There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Speaking of this, Liu Bei paused, and said: "Shi Yuan, is it safe and secure for you to go to Fancheng?"

Pang Tong chuckled, and said helplessly, "Who dares to say the word safe and secure when facing potters?"

Liu Bei was puzzled and asked, "Then you are?"

Pang Tong cupped his hands to Liu Bei and said, "General, to tell you the truth, although the city of Xiangyang is strong, it is located on the south bank of the Han River. Using this as the cornerstone to defend the Northern Army, even if it can be defended for a while, it will definitely not last long. .”

After hearing this, Liu Bei fell silent immediately.

"Then what do you mean?"

"The only city that can protect the northern army is Jiangling."

Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong: "What does Shi Yuan mean, to use Jiangling as an outpost to restrain the Northern Army?"

Pang Tong nodded and said: "That's right. Jiangling's landform is indeed solid. Jiangling City is surrounded by water on three sides. If the northern army comes, they can only attack from the north. The general is consolidating the city of Jingzhou during this time. The city is strong, and only Jiangling The city is the best position to hold back the northern army's footsteps... Therefore, the purpose of going to Xiangfan this time is only to procrastinate, as long as the construction of the broad city of Jiangling City is completed, there will be no more worries."

Hearing this, Liu Bei sighed and nodded.

Pang Tong thought about it for a while, and then said: "The Jinling army came from the direction of Yangzhou. Although there were not many soldiers and horses, there were a few wise men among them, especially Zhuge Liang. I have competed with him before. He is really good. General, please be careful."

Liu Bei frowned when he heard this, but after a long while, he heard him say: "If this Zhuge Liang is so good, without you by my side, I'm afraid I won't be his opponent, and besides, there is Huang Zu in Jiangxia as a hindrance... Sigh, This is really hard to do.”

Pang Tong said to Liu Bei: "Don't worry, General. I have already mentioned this matter to my uncle. He intends to recommend some sages for you and keep them by your side to deal with the resourceful people under the potter's command."

"Oh? Who?"

"There are Cui Jun, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian. These people are all my friends. Among them is Xu Shu. .”

Liu Bei read those names seriously, then heaved a long sigh of relief, and said, "Since it was Shi Yuan and Lord Pang De's advice, it must be a talent, and Bei will definitely make good use of it."

……

As a result, the Jingzhou army divided into two groups, supporting in two directions.

Pang Tong came to Xiangyang with Liu Bei's military order. The first thing he did was to send someone to recall Guan Yu from the front line.

After all, Pang Tong was young and he was a civil servant. It is reasonable that Guan Yu didn't want to pee on him, but Liu Bei's military order had been issued, and he sent someone to notify Guan Yu, so Guan Yu had no choice but to obey.

Chapter 835 Lu Bu Main Array

The Jingzhou army has already made moves, and the potters will naturally not be idle.

At present, in order to stabilize the counties in the Central Plains, the soldiers and horses stationed in Xuchang should not move too much, one is to prevent changes, and the other is to reduce part of the expenditure.

So the pottery merchants only dispatched [-] soldiers to Fancheng, and at the same time recruited some generals stationed in the Central Plains to supply themselves with driving on the front line.

Guan Yu's plan to burst the embankment to fill the city failed, and he was injured himself. Guan Ping died in battle, and the morale of the three armies fell. In desperation, he was recalled to Xiangyang.

For potters, this is a great opportunity to turn defense into offense.

Xiangfan, people in Xiangfan always call these two places together, so there is a reason for that.

These two places are really close to each other, facing each other across the river.

To be honest, it's no different from building on the opponent's face.

If there is no Han River in the middle, people from the two cities can commute to and from get off work in each other's place and go home after get off work for a while.

So whether it is Fancheng or Xiangyang, they are a nail to each other, a nail that the other side puts in their own faces.

For potters, conquering Xiangyang City is indeed the top priority right now.

5 people were mobilized from the rear, plus more than 1 people from Fancheng on the front line, almost 6, which is a lot of people, but it seems that it is not easy to conquer the fortified city of Xiangyang.

