After Liu Qi succeeded as the pastor of Jingzhou, he felt that the word Xiaoling was not good, and it also meant weak, so it was renamed Gong'an County.

Gong'an County is subordinate to Wuling County, when Zhang Fei occupied Wuling County, he did not get the whole territory of Wuling County, and the public security was connected with Nanjun County, and it was an extremely important strategic location, so after Huo Jun became the Taishou of Nanjun, due to the weak strength of Wuling, he sent heavy troops to garrison here, in fact, Gong'an County has become a part of Nanjun.

The county is in danger of facing the Yangtze River, and it is also the main point of the Huanghua Post Road in the north and south. Han and Shanghai in the east, Bashu in the west, Hunan and Guangdong in the south, and Shaanxi and Henan in the north, have been the battleground for soldiers since ancient times, so Huo Jun also attaches great importance to this place, after Zhang Fei occupied Wuling County, he wanted to invade Nanjun in the north, but because Gong'an County had been occupied by Huo Jun's army, he could only give up.

Because, Zhang Fei is well aware of the geographical advantages and strategic location of Gong'an County, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as he captures this place, it is equivalent to opening the passage to Nanjun.

At this moment, Zhang Xiu led 25,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to garrison here, which not only increased the defensive strength of Gong'an County, but also greatly threatened the security of Wuling County. In addition, Zhang Xiu was the culprit who killed Liu Bei, so Zhang Fei was unwilling to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Guangzhou, and wanted to send troops as soon as possible to kill Zhang Xiu.

Fa Zheng gave Zhang Fei a plan, and Zhang Fei did it according to this strategy, as for whether Zhang Xiu could take the bait or not, it was another matter.

In March, the spring flowers are blooming, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and in a vacant field outside the county seat of Gong'an, Zhang Xiu is actively training his subordinates, and it has been almost ten days since he arrived here. The army is being trained almost every day. for he knows the word. Zhang Yan sent him to such a dangerous position, not as simple as stationing.

At the same time, Zhang Xiu also sensed a little bit of war, and I have to say that Zhang Xiu's sensitive sense of war is still outstanding.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu began to actively train the troops, striving to be in the coming of war. Be able to appear on the battlefield with a better posture and achieve better results.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Xiu was training soldiers on the school grounds, and his henchman Hu Che'er came straight to his side and said to Zhang Xiu: "General, there is a messenger who claims to be sent by Shamoke, the barbarian king of Wuxi, to see the general. ”

Zhang Xiu frowned and asked, "Wuxi Barbarian King Shamoke?" Didn't he surrender to Zhang Fei? Where is the messenger of Shamoko now? ”

"I've been taken to the city, waiting for the general in the hall!" Hu Che'er said.

"Okay, I'll go meet him and see what Shamoko has sent him for. But. There are no fewer people here, you look at this place for me. Zhang Xiu said.

"Whoa!"

Zhang Xiu returned to the city. When I came to the county hall, before I entered the hall, I saw a man wearing ethnic minority costumes sitting in the hall, his face looking very anxious.

"You're the messenger sent by the barbarian king Shamoko?" Zhang Xiu stepped into the county hall with one foot, swaggered to the top position, and asked directly.

The man dressed as a barbarian saw Zhang Xiu coming back, and sat on the top position, guessing that this person should be Zhang Xiu, so he stood up, and respectfully performed a barbarian etiquette to Zhang Xiu, and then asked, "See General Zhang for the little one." ”

"How do you know that I must be the General Zhang you are looking for?" Zhang Xiu asked.

The barbarian envoy replied, "General Zhang is the biggest official here, if you are not the General Zhang I am looking for, how can you possibly sit in this position?" ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect that among the barbarians, there are also smart people like you. Tell me, what did Shamoko send you to do? Zhang Xiu said.

The name of the barbarian king Shamoke, the whole Jingzhou is known to everyone, no one knows, this person is the leader of the Wuxi barbarians, claiming to be the king, holding tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers in his hands, standing in Wuling, Lingling two counties, has been in Jingzhou many times to make trouble, Jingzhou has also sent troops to encircle and suppress many times, Shamoke always sees that the situation is not good, so he surrendered immediately, but after a short time, he will rebel again, repeatedly, is a cancer in Jingzhou. Zhang Xiu also had a long time in Jingzhou, and once helped Liu Biao crusade against Shamoke, and he also had a relationship with Shamoke.

"The king of my family sent me here to prepare to surrender to the general." The barbarian envoy said straight to the point.

After Zhang Xiu heard this, Ha Luha smiled and said, "Shamoke wants to surrender to me? ”

"Yes, that's why my lord sent me here." The barbarian messenger said.

"Didn't Shamoke already surrender to Zhang Fei, how could he surrender to me again?" Zhang Xiuhu asked suspiciously.

"The general doesn't know that the reason why the king of my family surrendered to Zhang Fei was because he was forced out of helplessness, not out of sincerity. When the king of my family heard that General Zhang had led a large army here, and that the general was now working under Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, the king of my family, the king of my family wanted to surrender to the general. The king of my family said that the world today is the world of King Yan, and King Yan represents the imperial court, and His Royal Highness King Yan will rule the world sooner or later, so the king of my family wants to belong to King Yan as soon as possible, maybe when His Royal Highness King Yan unifies the world in the future, he can still be a founding hero. The barbarian messenger said.

