Under the stars, night shrouded.

Long Zhongshan.

The hill has been guarded by the Modao Battalion, and the fifth battalion of the Jingping Second Army, the main force of the pastoral army, is stationed in Xihe on the north wing of the mountain, and the Shuofang battalion of the Jingping First Army is stationed in Longzhong Village, under the protection of the main force of the three battalions, this is the safest place on the battlefield.

Mu Jing stood in front of the camp gate, his eyes were vivid, looking at the distant starry sky: "There is not even a star, the breath is heavy, is it going to rain?" ”

"In Jingzhou, there is generally no rain in this stuffy weather!"

Zhuge Xuan shook his head: "This is a kind of sultry heat before entering the rainy season!" ”

"In other words, there is a possibility that the rainy season will start early this year!"

Mu Jing's eyes brightened.

"It's possible!"

Zhuge Xuan nodded.

"Rainy season?"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised: "Fighting a siege battle of Xiangyang in the rainy season is a bit of a loss!" ”

"The people of Jingzhou have adapted to the rainy season in summer, but you may not be adapted!" Zhuge Xuan reminded: "Once the continuous rain falls, I'm afraid it will be endless, and there may not be conditions for war at that time!" ”

"yes!"

The ranch nodded: "A place and a climate, they can be familiar with, but we need time to adapt, which is very bad for us, and the most important thing is that once the rainy season is too long and the river floods, we are completely blind!" ”

"Lord, we also have a water army!"

Chen Gong walked up from behind and said in a deep voice: "Even if Jingzhou enters the rainy season ahead of schedule, don't worry too much about this matter!" ”

"Gongtai, take care of things!"

Mu Jing asked.

"It's been dealt with!" Chen Gong nodded: "The adjustment of the three armies has been completed, and the siege can start tomorrow!" ”

"Well done!"

Mu Jing nodded with satisfaction: "Then tomorrow I will start to surround him for a few days, I want to see how the city reacts!" ”

"In addition, let the Flying Cavalry Battalion of the Violent Bear Army prepare!"

"Intercept the grain road in the eastern suburbs, and don't allow any grain to enter Xiangyang!"

He laid out several orders in a row.

"No!"

Chen Gong nodded.

"It's still a protracted battle!" Mu Jing looked at Xiangyang City in front of him with some unhappiness.

This Liu Biao is difficult.

The herdsmen are overwhelmed.

But he is as steady as Mount Tai.

If you follow the strategic deployment of the herdsmen, a quick battle is the best way, but the Jingzhou army is obviously above the herdsmen, but the Jingzhou army is obviously above the herdsmen, but it is a small fight, and there is no intention of frontal attack.

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The herdsmen began to besiege the city.

Although the shepherd army is not strong, but the momentum is fierce, has blocked the western suburbs, heavy troops pressed in the west city, and then Jingping first army out of the northern suburbs, successfully won the northern suburbs, although the troops can not block the north city gate, but blocked the northern suburbs official road.

In the south of the city is a lot of relaxation, the main force of the Jingping Second Army competes with the Jiangxia Army on the Han River, takes advantage of the situation to take the territory on the land, turns the southern suburbs into a battlefield, and does not allow entry and exit, and the general trend of encircling three and missing one is gradually formed.

At this time, Xiangyang City suddenly became a little flustered.

"The thieves are besieging the city?"

"How many people in my Xiangyang dare to besiege the city and fight!"

"Isn't Jingzhou Erlang even a mere herdsman a thief?"

"If this thief attacks, how can we do it!"

"If the shepherds break the city, then we will not be finished!"

"Can this city still stay?"

In the face of the siege of the herdsmen, the people in the city do not know the merits of the score, they only know that the people have hit the door, one panicked, confused, everyone's attention is attracted by the siege of the herdsmen, some of them are afraid, some complain, gradually, more and more people have lost trust in the governor's office.

……

State Pastoral Office.

"Siege?" Liu Biao shouted angrily: "They are so bold! ”

Besieging Xiangyang, what courage it takes.

Even if the pastoral army is strong, but in the final analysis, the pastoral army is only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, why only Xiangyang is such a majestic city, and the soldiers and horses in the city are still more than twice as large as outside the city, the more he thinks about it, the more aggrieved he becomes.

"Lord, the last general is going to fight!"

"Lord, how can my Jingzhou Erlang accept such a humiliation, please allow me to lead my troops out of the city to fight to the death!"

There are not many generals who want to fight, and they are all high-spirited.

Now the situation between the herdsmen and the Jingzhou army is not very clear, although the Jingzhou army has the momentum of defeat and retreat, but the main force of Jingzhou has been in Xiangyang City, and has not fought with the herdsmen, and it is not certain whether they will win or lose.

