Chapter 196 Turn back and attack Jiangdong’s army
When everyone heard what Huo Jun said, they all looked at Chen Deng, Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi.
Chen Deng paused for a while and then continued to ask Huo Jun: "For us, it is indeed better to arrive early. But why do we believe that you are sincerely seeking refuge and not tempting us into an ambush?"
Huo Jun and Wei Yan looked at each other.
Wei Yan suddenly said: "When we came, the Jiangxia army led by Huang Zu and the Jiangling army led by Han Xuan were confronting Liu Pan's army."
"At this time, Liu Pan must be extremely hesitant."
"The arrival of Jiangdong's army exceeded his expectations."
"If Jiangdong's army had not arrived, he might have continued to besiege the city for a long time in the future and resist Huang Zu and Han Xuan at the same time."
"And now, he is very likely to surrender directly."
"Liu Pan is the nephew of Xian Jingzhou Mu. He is very brave, but he hesitates in doing things and is afraid of taking responsibility."
"The arrival of Jiangdong's army will make him worry about being responsible for the capture of Jingzhou."
"Therefore, if Jiang Dong did not arrive early, find a way to repel Huang Zu and Han Xuan, and send someone to contact Liu Pan, promising to appoint him to important positions and not harm the people of Jingzhou, then Liu Pan might not dare to take responsibility. And chose to surrender to Liu Cong's son."
"Xiangyang City is highly defended and there are currently about 6,000 troops inside."
"But there are tens of thousands of people."
"Moreover, food and grass are extremely abundant."
"Once Liu Pan surrenders to Liu Cong, there will be nearly 30,000 troops in Xiangyang City."
"These 30,000 troops, combined with Huang Zu's Jiangxia army, will have at least 6,000 troops, and Han Xuan's Jiangling army will have at least 5,000 troops."
Wei Yan looked at Chen Deng and said, "General, the number of troops inside and outside Xiangyang City is comparable to that of Jiangdong's army."
"The most critical thing is that there is plenty of food and grass in Xiangyang City."
"As for Jiangdong's army, they are on an expedition. How will they be able to supply food and grass?"
"Although I, Wei Yan, am the former general of Jingzhou, I have heard of Jiangdong's benevolent and righteous actions towards Shu County of Lujiang County, so I came here to vote."
"General, please believe me."
"The army is in danger, General."
"Of course, if Jiangdong has absolute strength, then there is no need to care about us and kill him directly to prevent any possibility of failure."
Chen Deng raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looked down at Wei Yan and said, "Young general, what did you say just now, what is your name?"
Wei Yan cupped his fists and said, "Former Jiangling general, under Han Xuan's banner, Wei Yan and Wei Wen Chang!"
Chen Deng looked at Taishi Ci, Xu Shu and Gao Shun and said, "How about you lead an army of ten thousand and follow them to the small road, defeat the armies of Huang Zu and Han Xuan, and persuade Liu Pan to surrender?"
Taishi Ci and Xu Shu looked at each other.
Xu Shu nodded to Tai Shici.
Taishi Ci said to Chen Deng: "Taishi Ci accepts the order!"
Chen Deng then looked at Huo Jun and Wei Yan and said, "If you are truly sincere in surrendering, after taking Xiangyang City, Marquis Wu will definitely not treat you badly."
Huo Jun and Wei Yan said in unison: "Thank you, General!"
After that, Taishi Ci asked Huo Jun and Wei Yan to lead the way, and he, Xu Shu, and Gao Shun led an army of 10,000 people to follow and quickly followed the path.
Chen Deng continued to lead an army of nearly 50,000 people, advancing from the main road.
At the same time, Chen Deng asked the soldiers to strengthen contact with Taishi Ci's army to prevent them from falling into a trap. The army on the road could be informed at any time to rush for reinforcements.
South of Xiangyang City.
The Jiangxia army of Huangzu and the Jiangling army of Han Xuan were stationed here.
Handsome account.
A group of generals walked in angrily.
The first two people were Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, and Han Xuan, the governor of Jiangling.
The two men had just led their army to launch the fifth attack with Liu Pan's army.
That's right, since they came to help, they have launched their fifth attack on Liu Pan.
However, they still could not repel Liu Pan's army.
Since their reinforcements came, Liu Pan's army completely abandoned the north gate and concentrated on besieging the three gates in the east, west and south of the city.
The army in Xiangyang City was led by Cai Mao.
Perhaps because they had a way out, they insisted on defending the city, refusing to open the city gates and engaging Huang Zu and Han Xuan to attack Liu Pan.
According to the letter secretly sent by Cai Mao, Cai Mao was afraid that if he were defeated, Liu Pan's army would break the city and they would no longer have the strength to resist.
Huang Zu was so angry that he took off his helmet, slammed it on the ground, and roared: "That idiot Cai Hao! If you are afraid of wolves in front and tigers in back, why do you want us to rush to help?"
"Liu Panke also has an army of more than 20,000."
"The total of our two reinforcements is only 12,000."
"The gap is so huge, how can we defeat the enemy?"
The other generals also knelt down depressedly.
This battle is getting more and more frustrating.
They were obviously here to help, but it seemed that they were the only ones fighting Liu Pan one-sidedly.
Han Xuan glanced at Huang Zu and lowered his head depressedly when he saw him so angry.
But thinking of the urgent information he received from Jiangling last night, Han Xuan couldn't help but looked at Huang Zu and said: "Old General Huang, continuing like this is not an option after all."
"You also saw the information from Jiangling yesterday."
"The Yuzhang Jiangdong Army and Changsha jointly sent troops to attack Wulin Port while I was rushing to help Xiangyang. They have captured Jiangling and are now attacking here."
