The three of them discussed for a whole morning, but Kuai Liang proposed that reinforcements should not be sent for the time being, and Zhang Yun was ordered to be stationed on the spot in case the Yizhou army went north and threatened Xiangyang. He also proposed that Cai Mao should be strictly ordered to attack and defeat the Yizhou Navy, as long as the Yizhou Navy, its infantry army would be like a rootless Ping, and it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Jingzhou. Speaking of Jingzhou people, although they generally have little confidence in their own infantry, but they have blind trust in the sailors, even if the wise man is like Kuailiang, he is also convinced of this, after all, this is a kind of "fact" formed for hundreds of years, but they don't know that because of Liu Zhang's crossing, because of the joining of the naval army of Lusu, Gan Ning and others, today's Yizhou naval army can be said to be a new look.

Kuai Yue also proposed that it would be difficult to defeat the Yizhou army by relying only on his own military strength, whether he could ask for reinforcements, after all, whether it was Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, or Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, they would definitely not want to see Liu Zhang annex Jingzhou, Jingzhou is a large grain-producing state, and it is less affected by the war, it can be said that the people are prosperous and the products are abundant, if it is captured by Liu Zhang, then his strength will swell rapidly to a terrifying level, posing a great threat to Dong Zhuo and others.

But Wang Rui was worried that it would be easy to invite God and difficult to send God, so Liu Zhang didn't run away when he arrived, these people occupied their own territory first. Since "foreign aid" is not good, what about "internal aid"? Jingzhou can ask for help, only Jiangxia Huang Zu is calculated, first, Huang Zu is still very deferential to Wang Rui at least on the surface, and second, Huang Zu's strength can be ranked second in Jingzhou, second only to Wang Rui, and only he has the strength to send troops to help. The other Cao Yin, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan are not strong enough, and it is useless to come, and people are not necessarily willing to come, so let's just say Cao Yin, which is bent on opposing Wang Rui. Now Cao Yin, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan are hugging each other again to keep warm, and it is impossible for the three of them to send troops to rescue Wang Rui. Of course, even Huang Zu may not be willing to pull Wang Rui along, but Huang Zu is capable and ambitious, so he can take advantage of it. Aren't you powerful and ambitious? Well, Kuai Yue proposed that as long as Huang Zu is willing to send troops to help, after defeating Liu Zhang, he will send Changsha and Guiyang to him, and trap him in Jiangxia, even if he has the ability and ambition, it is impossible to achieve too much, Huang Zu wants to make a difference, he will definitely swallow this incense bait!

Guiyang is not good, it is not under Wang Rui's control, but Changsha is different, that is the foundation of Wang Rui's foothold in Jingnan, how can he give it up easily? So he couldn't make up his mind. But it is obvious that if only Guiyang is sent, Huang Zu will definitely not agree to send troops (it is still possible to send Changsha alone), because Guiyang and Huang Zu's territory Jiangxia are separated by a Changsha, and Guiyang has become an enclave, how can this make Huang Zu feel at ease? Kuai Yue persuaded again, then attach a condition to the agreement with Huang Zu, once Liu Zhang is defeated, Huang Zu can take Changsha and Guiyang counties, but there is a premise, he must work together with Wang Rui to defeat Cao Yin, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan, and then take what they need. Although Wang Rui lost Changsha, he got Wuling and Lingling, so he readily agreed with Kuai Yue's opinion. However, Wang Rui was not satisfied with Wuling and Lingling, the plan in his heart was to take advantage of the battle to relieve the siege of Jiangling and recover Jingnan, let Huang Zu take the lead and be cannon fodder, consume a lot of his strength, and then he could truly realize the unification of Jingzhou! I have to say that the world is really cold, this is the so-called ally, and before they agree, he will calculate it on his side, and this ability to cross the river and tear down the bridge is simply the best in the world!

In this way, a letter left Xiangyang and went to Xiling.

Huang Zu was overjoyed after receiving Wang Rui's letter, and after summoning the civil and military forces to discuss, he decided to leave his eldest son Huang Jie to guard Jiangxia, and led a land and water army of 20,000 people to go upstream, straight to Jiangling.

Seeing that Xiangyang's troops had not made any further movements, Liu Zhang immediately instructed Xu Huang to launch a fierce attack on Jiangling to force Wang Rui to make a decision as soon as possible.

On this day, the Yizhou army was unusual, and the 30,000 troops attacked from all sides, killing from sunrise to dusk before they quit. In one day's battle, the Yizhou army paid the price of 900 killed and more than 1,700 wounded, but only caused less than 1,000 casualties to the defenders. Although he did not attack the city, Bei Yu saw the terrifying strength of the Yizhou army after the real move, and he believed that as long as this attack continued, within five days, Gangneung would be defeated. Frightened, he hurriedly sent a letter asking for help to Xiangyang. In the letter, he told Wang Rui that if there were no reinforcements within five days, Jiangling would fall.

