In Baqiu at the end of August, the autumn air was crisp and comfortable. Liu Jing stood on the military parade building, admiring the beautiful scenery of Dongting Lake while chatting with Xu Shu, Jiang Wan and Deng Zhi.
Liu Jingjun Camp is located in the western suburbs of Baqiu City and on the east bank of Dongting Lake. The Parade Building is the west camp building of Liu Jingjun Camp. When you climb up to this building, you can see the cavalry formation inside and the navy drill outside. Therefore, It was named "Yuejun Building". It was built after Wang Qiang recruited Baqiu civilians last year and spent several months building it.
"General, good news from Wuling..."
While Liu Jing was chatting and joking, Yu Zheng walked up the stairs quickly and reported. Liu Jing couldn't help but be startled when he heard the words. Linyuan was captured."
Liu Jing received the letter from Yu Zheng and opened it. As he said, Liu Zong had successfully captured Linyuan, the governor of Wuling County, and captured the prefect Liu Rui alive.
In his letter, Liu Zong focused on describing Linchong, that is, the benefits of the siege tower, which enabled Liu Jingjun to capture Linyuan in just over an hour.
This was within Liu Jing's expectation. As a composite siege weapon, the siege tower was the culmination of classical mechanical weapons. In the age without gunpowder, it was definitely a nightmare for the defenders.
"Wuling is settled..." Liu Jing read the letter and handed it to Xu Shu beside him. He smiled happily and said: "From now on, I own the land south of the river, north of the Five Ridges, and the four counties."
"Congratulations, general..." Xu Shu, Jiang Wan, Deng Zhi, Yu Zheng and others all congratulated.
Liu Jing nodded with a smile. Compared with the Wuling battlefield where good news often spread, his place seemed much quieter. In fact, Cai Mao and Huang Zu's reinforcements had arrived in Baqiu half a month ago, but they launched a tentative attack on Baqiu for the first time. He was hit head-on by Liu Jingjun.
In this battle, Gan Ning served as the vanguard. After the war started, he led seven ships to ride the wind and was invincible. He defeated Cai Mao's tribe in one battle, beheaded the enemy general, and defeated the bandit captain Cai He.
After a year of recuperation, Cai Mao has just recovered his strength. After this defeat, it can be said that all his previous efforts have been wasted.
Since Liu Jingjun focused his attack on Cai Mao, although Huang Zujun also lost more than ten large ships, his vitality was not damaged.
This was Liu Jing's intention. It was more in his interest to weaken Cai Mao than Huang Zu.
Deng Zhi said: "After Cai Mao's defeat, he lost all courage and closed the camp. If he heard that Wuling had fallen, he would definitely flee."
Liu Jing currently has no intention of taking advantage of the victory to attack the enemy camp. His first strategic goal is to seize Wuling County, and secondly to weaken Cai Mao's navy. Now these two strategic goals have been achieved. Therefore, there is no need to storm the enemy's strong camp. Adding unnecessary casualties.
Of course, Liu Jing would not just let the Jingzhou army leave. He would send people to closely monitor the enemy camp. Once Cai Mao abandoned the camp and fled, he would send troops to pursue him and expand his victory.
For three days in a row, there was no movement at the Jingzhou military camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Liu Jing knew that Cai Mao's move was intentional to make him relax, and he would leave soon.
Sure enough, on the fourth day at dawn, before dawn, the gate of the Jingzhou Army camp suddenly opened wide. Cai Mao and Huang Zu fled separately, one to the east and one to the west.
Liu Jing was well prepared for this and immediately dispatched warships to pursue him.
Liu Jingjun chased Huang Zu's tribe for only a few dozen miles and returned to Baqiu that day. As for Cai Mao, he chased and fought fiercely all the way. Cai Mao finally abandoned the ship and landed on the beach, only to save his life. Just imagine.
Just as Cai Mao led the remaining troops and returned to Jiangling by land, Liu Biao, who was far away in Xiangyang, also received news of the fall of Wuling.
No matter how reluctant Liu Biao was, he had to admit that Liu Jing's unification of Jingnan was the general trend. With his current strength, he was unable to change this result, so he did not get too angry.
However, a few days later, when he learned that Cai Hao's army had been wiped out again, he immediately became furious and cursed Cai Hao as "incompetent". At the same time, he couldn't help but feel chilled.
Although Liu Jing annihilated tens of thousands of his elite men last year, natural disasters were actually the main reason. Liu Jing was successful at a young age, but after all, his foundation was slightly shallow. He might be able to dominate Jingnan, but he would never have the strength to cross the Yangtze River and go north in the short term.
Facts have proved that he underestimated Liu Jing. In just one year, Liu Jing's strength was strong enough to support two-front operations, and he won strong victories in both battles.
