After receiving the news that Jiangdong was in a hurry, Deputy Director Tao really couldn't send reinforcements to the Jiangdong battlefield, but this did not mean that Deputy Director Tao could not share the pressure on the Jiangdong battlefield. In order to relieve pressure on Jiangdong, In order to prevent the situation, at the end of the eighth year of Jian'an, Chen Da's team of Xuzhou Army stationed in Shangdang gave up the plan to advance westward to Gaonu, leaving behind the two generals of Tuo Myanmar and Tian Xiang to guard the Shangdang granary in Bingzhou. Provide food and grass support for Hou Cheng's team in Taiyuan, Chen Dao himself led an army of 20,000 to Henoi, Yingchuan went straight to Nanyang, and put military pressure on the Jingzhou army from the north. ◎Literature Museumr//

Chen Dao's team is a tired army. After returning to the battlefield of Nanyang for thousands of miles, it will definitely be even more tired and difficult to fight again. However, Deputy Director Tao has always played very smartly, and dispatched Chen Dao's team to the battlefield of Nanyang, and Instead of letting Chen Daojun launch an attack on the northern line of Jingzhou Army, Chen Dao team replaced Taishici's team to guard the Nanyang control area. In this way, Taishici's new force can go south to attack Jiyang and Xinye defense line of Jingzhou Army. Chen Da's team took the opportunity to rest in the northeast of Nanyang. After recovering from the exhaustion of the army, they could either go south to help Taishi Ci attack Jingzhou, or go directly north to attack Luoyang, which was barely controlled by Cao's army, without delaying Tao at all. Deputy Director's expansion plan.

A month later, Chen Da's team arrived at the Nanyang battlefield successfully and quickly completed the handover of the defense zone with Taishici's team. Taishici's team, who had been prepared, immediately went south to attack and started the first battle with the Jingzhou army in Jiyang in early February. The Jingzhou army had been afraid of being beaten by the Xuzhou army on land, and was afraid of being timid before fighting. Taishici's team came with a determination to revenge, and their morale and fighting spirit were very high, so the Jingzhou army was soon in Jiyang He suffered a crushing defeat on the battlefield and was forced to retreat to the city to defend. Taishi Ci led his troops to attack, and Jiyang was in danger.

At this time, the side effects of Liu Biao deliberately supporting his eldest son Liu Qi in power began to appear. The main force of Jingzhou Navy attacked Jiangdong in such a big deal. As the oldest general in Jingzhou and the veteran Jingzhou general Huang Zu, who was in charge of the Nanyang battlefield, did not stop Liu Qi from sending troops until Liu Qi sent troops. Only then did he know about this big thing! In dissatisfaction, Huang Zu simply didn't even bother to give reinforcements to Jiyang faction, and he did not dare to act lightly on Xinye's excuse that Xinye was more important and did not dare to act lightly. He deliberately instigated Taishi Ci's team to be rude in the Jiyang area, and even more dissatisfied with what Liu Qi did The Cai Mao brothers also took the opportunity to stand up and make trouble. They not only deliberately neglected the major matter of northbound reinforcements, but also constantly exaggerated the danger of the battle situation on the northern front and put pressure on Liu Biao. They asked Liu Biao to recall the main force brought to Chaisang and return to the army. Guard the important town of Xiangyang.

This naturally made Liu Biao, who supported his eldest son under tremendous pressure, never dreamed that he had carefully prepared for the sneak attack of Chaisang, which even his important officials had hidden countless censors. He would be beaten like this by his precious son and sent troops. In more than two months, not even a Chaisang City was taken down, let alone the planned strategic goals that the Xuzhou Navy defeated. At the same time, what did not come to Liu Biao's mind was that his baby son could not win only more than 10,000 guards of the second-line army. Even if the Chaisang City is not the case, Qiao Rui, who has never been good at making plans, was repeatedly played like a monkey. He lost battles and suffered heavy losses in the face of the conspiracy of the Chaisang defenders. , which also gave enough excuses from the civil and military officials in Jingzhou to oppose letting Liu Qi take power.