But the herdsman army boldly encircled the sky and divided his troops to besiege the city, which is to look down on Xiangyang City.

So all the generals were angry.

Including clerical recruitment.

"Lord!"

Wen Ping bowed his head and asked for his life: "I am willing to personally lead the army out of the city to fight, and break the siege of the herding army!" ”

As long as they can defeat one side, they can break the siege of the herdsmen.

"Don't be impatient!"

Although Liu Biao was also angry, he was very calm at this time, and said: "The pastoral army seems to be besieging the city, but who knows what conspiracy they have, and the matter of going out of the city to fight needs to be considered in the long run!" ”

Although the generals were not angry, since Liu Biao had already spoken, they were helpless.

"Lord, if this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Kuai Liang said softly: "We need to turn passive into active!" ”

"What do you want to do?"

"The shepherds have strong combat effectiveness, and they will suffer losses after all, but their weakness is still above the water war, and I think that they still have to control the waterways in order to force them to withdraw from the siege!"

"I'm afraid that Huang Zu won't want to move!" Liu Biao squinted his eyes and said coldly.

Huang Zu is a prince, sitting on Jiangxia, if he is unwilling to move, even if Liu Biao orders, he thinks that he will not accept the orders of foreign monarchs, and Liu Biao can't help him.

Now the soldiers and horses outside are left with the Jiangxia army.

"I'm sure Huang Taishou will know the severity!"

"Okay, I'll give him the order!"

Liu Biao thought for a while and said in a deep voice.

A military order, an hour later, has been sent to the Jiangxia military camp in the southern suburbs.

Jiangxia Army, Navy plus foot soldiers, about 30,000.

It is dominated by the water army, but there are also many foot soldiers.

Huang Zu camped on the boat, he saw the order coming from the state pastor's mansion, and there was a gloomy coldness on his face: "You don't understand, you want me to move, this is the main soldier who wants to consume a certain family, Liu Jingsheng, Liu Jingsheng, what a ruthless heart!" ”

"Lord, I'm afraid this is not only Liu Yuanjun's idea, but also the whole Jingzhou is expecting this!"

Strategist Su Fei arched his hand and said: "Xiangyang seems to have strong troops, but it has been suppressed by the pastoral army repeatedly, from the Battle of Fancheng, the Battle of Dengxian, to the Battle of Tanxi, and then the attack and defense of Xicheng, the bloody battle of Longzhong, one after another, we Jingzhou suffered a big loss, the morale of the soldiers in Jingzhou is getting lower and lower, and now it is still under siege, and the city can only count on us!" ”

"And how do I send troops?" Huang Zu squinted, and there was a cold glow in his eyes.

"On top of Hanshui, we still have an advantage!"

Su Fei said: "As long as we can eat two bays, we can sweep the waterways within a radius of 100 miles, expel all their sailors, and they will be isolated on land!" ”

"The Shepherd Water Master is not easy to deal with!" Huang Zu sighed: "I still underestimated them before, but now, I have to admit that the herdsman army can dominate the world, it is definitely not simple, although their sailors are not as good as us in any aspect, but the growth is very strong, and they can supplement their combat effectiveness in ordnance, if they continue to fight for a long time, I can defeat them, but for a while, I can't eat them!" ”

"It's hard to eat them, but it's not hard to defeat them!"

Su Fei pointed to a place on the map: "There is a breakthrough here!" ”

"West River?"

Huang Zu squinted slightly.

The West River is a tributary of the Han River, which flows along the entire northern outskirts of Xiangyang, mainly around the northeast of Longzhong.

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A few days later, the mountain was in the mountains.

Mu Jing summoned the generals.

"We've been besieging Xiangyang for a few days, but the city is more stable than we thought!" Mu Jing sighed and said: "Xiangyang is a big city, even if we surround them for a few months, they can hold on, so we have to change our strategy!" ”

"Change strategy?"

The generals looked at each other.

"Next, let's eat them!"

Mu Jing asked his subordinates to push out the screen map and point to a dot, which was marked with a small flag of Jiangxia.

"The lord wants to attack the Jiangxia army?"

Huang Zhong's eyes had a look of incomprehension.

"Yes!"

Ranch head.

"Attacking the Jiangxia Army is not a temporary idea!" Chen Gong took the initiative to analyze: "From the beginning of the siege, our goal is the Jiangxia army, at this time, we have to eat Jingzhou's last reliance outside the city, force them to die inside, and the Jiangxia army can't stay!" ”

With the Jiangxia army here, the Jiangxia warships were too strong to be encircled at all.

The grain from Yicheng has entered Xiangyang in a steady stream, even if you want to intercept it, the herdsman warship can't beat the Jiangxia warship, it's useless, so there is a gap in the siege.