When Liu Bei and Sun Ce fought in Zigui, Xun Gang in Xiangyang was ready to move. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info When he received that Liu Beijun in Jingnan attacked Gong'an and Jiangjin, and Sun Ce's main force was stationed in Zigui Yuting, Xun Gang was already planning to attack Jiangling.

Sun Ce only left Lü Meng to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to defend Jiangling, which was tantamount to presenting a city to Xun Gang; You must know that there are more than 10,000 troops stationed in Xiangyang alone, plus the soldiers and horses in the nearby county, there are no less than 20,000 horses in Xiangyang County alone, how can he Lu Meng be able to control such a huge force?

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" cloud: Ten sieges, five attacks, these ten times more than the number of soldiers and horses, can completely encircle Jiangling without Sun Ce's preparation, so that the news of this place cannot be released, and then take Jiangling in one go.

Taking advantage of Sun Ce's efforts in Zigui, Xun Gang summoned all the generals, with Ma Chao as the vanguard and Gan Ning as the rearguard, intending to set off at night and surround Jiangling. Gangneung is not far from Yangyang, it can be reached in one day. However, some people have put forward different views on the conquest of Gangneung.

Lu Xun thought that if Sun Ce was defeated at this moment, it would inevitably cause Sun Ce's main force to collapse, so that Cao Cao would take advantage of it and let Cao Cao dominate; Liu Bei only supported the army in Western Shu, and he would inevitably be destroyed by Cao Cao, and Xun Gang would really become Wei Chen at that time.

The people sitting here are all Xun Gang's cronies, so no one is hiding anything; However, Lu Xun's speech made everyone laugh, because he was originally Sun Ce's minister, and now that he is under Xun Gang, he naturally speaks for the old master. Lu Xun said dissatisfiedly: "Although a certain is the old master, he is also the lord, this move not only protects Sun Ce, but also protects the lord!" ”

What Lu Xun said is not false, and the people here are not fools, after listening to Lu Xun's words, although he is suspected of helping the old master, this is indeed of great significance to Xun Gang. If Sun Ce is defeated, it will inevitably make Cao Cao dominant, so wouldn't it be cheap for Cao Cao?

Just when everyone was silent, Xun Gang suddenly spoke: "In my opinion, in the battle of Zigui, although Sun Ce won, he will definitely retreat to Yaoting, and in the battle of Yaoting, Sun Ce will inevitably defeat Liu Bei!" ”

Everyone asked the reason, but Xun Gang just didn't answer, although Lu Xun was not there in the battle of Yaoting, but Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were personally in charge, how could it be reasonable to be undefeated Liu Bei? So he continued: "If Sun Ce defeats Liu Bei, he will inevitably take Jingnan, and it will be very difficult to destroy it in the future, we should take Jiangling quickly, and stay in Jiangjin, Gong'an and other places, Sun Ce has fewer soldiers and horses, and can only take a small amount of territory in Jingnan, this Jingzhou is still the boundary of my three families, and there will be no one side that dominates." ”

Although everyone didn't know where Xun Gang's self-confidence came from, seeing that he had already made a decision, they had no intention of dissuading him, so they obeyed his orders, with Ma Chao's original team as the vanguard, Xun Gang, Xu Shu, Gao Shun and others led the center, with Gan Ning as the rearguard, and attacked Jiangling at night.

So before the Jiangling defenders could react, Xun Gang had already surrounded Jiangling.

Lu Meng, who was defending the city, was shocked, he didn't know why Xun Gang suddenly came to Jiangling, although he was able to hide his own movements when he crossed the river in white before, but now Zigui, public security and other places have already been fighting, how could Xun Gang be kept in the dark?

If Xun Gang poured his troops, with the soldiers and horses in Lu Meng's hands, he would not be able to resist at all.

Zhuge Jin, who was guarding the city, was also with the army this time, and was stationed in Jiangling with Lü Meng; When he saw that the enemy army was menacing, he asked Ying to go to Xun Gang's military camp to lobby, intending to persuade Xun Gang to withdraw from the army. Speaking of which Zhuge Jin is also pitiful, he was an excellent bureaucrat, but he was later appointed as a general, repeatedly defeated battles, and as an envoy, he ran into walls everywhere, almost every time he negotiated with Liu Bei, he was gray.

I don't know if the negotiation with Xun Gang will go smoothly this time.

