The army under Li Jue and Guo Si was the Liangzhou army led by Dong Zhuo when he entered Luoyang. Although Liu Feng killed Dong Zhuo and captured 30,000 Xiliang troops and divided them with Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others, that was nothing more than one tenth.

Dong Zhuo has been fighting in Liangzhou all year round, resisting Qiang, Hu and other foreign tribes. His Xiliang army has already become elite soldiers in hundreds of battles.

Moreover, although the number of soldiers and horses he brought to Luoyang was only 3,000, Niu Fu, Li Jue, Guo Si and others later continued to transport large armies to Luoyang from Liangzhou and other places, so until Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, there were already nearly three thousand soldiers. An army of one hundred thousand.

During the process of moving the capital, Fan Chou followed Li Ru's order and ambushed Cao Cao on the way, and was subsequently defeated by Liu Feng, who lost tens of thousands of troops.

Later, Liu Feng led a coalition of princes to catch up with Dong Zhuo, and there was another fight. The Xiliang army once again lost tens of thousands of horses.

With the death of Dong Zhuo, the Xiliang army fled in all directions, and the alliance army disbanded and withdrew. Li Jue and Guo Si, at Jia Xu's suggestion, gathered the fleeing Xiliang army soldiers along the way to counterattack Wang Yun.

By the time they arrived in Chang'an, more than 100,000 people had gathered.

These more than 100,000 Xiliang troops became Li Jue and Guo Si's biggest support, and they followed them to Wancheng when they fled to Wancheng.

Therefore, Li Jue and Guo Si took the initiative to ask for a battle to help Yuan Shu resist Liu Biao, which really made Yuan Shu very happy. Not to mention their 100,000 Xiliang elites, even if they only sent 50,000, plus Yuan Shu's own army, they would be enough to defeat Liu Biao. beat.

In fact, Li Jue and Guo Bang assisted Yuan Shu, so it was impossible to use all their troops to attack Liu Biao. In order to prevent Wancheng from being attacked and changed hands, they only brought 50,000 troops, and the rest of the army was used to guard Wancheng.

Even though there are only 50,000 troops, all of them are elites who have fought in hundreds of battles. They can still face the Qiang cavalry in Xiliang without falling behind.

In addition, Li Jue and Guo Si were Dong Zhuo's top generals in martial arts, and their ability to lead troops in battle was far stronger than their strategies.

Liu Biao's Jingzhou Army, on the other hand, had been sparse for a long time and was generally weak in combat effectiveness. In addition, there were no generals who could take action. Therefore, the battle with Li Jue and Guo Si fell into an overall disadvantage.

Coupled with the fact that Li Jue, Guo Si and Jia Xu, the world's top super counselors, under his planning, Liu Biao's 100,000 troops could not take any advantage at all.

Although the Liangzhou army was only half the number of the Jingzhou army, it blocked all of Liu Biao's 100,000 troops from Deng County in Nanyang County, making it difficult for them to advance further.

On the other side, Sun Ce also led his army south and attacked Jiangxia County.

This time Sun Ce led troops to attack Jiangxia. The soldiers he led were all his own 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers, plus three generals, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and Huang Gai.

And the tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops he had conquered after he captured Yuzhou were left in Yuzhou to guard them, to prevent others from taking advantage of his hometown while he was away from Yuzhou.

And he only led the Jiangdong army to attack Jiangxia for another purpose.

That is, when Sun Jian attacked Huang Zu in Jiangxia, he was ambushed and killed by Huang Zu. Therefore, Huang Zu in Jiangxia was the number one murderer of Sun Jian's death in battle.

Although Sun Jian usually fought bravely and treated his enemies ruthlessly, he treated his soldiers as warmly as a spring breeze.

Whenever he encountered a strong enemy, Sun Jian always took the lead. In order to prevent his soldiers from being harmed, he always rushed to the front to resist the opponent's impact.

Moreover, Sun Jian never beat or scolded the soldiers, and would give meticulous care to everyone. This can be seen from his relationship with Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang.

Zu Mao was even willing to be shot by several arrows in order to save Sun Jian, and helped Sun Jian block all the arrows. Sun Jian, in order to avenge Zu Mao, fought with Liu Biao all the year round.

All this made the thirty thousand sons of Jiangdong respect Sun Jian very much, so they all obeyed Sun Jian's orders, and the three armies sacrificed their lives in every battle.

This is also the reason why Sun Jian's troops are powerful in combat and he is called the Jiangdong Tiger.

Therefore, Sun Jian was ambushed and shot by Huang Zu. Not only Sun Ce, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and other generals were sad and regretful, but even the 30,000 soldiers in Jiangdong felt very sad and wanted to avenge Sun Jian.

Therefore, they had long wanted to kill Huang Zu, who killed Sun Jian.

It is precisely because of the high morale of the 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers that Sun Ce only led his own 30,000 troops to attack Jiangxia.

At the thought of being able to avenge their lord, not only the three generals Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang were eager, but even every officer in the 30,000 Jiangdong army held their breath.

Under the orders of the three armies, Sun Ce crushed Jiang Xia's army almost all the way, and defeated several cities in Jiang Xia in a few days with overwhelming force. Most of Jiang Xia became Sun Ce's bag.

Faced with such a crazy attack by Sun Ce's army, Huang Zu seemed helpless.

Not only was he far inferior to Sun Ce's Jiangdong army in terms of combat effectiveness and morale of his soldiers, but he also had no generals under his command who could rival Cheng Pu and the other three.

Therefore, every time the two sides fought, Jiangxia's army returned with a great defeat.

What made Huang Zu even more desperate was that there was a super strategist like Zhou Yu in Sun Ce's army. Every plan and every move he made was guessed in advance and prepared for him.

So within a few days, Jiangxia fell into the crisis of losing the entire county.

In response, Huang Zu had to ask Liu Biao for support.

During the battle to attack Nanyang, Liu Biao encountered strong resistance from the Xiliang army led by Li Jue and Guo Si. Not only was he blocked in Deng County, unable to advance or retreat, but he also lost troops and generals.

Fortunately, Li Jue and Guo Si only wanted to defend Nanyang and did not take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, the 100,000 Jingzhou army might not be able to withstand Li Jue and Guo Si's attack.

Therefore, Liu Biao, who had been frustrated many times, had already retreated, but there was no reasonable reason.

Just at this time, Huang Zu's letter asking for help arrived in the hands of Liu Biao. After reading it, Liu Biao breathed a sigh of relief and was finally able to evacuate Nanyang reasonably.

So Liu Biao gave an order to withdraw the 100,000 troops who were still desperately attacking Nanyang to the southeast to support Jiangxia County.

Liu Biao believed that he had the advantage in terms of military strength. Sun Ce only had 30,000 men, so he would definitely be able to defeat Sun Ce easily.

However, Liu Biao's movements had been guessed by Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu, who knew everything, immediately offered a plan and asked Sun Ce to lead the army to the northwest.

At the same time, Li Jue and Guo Si, who had been firmly guarding the Deng County defense line, also led an army of 50,000 Xiliang troops to pursue Liu Biao on Jia Xu's suggestion.

The two super counselors Jia Xu and Zhou Yu are about to join forces and will definitely be able to defeat Liu Biao's army.

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