Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 788 Half of Jingzhou

Liu Yan accepted Mu Jing's advice, gave up the pursuit of the Jingzhou army, and let the army begin to recuperate.

ten days later.

At this time, the Yizhou Army has been rectified. Although the combat effectiveness may not be fully restored, it has recovered by [-]% or [-]%. At this time, the Yizhou Army is still on the verge of defeating Jingzhou.

The army was launched immediately, and the soldiers were divided into three groups. One route went north and captured the entire territory of Nanjun, the other route went east, and soldiers overwhelmed Changsha in Jiangxia, and the other route went south to capture Wuling County.

Xiangyang City and Jingzhou City were successively captured by the Yizhou Army, which was an incomparable shock to the people of Jingzhou. Nanjun is the core of Jingzhou, and it is also a gathering place for scholars. The fall of Nanjun, even Many people already feel that Liu Biao's general trend is over.

In troubled times, it is human nature for good birds to choose trees to live in.

Liu Biao has not established himself in Jingzhou for a few years, so he has not established a great prestige. There are not many aristocratic families who are willing to fight for him, and they are more for themselves.

Therefore, these gentry giants are secretly ready to move, and have even begun to send people to contact Yizhou.

On August [-]th, Zhang Ren led his army along the east of the river and lined up Chen Bing outside Gongan County. However, within two days of the siege, the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Gongan County returned with their troops. They took this place without bloodshed. The throats of the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

This situation greatly increased the arrogance of the Yizhou army.

It also dealt a heavy blow to the defeat of the Jingzhou Army.

Pang Xi led his army north to Nanjun, and within less than a month, he had captured all the western parts of Nanjun, Dangyang, Yicheng, Lincu, and Bianxian...wherever he went, there was almost no resistance. Even if there was, it was just a sporadic resistance, and it didn't hurt much of the main force. These counties have already been taken down.

At the same time, Liu Yan also ordered that the herding army in Xiangyang benefit from the restraint of the state and immediately dispatch troops from Xiangyang to the east of Nanjun. The main force of Jingping's second army, led by Zhang Liao, attacked Caiyang first.

General Deng Long of Jingzhou stationed troops in Caiyang. Faced with the general trend of dark clouds, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops along the river, out of Caiyang, and retreated to Jiangxia army.

The Mu army gained power in one blow, surrounded the people, and began to divide their troops to the south, successively capturing Zhonglu, Pangguo, Jingling, Huarong...the troops crushed Lulin Mountain, and approached Jiangxia County.

So far, the entire territory of Nanjun has been captured.

At the same time, Yan Yan also led the main forces of Bajun County to march southward. It was a wind and rain march, and they attacked Wuling County fiercely. Uneasy, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the generals have no fighting spirit.

Facing the attack of the powerful Berkshire soldiers, they often opened the city to welcome the guests when the soldiers arrived at the city, and surrendered one after another.

Yan Yan was as powerful as a broken bamboo, taking one city after another, and by the beginning of September, he had captured the capital of Wuling, Linyuan City.

The prefect of Wuling fled in a panic, and the captain of Wuling returned with his troops.

In mid-September, the twelve counties of Wuling were all surrendered to Yizhou. Yan Yan was not satisfied with this, and led his troops eastward, approaching Lingling County. ……………………………………………………

Jiangxia County.

Xiling City.

Liu Biao sat kneeling on a high seat, his pupils were bloodshot, and his expression showed a ferocious look. He shouted hysterically, "Why is this happening, why are they doing this, why!!!!"

He was already mentally prepared for the defeat of Jingzhou City.

So when the news came, although he was a little disappointed, he was not very angry. Of course, when the details of the battle of Jingzhou City came back, he was still a little angry. Angry at Cai Mao's stupidity, he gave Jingzhou City away for nothing.

After getting angry, he calmed down and did not punish Cai Mao too much. He also specially ordered Cai Mao to camp for dozens of miles in Chibi and other places, relying on Jiangxia Changsha as a basis to establish a line of defense. He firmly believed that if the Yizhou army dared to Entering from Chibi, they will encounter strong resistance.

But then, each piece of bad news made him truly distraught.

He has worked hard to manage Jingzhou for several years, with all his heart and effort, but this Jingzhou seems to be piled up on the sand, as if it can't stand a little wind and rain, as long as there is a little wind and rain, it will be smashed to pieces.

