At this time, Jiang Xiaoyu was galloping on the road through Yiling. Although the small fish in the www.biquge.info River is very watery, Zhuge Song still ordered him to hide a horse on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

That night, as soon as Jiang Xiaoyu heard the sound of a large number of fleets approaching in the small boat in the river, he immediately went out of the cabin to check the situation. Although Lu Meng had already marched to Jiangling overnight after learning that one person had been missed, Jiang Xiaoyu did not keep walking the road leading to Jiangling, but followed Zhuge Song's previous instructions to get off the trail halfway and approach Benyiling.

After Liu Bei obtained the land of Shu, he changed Yiling City to Yidu, and Yiling became a general reference to this area. This city is located on the bank of the Yangtze River Gorge, the boundary of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and belongs to the transition zone from the mountainous area of western Hubei to the Jianghan Plain. The ground chokes from the river into the throat of Jing, controls Bashu on the top, leads Jingxiang down, "the water is here and the mountain is here, and the mountain is here and the mausoleum", which is the gateway to the Sichuan and the Sichuan. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a major battle here when the Qin general Bai Qi attacked Chu.

When Zhuge Song followed Liu Bei into Shu, he had a conversation with Liu Bei and Pang Tong, and at that time Liu Bei listened to Pang Tong's so-called remarks about the world, so he took Yiling as the inner city and did not think about it.

Later, Liu Bei obtained the land of Shu and changed this place to Yidu County, with Fan You as the guard. Fan You's ability is mediocre, and there are few residents in the county, so he only has a total of 2,000 soldiers to defend the city, and because he is not at the border, he has little training every day.

Recently, Yidu Taishou Fan You has always been very happy. The reason why he was happy was not because of anything else, but because of the arrival of Zhuge Song's woman, Shana.

A few months ago, a barbarian woman came to the city with thousands of soldiers. Although this group of people and horses was under the banner of Liu Beijun, they were also scared of Fan You, and later learned that it was Wuling Taishou Zhuge Song who ordered him to come, and only then did he know that this woman was the barbarian princess Shana of Zhuge Song Xinna.

Although Zhuge Song and Fan You are both too guarded, but Zhuge Song also led the seal of General Pingxi, after Shana entered the city, she immediately took out the military order given to her by Zhuge Song in advance, and immediately took over the military power in Yidu City on the grounds that the troops on the front line of Fancheng were tight, and the soldiers should be drilled in case General Guan could be dispatched at any time.

Liu Bei had already granted Guan Yu all the political and military power in the Jingzhou area. Zhuge Song is only a general of Pingxi, and the mobilization of the army still requires Guan Yu's military order, but if he only trains and does not mobilize the army, Zhuge Song's dual identity as a military officer and the hot Kong Ming military division in front of Liu Bei still makes Fan You dare not disobey it, and obediently handed over the military power.

In this way, Shana and the more than 1,000 elite sergeants she brought with her lived in Yidu City. Fan You was very irritable at first, because the sergeants brought by Shana were not to mention the daily use, and even the original two thousand sergeants had to be constantly drilled at a frequency of one day off every three days of training. Always practice to eat more than when you stayed there, plus Shana said one day that the ordnance was going to be replaced, another day said that the city wall somewhere was too broken and had to be repaired, and then said that there was too little grain and grass in the city, and more food and grass should be prepared, Fan You asked how much, and Shana said without saying a word that she wanted at least enough food for three thousand soldiers for a year.

Although Yidu City is a county town, due to geographical reasons, the population is very small, and the tax revenue is also limited, so the original ration for two thousand soldiers for three months is also adopted to collect taxes and supplement them on a quarterly basis after eating for three months. As soon as Shana opened her mouth, she was about to make up for a year, and in the end, Fan You had to say no matter how much he scrupled about going to Zhuge Song's backstage.

Who knew that Shana actually ordered someone to bring a large box to Fan You, and after opening it, it was a thousand taels of gold in it, saying that it was the military supplies that General Zhuge had replenished to Yidu City.

That's not all, within a few days, another transport team came outside the city, and Fan You asked Shana to find out that it was Zhuge Song who was afraid that the city's military supplies would not be enough, and ordered someone to send 50,000 arrows!

Fan You knew that Yidu was far away from Fancheng, and the possibility of Guan Yu coming to the military order to transfer the troops here to the front line of Fancheng was very low, and everything Shana did before and after was probably just a preparation, so much money and arrows had now entered his treasury, once the time came to stop using troops, even if Zhuge Song might have to return some, but the purchase of ordnance, the repair of the city wall and the like were ultimately the benefits that Yidu City could really get. That's why he's so happy.

However, what should come will come.

When Jiang Xiaoyu appeared in the field of vision of the guards at the gate of Yidu City on horseback, at this time, Lu Meng had already lured Dr. Ren and forced Mi Fang to land, and was receiving a special guest in the Taishou Mansion of Jiangling City.

This person is none other than Lu Xun, Lu Boyan, who should have suppressed bandits in the mountains of Yangzhou!

