The north and east of Xiangyang are the rolling waves of the Han River, which is the universal road of merchants, and it is not difficult for Liu Biao to escape; But Liu Biao didn't plan to give up Xiangyang, after all, it hadn't come to that time, and Sun Jian couldn't capture Xiangyang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sun Jian sent 3,000 men to monitor the waterways in the north and east of Xiangyang, and more than 10,000 people surrounded Xiangyang like buckets; Sun Jian didn't know how much grain and straw there was in Xiangyang City, but if Liu Biao fought a war of attrition with him, he really couldn't afford it.

The next day, Sun Jian's soldiers and outside Xiangyang City, showed their military might, and shouted to the upper floor of Xiangyang City: "Liu Jingsheng, I hope that one day, you can review my Sun Jiajun with me!" ”

Sun Jian's words can be heard by anyone with a discerning eye, and he is clearly mocking Liu Biao, and showing that he has the chance to win; If Liu Biao wants to review Sun Jiajun, he can only review it as his own subordinate.

Liu Biao didn't come out, because he had handed over everything to his confidant Cai Mao, and he was sitting quietly in the Assassin's Mansion. Cai Mao saw that Sun Jian's army was in full swing, and it was inevitable that he would not be able to get cheap until this moment, so he gave a death order: a truce behind closed doors.

This is also his original plan, who would be stupid enough to collide head-on with Sun Jian? He told Liu Biao before that the plan to attack inside and outside was just that he intended to rectify Huang Zu.

Seeing that there was still no reaction from the city, Sun Jian thought that Liu Biao was quite calm, so he rode to the city and scolded: "Who is the general who guards the city, can you dare to come forward to talk to Sun Wentai?" ”

If you don't even see your face, you can't help but look too cowardly; Thinking of this, Cai Mao shouted above the city tower: "General Sun, the general who guards the city is below!" ”

"Who are you?"

"Cai Mao, a native of Xiaxiangyang, Cai Deju, has seen General Sun."

"But people from the Cai family in Jingzhou?"

"Yes!"

Sun Jian has also heard of some celebrities of the Cai family in Jingzhou, such as Cai Wei of the Cai family, whose sister married his former boss Zhang Wen. But Sun Jian had never heard of Cai Mao, thinking that there was no one in Liu Biao's army, and he took a little-known person to defend the city, and he was immediately full of confidence.

Sun Jian shouted under the city: "Cai Mao, if you are willing to open the city gate to welcome me into the city, I am willing to declare to the imperial court and make you the assassin of Jingzhou!" ”

Cai Mao was loyal to Liu Biao, how could he be tricked, and said with an indifferent smile: "What General Sun said has a lot of benefits, but my Jingzhou has been stable for several years, and now the general has introduced the war into my Jingzhou, and he regards no one in my state and county!" Everyone in the world knows that you Sun Wentai loot for a living, but I am afraid that if I open the city gate, hundreds of thousands of Qianshou in Xiangyang City will become the souls of the generals under the sword! ”

Sun Jian was furious and shouted: "You, this horseman, don't you know that my Sun Wentai broke Dong Zhuo's evil? If you don't open the city gate today, when I break the city, I will definitely leave you with chickens and dogs in Xiangyang City! ”

"If the general really has that ability, just come to fight!"

Cai Mao said, turned around and left, and Sun Jian had to return to the army; If this negotiation fails, it is bound to fight a protracted war. However, Sun Jian was afraid that there was more grain in Xiangyang City than his own, and he would not loot the surrounding counties when the time came, but he was afraid that he would not be able to maintain the supply of food and straw for the army at all.

The two sides took the Xiangyang city wall as the boundary, and confronted each other for about three days; In the past three days, Sun Jian has been a little impatient, after all, this Xiangyang City has not been captured, and there is no news that Sun Ce, this kid, took 3,000 soldiers and horses to loot around, which made Sun Jian tired.

"Demou, do you think Bo Fu will defect to our army......" Sun Jian said with some hesitation, after all, he didn't want his son to betray him if he resisted this son in his heart.

Cheng Pu hurriedly comforted: "The lord is relieved, Bo Fu may have encountered some trouble in the past few days, and he will not betray the lord!" ”

Sun Jian's fingers tapped lightly on the table, as if he had some doubts, and after a while, he said, "Have you noticed that Bo Fu has looked at me a little wrong these days?" ”

Sun Jian's rejection of Sun Ce has not been a day or two, perhaps because he has been rejecting Sun Ce for a long time, he is a little suspicious in his heart; No matter how Cheng Pu comforted him, Sun Jian still couldn't let go, he always felt that his eldest son wanted to kill him......

But at this time, he suddenly heard that the account came down and reported: "Huang Zu led 10,000 troops, coming from the south of Xiangyang, and it is only ten miles away!" ”

"When did Huang Zu leave the city?" Sun Jian was shocked and hurriedly asked.

