Su Fei led the army into Jiangxia, and Zhou Tailing, the second general, led 20,000 soldiers and horses to secretly assist in the rule, so that Jiangxia, which had just experienced chaos, suddenly regained calm again. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

With Zhou Tai and Ling Tong villains assisting Su Fei, Han Lie naturally didn't have to worry about Jiang Xia's loss, but about the matter of soldiers and horses in the city, Han Lie made two instructions, one is to properly dismiss some veterans, grant them acres of land for them to return home, and the other is to screen grassroots officers, and retain those who are available, and for those who are indiscriminate, they must be imprisoned and examined clearly, and then decide whether they will stay or not.

Han Lie didn't go to Jiangxia, he has been openly active in Xiakou recently, so this is naturally a cover-up. As for Gan Ning, who withdrew from Jiangxia, he secretly returned to Jiangxia.

According to the latest information from Nanjun, Han Lie had learned that the main army led by Jingzhou generals Zhang Yun, Wen Ping, and Liu Pan and Sun Ce's troops fought fiercely at Xiaoling, Huarong, and Youjiangkou, but the Jiangling front line was empty of troops, and after learning this news, Guo Jia put forward a bold idea, that is, let Gan Ning, who withdrew from Jiangxia, continue to pretend to be a rebel, and immediately advance to Jiangling and seize Jiangling City.

Gangneung, as the seat of the southern county, may not be able to be easily captured if the enemy is on guard, but now it is not difficult to open the city gate while the enemy's troops are empty. Secondly, Jiangling is Liu Biao's place to store grain, if Jiangling is obtained, it is equivalent to cutting off Liu Biao's way of life, even if he has 100,000 troops in his hands, there is nothing to be done.

Guo Jia's strategy was approved by Han Lie, and after the total of the three of Xun You, Han Lie first sent Diao Chan with the secret agents of the Heavenly Master Sect to sneak into Jiangling in advance to get in touch with Cheng Yu, and then persuaded Yi Ji, who was currently serving as the main Bo in Zhang Yun's army, to take Jiangling in one fell swoop.

After setting up a plan, Han Lie met with Gan Ning, who had sneaked back, and told him about the plot to capture Jiangling, Gan Ning hesitated: "How many men and horses will the lord give Ning this time?" ”

"Three thousand, of which there are a thousand cavalry." Han Lie said in a deep voice.

"Lord, I'm afraid that three thousand men and horses won't be able to hold Jiangling, what if Zhang Yunwen in front hires and retires from the army?" Gan Ning is not worried about not being able to capture the city, but is worried that he will not be able to hold it next, after all, once Jiangling falls, whether it is Zhang Yun on the front line or Liu Biao in Xiangyang, they will inevitably counterattack, if they can't hold it, then it makes no sense to capture Jiangling at all.

"It's okay, after you leave, I will lead the army to Chibi in the name of pursuing you, and get in touch with Zhang Yun's army in Huarong, and then I will arrange a team of men and horses to ambush Zhang Yun under the guise of Sun Ce's department, and further enter Huarong, and then the first line of the Youjiang Estuary will present a situation where we, Liu Biaojun, and Sun Cejun are restrained by each other."

"At that time, you can send an envoy to Sun Ce's side to express your intention to surrender, so that the balance is broken, we can profit from it, whether it is Sun Ce's army or Xiaoling's Wenpin army, we can deal with it in time, and even at the critical moment, you can directly change your banner to express your surrender to our side, so that I can send troops to take over Jiangling in name only." Han Lie's calm words couldn't help but make Gan Ning nod again and again.

That night, Han Lie asked Gao Shun to lead his headquarters to the camp, and three hundred Red Flame Army soldiers to form a thousand people, and at the same time asked Tai Shici to mobilize a thousand cavalry, which was under the command of Gan Ning, plus the Jinfan Army under Gan Ning's department to form a team of three thousand people, galloping all the way to Jiangling and starting to march.

On the third day after Gan Ning left, Han Lie only left Dong Xi to lead his headquarters to garrison Xiakou, and he joined the naval army to drive directly to Chibi along the waterway.

