Zhao Yun's troops quickly reached Guiyang City.
After entering the city, he learned that Zhao Fan's remnant army had left less than a day ago. Zhao Yun felt that he could still catch up with the enemy with the speed advantage of the cavalry. Zhao Yun did not want to miss such an opportunity to weaken the Han army.
After discussing with Xu Sheng and letting the team rest for a while, Zhao Yun led the White Horse Yi Cong to chase Zhao Fan.
Hou Cheng led the Yulin Army to escort the grain and grass and pursued Zhao Yun closely.
Another day later, Su Fei rushed to Guiyang with a thousand Yulin army. Xu Sheng was freed from the boredom of guarding prisoners and began to lead his troops to clear out the remaining Han troops in other counties in the county.
Two days later, Zhao Yun had already pursued Zhao Fan and entered Lingling.
Xing Daorong, the general under Liu Du, was originally ordered to lead 2,000 troops to the Changsha battlefield. Unexpectedly, Jiangdong's army had already arrived at the door of his house and happened to save Zhao Fan.
After a fierce battle, both sides suffered casualties.
Zhao Yun saw that Baima Yi was gradually showing fatigue from traveling and fighting continuously, and the dry food he carried was exhausted, so he led his army to retreat to the junction of Guiyang and Lingling to join Hou Cheng.
Xing Daorong saw Zhao Yun's power and did not dare to push too hard. He stationed himself on the spot to prevent Jiangdong Army from attacking again, and sent fast horses to escort Zhao Fan to Lingling City.
The prefect Liu Du was shocked when he saw Zhao Fan. After the two discussed it, they were afraid that Lingling would follow in the footsteps of Guiyang, so they jointly ordered the 2,000 garrison stationed in Jiaozhou to come to support, and asked Xing Daorong to lead the remaining 2,000 troops. The soldiers and horses retreated to Lingling.
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Changsha City.
Changes in the wars in various places were being funneled into Ji Shu's war room. Gan Ning touched his chin and looked at the huge map hanging up and wondered.
"Isn't the master plan previously made in Jiangxia a feint to attack Hanjin Port and let us capture Jingnan first?"
"Why, my lord and Gong Jin are serious about it. They have already breached Hanjin Port and marched towards Jiangling."
"Zi Yuan, what should we do next?"
Ji Shu took a sip of tea, walked to the map with the baton and said.
"Nothing else to do, continue attacking Jingnan."
"Since the second brother didn't ask me to withdraw our troops to attack Wulin Port and him to attack Jiangling, it must be Wenpin who has seen through Zhou Tai's lies."
"You must know that there are only 3,000 Tiger Roaring Battalion cavalry in Huyang Port, and it is impossible to break through the city wall of Xinye. Once Wenpin leads his troops back to Xiangyang, he can support Hanjin Port and let Zhang Yun dispatch troops from Jiangling south to rescue Jingnan. "
"The second brother took Hanjin Port and marched towards Gangneung at this time in order to make Zhang Yun use the rat weapon and not dare to divide his troops and go south, so that our side can successfully complete the strategic layout."
Ji Shu felt a little emotional. He knew that Zhou Yu only had 18,000 troops, while Zhang Yunke had 20,000 troops stationed at Hanjin Port.
If you want to feint, you can feint, and if you want to fight, you can fight. This can no longer be described by the word "powerful".
Seeing everyone nodding suddenly, Ji Shu cheered up and decided to hurry up.
"Since Liu Du and Zhao Fan were so frightened that they withdrew all the troops in Jiaozhou, we don't need to be polite to him."
"I will send an order later for Brother Zilong to lead the Baima Yicong to take over the three counties of Jiaozhou before reinforcements arrive."
"General Huang, you immediately lead 6,000 soldiers and horses to Lingling to join Hou Cheng and Su Fei. Then we will follow General Zhao's orders and join forces to attack Lingling."
Huang Zhong clasped his fists in agreement, turned around and left.