Zhang Xiu listened carefully to the words of the barbarian envoy and savored them, but he also felt that saying such words was very in line with Shamoke's character. He once had a relationship with Shamoke, when Liu Bei had not yet come to Jingzhou, Zhang Xiu was also the first to arrive in Jingzhou not long after, Wuling broke out in war, the barbarian king Shamoke led Wuxi Man to attack Wuling City, Wuling Taishou died in battle, and the official army was defeated and retreated.

At this time, Zhang Xiu was sent to Wuling by Liu Biao, led his army, and was subordinate to Cai Mao, and began to attack Shamoke.

Zhang Xiu is brave and good at fighting, and also good at using strategy, although Shamoke is brave and unmatched, but he lacks wisdom and strategy, and is always defeated by Zhang Xiu. After the last, he was captured by Zhang Xiu in a battle.

After Zhang Xiu captured Shamoke, he suggested that Cai Mao kill Shamoke, get rid of this scourge, and then support a new barbarian king to rule the barbarian region. However, Cai Mao let Shamoke live because of Shamoke's offering of gold, silver and jewelry, and blamed Zhang Xiu for being too murderous, which was not conducive to uniting the barbarians.

Since then, Zhang Xiu has been very unpleasant to Cai Mao, and Shamoke has also been able to get a new life.

Later, when Zhang Xiu returned to Xiangyang, he immediately presented a note to Liu Biao, saying that although Shamoke had surrendered, he would definitely rebel again in the future, and hoped that Liu Biao would be more vigilant, and suggested that a heavy defense should be set up in Wuling, and Mao Sui recommended himself and was willing to serve as the Taishou of Wuling.

However, Zhang Xiu's performance was intercepted by Cai Mao halfway, and under Cai Mao's obstruction, Zhang Xiu was only sealed with a county order of Wan County. Half a year later, Shamoke really rebelled again, attacking Wuling County, Liu Biao had a headache, inadvertently, turned out Zhang Xiu's previous recital, after reading it, I felt that Zhang Xiu was prescient, but unfortunately I didn't see this recital, otherwise there would not be such a result today.

Liu Biao vaguely understood what was going on, and could probably guess that Cai Mao was the obstacle, and Liu Biao was also aware of Cai Mao's dark potential, and after hard thinking, he finally made a decision to promote Zhang Xiu to Nanyang Taishou, responsible for the military and political power in the Nanyang area, and was directly responsible to him. In this way, Cai Mao has no right to interfere in some things in the Nanyang area, and Zhang Xiu will not be controlled by others.

Zhang Xiu sat there, but his thoughts had already flown to the clouds, recalling the situation when he first arrived in Jingzhou. I have to say that the barbarian king Shamoke evoked some memories of Zhang Xiu, but in Zhang Xiu's opinion, the barbarian king Shamoke is a treacherous and repeated villain, and his words cannot be fully believed, but he cannot be unbelievable.

So, Zhang Xiu said to the barbarian envoy: "I already know the meaning of your king, if he really wants to surrender, I am very welcome, and I am also willing to introduce him to His Royal Highness King Yan." However, since you want to surrender, you should show a little sincerity, right? ”

The barbarian envoy hurriedly said: "General, don't worry, these kings of my family have already been arranged. Zhang Fei used Sun Quan's army to occupy Wuling, and openly made enemies of His Royal Highness King Yan, which was a great rebellion. The king of my family said that he had a plan to capture Zhang Fei. However, because Zhang Fei is too powerful, my king is not an opponent at all, and even the barbarians are very jealous of them, and there is also a Shanyue army with very strong combat effectiveness under Zhang Fei, and in normal times, my king cannot approach them. But if he can join forces with the general to fight against Zhang Fei, he will definitely be able to capture Zhang Fei. As long as Zhang Fei died, Wuling would surrender without a fight. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu couldn't help nodding and said to the barbarian envoy: "Well, your king is a careful person, I didn't expect to come up with such a plan." In this way, you go back and tell your king that I am willing to accept his surrender, and as for the plan to attack Zhang Fei from inside and outside, it still needs to be considered in the long run. ”

The barbarian messenger said, "Very well, then I will go back and tell my king." ”

Zhang Xiu personally sent the barbarian envoy out of the city, and he was extremely enthusiastic. Soon after the barbarian envoy left, Zhang Xiu called his henchman Hu Che'er, wrote a letter in person, and then asked Hu Che'er to go to Dongting Lake as quickly as possible and deliver the letter to Yang Xiu.

The barbarian king Shamoke came down for no reason, and Zhang Xiu couldn't figure out whether it was true or false, so he thought of Yang Xiu and felt that Yang Xiu's resourcefulness was very high, and he could see through the truth and falsehood of Shamoke.

Hu Che'er took the letter, took a boat, went down the river, and hurried to Dongting Lake. From the public security to Dongting Lake, the waterway was very fast, and it was down the river, and Hu Che'er had already arrived at Dongting Lake the next day, and then found Yang Xiu, and dedicated Zhang Xiu's letter to Yang Xiu.

Yang Xiu opened the letter, read it once, sneered, and then wrote a letter with a pen, handed it over to Hu Che'er and brought it back to the public security. (To be continued......)