Lu Su's strong rise made Cao Cao very envious.

He has the support of his own family and the Xiahou family, and he acted so early, he is not as good as the rising star Lu Su, and the Yingchuan County he occupies now has no future for development, just guarding the western gateway for Yuan Shao and isolating the attacks of other princes in the east for Dong Zhuo, nothing more.

Later, after thinking about it carefully, it was not that Lu Su was too powerful, but that Yuan Shu was too incompetent, and he was first robbed of Jiangdong territory by Liu Xuan, and then robbed of Jiangbei territory by Lu Su.

If he Cao Cao can go to Jiangdong to develop, he will far surpass Liu Xuan's strength and rule by dividing the river with many Central Plains princes.

The conditions put forward by the envoy sent by Liu Biao made his heart tremble, if he jumped out of Yuzhou, without restraint, he would enter the sea and soar; If he can reach Jiangnan smoothly, with his current strength, who is the opponent?

Dong Zhuo's crazy looting in the three counties of Yanzhou, many big clans were wiped out, which made the Chen Palace full of hatred for him, if Cao Cao could practice with Liu Biao and beat Dong Zhuo, wouldn't it be very happy? Therefore, he strongly supported the union of Cao Cao and Liu Biao.

Cao Cao is by no means a mediocre talent, calm down, think carefully, Dong Zhuo went south, nearly 200,000 troops, and he Cao Cao was weak, only 50,000 old and weak, how to resist?

And Jiangxia County is where Huang Zu's family is located, if he lives in Jiangxia County, how to get along with Huang Zu's family? The strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake.

More importantly, he is like Dong Zhuo's forces, without a water army, he will be extremely passive in the southern water network.

In the end, Cao Cao resolutely rejected Liu Biao's kindness.

And Yuan Shao regarded Runan County as his family's land, how could he give it up? And he was still afraid of Dong Zhuo's strong strength in his heart, and he was unwilling to face him head-on, so he also refused Liu Biao's invitation and refused to enter the Jingzhou territory.

Yuan Shu lost the rich land of Jiangbei and was exploring the territory of Jiangdong; And this caused Jiangdong Liu Miao to be unable to protect himself, and he was unable to help Liu Biao.

Yizhou has always had a bad relationship with Jingzhou, how can it be supported? And they are not only in civil strife, but they also have to guard against Zhou Fei in Liangzhou.

The newly rising Lu Su is busy digesting the newly occupied territory.

However, Tao Qian, the original ally, was separated by several princes, unable to support, and had internal instability, and Lu Su was separated from Xuzhou.

The only powerful neighbor was left Liangzhou Mu Zhou Fei, but he was rejected by the hostile river of the Jingzhou Hao family.

Liu Biao was very embarrassed.

The reason why he did not take the measures of Yizhou, forcefully integrate the internal clans, and declare independence was because he believed that Dong Zhuo would usurp the Han Dynasty and establish himself, and at that time, the members of the royal family and the princes of the world would definitely attack him, including Gao Shun, Zhou Fei, Fang Liang and other border county generals would definitely lead troops into Beijing, and he Liu Biao was the best candidate for the new emperor, so he had been hiding his strength, reusing the local wealthy families, and hiding the elites of Dongzhou to prepare for the establishment of a new dynasty in the future.

If you want to succeed, you can't do without the support of the scholars.

If you want to be successful, you must have a good reputation and not be too strong; In this regard, Chen Wang Liu Chong is far worse than him, and he will never get the support of the princes.

His thoughts are not unpleasant, but Dong Zhuo's sudden southward movement has ruined all his plans, so that he is now isolated.

However, his resolute resistance to Dong Zhuo's military action was not for nothing, and the wealthy clans in Jiangnan realized that they must support Liu Biao at this time, otherwise, if Jingzhou was occupied by Dong Zhuo, the consequences would be catastrophic for them, and they had to guard against the fate of the Yanzhou wealthy clans.

They first cleaned up Hanshou County and prepared to serve as the governor of Liu Biao after his southern crossing; Several counties in the south of the Yangtze River gathered troops, and under the leadership of Liu Du, the Taishou of Wuling County, they stationed troops in Xiaoling to support the war in Jiangbei at any time.

At this time, Xiakou could not be defended, Liu Pan had moved to Shaxian County, and the naval warships inspected the Yangtze River and Hanshui.

Huang Shot and others, who were withdrawn from Chaisang, were also temporarily stationed in Shaxian County and were under the command of Liu Pan.

At this time, only the two cities of Xiang and Fan, as well as Xiling City and Jiangling City, were left in the north of Jingzhou, and a total of four cities were still under the control of Liu Biao.

The remaining county seats, all controlled by Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo sent county officials, controlled the place, except for the four cities, the tax revenue was all obtained by Dong Zhuo, not only to meet the needs of nearly 200,000 troops entering Jingzhou, but also a large surplus, which made Dong Zhuo very excited.