Cheng Pu on the side calmly analyzed: "Lord, maybe Cheng Pu didn't return to Xiangyang at all; Perhaps he and Liu Biao designed to rush from the south when our army surrounded Xiangyang, attacking inside and out, intending to defeat us and others! ”

"Okay, you Liu Biao, you have a way......" Sun Jian pondered for a moment, and hurriedly ordered: "Pass the order, the whole army will be ready to stand by, arrange a defensive formation, and prevent the enemy from being attacked on the belly and back!" ”

There are two paths in front of Sun Jian, one is to speed up the horse and whip up, and face Huang Zu head-on when the enemy army has no communication; This road has a great chance of winning, and it can completely defeat Huang Zu, but it will not have much effect on the overall situation.

The other way is to wait in place, waiting for the two armies to attack at the same time and flank themselves. This road seems to be the most unwise, and it is also a dangerous step; But Sun Jian chose this path, but why? Because he knew that the high walls of Xiangyang City were thick and difficult to capture, and only by luring the enemies in the city to fight could he have the possibility of capturing Xiangyang. After the enemy in Xiangyang City fights, he will have the opportunity to fight all the way to Xiangyang.

Sun Jian is fishing, and the bait is himself.

Not long after, the following is another report: "Huangzu is only five miles away from our army!" ”

After a while, Sun Jian could clearly see the banner of Huang Zu in the south, Huang Zu walked majestically in the forefront, and seemed to have the chance to win; But Sun Jian was nervous, because so far, there was no movement in Xiangyang City.

Isn't this a combination of inside and out?

Sun Jian hurriedly ordered people to explore again, but he didn't expect that the people in Xiangyang City were really calm, and the friendly troops came, but there was no sign of going out of the city to meet the battle; Sun Jian had no choice but to order his soldiers to attack Huang Zu's army first.

Huang Zu has been in the city for a while, but there is no sign of troops in the city, and Huang Zu is also very nervous, is there something wrong in Xiangyang City? But at this time, Sun Jian had already led the troops to kill, and Huang Zu had no choice but to fight Sun Jian.

Sun Jian had 8,000 soldiers in his hands, and Huang Zu had 10,000 soldiers, and they looked evenly matched; But Sun Jian's army has been in battle for a long time, and it is much stronger than Liu Biao's unfamiliar troops; After a rush, Huang Zu was defeated, losing nearly half of his soldiers, and he was almost killed by a stray arrow.

"Damn, this Sun Jian is still so tenacious, when will Lu Gong start!" Huang Zu looked at Sun Jian who was charging from afar, and sorrow came from it, if Sun Jian didn't die again, this Xiangyang City would fall sooner or later, and he would have to die no matter what!

"General, according to the soldiers in the city, Jiangxia Taishou is not willing to send troops, so he will watch our army fight on the city wall!"

Listening to the return of his subordinates, Huang Zu was angry and didn't fight anywhere, the plan to cooperate with the outside here was proposed by Cai Mao, and now that the enemy is now, he actually unilaterally breached the contract and let his army be defeated by Sun Jian!

Huang Zu was secretly angry, gritted his teeth and said: "If I can return to Xiangyang today, I must have the lord clean up Cai Mao!" ”

"General, now is not the time to discuss this! Sun Jian has already defeated our army's palace troops, and he wants to kill our army, how can we wait? ”

This is indeed the most serious problem, he is like this smoke and dust, the general trend has gone, he Sun Jian is vigorous, and he is no longer his opponent. Huang Zu gritted his teeth and shouted at the few thousand people left behind him: "The whole army fled south and entered Da Xian Mountain!" ”

"General, why don't you withdraw to Xiangyang?"

Huang Zu said: "Our army has entered Xiangyang, but the turtle in the urn will die sooner or later!" If our army hides in Da Xian Mountain and becomes the enemy of Sun Jian, there will still be a glimmer of life to be found. The lord now has no shortage of generals to defend the city, what he lacks is reinforcements! When the rescue soldiers and horses of Nanjun and Jiangxia County arrive, we will cooperate with them, and Sun Jian will definitely be defeated! ”

Sun Jian also received the news that Huang Zu had fled into Da Xian Mountain, and ordered Han Dang to lead the soldiers and horses in the west of the city to besiege Xiangyang, and he himself led his own troops and horses to attack Da Xian Mountain. Sun Jian was lucky, if he caught Huang Zu, at least he would have a bargain price to negotiate with Liu Biao; And this Huang Zu seems to be the biggest obstacle to going south this time, as long as he is solved, Jingzhou will let himself go on a rampage!

Sun Jian didn't notice that the light of a star in the south of the starry sky seemed to be a lot dimmed.