The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 323

"Zhang Liao obey!"

Cao Cao stood up and shouted loudly: "I order you to be the general who conquers the South, with Xu Chu and Xiong Kuohai as the vanguard, Li Dian and Le Jin as the lieutenants, commanding [-] cavalry, and dispatching troops today to attack Nanyang and Nanjun. If you make a mistake, you must be ahead of Liu Bei and take down Nanyang and Nanjun!"

Zhang Liao agreed, and led [-] cavalrymen from Xudu with Li Dianlejin to march straight towards Nanyang. That is, more than ten days is enough to reach the border of Nanyang.

Liu Bei's three-way army besieged Xiangyang City for half a month without success. Almost at the same time, Zhang Liao led [-] cavalry to advance lightly all the way, and directly took down the ungarrisoned Nanyang County. The soldiers turned westward and went straight to Nanjun!
Zhang Liao is very smart. It is nothing to take down Nanjun and Nanyang by himself. Nanjun and Nanyang are both north of the Yangtze River. They are separated by the Yangtze River. This is not the hinterland of Jingzhou. If they take it down by themselves, Liu Bei can only sigh. At this time However, Liu Bei still dare not turn against Cao Cao head-on; but if he wants to rob Xiangyang with Liu Bei, with the [-] troops in his hands, he will not be able to do it at all. It is better to make a fortune in silence and attack Nanjun first. , The obtained population has already exceeded one million people, and it is on top of a state with a small population, even not much smaller than the population of Youzhou!
Cao Cao sent troops to Nanyang, Liu Bei attacked Xiangyang, and Zhou Yu also wanted to attack Jiangxia, but Jiangxia was also heavily defended now. Gan Ning was a well-known warrior, a former water thief, and had nearly ten thousand water troops to defend the mouth of the Yangtze River. It is impossible to win Jiangxia if it is weatherproof, at least not in a short period of time.

As for Liu Xiao, Liu Xiao also got the news, and Liu Xiao was also really tempted. Although Xuzhou's military strength is not very large, it is not a problem if he wants to take advantage of the chaos to do something in Jingzhou and win a county.

But it was stopped by Zhuge Liang.

"My lord, don't be impatient..."

Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "Now that Liu Bei holds Liu Jingsheng's letter in his hand, thinking of the old feelings, he will fight against the second ministers and thieves on behalf of his elder brother. Naturally, everyone in the world will respond. Moreover, Huang Zhong and Wenpin have formed an alliance with Liu Bei in private. People can't stop Liu Bei's attack at all; Cao Cao sent troops with the emperor's edict in his hand, and Yingchuan is adjacent to Nanyang, so it is convenient to use troops. Nanyang and Nanjun must be acquired by Cao Cao; The troops were sent out in response to Liu Bei's appeal, and it is Liu Bei who will benefit in the end. We are short of troops in Xuzhou, and it is too late to dispatch troops to Xuzhou temporarily. It is better to sit on the sidelines and wait for the truth to come to light."

"No troops?"

Liu Xiao frowned and asked.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "My lord, the reason for not sending troops now is to send troops in the future. If we send troops now, it means that we have responded to Liu Bei's call and agreed to his call. In the future, he will occupy Jingzhou. How can we go back on our word and send troops again? Seize it? However, we are now watching from the sidelines. Once Liu Bei wins Jingzhou, he will definitely destroy the Cai family, expel Liu Cong, and occupy Jingzhou himself. At the time of the new funeral, we bullied the orphans and widows and occupied Jingzhou by force. We counterattacked Jingzhou in order to thank Liu Jingsheng for his brotherly love, support Liu Cong's return to power, and obey the heavens..."

Liu Xiao was stunned, and said with a smile: "Military division is easy to calculate. As you said, it is too late for me to send troops now. Why bother with Liu Bei and Cao Cao?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "That's what I mean. After years of fighting, our four states have shown signs of fatigue. If we send troops at this time, we may not be able to take advantage of it. It will also waste people and money, which is not beautiful. It only takes two or three years to recuperate. Our government will With sufficient treasury and sufficient food and soldiers, anyone who wants to attack can be defeated, there is no need to get involved in this cause and effect.”

Liu Xiao's heart stabilized immediately, and he wrote a book to Zhou Yu, ordering Zhou Yu to stand still and not to rush for a while.

Liu Xiao sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, but Liu Bei quit.

Liu Bei went to Xiangyang City in person, which immediately changed the situation in Xiangyang City.

No one thought that Liu Bei would actually come here in person. After all, Jiangdong was newly acquired not long ago, and it was already courageous enough to send a serious illness to attack Xiangyang. Even he left Jiangdong. ?
However, since Liu Bei has come, the three armies will no longer fight on their own.

After Liu Bei had a long talk, he completely convinced Huang Zhong and Wenpin. The two generals were brought under his command, and the three armies were completely integrated together. An army of [-] to [-] besieged Xiangyang City. This time, the momentum was even stronger.

The most terrible thing is not that the three armies have completely joined forces, but that Liu Bei's arrival has made the big families in Xiangyang City completely start to hesitate, and continue to follow the Cai family?
The current situation is not good. Liu Bei came here in person, and he will never give up until he takes down Xiangyang City. The current Xiangyang can still last for a while. The problem is that as time goes by, the morale of the army will slacken, and Xiangyang City will be broken. It will be a matter of time, and when the Cai family falls, I am afraid that none of the families that follow the Cai family will have a good result.

The one with the fastest thinking is naturally the Jia family.

Yaoyue and Yaoliang were resourceful people, especially Yaoyue, who was very dissatisfied with Cai Zhong and Caihe's actions. He killed Liu Pan and Liu Qi with one hand, and made Liu Biao mad. My heart is chilling, now that Liu Bei and Huang Zhong have come to the city, wanting to avenge their revenge, the Cai family only relies on Cai Zhongcai and the two trash, how can they be Liu Bei's opponent, even if Zhang Yun has some means, they are only good on the water, The offensive and defensive battle of the city was still a little short of heat.

"Brother, we can't hesitate anymore. We must send people to Liu Bei's camp to make peace with Liu Bei. As long as Liu Bei guarantees that the interests of the Jia family will not be affected, then we will open the city and surrender. As for Cai Zhong and Cai He, both of them died. At the end of the day, even King Yama can't save them, abandoning Liu Cong and supporting Liu Bei to rule Jingzhou is the right way..."

Yao Yue said to Yao Liang.

Liang Liang hesitated and said: "Second brother, can Liu Bei accept us? Even if he accepts us, he is an outsider and we are local snakes. Can one of them guarantee our power in Jingzhou? One emperor and one courtier, we are not Liu Bei His confidant will be eaten by him sooner or later..."

Yue Yue wryly smiled and said: "Brother, you are overthinking. Liu Bei won Jingzhou, and his foundation is shallow. If he wants to hold Jingzhou, he has to rely on the powerful gentry in places like us. Otherwise, he will not be able to play at all. You just Worrying about those things is useless, what we have to worry about is not Liu Bei, but if we don’t make peace with Liu Bei earlier, once the city is broken and other families take the lead, that’s the beginning of the nightmare..."

(End of this chapter)