Lu's relatives

Chapter 619

Proclaiming emperor has never been an easy task.Liu Biao has a deep understanding.The seat that represents the supreme under heaven is not something that can be achieved overnight simply by having qualifications, strength, and chance.

Liu Biao actually regretted it a little.

Now that I think about it, there is nothing wrong with being a clan member of the Han family with real power and controlling one-third of the territory of the Han Dynasty.At least when the world was in chaos, eight of the thirteen prefectures were in chaos, but it didn't affect Jingxiang, otherwise, it wouldn't have happened nearly ten years ago when the Yellow Turbans broke out, and many families from the Central Plains moved to Jingzhou. up.And now even in Jingzhou now, there are the remnants of Wancheng and Xiliang in the north, Cao Cao in the east, and Lu Bu and other heroes in the southeast, but there are dangers of great rivers, benefits of waterways, and Liu Yan, who is also a member of the Han clan. As backup, plus a hundred thousand sailor generals, Liu Biao's seat is not easily coveted by anyone.Furthermore, although Yizhou was famous as the Land of Abundance that day, in fact, Jingzhou controlled by Liu Biao did not lose an inch.In this way, according to the current situation where Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, Cao Cao in the Central Plains, Qingxu Lvbu, and Liu Biao and Liu Yan divide the world into five, if you don’t have the idea of ​​ascending to the top, Liu Biao will integrate the local aristocratic families and beat Jingzhou like a monolithic one. If there is no change in the sky, it is enough to compete with Cao Cao for the number one prince in the world.At Jieshi, with Liu Biao’s status and strength as a clan member of the Han family, Cao Cao, who had just established a new king, had actually pushed himself to the opposite of the princes of the world. , It also depends on Liu Biao's face. At this point, Liu Biao is already invincible.

But I don’t know why Liu Biao himself was so fascinated at the beginning. At first glance, I don’t know how many generations Cao Cao Xinli has been biased. There are even weaker Han family members, whose ancestors counted to eight generations, and Liu Yi, who was only a marquis, was the empress, so he couldn't control it and gave birth to the world's supreme being who wanted to try again, but was passed by him twice. seat.When he had this idea at the time, Liu Biao actually summoned his advisers to make some calculations and confirmed that he had already shown his intentions, and that Cao Cao, who was also an ally before, tricked Lu Bu and trapped him in the north. After the war, the extreme south of Yangzhou must be empty, enough to do something to the long-coveted Yangzhou, and then suddenly raised troops, and moved the knife to Jiangdong without declaring a war.

But it wasn't until the Xuzhou soldiers, who seemed to have fallen from the sky, broke through Jiangling, which was extremely empty due to Liu Biao's transfer of troops, with lightning speed, and then the flag was displayed. When the idea went well, he copied Liu Biao's back route of Liu Biao's southward attack on Yangzhou, and turned Xiangyang, the governor of Honzhou, which was stationed with only [-] county soldiers to guard against Cao Cao's Wenpin, into an isolated city.

And more than that.Originally, Liu Biao received the news that Huang Zu and Danyang County were in a bitter battle, and he sent back more than ten envoys for help a day, urging Liu Biao to send troops to rescue quickly.Liu Biao had indeed sent scouts to investigate, and Huang Zu's army was indeed in chaos, but the scouts didn't know whether they were confused or afraid of death, but they saw from a distance that there were thousands of Danyang soldiers gathered outside the camp where Huang Zu was stationed. , I didn't go in to check carefully, but hurried back to report to Liu Biao.And Liu Biao didn't care too much. After all, the [-] navy led by Huang Zu was divided into two by Liu Biao, and two thirds were allocated to support one of his brother-in-law Cai Zhong's "raid" on Yuzhang.There are not enough troops.It's not impossible to get into a tangled battle with [-] Danyang soldiers who were once famous all over the world.Seeing that Huang Zu's "messenger" was in a hurry, and Cai Zhong's letter, which had to report the military situation every day, just said that Yuzhang had been surrounded, so Liu Biao had no worries, and Huang Zu still wanted to use it. It was just beating and beating, and he was still counting on helping his old Liu family to calm down the world, so Liu Biao didn't think about why the "Huang Zu envoys" who came in turn to urge reinforcements didn't leave early the day before the army left. The late ones left early because of the urgent military situation, ordered enough of the remaining [-] main forces, and rushed directly to Danyang.

The [-]-strong army wants to move, especially Liu Biao, who is called "the imperial conquest" by the flatterers below. It is actually not an easy task. The supply line of hundreds of miles is directly pulled from Xiangyang to Danyang County across the river. the riverside.Liu Biao's idea before the battle was very simple. After all, outside Danyang County, there were still Huang Zu's [-] troops plus [-] battleships, plus [-] recruits in Jiangling who were hurriedly transferred. Isn't it easy to conquer Danyang County, which has been garrisoned by only [-] Danyang soldiers?In this way, Danyang was defeated in more than ten days with a superior force, and there was plenty of time to send the Jiangling defenders back. In fact, nothing would be missed. It was also a good time to see Cao Cao's reaction and decide how the relationship with Cao Cao will be in the future. Getting along, after all, between Xuzhou and Jiangling, there is still Jiujiang County, which was taken away by Cao Cao when Jiangdong was in chaos.

