In May of the third year of Chuping, the war between Yangzhou and Jingzhou was not hot, Dong Zhuo was very anxious, their war was simply playing at home, the infantry did not move, only the naval army had a small-scale battle, which did not affect the overall situation, if they did not fight fiercely, fight for both sides, how could he sneak attack Liu Biao's back and seize Jingzhou?

More importantly, Dong Zhuo hoped that Liu Biao would transfer the garrisons of Fancheng and Xiangyang City to the south to create fighters for his sneak attack.

So, at the suggestion of Li Ru, he worshiped Liu Biao as the general of Zhennan and the pastor of Jingzhou, and became the Marquis of Wu, and allowed to set up Changshi, Sima, and Zhonglang, and had the power to open the government and summon Peng's subordinates, and the etiquette was like the three dukes; He was also granted a false festival, and supervised the military affairs of the three states of Jiaojiao, Yang, and Yi.

Subsequently, in the name of the imperial court, it was announced that Yuan Shu's unauthorized occupation of Jiujiang County and Lujiang County was treason, and Liu Biao was ordered to exterminate them as soon as possible.

This move is aimed at stabilizing Liu Biao and allowing him to fight with Yuan Shu with peace of mind; In order to provoke Yuan Shu, he launched a fierce attack on Jingzhou.

Sure enough, this move severely stimulated Yuan Shu, and in anger, he urgently ordered Sun Jian to attack, be sure to take the northern part of Jiangxia County, and occupy a foothold in Jingzhou; At the same time, Zheng Bao was asked to fully cooperate with Sun Jian's attack; If he can't eat in Jingzhou, he will soon not be able to raise soldiers.

The higher Liu Biao's official position and the more comfortable he lived, the more angry Yuan Shu became; and was framed as a traitor by the imperial court, which is a great insult to his noble status, is it tolerable or unbearable?

Sun Jian was devoted to the Han, the Liu family was crumbling, and Liu Biao was a clan and a celebrity, so he didn't want to make progress and accepted Dong Zhuo's appointment, plus he had long been angry with Liu Biao, and after receiving Yuan Shu's order, he immediately set off for the whole army and marched to Jingzhou.

Those officers and soldiers are also very happy, finally have the opportunity to make a fortune, the harvest in Guangling County has made them comfortable for a long time, Jingzhou is richer, and the harvest should be greater.

Now Sun Jian doesn't dare to be careless, his nephews, nephews, uncles and other family members are all working with him for Yuan Shu, if Yuan Shu is a traitor, then they are all traitors; The winner is king, and only by defeating Liu Biao can he be justified.

Qichun City is a difficult bone to gnaw, the general Su Fei is very well prepared here, if Sun Jian doesn't want to pay tens of thousands of casualties, don't want to conquer this city.

There were only 10,000 officers and soldiers in the city, and Sun Jian did not pay attention to it, but left 10,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry for his uncle Wu Jing to monitor Su Fei here, and assisted Zheng Bao, the governor of the navy, to fight against the Jingzhou navy.

In Sun Jian's opinion, even if Qichun City is taken, enough officers and soldiers must be left to guard the back road and assist the naval army.

Sun Jian's army continued to hurry, and in two days, the army reached Yi County; Yi County is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, across the Yangtze River and opposite to Exian County.

Yi County is less than 100 miles away from Xiling County, Jiangxia County, and it is the southern gate of the county, and it is impossible for Huang Zu to relax the guard here.

The city here is taller and stronger than Qichun City, garrisoned by at least 10,000 officers and soldiers, and it is even more difficult to conquer.

Sun Jian had already decided that he must take the city, not only to avoid being cut off on the way back, but also to replenish the baggage, and to deter Huang Zu's officers and soldiers, hoping that they would understand the current affairs, give up resistance, and reduce the resistance encountered thereafter.

40,000 infantry camped outside the city, and 7,000 cavalry hid behind; Jingzhou lacked cavalry, and his 7,000 cavalry would definitely deal a fatal blow to his opponent, and he would not throw them into battle until the critical moment; Now it was a siege battle, and there was no need for cavalry, so Sun Jian let them hide.

