The topography of Xiangyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the north of the water and the Danshui and the Han water meet in the Xiangjiang River, and the Jingshan Mountains run through the north and south in parallel, and a mountain and a river sandwich Xiangyang in it. With the danger of rivers and mountains, Liu Biao has strengthened his life, and Xiangyang can be said to exist like an iron bucket.

Lu Lingqi led the army south from Anzhong, collected grain and grass along the way, looked for mountains and rivers as a defensive fulcrum along the way, and built fortifications on the front line safely.

Militarily speaking, it is not just to find a road, and then march to the city of Xiangyang, excluding soldiers to take Xiangyang in one fell swoop, the biggest problem of the army to start the war is actually the problem of grain and grass and consumption, therefore, the mountains and rivers around the north have become effective defensive support points, even if there is no danger of mountains and rivers, the surrounding towns can also be used as defensive support points, these support points do not set up defense, blindly rush to kill, it is likely to be easily copied by Jiangdong in Jingzhou, a developed water network.

Even if Fancheng is dilapidated and empty, even if Fancheng and Xiangyang face each other across the river, and the Jiangdong powerful naval army blocks the possibility of crossing the Xiangjiang River, Fancheng must also be taken, this is the military role of the ground, as long as there is a large army in Fanchengtun, the Jiangdong naval army must be held on the Xiangjiang River, and dare not go away.

Lu Lingqi arranged the troops, and the army went south, and it had already been detected by the Jiangdong scouts. The Jiangdong army, which was caught in the civil war in Xiangyang, stepped up a fierce attack on the Jingnan army in Guanyudi, and it was necessary to control a complete Xiangyang before Lu Lingqi arrived.

On the way south of Zhang Liao, he learned that his friend Guan Yu was trapped, divided his troops into two routes, and the cavalry came first, and he crossed Huainan non-stop, and attacked the military town of Fanyang Lake in the east and west of the Yangtze River for a long time, intending to destroy the Chaisang port of the naval wharf in one fell swoop.

When Zhang Liao led the cavalry to the north bank of the river, Lu Lingqi was still calmly arranging the defense line in the county north of Fancheng.

The war horses lined up along the river, and the overwhelming flags were blown by the river wind.

"Confiscate the fishing boats and boats in the nearby villages!" Zhang Liao was worried about Guan Yu, and resolutely ordered.

"General Fuguo, we have committed a taboo by rushing lightly and leaving the scope of support of the army. Now I want to light the enemy to cross the river, my Chang'an army is good at land warfare and cavalry warfare, not good at water warfare, crossing the river even a battleship and a big ship is not yet available, if Jiangdong has already discovered that the general is coming south, and ambush a brigade of water divisions in the fog, we and other cavalry will have no power to fight back when they fall into the heart of the river, and there will be a doom of annihilation of the whole army! General Wang, think twice. ”

A lieutenant general persuaded bitterly.

Zhang Liao looked bitter and hesitated: "I know." However, when I saw my friend in distress, I sat idly by, and I didn't do anything. If I bury my Chang'an strong man because of my selfishness, how can I be a young man in Chang'an, and how can I be a substitute for the main bus? ”

"Don't hesitate, general." Jia Xu suddenly opened his mouth to persuade that Zhang Liao was Lu Bu's cronies, if he didn't make a serious mistake and didn't involve him, he would generally not talk much, and he couldn't help but persuade him at this time: "The general and Guan Yunchang are their own masters, and they have a life and death." If Yun Changzhi General is anxious, even if he dies in battle, Jiuquan will laugh three times for having this friend. ”

The corners of Zhang Liao's mouth twitched, and he couldn't say a word for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed: "I can't get over the hurdle in my heart." ”

Zhang Liao suddenly straightened up and shouted: "Jia Xu is now ordered to temporarily act as the chief general of the three armies and command the three armies until the general is reappointed." "No, you can't. As my acting general, where does the general want to go? Jia Xu was shocked and shocked by Zhang Liaodi's decision.

After Zhang Liao made this decision, the whole person relaxed, and grinned: "My heart is not here, if I hold a high position again, I am afraid of the enemy's tricks." I want to go to Xiangyang alone, saying that the cloud is long, if there is a cloud long, why is it unexpected? ”

Jia Xu's lips moved a few times, and finally he didn't persuade him, Guan Yu has the courage of ten thousand enemies, if he wants to help, it is not difficult to charge into battle and overcome strong enemies. It's just that with Jia Xu's hearsay to Guan Yu, will Guan Yu betray Liu Bei and follow Zhang Liao? Jia Xu is very bad.

Zhang Liao selected more than 30 people from the Xiliang Han Dynasty, who were generally strong, with short knives hidden at their waists, disguised as rogues, and broke away from the brigade to find a place to cross the river.

Seeing Zhang Liao leave, Jia Xu fell into deep thought. As the saying goes, if you are not in his position, you can't seek your own government, Jia Xu is now the temporary commander-in-chief, and the three armies are all his own.

"How do you cross the river?" Jia Xu had his back to Lujiang County, and his eyes wandered away from the mouth of the lake on the opposite bank.

A gust of cold wind came and he continued to shiver.

"There it is!" Jia Xu said to himself: "Jiujiang City on the other side has always been controlled by the Lu family, and the Lu family and Lu Bu have a marriage friendship, if you ask Lu Jun for help, Lu Jun will not postpone it." ”

Jiujiang is controlled by the Lu family, starting from Lu Kang, it is the Taishou of Lujiang County across the river. Behind the Jiujiang River is connected to Poyang Lake, and the lake mouth is on the same bank, and the Chaisangkou behind the Jiujiang River is an important dock wharf in Jiangdong.

