There have been a lot of guests in Xiangyang recently. Liu Bei led his troops to surrender. This is because Liu Biao had received a letter from Liu Bei a long time ago. Now Liu Bei has the name of the emperor's uncle. He and Liu Biao are considered to be of the same generation. Everyone is a clan, and Liu Biao is indeed

He needs some soldiers who are good at fighting to help him consolidate his power in Jingzhou.

When he rode into Jingzhou alone, it was naturally a good story for a while, but perhaps only Liu Biao himself knew how much he paid in order to secure his position as the lord of Jingzhou. Almost none of the military, political and financial resources were in Liu Biao's hands, so for Liu Bei

Although Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and others did not agree with the arrival of Liu Biao, Liu Biao still accepted it.

Although Liu Bei was in decline, he had fought against Cao Cao and Yuan Shu over the years. He had experienced hundreds of battles and had rich combat experience. He was also a member of the Han clan and Liu Biao's family, which could strengthen Liu Biao's power.

Li Ru came and said that Lu Bu was willing to help Liu Biao defeat Sun Ce, and the price was only some food and grass, which made Liu Biao readily agree.

"Brother, although Jiangdong Sun Ce is brave, Bei also has strong generals under his command. Bei came to surrender this time without any merit. It is just a good opportunity to take care of my brother's worries. Why bother to help others?" After Li Ru left, Liu Bei accompanied Liu Biao.

, asked puzzledly.

"My dear brother has just arrived and is tired from the journey. How can I let my dear brother go to war as soon as he comes? If the world knows about it, won't they laugh at me?" Liu Biao smiled and shook his head and said: "Besides, this can also be used to make Lu Bu and Sun Ce have an enmity.

, if something like this happens again in the future, we can share the same hatred."

Liu Bei wanted to persuade Liu Bei again, but Chen Gong pulled Liu Bei to stop him from talking anymore. After Liu Bei chatted with Liu Biao for a while, he left and left.

?If we can get an opportunity to fight this time, wouldn't it be a good time to make meritorious deeds and establish ourselves here?"

"The King of Chu is protecting the lord. The lord has not seen it just now, so Cai Hao's expression has changed?" Chen Gong walked and said with a smile: "Jingzhou's civil and military forces came out, but they could not stop Sun Ce. Now that the lord leads his troops, if

If you lose, you will become the laughing stock of the Jingzhou nobles; if you win, won't it mean that the Jingzhou nobles are incompetent?"

"Then why can Lu Bu fight?" Zhang Fei snorted dissatisfiedly. If Lu Bu can fight, they can't fight. What's the point?

"The Jingxiang nobles have been defeated by Lu Bu several times. Now Lu Bu has defeated Sun Ce. That is what it should be. If Lu Bu is defeated, they will only pay some food and grass." Chen Gong said with a smile: "Furthermore, Lu Bu and Sun Ce

The king of Chu is also an ally. Now that Lu Bu has taken the initiative to take action and won, Lu Bu is also in Nanyang. If we wait to fight, the victory will be in front of their eyes. If I wait for a day, they will appear incompetent."

"Ha~" Zhang Fei sneered and said nothing after hearing this. What the hell is this?

"This is human nature." Chen Gong sighed.

"Gongtai, now that we have arrived in Jingxiang, what should we do next?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong. When they arrived in Jingxiang, Liu Biao also accepted them. They had a place to stay for the time being, but could it always be like this in the future?

?

"The land of Jingxiang is full of outstanding people. My lord is here for the first time in Jingxiang. He should make good friends with the Jingxiang gentry. Being too radical will only arouse the vigilance and rejection of the Jingxiang people. My lord needs to let the Jingxiang gentry accept you first before doing anything else.

"Chen Gong said with a smile.

As for what he was planning, Chen Gong didn't say, and Liu Bei didn't ask.

On the other side, after Li Ru persuaded Liu Biao to allow Lu Bu to enter the country to help the Jingzhou Army defeat the Jiangdong Army, Lu Bu did not hesitate much and took two thousand cavalry with him to follow the county to Anlu. With fewer troops and horses, Lu Bu was worried that Liu Biao was plotting against him.

, brought too many cavalry, Liu Biao was also worried that Lu Bu would deceive the master and attack Guo on the false road. Two thousand cavalry was a force acceptable to both sides. With these two thousand cavalry, Lu Bu was confident that Liu Biao could not trap him, and Liu Biao also

Don't worry about Lu Bu using these two thousand cavalry to attack the city and seize the territory. That would be unrealistic. Even if they were captured, would two thousand men be able to hold on to the city? If the road were to be cut off, Lu Bu would be trapped to death.

The war situation in Anlu was not good. Wenpin, Liu Pan, and Liu Hu arrived at Anlu and joined forces with Huang Zu. They were fighting each other on offense and defense with Sun Ce. When Huang She went out for inspection, he was ambushed by Sun Ce's general Xu Sheng and failed to break through.

As a result, he was killed by Xu Sheng's random arrows.

After Huang Zu heard the news, he was furious. He ignored the dissuasion of Wenpin and Liu Pan and raised his troops to attack Sun Ce's camp. Sun Ce had been prepared for it. After a melee, he finally lost to the brave Jiangdong Army. If not for Liu Pan, Liu Hu would have led his troops to reinforce him in time.

, fearing that the entire army would be wiped out, but Liu Hu was shot dead by a stray arrow in the rebel army during the rescue of Huang Zu. Wenpin led his army to block the pursuers, and then rescued Liu Pan and Huang Zu back to the camp. However, after this

In the first battle, the Jingzhou army lost troops and generals and did not dare to fight again. They could only defend Anlu and not be able to leave.