Lu Meng can only hope for Zhuge Jin now, so he let Zhuge Jin go out of the city to negotiate with Xun Gang, Xun Gang met Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Jin said straight to the point: "I have heard that Xun Jingzhou and my lord have an old, my lord is now deep in the hinterland of Jingzhou, and Your Excellency is taking advantage of the void to enter, if according to the Spring and Autumn etiquette, I am afraid that your move is very inappropriate!" ”

Xun Gang said with a smile: "Born in troubled times, if I follow the etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period, I don't know where I will die!" What's more, Sun Ce and others crossed the river in white clothes and concealed us, have they ever thought about etiquette? I want to attack Jiangling for a long time, even if it is Liu Bei's army stationed here at this moment. Now that the elite troops are deep in Jingzhou, Sun Ce is to blame, and he can't complain about me, Ziyu, please go back! ”

Since ancient times, the weak have no capital to negotiate, unless his mouth is really slippery and he can say that the big country is back; However, in this case, Xun Gang is determined to attack Jiangling, no matter how well he Zhuge Jin can speak, he will not be able to speak well of Xun Gang, after all, if people have soldiers, they will be justified.

In desperation, Zhuge Jin had to retreat to Jiangling and told Lü Meng that Xun Gang was unwilling to withdraw his troops, but Lü Meng had no choice but to send troops to defend while writing a secret letter to Sun Ce in Yaoting, hoping to support quickly; However, because Xun Gang had already blocked Jiangling, these soldiers who asked for help naturally failed to run out.

If Xun Gang really wanted to exterminate Sun Ce, then he could have planned and used these letters for help to besiege Sun Ce, so that Jiangdong would have no danger to defend and would be taken. But Xun Gang could only take Jiangling on this trip, and he couldn't even move Jiangjin and the public security, otherwise Sun Ce would really be forced to a dead end, which he didn't want to see.

He didn't know how long Sun Ce would defeat Liu Bei, so he could only attack the city quickly every day, although he was repelled by Lu Meng for a few battles, but because of the great advantage of the troops, in just three days, Xun Gang broke through the city, and Lu Meng had no choice but to lead Zhuge Jin and other original team to break out of the siege and report to Sun Ce in Yiting.

Xun Gang didn't chase after him, but let Ma Chao and Gan Ning ambush them in the mountains and forests west of Jiangling, because Sun Ce would inevitably come back to ask for an explanation. And he went into the city to appease the people, the soldier Qiu did not commit any crimes, and the Jiangling people who heard about Cao Cao's bad deeds in slaughtering the city originally planned to resist, but looking at such a scene, they were still busy with themselves.

Xun Gang ordered Gao Shun to lead his troops back to Xiangyang to garrison, while he was still stationed in Jiangling, distributed the Jingbei policy, and sent troops to garrison the county seat of the generals except for Gong'an and Jiangjin, and then waited for Sun Ce's arrival.

Sun Ce had just defeated Liu Bei, and he learned the news of the loss of Jiangling from Lü Meng, who had escaped from Jiangling, and was immediately shocked, and was angry that Xun Gang was untrustworthy and unrighteous, and hurriedly led his troops back to Jiangling to ask Xun Gang for an explanation.

A few days later, the two armies faced off outside Jiangling City, and Sun Ce took the lead, raising his gun and pointing at Xun Gang and scolding angrily: "Shameless horseman, why did you take advantage of the chaos to attack me Jiangling? ”

Facing Sun Ce, who was fighting like a child, Xun Gang couldn't cry or laugh, but asked: "Bofu, you crossed the river in white and sneaked past me Jiangxia, I haven't settled accounts with you, why are you so angry when I attacked Jiangling today?" ”

"You ......"

With just such a sentence, Sun Ce was speechless by Xun Gang's words, and could only reply: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating!" ”

"Then why do you talk so much when I attack Gangneung? Since the soldiers are not tired of cheating, then you should be prepared for Jiangling to be attacked by me! ”

Xun Gang is reasonable everywhere, and Sun Ce has no power to refute what he said, Zhou Yu can only persuade Sun Ce: "Bo Fu, I can't say anything about it, it's better to retreat for the time being, now Xun Gang is careless, Jiangjin Public Security and other places have not been taken, we can take this opportunity to take Jingnan, and this time it is not in vain." ”

Sun Ce's blood is strong, where can he endure it? wanted to fight a decisive battle with Xun Gang, but Xun Gang didn't want to hurt Sun Ce's vitality, so he let Ma Chao and Gan Ning's troops who had been ambushed in the mountains and forests attack Sun Ce. Xun Gang is deliberately letting Bo Fu go, don't be too arrogant! ”

After a little bit of Zhou Yu's push, Sun Ce suddenly realized, although he was unwilling, but he was no longer entangled with Xun Gang, and when the ambush had not yet arrived, he led the troops to retreat towards Jiangjin and repelled Liu Bei's men and horses who besieged Jiangjin and Gong'an.

Immediately, Sun Ce went south from Jiangjin and took Changsha and Guiyang counties, but due to the lack of soldiers and horses in his hands, and Liu Pan and others set up heavy troops in other counties, Sun Ce had to temporarily give up the attack on Wuling and Lingling.

Since then, Jingzhou's overall situation has been completed.