Xu Huang asked Yan Pu: "Jiangzhou City is tall, the moat is very deep, plus Yan Yan is proficient in the art of war, and the soldiers in the city are well-trained. ”

"If you want to storm Jiangzhou, I'm afraid it's not easy, I don't know if the military division has a strategy to break the city?"

Yan Pu frowned and said, "If Jiangzhou has no internal response, it will definitely be extremely difficult to conquer. Meng Da has been in the city for so long, but there is no news, and it is very likely that he has been exposed. ”

"In the current situation, the general has occupied almost the entire land of Ba County, and only Jiangzhou in the south is still occupied by Yan Yan."

"Since Jiangzhou is not easy to conquer, the general might as well give up Jiangzhou first, retreat back to Dianjiang, and then send troops to attack, and the rest of the counties in Ba County that have not yet been conquered."

"At that time, if Yan Yan defends the city again, it won't be long before the entire Ba County is over, except for Jiangzhou, it will definitely no longer be owned by Liu Zhang."

"Ba County is extremely rich, and now the autumn harvest has just been completed, and the grain in many counties has not yet had time to be handed over."

"As long as the general occupies all the county seats, he can not only pave the way for the lord to go south, but also eat the enemy, why not?"

"If Yan Yan can't sit still and intends to prevent the general from conquering the rest of the county, he will definitely send troops to fight the general. With the courage of the general, the elite of the Guanzhong army, why be afraid of Yan Yan? ”

"If Yan Yan dares to go out of the city, the general will capture this person first, and then it will not be too late to occupy the entire Ba County."

There are many county towns in Ba County, and Jiangzhou, as the seat of Ba County, is only the southernmost part of Ba County.

Xu Huang went all the way south, and although he conquered several county towns along the way, in order to speed up the march, he did not attack the county towns in the rest of the places.

As Yan Pu said, as long as Xu Huang conquers the rest of the county one by one, he no longer has to worry about the lack of food and grass and the back road being cut off, and he can fight steadily and steadily, step by step.

Yan Pu's strategy can be described as decent, opening and closing, and overwhelming people with momentum.

Xu Huang heard Yan Pu's words, thought for a long time, and then got up, bowed heavily to Yan Pu, and said, "I was too anxious to meet the heroes of Bashu in the community last time. ”

"If you can take Mr.'s words early, you won't be delayed here for a long time."

Yan Pu hurriedly replied: "The general wants to conquer Jiangzhou first, and then pass on the rest of the county seats, this kind of thinking is human nature, why is it wrong?" ”

When Xu Huang heard this, he respected Yan Pu more and more, so he ordered the three armies to withdraw to Dianjiang, but he personally led the elite troops to break off.

However, he said that in Jiangzhou City, there was a detailed report to Yan Yan, saying: "The Guanzhong army is pulling out of the village and leaving, and is withdrawing in the direction of Jiangzhou." ”

Yan Yan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly summoned Qin Mi and Meng Da to discuss the matter.

Qin Mi thought for a long time, and sighed: "Don't be impatient, fight steadily, and withdraw without hesitation when you see that things are wrong, Xu Gongming really deserves to be a famous general in Guanzhong!" ”

Meng Da said: "If Xu Huang retreats to Dianjiang, and then sends troops to attack the rest of the counties in Ba County, what should he do?" At this time, the Guanzhong soldiers retreated, why didn't the general lead the army to pursue? ”

Yan Yan shook his head and said, "Xu Gongming is a famous general in Guanzhong, since he has withdrawn his troops, he will definitely leave the elite soldiers and strong generals behind." If you rush out of the city to pursue, I'm afraid you will be defeated. ”

Meng Da said anxiously: "In this way, what should I do?" ”

At this time, he was even more anxious than Yan Yan and Qin Mi, because the prerequisite for his survival was to help the Shu army defeat the Guanzhong soldiers.

If Xu Huang leads his troops to retreat, and then fights steadily, it will be very difficult for him to use tricks to earn him.

Qin Mi thought for a long time, and then said with a smile: "The reason why Xu Gongming withdrew from the army was just because he thought it would be difficult to conquer Jiangzhou. If Meng Da went to Xu Huang's army at this time and said that he was willing to think that he should attack Jiangzhou, how could Xu Huang not be tempted? ”

Yan Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Meng Da: "Now is the time when Zidu is needed, if I can really break through the middle soldiers, I will ask for credit for Zidu in front of the lord." ”

Meng Da didn't dare to postpone it, and hurriedly said: "I don't dare to ask for it!" ”

However, he said that Xu Huang led the elite soldiers to secretly ambush behind, hoping that Yan Yan could lead the troops to pursue, but he waited left and right, until the Guanzhong army had withdrawn far away, and did not wait for Jiangzhou to pursue the troops.

Xu Huang sighed secretly in his heart for a while, and was about to lead the troops to retreat, but suddenly saw a familiar figure.

Meng Da walked on the road, but his heart was extremely entangled at this time, now he had no worries about his life, but he didn't know whether to calculate Xu Huang or not.

"Although I escaped from Jiangzhou, my family members were all controlled by Yan Yan, if I don't obey their orders, I'm afraid that the whole family will die without a place to bury."

Thinking of this, Meng Da sighed secretly, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

He was not a loyal person in the first place, and the reason why he wanted to defect to Chen Xu was only because he was not reused in Yizhou.

If you can rely on the credit of breaking Xu Huang this time and get a decent official position in Yizhou, it will also be a good ending.

It's just that in this way, he has to find out his heart to persuade Fa Zheng and Zhang Song not to dedicate Yizhou to Chen Xu anymore.

With all kinds of complicated thoughts, Fa Zheng continued to walk forward, and suddenly heard a cannon shot, but saw many Guan Zhong soldiers rushing out from the side, surrounding him.

"Ah, General Xu!"

Meng Da looked at the general at the front and couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Xu Huang had a tiger face, and said with some anger: "Didn't you say that after you return to the city, you will join forces with us and capture Jiangzhou?" ”

"Why hasn't I been in contact with someone to this day?"

Meng Da was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "The general doesn't know, the Guanzhong soldiers have broken several cities along the way, and there are Dongzhou people who think they are in response. ”

"Yan Yan Pifu has already heard the news, so he is very strict with the Dongzhou people's guard, even if we want to get close to the city wall, it is impossible, how can we contact the general?"

"It wasn't until the general withdrew that Yan Yan relaxed his vigilance, and I took the opportunity to go out of the city to find the general."

When Xu Huang heard this, his face looked a little better, but he still said with some frustration: "I hate that Yan Yan's old puppet is too uninteresting, and he doesn't dare to go out of the city to fight, so I can't conquer Jiangzhou." ”

Meng Da hurriedly said: "Don't worry, general, the defense in the city is not as strict as before. As long as he waits for another two days, Yan Yan Pifu will definitely become unvigilant. ”

"At that time, as long as General Xu Huang secretly came to attack the city at night, he would definitely open the city gate to welcome the general in with other Dongzhou clans in the city."

Xu Huang was overjoyed when he heard this, stepped forward and held Meng Da's hand tightly, and asked, "Is this really the case?" ”

Meng Da said: "The general will wait and see, three days later, as long as he sees two green lanterns hanging at the west gate of Jiangzhou, the general can only lead the troops to attack the city." ”

Xu Huang's face was even more happy, and he said: "If you can capture Jiangzhou this time, Zidu should be the first to take the lead!" ”