Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Of course, Liu Biao was not a stupid person. Although the military affairs in Xiangyang were slack, Liu Biao wrote to Huang Zu to remind him not to slack off the most important Jiangxia garrison in Jingzhou's defense.

However, Liu Biao didn't know that when he transferred half of the Xiling garrison to Anlu, Jiang Xia's fate was already doomed.

On April 22, from the opening of the city gate in the morning to the climax of the moon, from the east gate of Xiangyang, five or six fast horses galloped in one after another. Many of those knights were soaked in blood, and they were not responsible at all. Instead, they were panicked, feeling as if something bad was about to happen.

And as these messengers entered Liu Biao's meeting room, sent letters of battle reports, and finally sent Huang Zu's handwritten blood letter to Liu Biao, the whole Jingzhou was completely shaken.

Four days ago, Yuan Shu claimed to be a god-given god, but he was too humble to hold on to himself. In order to disobey the destiny, he had no choice but to establish himself as the king of Chu in Shouchun and announce it to the world.

According to the proclamation, Liu Biao committed three major crimes.

Firstly, Liu Biao clings to Dong Zhuo and enters Jingzhou with Dong Zhuo's coquettish edict. Later, he deceives the emperor with rhetoric and wins the position of state shepherd.

Second, Liu Biao, as a clan member of the Han family, was supposed to be an example for the world. However, when Dong Zhuo was in trouble, Liu Biao took refuge in Xiangyang and ran his own party members. , and has a sinister heart, the crime should be punished!

Thirdly, Liu Biao is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and has no tolerance for others. He even repeatedly murdered the country's meritorious ministers, intending to avenge Dong Zhuo.

As for Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu, since the king of Chu was appointed by heaven, he acted from the present day to crusade against the thieves in the world.

On April [-]th, the day Yuan Shu declared himself the King of Chu, Ji Ling, Yuan Shu's general, led [-] partial troops, first went to Yuzhang, then detoured to Yuzhou, and then turned back in a hurry. Because the incident happened suddenly and the defenders of the city were unprepared, Ji Ling first charged with light cavalry, occupied the city gate, and then entered the city to kill the county magistrate and the garrison officers. In less than two hours, the county changed hands.

After that, Ji Ling divided his troops into two groups, taking Xiyang County and Ji County. Both counties were short of major generals. The county magistrate was terrified when he saw the city wall of Ji County. In order to survive, he opened the door and surrendered.

In less than a day, the three cities fell, and Jiangxia's gate was opened.

Huang Zu, who was stationed in Anlu, was shocked when he heard the news that the three cities had been lost. Huang Zu knew that since Yuan Shu sent troops to Jiangxia, there would definitely be a large army directed at Xiling. Then he tried to recover the three cities, but was dissuaded by the lieutenant general.

Because Yuan Shu said in the proclamation that Liu Biao's third crime was the persecution of the country's meritorious officials. No need to explain, everyone knows that Yuan Shu is talking about Li Yi.

Well, this doesn't mean that Li Yi has colluded with Yuan Shu. If Ji Ling leaves Anlu, and Li Yi sneaks in from behind and goes south, then the whole army will be at risk. Wouldn't the army be destroyed at any time? ?

Huang Zu hesitated immediately after hearing what the lieutenant general said. He thought that he had caught Li Yi's spies a few days ago. Although he didn't get any useful information after the torture, Li Yi sent the spies to his territory. This in itself is very useful news, combined with the current situation, Huang Zu felt that what the deputy general said was really reasonable, so he ordered Xiling to be summoned to strengthen the defense, and at the same time, he asked Liu Biao for help.

However, before Huang Zu's messenger was dispatched, a quick horse came to report that Xiling had already fallen.

It turned out that when Ji Ling attacked the three counties, he intentionally left loopholes to allow many city guards to escape. These people subconsciously went to Xiling to survive, and the guards of Xiling panicked. After the chaos, they accepted the defeated army without further investigation, but they were mixed in by Yuan Shu's general Zhang Xun with [-] daredevils. They set fire to the city that night and took advantage of the situation to seize the city gate. , Breaking through the city in one fell swoop overnight, the guard of Xiling was beheaded by Zhang Xun, and the defenders were either captured or surrendered.