The rebellion that occurred in Jiangxia here also reached Xiangyang, especially the news of Huang Zu's death, which made Huang Zu's son Huang Jie, who was the Taishou of Zhangling at the time, very angry, and personally went to Xiangyang to meet Liu Biao, demanding that the pursuit of the Ganning rebels avenge his father.

The mansion of Mu Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

In the face of Huang Jie's crying, Liu Biao sympathized, and finally persuaded him: "The virtuous nephew is eager for revenge, I can understand, but now Gan Ning's whereabouts are unknown, and you are a county guard, so you left office rashly, are you considered properly?" ”

Huang Zhu groaned, wiped his tears and said: "That Rong went to Jiangxia to welcome his father's coffin back to his hometown for burial." ”

"This is the duty of the Son of Man, and I have granted it." For Huang Jie's request, Liu Biao did not refuse, for him, Huang Zu's death is also a good thing, in recent years, Huang Zu and his son Huang Zhu are of course Jiangxia Zhangling is too guarded, each has a self-respect, and it is also against Yang Feng Yin to himself, but Huang Zu and his son are Jingzhou Wang clan, and they cannot be easily touched, and secondly, Huang Zu is in Jiangxia, which is useful for resisting Sun Ce's water army of Chaisang.

But now that Huang Zu is dead, Liu Biao no longer has any worries, and he is a little sentimental about it on the surface, but secretly he is not uncomfortable.

Cai Mao is his uncle-in-law, who also belongs to the Jingzhou Wang clan, and is also the first person to support Liu Biao when Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou alone.

Liu Biao's other two think tank henchmen are the Kuaiyue Kuailiang brothers who are also from the Jingzhou Wang family. Kuai Yue character is different, good at strategy, witty and decisive, at first under Liu Biao's account, and then promoted to the long history of governance, Xiangyang Taishou and other positions.

Kuai Liang is soft, and he is the brother of Kuai Yue. Kuai Liang is good at general strategy and is good at managing government and reassuring the people, so he won the trust of Liu Biao and was able to serve as the commander of the army, the chief of the army and other positions.

It can be said that Liu Biao was able to ride into Jingzhou alone in the past, and then pacify the nine counties of Jingzhou, although it is related to Liu Biao's mentality of making meritorious contributions at the beginning, but it is also inseparable from the help of Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Kuai Liang, but in recent years, with the influx of exiles in the north, as well as the growth of the eldest son, and the contradiction with the local scholars in Jingzhou has gradually formed, so that Liu Biao feels the threat of the Jingzhou clan to him.

For this reason, in the past two years, he has also begun to attract and reuse scholars from the north, such as Wang Cang, Yi Yuan, and Fu Xun, and in terms of military generals, he has successively promoted his nephew Liu Pan to serve as the general of Xuanwu Zhonglang, and his nephew Zhang Yun as the general of Zhichong who commands the naval army.

However, as Sun Ce continued to invade the land of Jingnan, and the two counties of Guiyang in Changsha fell one after another, Liu Pan and Zhang Yun failed in successive battles, resulting in Liu Biao having to continue to reuse Cai Mao and Kuaiyue and others.

After inviting the three of them to take a seat, Liu Biao said lightly: "Huang Zu is derelict in defending the land, he should have been investigated, since he has died, this matter will be stopped, it can be regarded as a merit and demerits, this time Xiakou Governor Su Fei has a meritorious role in quelling the rebellion, and he can be promoted to a partial general, Jiangxia County Lieutenant, I don't know how many people think?" ”

"It should be up to the Lord to decide this matter." Cai Mao and the others glanced at each other and responded one after another.

"Okay, this matter is settled, as for the post of Taishou, I am ready to let Qi'er take over, and now Qi'er is not too young, should I go down and experience it, I don't know what you think?" Although Liu Biao still has to rely on Cai Mao and others, he still wants to arrange his own people to sit in key positions. Liu Qi, as his eldest son, is now fifteen years old, although his body is a little weak, but his appearance and temperament are quite similar to himself, so Liu Biao still likes this young son.

