Liu Pan's troops were in Yicheng, Sun Ce led the army to advance by land and water, and when he reached the city, Sun Ce went out to persuade him to surrender: "General Liu, the general trend of Jingzhou has gone." Why don't you go down? The general's bravery is impressive. If you can return, you will not hesitate to be famous. Wouldn't it be nice for you and me to join hands to conquer the world? ”

Liu Pan listened to it and replied at the head of the city: "How many good intentions of General Sun, but Pan is a Hanchen, and it is a sin not to be able to protect the land in the whole state." And how can you defeat the enemy? ”

After hearing this, Sun Ce turned around and returned to the camp and sighed: "Liu Pan, the righteous man is also." Then he ordered the siege of the city.

Liu Pan was personally responsible for defending the city, and sent his horsemen to Xiangyang to ask for help. The knight traveled halfway, and his heart was in danger of Jingzhou, and if I went further, I was afraid of dying in Yicheng. It's better to die. So he didn't go to Xiangyang and went for his life.

Liu Pan's soldiers were outnumbered and couldn't resist Sun Ce. It's about to collapse. Liu Pan took the lead, standing at the forefront, and his face did not change color like rain. After fighting until the afternoon, seeing that the reinforcements had not arrived for a long time, the soldiers on the left and right said: "The city is in danger, please go east." ”

Liu Pan was silent, ascended to the height at dusk, looked west at the remnant sun like blood, and then bowed three times to the north, and then bowed three times in the direction of Xiangyang, and said: "Today, I bow to the monarch's father, what about the horse leather shroud!" ”

Liu Pan returned to Yicheng, summoned all the troops, scattered all the property, and said in a dumb voice: "The city will not be guaranteed, you will follow me for many years, I can't bear to see you die here, the enemy has not yet arrived, you can retreat quickly." ”

A small colonel next to him asked, "Won't the general retire with me?" ”

Liu Pan smiled: "My surname is Liu, and Jingzhou Mu is my uncle." In public and private, I should fight to the death. ”

The colonel bowed and said: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general!" ”

Hula behind him bowed a large piece. Liu Pan wanted to persuade again, but his eyes touched the resolute eyes of the soldiers, and suddenly he smiled and said: "Okay, with you and others, I won't be lonely on the road to Huangquan." ”

Then he fought with Sun Ce's army, beheaded more than 100 soldiers, and died of exhaustion. Liu Pan died in battle, and the three armies mourned, but they still fought to the death and did not retreat. When Sun Ce occupied Yicheng and counted the losses, he couldn't help but be shocked. exclaimed: "If the Jingzhou army is like Liu Panzhong, our army is in danger." ”

He also ordered his subordinates to collect Liu Pan's body and bury it outside the city.

In Xiangyang, Liu Biao heard that Liu Pan was killed in battle, and scolded: "I don't know how to advance or retreat, how stupid!" After scolding, it was the old tears. I thought to myself, my nephew will not retreat, he wants to buy time for himself. As soon as Liu Pan goes, there will be no barrier in the east, and Sun Cejun's army will soon arrive, and he can no longer drag it out in Xiangyang. But where should you retreat?

When Liu Biao's thoughts were in turmoil, Zhao Yun also went out of Wuguan all the way. As soon as the Wuguan guard saw the banner of Zhao Zi, he asked if it was Zhao Yun of Qingzhou, where did he dare to provoke, and he hurriedly opened the door. After Zhao Yun entered Nanyang, he sent Fei Fei to ride to Xiangyang to see Liu Biao.

Liu Biao is worried, Liu Zhang is in the west, although they are all clans, but the relationship is really not very good. Not only did he beat Liu Yan's small report, but he also always made small moves in Yizhou. To the north and east are Cao Cao and Sun Ce. As for the south, when he thought of the south, Liu Biao was furious.

Liu Biao's control over several counties to the south was somewhat weaker. Sun Jian was able to instigate Zhang Xian's rebellion back then, and there were many reasons for this. But there is no doubt that one person is indispensable to help the trouble. That person is the people of Changsha County. Sun Jian was too punctual for Changsha, and this person came out under Sun Jian. Later, Sun Jian raised an army, and he, a local native, remained in Changsha. Later, he assisted Zhang Xian. After Zhang Xian's father and son rebelled and died in battle, Huan Jie retired home due to illness. Liu Biao knew his talent, and he repeatedly refuted it, but he did not follow. He also wanted to marry his wife and sister Cai in Huanjie, but was also rejected by Huanjie.

is such a person, now seeing that Jingbei is in a mess, and Xiangyang is attacked by the north and east, he groaned a little in his heart, and knew that Liu Biao couldn't dodge it this time. So he went out of the house again and began to engage in tandem.

