Yuan Shu abandoned the six counties in the north of the Lujiang River, ordered the town guard general to return to fat, and sent Ji Ling to lead the army to guard Liyang, only to defend these two places, in order to shorten the battle line, according to Yang Xi in the west.

As soon as the dispatch was completed, I heard the news that Cao Cao personally led an army of 15,000 and took Xiahoudun as the general to invade Runan County in the south.

Of course, this was expected by Yuan Shu, but he never thought that Cao Cao would be so shameless, and he would not move his voice and take advantage of the danger of others.

Liu Biao received a letter from Yuan Shu at this time, gathered to discuss, and Zhang Xiu also participated in the discussion.

Liu Biao said: "Today, Yang Xi leads an army of 50,000 land and water, and it is the best time to take back Jiangxia, but Cao Cao in the north has conquered Yuan Shu, which is also a good opportunity to go north, what do you have to say." ”

Zhang Xiu said: "Jiangxia Yang Xi, a businessman, is not to worry, but Cao Cao in the north, now coercing the Son of Heaven to order the world, if he can take the opportunity to enter, attack Xudu, and welcome the Son of Heaven, then the world will be begged for it, and its momentum will be solved." ”

Liu Biao was noncommittal, and then looked at the others, but there was Liu Biao's account under Kuai Liang said: "Although Cao Cao welcomes the Son of Heaven at this time, the north is not peaceful, and there is Yuan Shao in Hebei who occupies the land of four states, and the general is the general, and the lord can write a letter to ask Yuan Shao to attack Xu Du in the south, then Cao Cao will relieve himself." Jiangxia Yang Xi is my confidant, and we must get rid of it as soon as possible, otherwise once it becomes bigger, it will be invincible in the south of Huaishui. ”

Zhang Xiu wanted to argue again, but Liu Biao said: "Today, Yang Xi's army is marching eastward and eliminating future troubles forever, at this time. ”

"With the military of the Governor Kuailiang, he led 10,000 troops to the south, converging Jiangxia Huangzu, Changsha Zhang Ji, Nanjun Cai Mao, and 40,000 sailors and horses to pacify Yang Xi."

Changsha Zhang Ji, but Zhang Zhongjing.

It turned out that after Zhang Xian's death, Liu Jingsheng expressed Zhang Ji as Changsha Taishou, but Zhang Xian's son Zhang Yi united with the old department to seize Changsha County and drive away Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji was already a member of the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce a few years ago, and when he received a letter at this moment, he sent a letter to Yang Xi early, asking what Yang Xi should do.

Yang Xi got the letter, a strange smile appeared on his face, and Gan Ning said, "At this time Jiangxia is in crisis, why is Gongzi still smiling." ”

Yang Xidao: "Jiangxia crisis? Hehe, you think badly, Jiangxia is like an iron bucket, I have been in Jiangxia for so many years, can I have some back-ups, it's time to use these chess pieces, you just wait to hear the good news. By the way, Yuan Shu gave up the six counties, Cai Kao has already taken over, Zhang Zhao has gone north to take over the government affairs of the six counties, and we should also open and go to Hefei. ”

Yang Xi sent a letter to Zhang Ji, and then summoned Pang Tong, who led 6,000 recruits to temporarily guard Yi County, and asked him to take Xiling according to the plan.

Yang Xi knew that Liu Biao's Kuailiang military horses would definitely go east to Xiling and come to Nayi County with Huang Zu, because the Yangtze River in Wuchang could not cross the river at all, and the Julang and the Yangtze River fleet were guarding.

Just with Cai Mao's 10,000 water army, he is playing soy sauce.

Yang Xi's letter to Zhang Ji was to let him reorganize the army and horses according to Liu Biao's intentions, travel slowly, and then arrive in Jiangxia after receiving the news of the defeat of Xiling, and then he would inevitably receive Liu Biao's withdrawal order.

Pang Tong arrived in Yi County, and then received Yang Xi's second letter, only to know that Yang Xi still had a backhand.

It turned out that Huang Jie, the younger brother of the Huang Zu clan, after joining the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce, Yang Xi ordered him to privately store military horses, practice in the Dabie Mountains, and usually cultivate cotton, self-sufficient, and after a few years, there were 6,000 elite soldiers and two battalions.

Yang Xi ordered him to listen to Pang Tong's orders for the time being, and the first step out of the mountain was to defeat Huang Zu first and take Xiling.

It's not that I don't know, I'm shocked, the north and the south are added, and then the island and the ship guard are counted, and the Chenhe Chamber of Commerce has now brought more than 100,000 armor.

At the beginning of February, Yang Xi's army of almost 20,000 arrived in Hefei, and the right army of Taishi Ci soldiers of 9,000 arrived in Liyang, forming a two-way army to attack.

