Liu Bei occupied the four counties of Jingnan and seized a large area of Jingzhou, while Sun Ce of Jiangdong heard this and immediately sent troops to Jiangxia, not only intending to avenge Sun Jian, but also wanting to take this opportunity to seize Jingzhou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Since ancient times, the two states of Jingyang were originally a barrier, if they could occupy the two states, they would be able to peek into the world, which was one of the reasons why the Chu State was strong and prosperous during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Liu Biao also planned to take the opportunity to take Yangzhou, but Yuan Shu had no choice but to give up.

Now that Liu Biao is dead, Jingzhou is fighting for itself, and it is only an inseparable fight for the establishment of an heir, which is giving Sun Ce an opportunity to take advantage of. Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu had more than 10,000 troops, but he was a person outside the Great War of Succession, and he was almost isolated here. It was precisely because of this that Sun Ce planned to start a general attack on Jiangxia.

However, this battle was not smooth, Huang Zu's ability to command the army was really not covered, and he was beaten by Sun Jian at the beginning, but it does not mean that after many years, his ability has been standing still. Sun Ce led nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Jiangxia from Lujiang and Chaisang, but he was harassed by Huang Zu many times, and he was annoyed.

Jiangxia is surrounded by potholes and swamps, and water warfare happens to be the exclusive specialty of both sides, and the battle is caught in the river situation for a while. Not only that, because Gan Ning, the general under Huang Zu, was athletic and brave, he was the famous "Jinfan Thief" of the Yangtze River back then, and he was actually the general Ling Cao who killed Sun Ce, and suffered heavy losses.

Jiangxia is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are many waters, which is difficult to form an effective siege method; Sun Ce was quite helpless, coupled with the loss of generals before the battle, he had to temporarily shift the division and fight again next year.

And the scholars in Jingbei didn't realize that Jingzhou had reached a critical moment of survival, and they were still struggling to establish an heir; Among them, the Huang family and the Pang family resolutely supported the eldest son Liu Qi, while the Cai family and the Kuai family were bound to support Liu Cong because of their mutual alliance, and they were deadlocked.

But because Huang Chengyan in the Huang family, that is, Zhuge Liang's later father-in-law, and his wife are from the Cai family, his attitude is ambiguous, and it is difficult to form an effective alliance with the Pang family for a while, and Liu Cong's power is expanding more and more.

But just when Liu Cong was about to defeat Liu Qi and succeed him as the assassin of Jingzhou, Xun Gang, who had been in Nanyang to recuperate, began to take action.

Two months ago, Xun Gang went to Nanyang to take up his post, in addition to his own family, there were only Lu Xun, Gao Shun and Chen Zhi, who were weak; And Nanyang Taishou is Cao Ren, who has just taken over not long ago, and he is an old acquaintance with Xun Gang.

Although Xun Gang is the governor of Nanyang on the surface, he is afraid that with Cao Ren's personality, he will not release his power so easily. And everything was really as Xun Gang expected, Cao Ren was quite dissatisfied with Xun Gang's arrival, and regardless of whether he helped guard Xuchang before, he gave a big gift when he met, and after placing Xun Gang in Wancheng, he transferred his soldiers and horses to other places.

What is this concept? That is to say, except for Wancheng, the rest of Nanyang City is still Cao Ren's area, and Xun Gang's management scope is only limited to Wancheng.

But Xun Gang naturally has his own methods, he gathered the merchants of the counties and villages around Nanyang, let them collectively go to Wancheng to do business, and opened the government's support policy, for a while, the merchants of Nanyang went to Wancheng, but they neglected the business of the surrounding county.

And it is precisely because of this that in the county towns other than Wancheng, without economic support, they have become extremely poor, Cao Ren knew that this was Xun Gang's means, and finally had to give in and obediently hand over the military power.

However, Xun Gang did not deprive him of his military power, but said seriously: "General Cao worked hard to guard Nanyang, and he was no more than a person outside the boundary, he just wanted to take care of Nanyang with the general; In this matter of commanding the army, Yu Xing knew that he was not as good as the general, and hoped that the general could continue to guard Nanyang. ”

This remark directly made Cao Ren cry gratefully, and he was willing to advance and retreat with Xun Gang; Of course, this is just Xun Gang's expedient measure, as soon as he comes, he will seize power from Cao Cao's cronies, this is not looking for death, what is this?

Xun Gang must let Cao Cao know that he is not interested in military power, and let Cao Cao relax his vigilance, otherwise he will not be recalled to Xu Du again?

Sure enough, because of Xun Gang's moves, Cao Cao was convinced of Xun Gang's "loyalty" and no longer worried about Nanyang.

