Liao Li listened to Guan Yu's words, and said with a smile: "Duke Qin has long been dissatisfied with the arrogance of the Wu army, the last time the official envoy went to Chang'an, I heard Duke Qin say such words, and now the Wu army actually ignored Duke Qin's warning and sent troops to conquer our army without authorization, which really did not give Duke Qin face, besides, Duke Qin inherited the entire Jingzhou at the beginning, and now Sun Quan has occupied Jiangling for so long, and he has not said anything about it, Duke Qin has long been secretly angry, but in order to accumulate strength, he endured it, Now after several years of development, it is estimated that Qin Gong already has enough strength, according to the lower officials, this time Qin Gong may not take the opportunity to start a full-scale war against Sun Quan. ”

"This, this, is this true? If that's the case, that's great. Guan Yu listened to Liao Li's words, and was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said excitedly.

Liao Li quickly flashed an elusive smile, and then said to Guan Yu: "Therefore, we must prepare in advance, once the army of the Duke of Qin starts a war against Sun Quan, we must fully cooperate, first defeat Zhou Yu's army, relieve the crisis of our army's eastern front, and then find a way to recover the lost territory." ”

"Hehe, this is naturally needless to say", Guan Yu heard this, nodded with a smile, and then said: "As long as Zhou Yu can withdraw his troops, our people will immediately launch a counteroffensive and form a flank attack with Qin Gong's army, but will Qin Gong really send troops?" When will the troops be dispatched? ”

Guan Yu still couldn't believe it, and asked questions again.

Liao Li asked Guan Yu to calm down for a while, and asked him to do his best to hold Jiangzhou, and told Guan Yu: "With the character of Duke Qin, he often sends troops to fight when Zhou Yu's morale is low, so I believe that in another three or five months, Duke Qin will send troops." ”

Although Guan Yu was very anxious, he could only wait patiently, leading the army to defend the city as best as possible, fighting tenaciously, even though Zhou Yu was full of tricks, he was immovable, this Jiangzhou city was always safe and sound, completely in the hands of Guan Yu.

More than four months have passed in the blink of an eye, seeing that there are more and more casualties on his side, and the grain and grass in the warehouse are getting less and less, which is only enough for a month's expenditure, in this case, Guan Yu's mood is becoming more and more anxious, and he asks Liu He about sending troops in Liao Li's ear almost every day.

"It's been four months, why hasn't Duke Qin sent troops yet?"

"If we don't send any more troops, our army will run out of food and grass."

"I have pinned all my hopes on Qin Gong, if he does not send troops, we will have no hope, and then I can only lead the army to break through, I really don't want to take that step."

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Now Guan Yu is like a child who is worried about the New Year's money, and he has to talk about it every day, which makes Liao Li feel a little annoyed, but Liao Li naturally will not show this feeling, and always patiently comforts Guan Yu and asks Guan Yu to be restless......

And at this time, Liu He appointed Zhang Xiu, the assassin of Jingzhou, suddenly got an order, let him command an army of 50,000, and immediately set up troops to attack Jiangling, where Cheng Pu was stationed, Zhang Xiu was ready to send troops at any time, he did not dare to slack off after receiving the order, and immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses, with Li Yan as the vanguard (because Liu Biao was dead, Li Yan at this time had been restored to his original name), Li Tong and Xian Yufu were deputy generals, leading 10,000 troops first, leading 40,000 troops, as well as the generals Wen Ping, Yu Ban, Pang De, Ma Dai, and the military division Liu Ye and others slowly marched, Li Yan's army was required to come to the dense forest in the northern suburbs of Jiangling within five days to lurk, wait for the arrival of the main army, and pay attention to secrecy, absolutely not let the opponent find traces, and at the same time send more scouts to keep in touch with the main army at any time.

After Li Yan's vanguard army was deployed, Zhang Xiu immediately ordered the main army under his command to go out immediately, and it must meet Li Yan's vanguard army within three days after Li Yan's army arrived, that is, within eight days.

Let's say that after Li Yan got the order, he immediately led the army to set off, along the way to open roads in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and advance at a very alarming speed, and in just three days, he came to Dangyang Changsaka, which is dozens of miles away from Dangyang City, and Cheng Pu's 5,000 border guards were stationed in Dangyang.

Although the number of these troops is not large, but these troops are in the nature of vigilance, from here to Gangneung along the road all the beacon towers, once they are attacked, the news will immediately spread to Gangneung, so Cheng Pu will make preparations in a short time, and immediately ask for help from Wuling on the other side of the river, in this case, there is almost no possibility of attacking Gangneung.

After some discussion, Li Yan and Li Tong and Xian Yufu decided to adopt a roundabout strategy, first led the army to make a detour, came to Maicheng, a small city directly south of Dangyang, and used tricks to defraud Maicheng, destroy the beacon tower here, and then storm Dangyang City from behind, so that Dangyang will become a lonely city, even if the beacon fire is fired, it is useless, because the location of the next beacon tower Maicheng is already in his own hands.

After making a decision, Li Tong led 3,000 cavalry to the city of Maicheng at night, claiming to be ordered by Cheng Pu to change the defense, the defender Chen Peng at the head of the city was very strange when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Why is the change of defense so fast this time?" According to the regulations, shouldn't it be changed after three months? ”

I saw Li Tong say loudly: "The governor of Zhou decided to concentrate all his efforts on attacking Jiangzhou, so he wanted to draw elites from Nanjun, so General Cheng sent us recruits to garrison here, and at the same time invited the brothers in the city to go to Jiangzhou. Haha, this time the brothers have made great achievements, but don't forget about us recruits. ”

As soon as Chen Peng heard this, he had no doubts in his heart, ordered someone to open the city gate, and personally led the team to welcome those recruits inside, but he didn't expect the city gate to be opened, he just came to the city, he was attacked by the opposite general, just one round, he was captured by the other party.

"This, general, are you misunderstanding? I'm my own. "Although Chen Peng is a guard in the city, his original identity is just an ordinary bandit leader, who was sent here after being recruited, and it is okay to fight smoothly on weekdays, but now he is suddenly captured, and his life is threatened, he has already been frightened, and he does not dare to resist at all.

"Old General Cheng got the news that you are preparing to defect to the camp of the Duke of Qin, so this faction will investigate this matter in the future, how did you collude with the Duke of Qin? If you recruit from the truth, maybe General Cheng will consider sparing your life, if you have the slightest concealment, don't blame me for not recognizing people with this knife. Li Tong tightened the knife in his hand and said coldly to Chen Peng.