The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 328

With the fall of Xiangyang, after the news of Liu Biao's death spread, the guards of Jingzhou cities, who had no fighting spirit, surrendered one after another.

After all, these guards didn't have the intention of defending to death, and after Cao Cao and Sun Quan heard that Wei Tao had captured Xiangyang, they also understood the reason of time urgency, and immediately stepped up their offensive, which frightened the guards and dared not attack them. Do not drop.

Fancheng belonged to Cao Cao, and Jiangxia belonged to Sun Quan.

But what really shocked Wei Tao was that the four counties in southern Jingzhou directly surrendered to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's own strength is not considered the strongest, and although he was invited by Liu Qi, he was regarded as an orthodox name, but now Liu Qi has fallen into Wei Tao's hands. Liu Bei?
"My lord, I can't think of this."

After hearing what Wei Tao asked, Jia Xu sighed slightly.

"This is what Zhuge Kongming did. Unexpectedly, after leaving Xinye, Zhuge Kongming directly persuaded Huo Jun to surrender, then ignored the Xiangyang matter at all, went straight to the four counties in Jingnan, and persuaded the prefects of the four counties one by one. Let him surrender to Liu Bei. Maybe things were not that simple, but the lord took Xiangyang easily, and those prefects had to find their own way out."

"It turned out to be so, this Zhuge Kongming is indeed a great talent!"

Wei Tao also sighed, he was still wondering why Zhuge Liang hadn't been seen since the Battle of Xinye, he never thought that Zhuge Liang would do such a thing.

"That's right, I'm afraid that Zhuge Liang has already seen the master's ability in the battle of Xinye, and he also understands that if he goes to Xiangyang, even if he has a deep relationship in Jingzhou, he will not be able to get the attention of Cai Mao and others. What he could do was not as good as when he was in Xinye, so he decisively went south to the four counties of Jingzhou to persuade the prefects of the four counties to surrender to Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei could easily take over the four counties without spending any troops, and even got the soldiers of the four counties. Big up for it."

Jia Xu nodded slightly, finally approving Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness.

"With such an ability to look at the overall situation, the lord is afraid that only Gong Jin can defeat him!"

Wei Tao nodded slightly. The advisers under his command each have their own strengths. Xun You is good at devising schemes before the battle, and Jia Xu is even more cunning. But if you look at the general trend of the world, Zhou Yu should be the leader.

Zhuge Liang was able to look at the overall situation of Jingzhou so sharply, identified the right opportunity, and persuaded the four southern counties of Jingzhou to surrender in one fell swoop. I have to say that Zhou Yu is probably the only one who can be his opponent.

"Speaking of Gongjin, when the lord took Xiangyang, Gongjin had a plan to send it to the lord. It was never sent to the lord before, and now I just brought it here."

At this moment, Jia Xu handed Wei Tao another letter.

"Oh? Gongjin's plan?"

According to the importance of the letter, this letter is also different, so even though Jia Xu has never opened it, he knows that Zhou Yu has something to offer. Regarding this, both Jia Xu and Wei Tao are somewhat curious, not knowing what Zhou Yu has in mind. Strategy.

As soon as the letter was opened, there were only four characters on it, recruiting and surrendering Wenpin.

"Wen Pin is the general of Jingzhou, he can still protect Xiangyang by defending against our army alone, if I didn't let Lu Meng cheat into Xiangyang, and then capture him in one fell swoop, I am afraid this battle will not stop until now. "

Wei Tao pondered for a while and couldn't help frowning slightly and looked at Jia Xu.

"If such talents can be recruited to surrender, I should recruit them. Why did Gong Jin write this letter?"

"Wenpin is the general of Jingzhou. It is said that he is very popular in the army. The soldiers of Jingzhou are led by him. Gongjin's move is to let the lord use the opportunity of recruiting Wenpin to appease the hearts of the soldiers of Jingzhou, not to mention the warring generals in Jingzhou. From now on, if you can get the help of Wenpin who is familiar with the situation in Jingzhou, my lord will be even more powerful!"

After all, Wei Tao is not a professional counselor, so he didn't understand Zhou Yu's meaning for a while, but Jia Xu only understood it after thinking for a while.

Wenpin is the key to Wei Tao's ability to quickly gain a foothold in Jingzhou. If Wei Tao wants to fight other princes, he cannot waste too much time on it. , this appointment is of course the key.

After being reminded by Jia Xu, Wei Tao also understood. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded and said.

"Wenhe, let Ziming come here. As long as it is good for Jingzhou, then Wenpin should be able to accept the fact that he surrendered to me, but at that time Ziming entered the city pretending to be Cao Jun and broke Xiangyang because of it. I am unwilling. But I will tell Ziming clearly, if he is not willing, I will not force him."

The inside is coming soon, Wei Tao really didn't mean to hide anything, he directly stated the stakes with him, and he just wanted Lu Meng and himself to explain the matter, never asked Lu Meng to apologize, let alone Said to be other.

