Chapter 61: Attacked from both sides

Since he secretly formed an alliance with Guo Jia and agreed to attack Jingzhou together, Yuan Shu has been paying attention to Guo Jia's movements in Yizhou every day in Nanyang. The food and grass have been sent in batches, and he has not been blocked by Liu Biao. However, Guo Jia just did not send troops when he got the food and grass. Yuan Shu asked three questions a day, and every report from his subordinates made his heart cold.

"What did Guo Jia say?"

In the prefect's mansion, Yuan Shu overturned the low table in front of him, with a ferocious face, and stared at Yang Hong under the hall.

Yang Hong, who was wiping sweat on his head, truthfully retelled Guo Jia's words.

"Guo Jia said that he followed the leader of the lord's horse. As long as the lord raises troops to attack Xiangyang, he will definitely lead his army eastward to respond to the lord."

Yuan Shu was so angry that he was panting with heavy breaths, and laughed in anger. He knelt down again, covered his forehead and laughed loudly.

Listening to Yuan Shu's wild sneer, most of the people in the hall lowered their heads, but Sun Jian, the leader of the military general, stood proudly, and the direct generals Huang Gai and others behind him also held their heads and looked solemn.

"Guo Jia, Guo Jia, Guo Jia, very, very good, isn't it just 500,000 stones of grain and grass, enough for you to enjoy on the road to the underworld."

After talking in a low voice, Yuan Shu, who had a gloomy eyes, suddenly looked up and shouted: "Sun Jian"

Sun Jian clasped his fists and spoke without saying a word.

"I will give you 70,000 troops. Can you conquer Jingzhou for me?"

Yuan Shu had nearly 100,000 troops at this time, and the sharpest general under his command was Sun Jian.

Wearing majestic armor and wearing a silver cloak, Sun Jian clasped his fists and said calmly: "In one month, you will definitely take down Jingxiang."

"Okay, I have Sun Wentai, why not be afraid of the world's Wentai? As long as you conquer Jingzhou, I will submit a letter to the court to recommend you as the governor of Yangzhou." Although Yuan Shu was furious, he still had his rationality. Sun Jian would conquer Jingzhou, and he would definitely win.

Is there any general under Liu Biao who can compete with Sun Jian?

Yuan Shu treated Sun Jian very generously. Not only did he not force Sun Jian to move his family to his capital, he even gave Sun Jian great power and took care of him from many sources. Even there were rumors that Sun Jian obtained the imperial seal in Luoyang, Yuan Shu never asked Sun Jian about this.

The trust in Sun Jian comes from his understanding of Sun Jian. Yuan Shu knew that Sun Jian had ambitions, but his ambition was not the world. At best, he was just a great minister, making his family prominent and glorious. When the Sun family was in Wu County, Sun Jian wanted to work hard to create a family business that made those who looked down on his Sun family feel respected. Yuan Shu could give him all these. Sun Jian didn't care about the governor of Yuzhou at all, but he wanted to be the governor of Yangzhou, because in that case, Sun Jian could just rightly over the heads of the gentry of Yangzhou. Whether it was Wu County or Kuaiji County, who would dare to underestimate Sun Jian?

When the civil and military retreated, Yuan Shu's anger gradually subsided. He closed his eyes and said softly to himself: "Guo Jia, after I take Jingzhou, even if you kneel down and beg me, I will crush your bones and ashes."

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After a few days of stable life in Xiangyang, Liu Biao once again fell into a crisis of war.

He could not know Guo Jia's actions in Yizhou in time, but he would definitely be well-informed about the movements of Yuan Shu's troops in Nanyang.

Recently, Yuan Shu began to mobilize troops and gather food, grass and supplies, and he must start the battle again. Liu Biao's nerves, which had just relaxed for a few days, became tense again.

"Is Yuan Shu here to attack Jingzhou?" Liu Biao was shocked. In fact, he was lucky and always felt that he had defeated the arrogant Guo Jia last year, which was considered to be a prestigious position.

When Yuan Shu, who had already taken over Yuzhou and most of Yangzhou, mobilized his troops, he believed that Yuan Shu would definitely not choose him when choosing between him and Tao Qian and Liu Dai, but he didn't expect that Yuan Shu would really come to attack Jingzhou.

After calming down, Liu Biao began to think about countermeasures. He was also a person who had experienced big scenes and was not scared to the point of being unscathed.

But Yuan Shu has Sun Jian, a tiger general, which is not easy to deal with.

Who was Sun Jian? He became famous at a young age and made many military achievements. Whether it was suppressing the rebellion of Kuaiji County for the court when he was young, or the later Yellow Turban Rebellion to rush to Luoyang for thousands of miles, and his suppression of rebellions in Jingzhou, and the brilliant achievements of the Eastern Army defeating Dong when he was still vivid in his mind. In terms of the reputation of military generals, Sun Jian was even more powerful than Lu Bu.

Among people, Lu Bu praised Lu Bu for his bravery. Sun Jian's ability to defeat Lu Bu was a battle between the two armies, not a single fight against the general. Sun Jian would definitely not defeat Lu Bu in his military power, but when the two armies confronted each other, Sun Jian's way of using troops was definitely better than Lu Bu.

Liu Biao, who was paced back and forth in the mansion, was still thinking about how to retreat to the enemy. The three strategists, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, and Yi Ji, brought a message that made him worse.

"Guo Jia is also here to attack Jingzhou?" Liu's surface was bloodless.

If it was just Yuan Shu or Guo Jia, he would be confident of repelling the enemy, at least five points, but if these two evil wolves came to attack Jingzhou together, he would have no chance of defending Jingzhou at all.

It doesn’t matter whether Guo Jia comes to take revenge or take advantage of the situation. The key is that Jingzhou cannot be attacked from both sides, otherwise it will be defeated.

