The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 298 Assembly in Xiangyang
"My lord, it's better to chase after Liu Biao." Hua Xiong didn't give up, he wanted to chase Liu Biao who had been running away for half an hour.

"Don't chase, clean up the corpses and surrender the soldiers, and after the soldiers and horses cross the river, call all the generals to the state pastoral mansion to discuss matters." Li Yuan knew that no flying cavalry army could not catch up even if they wanted to, and it was for him to let go Liu Biao and Liu Bei may be a good thing, because Jiangling has been occupied by Gan Ning, Liu Biao can only flee to Jingnan, and Sun Ce is now attacking Jingnan, just let them fight again.

Three hours later, all of Li Yuan's soldiers and horses had crossed the river, and the corpses on the battlefield were cleaned up. Those that should be buried were buried, and those that could not be buried were burned directly. The doctors in the army were also helping to treat the soldiers.

According to statistics, Li Yuan's army dispatched a total of 2 troops to attack Jingbei, including Xiangyang, Jiangling, Xinye and Jiangxia. More than [-] people were lost, which is considered a big victory compared to the tens of thousands of troops Liu Biao lost.

It was already night, and the soldiers were resting, but the generals hadn't rested yet, because Li Yuan was discussing important military affairs with them. Li Yuan looked at the tired faces and said, "Thank you for your hard work today. Without your efforts, it would have been impossible to capture Xiangyang so quickly. It has only been two months since Xuzhou and Yuzhou dispatched troops, but we have already captured half of Jingzhou, so it can be said that half of the mission has been completed."

"It's the honor of the last general to achieve the lord's immortal deeds." Everyone clasped their fists and said.

"Hahahaha, don't do this to me, the more you flatter me, the more slippery you will be." Li Yuan smiled slightly, "Han Sheng, tell me about the situation of your troops along the way."

"My lord, thanks to my lord's army that easily defeated Jiangxia and let Liu Biao abandon Xinye, I was able to take Xinye without a single soldier. Now I have Hou Cheng commanding 3000 soldiers to guard Xinye. At present, Ji Ling and I, Liao Hua and Guan Hai combined have a total of [-] soldiers." Huang Zhong felt a little ashamed when he said that, they basically didn't take any action when they sent troops to attack Jingzhou this time, they just frightened Wenpin in Xinye.

"Very good, no loss is a great credit, if it weren't for your troops in Xinye to contain Wenpin, Jiangxia would be even more difficult to fight." Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "Gan Ning, how about your surprise attack on Jiangling, let everyone know Say it."

"My lord, my navy attacked Wulin with warships, and then raided Jiangling. I took Jiangling without much effort. I left 2000 soldiers to guard the city, and then sent troops to attack Xiangyang from behind. I asked the soldiers to pretend to be ordinary people. Entering the city to control the city gate, the army entered easily, but lost many soldiers in the battle with Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and now there are only [-] sailors left." Gan Ning reported to everyone.

"Jiangling's defense is not stable. Now Liu Biao fled to Jiangling. The reason why I didn't send troops to pursue it was because I expected that he would not attack Jiangling. Instead, he would cross the river and go back to Jingnan. Let him fight Sun Ce. Zhicai, Yuan Zhi, Gongtai, what do you think of my strategy?" Li Yuan looked at the three advisers.

Chen Gong took the lead and said: "My lord, this is a good strategy. Although the enemy army is defeated, the poor should not pursue them. A wounded tiger is the most dangerous. What's more, there are strong generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei around. It is the best way to let Liu Biao escape to Jingnan." Good choice, leave the troubles to Sun Ce to solve."

Xu Shu also said: "I also think Liu Biao should be allowed to escape. Sun Ce has already started to send troops. If Liu Biao personally sits in the city, it will be more difficult for Sun Ce to attack the city. Although he is an ally now, he will always become an enemy in the future and cause him some troubles. That's fine too."

Xi Zhi saw that Chen Gong and Xu Shu had already said what they needed to say, so he had no choice but to say: "My opinion is the same as that of Gongtai Yuanzhi."

"That's good. Although I feel sorry for Bo Fu, this is also a helpless move, and doing so will also give him the opportunity to personally kill Liu Biao. It's up to him to see if he can do it well." Li Yuan still has great feelings for Sun Ce. Favorable.

"My lord, do we need to assist Sun Ce in attacking Jingnan?" Xi Zhi thought about the later things. They allied with Sun Ce. They agreed that Li Yuan would attract Liu Biao's troops in Xiangyang, let Sun Ce attack Jingnan, and wait for Sun Ce to capture it. After Jingnan, they went north to help Li Yuan attack Jingbei, but the plan often couldn't keep up with the changes, because Li Yuan's combat power was too strong, and Sun Ce had already taken Jingbei as soon as he sent troops.

Li Yuan thought for a while, and said: "With Bofu's mind, even if I don't make a move, he won't blame me. If I do, he will welcome me, but what I'm really worried about is Zhou Yu's thoughts. Zhou Yu is resourceful and skilled in warfare. , thought carefully, if I make a move, I am afraid he will think that I want to meddle in Jingnan's affairs, if this is not the case."

"My lord is absolutely right, why don't we do this? If Sun Ce sends someone to invite us to send troops, then we will help. If he doesn't invite us, then forget it. Why don't we wait and see what happens." Xi Zhicai's method is very simple, just wait , Look at the battle between Liu Biao and Sun Ce.

Chen Gong interjected, "I guess it's unlikely that Sun Ce will ask us to help. After all, most of Liu Biao's troops have been wiped out by us, and Jingnan's troops are very small. If Sun Ce can't even attack like this, it's not worthy of my lord's attention to him."

Li Yuan thought about it carefully, and felt that what Chen Gong said was correct. If there were no accidents, Sun Ce should be able to capture Jingnan, otherwise it would not be worth his attention. If there is a change, it must be Liu Bei. With Liu Bei's cunning There might be a third possibility. Thinking of this, Li Yuan suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Zhicai, do you think Liu Bei will give Liu Biao to..." Li Yuan wiped his neck.

Xi Zhicai immediately understood, and said, "The lord is looking for an opportunity to murder Liu Bei?"

"That's right," Li Yuan nodded, "Liu Bei used this strategy to deal with Kong Rong before, maybe he will do it again and take the opportunity to take over Jingnan."

"Just killing Liu Biao may not be enough. The Kuai brothers and Cai Mao are important ministers in Jingzhou. The Kuai family and the Cai family are even more prominent families in Jingzhou. Jingzhou gentry has always been xenophobic. Even if Liu Bei kills Liu Biao, he will not be able to easily control Jingnan. Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers were also killed, but it is not easy to kill so many people at the same time." Xu Shu thinks that Liu Bei's chance of success is not great.

"No matter what, we can't ignore Liu Bei's actions. I plan to let Xingba sit in Xiangyang and let him be the prefect of Xiangyang in charge of all the naval forces in Xiangyang, Jiangling, Jiangxia and Lujiang. He must guard against Liu Biao's counterattack at any time and supervise Sun Ce's movements. Xingba, can you do it?" Li Yuan trusted Gan Ning with so many troops.

(End of this chapter)