Worried that the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang had already decided, since they had decided to send troops, the soldiers would be fast, and Guan Yu would directly take the men and horses to attack Deng County.

Deng County is a ruined city, the city wall is not high, when Xiangyang City was not built before, the contest between Guan Yu and Cao Ren and Li Dian was basically carried out here, the people in the city had already left, and the rest, after Cao Cao arrived in Nanyang, this place was designated as a battlefield and was also moved, so it is basically an empty city now, and it does not need to take much effort to attack, but it is necessary to leave troops to garrison.

However, Liu Bei was not in a hurry to set off, he was going to go all the way to Xinye with Liu Yi, first, it was relatively safe for Liu Yi to be, and secondly, he was going to set up the headquarters of the front line here, and Liu Bei would not set off until Liu Yi captured Xinye.

It's just that the generals around him are gone, and Liu Bei is a little uneasy about Zhou Cang's coming to guard Xiangfan.

Don't look at the Wu Ban and Zhang Yi brought by Liu Bei, who are not well-known, but they are all good at leading troops, but Zhou Cang...... He is a brave general, and he is also powerful in battle, but when it comes to commanding troops...... At most, it is to help Guan Yu lead the hundreds of school swordsmen.

Even if Liu Yi is very confident in the defense of Xiangyang, but Liu Bei doesn't, there are only 5,000 men and horses, if Cao Cao touches a large number of men and horses and attacks Xiangyang, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to fight again.

"Bo Yuan, is there really no problem with Zhou Cang?" Liu Bei took Liu Yi's hand with some unease, the work of commanding the army was done by Liao Hua, Liu Yi has his own car, he is used to enjoying it, exercise is exercise, but when he doesn't exercise, he can earn one less step.

"Don't worry, I have faith in my city." Liu Yi pointed to Xiangyang City and said: "With the defense of Xiangyang City, even if Zhou Cang doesn't do anything, it will not be easy for Cao Jun to climb in if he closes the city gate." ”

That's right.

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, the ten-zhang high city wall, not to mention the cloud ladder, ordinary ladders are so long, people who climb to the middle may directly crush the ladder.

"This gate is extremely strong!" Liu Yi said with a smile: "I'll tell Zhou Cang a few words, but it's foolproof!" ”

Liu Bei nodded and ordered someone to call Zhou Cang.

Liu Yi patted Zhou Cang's sturdy shoulder and said, "General Zhou, you know how to use these city-defending equipment, right?" ”

"Tinghou rest assured, I have already learned these days." Zhou Cang nodded, a little excited, the continuous crossbow machine, the trolley trebuchet, the trap lock that specializes in throwing wooden stones, and the oil leak that can evenly sprinkle the boiling oil, with these things, he even has a feeling that he can't wait for Cao Jun to attack.

"That's good." Liu Yi nodded and said: "On the occasion of parting, I have a few good words, which may be a little harsh, but as long as I do it, Cao Jun will come with 100,000, and I can also protect Xiangyang!" ”

Pang Tong and Fa Zheng both looked at it curiously, I don't know what Liu Yi's clever plan is?

"Pavilion Marquis, please speak!" Zhou Cang hurriedly said solemnly.

"Your ability to command the army, you have to understand, in this regard, don't believe in yourself, after the army leaves, close the city gate, the secret passage connecting the three villages outside the city has a self-destruction device, as long as the three villages are broken, start immediately, don't hesitate at all, as for Fancheng, if you can defend it, don't care if you can't hold it, as long as you guard Xiangyang, they can't attack it." Liu Yi said it very seriously, but this is really heart-wrenching.

Zhou Cang: "......"

"Remember, unless my army comes back and speaks to you, every day I will ask the lord to send you a code message with a flying pigeon, and as long as I can't come up, my own people can't open the city gate!" Liu Yi said seriously.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Cang still bowed down and said, "Zhou Cang takes orders!" ”

This is really heart-wrenching, after all, how can you say that Zhou Cang has also followed the three Liu Bei brothers for many years and has experienced countless battles, don't believe in yourself, why do you sound so heartwarming?

Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and Liu Bei, who were originally going to listen to Liu Yi's high arguments, were quite speechless, sure enough, this method is very Liu Yi, and ordinary people can't think of it and can't do it, but don't say it, according to Liu Yi's line of thought, Xiangyang is really foolproof, the ten-zhang high city wall, the most in the world, the arrow can shoot up, but it is difficult for ordinary ladders to reach this level, just how to climb the city wall, is a big problem.

Pang Tong shook his head, he shouldn't have expected Liu Yi to have any amazing plans, and said to Liu Yi: "Bo Yuan be careful all the way, I'll wait for good news." ”

Is this driving people out?

Liu Yi looked at Pang Tongyi speechlessly, and didn't say much, he directly took the elevator down the city, got into his own car, found his troops and started to set off.

With such a large-scale dispatch of troops from Xiangyang City, Cao Cao naturally got the news at the first time, and he didn't care too much about the loss of Deng County, after all, that place was about to become a ruin.

Naturally, he would not let Liu Bei run rampant, Cao Cao waved his troops south at the first time, preparing for a decisive battle with Liu Bei, but the news that came next made Cao Cao very puzzled.

"Eight Routes?" Cao Cao listened to the news from the sentinel and was a little surprised, what is Liu Bei going to do?

