Nam-gun, Gangneung City.

Jiangling City's population and prosperity are on par with Xiangyang's, and it is the second largest city in Jingzhou. Location is also extremely important.

At present, Jingzhou's forces form a line from south to north. Xiangyang is the dragon's head, Jiangling is the dragon's belly, and the four counties are the dragon's tail.

If Jiangling is lost, Jingzhou will be cut in two. And now, although Cao Cao sent Wang Wei to collect the four counties of Jingnan, I am afraid that Zhou Yu will finally succeed.

If the north and the south are divided, Gangneung will be the front line. Therefore, Cao Cao sent the general Xiahou Yuan to garrison here.

Xiahou Yuan is different from his brother Xiahou Yuan, this person is a real fierce general, helping Cao Cao to fight in the south and the north, and he is invincible.

But the merit status is not as good as Xiahoudun.

This is the difference between a brachial and a minion.

Xiahou Yuan is anxious for people, and he pays attention to vigorous and resolute marching and fighting, and can often surprise him, and command the infantry army like a cavalry, fast and fast.

As the so-called army says, Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the military academy, has five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days.

Xiahou Yuan was ruthless, and he could walk a thousand miles in six days.

Fast, able to fight, dare to fight, it is Xiahou Yuan. At present, Xiahou Yuan leads 20,000 or 30,000 horses to guard Jiangling City, Xiahou Yuan has about 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there are two other generals, namely Li Guang and Xu Lan.

At present, Nanjun and Jiangxia have been in chaos, and from time to time there are county orders to rebel, or someone kills the county order, responds to Jiangdong, or closes the family.

From time to time, Xiahou Yuan had to send people to fight the fire.

On this day, Xiahou Yuan's mansion in Jiangling City, in the small hall. Xiahou Yuan, Li Guang, and Xu Lan closed the door together to avoid the cold, drink and eat.

"It's really cold and gloomy in the south. Unlike in the north, you can warm up by wearing more clothes. Xu Lan wore a lot of clothes and drank wine, but it was still cold.

"I want to go back to the North." Li Guang nodded, and tightened his clothes.

Xiahou Yuan looked at the two colleagues and felt that something was wrong. It is really difficult for northerners to adapt to the weather in the south, and the sergeants of the army are afraid.

At this moment, the door of the small hall was opened, and a gust of cold wind was penetrated, and the cold three generals shivered. A small official broke in and hurriedly said, "General." Zigui Wang Xu killed the county order and responded to Guan Ping. At present, Li Zheng, Zhao Tong, Mi Wei, Zhang Bao and others are going around to plunder the people, collect grain, and guard Zigui. ”

The news came a little late, because no one told Gangneung.

"How can it be justified? The two generals were good at guarding the city. I led the men and horses of my headquarters, brought siege equipment, and went to Zihui to clean up these children. When my Xiahou Yuan was fighting, they were still playing with mud. Xiahou Yuan was furious, and the case was spilled, and the wine was scattered all over the ground.

Xu Lan and Li Guang wanted to persuade them, but they didn't say much when they saw this. Anyway, Xiahou Yuan led the troops to defeat Zigui at most, and he would not be defeated if he was defeated.

Then Xiahou Yuan put on his armor, picked up the big sword, stepped on the war horse and led the 10,000 soldiers of his army, brought enough heavy grain and grass siege equipment, and slaughtered to Zigui.

At this moment, Zigui outside the city, as well as the two nearby county seats, were empty. Zigui City hung a handsome flag with the word "Guan", as well as a flag with the word "Li".

The gates were closed and the drawbridge was lowered. There are also two antlers in front of the door, and there is a moat outside. The soldiers of the city are lined up, and the materials for defending the city are piled up.

Xiahou Yuan personally killed Zigui City, and first set up camp and repaired for a day. Stay early the next morning, don't play false, go straight to dry goods.

Noise for siege.

