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Chapter 381 Jiangling

Zhang Yun refused to send troops to reinforce Jiangling, which greatly angered Liu Qi.

Now there are more than 1 soldiers in Jiangling City, more than enough to defend Jiangling, but not enough to counterattack.You must know that defending the city is the worst thing to do. If Zhang Yun can divide his [-] troops, he will have the spare power to send an army outside the city to form horns with Jiangling.

The hateful truth has been explained clearly to Zhang Yun, but the latter still shirks and refuses to divide the troops. The anger in Liu Qi's heart can be imagined.

Cai Mao also complained about Zhang Yun. Although the two had a good personal relationship, Zhang Yun had a reason for not dividing troops, but he and Liu Qi were already grasshoppers on the same rope, and his own safety was at stake, so he naturally stood on Liu Qi's side.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes outside the city. Liu Qi and Cai Mao looked around and saw a scout of Liu Jing's army consisting of [-] or [-] cavalry galloping towards Jiangling.

Liu Jingjun's scouts did not go straight down the city, but stopped a hundred steps away, pointing at Jiangling City, and then Liu Jingjun's scouts were divided into two, one part stayed where it was, and the other part circled the city and headed north.

Not long after, another cavalry from Liu Jing's army came towards Jiangling, this time there were three or four hundred cavalry, they were well armored and armed, they were really like tigers and dragons.

Liu Qi's heart bleeds when he saw it, not only because this cavalry was theirs, but also thinking about others when he saw things, reminding him of his dead brother Liu Pan.

Liu Panxiao is brave and good at fighting, he is a rare warrior, and he has a deep friendship with him. He was his greatest help, but he died in Jingnan. Every time Liu Qi thinks about it, his heart aches.

Liu Liang reined in his horse and stationed within a stone's throw away, looking at the top of Jiangling City, seeing that it was heavily guarded and organized, he nodded secretly.

Liu Qi is a son, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs. The defense of the city is most likely Cai Mao's deployment. He didn't expect to face the mediocre and incompetent Cai Mao, who has been defeated repeatedly by his own side.

Liu Liang dismounted from his horse, and according to the original plan, took out the "Book of Discussion for Liu Biao" from his bosom, and read aloud: "General Anyuan, Dong Du Jingnan Four Counties (Liu) King, ordered by the king to report to the Jingbei counties, generals, etc. : "Gai heard that misfortune and good fortune have no place, but people call them. Acting according to the opportunity, not being in danger, is the wisdom of the sage.... Husband Liu Biao, who considers himself a clan, harbors treacherous intentions, colludes with Yuan Shao, and resists the country..." "

Every time Liu Liang reads a sentence, he responds from left to right and shouts to the city. Not only the soldiers at the top of Jiangling City can hear it clearly, but even the soldiers and people living in the east of Jiangling City can hear the general idea clearly.

This proclamation was the joint masterpiece of Liu Jing and his officials. It dug out all the "black spots" in Liu Biao's past, and the criticism was so severe that even Cai Mao couldn't help being stunned, not to mention Liu Qi, the son of Liu Biao.

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!" Liu Qi, who has always been calm, was so angry that his face was grim, and he scolded Lao Tzu in front of his son. There is nothing more vicious than this in the world.

"In the past, Liu Jing was not as weak as the crown. The adults ignored internal and external criticisms and insisted on being a great talent. Instead of thinking of kindness, Liu Jing returned virtue with resentment. How can there be such a shameless person in the world!" Cai Mao said: "Military commander, you hurry up and dispatch your elite cavalry to go out of the city and destroy these thieves!"

Seeing that Liu Qi was so angry that he almost lost his mind, Cai Mao tried to persuade him, "The other party read out the proclamation in public and slandered the general in order to deliberately provoke Nanjun and induce our army to abandon the strong city and fight against him. Nanjun must not fall for the enemy's tricks. "

Liu Qi gradually calmed down when he heard the words, but he still felt aggrieved in his heart, and said, "Are you just sitting back and watching the thief insult you?!"

"As the so-called petty intolerance leads to great chaos," Cai Mao said calmly: "Back then, the Grand Duke was held by Xiang Yu. In order to force Gao Zu to surrender, he said he wanted to cook him. Don't worry, if you stick to Jiangling and stop the southern thieves, don't you think you won't have a chance to avenge your shame?"

Liu Qi let out a long sigh, and said: "What the military master said is true. Let's record the humiliation today, and it will be repaid ten times and a hundred times in the future."

Liu Liang read the proclamation three times in a row, and his voice was almost hoarse, but the Jiangling defenders were still "indifferent" and had no intention of attacking.

Obviously, the "provoking method" did not achieve results, and Liu Liang couldn't help showing disappointment.But this is also reasonable, even when our own side landed on the north bank, the other party did not dare to attack, so how could they be fooled by a call to arms.

About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Jingjun's forward appeared in the field of vision of the Jiangling defenders. In the dust, the army advanced like a mountain top, and the number should be no less than 6000 to [-].

Liu Qi couldn't help secretly rejoicing, luckily he followed Cai Mao's advice just now and didn't attack rashly, otherwise if he was entangled by Liu Jing's cavalry, he would be surrounded and killed by the enemy outside the city.And if you don't want to abandon the soldiers outside the city and continue to send troops out of the city to rescue, it will be in Liu Jing's arms.

The leader of this vanguard team is Cai Sheng, the general of Wufeng Zhonglang, and Liu Jing is not among them. He is currently in the township of Jinxiang, receiving a visit from the officials and people with cattle, wine and rice grains.

By noon, the army had already disembarked, and Liu Jing personally led the army to the city of Jiangling.

Huo Jun was half a horse behind Liu Jing, pointed to Jiangling City in the distance, and explained to Liu Jing: "General, this is the new Jiangling City, which was built a hundred years ago. The original Jiangling City was ten miles north of the city. Ji Nancheng', that is, 'Ying', the capital of Chu State in the past."

Liu Jing nodded with great interest, and said, "So that's the case. If it wasn't for Zhong Miao's introduction, I would have thought this was the Ying capital of Chu."

Huo Jun said again: "Although the scale of the new Jiangling City is not as large as the original Jiangling City, but the terrain is better, and the city's walls are high and thick, and its defenses are complete.

"Oh?" Liu Jingxiao asked, "According to Zhongmiao's opinion, what should we do?"

Huo Jun obviously had been prepared for a long time, and pondered for a while: "To the west of Jiangling, on both sides of the river, there are Zhijiang, Yidao, Yishan, Yiling, Zigui, and Wu counties. Xiangyang and other places are rich and have a population of no less than 20, and being in the upper reaches will greatly help Jiangling. The general can send an army up the river to attack the counties in the west to cut off Jiangling's foreign aid."

Liu Jing did not reveal to Huo Jun the plan of "taking Yiling from the west", but Huo Jun was originally from Zhijiang, he was familiar with the western customs of Nanjun, and he was known for his strategies. It was not unusual for him to think of this.

Liu Jing said with a smile: "I also have the same intention, you and I can be regarded as heroes who see the same thing."

Huo Jun clasped his fists and said: "It turns out that the general has a plan in mind..."

Liu Jingdao: "Zhong Miao, you are from the Zhijiang clan, you know the mountains, rivers and cities in the west, and you will be the vanguard of the army when you go west in the future."

"No." Huo Jun replied in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)