In the face of the pressure of Zhao Hui's army, Liu Bei could not be said to be full of confidence, but after having Pang Tong's help, Liu Bei also had a little confidence in his heart.

When Cao Cao and Zhao Hui fought before, they only had 100,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, but now he has twice as many soldiers.

He has more hope now than he did then.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have already arrived in Xinye.

It's just that Liu Bei ignored a problem, half of the 300,000 troops in Jingzhou were naval troops, and they were not good at foot combat.

Even if they were just defending the city, they didn't have much experience.

They are more accustomed to fighting on warships.

They are used to jumping from this ship to the enemy's ship, and they are used to fighting naked.

Water wars, they have very little armor on their bodies.

Because they can fall into the water at any time, if they fall into the water, if the armor on their body is too heavy and difficult to take off, they will sink directly to the bottom of the water and drown alive.

Everyone didn't have much armor on them, and it was easy to take off.

But when it comes to foot warfare, to siege warfare, they have to wear thick armor.

It's just that they don't wear it all year round, and it's hard to get used to the heavy infantry armor.

Liu Bei ignored it, but as the number one strategist by Liu Bei's side, Pang Tong would definitely not ignore it, but he didn't tell Liu Bei.

Half of the confidence that Liu Bei has now comes from Pang Tong.

Inside Shinno Castle!

In addition to the extra 100,000 troops, Liu Bei also transported 300,000 stone of grain and grass.

He and Cao Cao prepared to hold on to Xinye.

Now in the city, there are a total of 150,000 troops, plus the grain and grass sent by Liu Bei, which is enough for these troops to consume for half a year.

Liu Bei himself did not go to Xinye, but sat in Xiangyang, ready to mobilize troops and horses to support Xinye at any time.

The 100,000 army led by Zhao Yun has reached Yingchuan, and Zhao Hui behind him has also entered Yuzhou.

Within half a month, you will be able to come to Xinye Castle.

Zhao Yun repaired in Yingchuan for three days and continued south. Dian Wei, who has been in Yuzhou, also ordered 50,000 soldiers and horses and went south with Zhao Yun.

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The 150,000 Zhao army was taking heavy steps, and there was no worry on everyone's face because of the upcoming war.

Everyone, all confident.

They already have the belief that they are invincible.

Jingzhou, not a problem at all.

The only thing that could stop Zhao Jun was the dense waterways in Jingzhou.

And there is the Yangtze River natural insurance.

However, the Yangtze River is still south of Xiangyang, and the area north of the Yangtze River does not have as much water network as in the south.

Liu Bei Cao Cao chose to stick to Xinye, and he was in the arms of Zhao Hui.

For the Jingzhou army, their best choice should be to abandon Xiangyang, give up Nanyang County, retreat to Nanjun and Jiangxia, and deploy defenses along the Yangtze River.

However, this is not worry-free.

Zhao Hui did not have a navy in his hands, and Zhao Hui's warships could go up the river along the coast from the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Qingzhou's naval army has been prepared for a long time.

In the past two years, Zhao Hui exchanged Lu Meng from Sun Ce, but he has been training the Qingzhou Navy.

These landlubbers in the north, in the hands of Lu Meng and Xu Huang, have already become elite sailors.

For the war in the south, Zhao Hui had been preparing for a long time.

It was impossible for him to repeat Cao Cao's Battle of Chibi.

Xinye is between Nanyang and Xiangyang, Liu Bei and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are in Xinye, Nanyang City has no troops, and Zhao Yundianwei easily occupied Nanyang.

From Nanyang to Xinye, it is more than 100 miles away.

Bowangpo is between Nanyang and Xinye.

Zhuge Liang has already taken refuge in Zhao Hui, and it is impossible for him to offer Liu Bei a plan to burn Bowangpo.

However, Liu Bei now has Pang Tong in his hands, and Zhao Hui still asked Zhao Yundianwei to be careful when passing by Bowangpo.

The terrain of Bowangpo is dangerous, and the mountains and rivers are separated, so if the Jingzhou army is ambushed in the hidden mountain in the south, it will be difficult to retreat.

Zhao Yun and Dian Wei, after Zhao Hui's reminder, when the army arrived at Bowangpo, they immediately sent a large number of spies into the hidden mountain in the south to investigate.

In the hidden mountain, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Chu, and the generals are all there.

They saw that Zhao Jun stopped outside and didn't come in, so they knew that this ambush was probably going to fail.

There were not many people in ambush in the mountain, only 50,000 people.

But if Zhao Jun really enters Bowangpo, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can definitely defeat Zhao Jun.

With the treacherous terrain here, whether it is with crossbow arrows or falling rocks, the Zhao army can be defeated.

If you are ruthless and use fire attack, 150,000 Zhao troops will be burned to death here.

"Do you want to withdraw?" Xu Chu said.

"No withdrawal." Zhang Fei was not reconciled.

"Even if it is discovered by Zhao Jun, we will stay here, I want to see if Zhao Jun can come over."

The terrain here in Bowangpo is dangerous, even if the ambush fails, Zhang Fei and they can still hold on, and it is difficult for Zhao Jun to pass.

The 50,000 Cao-Liu coalition army, although well hidden, was discovered by the spies sent by Zhao Yun.

"I'm going to kill those people."

Zhang Fei couldn't help but see that there were already Zhao Jun's spies approaching, so he rushed over with a few people.

Shout!

When the Cao and Liu coalition forces were discovered, these spies immediately released a signal.

A firework flew up and exploded in the air like a yellow cloud.

"Sure enough, it was said by the lord."

Zhao Yundianwei, who was guarding outside, saw it all.

However, it is still uncertain how many Cao-Liu coalition troops there are in the mountains.

The spies who discovered the ambush were being chased by Zhang Fei at the moment.

But the spies sent by Zhao Yun were more than a hundred people, and they were hidden everywhere, and not all of them were discovered.

There are still people who retreated safely after determining the number of Cao Liu's ambush soldiers.

Because the Cao and Liu coalition forces are also hidden in the forest, it is difficult to completely determine their number.

Some of the spies avoided detection, and only found a part of the enemy troops, and immediately returned to report it.

Zhao Yun could only estimate the ambush soldiers in the mountains and forests according to the number of Cao-Liu coalition troops detected by the returning spies.

"Guaranteed 30,000, maybe 60,000." Zhao Yundao.

Dian Wei said: "I will lead a team of people to kill it. ”

"We'll see later." Zhao Yundao.

The Cao-Liu coalition has already been discovered, and as long as they don't go in, there will be no problem.

He wanted to see how long the ambush soldiers in the mountains would wait.

"Set up camp."

Zhao Yun ordered that although it was only early afternoon, if he continued to move forward now, he could cross Bowangpo before sunset.

However, Zhao Yun will not take risks.

The camp was quickly built, and during this period, Zhao Yun sent dozens of spies to keep an eye on the Cao and Liu coalition forces in the mountains and forests.

He had also found out that the three fierce generals Guan Yu, Zhang Feidian, and Wei were ambushing here at this moment.

These three people, each of them are about the same as Zhao Yundianwei, and the threat of the three is very great.

However, they are not unable to pass through.

In the mountains and forests, Guan Yu and the others were also paying attention to Zhao Jun outside the mountains.

"Two generals, aren't you still withdrawing?" Xu Chu said.

When they came, Cao Cao had already said that if the ambush failed and was discovered by the Zhao army, they would retreat to Xinye.