Three Kingdoms: I choose to assist Sun Jian

Hearing this, Liu Biao sighed slightly.

How could he not know the danger of the Jingzhou family!

But now, he is already on the verge of riding a tiger!

Right now, he can't touch these aristocratic families in a hurry, and he can't trust them all, so what should he do?

After thinking for a while, he shook his head and sighed:

"But now that the enemy navy is blocking the river, even if our army abandons Xiangyang, how can we go north?"

"After going north, how can we control the enemy?"

Seeing that Liu Biao's attitude was loose, Xi Zhong hurriedly cupped his hands and said:

"Report to the envoy, as long as the envoy can make up his mind to abandon the defense, I will have a way to lead the envoy across the river!"

"Although the enemy army has water troops, as long as our army can contact the soldiers and horses on the north bank, we can create an opportunity to cross the river!"

"As for how to control the enemy after going north, I have a solution for this matter!"

"In my opinion, there are three advantages to crossing the river right now!"

"First, because the river is separated, it is difficult for Jiangxia's soldiers to gather towards Xiangyang, but after crossing the river, Jiangxia's soldiers can rush to the north bank by land!"

"Now that Jiang Xia's role in blocking the enemy army has been lost, it is better to just abandon the defense and mobilize the [-] troops to go north!"

"In this way, as long as the Xiangyang Front Army is added, the military strength of Shijun and our army will far exceed [-] soldiers!"

"With these soldiers and horses, we can form a confrontation with Sun Jian's army!"

"Secondly, the gentry in Jingzhou is restraining the envoy. If the envoy leads the army to the north, it may be difficult for these gentry to follow. This way, the envoy can break free from the restrictions of the gentry and concentrate on dealing with Sun Jian's army!"

"Third, now the south bank of Mianshui is in direct contact with Sun Jian's army, so Sun Jian's army can directly go north to besiege the city, but once Shijun crosses the river, we will be separated from Sun Jian's army by the river!"

"If you can guard the river, you can stop Sun Jian's army from going north!"

"That's what it says!"

Liu Biao nodded upon hearing this and said:

"But once our army abandons Xiangyang, once Sun Jian's army occupies Xiangyang, doesn't that mean that most of Jingzhou will fall into Sun Jian's hands?"

"In that case, what's the point of me sticking to the north shore?"

"Significant!"

Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"The key is not the gain or loss of this city or place!"

"The thing that makes you worry is that if Jingzhou is captured by the enemy, it may gain a firm foothold."

"But Sun Jianjun is now playing a quick attack, not a slow encroachment."

"In other words, their purpose is to annihilate the strength of the Jingzhou army first, and then occupy Jingzhou!"

"To deal with this kind of quick attack, we must resolutely give up the idea of ​​standing around!"

"Because that will give each place a chance to break through."

"The only countermeasure is for you and me to gather our forces in one place!"

"As long as we can gather our troops in one place, we can turn the current passivity into the initiative!"

"If the enemy army goes to occupy the city, then the enemy army will have to divide its troops, and the troops will be dispersed, so that we can choose to attack!"

"Conversely, if the enemy army does not occupy the city, but chooses to go north to confront our army, then the enemy army will not be able to occupy Jingzhou for the time being."

"All in all, as long as we can go north to gather troops, not only will Jingzhou not be lost, but we will have a chance to regain it!"

"But if we don't go north to gather troops, not only will Xiangyang be unable to defend, Jingzhou will also be occupied by the enemy!"

"As for our army, although we are allies with your army, in the face of this crisis, we can only choose to withdraw temporarily."

Speaking of this, Xi Zhong bowed his hands to Liu Biao and said:

"Retreat or not retreat, let you choose yourself!"

"If you don't retreat, Chuya has no choice but to lead the army north as soon as possible!"

"To return or not to return"

When Liu Biao heard this, a trace of confusion appeared in his cloudy old eyes.

He looked at Xi Zhong and said in a deep voice:

"If I choose to quit, do you have a winning strategy?"

"Have!"

Xi Zhong cupped his hands and said:

"Bai Liming is blocking the river now to prevent the emperor from crossing the river, so I'm sure his strategy is to lock us up on the south bank."

"But if I can cross to the north bank, I can break this person's strategic conception!"

"He is focused on attacking quickly this time, and he will inevitably go north to form a confrontation with us!"

"Where the two armies confront each other, the most important thing is the food and logistics!"

"Right now, there is enough food and grass in Xiangyang City, and Nanyang can also be used as a backup, so the logistics in the direction of the north bank can be guaranteed!"

"As long as we can break the current logistical advantage of Sun Jian's army, we can put them at a disadvantage in the confrontation!"

"Then how do we break this logistical advantage?"

Liu Biao said in a deep voice:

"There are hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass in my Jiangling. Unless I can burn all the grain and grass, there is no way to limit it!"

"There is also a way!"

Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"This time Sun Jian's army came to grab food, there is already a precedent!"

