It can be said that Sima Yi's strategy successfully contained Zhang Liao and Zhou Yu's two lines of soldiers and horses, and made Zhang Liao and Zhou Yu's armies highly tense.

And Zhou Yu was just as Sima Yi guessed, he wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and was ready to wait until Jiangxia's navy and Zhang Liao's battle were inseparable, and then send troops to attack Jingzhou, which was on the expedition of the Void Kingdom, and take the opportunity to take Jiangxia.

However, due to the existence of Sima Yi, Zhou Yu's wishful thinking never succeeded.

At the same time, Liu Biao's army had arrived at the northern end of Jiangxia County, temporarily in Pingchun County.

When the army arrived, Liu Biao marched in three ways, sending Cai Zhong to lead 10,000 troops to attack Xinxi, Baoxin, and Xincai, Cai He led 10,000 troops to attack Langling, Wufang, and Shangcai, while he led Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others to attack Shenyang and Ancheng, and then the three-way army attacked Pingyu, the county seat of Runan County.

After occupying Pingyu, he used it as a springboard to go all the way east to Pengcheng.

The plan has been decided, and the night before the army is about to separate, Cai Mao gathered Zhang Yun, Cai Zhong, Cai He and others in the big tent and had a secret discussion.

"Liu Jingsheng has already been arranged, the rest of the things are up to us, if we don't get rid of Liu Jingsheng first, we will definitely die in his hands in the future. Therefore, I decided to turn Runan into the tomb of Liu Jingsheng's last child. Cai Mao said bluntly in front of everyone.

Zhang Yun asked: "Even if Liu Biao is killed, but Liu Qi is still there, if Liu Qi is not killed together, Jingzhou will never be peaceful." simply didn't do two things and sent someone to Jiangxia to assassinate Liu Qi. As long as Liu Biao. Liu Qi died one after another. Then Liu Cong can naturally inherit the throne. ”

Cai Zhong and Cai He echoed on the side, and they all said that what Zhang Yun said was very true.

Cai Mao said: "Liu Qi is just a yellow-mouthed child, there is no need to worry at all, if I want to kill him, I will kill him openly, why send someone to assassinate him, it will make people suspicious." ”

Zhang Yun asked, "What does the governor mean ......?"

Cai Mao immediately took out a letter and handed it to Zhang Yun. said: "You can see it at a glance. ”

Zhang Yun opened the letter, looked at it hurriedly, and said: "The governor is really clever, in this way, Liu Qi will not be able to die!" ”

Cai Zhong and Cai He snatched it over and looked at it, only then did they realize that this was a letter that forged Liu Biao's notes, and the letter counted Liu Qi's seven major crimes as a taishou in Jiangxia, and according to these seven major crimes, Liu Qi committed suicide to apologize.

"Hahaha. The eldest brother is really clever, after Liu Qi got this letter. If you don't commit suicide, you will disobey orders, and if you commit suicide, it will save you a lot of trouble, and this letter can also be concealed, and anyone who reads it will never think that this is our trick. Haha......"

Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others were also overjoyed, and sent someone to inform the enemy of Liu Biao's strategic intentions, in addition, Cai Mao had to choose a messenger to go to Jiangxia to deliver a letter, but this messenger was selected and chosen, and it could not be finalized, which made Cai Mao feel annoyed.

Because this person can not have anything to do with Cai Mao, but also obey Cai Mao's orders, it is really difficult to choose.

Everyone thought hard and tried to find a suitable person among them, but found that it was really difficult.

In the end, Zhang Yun remembered a person, so he said to Cai Mao: "Dudu, I think of a person, this person should be the most suitable person." ”

Cai Mao hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

Zhang Yun said: "Wei Yan." ”

"Wei Yan?" Cai Maohu asked suspiciously, "Who is Wei Yan?" ”

Zhang Yun hurriedly reminded: "The Governor is really a noble person, how forgetful, do you remember the incident of sending someone to Jingnan to assassinate Liu Bei last year?" ”

Cai Mao nodded and said, "Of course I remember this matter, but what does this matter have to do with Wei Yan?" ”

Zhang Yundao: "Because the person who was sent by the governor to assassinate Liu Bei was Wei Yan." ”

"Oh? It turned out to be him. Cai Mao suddenly realized, and then remembered that there was such a person as Wei Yan.

Wei Yan is a military Sima under Zhang Yun, strong in martial arts, brave and ruthless is also famous, when Cai Mao wanted to send someone to Jingnan to assassinate Liu Bei, Zhang Yun recommended Wei Yan to Cai Mao, and promised Wei Yan, once he killed Liu Bei, he would be named a general and a reward.

Wei Yan was a poor jingle boy, young and vigorous, and very conceited, as soon as he heard that Zhang Yun had given him such a good opportunity, he was obliged to go to Jingnan.

Wei Yan came to Changsha, where Liu Bei was, disguised himself as a businessman, and paid attention to Liu Bei's every move every day, but after observing for more than half a month, he never found Liu Bei alone. Because before Wei Yan came, Zhang Yun had warned Wei Yan that Liu Bei had two sworn brothers by his side, one named Guan Yu and the other named Zhang Fei, both of whom had invincible bravery, and if they met these two people, they must not do anything, otherwise they would be killed.

