Compared with the current situation in Jizhou, Jingzhou is not so good, Nanyang fell under the attack of the Cao army, Liu Pan and Liu Bei soldiers and one place, retreated to Jiangling, resisted the Cao army, and took Jiangling, the target of the Cao army is Xiangyang, at this time Liu Biao also woke up from the previous forgetfulness, and the situation in Jingzhou became a little critical after the loss of Nanyang.

Liu Biao convened his strategists and generals to discuss the military situation, in order to save the overall situation and recapture Nanyang, I have to say that although Liu Biao's has been developing in Jingzhou, his ambition is still not small, even if Cao's army has 100,000 people, he dares to go up to fight.

"Cao Jun is in Jiangling, I don't know what your Aiqing has to do?" Although Liu Biao was extremely anxious in his heart, his expression was still indifferent, there was no way, as a saint, he had to always pay attention to maintaining his image and not let the officials under his command panic.

"Holy Lord, Cao's army is powerful, we should send soldiers to Jiangling as soon as possible to resist Cao's army, Jiangling City, there is a lot of grain and grass, if there is a loss, our army will be shaken." Cai Mao said, it is a matter of Jingzhou's safety, and Cai Mao also put aside the grievances of the four.

"General Cai's words are very true, sending soldiers to Gangneung is the most important thing." Kuailiang Road.

Since the two leaders of Jingzhou agreed, Liu Biao immediately said: "Send 20,000 soldiers to Jiangling, and be sure to block Cao's army from Jiangling." ”

Jiangling can be described as the granary of Jingzhou, not only Liu Biao knows, Cao Cao also knows this, and leads the soldiers to attack more sharply, the purpose is to take advantage of Liu Bei and Liu Pan's unstable foothold to take Jiangling in one fell swoop.

However, Cao Cao thought about Jiangling a little simple, not to mention the strength of the defenders in the city, that is, the tall city wall of Jiangling, which also made Cao Jun look cold, Jiangling is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are rivers around the city, and the moat is very convenient to build, and the wide moat stirs up waves under the blowing of the majestic wind.

"My lord, Jiangling is a heavy place for Jingzhou to hoard grain and grass, there are many defenders, and the city is strong, I am afraid it will be difficult to take it down." Xi Zhicai said.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Nanyang is also a city with high walls and thick walls, isn't it also broken by our army, Hugh said that there are many defenders, even if all the soldiers in Jingzhou are in Jiangling, they are not afraid." ”

Xi Zhicai saw that Cao Cao had this ambition, and the worry on his face gradually disappeared, in Cao Cao's body, he could always feel confident, no matter whether he won or lost, he could always speak out, just this courage is not comparable to ordinary people.

Xi Zhicai and others have followed Cao Cao for many years, and they have also witnessed how Cao Cao has come step by step, and their admiration for Cao Cao is certainly no less than that of the officials and generals of the Western Liang Army for Jia Rong.

No matter how Cao Cao looked, the high walls of Jiangling City, the abundant grain and grass in the city, and the strength of the defenders were indisputable facts, and they would not surrender easily.

Since the two sides have torn their faces, Cao Cao will not have any hesitation, after a short rest of the army, began the most tragic battle between the Cao army and the Jingzhou army, every time the moat is filled in a section, it means that there are more than a dozen or even dozens of Cao soldiers died, in order to speed up the progress, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to fill in the moat day and night.

The reinforcements sent by Liu Biao, Cao Cao didn't pay attention to it at all, and ordered Xiahou Dun to lead the cavalry to intercept and kill the Jingzhou army that came to help, for a while, there was no Jingzhou army close to Jiangling City, and in the battle of defending the city, the strength of the Cao army may have made the Jingzhou army think that it was not so strong, but in the plain field, even if it was double the military strength, the soldiers of the Cao army dared to rush forward to kill.

Different from the soldiers of the Western Liang Army, the soldiers of the Cao Army, under the leadership of the generals, have a resolute and unstoppable Jiashi who will not give up until the goal is achieved, which is also based on the fact that the soldiers of the Cao Army have a lot of things to do with the Yellow Turban soldiers in the past, and Cao Cao has always ensured the blood flowing in their blood when he trained the soldiers.

The battle was not afraid of death, no matter how much he sacrificed, he was not afraid, Xiahou Dun insisted on dragging 20,000 Jingzhou reinforcements with 3,000 cavalry.

The moat outside Gangneung Castle can faintly see the red color, which is stained by the blood of Cao's soldiers.

"General, the Cao army is desperate to attack Jiangling City, and it is difficult for the Holy Army's reinforcements to reach Jiangling, if you go out of the city and fight with the Cao Army and defeat the Cao Army soldiers, in this way, the siege of Jingzhou can be solved."

"It's nonsense, the order given to us by the Holy Lord is to defend the city to the death, and not to go out of the city to fight with Cao's army, do you want to disobey the order?" When Liu Pan heard this, he immediately scolded.

This general is the original Jiangling City guards, Wen Taowu is understandable, but also a rare general in the Jingzhou army, but Liu Biao does not pay attention to the excavation of the generals, so he has been serving as a lieutenant in the army, obscure, I thought that this time Liu Pan and Liu Bei led the army into Jiangling, there will be a big move, but I didn't expect Liu Pan to be frightened by Cao Cao and did not dare to go out of the city, for several days has been cowering in the city, passively beaten, watching the moat being filled in a section, the anxiety in my heart can be imagined.

