When Xiling City was breached, the soldiers and horses of Zhang Xian, the commander of the first major thief in Jingnan, were still stranded in Yiyang County, which was more than 400 miles away in a straight line and 800 miles away by water.

Who mobilizes large forces takes time.

Zhang Xian, as the local Taishou of the sect thief, usually can immediately mobilize only the people of Lingling County.

He wanted to gather the forces of the Lingling and Guiyang armies and twist them into a rope to deal with Guan Yu. It is not possible to take the marching route from Lingling County, Zhiquanling County, Yuezishui and Huanshui directly to the north.

It is necessary to go down the Xiangjiang River from Quanling to Yiyang County at the southern mouth of Dongting Lake and wait. Then, the troops of Zhichen County, Guiyang County, which is also located along the Xiangjiang River, also followed the Xiangjiang River to Dongting Lake, and after joining forces, they entered the Yangtze River from the north mouth of Dongting Lake and traced the river to Yiling and Xiling.

There is no way, the jurisdiction of the four counties of Jingnan is so vast, and there are rugged mountains and Wulingman (Miao people in Xiangxi) in Wuling County, so the logistics of soldiers and horses in these counties can only be rounded along the Xiao and Hunan rivers.

This is also the reason why Changsha and Lingling in the four counties of Jingnan have a lot of population, but the strategic mobilization ability is low - many people intuitively think that the four counties of Jingnan do not have many populations, which is actually wrong, according to the household registration data of Emperor Xiping and Guanghe of the Han Dynasty, Changsha County has more than 250,000 households and more than 1 million people, and Lingling County also has 210,000 households and more than 800,000 people, which is less than Nanyang County and Nanjun in Jingzhou.

However, during the rebellion of Ouxing, the registered population of the four counties of Jingnan did suffer a major blow, and after Sun Jianping's rebellion, Changsha County was said to have only 400,000 left, and Lingling was only 300,000. To be reasonable, the scale of the rebellion in Ou Xing could not kill sixty percent of the population at all, and only some of those who were lost were obviously killed by Ou Xing, and some were washed by Sun Jian and other Taishou to levy and ask for Dong's losses, and the rest were hidden by the "sect thieves" who participated in the counterinsurgency.

When Guan Yu broke through Xiling, his troops had already arrived at Xiaoling County on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Gong'an County on the other side, less than 200 miles away from Xiling.

It's a pity that Jin Xuan is also the Taishou of the Airborne faction, and his control over the place is far inferior to Zhang Xian, he can only mobilize a few thousand troops, and he doesn't dare to deal with Guan Yu alone without waiting for Zhang Xian.

After all, Wuling is a county dominated by barbarians in the mountainous areas of Xiangxi, and it is the weakest among the four counties in Jingnan, with only 46,000 households and 250,000 people in the Guanghe period, and now the latest report is 33,000 households and 150,000 people.

After learning that Guan Yu had broken Xiling, the only thing Jin Xuan dared to do was to go north as soon as possible, first go to Yiling to meet Su Dai, huddle together to keep warm, and at the same time quickly let people urge Zhang Xian to come quickly.

Yiling is a hundred miles south of Xiling, and the distance that Jin Xuan rushed over has also been shortened to a hundred miles? Zhang Xian is only more than 600 miles away from this waterway. After lengthening Guan Yu's supply line and shortening his own journey? finally blocked Guan Yu temporarily through the water.

Even so, Jin Xuan didn't choose to enter Yiling City directly? Instead, they set up a camp on the hill not far west of the city and on the south bank of Yishui. In this way, it can become a rival with Yiling City? It is also convenient to run quickly in case the situation is not right.

Fortunately, Guan Yu didn't show the sharp posture he used to kill Xiling in seconds this time? Instead, he held on to Jin Xuan and Su Dai.

After five days of Jin Xuan's trembling, Zhang Xian finally rushed to the battlefield with more than 20,000 main forces. And Guan Yu just took a detour to cross Yishui? Make sure you don't run the risk of being "half-crossed".

