Lu's relatives

Chapter 626
The battle in Jingxiang was actually more like an encounter.Even if it was Guo Jia and Qin Xu, they were afraid at first that they only wanted to keep Danyang and Yuzhang counties. At most, they would be able to occupy Lujiang County, which was taken by Liu Biao when Jiangdong was pacified. up.But who would have expected such a strange thing to happen.

Cai Mao's family's loyalty to Liu Biao is limited, if any.Qin Xu knew this.Otherwise, when Liu Biao's bones were not cold in history, Cai Mao would take his own nephew, Liu Cong, Liu Biao's youngest son, to Cao Cao in order to protect the clan.What's more, Mrs. Cai has only married Liu Biao for the first time at this time, and Liu Cong has not yet been born, so Cai Mao naturally has no scruples in acting.But what Qin Xu didn't expect was that after history has changed, with a powerful force like Lu Bu's army looking northward, and leaving a strong army behind Cao Cao, the way to serve Cao Cao seems to be no longer what it used to be. Under a stable situation, Cai Mao would choose to turn against him halfway, sticking to Xiangyang and accepting the certificate of refuge to Cao Cao.

Xiangyang was originally a feint attack, and Qin Xu knew this.Otherwise, Zang Ba's army stationed in Danyang would not be directly ordered to ignore Liu Biao's army fleeing north, and the lone army would go deep into the hinterland of Xiangyang to attack Liu Biao's army.It's a crossroads to attack Lujiang County.Under the leadership of two generals, Tai Shici and Fan Chou, Xuzhou's soldiers were strong, but there were only 3000 Qingzhou soldiers and [-] Xiliang cavalry.To be honest, being able to conquer Jiangling in such a short period of time was actually thanks to Liu Biao's [-] elite defenders who were dispatched to rescue Huang Zu, so that Tai Shici succeeded so quickly.Jiangling is an important town in Jingxiang, and it is separated from Xiapi by Jiujiang County, which is controlled by Cao Cao. To clarify the situation here and consolidate the obtained results, [-] Qingzhou soldiers are not enough. We can separate [-] cavalry to pretend It is already quite dangerous for the main force of the army to confuse the Xiangyang defenders and make Liu Biao unable to look at each other.Originally, Qin Xu was a little worried that even if the [-] people of Fan Chou could confuse the famous Jingxiang general Wenpin who stayed behind to defend the city, it might not be able to prolong the time for Liu Biao to notice the difference.But in fact, until Liu Biao came with the army, until he escaped westward with his personal guards by chance, but he never realized that the so-called Xuzhou army camp that he wanted to attack at night in return for being forced to be difficult was actually an old camp. Fan Chou's empty battalion has been evacuated from all horses.

However, after learning that Cai Hao, who was sent by the shadow, had successfully controlled Xiangyang City, and contacted Cao Cao to be taken over by him, Qin Xu had some understanding.

It's like a proverb in Qin's previous life, you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.Although the Cai family was not considered a top wealthy family in Jingzhou, in Xiangyang, due to their relationship with Liu Biao and their control over the army over the years, they were well-established.Perhaps it was indeed beyond Cai Mao's expectation that Xuzhou's soldiers broke through Jiangling. While Liu Biao was anxious, Cai Mao probably panicked too.However, it was not so easy to hide the fact that Fan Chou's troops besieged Xiangyang City from Cai Mao.

But Cai Mao obviously had his own plans at this time.It is unknown when it started, but after Cai Mao entered Xiangyang City that night, it only took three to five days to successfully take over the important affairs of Xiangyang while Liu Biao's power was still there, and immediately He contacted Cao Cao and completed the handover before others could react.This actually explains the problem very well.

