Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Shen Chen also didn't expect that Liu Bei had just passed through Baidi City at the beginning of this month, and Cai Mao had already made a move in less than 20 days, and he was a little too anxious.

On the contrary, Zhuge Liang looked calm and said softly: "Since that's the case, let's go back to the county government and talk about it."

"it is good."

Shen Chen stood up and went back to Luo County with Zhuge Liang.

The city is now under the control of the army, and more than 2 people under Liu Pan are stationed in various places, of which 1 are guarding the Xiangjiang River in Luo County.

Hearing Shen Chen's approach, Liu Pan asked someone to arrange a banquet in the small hall in the backyard of the government office to discuss major issues together.

The reason why Zhuge Liang is here represents Liu Bei's power, while Liu Pan and Shen Chen actually belong to Liu Qi's power, 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 raised his head and said, "I didn't expect Cai Mao to be so impatient. I thought he would not send troops until at least this year." Woolen cloth."

"Yes."

Shen Chen also sneered: "If I were Cai Mao, I should send someone into Xichuan to investigate the situation before we talk about it. As soon as General Zuo left, he would make a move. If this kind of person is the commander of the Jingzhou army, it is better to hand over Jingzhou Let people."

But Liu Pan said seriously: "Although Cai Mao is not good in some places, he still has the ability to lead the army. He is also a general second only to General Huang in Jingzhou, so he should not be underestimated."

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded: "We must despise the enemy strategically, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically."

What broke Cai Mao was that he didn't even want to inquire whether Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan was true or not, so he started the war impatiently, but he couldn't ignore his own strength.

However, this kind of strength mainly comes from water warfare. He himself is the commander of the Yangtze River Navy, 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. He said he sent Wang Jie."

"Wang Jie?"

Zhuge Liang was surprised and said: "I remember that Tang Shoujun is Wang Jie's brother-in-law Tianmai."

"Yes."

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

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Although Tian Mai is the general of Yuan Shao Nantou Chu Wang, but now his family is in Jingnan, will he surrender to Cai Mao?"

"Probably not."

Zhuge Liang pondered: "If so, why not let Tian Mai lure and kill Wang Jie?"

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

Liu Pan shook his head and said: "Tian Mai has always been a brave man. When he attacked Qiantang before, he was almost killed because he charged too far. I saved his life. From what I know about him, he will not rebel. But I will not betray my uncle."

After the Battle of Guandu, there was discord within Jizhou, which caused many people to flee. Liu Jian, Huanghe, and Tianmai from Runan were all former Yuan Shao's lieutenant generals, and they were also from powerful families in Runan. Runan.

But Runan was controlled by Cao Cao, so they went south to Liu Biao.Liu Biao almost never rejected the generals, aristocratic families, and powerful men who escaped from the north, and he recruited them all, and resettled them in Nanyang.

Since they are from powerful backgrounds and have similar status, they naturally have some connections with each other.

Among them, Colonel Wei Tianmai married the younger sister of Zhang Yun's Colonel Wang Jie at that time. This is a typical marriage between middle- and lower-class aristocratic families.

After the battle between Liu Biao and Jiangdong started, Tian Mai was transferred from Nanyang to Jingnan and became Liu Pan's trilogy. He followed Liu Pan to attack Yuzhang. Because he stayed in Jingnan for a long time, Tian Mai's family also moved. To the Changsha area.

At this time, Cai Mao sent Wang Jie to attack Zuo Tang, who was stationed in Tianmai. Zhuge Liang, Shen Chen, Liu Pan and the three of them have heard of it even in Luo County.

It's just that Tian Mai is a staunch man, and if he asks him to trap and kill Wang Jie, he may not agree.

Shen Chen said: "We are not the ones who force ourselves to do things we don't want to do. Let's forget about trapping and killing Wang Jie. His mere school may not even be able to conquer Tang County."

Liu Pandao: "Wang Jie is so badass, but Cai Mao is not the only one who sent him, but Han Hu doesn't know where he went, maybe there are other people attacking everywhere."

"There are only three places, one in Linyuan, one in Luo County, and one in Zhouling."

Zhuge Liang tapped on the map a few times and said: "He may not go to Zhouling, at most he will send the Yangtze River Navy to guard against the Jiangxia Navy. Linyuan and Luo counties."

Liu Pan looked at Shen Chen and asked, "Can the Jiang Xia navy move?"

"can."

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

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

Liu Pan asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Going to Linyuan is useless, there is no other place to defend except the city, I plan to ambush Cai Mao's army in Yaoshan."

"Is it Medicine Mountain?"

Liu Pan frowned and said, "Is it too risky? There are many trails leading directly to Yiyang in Yaoshan."

Zhuge Liang explained: "Now the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the enemy is numerous and we are few. If you don't choose to lure the enemy to go deep, you may just defend Linyuan City. Because of the impassable roads and insufficient food and grass, it will fall sooner or later."

"Well."

Liu Pan nodded in agreement, because although Changde had a large amount of land connected to Changsha, Yiyang and other places in later generations, in the Han Dynasty, its east was almost all lakes.

