As the person in charge Fa Zheng escaped quietly, Xiangyang City soon fell into a total chaos.

The soldiers guarding the city could not organize any effective resistance at all, and their morale was very low. Soon, the defenders in the city abandoned their weapons and asked to surrender in large numbers.

Less than three hours after the attack on the city, Guan Yu's army took over Xiangyang in full.

Just a few months after Liu Biao's death, Xiangyang, which had been peaceful and had undergone few wars, had changed its lord four times. Such a major change, I am afraid that even the dead Liu Biao would not have thought of it. Earlier, it was Cai and Kuai tribes who were in power, and Cai Mao expelled the Kuai family and monopolized the power. Later, Ma Chao countered Cai Mao and occupied Xiangyang. Now Xiangyang's ancient city fell into the hands of Guan Yu's army, and I don't know if there would be any further changes in the future... If Sun Gan was also in Xiangyang, he would definitely be amazed at the accuracy of Zhuge Liang's prediction that day.

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Xiangyang, the provincial governor's office

"Xiangyang is restored and the people are safe. They are all thanks to Guan Junhou Huwei!" Han Song bowed and bowed to Guan Yu, and said gratefully, "Your Majesty is great, and it is difficult for millions of people in Jingzhou to repay you even if you hold on to the grass and hold on to each other!"

"Brother Degao said very well!" Wang Can nodded quickly and said, "Although we have long been determined to help Jingzhou, we are all weak people, suffering from being heartless but unable to do so.

If the army of kings and lords arrived in time, I don’t know how many innocent soldiers and civilians would be harmed by the rebel Ma Chao!” Han Song, Wang Can and others planned to offer the city to Guan Yu, but after the plan was leaked, they were captured and detained by Fa Zheng. Originally, everyone thought it was difficult to escape, but they did not expect that Guan Yu’s army would attack the city without any bamboo.

They were also rescued. Although many people in the country did not have much affection for Liu Bei, they had to thank Guan Yu's army for their full efforts to "rescue" because of their efforts. Although this rescue may not be Guan Yu's original intention.

"Thank you, marquis..." The other rescued Jingzhou officials also bowed to Guan Yu and thanked him.

"Guan is just acting on his brother's order. You just need to thank my brother!" Guan Yu's face was still solemn, and he gently stroked his long beard under his chin and replied coldly.

In fact, Guan Yu had no good feelings for these so-called "famous scholars". He even sneered at their words that claimed to be "loyal ministers and righteous men" in Jingzhou.

These people first joined Cai Mao, then joined Ma Chao, and then wanted to offer the city when Guan Yu's army besieged the city. In Guan Yu's eyes, such behavior was simply an act of unfaithfulness and unrighteousness in the Qin and Chu.

Guan Yu has always respected loyalty and righteousness and admired loyal people, so he naturally has no good face to those repetitive people.

"You guys, don't be polite..." Zhuge Liang, who was standing by, said with a smile, "My lord and Liu Jingzhou are both of the same clan and an alliance. This time, he was invited to send troops to quell the Jingzhou rebellion and should fight hard.

"After getting along with Guan Yu for a long time, Zhuge Liang knew his temperament quite well, so he naturally knew what he was thinking at this moment. Seeing that Guan Yu's words had some offensive intentions, Zhuge Liang, as a military adviser, should make up for it.

"Yes. Yes! How dare the emperor and the others forget the rebirth of the emperor..." Han Song nodded quickly, looked at Guan Yu's expression, and asked with a little confusion, "The Lord and the Lord seem to be unhappy in his heart.

But I don’t know what’s difficult, it depends on whether we can play for one or two?"

"The Lord is just a little concerned about the war in Nanjun.

"Zhuge Liang naturally would not tell the real reason why Guan Yu looked serious, and explained with a smile, "More than 10,000 cavalry under Ma Chao's command were extremely powerful. His going south to fight may pose a great threat to Zhang Pingnan and Kuai's army!"

After a pause, Zhuge Liang changed the topic and asked, "Liang has something unknown. Can you please answer it?"

"May I ask Zhuge Sima!" Han Song nodded immediately and replied.

"I dare to ask about Ma Chao's army after he led his army south.

Who is in charge of the affairs in Xiangyang?” Although the detailed net given by Xu Shu to Zhuge Liang was densely distributed in Jingzhou counties, Xiangyang City began to block the entry and exit of ordinary people since half a month ago, so it was impossible to transmit the information.

"After Ma Chao and Ma Dai and the two chiefs led their troops south, the affairs of all sizes in the city were dominated by the pseudo-Jingzhou Mu Biefa Zheng, and the other brothers of Ma Chao helped him take charge of military affairs!" Han Song did not understand Zhuge Liang's intention, but he still answered honestly.

"It's him!" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and nodded, "I once heard that this person is a think tank of Ma Chao. He is quite familiar with strategy. But he doesn't know how this person acts?"

"Although Fa Zheng helped the evildoer, he was not a person who was unforgivable!" Although Han Song did not understand Zhuge Liang's intention, he still said quickly. "I heard that this person had advised Ma Chao to treat the scholars and people of Jingzhou several times, and also caused many young people in Xiangyang to kill.

