Two days later, Xiangyang, Jingzhou.
Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao sat on the main seat in the back hall, with a group of advisers and generals on both sides sitting opposite each other, discussing military affairs.
Because Zhang Xiu once surrendered to Cao Cao, Liu Biao did not trust him at all. He had already sent a large number of spies near Wancheng to conduct secret surveillance at all times.
Therefore, after Zhang Xiu sent a letter of surrender to Cao Cao, only two days passed before a spy came back with the news.
"Zhang Xiu, this white-eyed wolf, is really hateful."
"I recall that back then, his uncle Zhang Ji led an army from Guanzhong to attack Jingzhou due to lack of food, but he was killed by a stray arrow."
"In the end, it was our state shepherd who was kind and kind enough to take in the remnants of Xiliang and stationed them in Wancheng. We wanted money for money and food for food. But Zhang Xiu, that bastard, actually wanted to surrender to Cao Cao's thieves many times. Seriously. This is unreasonable."
"Lord, let's send troops! If we wait until Zhang Xiu and Cao's army join forces, the situation will be unfavorable for us."
"Send troops! Destroy these white-eyed wolves."
Liu Biao sat on the main seat and looked around at the ministers. After seeing that all the ministers who spoke were civil servants, he couldn't help but frowned secretly and began to ask:
"In that case, let's send troops! But... I don't know who is willing to lead the army to Wancheng to destroy those Xiliang rebels."
As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy hall suddenly became silent.
Liu Biao first looked at Cai Mao.
But Cai Mao turned his head decisively and avoided Liu Biao's gaze.
Liu Biao looked at Huang Zu again.
Huang Zu lowered his head and pretended not to see it.
Finally Liu Biao looked at Han Xuan.
Unexpectedly, Han Xuan also pretended to be stupid and was stunned.
Seeing this scene, Liu Biao was furious and called out with a cold tone: "Degui, you are a good general of our navy in Jingzhou. Are you willing to go to Wancheng to annihilate Zhang Xiu?"
Cai Mao replied with a helpless smile: "My lord, you know."
"Zhang Lu of Hanzhong has just defeated Xichuan, and now the military is at its peak. All the elite navy troops under my command have been mobilized to garrison in Zigui City and Wu County. They can't leave now."
Seeing Cai Mao's sad face, Liu Biao felt like a mirror in his heart. He didn't know that this was Cai Mao's excuse. He just wanted to preserve his strength.
After all, he is his brother-in-law, since Cai Mao has given him a reason not to go.
Liu Biao could only borrow the donkey down the slope, turned to look at Huang Zu, and asked with a warm smile on his face:
"Prefect Huang, you are a capable person in Jingzhou. As the saying goes: A capable person works hard, otherwise it would be you..."
Before he finished speaking, Huang Zu stood up in fear and decisively refused: "My lord, you know."
"Now we have formed an alliance with Shouchun Hou. A few days ago, I ordered Jiangxia's 50,000 elite troops to rush to the Jingyang border. If we transfer them back now, Liu Xun of Lujiang County will probably take the opportunity to counterattack! "
Liu Biao thought for a moment and felt that Huang Zu's words made sense, so he turned to look at Han Xuan, the weakest among the three.
Who would have thought that Han Xuan would show his cards right away, and simply said, "Lord, you know."
"The Northern Liang horses dominate the world. Although Zhang Xiu has only 20,000 Xiliang troops under his command, he has a total of 8,000 Xiliang cavalry. Moreover, Wancheng is located in the middle of the Nanyang Basin, with a thousand miles of plains, which is very beneficial to the West Liang Tieqi's horse is relaxed and engaged."
"With the mere 30,000 infantry troops under my command, and they haven't fought for a long time, they are no match for the 8,000 Xiliang cavalry."
After hearing this, Liu Biao suddenly felt dizzy and was about to break up the meeting temporarily and discuss it later.
