When Huang Zu was thinking, footsteps sounded behind him, and a young general climbed to the top of the city, it was his son Huang Jie. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Father, the beacon tower you asked your son to build along the Hanshui River in the north has already been repaired." Huang Shot arched his hand.

Huang Zu nodded slightly, and said approvingly: "You did a good job on this errand." ”

At this time, Huang Jie asked suspiciously: "Father, the main force of the pottery thieves is in the Yangtze River, why do we have to spend our efforts to build a beacon tower in Hanshui?" ”

Xiakou City is located at the intersection of the Han River and the Changhan River, on the east bank of the Han River and the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Taking Xiakou from the upstream, there are naturally two roads, one is from Xiangyang to the south along the Han River, and the other is from Jiangling to the east along the Yangtze River.

Not long after Huang Zu fled to Xiakou, Kuai Yue also fled to the city, and it was Kuai Yue who suggested that Huang Zu build a beacon tower along the Han River.

"That's where the question goes." Huang Zu's gaze looked at Kuai Yue beside him.

Kuai Yue then said: "If the pottery thief wants to attack Xiakou, he will definitely go east along the Yangtze River, so our main fleet must concentrate on guarding against the Yangtze River line west of Xiakou, but we all know that the pottery thief is very treacherous......

Kuai Yue's words turned sharply, raised his hand and pointed to the north, "In the direction of Hanshui, there seems to be no threat, but that pottery thief is the best at surprising, I am afraid that he will take advantage of our main force to guard against the Yangtze River, but secretly send a partial division to go south along the Hanshui River and raid Xiakou from the north, so I want to let the young general set up a beacon tower along the Hanshui, and you can call the police at any time, so that General Huang can draw troops back to Xiakou." ”

When these words came out, Huang Jiefang suddenly realized, and couldn't help but admire: "It's still Mr. Kuai's cleverness, and he knows the pottery thief well." ”

The corners of Kuai Yue's mouth swept up a trace of pride, but he laughed at himself: "I can't help it, I have fought with the pottery thief so many times, how much blood has taught me to figure out the pottery thief's military routine, this thief's use of soldiers, it can be said that there is only one word - strange, as long as we can prevent him from surprising, the pottery thief will be helpless." ”

Kuai Yue is another talk, as if he has seen through the reality of the potter.

The father and son of the Huang family couldn't help but show admiration on their faces, as if they had Kuai Yue, a strategist, by their side, which gave them more confidence in holding on to Xiakou.

Even so, Huang Jie was still worried: "Even if we build the beacon tower, but the pottery thief Chibi won a big victory, and the army of sixty or seventy thousand went down the river, can we really stop it with the soldiers and horses at hand?" ”

"Of course you can stop it!"

Kuai Yue replied categorically, and analyzed unhurriedly: "The reason why the pottery thief can win Chibi is not because of how strong his naval army really is, but because the victory was seen through in our fire attack plan, and it happened to blow the northwest wind, so we will be defeated, and the pottery thief is also taking advantage of the turmoil in our army's heart to capture Chibi in one fell swoop, but the current situation is different." ”

After a pause, Kuai Yue sneered: "General Huang reorganized the Jiangxia Naval Army, there are still 10,000 elite soldiers, more than 400 warships, and the fortified city of Xiakou, as long as we stick to it without fighting, we will definitely be able to hold it, not to mention ......"

As soon as the words turned, Kuai Yue pointed to the east again, "Although the Wu army suffered heavy losses in Chibi, but more than 20,000 soldiers and horses fled back to Chaisang, the strength is still there, and the Xia Pass is lost, the door of Wu is wide open, I expect that Sun Ce will not sit idly by, and will definitely send warships and reinforcements to come to the rescue, as long as we support him for a month, Wu reinforcements will arrive in a big way, what else is there to be afraid of the pottery thief." ”

After listening to Kuai Yue's analysis, Huang Zhu suddenly realized completely, and the remaining worry in his eyes disappeared.

Huang Zu sneered even more disdainfully, his contemptuous gaze shot at the rolling Yangtze River, and said proudly: "Tao thief, if you have the courage, you can attack, my Huang Zu is the last hope of Jingzhou, with my Huang Zu here, you don't want to swallow Jingzhou!" ”

Violent laughter echoed in the head of Xiakou City.

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Chibi, the camp of the Wei army.

After tens of thousands of troops rested for three days, the pottery merchants planned to raise their land and water army, kill Benxiakou, destroy Huang Zu, and eliminate the last resistance of Chu.

As for Liu Qi, who fled to the four counties of Jingnan, it was nothing more than a waste material, and the potters didn't take him seriously at all, and sent Wei Yan and Yingbu to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses south from Xiangshui to Changsha County to clean up Liu Qi.

Nearly 70,000 land and water troops, just waiting for the potter's order, can quickly go south, straight to Xiakou.

At the same time, the potter had already sent Xu Sheng to rush back to Xiangyang in the name of urging grain and grass.

There, the potter had prepared two thousand soldiers and horses, and nearly thirty ships for him.

Zhang Liang believes that the main reason why the battle of Chibi can be won is that the sudden "south wind turns north wind", even if the Wu Chu coalition army is defeated, but this does not mean that the Great Wei sailors can sweep the Yangtze River.

On the contrary, Huang Zu, who fled back to Xiakou, still had 10,000 elite Jiangxia naval troops under his command, which was a force whose combat effectiveness could not be underestimated.

Therefore, Zhang Liang believes that even if the Great Wei Navy carries the aftermath of the great victory of Chibi and goes eastward, it may not be able to defeat Huang Zu's 10,000 Jiancheng.

