Jiangxia, in the city of Shaxian.

A grand celebration was held

Huang Zu, who participated in the banquet, was depressed, because today's theme was to take Jiangxia, and he was the loser, who was surviving by surrendering at the moment.

"General Huang knows the times as Junjie, we will toast you." Zhao Fan picked up the wine bottle and laughed heartily.

All the generals raised their glasses, and Huang Zu was also flattered and drank a bottle, and the gloomy mood dissipated a little.

"General Huang, the dry bones in Liu Biao's mound, the dragon and phoenix in my master, one will perish sooner or later, and the other will soar into the clouds and become the true dragon of this world."

"Remember, history books are written by the victors, no one cares that you surrender today, the world will only know that you know the times as a hero and praise others."

Zhao Fan patted Huang Zu on the shoulder and said heartily.

Huang Zu was stunned, but he could also think about it in his heart.

"General Huang, in fact, my lord is very optimistic about you, but your current state is not very good, if you continue like this, the general's life will be like this!"

Zhao Fan whispered.

"General Lao is instructing," Huang Zu asked.

"Hey, I can't talk about pointers, but I do have some opinions. Now that Jiangxia is almost all in the hands of my lord, the next aggressive goal is nothing more than Jiangling and Xiangyang.

"Xiangyang is well garrisoned, and Zhang Yun retreats to defend it, I'm afraid it will not be easy to take it, on the other hand, Jiangling, at this moment, I don't know if the general has surrendered, the general can lead his troops to deceive the city gate and take Jiangling in one fell swoop."

"As long as the general takes Jiangling, then if he captures the entire Jingzhou, the general will make great contributions, and when the time comes, he will follow the lord and be the minister of the dragon, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Zhao Fan chuckled heartily.

In fact, Chu Feng deliberately arranged for him to talk about this matter, and it was difficult to guarantee that Huang Zu would not have any other thoughts if he arranged it directly, so it would be better to tell him like this.

Huang Zu pondered slightly, but nodded in his heart.

It's really good to take Jiangling, this credit is counted on his head, and at least he can be rewarded more" Thank you General Zhao for the point, I will ask the lord for his life and seize Jiangling. Huang Zu nodded, and it was of great significance to take the initiative to ask for his life

"Well," Zhao Fan nodded, looking at his departing back, but the corners of Zhao Fan's mouth hooked up a trace of arc, Chu Feng simply played human nature to the extreme.

Taking the initiative to order may be dissatisfied, and do the opposite, but Huang Zu's eyes are full of credit, and he is very tight.

At the end of the celebration banquet, in the early morning of the next day, Huang Zu led his troops to the west by boat and went straight to Jiangling, who should not have known his surrender at this moment.

A few days later;

Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

Zhang Yun left his headquarters in the middle of the Han River to fortify the Chu army to prevent the Chu army from continuing northward, while he continued to take a boat to Xiangyang to make the matter clear.

In the general house, Liu Biao rushed over.

At this moment, most of the civil and military forces in the prefecture have arrived.

First place, Liu Biao shouted impatiently: "Zhang Yun, what happened, Huang Zu, why didn't he come back with you to see me?"

"Lord, at this time, you are still thinking about Huang Zu, this person has already rebelled against Chu Feng" Zhang Yun was annoyed, and he was still angry at the mention of this name.

"Rebel against Chu Feng?"

"No way, no way!"

"Huang Zu has followed me for many years, how can he be the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? There must be a misunderstanding Liu Biao waved his hand, and he didn't believe it.

"Hey, misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?

"My lord, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and ants are still stealing their lives, let alone people? That Huang Zu saw that Chu Feng was powerful, and secretly threw himself into Chu Feng, ready to sacrifice me and the difficult land. ”

"If it weren't for the last general struggling to break through and kill through, I'm afraid the lord would not have seen the last general, but Chu Feng!" Zhang Yun snorted coldly,

Naturally, it is indispensable to add oil and vinegar to polish it, so it sounds like how powerful you are.

"What the hell is going on!" Liu Biao asked contemplatively.

"Lord, when I arrived, Shaxian City had already been lost, and then Huang Zu took the initiative to contact me and said that he would make an appointment to capture Chu Feng, and I agreed.

"But before the time came, there were rumors in the army that he had surrendered to Chu Feng, so I naturally didn't believe it, on the one hand, I sent someone to verify it, and on the other hand, I explored the movements of the Chu army."

"But at this moment, the Chu army made a move, and thousands of warships were assembled, among which I also saw two building ships with yellow flags, and I saw Huang Zu defecting to Chu Feng with my own eyes."

"My lord, what the last general said is true." Zhang Yun clenched his fists and said sonorously.

"Whew!" Taking a deep breath, Liu Biao sat down in his seat, the whole person seemed to have been drained of his strength, and he was a little at a loss, Huang Zu descended?

"My lord, I don't know my heart if I know my face, but the matter has come to this point, we should remedy it as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will be even worse." Kuai Liang frowned and hurriedly said.

