The three counties of Shangyong are located in the deep mountains, and the location is extremely remote.

If you want to attack the three counties, the first step is to act secretly and act quickly. Liu Biao can't be let know, and if Liu Biao knows, he will send troops to station.

The second step is to take Fangling as a stronghold, with this stronghold, you can go around and seize the county towns to expand your strength.

The third step is to lay down the mediocrity and completely occupy the three counties.

The fourth step is to defend the dangerous city, in order to defend against Liu Biao's possible attack.

Since entering Fangling, Guan Ping has already completed the first two steps. When Guan Ping, Ma Tan, and Gan Ning led more than 4,000 elite soldiers to march into the army.

Ma Liang, Li Zheng garrisoned the tomb and repaired the city.

Ding Feng, Ding Feng, Liao Hua, Zhao Tong, and Mi Wei captured the surrounding counties, gathered grain, and expanded the number of people. The four county towns surrendered one after another, and turned against their armor.

Guan Ping shocked the three counties for a time.

And it's not so easy to play mediocrity.

First of all, the mountain road is difficult to walk, Gan Ning's department is the vanguard army, and there is no need to bring too much food, but the men and women of the rear army have many flags and heavy vehicles, and it is very difficult to walk.

In addition, Guan Ping was delayed in Fangling City for almost two days, and the news had already reached Shangyong.

Shangyong, like Fangling, is located above a valley and is surrounded by arable land. The acres of arable land are similar to those of Fangling.

However, the population is more than that of Fangling, and the city is as high as two zhang, and the city wall is strong, this is because the Shen brothers are people who know the soldiers, and they know the horror of the troubled times.

In troubled times, a strong city has a great meaning.

And there is Weng City in the upper memorial.

In fact, the purpose of this kind of thing is to prevent someone from opening the city gate.

With Weng City, there are two gates. Even if someone opened one of the gates, there would still be one gate left.

There are more than 30,000 people and more than 5,000 households on the mediocre flat land. The brothers of the Shen family raised 5,000 elite soldiers according to the standard of one ding per household.

Moreover, the Shen family is a big family, and there are as many as twenty or thirty adult males in the clan. The Shen brothers appointed clansmen to serve as civil and military officials, and the two brothers' control over Shangyong was powerful and terrifying.

Shangyong City!

Although the strength of the Shen brothers is strong in the three counties, it is also relative. Shangyong City is actually a small county town in the countryside located in the mountains.

There is basically no foreign commercial activity in the city, and most of the shops opened are cloth houses, rice shops, oil shops, etc., and there is also a market for people from inside and outside the city to trade.

Big winter. There were not many pedestrians on the street, and suddenly a man of about thirty years old rode his horse from Xicheng to Taishoufu, accompanied by two knights.

This person is Shen Tan's brother, named Shen Ding. After Shen Ding rode his horse to the Taishou Mansion, he saw Shangyong Taishou Shen Tan in the study.

Shen Tan is in his early forties, with an ordinary appearance, like a spear and a sword between his eyebrows, quite rigid, tall and strong, exuding an oppressive force.

"Why are you so flustered?" Shen Ding's performance made Shen Tan frown.

Shen Ding didn't reply immediately, there was a bowl of water left on the guest seat in the study, and Shen Ding was very thirsty, so he didn't care whether he had been drunk or not, picked up the water cup and drank it. After that, Shen Ding said to Shen Tan: "Brother, something is wrong. Guan Ping, the eldest son of Hanshou Hou Guan Yu, led the army to attack, and Fang Ling Taishou Kuaiqi surrendered without a fight. At present, Guan Ping has sent people to capture four counties, three counties and nine cities, and five have fallen into Guan Ping's hands. Now there are more than 4,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, along the mountain road to the mediocrity, the follow-up of more than 10,000 people, the banner has "Zhang", "Chen", "Wei", etc., it is suspected that the Marquis of Hanshou poured out of the nest, menacing. ”

Rao is Shen Tan is calm and resolute, but he was also surprised.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

When Liu Bei came to Jingzhou, many of Jingzhou's heroes belonged to Liu Bei. And Guan Yu is different from Liu Bei, Guan Yu is more famous.

Attack must be taken, battle must be overcome, invincible.

In fact, only Guan Yu in Liu Beijun has such a reputation and prestige. Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Chen Zhi and others have not yet become famous, and they are unknown.

The main reason is that Guan Yu killed Yan Liang in Hebei.

"Someone, go and call the second master over." Shen Tan took a deep breath, barely calmed down, and said to one of the attendants outside the door.

"No." The retinue promised to go down, and soon after, Shen Yi came.

The two brothers have similar physiques, both are tall and mighty. But Shen Yi is much more handsome than Shen Tan, and his eyebrows are more majestic, and his eyes are very sharp.

"Big brother, Ding brother." After Shen Yi came in, he saluted Shen Tan and Shen Ding successively, and then sat down.

Shen Tan nodded and recounted the matter.

"Hanshou Hou is menacing, what do you think, Brother Yi?" Shen Tan opened his mouth and asked.

