhou. I don't know what the general's intention is."

After listening to Huang Quan's offer, Liu Feng's heart was really moved.

The three counties of Badong, Fuling and Ba County are located between the mountains. Although the population is small and the economy is not rich, the strategic significance is very important. It is a barrier to the east of the Chengdu Plain.

Once these three counties are obtained, it means that there will be no danger to defend the east of the Chengdu Plain. Liu Feng's soldiers and horses will go up the river and can reach Chengdu directly in a few days.

Liu Zhang was willing to cut such three important counties to himself. It seems that he was really desperate and had to spend a lot of money.

However, Liu Zhang is also very smart. Badong and Fuling two counties are currently under the control of Liu Bei, and Jiangzhou, the governor of Ba County, is also surrounded by Liu Bei, which is also in danger in the past. Nominatively, these three counties still belong to Yizhou, but in fact they are no longer controlled by Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang used something that no longer belonged to him as a reward for Liu Feng to send troops, and it was really cost-effective to beat the beads.

Thinking of this section, Liu Feng was unhappy. When he was about to bargain, Pang Tong gave him a look and hinted that he could agree.

What he can think of, it is impossible for Pang Tong not to think of. Since he advised himself to agree, it must be reasonable.

Liu Feng couldn't think too much about it. At the moment, he was willing to send troops to Huang Quan, but now, although Jingzhou was attacked by Cao Jian, he did not dare to march to the west without Cao's retreat. Before that, he still needed Liu Zhang's firm confidence and do his best to resist Liu Bei's attack.

In the Yizhou crisis, people's hearts were unstable. After receiving Liu Feng's promise, Huang Quan was naturally overjoyed and did not dare to stay in Jingzhou for a while. On the same day, he set out on the road back to Chengdu.

Liu Feng personally sent Huang Quan out of Xiangyang for ten miles.

When he returned to the house, Liu Feng said to Pang Tong, "Sir, the three counties that Liu Zhang promised to cede are now under the control of Liu Bei, and we have to use our soldiers's lives to get them back. As for money and food, it's a trivial matter at all. In the end, Liu Zhang is equivalent to letting us send troops to relieve him empty-handed. Isn't this It's too cheap for him.

It seems that he has known what Liu Feng was thinking for a long time. Pang Tong just brushed his short beard and said with a secret smile, "Master, in fact, it is not important for us that Liu Zhang cuts several counties. The important thing is that we have a legitimate reason to enter Shu in the west."

"The justification reason..." Liu Feng paused for a moment and suddenly realized.

P> Pang Tong is right. This justification is much more cost-effective than getting a few counties.

Liu Bei's attack on Yizhou was completely cunning. Although he won many battles and won a lot of territory, and there were quite a lot of Yizhou officials who surrendered, but most of these people who surrendered were represented by Fa Zheng, and there were also many tenacious resistance people such as Zhang Ren and Yan Yan. This is why Liu Bei started. The important reason why you can't finally attack Lucheng.

If Liu Feng enters Shu, although he can attack the banner of Liu Bei, even if he destroys Liu Bei and plunders the land, these cities are nominally Liu Zhang's. If they are not returned at that time, in the eyes of the people of Yizhou, they and Liu Bei are all the same. If they return it, won't they be in vain?

But now it's different. Liu Zhang took the initiative to announce the cession of land. After Liu Feng entered Yizhou, he could justly take over the three counties without having to worry about being boycotted by Yizhou officials in the name of robbery.

"Ba County is the last barrier to the east of Chengdu. As soon as you pass this county, it is the Chengdu Plain of Pingchuan. If it weren't for the emergency, Liu Zhang would never give up this county, but I guess that once Liu Bei is destroyed and the danger is lifted, Liu Zhang will probably repent. At that time, we can take this opportunity to do it again.

Pang Tong's tone was full of unspokens. Under Liu Feng's thinking, he immediately understood his meaning. In an instant, his whole mind became unprecedentedly open.