Wei Yan kept it firmly in mind, but for more than half a month, Liu Bei's side either followed Guan Yu or Zhang Fei, and sometimes Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would follow Liu Bei at the same time, so that Wei Yan had no idea where to start.

By chance, Wei Yan finally waited for an opportunity, this time Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not follow Liu Bei's side, Liu Bei's side followed an elderly old man, of course, Wei Yan didn't know that the person in Lu Dao was Huang Zhong at that time.

Therefore, Wei Yan launched an attack, but he didn't want to, he was desperately protected by Huang Zhong, a bad old man, he had no way to attack Liu Bei, when he and Huang Zhong were inseparable, Wei Yan couldn't help but be surprised by Huang Zhong's force, never thought that a bad old man would have such a high force.

Not only that, Wei Yan was also injured by Huang Zhong, but fortunately Wei Yan was not a fool, seeing that he couldn't even resist Huang Zhong, and he was startled again, so he ran away.

After that, Liu Bei knew that someone was going to assassinate him, so he strengthened his precautions and sent people all over the city to search for Wei Yan. Wei Yan had nowhere to hide, and in desperation, he went back to tell Zhang Yun, saying that he couldn't complete the task.

Zhang Yun was very considerate of Wei Yan, so he did not pursue it.

However, Cai Mao thought that Wei Yan had delayed the time, and he had also startled the snake, not only did not pay compensation, but also rebuked him, and removed Wei Yanjun from his position as Sima and demoted him to an ordinary soldier.

However, Zhang Yun tried his best to comfort Wei Yan, and let Wei Yan recuperate in his own mansion, find a doctor for Wei Yan to treat, and let Wei Yan eat and live in his own mansion. Wei Yan was very moved by Zhang Yun's behavior, and Zhang Yun also felt that Wei Yan was a talent and didn't want to miss it, so he kept hiding at home and kept him as his confidant.

However, as for Wei Yan himself, there are relatively few people in the army who know the Tao, and Zhang Yun is not like other henchmen, who take Wei Yan with him wherever he goes. On the contrary, Zhang Yun also hid Wei Yan's identity as much as possible, for fear that Cai Mao would find trouble with him after he knew about it.

However, the fact that Wei Yan was removed from his position by Cai Mao had already spread in the army, so in the eyes of outsiders, Wei Yan and Cai Mao had a holiday.

Zhang Yun saw that this was another opportunity to make meritorious contributions, so he naturally would not miss recommending his henchmen, so he brought Wei Yan out again.

Of course, Zhang Yun was still apprehensive at first, afraid that Cai Mao would remember the past after he learned about it. But Cai Mao's reaction just now is enough to prove that Cai Mao has already forgotten about this matter.

"He has been dismissed by me, how can an ordinary soldier serve as an emissary?" Cai Mao said.

Zhang Yun hurriedly said: "Governor, why don't you give Wei Yan the status of a captain, in this way, wouldn't it be justified." ”

Cai Mao frowned, still thinking about whether to give Wei Yan the official position of lieutenant, Zhang Yun hurriedly said: "Governor, at this moment, I'm afraid I can't find a second candidate, after all, Wei Yan used to be my subordinate, as long as I come forward, I believe Wei Yan will definitely go, and this time Wei Yan will definitely do things beautifully." ”

"Big brother, it's better to settle things as soon as possible, since the deputy governor recommends Wei Yan so strongly, it means that Wei Yan is very reliable, and if he is constantly interrupted, he will suffer from it." Cai Zhong said on the side.

Cai Mao said: "Okay, let Wei Yan go, give him the official position of captain." If he can do things beautifully this time, then after the deed is done, I will give him a general. ”

Zhang Yun was overjoyed, and immediately hugged his fists and said, "I have thanked the governor here on behalf of Wei Yan." ”

……

Zhang Xiu led the army to Yangzhai City again, different from last time, this time Zhang Xiu led not only cavalry, but also a lot of infantry, and the soldiers are carrying a variety of siege equipment, the cavalry is scattered on both wings of the entire army, only as an auxiliary attack, and this time the main attack is the infantry of Zhang Xiu's army.

However, Yangzhai City is slightly different from the last time Zhang Xiu came, the last time Zhang Xiu came, the water in the moat was frozen into ice, and the soldiers could directly reach the bottom of the city wall and attack the city gate directly.

But this time, Yang Xiu drained all the water in the moat, and the ice surface was also chiseled, revealing a wide and large deep pit, like an insurmountable river, blocking the direction of Zhang Xiujun's advance.

And the tower in Yangzhai City is also full of troops and people guarding this city, they alternate together, at first glance, it seems very complicated and chaotic, but it is such a defender, but the day before yesterday held the first wave of Zhang Xiu's attack.

Zhang Xiu rode on a tall horse, looked at the defense of Yangzhai City, and then looked at the chasm on the ground, the difficulty of attacking the city seemed to have increased a lot compared to before.

The chasm in front of us alone is very difficult to overcome, and in order to take this city, it is necessary to cross the chasm.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The war drums were beaten, Zhang Xiu raised the spear in his hand, made a move towards Yang Zhai City in front of him, and let out a hysterical shout: "Siege!" (To be continued......)