There are sixteen counties under Danyang County, and the seat of governance is Wanling (now Xuancheng), but Jianye is the center of the entire Danyang County, mainly because for a long time, the main enemy of the Jiangdong group came from Jiangbei, which was Cao Cao. Danyang County is as far as Yangzhou, as for Sun Quan, as Xinye is as for Jingzhou, as for Liu Cong. Moreover, a large river connects more than a dozen counties in a county, and to the south is Dahu and Wu County, the seat of Wu County. Therefore, Zhu Zhi's choice to block Liu Cong's attack in Jianye is undoubtedly a sharp choice for a battlefield veteran.

And Gan Ning is no longer the stunned young man he was ten years ago, so when he saw Zhu Zhi waiting in Jianye City, he knew that it would be difficult to win Jianye in a short period of time if he wanted to rely on more than 10,000 people in his hands, so he sent someone to contact Xu Ming of Qu A on the one hand, and Liu Cong on the other. After Liu Cong received Gan Ning's report, he accelerated his march. Only Huang Gai, who was left in the forbidden to continue to attack Lujiang.

In fact, Zhu Zhi in Jianye City was also worried at this time, and he didn't know how long he could resist Liu Cong, so he should have information to tell him that Liu Pan had already gone to Xin'an, so she couldn't bring all the soldiers guarding Wu County to Jianye. And only brought 10,000 elites, plus Jianye and the surrounding counties and counties gathered together, the county soldiers were only 15,000 people.

Although Jianye's location is dangerous, it is also very embarrassing, the big river goes east, and the southeast is Qu'a, if Sun Quan is not in a hurry to move south, if Lu Su resists in Chaisang for another month or two, Zhu Zhi will definitely take the time to exterminate Xu Ming of Qu'a. But there is no if there is no war if, Lu Su can't stop it, and Huang Gai naturally can't stop it. Zhu Zhi knew this from the moment Zhou Tai was killed in battle and Cheng Pu was defeated, so he has been training recruits in Wu County, in order to block the upcoming Liu Cong.

Of course, it was not only Qu'a that embarrassed Zhu Zhi, the Yangtze River flowed almost vertically northward from Wuhu to Danyang County (now Ma'anshan) to Jianye. In this part of Wuhu, there is a waterway. The geographical location of Wuhu is even more special than Jianye, and now Zhu Zhi is worried about whether Liu Cong knows, if he knows, there is a problem with his strategic deployment!

Chu Zi re-attacked Wu, Ke Jiuzi. As for Hengshan. The Hengshan described here is Hengshan in the northeast of Dangtu County. The site of Jiuzi City is located at the end of the northward extension of the erosion mound along the south bank of the Shuiyang River. From this to the west of the terrain is low and flat, mostly the lake pond swamp area, because of the lake swamp grass, doves gather, and get the name of the dove, also called "Gouzi", "Gaozi", "Zhuzi" and so on.

There is a long lake near Jiuzi because "the water is not deep and the algae grows", so it is named Wuhu. This section of the Shuiyang River was called the Zhongjiang River at that time, connecting the Yangtze River in the west and Taihu Lake in the east, which was an important east-west transportation waterway. The location of the Guzi is a ferry crossing that controls the Zhongjiang River, and the location is quite important. In 109 B.C., that is, the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Jiuzi had set up a county and changed its name to Wuhu

Zhu Zhi was worried about whether Liu Cong knew about this waterway, and Zhu Zhi hoped that Liu Cong would go to Jianye instead of going to Wuhu and directly insert it into Wu County, which would cause panic among the people of Wu County and would also cut Jianye apart. After Liu Cong received Gan Ning's message, he brought Jiang Qin, Han Dang, Chen Wu and others together to discuss how to deal with Zhu Zhi of Jianye.

Jiang Qin once followed Sun Ce in Jiangdong to fight in the south and north, so he was naturally familiar with the Jianye area, and the newly returned Han Dang, Chen Wu, and Dong Xi knew everything about it. However, Jiang Qin didn't seem to think about it for a while, and Han Dang, Chen Wu, and Dong Xi all chose to be silent, Liu Cong asked them to go into battle to kill the enemy, maybe they wouldn't hesitate, but the closer they were, the more cowardly they were.

But there is one exception, that is Xu Sheng, he is not the most outstanding in martial arts among these people, but when it comes to strategy, he is naturally stronger, he looks at Han Dang and others, and then looks at Jiang Qin, he is entangled in whether to say it. In the end, he still made up his mind to say it, because in his opinion, if he wanted to gain Liu Cong's trust, he was afraid that he would not be able to make some strange moves, and even if he didn't say it, it would be difficult to guarantee that Jiang Qin would not think about it one day. And Han Dang and the others may also think of this waterway at any time.

When Liu Cong heard that there was such a waterway, he wanted to make good use of it. At present, the total number of sailors led by Liu Cong and Guan Yu is only 25,000, so Liu Cong ordered Guan Yu and Xu Sheng to take 10,000 people to enter Wuhu first, and then go deep into the south of Jianye through the waterway between Wuhu and Danyang to look for fighters. He and his soldiers continued to go north along the river to join Ganning.

Liu Cong dared to divide the troops again and again, in fact, Sun Quan helped a lot. If Sun Quan defended Wu County, then some of Jiangdong's soldiers would be deployed along the Yangtze River in the west of Wu County, and from Jianye to Danyang and Wuhu, there would definitely be heavy guards. Now that Sun Quan has moved south, he must divide more than half of the soldiers to guard Shaoxing and Qiantang.

