The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Since he is a heartless man, Cai Mao loves Cai Yao so much, so he naturally wants to give his sister a bad breath, so he knows Liu Zheng's strength is good, but he still insists on fighting Liu Zheng in Changsha County.

I hope that I can capture Liu Zheng alive and escort this guy to Cai Yao to apologize.

Although Xu You saw something wrong from Cai Mao's face, Xu You didn't change his tone. After a brief exchange with Cai Mao, Xu You spoke directly and explained his purpose for coming this time.

"Lord Cai Mao, I am here to persuade you to surrender by order of my lord. My lord has [-] elite soldiers stationed here. Because of his friendship with you, he doesn't want to meet you on the battlefield."

Xu You had just finished speaking, and Cai Mao in front of him didn't respond to Xu You. A general standing beside Cai Mao spoke out for Cai Mao first, and responded to Xu You.

"Hahaha, with 3 elite soldiers, Liu Zheng is too arrogant. He dares to send you to persuade him to surrender with only [-] soldiers. He really doesn't know where his confidence comes from."

"[-] soldiers, even if he leads [-] soldiers this time, it is delusional to want to take down Changsha City!"

That young general is called Zhang Yun.

This Zhang Yun is not the Zhang Yun under Liu Zheng, but Liu Biao's nephew, Liu Biao was originally the chief general in charge of Nanjun, and now under Liu Biao's assignment, he and Kuai Yue came to Changsha City to support Cai Mao.

Although he only supported Cai Mao, Zhang Yun's status in Liu Biao's army was not much lower than that of Cai Mao. In addition, Zhang Yun was also a nephew. With this relationship, Liu Biao still trusted Zhang Yun more in Jingzhou's army. .

Now sitting in this hall, apart from Cai Mao, the only person who is qualified to speak is Zhang Yun.

"Who is this?"

Xu You frowned. From the general's words, he heard that the other party had confidence. Although he still didn't know what the confidence was, but the other party could be so calm, I'm afraid it's really not good in Changsha City attack.

"Don't care who I am, I'll just give you a word. Liu Zheng will attack the city if he has the courage. We will wait in the city. If you don't have the courage, then get out as soon as possible."

"Because you are an envoy, I don't need to kill you. Go back and tell Liu Zheng that if he dares to offend me in Jingzhou, I will definitely make him regret it!"

After Zhang Yun knew the reason for Xu You's visit, he didn't intend to say anything to Xu You here, so he rejected Xu You with one sentence.

When Xu You saw this person speak, Cai Mao didn't even intend to stop him or get angry, so he knew that the person in front of him probably had a high status in Cai Mao's army.

Coupled with Cai Mao's rejection of others thousands of miles away, Xu You knew that it would be useless to come in and persuade him to surrender this time.

Without further ado, he stood up directly.

"In that case, I won't say more, and I will leave."

After Xu You finished speaking, he turned his head and walked out.

After Xu You left, Zhang Yun showed a hint of displeasure.

"What, wanting to persuade you to surrender is just too arrogant."

Chapter 499 Prepared

Xu You left Changsha City, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's people did not stop him.

Instead, they really let them go back to Liu Zheng's camp.

As soon as Liu Zheng saw Xu You return, he immediately summoned Xu You, and wanted to hear Xu You talk about the situation in Changsha City.

"Ziyuan, you're back, tell me what's going on in the city? Is Cai Mao willing to surrender?"

As soon as Xu You entered the camp, Liu Zheng immediately asked Xu You.

However, Xu You's serious face at this time made Liu Zheng feel a little uncomfortable. He shook his head immediately when he saw Xu You, and then answered.

"My lord's situation is not good. That guy Cai Mao has no intention of surrendering at all, and he seems to have some hatred for the lord. It seems that he doesn't like the protagonist. I don't know if it's because of the presence of outsiders. More importantly, This time, Cai Mao in Changsha City is not the main force, but another general who is younger."

