Jingzhou is not as good as Guanzhong, there are dangers to guard, in the face of Cao Cao and Sun Ce's cooperation, the Jingzhou family panicked, the lessons of the future are not far away, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu are all finished like this. In order to preserve Jingzhou, Liu Biao had to join Yuan Shao's camp.

With Liu Biao standing on Yuan Shao's side, the current situation in the world is similar to what Liu Xie, Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others expected half a year ago. The only difference may be that Liu Zhang is done playing, and Yuan Shao's ally is one less. However, Liu Xie is not afraid of the current Yuan Shao Alliance, he is prepared according to this situation, as long as he does not exceed the bottom line, there is nothing to fear.

The joining of Liu Biao means that Liu Xie's defensive line needs to be lengthened, but in fact, as long as Liu Xie guards Cao Cao's way, it is not easy for Yuan Shao to enter Guanzhong. Liu Zhang's end was too fast, and Li Ru's early activities were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the Yizhou rebellion expected by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao did not break out, on the contrary, with the assistance of Wu Yi, Huang Quan and others, the hearts of the people in Yizhou quickly settled down.

Although Liu Zhang was in charge of Yizhou, although he could not be regarded as tyrannical, he did not make much achievements, and the people did not benefit from Yizhou's war against the Nanban, but paid a lot because of the need to support the war.

After Liu Zhang fled south, the imperial court's policy of appeasing the people immediately followed up in the northern counties of Yizhou, and a group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials were punished and punished, and a group of honest officials with good official reputations were supported. Liu Xie represented the imperial court and was orthodox, and under the condition that the hearts of the Han people were not lost, the people did not have much resistance to returning to the jurisdiction of the imperial court. On the contrary, because they were included in the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the life of the common people was much better than before.

The people are realistic, and whoever can make him live a good life will support whomever he wants. As for those integrity and righteousness, they are not the issues that ordinary people are most concerned about.

After Yizhou was quickly stabilized, the Han An army received a military order from Liu Xie, and at that time Liu Biao had publicly announced that he would join Yuan Shao's alliance, and Huang Zhong naturally no longer needed to worry about whether he would cause trouble to the imperial court because of his rash actions. Liu Xie's order was very simple, with only one meaning, to send troops to seize Fuling County, which was occupied by Liu Biao at this time, drive the Jingzhou army out of Yizhou, close the gateway to Yizhou, and threaten the hinterland of Jingzhou at all times.

After Huang Zhong received the military order, he divided his troops into two routes without saying a word, and led the main force of the Han'an army to Fuling, while Badong was handed over to Wu Yi, Huang Quan, Pang Yi and others. This can also be regarded as Wu Yi and others joining Liu Xie's camp, Wu Yi and others are very attentive, and immediately led the elite of the Yizhou Army to kill Ben Badong.

Liu Biao didn't seem to expect the imperial court's reaction to be so decisive, as soon as he announced his alliance with Yuan Shao, the imperial court followed suit and launched an attack, as if he didn't think of sending someone to persuade him to change his mind. Annoyed, Liu Biao also held back the idea of teaching Liu Xie a lesson, and ordered Wen Ping, Wang Wei and others to meet the attacking enemy.

But Liu Biao seems to have forgotten that his Jingzhou soldiers are not the tiger and leopard cavalry under Cao Cao, nor the white soldiers under Liu Bei, and the Jingzhou soldiers are usually a little difficult to deal with the bandits and grass bandits, and it is a miracle that they can escape back alive against the experienced Han'an army.

Wen Ping and Huang Zhong are also old acquaintances, and it can even be said that they have a layer of master-apprentice affection, Huang Zhong has instructed Wen Ping in martial arts before. However, now that the two armies are facing each other, the love of master and apprentice can only be put aside for the time being. Wen Ping knew in his heart that he was not Huang Zhong's opponent, but as a leading general, how could he be cowardly before fighting.

"Old General Huang, it's been a long time."

"Zhongye, you are not my opponent, dismount and be bound, my lord is benevolent, and he will not embarrass you." Huang Zhong looked at Wen Ping and said.

Wen Ping laughed angrily, pointed at Huang Zhong and shouted: "Huang Zhong, you and I are acquaintances, in your eyes, how can I, Wen Zhongye, be the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." Look at the knives! ”

Seeing Wen Ping coming to kill him, Huang Zhong nodded slightly, "Okay, since you don't want to be caught obediently, then let you suffer some hardships." ”

Huang Zhong and Wen Ping were killed in one place, and while Huang Zhong was entanglement with Wen Ping, Huang Zhong's deputy generals Yang Ren and Yang Ang led the army to Fuling.

