In real history, Zhang Xian also raised troops against Liu in this year. However, in history, the fuse that led to Zhang Xian's self-reliance was Cao Cao.

In this year in history, Zhang Xiu still stationed troops in Nanyang as Liu Biao's northern vassal, and helped Jingzhou repel and defeat Cao's army several times. Out of the desire to add chaos to Liu Biao and Jingzhou, Cao Cao sent the famous debater Huan Jie to persuade Zhang Xian to let Zhang Xian start an incident in Jingnan. And he once again led the army to attack Zhang Xiu, who was suffering from abdominal armpits. The two sides echoed in the north and south, not to mention destroying Liu Jingsheng, at least Liu Biao had to lose the strength to threaten the Central Plains.

The initial battle situation was very much in line with Boss Cao's expectations. The powerful Cao army surrounded the city of Nanyang County, which Zhang Xiu was defending, and was ready to conquer Nanyang. In Jingnan, Zhang Xian, who represents the interests of the powerful clan class, responded to the call, and three and a half of the four counties in Jingnan supported Zhang Xian's uprising!

But as the saying goes, planning never catches up with change. At a critical period of the situation, Yuan Shao, the overlord of Hebei, revealed his intention to attack Xuchang, and Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, immediately returned to Yingchuan. Despite the careful arrangement, Cao Jun still suffered a big defeat under the poisonous Jia Xu, who expected the enemy to win the victory. Zhang Xiu defeated the rear army of Cao's army in two battles and captured countless grains and grasses.

Of course, the indecisive Yuan Shao did not start a sudden war in the end, even though the success rate of this attack was very high. But Boss Yuan, who has always liked to play steadily, will never take risks. Of course, if Yuan Shao took the risk, he would not be called Yuan Shao, and it is very likely that there would be no Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu, and Liu Biao in this world.

But not taking risks does not mean that Yuan Shao has no vision, and it does not mean that the people under Yuan Shao do not instigate Yuan Shao to make trouble. Anyway, spread rumors and make noise, Yuan Shao is still willing to do these things.

Cao's army was defeated and retreated, which was not over for Jingzhou. Upon learning the news of Cao Cao's return to the division, Zhang Xian, who was already ill, fell seriously ill and died of grief. Although his son Zhang Yi continued to be promoted as the leader of the Jingnan Army, Zhang Yi did not have the courage and ability of his father. Having lost Cao's army's containment in Jingbei, Liu Biao's main force in Jingbei moved south and quickly pacified the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang.

The powerful class of the local clans in Jingzhou has been completely defeated in this struggle for leadership within the ruling class!

But now, history has changed. With knowledge spanning thousands of years, Zhang Xiu naturally will not stay in Nanyang, the gateway to Jingzhou, and continue to be a watchdog for Liu Biao.

And because of Zhang Xiu's change, Yuan Datou and Boss Cao, the two heroes at that time, came to the opposite side early, and the hostile confrontation between Yuan and Cao began earlier than history.

In the face of the huge pressure from Hebei, Cao Cao naturally had no time to look south in this history. In fact, sending his eldest son Cao Ang to garrison Nanyang and the general Cao Ren to guard Huainan was already the limit of Cao Cao's support on the southern front. In this situation, Changsha Taishou Zhang Xian, a good card that disturbs Jingzhou's interior, naturally has no energy to play.

But Cao Cao doesn't play this good deck of cards, it doesn't mean that Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce won't. Huanjie's lobbying of Zhang Xian was just a fuse, and the struggle between the two classes of the family and the clan in Jingzhou was inevitable. So at this time, Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce only need to provide another fuse.

In fact, both Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce realized Zhang Xian's role. Zhang Xiu knew Zhang Xian's deeds because he opened a plug-in, and Sun Ce knew that Zhang Xian's appeal was completely because of Sun Ce's attention to Jingzhou.

But coincidentally, Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce both concealed this situation from each other, and each sent an envoy to contact Zhang Xian, instead of sending an envoy representing the common interests of both parties to contact Zhang Xian after communication.

Sun Ce sent a famous debater in Jiangdong to Changsha - Yu Turn, Yu Zhongxiang. Yu Fu had already helped Sun Ce say that Hua Xin, who had no way out, and it would be easy to do this kind of inevitable lobbying task again. And Zhang Xiu sent the first debater of Jianghuai - Jiang Gan and Jiang Ziyi!

The two gentlemen arrived in Changsha County at about the same time. But Zhang Xian didn't let these two know about each other's existence, but basically agreed to the conditions of both parties. What is a basic promise? That is, I promised you to raise troops against Liu, but I still need to consider which camp to join.

After Yu Fu achieved his goal, he went back, but the professional debater Jiang Gan stayed in Changsha County, and he didn't know what to do mysteriously all day long.

That's right, Sun Ce's real purpose in his heart was to rely on Zhang Xian's response and cooperation in Jingnan to quickly control the entire Jingnan by surprise. At this time, Zhang Xiu must still be fighting the main force in Jiangxia and Jingbei, or he has just conquered Jiangxia. At this time, the Jiangdong Army can take the first step to cross the three rivers north and eat the entire Nanjun with Jiangling Xiangyang!

In this way, Sun Ce could eat the most fruits of victory with the least effort. This is not a fantasy, but it can be done! The big battles and tragic battles were all let Zhang Xiu fight, but Zhang Xiu could only eat Jiangxia County, and he couldn't blame me Sun Bofu. After all, the opponent was chosen by you, and Jiangxia Taishou was Liu Biao's diehard Huang Zu, not Zhang Xian, who was the reverse Liu faction, and this was not arranged by me.

