After returning to Fangling, Guan Ping still let Ma Liang lead the affairs of the nine counties and sit in the rear. He led more than 3,000 elite soldiers such as Zhou Xiong, Li Fei, and Shen Geng to a mountain on the edge of the Han River to station.

This mountain is called Rice Grain Mountain.

On the edge of the rice grain mountain, there is a mountain road, which leads directly to Fangling.

The three counties are located in the deep mountains and old forests, and to enter the three counties from the north, there are three main roads, as well as seven or eight small roads, which are not certified, and there are countless roads that are rugged and difficult to walk, not suitable for marching.

Although Guan Ping's strength has expanded dramatically at present, there are only more than 3,000 soldiers who can fight.

It is impossible to block all roads, so we can only guard the rice grain mountain, send spies on a large scale, and if there are soldiers and horses from Xiangyang, they will delay according to the actions of the other party.

The main purpose of this war is to attack the three counties and sit firmly.

It is also mainly to block Liu Biao's army, rather than fighting hard with it.

In the morning, the sun was shining.

On the rice grain mountain, the battalion Sima Zhen commanded more than 3,000 elite soldiers to build a camp. Guan Ping, Zhou Xiong, Li Fei, Ma Jian and his own soldiers, came to a stream on the edge of the cottage and sat down.

It is a small stream that runs from south to north, and the stream eventually flows into the Han River, and the stream rushes down as if it were a white dragon. Guan Ping looked at the stream, and then looked at the Ma Jian beside him, and felt a little interesting.

This kid was originally guarding the mountain, and then was destroyed by Zhang He.

The most critical reason is that there is no water on the mountain, and Zhang He set fires everywhere. And now it is Ma Jian who chooses this rice grain mountain to be stationed, and Guan Ping is just good as a stream.

And Ma Jian chose this mountain to have a water source, and Ma Jian mentioned to Guan Ping that he asked the judge to cut down the surrounding trees to prevent the other party from attacking.

is also guarding a mountain, but Ma Yan's actions and choices are completely different from history.

Ma Jian felt that Guan Ping's eyes were a little weird, and wondered in his heart, "What do you want me to do?" ”

"Youchang, what do you think Liu Biao's reaction will be?" Guan Ping put away his distracting thoughts and asked seriously.

This battle is the goal. Guan Ping hoped that Liu Biao would continue to be a shrinking turtle and not send troops, but it was obviously unlikely.

Although he defended here, his father sent troops to Fancheng, besieged Wenpin, and besieged Wei to save Zhao.

But anything can happen on the battlefield, and it's not a sure thing.

Anyway, that's it, it all depends on Liu Biao's reaction.

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In fact, the first person to feel that something was wrong was not Liu Biao, but Guan Liu. Guan Ping sent troops on the first day, and the vanguard set off one day first, and then ordered the rear team to follow.

Liu Biao has eyes and ears in Xinye, and it is impossible for Gan Ning to hide from Liu Biao when he sends troops.

But Guan Ping set off one day earlier, and it took another day for the news to reach Xiangyang after transmission. Therefore, Liu Biao learned about the situation, and it would take two days at the earliest.

And the dispatch of the army, if not prepared in advance, needs to be mobilized. The mobilization of men and horses, the mobilization of warships, and the mobilization of materials, three to five days is the minimum.

And in view of Liu Biao's efficiency, six or seven days is also possible.

Eight or nine days have passed. This is the reason why Guan Ping fought a quick battle and dared to attack the three counties of Shangyong. After attacking Fangling, even if he can't take down the Shangyong Shen brothers, he can defend five cities to deal with Liu Biao.

Occupy the place first, and whether you can keep it or not depends on the situation.

And the reason why Guan Liu found out that something was wrong at the first time was not because she was clever, but because Liu had already received an order to put Guan Liu under house arrest in the room.

Since Guan Liu married into the Guan family, he has hardly stayed at home for a day. Either go out hunting, or go to Xinye to hang out, buy good horses, and look at good swords.

On the day when Guan Ping led his troops to attack, Liu asked Zhou Cang to transfer several teams of personal soldiers to surround Guan Liu and Guan Liu's house slaves.

In the Xifu where the Guan Liu family is located, personnel in the Xifu are not allowed to enter or leave.

Although Guan Liu's family is high-flying, he is from a general's house, and he immediately noticed that something was wrong.

Outside the bedroom, there were guards everywhere. Guan Liu's family, along with several sword-wielding maids and maids who were close to him, were locked up in the room.

The maids were all panicked, Guan Liu was quite calm, but his face was also ugly.

"Miss, why did the old lady arrest us?" A maid couldn't hold it anymore and said in fear.

"I am the daughter of the Liu family, no matter how much I did before, they didn't put me under house arrest. But at this time, I was placed under house arrest, and I think the Guan family must have bad intentions towards Jingzhou. Guan Liu immediately scolded: "In vain, the lord formed an alliance with the Guan family, gave farming cattle, money and grain, but the Guan family was a white-eyed wolf who couldn't raise it, and he wanted to plot against Jingzhou." ”

After Guan Liu finished speaking, the maids were even more frightened, and Guan Liu was also panicked.

They all remembered Guan Liu's flying and domineering, and on the wedding night, they actually put on a posture and did not let Guan Ping enter the wedding room, and then ran amok.

Now that the two families have turned their faces, can the Guan family still bear it?

Guan Liu couldn't help but regret it, he knew that he shouldn't have done that. To be honest, Guan Liu never dreamed that Guan Yu would dare to attack Jingzhou.

She thought that she would make do with it for a few years, and when the rumors passed, she would leave Guan Ping peacefully.

