Under Xiangyang City, Nanjun County, Jingzhou, Sun Jian stood in front of the camp tent and looked at Xiangyang City in front of him with a frown. At the beginning of August, Sun Jian finally received the order he had dreamed of and sent troops to attack Nanjun! Immediately, he immediately gathered nearly 80,000 troops and marched south to force the Han River to attack Xiangyang.

And then...... There's nothing then. Faced with this gateway to Nanjun, Sun Jian had tried all the siege methods, but unfortunately all of them ended in failure. Like last time, Sun Jian at this time was full of grievances and helplessness.

"My lord." A voice sounded behind Sun Jian.

"Public reply~" Sun Jian responded when he heard this, and then asked with some sorrow, "Have you thought of any good ideas?" ”

Hearing this, Huang Gai shook his head and said, "Lord, Xiangyang is the gateway to Nanjun, and it is also the only way. As long as you want to attack Jingzhou, it is impossible to bypass Xiangyang. Unless General Yuan's side can quickly take Lujiang County and attack Jiangxia County from Lujiang County......"

"It's hard!" Sun Jian shook his head when he heard Huang Gai's words and sighed, "With the help of the Zhou family, it is not difficult to capture Lujiang, but it is difficult for the lord to send troops to help." After all, Jiangxia not only has Liu Biao's general Huang Zu guarding it, but also the waterways are complicated, even if it is captured, Huang Zu can also use the water army to counterattack. ”

Speaking of this, Sun Jian sighed helplessly, "Moreover, the lord has no naval army available at all, and if he really turns to attack Jiangxia, at most he will capture several cities close to Yuzhou, which will not help him attack Xiangyang." Besides, although Liu Miao's reputation is not obvious, he can resist the lord for so long, and he is not a mediocre person. Therefore, the only thing the lord can do is to help us contain the enemies in Jiangxia so that they cannot support Xiangyang from the waterway. ”

Hearing this, Huang Gai was silent, because he didn't know what to say. In fact, conversations like this have been staged almost every day for the past month, but when it comes to it, the way I think of is nothing more than to turn to Jiangxia. Because beyond that, it is simply impossible to bypass Xiangyang City.

Storm? Sun Jian didn't think about it, but after two days of storming without making any progress, he completely gave up this idea. Because the defenders in Xiangyang City also had 50,000 people, and the arrows, rolling logs and other equipment were extremely sufficient, consuming it would only be more disadvantageous to him as the besieging party.

"Damn Liu Biao! Will it only be a turtle with a shrunken head?! Sun Jian thought indignantly, and then waved his hand and ordered more than a dozen soldiers to go over and curse the city. If Liu Biao is driven out, he will definitely let Liu Biao know why he, Sun Wentai, is called the Jiangdong Tiger. And even if Liu Biao can't come out, Sun Jian has to dispel the depressed breath in his chest first.

In Xiangyang City, unlike Sun Jian's sad face and thinking hard about how to break the city, Liu Biao and the others were in a pretty good mood.

In the county guard's mansion, Liu Biao, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao and others casually drank tea and chatted, and they couldn't see any predicament after being besieged by the enemy.

"Lord, then Sun Jian has sent someone to scold the city again." Zhang Yun walked in and said respectfully, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, obviously disdainful of Sun Jian's methods.

"Hehe, come to scold the city again? It seems that Sun Jian has nothing to do~" Liu Biao stroked his beard and chuckled when he heard this, "Don't pay attention to him, I want to see if he Sun Jian has a way to scold the wall of Xiangyang City~"

"No!" Zhang Yun responded respectfully, and then turned back to the city wall.

Well...... Well, it was clear that a soldier could be sent to deliver the news, but he Zhang Yun personally ran down. Thus...... How easy and boring life was during this time as a general defending the city.

However, this is indeed the general mentality of the soldiers from Liu Biao to the soldiers below in Xiangyang City, not because they underestimate the enemy, but because they do have enough capital to be so confident.

Needless to say, Xiangyang City is a few strong cities in the world. In history, all the soldiers and horses wanted to take Xiangyang City, and it took a lot of effort.

And in the city, whether it is the equipment to defend the city or the hoarded grain and grass, it is enough for Liu Biao to hold on for more than a year. In fact, since Sun Jian's first attack on Xiangyang, Liu Biao has been hoarding all kinds of supplies in the city, in order to resist Sun Jian's second attack in the future. Because he knows very well that both Sun Jian and Yuan Shu are full of ambition for Jingzhou.