"Probe!"

"Whoa!"

"King, it seems that Liu Bei is unwilling to fight against the main force of our army, why not take this opportunity to directly attack Xiangyang and force Liu Bei to fight against our army?" Yang Xiu stood up and bowed to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao glanced at Yang Xiu when he heard this, and nodded with a smile: "Dezu has seen a lot of military techniques. ”

Yang Xiu said modestly: "I know a little bit about it." ”

Cao Cao once again determined that Yang Xiu was not suitable for leading the troops, not that there was a mistake in saying this, but it was not in line with reality, Xiangyang City was ten zhang high alone, until now, Cao Cao was a little incredible, such a high city wall, it was built in less than two years, this height alone, it is not easy to attack, Liu Bei dared to let go of this method to send troops, he must have absolute confidence in Xiangyang.

At this time, if you run to attack Xiangyang, people will directly bypass the main force to attack Wancheng, directly cutting off your back road, Yang Xiu's strategy is a little taken for granted.

Cheng Yu shook his head when he heard this: "Dezu knows, how tall is Xiangyang City?" ”

"Uh...... Ten zhang! Yang Xiu looked at Cheng Yu suspiciously.

"Do you know how tall ten zhang is?" Cheng Yu looked at Yang Xiu and shook his head and said: "The city wall of Yecheng is only four zhang and seven feet, and the city wall of Xuchang is only four zhang and five feet. ”

Yang Xiu's talent is beyond doubt, and he is also good at figuring out Cao Cao's thoughts, but these things have not been put on the battlefield and on the overall situation, even if they are smart, they are only clever, which makes Cheng Yu very regretful...... This is not what the country needs!

"What Cheng Gong said is indeed reasonable, but our army can also cut off its grain route...... Yang Xiu also feels reasonable, but he doesn't feel that he is wrong, even if he can't capture Xiangyang, but Liu Bei's army always needs to transport grain, cut off the other party's back road, can he Liu Bei still eat grain and grass? But think about it, Liu Bei can also cut off his own grain channel.

"Then how can our army's food supply be guaranteed?" Cheng Yu glanced at Yang Xiu and said, "Dezu can believe that how many wealthy families in this Nanyang are willing to secretly support Liu Bei?" ”

In terms of people's hearts, even if this Nanyang is under the rule of Cao Jun, Cao Jun has no advantage, and this Nanyang has always been exploited by Cao Jun.

"I don't know what's the trick to success?" Yang Xiu found that he couldn't be as quick as writing articles in terms of marching, but he didn't want to admit that he was incompetent, so he could only ask rhetorically.

"In the war, when Qi is compatible, now the two families are mobilizing troops on a large scale, trying to complete the battle with a clever plan, that is delusional!" Cheng Yu sighed, he probably guessed Yang Xiu's thoughts, this kid was arrogant, and wanted to decide Liu Bei in one battle like the Battle of Guandu or the Battle of Chibi.

It's just that how hard the battle of Guandu was fought back then, only Cheng Yu and these people know, as for the battle of Chibi, that battle is even more difficult to replicate, the time and place are favorable, all of them are indispensable, this kind of opportunity, how can it be so easy to appear?

Even if you let Zhou Yu come back to life, he doesn't dare to say that he can fight the glory of the Battle of Chibi again, and he also lets Cao Cao come again, and he may not dare to guarantee that the final victory in the Battle of Guandu must be himself, the little guy fought with the army for the first time, just like building a miracle in the world, Cheng Yu is really speechless, this young generation is so impetuous, how can they rest assured that the world will be in their hands in the future?

"We divide our forces too." Cao Cao looked at the map and said: "Cao Ren, Li Dian, Cao Xiu, each of you three leads a group of men, the enemy's forces are so scattered, it must be a combination of virtual and real, you need to find the main force of the enemy army to annihilate it, and lead the Chinese army alone!" ”

"Whoa!" When the three generals heard this, they bowed and bowed, and each took the order.

Cao Cao did not divide the soldiers and horses into those eight branches like Liu Bei, although he did not see the main intention of the other party for the time being, but this way of dividing the troops must be a combination of virtual and real, Cao Cao did not want to be taken by the other party with the rhythm, once the rhythm on the battlefield was mastered by the other party, it was definitely a disaster, so Cao Cao chose to take the initiative to find the main force of the other party to annihilate it, and at the same time led the Chinese army himself, ready to respond at any time.

As for giving up the offense and focusing on the defense...... There are so many cities in Nanyang, Liu Bei may not just want to swallow the whole Nanyang, if he really does that, he will give a lot of cities to Liu Bei, and such a good opportunity, Liu Bei took the initiative to attack, not to take advantage of this time to destroy more Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, and wait until Liu Bei retracted back into the city, and then think about the ten-zhang city wall of Xiangyang, Cao Cao even lost the idea of attacking.

The armies of Cao and Liu, on the second day of Liu Bei's expedition, began to collide frequently, Cao Ren and the three of them each led 10,000 troops, the troops were sufficient, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were basically touched and left, inducing the Cao army to divide the troops, although the main force has not yet officially started, but the scouts on both sides will fight almost every day, and the three generals of Cao Ren also took this opportunity to spy on the direction of Liu Bei's army, and the war also kicked off......