Although Liu Biao lost Jiangxia County and Nan County, he still received the support of Jiangnan Counties, and reinforcements, food, and weapons were continuously transported into Xiangyang and Fancheng through waterways, which favorably supported him to continue to resist Dong Zhuo.

And after the destruction of Jiangling City, Nanjun Taishou Kuailiang was killed by Guo Yan, so that the Kuai Yue family would not surrender to Dong Zhuo and strive to fight to the end.

Cai Mao even suggested that Liu Biao appoint Liu Pan, the Taishou of Changsha, as the governor of Jiangnan, to control the counties in Jiangnan, integrate forces, and resist Dong Zhuo, and Liu Biao adopted this suggestion.

Niu Fu couldn't take the two cities, and the navy army hadn't been trained yet, so he didn't dare to cross the river rashly.

The two sides face off in two cities.

Dong Zhuo was already very satisfied with the current situation, and through the battle of Jingzhou, he realized that the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry was powerful, and those officers and soldiers in the south who had no combat experience were his opponents?

At present, the only thing he lacks is the navy, with the support of the local tyrants in Jingzhou, the speed of building the navy is very fast, I believe that in the near future, he will be able to lead the imperial court to the south, and the two cities of Xiang and Fan will become his strong cities to resist the Gaoshun forces.

The navy army cannot be trained in a short period of time, and it will take several years to reach the strength to confront Liu Biao's navy, which buys time for the development of other princes.

And Huang Zu surrendered, and Dong Zhuo's forces occupied Jiangxia County, so that Yuan Shu and Lu Su both felt strong pressure, and they both wanted to integrate Yangzhou forces as soon as possible to resist Dong Zhuo's future attack.

And Yuan Shu and Lu Su, because of the previous events, and due to geographical reasons, the contradiction has reached an irreconcilable level.

Lu Su is calculating Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu is also calculating Lu Su.

However, Lu Su's soldiers were strong and strong, with sufficient money and food, and his strength was far above Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu can't be the enemy of Lu Su head-on, but he has a lot of bad intentions in private. He sent several descendants to infiltrate the county towns of Hefei County and Lu'an County to encourage those who were dissatisfied with Lusu to rise up in rebellion.

Helplessly, although those local tyrants were dissatisfied with Lu Su, but the taxes were reduced, there was no forced labor, and the life was much stronger than before, better than under the rule of Yuan Shu, so naturally they would not cooperate with Yuan Shu, and some people even arrested the people sent by Yuan Shu and sent them to the county government.

Yuan Shu was very disappointed, and sent people to contact Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other bandits and water bandits who surrendered to Lusu, hoping that they would revolt and cooperate with Yuan Shu to defeat Lu Su, but their lives had just stabilized and they were very satisfied with their current lives, how could they cooperate with Yuan Shu?

When Lu Su learned of Yuan Shu's small actions, he was resentful in his heart, and felt that Yuan Shu had lived in Jiangbei for a long time, and it must be an unstable factor, and he must be expelled as soon as possible.

And now that the territory occupied has been digested, the interior is very stable, and there is no strong enemy outside for the time being, so in the spring of the fourth year of Chuping, Lu Su mobilized a large army, moved to Lu'an County and Hefei County, and gathered a naval army, ready to attack Yuan Shu.

The reason why Lu Su was so anxious to make a move on Yuan Shu was also because Lu'an City and Hefei City were both in the plain area, which were easy to attack and difficult to defend, and he had to take the southern counties as a barrier, otherwise he would be very embarrassed when Dong Zhuo's army went east in the future.

There is another important reason why Lu Su chose to do it at this time, that is, after occupying Yuan Shu's territory, he could immediately stabilize the place, not miss the agricultural time, and avoid the drawbacks caused by the last war.

Those bandits, water bandits and others who had just surrendered were very active in the war, and they all applied to fight, hoping to make war achievements and get promoted.

Zhou Tai served as the military commander, and Pang De ordered him to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to support Xiang'an County.

Jiang Qin applied to Lu Su, hoping to cooperate with the naval army; Lu Su felt that this could give full play to his strengths, so he approved his application and transferred him to the army, appointed as the military commander, and went out with the navy.

Yuan Shu had already arranged a large army in Linhu County, beware of Lusu, Zhou Tai was unable to attack, and it was good to be able to defend.

Jiang Qin achieved great military success very smoothly. With the cooperation of the naval army, he raided Zongyang County again, took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, succeeded in one blow, occupied the county seat, and immediately rushed to repair the water village and strengthen the defense.

Subsequently, the navy used this water village as a base to patrol the Yangtze River and cut off the connection between Yuan Shu and the southern parts of the Yangtze River.

Pang De led 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry out of Lu County, and after meeting with the army of Lusu, he went south to Shucheng.