So far, Jiang Xia's main force of soldiers and horses has lost more than half, and they have completely turned on the defensive, and there is no possibility of counterattack.

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 375

Upon hearing the news of the fall of Xiling, Huang Zu wept bitterly, and the morale of the whole army was low. Even though Huang Zu tried to comfort the soldiers repeatedly, the effect was very little.

Seeing this, Deng Long, a general of Huangzu's department, believed that Yuan Shu was powerful and his troops were too fierce. Jiangxia's consecutive defeats made the officers and men in the army fearful, and they could no longer compete with Yuan Shu. Therefore, he suggested that Huangzu abandon Anlu, that is, completely abandon the entire Jiangxia , led the elite soldiers and horses to escape from the waterway, retreated to the direction of Xiangyang, temporarily preserved their strength, waited for Liu Biao to regroup, and then sent troops to Jiangxia for revenge.

Huang Zu was very moved at first, but after thinking about it, he rejected Deng Long's proposal.

Although Huang Zu in history was an out-and-out general who was often defeated, except for shooting Sun Jian, the rest of the battles were almost defeated. Even Sun Jian had a lot of luck.

However, this does not mean that Huang Zu is an idiot.

When Huang Zu was in Jingzhou, although Jiang Xia was kidnapped by Soochow, many people were taken away, but he lost an inch of land. As for the top group of people in this era, the lineups of the two sides are almost two levels behind. It is actually quite difficult for Huang Zu to stick to Jiangxia for so many years before dying.

In addition, Huang Zu was not proficient in everything, but his own knowledge was better than many people. Now that Yuan Shu is proclaiming the king, he is also a proclamation. He is so fierce that his purpose is obviously to swallow the whole world. In Jingzhou, considering that most of the troops in Xiangyang are still busy with spring plowing, if he retreats at this time, Liu Biao will have no chance to call up troops, and everyone will be trapped in Xiangyang City and wait to die.

Moreover, it can be said that Huang Zu lost the city and land before because of Yuan Shu's mental calculation and inadvertent reason, but if he voluntarily abandons the success and leaves now, he will be a deserter. .

Thinking about this, Huang Zu was cruel, pierced the palm of his hand in front of the whole army, and made an oath to heaven, saying that he would live and die with Jiang Xia. The stakes of this battle are finally to roughly stabilize the morale of the army and let the soldiers stand firm in Anlu.

Huang Zu didn't want to win, as long as he could delay the pace of Yuan Shu's army and win half a month for Xiangyang.

However, with Huang Zu alone, can he keep Anlu for such a long time?

Before Liu Biao asked Huang Zu to transfer troops to Anlu, the purpose was to suppress Li Yi, and only waited for Liu Biao's order to send troops to Nanyang, so he never considered the matter of defense at all. There was a shortage of supplies. After Zhang Xun's vanguard led his troops to Anlu City, he tried to attack twice. Although he didn't break the city in one fell swoop like in the previous battles, after several confrontations, Huang Zu's troops had already suffered losses. Serious, obviously can't keep it for a long time.

Huang Zu felt sad, so he could only send another letter to Xiangyang for help, hoping that Liu Biao would quickly send troops to help.

However, misfortunes never come singly, what Huang Zu faced was even worse than the worst situation he had imagined.

Because of the fall of Xiling, Jiang Xia's army went up to Huang Zu himself, down to the lowest level of the scouts, and all the fathers, wives, and children of the family became Zhang Xun's captives. On the second day, although Zhang Xun's troops did not continue to attack the city, But he bound more than a hundred relatives and relatives of Huang Zu's lieutenant generals in front of the battle, and asked Huang Zu to surrender immediately, otherwise, all these people would have to fall to the ground!

