The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 228
Liu Biao's army stared at the west of Jianping, affecting the entire Yizhou, and its influence covered the Battle of Guanzhong and Guo Jia's rule.

In the war-torn era where there are many princes, in every war, many princes watching the theater around the battlefield can play an important role. They are variables and unexpected people who change the situation of the battle.

Jingzhou's geographical location determines that Liu Biao can never be a prince who is ignored.

He can hit Yuan Shao now, deadly.

He can also hit Guo Jia, which is equally deadly.

This is Liu's position that is enough to turn the tide of the war and change the situation of the world.

But it should never be wrong, Liu Biao should not help each other, stationing troops to build Pingxi is Liu Biao's explanation to Yuan Shao, and it is also a move to deter Guo Jia and make Guo Jia difficult.

It can't be called adding insult to injury, but it's a bit like a little devil.

Padang Yong'an Camp
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin worked hard here, trained troops hard, and managed the army rigorously.

Ten years of sharpening a sword.

Guo Jiamou made a move beforehand, neither militaristically aggressive, nor relentless in fighting and forgetting worries.

Those who love war will die, and those who forget war will be in danger.

It is true that Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin have no battles to fight these years, but it does not mean that they have lost their sense of crisis.

Today, Zhang Baiqi is in Hanping County not far to the southwest of them, and Liu Biao's army is near the border between Badong County and Jianping County.

What should they do?
Whether to continue to guard against the entry of Liu Biao's army or to lead the army to suppress Zhang Baiqi's rebellion.

They couldn't decide, so they had to ask Guo Jia for instructions.

Guo Jia gave them an unexpected military order.

A military order that no one in the world should have expected.

Hit Jingzhou!
Zhou Tai looked at the military order in the commander's tent, dumbfounded.

Jiang Qin leaned forward to probe and read.

"Fight to the Xiangyang city within a month? Wherever they pass, they will defend the city regardless of division..."

Jiang Qin stared blankly at Zhou Tai, wanting to see his friend's reaction.

Anyway, he was really shocked.

Take [-] soldiers and horses to fight Huang Zu, who has [-] soldiers and horses, and then move straight up to Xiangyang, where there are still [-] defenders.

Is the protagonist crazy or is he blinded?
Zhou Tai didn't dare to believe it until he confirmed that it was Guo Jia's seal plus Guo Jia's autograph.

Going to the commander's seat and sitting down, Zhou Tai carefully considered Guo Jia's military orders.

Whether it is true or false, Zhou Tai has to figure it out first.

Don't look at it as a military order, sometimes there may be hidden secrets.

After much deliberation, Zhou Tai finally failed to guess Guo Jia's deeper intentions.

It is very simple: hit Jingzhou!
Generals must implement military orders, otherwise they will be executed in accordance with the law.

But military commanders are also human beings with thoughts, and military orders have one direction. Before Zhou Tai received the military orders, he never even thought about going to Jingzhou.

But now, the idea of ​​attacking Jingzhou took root in his heart, and the seeds were planted by Guo Jia, and Zhou Tai's blood boiled instantly.

He put his heart into another place and thought.

If even the generals under Guo Jia expressed surprise at attacking Jingzhou, then how could Liu Biao think that Guo Jia would dare to attack Jingzhou in the current situation where Guo Jia was besieged on all sides?
If Liu Biao can't think of it, then Jingzhou's defense will be very low.

A war is not officially started until one enters the other side's territory.

From another point of view, the beginning of the war can be described as the disputes of thugs in the city.

If you scold me, I will be full of old punches, and the two of them will start fighting.

Swearing is insulting in nature, but it does not cause real harm to the person.

Liu Biao came here with his army, stationed in the west of Jianping, this is a war gesture.

It is equivalent to Liu Biao standing in front of Guo Jia and declaring war, but the fight has not officially started yet.

Throughout the ages, and even in the future, it is common for the opposing sides to station troops on the border to confront each other.

