When Zhao Tong and his troops were on their way to Shangyong.

Before Kuai Qi, the prefect of Fangling, refused to surrender, all the messengers he had sent to Fancheng had arrived.

General Cao Ren, who was waiting to station troops here, heard about the battle situation in the three eastern counties.

He didn't take it seriously and immediately became vigilant.

He summoned his commander Chen Jiao, the fierce general Niu Jin, Xiangyang guard Lu Chang and other generals to discuss the matter.

"Everyone, this is the general situation."

"This general is preparing to send an army to lead the war in Shangyong and other places and control the overall situation."

"What do you think?"

Just remember the words.

Cao Ren first asked everyone for their suggestions.

This statement just came to an end.

Chen Jiao, the chief historian on one side, stood up first and raised his hands and said: "General Qi, Shangyong, Fangling, Xicheng and other places are located to the east of Hanzhong, and the territory is mountainous and blocked by high mountains."

"If nothing goes wrong, Liu Bei's army will send troops from Jingzhou to attack these three places. I am afraid that they will have a fierce battle with the prime minister's army in Hanzhong and the war will be tight."

"Only then will we consider attacking Shangyong and other places, so as to rush upstream from the west to attack Hanzhong and flank the main force brought by the prime minister."

"You think you can ignore Kuai Qi's request for help?"

Listen to Chen Jiao's analysis in the preface, and then listen to this last sentence.

Cao Ren couldn't help but have a look of suspicion on his face.

"Chen Changshi, what do you mean by this?"

"Since the enemy is trying to open a channel to assist Hanzhong from the flank, and our army has now learned about the battle report, how can we just sit back and ignore it?"

"General, please be patient!"

After a while, the words fell.

Chen Jiao stayed with him for many years in the army.

Naturally, I knew that Cao Ren had a quick temper.

At this time, he also waved his hands first and then slowly said: "General, I have heard about the terrain in Shangyong and other places!"

"I heard that these three places are all located deep in the mountains."

"Due to the inconvenience of transportation, as early as the beginning of Dong Zhuo's chaos, the imperial court simply gave up the jurisdiction of these areas and only symbolically granted Shen Dan, a wealthy local Shen family, the county governor."

"Although when the prime minister led his army south to devour Jingxiang, these three counties all submitted their surrender orders, but in fact, our army has never been involved in managing the government affairs of these three counties."

"Basically, it is managed by local prominent families such as Kuai Qi and Shen."

The words ended here.

Cao Ren was not a fool, and he gradually understood the meaning of Chen Jiao's words.

"You mean, even if Liu Bei's army recaptures the three counties, due to the inconvenience of the roads, they will not be able to win over the hearts and minds of the three counties in a short period of time?"

"And they want to raise their troops to march westward, so in the end they have to rely on the local nobles to rule the three counties?"

In one word.

Chen Jiao nodded solemnly.

I kind of agree with what he said.

After pondering for a while, he added with a smile: "But, it's not just like that."

"What Jiao means is that our army can stay put and wait for the enemy to regain the three counties."

"And if Jiao's prediction is true, as long as our army does not send reinforcements, when Liu Bei's army comes to the city in large numbers, we will use the local noble families."

"Nine times out of ten, he will choose to join directly."

"Then why don't our army wait and see what happens, and after Liu Bei's army sets out to advance westward, we can then quietly send people to Shangyong and other places to secretly instigate rebellion against the local prominent families headed by the Shen family."

"So, if everything goes well, won't the three counties be recovered without a single blow?"

All these words have ended.

Hearing Chen Jiao's intentions.

Cao Ren also woke up immediately.

Then he echoed in a deep voice: "Once the three counties of Shangyong are rebelled, our army will launch a large-scale attack and advance westward."

"If Liu Bei's army is blocked from attacking Hanzhong and is surrounded by enemies, can he easily destroy this army and attack Hanzhong on their behalf, so that our army can respond to the offensive of Hanzhong's main army from the flanks?"

"What the general said is true!"

"That's what correction means!"

Seeing Cao Ren catch up with his own thoughts in an instant.

Chen Jiao also had a smile on his face.

"Not only that, if you go west from Shangyong, you need to go upstream along the Han River. It is said that the waterway in that section is extremely narrow, and most of the water bottom is hidden with logs and rocks."

"It is not conducive to the navigation of warships at all."

"As long as Zhang Lu has a little bit of defense in the east, he can withstand Liu Bei's army's advance."

"No matter how powerful Liu Bei's army is, he will still be unable to move forward!"

"This is a good opportunity for our army."

The two had a conversation with each other.

In an instant, all the current situations in Dongsan County were analyzed.

How to attack.

How to lay out a battle plan.

They have all discussed a detailed combat strategy.

Watching the two of them talking and laughing.

After half a ring.

The general on one side, Lu Chang, couldn't help but stood up slowly, with a worried look on his face, and said with cupped hands: "General, what Chang Shi just said, if it can be implemented in this way, this strategy is very good!"

"But the general is worried about something else."

"What's the matter?"

"If after Liu Bei's army captured the three counties, Guan Yu suddenly led the main force of the Jingzhou army northward to invade our territory, I'm afraid our army would have no time to take care of the three eastern counties."

Lu Chang reminded quite solemnly.

As soon as this statement came out.

When the generals in the army heard this, they also agreed one after another.

"This matter really cannot be underestimated!"

"Guan Yu is brave and good at fighting, especially in water warfare. There is probably no one in our army who can match him!"

Following Lu Chang's words.

Some old generals who had followed Le Jin to guard Jingbei couldn't help but talk to each other.

Cao Ren and Lu Chang were newly transferred to guard Jingxiang.

I haven't been here for a long time, so I may not yet know Guan Yu's water fighting ability.

But these old generals followed Le Jin and guarded Jingzhou for a long time.

The two armies fought for many years.

He has gone through dozens of battles, large and small.

Although the two armies also had their own victories and defeats.

But in the battle in Jingzhou, even Le Jin, a brave and brave general in the north, suffered more defeats than victory, and could not do anything to Guan Yu.

Especially when the Jingzhou Army moved north along the waterway from the Han River to harass Xiangyang and other places.

Le Jin had no way to resist.

That's exactly what it is.

Only then will he be transferred to the Jingzhou battlefield.

Go to the Jianghuai battlefield and guard the important town of Hefei with Li Dian and Zhang Liao.

The old general in Jingzhou took these into consideration.

They all spoke together to remind them.

The generals spoke one after another.
To be continued...