Zhang Yun refused to divide his troops to reinforce Jiangling, which made Liu Qi furious.
Now there are more than 12,000 soldiers in Jiangling City. It is more than enough to defend Jiangling, but it is slightly insufficient to fight back. You must know that the most important thing is to defend the city. If Zhang Yun can divide his 2,000 troops, he will have the spare strength to send an army to another camp.
Outside the city, Jiangling and Jiangling were at odds with each other, so Liu Jingjun threw a rat weapon when he attacked the city and did not dare to attack Jiangling.
The hateful truth has been clearly explained to Zhang Yun, but the latter still refused to divide the troops. One can imagine the anger in Liu Qi's heart.
Cai Mao also complained about Zhang Yun. Although the two had a good personal relationship and Zhang Yun had his own reasons for not dividing the troops, he and Liu Qi were already on the same rope. When it came to his own safety, he naturally sided with Liu Qi.
At this moment, the sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly came from outside the city. Liu Qi and Cai Mao followed the sound and saw a Liu Jingjun scout composed of twenty or thirty horsemen galloping towards Jiangling.
Liu Jingjun's scouts did not rush straight to the city, but stopped more than a hundred steps away, pointing at Jiangling City. Then Liu Jingjun's scouts were divided into two, one part continued to stay where they were, and the other part went around the city to the north.
Not long after, another group of Liu Jingjun's cavalry came towards Jiangling. This time there were three to four hundred cavalry. Their armor and weapons were excellent. They were really like tigers and dragons.
Liu Qi's heart bleeds when he saw this, not only because this cavalry should belong to his own side, but also because the sight of the cavalry reminded him of his dead brother Liu Pan.
Liu Pan was brave and good at fighting, a rare warrior, and had a deep friendship with him. He was his biggest helper, but he died in the battle in Jingnan. Liu Qi felt heartbroken every time he thought about it.
Liu Liang reined in his horse and stationed himself just a stone's throw away. Looking at the head of Jiangling City, he saw that it was heavily guarded and well organized, so he nodded secretly.
Liu Qi is a young master and has no military knowledge. This city defense is most likely deployed by Cai Hao. Unexpectedly, facing his own side's repeated defeats and being mediocre and incompetent, Cai Hao is not without merit. At least he seems to be able to defend the city.
Liu Liang turned over and dismounted. According to the original plan, he took out the "Message to Liu Biao" from his arms and read it loudly: "General Anyuan, Dong Governor of the four counties in Jingnan (Liu Jing), was ordered by the king to inform the counties in northern Jing that the general
:'Hearing about misfortunes and blessings, there is no way, but people call him. He sees the opportunity and does not face danger, which is the wisdom of the sage... Husband Liu Biao considers himself a clan member, harbors treacherous intentions, colludes with Yuan Shao, and resists the country...'
"
Every time Liu Liang read a sentence, everyone on the left and right responded and shouted to the city. Not only the soldiers at the top of Jiangling City heard it clearly, but also the soldiers and people living in the east of Jiangling City heard it clearly.
This memorandum was a masterpiece jointly written by Liu Jing and his ministers. It dug out all the "black spots" in Liu Biao's past and criticized him so fiercely that even Cai Mao couldn't help being shocked, let alone Liu Qi, who was Liu Biao's son.
"This is unreasonable! This is simply unreasonable!" Liu Qi, who had always been calm and composed, became so angry that he scolded me in front of his son. There is nothing more vicious than this in the world.
"In the past, when Liu Jing was not as good as a weak man, he ignored the criticism from inside and outside and insisted on promoting him as a talented person. Instead of caring about kindness, Liu Jing repaid kindness with hatred. How could there be such a shameless person in the world!" Liu Qi became more and more angry as he spoke, and looked at the side with red eyes.
Cai Mao said: "Military advisor, please quickly send your elite infantry and cavalry troops out of the city to destroy these thieves!"
