In July of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, the war in Jingzhou had lasted for nearly a year, and Deng Ai's stuttering soldiers were cured by Ma Hong. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, in May, the war in Jingzhou had lasted for nearly two years, Yizhou had basically been stabilized, Ma Hong ordered Wei Yan to guard Yizhou, and the Zhennan general Hu Duqin led an army of 20,000 people, and Wang Ping, Zhang Ren, Meng Da, Zhang Yi, Fa Zheng, Huang Quan, Ma Tan, etc. will march from Yizhou to Jingzhou.

Ma Hong ordered Yan Pu to arrange grain and grass on the main road leading to Liangzhou in Hanzhong, and ordered Ma Liang to temporarily replace Pang Tong as the assassin of Liangzhou, and guard Yongzhou and Liangzhou with Ganning and Yang Fu. Pang Tong led 20,000 Liangzhou troops into Hanzhong and entered Jingzhou, wanting to completely exterminate Liu Bei.

Xu Huang, who surrendered to Liu Bei, because his family was in Cao Cao in the north, Zhang He, who was also a general, knew that Xu Huang was forced to surrender Liu Bei, so he secretly communicated with Xu Huang, promising Xu Huang's generous profits, and Xu Huang reached a deal, if Xu Huang could help Zhang He defeat Liu Bei, he promised to help Xu Huang return to Xudu. Ma Hong also specially got Cao Cao's handwritten letter for Xu Huang, Cao Cao knew Xu Huang's ability, and said that he did not want to lose Xu Huang's fierce general. Xu Huang agreed to cooperate with Ma Hong, Liu Bei was the time to employ people, and he was forced to have no choice but to let Xu Huang fight, Xu Huang rebelled in Changsha, and Zhang He attacked Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was defeated and retreated to Jiangxia County.

Huang Zhong led an army of 8,000 to cut off the water and land routes from Jiangxia County to Changsha County. Liu Bei was besieged in Changsha County by nearly 40,000 troops and could not break through.

Huang Zhong, Zhang He, and Zhu Ran besieged Liu Bei without attacking, and wanted to annihilate all the troops who rushed to the rescue with the strategy of encircling the corpses and sending reinforcements.

Seeing that Liu Bei was weak, the scholars of Jiaozhou broke away from Liu Bei and surrendered to Sun Quan under the persuasion of Ma Hong and Sun Quan. Liu Bei lost Jiaozhou, and was surrounded by the two major forces of Ma Hong and Sun Quan, and fought fiercely for two years, and the grain and grass were almost exhausted.

Zhuge Liang sent people to ask Ma Hong for peace, but Ma Hong refused to negotiate peace and continued to send troops to surround Changsha County.

Liu Bei sent people to ask Sun Quan for peace, but Sun Quan refused to sue for peace, and instead recruited 15,000 soldiers led by Zhu Zhi to Jiangxia County to assist Zhou Yu in attacking Jiangxia.

Guan Yu and Zhou Yu were dragged by Zhou Yu, and Zhuge Liang and Guan Ping were held in Jiangxia by Pang De and Liu Ye. Liu Bei defended the lonely city in Changsha County, and the troops who came to the rescue from Wuling and Lingling were all destroyed by Zhang He, Huang Zhong, and Zhu Ran.

Jiangxia County, Jingling City, Zhuge Liang is standing on the city wall, the morale of the soldiers is low, the current situation is extremely grim, and Liu Bei's forces have reached the moment of survival. Ma Hong and Sun Quan refused to negotiate peace, and Zhuge Liang heard that Zhou Yu and Lu Su Zhu Ran's strategic purpose was to defeat Liu Bei and divide Jingzhou equally with Ma Hong.

And the army of Yizhou and Pang Tong of Liangzhou have led the army on the way to Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang knows Pang Tong's ability, if Pang Tong, Ma Hong, and Liu Ye join forces, he and Xu Shu are not necessarily the opponents of the three of them, and they are still in a weak position, and it is almost impossible to turn defeat into victory. If Yizhou's army attacked Wuling, it would not take a year to take Wuling and Lingling counties, and then the Yizhou army and the Liangzhou army would attack Jingzhou together, and Liu Bei would no longer have the strength to resist at that time.

In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, in May, the Yizhou army led by Hu Du approached Wuling, broke through Wuling City in one month, and broke through Lingling City in the second month. In July, he and Zhang He, Huang Zhonghui and Changsha County, besieged Liu Bei. In the same month, the Liangzhou army advanced to Xiangyang, Nanyang County, and Ma Hong personally led the army to attack Nanyang County with Pang Tong, and attacked Liu Feng in Nanyang County with Zhang Wei and Deng Ai as the vanguard.