Wang Rui couldn't sit still anymore, he understood that once Jiangling was captured, then his end was probably near, so he ignored the dissuasion of the Kuai brothers, and sent Zhang Yun a mixed army of 20,000 veterans, private soldiers and recruits, he gave Zhang Yun a strict order, if he couldn't break through the Dangyang blockade within three days, then what was left to him was ruthless military law.

After the new reinforcements were dispatched, there were less than 20,000 guards in the entire Nanyang and Xiangfan, including only 5,000 veterans, which was undoubtedly a very dangerous thing.

The news was immediately reported to Liu Zhang by the spies lurking in Xiangyang.

After Liu Zhang received the report, he only said: "The time has come, let him go!" ”

Let's take a look at what Dong Zhuo is doing at this time, Dong Zhuo got the news of Liu Zhang's attack on Jingzhou, and immediately summoned Li Ru to discuss. Li Ru believes that Liu Zhang must not be allowed to successfully capture Jingzhou, otherwise Liu Zhang's strength will gain a huge increase, and Liu Zhang's next opponent who has greatly increased his strength is likely to be Dong Zhuo! But at this time, Dong Zhuo was stepping up to exterminate Ma Teng and Han Sui, and Ma and Han were beaten by him and retreated, and they were forced to surrender. But in the past few years, Ma Teng and Han Sui have played tricks like this many times, whenever they can't support the soft surrender of the civilian clothes, and turn their faces immediately after Dong Zhuo's army withdraws, so under the persuasion of Li Ru, Dong Zhuo is determined to completely exterminate the two of them this time, but he will try to dominate the industry after worrying about the future, so he completely ignores the olive branch thrown by the two. At this critical juncture, he had no way to draw up his forces to compete with Liu Zhang for Jingzhou. Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo had to grit his teeth at his "good son", if it weren't for his treachery and fleeing with his troops, he wouldn't have been able to spare his troops to rob Jingzhou! Now his forces are divided into three parts, the main force is attacking Ma and Han, the rest is stationed north of the Qinling Mountains to guard against Liu Zhang, and the other is stationed in the Hangu area to prevent Lu Bu, which can be said to be a radish and a pit. However, although he can't compete with Liu Zhang for Jingzhou, it's still okay to create a little trouble for him so that he can't capture Jingzhou smoothly. Therefore, under the auspices of Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's army north of the Qinling Mountains began to move frequently, with a frame of wanting to attack Hanzhong, with a very clear purpose, to contain Wei Yan in Hanzhong, and not to teach him to divide troops to help. Everyone knows that Wei Yan's troops are the most elite troops in Yizhou, and if they are thrown into the Jingzhou battlefield, Wang Rui may not even have the strength to resist.

Besides, Lu Bu, he also has no time to take care of it, his main force went to Bingzhou, confronted Yan Liang and Fu Zhu Huguan, and couldn't get out, and the rest of the troops were stationed in Bishui Pass to guard against Cao Cao, and the other was in the west to guard against Dong Zhuo, it can be said that he was overstretched, how could he still divide his troops to attack Jingzhou? Moreover, there is another thing that makes him take care of himself, and this matter is still because of Cao Cao......

Cao Cao sent troops to recruit Tao Qian last year, but as expected, he ran out of food and retreated after the cold winter. Unwilling to fail, he slowly accumulated strength, preparing to fight again after harvesting new grain in the coming year. After returning to Yanzhou, he was always thinking about how to continue to expand his living space. There are strong enemies around Yanzhou, among which the Yuan brother Cao Cao cannot match for the time being; Tao Qian put on a desperate battle, forcing him to retreat after running out of food, and he would not advance to Xuzhou after learning a lesson without preparing enough supplies; The only ones left are Wang Rui of Jingzhou and Lu Bu of Luoyang, there is no water army in Jingzhou, there will be no good fruit to eat, it is better to befriend Wang Rui first, and then try Jingzhou after the strength is strong enough. As a result, Lu Bu became his best choice. First, the two were extremely close to each other, and Lu Bu's main force went to Bingzhou, if planned properly, the battle would end quickly, and it would not put too much pressure on his logistics; Second, he is a person with a very political vision, although there is no reminder from Mao Jue and Xun Yu, he still sees that the Han Emperor is a good card, if it is in his hands and used properly, it is definitely a trump card, as long as he controls the Han Emperor, then he has mastered the righteousness, and he can also use the name of the Han Emperor to requisition the world's celebrities for his own use (Cao Cao is very painful, the lack of talents, especially the lack of political and staff personnel, so that he has to deal with many things personally, and there is little leisure time from morning to night, He desperately needs to find some good helpers to help him deal with his affairs, and he can free up his hands and devote all his energy to the battle of expansion and annexation. Liu Zhang secretly said: Ah, I'm sorry, your talents have almost been dug by me, except for your old Cao family and Xiahou's family, almost everyone else has been dug by me! Don't work too hard, but don't be tired to death like Zhuge Liang, who has to do everything).