"Can Deng Long break through Xiangyang in a short period of time?" Liu Biao asked.

"Difficult!"

Kuai Liang shook his head gently.

He is not very optimistic about Deng Long, not that Deng Long is not capable enough, Deng Long is also a general in Jingzhou, he has fought for many years, and his ability and vision are not bad, but the troops in Deng Long's hands are not enough.

This would have been just the last force to hold the Eastern Front.

Since Huang Zu moved the main force westward and had a relationship with Cai Mao, there were only two main forces in Jingzhou, one was led by Huang Zu and Cai Mao, and the other was the Changsha army led by Zhang Yun.

There was still one.

The soldiers and horses led by Wen Ping can also be regarded as the main force in Jingzhou.

It's just that Wenpin's troops were defeated, and the remaining troops in his hands were insufficient, at most they were similar to the soldiers and horses under Deng Long's command, and after the new defeat, the army's morale would definitely be in turmoil, and there were still a few percent of the combat effectiveness left, which was not very easy to say.

Dispatching Deng Long to the north was a helpless thing.

And Xiangyang County was operated by the Minghou Mansion for a period of time, not as stable as Mount Tai, but it has also accumulated a foundation, even if the main force of the pastoral army is not there, it can also temporarily recruit and defend the city, and the six doors set up by the Minghou Mansion can be used as reserves.

The most important point is that after the defeat of the pastoral army in Jingzhou City, they sent people back to lobby those who stayed behind in the early stage, but the conversation was not very smooth, and the people of the family who stayed in Xiangyang had great prejudices against them.

In the previous family heads, their hearts were still towards them, and they were basically cleaned.

The current Xiangyang family.

Whether it is the Kuai family headed by Kuai Wu or the Cai family headed by Cai Tu, they can already compete with their own families.

At present, these people, even if they are the same family, who used to be in front of them and only promised people, I am afraid that they are not willing to help them anymore, and they are becoming one with them and strengthening the family.

Once they used their family power to help the herdsmen defend the city.

Then Deng Long, in a short period of time, don't think about breaking the city.

"Where's the clerk?"

Liu Biao asked.

"Now General Wen is afraid that he is weak, he must rest, even if he goes north to join Deng Long, he will not be able to exert much combat effectiveness!" Kuailiang Road.

"I can't care so much!"

Liu Biao said: "Order Wen Ping, we must speed up the north, converge with Deng Long, and take Xiangyang County, if there is a delay, I want his head!" ”

The defeat of Wenpin made his good situation collapse.

There was a resentment in my heart.

If it weren't for Wen Ping, who was his most powerful right-hand man and his most trusted confidant, he would probably have sent someone to detain him and cut off his head directly.

"Good!"

Kuai Liang gave up his hand to receive the order, and immediately arranged for someone to rush 800 miles to give Wen Ping an order.

"If Xiangyang fails to be captured in one day, we will not be able to leave Jiangxia for the time being, but we can't help but prepare for the worst, in case we lose it again, Jingzhou can't lose it again!"

He took a deep breath and let out a low sigh: "Liu Qi! ”

"In!"

A teenager walked in from the outside, very childish, but a little resolute.

This is Liu Biao's eldest son.

That is, more than ten years old.

But as far as Jingzhou is concerned, he is definitely the heir, even if the daughter of the Cai family gave birth to a son-in-law for Liu Biao, who is too young, she can't make Jingzhou's current situation recognized, but Liu Qi can represent him.

"You are the father, take a trip to Jingzhou City, and then establish an official office in Jingzhou City!"

Liu Biao said.

"Father, why?" Liu Qi didn't really understand.

"Let you go!"

Liu Biao said lightly.

"No!"

Liu Qi nodded: "Then I'll leave immediately?" ”

"Without further ado, let's go!"

"No!"

Liu Qi turned and left.

"What is the lord worried about?"

"Just in case!" Liu Biao said softly: "Who knows what he Jiangdong Tiger, what he will do, go up the river, the speed will not be slow, if we don't react, the Jiangdong army will enter Jiangxia, and when the time comes, if our troops can't be suppressed, it may be chaotic!" ”

"I think the Jiangdong Tigers, it shouldn't be enough, he wants to fight Yizhou, we are indispensable, if he dares to turn his face with us, he can't eat Jingzhou, even if he is stronger, if he wants to enter Jingzhou, he won't be too stiff with us!"

Kuai Liang analyzed.

"That's what I said!" Liu Biao sneered: "But people's hearts are unpredictable, no one can say it, I'll ask you, we are under Sun Wentai's nose, he can clean us up with his hand, once we clean up, Jingzhou may be eaten by him, do you think his reason can be restrained?" ”

Marching and fighting is Liu Biao's shortcoming.

But figuring out people's hearts is Liu Biao's strength.

"That's just as well!"

Kuai Liang smiled a little wryly.

Many people think that they will not do something, many things, think that they will not happen, but on the contrary, they will happen, and the human heart is always the most difficult thing to guess.

Even if you guessed correctly.