"Huang Hansheng, you are so despicable!" Wen Ping was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly wanted to rush back to the army, but Huang Zhong didn't let him go, Wen Ping's martial arts were not as good as Huang Zhong, and now Huang Zhong refused to let go, he couldn't leave if he wanted to, and he couldn't help but scold when he was angry and anxious.

It's just that Huang Zhong was unmoved by this, he had already discussed with the deputy general before the war with Wenpin, and once there was an opportunity, he would take Fuling first. As for being scolded by the angry Wen Ping, Huang Zhong will not take it to heart. If you want to change Huang Zhong in the early years, you may still be angered by the scolding of Wen Ping, but now, Huang Zhong's mind has already been much broadened back then, and a few words of insult cannot shake Huang Zhong's mind at all.

Fuling was broken, Wen Ping was captured alive by Huang Zhongsheng, and as soon as the news was transmitted back to Jingzhou, Liu Biao, who had already regretted it, regretted it even more. Long before Huang Zhong's good news came, the people who Liu Biao borrowed from Cao Cao also sent back bad news.

If you want to enter the customs, you must either go to Tongguan or Wuguan, or take Jingzhou. There are also two ways to pass through Jingzhou, one is to take Fuling into Bashu and Hanzhong, and the other is to enter Guanzhong through Weixing County. After Cao Cao handed over the task of attacking Wuguan to Yuan Shao, he took his headquarters to Liu Biao to prepare to directly enter the pass through Weixing County.

It's just that the imperial court began to prepare long before Yuan Shao issued the text, and Cao Cao's people wanted to enter the customs, which was actually expected by Liu Xie and others. Wuguan was handed over to the original guard Gao Shun, in order to ensure that Wuguan was foolproof, Liu Xie left Hu Che'er to Gao Shun, although Hu Che'er is not as good as Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and other fierce generals, but he is also a strong man with the ability to lose five hundred, and it is not for him to go out of the customs to fight, leaving him to help Gao Shun is still very useful. And Liu Xie himself rushed to Mulansai in Weixing County with the rest of the people.

Weixing County was originally the boundary of Jingzhou, and before Liu Biao made a clear statement, Liu Xie did not have the idea of fighting Mulan Sai. But now that Liu Biao has decided to stand opposite Liu Xie, there is no need for Liu Xie to scruple anymore, instead of waiting for Cao Cao to come to the door, it is better to block Cao Cao outside.

Cao Cao wants to enter the pass without worries, then Mulan Sai must be in his own hands, otherwise he will not dare to go deep alone. And as Mulan Sai played the banner of representing Liu Xie, Cao Cao's mind also came alive. At the moment, their biggest trouble is that when the son doesn't listen to them today, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others really have no problem with the Son of Heaven who has heavy troops.

Capture the thief and capture the king first! This is something that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have always wanted to do but couldn't find the opportunity to do. Unexpectedly, Liu Xie took the initiative to send the opportunity, how could Cao Cao be willing to let it go easily. You must know that Liu Xie is hiding in Wuguan, Cao Cao can't hold Liu Xie, even if he breaks Wuguan, Liu Xie can still escape back to Chang'an when he sees that the situation is not good.

But now it's different, as long as they can block Liu Xie's way to escape back to Chang'an, then they can catch turtles in the urn. In order to prevent Liu Xie from escaping early, Cao Cao slowed down the pace of his march, and at the same time sent someone to inform Liu Biao and Sun Ce, so that he could send troops to help.

Although Liu Biao and Sun Ce have contradictions, they can also distinguish the importance clearly, knowing that they are grasshoppers on a rope at the moment, and if they want to solve the threat of the imperial court to them in the future, the only way to do so is to unite at the moment. However, unlike Liu Biao, Sun Ce was even more dissatisfied with Cao Cao at this time than Liu Biao.

When Cao Cao sent someone to contact Sun Ce to deal with Liu Biao together, Sun Ce was overjoyed, and he was not very interested in finding trouble with the imperial court. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and he holds the Yangtze River in his hand, and Sun Ce does not attach much importance to the threat of the imperial court. He wanted to deal with Liu Biao and avenge his father, but he was worried that Lu Bu, who was left behind by Cao Cao to stay in Shouchun, would attack Lujiang, so he didn't take action for a long time.