Xiangyang City, Liu Biao's mansion, although it was late at night, the meeting hall was still brightly lit.

Liu Biao and Xiangyang Wenwu read Huang Zu's blood book, and heard the disheveled and distressed reporter crying and begging Liu Biao to send troops to rescue them.

"cough cough"

With a burst of violent coughing, Liu Biao wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, looked down and saw bloodstains on the handkerchief, and a look of sadness flashed in Liu Biao's eyes, but soon, Liu Biao held the handkerchief tightly and put In the sleeve, and did not let others see.

"General Chen"

Liu Biao called softly to the courier who was crouching in the hall, whose body was still trembling because of being too excited, but after that, Liu Biao didn't know what to say.

During this day, Anlu's urgent letters spread to Xiangyang one after another like snowflakes. In the end, Huang Zu even sent all his generals to ask for help.

However, the situation is so endangered, even if Liu Biao is burning with anxiety, so what can he do?

Seeing that Liu Biao was silent, Chen bumped his forehead to the ground and said sadly, "Please envoy to send troops to rescue. Before Zhang Xun threatened the lives of the lieutenant's family members, the general refused to surrender and even scolded Yuan Shuxing for the unrighteous soldiers." Unexpectedly, that thief Zhang Xun became so angry that he killed hundreds of old and young women and children. Now in Anlu City, the soldiers are either afraid to fight again, or they are angry and want to go out of the city to fight Zhang Xun. It is difficult to control. When we set off, the general has already punished dozens of people with military discipline!"

Chen suddenly raised his head, and shouted with tears: "Master! If you don't send reinforcements, and Zhang Xun doesn't have to attack after a few days, Anlu City may be in chaos!"

Liu Biao looked bitter, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said softly: "General Chen, the old man already knows about Jiang Xia's difficulties, so you go back and eat some food, bandage the wound, let the old man discuss with you, and then see how to deal with it?"

Chen opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't urge him any more. He saluted Liu Biao and staggered out of the meeting room.

After Chen left, Liu Biao looked at the silent people in the room and asked, "My lords, Yuan Shu's villain has deceived others so much that he committed another crime in Jingzhou. I wonder who has a plan to defeat the enemy?"

While speaking, Liu Biao had already looked at Cai Mao who was sitting beside him.

Recently, because the young lady of the Cai family never returned to Nanyang, gradually, many people realized that the marriage between Liu Biao and the Cai family had failed, and that young lady of the Cai family was not abducted by Li Yi. , was sent out by Cai Mao, as for seeing sickness or something, hehe, even if sick, it is still lovesickness

Because of this reason, the relationship between Liu Biao and Cai Mao became more and more rigid. In ordinary discussions, Liu Biao would rarely take the initiative to call Cai Hao, and Cai Mao probably felt a little sorry for Liu Biao, or because Cai Yu felt that he couldn't hold his face, so he was very upset recently. Less participation in Jingzhou government affairs.

However, today is different. Yuan Shu made a big attack and broke the city again and again. The matter was too big, so Cai Mao came naturally. Liu Biao also looked at Cai Mao at the first time, hoping that he could come up with an idea.

But Cai Mao pretended not to see Liu Biao's eyes asking for help, and just lowered his head to drink tea, but looking at his pale face, it showed that he didn't really have much thought about tasting tea.

Seeing this, Liu Biao sighed softly, saying that Cai Mao was just like him, and there was no good solution.

Liu Biao didn't know that, although Cai Mao had nothing to do with the situation in front of him, he was more flustered, even more flustered than Liu Biao.

A few days ago, he received a letter from Li Yi, telling him that there would be great chaos in Jiangxia, which would even affect Xiangyang, and he urged Cai Mao to stay in Xiangyang and never go to Jiangxia to fight, otherwise his life would be lost.

Cai Mao was thinking about it at the time, and he didn't think that Jiang Xia could have any major events. When he saw Jiang Xia's battle report, Cai Mao felt as if his head had been hit with a hammer, and he was suddenly stunned.