Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 761 Reaction on the Southern Front

South County, Jingzhou City.

Jingzhou City is the largest main city in South County besides Xiangyang City. It stands on the banks of the Yangtze River, with a majestic city wall and a unique geographical location. It is one of the centers of South County, and even the entire Jingzhou.

After Yiling was defeated, Cai Mao withdrew from Jingzhou City.

In Jingzhou City, there is still the main force led by Zhang Yun.

When the two armies converged, their strength was more than doubled, suppressing the river, and sitting in the city of Jingzhou, they were like a huge mountain, blocking the front and suppressing the nearly 20 Yizhou army facing the west.

The Yizhou army attacked several times, but to no avail.

The most important point is that Jingzhou City was originally a rare main city, and the reserves in the city were enough to maintain the main force of Jingzhou for a year and a half, so even if the Yizhou Army wanted to attack the grain road, there was no way.

They can only attack the city.

However, even if a main city like Jingzhou City is attacked hard, it will not be effective within two or three months.

This can be regarded as a close offensive and defensive battle.

But a sudden news made the two main generals in Jingzhou city panic.

"Xiangyang is lost?"

There was no blood on Cai Mao's face, his entire face was livid, and he looked at the letter in his hand in disbelief.

"impossible!"

Zhang Yun is much younger than him. He is not only Liu Biao's fellow countryman, but also Liu Biao's nephew in terms of seniority. He can be regarded as one of Liu Biao's confidantes. Never want to believe that Liu Biao was defeated.

"It's already a fact!"

Cai Mao said in a hoarse voice.

"I don't believe it!" Zhang Yun gritted his teeth.

"My lord's secret letter, you know it!" Cai Mao handed him the letter in his hand and said coldly.

"How could this be?"

Looking at Liu Biao's seal on the letter, he faced an unbelievable fact.

But after being dazed for a while, he quickly came back to his senses: "Then what about the lord, how about the lord, should we go back to Xiangyang?"

"My lord is fine!"

Cai Mao shook his head: "He has already withdrawn from Xiangyang City. There is no serious problem, but his subordinates are seriously injured. It is impossible to retake Xiangyang City in a short period of time, so he is going to withdraw to Jiangxia!"

"That's good!" Zhang Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's just worry about ourselves!"

Cai Mao smiled wryly: "This kind of news will soon spread. First of all, we will shake the morale of the army internally. In addition, the Yizhou Army outside the city will definitely look for opportunities to attack. One mistake will lose everything. If we lose Jingzhou City, there is no place for us to stand in Jingzhou!"

"Don't worry outside, the key is to keep the hearts of the soldiers at ease!"

Zhang Yun immediately grasped the important point, and he said in a deep voice: "Our Jingzhou City is fully prepared, and the defenses on all sides are also invincible. As long as there is no problem with the soldiers in the city, there will be no major problems!"

"But once the news comes..." Cai Mao was also worried about this.

It’s okay to talk about Zhang Yun, but three or four percent of his generals are from Xiangyang. Xiangyang suddenly fell, and he was worried about the safety of his family. It's not impossible to go back and see what's going on at home.

If it is not handled properly at that time, causing a mutiny, then the problem will be serious.

"Why don't you suppress the news first?" Zhang Yun said.

"Can you hold it down?"

"The city is closed outside, as long as we don't say it, we should..." Zhang Yun said, and quickly realized that he shook his head: "Even if we don't announce it, the Yizhou Army will try to let the city The officers and men know it, and use this to suppress our morale!"

"That's exactly what I'm worried about!" Cai Mao said.

"Then simply, my lord will announce it!"

Zhang Yun said: "At least don't give them a chance to spread rumors. Let us stabilize our own people first. Most of my generals are from Changsha, and the influence is not very big. From now on, adjust your defense and bring your soldiers back. Soldiers are immediately guarding the town, and they have time to spare, so you can stabilize the morale of the army!"

"it is good!"

Cai Mao nodded, this is the best solution he can think of at present, as long as he is given time, he believes that he can stabilize the mood of these soldiers.

"One more thing!" Zhang Yun narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of worry in his eyes.

"You mean the Mujun will go south?"

Cai Mao understood Zhang Yun's worry and said it in a low voice.

"Do you think it's possible?"

Zhang Yun asked back.

"It should be impossible. He just won Xiangyang City, and the damage to his generals is estimated to be not small. Moreover, there are our soldiers and horses to check and balance in the north. Unless he doesn't want Xiangyang City, it is impossible for him to send troops south!"

