With the aftermath of victory, Xiahoudun's army surrounded Liyang City mightily. Because the east gate and the south gate of Liyang are water gates, Xiahoudun ordered the Qingzhou Army to surround the north gate, Zhu Lingling led the headquarters to guard the east gate, Xiahou Ru led the scout battalion to expand the scope of investigation, and Xiahoudun himself led the rest of the troops to surround the west gate of Liyang City.

Liyang's guard, Sun Shao, the general of the guard, closed the city gate at this moment, raised the suspension bridge, hung the battle card, and let Xiahoudun's soldiers scold and challenge under the city, but they just cowered in the city and did not come out.

Just yesterday, Sun Shao had already received Qiao Ren's letter, knowing that Huang Zhong would lead him back to Hefei by water. The navy that came to lead them didn't know which way, Huang Gaitun was in Hengjiang, and Jinfantun in Ganning was in Danglikou, and it was not too far from Liyang. Only Zhou Tai was a little farther away from the wet beard.

On the second day, the baggage battalion of the rear army sent catapults and siege towers to Xiahoudun's camp, and there was also the news that Huang Zhong led an army of 5,000 to receive Sun Shao. Originally, Xiahoudun only came to take Liyang, and he didn't care if he could annihilate Sun Shao's troops, but he led an army of more than 40,000 to come, and it would be unreasonable if he only took one city in Liyang and had no other achievements.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiahou ordered his soldiers to spread the silk map on the desk, analyzed the current battle situation in detail, and asked, "What are everyone's opinions?" ”

Li Dian looked at the map carefully and said, "According to intelligence analysis, Huang Zhong's 5,000 men and horses are traveling day and night, and their actions are quite fast, so they should be able to reach this place the day after tomorrow." And our army surrounded Liyang on three sides, Huang Zhong was afraid that he would choose to enter the city through the water gate of the south gate, and Sun Shao would also flee from this gate. ”

Le Jin got up and clenched his fists, frowned and said: "Originally, we were going to attack Liyang City today, in the opinion of the last general, Liyang City is tall, facing water on both sides, only two sides can be attacked with infantry, if the defenders are killed, we will capture Liyang within three days, the difficulty is still quite great." ”

Lejin is an expert in siege, it says that it is difficult to capture three days, I am afraid it is really difficult to take three days! Xiahoudun nodded at Le Jin and agreed with his words, and the generals in the field were even more worried.

I saw Zhu Ling come out and said: "In this case, our army might as well let Sun Shao leave and take over Liyang!" ”

"I'm afraid that Sun Shao, who has received 5,000 reinforcements from Huang Zhong, will not give up Liyang City easily!" Xiahoudun said in a deep voice, there are already 4,000 soldiers in Liyang City, and with Huang Zhong's 5,000 reinforcements plus those county soldiers, Liyang has enough 10,000 troops, and with the 40,000 Cao troops outside the city, I am afraid that it will not be able to capture Liyang without paying a price.

Xiahou Ru also got up and said: "Uncle, judging from the reconnaissance of our navy, the two water gates in Liyang City are very firmly built, and there are many sharp wooden stakes inserted in the bottom of the water, the big ships cannot get close, and the defense is also quite tight, and we are not sure if we attack it." ”

Xiahoudun said: "I agree with Manchester City's statement, we don't have much time, we must capture Liyang City within three days, and then defend the city, waiting for Mengde's army." By the way, where is Zang Ba's sailor? ”

"Back to the governor, Zang Xuzhou's army was originally stationed in Guangling, but the Wu army controlled Chaohu, and the Xuzhou navy was difficult to attack, so Zang Xuzhou only commanded 10,000 soldiers to come, probably tomorrow." Yangzhou Thorn Shi Wenhui, who came with the army, said.

Zang Ba's subordinates were mainly Qingzhou soldiers and Danyang soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and they resisted Sun Quan's attacks northward several times, so that Sun Quan gained a reputation in Jiangdong as the only Sun family who was not good at military warfare. His arrival will greatly enhance the strength of Cao's army, the only pity is that the Xuzhou navy cannot go south to Chaohu to help, but Xiahoudun does not expect the Xuzhou navy to defeat the Jiangdong navy.

