Lu Xun commanded the army

the second year of Huangwu in Eastern Wu; In the meeting hall of Sun Quan in Wuchang City, at this time, a cadre of civil and military personnel from Eastern Wu was gathering to discuss the major affairs of the country; "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our army should stay still, waiting for Cao Wei and Shu Han to fight, and we will reap the benefits of the fisherman" Zhang Zhao clasped his fists and saluted.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that Shu Han had sent troops to aid when Cao Wei attacked our Jingzhou, and now Shu Han has sent an envoy to ask for help, how can we ignore it, wouldn't it be a violation of the alliance covenant" Jianwei General Ling Tong stood up and retorted.

It turned out that Chen Zhen, the envoy of Lianwu sent by Liu Bei a few days earlier, arrived in Wuchang and informed Sun Quan of the origin of this trip; It's just that Sun Quan has been hesitant, after all, this is related to the overall situation in the future, if Liu Bei captures the land of Yongliang, his national strength will be the land of the three states, and at the same time will get the source of cavalry, as well as the fierce Liangzhou soldiers; There will be a decisive battle with Cao Wei, and there seems to be nothing to do with Eastern Wu, Cao Wei will win and Shu Han will continue to retreat in Yizhou, and Shu Han will lose the initiative in the war and be subject to Shu Han.

"Your Majesty, if you are afraid of violating the covenant of the alliance, you can send a general to lead tens of thousands of troops to Lujiang County and make a gesture of sending troops, but reply to Liu Bei on the grounds that Cao Wei is strictly guarded and our army has no opportunity to take advantage of it." Too often Ling Gu Yong said.

"This is a very good plan," Sun Quan replied after pondering for a while.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the battle of Cao Liu is also a great opportunity for my Eastern Wu to march into the Central Plains; Liu Bei personally conquered the land of Yongliang, and Cao Pi must send a large army to block it, which is also an opportunity for our army to take advantage of; Our army can first unite the governor of Shu Hannan County and the governor of Shangyong, and use troops on three sides to flank Cao Wei's remnants in Jingzhou, so that Cao Wei thinks that our army is about to capture Jingzhou; After Cao Wei's reinforcements arrived, our army made a surprise attack on Hefei, and the Hefei garrison Zhang Liao was newly mourned, and our army will definitely be able to win if the morale is low."

"Does Shu Han still have troops to fight, according to the spies, Liu Bei's Northern Expedition almost hollowed out Yizhou" Sun Quan asked with some concern.

"Shangyong County does not need to send troops, it only needs to have the movement of troops; Fu Bai, the governor of Nanjun, has at least more than 10,000 soldiers in his hands to guard the three counties of Jingzhou, we only need to tell each other about the stakes, and Fu Yi will definitely send troops" Lu Xun hugged his fists, and his words also seemed unusually relaxed, as if this matter had been completed.

"Our army has already broken in Hefei many times, how sure can we be this time" Sun Quan asked with some worry, after all, he had been defeated in Hefei himself, and he almost couldn't escape.

"There will be a sixty percent chance of winning in the end," Lu Xun responded.

"Your Majesty, our army can't afford these six-layer odds, if Cao Wei wins in Yongliang, he will definitely return to the army, and the soldiers will go straight to Jiangdong," Cheng Bingyan immediately stood up and retorted.

Lu Xun couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and sighed secretly in his heart, "Dongwu is that there are too many people like you who are wise enough to protect yourself, so you have been avoiding the south of the Yangtze River, and you don't dare to sacrifice your life."

"Your Majesty, it is not easy to have a sixty percent chance of winning on the battlefield, if you have to wait until the tenth floor, the timing will no longer favor me at that time, the opportunity is rare, please make a decision" Lu Xun clasped his fists and said bluntly;

Sun Quan stared at Lu Xun tightly, the current Lu Xun was no longer the useless scholar he was considered at the beginning, but the real fourth governor of Jiangdong, and had established his own prestige;

"The generals will listen to the order, from now on, the officers and soldiers of the three armies will be under the command of the metropolitan governor, and seeing the governor is like seeing loneliness" Sun Quan pondered for a moment, his thick eyebrows raised slightly rebelliously, but he still appointed Lu Xun;

also handed over the hope of the entire Soochow to Lu Xun, and Lu Xun was also looking forward to this moment, only in this way could he fully exert his strength and leave no room for anything; Sun Quan also hoped that Lu Xun would be able to make contributions in order to expand the territory of Eastern Wu, and he would also be exempted from the title of the dog guarding the land、、、、、、

Zhao Yun, the vanguard of the Shu Han army, was leading a force of 20,000 soldiers and horses at this time, and the situation of attacking Yicheng from the north of the Xiegu Road was set up by Jigu, and he was also waving the banner of Liu Bei, the emperor of Shu Han.

Bao Slope Road, also known as Stone Cow Road, Golden Bull Road, is a mountain road that crosses the Qinling Mountains in ancient times. Bao slope road south from Bao Valley Mouth, north to the mouth of the Slope Valley, along the Bao Slope two water line, through the Bao Slope two valleys, for the main road of Bashu through Qinchuan, the total length of more than 500 miles, including more than 100 miles of plank road.

This is the first time Zhao Yun has commanded a large army, he is very cautious in deployment, the scouts are magnified to a hundred miles away, originally for this doubtful army, as long as the loss is not too big, it is a victory; However, Zhao Yun's marching speed was very fast, and only in this way could Cao Wei's spies not think too much, and he had a mentality of being eager to fight, which had confused Cao Wei's army.

According to Zhuge Liang's deployment, as long as Zhao Yun can hold out in Baoxiao Valley for a month and hold off Cao Wei's army, one month is enough time for the three counties to be in the hands of Shu Han, but this month is not as difficult as imagined; Not only are Wei's reinforcements already on the way, but they also have to face possible ambushes in the valley.

The most important thing is the gap in troops, Zhao Yun only has 20,000 infantry troops, while Cao Wei's reinforcements cannot be estimated; It's just that Zhao Yun has an innate advantage, that is, 'defending', and he can choose a high ground for defense without confronting Cao Jun.

Zhao Yun didn't want to blindly defend at this time, and his age couldn't stand the passage of time again, he just wanted to find his credit in this battle.

"Dad, in five days, our army will be out of the Praise Valley, but I didn't meet Cao Wei's soldiers and horses along the way, isn't there some conspiracy" Zhao Tong drove his horse to Zhao Yun and said slowly;

"I'm too worried, our army is under the banner of His Majesty, the soldiers and horses in Yongzhou naturally don't dare to approach easily, they are raising soldiers and horses, they should want to stop our army in Yiguo City" Zhao Yun said softly;

for his two sons, Zhao Tong and Zhao Guang; Zhao Yun didn't expect anything from them, because they were all ordinary people, they could only be grassroots officers, and they couldn't cross this category, and they just hoped that they could survive every battle safely.

"Dad, out of the Baoxiao Valley is the Guanzhong Plain, can our 20,000 soldiers block the charge of Cao Wei's cavalry?" Zhao Tong said with some worry;

"The prime minister thought before he set out on the expedition that our army had nearly ten thousand crossbowmen to prevent a sudden attack by the cavalry; As for the rest of the possibilities, we can only do our best and obey the destiny of heaven," Zhao Yun said in a deep voice, as if he himself was not sure of the victory of Cao Wei's cavalry charge.

Zhao Tong didn't ask again, he himself knew what it meant when they stepped into the Baoxie Valley, this battle was not for a big victory, only for undefeated!