Therefore, it is impossible for Zhuge Liang to deal with Cao Cao again, at least not for the time being. Because that would not be in line with his style at all, Cao Cao, Xun You and Cheng Yu were indeed very careful, but they did not know Zhuge Liang’s specific plans.

Fortunately, Cao Cao had already decided in the end. Hearing Xun You and Cheng Yu's words, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. However, if they knew Zhuge Liang's specific plans, they would not know what wonderful expressions they would have. However, there is no mistake to be cautious. After all, that is said well, "Be careful to sail for a thousand years", especially facing opponents like Zhuge Liang, so Cao Cao and the others are actually quite right, but they don't know Zhuge Liang yet.

After letting the Yanzhou army rest for another day, Cao Cao took everyone directly to Nanjun and sent troops to Xiangyang. As for the main general who stayed in Xinye, he still let Yu Jin stay and let Yu Jin be in Xinye, Cao Cao was quite relieved. Cao Cao did know Yu Jin's ability. It is generally no problem to defend Xinye. As for the fact that he really encountered a powerful enemy or the enemy's strong force, it was not something he could defend alone, so he hoped that he could hold on for a while.

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After Ma Chao occupied Xiangyang, he let the army rest on the spot. After all, the attacks over the past few days have made the soldiers tired. Although there are not many soldiers from Liu Bei's army in Xiangyang City, it has to be said that it has indeed made oneself tired for a few days. Fortunately, Xiangyang was finally taken down by oneself, and this is the best result. As for Taishici's escape, this was all within Ma Chao's expectations. After all, Taishici's ability, under normal circumstances, you will definitely not be able to keep him.

However, what made Ma Chao strange was that with Tai Shi Ci's personality, he would not escape so easily, but it was still different from what he thought.

A few days later, the horse explorer who went to Jiangling came back and told Ma Chao about the latest news about Jiangling. This horse explorer had been sent by Ma Chao long ago, but now that he came back, Ma Chao knew that Jiangling had changed!

As expected, Jiangling was captured by Liu Bei. Although he had now led the main force to Wuling, he left Wei Yan, who had just defected to them, in Jiangling. Taishi Ci and Xiangyang's defeated generals have also returned to Jiangling. What Ma Chao did not expect was that Liu Qi also led his troops to Jiangling. It was just that others were in Jiangling City. But the troops were outside Jiangling City. After all, his relationship with Liu Bei was not a lord or subordinate. To put it bluntly, it was just cooperation.

So whether it is Wei Yan or Taishi Ci, it is of course impossible to let his main army enter Jiangling. As for Liu Qi, he is not stupid, so he naturally understands this truth, so he did not say that he had to let his own troops enter Jiangling. He had never mentioned this.

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At this time, Ma Chao frowned and never stretched out after hearing the report from the horse. To be honest, Jiangling's current situation is indeed beyond his expectations, and this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Jiangling is not something he can conquer now, so how can he not frown?

Although Xiangyang is quite strong, it is indeed worse than Jiangling. But in this way, Taishici defended his own attack for several days with thousands of troops. In the end, if he had not had the advantage, he might not have been able to take Xiangyang. These Ma Chaos knew very well.

Now Jiangling has actually gathered people from three parties. The first is Wei Yan, with the men left by Liu Bei, and the second is Taishi Ci. Although he was indeed defeated Xiangyang before, he now has brought defeated soldiers to defend Jiangling. In the end, the third party is naturally Liu Qi. The explorer can make it clear that Liu Qi's men outside the city look at at least 15,000, and there are more than 1,000 people in the city. This has to be said that it must be a force on one side.

After all, he is going to attack Jiangling, so Liu Qi may not be able to do anything, so this matter...

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If you don’t know Wei Yan, after all, he doesn’t have much reputation now, which is normal, but Ma Chao knows it. After all, before, a Taishi Ci in Xiangyang, who had brought thousands of people, had already made him very tired. Now Wei Yan has brought more people, and with Taishi Ci, he has to count Liu Qi, and there are still many others. This is no longer something he can win just by wanting to take Jiangling.

Maybe they are waiting for me now. Even if I have a 100,000 army, if I really fight with them a few times, how much can I have left? I look at the entire Jingzhou, not the gains and losses of a city and a place...

Ma Chao thought a lot. After all, even if it was taken down by Jiangling, it would be impossible to lose people without losing people. After all, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers in Jiangling City, and more than 15,000 Liu Qi's troops were stationed outside. This was not included in the Jingzhou soldiers who surrendered in Jiangling City. If they also made efforts, it would be even more difficult for them to take down Jiangling, and the losses would be heavy. In this case, what should we do in the future?

