Chapter 500

Jingzhou.

Xiangyang.

Liu Biao's sleep state had not been very good recently.

And this matter had to start from Huang Zu's sudden death and Su Fei taking over as the acting Administrator of Jiangxia.

Su Fei, as Huang Zu's deputy general, had actually been in Jiangxia for more than ten years.

According to reason, Su Fei was absolutely reliable.

But unexpectedly, this fellow actually took the Jiangxia naval forces and defected to Gu Yi.

This indirectly led to Sun Ce's defeat.

And after both Sun Ce and Zhou Yu died, Liu Biao was terrified all day long.

Although Gu Yi would not immediately deal with him at the first opportunity.

But this did not mean that his situation would turn from danger to safety.

Immediately after.

Bad news followed one after another.

Old Dong, who was sitting in Chang'an, heard the news that Liu Biao, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei had formed an alliance to deal with his precious granddaughter's husband.

In a fit of rage, he dispatched Li Jue and Guo Si to lead an army of one hundred thousand south.

Attacking Wancheng, Xinye, Fancheng, and other places.

These places were almost all flat, with no dangerous terrain to defend.

Li Jue and Guo Si's army advanced rapidly.

Capturing these few cities was only a matter of time.

Besides this.

General Xu Rong, who was stationed in Liangzhou, was also already on the way to Jingzhou with troops.

Xu Rong had been guarding Liangzhou for several years.

Over these years, Liangzhou had received no small amount of development.

Xu Rong himself, under Gu Yi's instructions, led the army to continuously expand westward.

The number of small and medium-sized forces wiped out was already no less than dozens.

The various countries of the Western Regions were even more familiar with the name of Xu Rong!

And for all of this that he had obtained, Xu Rong had always kept Gu Yi's kindness in mind.

This time, learning that this fellow Liu Biao had actually colluded with Liu Bei and Sun Ce to rebel against Gu Yi, how could Xu Rong still sit still?

A huge wave of ocean-like troops whistled toward Jingzhou.

At this, Liu Biao panicked completely.

Under Kuai Yue's suggestion, Liu Biao intended to request aid from Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

However.

Gu Yi, before the southern expedition, had already left troops to defend against Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, and others were all waiting in full battle array in Xuzhou and Yuzhou at this moment.

Therefore.

Even if Yuan Shao and Cao Cao wanted to help Liu Biao, they were unable to do so at this moment.

Immediately after.

For Liu Biao, even worse news soon came.

Because Su Fei had taken the Jiangxia naval forces and directly surrendered to Gu Yi.

This resulted in Jiangxia, a key town in central Jingzhou, also falling into Gu Yi's hands.

As everyone knows.

Jingzhou is divided into three regions: north, central, and south.

In these three regions, the connection between northern Jingzhou and southern Jingzhou was not strong to begin with.

Now it was good, Jiangxia, the key town in central Jingzhou, was cut off.

Northern Jingzhou and southern Jingzhou were completely plunged into a state of disconnection.

Northern Jingzhou was attacked, central Jingzhou fell, and southern Jingzhou was plunged into disconnection.

For a time, everyone in Jingzhou could be said to be in danger.

Whether it was Liu Biao, Kuai Yue, or Cai Mao, none of them knew what to do next.

It was as if all paths had been blocked in advance.

And on the other side.

After incorporating Shi Xie, all the armed separatist forces in the south had been resolved.

This piece of land, which was seen as incomparably fertile in later generations, did not have a high degree of development now.

Especially in the Jiaozhou and Lingnan regions, many lands had not been utilized to the greatest extent at all.

Under such circumstances.

Gu Yi transferred quite a few officials from the north who were good at handling government affairs to serve here.

Besides this.

Zhuge Jin, Bu Zhi, and others also all stayed behind.

Although they might not be very good in terms of strategy.

But when it came to handling government affairs, they were absolutely good hands.

However.