Becoming an emperor has never been an easy thing. Liu Biao is deeply experienced. The position that represents the supreme position in the world is not something that can be achieved overnight just by having qualifications, strength, and chance.

Liu Biao actually regretted it a little.

Being a powerful Han clan member and a soil emperor who controls one-third of the territory of the Han Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with thinking about it now. At least when the world was in turmoil, eight of the thirteen states were in chaos, but it didn't affect Jingxiang, otherwise it wouldn't have been in the Yellow Turban nearly ten years ago, and many Central Plains clans moved their families to Jingzhou. And now even if it is the current Jingzhou, there are Wancheng in the north and Xiliang Yusins, Cao Cao in the east, and Lu Bu in the southeast, but there are the dangers of the river, the benefits of the waterway, and Liu Yan, who is also a relative of the Han family, as the backup, plus there are 100,000 sailors and infantry generals, Liu Biao's position is easily not something that anyone can covet. Moreover, although the name of the country of abundance is Yizhou, in fact, Jingzhou, which is controlled by Liu Biao, does not lose a single cent. In this way, according to the current situation of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Cao Cao of the Central Plains, Qingxu Lu Bu, and Liu Biao and Liu Yan, if you don't have the idea of ascending, Jingzhou, which was integrated by Liu Biao and beaten like an iron plate, if there is no change in heaven, it is enough to compete with Cao Cao for the first prince in the world. At that time, with the identity and strength of Liu Biao's Han family, he established a new monarch, but in fact, Cao Cao, who had already pushed himself to the opposite side of the princes in the world, after all, because Liu Xie's death was unclear and his name was not right, and it was not possible to say that in some things, it also depended on his Liu Biao's face. At this point, Liu Biao is already invincible.

But I don't know why Liu Biao himself was so fascinated at the beginning, at first glance, Cao Cao Xinli didn't know how many generations he had deviated. Even the Han clan relatives who are known as benevolent and righteous, and who "wander" in Hebei from time to time under the guise of the Han clan relatives, have eight generations of ancestors and are only a marquis, Liu Yi is the emperor, and he is out of control and wants to try the supreme position of the world that he himself has passed by twice. When he had this idea at that time, Liu Biao actually gathered his strategists and made a good plan. After confirming that Cao Cao, who had already shown goodwill and was an ally before, he had tricked Lu Bu and trapped Lu Bu in the northern war. The extreme south of Yangzhou must be empty, enough to do something to Yangzhou, which has been coveted for a long time, so it suddenly raised troops and moved the knife to Jiangdong without declaring war.

But it wasn't until the Xuzhou soldiers, who seemed to fall from the sky, broke through Jiangling, which was extremely empty because of Liu Biao's transfer, with lightning speed. Immediately afterwards, the flag was revealed, and the Jiangdong affair was tangled. It was not as smooth as Liu Biao thought before, and in one fell swoop copied his Liu Biao's back road to the south to attack Yangzhou, and turned Xiangyang, the seat of Benzhou Governor, which was only stationed with 5,000 county soldiers to prevent Cao Cao's Wenpin, into a lonely city.

And that's not all. Originally, Liu Biao received the news that Huang Zu was in a bitter battle with Danyang County, and sent back more than ten messengers for help in one day, urging Liu Biao to send troops to rescue as soon as possible. Liu Biao did send scouts to investigate, and Huang Zu's army was indeed in chaos. It's just that the scout didn't know whether he was confused or afraid of death, but he just saw the place where Huang Zu was stationed from a distance. Thousands of Danyang soldiers gathered outside the camp, but they didn't go in to investigate carefully, so they hurried back to report to Liu Biao. And Liu Biao didn't care too much, after all, the 30,000 sailors led by Huang Zu were divided into two by Liu Biao, and two-thirds of them were allocated to support Cai Zhong, one of his brother-in-law, to "raid" Yuzhang. The number of troops is already insufficient. It is not impossible to be entangled by the 10,000 Danyang soldiers who used to be famous in the world. Seeing that Huang Zu's "messenger" was urging very urgently, and Cai Zhong's letter, which had to report the military situation every day, also said that Yu Zhang had been surrounded, Liu Biao had no worries, Huang Zu still had to use it, just knock and knock, and he was still counting on helping his old Liu family calm the world, so Liu Biao didn't think about why the "Huang Zu messengers" who came to urge reinforcements in turn left early the day before the army left, and they all used the reason of military urgency to leave early, and ordered the only remaining 30,000 main forces, and went directly to Danyang.

The 30,000-strong army wanted to move, especially Liu's cousin, who was called "the royal driving pro-expedition" by the flattering people below, in fact, it was not a very easy thing, and the supply line of hundreds of miles alone was directly pulled from Xiangyang to the riverside across the river from Danyang County. Liu Biao's idea before the war was very simple, after all, outside Danyang County, there were still 10,000 troops of Huang Zu plus ten fighting ships, plus 10,000 recruits in Jiangling who were urgently deployed, with such male soldiers and the commander's personal conscription, it was not easy for Danyang County, which was garrisoned by only 10,000 Danyang soldiers who had long heard of the old and dilapidated Danyang County? In this way, Danyang was broken in more than ten days with superior forces, and the time was also very abundant, and then the Jiangling defenders were sent back, in fact, there was nothing wrong, and it was just right to see Cao Cao's reaction to decide how to get along with Cao Cao in the future, after all, between Xuzhou and Jiangling, there was also a Jiujiang County that Cao Cao took advantage of the chaos in Jiangdong.

