Chapter 291: Jiangdong Tigers

Before the Battle of Wancheng broke out, Liu Biao was called the Inspector of Jingzhou, but in fact he only had one county in Nanjun. On the contrary, Yuan Shu, with the reputation of four generations and three princes, depends on many places, and looked forward to the wind. But after being defeated by Xu Rong, Liu Biao got a respite With the opportunity and rapid expansion, Liu Biao, with the support of Jingzhou gentry, has grown into a force to be reckoned with.

Although Yuan Shu cursed loudly, his heart was full of bitterness. The 50,000 army was almost crippled by Xu Rong, and now there are only 20,000 usable soldiers in hand, so they can't go out to deal with Cai Mao, right? You must know that Xu Rong still has 30,000 soldiers, and he is like a man on his back!

Yan Xiang saw Yuan Shu's worry, and said, "Master, are you worried that Xu Rong will take the opportunity to send troops to attack Nanyang?"

Yuan Shu nodded with a gloomy face.

"If that's the case, my lord, you don't have to worry. Liu Zhengxi's army is assembled at Tongguan, and it is estimated that they are planning an offensive against Dong Zhuo. If Xu Rong doesn't move, then Liu Zhengxi's army can attack Wuguan and cut off the retreat. Xu Rong is proficient in the art of war. , will never do such an unwise move." Yan Xiang analyzed.

After listening to Yan Xiang's analysis, Yuan Shu nodded lightly, then frowned and said, "But Cai Mao's 12,000 people are always difficult to dispatch. Ji Ling, how many troops do you think should be dispatched to deal with it?"

Ji Ling frowned and said: "If the last general sends troops, at least a considerable number of troops will be needed to deal with it, at least 10,000. But if you just stick to the city and cut off the enemy's food supply, it doesn't have to be so."

At this time, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly spread into the tent.

"Hahaha! Why bother about the general later? If you don't give up, Jianyuan is the forerunner, and you will defeat Cai Mao for the general later."

Yuan Shu and others looked intently, only to see that the person who came was none other than Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed: "Wentai is willing to fight Cai Mao for me?"

Sun Jian said proudly: "It's just Cai Mao, who fought against the Yellow Turban, and first entered Wancheng. When Liangzhou defeated the Qiang people, he didn't know who Cai Mao was."

"How many troops does Wentai need?" Yuan Shu asked with concern.

Sun Jian said proudly: "The later general only needs to dispatch 5,000 troops, including a certain old minister, Sha Bing, who will defeat Liu Biao for the latter general."

"good!"

Sun Jian was originally the prefect of Changsha County. Because he led the army to fight across the border, he successively beheaded Zhang Zi, the prefect of Nanyang, and Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou. Yuan Shu and Liu Biao both took advantage of the vacancy. Logically speaking, Sun Jian should belong to the two. The benefactor is right.

However, Liu Biao had a strong desire to control Jingzhou. After being appointed as the governor of the state by Dong Zhuo, he immediately sent his son Liu Pan to capture the four counties in southern Jingzhou, and Changsha County was among them.

To put it simply, Liu Biao took Sun Jian's home, so Sun Jian was very annoyed and determined to help Yuan Shu beat Liu Biao.

Sun Jian led 5,000 troops from Yuan Shu, including the old Minister Sha Bing, and immediately traveled southward, sending out more than a dozen waves of scouts along the way to investigate the enemy's situation.

On this day, Cai Mao arrived in Xinye County.

Cai Mao was resting in the camp, suddenly he frowned, opened his eyes, and heard the sound of people shouting and neighing.

Cai Mao immediately rushed out of the tent, grabbed a soldier, and said loudly, "What's going on?"

The captured soldier was covered in blood, and when he saw that it was Cai Mao who had captured him, he immediately replied, "Lieutenant Cai, the enemy army attacked the camp at night, and everyone is fighting to the death."

Cai Mao casually left this soldier behind, then grabbed his sword and ordered the surrounding soldiers and horses to gather towards him.