Now, how do you end up?

Xiangyang.

Liu Bei is already yesterday's yellow flower, and Guan Yu has formed an alliance with Liu Biao. General Wen Ping led an army of 10,000 to defend Fancheng. And the walls of Fancheng were heightened and reinforced.

At this moment, although the north has been in turmoil for many years, it seems that it has nothing to do with Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is peaceful, and everywhere exudes a comfortable atmosphere.

Inside and outside Xiangyang City, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Guarding the north gate of the city is the general Wang Wei, who is second only to Wenpin in terms of reputation and ability in Jingzhou.

And once the northerners attacked Xiangyang, the north city gate was the first to bear the brunt. Liu Biao used Wang Wei to guard the north city gate, which shows his trust in this person.

At present, including Wang Wei, there is no sense of crisis.

After all, there are still Guan Yu in the north, and there are still civil appointments, even if the northerners go south, the war will not be able to burn Xiangyang for a while and a half.

Chen Ding is a Dubo under Wang Wei, he joined the army at the age of eighteen, and now he is forty years old, and he has been in the army for twenty-two years.

Because of his seniority, he came to Dubo and accumulated a lot of family business. He has already started a family, and he has an old wife and two sons.

For many officers, there is a desire to make a career in order to become a higher official or to plunder more wealth. But Chen Ding doesn't think so, his family is in Xiangyang, and he has a wife and children at home, if a big war breaks out, there will be countless casualties, so it's better not to come to the war.

And this is also the voice of many Xiangyang soldiers.

On this day, Chen Ding leaned on the pillar, watching the large crowd of people outside the city gate entering and leaving Xiangyang City, and he was extremely satisfied and proud.

"This is our Jingzhou."

"Uncle, it's cold, drink some wine to warm up." At this time, a soldier came over with a bag of wine and presented it to Chen Dingdao.

This man is in his early thirties, and he is powerful. But it was Chen Ding's nephew, Chen Fang. In the future, when Chen Ding is old and cannot be a soldier, this business will be passed on to Chen Fang.

In the north, Cao Cao recruited displaced people into an army.

Serving in the army in Jingzhou has become a family business, and interpersonal relationships are more complicated, and of course the combat effectiveness will be weaker.

The army is pure, and if something else is added, the army becomes impure, which of course affects combat effectiveness.

"Okay." Chen Ding smiled, accepted his nephew's filial piety, and took a sip of wine to warm up. While drinking, Chen Ding couldn't help but look up at the north.

He actually has a wish in his heart, hoping to be able to drink the legendary Mishi wine in this life.

That wine is really blowing to the sky, but because it is too expensive, it is all the playthings of the noble family's banquet, he is a Dubo, yes, but he can't afford to drink Mi's wine.

"When will the price of Mishi sake be lowered?"

At this moment, several fast horses galloped from the north, and then, ignoring the crowded crowd outside the city, galloped past, and the people turned on their backs, which also provoked many people to scold, but these knights turned a deaf ear, and entered Xiangyang together, and continued to gallop.

Chen Ding is an old pawn, and he has noticed something abnormal. So he returned the wine bag to Chen Fang, his face was very solemn.

In the city, Zhennan General's Mansion.

A banquet is being held in the General's Palace.

Liu Biao was a literati and a nobleman. It is normal for Liu Biao to have a banquet in the house, but in recent years, Liu Biao is old and frail, and the banquet is infrequent.

During this time, Liu Biao was in a happy mood because Liu Bei died of illness, his energy began to recover, and the banquets became frequent again.

There are dozens of people who came to the banquet today, including Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Liu Yan and others.

Jingzhou is the birthplace of the Chu State and has its own customs and culture. Jingzhou has Chu dance. But Liu Biao is a northerner, so he watches, dances, and listens to music, all in the northern style.

At this moment, the singers in the lobby are performing northern dances, and the musicians are also playing northern music.

Liu Biao was dressed in a black robe and wore a Liu crown, and while watching the song and dance, he raised a glass and drank from time to time. Mi's wine was too strong, Liu Biao couldn't drink too much, and just took small sips and touched his lips.

Because Liu Bei died of illness, Liu Biao removed a thorn inserted in his heart and liver, and his energy began to recover, his face was ruddy and beaming.

Soon after, the song and dance dispersed. Liu Yan raised his glass and sang praises to Liu Biao: "Now the war in the north is chaotic, and there are military revolutions, songs, dances, music and other elegant things withering everywhere. I can enjoy such a good northern song and dance in Jingzhou, but it is thanks to the kindness of the lord. ”

Liu Yan's horse shot very well.

On the surface, it is praising singing and dancing, but in fact, it is praising Liu Biao.

Sing the praises of Liu Biao.

It's not just singing and dancing.

Because Liu Biao is in Jingzhou, Jingzhou has not seen a military revolution for many years. The war in the north is raging, but Jingzhou is safe and easy, which is all due to your Liu Zhennan and Liu Jingzhou.

It's not just me, Liu Yan has to be grateful.

The people of Jingchu have to be grateful.

When Liu Yan was under Liu Bei, he was known for being good at talking and eloquent. But never did a horse shoot like this.

Because Liu Yan knew that Liu Bei didn't like this kind of sycophant, and now that he was under Liu Biao's command, he knew that Liu Biao's ears were soft, so he tried his best to praise it.

Not to mention, it works.

At present, Liu Yan is very valued by Liu Biao.

"Sir's words are serious, how can I have any kindness." Liu Biao's face was modest when he heard this, but his eyes exuded a smug color, and he was extremely happy.