Sun Ce sent his army to attack the city, but could not break it for three consecutive days. He was a little anxious and sent people to the city every day to call for formation. The morale of the Jingzhou army was hurt. Wenpin took advantage of the opponent's retreat and led his troops to attack. He won a small victory, but was almost defeated.

Sun Ce, who had returned, was captured alive and hurried back to the city to hold on.

"My lord, the army has been running out of food and grass. I heard that Na Lejin has been wandering outside Hefei recently, and Chen Deng in Guangling has also stationed troops in Dongling Pavilion. The intention is unknown." Zhu Zhi came to the Chinese army's tent and saluted Sun Ce who was studying the map.

: "If Anlu is not broken, our army may not be able to advance to Jiangxia in this battle."

To talk about the background, Sun Ce defeated Wang Lang in Jiangdong over the years, destroyed Yan Baihu, and occupied all the land in Yuzhang. Later, he participated in the battle to destroy Yuan Shu. He was very famous, but such a fight would require food. Although Zhang Xun originally

After the surrender, all the food and grass that Yuan Shu had stationed in Lujiang belonged to Sun Ce. However, he had just renovated and conquered Jiangxia again. Although Sun Ce fought with overwhelming force on the battlefield, he was about to run out of food and grass. If they did not break Anlu, they would have no choice but to

Withdraw Chaisang.

This is still the case when Jiangdong's army relies on waterways to transport their food and grass. If it were transported by people on horseback as in the Central Plains, the food and grass consumption could be increased several times, which is simply not what Jiangdong can afford now.

"Tsk~" Sun Ce rubbed his head after hearing this: "In Anlu City, Wenpin seems to be in charge of the overall situation now. He is unwilling to go out of the city to fight. Our army wants to break through Anlu... Gong Jin, do you have any clever ideas?

?”

Zhou Yu was speechless. How could there be so many clever plans for things like siege? The so-called clever plans are just taking advantage of the situation, and they really should be available anytime and anywhere.

He turned around, ignored Sun Ce, and continued to look at the map.

Sun Ce thought for a while and said: "First order people to move the Jiangxia people to Jiangdong. If other things are really unsustainable, it won't be too late to evacuate."

Anyway, there is still time to go from here to Chaisang. You can take a boat down the river and arrive there in half a day. Don’t be in a hurry. If the Wenpin criminal accidentally kills you, wouldn’t it be just right?

"Here!" Zhu Zhi agreed and took the order and left.

Sun Ce felt a little bored, got up, picked up his bow and arrows, and left. Zhou Yu shouted from the side: "Where is Bo Fu going?"

"It's a bit boring. Let's go hunting around and have a tooth ceremony." Sun Ce walked out without looking back. He liked hunting, but now he found it difficult to break through the city in a hurry, so he wanted to go out for a hunt to vent his emotions.

"Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, you two will lead the troops to protect us. We are stationed here after all, so be careful." Zhou Yu watched Sun Ce leave, frowned, and said to Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin beside him.

"Here!" Generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin agreed and followed Sun Ce away.

"Gong Jin is too careful. Everything east of Anlu has been occupied by our army. How can there be any enemy invaders?" Sun Ce led his troops out of the camp. Looking at the people brought out by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, he was speechless. He just thought

Just strolling around the military camp to relax.

"My lord belongs to the people of Jiangdong, so you should be more cautious." Jiang Qin said with a smile.

Zhou Tai is not good at words and usually has a cold face. Jiang Qin usually speaks for him.

The group of people traveled for several miles without seeing a single prey. It was the middle of winter and everything was dormant. It was not easy to hunt prey during this season. Sun Ce also disliked common hares, so the group walked around in a circle. Nothing happened.

After harvesting, Sun Ce prepared to lead his troops back to camp.

At this moment, a slight tremor suddenly appeared on the ground. Sun Ce reined in his horse, frowned and looked to the north. He gestured to Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin nodded and ordered a general to act as a scout and go to have a look. After a while, the horseman

The general came back and said to everyone: "My lord, a cavalry has appeared in the north and is coming this way."

"Oh?" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Cavalry?"

Liu Biao didn't have many cavalry under his command, not only Liu Biao, but also Jiangdong. The only one with large-scale cavalry in the Jingxiang area was Nanyang. But how could Nanyang's troops and horses appear here?

"Lord, the presence of cavalry here is already dangerous, so return to camp immediately!" Jiang Qin hurriedly advised.

Sun Ce looked around, pointed to a hill in the distance and said: "Go up the mountain and form an array. The cavalry can rule the roost in the north. In this land of Jingxiang, the cavalry has little use for it!"

The men and horses brought by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin plus Sun Ce's personal guards were enough. When they occupied a favorable terrain, they were not afraid of large numbers of cavalry. Sun Ce was proficient in the art of war and quickly found a place to intercept the cavalry.

, arrayed against the mountain, no matter how fierce the opponent's cavalry is, it is not easy to kill them, not to mention that this place is not far from the Jiangdong camp, and reinforcements will arrive in an instant. Sun Ce is naturally worthy of the sudden attack of the cavalry, and he also

I want to see if this cavalry is Anlu's reinforcements.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had no choice but to accept the order and at the same time sent people to inform Zhou Yu. After all, the appearance of large-scale cavalry meant that Nanyang had taken action. This was no small matter.

At that moment, Sun Ce commanded his men and horses to quickly form an array on the hill. At the same time, he looked far into the distance and watched the large number of cavalry gradually running towards this direction in the distance.

"The number is quite large!" Sun Ce looked at the momentum of the galloping horses with a little envy in his eyes. Although cavalry is of little use in the south, if he captures Jingzhou and has a cavalry in his hand, it will definitely be a killer weapon.

The whip pointed at the approaching cavalry and said: "If you do something later, be careful and try not to hurt my horses. Those horses are mine!"
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