Liu Yi joined forces with the troops from the two counties to march south and stationed troops on Liandao. After receiving the news, Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, quickly recruited his son Liu Xian to discuss countermeasures.

Liu Yi has obtained the four counties in Jingnan and the two counties of Changsha and Wuling, and it only took two months to add up. This made Liu Du feel a little confused. He didn't know whether he could defend it. This time, he invited Liu Xian to come and discussed whether to surrender or continue to resist.

After all, Liu Bei's army has crossed the river for more than two months. Even if the news is blocked, the news of Chibi's defeat has been spread for such a long time. Even if Liu Yi is repelled, for Liu Du, what is waiting for him will be the next more fierce attack by the Liu Bei group.

There is some need to continue fighting, but if you surrender, the position of prefect may not be guaranteed, so Liu Du was very confused.

"Father." After reading Han Xuan's letter, Liu Xian looked at Liu Du and said, "It seems that Liu Yi was able to seize Changsha so quickly because Han Xuan was not prepared enough and his troops were scattered in various counties. Only then did Liu Yi defeat them one by one, but by luck, Liu Yi was cheating, and he had the momentum of today."

Liu Du nodded when he heard this. He also felt this way. If Han Xuan had prepared from the beginning, Liu Yi would have only two or three thousand soldiers, let alone attacking Changsha, he might not be able to go back alive.

Anyway, no matter what the trick is, if you look at it in the end, it will be ordinary. You just do the right thing at the right time. On the other hand, as the loser, I will feel stupid. I will definitely do better than him. This is a general mentality of people, not to mention that Liu Yi is not well-known and has a high origin. As a noble family, Liu Xian looked down on Liu Yi from the bottom of his heart. Not only him, but also Liu Du, he did not have much awe of Liu Yi, but more of his confusion and helplessness towards the current situation.

When Liu Xian saw Liu Du nodding, he smiled and said, "Father, although Prime Minister Chibi was defeated, it was not Liu Bei who defeated the Prime Minister. Even if we want to surrender, we should surrender to Jiangdong. What should we do with him? Why don't my father write a letter to Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, to surrender to Jiangdong, and ask Jiangdong to come and accept the two counties."

Liu Du smiled bitterly when he heard this, "What my son said is very consistent with my heart. However, even if Jiangdong agrees, it will be difficult to rescue him in time."

Where are the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong? I don’t know.

Send a messenger, Jiangdong agreed to prepare for the assistance of troops, horses, food and grass. This will take as soon as one or two months. Can you stop it?

"My father is too high-minded to Liu Yi." Liu Xian said disdainfully: "According to the post, Liu Yi's troops are only six or seven thousand. Although our Lingling only has four thousand soldiers, the clans in various places follow their father's horse. In addition, the Shanyue Cyan tribe also has a good relationship with his father. As long as his father sends someone to inform him, he can gather tens of thousands of soldiers at any time. Why not be afraid of Liu Yi?"

Liu Du is different from Jin Xuan. He has a good relationship with local tyrants and even Shanyue. His power is not too strong, but in Lingling, his appeal is extremely strong. In this regard, Liu Du's hidden strength in the four counties in Jingnan is the strongest, and Liu Xian said this.

Seeing that Liu Du was still hesitating, Liu Xian continued, "Besides, the one Liu Bei relies on is Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's courage, but I, Lingling, also has the general Xing Daorong, who is not worthy of the courage of thousands of men. Even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came in person, it may not be the opponent. What's more, Liu Yi's side is just Liu Feng and Guan Ping, what's the fear of his father?"

It can only be said that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are too famous, Liu Feng and Guan Ping are actually considered good generals, but standing next to these two people, under the halo of them, they seem a little overshadowed.

Under the persuasion of his son, Liu Du finally decided to raise an army to resist. Of course, there was still a matter of rules. He first wrote a letter to Liu Yi, denying Liu Yi's various immoral behaviors. At the same time, he secretly sent people to contact the thieves in the four sides of the country and asked them to send troops to help and prepare for a battle with Liu Yi. After all, looking at the past and present, he has never seen any battle that would be really persuaded to retreat because of a letter, so it is naturally even more impossible for Liu Yi to do so.

Liandao, Liu Yi's camp, looking at Liu Du's misfortune of all his immoral behaviors in the letter, Liu Yi put down the bamboo slips and looked at the generals and smiled: "If it weren't for Liu Du's letter, I wouldn't know that I was so powerful."

"Sir!" Huang Zhong stepped out and bowed to Liu Yi and said, "Liu Du is a slowdown in his army. He must be contacting all the sects. Mountains are coming to help. He is quite in the mountains and sects. We might as well send troops immediately and defeat them in one fell swoop while the army has not yet gathered!"

"No need!" Liu Yi played with the carving knife in his hand and shook his head, "The general's words can solve the temporary problems, but here in Lingling, there are rampant sects. If Liu Du is defeated, those sects will inevitably change their flags when they see that the situation is not good. Even if they occupy Lingling, the sects will still be difficult to solve in the future. It is better to take this opportunity to let Liu Du gather all these sects. We will take the opportunity to destroy their heads and surrender their crowds to eliminate future troubles!"