As a result, the only road is the trail near the lake in the northeast of the Xuefeng Mountains, 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 would not be able to get through, and the food and grass would not be able to pass, and Linyuan would be in a situation of isolation and helplessness.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to simply hand over the dangerous land and stick to the dangerous mountain of medicine. At least even if you can't beat the enemy, you can retreat back to Yiyang or Changsha safely.

"I just don't know what Cai Mao's specific plan is, otherwise we can make a timely response."

Liu Pan sighed again.

Although they have internal support in Cai Mao's army, their ranks are not very high. It is very difficult to inquire about such high-level information.

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

"I never asked him to send a message out."

Shen Chen shook his head: "It's too dangerous, I just told him to offer advice to Cai Mao, and let Cai Mao send troops after General Zuo enters Sichuan."

"I see."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly: "This is indeed the best way to protect internal responses."

Liu Pan asked: "After the war started, General Zuo must have been able to kill Jiangling City within three days, but it seems that Zhang Yun also led troops to Yunshe a few days ago."

"That must be Kuai Yue's plan."

Zhuge Liang said: "The reason why Zhang Yun led the troops to Yunshe was to force Jiang Xia's navy to dare not rush to help Jingnan. This further proves that they want to attack Jingnan."

Liu Pan said regretfully: "Cai Mao and Zhang Yun have more than [-] 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, it will be great, so as not to keep thinking about them." will attack us."

"Brother Yijian is very strategic."

Shen Chen glanced at him in surprise, and said with a smile: "The best defense is offense, you know that too?"

Liu Pan scratched his head and said, "Is there such a theory? I just saw that when General Huang was defeated, Xiaoqing, you suddenly attacked Jiangdong, hijacked Sun Quan, and flooded Yi County. I just thought about it myself."

"That's the reason."

Zhuge Liang also said: "Sometimes the more unclear what the enemy wants to do, it is better to take the initiative to attack and 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, "Say it."

"The way to use soldiers is to attack the heart first, and attack the city as the bottom. Fighting the heart is the top priority, and fighting the army is the bottom. You said, since Tian Mai is not willing to trap and kill Wang Jie, will Wang Jie have the heart to attack his brother-in-law?"

Shen Chen looked at the two of them.

Liu Pan wondered: "Why, you want to recruit Wang Jie? His family is all in Nanyang, how can he surrender to us?"

Zhuge Liang glanced at Shen Chen, and said softly, "Xiaoqing wants to be surrounded by all sides."

"Brother who knows me."

Shen Chen said with a smile: "These days, I have tried the secret agents who were placed in Cai Mao's army, and found that most people don't want to fight a civil war. Moreover, 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 Among the hundreds of thousands of troops, I don't believe that there is no one who is unwilling to do anything, not to mention that the Jingzhou army is originally one, but now it is divided into two, fighting against each other, how can they have the heart to fight?"

Now the Jingzhou Army has split internally. The original Xiangyang and Nanyang defenders have all returned to Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, while the Jiangxia Navy and Jingnan [-] troops have returned to Liu Qi.

These armies were originally one, and the middle and senior officers knew each other. For example, the original Yangtze River Navy and Jiangxia Navy, everyone 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. Generals at all levels And the soldiers often move back and forth to garrison, so they naturally know each other.

Later, the source of the army for the expansion of the army was basically the local people in Nanyang, the refugees who migrated from the north, and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. These people were newly recruited by Liu Biao. For example, more than half of the more than [-] troops under Cai Mao and Zhang Yun came from here. .

What do they have in common?

One is that their loyalty to Cai Mao is relatively poor, and they are not Cai Mao's direct troops.

Second, Shen Chen's prestige in it is quite high.

After all, Shen Chen had a great reputation throughout Nanyang, and the refugees in the north and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans all benefited from Shen Chen to survive.

Therefore, there is still a certain possibility of instigation.

One more thing.

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

Including Shen Chen's flooding of Jiangdong that time, although it made Shen Chen famous again, but Liu Qi has always been there, and all the military achievements are attributed to him.

Therefore, if they use the strategy of attacking their hearts, the reputations of Liu Qi, Shen Chen and even Liu Bei are actually very useful.

Hearing Shen Chen's analysis, Liu Pan immediately felt that it made sense, and immediately asked, "Xiaoqing, tell me quickly, how should we deal with it?"

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

Shen Chen spoke out the method of attacking the mind.

When fighting, we 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 there for Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Zhang Yun to control Jingzhou, manipulate power, and want to seize the late emperor's foundation, join us, clear the emperor's side together, support the eldest prince to inherit the throne, and so on.

For the Jingzhou army, no matter Liu Qi or Liu Cong, they are Liu Biao's son anyway, who is not support?
So once a war starts, as long as the battle goes wrong, the probability of the soldiers at the bottom level surrendering is still very high.

Hearing this strategy, Liu Pan was immediately overwhelmed.

At the moment, they also quickly drew up a plan, and soldiers and horses from all over the country started to prepare for the war to unify Jingzhou.