Kuai Yue, Liu Qi, everyone present, even the general Huang Zhong, were all surprised. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Everyone knows that in the current situation, Liu Biao is doing this in a clear way and is self-defeating.

Previously, they had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but they couldn't hold a Jiangling, and at this time, the total number of soldiers and horses was not more than 10,000, and they still wanted to forcibly kill them ashore, didn't they kill themselves.

It's just that Liu Biao is in a state of anger, and no one dares to persuade him, for fear of being angered by Liu Biao, even Kuai Yue and Liu Qi dare not speak.

Only Huang Zhong couldn't bear it, so he had to give his hand and said: "The king is angry, our army lost Jiangling, and the loss of soldiers and horses is almost close. ”

Huang Zhong's words were like pouring a scoop of cold water on Liu Biao's burnt head, which made him sober up a little in an instant.

"Could it be that this king will sit back and watch the queen be captured by the pottery thief, and he will wantonly humiliate this king, as a minister of Great Chu, don't you know the truth of the lord's humiliation of the minister's death!" Liu Biao glared at Huang Zhong and shouted, but his anger had subsided a little, but he was still angry at Huang Zhong's persuasion.

The lord humiliated the ministers to death, he Liu Biao was humiliated, Huang Zhong didn't fight to the death for Liu Biao's glory, and dared to persuade hard, how could he not make Liu Biao annoyed.

Liu Biao's questioning shocked Huang Zhong's old body, and he felt a sense of grievance in his heart, so he had to sigh lightly and dare not speak again.

However, after Liu Biao reprimanded Huang Zhong, his anger also disappeared a little, but he calmed down and did not forcibly order the troops to march to the north bank.

Kuai Yue observed the words and saw that Liu Biao's anger had subsided, but he just needed to go down the steps, so he gave up his hand and persuaded: "King, we must avenge the revenge of the pottery thief, and the queen must also be saved, but now the enemy is strong and I am strong, and I really can't fight because of anger. ”

Sure enough, Kuai Yue's words will soon extinguish all Liu Biao's anger.

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Biao gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, according to your plan, the army will retreat to the mouth of the oil river on the south bank first." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Pottery thief, this hatred, this hatred, this king will ask you to repay ten times sooner or later, this Jiangling City, as well as Xiangyang, I will take it back sooner or later!" Liu Biao gritted his teeth, hit the wall of the ship with his fist, and swore hatefully.

Liu Biaoniu's earth-shattering sound, Kuai Yue and Huang Zhong and other civil and military personnel left and right, but their expressions were gloomy, and no one responded generously.

Jiangling City, the second largest city in Jingzhou, has been lost, the iron hooves of the potters have reached the north bank, and the Yangtze River, including Nanjun, the essence of the entire Jingzhou has been taken by the potters.

Now, they are in the Great Chu State, only one county of Jiangxia remains, and four counties of Jingnan, plus Huang Zu's Jiangxia army, adding up to more than 20,000 soldiers and horses.

With such a small number of soldiers and horses, it is not easy to protect oneself, and what kind of revenge and hatred can be talked about and recapture Jiangling Xiangyang.

In the frustrated atmosphere, Kuai Yue's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said loudly: "You don't have to be discouraged, the reason why the pottery thief was able to capture Jiangling, in the final analysis, is just that his infantry is powerful, the previous Fancheng water battle, but also our army is light enemy, not how strong the pottery thief's water army is, and now he has been led by us to the Yangtze River line, here, the water war is the key to determining the victory, although our army is small, but the water army still has an advantage, it may not be able to make a comeback." ”

"Xenomorph is reasonable, reasonable." Liu Biao's spirit suddenly lifted up.

Then, Kuai Yue pointed to the east again, and said with a proud smile: "We not only have more than 10,000 sailors, hundreds of warships, now Sun Ce has led the Wu State Navy to arrive in Jiangxia, and the Wu and Chu Navy armies, as long as we can lure the pottery thief down the Yangtze River, we can win a big victory, turn the tide in one fell swoop, and then the army takes advantage of the situation to kill the north bank, why can't you drive the pottery thief out of my Dachu, retake Jiangling Xiangyang, and recover my lost territory." ”

Suddenly, Liu Biao's body shook violently, as if it was dark, and he suddenly saw a glimmer of hope, and the bleak future suddenly brightened.

His thoughts flew around, weighing the pros and cons, and for a moment, the corners of Liu Biao's mouth finally raised a murderous sneer.

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North Shore, Gangneung City.

The potters did not rush to pursue Liu Biao, but personally sat in Jiangling to appease the people and rest the soldiers.

The pottery merchant knew very well that the key to his ability to capture Jiangling was the strength of the infantry army, and with his current naval strength, it was enough to chase down the Yangtze River and destroy Liu Biao's remaining strength.

The next day, the scout quickly sent back information, claiming that Liu Biao had sent his eldest son, Liu Qi, from Xiangshui to Jingnan and to Changsha to recruit troops from the four counties of Jingnan.

Liu Biao himself led the remaining seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses to flee down the river to Xiakou, where he went to meet Huang Zu and join Sun Ce's army against the river.

Gangneung Fortress, Haenggong.

"Jiangling was lost, Liu Biao only sent Liu Qi to Jingnan, but he went to Xiakou?" Hearing this news, all the civil and military forces were slightly surprised.

Zhang Liang sneered, "The four counties of Jingnan are barren land, and Liu Biao, the old dog, knows very well that he has no possibility of turning the tables with the four counties of Jingnan, so he retreated to Jiangxia, thinking that he would join forces with Sun Ce to seize his lost land." ”

The four counties of Jingnan are the four counties of Wuling, Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang, which are located in the south of the Yangtze River, with a wide area of thousands of miles, and the area is pure to reach half of Jingzhou.