Moreover, even if the Huang Zu Naval Army was defeated, it would not be easy to conquer Xiakou Jiancheng in a short period of time.

At that time, if Sun Ce regrouped and led Wu reinforcements to Xiakou again, the war was likely to turn into a protracted war again.

In order to break through Xiakou quickly, Zhang Liang proposed to the potters, and he led the main force eastward along the Yangtze River to attract Huang Zu's main force, but Xu Sheng drove south along the Han River from Xiangyang and raided Xiakou.

In the big tent, the potter stared at the map on both sides of the Yangtze River, and his heart was already outlining the strategy after breaking through Xiakou.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and Jing Ke hurried in, looking at his solemn expression, there seemed to be some bad news.

"Jing Ke, don't tell this king, Sun Ce regrouped so quickly and went to help Huang Zu's old dog." The potter smiled faintly.

Jing Ke shook his head, but sighed: "How can it be so fast, what the last general will receive is the latest information about Xiakou, I'm afraid the king doesn't want to see it." ”

"Huang Zu is just a dying thief, this king is still afraid that he will toss out what flowers will not be successful, what kind of information, let's say." The potter was not impressed.

Jing Kefang presented the silk book in his hand, and said in his mouth: "According to the latest information from Xiakou, that Huang Zu seems to have been on guard against us, and I don't know who he listened to. ”

Beacon!

The potter's eyebrows froze, his hand touched his chin, and his eyes showed a bit of surprise, as if he didn't expect that Huang Zu suddenly became more attentive, and he was actually on guard.

The potters wanted to go east along the Yangtze River and capture Xiakou with great fanfare, so that Huang Zu could concentrate the main defenders of Xiakou on the Yangtze River.

As long as the main force of Huang Zu's water army leaves, Xu Sheng's partial division can go south along the water, go straight to Xiakou from the north, and take advantage of the emptiness of the troops in the city to capture Xiakou in one fell swoop.

The key to Zhang Liang's strategy is that Xiakou City was negligent in its defense, and Huang Zu's main force had no time to come back to help.

But at present, Huang Zu is in the upper reaches of the Han River, and dozens of miles along the coast have built beacon towers, as long as Xu Sheng's partial division appears, with the speed of the beacon towers, Xiakou City can get the alarm of invasion in less than an hour, at that time, the defenders can make preparations in advance, close the city gate, organize soldiers to resist in the city, and send a call for help to Huang Zu's main force on the Yangtze River.

Even if the number of defenders in Xiakou is not large, as long as the people's hearts are not disturbed, they can resist for a few days with the fortified city of Xiakou.

"This must be a plan for Kuaiyue." Zhang Liang patted the case lightly with certainty.

The potter nodded slightly, and muttered softly: "This Kuai Yue, slipping away quite fast, even Liu Cong died in the chaos, but he fled back to Xiakou, it seems that after breaking through Xiakou, this king will not cut him with a thousand knives, and he is really a little sorry for him." ”

The potter wanted to cut people, but Zhang Liang frowned, "Huang Zu built a beacon tower, so it is not easy for Xu Sheng to raid Xiakou, it seems that Liang's strategy is a bit hanging." ”

Zhang Liang pointed and tapped on the case, pondered for a while, and couldn't think of a way to solve it for a while.

"Beacon Tower......" The potter stood up, walked out of the tent with his hands in his hands, looked at the surging river in front of him, his thoughts flew around, and he recalled all kinds of memories.

In terms of pure resourcefulness, he is actually inferior to Zhang Liang, but having the plug-in of a historical prophet allows him to have a resourcefulness that surpasses Zhang Liang in some specific key points.

For example, Gan Ning's deception before, even Zhang Liang didn't see it, but he was pierced by him at a glance.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the history of Guan Yu's carelessness in Jingzhou.

In order to prevent the Eastern Wu from attacking Jiangling, Guan Yu had set up a large number of beacon towers on both sides of the Yangtze River.

"Since Huang Zu has learned Guan Yu, why can't I......"

Suddenly, the potter raised his head, and the eagle's eyes were already swept with a mysterious essence, and the corners of his mouth raised a playful smile.

"What Huang Zu learned from Guan Yu, what is the king talking about?" Zhang Liang behind him was a little confused.

When the potter turned around, Yingwu's face was already full of confidence, and he strode back into the tent, staring at the map with excited eyes, and gesturing his fingers on it, as if he was thinking about something, and seemed to have forgotten the problem of the beacon.

Looking at the appearance of the potter, Zhang Liang was suspicious, so he said again: "Since we can't rush to Xiakou from Hanshui, then we must be ready to attack Xiakou head-on, with the strength of Wu Zixu and Gan Ning, we may be able to take Xiakou before Sun Ce's second wave of reinforcements arrives." ”

"With just a few beacon towers, he wanted to break the king's plan, and Huang Zu was too self-righteous." The pottery merchant snorted coldly and waved his hand: "Pass the order, let out the rumors, and say that Liu Bei will attack Youzhou in a big way, and this king wants to return to the north and give up attacking Jiangxia for the time being." ”

The potter's words immediately surprised Zhang Liang.

Strangely, the potter does not put the beacon in his eyes, and it seems that he has a solution to it.

What was shocking was that after hearing what he meant, he planned to give up attacking Xiakou and ask the class to return north.

Wise as Zhang Liang, at this time, he also fell into confusion.

Although he was puzzled, Zhang Liang secretly thought: "Our king, who is resourceful and treacherous, often has unexpected tricks, this time, is it possible that he has thought of some whimsical schemes?" ”