Jiangling, now known as Jingzhou City. Jiangling is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in the west of the Jianghan Plain, bordering the Yangtze River in the south, the Hanshui River in the north, controlling Bashu in the west, and Jingnan in the south.

During the Warring States Period, the capital of Chu "Ying" was the predecessor of Jiangling, and by the time of the Han Dynasty, Jiangling had been used as the seat of Jingzhou for a long time, so people often called Jiangling as Jingzhou.

The walls of Gangneung were also famous during the Three Kingdoms period, and the castle was composed of brick walls, earthen walls, and moats. So it's no wonder that Zhou Yu had so hard when he attacked Jiangling.

Now that Guan Yu is defending Jingzhou, he naturally puts the place of governance in Jiangling.

When Zhuge Liang and others set out from Jingzhou to support Liu Bei, they took away a large number of soldiers and generals in Jingzhou, leaving Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Ma Liang, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Mi Fang, Fu Shiren and other major generals and 30,000 soldiers. During the period of time after Zhuge Liang left, Guan Yu also recruited a lot of new troops in Jingzhou, and now counting the 5,000 soldiers brought by Huo Jun, there are about 50,000 soldiers in the Shu army in Jingzhou, including 30,000 soldiers in Jiangling City, and they are all elite soldiers.

In the past few days, the soldiers in Gangneung City have been very busy, especially those who are building siege equipment. In addition, in Gangneung Fortress, you can see all kinds of siege equipment transported from various places from time to time.

"Father, today is the fifth batch of engineering equipment sent, and now there are no less than 100 catapults, dozens of rushing trucks, nearly 1,000 ladders, and countless arrows." Guan Ping said to the tall man in front of him with a happy face.

I saw that this person was nine feet long, his beard was two feet long, his face was like a heavy jujube, his lips were greased, his eyes were red, his eyebrows were lying silkworms, his appearance was dignified, and he looked majestic. After hearing the young general next to him finish speaking, the person who only listened laughed.

"My eldest brother has just defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong, so that Cao Cao lost his troops, presumably the morale of the army is very low now, and now the news of the defeat in Hanzhong must have reached the ears of Cao Ren and others in Xiangyang in the north, which is bound to have an impact on Cao Ren, and now this time is a good time to go north to take Xiangyang and occupy Fancheng.

After occupying Xiangyang and Fancheng, our army can reach the Central Plains directly, and Cao Wei's old nest Xuchang is also under the threat of our army, and at that time my eldest brother will lead the soldiers out of Hanzhong. In this way, the two armies attacked Cao Wei, Cao Wei was in danger, and the Han Dynasty could be prosperous! ”

The surrounding group of armored generals laughed happily after hearing this man's words.

The person who spoke was none other than Liu Bei's second brother, General Guan Yuguan. When Guan Yu is mentioned in later generations, no one will give Guan Yu a thumbs up, and Yi Bo Yuntian may be the best description of Guan Yu's life. However, no one is a sage or a sage, and the failure of Jingzhou in history has become the biggest mistake in Guan Yu's life. However, if you think about it carefully, Guan Yu's defeat in Jingzhou also has its inevitability. The sentence "How can a tiger girl marry a dog", but Sun Quan of Dongwu was completely offended. Thinking that Sun Quan was able to fight against Cao Cao in alliance with Liu Bei at that time, in fact, it was easy to get along, Guan Yu actually looked down on Dongwu so much, how could it be that Dongwu Hu.

Just as everyone around them was laughing, one of them frowned involuntarily. This person is dressed as a scholar, and now he feels quite isolated standing in this group of people. After everyone's laughter subsided, I saw this person arch his hand to General Guan Yu next to him and said:

"General Guan, I have a word about the Northern Expedition, and I would like to say it to the general."

Guan Yu turned his head to look at this person, and said with a smile:

"Ji Chang, come on. I'm sure you'll have some good suggestions! ”

This person is none other than the white-eyed Ma Liang who was left by Zhuge Liang to assist Guan Yu. Ma Liang, who only listened, said at this time:

"There are some suggestions, but whether they are good or not, please ask General Guan to carefully discern them. Now in the land of Jingzhou, our army occupies the land of Jiangling, Lingling, Wuling and other three counties, Dongwu occupies Jiangxia, Changsha, Guiyang and other three counties, and Cao Wei occupies the important town of Xiangyang. Now, if our army rises up to attack the land of Xiangyang, this equilibrium will inevitably be broken, and the whole Jingzhou will be in a state of chaos at that time.

Xiangyang and Fancheng are all like Jiangling, the city is high and deep, and there are Cao Wei's general Cao Ren and others to defend this city, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our army to occupy these two cities in a short time, and at that time our army and Cao army are bound to fall into a stalemate. If Soochow attacked Gangneung and other places from behind at this time, then Gangneung would be in danger.

Now that I have heard that Mr. Feng Yan has arrived at the public security, General Guan is not afraid to wait for Mr. Feng Yan to arrive in Jiangling and listen to Mr. Feng Yan's opinion, and it will not be too late to talk about the Northern Expedition at that time. ”

After Ma Liang finished speaking, he stopped talking. In fact, with Ma Liang's understanding of Guan Yu during this period of time, he knew that his words might offend General Guan Yu, but the Northern Expedition was indeed very dangerous, so in the end, Ma Liang also risked offending Guan Yu and said the above words.

After Guan Yu listened to Ma Liang's words, there was no longer a happy look on his face. The generals around Guan Yu also looked serious at this time.

Ji Chang has some truth in this, but the Northern Expedition has begun, and all the generals and soldiers are full of praise for this matter, and the morale is also very high.

As for the phoenix chicks that Ji Chang said, I don't think there is any need to wait. If Feng Yan had a good suggestion about the Northern Expedition, she must have come to Jiangling by now, but now Feng Yan is still in the public security. From this point of view, Mr. Feng Xiao is just a scholar. The matter of fighting such a war as the Northern Expedition should still be commanded by us generals. ”

After Guan Yu said these words, he walked forward, and the surrounding generals also walked forward with General Guan Yu. Ma Liang stood in place at this time, and he could clearly feel the eyes of the generals around him looking at him, with some disgust, some disdain, and some sympathy.

Ma Liang stood here for a while, and when he saw the generals walking away, he also hurried to these people.