After Zhang Yi arrived in Yiyang, it was January. At this time, Runan is actually not very cold, only a few degrees below zero, after all, it is already spring, and the river is about to be civilized.

At this time, Zhang Yi must be a good time for Zhang Yi to use troops, and the only thing to guard against is the animal carcasses in the wild in the spring, because this may cause a plague.

Fortunately, Zhang Yi's army has a very advanced means of preventing and controlling the plague, so Zhang Yi can send troops with confidence.

If Yiyang wants to attack Jiangxia, it needs to attack westward. You read that right, it's to attack westward! The west of Yiyang is Xiyang, Yuguo, and Yanxian in Jiangxia, and then west is Pingchun.

But why did most of Jiangxia County be south of Yiyang, and why did it have to attack west? In fact, as mentioned earlier, Yiyang has a road to Jiangxia, but this road is a mountain road.

There is a mountain range in the middle of Jiangxia County, and this mountain range is the famous red mountain range - Dabie Mountain!

The Dabie Mountain Range divides Jiangxia County into two, with four counties in the north and ten counties in the south, and the county seat Xiling is in the south.

Therefore, if you want to attack Xiling on the north road, there are two ways to go, one is to cross the Dabie Mountain and find a mountain path from Xiyang to attack Xiling directly. However, this road takes a long time, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, so you can take surprise soldiers, not use them as regular soldiers.

The second way is to bypass Dabie Mountain, attack Fuyang from the west of Pingchun, then go south to Xiangxiang and Zhangling, and then go east to Suixian, bypass the eastern part of Lulin Mountain, and go south to Nanxin City.

Nanxin City is a county name, not a modern place name. Nanxin City is located in the west of Jiangxia, southeast of Lvlin Mountain.

Of course, if there is a boat, you can go directly from? The water plunges straight into Anlu. Suixian and Anlu are there? Next to the water, as long as there are enough boats, it is still possible to transport the army over.

However, the road was too long, and most of the supply lines were exposed to Cao's attack. Moreover, it is better to return to Jiangxia and continue to attack westward, attack Huyang, Xinye, Chaoyang, and then go south to Xiangyang, which is closer than attacking Anlu.

Therefore, the offensive on the northern front can only be based on attacking the four counties of Jiangxia, and then send a partial division to attack Xiling, and the large army will advance westward, preparing to attack Nanyang County.

However, to attack the northern part of Jiangxia County, Zhang Yi still has to take one place, that is, Xinxi County. Xinxi County and Anyang County in Runan were both places that threatened Zhang Yi to attack Pingchun. Therefore, if Zhang Yi wants to attack Pingchun, he must take these two counties.

Zhang Yi met Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, brothers who were left here by him in Yiyang. These three people have now surrendered to Zhang Yi, Sun Qian doesn't care, Liu Bei is dead, Zhang Yi respects him, and he takes refuge in Zhang Yi.

The Mi brothers pressed Dabao on Liu Bei, Liu Bei died, and everything about them came to naught. In order to save their lives, the Mi brothers also chose to surrender.

Zhang Yi is not worried about them at all, Mi Zhu is a gentleman, Mi Fang is a coward, and these two brothers are not the kind of people who calculate people behind their backs. Mi Fang betrayed Guan Yu, but chose to surrender because she was afraid of death.

"Mi Zhu, Force: 73, Strategy: 62, Strategy: 72, Internal Affairs: 90, Education: 87, Diplomacy: 85. Characteristics: Operational. ”

"Mi Fang, Force: 68, Strategy: 67, Strategy: 52, Internal Affairs: 63, Education: 46, Diplomacy: 47. Trait: Relative. ”

These three people, Zhang Yi, are only ready to reuse two, and Sun Qian and Mi Zhu can both be used. But Mi Fang Zhang Yi is not ready to use it, but he will temporarily put him by his side and run errands. Although this kid is not very capable, it is still okay to pass on a word, as long as loyalty can be guaranteed.

Zhang Yi sent Su Lie to attack Xinxi County, and he was the only one who could defend Xinxi and protect his flanks. This shows that Zhang Yi attaches great importance to Su Lie, and specially gave him 5,000 people, and asked him to attack Anyang after taking the new breath.

Zhang Yi personally led his troops to attack Xiyang, and let Master Shang and his apprentices attack Yuguo and Yan County, and further attack Pingchun and peep into Nanyang County.

Master Shang also has 5,000 apprentices, and Zhang Yi carries the rest of the army himself.

After Su Lie got the order, he was also very excited. He was only a lieutenant now, and he was very happy to be able to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses. Now that Zhang Yi gave him 5,000 soldiers and horses, Su Lie can be said to be very happy, which shows that the lord is optimistic about him.

After Su Lie went north to Xinxi, he found that Xinxi's defense was very strict. It should have known the news that Zhang Yijun had taken Gushi and other places, so Su Lie felt a little troublesome.

It's just a little bit, because the city of Xinxi is not big, and the defenders are only two or three hundred people. No matter how strict he defended, he would not be Su Lie's opponent, he had five thousand people.

Su Lie directly sent troops to besiege the city, and then attacked from all sides. Thousands of people attacked, and two or three hundred people couldn't defend it at all, and they were killed by Su Lie into the city in less than half a day.

After laying down the new breath, Su Lie did not rush to Anyang, but looked at the map and studied it. In the future, the grain and grass in Anyang will definitely need to be transported from the direction of Gushi, and the grain road will definitely go through Huaishui.

But there is a long way to go from expectancy to new breath, and there is a place that threatens this grain road, and may even threaten Zhang Yi's grain and grass land, Yiyang.

This place is called Baoxin, Baoxin, Qisi, Yiyang and Xinxi, and the four counties are a square. Expectation and new breath are diagonal, and praise and Yiyang are diagonal. If troops are sent from Baoxin, it is completely possible to strike at the three counties of Qisi, Yiyang, and Xinxi.

Su Lie felt that this place had to be taken, otherwise it might become a place for Cao Cao's counterattack. As long as you win the praise, you can fill in the previous line of defense.

After Su Lie thought of it, he immediately sent a military newspaper to Zhang Yi to report the incident.

After Zhang Yi saw the military report, he also felt that his previous thoughts were a bit naïve. He called his subordinates and asked, "What Su Lie did was that we didn't think about it, and I have agreed to Su Lie's action to attack Baoxin." It's just that I lack someone to attack Anyang now, and I don't know if anyone can help me solve the problem? ”

Li Shanchang said at this time: "Anyang should be heavily defended and not attacked, so there is no need for fierce generals, it should be mainly based on commanding troops, and Lu Boyan can do it." ”

Zhang Yi was a little worried, Lu Xun had not fully grown up. But Zhang Yi thought about it, how could the general come out of the greenhouse? He agreed, gave Lu Xun 2,000 soldiers and horses, and asked him to capture Anyang County to ensure that Master Shang and his apprentices attacked Pingchun's flank.

Zhang Yi left Li Shanchang in Xiyang County, took care of Yiyang, Yiguo and Xiyang, and ensured his own grain route.

And Zhang Yi himself took Wei Wentong, Qin Qiong, Xia Luqi and Pang Tong with 8,000 soldiers and went deep into Dabie Mountain.