Ji Ling, who was guarding Liyang, heard that Tai Shi Ci had only 9,000 men and horses, so he led 5,000 military horses in the city to go out of the city to fight and confront the two armies of Tai Shi Ci.

The two generals exchanged names, and they didn't bother to send any pioneers to test, so they directly competed for a while.

Tai Shi Ci had heard of Ji Ling's name a long time ago, because Gongzi often said that in Yuan Shu's camp, there was only one person who could be a general, and that was Ji Ling.

Ji Ling also heard that Tai Shi Ci beheaded Huaxiong's name, and the two of them made an appointment with their own soldiers and horses, but they fought alone, and the fight was even different.

Ji Ling made a three-pointed knife, which was extremely dangerous, Tai Shi Ci abandoned the bow and only used the spear, and the two of them were equally armed with each other.

Tai Shici's physical function at this time has reached 98, although he has led the troops in the past few years, the training method given to him by Yang Xi has not fallen at all, which is why Yang Xi dared to order him to take Liyang alone.

Yang Xi's task to Tai Shici was not to take Liyang, but to think that he was a false soldier, feint to attack Liyang, and contain half of Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses.

If Ji Ling goes to war, he will fight, and if he does not fight, he will camp and defend, and will not take the initiative to attack the city.

With 9,000 soldiers and horses, and the fortress fleet cruising daily in the Yangtze River, Ji Ling definitely did not dare to divide his troops to rescue Hefei again.

After the battle of eighty times, the sound of collecting troops came from the soldiers and horses in Liyang, so the two made an appointment to fight again after dinner.

Yuan Shu received a letter from Zhang Xun in Hefei in Shouchun, and his heart was numb, so he ordered Zhang Xun to defend Hefei and not to fight.

Changshi Yang Hong said: "The lord can also repair a letter to Sun Ce, and ask him to send troops from Guangling to help solve the dilemma." ”

Yuan Shu said: "First of all, Sun Ce is still willing to send troops to help?" ”

Yang Hong said: "The so-called lips and teeth are cold, if Yang Xi gets Jiujiang, he will be adjacent to Sun Ce's Guangling, and Sun Ce is naturally willing to have the lord on the left to resist Yang Xi's coming." ”

"Alas! It had to be like this, by the way, why didn't I receive the battle report from Runan. ”

"It's just this day or two, don't worry about the lord, Cao Cao has Zhang Xiu's troubles, and he will not be able to do his best, if Sun Xiang is fully guarded, there is still considerable hope."

Besides, Sun Ce got the letter, gathered the people to discuss, and the generals and strategists under the account gathered, but there was also some climate.

Lu Su said: "Yang Xi is powerful, and there is a reason to rejuvenate the teacher, Yuan Shu is afraid that it will be difficult to stop, even if the lord rescues it, it will not help." Moreover, Yuan Shu was rampant and tyrannical, consuming people's power, and at this time, he was only afraid of the people of Jiujiang and was looking forward to Yang Xixingshi. ”

Sun Ce said: "Zijing's words, right in the middle, if Yuan Shu is a benevolent and righteous person, then there is still salvation, but if not rescued, then I have almost no barrier, if Yang Xiruo waves his troops eastward, how can he resist?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "There is no way out now, there is still a chance to advance, and there will never be a place to retreat." ”

"How?"

Zhou Yu said: "Wu County, Danyang is the foundation of the main public, must not be lost, if the army crosses the river to directly rescue Yuan Shu, Huiji Wang Lang, and Huiji Shangyu Yang Xi to stay in the elite soldiers, will cross the Zhejiang River to the north, take the land of the lord's foundation, but this matter is absolutely impossible, but if the lord just waved his troops westward, to take Wuhu and other places, maybe he can also contain a part of the Jiujiang soldiers and horses, and return to Wu County." ”

Sun Ce calculated that at this time he had more than 30,000 soldiers in his hands, 20,000 in Wu County, and 10,000 in Guangling.

Huang Zhong had 9,000 defenders at this time, plus the support of the naval army, but it was not easy to fight.

Zhou Yu said: "The lord doesn't really need to attack Wuhu, just make a gesture and lead Yang Xi to transfer Jiujiang soldiers and horses to help, if you can mobilize a number of soldiers and horses, it can also relieve some of Yuan Shu's pressure." As for the final result, it depends on the will of God, in the face of absolute strength, other calculations are redundant. ”

Sun Ce listened to Zhou Yu's words and felt powerless.

Yang Xi has the power of millions of people, and he is even richer than the country, he Wu County only has a population of hundreds of thousands, and his armament is incomparable.

He had personally been to Chenhe City, and that prosperous scene was unique in the world.

Zhou Yu didn't know how powerful he was, because if people didn't do that, how could they know how much energy they had.

The reason why Yang Xi did not put too much pressure on Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and always adopted a soft policy towards them, was that he was afraid that they would rise up to resist under great pressure, and instead disrupt their own layout.