"I am rude to my duties, and I hope that the general will forgive my sins."

"General Wei's words, it is not unreasonable, Cao Cao waved an army of 100,000 to attack Jingzhou, after the battle of Nanyang and the loss of Xinye, the number of soldiers and horses is only 70,000 or 80,000, and the number of defenders in the city is also 40,000. Liu Bei said slowly.

Wei Yan cast a grateful glance at Liu Bei, since he took refuge in Liu Biao, Wei Yan can be said to have been depressed, similar to Huang Zhong back then, but Wei Yan is not as honest as Huang Zhong, several times he has spoken and admonished, but he has been refuted by his boss, and his status in the army, although he is a captain, has no right to speak.

"General Liu, this?" Liu Pan said.

Yi Yuan stood up and arched his hand: "General, General Liu's words are not impossible to try, Cao Jun has repeatedly filled the moat, it must be negligent in taking precautions, maybe the sneak attack on the camp can achieve an unexpected victory." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly and said: "No, Cao Cao has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, how can he not understand the reason for sneak attack, if it is not surprising, in the camp of Cao's army, there must be a lot of ambushes, and the soldiers and horses of the sneak attack have not yet approached the Chinese army, and they will be surrounded." ”

"Oh, how do you know?" Liu Pan glanced at Zhuge Liang curiously, and he naturally saw Liu Bei's attitude towards Zhuge Liang.

"Believe it or not, there are generals." Zhuge Liang said indifferently.

Liu Bei saw that Zhuge Liang and Liu Pan were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly came out and persuaded: "Come to Sunrise City to fight with Cao's army, you don't need to sneak attack or sneak attack." ”

The banner was unfurled, and the 10,000 Jingzhou troops, under the leadership of Liu Bei and Liu Pan, came to the outside of the city and confronted Cao's army.

Cao Cao was very curious about the reaction of the defenders in the city, it is said that the strength of the defenders in the city is far inferior to his own, and Weishenme will go out of the city, and he will also send 10,000 soldiers and horses to personally dispatch to see what tricks Liu Bei and Liu Pan are going to play.

After the two sides met, there was no battle in front of the battle, just in the sound of war drums, they stepped forward to fight, only the sky was dark, and the sun and moon were dark.

In the Jingzhou army, the three generals performed unusually eye-catching, rampaging in the Cao army, no one was invincible, where they passed, the Cao soldiers avoided one after another, and several Cao generals were not convinced to come forward to meet the battle, all of them were not out of the three, they were beheaded under the horse, such a strong Jingzhou army general, greatly drove the morale of the Jingzhou army.

Liu Bei in the rear squinted at Wei Yan, after coming to the city, he had heard of Wei Yan's name, without him, he had done too many things against the generals, but although Wei Yan was a little arrogant, his own strength was still undoubted.

"Lord, Wei Yan is brave and strategic, if he can get it, it will be of great help to the great cause of the lord." Zhuge Liang said softly.

Liu Bei's military generals have always been respected by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and it is very difficult for other generals to enter the center of the army, and the light is completely occupied by two people, which is very unfavorable to the development of the army.

"Well, sir, after returning to the city, I will visit Wei Yan."

After both sides lost part of their men, they each withdrew their troops, and this battle also opened up the situation of the battle.

Xu Huang's soldiers took down Fuyang without bloodshed, and after the soldiers rested for a while, in the name of supporting Julu, they asked General Zhao to send 500 troops to Nanpi.

Of course, the soldiers under General Zhao have all been replaced by the Xiliang Army at this time, under the deliberate cover-up, outsiders naturally can't see any clues, the Jizhou Army played by the Xiliang Army is naturally no military discipline, full of ruffianism, and walks a little shaky, when the county order learned about this, he also nodded and agreed, the affairs in the army, the county order itself rarely interferes, and General Zhao often takes people to make trouble in the city, sending away this big trouble, it's too late to be happy, it's best that this General Zhao can never come back.

"General, we're about to go to Nanpi, why don't we take a break." General Zhao said with a bitter face, the only twenty war horses in the army were also requisitioned by Xu Huang, and the march on foot could make General Zhao tired enough.

"No, before dark, you have to rush to Nanpi, how far has it been, is it itchy skin, I want General Ben to loosen it for you." Xu Huang sneered.

"Don't dare, let's go to Nanpi." General Zhao hurriedly said.

Along the way, General Zhao also investigated, but there was no news about Xu Huang, this son who appeared halfway, after occupying Fuyang, went to Nanpi, definitely not to support Julu, General Zhao even guessed that they were plotting against each other and wanted to occupy Bohai County.

Bohai is the place where Yuan Shao made his fortune, but he was very poor, and Yuan Shao also relied on Han Fu's help to survive the difficulties, and finally became the leader of the princes' military alliance.

Outside Nanpi City, five hundred soldiers suddenly appeared, and the defenders suddenly became nervous, although the battle took place in Julu County, all counties in Jizhou strengthened their defenses.

"Who's coming?" The defenders in the city, after hearing about the situation outside the city, immediately put down their affairs, rushed to the city wall, and after seeing that the army outside the city was their own soldiers, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but there were only more than 2,000 soldiers in the city.