There were originally 20,000 soldiers and horses under Wei Yan's department in Baling City, Yue Fei led 20,000 troops to Baling, and the 40,000 troops of Yuan Yao's department were concentrated in the Linxiang area, and these 40,000 soldiers and horses were all veteran legions under Yuan Yao's command, which can be described as an elite force that has experienced a hundred battles!

Although there are as many as 70,000 Jingzhou troops in the Linxiang area, most of its soldiers and horses are county soldiers supported by various counties, and the combat power of these county soldiers cannot even be compared with the elite divisions in the Jingzhou army, let alone compared with the elite divisions under Yuan Yao.

The combat power of the 40,000 soldiers and horses directly under Yue Fei alone is above the combat power of the Linxiang Corps of the Jingzhou Army, not to mention that Yuan Yao also ordered Yue Yun to lead 20,000 elites to support the Linxiang battlefield, so that the combat power of the soldiers and horses deployed by Yuan Yao on the four counties of Jingnan is enough to directly crush the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou.

Yue Fei didn't need to lead the army to fight to the death with Liu Pan's troops and horses, he only needed to lead the army to the Linxiang line, and when Chen Deng and Yue Yun's troops and horses surrounded the rest of the three counties in Jingnan from the flank, the Linxiang soldiers and horses would completely fall into a passive situation of dilemma, and then the Linxiang soldiers and horses would look for Yue Fei's troops and horses to carry out a decisive battle!

At that time, the strategic initiative of the enemy and us will change hands, and it will be much easier to defeat the Jingzhou army, Yue Fei can either find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Linxiang soldiers and horses, or wait for Chen Deng and Yue Yun's troops and horses to come and attack the Jingzhou army with him, you can choose benevolently.

This is basically equivalent to the battle exploits sent to the door, Yue Fei and Chen Deng are naturally full of confidence, and hurriedly bowed down and responded: "We will receive the order, please rest assured, we will do our best to destroy the Jingzhou army in the Linxiang area in the shortest possible time and take the four counties of Jingnan!" ”

"Well, you two should step back first!"

Yuan Yao nodded and asked Yue Fei and Chen Deng to step down, and continued to order: "In addition to the Xiangyang soldiers and horses and Linxiang soldiers and horses, the rest is the 80,000 Jingzhou troops under Wen Ping and Wang Wei who are entrenched in the Jiangling area. ”

When Yue Fei heard this, he stepped forward and responded: "Lord, after I lead the army to leave, there will only be 20,000 personal guards and 20,000 sailors left under your command, and the enemy army has 80,000 people, is there too few soldiers and horses around the lord?" It is better to divide the soldiers and horses of the last general into 10,000 troops to join the lord's command, and the last general can also defeat the Jingzhou army with 30,000 soldiers and horses! ”

Yuan Yao had already thought about this problem before, it was indeed not enough for him to have only 40,000 soldiers and horses around him, but he didn't need to have a decisive battle with the Jingzhou army, he only needed to drag the Jingzhou army around Jiangling to prevent it from supporting him, if it was just like that, it was enough to have 40,000 elites around him!

On the other hand, on the side of the four counties of Jingnan, it is a gap for him to break the stalemate on the battlefield, and he must not make mistakes, and if he sends 10,000 more soldiers and horses, he can increase the certainty of victory!

Yuan Yao shook his head slightly, and said: "There is no need for this, the four counties of Jingnan are bound to win, and it is also the key to this conquest of Jingzhou, as long as you can quickly defeat Liu Pan, my side will not encounter danger!" The Pro-Guard Army and the Gan Ning Division's Naval Division are the elite combat strength of our army, especially the Pro-Guard Army, which can be used as a ten, with these 40,000 soldiers and horses in hand, it is enough to restrain the Jingzhou Army. ”

"When you attack the four counties of Jingnan, the Jingzhou army in the Jiangling area will definitely go south to support, and if our soldiers and horses want to contain their army, they must control the public security and Huarong, as long as these two places are in hand, the Jingzhou army in the Jiangling area can be intercepted south of the Yangtze River!"

"Jinyiwei has explored the news, there are only 5,000 Jingzhou troops stationed in the Huarong area, Ling Tong, you lead 5,000 guards to attack Huarong, and after capturing this place, you will go down to the village to intercept the avenue, and you must not let the Jingzhou army pass a soldier from this place!"

Ling Tong stepped forward and responded: "No, the last general will take the order!" ”

"The public security city is garrisoned by 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Wei, the general of the Jingzhou army, Yang Zaixing, Gan Ning, the two of you lead the army to follow me to capture this place, as long as you can capture the public security, our army can have a solid foothold, and our army can be invincible in this battle!"

Yang Zaixing and Gan Ning stepped forward and responded: "No, we are waiting for the order, and we are willing to fight to the death with the lord, and we will take the public security city for the lord!! ”

"Okay, let's all go down and prepare, and the army will set off early tomorrow morning!!

"No, we'll take !! order"

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Early the next morning, Yuan Yao's army gathered near Xiakou scattered, and all the generals under Yuan Yao led their soldiers and horses to gallop towards their destination!

After communicating some details of the battle with Yue Fei, Chen Deng, the Taishou of Yuzhang, immediately led a team of guards back to Yuzhang County, preparing to join Yue Yun's troops and horses, and after Yue Fei's army and the Jingzhou army in the Linxiang area confronted each other, he sent troops from the flank to attack Guiyang, Lingling and Wuling counties through Gan County.

After Yue Fei led his guards back to the camp, he immediately took up his headquarters and went straight to Baling, preparing to go to join forces with Wei Yan's troops and horses, and then go to attack Linxiang City, first entangled Liu Pan's Jingzhou army in the Linxiang area; Zhou Yu led the 20,000 naval troops of his headquarters to leave the Yangtze River waterway and enter the Hanshui waterway, preparing to go upriver to Jingling City and Zhang Dingbian's troops and horses, and then resist the Jingzhou army that was about to come from Xiangyang''Ling Tong led Yang Zaixing's 5,000 personal guards assigned to him went straight to Huarong County, preparing to seize this county first, and then cut off Huarong Road to cut off the Jingzhou army's main route in the Jiangling area.

Yuan Yao himself raised a large army and personally led 35,000 land and water soldiers to board the ship and sail upstream, and went straight to the public security city guarded by Wang Wei, the general of Jingzhou!

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Just when Yuan Yao's army began to send troops, Liu Biao's pastoral mansion in Xiangyang City also launched a discussion about this battle, and the key point discussed by Liu Biao and Jingzhou Wenwu was whether to transfer Liu Bei's troops and horses to join the Jingzhou battlefield and use Liu Bei's power to fight against Yuan Yao's army!!

Jingzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion is located in Xiangyang City, this Prefecture Pastoral Mansion is Liu Biao after the seizure of Jingzhou, after all, the Han Dynasty did not have the official position of Prefecture Pastor, and although the history of a state assassin is very powerful, but his rank is not high, only an official of 600 stones, which is equivalent to the central government to the local supervision agency, there is no fixed governance office.

Liu Biao took office as the pastor of Jingzhou, and the first thing he did after taking control of the power of Jingzhou was to build this state pastoral mansion in Xiangyang City, which was full of attics, planted with exotic flowers and plants, and full of Jiashi attendants, which looked much more luxurious and high-end than Yuan Yao's pastoral mansion......