Chapter 425 Arrogant Persuasion to Surrender

"General, this is the letter sent back by my lord." Deng Yu, from Xinye, Nanyang, handed a letter to Wei Yan.

When Gao Shuntian marched eastward to the Central Plains, he did not take away the most powerful Wei Yan. Instead, he asked him and Deng Yu to stay in Nanyang, and took Cao Xing to attack Yingchuan. This was not to hide his weakness, but to take credit for the attack on Jingzhou. Give some to Wei Yan.

Zhang Liao will definitely be the main force in the attack on Jingzhou, but Nanyang will also send troops to support him. According to the original communication between Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao hopes that Gao Shun will send troops to lure the main force in Jingzhou, and then he will send troops from the belly of the fish, otherwise Shu will lose The terrain is difficult to enter and exit. Liu Cong only needs one man and horse to defend the key point, so it is difficult for him to use troops. Even if there are Vulcan cannons, he may only be able to use one or two in such a place.

Vulcan cannons are powerful, but one or two of them won't do much.

Therefore, Gao Shun left Wei Yan and Deng Yu, the most capable men around him, to help Zhang Liao and to give these two men a chance to achieve military success.

Wei Yan quickly took the letter and opened it. It was an order for him to send troops to Jingzhou. As for how to fight and act according to the situation, Lu Bu did not make any arrangements.

"Pass my military order, the three armies assemble, we attack Xiangyang!" Wei Yan fisted his hands with some excitement. Just at this time, a batch of stone bullets were sent from Beigong City, although the Vulcan Cannon Gao Shun only left Wei Yan with a hundred However, there is no shortage of stone bullets and gunpowder on Wei Yan's side.

"General, there is no ferry. How can we attack Xiangyang? How about sending troops to capture Jiangxia?" He said with some hesitation. Their task should be to support Zhang Liao in attacking Jingzhou. They are auxiliary. Why do you think Wei Yan means to directly attack Jingzhou? Main attack?

"What's the difference between attacking and responding?" Wei Yan shook his head and said: "Soldiers are valuable and quick. If we don't fight harder here, how can Liu Cong withdraw his troops to deal with it? General Zhang may not even be able to get out of Shu. What are we doing?" Helping him!"

If the opponent was Gao Shun, Wei Yan would still give way, but Zhang Liao... Even though he was on the same level as Gao Shun, it was useless. In terms of merit, as long as he was not a direct superior, it would be no problem!

After Brother Ma leaves, besides the general, I am the biggest in Nanyang!

Unless the lord comes, no one can do anything. He looked at Deng Yu and said: "I have made up my mind about Xiangyang. Call me your boy quickly. You come to station in Nanyang and he will be my deputy general!"

Deng Yu: "..."

From General Gao down, no one in Nanyang has peace of mind. In the past, when Ma Chao was around, Wei Yan was a little better and not too crazy. But now that Ma Chao is gone, most people can't control his madness!

My son won’t learn bad things if he follows him, right?

Deng Yu began to worry about his son's future.

"Here!" In the end, he had no choice but to agree, after all, he was the commander-in-chief.

Wei Yan gathered 10,000 elite troops left behind by Gao Shun, with the young general Deng Ai as the vanguard, and marched directly to Fancheng. There was only the Han River between Xiangfan and Xiangyang. As long as Fancheng was captured, Xiangyang would be on the other side. With the current range of the Vulcan Cannon, Clamping the cannon at the top of Fancheng City can directly attack the top of Xiangyang City.

"General!" Deng Yu hurried over on the day of dispatching troops.

"What else is there?" Wei Yan looked at Deng Yu doubtfully.

"Should we write a letter first asking Liu Cong to surrender? If they don't surrender and we will fight again, it will be regarded as a good example!" Deng Yu bowed and asked.