This is different from the situation in Changsha. First, the Changsha sect thieves are not too powerful. Second, Liu Yi was really a few soldiers and generals at that time, so he had no choice. But now it is different. He has 7,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and there are also generals like Huang Zhong, Liu Feng and Wei Yan, and Guan Ping is a good assistant. In Lingling, the sect thieves are too strong and have to be weakened and suppressed. If you don’t fight now, it will be even more difficult to have an excuse to suppress after taking Lingling in the future. Now they are their own masters and life and death. If you take Lingling, you will be your own people. At that time, it will be less convenient than now.

Huang Zhong frowned and said, "But our army now has only 7,000 troops. According to detailed reports, Liu Du has gathered more than 10,000 troops and is still gathering, so I'm afraid..."

"There is an advantage for many people." Liu Yi nodded. This is an objective fact. In the era of cold weapons, the advantage of the number of people cannot be ignored. He looked at Huang Zhong and said, "But according to the current information, there are more than a dozen sect thieves gathered at present, not to mention the Shanyue soldiers and horses. The general thought, can these people be together?"

"This..." Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy, it depends on how Liu Du dispatches it."

"If you can't be united, you will be a mob. If you are in a good position, you will be out of power. Once you encounter a little setback, you will definitely scatter. Besides, there are too many people, which means that food and grass are consumed. Now we don't lack time, so we camp here to train troops. If there are too many people, it will not last long. When he sees that we don't attack, he will lead the army to attack. At that time, the attack and defense will be transferred, and we will be in the camp and defend. Will the general have the confidence to defend?" Liu Yi said with a smile.

"The battalion set up by Mr. is quite strong, and our army has sufficient troops. Although the attack is insufficient, the defense is more than enough." Huang Zhong nodded and said. He had seen the power of the military camp built by Liu Yi in the past two days. I am afraid that he had sufficient troops at the beginning and asked himself to lead his troops to attack. As long as Liu Yi did not make any big mistakes, it would be difficult to break, let alone a group of mobs.

"As long as we can defend, we will win. Just wait for the enemy to invade itself, and it will be the time when our army counterattacks!" Liu Yi said with a smile.

Liu Yi actually didn't say anything. He was waiting for Guiyang news. Wei Yan had been sent out for a long time, but there was no movement. Obviously, Zhao Fan had not sent troops at that time. Now that Han Xuan has also arrived in Guiyang, Zhao Fan will have some reaction. Wei Yan is just a wolf whose prey is secretly peeking, waiting for the prey to expose its weakness. Once Zhao Fan takes action, Wei Yan will definitely take action. Regardless of success or failure, Guiyang is unlikely to support Lingling.

Of course, the best result is that Wei Yan successfully defeated Zhao Fan and quickly seized Guiyang. In that case, not only can he get Guiyang's support immediately, but at least he will trap Lingling. At that time, he will have time to play with Liu Du.

Even if Wei Yan's attack failed, Guiyang's men could know that their situation was not safe, so naturally they would not dare to send troops easily.

Liu Yi naturally hoped that the best situation would happen, but everything in this world would not go well. He was not Zhuge Liang, and he had the ability to foresee the future. However, as long as he determined the worst result, he would not suffer any losses to him. Now he could let go of his hands and fight with Liu Du.

On the other hand, Liu Du gathered more than 10,000 troops and his courage increased. Seeing that Liu Yi was just stationing troops at Liandao, but he had been going on for the future, he couldn't wait to hope that Liu Yi would come over to make his reputation. However, Liu Yi was as steady as Mount Tai, and had no intention of sending troops at all. This made Liu Du a little dissatisfied and immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters.

"What does Liu Yi mean when he stationed his troops in the tent without attacking or withdrawing his troops?" Liu Du asked with a frown as he looked at the generals under the tent.

"I must have seen our army have a strong momentum and dare not attack." A general smiled.

This is also what everyone here thinks. Liu Du looked at Liu Xian and said, "Do you know, how many soldiers and horses are there in our army now?"

He only knew that there were many people, but the thieves from all sides came to help, and each brought his own troops. He could not count how many people were.

Liu Xian smiled and said, "Don't worry, father, there are more than 10,000 soldiers gathered by various clans. In addition to the soldiers and horses of our prefect, there are 15,000 soldiers and horses of Shanyue. Now our army is afraid that there are less than 20,000 soldiers. Liu Yi is afraid that his army is afraid of the might of our army and dare not come over."

When Liu Du heard this, his heart felt relieved a lot. The army of 20,000 was not a small number. You should know that before Jiangdong resisted Cao Cao, Zhou Yu had only 30,000 troops under his command.

But then, Liu Du frowned again and said, "There are a lot of food and grass consumed every day. If Liu Yi doesn't come to attack for a long time, we can't afford to raise these people!"

People came to help, so naturally Liu Du should have handled the food and grass, but Lingling is not a wealthy county. Although some food is stored in recent years, it cannot withstand the food that 20,000 people like this, and Liu Du is worried that he can't afford it.

Liu Xian thought for a moment and said, "Since he doesn't come, why should I send troops to attack?"

Liu Du thought about it and felt it was reasonable. Anyway, they had a lot of soldiers, so they were afraid of something, so they immediately agreed and ordered Liu Xian to lead the army with Xing Daorong and send troops to join forces. Liu Du was in the rear to provide logistical support to the army.
Chapter completed!