Before Liu Pan arrived in Xiangyang City, Zhang Yun first had contact with Liu Biao in Xiangyang City, and then Zhang Yun did not enter Xiangyang City, but led the Jingzhou Navy to wander in the waterways outside Xiangyang with Cai Mao, who broke through, preparing to make a detour to Yuan Shujun, and attack to Yuan Shujun at the right time.

And Huang Zu also arrived in Xiangyang City before Liu Pan, after all, from Jiangxia to Xiangyang Huang Zu mainly took the water route, and Liu Pan took most of the land routes from Changsha to Xiangyang, so Liu Pan's speed was naturally inferior to Huang Zu's. Fortunately, Huang Zu came in time, and Xiangyang City may not be able to hold on to it until now.

Although Yuan Shujun failed to climb the head of Xiangyang City when he attacked Xiangyang on the first day, Lu Bu broke the protective array of Xiangyang City with an all-out blow, which directly caused the morale of the defenders of Xiangyang City to fall into an extremely low state.

And after Liu Biao and the others' injuries healed a little, Liu Biao stood at the head of Xiangyang City every day, because a Dinghai God Needle generally supported the morale of the defenders of Xiangyang City, so that Xiangyang City could hold on to the present, but even so, the walls of Xiangyang City were also dilapidated because of the onslaught of Yuan Shu's army in the past few days, and lost the effect of the large array of the city protector on their own increase in local suppression, so that the pressure on the defenders of Xiangyang City was great. In the end, even Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others personally climbed to the top of the city to kill the enemy, so they could hold out until Huang Zu came.

When Huang Zu arrived at Xiangyang City, there were only more than 5,000 defenders left in Xiangyang City, and nearly half of the losses were lost, which shows the fierceness of the war, but the losses of the defenders of Xiangyang City were so much, and the losses of Yuan Shu's army were also a lot, at this time Yuan Shu's army was already less than 60,000 people, of course, this is only the number of elite soldiers in Yuan Shu's hands, if you count the surrendered troops and recruited young men and women who were forcibly used by Yuan Shu to attack Xiangyang City, the number of men and horses under Yuan Shu is still close to 100,000. But in Yuan Shu's heart, he only really trusted the part of the soldiers he had trained single-handedly, and even Yuan Shu, the wolf rider of Bingzhou under Lu Bu, did not fully trust, of course, there was no suspicion.

On the side of Xiangyang City, after Huang Zu and Liu Pan came to help, plus the young men recruited in Xiangyang City, the number of men and horses in Xiangyang City at this time also exceeded 60,000, although only a little more than half of them really had combat effectiveness, but the others were still no problem for them to assist in defending the city.

After Huang Zu and Liu Pan led their troops into Xiangyang City, it also made Liu Biao have a little more confidence in holding Xiangyang City, with such a force, even if they can't defeat Yuan Shujun, it is more than enough to hold Xiangyang City, and Yuan Shujun fought outside Xiangyang City, although it was backed by Nanyang, but the weight of grain and grass was a problem after all. Moreover, Yuan Shu's base is Runan, if Yuan Shu and Liu Biao continue to stalemate in Xiangyang for a long time, it must be Yuan Shu who can't hold on in the end.

However, Liu Biao's original idea of relying on the existing forces to hold Xiangyang City was shattered in an instant after Huang Zhong appeared, and it was as broken as scum, and it was difficult to completely restore.

If Liu Biao wants to go out of the city to fight, the biggest difficulty is not the soldiers of Yuan Shujun or the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou, but Lu Bu.

Although the soldiers under the command of Yuan Shu were brave, Liu Biao did not have any fear, as for Lu Bu's wolf cavalry, it was difficult to exert the strongest strength in the terrain outside Xiangyang City, and Liu Biao was not afraid.

Lu Bu is the only one in Liu Biao's heart.

On the day when Yuan Shu's army attacked the city, Lu Bu volleyed a halberd in the air, and the scene of shattering the large protective array of Xiangyang City still comes to Liu Biao's mind. Before that day, Liu Biao had never imagined that his personal strength would be so strong.

Although Liu Biao had long heard of Lu Bu's reputation as the number one military general in the world, before he saw Lu Bu's strength with his own eyes, Liu Biao did not know how strong Lu Bu was. After all, Liu Biao did not have any generals in the Condensation Gang Realm, and even Wang Wei overdrew all his vitality at the last moment to improve his cultivation to the Condensation Gang Realm.

And after seeing Lu Bu's strength with his own eyes, Liu Biao understood that if he really wanted to defeat Yuan Shu and relieve the siege of Xiangyang, he must first solve Lu Bu, and if he didn't solve Lu Bu, even if Liu Biao could lead his troops to repel Yuan Shu's army on the frontal battlefield. But as soon as Lu Bu appeared, the situation would definitely be reversed.

However, after learning about Huang Zhong's cultivation from Liu Pan, a glimmer of hope also appeared in Liu Biao's heart. According to Liu Pan, Huang Zhong's cultivation has also reached the peak of the Condensation Gang Realm, and he is at the same level as the current Lu Bu. And Liu Biao also knows his nephew very well, and knows that he can still distinguish the importance of such a major event.

And after seeing Huang Zhong, Liu Biao was even more determined in his heart, because he couldn't see Huang Zhong's cultivation clearly, Liu Biao's cultivation also had the peak of the spiritual realm, and he could take a step forward at any time and reach the void soul realm. Moreover, Liu Biao practiced a royal secret technique and had a spiritual eye, but he found that he couldn't see through Huang Zhong, and he knew in his heart that Huang Zhong's strength was probably stronger than what Liu Pan said, so Liu Biao didn't dare to have the slightest neglect of Huang Zhong.

When Liu Biao wanted Huang Zhong to fight, Huang Zu also looked at Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong is a native of Nanyang, and the Jiangxia Huang family where Nanyang Huang and Huang Zu are located were also considered a family hundreds of years ago, but they were separated later, so if Huang Zu and Huang Zhong are counted according to their bloodline, they are actually brothers, but the bloodlines of the two sides are too far apart, resulting in not much contact.

However, although there are not many contacts, Huang Zu still knows some things about Huang Zhong, and he also knows why Huang Zhong has been acting so low-key in recent years, isn't it just for his son who has been lying on the hospital bed? But to be honest, although Huang Zu knows Huang Zhong well, but it is also limited, when he heard Huang Zhong say lightly that he could go out of the city to try a battle with Lu Bu, Huang Zu didn't believe it, but looking at Huang Zhong's expression didn't seem to be lying, Huang Zu also wanted to see if this Huang Zhong was talking big or really had that kind of strength.

After Liu Biao got the words from Huang Zhong that he was willing to fight with Lu Bu, Liu Biao was sure in his heart. He Liu Biao rarely misses people, even if Huang Zhong is not Lu Bu's opponent, but with Huang Zhong's cultivation, it is not a problem to block Lu Bu. is also at the peak of the Ning Gang Realm, Liu Biao doesn't think that Huang Zhong will be much weaker than Lu Bu.

(End of chapter)