"Lord, it takes time to mobilize soldiers and horses, and now Fancheng has been attacked by the herdsmen, the name of the herdsmen has always been fierce, how can Fancheng deal with it?" At this time, Han Song, who was sitting on the left side of Jingzhou, suddenly stood up and asked.

"Fancheng?"

When Liu Biao heard this, he stood up indifferently, stretched out his hand to stroke his hair, and his heart moved slightly: "Zhongye is now in Fancheng, with Zhongye's ability, even if we don't send reinforcements, with his current strength, we should be able to keep Fancheng alive, for the time being, there is no danger!" ”

"The lord must not have such a fluke heart!"

Kuai Liang shook his head: "The pastoral army is the strength of the world, from Nanyang to Runan, and from Runan back to Nanyang, tens of thousands of soldiers dare to kill Guanzhong, take the position of the great treasure to dominate the world, even in the face of the alliance of the Kanto heroes are not afraid, but also defeated the Kwantung princes, even if they were later attacked by the Xiliang army behind the back, under the defeat, in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Xiliang army in Guanzhong, they can still keep the main force to kill, such a strong army, the world is rare, how can we deny their toughness, if they are attacked, even if the same strength, General Wen may not be able to stop it! ”

"This Fancheng, we still really want to increase the troops, and we must increase the troops, not to protect Fancheng, there is no difference from Xiangyang, Fancheng is here, so that Xiangyang can be safe and sound!"

"If we increase the number of troops in Fancheng, how can we come to guard Xiangyang City?"

A middle-aged scribe opened his mouth to refute Kuai Liang and said.

His name is Wang Cang.

Wang Cang is about in his early forties, good literature, fine calligraphy, not only the leader of Jingzhou Shilin, but also quite famous among the world's scholars.

In fact, whether they are engaged in other driving or Zhonglang, they can be regarded as one of the strategists of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and they are also the best among them, Liu Biao's henchmen.

Talents in troubled times have joined the Lord one after another, and they have shown what they have learned, so as to live up to their talents.

They also used to be from a poor family, there was no way, they could only make a name in Shilin, but they couldn't enter the official career, and they were depressed.

Liu Biao was able to stabilize Jingzhou in a short time, and fortunately, thanks to his name as Eight Horses, he was sought after by scholars in Shilin, and there were many refuges.

That's the power of fame.

The noise just now was just a prelude, and now when it was time to make suggestions, they all opened their mouths to suggest, this is the cohesion of Jingzhou.

"Xiangyang is the state city of my Jingzhou, and there is no room for loss!"

Another young man in his early thirties spoke softly: "Now that General Cai Mao has taken away half of the naval army, my Xiangyang army is already weak, and I can maintain the responsibility of defending the city on weekdays, unless the main forces of each county are gathered, otherwise the troops of Xiangyang must not move!" ”

He is Xiangyang Ling, Deng Xi.

Deng Xi was born in Xinye Deng's family, when Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he organized the township party soldiers and braved, supported Liu Biao, and was one of the heroes of Liu Biao's entry into Jingzhou.

"In fact, in addition to the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, we still have a team of soldiers and horses that can be mobilized in the shortest time, and the troops are not weak!"

Kuai Liang said suddenly.

"Where are the soldiers and horses, Zirou is coming quickly!"

Liu Biao is also scratching his head now, now reinforcing Fancheng or not reinforcing Fancheng is a dilemma, he trusts Wenpin, but it is undeniable that the pastoral army is strong, the pastoral army dominates the world, and it is known to the world that it has laid a great reputation.

Even if there was news of the reduction of troops in the pastor, who knows if it was fake news.

Once the herdsmen are attacked, Fancheng may not be able to stop it.

But if the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang were mobilized to Fancheng, then Xiangyang would become empty, although they were sure that as long as the front line was not broken, no one would stupidly bypass the battlefield to attack Xiangyang.

But 10,000 can't save one.

What happened on the battlefield, who could have predicted.

Only by letting enough troops suppress Xiangyang can they rest assured that the entire Jingzhou can be stable.

There are reasons for increasing troops or not increasing them, and this makes it difficult to decide.

At this time, Kuai Liang suddenly had an idea, which made Liu Biao very happy.

"Lord, outside the outskirts of Xiangyang City, in addition to our main force of soldiers and horses, there is actually a team of soldiers and horses stationed, but we don't care too much about it on weekdays!" Kuai Liang said pointedly.

"Which troop?"

Liu Biao frowned and hurriedly asked.

"Kuai Changshi is talking about Jiangxia thieves?"

Han Song had a flash of inspiration and said suddenly.

"Jiangxia thief?"

"Is that them?"

"It's a force, but is it useful?"

When everyone heard this, they suddenly came to their senses and opened their mouths to discuss.

Outside Xiangyang City, there are not many soldiers and horses that can be stationed, and everyone knows it, so as soon as they say it, everyone understands, but in the face of this army of soldiers and horses, there are some disagreements.

"Jiangxia thief? This is a usable army, which can force Huang Zu to be powerless at the beginning, the combat effectiveness is there, and the strength is not weak, there are thousands, at least it can solve the urgent need, but ......"

Liu Biao paused for a moment, first a little happy, but soon became sad: "Zirou, it's not that I don't want to use them, but Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng's army were abandoned by us, if this force is taken under our command smoothly, it will not be too much of a problem, but now if you want to use them, I'm afraid you can't bypass Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, these two people took refuge in me at the beginning, but they can't be reused, it's hard to guarantee that there will be no complaints!" ”

Jiangxia thieves have thousands of soldiers, all of them are bandits, across Jiangxia, proficient in water and land warfare, mainly two thieves, one is Zhang Hu, the other is Chen Sheng, when they took refuge in Jingzhou, someone came forward to lobby, promised a lot of things, but in the end they led the army to vote, but into the Xiangyang set, none of these promises were realized.

