Liu Bei didn't quite understand why Zhang Xi would put the pick-up location at Hanjin Pass, although Hanjin Pass was a Hanshui ferry, but that place was located in the middle of Nanjun, far away from Xiangyang.

Since it is to answer yourself, why don't you go against the Han River, directly in the southwest of Xiangyang, and it is also the closest Yicheng County to you? !

Liu Bei was very strange, but he did not have any doubts about Zhang Xi's arrangement.

In Liu Bei's opinion, it may be that it is not easy for Zhang Xi.

After all, Jiangxia is still Liu Qi's territory, and Liu Qi can agree to let Zhang Xi send troops to meet him, which is already very friendly, maybe Liu Qi has some concerns, and he doesn't dare to go north along the Han River directly and approach Xiangyang.

But in fact, Zhang Xi's side, there is really no special reason, it is purely that Zhang Xi's mind has not turned around, and he is thinking about the battle of Changbanpo.

Moreover, the Hanjin ferry port in Hanshui is also relatively large, which can accommodate a large number of naval vessels.

At the end of June, Liu Qi turned back from Xiangyang, because he did not see Liu Biao, which also made Liu Qi feel that his hope of inheriting Jingzhou Mu was slim.

Liu Qi didn't want to just sit back and wait for Jingzhou Cai's family to clean himself up after he took control of Jingzhou, so as soon as he returned to Jiangxia, he began to inspect the Jiangxia army on land and water, and even planned to make a last stand.

If the matter really reaches an irreparable step, Liu Qi plans to directly send troops to Xiangyang and "fight" for this Jingzhou pastor by himself.

Therefore, from the beginning of July, the Jiangxia army began to reorganize and fight.

But. Liu Qi is a person, but if he really has such ability and determination, he will not be valued by Liu Biao.

Liu Qi on the front foot had just made such a determination, asking Zhang Xi, Su Fei and others to mobilize the army and concentrate on training, but within two days, this thing was a little regretful and afraid.

He felt that there were more than 30,000 people even on the navy, and most of the ships of the navy were still sunk in the Exian garrison battle, while Jingzhou had a complete navy and army, and it was upstream, occupying the advantage of numbers and geography Liu Qi was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the Jingzhou army.

Therefore, this product began to retreat a little, thinking about Baojiangxia, one acre and three points of land, and it is okay to learn from Huang Zu.

After a few days, Liu Qi felt that it didn't seem right, Jiangxia Huangzu was able to divide because of the support of the Huang family in Jingzhou, but he Liu Qi didn't, and it seemed a little unrealistic to occupy Jiangxia.

At this time, the news that Cao's army marched into Wancheng and Liu Bei's retreat to Fancheng reached Jiangxia.

Liu Qi immediately summoned Chen Zhen, Su Fei, and Zhang Xi to discuss what they should do if Cao Jun went south.

Zhang Xi is Liu Bei's person on the surface, and Chen Zhen is Liu Bei's person in secret, Su Fei is Liu Biao's person Liu Qi found such three people to give him ideas, what other good ideas can he come up with? !

Zhang Xi's suggestion at the time was - "Jingbei may not be able to defend, and Xiangyang is also in danger." It is better to go north to contact Liu Zhijun, with the land of Jiangxia, Liu Zhijun's ability, according to the Han River, the Yangtze River and resist the enemy, may not be able to defeat Cao Cao. At that time, Taishou went north to Xiangyang, and Jingzhou could be obtained. ”

To put it simply, it is to let Liu Qi go north to welcome Liu Bei to Jiangxia, form an alliance with Liu Bei, and use Jiangxia's special geographical location to resist the Cao army.

Of course, this is a cake drawn for Liu Qi, and it is so easy to achieve it.

But Zhang Xi said this, just because he took a fancy to Liu Qi, who didn't understand military affairs at all, and didn't have much judgment ability, plus Chen Zhen also followed the beating of the side drum and agreed, Liu Qi really agreed.

As for Su Fei, Zhang Xi is also very strange, why Su Fei didn't speak out against Zhang Xi's flawed scheme, but didn't say a word.

But Su Fei did not object, and Zhang Xi's troop transfer became very smooth.

In mid-August, after Zhang Xi finished sending his private message to Liu Bei, he mobilized 3,000 army and 2,000 navy troops, led more than 40 large and small warships, and formally assembled in Hankou.