Yuan Shu didn't expect the Lusu army to come so quickly, if Shucheng was besieged, the other counties would be broken by each other, and Shucheng would become a lonely city.

Military advisor Yang Hong was shocked, and secretly blamed Yuan Shu in his heart for not provoking Lu Su.

Yuan Shu consulted: "Raising the army, Lu Zijing's soldiers are pressing the border, what can I do?" ”

Yang Hong said helplessly: "Alas, my lord, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, there is no other way, let's negotiate, it is a great luck to be able to withdraw to Jiangnan safely." ”

Yuan Shutie blushed and remained silent, stealing chickens and rice.

Yang Hong continued: "If Lu Su uses Zongyang County as a base to attack Anhui County and Juchao County, its defense is weak, and it will be occupied like Zongyang County, Shucheng will become a lonely city, and the Lusu water army is strong, the generals in Jiangnan cannot support, the isolated city is difficult to defend, Shucheng will be conquered sooner or later, if you negotiate with Lu Zijing and preserve your strength, the lord can lead the army south as soon as possible, and he can still establish a foundation in Jiangdong." ”

Yan Xiang very much supported Yang Hong's suggestion, even if there was no Lu Su to attack, after Dong Zhuo stabilized Jingzhou, he would also attack Lujiang County and Jiujiang County.

For the ambitious Yuan Shu, to give up the Jiangbei region indicates that he will lose the opportunity to chase the Central Plains, and then he can only be in a corner of peace and become a visitor, which makes him unwilling.

Yang Hong suggested again: "Lord, this is the best time to send troops to Jiangdong, Liu Miao is fighting hard with the Yellow Turban Army of Huiji County, and there is no time to look west, it is our opportunity, and Yuan Taishou has made good progress, he has occupied six counties of Xin'an County, and the other two counties can be taken down overnight, with Xin'an County as the base, he will definitely break out of a new world, and he can control Sun Ben and others." ”

Yan Xiang said supportively: "My lord, now Jingzhou Liu Biao has no time to take care of himself, without Jingzhou's support, how can Liu Miao be the opponent of the lord?" We can occupy Jiangdong, develop a naval army as soon as possible, and divide the river with the Central Plains to rule, and there is no external threat, wouldn't we be at ease? ”

Is Zhenrong an opponent of the regular army? Now it has retreated to Huangxian and Shexian, relying on the dangerous terrain of the Huangshan Mountains to block the enemy one after another.

The words of the two went to Yuan Shu's heart, Jiangnan has a small population, there is no strong strength, and without Liu Biao's support, how can Liu Miao be an opponent? When Liu Miao is destroyed, those Yellow Turban Army will also collapse, and when the time comes, only need to develop a naval army, and then they can rule the river with the Central Plains and dominate one side.

And after Sun Ben and others lost Zu Mao and sailors, they did not even occupy Yuzhang County, Yuan Shu was dissatisfied with this, and he had to strengthen his control over them.

So Yuan Shu once again asked Yan Xiang to send an envoy to Lu Su and cede Lujiang County to Lu Su in exchange for the greatest benefits.

Lu Su certainly welcomed the fact that he could occupy Lujiang County without a war, but now that he had the initiative, Yan Xiang naturally did not have much room for bargaining.

Eventually, the two came to an agreement.

Yuan Shu can take away all the troops and the families of officers and soldiers, and for the common people, those who are willing to go can be taken away, but they cannot be persecuted; Lu Su could send a naval army to transport them to the other side of Zongyang County; Personal property and government money and food can be taken away, and buildings must not be destroyed.

Lu Su decided that the current administrative jurisdiction would remain unchanged, and Pang De was appointed as the Taishou of Lujiang County, and the county was set up in Anhui County.

Zhou Tai was promoted to Sima of other departments because of his military exploits, and was stationed in Xunyang County to guard against Dong Zhuo; Jiang Qin was promoted to the rank of Captain of the Navy for his military exploits.

The navy assisted Yuan Shu in crossing to the south, and Pang De supervised it.

At this point, Lu Su's territory finally formed a unified whole, with the sea in the east, the Yangtze River in the south, and the Huai River in the north, and he had a strong naval army, not afraid of the enemy attacking from these three sides; As for the west, there are Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, the north only needs to hold the mountain pass, and the south only needs to hold Xunyang City.

Being able to evacuate safely, Yang Hong already felt very lucky.

At this time, Gao Shun led Qin Pass south to Yangzhou Jiangdong, had occupied part of Huiji County, and was launching an attack on Wu County.

Liu Miao was attacked on both sides and could not support it, so he hurriedly sent people to Lu Su, hoping to get support.

Lu Su had already been ordered by Gao Shun not to cross the river, so he directly rejected Liu Su's envoy.