However, it was an accident in itself, and it was my luck to lose my life. Qin Xu knew that at this moment, choosing to break face with Cao Cao was definitely not a good decision.Qin Xu has dealt with Cao Cao so many times, and he knows that this old thief is definitely not a good friend.Perhaps when Xuzhou soldiers passed through Jiujiang County so easily, it was Lao Cao's handwriting, the purpose was to make this play more realistic.Around Xiangyang now, maybe heavy troops have already been deployed at this time, just waiting for someone from Qin to "join in the fun".At that time, Lu Bujun will be given the big hat of attacking the Han family clan without authorization, but the gain will not be worth the loss.What's more, although Jiangling City is now under the control of Xuzhou soldiers, what it is facing is facing the river on one side and surrounded by enemies on three sides. It's really uncertain who will be the last one, at least Jiangling, the current isolated city, facing Cao Cao's army that may have assembled and is eyeing it, it will undoubtedly cost a lot of money to defend it, and it is not worthwhile.

Cao Cao is not to be underestimated!Although Qin Xu and Lu Bu, the son-in-law, surprisingly did not suffer too much disadvantage in the battle against Cao Cao, but from this time when Lu Bu's army fought against Liu Biao's army, the fisherman benefited in the end because he won Xiangyang for nothing. A certain Cao who successfully opened the Jingzhou portal in Nanyang County, Nanjun County and Jiangxia County.And until now, Qin Xu sent troops together with Tai Shici and Fan Chou, but under the banner of the Mi family, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, who went west to Sichuan as merchants from Xuzhou, have not sent back any news.To tell you the truth, Qin Xu really felt a little intimidated by Lao Cao, his wife.

But fortunately, in the four counties of Jingnan, Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang, Cao Cao, who was far beyond his reach, did not rush to show an indecent look and went too far under the situation that he thought he would not be able to fight lightly with Lu Bujun. Get started.In addition, when Liu Biao planned to attack Yuzhang, he mobilized almost all the troops in these four counties, and when he was "transferred" by Qin Xu, except for the Wuling Man under Shamoke who left early when he saw something was wrong. However, the soldiers of Liu Biao's forces were taken to Xiangyang by Cai Zhong, leaving the four counties empty.It happened to be taken advantage of by Lu Bujun.As a result, the final pattern of the battle to defend Jiangdong this time is that Liu Biaojun, who initially provoked the war and intended to aspire to the supremacy, gave birth to civil strife, and made Qin Xu, who had worked hard, and Cao Cao, who was enjoying the benefits, take the river as a line to A big Jingzhou split the spoils in twos and twos and gave up.This rather ironic ending, it is estimated that for a long time, it will become the after-dinner talk of Liu Biao, who wanted to covet the position of heaven and was good at weapons, and left it to the world.

Liu Biao went to join his good brother Liu Yan, who according to Qin Xu, had not had a few days to live, and the "increasingly deepening" conflict with Cao Cao had not yet come to an end. In fact, when Liu Biao was in power, it was an enclave. The regional clan forces and the Wuling barbarians who were defeated this time but were really unwilling to exist were like a cancer embedded in the four counties of Jingnan. This is no less than the vastness of Jiangdong. In terms of territory, the stubbornness is unimaginable. Moreover, Jiangdong and Jingnan can be regarded as newly acquired lands. If they want to become a monolith and become the rear of Lu Bu's army, it will not be possible to compete for it all in one day. It's a headache.Fortunately, after Cai Mao suddenly rebelled, forced Liu Biao to leave, and sold Xiangyang, a large number of civil servants who had been recruited by Liu Biao at the beginning, except for some diehard loyalists who followed Liu Biao and went to Liu Yan along the river, there were still a considerable number of them. They stayed in Jingzhou and hesitated. A few people, such as the Kuai brothers, were "fixed" by Cao Cao's letter, but most of them were unwilling to follow the thieves and leave their hometown. At the same time, he also listed the gentle strategy of Jiangdong and Jingnan, and used Liu Biao's civil servants who intend to stay in Jingxiang on a large scale, and made a gesture of no doubt, so he gained a lot of surprises.At least Qin Xu knows the names of many of these people. Although it is not comparable to the many famous ministers of the Zhongxing Shu Han who emerged from the land of Jingxiang more than ten years later, if they only govern one county and one county, they are already It was much easier than the difficulties Qin Xu faced when he entered Qingzhou with Lu Bu.