Of course, if Yuan Shu poured the power of Yuzhou and Nanyang into attacking Jingzhou, Liu Biao would definitely not be so easy. It's just that Yuan Shu attacked Jing and Yang at the same time, giving Liu Biao a chance to face Sun Jian easily. Sometimes he didn't understand what Yuan Shu was thinking, but he was really inflated to the point that even if he faced him and Liu Xuan's soldiers at the same time, he could easily win.

And after Zhang Yun left, Liu Biao and the others continued to discuss the topic just now, "Now that Li Wushuang has attacked Si Li, I don't know what the battle situation is?" ”

According to the information he had obtained before, Li Wushuang did not personally lead the main force of the state to attack Si Li, but sent his generals Gao Shun and Lu Bu to attack Zuo Feng Yi and Hongnong from Hedong and Henan Yin respectively. Come to think of it, with the strength of Na Ma Teng, it should still be a stalemate, right? Cai Mao said when she heard this.

"That's not necessarily, I heard that Lu Bu and Gao Shun are both generals under Li Yi, and they have grown up with Li Yi since they were children, and they have followed Li Yi to participate in almost left and right wars. Moreover, it is reported that the elite troops under Li Yi fell into the camp and the flying cavalry battalion, and the earliest commanders were the two of them. Kuai Liang said with a chuckle

"Oh? What Zirou means is that Li Yi is likely to have an advantage now? Liu Biao asked.

"Quite possibly!" Kuai Liang nodded and said, "Now the guards of Zuo Feng Yi and Hongnong County are all old generals of Dong Zhuo in the past. Although they took refuge in Ma Teng, their subordinates thought that Ma Teng might not really trust them, and they might not be able to serve Ma Teng. ”

"Hmm...... If it is really as Zirou guessed, Li Wushuang will attack the capital to rescue His Majesty, I am afraid it will only be a matter of time. Liu Biao said in a deep groan.

Saying that, Liu Biao couldn't help but sigh, "If this is the case, I believe it won't be long before the world will settle down again." ”

Hearing this, everyone did not speak, but just sat quietly in place. Obviously, Liu Biao's words made them a little unsure of how to answer.

However, this strange silence did not last long, and soon Liu Biao turned the topic to Sun Jian's army outside the city, talking about when Sun Jian would withdraw from the army.

Yes, in Liu Biao's opinion, Sun Jian had no other choice than to retreat. Unless he is willing to storm Xiangyang City regardless of losses, but in Liu Biao's opinion, this is simply impossible. After all, even if Sun Jianqiang attacked, it would be difficult to capture Xiangyang City, and when the time came, he would only give Liu Biao a chance to counterattack, and even because of the heavy losses during the siege, Liu Biao attacked Nanyang in one fell swoop.

Speaking of which, the idea of retreating from the army did not come to Sun Jian's mind, after all, he was reluctant to attack, and the ordinary method of attacking the city had no effect. Although Xiangyang City is surrounded, how long will it take to capture Xiangyang City? Sun Jian himself has no bottom in his heart.

But despite this, Sun Jian didn't want to quit the army, because last time, because he couldn't capture Xiangyang, he had no choice but to retreat. If he still chooses to retreat this time because he can't capture Xiangyang, I'm afraid that Xiangyang City will become a lingering nightmare for Sun Jian in the future. And he couldn't capture Xiangyang after two consecutive attacks, would Yuan Shu have any thoughts about this? Sun Jian didn't know, but he didn't want to try.

You must know that for Sun Jian's position now, there are many people under Yuan Shu's command. It's just that because of Sun Jian's past credit for helping Yuan Shu seize Nanyang, as well as his performance when he crusaded against Dong Zhuo, coupled with Yuan Shu's attitude, the dissatisfaction in their hearts could only be suppressed in their hearts. But if Sun Jian takes the initiative to give them a chance, then they are likely to take advantage of the opportunity. At that time, even if Yuan Shu protects him, it will make Yuan Shu dissatisfied with Sun Jian.

It was another quiet night, Liu Biao had already fallen asleep, suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, and then a voice was heard outside the house, "Envoy!" Emergency military intelligence! ”

After a while, Liu Biao opened the door with an ugly face, looked at the soldier and said angrily, "At this time, what is the emergency military situation?!" Could it be that Sun Jian plans to dig tunnels again? ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, Liu Biao's eyes fell on the soldier's hand, or an arrow in the soldier's hand. But he saw that the arrow was tied with a strip of cloth.

