Three Kingdoms: I choose to assist Sun Jian

Shandu County, North Shore.

As Xi Zhong and Liu Biao's coalition forces crossed the Yangtze River together, they joined forces with Yu Jin's troops.

There are more than [-] people in the army, and they are marching in the direction of Deng County.

Consistent with Liu Ye's expectations, Xi Zhong's idea was to set up a defense line along the coast after crossing the north bank.

At this time, Xi Zhong and Kuai Yue walked side by side. Kuai Yue looked at the south bank of the Yangtze River and said quietly:

"Mr. Xi, tell me the truth. Although the lord is behind the northward march, it should actually be your plan!"

"You persuaded the lord to go north, right?"

Facing Kuai Yue's question, Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"I think Duke Kuai is also a wise man, and I can't hide it. This matter is indeed my suggestion!"

"Because Xiangyang can't hold it at all. As for the reason, Duke Kuai should know, so there is no need to explain it below!"

For Kuai Yue, Xi Zhong actually has a trace of respect.

Because Kuai Yue is different from Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue became famous since he was a child, and he was already quite famous during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and later he was even recruited by the general He Jin as Dong Cao.

If He Jin didn't listen to his advice, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any troubles with Dong Zhuo in the future!

Therefore, even if Kuai Yue is not good at military strategy, he is not prepared to deceive such a wise man.

When Kuai Yue listened to his words, he said in a somewhat depressed way:

"Although I don't agree with this approach, I think you are doing the right thing!"

"It's definitely not a good plan for my lord to be trapped in Xiangyang."

"As for your worries, I know too!"

"It's nothing more than that we gentry are unreliable!"

"But, there are 20 things I have to tell you!"

He said, looked at Xi Zhong sincerely and said:

"I don't know what other people are like, but I have never had a different heart, otherwise, this time, I wouldn't follow!"

"I know!"

Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"It's a pity, if everyone in Xiangyang is like Mr., then this Xiangyang is definitely the most difficult place in the world."

"But right now, Xiangyang really can't hold on!"

"Yeah, how could I not know!"

Kuai Yue smiled bitterly and said:

"You did something I couldn't do!"

"But I have to ask you, since Xiangyang cannot be defended, how are you going to defend after crossing the river?"

"Stay along the river!"

Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"The reason why we have to retreat to the north bank now is because the enemy's offensive is too fierce and the navy is too powerful!"

"Once the Jingzhou navy is destroyed, the enemy army is unimpeded, and we are under control everywhere!"

"The north bank is different from the south bank. The terrain here is trapezoidal. As long as the three counties of Shandu, Dengxian, and Caiyang are strangled, we can control the enemy navy!"

"In this way, if we wait for the coast to defend, if the enemy wants to go north, they can only go north from Jiangxia, or Shangyong in the west!"

"These two places, if the Jiangxia defenders can withdraw, they can resist the enemy in Caiyang."

"As for the direction of Shangyong to the west, there are mountains blocking it. If the enemy goes north, I can easily defend."

"As long as we can hold on to this line of defense, the enemy can only confront us, and they won't be able to reach the north bank at all!"

"This is the way to break the Baili Mingsu attack!"

"Ugh!"

Hearing Xi Zhong's words, Kuai Yue showed a look of admiration and said:

"Nowadays, the world is entering a world of great contention again. I can't wait for strategy. I really can't match a great talent like Mr. Shangxi!"

"With this strategy, it must be difficult for Sun Jian to go north!"

Xi Zhong listened to this, shook his head and said:

"Mr. Kuai must not be so lucky!"

"Bai Liming's military strategy is not inferior to mine. Once he knows our army's movements, he can understand this military strategy almost instantly!"

"So we must reach Deng County as quickly as possible!"

"Quickly build a coastal defense line!"

"You mean to say that the enemy army is likely to go north quickly and ignore Xiangyang?"

Kuai Yue heard something different and said:

"Sir, didn't you say that Bai Liming's third strategy is to go north to encircle Xiangyang?"

"If that's the case, why would he leave Xiangyang and ignore it?"

"Kuai Gong still doesn't understand this man!"

Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"The gains and losses of a city and a pool are nothing in the eyes of this person!"