"Don't worry, my lord. I still have some admiration for that Wenpin. Being able to turn an enemy into a friend with him is also something I wish for, and I will never have any knots because of it."

Regarding Wei Tao's repeated emphasis on himself, Lu Meng was also a little moved, which showed that Wei Tao attached great importance to him.

Reciprocate, let alone Lu Meng would not say that he must be an enemy of Wenpin, so he said so immediately.

Wei Tao nodded, and then came to Wenpin's mansion together with Lu Meng. Ever since Xiangyang was captured by Wei Tao, Wenpin has been behind closed doors. With his prestige in Jingzhou in the past, it is impossible for Wei Tao to send him to the mansion. how.

But Na Wenpin was still very surprised that Wei Tao and Lu Meng came together.

However, Wenpin still knew that Xiangyang was still in Wei Tao's hands at this time, so he still invited Wei Tao into the house and ordered someone to bring tea.

For Wei Tao, Wenpin is still somewhat enthusiastic, but for Lu Meng, Wenpin is much colder. Obviously, what Lu Meng did at that time also made Wenpin feel a little uncomfortable.

"I've seen General Wen, I was my subordinate a while ago, but the two armies clashed, and they used everything to the extreme. If you want to come to General Wenpin, you can understand your difficulties. Today, I am using tea instead of wine to apologize to the general. .”

Wei Tao originally just wanted to explain the matter, but Lu Meng obviously thought more clearly, so he immediately got up, walked up to Wenpin with his teacup in his hand, and bowed to Wenpin in apology.

This already gave Wenpin a lot of face.

Wenpin already knew that everything was going to be used on the battlefield. Although he felt a little bit annoyed towards Lu Meng in his heart, he also understood that it was really not the fault of Lu Meng.

Now that Lu Meng has given him such face, it is naturally impossible for Wenpin to refuse to accept it, and immediately got up to take a cup of tea and drank it down.

"General Lu Meng, you will be my Wenpin friend in the future, you and I don't need to talk about the previous things!"

Seeing that the two were able to turn their enemies into friends, Wei Tao also breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled at Wenpin.

"General Wenpin, you can guess my reason for coming. Now the world is in a turbulent situation, and Jingzhou is divided up by everyone. There will be a big battle, so the general will be needed to help. I don't know what the general thinks?"

Wei Tao didn't beat around the bush in the slightest, he just wanted to solicit Wenpin.

After a little hesitation, Wenpin finally bowed to Wei Tao.

"Wenpin has met the lord."

Since Wenpin was willing to surrender to Wei Tao, Wei Tao was not stingy at all, and immediately ordered all Jingzhou soldiers to be handed over to Wenpin.

It has to be said that Wenpin did not disappoint Wei Tao's expectations. Only on that day, he captured the spirit of the Jingzhou army and convinced all the Jingzhou soldiers who surrendered.

If this can be done, then even if he is alone in charge of the army, it will not cause too much criticism from others.

As soon as Xiangyang was in peace, Wei Tao would naturally be able to take a look at the other princes.

It has to be said that although the other princes do not have such advantages as Wei Tao, at least on the surface they are all stable.

Of course, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, in order to stabilize the city just acquired, it may take several months to launch an offensive again. On the contrary, it is not like Wei Tao, who can easily stabilize Xiangyang completely with the help of Wenpin.

"My lord, three of the original four prefects of Jingnan's four counties died, and for some reason, Liu Bei actually promoted a veteran named Huang Zhong from Changsha. Everyone outside is fighting, and everyone is invincible."

On this day, Jia Xu reported to Wei Tao again that he knew about Huang Zhong and Wei Tao, but Wei Tao couldn't go to recruit him in person before. After Jingxiang, Changsha fell into Liu Bei's hands again. This old and vigorous Huang Hansheng could only be on the battlefield.

Jia Xu didn't notice the change in Wei Tao's expression at this time, he didn't come all the way here to say these words, no matter how powerful Huang Zhong is, Jia Xu couldn't have known Wei Tao in advance.

Jia Xu naturally came here for other reasons.

"My lord, although Liu Bei has arrived in Jingnan, Zhuge Liang has disappeared. Judging from the contributions made by Zhuge Liang, it is not difficult for him to be entrusted with the post. Since he did not immediately serve Liu Bei, I am afraid that one of them may I have other plans."

"Wen He means that Zhuge Liang wants to do other things?"

Wei Tao couldn't help frowning slightly, he didn't know how difficult and powerful Zhuge Liang was until he fought Zhuge Liang himself, if Zhuge Liang still had other plans, then even Wei Tao would feel extremely embarrassed.

But Wei Tao is Wei Tao after all, he just frowned slightly and then smiled.

"Since Wen He came to discuss with me, I'm afraid he can guess a thing or two. I don't know what Zhuge Kongming's intentions are?"

Jia Xu is also the most intelligent person, Wei Tao believes that he will not know the mystery at all, so he did not make false statements, and asked directly about it, Wei Tao believes that Jia Xu will be able to give him a clear answer.

(End of this chapter)