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Cao Cao laughed and said, "Even though Brother Chen and I are rivals, they are daring to take care of each other!" Then he looked proud and said, "The world said that I was an eunuch, and I was ashamed to join me, but I Cao Cao again. How can you look at them. A group of mediocre and incompetent people, except those who know how to do it, are useless at all!"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Brother Meng De, let's get down to business. Brother Meng De must have come to me to respond to the threats of Yuan Shao and Sun Jian."

Cao Cao smiled and nodded, took out something and put it in front of Chen Lang, and smiled: "I think Brother Chen is more troublesome than me!"

Chen Lang picked up what Cao Cao had delivered and looked at it again, with a slightly surprised expression on his face, and smiled: "This is Tao's essay on me!" Then he read it again from the beginning, and saw the essay read: "The past Wang Mang usurped power, causing the heaven and the earth to hang upside down, the divine weapon fell by the side, and the creatures were disgraced. Today, Chen Lang is a villain, and he has taken the emperor, and openly slaughtered the first emperor. All kinds of evil deeds are indescribable! Chen Lang treats the royal family like this, and the people are in his eyes. Wouldn’t it be more like letting it slaughter the fish! In the next, as the Han family clan, after the King Jing of Zhongshan, how can such evil thief harm the world and the people of the big Han! I can’t help myself, please gather all the princes of the world together. , To fight this scourge together, save the court, and clarify Yunei! The world is fortunate, and the people are fortunate!"

Chen Lang put down his message and said with a smile: "Liu Bei, I jumped out to carry the banner!"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Liu Bei is very smart. He knows that Brother Chen's victory in northern Xinjiang has completely defeated the Xianbei people, and it will shock the world! Who will not shake the world? So he used this point to call on the princes of the world to attack. It is indeed a great opportunity to deal with Brother Chen. Although Brother Chen's Qin army is unparalleled, but after all, he has just fought a battle with the army of more than one million Xianbei. The army has not been exhausted and has not been replenished, and the war damage has not been replenished. The half-meeting can't be supplemented. It's the right time to deal with Brother Chen. If you miss this opportunity, I'm afraid everyone in the world will attack together, and it is not Brother Chen's opponent!"

Chen Lang laughed loudly and said, "Brother Meng De has won the prize! Let alone the people of the world attacking, it is Brother Meng De who is attacking, and I can't stand it!"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "I wouldn't be so stupid! Wouldn't I join them as a wedding dress for Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao said that is reasonable, because now Yuan Shao's strength is clearly superior to that of the princes. At this time, the joint forces attacked Luoyang. , It is certainly Yuan Shao who gets the most benefit.

Chen Lang laughed and praised: "People say Cao Mengde is treacherous, but I say Cao Mengde is straightforward."

Cao Cao smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Chen has praised him."

Chen Lang narrowed his smile, glanced at Cao Cao, and asked, "Since Brother Meng De doesn't want to unite with others as an enemy, he wants to unite with me against the princes?"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's what I meant!"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "I knew that the Meng De Brothers thought so."

Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "This is called the same thing as what a hero sees!"

Chen Lang shouted from outside the tent; "Bring wine!" Dang even a guard brought a can of wine and two bowls. Chen Lang picked up the wine jar, filled both bowls, put down the wine jar, picked up one wine bowl, and Cao Cao picked up the other. Chen Lang said: "After drinking this bowl of wine, we will advance and retreat together, and live and die together!" Cao Cao nodded, "Go forward and retreat together, live and die together!" The two raised their heads and drank a bowl of wine.

The two put down their wine bowls, and Cao Cao laughed and said; "Happy!"

Chen Lang said, "Since Brother Meng De is not with them, it will be difficult for them to gather forces to attack." After a pause, he looked at Cao Cao and said, "I think they will deal with Meng first. Brother De!" Cao Cao laughed and said, "That's for sure! Brother Chen will be invited to rescue me then!"

Chen Lang said: "Brother Meng De rest assured, since we have formed an alliance, I will never sit idly by. If Yuan Shao and Sun Jian join forces to attack Brother Meng De, I will split the army and attack Jizhou all the way and Jingzhou all the way." Cao Cao Nodded.

After meeting with Cao Cao, Chen Lang and Cao Cao went back to prepare for the upcoming battle.

Liu Bei's Taoist writings spread all over the world, causing people everywhere to panic. Yuan Shao and Sun Jian soon stood on Liu Bei's side. The three envoys frequented each other, and finally determined a war plan to destroy Cao Cao first and then Zhang Shuai. The plan has been set, and the three armies have begun to mobilize on a large scale. Sun Jian continued to gather troops to transport grain and grass in Huainan, while Yuan Shao continued to mobilize troops to the bank of the Yellow River. As for Liu Bei, he personally led the main force to approach Jingzhou, because according to Pang Tong Xu Shu’s judgment, the battle was fought. At the same time, the Qin army is likely to take advantage of the situation to take advantage of Jingzhou occupied by Soochow. According to Pang Tong and Xu Shu's strategy, taking advantage of the defeat and exhaustion of the Qin Army and the Dongwu Army, they suddenly attacked and would surely seize Xiangfan and other places in one fell swoop.

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Zhou Yu also judged that there would be a war, and the Qin army would not sit back and watch for action, and the direction of this action must be Jingzhou. Therefore, when Sun Jian mobilized his army to prepare for the war in Huainan, Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Jian select general Huang Gai and elite 150,000 to sit here. Jingzhou in case of accidents.