As soon as he thought of it, Jia Xu sent someone to cross the river to contact the Lu family that night and prepare a boat to cross the river. Jia Xu has already thought of a specific strategic poison plan.

The Jiangdong Lu family has always had a good relationship with Chang'an and is deeply suspicious of Sun Quan. As long as the Lu family does not do anything to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, Sun Quan has no choice but to catch the Lu family's secret communication with Lu Budi. Lu Jun has also been carefully maneuvering between Chang'an and Jiangdong, currying favor on both sides, and not daring to make principled mistakes.

That night, a man dressed as a fisherman carefully entered Jiujiang City and went straight to the Lu Mansion.

When Lu Jun learned of his intentions, he broke out in a cold sweat. Lu Jun promised in person that he would make every effort to collect boats within three days to assist Jia Xu's army to cross the river.

After sending him away, Lu Jun didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly convened the elders and heirs of the family to discuss countermeasures.

A merry man stood up with a serious expression: "If you get along with Chang'an, the Lu family will also be destroyed!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, the whole house was shocked. Even Lu Jun, who had previously agreed to fully cooperate with the Chang'an army to cross the river, also looked pale, and there was nothing comparable to the prosperity of the family.

It was none other than Lu Jun's nephew Gu Shao, who was well-read, knowledgeable and as famous as Lu Ji, and was well-known from far and near, above Lu Xun. Gu Shao saw that everyone's eyes were attracted to him, and said in a deep voice:

"Jia Xutun's troops are on the north shore, and my uncle is collecting ships at this time, plus my Lu family has a marriage with the general, it is easy for people to associate this time. One is not good, the news has been deduced by Jiangdong Qunjie, and it will be a catastrophe for my Lu family. ”

"Yes, yes, the virtuous nephew is reasonable, but I have promised others, if I break the trust of others, the general will blame it, so what can I do?" Lu Jun nodded hurriedly.

"The Lu family lives in Jiangdong, and Guan Chang'an is resting. If my uncle works hard to create my Jiangdong and the south of the country, my Lu family will make immortal achievements, become generals, and prosper for a long time. Gu Shao said.

The prospect of the family land was so tempted that Lu Jun couldn't tell the north and the south, and asked impatiently: "How to cast?" ”

promised to assist Jia Xu in crossing the river, and secretly leaked the news to Jiangdong. Come and cooperate with the outside, annihilate Jia Xu's troops, win a battle first, boost the morale of our Jiangdong, and gain a foothold in an invincible position. ”

Before Gu Shao could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Jun waving his hand: "If you lose morality, I won't do it." ”

"Idiot." An old man slammed his cane on the stone slab and scolded angrily: "In front of the interests of the family, talk about peace and morality? My Lu family has been working hard for several generations to get to where it is today, do you want the whole clan to bury your hands? All the eyes of Jiangdong are staring at my Lu family, and if you are not careful, you will be crushed! ”

"My nephew knows what to expect. But the younger brother Lu Ji and nephew Lu Xun are still in the hands of Lu Bu, if they design to harm Jia Xu, I am worried that the two of them will die. The nephew must think twice about this. Lu Jun still couldn't make a decision.

"For the sake of the family, what is the pity of sacrificing a few lives."

Lu Jun couldn't resist the pressure of the whole clan, so he sent people to Gaomi in Chaisangkou overnight, and at the same time sent the news to the palace of Sun Quan in Jianye.

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered Zhang Zhao to go to Jiujiang with the official document of the king's order to fully cooperate with the Lu family to collect ships, in order to deceive all Jia Xu's troops to the river, and ordered the dispatch of Chaisang warships.

In Jiujiang City, it is still the same as in the past, and there are many business trips in the past, but the large and small fishing boats are restricted by the Lu family from going out of the river to fish under the pretext of not paying taxes.

Jia Xu arranged in the interior of Jiujiang City to transmit the news back to Jia Xutun's army, Jia Xu frowned, looking for a suitable person to leak the Lu family's actions to Jiangdong. It turned out that Jia Xudi's plan was to use the Lu family as bait to deceive all the water troops on the river to a section of Jiujiang, and then cross the river from this place to capture the mouth of the lake, but the Lu family was so cooperative, if he betrayed the Lu family, he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain to Lu Xun.

"The order went down, the flag was unfurled, and the drums sounded."

20,000 cavalry lined up in the field, shouted in unison, overwhelming the sky, the whirring river wind made the waving banner hula, as if it was like a flat thunder, just this momentum, let the defenders of the opposite bank of the lake mouth shake their hearts, this kind of large-scale oath, this can indeed boost morale and hit the enemy's morale.

On the vast river bank, a high platform has been piled up of soil, a big altar has been placed on it, a huge tooth flag is inserted on the high platform and slowly stretches and rolls in the wind, and there are fishing boats docked in the shallow water on the shore and the ferries are lined up, and the momentum is huge. A faction is determined to storm the water and military forces on the opposite shore.

The comparison between the two warships caused the Jiangdong naval army on the opposite side of the river to laugh wildly, and the main general Luo Tong was determined that Jia Xu was bluffing.

"Immediately along the river full of straw men, leaving a thousand sandwiches in the middle of the drum to make a strong momentum, the rest of the soldiers and horses scattered to coerce the people of the village, quietly advance in the direction of Jiujiang, and quickly return to this place after two days."

Jia Xu decided to continue to blempty and smuggle across the river. Jiangmian is out of the military control of Chang'an, and Jia Xu is unwilling to put his life in the hands of others.