Just like Cao Cao would not be frightened by Zhao Gang's few big words to retreat from Xiangyang. The Tianyi army would not retreat to Fangling because Cao Cao threatened an all-out war with the Jin state.

Sometimes the purpose of the quarrel is just to buy time and get a buffer. Lu Xun had time to follow Cheng Yu's mushrooms, because it took time for some of the heavy equipment carried by the Tianyi army to arrive on the battlefield and assemble it; Cheng Yu risked the danger to stop in front of the Tianyi army's troops, and patiently endured the "play" of Zhao Gang and Lu Xun, the two juniors, in order to buy time for Cao Jun to assemble and array.

The meeting, which was destined to be impossible to reach a consensus from the beginning, ended in a salty and indifferent manner, and Tianyijun and Cao Jun put on a posture of a few gestures.

Liu Biao, who could rest assured and stood at the head of Xiangyang City to watch the scenery, held the "clairvoyance" handed over by Lu Meng, looked at the wilderness west of Xiangyang, and said: "Ziming, I have never heard of the name of the Tianyi Army before, can they really drive Cao Cao back to Xuchang with only 30,000 numbers?"

Although Lu Meng also had the same doubts in his heart, in order to reassure Liu Biao, he said: "Lord Zhou Mu, rest assured, although the Tianyi Army has not shown its power in front of the world, this army is the descendant army in front of the account of the King of Pingxi, once it makes a move, it will definitely be able to surprise **." ”

Liu Biao was still a little uneasy, and reminded Lu Meng: "According to my observation, the Tianyi army is mainly foot soldiers, but Cao Cao went south this time with a tiger and leopard cavalry with more than 10,000 people, which was led by his brother Cao Chun. If the two armies face each other, Cao Cao uses the tiger and leopard cavalry to charge the formation, but I don't know how the Tianyi army can resist?"

Lu Meng sighed in his heart that Liu Biao's observation was really careful, which was what he was most worried about. The tiger and leopard cavalry brought by Cao Cao to the south naturally could not play a role in the siege, but if it was on the empty plain, it had an unstoppable attack power. The Tianyi Army was originally a new force, and when it was not superior in numbers, how could it resist the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Chun?

Thinking of this, Lu Meng turned his heart and said to Liu Biao: "Lord Zhoumu's doubts are reasonable, in order to alleviate the pressure on the Tianyi army, I suggest that when the two armies start the war, Su Fei and Jiang Xu will lead two thousand iron guards to rush out of the city to attack Cao Cao's army, disrupt Cao Cao's camp, and also create an opportunity for Huo Jun's troops to enter the city smoothly. ”

Liu Biao said with some distress: "Two thousand iron guards are just a drop in the bucket, how can they turn the situation around?"

Lü Meng was made lose his temper by Liu Biao's somewhat "hillbilly" style, so he had to retreat to the second, he said: "In this case, the governor might as well send an urgent report to General Wenpin in Jiangxia, and ask him to quickly lead 40,000 troops back to Xiangyang." In this way, there will be 40,000, 20,000 and 30,000 troops in the east, south and west directions of Xiangyang, respectively, and if we add the nearly 20,000 soldiers in the city, we will have 30,000 more troops than Cao Cao, and in this way, we will definitely be able to retreat Cao Cao!"

Liu Biao immediately asked Lu Meng: "If you let Wen Ping return to Xiangyang, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving up Jiangxia?"

Lü Meng replied: "Why should the governor worry about Jiangxia falling into the hands of others? Since the king of Pingxi has already sent the Tianyi army to support Jingzhou, who dares to take advantage of the fire to rob and occupy Jiangxia, he will face the ruthless attack of the Xuzhou army in the future, and Jiangxia will take it back sooner or later." Xiangyang is the center of Jingzhou, and as long as we strive to keep Xiangyang intact, our foundation will still exist. ”

Although Liu Biao was somewhat reluctant in his heart, he thought that Lu Meng's words were also reasonable, so he immediately went down to the city and sent an urgent report to Wen Ping, who was stationed in Jiangxia, so that he could return to Xiangyang with Jiangxia's troops, which was equivalent to temporarily giving up Jiangxia.

Liu Biao hid in Xiangyang City and was busy deploying troops, and Cao Cao, who surrounded Xiangyang, also attached great importance to the Tianyi army that had just arrived. Although the Tianyi army that had just arrived at the outskirts of Xiangyang was only 30,000 soldiers, it relied on Long Ashan as its back and set up a very solid camp twenty miles west of Xiangyang City, which directly posed a threat to Cao's army.

Cao Cao has now learned the news that the East Route Army attacking Jingzhou has urgently retreated westward, and although the direction of Chengdu has not yet sent someone to give him an explanation, Cao Cao knows that if it were not for the very serious and urgent threat to Yizhou, Sima Yi would definitely not transfer the East Route Army back to Yizhou at the moment when he was about to take the southern county of Jingzhou.

In order to attack Jingzhou, Yizhou has paid 100,000 casualties in Yiling before and after, but the result is in vain, even Cao Cao, who was worried that Yizhou would carve up too much territory, thought of this matter, and felt very painful and pity.

In the same way, Liu Biao still has a large army stationed in Changsha and Jiangxia, if he cannot capture Xiangyang in a short period of time and capture Liu Biao, once the troops returning from Changsha and Western Xia to Xiangyang converge with the Tianyi army, it will not be a matter of Cao Cao attacking Xiangyang, but several large armies will encircle Cao Cao under the city of Xiangyang.

Seeing the current situation clearly, Cao Cao sent a large number of sentinels scattered in all directions on the periphery of Xiangyang to keep an eye on threats from Jiangxia, Changsha, and Yiling, and on the other hand, he made contact with Huang Zu, who had already taken refuge, and ordered him to continue to ambush in a certain location, and once he discovered Jiangxia's movements, he quickly acted according to the original plan.

Inside and outside the city, there are people who worry about their worries and worries, but the 30,000 recruits of the Tianyi Army stationed at the foot of Long'a Mountain don't know what sorrow is, and they sing loud military songs every day, making the final preparations before the battle.

I don't know where Zhao Gang and Lu Xun got their confidence and courage, they dared to approach twenty miles outside Xiangyang City with 30,000 troops, and Zhao Xing secretly gave Lu Xun an order to support Jingzhou. That's right, it's solidarity, not real reinforcements!

"The 80,000 Cao army is not a fish belly army, but a descendant of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, not only the fierce generals gathered, but also the equipment is first-class, once surrounded, you can't run away if you want to. ”

"We dared to come, but we didn't think about running away. What is the 80,000 Cao Army? We have a full 30,000 Tianyi Army! What kind of troops is the Tianyi Army? That is the second Crouching Tiger Army that will protect the Pingxi Wangfu in the Western Regions in the future, and who is the Crouching Tiger Army afraid of?"

"I heard that Cao Cao has a tiger and leopard cavalry with more than 10,000 people, trained by the general Cao Chun day and night, very brave and fierce, with 30,000 Tianyi troops, can you stop the charge of tiger and leopard cavalry?"

"Rub, you are my child! The tiger and leopard riding is a god horse? Have you heard of the Blue Wolf Army and the Dingyuan Army? Before coming to Xiangyang, we also conducted an attack drill with them! Did you hear clearly? It is an attack, not a defense!"

"Well, it is really the ignorant who are fearless, may the king of Pingxi be with you......"

"Don't, don't let King Pingxi come! If he comes, our ideological baggage is too heavy, and we could have let go of our hands and feet to fight the majesty of the first battle, maybe we will fall behind because we are too restrained. ”