In October, the sky is high and crisp.

This is a good day for autumn travel, but in Jiangxia County, it seems lifeless, and when the army of Wu Guoxi is pressing, the people of Jiangxia are panicking.

Xiling Castle, the residence of the county guard.

Liu Bei, the prince of Jiangxia County, stood tall and gloomy, and looked at the big sand table in the center with a pair of eyes, which depicted the entire territory of Jiangxia.

It's just that Jiangxia is already in flames today.

The army of Wu State, a full-scale westward expedition, the main force led by Sun Jian has been along the Yangtze River waterway, hit in, unimpeded, everywhere to go, no one dares to stop, have surrendered.

There is also a large army, for the right army of Wu Guoxi, Sun Jian's eldest son, Wu Guojiang Marquis Sun Ce is the commander, from the Jiujiang realm, along the north of the city, all the way singing, in a short period of time, has been conquered several cities in a row, through the entire northern part of Jiangxia.

At the same time, not only Jiangxia, the whole Jingzhou has been plunged into a piece of war, in the three counties of Jingnan, Wu Guohou general Huang Zhong personally led 100,000 lions, from Jiaozhou and set off, all the way north, one day and one city, less than half a month, now has reached Changsha.

The forces of the State of Chu are now concentrated on the waterways of the Yangtze River, preparing to fight to the death with Sun Jian's main force in the Chibi, Xiakou, and Fankou river areas.

But in less than half a month, Jingnan and Jingbei were attacked at the same time.

Now that most of the cities in the north and south of Jingzhou have been abandoned, the state of Chu seems to be suppressed step by step and has no way out, and the people of the whole country are panicked, and they are panicked one by one.

"Wu Guo is menacing!"

Liu Bei stretched out his hands, gently rubbed his tired head, and looked at the sand table. His eyes were a little gloomy, and after half a sound, he muttered: "It seems that we must retreat now!" ”

In the first battle, Liu Bei won back face for the Chu State, and defeated the 50,000 Wu Navy with 30,000 troops.

But he knew in his heart that this was just a superficial sight. In fact, this battle is a lose-lose situation.

Pang Tong's three plans were not overturned, Zhou Tai was angry, and attacked the overturned, this battle lasted for two days and one night, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, but relatively speaking, the battle of the Jiangxia army was still not as good as the Wu navy, and the casualties also rose again.

It was only in the end that the sudden retreat of the Wu Navy gave the people of the world a phenomenon. The Wu navy was defeated.

In this battle, less than 20,000 of the 30,000 sailors under Liu Bei's command could return to Xiling, and the warships were damaged five or six out of ten, and even a building ship was sunk, which was a great loss of vitality.

Now that he has rectified the Jiangxia troops, the total number of troops is only in the first tens of thousands, facing the pressure of Sun Jian's hundreds of thousands of troops. Except for the retreat and Liu Biao, there is really no other way.

Dead carrying?

I can't bear it. In the end, it will only be ruthlessly crushed.

"Jiang Xia definitely won't be able to keep it."

Liu Bei gritted his teeth, although he was a little unwilling, he had to do it.

He has been planning for a long time, and finally has a place to recuperate, not that he doesn't want to keep Jiangxia County, but he knows it very well in his heart. Staying in Jiangxia, he will face Sun Jian's lore, and it is estimated that there is not even a scum left.

"My lord, the matter of the withdrawal of the army that we have prepared now is a month ago. Jiangxia County's fierce supplies, most of us have already transferred Xiakou! Zhuge Liang walked out and arched his hand.

"Okay, give the order immediately!"

Liu Bei thought for a while, his eyes burst out with a cold light, and said: "The whole army is ready to retreat, and take away all the grain in Jiangxia, and the whole army will withdraw to Chibi, and now Chibi, Xiakou, and Fankou have formed an iron triangle, and the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops gathered, we can still have a fight with Wu State!" ”

The decisive battle of this battle is in Chibi.

"Lord, now that we don't have the order of the king Liu Biao, we give up Jiangxia without permission and retreat to Chibi, will Liu Biao let us go?" Liu Bei's other strategist, Chen Deng, gently turned his wheelchair, his pale face was a little gloomy, his eyes were gloomy and bright, and said: "Now the lord of Chibi is Cai Mao, he has always been at odds with the lord, if he seizes this opportunity, Nannian will do it to us!" ”

"I'm afraid of a bird, if he dares to treat his brother, a certain family can't spare him!" Zhang Fei's one-eyed eyes looked extremely grandiose, and Hong Zhong's voice sounded coldly and arrogantly.

"Yide, General Cai Mao is an important minister of the Chu State, don't talk nonsense!"

Liu Bei waved his hand, signaling Zhang Fei to calm down, he groaned for a while, his eyes swept over the generals, and said in a low voice: "As the so-called generals are outside, the military order is not subject to it, Jiangxia will definitely not be able to keep it now, what we are left behind is just to kill ourselves, and it is also a helpless move to retreat from Chibi." ”

Sun Jian's main army was so powerful that everything that stood in his way would be destroyed, and all his strategies would become useless.

With these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, it is impossible to block Sun Jian's main force of nearly 200,000 troops.

Moreover, there are still more than 100,000 male divisions led by Sun Ce in the north of Jiangxia today, and once they form a joint encirclement, they may not even have a chance to escape with this little force.