Liu Biao sent people to mobilize the county soldiers, and he advised Taishou: "Ming Gong, the enemy is strong and I am weak." What is the benefit of sending troops to help? If Liu Mu wins, Ming Gong has no special merits; If Liu Mu is defeated and there are no soldiers in the county, how can he protect himself from the enemy? …… It is better to protect the territory and the people, so that it can be a blessing and a disaster. ”

I think it makes a lot of sense. If he wins, Liu Biao will not have too many rewards. After all, he just sent some troops. If you lose, this is the fatal thing, and if your own soldiers don't come back, you don't say anything, and then you want to surrender, and you have less chips in your hands. When it is critical, there are no soldiers in hand, and the courage is not strong. So no matter whether Liu Biao came to transfer troops or food, he dragged it out.

But it was so good that Liu Biao was angry to death. At the critical moment, he didn't have the energy to deal with the affairs in Changsha, and he just wanted to wait for the war to pass before he cleaned him up. As a result, when the other counties saw Liu Biao like this, they knew that Liu Biao had nothing to do with them, so they did the same. The four counties of Jingnan had already betrayed, and now that they were coming again, how could Liu Biao dare to retreat south?

After the retreat to the south, it is Jiaozhou. If the Cao and Sun families do not let go, they will follow. In order to avoid implicating themselves in Jiaozhou, the Jiaozhou scholars were afraid that they would quickly send troops to capture themselves, so that they could send the Cao and Sun families to ask for credit.

Liu Biao's heart was in turmoil, and suddenly there were reports from left and right, saying that there was an envoy from Qingzhou who was waiting outside the house. Liu Biao was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and said, "Spread quickly!" ”

But in his heart, he thought, could it be that Xuande has defeated Yuan Shao and completely freed his hands? If this is the case, my Jingzhou will be saved. As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't hide the joy on my face.

When the knight came in, Liu Biao saw that it was a junior colonel in the Qingzhou Army, and the junior colonel bowed down the stairs and said, "Liu Junhou, I came to deliver the letter on the orders of the general of my family!" Then he took a letter out of his bosom and presented it.

Liu Biao hurriedly read the letter, but his heart sank. Xuande fought with Yuan Shao, although he broke his army and forced Yuan Shao to retreat to Wei County, but he himself was exhausted and unable to fight again. I can't send troops to help. Alas, after a few tosses, are you still going to abandon this foundation?

Zhao Yun led the army into Nanyang, and he did not cover up his whereabouts in a dignified manner. So soon, not only Wenpin knew, but Cao Cao also knew.

Cao Cao was in the camp, and when he heard that the Qingzhou army had arrived, he couldn't help but be stunned. After discovering the flag, it was known that Zhao Yun was there in person. After a little groaning, I guessed eight or nine points in my heart. The battle was stopped and Cao Ren was sent to ask.

Cao Ren arrived at Zhao Yun's station, met Zhao Yun, and after chatting a few words, he didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Why is the general here?" ”

Zhao Yun said: "The military order is in your body. "What am I doing here, what is your business?

Cao Ren couldn't help frowning, and said, "The general wants to be the enemy of our army?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled dumbly: "General Cao, where are you talking about this?" Cao Jun can come, but can't so? It must be known that the state pastor here is Liu Jingsheng! ”

Cao Ren wanted to ask again, but Zhao Yun was rambling and didn't want to say anything more. Seeing this, Cao Ren said goodbye to Zhao Yun and returned to Cao Cao to tell him about the situation. And said: "Zhao Yun will have bad intentions when he comes, and the lord must guard against it." ”

Cao Cao laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, if it has bad intentions, its words will be hidden." Xuande must have no intention of Nantu, so Zhao Yun is unwilling, and his words are exposed. ”

Cao Ren thought about it, it seemed to make sense, okay, the big things should be taken care of by the lord, anyway, he just needs to implement it.