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Fifteen miles outside Jianye County, it has entered autumn at this time, night falls, and the evening breeze has been cool. A moon hung high in the sky, and the moonlight was not visible, only the dim afterglow was sprinkled down. Zhu Zhi used troops, of course, to be old, and after the completion of the defense of Jianye City, he constantly sent scouts along the river to inquire about the news to prevent the Jingzhou naval army from landing from the south. At the same time, a partial general was sent to Danyang with 2,000 people quietly, in order to be able to know and intercept Liu Cong from Wuhu through the waterway into Taihu Lake from Wuhu.

In other words, Zhu Zhi wants Liu Cong to come, but he doesn't want him to go around behind his ass and suddenly attack and control Danyang County, Liu Cong's actions are very clear, it is impossible to highlight the surprise soldier and attack Qu A left and right.

It's just that although Danyang County is only a county seat, it is still quite effective in construction, similar to Jianye County. After the partial general arrived in Danyang, he immediately recruited the county commander and the county lieutenant, gathered the young and strong, and even let him gather more than 1,000 people, 3,000 people, and his heart was finally at peace. However, he was only quiet for a few days, and as Liu Cong arrived outside Jianye City, the situation in Jianye began to become tense, and Guan Yu quickly touched Danyang along the waterway!

In Liu Cong's plan, Guan Yu is tentatively moving forward, if he can't find a suitable opportunity to attack Wu County, he will quickly go north to form a three-sided encirclement with Xu Ming of Qu'a, and Guan Yu must conquer Danyang if he wants to encircle Jianye! But since Zhu Zhi chose to defend Danyang, it was not easy for Guan Yu to overcome it quickly.

Even if there are only 3,000 people in the city, there are still young adults and a large number of wealthy families in the city, they don't need to stand on the city wall and bend the bow to shoot eagles, they only need to carry the sassalwood in the city, help boil the water, boil the oil! Three days passed, and the 10,000-strong army did not conquer it, and anxiety gradually spread in the barracks under the city. In the main barracks, Guan Yu was in an irritable mood and was constantly walking around the barracks.

His strategist had just gone out, and the smell of blood in the air made Guan Yu unable to sleep at all. At this time, the tent door was opened, and the strategist Mi Zhu walked in.

"How's the wounded soldier doing?" Guan Yu asked in a deep voice.

Mi Zhu responded: "It has been properly settled, there are too many dead and wounded today, and if it continues like this, it will not be conducive to the war......"

Before he finished his words, Guan Yu was already angry, and said: "I would have known the consequences, but the bones in front of me are too hard, and it is really difficult to bite, it has been attacking for three days in a row, and there are only 3,000 people in a county town, and it is really helpless to block my 10,000 soldiers under the city." What do you think Ben should have done? ”

Mi Zhu heard the words and fell silent.

Yang Qixian, the commander in Danyang City, is prepared, rolling wood, hard stone, hot oil, bows and crossbows are all available in the city, and they ignore them all when they call for battle, you attack the city, and they fight back.

Although there are casualties in Danyang County, compared to itself, defending the city naturally has an advantage.

"I just got the news that the lord has begun to attack Jianye, and Xu Ming of Qu'a is already on the way to Jianye, and it will be about five or six days before he can reach the outskirts of the city, if it really doesn't work, our army will bypass this place and go directly to Jianye!"

Guan Yu was unwilling, gritted his teeth and said: "When Xu Ming arrived, I, Guan Yu, had not captured this city, so I didn't want to have a place in front of the lord in the future." No, the city must be taken within three days. As for bypassing this city, have you thought about it, once our army is lone and deeper, even if it arrives in Jianye, it will be able to be surrounded on three sides, rather than encircling Jianye, Danyang, Jianye, and Wuxian will be very passive!

Mi Zhu, you go and call all the scouts in the army, let them out, and carefully find for me where this city can be attacked, if you can find it, Guan will have a heavy reward! ”

"Yes, General." Mi Zhu had no choice but to go out. This general Guan doesn't know how, he still likes to compete with young people when he is old, and he has made a lot of meritorious contributions in Hukou and Chaisang, and the first person who can't sit still when he hears that Gan Ning is the vanguard attacking Jianye is Guan Yu, and now he can't sit still when he hears that Xu Ming is about to arrive in Jianye, and he can't sit still!

came outside, summoned all the scouts in the army, and Mi Zhu conveyed Guan Yu's meaning. For a while, these scouts were helpless.

"The general's temper, you must know it, if you don't win this battle, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for you to go back. Go and find out if there's any other way to take the city. After Mi Zhu finished speaking, he waved them down.

But seeing a scout, who remained in place after the other scouts left, Mi Zhu couldn't help frowning and scolding: "Why don't you obey the order?" ”

"My lord, I have a way to enter the city!"

"Oh? Let's talk about it. Mi Zhu listened and asked with a hint of interest.

"Your Excellency." This scout looked very short and ordinary, about twenty years old, although he was a Jiangdong soldier recruited by Chai Sang, but because of his agile body, he was selected into the scout team.

He took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Lord Mi, the younger one has in-laws, and he has lived in the city in front of him for a long time, and he knows that there is a secret passage in this city that can connect the inside and outside of the city......"

"Is that so?" Hearing this, Mi Zhu was overjoyed, but after thinking about it, he doubted again: "In that case, why didn't you tell me earlier?" ”

The scout's voice turned to a novel: "This little relative is doing reselling goods, this secret passage is his way to transport goods, the place is narrow, the secret passage is even more complicated and difficult to walk, plus I haven't been in touch for many years, I'm afraid things will change, so ......"

"Okay, if you can tell me about it, it will be a great achievement, and when I go to report to the general, after the matter is completed, you will be indispensable for your glory and wealth." After speaking, Mi Zhu asked the location of the secret passage. The scout described it, and said that the entrance to the secret passage was hidden and difficult to find, and that he needed to lead him personally to find the location.