Just as Hu Cheer led the army to Yangdi City and reunited with Zhang Xiu, Yang Xiu sent an envoy to Chen County, taking King Chen Liu Chong and Liu Chong's army to Yangdi City as fast as possible.

At the same time, Henan Yin Zhang Hong also received a call for help from Yang Xiu, but Henan had not many troops, only a few thousand troops. However, when this time, Zhang Hong did not hesitate much and immediately sent Wei Xu to lead 3,000 troops to Yangdi City to support him. On the other hand, Zhang Hong sent two envoys to ask for help from Yongzhou Governor Zhong Yao and Bingzhou Governor Gao Shun, praying for the dispatch of reinforcements to support him quickly.

With one move, Liu Biao's tacit battle was like a huge rock falling into a calm lake, immediately causing a series of ripples, and the ripples became bigger and bigger, gradually spreading around.

While King Chen Liu Chong led the army to support Yangdi City, he sent an envoy to Pengcheng and asked Zhang Yan for help.

Zhang Yan, who was far away in Pengcheng, was still unaware of Liu Biao's dispatch of Zhang Xiu to attack Yangdi City. He was still immersed in the busyness after the reform. All decisions were decided by the cabinet. As the prime minister, he was more busy than anyone else. On the other hand, in terms of the army, after the reform, it did arouse dissatisfaction among some soldiers, but in his opinion, these emotions belonged to the normal range.

However, it took a lot of effort to calm the dissatisfaction of these soldiers.

Just when Zhang Yan was busy, Guo Yuan, the Minister of War, hurried into the cabinet. As soon as he entered the cabinet, he reported to Zhang Yan: "Your Highness, King Yan, King Chen, Liu Chong, urgently reported!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guoyuan presented the urgent report of King Chen and Liu Chong to Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan opened the urgent report. After a quick look, his brows frowned, and his face showed great anger. He said sternly: "Damn Liu Biao!"

"Your Highness King Yan, what happened?" Guoyuan asked hurriedly.

Zhang Yan said: "Liu Biao rebelled and sent Nanyang prefect Zhang Xiu as the vanguard and led a 30,000 army to attack Yingchuan. Yingchuan prefect Yang Xiu was short of troops and asked King Chen Liu Chong for help. King Chen Liu Chong had only a mere 5,000 troops. He had already rushed to Yingchuan for support and prayed to the court to send a large army to quell the rebellion."

Guoyuan said: "The matter is so urgent. Please send troops and generals immediately to quell the rebellion."

Before Zhang Yan could speak, Tian Feng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, hurried in, holding an expedited letter in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, he said loudly: "Report to His Highness, the General of the Chariot and Cavalry, Zhang Liao, urgently reported it."

Zhang Yan's face was already gloomy, but when he heard Zhang Liao's urgent report, he became even more gloomy and immediately said, "Can I be attacked? "

While talking to himself, he came to Tian Feng in person and took the urgent report. After opening it, he hurriedly read it, and then he felt a little relieved.

Zhang Liao wrote in the letter that the scout he sent to find out that Liu Qi, the prefect of Jiangxia, mobilized his army and gathered in the area of ​​Xiazhi County, and seemed to have made some huge moves. On the other hand, Zhou Yu in Chaisang was also ready to move. Every time he said, he would send ships to cruise on the river, and sometimes even approached the naval camp where Zhang Liao was located, as if provoking.

Zhang Yan closed Zhang Liao's letter and fell into a deep thought. Jiang Xia's troops and Zhou Yu's ambition seemed to indicate a sign to him. Now that Zhang Xiu has launched an attack, Liu Biao is likely to let Jiang Xia's navy attack Lujiang. If it were just Liu Biao's unilateral attack, with Zhang Liao in Lujiang, he would be able to resist.

However, if Zhou Yu also got involved and sent a navy army to attack Lujiang with Liu Biao, then Zhang Liao would have struggled.

After a while, Zhang Yan asked Ju Su, the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, to call Ju Su, and he discussed with Guo Yuan, the Minister of War, Tian Feng, the Left Minister of War, and Ju Su, the Right Minister of War, to defend together.

Finally, after some analysis, Tian Feng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, gave a suggestion, asking General Zhao Yun, the cavalry, to lead the troops of Jinling County, and put pressure on Sun Quan near Nanchang. In this way, Zhou Yu would not dare to send troops rashly. If it were just Liu Biao's unilateral attack, Zhang Liao would be fully capable of resisting without worrying.

So, Zhang Yan took Tian Feng's suggestion and immediately issued an order to ask Zhao Yun to lead the army to Yi County, which put pressure on Sun Quan. If Zhou Yu dared to act, Zhao Yun would immediately lead the army to attack Nanchang.

On the other hand, Zhang Yan urgently ordered General Xu Chu's brother, General Xu Ding, to lead the 10,000 troops stationed in Puyang to quickly go to Yingchuan for support, and to dispatch General Hao Zhao, who was stationed in Henoi, to lead his troops to Yingchuan for support.

In addition, Zhang Yan also asked Qingzhou Governor Lu Dai to lead his troops to Yuzhou to station, and then transferred Chen Ying to lead the army and rushed from Shaopo to Yuzhou.

