"This battle is thanks to the lord's divine power! Otherwise, the Shanyue High Priest at the nine soul refining levels would not be easy to deal with!" After seeing Gao Cheng, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but sigh.

His words come from the heart. The Yangzhou Army can develop step by step to this day, relying on Gao Cheng's strength and vision. As for Xi Zhicai and other military generals and strategists, their abilities are not weak. They are all powerful soul refining soldiers or military generals, but they are not indispensable figures.

Just like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of that year, his literary and military strategy was enough to crush all his ministers. Whether it was Deng Yu, Wu Han, these civil officials and generals who could shine in other eras also made great contributions after joining Liu Xiu's command, but their reputation was always covered by Liu Xiu, and eventually they did not become famous in later generations.

Of course, if you defect to such a lord who is very outstanding in both literary and military strategies, you will have a lot of confidence. At least you don’t have to worry about his heroes like Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang.

Gao Cheng and Xi Zhicai were drinking in a pavilion. The surrounding area was breeze, and streams flowed through the backyard. This was a house of a wealthy businessman in Nanchang City, which was temporarily requisitioned by Xi Zhicai.

At this time, there was no one around the pavilion except Xu Chu. The new prefect of Yuzhang County was Xu Xuan. He was busy sorting out all the big and small things in Yuzhang County in the government office, so he did not have the leisure and elegance to come here to drink and have fun.

Gao Cheng picked up the wine bottle from the wooden table and slowly savored the taste of the wine. Listening to Xi Zhicai's praise, he couldn't help but smile and joked: "Zhicai, when did you learn to flatter like others?"

Xi Zhicai waved his hand and said, "What flattery? This is my truth! If the lord did not have such strong strength, I am afraid that this time it would be as Liu Biao wished. The army and the Shanyue soldiers were in stalemate, and then it would give Jingzhou a chance to take advantage of the situation!"

"Also, Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, although he has the support of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, his strength is not as strong as the lord, and his family background is not as good as the Yuan family in Runan. He is still under Yuan Shao. If Cao Cao has the strength of the lord, I think this person's future achievements are limitless!"

Gao Cheng nodded. In the past few days, he was able to receive news from the Embroidered Uniform Guard in Nanchang City. Now the three strong men in the north are still facing each other. Among them, Wang Mang and Lu Bu, under Wang Yun, continued to fight, each with their own victory or defeat. Yuan Shao finally defeated Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei's joint efforts not long ago, occupying a small part of Jizhou, Qingzhou and Youzhou.

After putting down the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yanzhou, Cao Cao was ordered by Yuan Shao to go north to Qingzhou to compete with Liu Bei. The elite soldiers under his command were led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and many were damaged.

In name, Cao Cao was a prince, but in fact he had to rely on Yuan Shao's breath. He worked hard to fight with Liu Bei in Qingzhou, but the territory he seized was taken over by Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao is far from comparable to the three northern top three, but in the eyes of a truly discerning person, Cao Cao is a great potential stock. Among them, the Xun family of Yingchuan, one of the eight major families in the world, attaches great importance to him and has a direct descendant Xun Yu to surrender.

Xun Yu is the talent of Wang Zuo and the true direct descendant of the Xun family in Yingchuan. He has the opportunity to become the head of the Xun family in the future. Such a person who defected to Cao Cao is enough to give people a great shock.

"Zhicai, Yuzhang Mountain Yue has been pacified now. There is Wang Lang in Danyang County. I have sent Jiang Qin and Yu Fan, a famous Kuaiji scholar, to help him pacify the remaining Shan Yue. What should I do next?"

Gao Cheng put down the wine bottle, admired the flowing water of the rockery around him, and the small lake dug not far away, and asked faintly. He had a general idea in his mind, but he had no complete plan yet, so he wanted to ask Xi Zhicai, the military advisor.

Xi Zhicai's body moved when he heard this, his eyes swept Gao Cheng's face, and his thoughts quickly turned. After thinking for a while, he said: "Our army has just experienced a great war, and there are not many soldiers and horses that have been damaged. According to normal circumstances, we naturally have to repair it. When the food and grass are harvested, we have sufficient food and grass military funds to supplement it before doing other actions!"

"The meaning of the lord's words, should we send troops again in a short period of time?"

Gao Cheng nodded slightly and said softly: "Not bad! Before the mountain became more chaotic, our army was preparing to fight against Jingzhou west, but was dragged down by Shanyue. Now Shanyue is no longer threatened, so naturally we have to attack Jingzhou according to the original plan!"

Xi Zhicai thought about it and did not oppose Gao Cheng's plan in his heart. Yangzhou has more than one million troops, but this time it only dispatched 300,000 troops. In Lujiang, Runan still has 200,000 to 300,000 troops. Now mobilizing these troops to join the Chaisang camp can bring up an army of nearly 500,000.

There is no problem with the troops, and the timing of sending troops is not bad. Yangzhou has just defeated Shanyue, so Jingzhou must have thought that Gao Cheng would temporarily rest the army. He was not prepared for a sudden battle.

With the right time and place, Gao Cheng occupied the harmony of the times and people, and sent troops to attack Jingzhou, and had a considerable victory.

"It's not impossible for the lord to attack Jingzhou, but it's just that attacking Jingzhou is mainly based on the navy! Jiangxia has Huang Zu and Huang Zhong is in charge. Our navy does not have much advantage compared to Jingzhou."

Xi Zhicai said: "There are seven counties in Jingzhou. Nanyang County was occupied by Yuan Shu. After Yuan Shu's death, Dong Zhuo from Guanzhong sent troops to fight for it, and Liu Biao each occupied half of the cities. In addition to Nanyang County, the essence of Jingzhou is in Nanjun and Jiangxia County. However, Liu Biao has a very deep foundation in these two counties!"

When Xi Zhi said this, he paused for a moment and asked Gao Cheng to digest what he had just said. Seeing Gao Cheng nodding slightly, he continued: "So I suggest that if the lord attacks Jingzhou, it is better to use 200,000 mountain barbarians as the vanguard, first attack the four southern counties of Jingzhou, and then use infantry to go north to threaten Jiangxia, Nanjun, and the navy to advance westward. Attack two groups!"

Take the four counties in Jingnan first?

When Gao Cheng heard this, he nodded in agreement. Xi Zhicai's plan was good. The biggest advantage of Jingzhou was that the navy was strong. Whether it was the navy's troops or ships, they were above the Yangzhou navy. Yangzhou attacked Jingzhou, went upstream and was at the bottom of the wind.

But according to Xi Zhicai, if you first take the four counties of Wuling, Guiyang, Lingling and Changsha in southern Jingzhou, you can play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, exert the strengths of the infantry in the Yangzhou army, and put great pressure on Jingzhou. After all, there are only seven counties in Jingzhou, and most of them will lose their composure at once.
Chapter completed!