Yan Xiang's words made Yuan Shu's heart moved, after all, Yuan Shu had coveted Jingzhou for a long time, and now Yuan Shao had won a big victory over Gongsun Zan in the north, and his prestige had already overshadowed him, so he was naturally jealous.

Yuan Shu's mind kept thinking about this, and after a long time, he finally made up his mind and said, "Yan Xiang, order you to go to see Zhang Xiu and prepare for a joint discussion with Liu Biao." ”

Yan Xiang heard this and said with a smile: "No...... The elephant will live up to the trust of the Lord. ”

Yuan Zhuo next to him saw it, and just sighed.

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Liu Biao in Xiangyang City was about the same time as Yuan Shu when he received a scout report that Zhang Xiu had entered Wuguan and intended to advance eastward. When Liu Biao learned the news, he was immediately shocked, and immediately summoned Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue to discuss.

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue came to the state pastor's mansion and saw Liu Biao pacing back and forth in the hall alone, obviously very anxious. Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue saw it, and asked in unison: "General Cai Mao has already arranged a large army in the area of Xinye and Zaoyang to resist the enemy Yuan Shu, I don't know what the lord is anxious about?" ”

When Liu Biao saw Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue coming, he immediately invited them to sit down, and he also returned to the main seat and said, "What I am worried about is not Yuan Shu. The real scout came to report that Zhang Xiu led 70,000 troops to garrison Wuguan, intending to advance eastward, which is what I really feared. ”

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue heard this, and exclaimed at the same time: "Zhang Xiu wants to seize Nanyang County? ”

After being surprised, Kuai Liang secretly calculated for a moment and asked, "Lord, when did the scout find out the news?" ”

After listening to this, Liu Biao replied, "It's been almost two days. ”

After hearing this, Kuai Liang lost his voice and said: "It's not good, I'm afraid that Zhang Xiu's army is already on the way to Wancheng at this time." ”

Kuai Yue heard it, and took over the words: "In this way, Zhang Xiu's army will arrive in Wancheng tomorrow morning at the latest." ”

Liu Biao heard it and said in a lost voice: "I missed the fact that Zhang Xiu's troops are all cavalry, so Wancheng is in danger and Nanyang County is in danger." ”

Kuai Liang pondered for a moment and said, "Wancheng may not fall. Zhang Xiu's troops are all cavalry, not good at attacking cities, and Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the elite of the world, I think Zhang Xiu will not let the cavalry dismount as infantry to attack the city. As long as the 8,000 defenders of Wancheng defend the city, Zhang Xiu will not be able to break Wancheng in a short time. ”

Liu Biao sighed and said: "At that time, I didn't think that Dong Zhuo would send Zhang Xiu to attack Nanyang County, and the people who stayed in Wancheng were only ordinary generals, and they only let him be responsible for some grain and grass work, how do you know ......?"

The meaning of Liu Biao's words is very obvious, that is, Wancheng can't hold it.

After hearing this, Kuai Yue said: "The lord can immediately send troops to cross the Han River and enter Deng County, if Deng County is in the hands of our army, then our army can rely on Deng County to hold on to resist Zhang Xiu's army to the south." ”

Liu Biao listened to it and smiled bitterly and said: "Now there are only 15,000 troops in Xiangyang City, and Xiangyang is a small city, not as big as Wancheng, only a few thousand people can hold on, and defending Xiangyang with 15,000 people is already the least." If Yuan Shu knew that I had few soldiers in Xiangyang, I only needed a small number of troops to drag Cai Mao's troops and lead the army to attack Xiangyang, so Jingzhou could only fall into the hands of Yuan Shu. ”

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue also knew how the city defense of Xiangyang was, originally Jingzhou's governance was Wancheng of Nanyang County, and later Nanyang County was occupied by Yuan Shu, Liu Xianqi came to Jingzhou to serve as the state pastor, so he could only choose another city as the governing place, and he took a fancy to the small city of Xiangyang. The strong city of Xiangyang in history was built by Liu Biao for more than ten years, at this time Liu Biao was the first pastor of Jingzhou, and Xiangyang was only a small city to be built, and the city defense was simple, so it was necessary to leave a large army to defend.