It turned out that Lu Xun returned from the mountains to suppress bandits and went to Sun Quan to report, Sun Quan was happy for a while, so he told him that Lu Meng was going to attack Jiangling, Lu Xun volunteered to be a reinforcement, and it happened that the ministers of Eastern Wu discussed that if they successfully captured Jiangling, they should not go north to stimulate Guan Yu, but should focus on stability, and wait for Guan Yu and Cao Cao to lose both sides. Sun Quan sent 5,000 elites and Lu Xun to lead him, and set off from Chaisang to Jiangling to convey the new intentions of the decision-making level.

When Lu Xun saw Lü Meng, Lü Meng had already occupied Jiangling, but he was undecided about whether to march to Xiangyang. Because although Lü Meng has now successfully attacked Jiangling, Guan Yu's army is still holding Cao Jun in Fancheng, and the military strength has not been damaged, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan agreed to seal the land south of Xiangyang, not including Xiangyang. Xiangyang is not far from Fancheng, and attacking Xiangyang will definitely let Guan Yu immediately know that he has betrayed the alliance and attacked Jiangling, so it is better to stop the army here, sit and watch Guan Yu and Cao Jun fight, and then act after the strength is too reduced.

After Lu Xun saw Lu Meng, what he conveyed was that Sun Quan wanted Lu Meng to defend Jiangling and sit and watch the success or failure. Seeing that Sun Quan had the same opinion as himself, Lü Meng made up his mind not to attack Xiangyang again.

However, after Lu Xun conveyed Sun Quan's meaning, he smiled and said: "The lord ordered me to order the general not to move lightly, although I want to see Guan Yu and Cao Cao fight, but now there are two counties of Lingling and Wuling in the south of Jiangling, and there are not many soldiers and horses in the city, and the general is not indispensable to take them." ”

Lu Meng shook his head and smiled: "Now that Jiangling has been obtained by me, there is no foreign aid in the second county, and it is a matter of time before I get it." At this time, raising troops to take it only weakens the defense of Jiangling, and if Guan Yu withdraws his troops to capture Jiangling, it will not be beautiful. Now as long as I hold Jiangling, Guan Yu will lose his ground, even if he retreats to Xiangyang temporarily, he will inevitably fall into the encirclement of Cao Cao's army, and then I will collect the second county in the south, wouldn't it be better! ”

Seeing Lu Meng like this, Lu Xun relieved his heart and began to tell Lu Meng his true thoughts: "General Lu is so serious, he really lives up to the trust of the lord, but when the last general led the troops from Chaisang, he thought of another thing!" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say." When Lu Meng heard this, he put away his smile and turned to the right way.

"My Dongwu now has about 150,000 troops, and the approximate distribution is three: one is the Lukou army led by the Metropolitan Governor and you, with 30,000 elite main forces and 20,000 other sergeants. The other is that the lord garrisoned 30,000 troops in Chaisang, and Lujiang defended Cao Cao 20,000. The last piece is about 50,000 sergeants distributed in each city. Lu Meng nodded as he listened, and patiently listened to Lu Xun continue.

Lu Xun continued: "These fifteen troops seem to be a lot, but the first two can be mobilized for attack, and the elite ones are only about 60,000. Now General Lu led 30,000 elites to capture Jiangling and Gong'an, which seems to have put Guan Yu in a desperate situation. However, if Cao Cao and Guan Yu withdrew into Xiangyang and then stopped marching into the army, it is likely that Guan Yu would attack Jiangling from Xiangyang and Liu Bei from Shudi. ”

"This—" Lu Meng thought about it for a while, and then understood that Lu Xun's words were not unreasonable. Then he wondered: "If this is the case, why did the lord only order you to bring 5,000 men, and not add more soldiers and horses to help in the battle?" ”

Lu Xun smiled: "That's because now it's a battle between the three powers, not a battle between the two powers." If our army has 50,000 troops in Jiangling, Cao Cao will definitely urge Guan Yu to return to the army to fight with me, and Liu Bei will immediately do his best to reinforce Jingzhou from Hanzhong. And the number of 30,000 people becomes delicate, it seems that Guan Yu's army alone can fight with us, Cao Cao in order to win a quick victory, when the time comes, he can't help us, Liu Bei's reinforcements from Sichuan will also become slower, not so eager. ”

"And what are these five thousand troops?" Lu Meng wondered.

"Since the general can't move lightly, then the last general will lead these 5,000 men and horses to capture Yidu for the general, and stop the Shu army that wants to leave Sichuan in Yiling?" Lu Xun had a heroic face, and after persuading Lu Meng to defend Jiangling, he took the initiative to ask for his life.

"This-" Lu Meng thought for a while and said: "Yiling is very important here, after the general captured Jiangling, he did not seal the Chuankou to the west, first, he was worried that the division of troops was not conducive to holding Jiangling, and it was also because he heard that Liu Feng and Meng Da had captured the cities of Shangyong, and at present, the main force of Liu Bei's army is in Hanzhong, if Guan Yu is reinforced, he can go from Shangyong to Xiangyang, so he is not eager to capture Yidu!" ”

Lu Xun said with a smile: "There is a plan in the next place, which can make Guan Yu come straight to Jiangling without taking care of returning to Xiangyang, and when Cao Cao takes Xiangyang, the channel for Shangyong's rescue will no longer exist, and it will become a top priority to capture Yidu!" ”