However, Xiahou Yuan stormed Zigui for two hours, and after killing and wounding some soldiers, he withdrew his troops and went back to Jiangling City, but Zigui City was strong, and the defenders Li Zheng and others were very elite, Xiahou Yuan saw that there was no advantage to occupy, so he went back to Jiangling City.

Dare to fight and kill, elite generals, and the corporal under his command is the elite of the Cao army.

In this way, Xiahou Yuan led 10,000 troops, brought siege equipment, and gave up after fighting for two hours.

This proves one thing. Guan Ping's Li Zheng, Zhao Tong, Mi Wei, Zhang Bao and others are not just simple children, but hard bones.

Twenty or thirty thousand against ten thousand, we also have a city bonus.

You Xiahou Yuan came to bite me.

So Xiahou Yuan had no way to deal with this matter, so he could only send someone to tell Cao Cao, but what about Cao Cao? Cao Cao is also anxious.

However, it is said that after Zhou Yu defeated Huang Zu, he went west and entered Wuling. After Han Dang broke through Changsha, he successively attacked Guiyang and Lingling.

Cao Cao sent the four counties to be responsible for recruiting Wang Ji of the four counties, and fled in embarrassment, and he was not the opponent of the Jiangdong people at all.

This is something that cannot be helped, this is a geographical advantage. Zhou Yu and other Jiangdong troops naturally had the geography and strength to attack the south of the Yangtze River.

In this battle for Jingzhou, the first to lose were Liu Cong, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun of the Liu family.

Honorably exited.

Jiangdong's army swept through Jingnan and was destined to occupy the area south of the Yangtze River. The rest of Jingzhou is in the north, in the south of the county, and half of Jiangxia is in Xiangyang.

It is the place where Guan Yu and Cao Cao compete.

After this period of time, it was still raining on Anlu's side, but it was not frequent. Basically, it rains once a day or two, and when it doesn't rain, there is no sunshine, and it is gloomy.

However, Xu Huang and Zhang He did not lead their troops to attack the city, but instead joined forces and retreated to Suizhou City.

Things are a little weird, but Zhuge Liang has some guesses.

With Xu Huang, Zhang He retreated to Suizhou City and stationed, Jiangxia Zhuge Liang began the farming skills of a farming master again, and he built two cities on the southern sides of Anlu.

The main reason is that at present, Wang Wei and Ding Feng led 15,000 naval troops to plunder the population in Nanjun, Jiangxia County, and even the county towns around Xiangyang.

And in fact, it is not a plunder.

Because Cao Cao ordered the relocation of all the counties along the coast, whether they were villages or the population of the city, into the inland areas, that is, the cities that could not be attacked by the navy.

And send 10,000 cavalry to defend along the river, and if there is news that the opponent's naval army is docking, they will attack immediately.

Cao Cao can't help it, just as Man Pet said. Although Cao Cao issued this order in the name of Kuai Yue, the people were shocked after hearing it, and then feared.

One village after another, the chief, the pavilion chief, the township chief, the clan, or several clans unite together, cross the river with the old and the young, cross the Han River to Anlu, or cross the Yangtze River to Jingnan for refuge.

Ding Feng, Jiang Wan, and Wang Wei plundered 40,000 or 50,000 people in the three counties of Jingling City, and the people were shocked, and the population of Anlu with the old and the young was as many as more than 100,000.

Anlu is a very large place, on the north bank of the Yangtze River and on the east bank of the Han River, but there is only one county town in Anlu, which is very vast and sparsely populated.

Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to build two cities to form an angle with An Lu.

Anlu originally had three cities, Suizhou and Zaoyang, with a population of more than 100,000. With the arrival of Cao's army, Suizhou, the people of Zaoyang, under the leadership of officials, went to Dahong Mountain to escape the war.

Jiang Wan had a population of 40,000 or 50,000, and the population of those who crossed the river from Cao Cao's sphere of influence with the old and the young was more than 100,000. The population under Zhuge Liang's rule added up to 300,000.

