Jingzhou Xiangyang City, Jingzhou Thorn Mansion, Liu Biaozheng summoned Xiangyang celebrities and generals under his command to discuss the use of troops against Nanyang. After confronting Yuan Shu for three years, Liu Biao naturally cared most about Nanyang's every move, especially after Lu Bu was included in Yuan Shu's command, the balance between the two sides was broken.

Fortunately, the generals brought by Lu Bu were not accustomed to the climate in the south and the water war in Jiangxia, so they did not swallow the entire Jiangxia. During this time, Liu Biao was planning whether to attack on two fronts or concentrate on regaining the lost territory of Jiangxia first. A month ago, Lu Bu suddenly withdrew from Jiangxia and led his troops into Runan, and when he inquired, he learned that Yuan Shu had also sent troops from Nanyang County, and the general Ji Ling led 30,000 troops, and Lu Bu echoed each other to attack Runan.

Yuan Shu's strategic transfer was of course a good thing for Liu Biao, but some of his advisors suggested taking advantage of Yuan Shu's troops to lead his troops north to seize Nanyang, and Liu Biao finally gave up under the persuasion of the envoy sent by Yuan Shu.

This person is Lou Gui, who was ordered by Yuan Shu to be in Ji Ling???????????????? Before sending troops, he lobbied Liu Biao and expressed his willingness to withdraw Jiangxia in exchange for peace between the two countries.

Although Liu Biao did not send troops to Nanyang for the time being, he still paid close attention to Yuan Shu's movements, and as a result, Wei Xuan sent Sun Gan to persuade Liu Biao to jointly attack Nanyang, but the result was that Liu Biao wanted to annex Nanyang alone and did not intend to divide Nanyang with Wei Xuan, so he refused to send troops.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue strongly advocated cooperation with Wei Xuan, no matter what, they would drive Yuan Shu out of Nanyang first, and then exchange some fine iron and grain with Wei Xuan for territory, so that Jingzhou would be complete. They were not worried that Wei Xuan would not agree, after all, Nanyang was the Nanyang of Jingzhou, which was geographically closer to Xiangyang. But Liu Biao still vetoed it, of course, there is Lou Gui's credit, and it is also inseparable from Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan and Wang Wei, the military general who led the army.

Next, Sun Jian died, Yuan Shu withdrew the defense of the southern line and led more than 10,000 people towards Runan, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue and others once again entered Liu Biao to send people north to attack Wancheng. As a result, Liu Biao thought that this was Yuan Shu's ploy, either deliberately drawing himself closer to this war, or he wanted to take the opportunity to transfer the troops from Xiangyang, and then Lü Bu would march into Jiangxia again after taking Runan.

Seeing that the opportunity was missed again and again, Liu Biao convened everyone again today, and there were military generals Cai Mao here, who were engaged in Kuai Yue in the middle of the country, and did not drive to engage in Iraq, Zhonglang General Wang Wei, Liu Pan and the eldest prince Liu Qi.

Liu Biao was the first to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, the scouts have sent news that Wei Xuan's cavalry has occupied Suixian and is attacking northwest along the Han River. It seems that Yuan Shu withdrew his previous defense in order to speed up the capture of Runan and exchange Nanyang for Runan. We seem to have missed many opportunities.

Now that Wei Xuan's army is about to besiege Wancheng, our last chance, and at this time, the army may be able to force Wei Xuan to cede most of the county towns south and west of Wancheng. ”

Cai Mao frowned, this must be what Liu Pan Xiao'er meant, he hurriedly stood up and said: "Envoy, Mao heard that General Zuo's three-way army is going south, Luyang, Yexian and others are all looking at the wind, and Bowang is only holding on for half a day. Seven thousand cavalry bypassed Wancheng and headed south, and now most of the county towns in the south have also been surrendered to General Zuo. Wancheng was besieged by heavy troops, and Yuan Shu did not come back to rescue, so he was afraid that he would not be able to hold out for a few days. At this time, if we go north, if Wancheng is not broken, it is fine, if Wancheng is broken, it will inevitably be against General Zuo, causing us to fight with General Zuo or even directly start a war. ”

