The war in Xinye has not yet begun, and the players have not yet arrived in Xiangyang.

But at this time, Xiangyang City was already filled with sorrow.

Liu Biao sat on the main seat out of breath, breathing heavily and huffing, as if he was a broken bellows.

Beside him, Mrs. Cai was holding Liu Cong, sitting aside and looking at the ministers.

The person standing in the first row below is none other than Cai Mao.

At this time, the atmosphere in Liu Biao's governor's mansion was somewhat depressing.

"Cough cough cough." Liu Biao coughed for a while, and then he raised his tired eyes and looked at Cai Mao.

"So, the Han army has bypassed Fancheng and attacked Xiangyang?"

"Back to my lord, yes, according to the reports from the scouts, the Han army will arrive at the city tomorrow." Cai Mao also looked livid.

At this time, Cai Mao was already resenting Zhang Yun and others. In his mind, Zhang Yun and others should drag the Han army under Fan City.

So what if the Han army attacks the city? As long as the Han army can be dragged under the city, even if all the people in Fancheng die, it is still worth it.

Fortunately, Zhang Yun followed Kuai Liang's advice and used water attacks to annihilate the besieging Han army in one fell swoop.

If they were really annihilated, that would be okay. At least the Han army would be exhausted without the 200,000 troops and would be unable to move south.

But the question is, was the Han army really dead? As a result, they turned around and went to Shangyong and attacked from Shangyong.

It's not like Cai Mao didn't send someone to Fancheng to deliver the order. Since the Han army bypassed Fancheng, the Fancheng defense line constructed by Cai Mao would have no effect.

If this is the case, then bring back the 70,000 troops from Fancheng to defend Xiangyang.

As a result, the people sent to deliver the order came back and said that Kuai Liang, Huang She and Liu Qi had led their men to attack Xinye.

Isn't it clear that he is going to die? Since the Han army dared to attack Fancheng, then he would not arrange a backup force in Xinye?

I have long said that the Emperor's people are not easy to fight, and they are difficult to fight. These people will be resurrected after death, and they are unbeatable existences.

It is best to maintain the front line in the Fancheng area, so that Xiangyang will be safe.

But in the end, Zhang Yun and the others just took their words as farts despite their repeated warnings.

There is also Kuai Liang. The reason why Cai Mao recommended Kuai Liang was to win over Kuai Liang. He wanted to use Kuai Liang's talents to hold back the Han army, but in the end, Kuai Liang got involved with Liu Qi.

Speaking of Liu Qi, Cai Mao was also very angry. If he knew that Liu Qi was so powerful and could get Huang Zu to stand up for him, he should have killed Liu Qi as soon as possible.

Originally, Liu Qi wanted to go to the four counties of Jingnan to find a place to settle down. He finally got him to Jiangxia in the hope that Huang Zu could kill Liu Qi.

In the end, Huang Zu was of no use at all, so he was actually won over by Liu Qi? It was a disgrace to their Jingzhou family.

But now that things have happened and the Han army is pressing on the situation, he has no other choice but to accept it for the time being.

"Degui, now that the Han army is attacking, do you have any countermeasures?" Liu Biao looked at Cai and asked.

"Back to my lord, for the present plan, we can only defend Xiangyang and wait for the princes to come to help." Cai Mao said with a livid face.

"Can we just hold on to it?" Liu Biao also looked mortified.

"The question is, will the princes come to rescue me in Jingzhou? Can we mobilize more troops and horses from the four counties in Jingnan?"

"Back to my lord, a large number of troops and horses have been mobilized from the four counties in Jingnan. Each county has only retained a minimum number of troops and horses. If we continue to mobilize troops and horses, the entire army of Jingnan will not be enough for defense."

"If the Han army cannot attack Xiangyang for a long time and directly chooses to cross the river to attack the four counties in Jingnan, then these four counties will change hands in an instant."

"If the lord still wants to mobilize troops and horses, he can only send an order to Kuai Liang and ask him to return to the army."

"Up to now, the eldest son is still in Kuai Liang's army. I'm afraid Kuai Liang will not return." Cai Mao looked at Liu Biao and dug a small hole for Liu Qi.

"You traitor!" Liu Biao cursed directly when he heard Cai Mao's words.

After another breath, Liu Biao Youcai looked at Cai Mao and continued to ask: "What about the princes?"

"My lord, my subordinates have sent a message to Sun Quan, the leader of Jiangdong, asking him to send troops to rescue. I think Sun Quan will send troops in the future."

"Otherwise, if Jingzhou is destroyed, Jiangdong cannot survive. Jiangdong's advisers must also be able to see this, and they will definitely persuade Sun Quan to send troops."

After hearing Cai Mao's words, Liu Biao nodded. As long as someone was willing to come to rescue, he didn't care who the other person was.

Although the Sun family in Jiangdong was very strong, it was not as strong as the Han army.

Even if Sun Quan and others came to Jingzhou, Liu Biao believed that he could make Sun Quan's plan fail.

Besides, we are all allies. Now that the Han army is not destroyed, you, Sun Quan, can attack your allies without fear of being besieged.

Thinking of this, Liu Biao felt relieved, but after feeling relieved, endless fatigue followed.

"Then let's do this for now. I'm tired and everyone should disperse." As he said that, Liu Biao waved his hand feebly.

When the ministers in Jingzhou saw that Liu Biao had indeed reached his limit, they did not waste much time and bowed their hands directly to Liu Biao before exiting the main hall.

Liu Biao was also supported by two slaves towards the backyard.

Cai Mao had just walked out of the main hall and was about to go back to arrange the city defense, when he was stopped by an attendant.

"Captain Cai will stay for now. Madam, please invite me." The attendant whispered to Cai Mao very respectfully.

After Cai Mao heard this, he didn't say anything. He nodded secretly and turned back to the main hall.

By this time, Liu Biao had left, leaving only Cai and Liu Cong, and no one serving around them.

"Quick, Cong'er, kneel down for your uncle." Seeing Cai Mao enter the main hall again, Cai immediately asked Liu Cong to kowtow to Cai Mao.

"Madam, what do you mean?" Cai Mao naturally did not dare to accept Liu Cong's kneeling. He grabbed Liu Cong and stopped him from kneeling down.

To put it bluntly, Liu Cong was his default crown prince of Jingzhou and the future lord of Jingzhou. Even if Cai Mao was being arrogant, he would not accept Liu Cong's kneeling.

"Brother, please save our mother and son." Cai said after seeing Cai Mao grab Liu Cong.

"Madam, you are not good, why do you need me to save you?" Cai Mao was a little confused. He didn't know which song his sister was singing.

"Brother, it's not like you don't know that the eldest son Liu Qi has the support of that old man Huang Zu and controls Jiangxia's 100,000-strong army, and Cong'er..." Cai didn't finish, but Cai Mao already knew that he was going to

What did you say?

Hearing Cai's words, Cai Mao also sighed. Huang Zu was able to support Liu Qi, which was indeed beyond his expectation.

But to be honest, Cai Mao felt that this matter was still within his control. After all, although Huang Zu was strong, he was still not stronger than the alliance of aristocratic families in Xiangyang City.

The critical question now is how to deal with the upcoming Han army outside the city.

As long as the Han army can be defeated and the threat from Jingzhou is eliminated, then the threat from Liu Qi will naturally be eliminated.
Chapter completed!