Seeing that Liu Qi had almost lost his mind, Cai Mao advised him: "The other party read out the proclamation in public and slandered the general in order to deliberately anger Nanjun and induce our army to abandon the fortified city and fight with it in the field. Nanjun must not fall into the enemy's plot."
Liu Qi gradually calmed down after hearing this, but he was still angry in his heart and said: "Are you just going to sit back and watch the traitor insult you?!"
"As the saying goes, a small impatience will ruin a big plan," Cai Mao said: "Back then, the Grand Duke was controlled by Xiang Yu. In order to force Gaozu to surrender, he threatened to cook him. Gaozu replied, 'I'm lucky to get a piece of the pie.' If Nanjun can tolerate his anger for a while,
, stick to Jiangling and stop the southern thieves, why worry about not being able to avenge your shame?"
Liu Qi let out a long sigh and said: "What the military advisor said is true. I will write down today's humiliation for now, and I will repay it tenfold and a hundredfold in the future."
Liu Liang read the appeal three times in a row, and his voice almost became hoarse. However, the Jiangling garrison remained "indifferent" and had no intention of attacking.
Obviously, the "provoking method" did not achieve results, and Liu Liang couldn't help but look disappointed. However, this is also reasonable. Even when his own side landed on the north bank, the other side did not dare to attack, so how could he be defeated by a statement?
Be fooled.
About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Jingjun's vanguard appeared in the sight of the Jiangling defenders. In the dust, the military formation advanced like a mountain bearing down on the top. The number should be no less than five or six thousand people.
Liu Qi couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, he had just listened to Cai Mao's advice and did not attack rashly. Otherwise, once he was entangled by Liu Jingjun's cavalry, he would be surrounded and killed by the enemy outside the city. If he was unwilling to abandon the troops outside the city and continued to send troops out of the city for rescue,
This is exactly what Liu Jing wants.
The leader of this vanguard force was none other than Cai Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Wu Feng. Liu Jing was not among them. He was currently in the township of Jinxiang, receiving an audience from the officials and the people with cattle, wine, rice and grain.
It was not until noon that the army had all landed, and Liu Jing personally led the army to Jiangling City.
Huo Jun was slightly behind Liu Jing by half a horse. He pointed at Jiangling City in the distance and explained to Liu Jing: "General, this is the new Jiangling City. It was built a hundred years ago. The original Jiangling City was ten miles north of the city and is now called '
Ji Nancheng' was also the former capital of the Chu State, 'Ying'."
Liu Jingrao nodded with interest and said, "That's it. If it weren't for Zhong Miao's introduction, I would have thought this was the capital of Chu."
Huo Jun added: "Although the new Jiangling City is not as large as the original Jiangling City, the terrain is better, and the city has high walls, thick walls, and complete defenses. It is actually as solid as the Golden City. Attacking by force is the next best strategy."
"Oh?" Liu Jingxiao asked, "In Zhongmiao's opinion, what should we do?"
Huo Jun was obviously well prepared, and said after a while: "To the west of Jiangling, on both sides of the river, there are six counties: Zhijiang, Yidao, Yishan, Yiling, Zigui, and Wu. Most of these places have dangerous mountains and barbarians, and are not as good as Jiangling.
Xiangyang and other places are rich and prosperous, with a population of no less than 200,000. In addition, they are located upstream, which will be of great help to Jiangling. The general can send an army up the river to attack the western counties to cut off Jiangling's foreign aid."
Liu Jing did not reveal his plan to "take Jingling from the west" to Huo Jun, but Huo Jun was originally from Zhijiang, was familiar with the customs of western Nanjun, and was known for his strategy. It was not unusual for him to think of this.
Liu Jing said with a smile: "I also have the same intention. You and I can be regarded as heroes and have the same opinion."
Huo Jun clasped his fists and said, "It turns out that the general had already made a plan in his mind..."
Liu Jingdao: "Zhongmiao, you are from a wealthy family in Zhijiang, and you know a lot about mountains, rivers and cities. When we go west in the future, you should be the vanguard of the army."