"Cai Mao didn't surrender. This is what I thought of at the beginning, and it is reasonable, but what do you mean by the younger general?"

Liu Zheng frowned and asked, and Xu You didn't dare to delay, so he immediately told his every move of entering Changsha City this time in detail, so that the counselors and generals present were all shocked after listening. some annoyed.

"It's unreasonable, this guy is so arrogant, does he really think that our army is vegetarian and dare not attack the city?"

Tai Shici is young and vigorous, and now that he has become the commander of a battalion, his character is still somewhat youthful and unrestrained. Facing such ridicule from the enemy, he naturally couldn't sit still.

"The young general answered instead of Cai Mao. From my point of view, his status is definitely not low. Maybe he is the person Liu Biao sent to assist Cai Mao's defense. Judging from his age, my understanding of the various characters in Liu Biao's army should be only Two people."

"One is Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, who is deeply loved by Liu Biao. He was also trained by Liu Biao in the army a few days ago. The other is Liu Biao's nephew, Zhang Yun, who was in charge of the military defense of South County. Junjia has sent manpower, presumably it will only be one of these two."

Xu You also had a certain understanding of the people under Liu Biao's command.

So when he saw the young general in Changsha City, he immediately guessed, and quickly locked the identity of that person on Liu Qi and Zhang Yun.

"Liu Qi, Zhang Yun."

When Liu Zheng heard Xu You's words, he nodded subconsciously. Although he didn't know whether Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, was an adult at this time, he probably knew from the time Xu You said these words. Thinking of it, Cai Hao in Changsha City probably really has no initiative.

"In this way, Liu Biao already knew that we would attack, and he had already arranged his attack in advance to let his cronies come to Changsha to guard against our attack?"

"Yes, my lord, the general's tone is very confident. If he wants to hold Changsha, he is very sure. In my opinion, they should have recruited men from other places. After all, we are going to Yuzhang County to gather troops. Then Liu Biao's After the spies received the news, it was impossible for them to remain completely unmoved, in my opinion, it would not be easy to take down the city of Changsha."

Although Xu You didn't know the opponent's confident cards, he was able to guess the opponent's confidence through the tone of Cai Mao and the others.

To be able to be so relaxed and not afraid of Liu Zheng's [-] army attacking, in Changsha City, at least there are more troops than Liu Zheng's men.

"Let our spies report on the recent situation in Jingzhou."

Liu Biao has placed many spies in Yangzhou, and Liu Zheng is naturally the same. A few years ago, he let Yuan Zhou start to deploy spies across the country. Although in remote Xiliang, Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places, Liu Zheng's spies are still They were not stationed there, but in the nearby Jingzhou area, there were quite a few spies.

Soon Liu Zheng ordered the secret agents he had sent to Jingzhou to report the information during this period.

After waiting here for two hours, there are a few spies that Liu Zheng secretly dispatched to various places in Jingzhou. They have already received contact, and they have come to Liu Zheng's barracks to meet Liu Zheng.

The two secret workers who came were farmers dressed as farmers.

These two are farmers who were planted by Yuan Zhou near Changsha County. There are still a few more in Changsha City, but now that Changsha City is under martial law, it is difficult for Liu Zheng's spies to send out information, so they can only ask first. Spy placed outside the city.

After the two secret agents entered the camp, they immediately greeted Liu Zheng, Yuan Zhou and others.

Liu Zheng waved his hand, indicating that there is no need to be too polite, and then asked directly about the situation in Jingzhou.

"Tell me, both of you, whether there have been any changes in Jingzhou, especially in Changsha County recently."

Liu Zheng's inquiry quickly got the two secret agents to answer.

"My lord, there have been many changes in Changsha County during this period of time. I have reported these changes to Lord Yuan Zhou. For example, Prefect Cai Mao has vigorously recruited soldiers and horses in Changsha County. The number of recruits in one year alone is as high as 2. He There are at least 3 soldiers under him, but [-] of them are in Changsha County, and the rest are arranged in the south to defend our troops in Jiaozhou."