Well, even if I'm not kind enough to do this, I can't be blamed for saying this. It was you who proposed to attack Liu Biao to carve up Jingzhou, and you can only blame you for not planning well enough and not having nobles to help. Anyway, I don't have any small moves, I eat five counties in six counties, and I get them openly. You can ask as much as you want, but you have to ask our Jiangdong children if they agree!

Do you want to tear your face by this time? Okay, I'm a little overlord to accompany you. I'm also trying to see if the Jiangdong soldiers who are recuperating will have the advantage, or will the Huainan soldiers who have experienced the big battle be superior?

That's right, you read that right, this is all Sun Ce's plan to pour his troops west. Seek the greatest interests by fair and honest means, and no one can find fault!

Even if Jingnan was controlled by Zhang Xian, who won the hearts of the people, Sun Ce didn't care. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that although Zhang Xian has a person, his life is not long. When the time comes, the clan Haoqiang in Jingzhou will make the right choice between Sun Lang, who has always "protected the territory and the people", and Zhang Yi, the son of Zhang Xian. Even Zhang Xian and Zhang Yi's father and son will make their own choices early.

This is Sun Ce's complete idea.

Let's take a look at Zhang Xiu's thoughts.

In fact, according to Zhang Xiu's current practice, we already know what he thinks.

In the eyes of Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce, Jingzhou is a big cake, so both parties believe that the other party will not eat this cake when it is absolutely possible. But compared to the tempting cake, Zhang Xiu, who experienced the Qiyang fiasco, cares more about the threat!

Jiangdong, Sun Ce, Sun is a sharp blade that may stab Zhang Xiu at any time. Although it is very difficult for Zhang Xiu to eat Jiangdong now, it is better to eat Jingzhou to enhance his strength. But Zhang Xiu has already realized that no matter how strong the power is, it is better to eradicate the threatening person or thing as soon as possible.

History is a living example of this. Yuan Shao had many opportunities to put Cao Cao to death, or to hinder Cao Cao's rapid development. But Yuan Shao didn't, and even indirectly helped Cao Cao eliminate the enemies who threatened Cao Cao.

We can say that if Yuan Shao did not stand on the opposite side of Lu Bu in the Battle of Yanzhou, then the Yuan group would have postponed its demise for at least a year!

And so on, and many more, Yuan Shao knew that Cao Cao was capable, but Yuan Shao's background and vision allowed him to filter out the threat that Cao Cao might bring.

When Yuan Shao reversed this view, it was because Cao Cao had formed a threat enough.

I have to say that this is a tragedy, a tragedy caused by Yuan Shao himself.

One of the purposes of familiarizing oneself with history is to prevent the recurrence of tragedy, and Zhang Xiu is well aware of this. Therefore, since there can only be one Yuan Cao in the north, there can only be one Zhang Sun in the south!

Secretly communicating with Zhang Xian is actually Zhang Xiu's last resort. Zhang Xiu knew that Zhang Xian's life was not long in coming, and out of the psychology of not using this card in vain, Zhang Xiu sent Jiang Gan to rebel against Zhang Xian.

Of course, Zhang Xiu carried out diplomatic lobbying activities on the premise that Zhang Xian would not be used by Sun Ce in the end. These have to be built on the basis of Zhang Xiu's attack on Jiangdong and Sun Ce's lack of time to go west!

No matter what you do, the external environment and conditions are the most important. Zhang Xiu understood this very well and persuaded Zhang Xian that it was one of the important external environments that Zhang Xiu created for himself to attack Jiangdong!

Only Jingzhou fell into civil strife, so Liu Biao naturally did not have the energy to meddle in the battle between himself and the little overlord Sun Ce. This is the external environment and conditions that Zhang Xiu wants to create for herself.

On the other hand, the external environment, which is also the cause factor, is also what Zhang Xian needs. With the best external conditions for Zhang Xiu and Sun Ce's alliance to go west, Zhang Xian no longer has to worry about no foreign aid. This also created an environment and conditions for Zhang Xian's uprising.

Although these favorable environment and conditions are the air pavilion built by Zhang Xiu, after Zhang Sun starts the war, Jingzhou's external troubles will disappear, and Zhang Xian will eventually find that he has been played by Zhang Xiu as a monkey, but Zhang Xiu has no choice!

Since ancient times, Zhang Xiu didn't want to be Yuan Shao, so he had to Cao Cao.

Anyway, you were also played by Cao Cao as a monkey in history, and now it is the same for anyone. At most, I will be kind, let Jiang Gan help you renew your life, and if I can hold out until I take Jiangdong and destroy Sun Ce, I will save you again.

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But at this moment, Liu Biao had no intention of thinking about Zhang Xiu's problem at all. After hearing the second news, Liu Biao completely turned his worries into joy, and looked like he was completely relieved and no longer worried.

Because the content of another report from Deng Xinian to Liu Biao was sent by Jingzhou's detailed work in Yuzhang County. The content is not much, compared to the content of Zhang Xian's mansion report in Jingnan's rebellion, it can be said to be pitiful, but it is enough to make Liu Biao sweep away his sorrows!

The content of the Di newspaper is: When Sun Ce was hunting for Lushan, he was attacked by assassins. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, the most serious of which was an arrow wound to his face, and he lost a lot of blood, and he was temporarily unable to put on his horse! In addition, Zhang Xiujun immediately expressed regret over the incident of Sun Ce's attack. This regret has two meanings, one is to regret the use of such indiscriminate means to deal with Sun Ce, and on the other hand, to regret the elite of those flying bear soldiers who could not complete the task.

In other words, it was Zhang Xiujun who admitted that it was their hand, and it was the Huainan Army's declaration of war against the Jiangdong Army!