When Liu Cong, Liu Bin and Gong Zhi came to Partridge Ridge with 20,000 fresh troops, Wei Yan had already built three large camps here, and Liu Cong was very pleased when he saw it, so he ordered each army to be stationed in separate camps.

It turns out that this partridge ridge is the remaining vein of Qinba Mountain, the ridge is not high, but the east and west stretch for hundreds of miles, the mountains on the ridge are undulating, the trees are luxuriant, Lingnan is an open area, after the water river flows through the canyon from the north of the ridge to this open place, it runs directly to the southeast unceremoniously, and runs to the Xiangjiang River.

An avenue from Fancheng crossed this open area, climbed up Partridge Ridge with difficulty, and then zigzagged and extended in the direction of Dengxian.

Wei Yan's three barracks were built on the front slope of Partridge Ridge. It is a good place for three soldiers, the ridge is full of trees, the grass is abundant, and the water river flows all year round under the ridge.

As long as there is food, firewood and grass water source factors are naturally available, so what does it matter if you live for 10,000 years.

So Liu Cong was happy.

So after settling the people, he ordered to put wine to entertain Wei Yan and the generals.

It was still early after drinking, so Liu Cong took Liang Zhu'er Lai Fat and more than a dozen personal soldiers to the highest place of Partridge Ridge to check the geography.

I saw that along the Yushui River to the south of more than ten miles, there is a green mountain standing majestically, in the vast sky, this mountain ridge looks very majestic and beautiful.

Liu Cong was curious, so he asked the guide the name of the mountain, and the guide said that the name of this mountain is Yunxia Mountain, and there is a Taoist temple on the mountain, which is very famous within a radius of several hundred miles, and the incense is very prosperous in the view.

The elixir refined by the Taoist in Guanzhong is said to be immortal after eating.

Liu Cong was even more curious when he heard this, and made up his mind to visit the Taoist Temple of Yunxia Mountain in his free time.

Liu Cong stayed in the Partridge Ridge camp for two days, while inspecting the generals' training, while waiting for news from all walks of life, on this day, Zhao Yun's plainclothes scouts from Deng County came to report that Zhao Yun had led troops to conquer Deng County, and the special dispatch came to report the victory to the Lord.

Liu Cong was overjoyed when he saw it, and asked the scout Zhao Yun how he conquered Deng County.

The scout said that after General Zhao and Liu Xian bid farewell to their lords from Xiangyang, they rushed to Xinye City non-stop, mobilized 2,000 Xinye elite soldiers with military talismans, and did not stop for a moment, and took 2,000 elite soldiers that night to surround an outpost stronghold of Cao Bing east of Deng County.

Originally, Deng County and Xinye were separated by a Yushui River, more than 200 miles between the two cities. Zhou Zhi, the guard general of Deng County, was afraid of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and often complained in front of Xu Huang, the guard general of Wancheng, and asked Xu Huang to increase the number of troops in Deng County.

Xu Huang's own troops were insufficient, although Zhou Zhi repeatedly requested, Xu Huang just did not agree, but comforted him and said that there was no war in Deng County at present, and it was expensive to increase the number of troops, so it would not be increased.

Zhou Zhi's several requests were always ungranted, so he had to come back and figure out his own way. After thinking about it, there was no good plan, so he divided five hundred men and established a stronghold on his own ground west of the water river. This stronghold will cut off the passage between Xinye and Deng County, the east can monitor the movement of Xinye Jingzhou soldiers, and the west is twenty miles away is Deng County, in case of being attacked by Xinye Jingzhou soldiers, the Cao soldiers of this stronghold can resist for a while, and give Deng County Cao soldiers to organize resistance to win time.

This move by Zhou Zhi, the defender of Deng County, is not bad, so since the establishment of a stronghold west of the Shuihe River, Zhou Zhi has been slack in the defense of Deng County, and he knows that as long as the Xinye Jingzhou soldiers have activities, they will go to Deng County to find trouble, and they can't go to the Cao Bing stronghold west of the Shuihe River. Therefore, as long as there is no news from that stronghold, Zhou Zhi basically ignores the defense of Deng County, and all matters are handed over to the deputy general to deal with, and he should eat and drink, prostitute and gamble, and embezzle, and after five or six years, this day has passed.