"Also, in the last half month, Cai Mao ordered the people from some nearby counties to evacuate and all migrate to Changsha City. As a result, the people in several nearby counties were all emptied, and Changsha City gathered people from several nearby counties. Soldiers will greatly increase the defensive force in Changsha City."

One of the secret agents quickly told Liu Zheng what he had learned.

When Liu Zheng thought about it this way, he understood a little bit. He collected some county soldiers from several nearby counties. That is not a small amount.

Changsha County itself has 5 soldiers and horses stationed. If there are soldiers and horses from other counties, plus some brave men from other counties, once a battle breaks out, in Changsha City, at least in a short period of time, [-] troops can be gathered together. million people.

On Liu Zheng's side, there are only 3 people. If 3 people are defending the city, it is natural, but now it is attacking the city, it seems a little stretched.

"I said why Cai Hao is so calm. It turns out that he has these preparations. If so, he really has a great possibility to defend this Changsha city."

After Liu Zheng listened to the detailed words, he understood a little bit.

"By the way, I heard from Xu You that a general has come to the city. Is it Liu Qi or Zhang Yun?"

Chapter 500 Confidence

After learning about the situation in Changsha City, Liu Zheng thought of Liu Qi and Zhang Yun again. The identities of these two people have not been confirmed yet, so Liu Zheng is really curious.

When Liu Zheng asked this question, the detail who spoke just now frowned, not knowing clearly, so he had to speak directly.

"My lord, this villain is not clear about this news."

After that person said it, Liu Zheng did not blame him. After all, they are all spies outside the city, and they cannot completely control the news from Jingzhou. In this era, there are no such things as telephones and fax machines. Messages can be shared.

So Liu Zheng turned his attention to another meticulous person.

The detailed work also hesitated for a while, but he still opened his mouth and said something to Liu Zheng.

"My lord, I don't know who the senior generals in the city are, but a few days ago, we found a group of soldiers and horses in the north of the city. These people marched at night and entered the city of Changsha overnight."

"According to our spies' guess, they came from the direction of Xiangyang. The number of people was at night, so we don't know exactly how many people there are, but judging from the time when they entered the city, we speculate that there are at least 3 to [-] people!"

Another subtle word, as soon as it was spoken, immediately detonated a heavy bomb.

"What, you said that in Changsha City, a few days ago, another group of soldiers entered?"

Liu Zheng asked directly in surprise.

The spy hesitated for a moment, but nodded anyway.

"Well, although I didn't see this incident with my own eyes, I heard about it from our other spy named Zhang Laoliu outside Changsha City. If the Lord has any questions, you can ask Zhang Laoliu to come over and ask."

Liu Zheng looked at Yuan Zhou.

Yuan Zhou also understood what Liu Zheng meant, and immediately walked outside the camp.

After waiting for another hour, Yuan Zhou called over to this secret agent named Zhang Laoliu.

This Zhang Laoliu was in charge of the detailed work in the north direction of the outer city of Changsha. After being called out by Yuan Zhou, he immediately described what he saw that night to Liu Zheng and others.

After confirming the authenticity of this matter, all personnel in the entire camp showed a sad look.

"I originally thought that Changsha City had 8 soldiers and horses, but I didn't expect that there were [-] or [-] soldiers."

Because there is really no way to determine the number of this batch of reinforcements from Xiangyang, so Liu Zheng can only roughly guess that there are only 8 to [-] people in Changsha City.

And 8 to [-] people, whether it is [-] or [-], is a number that Liu Zheng pays more attention to. If it is only [-] to [-] soldiers, Liu Zheng may still be able to rely on his current tens of thousands of people. Attack a wave.

But now, after knowing that there are so many people in Changsha City, Liu Zheng's original plan to attack Changsha City by storm and give Cai Mao a warning has disappeared.

Let alone a strong attack, these [-] to [-] soldiers and horses are enough to fight Liu Zheng out of the city.

