After hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Liu Biao immediately felt that this plan was feasible.

However, he still said:"Even if someone Liu and Cao Mengde team up to get rid of Sun Jian, what good will it do to me?

Now Sun Jian has ceased war with Jingzhou. Although there are conflicts between us, for both parties at this time , are all good opportunities to recuperate.

If Cao Mengde is eager to attack Yangzhou, he can naturally lead his army south, why bother to pull in Jingzhou?"

Listening to Liu Biao's tone, Xi Zhicai obviously agreed with his own statement, but still wanted to You have to take care of yourself and see if you can get more benefits.

However, since joining forces to defeat Sun Jian is the common expectation of both parties, even if neither side provides additional benefits to the other, as long as Sun Jian can be killed, the alliance will still be profitable.

Therefore, Xi Zhicai is not worried that Liu Biao will not agree, so he will not deliberately try to please Liu Biao to promote an alliance.

Therefore, Xi Zhicai just said calmly:"Sun Jian has a grudge against Liu Jingzhou, and it is a sworn feud, which is completely impossible to resolve.

Therefore, although Sun Jian did not start a war with Jingzhou for the time being due to the initial decision of Yangzhou, but Once the situation in Jiangdong is stabilized, Sun Jian will inevitably lead an army to attack Jingzhou.

When Jingzhou is passively attacked, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Instead of this, why not Liu Jingzhou take the lead and attack Sun Jian while Sun Jian's foothold is not stable, and everything will be destroyed. The threat is nipped in the cradle?"

Liu Biao was already in favor of the idea of ​​uniting with Cao Cao to attack Sun Jian, but at this time Xi Zhicai explained the pros and cons to him, and Liu Biao was already completely inclined to agree with Xi Zhicai's idea. proposed.

But he was still not sure, so he looked at Kuai Liang, the first person sitting on his right.

Kuai Liang was not only a famous scholar in Jingzhou, but also Liu Biao's number one adviser. Liu Biao relied heavily on him and was accustomed to asking him for advice when everything was done.

When Xi Zhicai said there was a way to kill Sun Jian, Kuai Liang had already guessed that his way must be to form an alliance between the two armies.

Therefore, Kuai Liang had enough time to consider the feasibility of an alliance.

At this time, seeing Liu Biao looking at him with questioning eyes, Kuai Liang nodded calmly.

Liu Biao saw that Kuai Liang also agreed with Xi Zhicai's plan, so he said no more and said directly:"Mr. Xi's plan is indeed very likely to succeed.

In this case, please ask Mr. Xi to tell Duke Cao after he returns. It is said that Liu has agreed to form an alliance and will soon order Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, to send troops to Yangzhou to attack Sun Jian.

After Sun Jian is beheaded and Yangzhou is captured, Liu will invite Duke Cao to Jingzhou as a guest to have a drink and talk.

" The scene where Liu Sheng asked Kuai Liang for his opinion was very hidden, but Xi Zhicai still observed this detail very keenly.

However, Xi Zhicai did not say anything, but replied to Liu Biao:"In this case, Zhicai would like to thank Liu Jingzhou on behalf of my lord. Don't worry, Liu Jingzhou, I will advise my lord to send troops to attack Yangzhou at the same time when he returns next time."

Liu Biao said to Liu Biao. Xi Zhicai was naturally very happy with the promise and wanted to stay with Xi Zhicai for one night in Jingzhou and entertain him well. However, Xi Zhicai insisted on returning as soon as possible on the grounds that time was tight and he wanted to get rid of Sun Jian as soon as possible.

Therefore, Liu Biao stopped trying to persuade him and asked Kuai Liang to help him see off his guests.

Kuai Liang escorted Xi Zhicai all the way to the city gate, and was about to say goodbye to Xi Zhicai when Xi Zhicai said,"Thank you very much, Mr. Kuai, for your help." Kuai Liang was startled. He didn't expect that the communication between him and Liu Biao was so hidden. It was only discovered by Xi Zhi.