Inside, Huang Zu was lazy and Cai Mao broke up, and Cai was blowing some pillows from time to time and said something strange. The war in the south was very difficult. Internal and external affairs were in a difficult situation, and the elite troops of Xuzhou army began to be on the verge of the north. He thorned his teeth and pushed his beloved son.

After a while, Liu Biao, who was so anxious that he could not bear it, finally made up his mind and sent an envoy to the Chaisang battlefield to send an order to Liu Qi, ordering Liu Qi to withdraw his main force in Jingzhou as soon as possible, and not to continue fighting or embarrassing his face on the Chaisang battlefield.

Liu Biao's order was sent to the battlefield in Chaisang on the afternoon of February 23. After receiving this news, Liu Qi, who had not made any contributions to the Eastern Expedition, had a blue and black face, which was a total of two.

The time of Zhuxiang didn't say a word, and the civil and military officials in Jingzhou had different thoughts. Zhang Yun and the Cai brothers were of course gloating. Wen Pin and Huang Zhong and others were in a regretful mood. It was a pity to withdraw the troops. All the hard work in the past will be

All previous efforts were wasted, and most of the civil and military officials in Jingzhou, including Deng Yi, Liu Hu and Deng Long, were relieved and glad that they finally didn't have to fight again.

Kuai Yue, who was married to Liu Qi, was in a complicated mood. After thinking for a long time, Kuai Yue gritted the bullet and said, "Grand Prince, since the lord has an order, the prince might as well consider withdrawing the army as soon as possible. The south wind is getting tighter during this period.

If the main force of the Xuzhou bandit army comes to support, the wind direction will be very unfavorable to our navy generals. It is better to retreat. When the troops are reorganized in the future, it will not be too late to attack Chaisang and take revenge."

Liu Qi's face became even more ugly, because Liu Qi knew very well that Chaisang had fought this way in this battle. After he ordered his troops to withdraw, he wanted to rely on his father to hand over half of the main force of Jingzhou to his Eastern Expedition to avenge him. That would definitely be better than Dengtian.

It was still difficult. So after hesitating for a long time, Liu Qi then said in a dry voice: "Let me think about it overnight and make a decision tomorrow."

Liu Biao just ordered Liu Qi to withdraw as soon as possible, and did not explain that Liu Qi would withdraw immediately after receiving the order without any discount. Liu Qi decided to consider it again overnight, naturally no one objected. However, on this night that was destined to make Liu Qi sleepless, new bad news suddenly came out.

It was heard that after the fourth update of the night, a small boat sped to the bank of the Yangtze River. The boat stumbled into the Jingzhou camp, bringing Liu Qi the main force of the Xuzhou Navy set off on the tenth day of the February, and went west to rescue.

News from Chaisang. At the same time, Jingzhou Xiaozuo told Liu Qi that because the Xuzhou Navy also strictly blocked the Yangtze River waterway, he took the land to Xunyang and then crossed the river to report the news, so the Xuzhou Navy has arrived there at the moment.

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After receiving this news, Liu Qi was inevitably shocked. He quickly sent someone to reconnaissance the movement downstream, and summoned Kuai Yue to discuss countermeasures. Kuai Yue urged Liu Qi to withdraw his troops as soon as possible, pointing out that the wind has changed now, and the morale of the old man has been frustrated after the army.

The generals and soldiers returned home. At this time, the Xuzhou Navy, who was dispatched in full force, had little chance of defeat. It would be better to retreat to Jiangxia first, lure the Xuzhou Navy to pursue it, and lure the Xuzhou Navy into its own home court to fight. This would lead to a greater chance of victory.