Liu Pan pouted: "Military advisor, he Wei Xuan only has more than 30,000 people going south, and Yuan Shu has not arranged heavy troops in the north, and he will quickly come to Wancheng, which is also expected by Yuan Shu." Yuan Shu must have been sure to hold on until he took Runan before he took such a bold risk. If you don't send troops now, wait until Yuan Shu comes back, that is, you will fight two evil families at the same time.

Since sooner or later there will be a situation of three families fighting, it is better to directly grab the city with Wei Xuan, and when Yuan Shu returns to the army, we still have bargaining chips with him. Besides, I'm Xianyang with 450,000 or 50,000 troops, it's time to show the world the strength of my Jingzhou. ”

Wang Wei stood up and continued Liu Pan's words and said: "Since the Ming Duke has the heart to support the Han family, he can't be afraid of anyone, Nanyang is the Nanyang of my Jingzhou, and the Ming Duke sent troops to take back Nanyang. Wancheng is in danger, if you hear that our army has sent troops, I can't say that the defenders in the city will still disagree and resist more of the Weixuan army, and wait until our army arrives in Wancheng,???????????????? Both sides have been defeated and exhausted, and it is a good time for our army to recover the whole of Nanyang in one fell swoop. Nanyang is in hand, we have the whole Jingzhou in hand, so why should we be afraid of Wei Xuan or Yuan Shu. ”

Liu Qi, the eldest prince who has always been weak, saw Cai Mao's anxious look, and stood up and said, "Father, the two generals are right. Before, Yuan Shu transported 60,000 or 70,000 troops in Nanyang County, and it was difficult for our army to win for a while, but now it is only 30,000 Yuan Shu against 30,000 Wei Xuan, no matter which side wins in the end, it must be a defeat for both sides, and Qi is willing to lead the troops to the north for his father. ”

Cai Mao glanced at Liu Qi and knew that this nephew, who was not related by blood, was afraid that the Cai family would support the second son Liu Cong, and he wanted to find an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but is this credit so easy to take? In the past, Liu Biao had so many opportunities, but he did not move, but now Wei Xuandu is about to eat the entire Nanyang County. refused to send troops jointly before, and now goes to pick peaches, which is to offend Wei Xuan to death. Cai Mao understands some military affairs and also has business dealings with the Wei family. Judging from the previous information, Wei Xuan originally deployed only 13,000 people in Yingchuan, perhaps it was Sun Jian's death that made Wei Xuan determined to go south to Nanyang to ensure the absolute safety of Henan.

As for why we want to ensure the absolute safety of Henan, in addition to where there are many industries of the Wei family and Luoyang Academy, it is because Wei Xuan wants to welcome the return of the Son of Heaven. The last point is also where Cai Mao admires Wei Xuan.

He bowed his hand to Liu Biao: "Envoy, what kind of person is Yuan Shu, why did he abandon Nanyang and lead troops to Runan to supervise the battle when he had the advantage in the Runan battlefield." is worried that Runan will not be able to fight, and when General Zuo will go south to Nanyang, he will be homeless.

Yuan Shu has male soldiers, as well as fierce general Lu Bu, and is still afraid of General Zuo. In fact, it also proved that Yuan Shu's decision to retreat in advance was correct. If he doesn't withdraw, then he will be trapped in Wancheng at the moment, even if Lu Bu and Ji Ling work together to go south to Runan in the future, it is impossible to say that Runan will also fall into the hands of Lu Bu or others. Yuan Shu still knew that he couldn't keep Nanyang. Mao thought it was inappropriate to offend General Zuo at this time. ”

Liu Biao did not express his position, but looked at Kuai Yue and Yi nationality. Kuai Yue glanced at everyone on the field and sighed: "We missed a good opportunity for General Zuo to carve up Nanyang County. Judging from the speed at which General Zuo took Nanyang, perhaps General Zuo sent Sun Gongyou south to contact us just to find an excuse for him to monopolize Nanyang. They calculated that we would not send troops, so they made a number of moves.