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, squinted slightly, looked at everyone, and bowed down to add a reassuring word for Liu Bei: "Lord, although we withdraw our troops without authorization, we will let them seize the handle, if it is a normal day, it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Biao will not take the opportunity to kill, but in this current situation, Liu Biao should understand in his heart that only by uniting our forces can there be hope of keeping the Chu State, so I believe that they will not deal with us because of this, but will help us withdraw our troops!" ”

Although Liu Biao is a little weak, but he is not simple and confused, since he dares to raise troops to fight, he must also have a certain strategic vision, even if he is unhappy with Liu Bei, at this juncture, he will also command and choose to believe, and will not Liu Bei push out.

"Kong Ming is right!"

Liu Bei was relieved when he heard this, he squinted, his eyes were sharp, and he said: "Liu Biao is not a person who doesn't understand the overall situation, the battle between Wu and Chu has just begun, although Chu is now at a disadvantage, but we still have the ability to fight, but if he dares to cut off his arm, he will definitely die!" ”

"Brother, Sun Jian's main force has just entered Jiangxia, and we have not fought for a while, but we fled in panic. Something is not good! ”

At this time, Guan Yu, the fiercest general under Liu Bei, walked out, and his narrow eyes exuded a touch of fighting intent: "Now our navy still has the strength to fight, and we can fight and retreat!" ”

"Yes, brother. How can we retreat without a fight! Zhang Fei also spoke, and said coldly: "Even if we can't compete, we have to face Sun Jian, otherwise it will be too embarrassing for my brother!" ”

retreating without a fight made these peerless generals a little unwilling.

"No way!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he shook his head, gritted his teeth, his face was cold, and said, "It's not a cowardly family." It's that Sun Jian's forces are too fierce now, if we are bitten by Sun Jian, maybe we won't even have a chance to escape! ”

The warships of the Wu State are three points higher than the warships of the Jiangxia army in terms of performance, and once they are entangled, they will not be able to get out.

Compared with running for his life, he can't care about this reputation.

"My lord, maybe we have a chance. Can overcome the Wu army for a while, and frustrate the Wu army's spirit! Zhuge Liang's gaze fell on a red marching route on the sand table. Bright and bright.

"Kong Ming!"

When Liu Bei heard this, his face was happy, and he said, "What is the plan, come quickly!" ”

Now that he has the opportunity, he naturally doesn't want to run away like a coward.

"Lord, please look!"

Zhuge Liang stood up. Dressed in a Confucian robe, his face is like a crown of jade, his demeanor is graceful, he holds a feather fan, and he is calm. Pointing to a marching route in the middle of the sand table, he said: "This is the marching route of the right army of Wu State reported by the scout!" ”

The red lines on the sand table that everyone looked at, one of the generals said in a low voice: "The commander of the right army of Wu State is Sun Ce, and the scout is coming, although Sun Ce claims to be attacking with 300,000 troops, but in fact, the number of soldiers and horses under his command is about 120,000, and most of them are cavalry!" ”

"Kong Ming, is there any problem?" Liu Bei asked puzzled.

"Big problem!"

Zhuge Liang's eyes crossed a glint and said: "Sun Ce entered Jiangxia County from Anfeng City, Jiujiang County on October 6, but in just ten days, he has already won Xiyang, Soft Country, County, Xinxi, Pingchun, the battle line is continuous, all the way west, non-stop, and now he has hit Suixian!" ”

"The cavalry under his command occupies the majority, and the march is as fast as thunder, it is not surprising that he can take these cities in such a short time!" Guan Yu's eyes were gloomy, a sharp light flickered, and he said in a low voice.

The speed of the cavalry, he naturally knew it, it seemed that the elite soldiers under Liu Bei's command, Bai Er, also had the ability to take these cities in such a short time.

"It's not their capabilities, it's the front and strategy!"

Zhuge Liang had a hint of Xiao Kill on his face, and said coldly: "Sun Ce's battle line has been stretched for such a long time, from Anfeng to Suixian, it has stretched for more than hundreds of miles, and now according to this situation, he will definitely attack Xiangyang!" ”

"Xiangyang?"

When everyone heard this, they were slightly shocked in their hearts, their eyes widened instantly, and they looked at the sand table deadly.

Zhuge Liang is really right, the direction of Sun Ce's army's attack, the target drawn by this line is Xiangyang.

"This is our chance too!"

Zhuge Liang's deep eyes radiated the light of wisdom.

"What chance?" Zhang Fei said with a grin.

"An opportunity to defeat the army on the right side of the Wu army!" Zhuge Liang said coldly: "Sun Ce's current strength is tens of thousands, but he is too impatient, he can't be as calm as Sun Jian and Huang Zhong, step by step, there will be a flaw in his strategy, if he can defeat him for a while, it will make the morale of the army of Chu State high!" ”

In the era of cold weapons, fighting a war is about morale, otherwise there is no need to swear a teacher, boost morale and so on.

"How to defeat him?"

When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly focused on Zhuge Liang's body, and it was a little hot.

"Now their main force has marched to Suixian, and then they will go west to Nanjun, and Suixian has also become a key city from Jiangxia to Nanjun, and they will inevitably store a lot of grain and grass here."

Zhuge Liang pointed his finger at the territory of Suixian, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "As long as we cut off Suixian, then his westward soldiers and horses will become a lone army, and then we will unite the forces of Xiangyang, attack back and forth, and catch him off guard!" ”

With Jiangxia's tens of thousands of troops, plus Xiangyang's troops, if you want to fight this battle, you still have a chance of winning.

Of course, if you want to destroy the Right Route Army in this way, it will definitely be impossible, but if you can defeat Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, for a while, you will definitely be able to greatly frustrate the spirit of the Wu army, and the next battle will be much easier.

The defeat in the first battle can directly affect the morale of the Wu army's hundreds of thousands of troops in the westward expedition, which is enough to increase the combat effectiveness of the Chu army by three percent. (To be continued......)