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After listening to Kuai Yue's suggestion, Liu Qi felt it was reasonable, but he was afraid that the Xuzhou navy would not pursue him and made him lose his efforts. When he returned, he became a laughing stock in Jingzhou. He wanted to fight the Xuzhou navy in Poyang Lake. He looked for opportunities to defeat the enemy on the spot, but

Kuai Yue still firmly opposed it because the water surface of Poyang Lake is too wide, the water flow is slow and there is almost no upstream advantage, and the position of the wind direction is more important. The Jingzhou Navy, who is in a position of headwind, will suffer a great loss. At the same time, the decisive battle in Poyang Lake is still

Qiao Rui's team, who was still standing in Chaisang City, would inevitably threaten the safety of the Jingzhou Navy's water camp. They could attack and retreat or defend, and they would harass the Jingzhou Navy's day and night. They forced the Jingzhou Army to leave heavy troops to protect the camp.

The inability to put all the power into the surface battlefield makes the Jingzhou Navy's decisive battle prospects even worse.

While hesitating, a new accident happened. The Jingzhou army patrol team suddenly escorted a Xuzhou soldier to Liu Qi. He said that the Xuzhou soldier slipped down from the west gate of Chaisang and went directly to the gate of Jingzhou Daying.

It was a secret matter to meet Liu Qi. Liu Qi, who had suffered losses several times, dared not neglect. He quickly asked the Xuzhou soldiers why they came here. The Xuzhou soldiers took out a letter and kowtowed and said, "Report to the eldest son, the little man."

It was the confidant soldier of Sun Gao, the guard general of the West Gate of Chaisang, who was ordered to deliver the letter. Please check it out."

He was very vigilant and asked the guard to pass it in front of him. When Liu Qi opened the letter, he suddenly became stunned because in this letter, Sun Gao, one of the generals of Chaisang, suddenly took the wrong medicine, and actually

He expressed his intention to surrender to the Jingzhou army, and asked Liu Qi to attack Chaisang at half past the third day of the 24th night. He would open the west gate of the Chaisang to let the Jingzhou army enter the city!

"Here comes again!" Liu Qi, who had suffered similar pain, was furious and slapped the table and shouted: "Come, push the spy out and kill it!"

"No!" The guard in the tent agreed. The soldiers in Xuzhou were scattered and quickly shouted like a pig: "Young master, you are wronged! Unjust! The villain is a messenger, not a spy!"

"You dare to say that you are not a spy!" Liu Qi said angrily: "Sun Gao is Qiao Rui's favorite general. Why did he surrender to me for no reason? You must have been instructed by Qiao Rui's servant to trick me into the city and get things done!

How can you hide such a trick from my eyes?”

"Young Master, it's wrong, it's really wrong!" The Xuzhou soldiers cried and shook the sky, "We surrendered because the food in Chaisang City was about to be cut off, and the supplies guarding the city were almost used, and there was no news about the reinforcements, Sun

For the sake of his brothers, the general decided to surrender to you! If you don't believe it, you can send someone to the West Gate of Chaisang tomorrow night to see the situation. If General Sun doesn't open the city gate or plays some tricks, you can kill me again

It's not too late!"

"Young Master, this person makes sense." Kuai Yue, who had read Sun Gao's surrender book, hurriedly said: "The messenger is in our military camp. If he is really cheating, he can kill him at any time, and there is no need to rush for a moment. Besides, Sun

Gao has clearly agreed on the time and location. Our army has enough time to prepare for precautions and is not afraid of him using fraud."

After saying that, Kuai Yue quickly attached himself to Liu Qi's ear and whispered: "Young Master, Sun Gao doesn't have to be afraid even if he surrenders. Our army is far above the enemy, and we are not afraid of the enemy setting up an ambush outside the city. It's from the West Gate of Chaisang.

We have already filled the moat. If the enemy wants to ambush us, it is nothing more than setting up ambush in the urn. As long as we are well prepared, we will not only not be afraid of the enemy's thousand-pound gates arranged by the urn, but we can also use our plans to defeat the enemy in the urn.

military."

After hearing Kuai Yue's words were reasonable, Liu Qi asked the guards to let go of the Xuzhou soldier and asked about Sun Gao's surrender. Only then did he know that Sun Gao was indeed afraid that the city would be destroyed because he had not seen reinforcements for a long time. He sent him to the death.

The confidant soldiers went out of the city to send a letter to surrender. At the same time, the Xuzhou soldier also told Liu Qi that Sun Gao chose to open the city after the third update because Qiao Rui was used to patrolling the city at the third update, and Qiao Rui ended at the third update.

