In the camp, Guan Yu and Ma Liang all sighed long sighs when they saw that the last group of immigrants had been sent away.

Population is always the most critical resource, although Jingzhou was lost, but this time after concerted efforts, it finally left some vitality for the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, although everyone was tired, there was a light or heavy smile on their faces.

At this time, only hearing the sound of the horse's hooves, Jiang Wei's face turned pale and galloped.

Before the horse stopped, he turned over and dismounted, walked quickly in front of Guan Yu, and hurriedly repeated what Lu Xun said and his own worries.

When everyone heard the news, they felt that the wind and thunder had suddenly changed, and they were all discolored.

Ma Liang said: "Just in case, I will immediately take the ferry back to the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and quickly report the news to the lord, and ask him to send a team of tigers to the north to garrison Zigui." ”

Jiang Wei shook his head and said: "It's too late, it's at least half a day away from Jiangnan Daying and the ferry." And the Zigui garrison is empty, and it is necessary to race against the clock, so quickly convey this news to the Zigui guard. ”

Guan Yu immediately made a decision, turned to Ma Liang and said, "Ji Chang, you quickly cross the river to report to the lord, and ask him to make plans!" ”

Ma Liang was about to take the order and leave, when he suddenly asked, "What about you, the prince?" ”

Guan Yu said: "The Jiangbei camp garrisoned by Huang Quan is only a few dozen miles away, there are 5,000 soldiers in the tun, and it is only sixty miles away from Zigui. So he went to him to borrow 2,000 soldiers, and personally led people to block the mountain road north of Zigui City. ”

After that, he said to Zhou Cang: "Lead a certain horse." ”

Zhou Cang took the order and left, and after a while, he was already leading the red rabbit horse and striding over.

Guan Yu turned over and got on his horse, without looking back, and galloped north.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei shouted: "The last general will go with the prince!" While urging Xiaobai to follow closely; Behind him, Zhou Cang also patted his horse and followed.

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The camp in Jiangbei, guarded by Huang Quan, is forty miles away from here, and the three of them traveled all the way and arrived in more than an hour.

Guan Yu didn't get off the horse, he went straight to the main tent, and when he saw Huang Quan, he asked him for two thousand foot soldiers.

Jiang Wei hurriedly recounted Cao Cao's possible attack on Zigui.

When Huang Quan heard this, he was immediately shocked, and immediately sent someone to recruit a general.

Not long after, a general in his thirties walked into the tent and bowed down to greet everyone in the tent.

Huang Quan introduced: "This is Zhao Rong, the chief governor under the lord's account. ”

He also introduced to Zhao Rong: "This is the former general Guan Junhou, and this is Yulin Zuocheng Jiang Wei." ”

After a pause, Zhengse said:

"General Zhao, I will ask you to immediately select 2,000 troops and go north with the prince to help defend Zigui. And quickly go to rectify the soldiers, you don't need to bring anything, be sure to travel lightly, Ben will only give you a stick of incense, remember? ”

Zhao Rong saw that the main general's face was serious, and he knew that there was a major military situation, so he hurriedly bowed down and took the order. After a while, Zhao Rong's shouts and the footsteps of the soldiers running quickly sounded outside the main tent.

Jiang Wei was anxious in his heart, waiting for the gap, and kept pacing left and right; Guan Yu closed his eyes in a deep voice, sitting upright like a mountain, not moving at all.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Wei even felt that his flustered and anxious mood had faintly calmed down.

After only half a pillar of incense, Zhao Rong came back to resume his life, and said that the two thousand soldiers had already finished the queue.

At this moment, Guan Yu suddenly got up, waved his big hand, said "go", and strode out of the camp.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Only then did he know that Guan Yu's anxiety was far above him at this time, but Guan Yu was able to do it so calmly on his face, and he really admired this self-cultivation skill.

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From the Han Army's Jiangbei camp to Ziguicheng, you need to go up the Yangtze River upstream, pass through Yishan, and have more than 60 miles of mountain roads.

As soon as the army walked out of the Jiangbei camp, Guan Yu issued an order for a rapid march.

