"The south is 180,000 troops, and the north is 330,000 troops, totaling 510,000 troops. It seems that Yuan Shao has invested a lot this time and strives to make a decision for one battle." Liu Bei sat in the lobby of Xinye County's head office, looking at the battle report in front of him, and pondered with great meaning.

Pang Tong, who was sitting next to Liu Bei, looked at Liu Bei with a smile and said with a smile: "Lord, our opportunity is here." Liu Bei smiled and said: "It's easy to catch fish in the muddy water. The water is not muddy enough now. Does the military advisor have any good plans to make the pool of water more muddy?"

Pang Tong's eyes slightly turned, and then he said confidently: "Don't worry, lord, lord, lord, lord has arranged it. This opportunity is once a lifetime. At least one state will be the lord's. I just don't know which state the lord wants to take to take as the foundation?"

Liu Bei said with surprise on his face and excitedly: "The military advisor is serious? Can he really take one of these three states?" Pang Tong smiled and said, "Don't worry, lord, please answer the question first and arrange the next action."

Liu Bei spread his hands, so he said in a difficult way: "In theory, Jingzhou should be taken as the foundation. Jingzhou has the danger of the great river and the solid three rivers, which is a good place to settle down. However, Jingzhou is the foundation of Brother Jingsheng. Bei and Brother Jingsheng are brothers of the same clan. If they take Jingzhou, they will probably make people laugh at the world."

Pang Tong said with a smile: "As long as the lord wants Jingzhou, Tong will naturally have a way to resolve those rumors."

Liu Bei was delighted and quickly stood up and bowed to Pang Tong: "If this is true, Bei will definitely be grateful to the military advisor's achievements today."

Pang Tong waved his hand with a smile, then promoted the tent and generals with Liu Bei, and arranged his plans in advance one by one. In Pang Tong's plan, he wanted to use the strategy of attacking the east and west. First, he asked Guan Yu to lead 5,000 cavalry to rush to the junction of Yan, Yu and Jingzhou at night, and set up many flags along the way to act as suspicious soldiers, and to make a feint attack on Cao Cao's rear. He also told Guan Yu that although it was a feint attack, he must see blood, and must fight a few victories beautifully and kill more Xiahou Yuan's subordinates, so that all the people in Jingzhou believed that Liu Bei's main force had rushed to the front-line battlefield. Reduce their guard against Liu Bei.

After sending Guan Yu, Pang Tong instructed Sun Qian and Jian Yong to spread rumors to various counties in Jingzhou, saying that Liu Biao had not long been alive and hoped to make his second son Liu Cong the crown prince and command Jingzhou after Liu Biao's death. Deposing the eldest son and establishing the young man has been a way of chaos since ancient times. Pang Tong believed that under the provocation of this rumor, many upright Jingzhou people would stand up and oppose that Liu Cong was made the crown prince. As a result of the civil turmoil in Jingzhou, Liu Bei's opportunity came. In order to protect the reputation that Liu Bei had accumulated for a long time, Pang Tong planned to take advantage of the civil turmoil in Jingzhou to let Liu Bei support Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi take the opportunity to take the opportunity to take the power of Jingzhou into his own hands and let Liu Qi be a superficial puppet.

At the same time, Pang Tong asked Mi Zhu to secretly rush to Jiangxia, meet with Liu Qi and Liu Pan stationed there, and persuade Liu Qi, Liu Pan and Liu Bei to join forces to join forces from two directions to Xiangyang, taking the opportunity to eliminate the deeply rooted Cai family.

In addition, Liu Feng and Chen Dao each led an army to secretly lurk outside Xinye City, waiting for Pang Tong's orders. These two armies can attack and retreat and defend, which are the most important links of all links. Therefore, Pang Tong did not ask the powerful general Zhang Fei to lead the troops, but asked Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng to lead one of the troops. Although Liu Feng was not as brave as Zhang Fei, he was much calmer than Zhang Fei when executing orders.

As for Zhang Fei, Pang Tong had another arrangement for him. The most famous ones around Liu Bei were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. If these two men were not in special circumstances, they would not leave Liu Bei. Now that Guan Yu was ordered to go north, Zhang Fei would definitely stay by Liu Bei to protect Liu Bei. If you do things carefully in Jingzhou in Xinye City, you will not be able to see Zhang Fei's roaring figure, it will inevitably arouse their suspicion. Therefore, while protecting Liu Bei, Zhang Fei can also play a role in confusing the enemy. In addition, the three thousand cavalry in Zhang Fei's hand is also the killer weapon arranged by Pang Tong this time. The skeleton of this cavalry is the Yanzhao cavalry, which is Ao Lie's subordinates, and the training level is quite elite. Pang Tong is preparing to send this cavalry to attack Huanglong in the most unexpected way at the most critical moment and solve all problems in one battle.

After the arrangement was made, everyone under Liu Bei's command took the order and left. Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong with some concern and asked in a low voice: "Military advisor, Brother Jingsheng is in good health. Once Liu Qi and Liu Pan led their troops to Xiangyang after receiving the news that Brother Jingsheng was returning to heaven, they saw that Brother Jingsheng was safe and sound. How should we deal with it?"

