The first year of Han Jian'an (225), November.

After Guan Ping defeated the Wu people in Dongting, he took advantage of the victory to march north in Yicheng to confront the Wei army.

In the past few days, the Wei army's grain road has been deeply disturbed by the Jingzhou water division, and the military rations in the camp have long been in short supply, and the officers and men in the army have also begun to complain, and the morale of the army has gradually declined.

In response to this, the Han general Guan Ping personally transferred more than 10,000 water divisions, and 20,000 infantry cavalry divisions to collect water, and then the three armies launched together, marching along the land and water to attack the Wei army camp.

General Wei was unwilling to give up the results of this battle, and did not accept the retreat of the generals, but insisted on the decisive battle.

Ultimately.

The wide Yicheng Quartet, the war ended.

The Han and Wei sides launched a decisive battle.

After a series of decisive battles, the two sides won and lost each other, the Han army fought extremely bravely with its elite soldiers, while the Wei army remained undefeated by virtue of its huge superiority in troops, and occasionally launched counterattacks.

The situation is at a stalemate in the face of such a duel.

And because Xu Huang led his troops along the Xinye all the way south, through Xinye, from the flank of Fancheng Yuliangzhou for a swooping attack on Xiangyang, Xiangyang Taishou Kou Feng led his troops to meet the battle, and stuck to the Xiangyang land and water fortress.

Subsequently, Guan Ping sent Liao Hua to lead a naval army across the Han River to form a horn with Kou Feng, and under the pressure of the naval army, Xu Huang could not launch a full-scale attack on Xiangyang, so he had to look for opportunities while attacking.

The situation in Xiangyang has also become a stalemate.

The junction of Nanyang and Shangyong, the branch of Wudang Mountain.

At this moment, Shangyong Taishou Deng Ai is not using his troops to play cards according to common sense, after defending Xiahou Shang's several attacks, he suddenly changed his normality, gathered the main force to take the initiative to attack, and attacked Nanyang Zhucheng along the remaining veins of Wudang.

To attack the cities of Nanyang to increase the depth of Shangyong.

But in fact, this was Deng Ai's crazy move, an extremely risky tactic.

He gathered the main force to attack the cities of Nanyang, which is equivalent to the frontal defense line is not defended and exposed to the Wei army.

Merely.

Today's Xiahou Shang didn't dare to take the risk of attacking Shangyong at all, but was led by Deng Ai.

Because Deng Aiyi wanted to change homes with Wei Jun.

Anyway, I just don't defend the Shangyong land now, so I will gather the main force to attack the Nanyang Zhucheng, you either ignore me and take the whole territory of Shangyong, then the price will be my unconcerned crisscrossing of the Nanyang land.

Xiahou Shang did not think about dividing his troops too much, taking the mediocre on the one hand, and intercepting Deng Ai's plan on the other.

But he has already learned Deng Ai's ability to command the soldiers, in addition to being able to remain undefeated against him personally, the generals under his command cannot block Deng Ai's offensive.

The key is that Deng Ai is equipped with an elite knight army, which is the dowry given by Guan Ping when he returned south after marrying the daughter of Yang Ju, the king of Baimaqiang.

In view of the particularity and importance of Shangyong, Guan Ping also left this knight legion in Shangyong and used it for Deng Ai's command, so as to be responsible for the war in Jingbei.

After all, at present, the Han army is facing the dual threat of the Wei army and the Wu people in the north and east directions, and even though Guan Ping is invincible in the gods, it is difficult to defeat the four hands with two fists, and it is difficult to take into account the war in Jingbei and Jiangnan.

Then there must be a general on the Jingbei side who will stand up and take charge of the overall situation and resist the offensive of Cao Wei.

And looking around, Deng Ai's ability is also the most suitable.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a condescension to just rank in the Taishou seat with Deng Ai's ability, and it took many years for Guan Ping to cultivate him.

It is with this knight legion that Xiahou Shang did not dare to despise Deng Ai's strategy of changing his family, so he had to be led by the nose, otherwise, once he ignored it, Deng Ai suddenly led his troops to Luoyang, Kyoto, and it would be a devastating blow.

