In the sixth year of Chuping, it was already the Jian'an era in the original timeline, but Wang Mang occupied Dong Zhuo's body and saw through Wang Yun and Lu Bu's plan, and was not killed in the original timeline. So the era name of Hatsuhira has continued until now.

In May, the Yangzhou army broke through one million Shanyue, captured hundreds of thousands, and beheaded the nine priests of Shanyue. The Shanyue forces were in a slump, and they could only rely on the topography of the mountains and forests to entangle with the soldiers of Yangzhou.

June. 200,000 mountain barbarians went down the Ganshui River to Luling and Ganxian. Entering the mountains and forests from the rear, the Shanyue nest entrenched in the Wuyi Mountains was broken, and the Yuzhang Mountains were completely destroyed. Then the army marched eastward to Huiji, and at the end of July, all Shanyue forces were pacified, and millions of Shanyue were forced to move out of the mountains and forests.

In mid-August, Yangzhou Mu Gaocheng suddenly summoned a large army, with Gu Yong of Wu County as the army, Lu Dai, Xu Chu, and Zhou Tai as the generals, led an army of 300,000 from Nanchang, using the repair of water to transport troops, and in three days, entered Ai County, only one step away from Changsha County.

The Yangzhou army marched westward, and Jingzhou was shaken. Changsha County was caught off guard, and several cities were broken in an instant, and Liu Pan, who guarded Changsha County, was repeatedly defeated and trapped in Linxiang City.

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September. The mountains and fields waved their flags, and the black army surrounded a city to the death. The Jingzhou soldiers defending the city were extremely pale, looking at the besieging army below, trembling, unable to raise the slightest fighting spirit.

Don't talk about these soldiers, even Liu Pan himself doesn't have the confidence to hold Linxiang City. He swept his eyes on the elite soldiers of Yangzhou below, smiled bitterly in his heart, forcibly took a breath, and shouted: "Brothers, Yangzhou soldiers are too deceitful, and they have invaded Changsha for no reason, and they must not be allowed to occupy our hometown, the state pastor has sent reinforcements, and ordered, as long as the city is held for half a month, everyone will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars!"

Ordinary soldiers can surrender, Liu Pan, as Liu Biao's nephew, is responsible for stabilizing the overall situation in the south of Jingzhou, and he must not switch to Yangzhou, so there are only two results at the moment, either lead the troops to break through the siege, or the city is broken and killed.

There are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in Linxiang City, and the soldiers besieging the city outside are boundless, and there are more than 200,000 according to rough calculations. Liu Pan had no choice but to defend it. I hope to hold on for a few days and wait for Liu Biao's reinforcements to arrive.

It's a pity that Liu Pan's morale-boosting move has no effect, the soldiers defending the city are not fools, they have heard the news that the Yangzhou army has just defeated a million Shanyue army, and in the past two years, Yangzhou has become more and more prosperous, and there are many merchants in Changsha County who are transporting goods to Yangzhou. Quite a few people have also made a small fortune.

In the face of the Yangzhou army, which was full of soldiers and food, all the soldiers in Linxiang City did not have any confidence.

Under the city, in the distance.

Gao Cheng stood on the command car, with Xu Chu and a scribe standing beside him. He used his eyes to sweep his eyes over the city wall, and when he saw the expressions of these city guards, he couldn't help but laugh.

He turned his head to look at the scribe beside him and said with a smile: "Yuan sigh, you said that our army will take how much time to capture Linxiang? Can we take the four counties of Jingzhou before Gongjin and Zhicai send troops?"

This scribe was Gu Yong of Wu County. The first prime minister of the future Soochow. He was dressed in green clothes, and his face was calm, making it impossible to guess what was in his heart. His eyebrows were slightly locked, and he looked calm when he stood beside Gao Cheng. Without the slightest pressure.

