In this situation where there was hope for victory, Liu Biao believed that he had excellent civil and military personnel such as Huang Zhong, Liu Pan, Kuai Yue, and Kuai Liang. He would often attack Jingbei as soon as he had a slight improvement, and then he would gain more every time. None of them succeeded in capturing any part of Jingbei, but it was indeed a victory.
As time went by, Liu Biao gradually understood that every victory he won was actually designed by Zhou Yu of Jingbei.
Because of Zhou Yu's arrangement, Jingbei seemed empty. Only in this way could Liu Biao see hope of counterattacking Jingbei. Only in this way could Zhou Yu gradually eliminate Yuan Shu's miscellaneous soldiers.
Liao Li, Yu Fan, and Gu Yong would certainly not be inferior if they faced Kuai Yue in one place, but Liu Biao took the lead and Kuai Yue only had to deal with one person. In this case, even Liao Li could only retreat sadly.
It seems that Liu Biao has a great advantage in this situation, but the four counties in Jingnan are constantly weakening because of the continuous Northern Expedition. They can plunder a lot of weapons, armor, and food and baggage every time, but they lose every time. population.
As for plundering the population, whenever Kuai Yue captured a large number of people and prepared to take them to Jingnan, Sun Ce's elite would appear, and then they would have to fight Sun Ce's headquarters because of the drag of ordinary people.
Kuai Yue had previously wanted to rely on this to ambush Sun Ce, but after the only time he ambush Sun Ce led to the appearance of Zhou Yu, Kuai Yue completely extinguished this idea. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would not be frightened when they met him alone, but they were together. , Kuai Yue is definitely as far away as possible.
This practice of plundering the population gradually caused Liu Biao's reputation among ordinary people in northern Jingbei to gradually decline. At that time, Gu Yong transferred the people in the warring zone to Jiangdong in the name of the government. Liu Biao in southern Jingnan could only obtain Weapons, armor, food and supplies are heavy.
It can be said that this was the reason that forced Liu Biao to make a desperate move. He needed to win, otherwise he would have nothing and be plotted to death by Zhou Yu!
Kuai Yue did see this strategy, but since Jiang Qin, Liu Xun and others who were stationed in northern Jing led their troops to plunder southern Jing, Kuai Yue decisively chose to use offense instead of defense. Although this method would make Liu Biao's army is getting weaker and weaker, but there are only two ways left by Zhou Yu for Liu Biao.
Either they will perish, or they can remain in a stalemate for a while with attack instead of defense, and there is no chance that things will turn around. In this way, even if Kuai Yue is a wise man, he can only choose to drink poison to quench his thirst and wait for a turnaround.
To be honest, Kuai Yue was not too optimistic about going all out to send troops out of Jingnan this time. However, Liu Zhang's coordinated operations and Liu Bei's sudden attack allowed Kuai Yue to see a turn for the better.
This is why Kuai Yue agreed with Liu Biao to lead his army to Yangui and combine the efforts of the three families to destroy Sun Ce as soon as possible. Only in this way will they have hope of making a comeback, otherwise they will only waste a battle.
"Liu Biao has sent troops." In a reed marsh in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Zhou Yu put the letters together and said with a chuckle, "Youping, find Junli."
"Here." Zhou Tai cupped his fists and saluted, then went to look for Zhu Zhi.
Soon Zhu Zhi rushed over. This veteran who once followed Sun Jian to conquer one side is not very famous now compared to Huang Gai and others, but there is no denying his ability.
"General Zhu, please take a seat." After Zhou Yu returned the greeting, he pointed to a few cases and said. He basically enjoyed the highest level of treatment under Sun Ce, but most of the time he was extremely gentle in his dealings with others.
"May I ask why Gong Jin came to see me this time?" Zhu Zhi was not polite and asked after sitting down.
"The general has worked with General Sun to suppress bandits in Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang. He must know a lot about Jingnan." Zhou Yu asked calmly.
"Aren't we going to rescue the Major General?" Zhu Zhi was shocked. Looking at Zhou Yu's expression, it was obvious that something was wrong. In many cases, Sun Cejun's subordinates could not figure out who Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were, but as the first veteran to follow Sun Jian, They distinguish orthodoxy very clearly.
"I will go to my sworn brother Bo Fu's place in person, but this time I will do what I have to do all at once." Zhou Yu didn't care about Zhu Zhi's expression at all. He knew very well that this was just the instinct of these veterans.
As expected, Zhu Zhi then apologized to Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu continued to ask without caring.
"I do know a lot about Jingnan, but if our army is divided now, I'm afraid it won't be enough." Zhu Zhi frowned and said.
"You go to Jingnan, Zi Heng is there. The Wuxi barbarians have probably formed an army. This was originally my back-up plan to stay in Jingnan to prepare to attack Liu Biao from the north and the south. Now it's easier." Zhou Yu looked at Zhu Zhi and asked. road.
"Wuxi Man? Is it credible?" Zhu Zhi frowned and said.
"It's credible. Their leader Shamoko joined our army long before I left Jingzhou. But you remember that when you arrive in Jingnan, you will treat the Wuxi people the same as our army." This time Zhou Yu did not say anything about the Wuxi barbarians. , directly addressing each other by region, the implications of which are self-evident.
"Okay." Zhu Zhi no longer hesitated. Zhou Yu had already done this. Letting him go was obviously to accumulate merit for him.
"After capturing Jingnan, just defend along the river. Don't harm Liu Biao and Kuai Yidu's family. They are still useful. After stabilizing Jingnan, let the Wuxi people and Shanyue trade and trade on a large scale!" Zhou Yu spoke this time At that time, he was much more serious. After all, millions of Shanyue people were involved, so Zhou Yu couldn't help but be careless.
"Here!" Zhu Zhi bowed his hands and said.
Afterwards, Zhou Yu and Zhu Zhi talked about some matters related to the governance of Jingnan. After carefully explaining some taboos, Zhou Yu began to deduce the current situation on the map. As for the upcoming war in Jingnan, Zhou Yu was relieved.
According to Zhou Yu's continuous suppression and the rare opportunity this time, at the current level, Zhou Yu estimates that Liu Biao in Jingnan may not even have many basic stability maintenance troops left.
[Kuai Yue is a pretty good counselor. I'm afraid he devised such a desperate strategy. If he didn't have a back-up plan, he might have succeeded. I'm afraid the only thing he didn't expect was that I had already prepared it, even in Bo Fu. We can still capture Jingnan even if we are besieged. 】
Zhou Yu stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the Yangtze River. If nothing unexpected happened, Kuai Yue would soon discover to his disbelief that Jingnan was no longer in their hands, and they were acting like they were stealing the city.
[In this way, as long as one more book is repaired, Kuai Yue can successfully capture Yicheng. By then, even if Kuai Yue wants to rescue him, he will be unable to save himself. 】After Zhou Yu made an estimate, he ordered people to bring silk and prepare to write a letter to Gu Yong, explaining his plan clearly, and asked the sergeant to send it to Xiangyang.
Unfortunately, Zhou Yu never expected that his letter would fall into Liao Li's hands instead of Gu Yong's, which would cause many twists and turns. (To be continued.)