"So Shijun can send people pretending to be Sun Jian's army to plunder the people in the south of Xiangyang and create a large number of refugees!"

"In this way, not only will the people resent Sun Jianjun, but Sun Jianjun will also need a lot of food and grass to appease the people!"

"In this way, Sun Jian's food and grass can be consumed, and they will be in a predicament of food shortage!"

"You want me to rob the people?"

Hearing this, Liu Biao stared straight at him and said:

"This matter is absolutely impossible!"

"I, Liu Jingsheng, belong to the clan of the Han family. Now the people in Jingzhou are all my people. If you persuade me to do this, how different will I be from that Dong thief!"

"How is it different from that yellow scarf thief?"

"Once this matter is exposed, I, Liu Jingsheng, will be scolded by future generations!"

Seeing Liu Biao like this, Xi Zhong sighed in his heart, then cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty is right, I don't need to worry less, please forgive me!"

In fact, in his view, even if these refugees were created, Sun Jianjun would find a way to calm them down, because Sun Jian wanted to occupy Jingzhou and would not leave the refugees alone.

In this way, Sun Jian's progress in going north could be greatly slowed down.

But since Liu Biao was unwilling, he couldn't say much.

But although Liu Biao was angry with Xi Zhong, he thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice:

"Although looting the people is not allowed, I agree with your plan of retreating and going north!"

"What should our army do, you just have to come!"

"good!"

Hearing this, Xi Zhong bowed his hand again, and Dang Shi explained to Liu Biao the strategy of crossing the north bank of the river and the subsequent confrontation strategy.

And under Xi Zhong's suggestion, orders were spread in all directions.

Jingzhou, which was in a semi-paralyzed state for a while, regained its last vitality.

Chapter 175 One hundred thousand troops will meet in Jingzhou, the decisive battle is coming, and the raid goes northward

Outside Xiangyang City, on the side of Mian River.

Xi Zhong took Li Dian and his troops out of Xiangyang City, accompanied by Liu Biao's army.

However, after the army, the civil and military forces left behind in Xiangyang City stretched outside the city, and Liu Biao was saying goodbye to them.

Li Dian and Xi Zhong led the army to ignore the matter in the distance, looking at Cai Mao who was ordered by Liu Biao to stay behind, Li Dian couldn't help but wondered:

"Sir, why did Liu Biao decide to abandon Xiangyang and leave a soldier to guard the city?"

"If the enemy army comes, what can these more than [-] soldiers and horses do!"

Faced with Li Dian's doubts, Xi Zhong said with a gloomy gaze:

"This is the difference between Liu Biao and the Lord!"

"If the lord decides to abandon the defense this time, then Xiangyang~ City will definitely be moved into an empty city!"

"Even if you abandon defense and turn to battle, you won't hesitate!"

"But this Liu Biao only has the heart of guarding the family, and now the family can no longer be guarded, and even if he leaves home-he is still reluctant to part."

"Perhaps in his opinion, keeping this soldier and horse can reassure the hearts of the officials and create obstacles for Sun Jian!"

"In fact, during the war, how can there be so many favors to be scruples!"

"The enemy army is about to go north now, and anything left behind is an enemy!"

"Perhaps Liu Biao won't know until Xiangyang surrenders after the enemy army marches north. His roots are not here, and no one will fight to the death for him!"

Hearing this, Li Dian narrowed his eyes and said:

"In my opinion, sir, after I go north, can I defend against Sun Jian's attack?"

"We may not be able to prevent it alone!"

Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"But with Liu Biao as a soldier, we can defend against it!"

"Liu Biao stays here in Xiangyang, of course we can leave, but after Sun Jian goes north and breaks through Xiangyang, the other Jingzhou troops will also surrender."

"Then what we are facing is not just Sun Jian's 10,000+ soldiers, but a total of 20 soldiers from the two armies!"

"On the contrary, we go north to garrison, which will not only give Liu Biao a chance to breathe, but also increase our troops!"

"As long as Liu Biao is alive, the soldiers and horses in the direction of Jingzhou will not surrender for the time being."

"This is our best choice at the moment!"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Dian and said:

"Mancheng, can you send an order to General Yujin to be ready?"

"This time our army crosses the river, we must rely on the assistance of General Yu Jin!"

Hearing this, Li Dian hurriedly cupped his hands and said:

"Since the sir gave the order before, I have already sent a letter to the general, asking him to arrange a heavy cone of driftwood to intercept the water army upstream!"

"The preparations have been completed in the past few days, and the pontoon bridge has also been built!"

"As long as we go north along the upper reaches, we can cross the river through the pontoon bridge!"

"good!"

Xi Zhong listened to this, nodded and said:

"Fortunately, there is General Yu Jin on the north bank to respond, otherwise we might be trapped to death on the south bank!"

Li Dian smiled and said:

"It's also thanks to your caution at the beginning, if General Yu and I were to lead the army alone, I'm afraid we will be stopped by the enemy this time!"

"Hey! When dealing with resourceful people like the enemy Bai Liming, you must be careful!"