Autumn is coming.

There are stars in the night sky.

Can I still see this winter?

Liu Biao stood on the terrace of Jingzhou Mufu Yamen, looking up at the sky, his expression solemn and quiet, but his heart was constantly tumbling. His luck seemed to be coming to an end. And who is the lucky one in this world?

Son of Luck?

Liu Xie is definitely not the unlucky guy. After all, I have never seen the son of luck be so unlucky. Chong'er also fled all the way back then, but the process of escaping was pretty good. Even if there were some hardships, he could generally maintain himself and returned to himself.

The country quickly restored its due status. How long has it been since Liu Xie was the emperor?

Liu Biao once thought and hoped that he was the one favored by God, but now he discovered that God had been playing a joke on him.

So, is it Cao Cao?

Or Feiqian?

Although Liu Biao tried hard to stand up straighter, the physical pain still made his originally tall and burly figure look a little rickety.

Liu Biao looked back on the past. He single-handedly created peace and prosperity in Jingzhou, and also controlled all military and political power in Jingzhou. He dealt with the Jingzhou gentry internally, and became one of the leading princes in the world externally.

However, it seems that everything ends here.

Liu Biao stretched out his hand, slowly and tremblingly, stretching upwards, trying to straighten his body. However, no matter how much he stretched, he had obviously tried his best, but the stars in the sky were still so far away.

It seemed that the hand he stretched out upwards was meaningless.

In the past few days, he frequently issued various orders, resisted Cao Cao's army forcefully, and at the same time comforted the people in the city, gritting his teeth and holding on, as if he didn't have any pain in his body.

.In the eyes of others, Liu Biao may still be tall and majestic. Only in Liu Biao's own heart can he understand what he is seeing in his eyes.

The blood wave has already rolled in from the north.

Death is already a smell that cannot be wiped off the body.

Although at this moment, the city of Xiangyang is still stable, although he still has follow-up measures being carried out, and although there are still soldiers and high walls, Liu Biao looked at the night and the boundless darkness.

I only felt the fear of death and trembled because of it.

This time...

No kidding...

Because this time, God didn't even bother to joke with him...

Liu Biao retracted his hand silently. I don't know whether it was because of illness or some other reason, but Liu Biao's expression even looked a little ferocious.

It's not that easy to kill me!

To the north of Xiangyang, the shining firelight and the thundering sound of fighting rang out again.

The good appetite of Cao Jun who went south encountered a hard nut for the first time.

Above the Han River, near the Xiangyang Bridge, the fierce fighting has been going on for several hours.

The sky has turned dark, but the flames are burning and seem to be spreading along with the blood on the Han River.

Arrows with flaming arrows kept streaking through the air, illuminating the corpses on the bridge, on the shore, and on the water in the boat. Soldiers with bloody faces were floating and sinking down the Han River, and they couldn't be distinguished clearly.

Which side had more dead soldiers, Cao Hong's or Gan Ning's.

Gan Ning always moved to the water stronghold, commanded the navy to attack Xiangyang Bridge, and started a fight with Cao Hong. On the other hand, Xiahou Dun also arrived under Fancheng and began to attack Fancheng. Who was the two battlefields not far apart?

Decide the outcome first, maybe who can take the lead.

On the banks of the Hanshui River and on the Xiangyang Bridge, countless canines were fighting each other, with flickering firelights, blood-stained swords and guns, and shrill shouts, as if the end of the world had come to this land.

Cao Hong did not expect that after a seemingly smooth start, he would encounter such strong resistance.

Amidst the chaos and noisy sounds, Cao Hong rode his war horse and kept patrolling back and forth in the three directions of the river, the bridge, and Xiangyang City. From time to time, he issued an order to send out reserves or form military formations.

mobilization to respond to changes in the battlefield.

Of course, for Cao Hong, the safest way is to withdraw from the Xiangyang North Camp and then leave the attack range on the Hanshui River. Even if Ganning has a navy, it cannot bring the boat to the shore? But in this way,

This means that Cao Hong gave up the previous victory. Jingzhou will definitely take the opportunity to destroy the Xiangyang Bridge, and it will undoubtedly be more difficult to cross the river again to attack Xiangyang City.

So Cao Hong was unwilling to give in.

However, not giving in means that Cao Hong's troops must guard against the Xiangyang Bridge and the Gan-Ning navy landing in the Han River. They must also be careful about the civilian troops who may rush out of Xiangyang City at any time. The pressure is not ordinary.

big.

At first, Cao Hong thought he could withstand the pressure.

Then he was wrong.

Although on the surface Cao Hong's body was very stable when he was sitting on the horse's back, his hand holding the reins behind the horse's neck was shaking a little. The reason for the shaking was that Cao Hong found that he was a little careless, or in other words, the entire Xiahou family of the Cao family under Cao Cao's rule was shaking.

Shit, I'm a little careless...

In this world, Fei Qian is not the only opponent. Even Liu Biao, who most people thought was nothing special before, still made Cao Hong a little bit overwhelmed when he started to act ruthlessly.

The key point is the Jingzhou Navy.

