Chapter 940: The Allied Forces Arrive at Xiangyang City (continued)
So for the people of Xiangyang City, they think very simply, and they don't need much.
They don't care who occupies Xiangyang, first, as long as they can end the war for so many months as soon as possible. And secondly, it is natural to let everyone live and work in peace and contentment, and it can be beneficial to the people, so it would be good. As long as you can do these two things, then the people of Xiangyang will definitely support you.
Whether you are the strength of the big family, or what the Sun and Liu coalition army, the Yanzhou army and the Liangzhou army are, they are all counted, as long as you can do the two things that the people think, then the people of Xiangyang will definitely return to their hearts. It doesn't matter who you are, as long as they have something to eat and don't have to be caught up in the flames of war all day, they will be grateful to you.
And these are the thoughts of the people of Xiangyang City, it can be said that if you ask them what they hate the most, they will definitely say that it must be a war. Yes, there are a few people who don't want peace, and a few people who want to always fight, so their thoughts are actually not difficult to understand.
After arriving outside Xiangyang City, Sun Ce and Liu Bei looked at Xiangyang City, which was not too far away, and both of them felt quite emotional in their hearts.
How to say it, for Sun Ce, this time it is against Cao Cao's Yanzhou army, although it is united with Liu Bei, but this does not affect anything, it does not explain anything, but it is still against the Yanzhou army. It's a belated battle.
Why do you say this, it is because after Cao Mengde seized Xiangyang, Sun Ce originally thought it. Cao Cao is likely to go directly to the southeast and take Jiangxia directly, after all, Jiangxia is also very important to his Cao Mengde Yanzhou army, but Cao Cao took a move that surprised everyone in the world, that is, he went directly to the west and went to Hanzhong Fangling!
At that time, Sun Ce learned the news. It can be said that he is both fortunate and regretful, and fortunately, he will not encounter Cao Cao's Yanzhou army too soon. Unfortunately, this is still the case, so Sun Ce is quite conflicted about this. But now it's okay, and it can finally be regarded as being able to match Cao Cao's Yanzhou army. Such a strong division. Of course, you can't miss it-
But if there is only one side of the Jiangdong Army, it may be more difficult for the side to attack the city. But isn't it the Sun Liu alliance now, isn't there still Liu Bei's side, and besides, Xiangyang is the most powerful but will be occupied by him, and he will not occupy this city, so he Liu Bei's side, can he still not contribute?
So of course Sun Ce is not afraid of this, after all, he also knows the Tao. Liu Bei's heart knew that he wanted to break Xiangyang. To seize the city, then only the coalition forces of the two sides are working together, no one can play tricks or anything, unite as one, and the last can defeat the Yanzhou army. Otherwise, with the strong strength of the Yanzhou Army, to be honest, although it is worse than the combat strength of the Liangzhou Army, but the people are still very strong, can you underestimate it.
That's what Sun Ce thinks at this time. As for Liu Bei, of course, he thinks a lot more than Sun Ceke, but in the final analysis, it is such a sentence that can be described, that is, he said in his heart, I must take Xiangyang and occupy Xiangyang, Xiangyang can only fall into the hands of our army, but it cannot be taken by others. Especially Cao Mengde's Yanzhou Army, Xiangyang can't fall into the hands of the Yanzhou Army! ——
The so-called "Han and thief are not separated, and Wang Ye is not partial", Liu Bei thought of all kinds of festivals with Cao Cao, and his heart swelled with a great sense of war.
To be honest, in the past, Liu Bei, even he himself had to admit that when he met Cao Cao, he was the target of being hunted down and killed. But now, he can also lead a large army to besiege the city of his Cao Mengde Yanzhou army. If you want to talk about this, I really haven't had it before, and there are people who surround me, when have I surrounded others.
But now, look at it again, the two sides have exchanged. It was their own side that surrounded the city of the Yanzhou army, not that they surrounded their side, hahaha, Liu Bei laughed secretly in his heart. He said in his heart, Cao Mengde, you wouldn't have thought that you would have today.
