Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 274 Liu Biao Lost South County

Liu Biao saw a strange-looking thing appearing in the opposite city. It looked like a trebuchet, but upon closer inspection, it was different from the trebuchets Liu Biao had seen.

This is exactly Cao Cao's thunderbolt car!
During the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao once built an earthen platform and ordered people to shoot arrows at Cao Jun's camp on the earthen platform. In order to deal with Yuan Shao's earthen platform, Cao Jun Liu Ye improved the trebuchet, and the improved trebuchet was named "Thunderbolt Chariot" !
Zhang De also has a trebuchet in his hand, but the trebuchet in Zhang De's hand inherited the technology of the Mohists during the Warring States Period. Each trebuchet can be disassembled into several pieces, which is convenient for transportation and has strong mobility. In comparison, Zhang De's trebuchet was more than 400 years ago, and its range and power are still much worse than those of the thunderbolt.

When the overwhelming stones flew up the city wall of Xiangyang, Liu Biao really panicked!

There are two good ways to deal with trebuchets, one is to send people out of the city to destroy those trebuchets, and the second method is to use trebuchets to destroy trebuchets.

It's a pity that Liu Biao had no place to build trebuchets in a short period of time, so the second method would not work, and with the first method, Liu Biao found that he couldn't gather enough troops to shake Cao Jun's defense.

The division of troops was the biggest mistake Liu Biao made this time.If all the soldiers and horses from Jiangling, Jiangxia and Jingnan were transferred to Xiangyang, Liu Biao would have the strength to fight Cao Cao even in the wild without the cover of a tall city wall, but because Liu Biao did not transfer Liu Pan back to Xiangyang, the Liu Biao's troops in Xiangyang City were only enough for defense.

If there is no such sharp weapon as the thunderbolt chariot, I am afraid that Cao Cao will need to abolish a lot of troops if he wants to reach the top of the city. However, due to the appearance of the thunderbolt chariot, Cao Cao can easily suppress the archers in Xiangyang City. Cao Jun attacked on the first day. When he was in the city, he climbed to the top of the city.

The people of Xiangyang panicked!

In history, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he carried out several large-scale massacres, so many people later did not have a strong sense of identity with Cao Cao. It can be seen from the fact that 30 people were willing to follow Liu Bei when he retreated from Xinye. , Cao Cao had a bad reputation at that time!

But today's Cao Cao has never done anything like massacre a city, so Cao Cao has no bad impression in the hearts of the people.But when you think about Cao Cao's haircutting, you can see that Cao Cao still attaches great importance to military discipline and the people.

The common people don't like war, so when Cao Cao gained the upper hand, the voice of surrender appeared again in Xiangyang City.Coupled with the publicity of the aristocratic family in the city who originally hoped to surrender to Cao Cao, the morale of Xiangyang City quickly plummeted.

Liu Biao soon heard the news, but there was nothing Liu Biao could do. Liu Biao had read a lot of poetry and books, and having been a state shepherd for so many years, he naturally knew a truth.

In less than half a month, Xiangyang was captured by Cao Cao!The general guarding the city gate that day directly opened the city and surrendered to Cao Cao, and this general was Wenpin whom Liu Biao trusted!

The city of Xiangyang was broken, Liu Biao broke through alone and escaped from Xiangyang, and Liu Biao's wife and son were captured by Cao Cao!

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After Liu Biao escaped from Xiangyang, he had two options, one was to flee to Jiangling, and the other was to flee to Jiangxia.

Liu Biao finally chose to escape to Jiangling. After all, in Liu Biao's view, Jiangling still has tens of thousands of naval forces. There is a chance to stand up.

On his way to Jiangling, Liu Biao met Liu Pan who came to ask for help.

After Liu Pan received Liu Biao's letter, he had no plan to rescue Xiangyang.Soon after, news came that Cao Cao was besieging Xiangyang.

Liu Pan is Liu Biao's follower, and he is loyal to Liu Biao. Speaking of Cao Cao besieging Xiangyang, Liu Pan is still very worried about Liu Biao.

A few days ago, Zhang Yun was sent by Cai Mao to Jiangling to rectify the navy. Since Cao Cao surrounded Xiangyang, Zhang Yun has been persuading Liu Pan to rescue Xiangyang.

Liu Pan was caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, Liu Biao had given himself an order to stick to Jiangling and not to move rashly;

Finally, after Zhang Yun's unremitting persuasion, Liu Pan finally made a decision to send troops to Xiangyang to rescue Liu Biao.But the city of Xiangyang was destroyed too quickly, and before Liu Pan walked halfway, he ran into Liu Biao and fled in embarrassment.

After Liu Pan learned that Xiangyang was lost, he felt a little flustered, but Liu Pan also knew that Liu Biao did not have a chance.Among the counties in Jingzhou, Nanyang was not in the hands of Liu Biao, but now that Xiangyang is lost, it is only equivalent to losing half of Nanjun, and the four Jingnan counties occupying half of Jingzhou’s area have not been lost. He has [-] troops under him, so Liu Biao still has a chance to stand up.

Liu Pan hurriedly retreated towards Jiangling, but when he arrived at the base of Jiangling City, Liu Biao and Liu Pan were taken aback by what he saw.
Zhang Yun looked down at the city happily, Liu Pan's bewildered expression fell into Zhang Yun's eyes, Zhang Yun couldn't help laughing, Liu Pan had just left Jiangling, and he brought the soldiers of the navy battalion to control Jiangling.

Zhang Yun is not an idiot, when he was leaving, Zhang Yun couldn't understand what Cai Mao told him about the things behind his words.In the city of Xiangyang, people like Cai Hao and Kuai Yue have defected to Cao Cao. If Liu Biao can still hold Xiangyang, then there will be ghosts!
The Cai family and the Zhang family are big families in Jingzhou. People like Zhang Yun will naturally put the interests of the family first. Since Liu Biao is about to die, he must quickly find a big tree to rely on!And Cao Cao is naturally this big tree!
Zhang Yun's betrayal made Liu Biao instantly fall into the passive position of ascending the throne.If Zhang Yun rebelled, then the Jingzhou Navy in Jiangling must also rebel.Without a navy, the troops of the four counties in Jingnan could not cross the river, and Liu Pan's 2 men could not get food and supplies.

Everyone betrayed relatives, Liu Biao knew that Jingzhou was lost, and his era might have come to an end.

Looking at the great flag of Cao Jun fluttering above Jiangling City, Liu Biao suddenly felt a heavy feeling in his chest, he couldn't get up in one breath, passed out, and fell off his horse!

"My lord!" Liu Pan rushed forward and supported Liu Biao.

"General, what should we do?"

Liu Pan looked at Jiangling City in the distance, gritted his teeth, and finally choked out a few words: "Let's go to Jiangxia and find the eldest son Liu Qi!"

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The battle of Chibi is almost ready, and the main event is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)