After seeing the general, many soldiers immediately felt relieved, and then gathered in Cai Mao's direction. Seeing many soldiers around, Cai Mao immediately felt relieved, but this also attracted the attention of the battalion raiders.

"kill!"

A fierce general with an iron whip in his hand led dozens of sharp soldiers to rush forward. He was so powerful that he whipped the Jingzhou soldier's head, causing the Jingzhou soldier's skull to be broken and blood to flow all over his face.

"Cai Mao thief, give me Huang Gai a whip!"

"Old thief, do you dare to fight Wenpin?"

Seeing Huang Gai under Sun Jian's command rushing towards him, a brave general from the Jingzhou army suddenly rushed out. He swept out his spear and blocked Huang Gai's iron whip. Despite his young age, he was quite brave. Gai killed back and forth.

But Huang Gai is not the only strong general in the Jiangdong Army, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Zu Mao are all brave generals in the army, rushing to and fro in the Jingzhou army, the Jingzhou soldiers' minds were in chaos.

The bravest soldier in Changsha is naturally Sun Jian, who is known as the Tiger of Jiangdong.

"Cai Mao! Do you know Sun Wentai, the prefect of Changsha?"

Sun Jian holds an ancient ingot knife in his hand, wears a red helmet, and gallops on the battlefield on a horse, like a flame.

Cai Mao shouted: "Sun Jian is a traitor. He helped the king and killed the court ministers without authorization (referring to Wang Rui, governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, governor of Nanyang County). How dare he call himself the prefect of Changsha? Now Liu Pan is the prefect of Changsha."

Sun Jian was furious: "Cai Mao is talking nonsense!"

There was a big battle that night, Jingzhou soldiers and Changsha soldiers fought all night under Xinye City. Due to the sudden surprise attack by Changsha soldiers, Jingzhou soldiers were caught off guard and lost more than 5,000 people that night, while Sun Jian lost less than 1,000 people in the battle, and Cai Mao was almost killed. Sun Jian beheaded himself, so Cai Mao was terrified, and hurriedly led the defeated army back to Chaoyang County, regrouped, and stood firm for reinforcements.

It can be said that Sun Jian was unreasonable and unforgiving. After killing Cai Mao, he immediately rushed to Chaoyang aggressively. Cai Mao did not dare to go out of the city to fight Sun Jian, so he had to send an envoy to Xiangyang for help.

Liu Biao was shocked when he learned that Cai Mao had suffered a crushing defeat. He hurriedly dispatched Lu Gong with 3,000 troops to station in Huyang to form a rivalry with Cai Mao.

After Yuan Shu heard the news of Sun Jian's victory, he was very meticulous and immediately sent another 3,000 people to reinforce Sun Jian, hoping that Sun Jian would win another battle.

Sun Jian deserves to be called the Jiangdong Tiger, and he is unstoppable. After Cai Mao received the support of Lu Gong, he decided to attack Sun Jian from both directions, but he didn't know that Sun Jian also received reinforcements. Sun Jian defended the camp with 4,000 troops, and when the two armies were exhausted, 3,000 elite soldiers who came to reinforce them suddenly entered the battlefield.

Cai Mao was defeated and Jingzhou was shaken. Sun Jian took advantage of the victory and went to Han River in one go, waiting for an opportunity to attack Xiangyang.

However, after Yuan Shu knew that Sun Jian had hit Xiangyang in one go, he didn't know what to think, but instead cut off the supply of military rations to Sun Jian.

Sun Jianjun had no choice but to raise food and grass by himself for a while, and his morale was unstable.

But Kuai Liang provided Liu Biao with an "ambush strategy", taking advantage of Sun Jian's army's lack of food and grass and eagerness to fight, to lure Sun Jian to pursue and reach Yanshan, while Huang Zu, who had been lurking for a long time, stood out with a surprise soldier and shot him with one arrow. Sun Jian.

Due to Sun Jian's death, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao fell into a stalemate, and the Nanyang War came to an end.