Who knows if it will change in the next second.

"Report!"

A loud voice burst in from outside.

"Enter!"

"Report to the lord, when the Yang army plays!"

"Send it up!"

"Yes!"

A military recital, placed in front of Liu's surface, his complexion, little by little, became gloomy, and became a little ugly.

"The herdsmen are still going south for reinforcements!"

Liu Biao said in a low voice.

"Unexpected, reasonable!"

Kuai Liang was silent for a moment and said, "It's just that I'm surprised why we don't have any news at all, which makes me very confused!" ”

"That's just a little bit harder!"

Liu Biao took the case: "Someone is blocking the news in the north, otherwise I know, who is it?" ”

"Minghou Mansion!"

Kuailiang's eyes widened.

…………………………………………………………

Jiangdong, Yuzhang, Chaisang.

One by one, warships followed the Yangtze River, entered Chaisang, and then set up camp.

"Lord!"

On the ship, a burly figure stood on the deck, and behind him, a general was on standby.

"What's the situation in Jingzhou?"

Sun Jian asked.

He returned to Jiangdong for a short time, but immediately gathered soldiers and horses, because Sun Ce opened a road, which made his heart a little restless, and he suddenly wanted to fight Yizhou.

The herdsmen's offensive was too fierce and the development was too fast, which was a great disaster for Jiangdong.

For the future.

Even if he bears some notoriety, he is willing, so he doesn't think that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu changed their position at the beginning and stabbed the army fiercely, and the battlefield is a continuation of the political department.

Princes competing for hegemony are destined to be enemies.

The so-called alliance is nothing more than the convergence of interests.

But when the interests are different, both sides will stab the knife, and there will be no hesitation, but this time the Jiangdong Army's knife was poked out first, losing some name, but getting the first move.

Sun Jian even thought again, can he unite the main force of Jingzhou and eat the southwest in one go.

The princes of the north, he is not very afraid.

North Manan South Ship.

Without ships, the forces in the north are strong, and it is difficult to help Jiangdong, Jiangdong has natural hazards to shelter, as long as the cavalry is vigorously developed, it can be defended as an attack, and gradually counterattack the Central Plains.

But Yizhou, there is no too strong cavalry force, there is not too strong warship force, but they all have it, this is a danger, a potential enemy in Jiangdong.

As for Jingzhou.

It's been beaten like this.

He concluded that even if Jingzhou was not destroyed by Yizhou, it would be swallowed up by Jiangdong in the next two or three years.

It's no longer a problem.

That's why he hurriedly wants to unite with Jingzhou before the winter, and fight Yizhou first, as long as the Yizhou defense line is torn apart, even if Mujing withdraws his troops from the north at that time, it may not be stable.

Even if he takes 10,000 steps back, Mu Jing stabilizes the Yizhou front, and it will definitely hurt his vitality.

This is the purpose of Koto.

"The scout ship went all the way north, and found that most of the water villages had been empty, and there were very few, all of them were just standing guard, and there were no troops, which could stop us, as long as the lord went north, we could quickly enter Jiangxia!"

The general is Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci was supposed to confront Cao's army in Xuzhou in Guangling and defend the northern line for Jiangdong.

But now Cao Jun's mind is on Guanzhong, but he can liberate Tai Shici's troops.

This is why Sun Jian dared to wave his troops westward.

"Is Liu Jingsheng really defenseless against us at all?"

Sun Jian squinted, a little puzzled.

If it were him, he wouldn't dare to do this, even if it was an alliance, it would be stationed with the same force to defend, these days, who dares to say that the alliance with whom will not be betrayed, in troubled times, there is no such thing as an ally at all.

"It's not that he doesn't want to be defensive, it's that he doesn't have the troops to defend!"

Another middle-aged scribe, Cheng Pu, who was Sun Jian's first strategist, bowed his hand slightly, and replied to Sun Jian's words: "In the past two years, he Liu Jingsheng has almost exhausted his troops in order to train his troops, and now most of the main forces are on the battlefield of the Hemu army, and the recovered lost land in Jingzhou, how many soldiers are there in Jiangxia, and they can be counted, even if there are, they are basically those young and strong people who have just been conquered, and now they are estimated to be guarding Xiling, and they dare not take the first half a step, he is also afraid!" ”

"That's right!"

Sun Jian nodded, and his tiger eyes suddenly lit up: "Demao, you said, if I wave my troops into Jiangxia and directly take him Liu Jingsheng, this Jingzhou, will it be in hand!" ”

"It's possible, but it's unlikely!"

Cheng Pu smiled, shook his head again, and said: "Don't underestimate the people of Jingzhou too much, it's really troublesome, even if the people of Jingzhou are invincible, bite us to death, and the last benefit is the herdsman, then it will really give the herdsmen a chance to turn the tables!" ”

"The opportunity is in front of you, hey, you just can't move!"

Sun Jian waved his hand and said, "It's not very comfortable!" ”

Taking Jingzhou and Jiangdong is equivalent to adding wings to a tiger.