The standard of the rapid march of the Han army was to walk twenty miles every hour, because it was a mountain road, and with a discount, it was barely able to walk fifteen miles, and at this speed, the army could reach Ziguicheng after four hours.

Because the two thousand troops were all on foot, Guan Yu, Jiang Wei, and Zhou Cang simply dismounted and walked, so as to save horsepower.

Jiang Wei also took the time to introduce Cao Cao's possible sneak attack to Zhao Rong; Only then did Zhao Rong know that the situation was tense, so he worked harder to drive the soldiers away.

The army walked for another hour and a half, and drove out more than 20 miles to a large mountain.

But seeing the terrain in front of me, countless mountains and hills rose from the ground, and the mountains were continuous, and I couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Zhao Rong approached and said: "Report to the prince, this place is called Yishan, after crossing this mountain, it is Zigui if you go thirty miles to the west." ”

Guan Yu suddenly stopped and squinted

Zhao Rong asked, "Junhou, what's wrong?" ”

Guan Yu looked at it for a while, frowned, and said: "The corridor in the middle of this place is low, and the surrounding mountains are high, so it is an excellent place for ambushes." ”

Zhao Rong said: "The prince is too worried, the end of this road will go every three or five times, and there is no ambush soldiers." ”

Guan Yu nodded and said, "Xu is too worried." In any case, Ziguicheng has a great stake, and even if there is a tiger's den in Longtan ahead, a certain person will have to go on a journey. ”

In order to enhance his persuasiveness, Zhao Rong said: "Ziguicheng sends messengers to the front line every day, and it is also the same way. Yesterday, the messenger also brought news that General Yi Jun led 5,000 Brazilian soldiers and grain and grass to support. ”

Guan Yu's eyes widened slightly, and he asked, "Zilong is also here?" Do you know where he is? ”

Zhao Rong thought for a while and replied: "The messenger said that the fish belly county that I arrived in yesterday should be able to go to Wu County in the next few days." ”

Guan Yu bowed his head slowly, and immediately ordered to start again.

Re-walking the five-mile mountain road, everyone's field of vision is blocked by the mountain, the Yangtze River is close at hand, but it is difficult to see, only to hear the sound of rushing water from not far away.

Zhao Rong also introduced: "When you get out of this mountain, it will be the terrain of a flat river. Look, the last general is right, how can there be ambushes in the wilderness here? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the hills around the forest road shouted and killed, and countless arrows poured down like a raging storm.

The Han army was caught off guard, and was immediately shot on their backs, and they were all panicked for a while, shouting everywhere.

Just when the Han army was panicking, countless Wei troops in black armor suddenly drilled out of the forest, standing shields and holding crossbows, blocking the trail to the brim, and kept shooting down.

When the Wei army occupies the uphill slope, condescending, occupies a great geographical advantage, at this moment the arrows are fired in unison, whistling, the power is really extraordinary.

Zhao Rongqing knew that he had lost the opportunity, and in order to reduce the unnecessary casualties, he immediately shouted: "Retreat!" Retreat! ”

As he shouted, he rushed forward, standing alone in front of the formation, wielding his spear and arrows, trying to cover his comrades to retreat safely.

Seeing this, Guan Yu, Jiang Wei, and Zhou Cang immediately drew their weapons and went up to help.

Four generals stepped forward, and finally managed to protect the soldiers behind them and slowly retreated.

The Han army retreated a full hundred and fifty paces, and then barely withdrew out of the range of the Wei army's bows and arrows.

The Wei army did not come to pursue, and waited for itself.

Zhao Rong's face turned pale, and he immediately went down to count the casualties.

Jiang Wei stared at the hillside for a while, and said worriedly: "The enemy army is only in the hundreds, no wonder they can hide here, and they will not be known for more than ten days." ”

Immediately, he sighed again: "The Wei army arranged strange troops here in order to delay the return of the army, so it seems that Cao Cao's sneak attack on Zigui is not a fraud...... And the terrain here is dangerous, if our army wants to force an attack on the back, it may be difficult to achieve results with only 2,000 lightly armed soldiers at present. ”

Guan Yu frowned, "Hmm", and without saying anything, the scene suddenly fell silent.