The Xiliang army broke through Jiangling, Liu Bei was facing great pressure, there were 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but there was nothing to fear, the key was to gather the strength of the entire Jingzhou together, so that it was possible to confront the Xiliang army, otherwise it would inevitably appear in Xuzhou that year.

"Kong Ming, Kuai Liang just went to Cai Mansion, I'm afraid it's for the Xiliang Army."

"Lord, don't worry, the families in the city are the grass on the wall, as long as the lord can stabilize the situation in Xiangyang, they won't come out to make trouble, these families know how to cherish their wings better than us, they just need to pay close attention to the Cai family, if it weren't for the Cai family's influence in Xiangyang, the lord should imprison them all." Zhuge Liang said that after the defeat of Yizhou, he developed a crossbow, which was not inferior to the power of the Xiliang army, and coupled with the fire oil of the Cao army, he guarded Xiangyang, and he expected to be right.

"Kong Ming, these families, for the benefit of the family, will do anything, they have to be guarded against, the Kuai family has been suppressed by us too much, we have to guard against it." Liu Bei said worriedly, Jiangling City is strong, or it fell under the attack of the Xiliang Army, although it caused trouble to the Xiliang Army, compared to the grain and grass in the city, the loss is relatively heavy, as the granary of Jingzhou, the grain and grass in Jiangling is enough for 20,000 troops for a year, that is to say, with these grains and grass, the Xiliang Army can rely on the grain and grass of Jiangling to attack the entire Jingzhou, within half a year, Jia Rong does not need to worry about the grain and grass.

"Lord, the Ma family and the Cai family, we have supported the Ma family, and the Ma family will take the lead in containing it, and the rest of the family will not dare to contribute to it, and when the Xiliang army attacks, the first thing to send is the private soldiers of the family, so that they can share the weal and woe with Jingzhou."

Cai Mao still didn't have any movement in the mansion, as if something like this happened in Jingzhou and had nothing to do with him.

Huang Zhong asked for help from Luoyang on the one hand, and continued to move forward, with Jiangling, there was no need to think about grain and grass, which indeed saved a lot of trouble.

"General, Jiangling was breached, and Wei Yan fled, but Nanjun also had 30,000 soldiers and horses with Guan Yu, and they had to defend themselves." Ma Teng said.

Huang Zhong said with a smile: "General Ma, Nanjun borders Nanyang, and there are male soldiers in the city, once Xiangyang is besieged, if you are Guan Yu, what will you do?" ”

After pondering for a while, Ma Teng understood the key to it, and hugged his fists and said: "The old general is resourceful and admired. ”

"But Guan Yu must not be guarded, General Ma, you lead five thousand soldiers and horses to garrison Jiangling in case Guan Yu attacks." Huang Zhongdao.

"No."

Jiangling was breached, Jia Rong was very happy, as Huang Zhong said, only need to surround Xiangyang, you can wipe out the soldiers and horses in other parts of Jingzhou one by one, Huang Zhong still has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in his hands to besiege the small Xiangyang is enough, even if Jingzhou has 100,000 troops at this time, it will be wiped out under the edge of the 40,000 army.

In order to be safe, Jia Rong sent Jiang Yu to lead 3,000 cavalry to Nanyang.

Among the Jingzhou Navy, Zhou Tai, who is already a general, is constantly pacing in the tent, the dispatch of the Xiliang Army, let him see hope, years of forbearance, is about to come to the last moment, the excitement in his heart can be imagined, after taking refuge in the Jingzhou Navy, he has not forgotten his mission, when the lone wolf found him, immediately agreed to all the requirements of the Xiliang Army.

Seeing the soldiers who were constantly training on the water village, Zhou Tai couldn't help but think of the invincible water army on the river back then, although the flag at that time was water thieves, secretly they already belonged to the Xiliang army, a small negligence, almost led to Jia Rong's death on the river, and the sons of the water village were also killed and injured.

Zhou Tai is a general promoted by Cai Mao, he knows Cai Mao very well, and his experience in marching and fighting on the water is not inferior to himself at all, but because he has an inexplicable relationship with the Xiliang Army, he was alienated by Liu Bei.

"General, the Holy Lord has sent a messenger to invite the general into the palace." A guard walked in and said with a fist clenched.

The emperor of Jingzhou is no longer regular, mainly because he has no money in his hands, and he has already been hollowed out to feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers in one state, plus the use of the palace, let alone the people, and even the generals' salaries cannot be paid on time.

"yes, got it."

After Zhou Tai made a little preparation, he led two personal soldiers and headed towards Xiangyang.

"General Zhou has worked hard." Liu Bei greeted him and said.

"General." Zhou Tai bowed respectfully, at this time Liu Bei's identity was already a general of the Han family, in the past, it was a prominent position, but in the current princes of the world, the official position is not important, the key is to have elite soldiers and strong generals in his hands.

"General Zhou guarded the navy, so that the Jiangdong navy did not dare to offend easily, it is really a blessing for the Han Dynasty." Liu Bei patted Zhou Tai's shoulder and said.

Zhou Tai suddenly felt that Liu Bei was so hypocritical, compared with Jia Rong, he was more than a step behind, Liu Bei was his boss, if there was anything to tell directly, why bother beating around the bush, although he thought so in his heart, he still had to pretend to have a useful expression on his face.