So he cupped his hands and said,"Mr. Xi, you don't have to be polite. Joining forces with Duke Cao is indeed a good way to get rid of Sun Jian. I'm just doing it for the good of my lord." After

Kuai Liang finished speaking, the two of them bowed their hands to each other and left.

Subsequently, Liu Biao immediately sent an order to Huang Zu of Jiangxia, ordering him to lead his army to attack Yangzhou, and sent Kuai Liang to assist as a military advisor.

Sun Jian was training his soldiers in Yangzhou to prepare for Cao Cao's army. Suddenly he heard a scout reporting that Huang Zu's army was heading east of the Yangtze River.

Sun Jian was furious when he heard this. Unexpectedly, before Sun Jian went to seek revenge from Liu Biao, Liu Biao rushed over to fight him.

The more Sun Jian thought about it, the angrier he became, and he immediately decided to lead 50,000 naval troops to the Yangtze River to fight against Huang Zu.

Both Cheng Pu and Huang Gai expressed opposition to Sun Jian's decision, fearing that Cao Cao would also lead an army to attack Yangzhou when he was fighting Huang Zu. If he was attacked on both sides, it would most likely lead to defeat.

However, Sun Jian had been blinded by anger and was confident that Cao Cao would not send troops immediately, and he was confident that he could kill Huang Zu's army before Cao Cao sent troops.

Seeing that their persuasion was ineffective, Cheng Pu and others had no choice but to fight Huang Zu together with Sun Jian.

The two armies were arrayed on the Yangtze River. Sun Jian saw Huang Zu from a distance, and his enemies were extremely jealous when they met.

It was Huang Zu's sneak attack that day that led to Zu Mao's death.

Therefore, as soon as Sun Jian saw Huang Zu, he immediately ordered his army to charge.

The Jiangdong navy also felt Sun Jian's determination to win. Under Sun Jian's command, everyone used their full strength to row the warship very fast.

Kuai Liang saw that Sun's army was as powerful as a rainbow and knew that it was impossible to defeat him, so he suggested that Huang Zu show weakness to the enemy and lure Sun Jian ashore to ambush him.

Huang Zu knew that Kuai Liang was familiar with the art of war and was very capable of commanding on the battlefield, so he adopted his advice without hesitation.

Ancestor Huang ordered the two thousand soldiers on several warships to wait for a while before the two armies fought, then quietly retreat, return to the shore and ambush in the woods about ten miles away from the Yangtze River.

Then he sent an order to the rest of the navy officers. After a while, they fought with the Jiangdong navy. They were invincible. After fighting for a few rounds, they pretended to be defeated and ran away.

Soon Sun Jian's navy met Huang Zu's army, and the two armies fought together.

The two sides fought for about a quarter of an hour, and the Jiangxia army fled toward the shore in disordered formation under the impact of the Jiangdong navy.

At this time, scouts from the rear came to report that Cao Cao led his army to attack from the lower reaches of Xuzhou.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Pu and others immediately suggested that Sun Jian retreat to resist Cao Cao. However, Sun Jian believed that Huang Zu had been defeated and should take the opportunity to kill Huang Zu first before resisting Cao Cao.

After Sun Jian finished speaking, he chased him all the way to the shore regardless of everyone's objections.

After landing on the shore, Sun Jian took the lead again, leading hundreds of cavalry to pursue the Jiangxia army in the direction of escape.

When they arrived at the forest where Huang Zu had sent people to ambush in advance, Sun Jian immediately felt that the situation was not right and was about to retreat. Huang Zu led the ambush troops and came out.

Facing hundreds of Sun Jian's cavalry, Huang Zu gave an order and thousands of arrows were fired.

Sun Jian was unable to dodge and was shot to death by Huang Zu's archers.

Sun Jian was killed in battle, and Cheng Puqiang endured his grief and led the remaining Jiangdong army back in defeat.

At this time, Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, went north to attack Yuzhou on the advice of his friend Zhou Yu.

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