You must know that Nanjun and Wuling counties have dozens of cities and thousands of miles across. Even if they take over these cities, it will take a long time, and it may not be possible within a year or so.

But now, Yizhou has been completely captured in a short period of time.

These guys who see the wind and the wind.

He flattered him on weekdays, but when he saw the Yizhou army pressing down on the city, he didn't resist at all, and most of them surrendered. This was the reason why it pierced his heart like a sharp long knife.

He trusted the Jingzhou gentry and the Jingzhou clan, but in the end they stabbed him hard in the back.

"My lord, I can't blame them for this matter!"

Kuai Liang seemed to be getting older again. During this period of time, he worked hard to integrate Jiang Xia's resources, and worried about whether the Xiangyang family would be slaughtered. He was exhausted and naturally aged a lot. He cupped his hands and said, "Mu Long Tu Xian Yu Lumen Mountain, forced the three great Confucian scholars to express their position. Sima Gong, Pang Gong, and Huang Gong were forced to be helpless and not allowed to intervene in the Jingzhou campaign. It also led to some changes in Shilin, and some gentry guessed a lot about us. , At this time, Yizhou is mobilizing powerful troops to suppress the city, and they are not willing to fight to the death for our Jingzhou State Shepherd's Mansion, so maybe they are!"

"Someone knows!"

Liu Biao said quietly: "But I just don't want to be reconciled. I thought that Jingzhou is deep, even if it loses for a while, as long as we work together and drag their Yizhou army into the quagmire, they will turn defeat into victory. But when will the defeat be so fast, it's unbelievable Now that Wuling in Nanjun has been lost, half of Jingzhou will go, and the Yizhou army will have a firm foothold in Jingzhou. We are in danger!"

"No!"

Kuai Liang shook his head: "My lord, you are still too pessimistic. Although the Yizhou army successively broke Xiangyang Jingzhou City and captured our two counties in Jingzhou, the army is strong, but it is just a short-lived epiphyllum!"

He cupped his hands and presented a bamboo tube: "This is the news I got from Yizhou!"

"News from Yizhou?"

Liu Biao opened it, looked at it, and his pupils changed color slightly: "Is Liu Junlang really so ambitious?"

The news said: there is a jade seal of Chuanguo hidden in the state pastoral mansion. In addition, today someone secretly built more than a thousand chariots, altars and capitals, and robes embroidered with brocade dragons!

These are the ceremonies of the emperor.

Liu Yan's ambition is ready to come out.

"Where did he come from Chuan Guo Yuxi?"

Liu Biao gritted his teeth and asked.

"My lord, don't forget that there is still a Marquis of Ming beside him. At the time when Mu Xiangguo was in charge of the court, the Jade Seal of the Kingdom was at your fingertips. After the new emperor Chang'an ascended the throne, there was no seal of the Jade Seal of the Jade Kingdom under the express decree, which is enough to prove that the Jade Seal has been lose!"

Kuai Liang said softly: "When the Marquis of Ming entered Hanzhong, Liu Yan ignored it. If he didn't see the disaster of the Marquis of Ming, he might have made a deal in secret, let go of the checks and balances, and let him make a living with ease!"

"With this jade seal in hand, he will be famous in the world!" Liu Biao clenched his fists, his eyes flickering: "If this beast defeats our two counties in Jingzhou, his reputation will surely climb to the top. He wants to become emperor!"

"Only by analyzing it in this way can we explain why Liu Yan wanted to send soldiers from Yizhou to destroy Jingzhou at any cost!"

Kuai Liang said: "He needs fame and power!"

"He can't think about it!"

Liu Biao gritted his teeth and whispered in a voice as cold as ice.

"My lord, this is a good thing!"

"Good thing?" Liu Biao didn't know.

"Now Yizhou is very powerful. From the land of Bashu, it is like a trapped dragon ascending to the sky. The situation is difficult to suppress. If he becomes the target of public criticism at this time, it will cause the heroes to strangle him, and the army will surely be defeated!"

Kuai Liang cupped his hands and said, "We will fulfill him!"

"Correct!"

Liu Biao woke up suddenly: "The emperor is still here, and the princes are like kings, how can they tolerate a new emperor who will overwhelm the world!"

As he spoke, he laughed loudly: "He, Liu Junlang, wants to achieve hegemony, so why not make it happen!"

(End of this chapter)