Moreover, Ma Chao thought that if he really attacked Jiangling, not to mention the heavy losses, it would probably be a waste of time. He had been in Xiangyang for several days before, but it was obvious that if Jiangling was taken down, it might not be much time, so Ma Chao felt that it might not be worth the loss.

There was no choice, and in the end, Ma Chao summoned everyone to discuss what he would do next. After all, based on his own ideas, he was not going to attack Jiangling, at least not for the time being. In the future, if he had almost taken over the territory in Jingzhou, he might have to attack Jiangling in the end. But who knows what happened in the future? After all, Jingzhou is really too chaotic now, who doesn't want this place?

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After everyone arrived, Ma Chao naturally didn't hide anything. He directly told everyone about the information he had obtained from the horse. After everyone heard this, several of them frowned, especially Huang Zhong.

Ma Chao knew that among his subordinates, Huang Zhong must be the one who knows Wei Yan's skills the best. After all, no one else had any contact with Wei Yan, but Huang Zhong was different. After all, they knew each other and were quite familiar with each other, so they all knew each other.

So at this time Ma Chao said: "Hansheng, you don't know Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang yet. Tell me about it. What exactly do you know about the person you know?"

When Huang Zhong heard this, he understood in his heart that his lord was asking him to tell everyone, which would convince everyone. After all, they didn't know who Wei Yan was, so it seemed necessary to say it himself. Huang Zhong also knew that his lord also intended to show it. After all, it was not always possible at this time, so he was grateful to Ma Chao in his heart. Knowing his lord's intentions was also considered to be a good intention.

As for what Huang Zhong said, how many people can believe it, there is no need to think too much about it. It can be said that almost everyone will not believe it. After all, some of Huang Zhong's actions before have conquered everyone here. They all know that Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng, although they are only in their own position, are also veterans, but their abilities are very good. They are superb martial arts and accurate archery skills. They are definitely a general on the battlefield. As for their age, no one dares to underestimate them just because of his age.

Still the same thing, when Lian Po of Zhao State was much older than Huang Zhong during the Warring States Period, he could still go to the battlefield, so let alone Huang Zhong, he is only less than 60 years old now.

Then, Huang Zhong introduced Wei Yan to everyone. Anyway, he said everything he knew. After all, there was nothing confidential about this, and there was nothing to hide. After hearing this, everyone stopped nodding. Wei Yan seemed to be less difficult to deal with than Taishi Ci, and would definitely not be weaker than him. They also understood why their lord summoned him and others to the Central Army tent, because Wei Yan, Taishi Ci and Liu Qi were already difficult to deal with.

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At this time, everyone understood more clearly that Wei Yan, Taishi Ci, and Liu Qi, and there were quite a few people, which definitely gave their lord a headache. Not to mention their lord, after everyone heard what Huang Zhong said, they thought of what their lord said before, they also had a headache.

Because Jiangling is much stronger than when Cai Mao was defending before, but when Cai Mao was defending before, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande tried their best to finally seize the opportunity to break Jiangling. But now Liu Bei's defense power is not something Cai Mao and the others said to be able to compare. How could Deng Long and Chen Ju compare with Wei Yan and Taishi Ci? It is impossible to compare at all, so...

Everyone also knew that this matter was particularly difficult, and after Huang Zhong finished speaking, Guo Jia was the first to speak, "Lord, Jia thought that our army should take a detour!"

In fact, he understood what his lord meant. Guo Jia thought to himself that his lord wanted to bypass Jiangling, so he summoned everyone to gather together. After all, Jiangling is no longer comparable to before, and of course, the fewer losses the better, the better, it would be better if there are no casualties. But now a Jiangling city has to give up temporarily, so he summoned everyone.

In Guo Jia's idea, he actually thought so. After all, what he wanted was not a county or a county, but the entire Jingzhou. Of course, if he really couldn't get the entire Jingzhou area now, it would not be too late for him to attack Jiangling after the war in Jingzhou was almost over. However, at that time, maybe Jiangling was not in the hands of Liu Xuande. But Guo Jia believed that whoever went to Jiangling would be in trouble. After all, Jiangling's defensive power was indeed not weak, and it could be said that it was very strong.

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When Ma Chao heard what Guo Jia said, he was happy and said, "Those who know me are filial piety!" And he also knew that Guo Jia not only knew what he thought, but his thoughts were similar to what he thought, so he said that. After all, in his own account, the one who can see these is Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao. In fact, there are only 100,000 people on his own side, but now there are less than 100,000. If he is forced to attack Jiangling and lose too much, it will be really not worth the loss.

If we had 300,000 or 500,000 troops on our side, would we still have to consider these? It would have swept across Jingzhou long ago. But unfortunately, there weren't so many troops, only 100,000. If you don't have any effort, then Jingzhou should be run away.
Chapter completed!