Nanyang is connected to Luoyang in the north and Yingchuan in Xudu.

Luoyang is now the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, and its political significance is self-evident, it is a stunt that cannot be attacked by the enemy army, otherwise it will be an unprecedented blow to the hearts of the domestic army and the hearts of the people.

Xudu is also an important town in the Central Plains, a few years ago, Guanping's lone army attacked Xu and burned Xu Tian and other important tuntian land, Xiahou Shang Ke still vividly remembered!

He didn't dare to bet that Deng Ai didn't have such courage to go deep into his hinterland.

Isn't a person who can make such a decision as changing homes a person with great courage?

It is precisely because of the general concern that Xiahou Shang did not dare to go and give it a go like Deng Ai.

Overall, Deng Ai has the initiative in the current situation in Nanyang and Shangyong.

Fancheng side.

Xu Huang sat in a military uniform, with a long grayish beard under his jaw, a saber hanging from his waist, and a big axe in his hand stood on Yuliang Island under the protection of his own guards, looking closely at the towering Xiangyang City on the other side of the Han River, and his eyes revealed a trace of complexity.

He's unusually upset right now.

Since he led the crowd to arrive, he also fought against Kou Feng of the garrison Xiangyang almost all the time, but the Jingzhou army relied on the advantages of the Hanshui natural danger and the naval army to take a defensive position against Xiangyang City.

Although Xu Huang ordered to organize several strong attacks, they all returned without exception!

But Cao Ren is now fighting with the main force of Guan Ping's department, and now he is holding the letterhead in his hand again and staring at it with a sad brow, he doesn't know how many times he has received Cao Ren's urgent battle letter.

The content of the letter is extremely simple, that is, he was ordered to quickly break through Xiangyang, lead the people to help, break the main force of the Jingzhou army in front and back, and swallow Jingxiang counties in one fell swoop.

Merely.

Xiangyang City is surrounded by water on three sides, and there are ships and mountains in the south, and there is a lack of sailors to compete with the Jingzhou army, how can it easily break the city?

Seeing his own general standing in the cold wind with a worried face, he was silent for a long time, and a personal guard general from the side couldn't help but speak: "General Xu." Although Xiangyang is unbreakable, why don't our army follow the example of Guan Yunchang in the past and set up a dam to store water, and flood Xiangyang when the water level of the Han River rises? ”

"In this way, won't Xiangyang be broken overnight?"

A seat fell.

Xu Huang suddenly stared at him intently, his face was serious, and looking at this look, the guards swallowed their saliva a little unconsciously.

After half a sound, Xu Huang replied: "Stupid." The defense of Xiangyang City is thick and high, and when the Han River flows under the city of Xiangyang, it turns into several tributaries and flows along the east and west sides of Dahong Mountain respectively, how can it flood Xiangyang? ”

"It's November, the cold wind is blowing, the snow is raging, how can there be heavy rain to increase the water level?"

After finishing speaking, suffering from Xu Huang's reprimand, the guards thought about it carefully, only to realize that they had taken it for granted, and they only cared about offering advice to emulate Guan Yu, but they forgot that the time and place were favorable.

"Huh?"

It's just that after reprimanding the guards, Xu Huang suddenly felt that the goose feather-like snowflakes were slowly falling in the air, and the snowflakes falling on his face suddenly seemed to be agitated, and then he felt the more and more violent cold wind, he suddenly looked happy, and murmured: "There is!" ”

Immediately after, Xu Huang immediately ordered the guards on the side: "You quickly go to give the order, and order the iron cavalry in the army to be ready at all times, there is already a way to break the city?" ”

"The general has a strategy to break Xiangyang?"

"Go!"

"Whoa."

Hearing that Xu Huang had a countermeasure, the personal guard general immediately surrendered his promise with a happy face.

……

The night passed slowly.

In the early morning of the next day, the river was covered with fog, white and cold winds.

Looking at it, the Wei army was suddenly overjoyed.