"Guo Jia seems to be extremely cautious this time. He divided his troops into seven armies, and his daily marching is less than a hundred miles, which may be a mystery." After receiving the information, Yi Ji felt it was unreasonable. If it was formed in all directions, it would make sense to divide the troops into several armies, but he was so cautious when coming from one side. He divided the troops into two armies and three armies, echoing each other, or forming a horn or a tripod. As it is said, the seven armies were a bit exaggerated, but they divided too many armies, which were broken into pieces and greatly reduced their power.

Kuai Liang did not agree with this view. He said with a serious expression: "Guo Jia's seven-way army, from the names on the banners of various armies, is that he is Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Zhou Tai, Zhang Yan, Gao Shun, and an unknown general named Xiao and Guo Jia himself led the way. Gan Ning's Jinfan army must be left in Chengdu. These seven-way army are intertwined with real and strange, and the daily marching journey is slow, which is precisely because Guo Jia learned the lesson of the last defeat of Jingzhou. Moreover, there is probably another important reason here because Guo Jia is concerned about it."

Kuai Liang's analysis made Liu Biao deeply agree. Guo Jia is not the kind of person who will fall twice in a pit. The last time he underestimated the enemy and almost died, he was almost killed. This time he sent troops, he must have been cautious and took action step by step from the beginning.

"Oh? What are Guo Jia's concerns?" Liu Biao hurriedly asked Kuai Liang.

Kuai Liang hesitated for a moment, but still revealed what he thought in his heart.

"Guo Jia is worried that Yuan Shu will attack Yizhou after taking Jingzhou, so he cannot let Yuan Shu capture Jingzhou, but he cannot fight with the lord before Yuan Shu. Jingzhou is definitely what he dreams of, but he is worried that if he loses both sides with his lord, Yuan Shu will not only take over Jingzhou, but also take advantage of the situation to capture Yizhou. Guo Jia deliberately slows down the speed of the lord. In addition to being cautious, he is waiting for Yuan Shu to start the war with the lord first."

Liu Biao deeply agreed with Kuai Liang's analysis, but was very pessimistic and said bitterly: "Yuan Shu is now in a strong military force. He will definitely not stop and will soon rush his army to the south. Guo Jia will never act rashly. When I and Yuan Shu are in a stalemate, Guo Jia will attack again, so..."

Kuai Yue, who had been silent, volunteered to say, "Lord, when fighting Yuan Shu, you need to fight quickly and decide quickly. You should not give Guo Jia an opportunity to take advantage of it. I am willing to delay Guo Jia's army for a while."

Liu Biao frowned and asked, "How many soldiers are needed for the other ranks?"

Kuai Yue shook his head slightly and said lightly: "It's enough for the next person."

The shocked and suspicious Liu Biao asked again: "Why are you delaying Guo Jia's army?"

"Three-inch flesh tongue."

In fact, Guo Jia's seven-way army was only Zhou Tai, but it was just a trick of doubting soldiers. He often set up empty camps and created fires to make the soldiers more diligent in changing shifts. He held a big banner with different surnames and wandered around the border between Yizhou and Jingzhou. Without careful investigation, it would be difficult to find out how many soldiers there were in these seven-way army.

Sitting in the camp, the commander's tent, reading the military books calmly. Zhou Tai was not surprised when he heard his subordinates report that someone in Jingzhou asked for a visit, so he asked his subordinates to invite them to the tent.

After entering the tent, Kuai Yue frowned slightly because he saw that the person sitting in the main seat was Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai, who suffered a crushing defeat in Jingzhou with Guo Jia, naturally had a meeting with Kuai Yue. He would never forget it easily if he didn't remember it deeply.

"General Zhou, where is your lord?"

The soldiers and horses were on the banners along the way. Kuai Yue thought he would meet Guo Jia, but he didn't expect that the person he met was Zhou Tai.

He threw the bamboo slips of military books onto the low table, and Zhou Tai said casually: "I don't know, but my lord must be in the army all the way."

The real and the real are strange and the right, and Kuai Yue completely couldn't tell whether Guo Jia's seven armies were true or false. It took time to really explore the real and the real, but it was exactly what Jingzhou lacked.

Zhou Tai, who personally served tea, welcomed Kuai Yue with a smile on his face, which was lukewarm, as if Kuai Yue was just an ordinary person, and it didn't matter whether he existed or not.

After drinking tea, Kuai Yue put down the cup and asked Zhou Tai: "General Zhou, can you invite your lord to meet me?"

Zhou Tai asked, "Do you have to see my lord? Why is it so important?"

Of course it is a matter of life and death.

Kuai Yue felt that Zhou Tai was pretending to be confused because he was very clear about it. Now he was bullying the weak, and even his attitude was a little arrogant and rude. However, the feng shui took turns, Yuan Shu was about to attack Jingzhou, Guo Jia came to join in the fun, Liu Biao was in danger, and Kuai Yue couldn't hold back.

"General Zhou, time is tight, and I'm going straight to the point. Do your lord have to attack Jingzhou regardless of morality?"

Facing Kuai Yue who was aggressive in his tone, Zhou Tai smiled easily: "My lord said that when the prefect Yuan and the envoy Liu were about to decide the winner, we would send troops to reap the profits. If the winner was difficult to decide, then sit in the mountain and watch the tiger fight."

It's really not a bit of affection, it's straightforward

Kuai Yue frowned and asked, "Does it be necessary to attack?"

Zhou Tai also asked back: "Will you miss the opportunity before you change Liu Jun?"

Kuai Yue sneered: "Yizhou has countless rebellions in the past year. Is your lord really confident that he can safely occupy the two major states in the world after taking over Jingzhou?"

"Try it."...
Chapter completed!