At the time when the three parties were actively mobilizing, Cao Cao was also sending troops and generals. Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to be a general, Xun You as a military division, and 100,000 soldiers to defend Shouchun, while he himself led all the elite forces to the Yellow River to prepare for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao. .

Luoyang is still so prosperous and peaceful. Chen Lang stood on the top of the city gate, looking at the magnificent and prosperous mountains and rivers in front of him. Chen Gong, Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang stood behind him. Jia Xu was recalled from Guanzhong by Chen Lang not long ago.

At this time, an officer came up and knelt behind Chen Lang and said: "Enjoy the lord, the main force led by Cao Cao has already confronted Yuan Shao's main force in the White Horse. The two sides fought for several games, regardless of the outcome. ."

Chen Lang smiled and said, "It's started!"

Chen Gong said: "Cao Cao will win or lose against Yuan Shao. Although Cao Cao has courage and strategy, Yuan Shao is strong; now the most worrying is Jiangdong Army! Cao Cao has no time for him now, relying solely on Cao Ren's 100,000 soldiers. Whether the horse can hold Shouchun can be said to be the key to victory in this battle!" Chao Chen Lang clasped his fist and said: "Master, we should immediately make General Gan Ning attack!" Gan Ning, the first general who followed Chen Lang, originally defended Bingzhou. , But was later transferred to Jingzhou to take charge of Jingzhou’s defense. Not long ago, when the princes mobilized their troops, Chen Lang also added 150,000 troops to Ganning. At present, the total strength of Jingzhou exceeds 200,000 horses.

Chen Lang thought for a while and nodded.

It is said that Gan Ning was in Jingzhou long ago and was impatient. However, the lord's order had not been issued yet, but he did not dare to act without authorization. He was very anxious every day, and became angry with his subordinates at every turn.

This morning, just as Gan Ning and Huang Zhong were moving their muscles and muscles, the messenger rushed over and hurriedly reported: "General, the lord's order is here!"

Gan Ning's eyes lit up, and he quickly threw away the spear and snatched the document from the herald. I hurriedly unfolded, read it again, suddenly laughed, and exclaimed to Huang Zhong excitedly: "Great! Big brother's order has finally come down! Go to the barracks and order the troops to assemble immediately!"

The situation of the Qin army's mobilization was quickly discovered by Huang Gai's meticulous work. Huang Gai was reported to Huang Gai. How dare Huang Gai send a report to Sun Jian while gathering all armies to prepare for battle. The Jiangdong Army's layout in Jingzhou mainly consists of three lines of defense. The first line of defense is the Changbanpo line, the second line of defense is Hulukou, and the third line of defense is Jingzhou City, which is the southern county. Each line of defense has high barriers and deep ditches. It cannot be said that it is impossible for the Qin army to break through these lines, but it will definitely pay a heavy price. Jiangdong has built Jingzhou City into a strong fortress. The height of the city wall is more than half a meter higher than that of the Liu Biao period, and the thickness is also thicker by nearly half a meter. It also carefully set up traps, shooting holes and other defense facilities. In addition, several grain depots and ordnance warehouses have been added to the city, and the reserves of grain, grass and ordnance are enough for 200,000 troops to use at a glance. After such reinforcement of Jingzhou City, it can be described as a Jincheng Tangchi, as solid as a golden soup! According to Zhou Yu's estimation, even in the worst case, the city of Jingzhou could survive the first half of the year.

Therefore, although Jingzhou faces the threat of Qin Jun, Sun Jian and Zhou Yu are not very worried.

Soon after Huang Gai mobilized his army, an emergency report came from Changbanpo, and Ganning's army was approaching Changbanpo Xiazhai. Huang Gai urged Changbanpo to guard strictly, and there must be no slack in the slightest.

Only one day later, an emergency report came from Changbanpo, and the Qin army rushed to attack Changbanpo, and Changbanpo was in jeopardy.

Huang Gai was still calm at the beginning, and only caused the frontline soldiers to fall, while he concentrated on planning counterattacks. However, shortly afterwards, the urgent horses rushed one after another. In the end, the herald fell to the ground with a plop, and screamed in embarrassment: "Our army has suffered heavy casualties. If the general does not send reinforcements, the commander I'm afraid Banpo can't keep it!"

Huang Gai was shocked and exclaimed in annoyance: "Our army has 10,000 elites and strong fortifications. How can you not be able to resist it in less than two days?! How can this happen?"

With a lingering fear, the herald said anxiously: "The enemy has used a terrible weapon that can send out thunderbolts. After a loud noise, our fortifications fell apart, and the officers and soldiers were seriously injured! If it hadn't been in Changban **** beforehand! After building a second line of defense, our army is now defeated and retreated!"

Huang Gai was a little at a loss, pacing back and forth.

An aide next to him said with anxiety: "General, Changbanpo's defense line should not be easily lost, otherwise it will be very detrimental to defending Jingzhou!" Changbanpo, Hulukou, and Nanjun can be described as horns and support each other. It is not a last resort. Don't give up. The art of war says that the isolated city is difficult to defend. If only the isolated city of Southern County is left, this battle will be suspended.

Huang Gai thought for a while, nodded, and categorically said: "I personally lead the army to support Changbanpo!"