The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 277 Abandoning Xinye
Although what Liu Biao said was somewhat reasonable, Kuai Liang still believed that the precautions against Sun Ce should not be ignored, and continued to persuade: "Master, if you are not afraid of [-], you are afraid of the eventuality. What if Sun Ce really uses troops against Jingnan? You can't let go of your precautions, and please think twice, my lord!"

Liu Biao asked Cai Mao, "De Gui, how many troops are there in the counties in southern Jing?"

"My lord, the Jingnan counties have a total of [-] soldiers. Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha each have [-] soldiers stationed. There are also some soldiers in each county, but the number will not be too many." Although Cai Mao has no ability, But he knows the soldiers and horses all over Jingzhou like the palm of his hand.

These [-] troops are definitely enough to deal with Sun Ce, but Liu Biao's real concern is not Sun Ce but Li Yuan, who lost [-] troops in Jiangxia alone. It can be seen that Li Yuan's army is very powerful, so he wants to gather all the troops in Jingzhou Resisting Li Yuan, as long as Xiangyang does not break Li Yuan, they will not be able to attack further south. When Li Yuan has no food, the victory will definitely be theirs.

"How many soldiers are there in Xiangyang City?" Liu Biao asked again.

"There are 5000 more people." Cai Mao answered with cupped hands.

"5000 people are too few to stop Li Yuan's army. As far as I know, there are 5 troops in Li Yuan's army. Although he lost some when he attacked Jiangxia, there are at least 4 left now. People, plus Huang Zhong's army of more than 3, Li Yuan's army strength should be at least [-]."

Liu Biao was not ignorant, he was shocked after the calculation, after some battles he lost a lot of soldiers and horses, but Li Yuan's troops did not lose much, which made him have to admit that there was a huge gap between the Jingzhou army and Li Yuan's army. difference.

"My lord, why don't we withdraw the [-] troops stationed in Xinye back to Xiangyang. The city of Xinye is far less strong than Xiangyang. It is very easy to break through and lose soldiers in vain. Just like Jiang Xia, it is impossible to defend it. So it is better to spend energy defending Xinye. Focus on defending Xiangyang, as long as Xiangyang does not break Li Yuan, we will not be able to further attack Jingnan, Xiangyang is the most important thing, and with the grain and grass reserves in Xiangyang, it can definitely be consumed."

Cai Mao suggested that, in fact, he has only now realized that it was a wrong choice to send heavy troops to garrison Jiangxia. Instead of defending Jiangxia, it is better to guard Xiangyang, which is easier to defend. For some reason, he always feels that Li Yuan can capture Xinye, so he chose It is suggested that Liu Biao should not defend Xinye and instead guard Xiangyang.

After thinking about it, Liu Biao felt that Cai Mao's words were indeed reasonable, and said: "In this case, we will do as Degui said, recall the troops from Xinye to Xiangyang, and at the same time draw [-] troops from Jiangling, Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang and Changsha. Xiangyang assists in defense."

"My lord, Guiyang and Lingling are far away from Xiangyang. Why don't we just mobilize troops from Jiangling, Wuling and Changsha?" Kuai Liang thought it would be safer to keep some troops in Jingnan.

"Okay then, just do it like this, Degui, go and mobilize troops from all over the place immediately." Liu Biao ordered.

"Yes!" Cai Mao took the order and left.

Liu Biao mobilized soldiers and horses from all over Jingzhou to Xiangyang to assist in the defense, and Li Yuan has also begun to lead the army to Xiangyang.

Huang Zhong hadn't attacked Xinye much since he dispatched troops, and even if he attacked the city, it was just for show, so he didn't lose many soldiers at all.

Wen Pin, who was stationed in Xinye, felt very strange. He had heard that Li Yuan's army was strong in battle, but the facts he saw were completely different from the rumors. The soldiers led by Huang Zhong were lazy, as if they were not here to attack the city but to play.

"General Wen, why don't we take the initiative to attack the city? I think Li Yuan's army is just a name, not as powerful as imagined." In the past few days, Wang Wei has seen the enemy's ability. The soldiers seemed to be greedy for life and afraid of death, and they often ran back after a while, and this happened for several days in a row, which made him feel that Li Yuanjun's name was not worthy of his name, and his so-called reputation was all blown out.

"General Wang is right. Huang Zhong definitely didn't expect that we would suddenly go out of the city to attack, and he would definitely be caught off guard!" Zhang Yun also agreed.

"No, we must not ignore Huang Zhong's ability. Together with Zhao Yun, he is called Li Yuan's right-hand man. He must have strength. Maybe he is pretending to lure us out of the city like this." Wen Pin did not despise Huang Zhong, but instead Think this is Huang Zhong's trick to lure the enemy.

In fact, although Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are called Li Yuan's right-hand men, Huang Zhong's performance has not been as good as Zhao Yun's.

Now the most famous person under Li Yuan's command is Zhao Yun, followed by Huang Zhong. It's not that Huang Zhong's ability is not as good as Zhao Yun's, but that he doesn't have many opportunities to perform. It seems to him that as long as he can help Li Yuan conquer the world, it is enough. Fame is dispensable to him.

"General Wen, you are too careful. How could Huang Zhong lure us out of the city on purpose? Look at the layout of his camp. It is messy and has no rules at all. You can tell he is a layman at a glance." Zhang Yun looked towards Huang Zhong's camp, standing on the city wall, he could barely see the layout of the camp.

Wen Pin solemnly said: "The more Huang Zhong is like this, the more we have to be careful. Our most important task is to defend Xinye instead of fighting with Huang Zhong. As long as we keep Xinye well, we don't need to go out of the city to fight."

Seeing that Wenpin was so determined, Zhang Yun and Wang Wei had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​going out of the city to attack Huang Zhong.

The three of them were discussing on the top of the city, when suddenly a soldier came and said that there was an urgent document from Xiangyang.Wenpin opened the document to read it. After reading it, his face was full of shock, and he couldn't even believe that what was written on the document was true. He read it several times before he was sure that it was indeed Kuai Liang's own handwritten document, and he even stamped Liu Biao's. Grant seal.

Seeing Wen Pin's shocked face, Wang Wei couldn't help asking: "General Wen, what happened in Xiangyang?"

"Jiang Xia was breached by Li Yuan."

"What? Jiang Xia was breached by Li Yuan? How many days have passed??" Wang Wei and Zhang Yun glanced at each other, unable to accept this fact. You must know that Jiang Xia is guarded by [-] soldiers, how could it be so easy? Being broken by Li Yuan, is Li Yuan really that powerful?
"Although I don't believe it, this is the fact. This is a document written by Kuai Zirou." Wenpin handed the document to Wang Wei and Zhang Yun.

After Wang Wei and Zhang Yun read it, they confirmed that the document was not forged.

"Jiangxia is lost, and Li Yuan's army will arrive in Xiangyang soon. My lord asked us to abandon Xinye and lead troops back to Xiangyang to defend. What do you think?" What Wenpin really cares about is Liu Biao asking them to abandon Xinye. Facing Li Yuan's army directly, he felt that this was not a good strategy.

(End of this chapter)