However, Zhao Yun came over after hearing the accurate news, not only came over, but also took two thousand Xinye elite soldiers, taking advantage of the moonlight, people unknowingly touched the stronghold and Deng County, and then sent troops to surround the stronghold, set a fire downwind, and when the Cao soldiers in the stronghold woke up from their sleep, the Jingzhou soldiers lit torches, and pocketed all these panicked Cao soldiers, and then escorted these Cao soldiers to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun didn't say a word, but only ordered them to take off their clothes and change them with Jingzhou soldiers.

When the dress stopped, it was just a meal, and Zhao Yun and Liu Xian led the troops to Deng County to kill. In advance, let the Jingzhou soldiers wearing Cao soldiers' clothes walk in front, and when they saw the city of Dengxian County, these fake Cao soldiers shouted to the city, saying that the Xinye Jingzhou soldiers under the leadership of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei broke through the stronghold, snatched the grain and grass of the stronghold, and set fire to the stronghold. We escaped with our lives and came back, so we opened the door, lowered the drawbridge, and let us into the city. Otherwise, it will be troublesome for the Jingzhou soldiers to chase after them.

Cao Bing in the city did not dare to act rashly, and immediately sent someone to ask for instructions to the guard general Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi woke up from his sleep, and when he hurriedly came to look, he saw that the soldiers in the city said that they were pretending to be Cao soldiers, so he ordered to open the city gate and lower the drawbridge, so that the stronghold deserters could enter the city.

When the drawbridge was lowered and the city gate was opened, Zhao Yun and Liu Xian whistled and commanded the soldiers to enter the city.

In this way, General Zhao occupied Deng County very smoothly. When he came down, it was already the second day, and General Zhao was arranging soldiers in the city to strengthen the city defense to prevent the Wancheng Cao soldiers from coming to attack the city. The scout said excitedly.

Liu Cong lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and asked, "How did the Cao soldiers defending the city deal with it?" ”

"General Zhao summoned them and said that those who are willing to go home will be given travel expenses; Those who are willing to stay and join the Jingzhou army are welcome. Most of the Cao soldiers stayed.

Now there are more than 4,000 soldiers defending the city in Deng County, and the soldiers are strong and strong. Well, according to others, General Zhao handled the prisoners in this way according to your orders. ”

Liu Cong agreed, "Yes." Prisoners captured in subsequent wars were to be dealt with in this way. Well, let me ask you again, what is the supply of grain and grass in the city? ”

"Well, when I was leaving, General Zhao instructed me to tell the lord truthfully - Deng County's grain and grass were enough for half a year. Please rest assured. ”

Liu Cong smiled with satisfaction after hearing this, and instructed: "Go back and tell Zhao Yun and Liu Xian, seize the time to consolidate the city defense and train the soldiers, and Xu Huang will definitely send troops to fight for Deng County." When you go back, I will send two adjutant generals with 2,000 troops to Deng County, and obey Zhao Yun's dispatch to strengthen the defense of Deng County. After repelling Xu Huang's attack, Deng County left Liu Xian to defend the city. Zhao Yun led these two thousand men and horses to Xinye City to station. ”

"Lord, will General Zhao definitely be able to defeat Xu Huang?"

"Hehe, Xu Huang has less than 10,000 Cao soldiers guarding Nanyang, and after Deng County is conquered by the army, Xu Huang must receive an order from Xiahou Xuan, and then lead troops over to fight for Deng County. However, Xu Huang has too few troops in his hands, and coming to fight for Deng County is just a formality, General Zhao and General Liu have 6,000 troops, and they have Deng County City as a support, so they will inevitably defeat Xu Huang. Well, you just have to relay my order to Zhao Yun when you go back. Go ahead. ”

Liu Cong said that he ordered Gong Zhi to allocate 2,000 soldiers and horses, led by the deputy generals Zhang Lang and Liu Shun, and went to Deng County with the scouts to participate in the battle to defend Deng County. 034