Until this happened, everyone, including Liu Biao and the Kuai brothers, racked their brains, but they never imagined how the nearly [-] soldiers from Xuzhou passed through Cao Cao's territory mysteriously, broke through Jiangling in one fell swoop, and then intercepted and killed them. The messenger of the message.It wasn't until the second day that Xiangyang was besieged that the news that Xiangyang had to guard against Cao Cao's intelligence every day did not come, which aroused Liu Biao's suspicion.It was only after being investigated by others that it suddenly became clear.And it was at this time that Liu Biao also discovered what happened to the so-called "camp" of Huang Zu's army on the other side of the river.

What kind of camp is this? It's almost a concentration camp.No wonder the scouts sent earlier said that Danyang soldiers were coming to Huang Zu's camp, isn't that just "soldiers coming", this is clearly surveillance!Thousands of people were trapped in the camp by more than a thousand people from others. The group of "dragons" had no leader and were willing to be prisoners.

Comparing the information from the two compartments, Liu Biao immediately felt a wave of coldness rushing from his tailbone straight to the sky.Only then did Liu Biao understand Cao Cao's feelings back then, and he also understood that the rumored person's name was still embroidered on the bottom of his robe by Cao Cao, and that the words that he dared not despise at all were not just groundless rumors.Panicked and flustered, Liu Biao hurriedly summoned his men and soldiers to discuss it, but he couldn't come up with a good solution for a long time.If he continued to go south, not to mention whether someone from Qin had other plans waiting for him, Liu Biao would absolutely not tolerate the siege of a single prefecture in Honzhou.Liu Biao is a person who is very concerned about military power, which can be seen from Cai Zhong's daily actions.It is precisely because of this that the soldiers left by Liu Biao to Wenpin will definitely not be elite, but in fact they are just county soldiers.These [-] soldiers from the county rely on the high walls of Xiangyang City. Otherwise, if they can withstand an impact against the nearly [-] Xuzhou elite soldiers, Wenpin can be called a famous general in the world.

But if he just retreated like this, it is obvious that the thousands of water troops under Huang Zu's command who were used by Danyang soldiers as "bait" must be at fault. It is definitely not something Liu Biao can bear.Especially now that Liu Biao has spread the word to the world, grasping that Lv Bu was "trapped" by Cao Cao at the beginning, accepted the title awarded by the new emperor Liu Yi and the recognition of the "territory" he occupied as the reason, pretending to "follow the emperor's edict", rashly The humiliation of being blocked in the old nest without declaring war is almost like adding a natural barrier to Liu Biao's original "smooth road" to the throne.

That is to say, although Liu Biao was dazzled by that position, after all, he has already passed by twice, and he has passed the year of knowing his destiny, at least psychologically, he still has nothing to say.After confirming that he was being tricked, under the persuasion of the Kuai brothers and a group of military advisors, he made up his mind to accept the dumb loss and keep the prefecture, and the last face is the most important thing matter.Therefore, Liu Biao's own army has actually arrived several miles away from Huang Zu's barracks, and it seems that they can rescue these soldiers under Huang Zu's command who were looking forward to Liu Biao's army coming like a severe drought. Before the fact that he had been abandoned by his lord, he resolutely turned around and returned to the army.Without realizing it, the soldiers of the Jingxiang Water Army in Huang Zu's barracks made some restless noises.

The army that had been cut off from the back road and food road no longer came and left as soon as it was said.At the beginning, in order to speed up the march, in order to cooperate with Cai Zhong's Yuzhang offensive.Liu Biao's [-] troops each only brought five days' rations, while the [-] soldiers temporarily dispatched from Jiangling only brought three days' rations. The food brought in, plus the military rations allocated by Jiangling, for Liu Biao's army who had recuperated for nearly ten years, the daily needs to feed the [-] army can be proudly boasted that it is just a drop in the bucket.But once this "sudden" situation happened, Liu Biaojun was a little stretched.

It's not that Liu Biao didn't think about sending a few elite troops back to Xiangyang for support first, even if he took back Jiangling first.At least the food and fodder needs of the army can be guaranteed.But when the thousands of soldiers sent back by Yilian never came back, and there was no reply, without the Kuai brothers and a group of counselors reminding them, Liu Biao also knew that these people were probably in danger.Liu Biao was born in a family, and he is also familiar with military books. Liu Biao may not understand the "professional term" "refueling tactics", but with empathy, Liu Biao can tell you a few strategies and cases of besieging cities and fighting for aid with his eyes closed. Come.It's just that this time he, Old Liu, has entered the game by himself.

The [-] soldiers of the Liu Biao Army who had run out of rations, the Xuzhou soldiers who were waiting for reinforcements were waiting in front of them, and the Danyang soldiers who were staring at them behind them.This is not only a three-day journey, but it took five days to go halfway, and the slower the walk, the lower the morale, and the army rations will soon run out...

(End of this chapter)