At this time, Su Fei found Zhang Xi and said that he would accompany Zhang Xi and go north to meet Liu Yuanjun.

Zhang Xi is wondering, what does this mean?!

Then Su Fei secretly told Zhang Xi a piece of news - Liu Biao died.

Zhang Xi was taken aback.

Liu Biao died, which means that Liu Bei may have to retreat from Fancheng, and he has to find a way to send troops early and go to Hanjinkou to wait for Liu Bei.

But then, Zhang Xi reacted, and Su Fei said to himself, what are you doing here?!

Su Fei should have also seen Zhang Xi's confusion, so he further explained, "The one who flies is Liu Jingzhou, not the son!" ”

Then Zhang Xi suddenly realized.

Su Fei is Liu Biao's person, and the object of his allegiance is Liu Biao, not his son Liu Cong, nor his son Liu Qi.

Liu Biao is alive, so he Su Fei can help his son Liu Qi with advice, just to repay Liu Biao's kindness.

Now that Liu Biao is dead, Su Fei should also think about himself.

If Liu Qi is a qualified lord, it is not impossible for Su Fei to serve Liu Qi, but it is not once or twice that Liu Qi has disappointed Su Fei.

Of course, there is also a bit of Su Fei's intention to excuse himself, maybe he is not optimistic about Liu Qi, but it is not good for Liu Biao not to help do things.

But now that Liu Biao is dead, of course he can justifiably vote for another master.

At the meeting, he did not object to the proposal to introduce Liu Bei, which was a letter of nomination, and now he wanted to follow Zhang Xi to the north to meet Liu Bei, obviously wanting to leave a good impression on Liu Bei.

Although Zhang Xi couldn't fully trust this Su Fei, it was not easy to refuse his suggestion to follow.

Anyway, the 3,000 people brought by Zhang Xi are all 3,000 people under Chen Zhi's account, and the commander of the 2,000 naval army is Chen Zhuo, Zhang Xi has already rebelled against him, and a Su Fei plus more than a dozen guards can't make any waves on the river.

As for Chen Zhi and Wei Yan, Zhang Xi didn't bring them this time.

Chen Zhi wanted to stay in the camp and grasp the military power, while Wei Yan. This landlubber has a psychological shadow on water warfare, and he can't get on board if he is killed.

Therefore, Zhang Xi could only take Kou Feng with him and set off to meet Liu Bei.

Along the way, in a hurry, finally in early September, the fleet led by Zhang Xi rushed to Hanjinkou, and after the ship docked, Zhang Xi asked Kou Feng to lead the soldiers to disembark and guard the periphery of Hanjinkou, and at the same time sent sentinels to the surrounding counties to investigate the current situation.

That is, in the time of one day and one night, the sentinel came to report.

Cao Cao's army went south to Jingzhou, accepted Liu Cong's surrender, and entered Xiangyang almost as a marching tour, taking over the power of Jingzhou.

And Liu Bei, first crossed the river with the people and then went to Xiangyang to ask for the guilt, and invited Liu Cong to talk outside the city, wanting to ask Liu Cong why he abandoned his father's foundation and chose to surrender, and did not inform himself.

As a result, Liu Cong's legs were weak and he didn't dare to leave Xiangyang at all, so Liu Bei had no choice but to turn south and go to Jiangling.

It's not that Liu Bei can't attack Xiangyang, it's purely that Liu Bei can't bear to attack Xiangyang because of Liu Biao, and he doesn't want the world to think that he, an elder bullying nephew.

Therefore, Liu Bei led his troops to Jiangling, preparing to occupy Jiangling against Cao's army.

Zhang Xi sighed, and after a little calculation, he knew that this was Zhuge Liang's idea, and this guy did not give up the idea of occupying Jiangling to fight against Cao Cao.

Also, Jiangling City in Nanjun is also a strong city, and there are a lot of grain and grass hoarding, and with the help of Zhuge Liang, a guy with a complicated relationship in Jingzhou, maybe he can really gain a firm foothold in Jiangling and fight against Cao Cao, there is no need to retreat directly to Jiangxia all at once.

And there is also an advantage to occupying Jiangling, that is, it can be connected with Jiangxia through the Yangtze River to support each other, and Cao Cao really can't take these two places easily.

