Things start with the Sun-Liu Alliance taking over Lingling County. After the alliance was formed, it made great progress, taking over Wuling, Guiyang, and finally Lingling County.
Along the way, Liu Bei and Guan Yu became famous in Jingzhou. Sun Jian followed the line of an aristocratic family, while Liu Bei, on the contrary, took a mass base that ran counter to the times.
The southern part of Jingzhou was originally a wild land with mountains and rivers, far away from government control, and it was difficult for aristocratic families to develop enough power.
This is an advantage for Liu Bei. His image of being close to the people is a major advantage. The local mountain people are simple and kind. If you treat me sincerely, I will treat you sincerely. Liu Bei's glorious deeds of risking his life to save Orion have long been known by the local population. According to legend.
After severing ties with Liu Biao, he easily captured Wuling County. With the support and secret help of the local hunters, he organized a grass-roots team of 30,000 people in a short period of time, which was extremely impressive.
Otherwise, his 5,000 black-armored troops would not be enough to form an alliance with Sun Jian... Sun Jian probably doesn't like him either.
After taking Wuling County, Liu Bei did not continue southward to Lingling. Instead, he waited for Sun Jian to take Guiyang first and advance westward to Lingling before he fanned the flames behind him. To put it nicely, it was a public opinion war.
Sun Jian was an official and came from an aristocratic family. Since ancient times, officials and people have not been at odds with each other, let alone aristocratic families. There were many poor people in the three southern counties of Jingzhou who could not stand the oppression and fled from the north.
Compared to Sun Jian's strength, they were closer to Liu Bei. Without him, they heard that Liu Bei was a straw sandal seller.
No matter how you look at it, the straw sandal seller must be from the same group as them, and Sun Jian is a court general, a high-ranking official, and from a noble family. No matter how powerful he is, to the common people, he is still an oppressor.
Just three days ago, Sun Jianqiang attacked Quanling City, the capital of Lingling County. Fuyi, another county town in Lingling County, actually opened its gates to Liu Bei. The people in the city personally tied the county magistrate and Liu Biao's cronies in front of Liu Bei, helping Liu Bei easily win the second most prosperous county town in Lingling County.
Originally, the local militia was composed of hunters. The people sent by Liu Biao did not regard them as human beings and had already made them miserable. When they learned that a rebel leader who loved his people like his own son went south to attack the city, he even helped the hunters to absorb the food. I had a malignant sore, so I surrendered on the spot.
The news that Liu Bei had captured Fuyi County quickly reached Sun Jian's ears. At that time, Sun Jian was still attacking Quanling.
Contrary to Liu Bei's attack on Fu Yi, the militiamen guarding the city here are not afraid of death. After all, this is where Lingling County is located, so the prefect sent by Liu Biao will not be a idiot.
There were not only the prefect, but also two lieutenants who were good at mountain warfare, and they managed to hold off several of Sun Jian's attacks.
After learning that Liu Bei had successfully captured Fu Yi, Sun Jian was uneasy at that time.
"Isn't this reasonable? Could it be that Liu Xuande sincerely disagrees with me?"
"Dad, do you want to invite 20,000 troops to go and capture Fuyi?" Sun Ce, the eldest son, stepped forward and bowed, and said in a deep voice. At the same time, he did not dare to be careless and invited a full 20,000 troops.
Sun Jian frowned, he did not expect Liu Bei to capture Fu Yi so quickly. According to his plan, it was unexpected that Liu Bei could capture Wuling County. After all, Liu Bei only nominally had 5,000 black armored troops.
And he not only has the black armored army, but also has 20,000 sword and shield bearers and 10,000 naval troops. Isn't this better than Liu Bei?
He originally thought that he would capture Guiyang and then Lingling. Liu Bei had not captured Wuling yet. When the time came, he would go north to capture Wuling in the name of helping. With Liu Bei's 5,000 black-armored troops, he would not dare to say so. What.