But Gao Yi suddenly said: "If I can contain the eight thousand Xiliang cavalry, I wonder if Master Han can wipe out the remaining Xiliang soldiers?"
Han Xuan first showed joy on his face, and then said angrily in a cold voice: "Master Gao, don't talk nonsense."
"I know that you only have three thousand troops, and they are all infantry. How can you contain eight thousand Xiliang cavalry?"
Looking at Han Xuan, who was almost furious.
Gao Yi didn't care, and said with a chuckle: "It's just eight thousand Xiliang cavalry, what's the point?"
"I would like to make an oath. If my three thousand steps cannot contain the Xiliang cavalry, I am willing to make the decision. After we capture Lujiang County, I will not take any land from Xuzhou and give it all to Jingzhou."
As soon as this statement came out, all the civil servants and generals in Jingzhou were in an uproar.
Liu Biao was the first to speak: "Master Gao, are you really sure that you can defeat eight thousand Xiliang cavalry with only three thousand infantry?"
Gao Yi looked directly at Liu Biao with burning eyes, and said firmly: "Although the cavalry is naturally capable of restraining the infantry, we still have to see what kind of cavalry and what kind of infantry it is."
"Everyone knows that my lord has the strongest cavalry division in the world, but they don't know that my lord also has the strongest heavy-armored infantry army in the world."
"And the commander of this heavy army, Ye Baikui, is able to hold down even more steadily than Yuan Zuozong and Chu Lushan. He can be called the strongest combat force in our army."
"If the Xiliang cavalry dares to go out of the city to fight, the three thousand heavily armored halberd warriors under my command will line up at the forefront of the army and kill the enemy with their halberds, staining the heaven and earth with blood."
Seeing Gao Yi's victory in hand.
Liu Biao immediately put aside his worries and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! Since Mr. Gao dares to make such an oath, I, Jingzhou, naturally cannot retreat."
"Han Xuan, Benzhou Mu orders you to quickly mobilize 30,000 infantry troops and fully cooperate with Mr. Gao to attack Wancheng."
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Five days later, Nanyang Wancheng.
At this time, in a boudoir deep in the mansion, Zou Meiniang was looking at the drunken Zhang Xiu with a resentful look, and said with a hint of anger:
"Xiu'er, if you do this again in the future, I will be really angry. Although we are similar in age, after all, I am your aunt."
"Now that your uncle's body is still cold, you actually dare to come and kick in the widow's door at night. What do you want to do? Are you ready to throw her to the grave?"
Zhang Xiu has also been feeling depressed recently.
After that, he drank a few bottles of turbid wine. Wanting to be drunk and emboldened, he broke into the aunt's boudoir and prepared to have a long night talk with her.
Who would have thought that stealing the chicken would end up losing the rice?
It actually made my little aunt angry.
I saw that the window paper had been torn.
Zhang Xiu let out a wine burp, and simply because he was drunk, he was emboldened and retorted with a bang: "Meiniang, please touch the circle in front of you and ask yourself, am I, Zhang Xiu, not good enough for you? "
"Back then I learned that Cao Cao had sent people to kidnap you. In order to rescue you, I risked my life and personally led an army to attack Cao Cao's camp at night, killing Cao Cao and fleeing in panic."
"In the end, you said...you said that you are a slow-warming woman who likes to be in love for a long time. But I listened to you and waited for three years."
"Don't even think about it... seventy years of life are rare, ten years are young, ten years are old and weak, and there are still fifty years left. And these fifty years are divided into day and night, and only twenty-five years of good times are left. And then again Coupled with wind, rain, three disasters and six diseases, in the end, how many years does a person have left in his life?"
At this point, Zhang Xiu's face gradually turned ferocious, and he said angrily in a cold voice:
"I am 21 years old this year, 22 years old, 23 years old, and 24 years old. Because I am waiting for you, I have not been married yet."
"Hmph! I don't care so much anymore. You should stop pretending to be a chaste and martyr woman in front of me...I will sleep with you tonight, no matter who comes..."