"It won't take long for the attack to arrive here."
"And you're not much better."
"The Lujiang army attacked Xiakou and Hanjin Port and killed them too."
"If we continue to be unable to defeat Liu Pan and unite with Xiangyang City, when the Jiangdong army and Changsha army arrive, we will be attacked from both sides and will surely die."
Han Xuan didn't say it was okay, but Huang Zu became even more depressed when he mentioned it.
What is this rescue thing?
If he hadn't known that Cai Mao was the head of the Cai family and would not unite with Jiangdong, he would have suspected that Cai Mao had ulterior motives!
How could it be such a coincidence?
As soon as he killed Liu Biao, supported the good-for-nothing Liu Cong to take over, and asked himself to come to the rescue, the Jiangdong army attacked?
This timing is really perfect!
However, no matter how depressed he was, he had to find a way to defeat Liu Pan and then enter Xiangyang City.
He once killed Sun Jian, the tiger from Jiangdong.
Although Jiangdong has changed hands now.
However, there are still many veterans, such as Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi, who hold absolutely important positions in Jiangdong.
They will never forget their hatred for killing Sun Jian.
Huang Zu regretted a little.
At first, I regretted listening to Yuan Shu's information and planning to ambush Sun Jian on his way back to Changsha.
Although Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, what does that have to do with him?
None of the other families did anything!
Why did he go out of his way to kill Sun Jian?
it's good now.
Once Jiangdong takes Jingzhou, other families are likely to do the same.
However, he was going to lose his life.
Huang Zu took a deep breath, suppressed all the complicated thoughts, glanced at all the generals in the commander's tent and said: "Liu Pan leads an army of more than 20,000 people, and he is so brave that even his general Huang Zhong cannot match him. "
"That guy Cai Mao is hiding in the city and doesn't dare to come out."
"If we continue to attack Liu Pan, it will probably be useless."
"Not to mention, Jiangdong's army is about to attack and will not give us so much time."
"Now, we have only one solution."
All the generals looked at Huang Zu.
Huang Zu said in a deep voice: "We can only put down the attack on Liu Pan first and then turn around to attack the Jiangdong army."
"At the same time, we sent an envoy to explain our actions to Liu Pan."
"No matter how we fight with Liu Pan, it will all be an internal matter within Jingzhou."
"Jiangdong, on the other hand, is an external enemy and has a feud with us in Jingzhou."
"If we don't join forces to fight against Jiangdong, once Jiangdong conquers Jingzhou, everyone will be finished!"
"Of course, before that, we must prove to Liu Pan that we are sincere."
"It would be better if we could deal a heavy blow to Jiangdong."
Everyone nodded after hearing what Huang Zu said.
For now, that seems to be the only way to do it.
Han Xuandao: "Then send envoys to Liu Pan's camp now."
Huang Zudao: "Now. At the same time, we immediately reorganize the army and turn around to attack the Jiangdong army."
"We are fighting Liu Pan. Jiangdong's army must have never imagined that we would give up attacking Liu Pan and turn around to attack them overnight."
The generals nodded again.
Huang Zudao: "Then everyone, please take action now!"
In front of the camp of Huang Zu and Han Xuan's army, there is the commander's tent of Liu Pan's army camp.
Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and other generals gathered together.
Their expressions were also very serious.
It is true that they defended several attacks by Huang Zu and Han Xuan's reinforcements, and also suppressed Cai Mao's army in the city from leaving the city.
However, they also received intelligence that Jiangdong's army was attacking in two directions. It had defeated Jiangxia and Jiangling and was heading here.
While looking at the map, Liu Pan asked the generals behind him: "Now that Jiangdong is attacking, what should we do?"
"Continue the siege or compromise with Cai Mao?"
"If the siege continues, once Jiangdong's army attacks, our armies from all sides in Jingzhou are likely to be wiped out. Jingnan will be completely owned by Jiangdong. You and I will be nailed to Jingzhou's pillar of shame."
"But if we compromise——"
Liu Pan gritted his teeth and said, "That fellow Cai Mao killed Zhou Mu! Moreover, it is all his fault that Jingzhou is in such danger. I cannot accept to continue working with such a person."
All the generals also looked embarrassed.
Huang Zhong glanced at Liu Pan and sighed secretly.
If Huo Jun advised you to attack the city that day and you had listened without hesitation, Cai Mao and Xiangyang City would have been captured that day. Then Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, and Han Xuan, the governor of Jiangling, would not have had to come here for reinforcements. How could they have given them to them? Is there an opportunity for Jiangdong to take advantage of?
The current situation is all your fault as the coach!
But no matter how dissatisfied you are, can you still complain about this situation?
Huang Zhongdao: "Our feud with Cai Mao is ultimately an internal matter. Compared with the safety of Jingzhou, it is a trivial matter."
"General, send someone immediately to contact Cai Hao, Huang Zu and Han Xuan. We will gather the three armies to attack the incoming army from Jiangdong."
"Even if we may fail and be defeated by Jiangdong, we have Xiangyang City to rely on. For a while, it will be impossible for Jiangdong to capture Xiangyang or even Jingzhou."
"At that time, we will contact Wenpin in Jingbei."
"We are facing a formidable enemy. I believe Wenpin can put aside his past grudges and come to our aid to protect Jingzhou together."
At this moment, a soldier's voice sounded outside: "Report! Huang Zu has sent an envoy!"
Everyone looked at Liu Pan.
Huang Zhong hurriedly said: "General, Huang Zu sent the envoy this time, and I must have the same idea. Don't hesitate, join them immediately, and attack the Jiangdong army together!"
(End of chapter)