In Zhang Yan's opinion, since Liu Biao dared to launch a war, he would definitely have all the troops from Jingzhou. Zhang Xiu was just the beginning, and more troops might rush into his sphere of influence later. Yuzhou, which had a relatively weak force, is likely to become the focus of Liu Biao's army's attack.

Therefore, Zhang Yan must prevent problems before they happen and make good defense in advance to avoid being caught off guard by attacking.

At the same time, Zhang Yan even announced Liu Biao's evil deeds to the world, regarded Liu Biao as a traitor, and called on the people of the world to kill him. Anyone who cut off Liu Biao's head and offered his head would be rewarded with a heavy reward of 10,000 taels of gold and a thousand marquises.

However, although Zhang Yan was a little angry about Liu Biao's attack, he was not very worried, because Zhang Yan had already installed an important chess piece inside Liu Biao, and this chess piece would also become the key to his later pacification of Jingzhou.

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Hu Cheer led the army and rushed forward quickly. Finally, he arrived in Yangdi City the next evening and met Zhang Xiu at Juntai.

Zhang Xiu and Hu Cheer joined forces and prepared to let the soldiers rest for a night, and they will launch a fierce attack on Yangdi City tomorrow.

At the same time, the army gathered in Xiangyang, under Liu Biao's personal leadership, embarked on the expedition in a mighty manner. Cai Zhong led 5,000 troops to go first, and Liu Biao led Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Cai He, Wang Wei, Kuai Liang and others to Yuzhou. Liu Biao also issued an order to Liu Qi, asking him to lead the Jiangxia navy to attack Lujiang.

In Jiangxia City, accompanied by the military advisor Sima Yi, Liu Qi came to the naval camp by the riverside of Xiazhi County. Hundreds of warships of all sizes were arranged in the middle of the river. Each ship was full of naval soldiers, with a total of 30,000 troops.

In the naval camp, Liu Qi, Sima Yi, Han Song, Wen Pin, Li Tong, Liu Xian, Deng Xi and others arrived. Liu Qi said: "Now the army has been all assembled, Zhang Xiu has already started the battle. Now it is our turn to attack. We must give Zhang Yan's army a heavy blow! Now, the army will set off!"

"Let's go!" Sima Yi suddenly stood up and stopped him, "Young Master, it's not the time to send troops."

Liu Qi looked at Sima Yi suspiciously and asked, "Zhongda, my father has sent troops from Xiangyang. If we don't send troops yet, wouldn't we beg the opportunity to fight?"

Sima Yi said: "Young Master, our army is ready. We can go down the river and arrive in Xunyang in half a day. There is no need to be so anxious to attack. The task assigned by Liu Jingzhou to the old master is to restrain the troops of Lujiang, rather than fight with the troops of Lujiang. Now, we have already made a statement and say that we want to attack Lujiang. I believe that the defenders of Lujiang must have received this news, and they must not dare to move around casually. It can be said that our goal has been achieved, and it is no longer important whether to send troops."

"Don't you send troops?" Liu Qi asked curiously.

Sima Yi asked back without answering, "The eldest son must have heard of the story of the fisherman who won the profits when fighting against the snipe and clam?"

Liu Qi nodded.

Sima Yi continued: "Since the eldest son has heard of it, we should understand one thing. Nowadays, there is more than our army stationed in this area of ​​water. In addition to our army and Zhang Yan's army, there is another army that should not be ignored."

After hearing Sima Yi's words, Liu Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, and a person immediately appeared in his mind, and he immediately asked: "Are you talking about... Zhou Yu?"

"That's right. Master, don't forget that before the lord went to war, he sent an envoy to Jiangdong to invite Sun Quan to attack Zhang Yan. However, when the envoy arrived at Chaisang, he was intercepted by Zhou Yu. After that, there was no news. He neither agreed nor did he say he would agree. Jiangdong's attitude made me feel very uneasy. Moreover, our army had a grudge against the Sun family. If our army attacked Zhang Yan's army and Zhou Yu led his army to attack Jiangxia, then our army would be in a state of being attacked from both sides. At that time, let alone attacking Zhang Yan, it would be difficult for him to protect himself." Sima Yi said.

After hearing Sima Yi's words, everyone present felt that Sima Yi was right. Zhou Yu had to be careful, and if he wanted to defend, he would never leave Jiangxia, otherwise Zhou Yu would take advantage of it.

Liu Qi said: "Zhongda, you are right, I almost got confused. So I will listen to you what to do next."

Sima Yi said: "In fact, the eldest son doesn't have to do anything. He just displays his troops in the middle of the river every time and makes a gesture of going to war, so that outsiders can't figure out which day we will go to war to the enemy."

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Just do as Zhongda said."

For several days in the following row, Liu Qi did what Sima Yi said, and the enemy scouts who sneaked into the riverside of Xiazhi County were also confused by Sima Yi and could not figure out when they would go to war.

These scouts, both sent by Zhang Liao and Zhou Yu, made them nervous and did not dare to miss any clues. Please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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