If Gan Ning's combat strength on land is one hundred, then in the water, Gan Ning can exert a combat strength of one hundred and twenty. After the initial attack on Xiangyang Bridge with a sharp blow failed, Gan Ning quickly adjusted

They formed an array and suppressed Cao's army from both land and water directions. The Cao soldiers led by Cao Hong did not have much combat experience with the navy, so they were slightly passive from the beginning and were in a position of being suppressed and beaten.

In terms of status, if Cao's army was not stronger than the Jingzhou soldiers on land and had better equipment, it would be impossible to say that they would have collapsed and fled at the moment.

For several hours, dozens of ships were dispatched back and forth, and thousands of soldiers took turns to attack. Taking advantage of the Han River waterway and flexibly changing their formations, Gan Ning continued to exert tremendous pressure on Cao Hong.

Perhaps Cao Hong had not been able to remember Gan Ning's name before, but I believe that from this day and night on from his desperate relationship with Gan Ning, the name of Gan Ning and Gan Xingba will remain in Cao Hong's heart.

At the top of Xiangyang City, Wenpin quietly watched the fight near Xiangyang Bridge.

Pang Ji asked anxiously: "General Wen, aren't you going to attack yet?"

"Cao's army still hasn't moved..." Wenpin said slowly, "I never thought that Cao's soldiers would be so tenacious..."

"So General Gan..." Pang Ji started to say but stopped.

Wenpin didn't even move his eyes, "Xingba must have a good idea..."

Pang Ji was stunned for a moment, and then sighed slightly. What can this be considered? Trust? A kind of mutual trust that only comes together when danger is in front of you? Pang Ji doesn't know, but he just feels that it is a pity. If everyone started

How great would it be to just entrust each other and trust each other like this?

Just when Pang Ji was distracted, Wenpin suddenly patted the battlements and said, "Come here! Send the order, line up! Get ready to leave the city!"

Then Wenpin turned around and looked at Pang Ji. Before Wenpin could speak, Pang Ji said, "Don't worry, General Wen! If you are here, the city is here!"

When Xiangyang's Wenpin attacked, Cao Hong realized that he had made the second mistake, which may be avoidable and should be avoided. The first mistake was to underestimate Gan Ning and other Jingzhou naval forces.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the second mistake was to underestimate Wenpin's martial prowess.

The first mistake can be compensated and resisted by relying on the Xiangyang Bridge and Xiangyang North Camp fortifications. However, when faced with the flanking attacks of Wenpin and Gan Ning at the same time, Cao's soldiers were caught off guard. After barely resisting for about half a stick of incense, Cao's soldiers were in chaos.

and vacillation inevitably arise.

"Ming Jin! Withdraw troops!" Cao Hong saw that the defeat had begun to spread in a corner of the battlefield. If he persisted, his formation would be implicated sooner or later, so he ordered the Xiangyang North Camp to be burned down to block Wenpin's pursuit.

Xiangyang Bridge served as cover, and even the last few Cai's ships were mobilized, allowing Cao's soldiers to evacuate to the south bank of the Han River.

At the same time, Cao Hong led his cavalry to the Ganning Marines who came ashore to pursue them. They made a clean surprise attack and defeated them directly, which relieved the pressure on Cao's soldiers to retreat and finally saved some face...

…

Just when Xiangyang City was about to welcome the joy of defeating Cao Hong, the bad news was like a bucket of cold water poured over it. Fancheng was lost.

Guard Liu Pan disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, in the Gangneung area to the south, terrible chaos is spreading.

After the defense systems of Jiangling City and Maicheng were completely broken by Jiangdong soldiers, Nanjun was almost declared to have been officially opened. Jiangdong soldiers did not stop to repair, but quickly expanded the flames and edge of the war to other counties and cities in Nanjun.

Villages, in June, almost all of Jingzhou Nanjun fell into Jiangdong's hands.

Killings caused by resistance are staged in every corner of Nan County from time to time. Not resisting is not a good choice, because war is often accompanied by violence and plunder.

Because of the regional development in the Han Dynasty, Jiangdong was on the edge of the Han Dynasty and was completely a rural area, while Jingzhou was the gateway to the Central Plains, and commerce from south to north prospered here, making Jingzhou both a resident population and a small country.

The business and trade economy is very good, so no matter from any aspect, Jingzhou Nanjun can be regarded as a big fat piece of meat.

The people of the Han Dynasty lack fat, so they like to eat fat meat when they see it. Although Jiangdong has always flaunted how excellent he is, when he sees fat meat, his uncontrollable appetite always reveals his primitive nature and begins to plunder in an organized way.

stand up.

First, soldiers expelled the people in the city, expelling the entire area. The screams of men, the screams of women, and the cries of children merged into one. Some tried to escape, but were quickly caught, and then blood flew out.

, spilled everywhere.

Then, like cattle and sheep, the people in these areas were rushed to the ferry, boarded on boats, and sent down the river to the east of the Yangtze River. It was said that "Away from the war, you can reach fertile soil."

Under such operations, everything in these counties has naturally become ownerless. Naturally, everyone has a share. The officials get the big heads, and the soldiers get the small heads. Everyone laughs and wonders together.

I can't even put it in my pocket bag.

What is very interesting is that most of such plundering was limited to county towns, and remote mountain villages and villages were spared. It was simple because Jiangdong soldiers also wanted to eat, and they wanted the farmers and women in these villages to continue working until

The end of the autumn harvest.
To be continued...