"The idea of the lord can be implemented, our army now has nearly 200,000 armor, and the state is like a plate of scattered sand, Zhou Cang and others have been active in the state for a long time, and they are very familiar with the place, only need to send a general to lead the army, assisted by Zhou Cang and others, and the lord has a holy decree, and it is a legitimate state pastor, so it is desirable to merge the state. ⊙," Guo Jia agreed.

"Then who does Feng Xiao think can be the commander?"

"General Xu, Luoyang is now the hinterland of our army, as long as the tiger prison is not broken, the princes outside the pass will not be able to go around to Luoyang. The lord can transfer General Xu to Hanoi, not only can the troops enter the state but also defend the east of the river, after all, if the lord goes to Jingzhou to assist Liu Biao, there will be no general to defend the east of the river. ”

Liu Meng also felt that what Guo Jia said was reasonable, there were still too few generals under him, but fortunately, although he was surrounded by enemies, he had natural dangers to defend, and he could barely support it for a while.

Liu Meng also listed a list for Jia Xu to inquire about where the people on the list were, which was the list of people who had not defected to the princes or were unsatisfactory under the princes, but he had never received any news.

"Then let's do it, we have been preparing for a long time, and we think that there will be movement on the Yuan Highway side soon."

Sure enough, as Liu Meng expected, more than ten days later, the news came that Yuan Highway had raised 100,000 troops and was led by his general Ji Ling to invade Jiangxia.

Xu Huang had also come to Hedong, and after entrusting Hedong to Xu Huang, Liu Meng led the army to Jiangxia.

This time, Liu Meng did not bring too many soldiers to go, most of them stayed in Hedong, after all, defending his own house is the main thing, this time he just went to help, and he was not the main force of the battle. Thirty thousand soldiers are enough.

The previous time he exterminated the thief Kou Liu Meng did not gain too much killing intent value. Because most of the bandits and Montenegrin armies were killed and wounded when the two armies fought each other. The Montenegrin army did not surrender at that time, and although the thieves clearly intended to surrender, Liu Meng did not officially agree, so that did not count.

As a result, Liu Meng did not dare to transform soldiers on a large scale without obtaining a new territory, but only transformed the 3,000 halberd card battalion in case he couldn't make ends meet.

Yuan Shu was not surprised that Liu Meng would lead the troops to help, before he heard the news that Liu Biao sent food to Liu Meng, he suspected that there might be some agreement between the two, otherwise how could Liu Biao's old fox be kind enough to send food to Liu Meng? Saying that the two of them are relatives of the Han family, they should help each other, this kind of excuse he Yuan Shu will not believe.

He wasn't unprepared. soon contacted his brother Yuan Shao, who he had always looked down on, and asked him to send troops to deter Liu Meng.

Yuan Shao originally disdained to deal with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu looked down on him as a concubine, so why should he Yuan Shao get close?

But this time it was different, Liu Meng's rapid growth of strength made him feel threatened, and Emperor Xian added Liu Meng as the pastor of the state, and the army was there, and it would be very unfavorable for him Yuan Shao to let Liu Meng take the land of the state, so he decided to temporarily unite with Yuan Shu.

He was going to send troops and annex the state, and he had all the excuses he thought of. Exterminate the bandits.

This can not only expand his own territory, but also deter Liu Meng. No one can say anything about the extermination of the bandits, because he is the general of the imperial court, and what if Liu Meng is the pastor of the state? He is famous, and it is impossible to eat the meat in his mouth and let him spit it out.

Fortunately, Liu Meng left most of the military strength for Xu Huang, although only Xu Huang alone was not enough to compete with Yuan Shao, but it was still possible to win a few points in his mouth and defend it without losing it.

Yuan Shu is much closer to Jiangxia than Liu Meng, but Jiangxia is also an important place in Jingzhou, with 40,000 soldiers guarding it, although most of them are naval troops, but the land combat ability is not too bad, and it is not a big problem for the time being to rely on the benefits of the city.

It took more than a month to rush to Jiangxia, and Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Meng had come.

Ji Ling did not lead the army to block Liu Meng, because he was afraid that Huang Zu would lead his troops out of the city to attack him, so it was better to let Liu Meng enter the city and find a way to break the enemy.

This is the influence of Liu Meng breaking hundreds of thousands of thieves with tens of thousands of soldiers, and the strong will always win respect in troubled times.

"Haha, if the Marquis of Anping leads the army to help, Yuan Shu is not worried." At the banquet, Huang Zu praised Liu Meng without hesitation.

"Huang is too conservative to praise, that Ji Ling is the number one general under Yuan Highway, and it is not easy to repel him." Liu Meng said.

Ji Ling is still very impressed by Liu Meng, although Yuan Shu does not have much ability, but his family background has also attracted many talents, Ji Ling can become the first general under his command is naturally not a mediocre person, and Ji Ling is not only not bad at martial arts, but also quite capable of commanding troops, Liu Meng naturally will not take it lightly and underestimate him.

Huang Zu listened to Liu Meng's words and nodded, he fought with Ji Ling a few years ago, I have to say that there is almost no war in Jingzhou, so the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is indeed a little weak, and most of the cities in Jingzhou are built near the water, because Jingzhou pays more attention to the cultivation of the water army, and the combat effectiveness of the army is a little out of hand.

Huang Zu had gone out of the city to conduct a field battle with Ji Ling before, and the result was self-evident, he was killed and defeated, and this time he was so confident because of Liu Meng, the image of Liu Meng's soldiers and generals has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Does Anping Hou have a plan to break the enemy? Why don't we go out of the city tomorrow to meet the enemy? Huang Zu asked.

"I just came to Jiangxia, and I don't know the reality of the enemy army, and there is no countermeasure for the time being, and it is not appropriate to rush into troops, so it is better to hold on to it first, let me observe the combat strength of Yuan Shu's army before making plans." Liu Meng shook his head and said.

Knowing himself and knowing that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, besides, this time he is just here to help, listening to Huang Zu's meaning, he obviously regards him as the main force against the enemy, and he also goes out of the city to fight? Not to mention the victory or defeat, even if he wins, he will definitely suffer heavy casualties, after all, the enemy is not a thief, it is a real regular army, Yuan Shu has no ability, but he lives in a rich land in Huainan, that is rich and people, with these two things, plus the quite capable Ji Ling, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers can be worse?

At this moment, one of the last generals in Jiangxia's camp said with disdain: "Heh, I thought that the world-famous Anping Marquis was such a hero, but I didn't expect that I didn't even have the courage to go out of the city to face the enemy." ”

Liu Meng didn't say anything yet, but Xu Chu, who was sitting under Liu Meng, was angry, and shouted loudly: "What did you say? How dare you insult my father-in-law? ”

Huang Zu was also shocked, and when he raised his eyes, the person who spoke was Gan Ning, who had recently taken refuge in him.

He doesn't value Gan Ning very much, firstly, because Gan Ning is too young, and secondly, Gan Ning's background is not good, but he was born as a water thief, and Huang Zu, who was born in a Jingzhou family, naturally looks down on him.

This time, in order to show his respect for Liu Meng, Huang Zu asked all the military generals in Jiangxia to sit at the table, and it was Gan Ning who appeared here, **.com

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