But a few months later, the battle situation in Jingzhou suddenly changed, Liu Bei killed Liu Biao, and regardless of his reputation, he occupied the four counties of Jingnan in a grand manner, which caused a lot of scolding within Jingzhou. But Xun Gang felt that Liu Bei's move was a real hero's doing!

Everyone else has set up a Hongmen banquet for you, if you don't resist, that's not called virtuous, that's called cowardice! And since Liu Biao has been killed, is it possible to continue to trap Cangwu? If you don't seize the four counties of Jingnan, how can you dominate the world again?

From this point alone, Xun Gang admired Liu Bei's courage; On the other hand, Comrade Lao Luo, in order to highlight Liu Bei's benevolence, portrayed him as a woman's benevolence, if it were not for the general trend of history, Xun Gang dared to guarantee that Liu Bei in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" would not survive Xuzhou.

After all, in the troubled times, there are no friends, only interests, you finally solved Liu Biao, and in order to highlight your benevolence, do not occupy his territory? That's not called benevolence, not cowardice, not stupidity.

You've killed people, and you still want to save your reputation?

However, the scolding within Jingzhou did not last for a few days, and it was terminated because of the heir. There was an inextricable debate among the bureaucracy over who should be appointed, while ordinary citizens and members of the noble clan were discussing who would become the next lord of Jingzhou after dinner.

Jingzhou is already in chaos.

A few days ago, Huang Zu broke Sun Ce in Jiangxia, and the bureaucracy was even more unscrupulous and noisy. But Xun Gang found the right opportunity, because he knew that Jiangdong, which had no network, was like a plate of loose sand, and Jingzhou was originally a plate of loose sand!

Now...... Isn't it the perfect opportunity to attack Jingzhou?

Xun Gang immediately summoned his staff team and Cao Ren's military lineup, held a military meeting, and explained his intention to attack Jingzhou; And Cao Ren was used to guarding the city, and he didn't have much sense of attack, so he first said: "If the governor wants to attack Jingzhou, this matter should be reported to Duke Wei first!" ”

Xun Gang immediately retorted: "Duke Wei appointed the governors of all parties to let us act cheaply, and not waste time for those boring and pedantic actions. Now whether our army will attack Jingzhou or not is not in Wei Gong, but only in my thoughts. ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, and Cao Ren did not refute it, because what Xun Gang said was the truth.

"Now that Sun Ce has been defeated, Liu Bei intends to appease Jingnan, and has no intention of attacking Jingbei for the time being, and the Jingzhou Shi clan is arguing for the heir, it is the time for us to attack! According to the scout's report, although there are still 30,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 water soldiers in Jingbei, with the current Jingzhou, it will definitely not be able to defend against us! ”

Cao Ren's eyes changed when he heard this, and he asked instead: "I only have 20,000 light soldiers in Nanyang, how can I fight against 50,000 troops?" This is not appropriate! ”

Lu Xun said instead: "I have a plan, if the situation allows, I can take Jingzhou without blood!" ”

"Oh? Bo Yan has any plan, say it quickly! ”

Lu Xun said: "Most of the Jingzhou scholars are civil officials, except for Huang Zu and other generals who are the number one in the first platoon, the rest of the people are not enough to worry about. Now there are many factions in Jingzhou to surrender Cao, as long as the governor plays the banner of Duke Wei, pretends to be 200,000 soldiers and horses, and promises to let the official positions of all people in Jingzhou remain, they will definitely surrender! ”

Xun Gang asked everyone about this plan, or some people said that this plan was feasible, and some people said that it was very risky to irritate, and there were more pedantic people, and they also said that it was inappropriate to use Cao Cao's name, and even said that it was not in line with etiquette to falsely report the number of people in their own house, do you think this is the Spring and Autumn Period?

"Either way, this plan can be tried; General Cao, you send troops and horses to attack Xinye quickly, and you must take it quickly! and asked the city guards to go to Xiangyang to bring a message, telling him that the soldiers and horses of the Duke of Wei would arrive in a moment, and if Jingzhou surrendered with Lilly, all official positions would remain the same; If they intend to resist, then all the jade will be burned, and no one will be left! ”

"This ...... Be! ”

Cao Ren had no choice but to act according to Xun Gang's instructions, leading 10,000 soldiers and horses first, and in just half a day, he took Xinye in one go. The Xinye guard was a Cao faction, and when he heard that Cao Cao's large army was behind, he immediately surrendered, without even taking a breath.

If Liu Biao is still here, these people will still seriously defend here; But it is precisely because of Liu Biao's death that various factions have emerged, and the tragedy of Jingzhou seems to be inevitable.

Time in Jingzhou is running out.