Cai Mao said: "But this Marquis Ming is very treacherous. The more things we think are impossible, the easier they are to happen!"

"Then guard against him!"

Zhang Yun said.

"Where to defend?"

"Changbanpo!" Zhang Yun said: "If he wants to go south, he can't go around Changbanpo. As long as we deploy some troops here, we can defend against his surprise attack in advance, so that we don't know that he is approaching the city!"

"it is good!"

Cai Mao agreed with Zhang Yun's method, and said: "The only way to get in and out of Jingzhou City is by water, I will let the next battalion go north to Changbanpo!"

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outside the city.

Yizhou military camp.

"Hahaha!"

Liu Yan laughed: "There are no dogs in the tiger charm. At the beginning, Mu Xiangguo was able to rely on a white man to command millions of soldiers and horses in a short period of time. He went north to the court and ruled the universe. How could his son's ability be inferior to this? Great kindness!"

He was the happiest when Xiangyang City was breached.

I thought that the longer the stalemate lasted, the more anxious you would be as an attacking party. Jingzhou is passively fighting, and the people will support you even if you don’t want to, but he is actively attacking. Even if he is militaristic, the people may turn against him.

So he always wanted a quick fix.

However, it is too difficult to break into the main battlefield. In Jingzhou, where the waterways are criss-crossed, they have nothing to use. If Xi Zhicai hadn't offered advice and used deceitful methods to break through Yiling, they may still be wandering in Yiling now. .

But after Yiling was breached, Jingzhou City had another stronger defense, forcibly suppressing them and making it difficult for them to advance.

At this time, there was a breakthrough in the northern battlefield, which was definitely great news for him.

But after praising Mujing, he was a little disappointed with the generals under his command, and began to scold him: "Look at yourself, and look at Minghou, he has only tens of thousands of troops, and he can break the name of Xiangyang. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are blocked here, you let someone down!"

"Damn me!"

All the generals bowed their heads and handed over their hands to plead guilty.

"Humph!"

Liu Yan snorted coldly.

After a while, he looked at the young man on the right and said, "Zhicai, now the northern line has made a breakthrough, but my southern line has been unable to break through for a long time, do you have a plan to break through the city?"

He attaches great importance to drama Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai's ability is also worthy of his attention.

"My lord, although Jingzhou is in a position of defeat, its strength is still there!" Xi Zhicai shook his head, "Xiangyang has just been broken, and the defense of Jingzhou must be strict. At this moment, it is impossible to break the city!"

"That's the same as saying nothing, can you say something useful?"

A Yizhou general said in a cold voice.

Among the Yizhou army, there are as many people who dislike this young man in white.

"Ha ha!"

Xi Zhicai sneered, then looked at his nose, nose, and heart without saying a word.

"Shut up!" Liu Yan scolded the general, and then said: "Zhicai, don't pay attention to these crude generals, if there is a way to break the city, please give it to me!"

"I don't have a way to break the city!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "But I have a way to attack!"

"Say!"

"Please help!"

"What?" The generals were puzzled.

"Since Xiangyang has been broken, our shepherd army's tens of thousands of men must be able to free up some troops. If we can attack from the north and south, it will definitely disrupt the position of Jingzhou City!" Xi Zhicai explained.

"But the Mu army's attack on Xiangyang has already lost more soldiers than generals. At this moment, how can the Marquis of Ming go south!"

Zhao Wei opened his mouth and refuted Xi Zhicai.

Liu Yan also believes that Mu Jing is not his subordinate, and the relationship between them is more of a cooperative relationship. In terms of his promise, he didn't believe that Mujing surrendered to him wholeheartedly.

"As long as the envoy gives the order, how can Marquis Ming refuse to obey!"

Xi Zhicai said calmly.

"If someone orders him to go south, will Minghou really follow?" Liu Yan narrowed his eyes.

"The envoy is the king of Yizhou, and Hanzhong is the land of Yizhou!" Xi Zhicai expressed his loyalty: "The Marquis of Ming is naturally the envoy's minister. If the emperor has orders, if the minister does not obey, he will be rebellious!"

"it is good!"

Although Liu Yan didn't know what kind of medicine Xi Zhicai bought in his gourd, he dared to say this, and he had to give it a try anyway: "I will give an order to let Marquis Ming lead his troops south to reinforce our army and break Jingzhou together. Rebels!"

(End of this chapter)