"Okay, you send the message first, and I will go to Xinye to reorganize the army. When the messenger comes back, he will go to my place first. If there is no response from Jingzhou in three days, I will send troops. If the messenger does not return in three days, I will send troops too!" Wei Yan fumbled. He clicked his chin and nodded.

As the power of the imperial court continues to recover, now we also pay attention to courtesy first and soldiers second in battles. After all, it is different from the past when we were in a corner. If the lord wants face, so do we generals.

"Then I'll go get ready." Deng Yu nodded, and after bidding farewell to Wei Yan, he pulled his son out of the military camp and gave him a good instruction. If nothing goes wrong, this battle will be the last few battles. Can he stand out? Before the scientific examination, come here to get some military merit. Even if you fail the scientific examination later, you can still rely on your military merit to get promoted.

Soon, Deng Yu had someone send him a letter to persuade him to surrender. The wording of this letter to persuade him to surrender was extremely strong. It didn't look like he was trying to persuade him to surrender, but rather he was looking for trouble.

Xiangyang, governor's office.

After Liu Cong read the letter of persuasion to surrender, he handed it to everyone and frowned slightly: "What do you think?"

After Liu Biao's death, there was a battle for the throne between Liu Qi and Liu Cong. Afterwards, Liu Qi failed and went to Jiangxia. Liu Cong became the lord of Jingzhou with the support of Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others. Although he was the lord of Jingzhou, But in fact, Liu Cong's control over Jingzhou was far less than that of Liu Biao. He had to listen to Cai Mao and others in everything. The power in Jingzhou was basically in the hands of the clan headed by Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others.

Whether to fight or not to fight is not his decision, it is the decision of these people.

Liu Cong was very smart, so he did not fight against him forcefully. He often followed the trend, taking Cai Mao as the leader, and stood by Cai Mao in everything, letting Cai Mao and Kuai Yue fight.

However, people like Cai Mao and Kuai Yue are not fools. These families are the masters of Jingzhou. Naturally, they will not really fight to the death. However, their positions are often inconsistent, and disputes often arise from this.

But today's letter of persuasion... came without any conditions, just asking them to surrender, which made Cai Mao and Kuai Yue feel offended.

How is this official position calculated? What's the benefit of surrendering? What is the policy for governing Jingzhou?

He didn't say any conditions and just gave him the word "surrender". Only a devil would be willing to surrender.

"Then Wei Yan went too far!" Cai Mao slapped the surrender letter on the table and frowned. Even if he wanted to surrender, he could not surrender in the face of such a tough attitude.

"Maybe this is what he meant." Kuai Yue fumbled his beard and frowned.

"Mr. Yidu, what does this mean?" Liu Cong asked doubtfully.

"According to Jiangbei's careful investigation, Wei Yan has secretly gathered troops and horses in the Xinye area. It seems that he wants to fight, but the troops are unknown. If we refuse flatly, Wei Yan will probably fight immediately." Kuai Yue was a little sad, and his fists were not as good as his own. They are big.

"So what? Could it be that if the other party sends a letter of surrender, we will have to surrender?" Cai Hao frowned.

"Delay!" Kuai Yue thought for a while and said: "Lu Bu is now conquering the Central Plains. No matter how powerful the Guanzhong Army is, it will be difficult to defeat Cao Cao in a short time. We neither accept nor refuse. We will delay for some time and wait for the Central Plains." Let’s make plans once the war situation becomes clear.”

Lu Bu has now vaguely conquered the general trend (the news of the fall of Xuzhou has not yet come). If it is really the general trend, they will not go against the trend and survive first, and then plan the next step on how to rise again.

But if Lu Bu cannot defeat Cao Cao in a short time, then they can join forces with Cao Cao to send troops. After all, the main force of Nanyang has been transferred to the front line, and Wei Yan will not have too many troops. Although the Nanyang army is strong, there is no They had no ships and no navy, so they could not cross the Han River.

