Liu Biao has been in a good mood recently, because news has come one after another. Without Yuan Shu's intervention, the states and counties under his command have killed the rebels and traitors, and they have been completely defeated. I believe that it won't take long for Jingzhou to be recovered.
Then your task will be completed.
"I don't know. I didn't ask and they didn't tell me."
The captain glanced at Liu Biao and shook his head.
"Forget it, we can't hide those who are coming, let them come in."
Liu Biao couldn't help but frowned and directly ordered the captain to bring the three people in.
"promise."
Soon Huang Wan and the others, led by the guards, arrived in front of Liu Biao.
"His Majesty."
"His Majesty."
"His Majesty."
The three of them paid homage to Liu Biao together.
"Three Qing family members, please excuse me quickly. Why do you want the three of you to come together?"
Liu Biao waved his hands to the three of them, indicating that they should level up.
"Your Majesty, I have just received news that the pseudo-emperor Yuan Shu is in Yuzhou with Zhong Yao. His 100,000 troops have crossed Yingchuan and are expected to reach Nanyang within seven days."
Huang Wan directly told the news about Yuan Shu's personal expedition.
"What did you say?
Can Yuan Shu conquer Nanyang in seven days?"
Hearing Huang Wan's words, Liu Biao was also stunned. He had thought about the Chinese army coming to kill him, but he couldn't imagine that it would be Yuan Shu's imperial chariot who would conquer it himself. Is it necessary?
Can't do it.
"Yes, we discussed it. The reason why the puppet emperor was so anxious to bring troops to kill must be because the war in Guishang was already very critical, so he only led an army of 100,000 people south to Jingzhou."
Xiang Lang glanced at Liu Biao and directly stated their analysis.
"So what do you want to do?"
Liu Biao looked at the three of them and couldn't help but wonder what they were going to do now that Yuan Shu had come to kill them.
"We are preparing to assemble the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou to fight Yuan Shu in a decisive battle. Taking advantage of his current weakness, we can defeat him in one fell swoop, so that we, the New Han Dynasty, can develop for a longer period of time."
Xiang Lang directly told them their arrangements and prepared for a decisive battle with Yuan Shu.
"Then let's have a decisive battle, I agree."
Hearing that they were actually going to fight Yuan Shu, Liu Biao couldn't help but smile slightly. You guys are rushing to the streets and want to go against the Emperor of the Chinese Empire. You really don't know how to die.
"Then please give an order to Cai Mao, your Majesty, and ask him to take the navy and Changsha Jiangxia troops to the north to return to us."
Huang Wan cupped his fists and saluted Liu Biao, directly stating the meaning of their trip.
"Now it is no longer enough to just let Governor Cai Mao go north. I suggest that the entire force of Jingzhou be mobilized. Soldiers and horses from all counties should be deployed to Xiangyang. If we want to fight, we should fight a decisive battle with great vigor.
Because Yuan Shu cannot only have these 100,000 troops, I suspect this is just a bait, otherwise I'm afraid we will suffer a loss."
Since we have to do it, we have to do it thoroughly. Since we want Cai Hao to go north to participate in the battle, we simply go to the big one and gather the power of the entire Jingzhou to fight Yuan Shu. Then we look for opportunities to make Cai Hao defect in the battle, and directly all the troops.
This rebel force was wiped out.
"Your Majesty, you mean that Yuan Shu's 100,000-strong army is just a decoy, just to make us relax our vigilance and fight him in a decisive battle?
Then take the opportunity to eat up our main force."
Xiang Lang glanced at Liu Biao. What he said was very possible. After all, Yuan Shu dominated the whole of China. It was really not enough to bring out only 100,000 people. If Liu Biao said it, it was really possible.
It is not impossible to prepare an army of 100,000.
"Well, I think it's very possible, so we have to gather all the troops we can and have a decisive battle with him. Only in this way can we ensure that we have absolute strength."
Liu Biao nodded. If you don't gather your troops yet, even if Yuan Shu really defeats Huang Wan and others, it will still take time to attack the entire Jingzhou.
It would be better to mobilize all the forces in Jingzhou. Although there would be a lot of troops on his side, he believed that Yuan Shu would be able to completely defeat them by combining internal and external forces.
"Your Majesty is right. We really need to be on guard against Yuan Shu's move. Let's gather all the troops and horses to fight Yuan Shu for a decisive battle. However, seven days will definitely not be enough in this case. We may have to abandon some places as a buffer."
Huang Wan also nodded, but the current situation is that Yuan Shu can kill Nanyang in at most seven days. If they want to gather all the troops, seven days will definitely not be enough. It will take at least ten days. During this time, they may have to give up some
Use the place as a buffer to buy enough time.
"Well, it doesn't matter, isn't there still Zhang Fang's Nanyang County?
Although Zhang Fang nominally obeyed our orders, in fact he just established himself as king.
Having him here should help us buy some time. If it's not enough, we'll abandon Xiangyang. We can go to Nanjun or Jiangxia. As long as we can win, we can recover the lost ground."
As for Huang Wan's suggestion of abandoning the place as a buffer, Liu Biao naturally didn't care. As long as he could gather troops and horses and give Yuan Shu a chance to defeat the enemy, he didn't care. Anyway, he didn't really want to be the false emperor. These places were useless to him.
There's no point in talking nonsense.
"What your Majesty said is true. Nanyang County has a large territory and a large population. Zhang Fang has many soldiers and horses under his command. He is not an easy person. He can definitely buy us enough time.
If he is really not afraid of death and surrenders to Yuan Shu, we will abandon Xiangyang and go south to Nanjun, and we must wait until the troops and horses are ready before fighting Yuan Shu."