In terms of the naval army, Jiangdong is stronger than Jingzhou, but Jingzhou is not weak, it can fight with Jiangdong, once Jingzhou is eaten as a naval base, then no one in the south can fight Jiangdong in a water war.

At this time, Jiangdong can be regarded as having the confidence to compete with the princes of the world.

"Lord, the enemy is still the Marquis of Ming, Jingzhou, take it sooner or later, don't rush at this time!" Cheng Pu said.

"You're right!"

Sun Jian nodded: "Receiving Jingzhou, I am not in a hurry at this time, but the opportunity to defeat the Minghou Mansion, I'm afraid this is the only one, as long as we successfully enter Jiangzhou, at least within three years, the Minghou Mansion will not be able to get out of Yizhou!" ”

He pondered it and ordered: "Pass my military order, rest for a day, and then the whole army will advance and enter Jiangxia, Jiangxia is already my Jiangdong, I will eat Jiangxia first!" ”

This is Jiangdong's spoils, even Jingzhou, he doesn't dare to repay the account at this time, he is justified in receiving Jiangxia.

"Yes!"

The generals commanded.

…………………………………………

Anlu County.

This is one of the fourteen counties of Jiangxia, located in the west of Xiling, adjacent to Xiling, the county town of Jiangxia, less than 150 miles.

This county seat is not big.

The war has passed by several times, but it has not come here, so it is still stable, of course, stability is only relative to the battlefield, and now Jingzhou, there is no stable place.

The war will affect Jingzhou.

First of all, taxes, in the event of a war, there are countless names of taxes, what taxes are levied today, what taxes are levied tomorrow, and it is very possible to scrape the ground three times in order to fight a war.

In addition, Liu Biao conscripted troops, in order to recruit young and strong, he mobilized the entire Jingzhou, before and after Anlu, the three batches of young men who were conscripted, nearly 800 young and strong, were sent to be soldiers, not to mention the loss of so much labor, from time to time to send a few bad news, who died in battle, just a sentence of things.

So the atmosphere in Anlu is very low-pressure.

The county order is a native of Anlu, more than Chinese New Year's Eve, born in the head of the Anlu squire, the Du family, named Du Yu, a rare talent, was recommended at the age of sixteen, followed Huang Zu, was relied on by Huang Zu as a clerk around him, and was in Jiangxia Taishou Mansion for many years.

Later, Jiangxia was completely eaten by Liu Biao, and Huang Zu's influence was constantly weakened.

Du Yu is smart, he found a good way early and retreated to Anlu, in Anlu, he is the head of the land, with the support of his family, even if it is the people above, he does not dare to take his position easily.

Today, the sky is not very kind, and in less than half an hour, an autumn rain came down.

Standing under the courtyard, Du Yu looked at the heavy rain, and inexplicably felt a trace of unease.

But he couldn't find the source of this feeling, so he didn't think about it anymore.

But when he turned around.

Left and right, one by one, wearing a robe, unfamiliar, with a murderous aura, the water droplets on the coat were flowing, their faces were only indifferent, more than a dozen people, lined up left and right, holding swords, making Du Yu a little timid.

"Who are you?"

Du Yu shouted angrily: "Come on, come on!" ”

"No need to shout!"

A young man, with a hat, wearing a robe, stepping on water droplets, walked in step by step, he gently took off the hat on his head: "Du County Order, let me introduce myself first, my surname is Mu, Mingjing, the word Longtu!" ”

"Pastoral ......"

Du Yu didn't react for a moment, but his eyes widened soon, he stared at Mu Jing's face deadly, and couldn't help but shout: "You are Minghou!" ”

Minghou Mujing, well-known all over the world.

Of course, this name may not be a good name.

But it's definitely known to the whole world.

How could he not know.

"Looks like you know me, so let's have a good talk!"

Mu Jing took off his clothes, this autumn rain was not big, but it still affected him very much, his clothes were already soaked, he sat on the steps of the corridor with a golden knife, hunting with his eyes, looking at Du Yu.

Du Yu glanced around.

"Don't look at it!" Mu Jing clapped his hands: "This county has been controlled by me, I have spent a total of an hour and a half, now whether it is on the city wall or patrolling the streets, it is my people, if you shout, you may not come to save you, but it will attract ten thousand arrows through the heart, if I am you, then you should think about it, is it worth dying!" ”

Coming out of the green forest mountain, hurry up, hurry day and night, directly pass Nanxin, and then quickly enter Anlu, originally entered Anlu, because the terrain is relatively flat, there are few bunkers on both sides of the road, and it should not be hidden.

But at this time, there was an autumn rain.

The autumn rain is not big, but it is enough to make the world hazy, which gives the herdsman the greatest opportunity, and he took Anlu without blood, Anlu only has less than two hundred county soldiers, or the young and strong who have not been conquered for a long time, Huang Zhong personally led people to turn in from the city wall, and in more than an hour, the whole city was controlled.

Only then did Mu Jing quietly enter the county government.