"Liu Pan is already exhausted, and Linxiang City is not a golden soup city, our army is under the city, and we will be able to break the city within three days! As for whether we can quickly take the four southern counties of Jingzhou, it depends on the speed of Liu Jingzhou's troops!" Gu Yong replied with a slight arch of his hand.

Gu Yong is the most outstanding descendant of the four surnames of Wu County, with the cultivation of the fifth level of soul refining, representing the four great families, Gao Cheng sent troops to Jingzhou, and by the way, he took him with him, and asked a few questions from time to time. It can be regarded as a test for him.

Gao Cheng laughed, "I'm afraid that Yuan Si underestimated the elite under the command of Yangzhou, and broke the city in three days? Dinggong, how much time do you think our army will need to capture the city?"

Lu Dai was in front of the command car, smiled confidently when he heard this, and said: "On that day, the lord captured Guangling in one day, the strength of Linxiang City was not as good as Guangling, and Liu Pan's strength was not as good as Chen Qi's father and son, this time, the time to break through the city will only be shorter! According to my estimate, half a day is enough!"

Gao Cheng glanced at him appreciatively and said with a smile: "Yes, half a day is enough!"

Just as a few people were laughing, Xu Chu suddenly pointed ahead and shouted: "Lord, look, there is movement at the city gate!"

Boom! The north gate of Linxiang City creaked, a crack opened, and a shout of killing came from the city gate. It seems that there was a scuffle between the Jingzhou soldiers and the others.

"What's going on?" Liu Pan at the head of the city was hoarsely boosting his morale, when he suddenly heard the movement from the city gate, he was shocked, and saw a captain running with a pale face, and hurriedly grabbed the other party and asked in a hissed voice.

"General, it's not good, the Zhang family in the city is reversed! Zhang Xian and his son opened the north gate with their soldiers! Prepare to welcome the Yangzhou army into the city!" These lieutenants cried with sad faces and hurriedly shouted.

"What!"

Liu Pan was struck by lightning and took two or three steps back in a row. Zhang Xian is too guarded in Changsha! He actually opened the city gate directly and took refuge in Yangzhou Gaocheng?

At this time, there was a horn below, Liu Pan hurriedly looked, and saw that the Yangzhou soldiers besieging the city were divided into thousands, and under the leadership of a military general holding a long sword and wearing heavy armor, they rushed directly to the north gate.

It's over! Liu Pan closed his eyes in pain.

A knife roared out, snorted, and sank into the gap of the city gate, instantly killing dozens of Jingzhou soldiers at the city gate, and the Zhang family soldiers in the city were helped and struggled to open the city gate.

"Lord, the city gate has been broken!" Lu Dai laughed, revealing joy.

Even Gao Cheng didn't expect that as soon as the army besieged Linxiang, there would be a family in the city that responded. However, it is no wonder that Liu Biao, he entered Jingzhou single-handedly, and in order to grasp the power, he constantly weakened and attacked the large and small clans in the territory.

The three counties in the north of Jingzhou are okay, there are large armies that guard and strangle all year round, and ordinary clans can't make any waves.

And the four counties in the south of Jingzhou have a large number of clan forces. It cannot be extinguished in a short period of time, and Liu Biao's rule in southern Jingzhou is like a volcanic crater that has been temporarily extinguished. As soon as it encounters Mars, it will explode.

"Good!

Gao Cheng applauded repeatedly, no one expected that entering Changsha would be so smooth. Sure enough, as Xi Zhicai expected, the Yangzhou army entered the southern counties of Jingzhou at this time, which was the right time. If you wait until Liu Biao frees up his hand to deal with the clan forces in the south, it will not be so easy to attack again.

"Youping, go and find out, who is the one who opened the city gate?" Gao Cheng calmed down the scene and sent Zhou Tai out again.

At this time, Xu Chu led 5,000 elites to attack the city, and held the north gate to the death, and the follow-up soldiers entered the city through the north gate in a steady stream, and began to strangle the Jingzhou soldiers in the city.