What does this mean? This means that Liu Jing already has the strength to compete with him for Jingzhou. How could Liu Biao not feel chilled?
"Liu Jing..." Liu Biao paced back and forth in the hall, quietly thinking about countermeasures.
"General..." Chief Secretary Kuai Liang slowly walked into the room and called softly.
"What's the matter?" Liu Biao frowned.
Kuai Liang replied: "The envoy from General Liu Xuande of the Left is here and wants to see the general..."
"Liu Xuande?" Liu Biao was stunned at first, then his eyebrows lit up with joy, and he kept saying: "Please come quickly, please come quickly..."
Last year, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao. He was defeated in Xuzhou and fled to Hebei. Later, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao rejected each other in Guandu. Liu Bei followed Yuan Shao's order and went south to Runan. He joined forces with the Yellow Turban Liu Pi, Gong Du and others to harass Cao Cao's rear.
During this period, Liu Bei wrote to Liu Biao, inviting him to send troops north to attack the "national traitor" Cao Cao. However, Liu Biao had just lost tens of thousands of troops at that time, and he could barely protect himself, so he had no spare strength to go north.
Although Liu Biao did not agree to Liu Bei's request, the two parties have continued to exchange letters. Liu Biao intended to take Liu Bei for his own use, and Liu Bei also regarded Jingzhou as a fallback route. Both sides had their own needs. Since Yuan Shao was defeated by Guandu in October last year,
The relationship between the two parties has become closer. Now that Liu Bei has sent an envoy to Xiangyang, he must want to defect to Jingzhou. The fastest update on the computer::/
After a while, two elegant scribes with high crowns and elegance came in with Kuai Liang. They all paid homage to Liu Biao and said: "General Zuo, who is in charge of Zhonglang Sun Qian Mi Zhu, pays homage to Liu Jingzhou."
"No need to be polite." Liu Biao's face was filled with a smile and he was no longer gloomy. He came straight to Sun Qian and said, "This step is Sun Gongyou of Beihai? I have heard for a long time that this step is famous."
Sun Qian was a famous scholar in Qingzhou and Beihai, and he was appreciated by the great scholar Zheng Xuan. He was also honored by Yuan Shao. Liu Biao was in Xiangyang and heard about him.
Sun Qian bowed and said, "Unexpectedly, Liu Jingzhou knew that he was under such a bad name..."
"Why should Gongyou be so humble?" Liu Biao said with a smile, and then his eyes turned to Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu had outstanding appearance, graceful manners, and better manners than Sun Qian. However, Liu Biao's attitude towards him was far less enthusiastic than Sun Qian.
Liu Biao was the elder of the clan and a well-known figure in the country, so he looked down upon Mi Zhu, who came from a wealthy family and had a long history of being a merchant.
Liu Biao invited Sun Qian and Mi Zhu to sit down, and asked Kuai Liang, the chief clerk, to leave Liu Xian, and Zhizhong Pang Ji and others to accompany him.
Sun Qian was serious and solemn, and said: "In the past year, General Zuo fought Cao Ren between Runan and Yingchuan, defeated Cai Yang, and repeatedly defeated Cao's army. However, after General Yuan's defeat, General Zuo was unable to support himself. Recently, Cao Cao personally led
Tens of thousands of troops came to attack, but General Zuo's troops numbered only a few thousand, and half of them were yellow turbans. They were unable to fight and had to retreat to Nanyang to avoid the sharp attack."
"Oh?" Liu Biao said: "Liu Xuande has arrived in Nanyang? I am waiting in the suburbs to greet him..." Since everything north of Wancheng in Nanyang has been occupied by Cao Cao, he didn't know about it. Last year, Liu Bei defected to Hebei, and Yuan Shao left Yecheng for two years. With hundreds of miles to greet each other, Liu Biao naturally could not lag behind.
Later, Liu Biao, Sun Qianyan and Yuan Shao were defeated. Cao Cao was successful and sighed endlessly.
Sun Qiandao: "Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is late, Cao Cao has autocratic power, and the power and blessings are his own. Looking at history, anyone like Cao Cao is a great danger to the country. General Zuo and Jingzhou are the heart and soul of the clan. They should work together to defeat the traitors of the country, so as to achieve peace." Sheji."
Liu Biao slapped the table and sighed: "I failed to notice Cao Cao's wolf ambition in the past, so that the country fell into his hands and was held hostage by him. I regret it so much! I hate Jingnan, first Zhang Xian, then Liu Jing, who ignored the country and started rebellions repeatedly. The internal constraints make it difficult for Gu to raise his troops and march northward. Otherwise, Gu, Yuan Benchu and Liu Xuande will fight against the thieves together. Why worry that Cao Cao will not be eliminated and the country will not prosper?"