After getting Cao Cao's letter, Sun Ce began to prepare, but when he was ready to attack Liu Biao's Jiangxia, he got the news that Liu Biao had joined the alliance. The allies cannot work against each other, that is to say, Sun Ce's previous preparations and mobilization have become useless.

If he hadn't known that he couldn't beat Cao Cao at the moment, Sun Ce might have directly beaten Cao Cao first. In fact, Sun Ce really had this plan, but fortunately, Zhou Yu persuaded him, so he held back his temperament.

"Cao Cao really made up his mind this time? You won't change your mind halfway, right? Sun Ce looked at the envoy sent by Cao Cao suspiciously.

"How can Sun say this? Such a great event, my lord will not be a child's play. Man Chong looked at Sun Ce with a puzzled face and asked.

Looking at the face full of incomprehension, the straight-tempered Sun Ce almost beat someone. Last time, it was also this product that contacted him to send troops to deal with Liu Biao, but now he pretends to be unaware, which is really underwhelming.

"Uh-huh~" Zhou Yu coughed in time to remind Sun Ce, which didn't make Sun Ce mad on the spot. To say that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are really a pair of good friends, in the whole Jiangdong, even if it is Mrs. Wu's words, Sun Ce sometimes doesn't listen. Only what Zhou Yu said, Sun Ce can be said to be obedient.

Being reminded by Zhou Yuyi, Sun Ce finally remembered the matter, and said to Man Chong: "You go to the post house to rest, I need to discuss this matter with my subordinate Wen Wu before I can reply to you." ”

"I wonder how many days you need to wait?" Man Pet hurriedly asked.

"Three days."

"Okay, then I'll wait for Sun to disobey the good news."

When Man Favor retreated, Sun Ce asked Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, why didn't you just agree to Man Favor?" ”

"Bo Fu, don't be impatient, and let people invite Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others first, and then do your thoughts."

"What do you ask them to do?" Sun Ce asked a little unhappily when he heard this.

"Bo Fu, you are now the lord of Jiangdong, your personal likes and dislikes should sometimes be put aside, Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong both have the talent to govern the world, although they were hostile to you before, but now they have become your courtiers, for the stability of Jiangdong, you should also change your attitude." Seeing this, Zhou Yu persuaded with a straight face.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll just change it, don't keep a straight face, like someone owes you money and doesn't pay it back."

Seeing this, Zhou Yu shook his head helplessly, "Bo Fu, it's not that I'm willing to preach to you, but now it's different from the past, your safety is related to the survival of Jiangdong, the future of your family and those who follow you, all depend on you......"

"Wait...... Gong Jin, you don't agree with me leading the troops to the battle, do you? Sun Ce heard that something was wrong, and hurriedly interrupted Zhou Yu's words and asked.

“…… Bo Fu is wise. ”

"Don't, it's not that you don't know me, my biggest headache is government affairs......"

"Government affairs have their own Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others to share your worries."

"Then if I stay in Jiangdong, won't I have nothing to do?"

"How can there be nothing to do, you can lead the soldiers to help He Qi."

“…… If you don't go, He Qi will have more than enough to clean up Shanyue, and it doesn't matter if I go or not. Gong Jin, why do you have to stop me from leading my troops to help Cao Cao? ”

“…… Don't I know your temper, Bo Fu? You said that you were going to help the war, but in fact, you wanted to meet Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and others in the imperial court, right? ”

"Uh...... Sure enough, it's Gong Jin, who knows my heart well. This can't be blamed on me, there is no first in the text, there is no second in the martial arts, since I am called the little overlord of Jiangdong, how can I not meet those famous generals in the world. Gongjin, I have made up my mind on this matter, and it is difficult to change it, so don't waste your efforts. ”

"But you are burdened, Shao'er is young, in case something happens to you, what will you do if you let Jiangdong do it?" Zhou Yu frowned and persuaded Sun Ce.

"Hmm...... Hey~ Gong Jin, you said that if we propose to the court at this time to let Zhong Mou come back, will the court agree? Sun Ce suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked Zhou Yu.

"Uh...... At this time, the imperial court has not seen a decline, and I am afraid that it may not agree to let Zhongmou come back. And Bo Fu, it may not be a good thing for Zhongmou to come back. ”

“…… What do you mean by that? ”

"You and I are like brothers, so there are some things I don't have to be afraid of. Bo Fu, Shao'er is young, if Zhongmou comes back, it will inevitably be reused by you, but once you have an accident, for the sake of Jiangdong's foundation, I am afraid you can only support Zhongmou. Zhongmou didn't care about Shao'er when he was young, but once Shao'er grew up, do you say Zhongmou would be willing to return the Jiangdong foundation to Shao'er? If it is paid, Zhongmou's efforts over the years will be in vain, but if he does not pay, then Shao'er will become a thorn in Zhongmou's side, a thorn in the flesh ......"

