In the long dark night, the rear camp of the Wei army was in flames at the moment, and the thick flames illuminated the sky above, and the night sky was like day!

The Wei army's grain and grass battalion was hoarded in the rear camp, but at this time it was burned by the fire, and the fire was slowly burning.

Looking at this scene, Cao Ren, the general who had been severely injured but still held his body to command, couldn't help but distort his face, and roared bitterly: "Guan Ping thief!" ”

He really didn't expect that Guan Ping's final plan turned out to be to attack the rear camp.

It turned out that the night attack on the camp by more than 1,000 horsemen was just a bluff to attract their own side to resist.

However, when the focus of their own side was gathered in the front camp and there was no time to care about the rear camp, a surprise attack of the Jingzhou army appeared in the direction of the rear camp.

"How did you spy on the military?"

But in the next second, Cao Ren also shouted angrily: "The military situation in recent days shows that Guan Ping only led about 5,000 cavalry to land and camp, so why does the enemy still have the strength to appear in the rear camp of our army now?" ”

Cao Ren was extremely annoyed by this matter, obviously the scouts who had been distributed in various places to spy on the military situation in the past few days sent back military reports showing that there were only four or five thousand horsemen who landed on the shore and set up camp, so now Guan Ping first led more than 1,000 cavalry to attack himself at night, and then the main sergeant suddenly attacked the front camp in an attempt to assist Guan Ping to lead his troops to evacuate.

So, since there are only more than four or five thousand people in the Jingzhou army, where did the military strength come from to attack the rear camp?

This is already a dereliction of duty on the part of the scouts under his command, but the scouts, as the eyes and ears of the whole army, have not figured out the basic situation of the enemy army, and it is no wonder that Cao Ren roared so angrily.

"General Qiyu. According to the information sent back by the rear battalion, the enemy troops who attacked at night came by boat from Jiangjindu in the south, and it was the Jingzhou naval division that had been attacking and disturbing our army's logistical grain route for several days, not the infantry of the headquarters of the Guanping landing. ”

Seeing Cao Ren's angry expression, the scout explained tremblingly despite fear.

Merely.

After Cao Ren learned the news of the attack on the rear camp, he immediately sent troops to reinforce the rear camp to defeat the invading enemy, extinguish the fire, and save the grain and grass.

However, with the excessive number of troops aided, the pressure of the Jingzhou knights who were rushing left and right in the front camp was besieged and plummeted, and Guan Ping looked at the Wei army's rear camp There were faint signs of fire, and he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that this was Fu Wei's troops had been implemented according to the established plan, so he did not delay here, and immediately led his troops to break through.

With the reinforcement of Wei soldiers, some of the original flawless formations also showed some flaws, under the leadership of Guan Ping, Pang De and other fierce generals, more than 1,000 knights with spears bravely rushed to kill, and gradually converged with the main force of the Jingzhou army on the periphery.

The battle lasted almost a night.

In the early morning of the next day, the Wei camp was filled with gunsmoke in all directions, and the air seemed to be filled with the slightest smell of war.

Although Cao Ren dispatched troops to rescue in time after the incident, the spread of the fire also burned most of the logistics materials.

Looking at the darkness in the ruins, Cao Ren's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Quartermaster, how long can the remaining military rations of our army be enough to support us?" ”

Hearing this, the quartermaster hurriedly replied after a short period of statistics: "Return to the general." Originally, our army's grain and grass could still support the army for more than half a month, but after last night's toss, although our army tried its best to recover its losses, the remaining military food can only last three or four days. ”

After the words fell, the quartermaster said in a deep voice: "General." If our army still can't guarantee the smooth flow of grain routes in the rear, I'm afraid this battle will ......"

The quartermaster's words silenced the generals again.

Oh, yes!

Because Sun Quan accepted Cao Pi's title of king and Jiuxi, and jointly attacked Jingxiang counties with the vassals of Great Wei, at first, due to the deterrence of Wu people's water divisions, the Jingzhou army was completely suppressed, and the coalition army occupied the advantage of the Yangtze River.

This is also since the dispatch of the army, the Great Wei soldiers have won successive battles, all the way along the Jiangxia from the north of Dahong Mountain to Yicheng in Xiangyang, forcing the Jingzhou army not to dare to confront head-on.

All the generals thought that after uniting with the Wu people in this battle, Jingzhou would definitely be able to fight in one battle!

After all, Sun Quan took the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and his own army attacked the first line of Xiangyang and Nanjun, how could the Jingzhou army stop it?

But the truth is often unexpected.

According to the military report, Guan Ping's southern expedition from Guiyang to the north actually took advantage of the north wind on Dongting Lake to burn Dongting Lake with the momentum of a fire boat, breaking more than 100,000 people in Jiangdong.

This battle greatly damaged the strength of the Wu army, and there was no longer any strength to compete with the Jingzhou army, so it had to be retreated step by step to the waters of Xiakou under the subsequent counterattack, relying on the defense of Jiancheng Xiakou.

With the fall of the Wu army, it naturally had a chain reaction, which had an extremely serious impact on the overall situation.

Why was the Wei army able to frequently force the Jingzhou army to retreat and not dare to confront each other head-on?

The one who relied on it was nothing more than the benefit of the Jiangdong Naval Division, blockading the Yangtze River, making the Jingzhou Army and Naval Division useless, while the Wei Army was incomparable, and the strength of the infantry army was numerous and powerful, and no one was invincible at all.