"Only the victory or defeat of the overall strategy is what this person cares most about!"

"Although his strategy is to encircle Xiangyang, once he knows that we have left Xiangyang, he will immediately change his strategy!"

"Now, the news that the enemy navy was blocked has probably been sent back!"

"No matter where the enemy army is now, as long as they hear this news, the enemy's first reaction will definitely be to rush north!"

"I'm sure that within two days at most, there will be an enemy navy on the river!"

"If we don't build a line of defense within these two days, then we will face a fierce attack from the enemy!"

"I see!"

Kuai Yue frowned and said:

"So, with us going out of the city, Xiangyang has become very safe now?"

"Exactly!"

Xi Zhong said:

"Unless the enemy can't break through our defense and turns to a protracted war, Xiangyang won't be able to fall in a short time!"

"Hehehe, it seems Mr. Xi knows the enemy well!"

Kuai Yue stroked his beard with a smile and said:

"Then we really should move faster!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yu Jin walking quickly with a terrified expression:

"Sir, the direction of Deng County is urgent!"

Hearing this, Kuai Yue's expression froze.

And Xi Zhong said in a deep voice:

"An urgent report?"

Hearing the words, Yu Jin hastily cupped his hands and said:

"Replying to Mr., our army deployed scouts around Deng County according to Mr.'s orders."

"As a result, a large number of ships were detected coming from the downstream yesterday night, and countless soldiers and horses disembarked from the east bank of Deng County, bypassed Deng County, and stopped in the dense forest on the west side of Deng County!"

"What did you say?"

Hearing this, Xi Zhong stared and said:

"Is there an enemy army in the west of Deng County?"

Saying this does not mean that confirmation is prohibited, so he turned around and said:

"The whole army stops!"

As soon as he said this, the marching army stopped on the road.

When Kuai Yue heard this, his eyes were shocked and he said:

"The general means that there is an ambush by the enemy in front of our army?"

"Correct!"

Yu Jin said in a deep voice:

"The enemy army is extremely cautious. If our spies hadn't been on guard all day, we would definitely not be able to detect the enemy's movements!"

"What's the situation?"

Hearing this, Kuai Yue looked at Xi Zhong in horror and said:

"How could the enemy army arrive earlier than me!"

Seeing this, Xi Zhong was stunned for a while, and said in a deep voice:

"how can that be?"

"Our army only crossed the river yesterday. Even if the enemy finds something abnormal, they won't react so quickly!"

Thinking of this, he frowned and murmured:

"According to the intelligence, the enemy's follow-up army should have arrived in Jingzhou three days ago."

"The place where the army gathered was far away in Danyang, and our army set off three days ago. Counting the news coming and going, how could the enemy army have arrived last night!"

"Yup!"

Kuai Yue also said in a daze for a while:

"According to the time, the enemy army marched north almost as soon as they arrived, otherwise this situation would not have happened!"

Having said that, he couldn't help taking a breath and said:

"Sir, do you still remember that you told me before that Bai Liming is very good at calculating!"

"If you play against this person, once you act according to the conventional principles, you will fall into his calculations!"

"Mr. persuaded our army to go north, but it is unconventional for our army!"

"But for your army, isn't this the usual reason?"

"He can guess the movement of our army, so can't he guess the movement of your army?"

"As long as your army acts according to your army's method, how can you escape this person's prediction!"

"This"

When Xi Zhong heard this, he couldn't help but stare.

Suddenly found the problem!

Yup!

Now that they have formed an alliance with Liu Biao's army, it is natural for Bai Liming to consider their southward rescue.

That is to say, Bai Liming not only wants to predict the actions of Liu Biao's army, but Bai Liming also predicts their actions!

Perhaps for him personally, they just entered the battle in Jingzhou.

But for Bai Liming, he has long regarded them as members of the enemy!

From this point of view, all his possible actions will be carefully considered by the enemy.

And although the [-] soldiers and horses he left on the north bank could allow them to cross the river safely, in a sense, it exposed his thoughts of leaving a way out!

Judging from the fact that Bai Liming let the navy block his retreat from the very beginning, he simply wanted to wipe out their allied forces!