In Xiangyang City, Liu Biao urgently summoned his subordinates. Including the Kuai brothers, the Cai brothers, Pang Ji, Yi, Wang Cang, Fu Xun, Wen Ping, Wang Wei and others.

"Huang Zu has a military report that Zhang Yi has raised an army of 50,000 to attack Jiangxia, how to deal with it?" Liu Biao asked his subordinates.

Cai Mao stood up and said: "The soldiers will block, and the water will cover it." When Zhang Yi came to attack, he naturally had to send troops to support. Mao will do his best tomorrow to rescue Huang Zu. ”

Kuai Liang was very dignified, "Zhang Yi will attack with all the troops of Jiangdong, and he will definitely not give up." Cai Dejun's words are very reasonable. However, the lord still needs to make more preparations, and two generals, Wen Ping and Wang Wei, should be sent to follow the Han River to defend the country and investigate the movements of Jiangxia. If Huang Zu can defend it, he should help quickly! If Huang Zu can't defend it, he should guard the Han River to prevent Zhang Yi from driving directly to Xiangyang. ”

When Liu Biao heard Kuai Liang say this, he couldn't help but tremble for a while, "Zirou, can't Huang Zu resist Zhang Yi?" ”

Kuai Liang said: "Zhang Yi has been crisscrossing Jiangdong for several years, and he has also fought with Cao Mengde over the years, and Cao Mengde has also suffered a big loss on him, how is Huang Zu his opponent?" Zhang Yi is not Sun Jian, but he will not give him a chance to ambush. ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he felt that it made sense, and he said with some lack of confidence: "If this is the case, it will be difficult to resist Zhang Yi with the soldiers of Xiangyang!" ”

Wen Ping stood up and said: "Please rest assured, the lord will defend the country and not let Zhang Yi get close to Xiangyang!" ”

Cai Mao said very arrogantly: "The Jiangling Navy has reached tens of thousands, and there are hundreds of warships, and the Jiangdong Navy will definitely not appear in the Han River." ”

Kuai Liang nodded, no matter how bad Huang Zu is, he has thousands of sailors and tens of thousands of soldiers, so he shouldn't be defeated too quickly. He said: "The lord should send an envoy to Xuchang to ask Cao Mengde for help. ”

Liu Biao basically didn't have the confidence to face Zhang Yi by himself, and agreed to Kuai Liang's suggestion at the first time, he looked at everyone and asked, "I don't know who can go to Xuchang?" ”

Fu Xun stepped forward and said, "Xun is willing to share the worries of the Lord. ”

Liu Biao said happily: "I am relieved to have a public servant go to Xuchang." ”

Kuai Yue stood up at this time and said: "Although asking Cao Cao for help is a plan, the lord can't count on all of this. Now that Cao Cao is attacking Jizhou, even if he sends troops to attack Zhang Yi, he will not send too many troops. ”

Liu Biao's face froze, and he remembered that Cao Cao really had no soldiers to support him. He looked at Kuai Yue, "Xeno, what do you suggest?" ”

Kuai Yue said: "Zhang Yi's attack on Jingzhou will definitely focus on the north of the river, and the lord can mobilize the troops of the four counties south of the river to defend the north of the river." As long as it can be delayed until next year's spring ploughing, Zhang Yi will definitely retire. ”

Liu Biao asked: "What if Zhang Yi takes this opportunity to occupy the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

Kuai Yue said: "The four counties in Jiangnan are barren, even if Zhang Yi wins it, the gain will not be very large, as long as the three counties in Jiangbei are not lost, it is easy to take back the four counties in Jiangnan." Compared with Yangzhou, it is much easier for the lord to attack, while Zhang Yi needs to send troops thousands of miles away if he wants to attack. ”

Liu Biao thought about it and felt very reasonable. "What the other degree said is very true, you can send an order to Liu Qi and order him to gather the soldiers and horses of the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, stay in Xiajun, and wait for the order."

Xiajun is located in the northernmost part of Changsha County, close to Ai County, Yuzhang County, and Nanjun State Mausoleum. You can go north to the state mausoleum and reinforce Shaxian. You can also attack Ai County or Xia Pheasant to the east to cut off Zhang Yi's back road. Even if there is no water army, you can't cut off the grain route, but you can still harass it. You can even go directly down the river and attack Chaisang.

However, Liu Qi's need to gather the soldiers and horses of the four counties cannot be completed overnight, and it will take a month or two. This can only be used as a backhand, and I can't count on it for the time being.

Liu Xian was able to send out only Cai Mao's sailors, as well as Wen Ping and Wang Wei's army, both of which were advancing towards the predetermined battlefield. The army is the country, and the navy army goes straight to Qi County.

After sending two armies, Liu Biao's mind settled down a lot. He is very relieved about Cai Mao, Wen Ping and Wang Wei, even if he can't win, he shouldn't lose. These people are all his veterans, and when they dealt with Yuan Shu before, they also made a lot of efforts. Huang Zu and Lu Gong even killed Sun Jian, which was Liu Biao's confidence.

However, the development of things was not completely different from what Liu Biao expected, and it was also different from what Cai Mao imagined.

Cai Mao is proud, as the eldest son of a big family, Cai Mao can be said to look down on those who are not from a good background. Coupled with the power in his hands, the entire Gangneung is his proud capital. After returning to Gangneung, he picked up hundreds of warships and sailed down the river. Although Cai Mao didn't know that "thousands of miles of Jiangling would be returned in one day", standing at the bow of the boat, facing the river breeze, she still had a heroic feeling.

But when he arrived in the territory of Shaxian, Cai Mao was stunned by the warships in front of him. Zhang Yi's water army actually appeared in Sha Xian, Zhang Yi's water army divided its troops? Cai Mao looked at the banner of the enemy's navy, and only saw a Li character, thinking that it was Li Bao.

Cai Mao saw that Li Bao only needed more than ten ships, and immediately commanded the ships to rush up. Li Bao saw Cai Mao's army and immediately retreated.

"See where you can escape?" Cai Mao sneered and immediately led the army in pursuit.

Li Bao withdrew from Shaxian and entered the Xiling realm. Cai Mao chased after her, constantly shooting with a bow and arrow. However, his ships were too small to cause much damage to Li Bao's sailors.

However, behind Cai Mao's water army, in the Han River, a water army quietly appeared. This naval army also has hundreds of warships, wearing the banners that are Zhang and Su. This is the navy army led by Zhang Shun and Su Fei, who have long been hidden in the Han River, waiting for Cai Mao's navy to take the bait.

Zhang Shun knew that Cai Mao's army had crossed the Han River, so he said to Su Fei: "General Su, you arrange the fireboat now, and I will drag Cai Mao." ”

"General rest assured!" Su Fei nodded immediately, this is a strategy that has been agreed on a long time ago, to eliminate Cai Mao's army in one fell swoop, and then directly capture Jiangling, Zhang Yi's two goals can be regarded as one completed.

There are too many Jiangling naval forces, and if you use the previous method, you don't know when you will fight. Therefore, Li Bao set up a plan of fire attack, wanting to wipe out Cai Mao's army and completely eliminate hidden dangers.

Why did Zhang Shun and the three appear in Hanshui? This has to be said that Liu Biao's reaction was slow, and when he received Huang Zu's military report, Huang Zu had already been dead for two or three days. By the time Cai Mao sent his troops, Zhang Shun and Su Fei's sailors had already entered the Han River and ambushed them.

The efficiency of the two sides is not the same, how can Liu Biao have an advantage? Now Li Bao and Zhang Shun have completed the encirclement and arranged the fireboat, and they have become the turtle in the urn.