Until the incident happened, everyone, including Liu Biao and the Kuai brothers, racked their brains and didn't expect how the nearly 20,000 Xuzhou soldiers would sneak through Cao Cao's territory, break through Jiangling in one fell swoop, and intercept and kill the messenger who rushed to report the news. It wasn't until the second day of the siege of Xiangyang that the news that Xiangyang had to be cautiously defended against Cao Cao every day did not come, which aroused Liu Biao's suspicions. It was only after someone probed that it dawned on me. And it was at this time that Liu Biao also discovered what the so-called "camp" of Huang Zu's army on the other side of the river was.

What kind of camp is this, it's a concentration. The battalion is about the same. It's no wonder that the scouts sent out before said that the Danyang soldiers were coming to the Huangzu camp, but it wasn't exactly the "soldiers", this was clearly surveillance! Thousands of people were trapped in the camp by more than 1,000 people, and the group of "dragons" had no leader, and they were willing to be taken prisoner.

As soon as these two pieces of information were compared, Liu Biao felt a cool breath rushing from the tail vertebrae to the Tianling Gai. It was only at this time that Liu Biao somewhat understood Cao Cao's mood at the beginning, and also understood that the rumored name of someone was still embroidered by Cao Cao on the bottom of the robe, and he did not dare to despise it at all, which was by no means just groundless. Liu Biao, who was a little panicked, hurriedly convened his subordinates to discuss, but he couldn't come up with a good solution for a long time. If you continue to go south, not to mention whether there is any future move waiting for someone in Qin, just one of the state's administrative offices is besieged, which Liu Biao will never tolerate. Liu Biao is a person who cares a lot about military power, which can be seen from Cai Zhong's daily actions. It is precisely because of this that the soldiers left by Liu Biao for Wen Ping will definitely not be elite, but in fact, they are just county soldiers. These 5,000 county soldiers, that is, relying on the thick walls of Xiangyang City, otherwise, against nearly 20,000 Xuzhou elite soldiers, can withstand an impact, Wen Ping can be called the world's famous general.

But if it retreats like this, then the thousands of Huang Zu's naval troops who are obviously used as "bait" by the Danyang soldiers will inevitably fail, not to mention that this reputation of retreating without a fight and being played by others is by no means something that Liu Biao can bear. Especially when Liu Biao had already spread the word to the world, seized that Lu Bu was "pitted" by Cao Cao, accepted the title awarded by the new emperor Liu Yi and the recognition of the "territory" he occupied, corrected the "edict of the first emperor", and rashly did not declare war, and was also blocked by the humiliation of being blocked by the old nest, which almost added a moat to Liu Biao's original "smooth road" to the throne.

That is, although Liu Biao was carried away by that position, after all, he had already passed by twice, and he had passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, at least in terms of psychological quality. After confirming that he had been tricked, under the persuasion of the Kuai brothers and a group of military advisers, he made up his mind to swallow this dumb loss, and the most important thing was to keep the state and the last face. Therefore, Liu Biao's army has actually arrived a few miles outside the Huang Zu military camp, and it seems that he can rescue these soldiers under Huang Zu's command who are looking forward to Liu Biao's army coming like a great drought, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still took advantage of the fact that Huang Zu's soldiers had not yet realized that they had been abandoned by their own lord, and resolutely turned around and returned to the army. Before he knew it, the soldiers of the Jingxiangshui Army in the Huangzu barracks were quite restless.

The army that has been cut off from the back grain route is no longer just coming and leaving. At the beginning, in order to speed up the march, in order to cooperate with Cai Zhong's Yuzhang offensive. Each of the 30,000 troops under Liu Biao's command only brought five days' military rations, and the 10,000 soldiers temporarily transferred from Jiangling only brought three days' rations. But as soon as this "sudden" situation came out, Liu Biaojun was a little stretched.

Originally, Liu Biao didn't think about whether to send a few elites back to Xiangyang to support first, even if it was to recapture Jiangling first. At the very least, it can ensure the food needs of the army. But when the several soldiers of about 1,000 people sent back by the company did not return, and there was not even a reply, there was no need to remind the brothers of the Kuai family and a group of strategists, Liu Biao also knew that these people were afraid that they would be more than lucky. Liu Biao was born in a family, and he is also familiar with military books, and Liu Biao may not understand the "professional term" of "refueling tactics", but under empathy, Liu Biao can tell people several strategies and cases of siege and reinforcement with his eyes closed. It's just that he didn't enter the game this time.

The 40,000 soldiers of Liu Biaojun who have no military rations, the Xuzhou soldiers who are waiting for reinforcements are waiting in front, and the Danyang soldiers who are eyeing each other are staring at them. This was not originally only a three-day journey, but only half of the journey in five days, and the slower the walk, the lower the morale, and the military rations were about to run out...... (To be continued......)