But the fact is exactly the opposite. He lost thousands of troops when he went south to Guiyang. In the past few days, he attacked Quanling and lost even more troops.
The three southern counties of Jingzhou are already high in mountains and long in distance, and the logistics and supplies cannot keep up. Moreover, many soldiers have symptoms such as acclimatization along the way, and some poisonous insects and ferocious beasts are a nightmare on the march.
Sun Jian couldn't figure it out. Aren't Liu Bei's five thousand Xuanjia troops also from the north? Are they more adaptable than their own soldiers?
In fact, this is not the case. The reason why Liu Bei and others were able to adapt to the southern environment so quickly was thanks to the Orion he rescued.
In terms of understanding of mountains and forests, who else can compare with these hunters who rely on the mountains to eat? It can be said that Liu Bei sucked out a future.
"Okay, don't rush to deal with Liu Xuande. Right now, the main thing is to capture Quanling as soon as possible. If we can't capture it for a long time, the morale of the army will definitely plummet. Then I'm afraid..." At this point, Sun Jian suddenly remembered What? He raised his head and looked at Sun Ce.
"Bo Fu, has Xun Wenruo gone back?" Sun Ce was stunned for a moment, nodded and replied: "He has gone back. It was said that Wei Zhongdao was in urgent need of help. He left for the north the night before yesterday. The child personally took him to the ferry, and then turned back. ." When Sun Jian heard this, he sighed helplessly and said, "Well, I wanted to ask this person for help. He might have a way to deal with the Ten Thousand Bamboo Formation, but I missed it." Zhou Yu, who was standing not far behind Sun Ce, With a slight frown on his brows, Youxin stepped forward and said that he already had a plan to deal with it, but looking at the scribes beside Sun Jian, he thought about it and let it go.
"I'll let you try again. If it doesn't work, I won't be too late to bring it up. It's better to provide help in times of need than to add icing on the cake." Zhou Yu thought to himself.
At this time, Zhou Yu was still a little transparent. Although he had gained Sun Ce's friendship, he had not yet gained Sun Jian's approval.
However, Zhou Yu was originally a scheming strategist. If he didn't make a sound, it would be fine. If he made a sound, he would be astonishing.
The opposite of Sun Jian. Liu Bei was singing and advancing all the way. However, after taking down Fu Yi, Liu Bei had two choices.
First, according to the agreement, after Sun Jian captured Quanling City, the troops from both sides could unite and march north to attack Liu Biao.
The second is to rest in place, watch the fire from the other side, and wait for the opportunity for the snipe and clam to compete for the fisherman's profit. Liu Bei knew very well that Sun Jian did not really form an alliance with him.
And he vaguely felt that this alliance was being pushed away. Whether it was him or Sun Jian, there was a pair of hands behind the scenes that was promoting the development of the situation. The purpose was unknown, but this feeling made him very uncomfortable. .
"Second brother, do you think it was Wei Zhongdao who planned to let me and Sun Jian consume some of Dong Zhuo's troops for him first?" Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, who was reading "Spring and Autumn" with squinted eyes. When he heard Liu Bei's words Guessing, I couldn't help but shook my head,
"Otherwise, if Mr. Wei is determined to dominate, he doesn't need to use these tricks at all. I think it is probably the Yuan family."
"How can I see it?"
"Well...it depends on the next movement of the alliance against Dong. If they suddenly come westward, they will be inseparable." After reading "Spring and Autumn" several times recently, Guan Yu felt that his military strategies had improved a lot. .
And the facts were as he expected. After learning that the Sun-Liu Alliance had captured most of Jingzhou, not only Dong Zhuo couldn't sit still, but the Dong-Defying Alliance in Yingchuan united together the next day, planning to attack Dong Zhuo first.
There is only one young emperor, whoever rescues him first will be the next Dong Zhuo. It is impossible for Yuan Shao and others to let Sun Jian get there first.
As for Liu Bei...which onion is it?
