Zhang Lu knew very well that his actions would definitely be under Wang Kai's surveillance, so he would definitely not do anything unusual in the early stage.

After Ma He monitored Zhang Lu for a period of time and found that Zhang Lu did not have any abnormal behavior, he quickly reported the news to Wang Kai.

When Wang Kai learned that Zhang Lu did not have any abnormal behavior, he also ignored Zhang Lu for the time being, but Ma He still followed Wang Kai's wishes and kept secretly monitoring.

Since then, Wang Kai began to develop Hanzhong County wholeheartedly, because Hanzhong County is now no strong rival outside and no hidden worries inside.

Since Wang Kai has the assistance of Yan Pu, the government affairs of Hanzhong County have also been handled by Wang Kai in an orderly manner.

In order to be able to completely turn Hanzhong County into his true foundation, Wang Kai began to implement his plan step by step, and one of the first policies implemented was the military tun system founded by Cao Cao.

For this reason, Wang Kai also specially sent Luo Cheng and Qin Qiong to Fangling County and Xicheng County respectively.

At the same time, the battle between Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui became more and more intense.

Li Wei, who was observing the situation in Chang'an, learned that Liangzhou was in chaos, and he immediately began to enjoy it with Guo Yan.

When Liu Xie, who became the puppet of Li Dao and Guo Yan, was locked up in the palace, he complained in the harem all day long, because he was too aggrieved as a son of heaven.

Although he was a little aggrieved, Liu Xie did not completely give up hope, because his ideal was to revive the Han Dynasty.

The year 192 A.D. is the third year of the first peace.

Yuan Shu, who had seized Yangzhou, sent Sun Jian to attack Jingzhou.

Sun Jian, who had already worked hard to build some foundation in Changsha County, thought about it after receiving Yuan Shu's order, and then immediately summoned Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and Han Dang under his command.

As the three generals arrived, Sun Jian said to them: "Ladies and gentlemen, Yuan Shu sent someone to pass the word, he asked me to send troops to fight against Liu Biao in Jingzhou, I want to raise my troops, and I will go to the whole army as soon as possible to go with me." ”

Suddenly hearing this news, Cheng Pu and the three of them were taken aback, because their development in Changsha County was actually quite good.

Immediately after, Cheng Pu immediately said to Sun Jian: "Lord, although we are nominally subordinate to Yuan Shu's subordinates, we are basically self-reliant now, if we obey Yuan Shu's words to crusade against Liu Biao, it will be too self-defeating!" ”

"Virtuous! Do you think I'm filming Yuan Shu's sycophants? I have long had the intention of crusading against Liu Biao in Jingzhou, after all, if we want to develop, we can only go west, and Yuan Shu in the north is also our nominal lord, I agreed to Yuan Shu's request this time is not to help Yuan Shu seize Jingzhou, but for our own benefit, do you think I will give Jingzhou to Yuan Shu after I rob Jingzhou? If there is chaos today, it is a good time for our generation to make contributions. ”

After listening to Sun Jian's words, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang all responded excitedly, because which general didn't want to make a contribution?

Seeing that Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang all understood their thoughts, Sun Jian immediately ordered the three generals to start preparing for the army.

A few days later, an army of 30,000 men was assembled and began to march towards Jingzhou.

As Sun Jian's troops set out, Liu Biao in Xiangyang City soon received the news, because Liu Biao had fought with Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, and he paid close attention to the movements of Sun Jian and Yuan Shu.

When he learned that Sun Jian had sent troops to Jingzhou, Liu Biao urgently dispatched Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu to set up defense areas in Fancheng and Dengxian.

After Huang Zu received Liu Biao's order, he quickly mobilized 30,000 troops and rushed to Fancheng and Deng County.

When he arrived at the target area, Huang Zu ordered his subordinates to take 10,000 men to guard Deng County, while he himself led the remaining 20,000 men to guard Fancheng.

At the same time, Sun Jian's army also quickly entered the territory of Jingzhou.

It didn't take long for Sun Jian to lead his troops to Fancheng and Deng County.

When Sun Jian learned that there were Jingzhou troops stationed in Fancheng and Dengxian, he immediately called Cheng Pu and Huang Gai and said to them: "Demou, Gongfu, the Jingzhou army is divided into Fancheng and Dengxian, this move is the way to self-destruction, you two quickly lead 20,000 elites to attack Deng County, if Deng County is lost, the defenders of Fancheng will definitely come to support, and I will ambush Jingzhou reinforcements halfway." ”

After Cheng Pu and Huang Gai got the order, they immediately gathered their soldiers and horses and rushed towards Deng County.

When the general of Huang Zu of Deng County learned that Sun Jian's army had killed Deng County, he knew that he would not be able to defend for long, so he quickly sent people to ask Huang Zu for help.

As Huang Zu's troops rushed to Fancheng, Huang Zu also quickly learned about the crisis in Deng County.

Because Huang Zu's ministry was about Sun Jian's prestige, he deliberately exaggerated some of the news he passed to Huang Zu.

When Huang Zu learned that Sun Jian's troops were all heading towards Deng County, he immediately mobilized the defenders in Fancheng and began to rush to Deng County, because if Deng County was lost, it would be meaningless for him to stay in Fancheng.

Not long after Huang Zu led his troops out of the city, the spies sent by Sun Jian to Fancheng also quickly returned to Sun Jian's ambush army, and reported to Sun Jian the news of the dispatch of Fancheng's defenders.

When he learned that the defenders of Fancheng were rushing towards Deng County, Sun Jian chuckled and asked Han Dang to follow him in an ambush on the road from Fancheng to Deng County.

Huang Zu, who was in a hurry, believed in his subordinates too much, so he didn't perceive the danger at all.

At this time, the armies of Cheng Pu and Huang Gai also reached the city of Deng County and began the siege battle.

The general of Huang Zu, who was defending the city, saw that Sun Jian's troops began to attack the city, and he immediately commanded the soldiers to defend the city.

Just when Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Huang Zu's generals under Sun Jian were fighting fiercely, Huang Zuchi's reinforcements to aid Deng County also came to the only way to Deng County.

Soon, Huang Zubu came to the front of a small river, and this small river is the only way to Deng County.

Because Huang Zu was negligent in taking precautions, he directly ordered the army to start crossing the river from the bridge.

When Sun Jian, who had been secretly ambushed, saw Huang Zu start to cross the river in such a grand manner, he had been patiently waiting for the best time to ambush.

After a while, half of Huang Zu's troops crossed the river.

It was at this time that Sun Jian suddenly led his troops to kill from the shore near Deng County.

Faced with the sudden enemy attack, Huang Zu was very surprised, because he didn't expect that he would be ambushed.

But soon Huang Zu reacted and ordered to retreat, because Huang Zu knew that he was not Sun Jian's opponent.

Besides, when Sun Jian saw that Huang Zu began to lead his troops to retreat, he smiled very disdainfully, because if Huang Zu left a death battle, there was still a glimmer of hope for turning defeat into victory, but after he ordered the retreat, he could only let him slaughter.

For a time, the Jingzhou army under Huang Zu was killed by Sun Jian on the way back.

At this time, Sun Jian's ambush soldiers planted under the water also suddenly came out of the water to attack the Jingzhou army on the bridge.

In the face of Sun Jian's ambush, Huang Zu's soldiers were soon completely defeated.

Seeing this situation, in order to save his own life, Huang Zu, who had already withdrawn, hurriedly withdrew towards Xiangyang with the rest of the troops.

Seeing this, Sun Jian did not chase after him, because if Huang Zu wanted to return to Xiangyang, he would have to cross the Han River, and he could take Deng County first and then pursue.