Although he knew that Sun Quan's account of Sun Jian's death would find himself sooner or later, and he also knew that Sun Wu's return of Wuling and Changsha counties was just Zhang Hong's empty words, Liu Biao also had his own considerations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jingzhou's population and wealth were mainly concentrated in the Jingbei region, and Liu Biao's foundation and focus were also in Jingbei, although he lost control of the four counties of Jingnan, but only lost part of his strength and did not have much impact on his vitality. Although the land area of Korea is small among the vassal states, it ranks among the top three in terms of population and money.

South Korea now has 200,000 men with armor, but because South Korea is located in the land of four wars, there are strong enemies in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Liu Zhang's Shu State and Zhang Lu in the west don't have to worry, although one is powerful but the monarch is cowardly, and the other lord has some ability but weak power.

The Cao Wei forces in the north don't have to worry for the time being, although they have not recaptured Nanyang County and the important town of Wancheng, but Cao Wei has experienced the battle of Guandu this time, and he has not been able to get up for a year and a half.

As for the Zhang Chu forces in the east and the Sun Wu forces in the south, there is a problem. Zhang Xiuquan according to Huainan and Jiangdong land, not to mention, also naturalized the Shanyue tribe, now the Chu State with more than 300,000 soldiers with armor, but the number of warriors is even more. Moreover, his soldiers have been trained for a long time, and many of them have experienced battle formations, and the Han army that has completely destroyed Liu Biao in land battles under the same conditions, and even the water warfare that the Korean army is best at has the power to fight a battle.

And looking at the state of Wu again, there are only about 100,000 soldiers and horses mixed together, and there is no comparison with the well-planned Chu army with neat armor. To put it mildly, now that Wu Jun and Han Jun are combined, they may not be able to beat Zhang Xiu's Chu Army.

And if Zhang Xiu is allowed to destroy either side of Sun Wu and Liu Han, the other country will never be the opponent of Chu.

So, Liu Biao, who felt that Yu Yu was dependent on each other, decided to help Wu fight Chu after thinking twice. If he watched the annexation of Chu and Wu from the other side, Zhang Xiu's next target would definitely be his own Korea, and it would be difficult for him to resist the attack of the Chu army.

That's right, although Liu Biao is rated as a dog to defend the land the most in history, he is not as cowardly and incompetent as the "same kind" Liu Zhang, even if they are all dogs, Liu Biao is also the dog that can bite people.

As for how to deal with the relationship with Wu Guo, Liu Biao also has his own plans. Anyway, now it is Wu Guo who is at the forefront, and it is the monarchs and ministers of Wu who should have a headache.

After more than a month of Zhang Xiu's crossing of the Jiangnan expedition, Zhang Xun finally launched a counterattack against Huang Zu. At this time, although reinforcements from the Korean army came from Jiangling and Xiangyang, Zhang Xun and Qi Chun Taishou Yuan Bajun Cheng Wang Kai agreed that most of the Korean army was tired, and only Huang Zu's 50,000 soldiers and horses could maintain normal combat strength.

In line with the principle of keeping a low profile if you don't make trouble, and making a big deal if you do something, Zhang Xun mobilized all the horses he could command in this battle, and led 40,000 Chu troops to attack in Jiangbei, while Lu Mian, the general of Zhendong, led another 30,000 horses on the south bank

Marching westward. and contacted Lu Meng, the acting governor of the water division, as well as the county soldiers of Qichun and Lujiang to help in the battle.

Zhang Xun's large-scale army is actually an agreed signal, four days after Zhang Xun led the army westward, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun launched a mutiny in Jiangxia County, although they failed to capture the county seat Xiling as promised, but completely cut off the grain route of the Korean army, and captured Huang Zu's hometown Anlu.

When the news of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun's rebellion reached Huang Zu, Huang Zu was shocked, but there was no way to hide the news. Because Jang Hoon, who also learned about the mutiny, had already begun to spread the news of the fall of the rear of the South Korean army. So in just one day, the news that Zhang Wu and Chen Sun responded to the Chu army in Jiangxia spread all over the north and south of the river, and spread throughout the Jiangxia army and the Han army from Jiangling in Xiangyang.

And just when the Korean army was in turmoil, Zhang Xun decisively attacked, and Huang Zu relied on the reinforcements of Xiangyang, and the number of soldiers and horses was still slightly superior, so he did not retreat, and the two armies of Chu and Han broke out in the Xishui area of Qichun County. Zhang Xun went into battle to fight Huang Zu in person, although he defeated Huang Zu, but was stopped by Su Fei. The result of the battle between the two armies was naturally a great victory for the Chu army, which had been strong for a long time, but fortunately, Zhang Yun, the general of Xiangyang who replaced Huang Zu and commanded the naval army on the river, waved his troops to rescue him in time, so as not to make the Korean army completely defeated.

By contrast, the fighting on the South Bank has been less promising. Although Lu Mian is ranked as the general of Zhendong, his ability is limited, and he has always pursued the principle that no fault is meritorious, and he only dared to contain the Korean army that attacked and harassed the south bank, but he did not dare to launch an active attack.

Lu Mian's conservative and cautious decision should actually be the most correct decision he made in this battle. Although Huang Shot, the son of Huang Zu of the South Korean Army on the south bank, was not a big problem, Liu Pan, another general who rushed from Jiangling to help in the war, was a rare brave and fierce general among the generals of the Korean army. If it weren't for the Huainan soldiers under Lu Mian who gave full play to their expertise in good defense, and the well-drilled giant shield heavy infantry battalion fought desperately, maybe even Lu Mian's main battalion would have been captured by the fierce Liu Pan in one go.