In the battle in the land of Jingxiang Jianghan, if the advantage of the naval army is lost, it will be difficult for the southerners to deal with the northern army.

But the turning point of the war was that after the burning of Dongting Lake, the Wu people suffered heavy losses and could no longer blockade the Yangtze River, and the rolling wide river surface also returned to the hands of the Jingzhou army again.

Although the strength of the Wei army is strong, but the naval division is a short board, Guan Ping attacked the enemy's shortcomings with his own strengths, and the Wei army could not balance the Jingzhou naval division at all, so naturally it could not ensure the smooth flow of logistics and grain routes.

There are changes in the grain route, and over time, how can the front-line war be sustained?

Now that Guan Ping has calculated again, and the military rations have almost been lost, how can this battle continue?

For a while, the generals of the Wei army showed melancholy and thought about it, and most of the generals had already begun to retreat.

At this moment, Cao Ren looked around, seeing that all the generals had the heart of wavering and retreating, his face couldn't help showing a hint of heaviness, his eyes unconsciously drifted to the remnants of Dahong Mountain on the flank, and secretly muttered: "Is this battle really a retreat for nothing?" ”

pondered slowly in his heart, but Cao Ren was extremely unwilling in his heart.

He was unwilling to give up such good victories.

This counterattack can be said to be a godsend, the Great Wei is to seize the Han Emperor Liu Bei's sudden death, the change of government and the opposition, the new Son of Heaven is still politically unstable situation to launch a number of armies to the south.

The intention is obvious, that is, to destroy the puppet Shu regime in a war.

Cao Ren knew that if he couldn't make a contribution this time, once he let the pseudo-Shu adjust, then he would suffer endless attacks in the future.

The situation will be out of control!

Secondly, he is currently almost in front of Xiangyang City, and he only needs to cooperate with Xu Huang's troops who led his troops south from Fancheng to attack and conquer Xiangyang, then all the situation will be completely reversed.

By occupying Xiangyang, you can regain the initiative in Jingxiang.

The Great Wei Iron Cavalry could enter the Jianghan Plain at any time and threaten the hinterland of Jiangling.

On the other hand, Xiangyang is adjacent to Nanyang, separated by the Nanyang Basin, so that the grain route of the army can be deployed from the north, instead of being transported north along the Jiangxia and facing the threat of Jingzhou's sailors at all times.

Cao Ren thought about it a lot, and he didn't want to give up this opportunity to swallow Jingxiang.

Because, he knew that once he gave up, it might be difficult to compete for Jingxiang at such a good time in the future.

Merely.

The problems he is facing now are also a headache, the grain and grass in the army have fallen into a situation of kiln, and the rear grain road is always facing the threat of the Jingzhou water division, unable to deliver logistics materials to the front line camp.

Due to the restrictions of the navy, they are unable to protect the grain route.

So as the war continues, where will the actions of the Wei army go?

……

Just when the morale of the Wei camp was low and the generals were hesitating in their hearts, in the Han camp camped on the other side, a celebration banquet was being held at this moment, which was presided over by Guan Ping himself, to celebrate the surprise attack on the Wei camp last night and a series of blows, and successfully completed the scheduled plan.

During the banquet, Guan Ping held the wine jue, smiled and greeted a middle-aged scholar on the side, and said, "Mr. Pang, if it weren't for your advice this time, how could our army attack the Wei army's rear camp so easily and burn their military supplies?" ”

"Guan Mou respects you!"

After that, Guan Ping Bento drank it all first.

Seeing this, the middle-aged scholar's face was pale, and he didn't smile, but at this moment, he also took the wine in his mouth and squeezed out a smile and said, "The prince is too worried!" ”

"If it weren't for the generals and the soldiers under their command fighting bravely this time, how would they be able to defeat the Wei army."

Pang Lin said humbly.

This person is Pang Lin, the younger brother of Pang Tong, who is currently engaged in Jingzhou Prefecture.

This time, Guan Ping was able to reverse the situation in a short period of time, which was inseparable from his plan, from the beginning of the first break of the Wu army to seize the right to control the Yangtze River, and then the frequent attacks of the Wei army with water divisions to harass the rear grain routes, so that the Wei army had no time to fight.

This series of ideas all named the direction for Guan Ping to formulate a strategy to break the enemy.

"Sir doesn't have to be too humble, the soldiers fought bravely and made a great contribution, but if it weren't for Mr.'s advice, the general would not have thought of a strategy of attacking the Wei army's grain road with a sailor, causing the Wei army's heart to be unstable."

"Therefore, if our army wins this battle, the first credit should be sir!"

With solemn and encouraging words, Guan Ping said in a deep voice, and then he toasted to the generals to congratulate them on their brave fight.

After three rounds of drinking, Guan Ping seemed to be a little drunk, and his face was slightly red, but his mind remained sober, and he said loudly: "Everyone." Now, with the Wei army's grain road being controlled by our army and unable to deliver military supplies, I think the grain and grass in the Wei camp can no longer be supported. ”

"The general's plan has been decided, the whole army will rest for a day, and when it is full tomorrow morning, the whole army will go out to fight with the Wei army, and all of them will be annihilated here, and the situation will be settled."

"With the head of Cao Ren, the prestige of our Jingzhou Army will be established."

"Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng"

For a moment, the generals shouted in unison.