It's just that these four counties are vast and sparsely populated, most of the area has not yet been developed, and the economy is relatively backward, only Changsha County is slightly stronger in the four counties, and the combined economic strength of the other three counties is not as strong as the southern county where Jiangling and Xiangyang are located.

If Liu Biao had that ability, he could resist the potters alone with the four counties of Jingnan and reach the point of turning the tables, then he would not be killed by the potters to such an embarrassing extent.

"Liu Biao, do you really want to learn from your big-eared fellow thief and treat me as Cao Cao......" The potter's thoughts were flying, and in his mind, he couldn't help but think of the past history.

In history, after Cao Cao unified the north, he led a large army to the south and swept Jingxiang, when Liu Biao was dead, and his son Liu Cong surrendered without a fight, so it can be said that Cao Cao took Jingzhou without much effort.

At that time, Liu Bei, with no way out, chose to unite with Sun Quan and launched a decisive battle with Cao Cao, and finally the Battle of Chibi that determined the trend of the world occurred.

The current situation is that things are wrong, but the situation faced by Liu Biao is the same as that of Liu Biao back then, and in the same predicament, choosing to join forces with Sun Ce is also the only way out for Liu Biao.

Of course, Liu Biao's situation is much stronger than that of Liu Biao.

At that time, Liu Bei had less than 10,000 soldiers, and there was no territory under his hands, and now Liu Biao still has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the four counties of Jiangxia and Jingnan are still in his hands.

As for Sun Ce at this time, whether in terms of personal ability or military and economic strength under his command, he was far better than Sun Quan in history.

The enemies faced by the potters were obviously much stronger than Cao Cao back then

If this is placed on dry land, of course, the potter is not afraid of the two thieves joining forces, but in this Yangtze River basin, where water warfare is dominant, he can't help but be afraid of three points.

"King, now that we have captured Jiangling, the strategic goal has basically been achieved, there is no need to rush to war with Sun Ce at this time, it is better to temporarily rest the army, build a large water army in Jiangling, appease the people's hearts, and when the time is ripe, then go east downstream, and it is not too late to completely defeat Liu Biao." Zhang Liang made a suggestion to the potter.

What Zhang Liang said is also in line with the wishes of the potters.

In the past, Cao Cao was riding the momentum of sweeping away Jingzhou, so arrogant that he was empty-eyed, and without waiting for the rest of the soldiers and sitting firmly in Jingxiang, he marched eastward and rashly fought a decisive battle with the Sun and Liu coalition forces.

As a result, in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was defeated by Zhou Yu and was forced to retreat to the north, and even Jiangling was regained, completely losing his dream of dominating the world in his lifetime.

The pottery merchant is familiar with history, so he naturally wants to learn from history, and he can't be too arrogant like Cao Cao, Zhang Liang's proposal is naturally in line with his mind.

Weighing all the pros and cons, the pottery merchant said happily: "Okay, according to the plan of the ovary, let Liu Biao last for a few more days, and when my Great Wei Navy is completed, it will not be too late to destroy him." ”

Therefore, the potter immediately ordered that the soldiers and horses of all roads stop attacking, and Wu Zixu's troops who feinted to attack Xiakou also retreated to Xiangfan, and the pace of attack stopped.

When Liu Biao retreated to Xiakou in a hurry, trying to join forces with Sun Ce to induce the potters to fight a decisive battle on the water, the potters did not fall for him and chose to stop fighting.

The potter did not teach Yejing, but chose to temporarily place the palace in Jiangling, so that he could appease the people's hearts and sit firmly in Jingxiang.

On the one hand, of course, because of the bloody battles for many months, the soldiers were tired, and they needed time to digest the victory, so that the soldiers could rest and recuperate, and the naval army was not strong enough to fight with Sun Ce's Wu State naval army.

On the other hand, the potters also deliberately did not move in order to break Liu Sun's alliance.

The pottery merchant knew very well that between Liu Biao and Sun Ce, after all, there was a feud between his father and his father, and if he attacked too quickly, he would definitely prompt them to let go of their old enmity and join forces to fight against him.

And if the potters want to defeat them on the Yangtze River, they must have a strong enough naval army, and Wu Zixu's 5,000 naval army alone is obviously far from enough.

Even if Wu Zixu is the pioneer of the water army, it is obviously not very reliable for him to use only 5,000 water troops to deal with the Wu State water army, which pulls out a general at random and is a good hand in water warfare.

On the other hand, if he does not move, he will be able to make the two of them suspicious again.

The revenge of killing his father, Sun Ce will definitely not forget, and now that Sun Ce's army is on Liu Biao's territory, it is naturally impossible for Liu Biao not to be on guard, and the pottery merchant will not move, which is to give the two of them a chance to increase their suspicion.

As it turned out, the potter's prediction was correct.

The pottery merchants did not move, and within a month, Xizuo sent back information that Sun Ce led the army of Wu State, withdrew troops from Jiangxia, and retreated to the front line of Chaisang to wait and see.

As soon as Sun Ce's army retreated, the potters could rest easy, not worrying that Jiangling would be threatened by the enemy's navy, and they could build warships and train the navy with great fanfare.

At the same time, the potter ordered Xu Sheng to lead the second batch of 5,000 Xu Yangshui divisions to meet in Jingzhou as soon as possible, so as to consolidate the strength of his Yangtze River naval army.

Of course, the pottery merchants will not wait too long, because according to intelligence, Liu Bei in the north has formed an alliance with the Hu tribes such as Xianbei and Wuhuan, and it is very likely that they will attack Jizhou in the south.

Therefore, the potters planned to spend this summer, wait for the water level of the Yangtze River to drop, and after the initial expansion of the naval army, they would march east along the river and completely wipe out Liu Biao.