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Liu Biao is indeed a real old cunning guy.
At that time, he first relied on Zhang Xiu to station troops in Nanyang to resist Cao Cao in the north. Later, Liu Bei came to surrender, and he arranged Liu Bei in Xinye to continue to resist Cao Cao for him.
With these two men guarding the courtyard for him, Liu Biao almost never had a direct confrontation with Cao Cao for more than ten years.
Zhang Xiunai was a member of the Xiliang warlords and had tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers under his command. His uncle also had the title of Chariot and Cavalry General granted by the Han court.
Not to mention Liu Bei, when he came to join Liu Biao, he was already the world-famous Emperor Liu.
And now Yuan Shao, although he still has the title of Yuan Shao's general, he can't compare to those two people in terms of reputation, status or strength.
Liu Biao has a hundred thousand troops, how can he open the door to welcome the guests and make an alliance with him who only has 6,000 troops?
Therefore, Yan Liang decided to fight first and then to show courtesy to Liu Biao, so that he could see his strength clearly, and then force him to the negotiation table.
Xu You, however, had not yet understood Yan Liang's intention, and his expression was confused for a moment.
"If I don't fight a battle and let Liu Biao see how powerful I am, can he lower his dignity and form an alliance with me?" Yan Liang explained.
Xu You suddenly understood, with admiration in his eyes, and praised: "I didn't expect the general to think so carefully. Well, it seems that this battle must be fought."
"Not only must we fight, but we must fight beautifully, until Liu Biao is convinced and takes the initiative to come to me for negotiation." Yan Liang's tone was bold, with a fierce murderous intent flashing in his blade-like eyes.
"The battle must be fought beautifully... If this is the case, then you have to make a good plan..."
Xu You stroked his beard and murmured to himself. After a while, a mysterious smile flashed across his narrowed eyes.
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Thirty miles away, an army of ten thousand people was marching quickly.
On that side of the banner with the word "Zhang", a military general with thick eyebrows was looking sternly in front of him. It was Wenpin, the general under Liu Biao's account.
A horse was galloping towards us, but before it got close, the middle-aged Confucian scholar shouted: "General Wen, quickly order the entire army to stop advancing and set up camp on the spot."
Wenpin looked back and saw that the person who came was Liu Biao's most trusted adviser, Kuai Yue Kuai Yidu.
"We want to get ahead of the enemy and seize the favorable terrain ahead, so how can we camp here?" Wenpin asked.
Kuai Yue reined in his mount and said loudly: "Yan Liang is Yuan Benchu's general. He may not be our enemy when he comes here. Have you forgotten that the general has treated us well and is not allowed to conflict with the other party without authorization?"
"But……"
Wenpin was about to say more, but Kuai Yue interrupted with a wave of his hand and said displeasedly: "My lord ordered me to be the supervisor of the army. You only need to obey the order. There is no need to ask more questions."
Kuai Yue's commanding tone made Wenpin feel uncomfortable, but he had to obey.
When Liu Biaodan rode into Jingzhou, he relied on the support of the two powerful families, the Kuai family and the Cai family, to have the foundation he has today.
Liu Biao reciprocated the favor and gave full trust to the Kuai family. Almost all the military and political power in Jingzhou was given to Kuai Yue and Cai Mao.
Wenpin was just one of the last powerful men in Jingzhou. Although he was named the commander-in-chief of this army, the command power was actually in the hands of the supervisor Kuai Yue.
In desperation, Wenpin had no choice but to order the camp to be set up on the spot.
A few hours later, Wenpin received a report from the scouts, saying that Yan Liangjun had stopped advancing twenty miles away and had also set up camp.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Liangjun sent an envoy, claiming that he was ordered by Yuan Shao to join forces with Liu Jingsheng to jointly attack the Cao thieves.
In the big tent, Kuai Yue looked at Yan Liang's handwriting and said with a smile: "As expected, Yan Liang has no hostility here."
Wenpin said suspiciously: "Then Yan Liang captured Runan first and then defeated Cao Ren. Instead of taking advantage of the victory to attack Xudu in the north, he abandoned Runan and came to Jingzhou. The general thought his move was very suspicious, so he should not be credulous.
yes."
"Yan Liang is no more than a general under Yuan Gong's command. Even if he has some ability to defeat Cao Ren, what tricks can he play? How dare he attack Jingzhou with thousands of lone troops?"
Kuai Yue sneered, his tone full of disdain, and seemed to find Wen Pincai's words ridiculous.
Wenpin frowned secretly, feeling bitter in his heart, but he could only swallow it silently.
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At sunset, Yan Liangjun camped.