"What you said is very true. Now that everything is ready, we just wait for Zhou Lang to relieve us."

....................................Hefei, Xiaoyaojin.

The sky is like an overturned inkstone. The thick and mellow night covers all the shining things, and it is a lifeless dark.

On the field, countless torches shook and flashed, as if the stars had run to the ground, as if the sky and the earth had changed their positions.

The night wind is moist and dull. Although it is slight, it is not soft. It is very uncomfortable to blow on his face. Zhou Yu can feel that a murderous atmosphere is permeating between heaven and earth, floating in the night wind, looming from time to time.

Zhou Yu stationed in Jinkou and looked at the Feihe River in the south. He saw a lot of sparks on the river. At a glance, he looked like a fire-scum dragon lying on the fat water.

The 20,000 vanguard troops of Captain Pan Zhang of Wu Meng, General He Qi of Fenwu, and General Xu Sheng of the Ping Thief had landed on the bank of the river before dusk and camped in the southwest of Hefei City. Now, the Chinese army commanded by Zhou Yu has left the ship one after another and entered the camp under the cover of the night.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses of Jiang Qin, the general of Yue Zhonglang, and Chen Wu, the governor of the fifth school, were still in the water army. Zhou Yu's intention was to land 50,000 soldiers and horses at night. By the morning, he formed a force of crushing Hefei City and mentally attacked the enemy in Hefei.

After several years, he once again commanded such an army. At this moment, Zhou Yu's mood had an inexplicable throbbing.

In a trance, I returned to the era of power. The long-lost ambition, at this time, the quiet taste is really irresistible.

This time, I must not make the same mistake again.

When Zhou Yu secretly swore, a general rushed to him. It was Ling Tong, the captain of Chenglie. This young general, in the battle of Jiangling, was entrusted by Zhou Yu to guard the camp alone. Up to now, he has become one of Zhou Yu's most trusted generals.

Ling Tong leaned forward and arched his hand and shouted, "Governor, there is no sign of fighting in Hefei City. It seems that the enemy intends to defend the city according to the city."

Zhou Yu looked at Hefei from afar. Although he couldn't see anything in the dark night, Zhou Yu could feel that at this moment, the three enemy generals left by Cao Jian were also looking at him in the head of the city at night.

"Cao Shen is indeed far-sighted. In the early years, when he was still competing with Yuan Shao, he sent a Liu Fu to secretly build Hefei City into a strong fortress. It seems that he has been wary of our Jiangdong for a long time. It's a pity that Jiangdong has been so eventually that he has missed a great opportunity.

Although he defeated Cao Yan in those years, Zhou Yu has never despised this defeated general. On the contrary, when he came to Hefei and saw the strong city defense system of Hefei City for the first time, he had more admiration for Cao Jian.

"There are only 7,000 defenders of Hefei City, which is not a concern at all. With the commander-in-chief of the capital, we will undoubtedly win this battle." Ling Tong believes in Zhou Yu very much.

Zhou Yu said lightly, "It is said that the Hefei generals arranged by Cao Qian this time are Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Li Dian. Can you know more about the situation of these three people?"

"This... To tell the truth, the governor, I only know that Zhang Liao is an old general of Lv Bu. He has always been brave. Lejin is Cao Qianqizhen's Yuangong general, and he is also a brave man. As for this Li Dian, I'm not sure." Ling Tong answered vaguely, obviously without a detailed investigation.

Zhou Yu sighed softly: "The two armies are at war. If you don't have a deep understanding of the enemy, how can you know yourself and your enemy and win every battle? Cao Yan used these three people to guard Hefei, which is a different intention.

"Do you have any other intentions?" Ling Tong's eyes showed strange light.

Zhou Yu then said his own opinions to Ling Tong.