As De Jue said, when we send troops at this moment, General Zuo will definitely regard us as the next target. In addition, from the perspective of Yuan Shu, after he took Runan, Peiguo in the east was occupied by his ally Tao Qian, and Yangzhou in the southeast. It is very likely that his next step will be to attack Jiangxia in the south. Because Yuan Shu couldn't let Lu Bu stay in the same place as him at the same time. At the moment, not only should we not send troops, but we should also send Lou Gui to General Zuo for friendship. ”

As soon as Kuai Yue's words fell, Liu Pan stood up again and sneered: "Kuai is too long to defend Xuan's majesty, I have 100,000 soldiers in Jingzhou, and 40,000 or 50,000 in Xiangyang, are you afraid that he will not be able to defend Xuan's south?" ”

Liu Biao waved his hand to signal Liu Pan to sit down, and when he saw that his subordinates were arguing, he turned to ask Yi Yuandao: "Mr. Jibo, what do you think?" ”

Yi Ji smiled bitterly, he is a good person, and now the two sides are tense and full of gunpowder, but he is ???????????????? Liu Biao asked himself at this time. However, as a strategist, he still had to plan for Liu Biao, so he said: "Ming Gong, the envoys of General Zuo and General Hou are now in Xiangyang, it is better to ask separately, then Sun Gongyou is the same door of General Zuo, you can probe General Zuo's bottom line from him, and by the way, he also euphemistically expresses the plan of our army to send troops." ”

"No!" Liu Pan and Cai Mao blurted out almost at the same time.

Glancing at the other party, Cai Mao still spoke first: "Since Sun Gongyou is General Zuo's fellow disciple, he must plan for General Zuo in everything, and if you find him at this time, not only will you not be able to get useful news, but you will startle General Zuo to take precautions." ”

Yi Yuan smiled bitterly again, he really didn't have any good way, and now he was denied by Cai Mao and sat down stupidly.

Liu Pan saw that Cai Mao's anger in his heart on this issue had decreased slightly, but he still insisted on his opinion: "Uncle, the battle in Nanyang will soon be decided, and we can't hesitate any longer." ”

Wang Wei and Liu Qi stood up at the same time, and Wang Wei preemptively said: "The last general is willing to lead his troops north to capture Nanyang for the Ming Duke." ”

Liu Biao pondered for a while and said: "In this case, then the troops will be sent tomorrow, Liu Qi, Liu Pan, and Wang Wei will each lead 10,000 troops to cross the Han River to occupy Caiyang first, and Zhang Yun will lead 10,000 troops three days later. ”

Cai Mao sighed, before today, he was a military general with 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers in Xiangyang City, and it was normal for him to be idle because he resolutely opposed the dispatch of troops. He looked at Kuai Yue, hoping that Kuai Yue would speak out to stop Liu Biao.

Kuai Yue shook his head and said that he could not do anything, today's Liu Biao is no longer the Liu Biao who entered the country alone, he is now the Jingzhou Thorn History who has mastered the whole Jingzhou, and he is a well-known Han clan member, General Zhennan.

He had been suppressed by Yuan Shu for so many years that Nanyang County, which belonged to Jingzhou, had never been under his control, and now that he had the opportunity to recover Nanyang, it was difficult for him to listen to the words of the strategists who had planned for him back then and gained a firm foothold in Jingzhou.

The two brothers Liu Pan and Liu Qi looked excited, and Wang Wei was also secretly glad that he was right, if he won Nanyang County this time, then his status in the Xiangyang Army might surpass Cai Mao.