Ji Shu pointed to Luo County Harbor and continued.
"The war in Guiyang will be left to Brother Zilong. With the remaining troops, I plan to attack Wuling by water."
"Brother Gan, you first lead 5,000 Jinfan troops to attack the public security port in Wuling, attract the enemy's troops, and at the same time intercept the support from the direction of Jiangling."
"When Xu Sheng comes back later, I will ask him to lead his army to Dongting Lake and attack Wuling City immediately."
Gan Ning had no objection. He looked at the map and laughed.
"Hehe, when we capture Wuling, I don't think Zilong will have to attack the city. Lingling is an isolated city. I'm afraid he will surrender without us trying to persuade him to surrender."
Ji Shu, Xu Tu, Han Xing and others also smiled knowingly.
The battle has become clearer now, and I believe that the entire Jingnan will be captured in just half a month. At that time, everyone will send their troops to the north, and Liu Biao's destruction will be before their eyes.
Everyone began to talk about some details, and then another soldier came in to report new military information.
"Commander, the Lord has sent news that Dong Zhuo's army has retreated, and Cao Cao is gathering troops in Runan to attack Shouchun."
Pong~~
The baton fell to the ground, and Ji Shu opened his mouth slightly with a look of surprise on his face.
He did not expect that due to the hatred between Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, the dispatch of 100,000 troops this time turned out to be noisy, and Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops in less than a month.
Ji Shu looked up at the deep sky outside the door. While fighting Liu Biao, they were also fighting unpredictable enemies.
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Xiangyang City.
Liu Biao sat there with a dejected look on his face, holding his forehead with his right hand and remained silent.
The ministers were also trembling and did not dare to speak casually.
Hanjin was defeated, Zhang Yun lost 10,000 people, while Sun Ce only lost 3,000 people.
Now Sun Ce has led 15,000 troops and horses into the hinterland of Jingzhou, pointing directly at Jiangling.
Han Xuan was killed by his subordinates, and three thousand Changsha defenders surrendered directly to the enemy. Jingnan lost Changsha and Guiyang counties in just half a month.
How could everyone not feel chilled?
"Jin Xuan has sent several letters asking for help. If we don't send troops to support him, I'm worried that he will surrender as soon as Jiangdong's army reaches Wuling. Please make an early decision, my lord."
Yi Ji sighed slightly, breaking the dead silence surrounding everyone.
Wenpin also stood up and said.
"My lord, the situation has not deteriorated beyond control."
"Now that Cao Cao has announced his intention to attack the 'pseudo-emperor' Yuan Shu, Shouchun will not be able to hold on for long."
"Once Shouchun is lost, Sun Ce will never dare to leave Jiangdong so empty. That will be the turning point for our counterattack."
Liu Biao's dead fish-like eyes finally regained some sparkle. He moved tiredly, straightened his posture and looked at the crowd.
"Zhongye, how do you think we should deal with Sun Ce now?"
Wenpin clasped his fists and replied.
"There were originally 3,000 defenders in Jiangling, and Zhang Yun led another 10,000 people to retreat to Jiangling. There will be no losses in a short time."
"Please allow me to lead an army of 20,000 soldiers south to attack Sun Ce immediately."
"If we win, I can wait for an opportunity to retake Hanjin Port; if I lose, I will defend Maicheng and Zhang Yun at Jiangling to form a horn, which is enough to block Sun Ce's offensive and prevent him from advancing even half a step further."
"And having me stationed in Maicheng can also reduce the pressure on Jiangling. Once my army arrives, Jiangling's Wang Wei can lead 3,000 troops to support Jin Xuan and stabilize Wuling."
"As long as we hold on for another month, Sun Ce will retreat. By then our army will be able to retake Jingnan when we go south."
After hearing Wenpin's plan, Cai Mao, Yi Ji and others came forward to second the proposal, and Liu Biao finally felt relieved and saw hope. ..