What's more, Qin Xu also discovered two generals who would wake up with a smile in their dreams from among the small number of remnants left behind in Changsha and Wuling, perhaps because they were still young and their radiance was not visible, their chests and abdomens were occupied by Cao Cao for no reason The tension of getting a big deal has finally dissipated.

Looking at the resume on the recruitment report, Wei Yan, the slightly down-and-out army commander who had recently joined the army but was squeezed out because he was full of arrogance and refused to flatter Shangfeng, although he was also from a side branch of the Huang family, but because he was in Jingnan This is the territory of the Cai family, but Huang Zhong, who is only a city gate order.Both of them are capable of martial arts, which can be said to be undue bravery, especially Huang Zhong, who is now a young man, and his military strength is said to be close to that of Lu Bu.At that time, Qin Xu only had the feeling that even if Cao Cao took all of Jingzhou this time, as long as there were these two people, it would be worth the excitement of returning the ticket.

Wei Yan is arrogant, isn't he? Since he dared to yell in history "If Cao's army comes down from the world, he will reject it; if it only comes to a hundred thousand, he will swallow it", and he is a scheming and thoughtful general. Chang was promoted to be the general of Changsha, guarding Wuling together, the main purpose is to deal with Gan Ning, who is barbaric in Wuling.From Shichang to the general who guards the "national gate", he has been promoted to nearly ten ranks directly. Isn't this enough face?Is this kindness grand enough?Isn't that what capable generals do these days?In fact, just looking at Wei Yan's already heavy-faced face, which has a purple-black tendency, it can be seen how excited this famous general who has suffered injustice and infamy for thousands of years in history is.In this way, there are Guo Jia in Jiangdong to coordinate, these two generals guarding Jingnan, plus Zang Ba's [-] Danyang soldiers, Jiangling's [-] Qingzhou soldiers and [-] Xiliang cavalry.Even if Cao Cao wanted to make a move, he had to weigh the gains and losses and dare not make a move lightly. Thus, under the restraint of each other, it could temporarily provide enough time for Jiangling County, which was isolated in the Central Plains like Qingzhou Pingyuan County back then. Come make a move.

Qin Xu didn't put much effort in recruiting Huang Zhong, who was old and strong in history, but is still young and middle-aged.Originally, because he came from the Huang family, Huang Zhong had some resistance to the Lv Bu army, which belonged to the enemy army before. Only when Qin Xu gently said that the "miracle doctor" Hua Tuo was an official in Qingzhou, he showed a look of disgust. With a dumbfounded look, he took over the position of Xuzhou guard general issued by Qin Xu on the spot after Tai Shici led his troops to the expedition. He will return to Qingzhou with Qin Xu after he has packed up his family members.

"General Qin! My lord sent you an urgent military letter six hundred miles from Qingzhou. Master Guo saw that it was urgent, so I will send it to you as soon as possible!" Shang Anwen, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, and Huang Zhong, the three fierce generals, like Qin Xu in a dream, suddenly heard that the lead recruit who was about to go to Wuling to apply for a job rushed in, and he was stunned.The three new generals also stared at each other, not knowing what was going on that made Lu Bu send letters from thousands of miles away.

"Ha!" Because I was really worried that Lu Bu would face Cao Cao, if he was agitated by that old thief, and if he made a mistake, or if he was really angry at Liu Bei's assassination, he would go to war on three sides regardless, but it would be regrettable. It's too late.At the moment, Qin Xu didn't care about any etiquette anymore, he opened the sealed bamboo tube in public, and after only looking at the beginning, he suddenly changed from solemn expression to happy brows, spread the silk silk in front of the four generals, and suddenly put the A glass of muddy wine, without sifting, poured it down in one gulp!
(End of this chapter)