Xiang Lang nodded to Liu Biao. Liu Biao was a talented man after all. His overall view of the situation had not diminished with age. He was a qualified commander just because he could propose abandoning Xiangyang County and the current capital of Xinhan.
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"Then let's do this. I'll send people to Jiangxia and ask Cai Mao to bring all the troops and horses to Xiangyang for the round. Your Excellencies will also immediately contact the troops and horses from other counties and hurry up to come over."
Now that the decision had been made, Liu Biao had nothing to say, so he immediately sent people to summon Cai Mao to lead his army northward, and also asked them to summon soldiers and horses from various counties to return to Xiangyang.
"promise."
"promise."
"promise."
The three of them clasped their fists together, then went their separate ways, gathering troops from all directions to march north to Xiangyang to prepare for a decisive battle with Yuan Shu.
"Your Majesty is heading towards Nanyang now, remember to send the message to His Majesty."
Liu Biao glanced at the Guards soldiers and handed over his brief letter directly.
"I understand, I promise to complete the task."
The guard took the brief letter, stuffed it into a small bamboo tube, and nodded solemnly to Liu Biao.
"Okay, then let's go."
"promise."
More than ten cavalry guards left Xiangyang on horseback and rushed towards Jiangxia. After leaving Jiangxia, the guards holding Liu Biao's brief letter went directly north towards Yuzhou.
"Sir, when will we attack again? We have been waiting for more than two months."
Just as Jingzhou was vigorously preparing for a decisive battle with Yuan Shu, the Hengye army far away in Fucheng was also gearing up and ready to attack at any time.
"The time has not come yet. Although the lord has issued orders to punish thieves in all directions, we have to wait for news from the lord in Jingzhou.
Only if our lord actually starts the battle of Jingzhou can we attack and catch them off guard, otherwise it would be meaningless for us to hide for so long."
Xu Huang glanced at the distance on the city wall, his eyes full of melancholy. He originally thought that going south to hunt down thieves was just a matter of three strikes and five divided by two. Unexpectedly, he went south from Chengdu to hide here, and there were two in the blink of an eye.
many months,
We haven't been able to fight yet. If I had known earlier, I might as well have gone to the Kushan battlefield and killed those Kushan barbarians.
"promise."
Xu Huang was suffocating here, but Dian Wei was extremely comfortable. He led five thousand guards to kill all directions. Zang Ba also made many gains, and now he has returned to Jin Chun again.
Because everyone knows that after the war in all directions is settled, it is time to move against the false emperor Jingzhou.
"Sir, when will we send out troops?"
Dian Wei and Zang Ba gathered in front of Zhang Hong.
"I got the news a few days ago that my lord has joined forces with Zhong Yao and Tian Yu. He has left Yingchuan with one hundred thousand troops and is heading towards Nanyang. The time for us to send troops is coming soon."
Zhang Hong glanced at Dian Wei and directly told the two of them the news that Yuan Shu had left Yingchuan and was going to Nanyang to kill him.
"Then do we need to go north to Yuzhou now to meet the Lord?"
When he heard that Yuan Shu had led his troops to attack Nanyang, Dian Wei stood up immediately.
"General Dian Wei, please be patient. Your Majesty means that he is acting as bait in the open. Huang Wan and others will definitely gather troops and horses to fight him. We can take the opportunity to leave Yangzhou, cross Jiangxia, and sneak attack the enemy's rear."
Zhang Hong suppressed Dian Wei's heart. Their role now was not to fight head-on, but to serve as a sharp sword that penetrated directly into the enemy's heart.
"I can't control that much anymore. The guards can stay here for you. I will rush to Yuzhou immediately to meet with Your Majesty."
Dian Wei couldn't care less and stood up directly. If there was a rebellion in Yangzhou before, he couldn't leave it. Now that the rebellion has been eliminated and Yuan Shu is close at hand, he must rush back to Yuan Shu as soon as possible.
"General Dian Wei, you?"
Zhang Hong glanced at Dian Wei, his eyes filled with helplessness.
"Mr. Zigang, please stop trying to persuade me. Dian Wei has no intention of fame or fortune. I don't care about these things. Just take responsibility."
Dian Wei didn't bother to say so much, so he stood up and ran out.
"General Dian Wei, General Dian Wei."
Seeing Dian Wei walking out, Zhang Hong immediately got up and started to chase him.
"Sir, you can't stop him. He is just a cow. No one can stop him except Your Majesty when he gets angry. Let him go."
Zang Ba also stood up. Dian Wei was famously stubborn in China. When he went crazy, only Yuan Shu could suppress him, and everyone else, including Ju Shu, had to step aside.
"Hey, just when we were about to achieve great success, the general unexpectedly..."
Zhang Hong is not afraid of insufficient combat power, but because Dian Wei has stayed here for so long and connected the four directions, which can be said to be a significant contribution. But now that the harvest season is about to come, he is gone, which is a bit bad.
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"Don't worry, Your Majesty will not miss anyone who has merit. General Dian Wei has also said that he doesn't care about fame and wealth at all. Moreover, he is very worried when he is not with Your Majesty. Going back now will just follow his wish."
Zang Ba naturally knows what kind of person Dian Wei is. If he cares about fame and wealth, how could he stay with Yuan Shu for several years? Everyone has his own way of survival. Maybe Dian Wei's way of survival is
Tao is Yuan Shu.
"Well, that's all we can do. You can immediately send the guards north to meet with His Majesty."
Since Dian Wei had said so, Zhang Hong had nothing more to say and directly ordered the guards to leave with Dian Wei.
"promise."
Zang Ba directly clasped his fists and arranged for the guards to follow Dian Wei northward.