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Don't worry, lord, the Cai family will not miss such an opportunity. They will definitely use the excuse of rebellion to attack Liu Qi and Liu Pan. At that time, the two tigers will suffer one injury in the fight. Whether Liu Qi is dead in battle or Liu Cong is killed, Liu Biao will not feel good. It is light to have a mental trance. At that time, the lord uses some means and what's the difficulty to occupy Jingzhou?" It turns out that it is fake to form an alliance with Liu Qi. This is a chain of plans. The brothers Liu Qi and Liu Cong are just baits thrown by Pang Tong.

"Wonderful! It's so wonderful! Military advisors are really gods and humans, and they have unpredictable wisdom!" Liu Bei suddenly realized this moment and couldn't help but give Pang Tong a thumbs up. After so many years of displaced, he was always under someone else's roof. Liu Bei had already lived up to such a life, and his desire for territory made Liu Bei feel a little hysterical. Pang Tong's chain of plans used Liu Biao's two sons as bait. Liu Bei, who has always praised benevolence, righteousness and morality, didn't care about opposition. As long as he could get Jingzhou as the foundation, Liu Bei no longer cared about anything else.

Back to the north. Outside Hejian City, Gao Lan and Yuan Xi had settled their camps and stood side by side, looking at Hejian City more than ten miles away. On the wall of Hejian City, there were ten huge objects, covered with red cloth, and they could not tell what they were. However, the two of them saw clearly the flags on the wall.

There were two large flags on the city wall. The flag on the left said: Han Champion Hou, General of the Cavalry, and Ao, the commander-in-chief of the North; the flag on the right said: Han Champion General Zhao. These two flags were like two sharp daggers, bringing a burst of pain to Gao Lan and Yuan Xi's hearts. Because these two large flags represent that Hejian County is already Ao Lie's territory, and Ao Lie's tentacles have officially reached into Jizhou!

A resentful look ejaculated in Yuan Xi's eyes, staring at the two flags on the city wall coldly, and his tone was full of resentment: "General Gao, send an order to attack the city! While Ao Lie's army has not arrived yet, we must take back Hejian!" The personal grudge between him and Ao Lie is only half of Yuan Xi's hatred. Yuan Xi doesn't want his Jizhou, which belongs to him in the future, to fall into Ao Lie's hands. In Yuan Xi's view, among the four brothers, only he is the most capable of taking over Jizhou. Therefore, he regards Jizhou as his future foundation, so naturally he cannot tolerate Ao Lie's possession.

Gao Lan's heart was also angry, but Gao Lan was one of the four pillars of Hebei, and he was the only one who still served under Yuan Shao among the four pillars of Hebei. Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Zhang He had already defected to Ao Lie and Cao Cao. As one of the four pillars of Hebei, Gao Lan still had the calmness he should have, and quickly comforted him: "Second Master, the defenders of Hejian City were unable to escape. Our army did not have enough intelligence. Now we can't figure out the combat effectiveness and personnel configuration of the Youzhou Army. It is probably inappropriate to attack the city rashly?"

Yuan Xi curled his lips to the city wall with disdain and said contemptuously: "Did you not see two big flags on the city wall? This shows that Ao Lie's main force has not arrived yet. Zhao Yun is the only one who is stationed in the city. Even if Zhao Yun is brave, can hesitate to block our army's 30,000 vanguard troops? Don't hesitate, and immediately order it. If you delay for a few days, when Ao Lie's army arrives, we will have no chance."

In the Han Dynasty, when marching and fighting, the flags were usually built according to the surnames of the generals participating in the war. In other words, the number of generals in the army should be raised accordingly, and on each banner, the official positions and surnames of the generals should be embroidered to show the merits of each general. Nowadays, there are only two banners of Ao Lie and Zhao Yun in Hejian City, which is enough to show that Ao Lie's army has not arrived yet, and there are only Zhao Yun who is stationed in the city. As for Ao Lie's banner, it is just a symbolic place by Zhao Yun on the top of the city as the main banner.

After Yuan Xi's repeated persuasion, Gao Lan no longer hesitated and immediately issued an order to prepare for the siege. In Gao Lan's view, being able to use the gaps before the arrival of the main force of the Youzhou Army to regain Hejian back into his hands is a good move. It can not only show his ability to lead troops, but also allow the Yuan army to firmly grasp the initiative in future battles. You must know that the soldiers required to defend and forcibly siege the city and the damage after the war are not heavyweight.

After a stick of incense, the 30,000 Yuan army vanguards had already assembled. Gao Lan and Yuan Xi were wearing armor, holding spears, and stood in front of the battle formation. Behind them were ten thousand brightly-clad cavalrymen, and the infantry formations were composed of ten thousand spearmen and swordsman on both sides.

After slowly breathing out a breath of turbid air, Yuan Xi directly snatched Gao Lan's command, raised his spear and pointed at Hejian City, and shouted: "Siege the city!"
Chapter completed!