On the other hand, before Cao Cao broke through Fancheng, more than 100,000 people in Jingzhou, like Pang Tong, went to Fangling for refuge.

Li Zheng, Ma Liang and others invaded Zigui and gained another 60,000 or 70,000 people.

Plus the people who crossed the Yangtze River to defect to Zhou Yu. In fact, the population of Xiangyang, Fancheng, and Nanjun occupied by Cao Cao has been reduced by as much as three or four percent.

Jingzhou, which was prosperous in the past, and the Jianghan Plain, withered a lot with a war.

And it's far from over. Because of Wang Wei, Ding Feng was still attacking and harassing the coastal counties, and after Zhou Yu digested the four counties of Jingnan, it was possible to lead the naval army north to attack and harass.

The entire Jingzhou part occupied by Cao Cao is like a leaky water tank, and there are so many holes that it can't be blocked for a while.

So Xiahou Yuan saw that he couldn't capture Zigui, so he sent someone to invite Cao Cao, what could Cao Cao do?

So at this moment, when the weather is fine, the land boundary is around. Then you can see hundreds of people, both men and women, as long as they are stout, all building cities together.

Rainy days don't matter.

Even if you are a southerner, you will definitely catch a cold after a winter rain.

As for Jiangxia guarding Zhuge Liang, he is still a little idle. Because Cao Jun is currently in Suizhou Tunza, he has not completely left here.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang, as a Taishou, cannot go out of Anlu. The construction of the two cities was accompanied by the dispatch of officials to take command. Anlu also provided a lot of food.

Zhuge Liang himself stayed in the Taishou Mansion and had nothing to do to play chess with the main bookkeeper Ge Yun.

Listen to Mrs. Huang Yueying play the piano.

On this day, it was rainy and rainy.

Inside the small hall. Zhuge Liang and Ge Yun sat together playing chess, and of course Ge Yun lost. In terms of the ability to play chess, Jiang Wan is not as good as Zhuge Liang, let alone Ge Yun.

Not anymore.

Ge Yun put the sunspot into the chess box, then touched his beard and asked Zhuge Liang, "Ming Mansion." At present, the rain has been intermittent, and Cao Jun can act. Even if you don't attack the city, you can send troops to attack the people in the south of Anlu and take the people away, why did Xu Huang and Zhang He retreat to Suizhou and couldn't shrink out? ”

Zhuge Liang had already guessed about this, and said with a smile: "Before the rain, the Cao army attacked the city fiercely, and the soldiers suffered many casualties. The wounded soldiers were weak, and the northerners were not accustomed to the southern weather. I am afraid that if I get sick, I will spread it from one to another. I think that among Cao Jun, I am afraid that there are quite a few people who are infected with wind and cold and give birth to epidemics. I'm afraid that not only Xu Huang, but also Zhang He's subordinates, and Cao's 200,000 horse infantry army, I'm afraid there are problems. Cao Cao was in Jingzhou and stayed for a short time. ”

This is completely a guess, because at present, Anlu's spies do not dare to approach Suizhou City.

But the speculation is well-founded. If it weren't for the rampant wind and cold in the army, and the many soldiers were sick and weak, Cao Junan would not have been able to shrink back?

"If Cao Junguo has this fatigue. The lord in Xinye City can move. Ge Yun's eyes lit up and said.

"The infantry army is not easy to move, if it moves, it will be surrounded by Cao Cao's army. Everything is lost. Jiangxia, Xinye, all can not stand. Cao Cao was no longer threatened by Xinye, and Cao's army concentrated south, and he was going to fight Zhou Yu. The infantry can't move, but the cavalry can. General Zhao Yun, who used to be a general under Gongsun Zhan, was proficient in cavalry. Day and night raided the rear road of Cao's army, the grain road, and accelerated the drive away of Cao Cao. ”

Zhuge Liang picked up the goose feather fan and fanned it confidently.

The situation has changed dramatically.

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