As for Zhang Liao being stuck in the belly of the fish, he is now waiting for a breakthrough here to lure the Jingzhou army back, and then he can break through the obstacle and send his troops eastward.

"That's the only way it can be." Cai Mao nodded, and this time he and Kuai Yue quickly reached an agreement. After all, although Jingzhou has no ambition to compete for supremacy, you are talking empty talk and asking me to surrender with a piece of paper? That's really overthinking, it's no good, who surrenders?

Liu Cong immediately summoned the envoy. After some relief, he said that the matter was too big to make an immediate decision and asked the envoy to go back first. After discussion here, he would give a satisfactory answer.

The envoy took the letter and went to see Wei Yan.

"So, I just don't want to surrender!" After reading the reply, Wei Yan sneered and immediately ordered people to prepare. When the three days are up, he will immediately send troops to Fancheng.

Hundreds of Vulcan cannons bombarded Fancheng for a day and a night, and the Jingzhou army who defended the city did not dare to come out. The next day, people directly used gunpowder to blow open the crumbling city gate. The soldiers of the three armies filed in, and in just half a day, Fancheng was captured. Take it.

"You bastard, you're just a mediocre man, how dare you bully me like this!?" Cai Mao, who got the news in Xiangyang City, was furious and shouted.

The faces of Kuai Yue and others were not good-looking. At this moment, the matter had become clear. Where was the surrender letter from the other party? It's basically a notice, if you don't surrender, you will fight.

"Uncle, now that Fancheng is lost, Xiangyang will have to face the enemy directly. What should our army do?" Liu Cong said helplessly.

"Don't worry, Gao Shun took away most of Nanyang's troops. In my opinion, Nanyang probably doesn't even have ten thousand people now!" Cai Hao snorted coldly, then looked at Kuai Yue: "Does Yidu have a strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"The Vulcan Cannon of the Guanzhong Army is really powerful, but it is not used to water warfare. Our army only needs to block the powerful generals, and the Guanzhong Army will be helpless even if it captures Fancheng. In addition, we can order the eldest son to lead the army back to attack Fancheng. Our army will also attack Fancheng." Send an elite force to attack Nanyang," Kuai Yue thought.

At present, one of their advantages over the Guanzhong Army is their military strength, and the other is water warfare. As long as the Han River is blocked, the Guanzhong Army, no matter how elite it is, will not be able to get through.

"good!"

At that moment, Cai Mao ordered the soldiers of the three armies to prepare for war, and ordered people to go to Jiangling to mobilize sailors to block the Hehan River.

Wei Yan was busy carrying the Vulcan cannon to the city wall, building a defense line around Fancheng, and preparing to bombard Xiangyang across the Han River. Unexpectedly, just one day later, the Jingzhou navy came up, and Liu Cong also brought Centaurs want to join in the fun.

"Deng Ai!" After hearing the news, Wei Yan was unambiguous and shouted sharply.

"The general is here!" A young general stepped out and saluted Wei Yan.

"I'll give you three thousand elite men to drive Liu Qi back. I don't have time to deal with him now, so don't cause trouble!" Wei Yan handed a command arrow to Deng Aidao.

"The last general takes orders!" Deng Ai took the command arrow with both hands and said excitedly.

After sending Deng Ai away, Wei Yan stood at the top of the city and looked at the naval forces on the river. He just sneered. It seems that the Jingzhou Army still doesn't know the true power of the Vulcan Cannon. In this case, let you see it!

Instead of attacking immediately, he had people bring in more stone bullets and a lot of Thunder God crossbows. On the morning of the third day, Wei Yan suddenly had people use Vulcan cannons to shoot at the Jingzhou Water in the distance. The army opened fire, and the Thunder God Crossbow was fired at the nearby navy. For a moment, there was an explosion on the river. Countless ships were blown to pieces before they could react. The river turned into blood. The Jingzhou navy was bombarded by artillery fire. Next, we can only quickly withdraw from the range of the Vulcan Cannon...