"That's right, it's come to this, and we should come up with countermeasures as soon as possible." Another general said.

"Lord, almost the entire territory of Jiangxia is now in Chu Feng's hands, and I have left troops in the middle of the Han River to prevent an attack, but I'm afraid no one knows about Jiangling."

Zhang Yun said.

"How many soldiers and horses does the Chu army have?" Liu Biao asked.

"Originally, there were at least 20,000 boat divisions and 10,000 foot soldiers, but now there are 20,000 or 30,000 people under Huang Zu's command, and I am afraid there are 50,000 people." Zhang Yun explained.

"Is Chu Feng here?" Kuai Liang asked.

"I didn't see it, I shouldn't be there." Zhang Yun shook his head, he really didn't see Chu Feng, and his department was mainly in charge of Gan Ning Zhao Fan.

"My lord, since the Chu army has taken Shaxian and occupied Jiangxia, then the most dangerous thing next is Xiangyang and Jiangling, Xiangyang is the gateway to Jingzhou, but Jiangling is governed by the state,'

"Don't lose either! Now that the Han River is guarded by General Zhang's soldiers and horses, Chu Feng can't come for a short time, so he didn't think that he should transfer troops to Jiangling as soon as possible. ”

Kuai Liang hurriedly said

He didn't want to change the boss at this time, Chu Feng was the boss, and he would definitely not take care of the Kuai family as well as Liu Biao, so Kuai Liang naturally had to do his best at this time.

"That's right, send a message to Gangneung as soon as possible and let them strengthen their vigilance." The ministry seconded

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Yi came out of the ranks, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "My lord, when I sent Zhang Xian as an envoy, I passed through Jiangling, because Jiangxia and Changsha were guarded on two lines, and Jiangling's garrison was lax.

"Now, Huang Zu suddenly surrendered to the Chu army, if I am the commander of the Chu army, I will definitely let Huang Zu lead the army westward as soon as possible and seize the city of Jiangling."

"Come to think of it, the Jiangling guard is not clear about the situation, and he will definitely let him enter the city. I'm afraid that at this moment, Jiangling City has fallen into the hands of the Chu army, and the troops fighting in Changsha of our army may not be able to withdraw. ’

Yi is concise and to the point.

"This!" At this point, the audience was in an uproar.

Everyone listened to Yi's analysis, and they all thought that his analysis was reasonable, Jiangling was defenseless before, after all, there was Jiangxia Huangzu on the eastern front, and there were generals on the southern front.

Looking at it this way, the Chu army has gone deep into the hinterland?

Xiangyang is four or five hundred miles away from Jiangling, and when the time comes, Chu Feng only needs to send someone to take Xiangyang directly, I'm afraid. Thinking of this, Liu Biao's face turned pale, how could he be like this, and immediately said: "Yi, what does it mean for you?" What should our army do now?'

"Lord, now that Jiangxia is lost and Huang Zu has surrendered, the worst situation is that Jiangling has changed hands, we might as well prepare for both."

"First, Gangneung has not been lost, and will immediately take over the defense of Gangneung City and be ready for battle.

"Second, Jiangling is lost, we should immediately organize the surrounding living forces to recapture Jiangling, Jiangling is the hinterland of our army, we must chase it, otherwise Jingzhou will not be safe."

The analysis of the Iraqi nationality is quite the first to be the way.

"That's a good point, who should be sent to take over Gangneung, or command the surrounding soldiers to recapture Gangneung?" Liu Biao hurriedly asked, in Liu Biao's opinion, Jingzhou's talents are withering.

"The Chu army is as fierce as a wolf, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers, you have to be a respected general, I don't know General Cai." Yi Ji hugged his fist and pointed out.

For a while, everyone looked at Cai Mao.

He is the one with the highest official position in Jingzhou, and he is also the one with the greatest military power, and he is the only one who is the most suitable.

"The safety of Xiangyang is equally important, the last general is responsible for defending Xiangyang, and as for Jiangling, the lord still needs to find others." Cai Mao was naturally reluctant to go.

Although he has enough rights, he doesn't want to die.

It's just that when he heard him say this, the corners of Yi's mouth obviously set off a curvature, but few people noticed it, all of which was expected by him.

"My lord, since General Cai does not allow it, there is another candidate in the next place, this person is no worse than anyone else in terms of qualifications, and he is not bad in terms of the ability to lead troops to fight.

"The most important thing is that this person has a deep blood feud with Chu Feng, and he can definitely be trusted." Nationality of Iraq; Said with a chuckle.

"You mean.." Liu Biao was stunned.

"Liu Bei, Liu Xuande. This person is a relative of the Han family, and he is in the same vein as the lord, and he claims to be benevolent and virtuous, and is admired by the people of the world, and the most important thing is that this person and Chu Feng have a common hatred. ’

Yi Yuan said sonorously.

He has visited Liu Bei many times, and believes that this person is by no means a depressed person who has lived under the people for a long time, and in history he also took the initiative to vote for Liu Bei and was used by Liu Bei.

"This....