After being silent for a while, Kuai Liang said: "Liang has three strategies to solve the current crisis in Jingzhou. ”

After Liu Biao listened, he asked anxiously: "Zi Rou and tell me carefully." ”

Kuai Liang nodded and said: "First, the lord abandoned Nanyang County and withdrew the army to the south of the Han River. In this way, Nanyang County was used as bait to let Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shu fight against each other. However, in Yiliang's opinion, Yuan Shu Dingbi was not Zhang Xiu's opponent, so the lord could make peace or fight as appropriate after the battle between the two sides. ”

After the first strategy was finished, Liu said that Kuai Liang continued, only to hear Kuai Liang continue: "The second strategy and the third strategy can actually only be regarded as one strategy, but the targets are different. The lord can unite with Zhang Xiu or Yuan Shu to fight the other side at will, among which Zhang Xiu's army is the strongest, but it is limited to land, my Jingzhou water network is dense, Zhang Xiu can come to attack it with a water army. Although Yuan Shu's army is not many now, he only needs to recruit troops in Yuzhou and Yangzhou to come to reinforce, and he should not be underestimated, and he has both water and land armies, although it is slightly inferior to my Jingzhou, but it is more threatening than Zhang Xiu. ”

After Liu Biao listened, he asked, "Why didn't Zirou mention Nanyang County in the last two strategies?" ”

Kuai Liang replied: "In fact, the two strategies of the good queen require the lord to abandon Nanyang County. The first strategy seems to have a chance to recapture Nanyang County, but Liang thinks that our Jingzhou army cannot defeat Zhang Xiu on land, so Liang has to abandon Nanyang County in these three strategies. ”

After Liu Biao heard this, he sighed and asked, "Could it be that you really can't recapture Nanyang County?" ”

Kuai Yue could hear Liu Biao's reluctance to Nanyang County in his tone, so he said: "The more I think that among the three strategies of my brother, the most promising one to recapture Nanyang County is the strategy of Lian Yuan Shu to resist Zhang Xiu. As long as Zhang Xiu retreats, my opponent in Jingzhou will only be Yuan Shu, and our army can defeat Yuan Shu once before, and naturally it can also defeat it the second time. ”

After Liu Biao heard this, he suddenly asked with some emotion: "Lian Yuan Shu to resist Zhang Xiu, is this strategy really feasible?" ”

Kuai Yue said: "There is a feasible opportunity, but this is not a good opportunity to connect with Yuan. ”

Liu Biao asked, "What does Xenodu think at this time?" ”

Kuai Yue said: "At this time, the lord should let General Cai Mao retreat to Fancheng, Zhang Xiu's southward movement is blocked, and he must attack the counties of Nanyang County, so Yuan Shu sees that Zhang Xiu occupies most of Nanyang County, and he only occupies a few counties, so he must not be angry." In this way, the lord can send someone to provoke him with words, so that Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shu will fight each other, and the lord can choose the opportunity to join Yuan Shu to fight against Zhang Xiu. ”

After Liu Biao heard this, he nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, just act according to what the different degrees say, and I will immediately let Cai Mao retreat to Fancheng." ”

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue saw that Liu Biao had made up their minds, so they confessed and withdrew. Outside, the two brothers glanced at each other, and when they saw the worry in each other's eyes, Kuai Liang asked first: "Why did the other degree say that the Lord Gonglian Yuan Shu resisted Zhang Xiu?" In fact, Lianzhang embroidery is the best way to resist Yuan's technique. ”

Kuai Yue smiled bitterly and said: "The lord doesn't want to abandon Nanyang County, as strategists, we should put what the lord thinks first." ”

Hearing this, Kuai Liang sighed and said, "Let's go back and discuss it again, and see what the chances of the Lord retaking Nanyang County are." ”

Kuai Yue nodded and said, "Good." After that, the two brothers returned to the house to discuss and did not say anything more.

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