After Ma Chao went south, Fa Zheng did not make things too difficult for me, the scholars in Jingzhou."

After a pause, Han Song said with a little ashamed: "Let the Lord and the Lord laugh. Last night, we were going to get the army of Ying Junhou into the city. We accidentally noticed it by Fazheng. Thanks to his mercy, he only detained us and did not use any harsh actions. We could avoid death..."

Zhuge Liang knew that Han Song was quite straightforward and what he said should be credible, so he nodded.

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After seeing Han Song and his group off, Guan Yu asked Zhuge Liang with some confusion: "Why does Kong Ming value Fa Zheng so much?" Over the past few days, Zhuge Liang has repeatedly used his military strategies to clear many obstacles for the army to fight Jingbei. His contribution is obvious to all.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang was calm and never took credit for himself, which was quite a taste for Guan Yu. Guan Yu, who was already quite familiar with Zhuge Liang, saw that he was so concerned about Fa Zheng's deeds, and knew that he was not aimless, and he couldn't help but become curious.

"Judge, in Liang's opinion, Fa Zheng is probably not really working for Ma Chao!" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and replied with a faint smile.

"Why did Lord You Sima say that?" Li Tong asked in confusion.

"As the master of strategy, Fa Zheng can help Ma Chaoxiao take over Jingbei, which shows that his talent and strategy are absolutely extraordinary.

But based on the current situation in Xiangyang City, don’t Junhou and General Li find it a little strange?” Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and analyzed calmly, “There are more than 17,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, except for the three thousand mediocre soldiers who are loyal to Ma Chao.

The rest of the troops were newly recruited by Ma Chao, and the army was extremely disintegrated. The plan set by Fa Zheng to lure our army into the city was secondly unsuccessful, and the strangest thing was still elsewhere.

Whether Junhou and General Li discovered it————The enemy's casualties were all those mediocre soldiers!"

When Guan Yu and Li Tong heard this, they focused on their minds and thought for a moment, and then their eyes lit up.

"Kong Ming means...fa did this on purpose?" Guan Yu said in a deep voice with a phoenix eyes slightly open.

"Eight out of ten should be like this!" Zhuge Liang's wise eyes showed a strange light, "With the wisdom of the Dharma, there should be no such strategy to lure the enemy with many flaws. In Liang's opinion, there are only two possibilities..."

Guan Yu and Li Tong both focused their eyes on Zhuge Liang, and were obviously completely attracted by the content of his words.

"First, Fa Zheng has a different conspiracy, and the Xiangyang incident is only part of the conspiracy; second, Fa Zheng wants to take the opportunity to completely get rid of Ma Chao."

"Which one, Lord You Sima, thinks it may be bigger?" Li Tong frowned and asked.

"Liang is more inclined to the second possibility..." Zhuge Liang walked slowly and analyzed in harmony, "Ma Chao is a brave man. He often acts by force, and is definitely not a wise ruler. If Fa Zheng wants to display his talents and ambitions and establishes achievements, he will definitely find an opportunity to escape Ma Chao.

Previously, Fa was with Ma Chao normally, and he had no chance to escape. A few days ago, Ma Chao led the army southward, leaving Fa Zheng with a chance.

But with Ma Chao as a human being, it is impossible for Xiangyang to be so relieved to be a person of a foreign surname, so he must take a closer look at Fa Zheng. If Fa Zheng has any abnormal movements, or if he wants to escape privately, he must take a closer look.

If he wanted to escape safely without being chased by Ma Chao, he could only take advantage of the war in the city, which made Ma Chao think that Fa Zheng had died in the chaos.

Moreover, when Xiangyang is lost, Ma Chao has completely lost his foundation in Jingbei. If he does not escape under the attack of the army of kings and generals, he will be destroyed. If Ma Chao is destroyed, Fa Zheng will be safer.

Now that Fa Zheng’s so-called strategy of luring the enemy into the city is probably to present Xiangyang to our army, this strategy can be said to be a killing of one stone for him.”

At the end, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but shake his head and smile, obviously appreciating Fazheng's plan.

"In this way, Fa Zheng probably escaped from Xiangyang with the people..." Li Tong nodded first. Then he said with some confusion.

"But what does this have to do with our army?" Until now, Li Tong has not figured out why Zhuge Liang is so concerned about Fazheng.

"Liang wanted to see if another gift Fa Zheng left to the lord and the lord could accept..." Zhuge Liang smiled and replied with an even more confusing sentence.

"Another gift?" Guan Yu stroked his long beard under his chin, frowned and thought, "Can Kong Ming say it clearly?"

"Right just found something from the Jingzhou encyclopedia in Fazheng's place of collection..." Zhuge Liang could not take out a silk book from his sleeve and presented it to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu took the silk book, browsed it quickly, and looked up in confusion and said, "This seems to be a silk handbook by Ma Chao. What's the use of it?

"As Junhou said, and this should be Ma Chao's handwritten handwritten..." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "With this handwritten handwritten, plus the seal and ribbon of the Jingzhou Mu, Shangyong is already the item in our army's pocket."

