In Nanyang County, Niu Fu's army has arrived in Xinye.

Niu Fu's 30,000 Xiliang troops set out from Wancheng and headed south to Xinye.

Xinye's city is not strong, and it is a dream to rely on the city to play against Niu Fu. If Xinye wants to defend well, there must be a strong army to make up for the shortcomings of the city.

But fortunately, the elite troops led by Li Dian and Zhang Ren are a strong army. This elite troops were trained by Liu Qi for more than three years and had rich experience in fighting in the south and north. He was the opponent of the Western Liang Army.

Then Cai Mao also led his troops to help. The two sides confronted each other for many days, and the Western Liang army was intercepted in Xinye and could not step beyond the line.

Although Xinye does not have a strong city, there is a barrier as a cover. Niu Fu, as an elite Xiliang cavalry, cannot play his advantages in the tough battle, which makes Niu Fu feel a headache.

Both sides are back and forth, and they will be in a difficult position to get a chance to get apart.

Niu Fu could not help Li Dian and Zhang Ren, and these two people could not help Niu Fu.

The war affected many counties south of Nanyang County. The people living at the junction of Nanyang County and Nanjun were scattered and fled in panic.

It is no wonder that the Western Liang army went south, which is different from other troops going south.

They are used to searching for prisons and searching, and wherever they go, they will cause a bloody storm among the people.

Seeing that there were heavy troops in front of Xinye City and could not get out for a while, Niu Fu was camped in Xinye County, and then he went to the surrounding Anzhong or Anyang counties and townships every day to search and rob the people there.

If you can't take Xinye, you can vent your anger with the surrounding Qianshou Qimin, at least you can't do this without having to do it.

Cai Mao was furious when he heard that Niu Fu was robbing the counties in Nanyang County, causing a bloody storm.

He immediately found Li Dian, Zhang Ren, Cai Xun, Xing Daorong, Huang Xu and others to discuss with them the plan to send troops.

"Niu Fu is a disaster in the counties, and he really doesn't take us seriously. If he doesn't destroy him this time, it will be difficult to eliminate my hatred. I want to send elite sentry detectives to find out Niu Fu's next prison search route, and then send troops to kill him for a while, so that he can know that the people of Jingzhou are not something that anyone can move casually!"

Li Dian, Huang Xu, and Zhang Ren looked at each other and saw the look of worry in each other's eyes.

Xing Daorong was inspired and stepped forward and walked forward and said, "What the General Zhonglang said is very true. If the troops were sent to attack and kill the Xiliang army, Xing Daorong would be the vanguard!"

Cai Mao showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Li Dian came out of the squad and said, "General Zhonglang, the Xiliang army is good at fighting and cannot be moved lightly. In the past, Liu Envoy and the Xiliang army always used wisdom and no force, either with strong crossbows, or with objects to clamp, or with sneak attacks... If I insist on fighting, I may be ridden by the Xiliang army."

Cai Mao waved his hand and said, "Mancheng! I'm too worried. Our Jingzhou army is now different from the past. When it comes to combat power, it should not be under the Xiliang army!"

When Li Dian heard this, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Too high self-esteem.

Zhang Ren came out and said, "General, please do not forget that Liu Jingzhou's battle strategy is to take defense as an offensive, and do not hold strong. This is a military order, so do not violate it."

Cai Mao was stunned when he heard this.

After a while, he saw him sighing and stopped talking with a silence.

...

When they were young, after the discussion, Li Dian, Zhang Ren, Huang Xu and others came out of the main hall together.

As soon as he left the hall, Huang Xu whispered to the other two: "Although Cai Mao has some talent, he is quite stubborn and useless. Now, with our military, it is enough to deal with Niu Fu, but he is involved here. I am afraid that the battle that can be won will be crippled by him."

Zhang Ren smiled and said, "Don't worry about Xu Zheng. Although General Cai Zhonglang is eager to make contributions, Liu Jingzhou is here. Unless there is an urgent matter, he will not dare to send troops easily. We only need to rely on cities and fortifications. Although Niu Fu is brave, his Xiliang army cannot do anything to us!"

Li Dian sighed and said, "It's a pity that Wei Wenchang, Yangzhan Cenlang, Shamoke, Xiang Shanjiang and others have brought half of their soldiers to support Jiangxia County. If they are here, we will fight with all our strength, and we may not be able to defeat Niu Fu."

Xing Daorong listened to the conversation between these people. Although he was determined to make a few words, he was not as good as he could speak.

After the few people said it almost, he asked: "Envoy Liu brought back thousands of surrendered soldiers from Hanzhong in the previous period, as well as Xu Rong and Pang De, who are now all placed in Deng County by Liu Jingzhou. Why not use these soldiers and horses?"

Li Dian and Zhang Ren both laughed when they heard this.

Huang Xu looked around and saw that there were no one around them. He whispered: "Liu Jingzhou does not like the people in the northwest, and thinks they are ignorant people. What's more, Pang De used to serve the rebel Ma Teng, and Xu Rong was even a general under Dong's thief. With Liu Jingzhou's background and personality, it would be nice to keep them. How can he use it? Unless the young man takes charge of the army..."

Xing Daorong suddenly realized when he heard this, and then whispered: "Xu Zheng, do you think... Young man may still come back to take charge of the army?"

After hearing this, Li Dian and Zhang Ren looked at each other and sighed secretly.

If the young man doesn’t come back... no one knows what Jingzhou will look like in the future.

...

Niu Fu's camp, Jia Xu's military tent.

Today, Jia Xu welcomed an envoy, an envoy from Jingzhou.

It was Liu Biao who secretly sent to see him.

At the beginning, Jia Xu's wife and children were secretly robbed by Liu Qi and sent to Xiangyang for resettlement. Liu Biao didn't care about this matter, but just let Liu Qi do it.

Because in Liu Biao's opinion, a half-old man with little reputation among the scholars in Liangzhou was nothing big, and he didn't even have the value of threat.

But Liu Qi insisted on putting Jia Xu's wife and children in Xiangyang, so Liu Biao followed him.

My son is always willing to do something that he cannot see through.

But at this point, Liu suddenly remembered someone like Jia Xu when facing the sudden crisis.

Although he didn't know much about Jia Xu, in order to allow Niu Fu to stop his troops, Liu Biao immediately sent an envoy to the Xiliang military camp to meet Jia Xu.

Jia Xu was named a civil official, but actually served as a lieutenant. In Niu Fu's army, he was also a relatively independent existence, at least with his own control arrangements.

Therefore, he could secretly receive the envoys from Jingzhou in his military tent.

As soon as the envoy of Jingzhou met, he told Jia Xu that Liu Biao wanted to make peace with him, and asked Jia Xu to thread a needle in the middle and ask Niu Fu to withdraw his troops.

But what a shrewd person Jia Xu is, he soon smelled an opportunity in this incident.

The people who communicated with me in the past were Liu Qi.

To be honest, he has never seen that Liu Qi before, but he has to admit... it is too difficult to deal with!

Cunning like a fox.

But in this way, the little fox disappeared, and his mule father sent someone to negotiate with him.

Jia Xu felt that he should be able to trick his family out of Xiangyang City this time!
Chapter completed!