Zhang Liao was brave. After returning to Cao Qian in his early years, he did not avoid great danger. He entered the enemy's camp alone to persuade Qingzhou tyrant Changxi to surrender. He also made many achievements in defeating Yuan Shao, attacking Yuan Tan and conquering Liucheng. He was the most important general among all the generals.

As for this Lejin, in addition to the identity of a long-range general, he often takes the lead in every attack, strong and invincible. Cao Yan also specially named him an elegant title called "General Chongzhan".

And this Li Dian is the nephew of Cao Qian's late old general Li Qian. He was born in a strong family. He likes learning, is elegant, and respects sages and doctors. He is called an elder in the army.

At this point, Ling Tong suddenly remembered one thing and hurriedly said, "According to what I heard, Li Dian came from the Li family in Yanzhou. His uncle Li Qian was killed by Lv Bu in his early years, and Zhang Liao was the identity of a former general of Lv Bu. I heard that because of this relationship, Li Dian has always been at odds with Zhang Liao. And Lejin is also a general of Yuangong, but at present, he is on an equal footing with Zhang Liao, an official position of surrendering general, and he will certainly be unconvinced. Isn't Cao Shen using such three people to guard Hefei?

Ling Tong is really smart and can be connected at all.

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "Cao Wei did this, which is exactly what he is smart about."

"Governor, I'm really confused. Please make it clear." Ling Tong's face was at a loss.

"A city in Hefei, although it is at the key point and the city is strong, it goes deep into Huainan and far away from the rear. It can be said to be an isolated city. Moreover, this city is too close to the water, which is suitable for giving full play to the advantages of our navy. If you want to defend such a city, you either have to keep heavy troops or you have to return to the army in person.

Zhou Yu called this point, and Ling Tong seemed to be enlightened and muttered, "Now Cao Qian has repeatedly increased his troops to Jingzhou. It seems that he will not give up if he does not take Jingzhou, while Hefei City soldiers are only 7,000. In this way, it seems that the two points mentioned by the governor are not true. With Cao Yan's style, he does not seem to put Hefei as important as Hefei. People who ignore danger.

At this point, Zhou Yu's handsome face suddenly surged into a murderous atmosphere. He looked at Hefei in the night and sneered: "In my opinion, Cao, he didn't intend to defend it at all!"

....................................Hefei City.

On the head of the city, the three cold faces are facing the overwhelming fire outside the city, and the three pairs of sharp eyes like knives are shining with different looks.

It was Wu's military camp stretching for more than ten miles. It forced down the city, and countless torches shone the night like day. They knew very well that the Wu people were demonstrating to them.

"There was an order from Prime Minister Cao. As soon as the thief army arrived, General Zhang and General Li went to war, and General Le guarded the city. Three generals, what are you going to do?

The speaker was the guard Xue Ting, who also showed Cao Jian's handwritten secret order to the three generals, which was left by Cao Jian to the guard Xue T before leaving, and told him to "the thief is the hair".

To be honest, Xue Di also did not understand Cao Jian's personnel arrangement in Hefei. The official positions of the three generals in front of him were equal and did not belong to each other, and Cao Jian did not specify who was the chief general. His own guard only had the power to monitor the loyalty of the three generals, without the power to interfere with their use of troops.

That is to say, the whole garrison in Hefei can be said to have no leaders. The only thing that can be the highest authority is the "taste" left by Cao Wei.

Moreover, it is also a legacy to let them go to war.

Li Dian didn't say anything, and Le Jin didn't say anything.

There is a huge disparity between the forces between the enemy and us, and they hit the crowd less. These two don't quite understand Cao's strategy.

At this time, Zhang Liao, who was silent, said loudly, "Cao Gong's expedition is outside. If he leads the reinforcements to arrive, the thief army must have broken through us. This secret order is to let us give a sudden blow before the enemy's assembly is completed. First, we can defeat the enemy's spirit, invigorate the hearts of our army, and then we can successfully defend the city. The chance of success or failure, what doubts do you have in this move?

(to be continued)