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Chapter 396 Roar
Dangyang is located between Xiangyang and Jiangling, and the communication between the north and the south is very important, and there is no room for loss. However, there are only 5000 soldiers left in Xiangyang.

Although he knew that there was little hope of regaining Dangyang, after Wang Wei's return, Liu Biao put together ten thousand people, with Wang Wei as the leader and Zhang Yun as the deputy, and the governor went south to attack Dangyang.

Cai Sheng led 3000 people to defend the city. The Jingzhou army attacked for [-] days. By the middle of May, Dangyang was still solid, but the Jingzhou army suffered numerous casualties and their morale was low.

On May [-]th, Liu Jing personally went to Jinxiang Ferry to welcome Zhuge Liang and others back.

At this time, more than a month had passed since Zhuge Liang and others captured Yiling and defeated Zhang Yun.

After destroying Zhang Yun's army, Zhuge Liang led his army into the Three Gorges soon after, and even Kezigui and Wuxian counties were swept away by the autumn wind.

So far, the six counties of Zhijiang, Yidao, Yishan, Yiling, Zigui, and Wuxian to the west of Jiangling have all been owned by Liu Jing.

Counting Dangyang, Huarong, which Liu Jing recently occupied, and the ten counties in the south of Nanjun, Liu Jing has already won eight counties. Only Jiangling and Zhouling, which is located in a remote area and is close to Jiangxia, have not yet been captured.

As soon as Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning landed, Liu Jing couldn't wait to go forward, took their hands, and said with a smile: "Kong Ming, Xingba, you have worked hard. I have ordered people to prepare wine and food in the Jinxiang Daying Camp, and to work hard." Soldiers..." After finishing speaking, Liu Jing looked at the person behind Zhuge Liang.

This person is tall and tall, with a rectangular face, two fleshless cheeks, cheekbones straight down like a knife, sharp eyes, and a powerful nose bridge, giving people a sense of strength.Not surprisingly, it was undoubtedly Li Yan.

Sure enough, Zhuge Liang introduced to Liu Jing: "General, this is Li Yan, Li Zhengfang, the head of Yi Dao. Li Zhengfang is well-versed in strategy and has outstanding talents. He is really a hero in Jingchu."

Li Yanfu said: "Li Yan pays homage to the general."

"Affirmative Fang doesn't need to be too polite." Liu Jing helped Li Yan up with a smile.

In history, Li Yan served Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Liu Bei successively, and changed his master several times, but he was able to get better and better. From a humble official to a minister of Tuogu who was on par with Zhuge Liang, he was definitely a rare talent in the Three Kingdoms.

It's just that this man has talent but no virtue. He first urged Zhuge Liang to accept Jiuxi and become a noble and proclaim himself king. Then he didn't want to go to the Northern Expedition.In the end, Zhuge Liang tried his best to hold back his legs during the Northern Expedition, which caused the four expeditions to fall short under the excellent situation.In dealing with people, he failed so much that even the villagers didn't want to get close to him.

However, Liu Jing will not be reused because of this. He already has Wei Yan and Liao Li who are co-interpreters with Li Yan, and Kou (Liu) Feng who has not yet grown up, and Li Yan is not alone.

Liu Jing has full confidence to suppress them, make them content with their duties and display their talents, instead of daring to act recklessly as in history.

"I've also heard about Zheng Fang's reputation as an official." Liu Jing asked Li Yan, "I don't know if Zheng Fang is willing to enter my general's residence to join the army?"

Li solemnly replied: "Thanks to the general's attention, I am willing to join the army."

To join the army is to join the military. This staff member is called a military affairs officer, and he is just a subordinate official of the general's mansion.Li Yan, on the other hand, was the Marquis of Baili who was in charge of one side. He was transferred from the county magistrate of Yidao to join the army. It seemed that he was demoted, but he was not.Joining the army is humble, but he is Liu Jing's confidant, which is beyond the reach of a small county magistrate.