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"Zhang Taishou! It's all up to you? Fortunately, you are anxious for justice and righteousness in time, otherwise we may not be able to withstand Guan Yu. ”

When Zhang Xian arrived at Yiling, he was warmly received by Jin Xuan and Su Dai, almost to the extent of worship.

Of course, Zhang Xian is also a savior? couldn't help but complain frantically: "More than 600 miles of waterway? It's still against the current, and I've been there for five days! The soldiers who operated the sails and supported the swaying oars were all tired and their arms were about to break.

I had all the soldiers take turns rocking the oars in three groups and using the starry night! Each soldier had to work for four or five hours! How many men and horses does Guan Yu have that scares you like this, can't you even defend Yiling for ten days? ”

Is the city of Yiling stronger than Xiling? The city wall is five or six feet higher than Xiling, and the female wall battlements used for firing arrows are also reinforced with stone city bricks. In Zhang Xian's eyes? Obviously, he felt that as long as this kind of city was not attacked by ten times the enemy, it would be easy to defend it for half a month.

Jin Xuan and Su Dai hurriedly comforted with smiling faces: "Do you know that Mrs. Zhang has worked hard from afar? We have looted the four fields and prepared hundreds of jars of water and wine for the labor army? Let everyone in your soldiers drink a few bowls to relieve their fatigue. We have also exhausted the game on this mountain? And the pigs and sheep in the city? Always let everyone eat a few bites of meat. ”

Seeing that the other party's attitude was not bad, Zhang Xian was a little angry, but he still waved his hand to stop Jin from shifting the topic: "The labor army is secondary, you haven't said how many soldiers and horses Guan Yu has!" ”

Jin Xuan and Su Dai glanced at each other, and they were a little embarrassed: "At the beginning, we also saw that Guan Yu's offensive was fierce, and suddenly broke through Xiling, thinking that Guan Yu's army must be very elite." But after a few days of scouting, they found that Guan Yujun was ...... Seven or eight thousand people, less than 10,000 anyway. ”

In fact, Guan Yu is only 5,000 people, and Jin Xuan said 7,800,000, he is already afraid of being embarrassed, and he is also afraid that the investigation will not be thorough, so he has added all the suspicious factors of those grass and trees.

Zhang Xian was dumbfounded and contemptuous: "Only seven or eight thousand? The two of you add up to more than 10,000, right? More than 10,000 people defended the city and the mountain, and they were scared like this by seven or eight thousand people? ”

"The soldiers of Wuling and Jiangling are really cowardly, today is considered to be a long experience, hmph, they are not worthy of being compared with our Lingling warriors at all! Hahahaha. There was also a military general next to Zhang Xian, and when he heard this, he laughed loudly at the incompetence of Wuling and Jiangling.

Jin Xuan and Su Dai's faces changed, but they were not easy to attack, because they were worried that that guy represented Zhang Xian's own meaning, and the so-called dog beating also depends on the owner, and he does have to ask for others, and he is despised and suppressed, and there is no way.

"Jin is a poetry and book heirloom, and he is not good at doing things, which makes Zhang Taishou smile!" Jin Xuan Yin and Yang strangely confessed.

Zhang Xian was not too impressed, and knocked the generals around him: "The criminal captain must not be rude!" Everyone has their own strengths, Jin Taishou is a famous minister Jin Ilyan, my generation is a reckless person, and I still admire him very much.

Jin Taishou don't take it to heart, this is my Lingling Commander Xing Daorong, who is good at using a mountain-opening axe weighing dozens of catties, and has the courage of ten thousand people, he is just a straightforward person, and there is no malice. ”

Jin Xuan: "How dare you." ”

You all say that Xing Daorong is "straightforward and fast-talking", which is equivalent to admitting that you also look down on the combat effectiveness of Jinxuan Sudai in your heart, but you are polite and do not scold people directly.

