On the 15th day of the first lunar month of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Jiangdong were preparing for the Northern Expedition in full swing. Liu Bei also specially dispatched five thousand troops from Lingling, Wuling and the public security officers to serve as the defensive army in Xiangyang, preparing to attack Nanyang. A piece of news from the north caused all operations to stagnate.

Geng Ji, the young master, Ling Jiben, and other twenty-three ministers in charge of Wei Huang, intend to gather a group to rebel and rob the emperor. The incident happened and was suppressed by Xuchang's garrison Xiahou Shang, and the 23 ministers in Geng Ji were destroyed by the three tribes!

Rather than asking for details, this news was released on purpose by Cao Cao to shake the morale of Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

"Cao Cao's methods are also decisive." Xiangyang, the government office, Liu Yi put down his intelligence and said helplessly.

Liu Bei's face was not very good-looking, Pang Tong smacked his lips and said, "Bo Yuan said it well. Although he had known that these people could not become a climate before, he had never thought that there were twenty-three people involved in such a secret matter!"

If you make trouble in such a thing, as long as you succeed, the ministers in the court who support the emperor will naturally respond, and it is more likely to lead the fence-bearer to fight back. At that time, cooperate with Liu Bei and Sun Quan's actions and make the entire Central Plains chaotic.

Now that we have contacted so many people, it seems to be a safe move, but in fact we just take off our pants and fart. If we do this, we will miss the secret. After all, there are too many people who know the secret. Can it still be called a secret? Pang Tong really doesn't understand what these people are thinking in their minds? A great opportunity has been ruined by these people.

Liu Bei was a little worried, and this matter was a mess. He looked at everyone and said, "You guys, what should you do for the sake of this?"

If this happens, can you still fight?

Fa Zheng smiled and said, "My lord, don't worry. In fact, now there is great justice. The lord just needs to change his name and say that Cao Cao killed ministers without permission and was cruel and unkind."

There are not too many excuses for sending troops. The most important thing is that there are opportunities to cooperate with the Eastern Wu now. As for the opportunity itself... in fact, it is no longer so important after reaching cooperation between the two parties.

"The arrow is not turned back." Liu Yi nodded. He didn't believe these people very much before. Now that they are dead, Liu Yi agrees to send troops. Otherwise, at the level of these people, Liu Yi is really worried that they will be cheated by them. Now there is no need to worry about this. Just send troops to rob. Cao Cao is in Nanyang, and Cao's generals are mostly restrained by this side. If Sun Quan can't conquer Jianghuai in this situation, then it's really impossible to say that they don't do their best.

Pang Tong also agreed: "Yes, at this time, our army can no longer retreat!"

Sun Quan agreed to take action. At this time, they retreated. No matter what Sun Quan reacted, they could use this as a reason to criticize Liu Bei later. Politically, it would put Liu Bei in a disadvantageous position, but instead sent troops. Sun Quan saw that there were benefits to be reaped, and the chance of sending troops was very high.

Seeing that the three major advisers around him supported the dispatch of troops, Liu Bei felt a little more confident and said, "Since that's the case, then send troops according to the previous plan?"

"No!" Liu Yi, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng almost stopped him at the same time.

Well……

Liu Bei's expression was a little embarrassed.

Liu Yi scratched his head and looked at Fa Zheng and said, "Xiao Zhi will talk first."

"Lord." Fa Zheng did not refuse, and nodded to Liu Yi and said, "This is the time and the time. Cao Cao had worries before. If we send troops, we would definitely make the Cao bandits mess up. But now, Cao bandits have no worries. If they send troops according to the previous plan, it would be unfavorable."

According to the previous decision, it was to take the initiative and fight against Cao Cao. The difference in military strength between the two sides was not too great, and Cao Cao was worried about the rear and would definitely not be able to do his best. But now the back-up has been eliminated, so use this method of fighting... Liu Bei could not mobilize the rear-up troops, and Guan Ping's troops would take several days to arrive. They must send troops now to seize the initiative. The troops were at a disadvantage and faced with Cao Cao, who had no worries, and was suffering a little loss.

Although his lineup is not weak, Cao Cao is not bad or even stronger.

Liu Bei nodded silently and looked at his three major advisers humbly, or two and a half?

"We had to take the initiative to attack and seek a decisive battle. Now, we can take steps forward, focusing on conquering cities and land, and start attacking from Huyang, Caiyang, Dengxian, Zhangling and other places around Xiangyang." Pang Tong smiled and pointed at the huge sand table made by Liu Yi.

"Although the Nanyang area is all plains, there are rivers between each other and I don't want to connect." Pang Tong looked at the sand table and groped his chin and smiled: "So, in this battle, the cavalry advantage of Cao's army cannot be fully utilized, and our army is well-armed and does not suffer any loss. We can pull the front line."

"But in this way..." Liu Yi looked at the cities and said with some worries: "This battle will be very messy."

Isn't that? Nanyang's terrain basically belongs to a basin. The middle part is a large plain, with waterways crisscrossing and not as suitable as the Central Plains for cavalry, but it really starts to fight... Liu Yi just thought about it and felt that he was too big.

