As soon as Yuan Shu said this, Yan Xiang and the three of them understood that Yuan Shu did not want to fight with Sun Jian, but just hoped to promote peace with war, and put on a look of not being afraid of a battle, so that Sun Jian was jealous, and then stayed in Jiangxia.

With the strength that Yuan Shu has after capturing Xiangyang City, it is not very realistic to go to Jiangxia and fight Sun Jian again, but even if Yuan Shu doesn't want to fight this one, he can't lose in momentum, only by making such a gesture, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian can't fight.

Xun Yan said: "Lord, if this is the case, Lu Bu alone may not be enough, although Lu Bu's strength is unparalleled in the world, but he is all wolf riders, although no one can stop the momentum of charging on the plain terrain, but the land of Jingzhou is mostly waterways, and there are too few places where wolf riders can exert their power." ”

After listening to Xun Yan's words, Yuan Shu also felt that it made sense, and then said: "In this case, let Pan Feng lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, plus Xiahou Lan and He Man, and go with Lu Bu." In this way, I don't believe that Sun Jian still dares to make any moves. ”

After listening to Yuan Shu's arrangement, Yan Xiang and the three of them nodded silently, there was nothing wrong with Yuan Shu's arrangement to be honest. Posing like he was going to fight, but the ultimate goal was to avoid fighting with Sun Jian.

Yan Xiang asked again, "My lord, where is the best place to send it?" ”

Yuan Shu said: "Is the Jingzhou terrain sand table ready?" ”

After Yuan Yao made the sand table appear for the first time, Yuan Shu also found that the sand table had a great impact on the war situation, so it was also promoted in the whole army, and Nanyang and Yuzhou under his rule had already made a sand table according to the terrain, and when attacking Xiangyang, Yuan Shu also ordered someone to make the terrain sand table of Jingzhou.

Yan Xiang said: "My lord, it has been made. ”

"Let's move it up and see it later." Yuan Shudao.

Yan Xiang nodded, and then ordered Yuan Shu's order to go down, and soon a team of soldiers moved a huge sand table in, which was the terrain sand table of the seven counties of Jingzhou.

After staring at the Jingzhou terrain sand table for a while, Yuan Shu finally took a wooden stick, pointed to a place, and said, "Here, Suixian." ”

Suixian, does not belong to Nanjun, but belongs to Nanyang County, bordering Jiangxia, and at the same time there is a big river in Suixian County that goes directly to Jiangxia City, the same, if Sun Jian wants to enter Nanyang through the waterway, Suixian is the only way.

Yan Xiang, Chen Zhong, and Xun Yan carefully looked at the topography of Suixian, and finally nodded, from the perspective of the terrain, this Suixian is indeed a good choice. Transferring troops to the county will not be too persecutive, so that Sun Jian can directly send troops when he is nervous, and it can also bring Sun Jian enough deterrence.

After determining Suixian, Yuan Shu looked at Jiangling City and Jiangxia County on the sand table, and there was a hint of pity in his eyes.

Although Yuan Shu won Xiangyang City this time, it can be regarded as a big victory, but if he can, Yuan Shu hopes to be able to take the entire Jingzhou in one battle. If the opponent has only one Liu Biao, then even if Liu Biao escapes into Jiangling City, Yuan Shu is sure enough to defeat Liu Biao and occupy the entire Jingzhou.

But now there is one more Sun Jian, and Sun Jian's movements are very fast, when Yuan Shu and Liu Biao fought in Xiangyang City and had no time to be distracted, it was difficult for Yuan Shu, who had now won Xiangyang City, to have other actions. I was afraid that when I went south to deal with Liu Biao, Sun Jian would stab myself in the back.

Fortunately, this attack was to take Xiangyang City, and it was not considered nothing.

"Sun Jian!" Yuan Shu screamed in his heart, and a terrifying light flashed in his eyes.

This time Sun Jian's action was to offend Yuan Shu miserably, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road begged for Dong, Yuan Shu established a good relationship with Sun Jian under the influence of Yuan Yao, but this time Sun Jian profited, so that Yuan Shu hated Sun Jian, if there was a chance, Yuan Shu would definitely catch Sun Jian and beat him to death.

After Yuan Shu's order went down, Lu Bu and Pan Feng began to move, Lu Bu led eight generals under his command, together with nearly 20,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Pan Feng, He Man, Xiahou Lan led 10,000 Yuan Shu soldiers from Xiangyang City, nearly 30,000 troops to Suixian.

Sun Jian originally wanted to continue to send troops to Xiangyang after capturing Jiangxia, but Su Fei's resistance was too tenacious, and when Sun Jian finally killed Su Fei and captured Jiangxia, the news of Yuan Shu's capture of Xiangyang City had already reached Sun Jian. After learning that Xiangyang City was captured by Yuan Shu, Sun Jian didn't know whether to continue to march or not, and Sun Jian's army was stationed in Jiangxia to recuperate.

Originally, according to Sun Jian's estimate, he took Xiangyang as quickly as possible, and then looked at the battle of Xiangyang between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao to decide the next move. As long as the war between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao was not over when he sent troops to Xiangyang, Sun Jian could seize the greatest benefits, but Sun Jian did not expect that after getting the news of his entry into Jiangxia, Yuan Shu would take Xiangyang City at all costs, so that Sun Jian's original plan was in vain.

Then, when Sun Jian had not yet made a decision on what to do, he received the news that Lu Bu and Pan Feng led their troops to enter Suixian. From Suixian to Jiangxia, if you take a boat, you can arrive in Jiangling in a few days, although Sun Jian knows that Yuan Shu has no sailors, but he has to guard against it.

Lu Bu and Pan Feng stationed in Suixian, which also made Sun Jian really nervous, although he was not afraid of war, but at this time Sun Jian felt that there was no point in fighting with Yuan Shu, it was impossible for him to completely drive Yuan Shu out of Jingzhou and capture Xiangyang City, and Yuan Shu could not drive him out of Jiangxia.

Although according to the current development trend of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, there will definitely be a big battle between Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in the end, but it is definitely not now, and now neither Yuan Shu nor Sun Jian is ready.

After that, Sun Jian also discussed with Wu Jing and Zhu Zhi about Yuan Shu's actions, but he really couldn't figure out what Yuan Shu meant. In the end, Zhou Yu pointed out that Yuan Shu's move was not to attack Jiangxia, but to deter, so that Sun Jian would not have any thoughts that he shouldn't have.

To put it simply, Yuan Shu's move was to show off his muscles, letting Sun Jian know that Yuan Shu was not without the strength to fight him now, forcing Sun Jian to stay in Jiangxia.

And I have to say that Yuan Shu's method is very effective, now in the situation in Jingzhou, Yuan Shu is unwilling to fight with Sun Jian, but Sun Jian is also unwilling to fight with Yuan Shu, if the two of them fight, then the final benefit will only be Liu Biao. Therefore, in the absence of communication, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian have reached a tacit agreement not to go to war.