The person who broke the deadlock was Yuan Shu, or more accurately, Ji Ling.

When Cao Cao invaded Chenliu and Sun Jian withdrew his troops from Runan, Ji Ling had more available troops at his disposal. And when Liu Biao transferred the main army to Jingnan, Ji Ling entered the counteroffensive stage.

In order to quickly quell the Jingnan Rebellion, Liu Biao took too many troops, and there were really not many troops left for Wang Wei, so he could only protect himself. Xincai is a newly seized territory, and the people's hearts have not yet been attached, even if Wang Wei has the intention to rectify and expand his strength, but under the threat of a big war, he has never had a chance.

As a veteran, Wang Wei, who has been in Rong Ma's life, is not weak, but that's all, in the face of Ji Ling's continuous offensive, he can only support it. He asked Kuai Liang who stayed in Xiangyang for help more than once, but the reply he got always told him to hold on, as for reinforcements, there was absolutely none.

It's not that Kuai Liang doesn't want to send reinforcements to Wang Wei, it's that he has no troops to send. There are wars in Xincai, wars in Jiangxia, wars in Jingnan, and even Nanyang has signs of war. Kuai Liang must ensure that there is an army in Xiangyang in order to deter those with dissenting intentions in the surrounding area and prevent others from taking advantage of the loopholes.

For example, Liu Dan and his entourage who fled from Yizhou.

Therefore, the result of not waiting for reinforcements was that Xincai was broken by Ji Ling's army, and Wang Wei abandoned the city and left.

Fortunately, he also took the remnants of Xin Cai's army with him, and the whole army was not wiped out.

The news reached Liu Biao in Jingnan, and Liu Biao almost gave up the attack on Changsha and returned to Xiangyang. Fortunately, Kuai Yue persuaded Liu Biao, and Kuai Liang of Xiangyang also sent people to come, asking Liu Biao to rest assured that he would ensure the safety of Xiangyang, which made Liu Biao firm in his determination to break through Changsha.

So, Liu Biao transferred Liu Dan from Xiangyang to Jingnan to assist in the siege of the city.

Liu Dan and his entourage, who have been living in Jingzhou for several years, would have been depressed long ago if they hadn't fantasized about returning to Yizhou one day with the help of Liu Biao's power. When he fled in a hurry, the number of people was not large, and if there was any livelihood, he could only rely on Liu Biao to survive. It has been idle for several years, and his subordinates are still the same hundreds of thousands of people.

Sounds a lot, but compared with Liu Biao, he can't make waves at all, and even on this expedition to Jingnan, Liu Biao didn't bring them, obviously not planning to give them a chance to grow. Maybe one day when Liu Biao wants to attack Yizhou, he will be remembered to take it out and use it.

But the reality exceeded Liu Biao's expectations, Xiangyang's troops are absolutely unable to move now, and Liu Biao can only transfer Liu Dan and his party. And in order to improve their enthusiasm, he promised that once Liu Dan made great contributions, he would appoint Liu Dan as the Taishou of Jingnan County.

After the loss of Xincai, Wang Wei withdrew to Xinxi, north of Huaishui, according to Kuailiang's instructions, and refused to defend the city. In order to defend the city, Wang Wei completely abandoned the other counties of Xincai County, and reduced all his forces to this point, which was bound to block Ji Ling from Jiangxia.

It was a choice of desperation, and no governor was willing to give up his city to the enemy, even if they never cared about the people under their rule. But only in this way can you force the enemy to divide up and defend and reduce the number of enemies you need to face.

This is also the only choice, otherwise, once Yuan Shu and Liu Feng are attacked, the battle of Jiangxia is doomed to failure, which is where Liu Biao cannot afford to lose.

Unexpectedly, in the face of the temptation to regain the lost territory, Yuan Shu was moved, and ordered Ji Ling to seize the counties, and then expel the new enemy from Runan, for which he also ordered Yuan Yin of Ruyin to send troops to cooperate. This delay, when Ji Ling surrounded the new breath, more than half a month had passed.

In a big war, half a month is nothing at all, but sometimes it is critical.

In this half a month, the naval camp in Exian County has been repaired, in order to avoid the tragedy of Huang Zu, the land camp has also been built very strong, and Bai Jian also specially sent an army to garrison it. In terms of the navy, with the big battalion as the forward base, Zhou Yu can kill Benyi County at any time.

On the army side, after Tai Shici arrived at Xia Pheasant with Yuzhang's army, he had already broken through the county seat and was emigrating to Yuzhang, but Exian County continued to stalemate because there were more defenders. Of course, this is also to avoid too many casualties, otherwise Exian County will not be able to stop the strong attack of millions of troops.

Quan Rou, as the prince of Yuzhang County, has been busy, and Tai Shici is not here, so he must take on the heavy responsibility. Every day, a large number of people will be sent and assigned to the counties of Yuzhang under Quan Rou's arrangement. Only a small number of people will be sent to Danyang, or further afield to Wu County, to fill the population here.

The counties in the south of Yuzhang are the main force of immigration, which is Liu Feng's preparation for the next step in order to enrich the population in the south of Yuzhang. Of course, it is also to enter Jingnan from here in the future, and then seize Jingzhou.

In Jingnan, after Liu Dan arrived with people, he did not go to make peace with Liu Biao, but transferred a group of troops in Jiangling, gathered a million people, and recruited a group of lord players' armies to enter Wuling again.

The siege army was sufficient, and Liu Biao did not need this additional army to attack Changsha, but to prevent more and more reinforcements from coming in. So Liu Biao's order to Liu Dan was to seize Wuling. If this task is completed, it will be killed in Lingling, and it will be merged into Changsha City from the rear, turning Changsha into an ancient city. After pacifying Jingnan, Liu Dan was appointed as the Taishou of Changsha.

This is an empty promise, but it is also an opportunity for Liu Dan, although Liu Dan does not have many soldiers and horses, but at least those brought from Yizhou are absolutely elite and loyal to him.

Regardless of whether Liu Dan believed Liu Biao's promise or not, on the surface, he accepted the military order, picked up the previous progress of Liu Biao, and attacked Linyuan.

Liu Dan, who survived by luck, is bold and promising, and he also has strong generals like Lou Fa and Gan Ning under his command, although it is still difficult to deal with Linyuan, who has been transferred most of his troops to Changsha, although it is still difficult, it is also promising. In the absence of siege equipment, relying on the bravery of his subordinates, it only took a month to break through Linyuan, which surprised Liu Biao.

Then, Liu Dan entered a long period of recuperation, expanding his strength in Linyuan, and waiting for the results of the war in Changsha. urged Liu Biao from time to time, and always shirked his subordinates, and no one was available.

When Liu Biao wanted to take Jingnan and fought hard in Changsha, Zhang Ji took advantage of the emptiness of Liu Biao's troops to seize all 7 county towns of Liu Biao in one fell swoop, and continued to expand, expanding the scale of the war again.

At this point, Liu Biao has really become a state of enemies on all sides.

However, this is not the end, Sun Jian and Cao Cao actually intervened.