Kuai Yue did not hesitate and knelt down on one knee to pledge allegiance to Yuan Shu.
"Ding dong, congratulations to the host for recovering the famous historical minister Kuai Yue."
"Okay, okay, I have a different degree, and I am even more powerful than a tiger. As for Liu Biao's three counties, I don't mind."
Yuan Shu came directly to Kuai Yue and helped him up. It was much easier for him to get Jingzhou from Kuai Yue.
"Lord, although Kuai Yue has surrendered to you, it is not yet time to announce it to the outside world. We still have to do it secretly. How can we not want the land of the three counties? I will return to Xiangyang immediately and report to him that I have agreed to your request for Jiangxia.
I believe Liu Biao would not have any objections to the requirements of the three counties of Changsha and Guiyang.
After these three counties are captured, the Lingling Prefecture and the Wuling Prefecture will definitely join the lord's command as long as the lord sends people to lobby. In this way, the lord of Jingzhou will be able to occupy the land of five counties. When the time comes, he will go north to capture the remaining counties.
It's just a piece of cake,
The only concern is Cao Cao. This man is extremely capable and cannot be underestimated. We must find a way to suppress him, otherwise once he is given time, he will eventually become a serious problem for the lord."
Now that he decided to seek refuge with Yuan Shu, Kuai Yue immediately changed his mind and began to consider Yuan Shu.
"Well, you're right. Then I'll let you be the accomplice for now. When the time is right, you can submit to me."
Yuan Shu nodded to Kuai Yue. If he could become his secret agent next to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, it would be easy to capture Jingzhou.
"Then I will return to Xiangyang now. There are still 50,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang. In addition to Liu Bei's 10,000 soldiers and horses, it is difficult for Yuan Shao to break through in a short period of time. Therefore, the lord cannot send troops immediately. Let Yuan Shao and Liu Xian be in Xiangyang.
We fight for some time and lose some troops to each other.
But this time cannot be too long. If Yuan Shao really captures Xiangyang, the situation in Jingzhou will take a turn for the worse. If we want to capture Jingzhou, there will be more twists and turns.
The timing of this cut-in is up to the lord himself, but it is best not to exceed ten days."
After thinking about it for a while, Kuai Yue gave some suggestions of his own.
"Okay, Gongtai, immediately arrange for Ma Chao to send the general back to Xiangyang. As for the time of the march, I will decide it myself."
Yuan Shu nodded. What Kuai Yue said was right. If he immediately sent troops into Jiangxia, Yuan Shao would probably abandon Xiangyang and lead his troops to resist Yuan Shu's attack. Therefore, he had to seize this time just right.
"Quai Yue then took his leave."
Kuai Yue cupped his fists and saluted Yuan Shu, and left Yuan Shu's place. Then, under the escort of Ma Chao, he left Chaisang directly, detoured from the bottom of Jiangxia to Nanjun, and then went north from Nanjun to Xiangyang.
"My lord, with Kuai Yue's help, our layout in Jingzhou may have to change again."
Kuai Yue left, but Chen Gong frowned and spoke to Yuan Shu.
"Well, we really need to change something. First, we order Tian Feng to send troops from Yanzhou to capture Chen, Liang and Pengcheng. This will put pressure on Yuan Shao so that he does not dare to return to Nanyang County.
Then after we entered Jiangxia, we first sent an army north to Nanyang County to force Yuan Shao to mobilize troops from Xiangyang City to return to defense.
The large army will advance towards Cao Cao, taking Anlu and Nanxin first to block his way to Nanyang to join forces with Yuan Shu."
Yuan Shu came to Kan Yu and directly stated the plans he would make next.
"Chen Gong understands."
Soon the telegram was sent to Tian Feng in Yanzhou. Tian Feng received the order and immediately led his army to the expedition. He led the 90,000 troops gathered from all over the country into three groups, sending troops from Chenliu, Shanyang and Rencheng respectively, and went south.
Chen State, Liang State and Pengcheng State.
While Yuan Shu was operating his troops, Xiangyang City also experienced a bloody storm. Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Xiangyang. However, Xiangyang City was also extraordinary, with high walls, thick walls and a wide moat. Even if he lost his troops and generals, he still could not break through.
Six days after Kuai Yue left, Yuan Shu also swore an oath at Chaisang. The five main forces of the trapped army, the Polu army, the Huwei army, the Tiger army, and the guard army were all gone. There were also Ma Chao's 8,000 cavalry, coupled with the Xuzhou army and the militia, in total.
An army of 130,000 soldiers and horses came out of Chaisang and officially marched towards Jiangxia.
Cao Cao arranged Xia Houyuan in the rear to detect the movements of Yuan Shu's army and did not dare to stop. He abandoned Xia Zhi and retreated towards Xiling. At the same time, he galloped towards Dangyang on a fast horse.
Kuai Yue detoured from Jiangxia to Nanjun. After arriving in Dangyang, he told Cai Mao the news that Yuan Shu had agreed to send troops. At the same time, he sat down with his brother Kuai Liang in the evening.
"Brother, if you don't return to Xiangyang right away, what's the point of staying in Dangyang?"
Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue looked at each other, looking at their eldest brother and couldn't help but feel confused.
"Zirou, there is something that big brother is not sure about."
Kuai Yue looked at his younger brother in front of him. He was not sure what Kuai Liang meant now, so he did not directly tell him that he had defected to Yuan Shu.
Looking at his eldest brother, Kuai Liang was a little confused.
"Zirou, what do you think of Yuan Gongli?"
After hearing what Kuai Yue said, Kuai Liang was even more confused, wondering why he was talking about Yuan Shu.
"Yuan Jiujiu is a man of great talent and strategy. He is as much a hero as Cao Mengde."
Although he didn't understand what Kuai Yue meant, Kuai Liang still gave his own evaluation of Yuan Shu.
"Then who do you think is the most likely to reach the top among today's big men?"
Kuai Yue once again asked a question.
"Brother, why do you ask this question?"
Kuai Liang became even more doubtful and looked at Kuai Yue's brows furrowed.
"No need to ask anything else, just answer my question."
However, Kuai Yue shook his head and asked him to answer the question directly, without asking any other questions.
"If we look at the current world situation, the person most likely to reach the top is Yuan Shu and Yuan Gongdao."
Kuai Yue was still very dignified to Kuai Liang. Looking at his serious expression, Kuai Liang also put away his questions and concentrated on answering his questions.
"Then do you think Yuan Shu is worth serving?"
As soon as Kuai Yue finished speaking, Kuai Liang quickly covered his mouth.
"Brother, it's best not to talk nonsense here, be careful that the walls have ears."
But Kuai Yue directly pushed his hand away.
"I have ordered everyone to stay away from here. It is impossible for anyone to know about our conversation. To tell you the truth, when I went to see Yuan Gongli this time, he extended an olive branch to me and wanted me to defect to him. I took
Undecided."
After hearing Kuai Yue's words, Kuai Liang also fell into deep thought.
"Brother, tell me the truth, have you decided to join Yuan Shu?"
After thinking for a while, Kuai Liang frowned and looked at Kuai Yue.
"As expected, I can't hide it from you. I have indeed promised Yuan Shu, and he reciprocated by promising to appoint me as the shepherd of Qingzhou after the matter in Jingzhou is over. What do you think?"