In the general house, all the civil and military hesitated.

Liu Bei They know a lot, and some want to refute it, but when they think that if Liu Bei can't go, let them go, they can't carry it, so it's better to let him go!

"My lord, General Liu's infantry has been training for many days, and it can be a battle." The Iranians added fuel to the fire.

"Do you have any objections?" Liu Biao looked at everyone

For a while, everyone acquiesced, although Liu Bei was not popular, but at a critical juncture, it was a good thing that Liu Bei could be on it.

"Since you all have no objections, let Liu Bei be the general who attacked Chu Feng. Someone came, and immediately rushed to Xinye to summon Liu Bei and express his guard general. ”

"Lead 20,000 troops, 20,000 soldiers and horses on the front line, a total of 40,000 troops, defend or recapture Gangneung." Liu Biao said loudly, all hope was given to Liu Bei.

The biggest benefit to him is that this person has a hatred for taking his wife and killing his brother with Chu Feng, and it is impossible to surrender to Chu Feng, only to fight to the death.

"No!" The guards should go down and retreat immediately.

"Lord, the last general thinks that although Liu Bei has both ability and political integrity, there are many dissatisfaction in the army, so he should send a general to accompany him, and fake Jieyue to take charge of the army.

Yi nationality is obviously biased in favor of Liu Bei.

"Accurate!" Liu Biao nodded, as long as he could win the battle, he didn't care about these things anymore. "In addition, although Liu Bei is in charge of 40,000 soldiers and horses, he is not necessarily Chu Feng's opponent.

"Work together, drive Chu Feng out together." Yi Ji looked excited, and said in a deep voice.

"Can it be done? After all, Zhang Xian is also a mortal enemy with our army!" Liu Biao raised his eyebrows, with a somewhat uneasy expression.

"Whether you can succeed or not, you have to try, what's more, there is no absolute enemy in the world, if our army perishes, he Zhang Xian will not be far from death, he understands this truth."

What Yi said was very solemn.

All the civil and military officers nodded in unison, what Yi said was right, at this moment, if you can pull more strength, you can pull more strength, and it is necessary to negotiate with Zhang Xian.

"Okay, be careful all the way!" Liu Biao advised: "Do you have any other important things?" If not, go down immediately to make arrangements, and in addition, Xiangyang urgently mobilized, recruited new soldiers, and hoarded materials. ”

"No!" All the civil and military forces should go down together.

In the fourth year of Jian'an, in early October.

In October, the weather began to cool down, and the people who came and went had a few extra pieces of clothing.

Nanyang, Xinye Land Boundary,

Nanyang was originally the imperial capital, the largest county in the world, and the population of a county was comparable to that of a state, but because of many wars and plagues, the population of Nanyang decreased sharply.

Only 12/12 of that year is left.

Xinye City, the city is small and the land is widowed, and a few people are in a hurry.

And Liu Bei has been fighting here for a while, and he has gone from no soldiers and horses to now 3,000 foot soldiers, although he is a new soldier, Guan Yu's training is not ordinary, and he has some combat power.

"Lord, great joy, great joy!" Jian Yong's face was overjoyed, and he rushed over with interest.

Liu Bei is dealing with paperwork, and for most of the past half a year, he has done everything himself, and he can be regarded as stabilizing the displaced people from the surrounding counties

"What's the joy of it?" Liu Bei asked.

"Lord, there is news from Jingzhou, I want you to take command of the battle, command tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and compete with Chu Feng and Jiangling." Jian Yong said excitedly.

"What do you say? Commander-in-command?'

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and stood up directly.

"Really, the paperwork has already been delivered." Jian Yong said, handed over the paperwork, and it was written on it how to let Liu Bei take command of the expedition.

"Haha, yes, yes!

Liu Bei was overjoyed, almost in tears, how long has it been, he finally has the opportunity to fight Chu Feng again, this time he must kill Chu Feng to take revenge.

Next to him, a scribe raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Lord, Liu Biao suddenly asked you to take command of the expedition, I'm afraid something happened in Jingzhou."

"If my guess is right, it is very likely that the Chu army will take Jiangxia, and even Jiangling is already under the control of the Chu army, so I am afraid this battle will not be easy to fight."

Liu Bei instantly became solemn, looked at the scribe and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Zhi, what about the opinion?" Lord, danger and opportunity coexist, this battle lord is to go up to the top bag, but to give the main princess the position of handsome, if you play well, it is not without opportunities. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if you don't fight well, the lord can take this opportunity to recruit talented people, and even if Jingzhou changes, the lord can go to Yizhou."

Xu Shu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice.

"That's a fight?" Liu Bei asked.

"Naturally, no matter whether you win or lose, this battle is extremely beneficial to the lord!" Xu Shu nodded and affirmed.

"What are the odds?" Liu Bei asked.

"I don't know, how many percent should there be." Xu Shu replied.

"The order, the three armies will make a fire tomorrow, and the fourth watch will go out of the city and go straight to Xiangyang, and this battle must be won." Liu Bei shouted with confidence.

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