Yuan Yao, Xun Yan and Xiahoulan in Xiangyang City were already the next day when they got the news that Liu Biao led the troops to withdraw, and there was no trace of the Jingzhou army on the second day.

Xia Houlan was a little surprised when the scout brought the news back, he didn't expect such a thing to happen, it was really unexpected by Xia Houlan.

After getting the news, Xia Houlan thought about it for a while, and Xia Houlan informed Xun Yan and Yuan Yao of the news, Xun Yan and Yuan Yao did not delay after knowing the news, and hurriedly came to find Xia Hou Lan.

After the three of them discussed it, they decided to stay put, after all, no one knew if this was another calculation by Liu Biao, and if so, they didn't want to fall short at this time. The 10,000 follow-up reinforcements led by Li Yan are about to arrive, as long as Li Yan arrives, Xiangyang City can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, and he is not afraid of any more conspiracies and tricks by Liu Biao.

The next day, two days after Xiahoulan arrived in Xiangyang City, Li Yancai led 10,000 soldiers and horses to arrive, and there was no interception along the way. And after Li Yan led 10,000 troops into Xiangyang City, Xiahoulan, Xun Yan, and Yuan Yao realized that something was wrong, and asked Xiahoulan to personally lead an elite small army to the Jingzhou military camp to find out the truth.

Half a day later, Xiahou Lan returned to Xiangyang City with a gloomy face, and Xun Yan, Yuan Yao, and Li Yanfang were sure that Liu Biao had really withdrawn.

For some reason, Liu Biao's withdrawal was originally a good thing, but Yuan Yao and Xun Yan were not happy, and finally their own army came, but the enemy withdrew, this feeling was as if they were played by Liu Biao, it was very uncomfortable.

In the Jingzhou military camp, Yuan Yao instigated the spirit horse under his crotch and marched slowly, Xiahou Lan and Li Yan accompanied Yuan Yao, looking at the Jingzhou military camp that had almost been disassembled, Yuan Yao smiled bitterly and said: "It's a pity, if only we had an elite naval army." ”

Xiahoulan and Li Yan glanced at each other at this time, and they both understood what Yuan Yao meant. If they could have an elite sailor this time, then the battle for the defense of Xiangyang City this time would not have been so hard. And if they have a water division, then even if Liu Biao withdraws this time, they will not have no chance to pursue, how can they only let Liu Biao withdraw like now, there is no way at all.

It's a pity that it's not an easy thing to set up a sailor, there is no shortage of ships, training resources or something in Yuan Shu, and soldiers can also be recruited from Xiangyang and Nanyang, all of which belong to the southern boundary, most of them are water, and only a little training is a qualified soldier.

The problem is that there is no shortage of ordinary soldiers, but there is no main general who can command the naval army, and there is basically no general under Yuan Shu who is good at water warfare, so Yuan Shu should have started to form a naval division last year, but because there is no suitable candidate for the main general, this can only be delayed. This time it will suffer such a big loss, if Yuan Shu has a sailor in Xiangyang, then Liu Biao's Jingzhou sailor will definitely not be able to arrive outside Xiangyang City so easily as this time.

It seems that we must find a way to form a water army.

Yuan Yao thought secretly in his heart. It's just that Yuan Yao, the commander of this water army, doesn't have a suitable candidate now. Yuan Yao knew who were the strongest in the water war during this period, but he couldn't.

Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin are not to mention, they are all from the Jiangdong family, and Yuan Yao can't get these people under his hands.

In fact, Yuan Yao has another candidate in his heart, that is, Gan Ning, who is known as the "Jinfan Thief", the current Gan Ning should not be the Sun family's subordinates, the problem is that Yuan Yao remembers that Gan Ning is from Yizhou, and he is also active in the Yangtze River, but after occupying Xiangyang, Yuan Yao also sent people to look for Gan Ning on the Yangtze River, but unfortunately he didn't find it.

In the end, Yuan Yao got the news that Gan Ning is not on the Yangtze River now, but still in Yizhou, which makes Yuan Yao a little helpless. is not in the same place, even if Yuan Yao has the intention to recruit Gan Ning, Gan Ning may not be willing to work under Yuan Yao.

However, Yuan Yao was already sending people to contact Gan Ning, and Yuan Yao knew that it would not be long before Gan Ning would leave Yizhou and come to Jingzhou, although he didn't know what the reason was, but this was not important, as long as Gan Ning could finally come to Jingzhou, Yuan Yao would have the confidence to subdue Gan Ning.

But now Gan Ning has not yet arrived, and the position of the chief general of the navy can only be vacant, but the formation and training of the navy should also be moved, his eyes swirled on Xiahou Lan, Yuan Yao finally shook his head, and fell on Li Yan instead.

Xiahoulan is a northerner, so it is difficult for him to train a naval army, and Yuan Yao also discovered that Xiahoulan is actually the most suitable for commanding cavalry. Xiahoulan can't do it, it can only be Li Yan, Li Yan is from Nanyang, and he is familiar with the art of war, so it shouldn't be a problem to train the navy, anyway, it's just training.

As long as Li Yan can train a shelf, when Gan Ning arrives, he can directly take over and make an elite navy army as quickly as possible. Although this method is a little unfair to Li Yan, it can only be like this in the current situation.

After turning around the Jingzhou military camp, Yuan Yao, Xiahoulan and Li Yan returned to Xiangyang City. Now that Liu Biao has withdrawn his troops and the crisis in Xiangyang City has been resolved, they are about to start planning the next thing.

Rescue Pan Feng.

After Liu Biao withdrew his troops, the connection between Xiangyang City and Pan Feng was also re-established, and the current situation of Pan Feng is really not good, even if Wei Yan led 10,000 troops to support Pan Feng, but in the face of the Jingzhou army led by Huang Zhong and Wen Ping, Pan Feng and Wei Yan were almost unable to support it.

If it weren't for the fact that Huang Zhong and Wen Ping's task was to entangle Pan Feng in Yicheng County, the troops they brought were not many, and after several losses, maybe Yicheng County would have been breached. However, Rao is like this, with Huang Zhong, a fierce general at the peak of the condensation realm, the situation in Yicheng County is also precarious.

Now that Xiangyang City is no longer in danger, then they are going to plan to support Pan Feng for a while, and it is best to keep Wen Ping and Huang Zhong behind.

But this is just talking, forget about Wen Ping, Huang Zhong's strength is extremely terrifying, and now he is enough to stand side by side with Lu Bu, and this level of character is not something they can stay if they want to.