Therefore, it is impossible for Zhuge Liang to deal with Cao Cao again, at least not for the time being. Because in that case, it would not be in line with his style at all, so Cao Cao, Xun You and Cheng Yu were indeed very careful, but they didn't know the specific plans of Lu Dao Zhuge Liang.

Fortunately, Cao Cao has already made a decision, listening to Xun You and Cheng Yu's words, the two of them can be regarded as relieved, but if they know the specific plans of Zhuge Liang, I don't know what wonderful expressions they will have. But it's always right to be cautious, after all, that's a good saying, "Be careful to sail a boat for ten thousand years", especially in the face of an opponent like Zhuge Liang, so Cao Cao They are actually quite right, but they don't know Zhuge Liang yet.

After letting the Yanzhou army rest for another day, Cao Cao took everyone to take a direct detour into Nanjun and sent the troops to Xiangyang. As for the main general who stayed in Xinye, he still let Yu Ban stay, let Yu Ban stay in Xinye, Cao Cao is still at ease, for Yu Ban's ability, Cao Cao does still know the way, guarding Xinye, generally speaking, it is no problem, as for really encountering a powerful opponent, or the enemy army is strong, it is not something he can defend alone, so I hope he can support it for a little longer-

After Ma Chao occupied Xiangyang, he let the army rest on the spot, after all, the attack in the past few days has made the soldiers more tired, don't look at the soldiers of Liu Beijun in Xiangyang City, there are not many soldiers, but I have to say that it is indeed tired for a few days. But fortunately, Xiangyang was finally taken down by his own side, and this is the best result. As for Tai Shici's escape, this was all expected by Ma Chao. After all, Tai Shici's ability, under normal circumstances, you will never be able to keep him.

However, what makes Ma Chao strange is that the character of Aether Shici will not run away so easily, but it is still different from what he thought.

A few days later, Tanma, who went to Jiangling, came back and told Ma Chao the latest news about Jiangling. This probe horse was sent by Ma Chao a long time ago, but now that he is back, Ma Chao knows the truth. Gangneung has changed!

As expected, Jiangling was captured by Liu Bei, and although his people had now led the main force south to Wuling, they left Wei Yan, who had newly defected to them, in Jiangling, and Tai Shici was defeated with the remnants of Xiangyang. He has also returned to Gangneung. What Ma Chao didn't expect was that Liu Qi also led troops to be stationed in Jiangling. It's just that someone else is in Gangneung City. But the centaurs are outside Jiangling City, after all, the relationship between him and Liu Bei is not a lord and a subordinate, to put it bluntly, in fact, it is just cooperation.

So whether it's Wei Yan or Tai Shici. Of course, it was impossible to let his main army enter Gangneung. As for Liu Qi, he is not stupid, and naturally understands this truth, so he didn't say that he had to let his own people enter Jiangling. He didn't mention this—

At this time, Ma Chao listened to the report of Tanma, he just frowned, and he never relaxed. To be honest, Gangneung's current situation is indeed beyond his expectations, and this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the current Jiangling is not something that he can capture, so can he not frown.

Although the city of Xiangyang is strong, it is indeed inferior compared to Jiangling. But in this way, Tai Shi Ci relied on thousands of men and horses, and he defended his own attack for several days, and if he didn't have the advantage in the end, he might not be able to take Xiangyang when he would, these horses are very clear.

And now Gangneung, in fact, can be regarded as a gathering of people from three parties. The first is Wei Yan, who has the men and horses left by Liu Bei, and the second is Tai Shici, although he was indeed defeated in Xiangyang before, but now he is guarding Jiangling with the remnants of the defeated army; The most reluctant third party is naturally Liu Qi, Tanma said clearly, Liu Qi has at least more than 15,000 people outside the city, and there are more than 1,000 of his horses in the city, which has to be said that it must be a party of strength.

After all, he is going to attack Jiangling, and he Liu Qi may not be able to contribute, so this matter ......-

If you want to say that you don't know Wei Yan, after all, he doesn't have much reputation now, this is quite normal, but Ma Chao knows it. After all, a Tai Shi Ci in Xiangyang before, with thousands of people, had already made him tired. So now that one Wei Yan has brought more people, plus one Tai Shici, and one more Liu Qi, and there are a lot of other horses, this is no longer something that he can win if he wants to take Jiangling.

Maybe people are just waiting for themselves now, even if they have an army of 100,000, but if they really fight to the death with them, how much can they have left? I am looking at the whole of Jingzhou, rather than the gains and losses of one city and one place......

Ma Chao thought a lot, after all, even if he took down a Jiangling, but if he wanted not to lose people and horses, it was impossible, and he couldn't be less. After all, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in Jiangling City, and there are more than 15,000 horses stationed outside by Liu Qi, not counting the Jingzhou soldiers who surrendered in Jiangling City. If they also contribute, it will be more difficult for them to take Gangneung, and if they take it, they will suffer heavy losses, so what will happen after that?

And Ma Chao thought about it, if he really attacked Jiangling, not to mention the heavy losses, it was estimated that it would be a delay. It has been used for several days in Xiangyang before, so it can be seen that if Jiangling is taken, it may not be much time, so Ma Chao feels that it may be worth the loss.