"My lord, now we finally know why the general is so calm and confident. It turned out to be his wish. However, it can be seen from this matter that Liu Biao and others are still very afraid of us, otherwise they would They will not send all the soldiers and horses from Nanjun to guard against our attack."

Xu You contacted what he had seen before, and he was able to figure it out roughly.

"This situation is somewhat beyond our expectations. Originally, we wanted to give Cai Mao a little color, but now it seems that Cai Hao is fully prepared. Even if we continue to mobilize troops and horses, we want to take down Changsha City. It's not that easy, and there are tens of thousands of Chen Bing here, so it won't be a problem if it takes a few months, and when the court settles Yuan Shao, our situation will be even more embarrassing."

"Also, even if we want to send troops from other places, it's not feasible. After all, once the troops in other places are reduced, it's hard to guarantee that the imperial court will not take advantage of the loopholes."

Wu County borders Xuzhou and Yanzhou. If Liu Zheng focuses on Changsha, Wu County will be in great danger.

Liu Zheng will not do this kind of layout that affects the whole body. He attacked Jingzhou, at most he would touch Karasuma soldiers and horses, transfer Xu Huang's first battalion from Jiaozhou, and go directly north from Guiyang attack.

But according to Liu Zheng's intelligence, Cai Mao and others returned 3 Chen Bing at the junction of Guiyang and Changsha County.

Even if Liu Zheng mobilized Jiaozhou's troops, it was unlikely that he would be able to reach Changsha City in a short time.

"Why did Changsha suddenly have so many soldiers and horses? Why did Liu Biao have so many people all of a sudden in the territory of three counties under Liu Biao?"

Liu Zheng frowned, and couldn't help but say something.

"No, Yuan Zhou, tell me, our information before was about how many people Liu Biao has here."

Yuan Zhou answered Liu Zheng's question immediately.

"One hundred thousand."

"10 people, he just managed to get 10 people from three counties?"

"Yes, the three counties of Jingzhou are the land of the Central Plains. This is not the same county as our Jiaozhou. There are hundreds of thousands of people in one county, and three counties are equivalent to our entire Jiaozhou. Besides When the Yellow Turban Army was raging a few years ago, most of the people in Runan, Jizhou and other places moved south because of the Yellow Turban Army's rebellion, and many of them ran to Jingzhou, so he was able to recruit [-] soldiers and horses. It's nothing."

"One hundred thousand soldiers, more calculations, about 6 in Changsha, 3 in Jiangxia, and Nanjun is estimated that only Nanjun has no main force, and there are some county soldiers recruited by the county towns? "

Liu Zheng quickly thought of the situation in Jingzhou.

Yuan Shu was fighting in Jiangxia, and Jiangxia Huangzu's soldiers and horses must have been restrained. If Liu Zheng can't make any progress here in Changsha, then Nanjun may become a breakthrough.

Because Nanjun is already an empty city, Liu Zheng doesn't pay attention to some counties and counties.

"My lord, do you want to give up Changsha and go straight to Nanjun?"

Liu Zheng's few words immediately reminded Xu You, and Xu You also thought of this immediately.

"Changsha is a hard bone. It is too difficult for us to defeat it, but Nanjun is a piece of fat. Immediately let the generals under him come over for a meeting."

Liu Zheng summoned Tai Shici, Gan Ning, and Wen Pin.

Chapter 5 Changing Strategy

"Everyone, our spies just reported to us that there are at least [-] troops in Changsha City."

When Liu Zheng saw Tai Shici, Gan Ning, and Wen Pin enter the big tent, he immediately spoke to them.

Tai Shici, Gan Ning, Wenpin and the three were shocked when they heard Liu Zheng's words.

"What? There are [-] soldiers and horses in Changsha City?"

Tai Shici was not interested in these defenders of Changsha City at first, and even looked down upon them.After all, what he learned from Liu Zheng at the beginning was that there should only be about [-] to [-] defenders in Changsha City. It is not difficult to deal with Liu Zheng's current soldiers and horses.