But what happened next, Zhuge Liang really didn't expect it.

After Liu Bei left Xiangyang, there were still people following him along the way, and they gathered more and more.

Because they heard that Cao Cao was going south to Xiangyang, the people near Xiangyang, as well as a part of the Jingzhou army that was unwilling to follow Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao, all joined Liu Bei's army in the south.

In just a few days, although Liu Beijun was able to replenish some soldiers and quickly expand the army from a few thousand to nearly 10,000 people in the south, the people who originally followed Liu Bei suddenly increased from less than 20,000 to more than 100,000.

Now Zhuge Liang was also stunned.

If there are only 20,000 people, then follow it, Liu Bei now has nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command, protecting these people is not a problem, and it will not affect the speed of the march too much.

But this number suddenly increased to more than 100,000, and relying on the less than 10,000 soldiers in Liu Bei's hands, there was no way to take care of all the people, so the marching speed also dropped from the original 40 miles a day to the extent that they could only travel more than 10 miles a day.

Therefore, Jian Yong persuaded Liu Bei, let alone seize Jiangling, if Cao Cao sent someone to chase after him, it would not take a few days to catch up.

It is better to leave these people behind, Liu Bei took these soldiers to travel lightly, and then make plans after occupying Jiangling.

But Liu Bei didn't agree and said his famous sentence.

"The great affairs of the husband must be people-oriented, and the people of this year will be mine, so why should I bear to abandon them."

Then he ordered the soldiers to disperse, led by the Colonel along the way, to protect the people who followed him.

When Zhang Fei saw this situation, he wanted to persuade his eldest brother that at least he couldn't use the soldiers so scattered.

But when he thought of his eldest brother's temperament, Zhang Fei also knew that persuasion was useless.

Therefore, he could only make arrangements with all his might, summoned the junior colonels in the army, and said, "Do you still remember the exercises on weekdays?!" Although you and the others are scattered throughout the army, they must not be careless, and they need to respond to each other in time, and if the enemy comes to attack and cannot escape for a while, then they will resist the enemy according to the chariot formation, and do not panic, and I will lead the army to the rescue. ”

After Zhang Fei explained these things, he arranged for hundreds of thousands of people to be escorted by soldiers according to Liu Bei's arrangement, and then went on the road worriedly.

At this time, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei had the same thoughts, they were both gambling, betting that Cao Cao would sort out government affairs after taking Xiangyang, and he would suppress the local family and scholars, and he would not easily send troops.

And Cao Cao really won't send troops easily.

Jingzhou's surrender was so happy that Cao Cao couldn't believe it, so he really needed to sort out the internal power relations in Xiangyang and understand the interests and needs of all parties, so he sat in Xiangyang and really didn't plan to lead the army south immediately.

But Cao Cao will not let Liu Bei go, this is the enemy he has always valued, and he will definitely not leave Liu Bei any chance for development.

Cao Cao himself wanted to sit in Xiangyang, and the army would not go out lightly, but he first sent Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry, gallop south, and pursue Liu Bei. Then he sent Man Chong and Xu Huang to lead 10,000 troops to Hanjinkou to block the possibility of Liu Bei escaping by boat.

Cao Cao is the number one military strategist of this age, how can he not see that Liu Bei's purpose is to go south to Jiangling?!

It is even clearer that once Liu Bei cannot enter Jiangling, he will definitely retreat to Jiangxia by boat from Hanjinkou.

Therefore, Cao Cao and his people came out together, just to completely block Liu Bei in the hinterland of Jingzhou.

And Zhang Xi was in Hanjinkou, and he didn't wait for Liu Bei for the time being, but waited for Cao Jun.

This is not good news, although Zhang Xi has 5,000 men on hand, but the 2,000 naval army has to be responsible for operating the ship, and cannot go ashore to fight, and only 3,000 troops can really fight, and it is still newly reorganized.

Just when Zhang Xi was worried, whether he could stop the Cao army led by Xu Huang and Man Chong, two famous generals in the world, with just 3,000 troops and a Kou Feng, God finally gave Zhang Xi a good news.

There are more than 50 warships in the upper reaches of the river down the river, close to the Hanjin Pass, and the leader of the army, surnamed Guan, named Yu, the word cloud is long.

(End of chapter)