Liu Biao looks down on thieves in his bones.

Otherwise, there will be no such heavy failure in history, the fierce general Gan Ning of Eastern Wu has taken refuge in him Liu Biao in history, but seven or eight years of time can not be reused, is it impossible to see Gan Ning's ability, no, if Liu Biao doesn't even have this ability to see people, he is not worthy of being the lord of Jingzhou.

What he looked down on was Gan Ning's background.

Liu Biao is a person who pays great attention to his background, the so-called background does not mean that he must be a child of a wealthy family, but the origin of a child of a good family, even if it is a child of a poor family, he accepts it, but he can't accept the thieves.

So when Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng took refuge, he played a trick and directly ascended and descended secretly, trapping Chen Sheng and Zhang Hu in Xiangyang City, leaving them out of his inner circle, and peeking at their soldiers and horses.

The Jiangxia thieves and horses under their command were stationed outside, and after Liu Biao stabilized the two, he sent another person to accept, divide, co-opt, and rectify.

This is a sure thing.

Even if the two have grievances, they can't turn over, after all, this is Xiangyang City, Xiangyang troops can pull them out, can destroy them, under strong pressure, as long as they are given another half a year, Liu Biao is confident that he will collect all these thousands of Jiangxia thieves.

But now, time is too short.

Jiangxia thieves are still Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng as the main generals, and the two of them have too deep a brand, and they have not been cleared of the generals, they are basically the henchmen of the two, if you want to use Jiangxia thieves, you must use Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng.

"Lord, I know you don't have to worry about using them now, but it's not that no one can use them, in our Jingzhou, they have always respected one person, if there is one person as the main general, you can rest assured!"

Kuai Liang was silent for a while, and he struggled in his heart, but for the sake of the overall situation of Jingzhou, he still proposed it.

"Ji Gong?"

Liu Biao naturally knew who Kuai Liang was talking about.

Ponji.

Because it was Pang Ji who persuaded the two to surrender, the two would surrender to Jingzhou, and more because of respect for Pang Ji's personality and prestige, if they could make Pang Ji the main general, the two would never dare to rebel.

"But Ji Gong is sick now, and he can't work hard, if it's because of the hard work of the battlefield, let Ji Gong ......"

Liu Biao was a little embarrassed.

It's not that he can't mobilize Jingzhou's regular soldiers and horses, it's just that Jingzhou was attacked by a surprise attack, and now he has just reacted, and it takes time to recruit troops and horses, even if he transfers Deng Long back from the north, it will take time.

At this time, Xiangyang's troops were limited, and the mobilization of Jiangxia thieves was a last resort.

But the Jiangxia thief is indeed a double-edged blade.

And only Pang Ji can use this double-sided blade.

"Don't talk about it anymore!"

Liu Biao waved his hand and said directly: "I'd rather lose Fancheng than lose Ji Gong, and let Ji Gong recuperate!" ”

"It's a subordinate who is reckless!"

Kuai Liang sighed and said quickly.

……

The night passed, about ten minutes of dawn, and the civil and military ministers came out of the Jingzhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion, and after coming out, they did not immediately return home to rest, but returned to their respective yamen, and quickly moved.

When they began to act, Jingzhou's ability to deal with the crisis was exploded.

Although Liu Biao was stationed in Jingzhou for a short time, he had the support of the Jingzhou family, and the speed of controlling Jingzhou was very fast, coupled with his approachability and ability to be good at government affairs, he did an excellent job in winning people's hearts.

Today's Jingzhou is not made into an iron bucket by him, but it is basically controlled by him.

There is a backbone, Jingzhou has soldiers and horses, grain and grass, and is really not afraid of foreign enemies.

……

Midday.

Liu Biao pinched the bridge of his nose that was a little tired, soothed his sore eyes, he didn't sleep all night, and now he is still holding his spirits to continue administration, he suddenly felt a little tired.

"Lord, Ji Gong is here!"

At this time, a doorman suddenly came to report.

"What?"

Liu Biao stood up suddenly, he didn't care about anything else, and walked out barefoot.

Outside the door, a pale-faced old man was waiting with a cane.

"Ji Gong, you are seriously ill, how can you move around, what is the matter, just give an order, how can you work?" Liu Biao personally welcomed the old man in and served him left and right, this is a true expression, and he has absolute respect for these great Confucians.

"Lord, the old man is here to ask for war!"

Pang Ji said in a hoarse voice.

"Ji Gong, you are not in good health now, you must not work, when you are recuperating on the couch, how can you work on these mundane things!" Liu Biao didn't expect the matter to spread to the Pang family so quickly, it seems that Kuai Liang is not giving up.

But he couldn't ignore his conscience and let Pang Ji fight for him with illness.

"Lord, for the safety of millions of people in Jingzhou, Ji is alone, why worry about it!" Pang Ji said softly: "Now the shepherd thief Iron Hoof wants to step on my land of Jingzhou, and he has to ask me if the people of Jingzhou are willing, please ask the lord for permission, and his subordinates will lead the Jiang Xia camp to the expedition!" ”

At the beginning, the Jiangxia thief was recruited, and a preparation was given, Jiangxia Camp.

"Ji Gong?"

Liu Biao was embarrassed, it was true that only Pang Ji could suppress the Jiangxia thief, but Pang Ji's current body fell as soon as the wind blew, how dare he take risks.

"Lord, if you can wrap the body of Jingzhou horse leather, how can Ji die on the sickbed!"

Pang Ji bowed his head: "Please also ask the lord to do it!" ”