"No, we have just established a foothold in Jingzhou City. If we want to attack the city, it would be too risky." Xu Shu said, immediately vetoing Pang Tong's words.
Pang Tong's temper also increased: "Although the land of Jingzhou is said to be the heart of the world, don't forget that this Jingzhou is also the most difficult place to defend in the world. It is surrounded by enemies on all sides. In the north, there are Cao Mengde, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, and Gongsun. , there are the prefects of the four counties of Jingnan in the south, and I heard that there is a peerless general Huang Zhong who is not inferior to Lu Bu! In the east are Liu Bei, Lu Bu, Tao Qian of Xuzhou City, and various tribes in Jiangdong. What about the west? There are Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, and Ma Teng to the west!"
What Pang Tong and Xu Shu said made sense. Pang Tong was worried about the foundation of Jingzhou. The city of Jingzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Once Cao Mengde in the north is pacified, or Yuan Shao pacifies the world, they will definitely attack southward, and Jingzhou City and Xuzhou City were the first battles of their attack.
If Li Huguo has no foothold, the consequences will be very terrible, because he will not even have a way to escape. In this case, he will only die.
Although Jingzhou is rich, it would be very difficult to defend without a base. At this time, Su Fei came up and said, "Why are so many people in Jingzhou rushing to get it?"
"This is related to the general trend of the world." Xu Shu sighed. Jingzhou is actually a vague geographical concept. Sometimes it refers to a state, sometimes it refers to a county. Jingzhou originally refers to one of the thirteen states in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so it is naturally very important. : "This place can be used to station troops, defend, and attack. It is also the most convenient location for transportation. Naturally, everyone wants it."
"From a military geography perspective, this place is very rich. It is the Lianghu Plain, also known as the Lianghu Basin. It has Han River and Dahong Mountain in the north, Wuling Mountain in the south, Wushan Mountain in the west, and Dabie Mountain, Mufu Mountain, Jiuling Mountain, and Luoxiao Mountain in the east. , forming a natural barrier." Li Huguo shook his head and said, "Historical records once said that Jingzhou's mountains and rivers are dangerous and solid, and it has dominated Wuyan since ancient times. In other words, Jingzhou was named after the winding and towering Jingshan Mountain in its original territory. Jingchu and the country Adjacent, the water flows down, it leads to Jianghan on the outside, and it is blocked by dangerous mountains on the inside. It has a solid golden city, fertile fields for thousands of miles, and the people are safe and prosperous. If you take advantage of it, you will have the qualifications of an emperor."
"What do you mean?" Su Fei was still confused.
Xu Shu said patiently: "What my lord means is that Jingzhou is equivalent to the Central Plains in the north, extending in all directions, with Nanyang in the north, Lingnan in the south, Bashu in the west, and Jiangdong in the east. Jingzhou is the place of the Four Wars, and there are also four important cities. They are Jiangling in the north, Hengyang in the south, Yiling in the west, and Xiakou in the east. Among them, Yiling, Jiangling, and Xiakou are built along the river from west to east. The significance of the Yangtze River to Jingzhou can be seen in the north and south directions. It serves as a barrier to the north and serves as a passage connecting Jingzhou in the east-west direction."
Su Fei nodded thoughtfully: "Does that mean Jingzhou is a huge military base?"
"Yes! To put it simply, that's what it means." Xu Shu said.
Su Fei scratched his head: "Since the Lord and the two gentlemen are worried about Jingzhou, why bother fighting Yuan Shu? Couldn't we just take over the four counties in Jingnan?"
As soon as these words came out, the three people looked at Su Fei at the same time, and Su Fei said quickly: "Sorry, I just said it casually."
"No, no, no, what you said makes sense! Since Yuan Shu has an army of 300,000, we also need to station troops for training, so it is indeed a bad idea to attack the strong ones, but the four counties in Jingnan are close to us and easy to defend. A difficult place to attack!" Pang Tong said.
Xu Shu said: "Yes, yes, I didn't expect that we argued for a long time. It turns out that the answer is so simple! First take Jingnan as the foundation, and then plan for Shouchun!"
Pang Tong and Xu Shu also immediately resolved the quarrel and came to the commander's tent. Li Yuguo told what happened just now. The difficulty level is average, but the difficulty level in Shouchun is extremely high. Shouchun City is known as the strongest city in the world!"
"It's not that Yuan Shu was afraid of death. He built the walls of Shouchun City to reach the sky and be as thick as a mountain wall." Pang Tong said.
Attacking Shouchun is a very intense matter, so Li Yuguo also understood that attacking Shouchun City was not the best idea. After all, he had just taken over as the Governor. If he could not show off his power in the first battle, he would probably lose his reputation. In a sense, it may also demoralize and cause irreparable consequences.
So this time, Li Yuguo also agreed to this strategy and immediately sent troops to prepare for the four counties in Jingnan.
As soon as they talked about fighting, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao immediately became happy. Zhao Yun said: "Brother, you have to take me there no matter what this time. Training here from morning to night every day makes me feel extremely boring!"
"You should take me there. The iron cavalry I trained is invincible! Lord, I will definitely not be worse than Zilong!"
"You guys, you can't go anywhere, you are all defending the city in Jingzhou!" Li Yuguo said with a smile, "I will take Guan Sheng there during this trip."
"Ah?!" The two brothers were shocked.
Yang Paifeng, who was standing next to him, covered his mouth and chuckled: "I'm here to directly look for General Guan Sheng. Are you disappointed?"
"Exhaust wind, when will you return home? Although things in the camp are a little troublesome, Qiling still needs someone to serve. If you..." Li Yuguo stopped talking.
Yang Paifeng's face immediately darkened, full of sadness: "I swore an oath, I... I will only serve Mrs. Ren..."
"Then I won't force you, but if you want to come back, you can come back at any time..." Li Huguo handed a copper-core key to Yang Paifeng.
Yang Paifeng took the key, lowered his head and said, "Thank you, sir."
Three days later, the army mobilized and arrived at Changsha County. At this time, Li Yuguo, Pang Tong, and Guan Sheng arrived at Changsha County. The prefect of Changsha County knew that Li Yuguo was coming, so he had already prepared 30,000 troops to fight. Li Yuguo only brought There were only five thousand people.
The eunuch Han Xuan said: "The traitor Li Yuguo, as soon as Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng died, you became the governor of Jingzhou. There must be something fishy in this. I guess it must be you who caused the trouble. Let me take your life to comfort the spirit of Ming Gong. !”
Li Yuguo didn't expect that when he came with his troops, he would receive such warm reception from Han Xuan immediately. He smiled instead of being angry: "I'm just a Changsha County, and I came to persuade you to surrender, but you are stubborn and refuse to surrender. Let me put my words here, if you open the door and accept surrender, you will still be the governor of Changsha County. It doesn’t matter if you agree. If you don’t agree, don’t blame a certain subordinate for being ruthless!"