Moreover, the pottery merchant also got the information that Pang Tong is currently stationed in Xiangyang City on behalf of Liu Bei, and has an overview of all the military affairs of Xiangyang City.

Although he is still young, he is a rare talent in the world after all, so he might not be easy to deal with.

"Xiangyang City, in terms of geographical division, shouldn't it be regarded as the sphere of influence of the Cai family and the Kuai family? If Pang Tong comes here, they will be willing to accept it?" The pottery merchant wanted to start from the inside of the enemy.

Tian Feng has also come to Fancheng from Xuchang at this moment. He listened to the potter's question, and he immediately said: "The current power of the Cai and Kuai families is far worse than when Liu Biao first entered Jingzhou. The establishment of the imperial court in Jiangling will suffer the most damage from the Cai family and the Kuai family who have the most resources. His prestige is not inferior to that of Cai and Kuai, and if Pang Tong comes here at this time of year, Cai and Kuai will not embarrass him."

The pottery merchant rubbed his brows in embarrassment, and said: "Xiangyang City's city is strong, if they are monolithic in the city, our army is really not easy to fight, is there any possibility of instigating Cai Mao?"

Tian Feng was taken aback when he heard this.

"Why did the Prime Minister suddenly think of this? Instigate Cai Mao's rebellion? This seems unlikely. He is also a famous person in Xiangyang, how could he be easily instigated? This is ridiculous."

The pottery merchant also knew that this matter was indeed unlikely, but Cai Mao did lower Cao Cao in history.

But there are several prerequisites.

In history, Cao Cao's army approached Xiangyang and forced Cai Mao to surrender the city. A large part of the reason was that Cai Mao and Cao Cao were old acquaintances. At that time, Liu Bei and Liu Qi tried to split Jingzhou, and there was only one imperial court in the world, which was in the hands of Cao Cao. Cai Mao therefore The successful surrender and surrender to Cao Cao belonged to the orthodox surrender at the time.

And at that time, Cai Mao was in charge of all Jingzhou land except Jiangxia, and the chips were quite heavy, so Cao Cao couldn't help but treat him badly.

And it turns out that Cao Cao treated Cai Mao, an old friend, with considerable care.

But in the current situation, one is that the main strength of Jingzhou is not in the hands of Cai Mao, Cai Mao has no chips in his hands, and the other is that there are two Han dynasties in the world, and Cai Mao has served the Han court in Jingzhou for several years. Reason to defect to another Han dynasty?

It's just that the person surnamed Cai is not familiar with the person surnamed Tao, this is the most important thing!

If you don't know me well, why am I kidding you?If you turn around and kill me, whose fault is it?

It seems that this way is not going to work.

Tian Feng stroked the beard on his chin, and said: "No matter what, we can attack the city first, try the weight of Xiangyang City, and then it will not be too late to make a conclusion."

Tao Shang said: "Over there in Xuchang, the trebuchets from the last war are currently being transported to the front line. After the goods arrive, try to attack once and see how things go."

Ten days later, Xuchang transported a large number of siege equipment to Fancheng, so the soldiers and horses of the pottery merchants began to march towards Fancheng.

The generals transferred from Xuchang also included Lu Bu this time.

Lu Bu took the initiative to ask the pottery merchant: "Prime Minister, the last general invites you to fight, and goes to attack Xiangyang City! Share the worries for the Prime Minister!"

Seeing Lu Bu asking for a fight, the potter couldn't help hesitating.

"Father-in-law, although your cavalry and combat skills are strong, you may not be your forte in the battle of Xiangyang City, which is tall and fortified?"

Lu Bu laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, Bu used to fight with people on the grasslands. Everyone in the world thought that I, Lu Bu, only knew how to fight in the field, but in reality, Bu was omnipotent. Apart from horse battles, foot battles, chariot battles, and siege battles, everything is possible. What I am good at is a mere Xiangyang city, and I can easily capture it with my hands."

The pottery couldn't help curling his lips when he heard the words.

Look at this bullshit.

Almighty?