[Three Kingdoms] Xinghan

There are roughly two routes to attack Xiangyang County, where the capital of Jingzhou is located.

One is to go straight to the west, starting from Lujiang County, attack Jiangxia first, and then attack Xiangyang from Jiangxia to the west.

The second is to go south, after passing through Yuzhang County, from Changsha County where the Jiangdong Army is stationed, and attack Xiangyang northward.

Ling Han naturally chose the second route.

Jiangxia County was garrisoned by Liu Qi, the son of Liu Biao, with sufficient troops and provisions.

Ling Han didn't think that at such a juncture, Liu Qi would firmly stand with Liu Bei.

But thinking about it, Liu Qi and Liu Bei have lived together for many days, and they are quite friendly, so it is difficult to raise troops against Liu Bei at this time.

Ling Han felt that there was no need to use this matter to test Liu Qi and put him in a dilemma.

When he defeats Liu Bei, the opponent will naturally lead Jiang Xia to surrender.

An army marches no faster than a single messenger rides alone.

It took three full days before Ling Han led his army to reach Changsha.

After Sun Ce left with his troops, he temporarily handed over the place to his subordinate Cheng Pulai to guard it.

Cheng Pu received the news two days in advance, knowing that His Highness will lead the army through Changsha and rest here for one night.

So I made preparations early and went out of the city to meet them.

Zhao Yun beside him said: "There is General Lao Cheng."

Cheng Pu clasped his fists and smiled, leading the way: "This is the duty of the general. Your Highness, please rest here for a day. The residence of the army has already been arranged by the general."

After a pause, he asked again: "I don't know if His Highness has any arrangements for Changsha to attack Xiangyang this time?"

Ling Han said: "There are not many troops stationed in Changsha, so there is no need to go to war. This king has sent an order to General Sun, if he wants to go to war, he can bring troops to attack from the direction of Nanyang."

He knew that Jiangdong and Jingzhou had old grievances, and although Sun Jian's death was caused by Huang Zu's ambush, it was also related to Jingzhou as a whole.

Before subduing the entire territory of Jingzhou, there is nothing wrong with letting Sun Ce express his hostility to break the spirit of Liu Biao's old troops.

Cheng Pu cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

Finally entering the city, Ling Han looked at the scene in the city.

It has to be said that Changsha has been under the stable governance of Jiangdong for many years. Although it cannot be compared with Yangzhou, it is also good in all aspects.

Having said that, Ling Han has always felt very strange.

It stands to reason that with such a Changsha king as himself, Changsha County should be changed into a country and become its own territory.

But the fact is that he didn't have any fiefs before, not even in name.

The word Changsha seems to be just a false name. I don't know what Han Lingdi thought at the time.

Before he knew it, he had arrived at the residence that Cheng Pu had arranged for him.

Cheng Pu clasped his fists and said, "If Your Highness has no other orders, the last general will leave."

Ling Han nodded and told him to leave.

Early the next morning, Ling Han received another letter from Liu Bei.

The content remains the same.The general idea is: "Liu Bei is still willing to submit to His Highness. There are [-] soldiers in Xiangyang. If His Highness insists on going to war with Jingzhou, I don't know how many innocent soldiers will die here. The second brother Yun Chang is very skilled in martial arts. Why should His Highness, because of his past mistakes, Let so many living people die for this. For the sake of all the soldiers and people in Jingyang and Yangzhou, please think twice."

Ling Han sneered after reading it, and found a pen and paper to reply.

"If that's the case, why doesn't Jingzhou hand over Guan Yu? This king promises that only Guan Yu will be killed and nothing will be involved. As long as you are willing to hand over Guan Yu, you will be rich and honored for a lifetime in the future."

Afterwards, Ling Han led his army to continue marching towards Xiangyang.

Xiangyang.

Liu Bei stared at the reply letter for a long time, and finally said: "It seems that a battle with King Changsha is inevitable."

On the side, Guan Yu was silent.

Zhang Fei said: "Brother, why are you afraid of him?"

Liu Bei ignored the third brother's words, but asked, "Where's Yuan Zhi?"

Guan Yu replied: "Mr. Xu Shu sent someone over earlier, saying that he was ill and could not get up in bed for a few days."

Hearing this, Zhang Fei scolded: "Hey, you don't get sick early and you don't get sick late, but it happens to be sick at this time. I really misjudged him!"

Liu Bei didn't speak, his eyes were extremely deep, as if covered by a layer of mist, he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, the spies came to report: "My lord, the army of the king of Changsha is less than thirty miles away from Xiangyang."

Liu Bei raised his head and said, "Give me an order, and the whole army will go out of the city to fight."

Jian Yong who was below said in surprise: "My lord, the city wall of Xiangyang is strong, why did you go out of the city to fight?"

Liu Bei explained: "Back then, the city wall of Jiujiang County was not lower than that of Xiangyang, but it didn't hold up even for a moment in front of the King of Changsha."

"Not only that, when the city was broken, not to mention the defenders of Jiujiang, even Qiao Rui, who was originally considered a first-class general under Yuan Shu's tent, stood still on the spot, so that he was instantly taken down by the King of Changsha. , which resulted in the entire Jiujiang County being powerless to fight back."

"I don't know how the King of Changsha did it, but in front of him, the tall city wall obviously will not be a hindrance, but will become his help."

"Let's go out of the city and face it head-on. Xiangyang has [-] troops, so we don't need to be afraid. Once the losses are serious, the King of Changsha may retreat."

The fact that Jiujiang County was destroyed by Ling Han with "Sky Thunder" is well known throughout the world.

