Liu Biao, who rode into Jingzhou alone, won Jingzhou with the support of the Kuai family and other big clans. After that, relying on the original strength of the Marquis of the Northern Army, he compiled an infantry army with 20,000 soldiers, with more than 10,000 under the command of Wenpin, and the remaining thousands were all under the command of Wang Wei.

The cavalry was controlled by the Kuai family, and later in order to stabilize their position in Liu Biao's eyes, the Kuai family gave up 10,000 cavalry and handed it over to Wen Ping, and the other 10,000 were in charge of Zhang Hu Chen Sheng, a henchman of the Kuai family.

"Zhongye, where is Sun Jian's enemy army now?" Liu Qi commanded 13,000 troops, and rushed to Huarong immediately after the round with his third brother Shi A.

"According to the report of the spies, due to the lack of food and grass supplies, Sun Wentai was temporarily stationed in Huarong Road." Wen Ping frowned slightly, and said: "Eldest prince, Sun Wentai is brave and strategic, and the soldiers are fierce and regard death as home, how should we repel the attackers?" ”

Kuai Yue looked at Liu Qi and secretly wondered how Liu Qi would face the enemy.

Shi Adao: "Although Sun Wentai is brave and strategic, he is a Yuan Shu general, and he flies a lot. Big brother, in my opinion, his elite must not exceed three thousand, and the other soldiers should be the soldiers of Zhang Xian, the county guard of Changsha County. ”

"What the third brother said is right." Liu Qi nodded and said: "Sun Jian is far away, Zhang Xian may not be willing to obey him, not to mention that since the beginning of winter, there have been different degrees of food shortage in various places. That's where we can start. ”

"Isn't the eldest prince cutting off the other party's grain channel?" Wen Ping thought for a moment and asked. After all, the most Liu Qi has done in the past few months is to cut off Yuan Shu's grain channel, and it is not surprising that Wen Ping has this question.

"Nope." Liu Qi smiled: "Let's send food to each other." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wen Ping Shi A and the others were stunned, and Kuai Yue looked at Liu Qi thoughtfully.

"Hmm." Liu Qi sold a pass and said: "Breaking the enemy will be here for a few days, and you will naturally know when the time comes." Our army is parallel to land and water, but I'm worried about the Cai family's water army. Sun Jian's three generals are all experts in water warfare, and the general is worried that the two Cai brothers are incompetent and will destroy the sailor that the lord is bent on establishing. ”

Liu Qi said that the Jingzhou Sailor was the Cai family's sailor, revealing that he was very dissatisfied and worried about the Cai family's power, but he was confident about his army's march. Kuai Yue couldn't help but glance at Liu Qi in surprise, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

"Mr. Xenodu, how are Cai Zhongcai and the two of them doing?" Liu Qi asked Kuai Yue and said, "What are the odds?" ”

Kuai Yue smiled disdainfully: "If Cai Mao personally leads the army, the odds of victory are seven to three, if it is his two waste brothers, the eldest prince will be ready to be attacked by two ways." ”

"Two-way attack?" Liu Qi sneered, "Sun Jian doesn't have this chance." I should have been ready to accept the power of the Sailor for the Lord, right, Mr. Xeno? ”

Kuai Yue was noncommittal: "It depends on the degree of straw bales of the two Cai brothers." ”

The two played dumb riddles with each other, which made Wenpin and the two confused. Liu Qi laughed and ordered: "Third brother, you and General Zhang Hu led the Ma army of 5,000 to Anxiang County, if you see Sun Jian's defeated army withdrawing from Huarong in three days, you can pursue and recover Changsha in one fell swoop!" ”

"No!" The two took the order and left, and Liu Qi continued: "General Wen, order the infantry soldiers to speed up and try what strategy Sun Jian has." ”

"This..."Wen Ping hesitated for a while, their more than 10,000 soldiers divided into 5,000 horse troops, and now there are only 5,000 infantry troops and 3,000 horse troops left, which is a lot less than Sun Jian's, how can they resist? What's more, Liu Qi had already entered Huarong Dao in Gong'an County, and it was not surprising that the sky would enter the twilight period and he would be able to confront Sun Jian's two armies.

"Don't listen to Ben Shuai?!" Liu Qi pretended to be angry and glared at Wen Ping, and Wen Ping had no choice but to say, "No." ”

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"Lord, now that our army is short of food and grass, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support the water division to defeat the Jingzhou water division, how should this be good?" The public enemy said that it was Sun Jian's grain official, and he said with a worried face.

Sun Jian frowned and asked, "How much food does our army still have?" ”

Gong Qiu replied: "It's not much, 10,000 sergeants are used for four days, and they can only retire after four days." ”

"Zhang Xian didn't bring grain and grass? What is the current situation of our army's naval division? Sun Jian's brows furrowed even deeper.

Gong Qiu said: "General Huanjie has returned to let Zhang Xian support grain and grass, but there has been no news in the past two days, I am afraid that he was detained by Zhang Xian." ”

"You shouldn't let Zhang Xian, a bastard, stay in Changsha!" Sun Jian scolded fiercely and said, "What about the water master?" ”

"Back to the lord, the Jingzhou Navy Division has taken precautions, and the strength is twice that of our army, and it is difficult for them to win for a while." As Sun Jian's confidant, Zu Mao had already sent scouts to find out, and said: "According to the report from the spies, Liu Qi, the beloved son of Liu Biao, personally led more than 10,000 troops to resist the lord. ”

Gong Qiu's face changed, and he said, "Coming so fast?!" My lord, the last general begs for immediate withdrawal......"