There was no way, but after the last moment, Ma Chao still gathered everyone to discuss what he wanted to do next. After all, in my own opinion, I am not ready to attack Gangneung, at least not for the time being. After that, if you take the territory in Jingzhou, then you may have to attack Jiangling in the future, but in the future, who knows what will happen, after all, Jingzhou is too chaotic now, who doesn't want this place-

When all the people arrived. Ma Chao naturally didn't hide anything, and directly told everyone about the information he got from Tanma, and after everyone heard it, several of them frowned, especially Huang Zhong.

Ma Chaozhi said that among the people under him, the one who knows Wei Yan's ability best has to be Huang Zhong. After all, no one else had any contact with Wei Yan, but Huang Zhong was different. After all, they know each other, and they are relatively familiar, so they have an understanding of each other.

So at this time, Ma Chao said: "Hansheng, you still don't know much about Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang, you can tell everyone." What do you know about them? ”

Huang Zhong listened. I know it in my heart. My lord is to let himself talk to everyone, which can convince everyone more, after all, they don't know who Wei Yan is, so it is necessary to say it yourself. And Huang Zhong also knew that his lord also intended to let himself behave. After all, it is not always at this time, so he is also grateful to Ma Chao in his heart, and knowing his lord's intentions can be regarded as well-intentioned.

As for what Huang Zhong said. How many people can believe it, this does not need to be thought about, it can be said that almost everyone will not believe it. After all, Huang Zhong's series of actions before have been regarded as conquering everyone here, and they all know that this Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng, don't look at it, he has only defected to himself, and he is also a veteran, but his ability is very good, his martial arts are superb, his archery is accurate, and he is definitely a battlefield general, as for his age, no one dares to underestimate him because he is old.

is still the same thing, during the Warring States Period, Lian Po of Zhao State, when he was much older than Huang Zhong, people could still go to the battlefield, so let alone Huang Zhong, now he is only less than sixty.

Then, Huang Zhong introduced Wei Yanqi to everyone, anyway, he told everything he knew, after all, there was nothing confidential about this, and there was nothing to hide at all. And after everyone heard this, they couldn't help nodding, this Wei Yan seems to be only more difficult to deal with than Tai Shici, and he will definitely not be weaker than him. They also understood why their lord summoned himself and others to the big tent of the Chinese army, it was because Wei Yan and Tai Shici plus Liu Qi were already difficult to deal with-

And everyone understands better at this time, a Wei Yan, a Tai Shici, and a Liu Qi, and there are still a lot of people, which is definitely a headache for their lord. Not to mention their own lord, after everyone listened to what Huang Zhong said, and then thought of what their lord said before, they all had a headache.

Because today's Jiangling is much stronger than when Cai Mao guarded the palace before, but when Cai Mao guarded the palace before, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande took great effort, and they finally seized the opportunity to break Jiangling. But now Liu Bei's defensive power is not comparable to Cai Mao. You said that Deng Long and Chen Zuo, how can they be compared with Wei Yan and Tai Shici, they can't be compared at all, so ......

Everyone also knew that this matter was particularly tricky, and after Huang Zhong finished speaking, Guo Jia was the first to speak out and said, "My lord, Jia thinks that our army should take a detour!" ”

In fact, he understood what his lord meant, and in Guo Jia's heart, his lord just wanted to bypass Jiangling, so he called everyone together. After all, today's Jiangling is no longer comparable to before, and of course, the fewer losses you have, the better, and it is better to have no casualties. But now that a Jiangling City has indeed made his lord have to give up temporarily, so he gathered everyone.

And in Guo Jia's thoughts, he actually thinks so. After all, what you want is not one county at a time, but the entire Jingzhou. Of course, if you really can't get the entire territory of Jingzhou now, but after the battle in Jingzhou is almost over, it will not be too late for your side to attack Jiangling. However, at that time, maybe Jiangling was not in Liu Xuande's hands. But Guo Jia believes that whoever goes to Gangneung should be unlucky, after all, Gangneung's defensive power is indeed not weak, it can be said to be very strong-

As soon as Ma Chao heard what Guo Jia said, he was happy in his heart, and said in his heart, those who know me are also filial piety! And he also knows what he thinks, Guo Jia not only knows what he thinks, but his thoughts are similar to what he thinks, so he said so. After all, under his own account, the one who can see these things best is him Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao. In fact, there are only 100,000 horses on your side, and now it is less than 100,000, if you let your side attack Gangneung and lose too much, it will indeed be more than worth the loss.

If you had three or five hundred thousand horses, would you still need to think about these, it is estimated that it would have swept the entire Jingzhou long ago. But it's a pity that there aren't so many people and horses, there are only 100,000, and if you don't save a little money, then Jingzhou should let the family run away.

So Ma Chao had to do this, and he had to prepare for a detour to go somewhere else, and Jiangling didn't care about it for the time being. In his heart, of course he wants to seize Jiangling, and it is best to take it immediately, but that is right, "the ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny", in fact, this is the case, people, in fact, you have to take over the reality well, at least Ma Chao knows that he must be like this, or ...... (To be continued......)