Chapter 576

"Just now, Zhuge Liang under Lord Xuande greatly defeated the Xia Hou brothers in Xinye, annihilating forty thousand enemies, and sent one hundred thousand troops to conquer Sun Ce. Lord Xuande values Changsha Commandery and does not want Linxiang city to fall into the flames of war, so he sent me to persuade you personally."

The soldiers on the city wall were discussing. Liu Bei is now the master of Jingzhou, but this Han Xuan closed the city gates. What exactly does he want to do!

Han Xuan still wanted to curse loudly, but Huang Zhong directly drew his bow and set an arrow.

"Swish!"

The iron arrow hit the wooden pillar on the city wall behind Han Xuan steadily, scaring Han Xuan enough, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Huang Zhong shouted loudly,

"Deng Liang, Yang Ling, why don't you open the city gates and pledge allegiance to Lord Xuande? Do you still want to follow Han Xuan to the end?"

Two captains looked at each other.

"Old General, don't worry, we will open the city gates now!"

Han Xuan was furious.

"Left and right, catch the two traitors!"

Several confidants under him still wanted to catch people, but looking at the fierce eyes of the surrounding soldiers, they didn't dare to move instantly.

Deng Liang and Yang Fang shouted,

"Lord Xuande shakes the Nine Provinces and his benevolence spreads throughout the world. He is our new master of Jingzhou. Han Xuan goes against the sky and still wants to drag us into the water! Brothers, do you agree?"

The soldiers shouted in unison, "Don't agree!"

Soon, Han Xuan was controlled, the Linxiang city gates were wide open,

and Huang Zhong led troops into the city!

A few hours later, Liu Bei arrived with troops and sighed with emotion.

"Having an old person in the family is like having a treasure!"

Liu Bei appointed Yi Ji as Prefect of Changsha Commandery, Jiang Wan as Congshi of the commandery, and rewarded Yang Ling and others who opened the city gates heavily.

He also appointed Huang Zhong as General of Yangwu, responsible for the military affairs of Changsha Commandery.

Liu Bei met some talents of Jingnan in Changsha Commandery.

Pan Jun from Wuling Commandery,

Liu Min from Lingling,

and drank and chatted happily with the gentry of Changsha Commandery, getting along harmoniously.

Han Xuan was directly beheaded by Liu Bei, and his family was sent to the Chile Plain as soldiers, which is actually a good place!

Soon,

news came from Wuling Commandery that Wei Yan, with the cooperation of Gong Zhi, successfully took Hanshou city, and Jin Xuan was shot to death by Gong Zhi.

Liu Bei called Pan Jun over.

"Chengming, I appoint you as the Commandery Assistant of Wuling Commandery. Go and perform well."

Pan Jun cupped his hands excitedly.

"Thank you, my lord!"

Pan Jun was at odds with Guan Yu, but at the beginning he did not surrender to Eastern Wu like Mi Fang and Fu Shiren. He was loyal and righteous, capable, and could be used.

Wei Yan led troops to Changsha Commandery and led ten thousand troops to secretly head to the Yuan-Lu Corridor.

Liu Bei thought for a while and let Taishi Ci also lead six thousand elite infantry to help him.

Yan Yan's troops also arrived in Changsha Commandery quickly.

Liu Bei took two commanderies in a short time and also killed two prefects who defended the city, directly shocking Jingnan.

Lingling Prefect Liu Du was worried.

"What should I do?"

"Liu Bei's power is great, our army definitely cannot stop him!"

This sentence instantly hurt a round-faced fat man.

That is the General of Lingling, Xing Daorong!

He shouted loudly,

"Why does the lord say this? That Liu Bei also has two hands and two feet. I don't fear him. As long as he dares to come, I will definitely lead troops to destroy him!"

Liu Du?? This bragging is about to break.

Liu Du's son Liu Xian almost cracked.

"Xing Daorong, what do you think Liu Bei is? You lead troops to destroy him?"

Xing Daorong seemed to have received a great insult.

"Young Master, since I followed the Prefect, I have fought hundreds of battles, large and small. Have I ever lost? Which opposing main general was not killed by me in a few moves!"

Liu Xian had an expression of 'I'm too embarrassed to point you out'.

"Xing Daorong, those were just some useless bandits!"

"Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and others under Liu Bei are all brave and skilled in battle. You can't beat any of them!"

Xing Daorong snorted, puffed out his chest and raised his head.

"Young Master underestimates me too much. Wait for Liu Bei to come, I only need five thousand troops to capture him alive!"

Xing Daorong felt he could kill Lü Bu in one move and Liu Bei in three moves. What he lacked was opportunity!

Everyone was numb.

Liu Xian cupped his hands and said to Liu Du,

"Father, our Lingling is easy to defend and hard to attack. Now Liu Bei has internal and external troubles, with Cao Cao in the north and Sun Ce in the east. Our army only needs to block Liu Bei for a few months, and he will definitely withdraw!"

"When the time comes, we can send troops to other commanderies in Jingnan, hold the Yangtze River, and dominate Jingnan alone."

Liu Xian was a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, and was also a main-war faction!

Liu Du saw that his precious son and general Xing Daorong were both so confident, so he felt relieved.

"Good, then we will defend the city to the death and let Liu Bei return without success."

Xing Daorong waved his hand and said carelessly,

"My lord, I only need three moves to take Liu Bei, why go to so much trouble!"

Everyone dispersed.

Xing Daorong almost burst into tears; he was too difficult!

After learning the news of Lingling's strong resistance, Liu Bei was not angry but happy. Liu Du and his son were still quite cooperative 0......

Guo Jia and the others were also very satisfied. After all, letting the lord fall into the war vortex of Jingnan also requires people to cooperate.

In this way, Wei Yan and Taishi Ci had time to use the Yuan River to cross the Luoxiao Mountains and Wu Gong Mountains at the junction of Gan and Xiang to raid Yuzhang.

What Liu Bei needs to do now is to drag time and attract Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's attention.

Three days later,

he led a large army of forty thousand with Zhang Fei, Yan Yan, E Huan, and others, and marched toward Lingling in a grand manner!

Huang Zhong stayed behind in Changsha Commandery to stabilize the situation.

Jiangxia water camp,

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu won a small victory in a water battle today, destroying seven of Cai Mao's Mengchong ships,

but the two couldn't be happy.

Zhou Yu looked at the intelligence in front of him, his brows tightly locked.

"My lord, Liu Bei is too cunning, letting Cai Mao drag us down, while he himself went straight to take the four Jingnan commanderies!"

Sun Ce smashed the desk fiercely.

"In the past, Liu Bei also took Linxiang city with Wen Pin and went to Exian by land, intending to raid our rear. He came again this time?"

Zhou Yu was a bit depressed.

"This is an open plot. Once Liu Bei occupies all four Jingnan commanderies, he will bring the troops of the four commanderies to Jiangxia. Our army will be attacked from both sides and may not necessarily be able to stop it."

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu exchanged glances.

"We must defeat Cai Mao as soon as possible. Xiangyang only has twenty thousand troops stationed. If we march to Xiangyang, Liu Bei will definitely be in chaos!"

Sun Ce shouted loudly,

"Pass the order down, transfer another ten thousand troops from Yuzhang, I want to kill Cai Mao and that kid Lu Xun!"

Unfortunately, Cai Mao had rich water warfare experience and didn't fight a decisive battle with them, always dragging the Sun army, leaving Sun Ce and Zhou Yu with no great way for a while.

Lingling Commandery seat, Quanling city,