"It is the duty of humility to defend against enemies." Zhou Taidao.

Liu Bei attaches great importance to Zhou Tai, in the past, the Jingzhou Navy was run by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and now Zhou Tai's power has been able to confront Zhang Yun and become an emerging general in the water army, all of this is naturally indispensable Liu Bei's promotion, in order to squeeze out Cai Mao's power in the army, Liu Bei wantonly used new generals, and Liu Bei decided after some careful consideration of the reuse of Zhou Tai.

At the beginning, Zhou Tai was recommended to the army by Cai Mao, this point, Liu Bei investigated very clearly, and now the situation in Jingzhou is complicated, Zhou Tai has a vital role in the navy, if he does anything extreme, the loss will be extremely heavy, and Zhou Tai was summoned to see his attitude.

"General Zhou, the Western Liang Army has broken through Jiangling, I don't know what your high opinion you can expect to be able to resist the Western Liang Army?" Liu Bei's tone changed, and he led the topic to the Xiliang army that shook Jingzhou. 、

"General, lowly is a rough man." 、

"It doesn't matter, as long as it's a good plan, it doesn't matter who said it." Liu Bei said with a smile.

"The Liang country is strong, and the attack on Jingzhou is 50,000 soldiers led by General Huang Zhong, the soldiers are elite and the food is sufficient, and Zhao Yun has won a big victory in Hanoi, and the morale is at its peak, and since the Xiliang army went to war, it has been invincible, invincible, and the land of Jingzhou is used to resist the Xiliang army, I'm afraid there are some."

An imperceptible haze flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, and he said with a smile: "General Zhou knows a lot about the Xiliang Army. ”

Zhou Tai hugged his fists and said: "General, as long as our army sticks to Xiangyang, even if the Xiliang army has 100,000 people, it will be helpless, and the navy army can have a surprise effect." ”

Zhou Tai, who carefully observed Liu Bei, naturally noticed the change in Liu Bei's expression.

"Oh, General Zhou, how to fight with the Xiliang army with the navy?" Zhuge Liang on the side couldn't help but ask.

"The Xiliang Army has cavalry and infantry that are difficult for people in the world to resist, and the combat effectiveness of the Navy will naturally not be how, and our army is victorious in the Navy Army, and there is no chance to defeat the Xiliang Army. Zhou Taidao.

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly and shook his head slightly.

After walking out of Liu Bei's mansion, Zhou Tai didn't dare to relax in the slightest, and secretly wondered how many pairs of eyes were staring at him, and what he had to do now was to keep a low profile.

"Kong Ming, Zhou Tai is this person?"

"Be careful." Zhuge Liang only said this, and continued to arrange the matter of fighting with the Xiliang army, he naturally saw Huang Zhongbing's intention to send Xiangyang, but this is a Yang scheme, even if Zhuge Liang wants to crack it, there is no way, unless the Jingzhou army can have a big victory, defeat the Xiliang army, and then restore Jingzhou's current disadvantage.

Three thousand cavalry supported Nanyang, the momentum was very huge, naturally did not hide Jingzhou's eyes, at this time Guan Yu of Nanjun even wanted to send troops back to Xiangyang It was a little difficult.

The sky above Xiangyang was shrouded in a layer of shadow, the Xiliang army came, the dense soldiers outside the city and the flags covering the sky and the sun, as well as the rumbling iron horses, made the defenders in the city feel the unprecedented heaviness of the atmosphere, the carriages were galloping on the road, the defenders couldn't see what was inside, and the shadow of the coming war was shrouded in the hearts of every soldier.

There are 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city, Liu Bei is still a little worried in his heart, Liu Cong is not as young as Liu Qi, although he is young, he is very smart, he is at the mercy of Liu Bei on the surface, and he is secretly quite close to the family, especially Liu Biao's former officials and generals, the war is imminent, Liu Bei has no heart to take care of the affairs of the court, the court in Jingzhou is too much worse than the Liang country, there are so many things every day, and the only major thing is how to deal with the siege of the Xiliang army.

Xiangyang is the most important city in Jingzhou, the height of the city and the width of the moat, compared to Jiangling, is more vast, even if the Xiliang army has a large number of thunderbolts, it will take a month to fill the moat.

Huang Zhong only rested outside the city for three days, and then ordered the soldiers to start filling the moat, one by one, sacks, thrown from the thunderbolt into the moat, stirring up the waves, the defenders of the city watched the movement outside the city with fierce eyes, although they knew that it would take a long time for the Xiliang army to attack the city wall, and they were also nervous in their hearts, especially recently there were all kinds of rumors in the city, what Xiliang army did not kill prisoners, as long as Liu Bei was handed over, everyone in the city was not to blame, even if Liu Bei suppressed it, It was also circulated among the people and soldiers.

In the largest restaurant in Xiangyang, two women were drinking to each other, looking at the nervous and hurried soldiers outside the window who were constantly patrolling, one of them chuckled and said: "I have heard that Zhuge Liang has a good way of governing the army, but now I look at it, but so." ”

"Don't say nonsense, Zhuge Liang's ability to govern the army is indeed not as good as governing the place, but it should not be underestimated, it was his handwriting that he was able to defeat Cao Jun one after another."