When patrol and returned to the room to sleep, the Chaisang defenders were at the most relaxed moment of prevention, and at this time, the city was the most important to be sure of opening the city.

After hearing the Xuzhou soldiers' words, Liu Qi was skeptical and nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you once. If Sun Gao really opens the city to surrender, I will naturally have a heavy reward to you, but now I must give you a grievance.

, take this person to the camp for good care of his life, and do not abuse him or let him escape."

The Xuzhou soldiers were indeed sent by Sun Gao to deliver the surrender letter. After hearing Liu Qi's arrangement, they were naturally not afraid. After thanking Liu Qi, they followed the guards to leave the central army tent. Seeing that he looked as normal, Liu Qi and Kuai Yue believed it.

After that, Liu Qi discussed with Kuai Yue the countermeasures of using a sandbag to hold the thousand-pound gate, and was preparing to take advantage of luck at night.

In this way, the 24th Jingzhou Army naturally could not retreat on this day. Liu Qi only announced the news that the Xuzhou Navy was about to come to aid and ordered the generals to take strict vigilance to prepare for the battle. When the time and strength of the main force in Xuzhou were confirmed, the time and force of the aid were found.

After making plans for the number of people, the generals of the Jingzhou army who were good at water war did not persuade Liu Qi to withdraw and continued to stay with Liu Qi to wait for observation. In the afternoon, Liu Qi arranged for the general Liu Hu to prepare for the night battle and prepare more sacks of sandbags.

As well as the torch necessary for night battles, I decided to try my luck in everything and strive to take down Chaisang before the main force in Xuzhou came to help.

A daytime passed quickly. At the second update, Liu Hu led 8,000 troops out of the camp overnight. He used the night to cover the night to lurk outside the Ximen City of Chaisang. Liu Qi, Kuai Yue and others stayed in the camp and waited for news.

At the same time, another reserve team was arranged to gather in the camp to prevent everything. During this period, Liu Qi, who had not been sleeping for more than a day, finally couldn't hold on and leaned against the desk and fell asleep.

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"Young Master! Youth Master! Youth Master! Youth Master wake up!"

Time flies the fastest in sleep. Liu Qi feels that as soon as he closes his eyes, he is immediately shaken by someone. When he opens his eyes, he sees that the person who wakes him is Kuai Yue. Liu Qi asks in a daze: "

Uncle, what happened?"

"We have attacked Chaisang City!" Kuai Yue's excitement made Liu Qi feel sleepy all of a sudden, "General Liu Hu rushed into Chaisang City. Sun Gao didn't lie to us, he really opened the city gate. We

The team has already entered the city!"

"Really?!" Liu Qi was so surprised that he couldn't believe his ears. He jumped up from the bed and rushed to the outside of the tent barefoot. He saw that the direction of Chaisang was indeed a sound of killing, and the torches on the city wall were shaking. At the same time, Chai was at the same time.

The city tower of Sangximen has also been swallowed by the fire. It is like a huge torch, reflecting half of the sky red!

"Sun Gao! You are my benefactor!" After jumping up and yelling, Liu Qi quickly yelled again: "Hurry, reserve team, attack!"

"The reserve team has launched an attack." Kuai Yue replied with a smile: "I also ordered the army to ring the assembly clock, and our army is already gathering!"

Liu Qi laughed wildly, quickly put on his clothes and shoes in a hurry, rushed to the central tent and generals sent troops, and the Jingzhou central tent was already full of generals, and everyone was filled with joy.

The expression said nothing, and it was unexpected that the self-army could suddenly break through the city of Chaisang, which had not been taken down for almost three months when the enemy reinforcements were about to arrive! Liu Qi was full of energy and strides towards the handsome man

The case said loudly: "Dear generals, let me tell you a good news. General Liu Hu, our general, has successfully attacked the West Gate of Chaisang under my clever plan!"

"So it was the master's trick!" The generals in Jingzhou cheered together and asked one after another: "Young Master, what trick did you use to break the city?"