People like Sun Ce and Zhao Yun who were present at the scene that day and who are also wise, even if they can't understand the principle, they can find a way to break it according to the process of casting it.

But it is difficult for other princes.

At that time, Xun Yu specially sent people to Jiujiang to investigate, but because the distance was too far, several days had passed by the time they arrived, so they didn't get the essentials.

As for Liu Bei, at that time he was still under the fence, so how could he have such spare energy.

Therefore, Liu Bei only knew what was going on, but as for how he did it, he was completely blindsided.

After listening to Liu Bei's statement, the people below suddenly said: "My lord is wise!"

Outside the city of Xiangyang.

The army is still ten miles away from Xiangyang City, and the Jingzhou soldiers outside the city can already be seen.

Zhao Yun and Tai Shici followed Ling Han on one left and one on the right.

Tai Shi said kindly: "Your Highness, it seems that Liu Bei wants to confront us head-on."

Zhao Yundao: "The black.fire.powder is useless."

Ling Han said with emotion: "Yes."

The moment he saw the Jingzhou Army, he understood Liu Bei's thoughts.

It's a pity... Liu Bei only thought of how heavy the morale of the defenders would be if the city wall of Xiangyang was breached in an instant by "Sky Thunder".

Another point was overlooked.

A few years ago, Liu Biao personally led the army, and when he confronted him outside Xianshan Mountain, his morale would drop significantly.

Today, his reputation is far from what it was back then.

Looking back at Liu Bei, his prestige in Jingzhou at the moment is not as good as that of Liu Biao who has led Jingzhou for many years.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Jingzhou soldiers to face Yangzhou soldiers without the heart to avoid and fear war.

This is also the confidence that Ling Han dared to attack Xiangyang with [-] troops.

Once the two armies confront each other on flat ground, this will undoubtedly be exacerbated.

So, how much morale can the Jingzhou soldiers have left?

On the other side, when Liu Bei realized this, it was too late.

The enemy army is only a few miles away from here.At this distance, it was too late for all the troops to withdraw into the city.

Liu Bei turned his head.

Although he had boosted morale in the barracks many times before, he let them know in advance who Xiangyang would face next.

But when the flag of King Changsha appeared in sight, the army behind him still couldn't stop whispering.

Liu Bei understood that he had to do something to save morale.

The second brother once killed the personal guard of the King of Changsha... Read this, Liu Bei clamped his horse's belly and walked forward.

On the left and right sides, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed closely.

Ling Han saw Liu Guanzhang coming out alone from a distance, obviously wanting to have a conversation with him, so he couldn't help feeling amused.

He said to his back: "Brother, Tai Shici, come forward with me and listen to what Liu Xuande wants to say."

"Yes!"

Seeing that the king of Changsha is only a few feet away from him, and his voice can also be transmitted to the opponent's army.

Liu Bei shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness Changsha, you have always prided yourself on being benevolent and righteous, treating soldiers well, and caring for the people of the world. But now, both Liu Bei and Jingzhou intend to surrender to His Highness, so why should Your Highness reject Jingzhou's submission for a dead person?" , must cause a hundred thousand troops to fight!"

"It is His Highness's benevolence and righteousness to raise a hundred thousand teachers for one person?"

Ling Han looked at Liu Bei coldly.

If Liu Bei is a real gentleman, even if they have to become enemies because of Guan Yu and Yang Zhen, he will look up to each other.

In fact, even though he sent troops to Jingzhou these days, he was still thinking in his heart: After the incident, how can he persuade Liu Bei to save Liu Bei's life so that he will not die in the same year, month and day as Guan Yu.

But Liu Bei's purpose in saying these words in front of the battle between the two armies could not be more obvious.

For Ling Han himself, it was indeed because of Yang Zhen that he had to kill Guan Yu.

But he never insisted on attacking Jingzhou because of his own selfishness.

It is impossible for Liu Bei to really think so.

Attacking Jingzhou is Yangzhou's overall will.

The reason why everyone in Yangzhou had to kill Guan Yu was that Guan Yu had chased and killed His Highness before, and he was almost successful.

In their view, this is a sin that cannot be forgiven under any circumstances.

Ling Han then replied in a loud voice: "Guan Yunchang colluded with Cao Cao in the past and chased and killed my king on the border of Yanzhou, which almost brought me to the point of death. There is absolutely no reason for forgiveness for such serious crimes since ancient times."

"That's why today's troops are sent to the city of Xiangyang just to kill Guan Yu. I believe that the [-] Jingzhou soldiers standing opposite me at this moment will never intentionally become enemies with me. They are really forced by traitors."

"Gentlemen of Jingzhou, this king does not ask you to turn against me at this moment, I only hope that you can protect yourself. After this battle, all soldiers who survived, this king will pardon all of them. This promise is proved by heaven and earth!"

Ling Han's voice was so loud that he almost exhausted his strength.

Although it was still not possible for every soldier on the opposite side to hear him, most of the Jingzhou soldiers almost vaguely understood what he meant.

For the first time, these Jingzhou soldiers knew that the original purpose of the Changsha king to lead the army was to kill Guan Yu.

And those who didn't understand clearly will ask their companions around them.

Therefore, Ling Han's words instantly caused an uproar among Liu Bei's army.

Liu Bei was a bit sluggish for a while, as he was not able to steal a chicken.

Zhang Fei said anxiously: "Brother, you can't wait any longer! If we don't start a war, I'm afraid there won't be many people willing to fight except our troops!"

Not far away, Ling Han tilted his head and said: "Guan Yu's head, please leave it to senior brother."

Holding a silver gun, Zhao Yun said in a deep and powerful voice, "I will live up to your trust."

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