Jingzhou.

In the past, Liu Biao and Tao Qian jointly attacked Yuan Shu, originally thinking that it was a good opportunity to take Nanyang, but who would have thought that Sun Jian's speed was so fast, and he marched all the way, and he rushed over before Cai Mao captured Deng County.

And the result was that under Sun Jian's defense, Cai Mao used everything he could think of, as well as the siege method proposed by Kuai Liang and others, and even attacked several times at the expense of his troops. But as a result, in the face of Deng County, which was guarded by Sun Jian, it ended in failure.

This seems to be the same result as Yuan Shao's attack on Leling City, which was guarded by Tai Shici, but obviously, from the crusade against the river thieves to the conquest of the Yellow Turbans, the Liangzhou rebels, and Dong Zhuo, when it comes to the experience of fighting, the entire Han may be able to count more than Sun Jian, and I am afraid that he can count it with one pair of hands. But Cai Mao didn't have any of them.

Whether it is Cai Mao, Huang Zhong, Zhang Yun or others, they have faced the strongest opponents, but they are just thieves in the name of Yellow Turban thieves. Although they are all generals who can take charge of one side on their own in history, they are obviously still a little weak in the face of opponents of Sun Jian's level at this time.

And compared with Tai Shici, Sun Jian has a greater advantage, that is, his military strength. Unlike Liu Bei, who needed to defend three enemies at the same time, although Yuan Shu also needed to face the enemies of Dong Zhuo, Tao Qian, and Liu Biao, and even the Yanzhou forces that temporarily went north.

But for Yuan Shu, who is sitting in Nanyang and Yuzhou, this threat is difficult for him to stretch. In fact, even if Yuan Shu was attacked by Tao Qian and Liu Biao when he went north to Yanzhou, he never sent anyone to let Sun Jian come to support. So what Sun Jian actually needs to face is only two enemies, Dong Zhuo and Liu Biao.

And although Dong Zhuo has been mobilizing troops in the Sanfu area, it seems that he is going to go on an expedition, but if Dong Zhuo really plans to attack Nanyang in the south, he can only take the road of Wuguan. And over there, Sun Jian had already let Cheng Pu lead the army to defend it.

In addition, Nanyang has a large population and a rich place, so Sun Jian can easily mobilize troops from Nanyang to come for reinforcements. In this case, the war began to become a competition between the two sides, so that Liu Biao, who had just been in charge of Jingzhou for a year, could not consume Sun Jian, who had Nanyang as his backing.

In this case, Liu Biao decisively asked Cai Mao to retreat to Xiangyang City, preparing to preserve his strength first and watch the situation in action. Moreover, he was also very worried about the Jiangxia battlefield on Huang Zu's side, because there, there was Yuan Shu's main force!

Although for the time being, Huang Zu's side only lost the new breath he had just captured, and he was still resisting Yuan Shu's offensive between Yicheng and Yicheng, but who knows how long Huang Zu could resist? In the event that Yicheng and Yicheng were lost, Yuan Shu could completely occupy the territory north of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop.

It's just that what Liu Biao didn't expect was that after returning to Xiangyang City, Sun Jian only repaired for a few days, and then directly led the army south to cross the Han River and kill Xiangyang.

In this regard, Liu Biao naturally did not want to go out of the city to fight with Sun Jian, but chose to defend the city. It's just that Sun Jian is obviously not stupid, and he doesn't plan to storm Xiangyang, but shows off his might outside the city all day long. At the same time, he continued to mobilize troops from Nanyang to Xiangyang, and even Yuan Shu, after learning the news, once again increased his offensive against Jiangxia County, with the intention of swallowing Jingzhou in one go.

In Xiangyang City, Liu sat in the first place expressionlessly, and did not seem to be shaken by the current situation. His majestic gaze continued to scan the people below, and only after a long resound, did he ask in a flat tone, "You must be very clear about the situation now, but what is the strategy for retreating from the enemy?" ”

"My lord! The subordinates are willing to lead the army out of the city and behead Sun Jian's head to the lord! Huang Zhong immediately spoke when he heard this.

Since becoming Liu Biao's command, although he was worshiped as a Zhonglang general by virtue of his merit in escorting Liu Biao into Jing, he has never been able to make any contributions. And after sitting firmly in Jingzhou, Liu Biao relied more on Cai Mao and Kuai Liang, the children of the family, although he was not jealous, but Huang Zhong was obviously a little unwilling.

And when he attacked Dengcheng with the army, Huang Zhong thought that it was time for him to make meritorious contributions, but he could not have imagined that he would be destroyed by Sun Jian.

"Hmm......" Liu Biao nodded when he heard this, and looked at the others with a noncommittal look, "Do you have any other ideas?" ”

"My lord, Liu Yangzhou took the opportunity to go to Yangzhou to take up his post before, and now he has entered Yangzhou. The subordinates thought that they could send someone to ask him to send troops to discuss Yuan Shu. He and the lord are both relatives of the Han family, and Yuan Shu's ambition is obvious, and he will not refuse to come to Liu Yangzhou. Hearing Liu Biao's words, Kuai Liang said respectfully.

"Lord, my subordinates are willing to go out of the city at night and go to Yicheng and other places to raise troops, and at that time, my subordinates will lead the army to attack Nasun Jian, and then the lord will send a general to lead the army to kill the ...... from the city" As soon as Kuai Liang's voice fell, Cai Mao on the side also opened his mouth to propose.

"Well, let's do it." Liu Biao nodded to Kuai Liang and Cai Mao and said, then looked at Huang Zhongyan on the side and said, "Han Sheng, you have been training hard for a long time, and then you will be the general, kill from the city, and attack that Sun Jian with De Jue!" ”

"No!"

Liu Biao was discussing a plan to retreat from the enemy, and Sun Jian was also thinking about how to capture Xiangyang. I just thought about it, but I couldn't think of any good way. Well, if there is any good way, Sun Jian will not only show off his power outside the city during this time and continue to provoke.

Xiangyang is an important town in Jingzhou, in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the capital of many vassal states, and after the Chu State captured Xiangyang, it was built into a fortified city that was difficult to attack, and used it as a gateway to defend Jingzhou.

The reason why Xiangyang was chosen is because Xiangyang has a very unique topography, north of Xiangyang, is the flat Nanyang Basin, and Xiangyang is just stuck in the southernmost part of the Nanyang Basin, although it is in the Nanyang Basin, but it is cut off by the Han River. And Xiangyang is Jingshan in the west and Dahong Mountain in the east, in short, if you want to attack Nanjun from Nanyang to the south, you can only break through Xiangyang.

Of course, you can also choose to bypass Xiangyang and go south through Yizhou, but the roads in Yizhou are mountainous and rugged, and it is difficult to detour. And if you attack Jiangxia from Nanyang to the east, you will also have to face the natural danger of the Yangtze River. And in the case of only these three choices, Xiangyang City, which is the easiest to choose among the three choices, has naturally become a battleground for soldiers.

And now Sun Jian obviously has no other choice, only to attack Xiangyang.

"What should I do?" Sun Jian looked at Xiangyang City in front of him and was very helpless.