Whether to fight or not to fight depends on whether we can bear the consequences.

As for who hits who first, it doesn't matter at all.

When Jingzhou put on a war stance, Guo Jia had every reason to go to war.

Of course, Guo Jia has been sending troops to Badong Yong'an all along, which is actually a threat to Jingzhou, and Liu Biao's counterattack is understandable.

So let's go to war.

This is what Guo Jia hopes to see.

He misses Jingzhou day and night!
No one would listen to Liu Biao's justification. He just said in front of the world that the purpose of setting up troops to build Pingxi was to scare Guo Jia, but how could military operations be child's play?The movement of the three armies affects the entire southern part of China!As long as Liu Biao's soldiers and horses reach Jianpingxi, Guo Jia can be regarded as a threat, a provocation, and an upcoming invasion!

Therefore, Liu Biao handed over Guo Jia's reason for attacking Jingzhou!

And Guo Jia will not rashly make enemies for the sake of a battle of spirits and a battle of face!
This time, he also has plans and strategic thinking.

After he had read Zhou Tai's military information, in just a few breaths, he had a longer-term plan.

The outcome of Guanzhong is unpredictable, and Guo Jia dare not guarantee that he will definitely defeat Yuan Shao.

Guo Jia made two preparations for Zhou Tai to fight Jingzhou.

Attacking Liu Biao is the basic purpose.

What happens next will depend on the outcome of the battle in Guanzhong.

If Guo Jia wins in Guanzhong, then he will let Zhou Tai withdraw his troops and continue to operate honestly in Guanzhong.

Once Guo Jia was defeated in Guanzhong, he would return to Yizhou with the remnants of the defeated army. At that time, he would fall into a crisis in Yizhou, a crisis in which the confidence in him from the common people to the rich and even the bureaucratic class dropped.

Then he needs to divert his attention.

Attack Jingzhou!

After winning Guanzhong, Guo Jia could look down on the Central Plains.After winning Jingzhou, Guo Jia was able to rule by drawing rivers from north to south.

Benefits are fundamental.

Expansion is just a means to pursue profit.

The soldiers and horses of Guanzhong and Yizhou can be treated differently. Even if Guanzhong is defeated, Yizhou's military strength is still not to be underestimated. It is more than enough to fight Jingzhou. Guo Jia has no reason not to fight before.

But now that Guo Jia has a reason to attack Jingzhou, he has a way out.

Guanzhong is defeated, even if Yuan Shao swallows Sizhou and Liangzhou, it is absolutely impossible to go south to capture Yizhou in a short time, and Guo Jia will take the opportunity to lead the army to conquer Jingzhou!

Guo Jia, who was thousands of miles away, was actually sneering. Liu Biao had better pray for Yuan Shao to lose in Guanzhong at this time, otherwise, Guo Jia would immediately reinforce Zhou Tai after returning to Yizhou and sweep Jingzhou!
"Order the three armies to retreat westward for thirty miles."

After Zhou Tai understood Guo Jia's military order, he conveyed such an order that sounded completely different.

Jiang Qin was dumbfounded, and asked hesitantly: "Youping, the lord's order is to attack Jingzhou. You are disobeying the military order. If the lord is prosecuted, how will you explain it?"

Zhou Tai laughed, and said: "Who said I'm going to disobey the military order? First retreat for thirty miles, and then go all out to enter Jingzhou!"

Jiang Qin was overwhelmed by Guo Jia's military orders. Now that he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he smiled knowingly.

Zhou Tai wanted to back off first, it was for the Jingzhou army to see, and he had to remove the vigilance of the Jingzhou army to the greatest extent!
When the news that the people from Yong'an Daying had gone to the sky reached the ears of Huang Zu who was stationed in the west of Jianping County, he snorted and smiled, quite proud.

He thinks that he is now one of the best generals in the world!
The Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian died in his hands!

Although he was later captured alive by Sun Ce, it cannot obliterate his achievements in setting up an ambush to kill Sun Jian.