Zhang Xian didn't bother to defend anymore, and straightforwardly brought the topic back to the battle situation: "Since Guan Yu's troops are scarce and he is still so domineering, we will send troops to surround him tomorrow, take the initiative to attack, and drive him down until we are in Yishui!" The three of us have joined forces, and the total strength has reached 35,000 people, and I am afraid that Guan Yu will not succeed! ”

Jin Xuan frowned and persuaded: "But it is also an indisputable fact that Guan Yu conquered Xiling in one day before, although his soldiers and horses are few, the elite is definitely far superior to our army."

I heard that during the Battle of Xiling, the reason why Bei Yu was defeated so quickly was because he himself supervised the battle at the head of the city, and was beheaded by the fierce generals under Guan Yu, and there were many brave men under Guan Yu! ”

"Coward! Don't say this kind of long-term ambition. Hehe, brave man? Give it all to me, Xing Daorong is! Guan Yu killed the fierce generals under Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, didn't I kill the fierce generals under Ou Xing back then?

As the so-called North Zhangju and South District Stars, today I just happened to see whether the level of Zhang Ju is powerful, or the power of the Ping District Star! Xing Daorong snapped and stopped Jin Xuan's last attempt to be stable.

It is no wonder that Xing Daorong's confidence is so bursting, after all, the rebellion of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in this life has spread much less than in the original history, and the time for harm has also been shortened by more than a year. So much so that in the eyes of the imperial court, the difference in the intensity of Zhang Ju and Ou Xing's rebellion is not so big, the difference is only that Zhang Ju became the emperor.

Xing Daorong did pick up heads and kill several peripheral generals under the command of District Star when Sun Jianping was in the District Star, so he had a hunger and thirst in his heart to compete with Guan Yu.

Jin Xuan was not able to persuade him again, and Su Dai analyzed it fairly on the side, at most he only persuaded Zhang Xian to rest for two days, so that the soldiers could recover the physical strength they had lost due to days of rowing, and then fight Guan Yu.

Zhang Xian agreed to this.

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On the tenth day of the first month of November, the seventh day after Guan Yu arrived in Yiling, and the early morning of the third day of Zhang Xian's arrival.

Zhang Xian, who had recovered enough physical strength, took Xing Daorong as the vanguard, let Jin Xuan stay on the left flank and Su Dai on the right flank, gathered 25,000 soldiers and horses, and surrounded Guan Yu in the camp on the south bank of Yishui with his back to Yishui.

The total strength of the sect thief army is 35,000 people, but not all of them are sent out, Zhang Xian also knows a little bit of history, he knows that in the original battle of Jingcheng, the Zhao army was because the whole army was embraced, and the result was defeated by the 2,000 ambush soldiers who were ambushed in the valley behind the enemy by Han Xin.

How can people fall into the exact same historical pit, of course Zhang Xian will set aside 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend Sheshan Dazhai, and then set aside 5,000 troops to defend Yiling County. These defensive forces can also rush to the battlefield in the form of reserves at any time to reinforce them, which can be described as foolproof!

Moreover, Zhang Xian also heard that when Guan Yu was in the north, he often used the coordinated tactics of warships and infantry to deal with the Wuhuan people, and broke the cavalry with a strong crossbow formation.

However, Zhang Xian asked the scouts to inquire closely, and found that Guan Yu's warships were enough to hold five or six thousand people, and the appearance and equipment of the ships were not better than those in the land of Jingchu, so it was impossible for Guan Yu to give full play to the advantages of water and land synergy.

The advantage of the navy army can only bully and bully the northerners in Youzhou, and it is simply an axe to show off in front of the Jingzhou army!

After ensuring that his side was foolproof, Zhang Xian asked Xing Daorong to come forward and call for battle.

Xing Daorong held a big axe in his hand and opened his voice: "Guan Yu Pifu!" Dare to go out of the camp to fight! I am Xing Daorong, the commander of Lingling. Don't you just dare to stick to the camp? If you don't dare to fight, call me grandpa three times, and you will not die! ”

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Midnight......