Liu Biao's expression suddenly froze, he took the arrow in his hand, quickly took off the cloth strip and unfolded it to look at it. After a moment, he looked at the soldier with a solemn expression and asked, "What the hell is going on, tell me the whole story in detail!" No detail can be missed! ”

"No!" When the soldier heard this, he quickly explained, "The villain was keeping vigil in the west of the city, and suddenly heard a sound of breaking wind, and then heard a noise outside the city, it seemed that the enemy army was searching for someone. And this arrow, I think it was shot by the man. ”

"Hmm......" Liu Biao pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then ordered, "Order, let the soldiers defending the city strengthen their vigilance tonight, and at the same time let Zirou and others come to see me." ”

"No!"

Soon, Kuai Liang, Cai Mao and others hurried over, "Lord! Their expressions were serious, although they didn't know what Liu Biao had summoned them late at night, but this kind of posture was not a simple matter.

"Look at it." Liu Biao didn't say a word, and directly handed over the fabric to them. Seeing this, everyone circulated quickly, but everyone who read the content of the cloth fell into deep thought.

After a long while, Liu Biao looked at everyone and asked, "Okay, let's talk about our thoughts now." ”

"My lord, my subordinates think it's very likely to be true." Kuai Liang said respectfully, "First of all, this Yang Ding led an army of 50,000 to directly give up Hongnong and chose to go south, which is very strange in itself. Even if Sun Jian wanted to lure our army out of the city for a field battle, there was no need to use this reason. ”

"Yes, my subordinates think the same!" As soon as Kuai Liang finished speaking, Kuai Yue on the side opened his mouth and agreed, "And if what the letter says is true, then our army can wait for Sun Jian to retreat and send troops to Nan *** when he officially confronts Yang Ding, and there is no need to pursue him while he is retreating." ”

"Hmm......" Liu Biao nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Cai Mao again.

"My lord, my subordinates also thought that this letter should be true. However, his subordinates felt that they should take this opportunity to pursue Sun Jian, making it difficult for him to rescue Nanyang in time! Cai Mao said respectfully.

As he spoke, seeing Liu Jie's eyes that he was willing to continue, Cai Mao coughed lightly twice and then said, "My lord, although there is no detail in the letter, if you calculate the time and add the content of Yang Ding's letter, it can be determined that Yang Ding did not fight with Lu Bu at all, but directly abandoned the city and went south. Such an act, coupled with the fact that he killed Shangguan Dong Yue in the past and took refuge in Ma Teng, his subordinates felt that Yang Ding was completely a treacherous villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

"If our army does not delay the pace of Sun Jian's withdrawal, it is very likely that Sun Jian will be quickly defeated, and then the 50,000 troops under his command will be swallowed by Sun Jian," Cai Gong explained in a respectful voice......

Speaking of this, looking at the pensive Liu Biao and the others, Cai Mao said again, "So my subordinates think that when Sun Jian hears the news of his retreat, he should immediately send troops to delay the speed of his retreat." In this way, Yang Ding expanded his gains in the north of Nanyang. When the time comes, when Sun Jian and Na Yang Ding are fighting, they will enter Nanyang in one fell swoop. ”

Hearing Cai Mao's words, everyone pondered, and for a long time, Kuai Liang and others took the lead in echoing, and after a while, everyone agreed with Cai Mao's words. Seeing this, Liu Biao immediately ordered, "Then it's decided!" Everyone, immediately reorganize the troops and strengthen the vigilance at the same time, once you find that Sun Jian is trying to retreat, immediately pursue! ”

"No!"

A few days later, in Sun Jian's tent, Sun Jian was discussing with everyone at this time, and the discussion was naturally about how to attack Xiangyang. And the result is not different from before. Just as Sun Jian was helplessly preparing to let everyone disperse, he suddenly saw a soldier outside the tent running quickly here, and after a while, he directly broke into the tent and knelt on the ground and shouted, "General! Big things are wrong! For some reason, Yang Ding of Hongnong suddenly led his army south, and at this time he was attacking Xicheng! ”

"What?!" Hearing this, Sun Jian suddenly couldn't sit still, stood up and strode over to the soldier and asked loudly, "How is it possible?!" Isn't Yang Ding resisting Li Wushuang's army in Hongnong? How could it be possible to suddenly go south?! ”

"It's true!" The soldier said, took out a token from his bosom and said, "General, this is the certificate that Cheng Bei drove to the villain, and I hope that the general can withdraw his troops quickly, otherwise I'm afraid Nanyang will not be safe!" ”

As a result, the token glanced at it, but it was Cheng Pu's token. Seeing this, Sun Jian no longer hesitated, and immediately looked around at everyone and shouted anxiously, "Everyone! Immediately go and straighten out the troops and prepare for the withdrawal! Remember! Be fast! Just go! ”