There are eight counties in Jingzhou, with a total area exceeding that of Yuan Shao in Hebei. And the soldiers are well fed. Liu Biao has Liu Bei as the front line. If Liu Biao didn't die, Cao Cao still didn't dare to go south.

In history, Liu Biao's subordinates were actually fierce generals. Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Li Yan, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Huang Zu, Xing Daorong, Huo Jun, all of them are not given in vain, and the navy and army all have their own generals.

Huang Zhongyuan was a general under Liu Biao, and he should be a descendant; Huo Jun is also a Zhonglang general, and it is estimated that it cannot be very bad; Huang Zu is very capable of commanding troops, and shooting Sun Jian is proof of this.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are the people entrusted by Cao Cao to the 800,000 naval army, and their water warfare ability is definitely super strong, and they can be considered not weaker than Cheng Puhan's generation. Cai Mao's character is not good, and his gas is narrow, but character is not equal to ability, and the strength of the navy is still there.

Xing Daorong, the enemy of 10,000 people, was defeated by Zhang Fei without strength, and was later attacked and killed by Zhao Yun, at least at the level of Li Dian.

But Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Li Yan, and Wei Yan all have a group of bosses like waste at their heads. Liu Biao is just keeping things and enjoying himself, and he has no enterprising heart.

It's a pity that these civil and military generals have no chance to expand their territory and make contributions.

Now that he was bullied home by Gongsun Kang, Liu Biao found that he had no one available.

He looked up to the sky and sighed: "Is the sky going to kill me?" ”

Cai Mao's eyes grunted, and he came up with an idea: "Liu Bei's three brothers, brave and invincible. The last defeat of Lujiang County was because they had too few troops. It's better to let them lead the troops again to resist Gongsun Kang. ”

Kuai Yue objected: "Liu Bei has always had different intentions, if he gives him too many soldiers, he will bite back at that time, and our Jingzhou will be in danger." ”

Liu Biao's ears were soft-rooted, and when he heard Cai Mao and Kuai Yue's opinions, he felt that it made sense, and he was in a dilemma for a while, and he couldn't make a decision.

Suspicious, indecisive, comfortable and enjoyable, talking about Confucian learning, but not seeing the people's dire situation, this is the characteristic of Liu Biao.

"It's better to divide the troops" Kuai Liang is Kuai Yue's brother, and his people are resourceful, and he put forward a feasible proposal: "The two armies of the waterway go hand in hand. Cai Dudu led 50,000 sailors to attack Jiangxia County from the waterway. Liu Guanzhang led 30,000 horses and horses to meet the battle by land. Leave another 30,000 horses and horses to Wen Ping and Huo Jun to defend Xiangyang City. ”

Kuai Liang's suggestion was very reasonable, and Liu Biao adopted it.

Let's say that after Liu Bei worked hard for many years, he licked his wounds silently in Xinye. This is not the first time this has happened. When can you have your own territory and power?

At this moment, Liu Biao's warrant came. Liu Bei was greatly excited.

Zhuge Liang grabbed him. said to him: "The general trend of Jingzhou has gone, and Gongsun Kang is invincible." But now Liu Biao handed over 30,000 horses to the lord. This is pie in the sky, a great opportunity! ”

Liu Bei comprehended and called Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to come to him. The four of them muttered and made a plan to borrow chickens to hatch eggs.

The three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, after receiving Liu Biao's 30,000 soldiers and horses, came to a valley between Xiangyang and Jiangxia, and stationed there, no longer moving forward.

In the name of it: integrate troops and intercept the soldiers and horses of Liaodong.

In fact, after Xue Rengui took Jiangxia, he did not act again. has been busy digesting Jiangxia County.

After Liu Bei was stationed, he co-opted and divided the 30,000 soldiers.

Officers who have been deceived by him and moved by his hypocrisy will be promoted.

Officers who are not tempted and loyal to Liu Biao will be demoted and dismissed. Or even missing!

As for ordinary soldiers, they don't know anything. Whoever gives him a payroll, they will follow him.

A month later, 30,000 horses were put in order. has basically changed from Liu Biao's soldier to Liu Bei's soldier.

And Cai Mao was also preparing grain, grass, arrows, etc., which dragged on for half a month.

Liu Biao urged again and again, and Cai Mao had no choice but to send troops.

Tai Shici only had 20,000 sailors, and in the face of Cai Mao's 50,000 sailors, he hid in the water village to avoid a fight.

The water army is fought for consumption. From a distance, see who has more bows and crossbows and has a long range; If you get close, you will collide and jump on the opponent's boat and slash. In any case, the side with more soldiers is always advantageous.

Tai Shici's avoidance without fighting fueled Cai Mao's arrogance, and he led the navy to show off his might and run rampant on the Yangtze River. He even dared to shoot outside Tai Shici's water barracks.

Outside the Jiangxia Water Military Barracks, it is very narrow.

At the beginning, Huang Zu ordered Chen to lead two Mengchong ships to guard the mouth, so that the river could be blocked. You can see the narrowness of the river.

Tai Shi Ci still did not fight, but sent soldiers to Xue Rengui for help.

After Xue Rengui heard Tai Shici's plan, he sent Hercules and archers to ambush on the top of the cliff by the river, throwing stones and torches at the enemy's big ships.

Compared with the original Jiangxia Navy, Xue Rengui has a bed crossbow and a stone thrower here.

Machine-powered bed crossbows and stone throwers shoot iron spears and rocks the size of human heads. Destroying Cai Mao's boats one by one, the Jingzhou Navy had no choice but to jump ship and swim to escape.

The river was narrow, and the Jingzhou soldiers who jumped into the water were named by the archers of Liaodong one by one, and most of them were shot.

Cai Mao lost dozens of big ships and thousands of soldiers, so he was much more honest.

I only dared to show off my might on the Yangtze River, and I didn't dare to invade the mouth again, and ran in front of the Jiangxia naval camp.

But Tai Shici didn't dare to go out of the water army camp, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

After Gongsun Kang heard about this, he took Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu to Jiangxia.

The three of them stood by the river, calculating the weather, the direction of the wind, and the flow of the water.

Jiangxia is located on the east side of Xiangyang and belongs to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. That is to say: the water flow is from Xiangyang to Jiangxia.

Gongsun Kang and them fought the idea of arson.

If the current is not available, then it depends on the direction of the wind.

Jiangxia is southeast of Xiangyang. A northwest wind must blow in order to burn Cai Mao's fleet.

The wind blowing from the northwest is called a northwest wind.

In winter, the cold northwest wind is blowing.

The winds that often blow in our country are northwest winds in winter and southeast winds in summer. In winter, due to the Siberian high pressure (Asian high pressure), because the air flow moves from high pressure to low pressure, resulting in the formation of an anticyclone centered on Siberia, our country is in a low pressure, coupled with the action of geostrophic deflection force, our country will blow northwest winds.

Now, it's summer, do you have to wait until winter to defeat Cai Mao?

In Qingzhou and Liaodong, there are still tens of thousands of sailors scattered everywhere. If it is concentrated, there should be 50,000 people, no less than the number of Cai Mao's sailors.

But you don't need to plan, you just fight hard. It's not Gongsun Kang's style.

Gongsun Kang summoned Xue Rengui, Zhang Xiu, and Tai Shici.

Tell them: the waterway is blocked, and we will go by land. Let Tai Shici's sailors go ashore and attack Xiangyang from the land together.

Tai Shici's navy, when he was in Wadao, was used by the army, and he fought mountain warfare, so it is no problem to fight Xiangyang now.

(End of chapter)