"I'll talk about these later." Liu Qi waved his hand majestic and said loudly: "It's important to break the city now. Wenpin and Huang Zhong, you will immediately lead the troops from the camp and follow me to the west gate of Chaisang to assist Liu Hu and the bridge.

Ruipi's street fighting! Deng Long led 10,000 troops to the rear team, and the rest of the generals stayed in the camp with Kuai Yue." The generals in Jingzhou sang a loud voice, and Liu Qi arranged a messenger to urgently order Yuan Neng to send troops to attack the southern gate of Chaisang.

He ordered Zhang Yun, Cai Zhong and others to send troops to attack the North Gate of Chaisang, and then led Wen Pin and Huang Zhong to lead the army out of the camp and rushed to the West Gate of Chaisang.

When Liu Qi's team arrived at the West Gate of Chaisang, the two 13,000 Jingzhou troops sent earlier had basically entered the City of Chaisang, and the city wall of the West Gate of Chaisang had also been captured by Jingzhou team, although the Chaisang defenders were still there.

The city fought desperately to resist, but the destruction of the Chaisang City was a foregone conclusion. What surprised Liu Qi was that there were shouts of killing from the northern gate of Chaisang. After asking in detail, I found out that the Cai brothers had already raised troops to kill them.

When they arrived in front of the North Gate of Chaisang, the soldiers at the North Gate of Chaisang were so timid that they opened the city gate to escape, so the Cai brothers had successfully entered the City City.

"Two men! When robbing me of me, I'm quick to get my hands and feet!" Liu Qi cursed, and then immediately ordered: "Wenpin, Huang Zhong, you two will lead your army into the city immediately. You must drive the Xuzhou thief army out of the city as soon as possible.

, Pay attention to protecting street houses, we have great uses!”

"Young Master, there is no need to send so many troops into the city in street fighting, right?" Wen Pin had some opinions.

"Then Huang Zhong stay, you bring the headquarters into the city!" Liu Qi shouted angrily.

Seeing that Liu Qi was already angry, Wen Pin did not dare to neglect him, so he quickly brought his troops into the west gate of Chaisang. When Wen Pin's team entered Chaisang City, there was already a sea of ​​people in the city of Chaisang, and there were troops and figures of Jingzhou Army everywhere.

Countless Jingzhou soldiers cheered on the streets with torches, and some people were eager to open the door and rob. The sound of rumbling boxes and cabinets and dishes were broken everywhere on both sides of the street. Wenpin ordered the army to pay attention to protecting the houses. He led the army.

Kill the two southeast gates of Chaisang, which were shouting the most violently.

The Jingzhou Army protected the houses and streets of course were used to garrison troops and grains, so even if Liu Qi ordered that the fire was not allowed, the Jingzhou soldiers were careful not to ignite the houses. However, it may be because the city was about to break out, and the fifth update was about to pass halfway.

When it was still dark, the Xuzhou army actually set off a fire in the streets of Chaisang, threw countless torches into the middle courtyard, and then shot the rockets into the streets of the city. It ignited one by one.

The street houses, during the melee, the Jingzhou army could not put out the fire, and the fire spread everywhere unscrupulously. The raging flames devoured one house after another, and countless pillars of fire rose into the sky.

What's even more terrible is that the Xuzhou army is located in the southeast of Chaisang City. The southeast wind blows the fire in spring to the northwest of Chaisang, which not only encourages the fire and accelerates the spread of the fire, but also quickly devours the Ximen and

The Jingzhou team entering the city at the north gate, a large number of Jingzhou soldiers ran around and fled in the fire, and had no intention of chasing the Chaisang defenders. The Chaisang defenders set fire while opening the Chaisang west gate and the south gate without hesitation and began to look towards

Break through the southwest side of Chaisang.

When the fire just began to spread, the Jingzhou army also tried to put out the fire and protect the houses and streets, but the fire in Chaisang City was very strange. Not only did it spread far faster than the average fire, but it also burned extremely violently, and the fire was at the end of the fire.
To be continued...