"If you fight, you will not only fight for the best or bad military troops, but also the ability of military generals. This is actually not difficult." Pang Tong looked at Liu Yi with a smile. He knew Liu Yi's weakness. He wanted Liu Yi to conquer the city and attack one city by one. Even if Liu Yi is not capable of commanding troops, Liu Yi can still fight beautifully with some strange siege equipment. However, Liu Yi cannot control this kind of fighting style, or in other words, there are very few people who can command such battles in the entire Liu Bei group and even the whole world.

"There is a saying of virtuality and reality in military tactics. We only need to determine our main goal and attack with the main force. As for the rest, it is all virtual!" Pang Tong explained to Liu Yi seriously.

"It's easy to say, how to do it?" Liu Yi looked at the sand table and took out a bunch of clay men from the basket under the sand table and put them on the sand table. These clay men can be divided into Jingzhou Army and Cao Army according to their different clothing, which is very easy to identify.

Pang Tong picked up a piece of the Jingzhou army's mud man and said: "The main force is divided into three groups, taking Xinye, Huyang and Ping'an respectively. As long as these three are in hand, Xiangxiang, Caiyang and Zhangling south of Xinye can be fully under our army's rule, and Deng County will occupy it as soon as possible."

"These three main forces are led by Bo Yuan, Yang Ren and Zhang Ren. Bo Yuan attacked Xinye. Don't be in charge of other matters after entering the city, and strengthen the city defense as soon as possible!"

"Huh?" Liu Yi frowned and said, "Why me? Where is Junhou?"

Guan Yu, the most powerful person in Liu Bei’s army, shouldn’t Guan Yu come from this most important thing?

"Junhou is now intimidating China. Once he appears, he will inevitably lead the main force of Cao's army to attack. If Junhou comes to attack Xinye, it will probably be a head-on battle immediately." Pang Tong shook his head and said, "I want to use Junhou, Wu Lan, Wu Ban, Huo Jun and Zhang Yi to lead a side army as a void soldier to lead the main force of Cao's army."

"As for why Bo Yuan came to take Xinye..." Pang Tong glanced at Liu Yi and smiled at Liu Bei, "Lord said, is there anyone else who is more suitable for siege and defending the city?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei nodded in agreement: "Yes, if we talk about siege and defend the city, it seems that no one in our army can compare with Bo Yuan."

It’s not that Liu Yi is so powerful. In fact, people like Guan Yu can defeat their opponents. Even if they lose, they will make their opponents feel convinced. It is not unfair to lose to this person, but the opponents who fight against Liu Yi may only have one feeling: frustrated.

Looking at the wars that Liu Yi has participated in over the years, although he has been able to get rid of dangers, there is basically no way to be successful. Except for sweeping through the four counties of Jingnan, he basically defends and does not fight back. If you attack, I will use various sharp weapons to defend the city to kill you. If you want to leave... As you like, go wherever you like, but his most powerful thing is to make various powerful weapons to defend the city. It is difficult for you to attack.

Basically, it is just a waste, and it is because Liu Yi can make powerful weapons or equipment that others do not have. Therefore, the enemies facing Liu Yi will basically not have any exciting combat experience. If you write a bad temper, you can get sick.

As for the powerful siege, it is certain that the siege weapons made by Liu Yi can level the war loss between the two sides. I just ask if you are afraid?

As for field battles, it does not exist. If Liu Yi was asked to fight, he could turn the field battle into a city defense battle, and the three armies set up camps together, and the speed was still very fast. When the camp was set up and if he wanted to come out, then wait until the war ended.

Of course, if you attacked before setting up a camp, although you haven't, Liu Yi probably won't have much help.

Therefore, Pang Tong’s arrangement this time is still very accurate.

"As for Zhang Ren and Yang Ren's two generals, the Cao army probably didn't know that the two generals were powerful. They would only focus on Yun Chang, but instead they could buy more time for the two generals to capture the city." Pang Tong looked at Zhang Ren and Yang Ren and smiled.

Although Liu Bei wanted to stay and defend Xiangyang, Pang Tong's reason was unable to refute him. As for defending Xiangyang... the ten-foot-high city wall, Cao Cao would first consider how to make the ladder. As long as he did not leave the city, even if the troops were insufficient, it would be fine to defend all the troops and horses.

"I want Liao Hua!" Seeing that he had no choice but to go, Liu Yi did not shirk his guilty request and made a request directly. There must be a soldier-knowing person beside him. Liao Hua was very easy to use, so he decided to ask him.

Liu Bei directly approved Liu Yi's request.

The next step is the distribution of troops.

In addition, Liu Bei's troops transferred from the Public Security Bureau, Lingling and Wuling, plus the troops of Xiangyang themselves, not counting the soldiers of Fancheng, there were about 37,000 people in Xiangyang. Liu Bei was preparing to mobilize 30,000 main forces to join the battlefield. As for the 7,000 miscellaneous soldiers gathered from all over the country, they were responsible for defending the city, led by Zhou Cang.
Chapter completed!