"Bastard!" Sun Jian was annoyed and scolded: "A little hairy boy can make you so flustered, how can it become a big deal!" Lao Tzu has fought more battles than he has seen, not to mention that Liu Biaoxin's foundation in Jingzhou is unstable, so why be afraid! General Zu, where have they been? ”

Gong Qiu said that he didn't dare to make a move under Sun Jian's loud scolding, so he had to bow his head and look at Zu Mao, who glared at him angrily and said: "I have camped thirty miles away, and the spies said that they camped in a chaotic manner, not like they were here to fight at all, but like sightseeing." ”

Sun Jian was overjoyed and said: "General Ben guessed well, Liu Qi has no talent, and Liu Jingsheng will lose Jingzhou because of this." ”

"My lord, there may be fraud in this." Zu Mao said suspiciously: "After all, Yuan Shu has also suffered a lot of losses in his hands. ”

Sun Jian snorted coldly, he had already complained about Yuan Shu, and said coldly: "Yuan Shu has no virtue and no talent, and he found fault with Liu Qi's tricks." Needless to say, order the whole army to be reorganized and meet the enemy tomorrow! ”

"No!" Zu Mao responded and said, "My lord, in order to prevent enemy attacks at night, the last general will ask for his life to protect the village!" ”

"Accurate!" Sun Jian glanced at his henchmen appreciatively, and said: "The public enemy said that you arranged for the husband to let the soldiers have a full meal tomorrow, and break the enemy in one go and take the lives of Liu Biao's father and son!" ”

"No." The public enemy said that he saw that Sun Jian's new intention had been decided, and he didn't say anything more, secretly thinking that he would send a sergeant back to the Changsha County Administration to ask for grain transportation later.

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Early in the morning, Sun Jian's whole army was ready to go, and when they came to Liu Qi's military village, Sun Jian and others were dumbfounded. It turned out that Liu Qi's army had already retreated, leaving behind a large village with misty green smoke.

Sun Jian looked at the camp carefully, the temperature on the stove was still there, and the chaotic footprints on both sides of the camp seemed to be caused by deserters.

"General Zu Mao, something must have happened to them, so that they left in a hurry early in the morning, could it be that our army's naval division has won a big victory?" Sun Jian pounced, as if a punch had hit the cotton, joy and helplessness suddenly filled his heart, and said: "Look, these footprints are disorganized, could it be that Liu Qijun had infighting last night?" ”

"The spies haven't heard any news of the water army yet, and judging by the heat of the stove, they should not be far away." Zu Mao had a little doubt in his heart, but the facts in front of him made him have to believe that Liu Qi led the army to retreat in a hurry overnight.

"In that case, the whole army obeys the order!" Sun Jian shouted happily: "The whole army is pursuing!" ”

Zu Mao frowned, and when he saw that Sun Jian had re-embarked on his horse, he had no choice but to let go of the doubts in his heart, and shouted: "Chase!" ”

After more than 60 miles of pursuit, the men and horses were tired, and Sun Jian had to set up camp, ordering the men to build a stove on the spot and arrange for the sergeants and horses to rest.

"My lord, I'm afraid there is fraud! There are many tired soldiers, why not take a look tomorrow? Zu Mao's doubts in his heart became deeper and deeper, and he couldn't help but persuade.

"Hmm. Fortunately, more than a hundred miles further forward is Gong'an County, and I am afraid that Liu Qi is already defending there at this time. Tell the whole army to rest and be on guard on the spot, and besiege the city in the coming day! ”

Zu Mao was about to give an order, and the scout hurried to report: "Lord, the navy has defeated the Jingzhou navy and captured Cai and Zhang Yun. In addition, Liu Biao issued three orders in a row urging Liu Qi to defend Huarong Road, and now Liu Qi's army is reorganized and set up in a village thirty miles away. The spies found rumors in Liu Qi's army, and many soldiers fled. ”

The two were overjoyed when they heard this, and asked in unison, "Xu Kun, is the news true?" ”

This scout leader is Sun Jian's nephew, he has confirmed it many times, and replied: "It should be true, the last general will buy Liu Qi a person close to the left, and his words and the express news from Xiangyang will not be false." ”

"Hahaha!" Sun Jian couldn't help but look up to the sky and laughed, and said, "God help me!" Killing Liu Qi is tonight. ”

As he spoke, he and Zu Mao Xu Kun looked at each other and smiled, obviously thinking the same as Zu Mao Xu Kun, taking advantage of the unstable heart of the enemy army to sneak attack in the night. Sun Jian said: "Pass the order, let the soldiers have a good rest, and capture Liu Qi in one fell swoop at dusk." ”

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The remnant sun slopes westward, like blood.

Liu Qi's camp was empty, and some of the flags were not lowered, whirring in the cold wind.

"Damn! Let them escape again! Sun Jian led the army to pounce for the second time, and Liu Qi retreated before Sun Jian's army chased after him, as if he knew Sun Jian's movements.

"Look, my lord! The footprints on the trail are deeper and more disorganized. Zu Mao pointed to the footprints on the ground, and even pinched the stove with his hand, the hot temperature made him suddenly retract his hand, and said: "The stove is still very hot, and it is only half of the number before, they have just left." Chase! ”

"Humph!" Sun Jian snorted coldly, turned over and got on his horse, "Zu Mao, you stay behind to lead the infantry to speed up, and Xu Kun and I will lead the army to pursue Liu Qi!" ”

"No!" Xu Kun turned the horse's head and said, "Ma Jun listens to the order!" Moving forward at full speed, we must not let Liu Qi, a hairy boy, return to Gong'an County. Walk! "Boom! The sound of three thousand horses was heard, and when Zu Mao was about to advise Sun Jian, Sun Jian was already far away.

"Let's go! We can't be left behind either! Zu Mao gave an order, and the remaining 7,000 rabble hurried twice in a day, and ran behind Ma Jun again.