At this time, Liu Biao's youngest son Liu Cong had just been born, and he was less than a year old, so he naturally couldn't see the advantages and disadvantages, and Cai Mao and other relatives, seeing that Liu Cong was still young, naturally did not slander Liu Qi too much, plus Liu Biao at this time was still in the prime of life, and was not too mediocre, so he naturally did not reject the eldest son Liu Qi too much, in fact, the reason why Liu Biao did not like his eldest son Liu Qi later, firstly, was the slander of Cai Mao and others, secondly, Liu Biao was old and faint, and thirdly, Liu Qi was afraid of being harmed by Cai Mao and others, and his temperament gradually became cowardly. made Liu Biaozi more and more unkind to this son.

"The eldest prince takes over the position of Taishou, it stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with it, but Jiangxia is the land of four wars, with the current physical condition of the eldest prince, I am afraid that he will not be able to catch it, if the lord needs to arrange the strength of the eldest prince, how about Yue Yue give up the position of Xiangyang Taishou?" When Kuai Yue received Cai Mao's signaling gaze, he immediately expressed his opposition by retreating.

"Lord, Lord Kuai's words are also somewhat reasonable, there will be a war in Jiangxia at any time, where to arrange the eldest prince, in case there is an injury, wouldn't you regret it?" Cai Mao pretended to be concerned and said: "It's okay if you don't let the eldest prince go to lead the Nanjun Taishou, I have also found that the burden is a little heavy recently, and it is just right to unload the burden." ”

"Both of them are my shares, how can it be because of the reason that the dog gave way, this matter should not be mentioned again, Qi'er is still young now, and it is not too late to go out in two years." Even if Liu Biao has the intention to regain the position of Taishou in the second county of Xiangyang South County, he also understands that the current land of Xiangyang in Nanjun is useless to be any Taishou, because these two places have already been controlled by the Cai family and the Kuai family, except for the two families as the chief officials, I am afraid that it is useless for anyone to come.

"Lord, I have one candidate for Jiangxia Taishou, and you have met this person." Kuai Liang saw that Liu Biao was a little unhappy, so he opened his mouth and sloppily and said: "Xiang Lang of Xiangyang Yicheng, Xiang Juda, has a magnificent temperament, and has only known people, the lord saw him the year before last, and appointed him as the chief of Linfang, I don't know if the lord still has an impression?" ”

"Xiang Juda, is it the young man who was promoted by the county bus as filial piety?" Liu Biao thought about it, and couldn't help but think about it.

"Exactly, although this person came from a poor family, he was tireless in learning, his parents died early, he was raised by his brother, and when he grew up, he served his brother like a father, so he was admired by his neighbors." Kuai Liang nodded in response.

"Yes, immediately send someone to inform him to come to Xiangyang for a meeting." Liu Biao thought about it for a while, and then agreed to Xiang Lang to serve as Jiangxia Taishou, because he knew that this person was definitely not the protégé of Cai Kuai's family, otherwise Kuai Liang would not recommend him at this time.

After discussing the matter of Jiangxia, Liu Biao thought of the war in Jingnan, and couldn't help but worry again: "The progress of the war in Jingnan is slow, and the army of 50,000 troops has been sent for more than a month, not only failed to advance an inch, but fell into a trapped situation, this Sun Ce is a yellow-mouthed child, is it more powerful than Sun Jian?" ”

The commander of the battle with Sun Ce is Zhang Yun, and the generals are Liu Pan and Wen Ping, these people are all Liu Biao's people, so Cai Mao and the others are not good to say, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Although Sun Ce has only risen for a few years, he has the nickname of a little overlord, this person is brave and brave in the three armies, and his strategy and resourcefulness are no less than Sun Jian in the past, and he is indeed our fierce rival." But now that Jiangdong Han Lie wants to deal with him, we are just assisting the alliance this time, there is no need to work so hard, just pretend, wouldn't it be better to let Han Lie and Sun Ce fight to the death? ”

"Lord, what my brother said is reasonable, Han Lie is now commanding 100,000 troops, sitting on Xu Yang Erzhou, looking at the style, I am afraid that his ambition is not small, his next strategic move is unknown, we have to guard against it." Kuai Liang echoed and said: "Although our two families are allies now, it is also because of Sun Ce, a common enemy, if Sun Ce is exterminated, it will be difficult to ensure that Han Lie will not get involved in Jingzhou, so it is not a bad thing to keep a hand at this time." ”

Liu Biao pondered, and couldn't help but say: "This is reasonable, since this is the case, then secretly send an order to Zhang Yun, so that they can't rush in easily, and they must be steady and steady." ”

"The lord is wise." Cai Mao and the three immediately chimed in.