Now I, Liu Xuande, am no longer what I used to be, not only have more soldiers and generals, but also can fight against your Yanzhou army, not to mention that I still have Sun Ce, Sun Bofu and his Jiangdong army to help me, so do you think you can still win-
Liu Bei secretly made up his mind in his heart, this time is the time for him to be ashamed, he still doesn't believe it, now that his strength is like this, plus the Jiangdong Army, can't he still win the Xiangyang guarded by thousands of Yanzhou troops?
Yes, I also admit that Xiangyang City itself is a city with high walls, but even so, it doesn't mean that I can't take the city, at least I still have some confidence in it. Especially Cao Cao has already left Xiangyang, so can't he win?
Thinking of this, Liu Bei looked at Xiangyang City, his eyes were shining. It's like what he is looking at at at this time is not a city, but a stripped beauty, but Liu Bei is not such a lustful person, so he is not too out of shape.
The coalition soldiers set up camp in An, while Sun Ce and Liu Bei returned to their own camp with their own thoughts. Even if they are already coalition forces, yes, the large camps of both sides are next to each other, but they are not mixed and stationed together, they are still stationed separately. After all, it's called a coalition, but it doesn't mean that everything has to be together, this is simply impossible-
Compared with Sun Ce and Liu Bei, the main generals of Xiangyang City are much more worried.
Cao Cao led his troops south to Wuling, and those who stayed in Xiangyang were only 5,000 Yanzhou soldiers, and there were also very much favored Boning who was very important to Cao Cao, and his people were responsible for guarding Xiangyang.
It can be said that he is full of favorites, and he is definitely a person who is both civil and military. His mind is not much worse than that of a strategist, as for martial arts, although it is not very good, but it will also be two, as long as the level of his people is not low, so Cao Cao handed over Xiangyang to him. So full of favor is not only a master who can be a lobbyist, but the people of the world have never seen him defend the city, but this time he can understand a little.
If you despise him because you are a good lobbyist, then you are guaranteed to suffer the most. After all, the most basic thing, since Cao Cao can let him defend the city, then if he doesn't have any ability, how can he lead troops to defend, so this has to think about it-
But at this time, he was worried.
To tell the truth, although they had already learned from Tanma, Sun Ce and Liu Bei led the Sun and Liu alliance from Jiangxia all the way to the northwest and came straight to Xiangyang. But when he really saw that Sun Liu's coalition army was already outside Xiangyang City, the visual impact still shocked him. After all, there are more than 100,000 people, and that's not a dish of hundreds of thousands. But even if it's the dishes sold, it's quite shocking, after all, it's "more than 10,000 people, boundless." There are more than 100,000 people, and the earth is full of sky."
Pressure, deep pressure, the war has not started yet, but as soon as the full favor at the head of Xiangyang City saw the soldiers of the Sun Liu Alliance who were still camping at this time, he felt invisible pressure. Indeed, even if there is such a person as full of favor, he still can't get rid of these, of course he still feels pressure, after all, the entrustment of his lord, the trust of his colleagues, and the various things of the soldiers make him think that he can't help but try his best to defend the city. But seeing such a large number of Sun and Liu coalition troops, he felt deeply pressured, very big.
Man Zhong smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart that it was really bitter, Sun Ce and Liu Bei actually gave up Jiangxia Qichun and came here directly with troops, which is something that even their own lords and father-in-law did not expect-
But at this time, what else can you say about the full favor, everyone is already in the city, so even if you are worried and feel pressure, you have to withstand the pressure.
Since the Sun-Liu coalition army wants to fight, then "if you want to fight, I will fight", there is nothing more to say.
Looking at the camp of the Sun-Liu coalition army, Man Zhong said to the Yanzhou soldiers at the head of the city, "Brothers, monitor the enemy's movements very closely, and report to me if there is any movement!" ”
"No!"
The Yanzhou sergeants at the head of the city said in unison, nodded in full favor, and then continued, "Extremely strict defense, don't let the enemy take advantage of it!" ”
"No!"
Don't look at the face of the hundreds of thousands of Sun-Liu coalition troops, but looking at the shouting of the Yanzhou army at the head of Xiangyang City at this time, Man Chong suddenly has great confidence in himself. In his opinion, this is right, he has never been afraid of the Sun and Liu coalition army, and his own soldiers, of course, don't be afraid of them. (To be continued......)