Liu Jing briefly introduced everyone in the General's Mansion to Li Yan, such as Deng Zhi who joined the army, chief secretary Jiang Wan, right Sima Xu Shu, etc.

After that, Liu Jing praised Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Huo Du and others respectively.As for Huo Jun, Zhuge Liang stayed in Yiling.

When returning to the camp, Liu Jing asked Zhuge Liang to share a car with him to show his dignity.

On the way, Liu Jing said to Zhuge Liang: "Cai Hongchao sent a letter yesterday saying that the Jingzhou army has been attacking Dangyang for a long time, and they have withdrawn by night to return north."

Zhuge Liang was not surprised by this. Cai Sheng was a general under Liu Jing's tent. The year before last, with only two or three thousand soldiers alone, he blocked more than ten thousand Jiaozhou troops under Quanling City for two months.Now Dangyang City has enough soldiers and food, and Liu Jing is at the rear to help, even if Liu Biao came to attack with tens of thousands of people, in the end, he could only return in defeat.

Zhuge Liang asked, "I don't know what's going on in Jiangxia?" Right now, both the west and the north have no worries, and the only concern is the east.When he was in Yiling, he kept writing to Liu Jing, and he already knew that Huang Zu had defeated Jiangdong's army.

Seeing Zhuge Liang mentioning Jiang Xia, Liu Jing showed a strange expression, and said: "I just got the definite news recently that Huang Zu originally defeated the Jiangdong Army in Xiakou, but he was dazzled by the victory afterwards, and pursued blindly. Take precautions, but you will be defeated by the Jiangdong Army." Speaking of this, Liu Jing shook his head with a smile: "Although Huang Zu severely injured the Jiangdong Army in this battle, he also suffered heavy casualties, so it is no longer a concern."

"Both sides will lose?" Zhuge Liang was a little surprised, this result was really beyond his expectation.

Liu Jing nodded and said: "That's right, Jiangling has now been completely reduced to an isolated city. Our army has crossed the river. Although we have conquered eight counties, Jiangling will not go down for a day, and we will be like rootless duckweed for a day. Right now, Dangyang The siege has been broken, and you have returned with your army, it is time to attack Jiangling."

Liu Jing has been stationed at Jiangling City for nearly [-] days since his army was launched in March. Now the siege equipment has been completed, the trenches have been flattened, and the earth and mountains have been raised... everything is ready, and he can start to attack Jiangling as long as he gives an order. All-out attack.

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, before attacking everywhere, he was preparing to capture Jiangling, now the time is ripe, he should start attacking Jiangling himself, and complete his achievements in one battle.

In the afternoon, Liu Jing gave a banquet to the soldiers of the three armies, and the next day he formally launched an attack on Jiangling.

Liu Jing personally placed the main force in the east, and took Gan Ning as the promoted city governor to preside over the siege.He also ordered Chu Fang to attack Jiangling from the north, Han Guang to attack Jiangling from the west, and Liu Zong to lead the water army in the south to cruise the river and patrol.

Liu Jing and Zhuge Liang stood side by side on a towering cloud car, overlooking the city of Jiangling.

Dozens of buildings and sculls are densely packed on the east wall of Jiangling. This thing is like an ancient blockhouse. When Liu Jing was building the defense of Ling County, he built a large number of buildings and sculls, which caused huge damage to Liu Biao's army.

This time it was Liu Jingjun's turn, but Liu Jing was not too worried about it. In his army, there was Loulu's nemesis-catapult.

In front of Liu Jing, there are hundreds of trebuchets of different sizes, and a large number of peasants pushing deer carts, sending baskets of stone bombs to the battlefield in an endless stream.

From Liu Qi and Cai Mao down, the Jiangling defenders all showed signs of fear.There are also trebuchets in Jiangling City, but the number is very limited, and they cannot compete with Liu Jingjun at all.

"put……"

Following Liu Jing's order, hundreds of trebuchets roared in three directions at the same time.

(End of this chapter)