In the Chinese army's tent, Yan Liang was looking at the Jingzhou map and blueprint on the table.
On that map, Jingzhou's dangerous mountains and rivers are clearly drawn everywhere, and this map is exactly the masterpiece of Xu You.
Xu You is from Nanyang, which belongs to Jingzhou.
Not long ago, when Xu You decided to board Yan Liang's "thief ship", he spent a whole night drawing this map of his familiar hometown.
When using military force, the important thing is to know the weather from above and the location from below.
Most of the time, the weather is not so easy to predict, and geographical location becomes the most important objective condition.
Yan Liang looked at the roads leading to Xinye on the map, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and secretly hatched a plan in his heart.
The curtain was raised and Xu You entered excitedly.
"General, my strategy has worked. It's time for you to show off your power."
Xu You smiled proudly and handed a letter to Yan Liang.
Yan Liang took the letter and read it, with a slight sneer on his face.
That was a reply from Kuai Yue. The words in the letter were very polite and expressed Kuai Yue's friendship. He also said that he had sent someone back to Xiangyang on flying horse to inform Liu Biao about Yan Liang's coming to join forces. In addition, in order to show friendship, he also sent someone back to Xiangyang later to express his friendship.
Someone will be sent to bring food and wine to show the friendship of the landlord.
"The Jingzhou army did not seize advantageous terrain, and now they are sending people to labor. It is obvious that Kuai Yue has been deceived by the general's letter. You think that the general can lead his light cavalry to take a small road and go straight to the new field."
Xu You stroked his beard and said proudly.
The northeastern area of Xinye is mountainous, and there are several paths leading to Xinye. Xu You traveled here when he was young and knew the terrain of this area well.
At present, Kuai Yue and his more than 10,000 Jingzhou troops are here to confront Yan Liang. Xinye City must be empty. In addition, Kuai Yue has been confused by Yan Liang's so-called alliance under the banner of Yuan Shao, and has probably relaxed his guard. At this time, it is time.
This is the perfect time to make a surprise attack on new fields.
Looking at Xu You's determination to win, Yan Liang only said calmly: "Although your plan is clever, your opponent is not a fool. Aren't you afraid that your opponent will see through it?"
"I don't know this guy Kuai Yidu yet. He is good at strategy but bad at cunning strategy. It's surprising that he can see through my plan." Xu You snorted disdainfully.
Xu You's analysis of Kuai Yue was spot-on, and Yan Liang agreed.
According to the official history, Liu Biao came to Jingzhou alone, and it was with the help of Kuai Yue's general plan that he was able to pacify Jingzhou.
In the novel, apart from plotting against Liu Bei and persuading Liu Biao to submit to Cao Cao, Kuai Yue's performance was nothing special.
If Kuai Yue could see through Xu You's plan, Yan Liang really didn't believe it.
However, it was not this person that Yan Liang was worried about.
"Sir, you only remember that there was Kuai Yue, but you forgot that there was Wen Zhongye in the Jingzhou army?" Yan Liang said.
"Wen Zhongye?"
Xu You narrowed his eyes and looked a little confused, as if he couldn't remember who this person was for a moment.
After thinking about it for a long time, Xu You suddenly said: "You are talking about the military commander named Wenpin. I seem to have heard that there is such a number one person in Liu Biao's account. Isn't he just an unknown warrior? Even Kuai Yue can't tell me.
A plan, let alone him."
Xu You's words were extremely contemptuous and he didn't take Wenpin seriously at all.
Yan Liang was sneering in his heart, thinking, how could you know that Wenpin is a piece of gold buried in the sand, but he has not yet met the Ming Master and cannot shine his light.
"Sir, never underestimate a martial artist. Don't forget that I, Yan Liang, am also a martial artist." The corner of Yan Liang's mouth twitched slightly.
Xu You was startled, then he said with a smile: "You made a mistake for a moment, and I hope the general will forgive me. You actually meant to say, how can Wenpin, an unknown person, be compared to the general?"
With Yan Liang's mind, how could he blame Xu You for this trivial matter.
He turned his attention to the map and began to think deeply.
Xu You did not dare to say anything anymore, but carefully looked at Yan Liang's expression. The expression of emotion and anger made him feel more and more unfathomable.
Suddenly, Yan Liang pointed to the upper corner of the map and asked, "Sir, do you know the terrain here clearly?"
Xu You took a closer look and said, "The intersection of the main road leading to Xinye and several small roads here is quite open."
Boo!
The tiger fist hit that corner hard, Yan Liang's sword eyebrows were like blades, and he said coldly: "This is it. I will teach Liu Biao a good lesson here, so that he can learn from me, Yan Liang, how powerful I am."