Although there is no shortage of generals in the state of Chu, it also depends on which part it is, such as the general Zhang Liao of the northern expedition has old generals of the Lu Bu department such as Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng and so on, the general Ji Ling of the southern expedition has concentrated most of the old Yuan Shu troops such as Lei Bo and Chen Lan, and the general Gao Shun of the expedition to the west has Li Tong, Liu Pi, Gong Du, and Ru Ying generals, and only the general of Zhengdong Ji Ling and the general of Zhendong Lu Mian have no capable generals. Therefore, Liu Pan, who was born with courage, made waves in the Chu army.

Liu Pan braved the arrows to attack the camp held by the Chu army, and he was able to kill several generals under Lu Mian, just imagine that if Lu Mian took the initiative to attack and fight with the Han army, it would really give Liu Pan a chance to kill the generals and capture the flag and establish a prestige.

But although Liu Pan completely defeated Lu Mian's generals in terms of personal bravery, and although Liu Pan's 3,000 Jingnan dead soldiers had a strong attack power, these were not enough to reverse the strength of the Korean army and the Chu army on the south bank, especially when Lu Mian gave full play to his personal strengths and defended the camp with one tendon, Liu Pan and Huang Jie had no choice.

Heavy casualties still could not be attacked for a long time, the Korean army was inevitably demoralized, but at this time, they heard the news that Zhang Wu and Chen Sun had committed treason to the enemy and were in the rear, and then came the military report that the main force of the Korean army under the command of Huang Zu had suffered a defeat, and Huang Jie and Liu Pan naturally did not dare to attack again, so they pulled out the camp and retreated overnight.

Although there was a young general named Zhu Huan who tried his best to advocate taking advantage of the situation to pursue the rapid pursuit, Lu Mian, who was defensive by nature, still decided to march conservatively and take one step and three steps to the west to catch up with the Korean army.

The result is, of course, it can be imagined that Huang Jie and Liu Pan's troops are basically light soldiers, and they are already fast. And Lu Mian was worried that the Han army would have an ambush and break off, so he refused to listen to Zhu Huan's advice and concentrated on the light cavalry to chase and kill, so in the end, the Chu army on the south bank almost didn't even catch a single hair.

However, at this time, not many people focused on the battle between Chu and Han on the south bank, and the outcome of the battle between Huang Zu and Zhang Xun on the north bank was decisive.

Huang Zu was somewhat courageous when he was young, and he dared to face the tiger Sun Jian. But now in their fifties, old age and weakness are long gone—let alone the same days. Now facing Zhang Xun, whose fame and strength are almost in the same gear as himself, but he is in the prime of life, naturally he does not have much confidence in a decisive battle. Coupled with the chaos of Zhang Wu and Chen Sun, Huang Zu was worried about his hometown Jiangxia and his family all day long, and he didn't have much heart left.

So, Huang Zu continued his style of running away as soon as he lost the battle, beckoning the reinforcements brought by Zhang Yun with the slogan of "Chu must first settle down", and directly withdrew the army regardless of the agreement with Wu Guo and Zhang Hong.

The Jingzhou army has always had a conservative style, and the principles they believe in are the same as their lord Liu Biao, the king of Han, who can not fight without fighting. Even if it is to fight against Chu with Wu State, the first principle is to preserve the strength of the Jingzhou army first. And Zhang Yunnai is Liu Biao's nephew, and he is deeply influenced by Liu Biao. Speaking of which, Zhang Yun still wished that Huang Zu would quickly give the order to withdraw the army.

After all, after following Liu Biao in Jingzhou for so many years, Zhang Yun also saw that this Huang Zu was just a reckless horseman, all based on his relationship with Liu Biao and the prestige of the Huang family.

Zhang Xun is not afraid of this or that like Lu Mian, but at this moment he knows very well that if he does not take advantage of this battle to earn enough military achievements, in a few years, he is afraid that he will be squeezed out of the list of generals of the Chu State by Tai Shici Li Tong and other leaders of the Chu army.

In terms of self-knowledge, Zhang Xun is actually quite good. The ability is not as good as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and may even be surpassed by Li Tongtai Shi Ci and other juniors, which Zhang Xun admitted in his heart very early. And the more he experienced, the more Zhang Xun understood what level of his strength was, so he was even more conscientious.

So this time, Zhang Xun showed great courage and determination, and decided to do his best to fight this battle.

A few days later, Zhang Xun led the army to pursue the city of Yixian.

What Zhang Xun expected was that there were not many Korean army flags scattered on the city wall of Yicheng, there were no Korean garrisons outside the city, and there was not a single warship in the water port next to the city, as if the city had been abandoned by the Korean army.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, this is a trap and ambush of the Korean army, of course, no matter what, Zhang Xun's determination to pursue Huang Zu and the determination of the main force of the Korean army's horse infantry army will not change.

So Zhang Xun waved his hand, first ordered the scouts to find out which of Huang Zu's generals was stationed in Yicheng, and then ordered his light cavalry to spread around Yicheng, searching for whether there were Korean ambushes in the nearby mountains and forests, and finally sent people to urge the rear brigade of infantry to catch up as soon as possible.

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