Chapter 873 The Troops Approach the Yangtze River

"Report to General Lang, that Zhou Yu"

Among the four counties in Jingnan, three counties including Changsha rebelled and refused to obey Liu Biao. As Sun Quan and Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong Army to attack Jingnan, all three counties surrendered. Only Wuling County was still in the hands of Liu Pan.

However, after Liu Pan contacted the Xiliang army, Liu Pan finally led his subordinate Qu to go north, cooperated with the Kuai brothers in the city, and captured Xiangyang City in one fell swoop. However, Liu Pan was also worried that Jiangdong Army would take advantage of the empty Wuling city when he sent troops, so he sent troops to make a sneak attack, so he left five thousand soldiers and horses behind.

However, after Zhou Yu learned that Liu Pan led his troops to the north, he immediately suggested to Sun Quan: "The four counties in Jingnan are integrated. Now that Liu Pan is moving north and Wuling is empty, it is a good time for our army to attack Wuling County. The only way is to capture Wuling County." Then we can resist the enemy troops outside Jingnan."

Sun Quan immediately agreed, and Zhou Yu then led 15,000 Jiangdong troops to march westward, arriving at Wuling County within eight days.

Liu Pan had only 5,000 soldiers and horses left in the guard of Wuling County. Seeing Zhou Yu's large number of troops, he naturally did not dare to go out of the city to fight, and immediately ordered the city gates to be closed tightly and no one was allowed to go out.

Zhou Yu was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he dug trenches outside the city and pretended to be under siege for a long time, but he was in no rush to attack.

As a result, the generals and soldiers in the city breathed a sigh of relief. However, what they didn't expect was that just a few days later, Zhou Yu suddenly led his army to attack the city at night. The defenders at the top of the city were caught off guard and were killed by Jiangdong's army. They were defeated on the spot. .

The city guard had no choice but to lead the remnant troops to retreat to the north. As a result, Zhou Yu had already set up an ambush on the north road. The remnant soldiers of Wuling County met the Jiangdong Army who had been prepared for a long time. After a fierce battle, the two armies fought. , the Wuling Army was greatly defeated, and seven out of ten were killed and captured by the Jiangdong Army. Wuling County also fell into the hands of the Jiangdong Army. As a result, the entire four counties in Jingnan fell into the hands of the Jiangdong Sun family.

"General Lang, now Zhou Yu has led his troops to station on the Yangtze River, facing our army across the river." the soldier reported.

Liu Pan was furious: "Zhou Yu is a hateful dog thief. I should have raised troops to attack him!"

Gao Chong frowned and said: "General Liu Lang, don't worry. Since General Lang has been included in our army, General Lang's affairs are the affairs of our Xiliang Army. Our navy still has more than ten thousand troops. We should mobilize troops to recapture Jingnan!"

"Wait!"

Hearing this voice, Zhang Jia, Gao Chong, Liu Pan and other generals turned their heads one after another, only to see two scribes coming hand in hand, both middle-aged, the one on the left was slightly older, and the one on the right looked younger. , but the two people look very similar, they are the brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.

"It turns out that Kuai Biejia and Kuai were engaged."

Liu Pan hurriedly bowed to the Kuai brothers, and then introduced Zhang Zha and Gao Chong: "Zhang Zhennan and Gao Chong, these two are Kunzhong of the Kuai family. They are our wise men in Jingzhou. My uncle relied on me a lot when he was here."

Zhang Zha and Gao Chong clasped their fists and said, "It turns out to be Kunzhong of the Kuai family. I have admired him for a long time!"

He opened his jaw and said, "But I don't know what Kuai Biejia was going to say just now?"

Kuai Liang stroked his beard and said, "Are Zhang Zhennan and Governor Gao going to send troops to conquer Jiangdong?"

Liu Pan nodded: "Zhou Yu took advantage of the danger and attacked our Wuling County. What if we don't send troops to fight against it?"