"Gong Jin...... Don't say it, Zhongmou...... It won't be so. Sun Ce interrupted Zhou Yu's words, although he still said that he believed in his second brother Sun Quan, but in his heart, he couldn't help but have a pimple. is not dissatisfied with Zhou Yu for provoking the relationship between himself and his second brother, but is a little more wary of his second brother Sun Quan.

Indeed, as Zhou Yu said, if he really had an accident, and at that time the only candidates for the lord of Jiangdong were his son Sun Shao and second brother Sun Quan, for the stability of Jiangdong, I am afraid that most people would choose to support Sun Quan. But in order to keep his position in the future, Sun Quan may not treat his wife and children well.

I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what happens, this person's heart is separated from his belly, Sun Ce is not the stunned young man he was back then, and he still has this bit of political acumen.

……

Three days later, Sun Ce agreed to Cao Cao's request, sent 30,000 troops to help the war, with Sun Ce as the commander, Zhou Yu as the military division, and the army went north along the river.

Long before Sun Ce led his troops to arrive, Liu Biao's soldiers and horses had already arrived to join Cao Cao. In order to teach the court a lesson, Liu Biao's "royal expedition" this time, in addition to leaving Cai Mao to lead the naval army to monitor Jiangdong Sun Ce, even Liu Bei's brothers in Wancheng were also taken by Liu Biao to strengthen their momentum.

Thanks to Liu Biao's blessing, Liu Bei's brothers met Guan Yu, and when the brothers reunited, they naturally had endless words, and Cao Cao was also a reasonable person. The key is that Cao Cao believes in Guan Yu's character and knows that this is a man who promises a lot of money, and he will not give up himself just because he met Liu Bei.

In fact, Cao Cao didn't really want Guan Yu and Liu Bei to meet again, but now his command can resist the imperial court generals Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao are the same Guan Yu and Xu Chu, and there was originally a Lu Bu, but when Lu Bu surrendered, he asked not to fight against the imperial court, and Cao Cao agreed to Lu Bu's request in public, so he transferred Lu Bu to Shouchun to guard against Sun Ce. However, with Sun Ce's entry into the alliance, Lü Bu was transferred to the Tiger Prison Pass by Cao Cao, nominally to protect the grain route, but in fact to guard against Yuan Shao. With Lu Bu guarding the Tiger Prison, Cao Cao at least didn't have to worry about Yuan Shao suddenly eating black.

After joining Liu Biao, the Cao-Liu coalition army had already fought with the imperial army several times. Not to mention, the soldiers and horses of the court are really not paper tigers, Cao Cao originally thought that the soldiers and horses he trained were already elite, but against the soldiers and horses of the court, although they were not defeated, they also won less and lost more. Even the tiger and leopard cavalry, which has always been regarded by Cao Cao as a magic weapon for victory, is difficult to attack in the face of the Xiao cavalry battalion led by Zhao Yun.

In just one month, the Cao-Liu coalition army lost troops and generals, although there were no losses on the part of the generals, but in terms of soldiers and horses, the losses were not small, of which the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou accounted for the majority. It was only at this time that Liu Biao clearly realized the weakness of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses.

If there is no comparison, then there is no good or bad! There is a lot of truth to that. Before, Liu Biao just thought that his Jingzhou Navy was not strong, after all, Sun Ce's Jiangdong Navy could be compared. But Jingzhou's infantry army is still not weak, because the combat power of the Yizhou army and the Jingzhou army can be said to be half a catty. Unexpectedly, when he encountered the elite of the imperial court in Mulansai, Liu Biao finally understood that it was not that the Jingzhou infantry army was not weak, but that the Yizhou army used for comparison was very bad.

Liu Biao's character is not as tenacious as Cao Cao, and seeing that his own soldiers and horses have suffered a lot of losses, he has a desire to retreat. But after he told Liu Bei about his idea, he was strongly opposed by Liu Bei. Through this period of time, Liu Biao's trust in Liu Bei has increased a lot, of course, the main reason is that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's performance on the battlefield made Liu Biao have a heart to win over.

"Brother, at present, Jingzhou and the imperial court are on the same footing. If we withdraw at this time, even if the imperial court does not pursue it for the time being, Yuan Cao will not let us go easily. Liu Bei persuaded Liu Biao earnestly.