Shen Yi's face also changed, but then he calmed down, and after a deep sigh, Shen Yi's demeanor became much more relaxed. Shen Yi said to Shen Tan: "Big brother, don't worry for the time being. That Fang Ling Taishou Kuaiqi is just a straw bag, and it is natural that it will be breached. The other four county towns are not difficult to capture. Guan Ping captured five county seats, which does not mean that the Marquis of Hanshou poured out of the nest. After all, the three counties were subordinate to Liu Zhennan, and if Liu Zhennan learned the news, he would be furious, and even sent troops to attack Xinye. Even if the Marquis of Hanshou wants to capture the three counties, he needs to leave enough soldiers and horses behind, not to mention pouring out, there must be at least 120,000 soldiers and horses left behind. ”

Shen Tan nodded, but still had doubts, and said: "But there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses behind it, and there are many banners. ”

"It could be a bluff." Shen Yi thought for a while and said, then became more and more confident, and said: "I heard that General Zuo Liu Bei fought with Xiahoudun and surrendered thousands of Cao troops. The Marquis of Hanshou handed over this part of the men and horses to Guan Ping, and sealed Guan Ping as the captain of the agricultural school, responsible for Tuntian. I think most of this rear army is a surrender of the Cao army, and there may be women. And I heard that Xiahoudun is very popular with the army, not to mention that this part of the troops is surrendered to Guan Ping to fight, it would be good if he could not escape. ”

Shen Yi's analysis was the head, and Shen Tan thought about it carefully, and his face was solemn and relaxed. Shen Tan asked, "Even so, the four thousand elite soldiers of the vanguard cannot be underestimated. Look at the banner is "Gan", it should be Gan Ning, a general under the command of Hanshou Hou. How can we respond? ”

Shen Yi thought for a while and said, "First gather the people outside the city, bring food, and enter the city with baggage." First, you can lead them to defend the city. Second, it also prevents Ganning from failing to attack the city and plundering the people. In this battle, it is not difficult for us to hold on to the mediocrity. The key is whether Liu Zhennan of Jingzhou can defeat Han Shouhouhou. As long as Liu Zhennan was furious, he sent troops to besiege Xinye, and sent people to save the three counties, and won one after another. The Marquis of Han Shou must know the difficulties and retreat. On the contrary, I am afraid that we will not be able to defend the lonely city of Shangyong for too long, so we can only surrender to the Marquis of Hanshou. ”

Gan Ning, the general of Xinye, was unknown before this. But Liu Bei has the wisdom to know people, and the people he values must not be idle people.

And Gan Ning, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are listed as leading generals, which shows that Liu Bei attaches great importance to Gan Ning.

In the battle of Bowangpo, Gan Ning contributed a lot.

It's also a bit famous.

Shen Yi is self-aware, and he is full of confidence in gathering people to defend the city, but he will never dare to lead 5,000 elite soldiers out of the city to fight to the death with Gan Ning.

And if it is only to defend the city, it is only a lonely city. There are only nine cities in the three counties, and Guanping has already occupied five of them.

It can also occupy the remaining three.

Guan Ping occupied eight cities, and could gather soldiers and horses, money and food, and besiege Shangyong. Shangyong money and food are enough to support a year and a half, but after a year, it will definitely not be able to hold on.

and did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

Protracted and self-defeating.

Therefore, the direction of the war does not lie in Guan Ping and Shangyong, but in Liu Biao and Guan Yu, the Marquis of Hanshou.

Shen Yi combined the forces of the two sides and guessed the direction of the war, which was fearless. According to the city garrison, watch the victory and defeat of Liu Biao and Guan Yu.

If Guan Yu has the upper hand, then surrender to Guan Ping. Anyway, the Shen brothers are not Liu Biao's sworn friends. At the beginning of the army, the Shen brothers were similar to the Haoqiang rebellion and belonged to an independent force.

Later, Liu Biao sent troops to attack the three counties, and the Shen brothers surrendered to Liu Biao, but they still occupied Shangyong and belonged to a semi-independent force. Moreover, the Shen brothers had dealings with Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

All in all, the two brothers are not Liu Biao's best friends.

In addition, the Shen brothers are deeply rooted in Shangyong, no matter who rules the three counties, they have to look at the two brothers differently, so they have no fear.

This changes the court, and it doesn't hurt to surrender Guan Yu.

Shen Tan heard about Shen Yi's countermeasures, and after considering it, he immediately implemented it. So in this Shangyong Valley, the people outside Shangyong City, under the urging of the officials and soldiers sent by Shen Tan, led livestock, carried grain and baggage, etc., and dragged their families into Shangyong.

This Shangyong city was built and repaired by the Shen brothers, and this problem was considered before this, it can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and the top and bottom are united, if you want to break it, you need twenty or thirty thousand elite soldiers.

Just after the autumn harvest this year, both the granaries in the city and the people have a lot of grain in stock, and there is no shortage of grain.

And the prestige of the Shen brothers in Shangyong is very high, there are more than 5,000 households inside and outside the city, more than 30,000 people, and almost every family has someone who is a soldier in the army of the Shen brothers.

Although the people complained about the migration, it did not cause public anger, and on the whole, it went well.

And when Guan Ping, Ma Tan, and Gan Ning led more than 4,000 elite soldiers to this big valley, it was an empty and uninhabited village.

Not to mention people, there is not even the sound of chickens and dogs, as if they are ghost villages.

Obviously, these villages are not ghost villages, and there are traces of people living in the villages not long ago.

Gan Ning chose to set up camp on a flat land near the water source, set up a camp, dug a trench, and the fortifications were arranged very beautifully.

Gan Ning went to inspect the camp. Guan Ping and Ma Jian sat in the big tent of the Chinese army.

"These two brothers are really hard to deal with." Guan Ping sat cross-legged on the handsome seat, a little helpless.