"Fraudulent city?" Li Tong said sensitively.

"To be precise, it should be to first diversion the tiger from the mountain and then deceiving the city..." Zhuge Liang nodded and explained his plan in detail...

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After hearing Zhuge Liang's plan, Guan Yu and Li Tong thought about it for a while and thought it was extremely feasible.

"Although this plan is amazing, Ma Chao still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands. The main force has not been damaged and he rashly cut off his retreat. Isn't it too early?" Li Tong still had doubts in his heart, "In my opinion, it is better to go south first and work with the general army to defeat Ma Chao's main force!"

"Although Ma Chao has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, in his eyes, there are actually only more than ten thousand iron cavalry..." Zhuge Liang smiled and analyzed confidently, "Ma Chao uses cavalry and infantry to attack the generals, but how can the infantry speed be comparable to that of the cavalry? With Ma Chao's temperament, it is impossible for him to wait for the infantry to march together. He must have led the iron cavalry to go south first, and caught the general off guard.

But in this way, the cavalry and the infantry will be disconnected. Although Ma Chao's iron cavalry is terrifying, the infantry have just been snatched and incorporated from Cai Mao. The morale of the army is extremely unstable. Once they encounter strong attacks, they will be like defenders in Xiangyang City, either surrender or collapse.

General Zhao must have seen this and decisively gave up harassing Xiangyang and went south to pursue Ma Chao.

If Liang had a good guess, General Zhao would probably have defeated Ma Chao's infantry at this time! Without infantry, Ma Chao could not take advantage of the nearly 80,000 troops of the general and Kuai Yue with just the more than 10,000 cavalry. “

When talking about "I can't take advantage at all", Zhuge Liang's glamorous and confident face suddenly flashed in his mind, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After a breath of breath, Zhuge Liang continued: "Once Ma Chao gets the news that Xiangyang is lost and the infantry is defeated, his only choice is to retreat to Shangyong and defend with the advantage of the geographical advantage! If Shangyong had fallen into the hands of our army at that time, then Ma Chao would be a turtle in a jar unless he completely gave up the iron cavalry and forced himself into Shu to surrender to Liu Zhang, he would be a turtle in a jar, with no way to heaven and no way to the ground!"

Zhuge Liang made amazing predictions about the development of the battle situation with just a little bit of information from his scales and claws, and his vision was to coordinate the overall situation, and every link and every section was within his expected range.

Such a terrifying analysis ability, even Guan Yu and Li Tong, a long-time general on the battlefield, was shocked.

After stroking his beard and thinking for a while, Guan Yu recognized Zhuge Liang's proposal: "Kong Ming's words are reasonable, and it is right for him to attack Shangyong at this moment. But this matter is extraordinary, and a smart and calm person is required to be competent..."

Turning his head, Guan Yu asked Li Tong, "Wenda, are you willing to take this important task?"

"Your Majesty, how dare you not obey!" Li Tong responded without hesitation.

"With General Li's ability, it is no problem to seize Shangyong..." Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan and said with a slightly heavy expression, "But Liang had a worry in his heart - Shangyong held the gateway to the west of Jingzhou. Whether it was attacking Jingzhou or expeditioning the west of Hanzhong or Shuzhong, Shangyong was a must-fight place.

Cao Cao would probably not be indifferent to such an important place. General Li attacked Shangyong, and it is quite possible to encounter Cao's army..."

Hearing that he might have encountered Cao's army, Li Tong was stunned and hesitated. Li Tong was once a general of Cao Cao and was highly respected by Cao Cao. He was entrusted with the position of General Weinan to guard Shouchun. After being defeated and captured, he was moved by Liu Bei and changed his sect.

However, when he surrendered, Li Tong asked Liu Bei not to let him fight with Cao's army. Liu Bei agreed immediately without thinking, and did not have any grudges against Li Tong for this reason. He promoted him to General Hengye and was entrusted to the position of prefect of Lujiang.

Li Tong was grateful to Liu Bei for his kindness and fulfilled his duties wholeheartedly.

Guan Yu looked at Li Tong silently without saying anything. Guan Yu had had similar experiences to Li Tong and felt the same way of feeling.

"If the Lord and the Lord can trust him, Li Tong will take this important task and will give him mediocrity!" After thinking for a long time, Li Tong's eyes shot with determination, bowed and clasped his fists, and said loudly.

"Okay!" Guan Yu knew that Li Tong had overcome the obstacle in his heart, and smiled slightly and immediately agreed.

"Thank you, Lord You Sima!" Li Tong suddenly turned around and bowed to Zhuge Liang and said.

"General Li quickly ask for help, it's so good!" Zhuge Liang helped Li Tong up and replied with a smile.

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"My Lord, the scout is urgent to report!" Quan Cong hurriedly walked into the hall, saluted and reported loudly to Guan Yu, "Ma Dai led 30,000 infantrymen were attacked by the Fengqi army in succession and had collapsed.

General Zhao is currently leading the Feng Cavalry to continue chasing the remnants of Ma Dai!”
Chapter completed!