Xiling City was cut off from external contact, and it was only a matter of time before it was breached.

Although Jiangling City and Xiang and Fancheng have waterways to communicate with the outside world, they will not last long.

Niu Fu and Yang Chuan have established a naval army water village in the Baishui River, craftsmen recruited from Jiangxia County and Nanjun are stepping up their efforts to build warships, and sailors are stepping up their training, believing that they can train a strong army on the water.

With a powerful naval army and the occupation of Xiang and Fan Ercheng, Dong Zhuo dared to go south with confidence, but he had a headache for Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang City is known as the "Iron City", easy to defend and difficult to attack, Niu Fu concentrated tens of thousands of infantry to attack, even the newly formed heavy infantry were used, the loss of tens of thousands of people, but did not achieve any effect, had to besiege the city and confront.

Therefore, Niu Fu transferred the heavy infantry to Xiling City, hoping to conquer it first and occupy the northern part of Jiangxia County.

At this time, Huang Zu and others in the city faced a difficult choice.

If you don't surrender, Xiling City will be isolated and helpless, and sooner or later it will be breached, and if you surrender, the consequences will be unpredictable.

In the end, Huang Zu proposed to send someone to negotiate with Dong Zhuo's forces to try to keep the family, after all, Dong Zhuo represented the imperial court, and the righteous name was still there.

The patriarch of the Huang family personally went out of the city to negotiate.

Zhang Ji could not make the decision on the conditions put forward, and immediately sent someone to send him to the Niu Fu camp stationed outside Fancheng, and Niu Fu made the decision.

For the arrival of the head of the Huang family, Niu Fu was very happy, and Niu Fu agreed to all the conditions he proposed, but he only proposed that there was no need for the Huang family to give up all their military power, and there was no need to move, they could continue to live in Xiling City, and they could continue to conquer for the Taishi, make meritorious contributions to the imperial court, and appoint Huang Zu as their lieutenant to assist him in training the navy.

Both sides rejoiced.

The Huang clan is happy, as long as they still have value for Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo will not embarrass the Huang family, as for who will rule Jingzhou, it will not have much impact on the Huang family.

Niu Fu was even happier in his heart, not only could he incorporate tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in Jiangxia County, but also had to be familiar with the captains of the navy; As for the Huang family, they lost their military power and continued to live in Xiling, so that they could be monitored, and they had a family as collateral, so they were not afraid that Huang Zu would not be unsatisfied.

The surrender of the Huang family made Zhang Ji very happy, and he deserved to be the Taishou of Jiangxia County.

First of all, the armed forces of Jiangxia County and the Huang family were absorbed, and what he valued most was the two thousand Danyang soldiers, which were led by his cronies Hu Che'er.

Huang Zu's general Su Fei was appointed as the Sima of the other department, leading the 10,000 infantry under his original command, but in fact there were only more than 6,000 left.

The remaining officers and soldiers were mixed with the infantry under their original control, and many officers were promoted to official positions, and they were very happy.

Subsequently, they looted the wealth in the city and forced the wealthy families in the city, except for the Huang family, to hand over half of their property as life money, as a punishment for their resistance to the imperial court to suppress the rebellion.

The surrender of the Huang family immediately affected the decision-making of many wealthy families in Jingzhou, and they could be treated well if they took the initiative to surrender; And it also affected the strength comparison between Dong Zhuo and Liu Biao, with the participation of Jingzhou locals, it not only has important political significance, but also has a role that cannot be underestimated in the military.

Liu Biao was furious and immediately sent someone to inform Liu Pan to behead Huang Zu's son Huang Shot and incorporate his army.

This move made Huang Zu furious, and he immediately selected some talents from his family and other families in Xiling City, joined Niu Fu's navy, and began to devote himself to the training of the navy; And let the Huang family aid Niu Fu a large amount of money and food, which was used to form a naval army.

Niu Fu was extremely happy with the transformation of the Huang family and trusted it very much, and most of the affairs of the navy army were entrusted to Huang Zu.

Dong Zhuo got Niu Fu's report, very happy, under Li Ru's suggestion, in order to reward the loyalty of the Huang family, there is also the intention of buying horse bones, Huang Zu was named the Marquis of Shaxian Pavilion, the captain of the water army, and was dispatched by Niu Fu.

Although the scholars did not believe in Dong Zhuo's good intentions, those stupid and selfish local tyrants saw hope, they had been suppressed by the scholars before, and had not had the opportunity to obtain military power and administrative power, which was a rare opportunity for them, after all, Dong Zhuo controlled the imperial court and held the name of righteousness in his hands, as long as he cooperated closely, he could get what they needed.

So they sent family disciples and private soldiers to support Dong Zhuo's war against Liu Biao, and Jiangling City was taken from the inside by the local tyrants.