"Difficult."
Bai Feng only said one word before she slowly shook her head.
Cao Chun was speechless.
Just now, Cao Chun's blood had rushed to his head. He wanted to take back Fan City and guard the periphery of Xuchang.
But now that he thought about it, it was indeed difficult.
Unless he took it head-on.
But what would happen if he took it head-on?
Fan City could be taken, but the Cao Army would suffer great losses.
If they died before they even achieved victory, the world would laugh at them.
Bai Feng sighed softly and said,
"Fan City can't be attacked. Since it's lost, let it be lost."
Hearing this, all the generals sighed.
How could they lose Fan City just like that?
They were about to send troops to attack Jingzhou. If they lost Fan City, it would be like Liu Bei holding a knife to Cao Cao's neck.
As long as Liu Bei attacked with all his troops, they would be besieging Xu Chang again.
Not taking Fan City?
Wasn't that just asking for death?
Bai Feng saw everyone's reaction and did not explain. Instead, he turned to Li Cunxiao.
"Cunxiao, take one thousand of my men and head to Jiangxia with Deng Ai and Zhang He."
Cao Chun was dumbfounded.
"Marshal, don't blame me for being nosy."
"This is a critical moment. Why do you want to go to Jiangxia?"
Bai Feng glanced at Cao Chun.
Cao Chun was stunned at first, then he clapped his hands.
"Sir, what a good plan!"
"Why doesn't Sir let us go?"
Bai Feng shook his head.
"The general guarding Jiangxia is Huang Zhong. You and Cao Ren have both been in Jingzhou for some time, so he will definitely know the two of you.
"We need to trick the city gates into opening. If we attack by force, it will be extremely slow, no different from taking Fan City by force.
"As for the remaining generals, we can't stay idle either. We'll split into two groups. The rest of the generals will follow me to take down Jiangling!"
The generals suddenly understood.
Bai Feng's meaning was clear enough.
Even though they had lost Fan City this time, Liu Bei Army was still in Fan City.
The military strength of Jiangxia and Jiangling would also decrease accordingly.
Since Fan City was the hinterland, it would be a different story if they went straight for Xuchang.
After all, the Liu Bei Army only had twenty to thirty thousand men. Once they were cut off from the surrounding cities, they would lose their rations.
At that time, the plan would collapse.
If they dared to take the initiative to attack Xu Chang, the forces of Jiangxia and Jiangling would quickly rush to the back of Fan City.
A two-pronged attack was the best plan!
The generals obeyed and headed toward Jiangxia and Jiangling.
Bai Feng placed most of his troops in Jiangling, while Jiangxia used a deceitful scheme based on the two generals guarding the city.
Obviously, Huang Zhong was the only general guarding Jiangxia.
Although Huang Zhong had a strategy, he had just joined Liu Bei's team.
If it was a scheme, he had no choice but to believe it.
However, Jiangling was different. The one guarding it was Mi Fang.
Mi Fang was as timid as a mouse, and he was also Liu Bei's trusted aide. His sister was also married to Liu Bei, so he could be considered Liu Bei's brother-in-law.
To trick him into opening the city gates was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
As for Jiangling, with his one thousand Mysterious Armor Cavalry and the 18 Cavalry of Yanyun, as well as Li Cunxiao, they would definitely not fear Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong and Jiangxia's soldiers were good at shooting. After they opened the city gates, the combat strength of these soldiers was not worth mentioning.
… …
At the current moment, Jiangxia City.
Jiangxia was really close to Xuchang.
Li Cunxiao, Deng Ai, and Zhang He led the Black Armored Cavalry and galloped forward. Soon, they arrived nearby.
At that moment, Li Cunxiao said softly, "Everyone, rest up.
"All troops, rest. We will move out at night."
A thousand men was not a big target, and moving at night was obviously more effective.
Zhang He obeyed Li Cunxiao's orders without question.
After all, Li Cunxiao was Bai Feng's relative.
Although he did not have an official position, Bai Feng had said that he would be the leader of this expedition.
Although Zhang He had his own strategies, he could not do anything to a stubborn old man like Huang Zhong.
In addition, Zhang He was naturally obedient and did not have any other thoughts.
Hence, this was why Bai Feng had chosen Zhang He.
However, after the soldiers set up camp, Li Cunxiao ordered them to take off their armor and rub it on the ground.
This time, Zhang He really did not understand.
These armors had just been forged. If they were rubbed on the ground, they would not be very durable.
The battle was imminent. Why was he doing this?
When Zhang He looked at Deng Ai, Deng Ai did not find it strange at all. Instead, he rubbed his armor together with Li Cunxiao.
Following that, Li Cunxiao actually ordered them to buy livestock and slaughter it!
This time, Zhang He could not help but ask softly, "I really do not understand.
"I really don't understand. What do you mean, Mr. Li?"
"If that's the case, the armor will become extremely difficult to use."
"Moreover, this doesn't seem to be a good time to hold a banquet, right?"
Li Cunxiao raised his eyebrows.
So, Zhang He thought that he was slaughtering livestock for food.
Li Cunxiao muttered, "Sir Li Cunxiao.
Do you still remember what Sir Li said? "
Zhang He rubbed his chin and thought for a moment.
"Blow up the city gates and then attack."
Li Cunxiao nodded and then rubbed the livestock's blood on his face.
This time, Zhang He understood and hurriedly said,
"Could it be that Sir Li has already thought of a plan?"
Li Cunxiao smiled mysteriously.
"You'll know tonight."
Zhang He did not hesitate and imitated Li Cunxiao and rubbed the livestock's blood on his face.
Zhang He, who had been through many battles, did not find the smell of blood disgusting at all.
In the blink of an eye, the originally awe-inspiring cavalrymen were now covered in filth.
It was as if they had just finished a battle.
Zhang He gradually understood Li Cunxiao's plan.
Trick open the city gates. Trick open the city gates.
Could it be that he wanted to pretend that Liu Bei Army was defeated so that he could enter the city?
But …
Zhang He hesitated for a moment and said,
"Sir Li, although this plan is not bad, Huang Zhong is not easy to deal with. If you want to trick him, I'm afraid this is not enough."
Li Cunxiao shook his head slightly and said,
"No, if Jiangxia had not been taken by Liu Bei, this plan would not have been able to trick Huang Zhong."
"However, Huang Zhong is a surrendered general who had just finished a battle with the Shu Army."
"Moreover, it was because of him that Zhao Yun left Liu Bei."
"Although I don't know how Liu Bei will react, Huang Zhong is now in fear."
"Even if he suspects that we are imposters, he will think more about it."
Zhang He nodded his head skeptically.
However, he still hesitated.
Although Zhang He had never interacted with Huang Zhong before, he had heard a little about him.
It could be said that Huang Zhong was the one who raised the flag of the entire Changsha City.
When Zhao Yun attacked the city, he was almost defeated. This showed how brave he was.
If there was a mistake in the plan, the thousand elite soldiers would not be able to stop Huang Zhong's arrow rain.
However, Zhang He still trusted Li Cunxiao quite a bit.
After all, he had participated in the extermination of the Xiongnu.
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