In order to facilitate the overcoming, Sun resolutely adopted the tactics of attacking the heart, and after setting up camp, he asked people to shout to the officers and soldiers of Jingzhou defending the city, Qichun Jiancheng has been conquered, how can the county seat of Yixian County resist the attack of the Yangzhou army? If you don't abandon the city and surrender, you will kill a chicken and dog on the day the city is broken.

Seeing that there were so many enemy soldiers outside the city, they believed the shouts and believed that Qichun City had been conquered; The loss of Qichun Jiancheng dealt a great blow to them, directly breaking the will of the defenders to resist, but their families were controlled by the government, and they would rather die in battle than surrender.

The purpose has been achieved, the next day was early, Sun Jian ordered to start the siege of the city, adopting the tactic of encircling three and missing one, and tightly attacking the south gate, east gate and north gate, each with 5,000 officers and soldiers; The rest of the army was in reserve, and when the gates were opened, they were able to storm into the city.

Sun Jian supervised the battle at the east gate, and at the same time carried forward his brave fighting style, risked arrows and stones, and took the lead in climbing the city wall; Encouraged by this, his men followed suit and climbed the walls to engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat.

The officers and soldiers of Jingzhou basically did not experience war, and Sun Jian's officers and soldiers, many of whom were veterans who had followed him through the test of life and death in Liangzhou, had rich combat experience, bloodthirsty, and closely cooperated with each other, so that the defenders were defeated and retreated, and soon controlled the east gate, and successfully opened the city gate, and a large number of prepared soldiers outside the city poured into the city like a tide.

Seeing that the Yangzhou army was so fierce that nothing could be done, the officers and soldiers defending the city frantically rushed to the west gate and rushed to escape.

The city gate was narrow and crowded, and it was difficult to escape in large numbers in a short period of time, and under Sun Jian's crazy killing, most of them chose to surrender, and less than 3,000 people escaped from the city.

Some of these escapees fled along the main road in the direction of the county, and some hid in the mountains and forests.

The 2,000 cavalry, which had been prepared, were dispatched in time to pursue the routs who fled along the main road; How can a two-legged person outrun a war horse? More than a thousand more were taken prisoner; The cavalry could do nothing against those who fled into the mountains and forests.

The infantry did not participate in the pursuit, but took over the city and counted the booty, which was their primary concern.

The seizure was very rich, a large amount of money, food, weapons, armor, etc., and everyone was very happy; With such a brilliant result achieved at a small cost, everyone was full of expectations for the next war.

Sun Jian was also very happy that he had made a good start, and at the same time, he had a full understanding of the combat strength of the officers and soldiers in Jingzhou, and immediately wrote to Yuan Shu to report the good news.

After a day's rest, the army set off early the next morning and marched in the direction of Xiling County, Sun Jian wanted to take Xiling County in one go, capture the Jiangbei area of Jiangxia County, and welcome the arrival of Yuan Shu's army.

Only 3,000 infantry were left in Yi County, taking care of supplies, caring for the wounded, and protecting the retreat.

The Jingzhou soldiers who escaped the pursuit, some people rushed to Xiling County overnight to report to Huang Zu.

When Huang Zu heard the news that Qichun County and Yi County had been lost one after another, he collapsed on the bed in fright and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

When he came to his senses, he immediately wrote to Liu Biao for help.

Huang Zu's army was dominated by infantry and naval troops, lacking cavalry, and at this time it was not the best strategy to escape, and after careful consideration, he decided to hold on to Xiling City; Besides, his family is here, where can he flee to? He fled, what will happen to the family? He firmly believed that when Liu Biao got the news, he would definitely send reinforcements.

The decision has been made, immediately close the four gates of the city, prepare to defend, and at the same time, mobilize the family and other families in the city to provide assistance, in the face of the disaster, everyone must work together and actively defend.

Huang Zu was full of confidence, with his 20,000 infantry and thousands of people organized by various families and thousands of young people in the city, relying on the strong city walls, it was not easy for the Yangzhou army to conquer.

Huang Zu sat on the city wall and stabilized people's hearts. There was plenty of food in the city, and the people were not alarmed.

Two days later, the Yangzhou army arrived outside Xiling County unhurriedly, and saw that the city was very well guarded and orderly, so Sun Jian had to camp outside the city first and look for another fighter.