"Father, the child thinks that we should take advantage of the situation to pursue and attack Xiangyang at this moment!" Yuan Yao looked at Yuan Shu and said in a deep voice.

Yuan Yao's words did not cause Yuan Shu's reaction to be too obvious, although his eyes flickered, but Yuan Shu's expression couldn't help it, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Yuan Yao knew that Yuan Shu was unwilling to let Liu Biao go, but all the ministers under his command persuaded Yuan Shu to return to his master, which made Yuan Shu hesitate. Although Yuan Shu can be arbitrary, he needs a reason to be able to subdue him, and this reason needs to be given by Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao said: "My father is the position of Nanyang Taishou, although he has lived in Runan for a long time, but he can't change this fact, and Liu Biao attacked Nanyang for no reason this time, although he has been expelled from Nanyang by our army now, but with his father's current strength, just doing this, the child thinks that it is far from enough." ”

Yuan Shu had already understood what Yuan Yao meant at this moment, which was also what he meant, but Yuan Shu did not show this fact, and continued to ask: "Yao'er, what do you think you have to do?" ”

Yuan Yao's eyes were faint, and he said: "The child thinks that the city of Xiangyang should be within the reach of our army. ”

"Under the city of Xiangyang?" Yuan Shu suddenly stood up at this moment, an indescribable momentum spread, and then he looked at Yuan Yao and said with a smile: "It is worthy of my Yuan Shu's son, so courageous!" ”

"It's all my father's teaching on weekdays!" Yuan Yao said respectfully.

Yuan Shu said at this time: "Yao'er, what you said is right, if your father's strength is insufficient, then it's fine, but your father now has an army of 70,000 in his hands, and even Lu Bu, the world's number one general, is his father's subordinate, if Liu Biao doesn't react at all after attacking me Nanyang, won't I be laughed at by the people of the world?" ”

After Yuan Shu made a decision, he informed the civil and military forces under his command of this decision on the second day, and Yan Xiang, Xun Yan, Chen Zhong and others all expressed their opposition to Yuan Shu's decision, but Ji Ling, Pan Feng, Xu Chu and other generals were very much in agreement.

Although most of the civil servants and strategists under his command did not agree with their decision, who was Yuan Shu, and how could the decision he made be reversed? This order was forcibly carried out, and the 70,000-strong army suddenly set off from Caiyang and stepped into the territory of Xiangyang.

Although Chen Zhong, Xun Yan, Yan Xiang and others did not approve of Yuan Shu's actions, but Yuan Shu was the lord and had already made a decision, so Chen Zhong and the others could no longer oppose it, and could only do their best to plan for Yuan Shu to attack Xiangyang.

Jingzhou has Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Changsha County, Guiling County, Wuling County, Lingling County seven counties, except for Nanyang County, the rest of the six counties are controlled by Liu Biao, and Jingzhou Xiangyang, the capital of the prefecture, is located in the north of Nan County, and Caiyang County is only more than 100 miles away.

There is only a distance of more than 100 miles from Caiyang to Xiangyang, and it stands to reason that it is impossible for Liu Biao not to be defensive against Caiyang, but after Liu Biao returned to Xiangyang, he thought that Yuan Shu would not enter Nanjun, so although he was wary of Caiyang's direction, he did not pay too much attention. And after Liu Biao returned to Xiangyang, he was counterattacked by the major families in Jingzhou because of the defeat of Nanyang, because Liu Biao's expedition to Nanyang was opposed by several major families in Jingzhou, but because Wen Ping was advancing layer by layer in Nanyang, it was Liu Biao who had the opportunity to forcibly enter Nanyang. And now, Liu Biao was defeated in Xinye, and only more than 10,000 of the 60,000 troops sent back to Xiangyang, which also made several major families in Jingzhou see the opportunity, as if they had seen a vulture with carrion, and pounced on it, wanting to give Liu Biao a heavy blow and force Liu Biao to release some more benefits to them.

And when Liu Biao was having a headache for the counterattack of several major families in Jingzhou, he suddenly received news that Yuan Shu personally led the army under his command from Caiyang and came directly to Xiangyang.

When he heard the news, Liu Biao was stunned at first and didn't believe it, but after confirming the authenticity of the news, Liu Biao's head hurt even more. Immediately went to notify Wen Ping, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao, Pang Ji and others who were now in Xiangyang City to discuss.

When Liu Biao had a headache because of Yuan Shu's sudden advance, Yuan Shu also led his army to the outside of Xiangyang City, and this way from Caiyang to Xiangyang, Liu Biao also sent troops to block Yuan Shu, but under Yuan Shu's army, Liu Biao's blocking was completely a mantis arm as a car, and it could not cause the slightest hindrance to Yuan Shu's marching speed.

70,000 Yuan Shu troops set up camp 20 miles outside Xiangyang City, and Yuan Shu led 70,000 troops to kill Xiangyang City on the second day, and surrounded Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang, as the capital of Jingzhou, is also a military location, and Liu Biao also attaches more importance to the defense of Xiangyang, but a few months ago, Liu Biao gathered 60,000 troops to enter Nanyang, which were basically drawn from around Xiangyang, and after Liu Biao was defeated back to Xiangyang, Yuan Shu did not do a good job in the defense of Xiangyang, Yuan Shu led his troops to kill it, so at this moment there were only 10,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, and he could not go out of the city to fight with Yuan Shu, so he could only watch Yuan Shu lead his army to surround Xiangyang City.

When Yuan Shu led his troops to surround Xiangyang City, Liu Biao also walked to the gate tower of Xiangyang City with a group of civil and military officers under his command, looking at Yuan Shu's soldiers outside Xiangyang City, Liu showed anger on the surface, but there was nothing he could do.

"Zhongye, Deju, how is it, can you hold Xiangyang?"

Wen Ping and Cai Mao heard Liu Biao's question, and did not answer rashly, now Yuan Shu led 70,000 troops to Xiangyang, but at this moment there are only 10,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, although Xiangyang City is a strong city, and there is a large city protection array as a support, but whether they can hold Wen Ping and Cai Mao is not too confident.

However, although he didn't have much confidence, but this kind of frustrating words couldn't be said at this time, Wen Ping looked at Liu Biao and said in a low voice: "Lord, Xiangyang is a strong city in the world, there are 10,000 elite soldiers in the city, and there is enough food and grass, there should be no problem in holding Xiangyang City." ”

Although Liu Biao is not proficient in military affairs, he is not ignorant, and he can see that Wen Ping's words are comforting himself, but to be honest, Liu Biao now doesn't know what to do in such a situation, so he has to set his eyes on Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and Pang Ji, and asked: "Everyone, you should all know the current situation, I just want to ask, do you have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and Pang Ji glanced at each other, but they didn't speak.