He didn't know that when he killed Sun Jian, all the heroes in the world felt sorry for Sun Jian, but few of them felt admiration for Huang Zu.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Sun Jian died in an ambush due to carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, while Huang Zu was only the executor. The people who designed it should be the advisers under Liu Biao's command. Tactics can make great achievements.

Huang Zu stationed troops in Jianpingxi, and was inquiring about Yong'an every day. The confrontation between Badong and Yong'an did not allow him to treat it negatively.

Zhou Tai led his army to withdraw from Yong'an Camp. In Huang Zu's opinion, Zhou Tai must have led his army to suppress Zhang Baiqi's rebellion.

In this way, he really felt relaxed and had nothing to worry about.

Two days later, in the middle of the night, Huang Zu's army in Jianpingxi was robbed, and it was a well-prepared and tactically planned robbed camp.

Zhou Tai's 2000 soldiers and horses were divided into ten battalions, one battalion of [-] men, and swept the Jingzhou army camp from all directions.

Breaking it up into parts is actually disadvantageous, but Zhou Tai's attacking the strong with the weak, and attacking the strong with the small, is already a dangerous strategy for the army. If he can't take a bold fight, it will be impossible to talk about brilliant results.

Opportunities and risks usually coexist.

If the Jingzhou Army were always vigilant, the Taiping Army's tactics of robbing camps with 2000 people each in all directions would probably be counter-encircled and suppressed.

The advantage in numbers is the only favorable condition that the Jingzhou Army has.

If such an advantage cannot be brought into play, the rout and fiasco will become a matter of course.

When Huang Zu was about to die, he realized that Zhou Tai's withdrawal was a smoke bomb.

The [-] Taiping troops rushed out and killed the Jingzhou army by surprise, and the scuffle did not come to an end until noon the next day.

Blood flowed into rivers in the Jianping West Jingzhou Army camp, and corpses lay across the field.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin led their respective armies to charge directly at Huang Zu's tent when the camp was looting, and easily chopped off Huang Zu's head.

The ensuing melee was almost a massacre. The Taiping Army gradually became equal to the Jingzhou Army from a numerical disadvantage, and then turned into an advantage. After the surprise attack and victory, Zhou Tai counted the soldiers and horses. Ten thousand!There are nearly [-] people fleeing towards Xiangyang in a panic.

Regardless of what he thought, Zhou Tai led his army to pursue with the momentum of a big victory, and the target was Xiangyang. Guo Jia said that if he wanted to fight to the city of Xiangyang, he would not think that he could give Guo Jia a satisfactory result after the big victory. explain.

Liu Biao can't steal chickens and eat rice, and he is in a cocoon.

Now, he doesn't have to worry about Yuan Shao, who may have half of the country in the future, but Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin who are like a wolf and a tiger in front of him!
Guo Jia got the battle report of Zhou Tai's attack on Jingzhou in Zheng County.

Fazheng smiled and praised Zhou Tai for his bravery.

But Guo Jia didn't care.

"Jingzhou is defenseless, and the [-] army is useless. If Zhou Tai doesn't win, then I should consider replacing him."

Fazheng just complimented Zhou Tai politely, but it didn't mean he really praised Zhou Tai.

In war, strategy and tactics are the key. No matter how strong the army is, if it implements a wrong tactic, it will definitely end badly.

Seeing the end of the battle report, Guo Jia raised his head and said to Fazheng: "Reply to Zhou Tai, and don't harass the people of Jingzhou. If Liu Biao asks for peace, delay first. If Liu Biao fights, let Zhou Tai stand firm in defense. If Liu Biao breaks the boat, Then return to Jianping County first, and tell him that he can retreat, but he must stay in Jingzhou. Uh, Huang Zu's head, I will take credit for this, but let Zhou Tai send someone to take Huang Zu's head Send it to Jiangdong Sun Ce."

(End of this chapter)