Kuai Liang shook his head: "Now the land of Jingzhou is divided into three. Except for me, Sun Quan and Cao Cao each occupy one part. Now the three parties stand side by side. If our army attacks Sun Quan, it will be like two tigers fighting, and Cao Cao Isn’t it Bian Zhuangzi, the fisherman will benefit?”

"Ah, that's it."

Zhang Jia and the others were not fools either. After Kuai Liang's advice, they suddenly woke up.

Although Cao Cao has repeatedly used troops over the years, he has never used troops against Jingzhou except for Jiangxia County. His presence in Jingzhou is very weak, so Zhang Jia and others never thought of it.

"So, we can only sit back and watch Wuling fall into the hands of the enemy?" Liu Pan couldn't help but ask.

Kuai Liang shook his head: "Don't worry. Although Zhou Yu used a conspiracy to seize Jingnan while the Zhou Mu army was fighting Zhang Xian, it is still a newly acquired land, and the people of Jingnan will definitely not join. Our army can secretly Send envoys to Jingnan to communicate with many noble families in Jingnan and ask them to secretly rebel. If a fire breaks out in the backyard of Jingnan, Zhou Yu will definitely lead his army to rescue it. In this way, our army can recover Jingnan without any effort."

He opened his jaw and looked at Gao Chong, his eyes brightening.

"Kuai Biejia's words are really a mature strategy for planning a country, and I am willing to follow them."

"Haha, if Zhang Zhennan and Governor Gao can trust my brother, I have some people from the Kuai family who can be sent to Jingnan, but I don't know what to do?" Kuai Yue said.

Gao Chong looked at Zhang Ya. During this southern expedition to Jingzhou, Liu Ye appointed Zhang Ya as the commander, making all decisions at his own convenience.

"Okay, if that's the case, then there is Lao Kuai's Kunzhong." Zhang Jia thought for a moment and nodded directly.

"Please rest assured Zhang Zhennan."

When Sun Jian led his troops to the north, Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, blocked Sun Jian because the county guard was not allowed to leave his post without permission and went out of the state. As a result, he was killed by the unscrupulous Jiangdong tiger with a sword. From then on, Jingzhou became a mess.

Until Liu Biao was appointed as the shepherd of Jingzhou and rode into Yicheng alone, the Kuai brothers assisted him because he was a clan member of the Han Dynasty. They tried their best to assist Liu Biao. At the same time, the Kuai family rose rapidly and became the leader of Jingzhou. Countless aristocratic families.

Although the Kuai brothers were loyal to Liu Biao, now that Liu Biao was dead, they had to consider the family behind them. In ancient times, family was actually much more important to individuals than the country, because family could provide people with protection. The princes from all walks of life attack each other with troops, and these aristocratic families can build forts to protect their people.

Correspondingly, the outstanding children of these aristocratic families naturally have to provide shelter for the family.

Among the three parties now, although Sun Quan occupies the four counties in Jingnan, there was a feud between the Sun family in Jiangdong and Jingzhou back then. Sun Jian led his troops to attack Nanjun, but was killed in ambush under Yanshan Mountain. This strategy was proposed by Kuai Liang himself. To put it bluntly, Kuai Liang was the enemy of Sun Quan who killed his father. If Sun Quan were allowed to capture Jingzhou, the entire Kuai family would probably All will cease to exist.

Although Cao Cao occupies the southeast and is second only to Liu Ye in power, he only holds one county in Jiangxia. However, the Xiliang Army has occupied Nanyang and Nanjun, and has dispatched Zhang Zha, Gao Chong, and a horse-mounted naval force of 50,000 to 60,000 people to approach the city. Naturally, surrendering to the Xiliang Army is the priority.

As a result, after the Kuai brothers returned home, they immediately organized their subordinates and dispatched dozens of retainers. After dressing up in disguise, they secretly took small boats to the four counties of Jingnan in batches to win over many powerful families in Jingnan.

Lingling, Liu family.

"I would like to pay my respects to Master Liu." The visitor bent down and said.

"Hmph, I'm afraid you are from Jiangbei, right?"