When he returned to the mansion, Kuai Yue said to his brother Kuai Liang: "Jiangxia's position is very important, and my brother recommended Xiang Lang to take over?" I don't know what the purpose is? This person has a loyal temperament, but I am afraid that he must be the object of our courtship. ”

"How can I not know this? Looking at the posture of today's lord, he obviously cares about Jiang Xia's position too much, if we recommend one of our own, even if he finally agrees, he will have a problem with our brother in the end. Kuai Liang sighed and said: "Over the years, our brothers have tried their best, seeing that Jingzhou's great governance is in sight, but strong neighbors have appeared one after another, and I am only afraid that Jingzhou is about to be in chaos." ”

"Yes, a Sun Ce has consumed our savings for several years, lost our troops, and failed to recapture the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang after several years of war, which comes down to the fact that Liu Zhijun is suspicious of our Jingzhou clan, and second, Sun Ce is by no means an ordinary person, but if Sun Ce is a tiger, then Han Lie is a dragon crossing the river, this time he is not good, we have to guard against it." Kuai Yue also frowned, although Sun Ce and Han Lie are both young people, but their current forces and armies have the strength to fight with Jingzhou, it can be said that Jingzhou will be greatly injured if they fight with either side.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Kuai Yue brothers, if Jingzhou wants to survive, the only way to survive is to let Han Lie, the dragon who crosses the river, and Sun Ce, the tiger, lose both.

But unfortunately, the battle situation in Jingnan did not play out as they imagined. Luo County, Changsha County, Yunmengze Dahu Naval Army Camp, when Zhou Yu led the remnants of the retreat from Chaisang to join Sun Ce, when he learned the unfavorable news of the battle ahead, Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Ce: "Lord, Jiangdong Han Lie's water army, by no means we can resist, I watched Han Lie's expedition to Yuzhang this time, sent 100,000 troops, if he just wanted to recover Yuzhang County, then his goal has obviously been achieved now, but according to my spies who left in the rear, he led the main force to enter Xiakou not long after occupying Yuzhang." ”

"Xiakou is the gateway to Jiangxia, Han Lie led a large army into Xiakou, his intention is already very clear, that is, he has the heart of Jingzhou, and the target is likely to be Jiangxia and Nanjun, so at this time, if we continue to advance north, we will only force Han Lie and Liu Biao to exterminate us together, on the contrary, we will gather our forces at this time, make a posture towards Wulingjing, and lure Jingzhou's soldiers and horses south, so that Nanjun's troops are empty, Han Lie is afraid that he will not be able to help swallowing this piece of fat in Nanjun, so that their alliance will completely collapse, Then we will naturally have the opportunity to make a profit. ”

"Gong Jin, can you be sure that Han Lie will ignore us and swallow this piece of fat from Nanjun?" Sun Ce couldn't help but ask with some emotion.

"Even the lord, you know that Nanjun is the biggest piece of fat in Jingzhou, who doesn't want to take a bite, so I conclude that Han Lie's southward advance this time, attacking us is the goal, and annexing Jingzhou is his real strategic intention, which can be seen from his presence in the north line, which can be seen from the fact that he has not made an inch of progress in the north for several years, Jiangdong's strategic center of gravity is in Jingzhou, otherwise it is impossible for Han Lie to give up the empty Yuzhou and not to occupy it, and let the weak Cao Ang not be exterminated, his purpose in doing this is actually greater, because keeping the Central Plains and not entering, it is a manifestation of covering up ambitions, In this way, you can also show weakness to Yuan Shao and achieve his goal of accumulation, this person is really not to be underestimated, if we can't take advantage of his attack on Jingzhou this time to gain a firm foothold in Jingnan, I'm afraid that there is not much time left for us. Zhou Yu sighed softly and said a little heavily.

"Gongjin don't be too pessimistic, even if Jingnan can't stay, we can still go south to Jiaozhou, I have already sent my brother Sun Quan and uncle Sun Jing to Jiaozhou to marry Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie, it is said that Jiaozhou is vast and rich, and there is still a lot to do." Sun Ce comforted Zhou Yu, revealing an unyielding fighting spirit. (To be continued.) )