Liu Feng was defeated and captured, and half of Nanyang County occupied by Liu Bei was taken by Ma Hong, after Ma Hong took Nanyang County, he was transferred to Deng Zhi and Li Yan led an army of 5,000 to garrison Nanyang County, and he and Pang Tong led the army from north to south with Zhou Yu and Liu Ye to attack Jiangxia County on three sides.

Changsha County. Linxiang City.

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei stood side by side on the city tower, looking at the blackened soldiers outside the city, Liu Bei weakly propped his elbows on the city wall, and said, "Third brother, this time it is really going to be defeated." ”

Zhang Fei paused and said, "Big brother, right now, we have a way to go. ”

"Where is the way out? It's all a dead end! Jiangxia County is in danger and is being attacked from three sides, and the military division and Yun Chang are afraid that it will be difficult to defend. Liu Bei sighed.

"Now we can only have a glimmer of vitality if we let Ma Hong and Sun Quan have contradictions." Zhang Fei said.

"They forced me to death, how could they give me a chance."

"Big brother, abandon Changsha County, retreat to Guiyang, and give Changsha to them. Let them compete for Changsha, and then they will inevitably have contradictions. ”

"This is a solution, but now that we are surrounded, how can we break through?" Liu Bei let out a long sigh, under this summer heat, he still had a cold war.

"Brother, I will go out of the city to call for battle, drag them down, and you will lead the army from the south gate to break through to Guiyang County."

"That third brother, you ......"

"Brother, don't worry about me, we've fought countless battles, we've encountered many dangers, and when have I been captured. I was able to run away every time. ”

"But this time it's different, this time it's ......"

"Brother, don't say it again, you have to believe in Yide."

"Let's ask the advisor for his opinion!"

"The messenger can't be sent, I can't get the news of Jiangxia, brother, the enemy won't wait any longer, they will definitely attack the city in less than three days, if they don't leave now, they will definitely not be able to leave when the time comes."

Liu Bei hesitated for a long time, and finally followed Zhang Fei's suggestion, letting Zhang Fei be the main general and Chen Zhi as the deputy general to go out of the city to call the battle.

Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi counted 8,000 men and horses, opened the northern city, Zhang Fei raised his spear to the front of the battle, and shouted: "Yan Zhang Fei is here, who dares to fight me to the death." ”

Zhang He smiled and said, "Liu Bei has reached the end of his rope, did he send Zhang Fei to his death?" Get ready to attack! ”

"General Zhang, wait, so-and-so and that Zhang Fei haven't decided yet." Huang Zhong stepped out with a knife and a horse.

Zhang He said with a smile: "General Huang, now that our army has an absolute advantage, we can capture Zhang Fei just by leading the army to rush up, why do we have to fight hard with that Zhang Fei?" ”

"The last time I won a certain victory, I want to really fight with Zhang Yide." Huang Zhong said.

"General Huang, this Zhang Fei has always been brave, although he only has one eye now, he is still a fierce beast, it is better not to fight or not." Zhang He sighed and said, he knew that although Huang Zhong was fierce, he had been seriously injured, and now fighting Zhang Fei was not what he, the boss, wanted to see.

On the other side, Hu Du saw Zhang Fei leading his army out of the city and wanted to lead the army to attack.

Suddenly, a jujube red war horse rushed out of Zhu Ran's army, and he saw a red-robed young general, holding a spear, running towards Zhang Fei, shouting: "Ling Tong is here to fight you." ”

Hu Du not only said: "What is Zhu Ran going to do? This is not the Spring and Autumn Period, does it have to be a heads-up between generals? ”

Fa Zheng smiled and said, "That's because Zhu Ran saw Zhang Fei's intentions clearly. ”

The fox thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that Zhang Fei wants to drag us down and let Liu Bei escape?" ”

Fa Zheng nodded.

In Zhu Ran's camp, Lu Su said to Zhu Ran: "General Zhu, can Zhang He and Hu Du understand your purpose for letting Ling Tong fight?" ”

Zhu Ran smiled slightly and said: "How can you not understand, Hu Du is my Senior Brother Ma's apprentice, can you not know this truth, military advisor, I will leave it to you here, I will lead the army to the south gate to besiege Liu Bei." ”

In front of Zhang He's formation, Zhang He saw Ling Tong attacking, and after a little thought, he spoke: "It seems that this Zhu Ran is informing us not to attack the city, but to pay attention to precautions to prevent Liu Bei from escaping." ”

(To be continued.) )