"There is no good solution! The army is now besieging the city! Where is Lejin? Xiahoudun did not delay at the moment, and immediately gave orders.

"The last general!"

"Fate Le Jin is the governor of the city, and the selected soldiers will attack the city immediately!"

"Whoa!"

Under Huang Zhong's repeated urging, after more than a day of intense and rapid marching, 5,000 Wu soldiers finally entered the territory of Liyang, looking at a mountain beam in the distance, Huang Zhong asked the soldiers beside him: "What is the mountain in front?" Isn't it about to arrive in Liyang City? ”

There is a pro-soldier who is a native of Hefei, born and raised here, and replied when he heard the words: "General Hui, the mountain in front is called Jilong Mountain, there is a river valley in the mountain, and an official road has been built along the river valley, and you can see Liyang City when you walk out of this mountain along the official road." ”

"Oh~~ That's great! The order went down, it was getting late, the whole army was temporarily resting, and it was said that it would set off tomorrow! ”

"Okay~~" The soldier got the order and rode to the back of the group.

"Why didn't the general march overnight?" Huang Zhong's clan, Huang Ce's brother, Huang Ba, asked

Huang Zhong laughed lightly and said, "Do you really think that the old man will enter Liyang by land?" Xiahoudun is not a fool, the official road to Liyang at this moment will inevitably be full of scouts, if the old man's army appears, I am afraid that what is waiting is the cavalry of the Cao army. ”

"What does Uncle mean?"

"Ming said that the army turned south and went to Hengjiang! And don't you think the mountain is too quiet? ”

At the top of Jilong Mountain, there is a small pavilion, standing in the gazebo, the mountain scenery of Jilong Mountain, including the surrounding vast fields, can be seen at a glance.

And General Cao Jun stood there in uniform, and the aura of slaughter destroyed the beauty of this beautiful harmony.

"Back to the general! Huang Zhong is stationed in a dangerous place outside the valley, and it seems that he will not march overnight! ”

"Hmm!" Yu Ban's brows furrowed tightly, what was this Huang Zhong thinking? Liyang City has experienced a day of attack, although it is not precarious, but it is not much better, this Huang Zhong is marching so slowly, and he is not worried about the battle in Liyang at all, or has he seen through the ambush of the general? It shouldn't be!

Yu Ban shook his head, gave up those strange thoughts, and looked at the Wu army stationed in the dangerous terrain, not knowing what to do in his heart.

"Wen Ze, how's that?" Mao Jue, the division of the left army who went out with the army, and Lu Xiang, the general of Xiahoudun, also came to the pavilion.

In order to ambush Huang Zhong, Xiahoudun specially sent Lu Xiang and a thousand Hebei knights under him to help, but no one expected that Huang Zhong actually stopped a few miles in front of the ambush circle.

Hearing Mao Jue's words, Yu Ban smiled bitterly: "Look! Filial piety. Huang Zhong is stationed in the valley! ”

Mao Jue heard the words and looked, sure enough, he saw a lot of Wu troops in white armor patrolling in front of the tent, Mao Jie is a civil servant who knows the soldiers, otherwise he would not have acted as the governor of the navy when he was in Chibi, seeing that the Wu army's camp rules are correct and take advantage of the dangers, he knows that this Huang Zhong is a general who can fight well, and I am afraid that the ambush will fail.

"A certain old man Huang Zhong will be rerouted to Hengjiang tomorrow. Wen Ze should not keep vigil here, take the army back to the camp, and he will still be able to participate in the siege of the city. Mao Jue didn't say a word, and directly suggested that Yu Ban withdraw the army.

Yu Ban thought about it for a while and felt that this was a helpless thing, so he spoke: "That's the only way, order the army to retreat." I also have to bother General Lu to press the formation. ”

"General Yu is polite, and a certain general will arrange it."

In the later Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lü Xiang and his brother Lü Kuang were stabbed to death by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei as early as the Battle of Xinye, but the real situation is that these two people lived to the eighteenth year of Jian'an.

Wu army camp.

"Back to the general, there is really a sound in the valley." Huang Ba said to Huang Zhong with a happy face.

Hearing this, Huang Zhong just stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "See, you can see that the birds all over the mountain have moved." ”

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