Huang Jie had already been blinded by hatred, and he only thought about avenging his father, without considering the disparity in strength between the enemy and me, and almost fell out of the city. However, Huang Jie did not have the impulse to lead the army to the Xuzhou military camp in front of the plan, and he also understood that counting on this little force to take revenge, I am afraid that before he arrived at the Xuzhou army's military camp, he would have been wiped out, so Huang Jie thought about it again and again, and decided to set up an ambush halfway, relying on his familiarity with the terrain of Zhangling, and secretly ambushing the soldiers and horses in a dangerous place, waiting for Liu Ze's brigade to walk in, killing him by surprise.

The Broken Snake Ridge to the east of Zhangling is the place where the Xuzhou army must pass, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the cavalry that the Xuzhou army is best at is almost useless, so Huang Jie chose the location of the ambush here, and the soldiers of more than 10,000 points were reduced to zero, hidden in the depths of the dense forest, just waiting for the drum to sound, and the four sides were killed together.

As the vanguard officer, Zhao Yun, the deputy governor of the First Army, personally led the 3,000 infantry soldiers of the First Brigade of the Second Infantry Division as the front, opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water, opening a passage for Liu Ze's army to advance westward. Generally in the plains, when Zhao Yun was the pioneer, he must have brought 3,000 archers, but the road from Xiyang to Zhangling was almost all rugged mountain roads and hills, and the archers could not be deployed at all, so Zhao Yun led the 3,000 soldiers of the Second Infantry Division to clear the way for the large army.

Walk to the bottom of the Broken Snake Ridge, look at this mountain winding and circling like a giant python in front, the mountain is dangerous, the forest is deep and dense, Zhao Yun held the reins, even if his crotch is a first-class sweat and blood treasure horse white dragon horse, he is also tired and out of breath. From the shoulder, the red sweat that looks like blood is not blood, which shows how difficult this section of the mountain road is.

Zhao Yun took the horsewhip and pointed to the mountain peak in front of him, and said to the guide: "What mountain is this?" ”

The guide is the mountain people here, and he reported: "General Qiyu, the name here is 'Broken Snake Ridge', stretching for hundreds of miles, the mountain is steep, there is only one mountain road to cross this mountain, so it is called Broken Snake Ridge, which is the only way to go to Zhangling in the west. ”

Zhao Yun saw that this mountain was so sinister. It is also the only path to Zhangling. Naturally, he did not dare to take it lightly, and ordered the army to be on full alert, with arrows at the string and a shield in hand. Knives and guns are available. Embattled. Zhao Yun has been marching and fighting for many years. Experienced, this place is so precipitous, it is a natural ambush site. Naturally, you should be careful and careful.

As soon as he reached the halfway point, he suddenly heard the sound of drums in the middle of the mountain, and the sound of shouts was everywhere, and countless arrows shot out from the depths of the dense forest, attacking Zhao Yun's team.

Since Zhao Yun had already prepared, he naturally would not have any panic, and when he saw the enemy ambush everywhere, he immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Formation!" ”

The sword and shield soldiers quickly moved outward, protecting the left and right sides, but after a few breaths, on both sides of the Xuzhou army's formation, the shields were closely connected, forming an impermeable shield wall, and the arrows shot down from the mid-mountain were all blocked from the shield. These soldiers are also soldiers who have been used to fighting for a long time, and they are all veterans of the Plains Army, who are not afraid of danger, are not panicked, and are not afraid of any enemy attack, and deal with them in the most reasonable formation. The sword and shield men formed the first line of defense in the outermost part, the pikemen provided strong support behind them, and the archers returned fire at the ambushed enemy in the inner circle, and the whole formation was almost invulnerable.

Huang Jie took the lead and led the army to shout loudly, rushing straight down the slope of the mountain, trying to tear apart the defense line of the Xuzhou army with his condescending momentum. Huang Jie danced a big knife, rushed to the Xuzhou army, and shouted loudly: "Where is Gan Ning? "Huang Jie knew that Gan Ning was his father's killer, and this time he sent troops to kill Gan Ning with his own hands to avenge him.

Zhao Yun sneered: "Who is the rat generation, who dares to show off his might here?" ”

Huang Shot glared angrily, and said sharply: "I am Zhang Ling's Taishou Huang Shot, who are you?" ”

Zhao Yun didn't report his name, and said with a sneer: "You are Huang Zu's unsuccessful son, Huang Zu doesn't know the times and kills himself, and tries to use his mantis arm as a car, is it possible that you will follow in your father's footsteps?" ”

When Huang Jie heard that Zhao Yun had insulted his father, he was furious, and he didn't consider who the opponent in front of him was, so he directly slapped the horse and danced the knife to Zhao Yun. At best, Huang Jian can only belong to the ranks of third-rate generals, and Zhao Yun fights alone, it is not a level contest at all, at this time, his brain is hot, and he rushes up, purely looking for a draw.

Zhao Yun glanced at him contemptuously, the rotten silver spear in his hand, like a silver dragon going to sea, is a face-to-face kung fu, one shot pierced the chest of the yellow shot, and the yellow shot did not see clearly how Zhao Yun's shot was stabbed out until he died.

As soon as Huang shot died, the Zhangling soldiers were leaderless, and they made a mess when they landed, and they had no intention of fighting again, let alone ambushing the Xuzhou army, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, and fled in all directions.

Zhao Yun didn't chase and kill much, and after covering up in the back for a while, Mingjin withdrew his troops, went out of Broken Snake Ridge, and looked straight at Zhangling City to kill.

The garrison of Zhangling City has been transferred away by Huang Jue, and it has basically become an empty city, Zhao Yun came to Zhangling City, sent a team of troops to come forward and opened the city gate, and then the army swarmed in, and the officials of Zhangling City have not yet understood how to come back, Zhao Yun's army has occupied Zhangling.

With Zhao Yun's opening of the way, Liu Ze's army arrived at Zhangling smoothly. From Zhangling to the west, across the Han River, to the Xiangyang boundary, but the strength of Jingzhou's naval army is too strong, and now it has all been concentrated on the Han River east of Xiangyang, the purpose is to block the westward advance of the Xuzhou army. Although the Xuzhou Army also has its own naval division after the incorporation of the Jiangxia Naval Army, no matter the number of ships or the number of troops, the Jingzhou Naval Army undoubtedly occupies an absolute advantage, so this time Liu Ze did not transfer Ganning's naval division to Xiangyang at all, but asked him to accompany Xu Rong to attack Jiangling, which was relatively weak in defense.

Liu Ze understands that now that the Xuzhou Navy Division has just been created, it is far from reaching the stage of forming combat effectiveness, and even if all the water troops in the past five years are sent to Xiangyang, it will only be an egg hitting a stone. What's more, the Han River is far less wide than the Yangtze River, even if you want to cross the Han River to attack Xiangyang, it is not too difficult. However, at this time, the time to take Zhangling and take advantage of the situation to cross the Han River to the west and go straight to Xiangyang is not too ripe, Liu Ze has a comprehensive plan, that is, to knock out a nail in front of Xiangyang - Xinye.

Although Xinye is just an inconspicuous small county, it is the gateway of Jingzhou, a springboard for Jingzhou to attack the Central Plains, and a barrier for Jingzhou to defend against the Central Plains.

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The Xuzhou army broke through Jiangxia, marched northward, and took Zhangling with lightning speed, which caused a great earthquake in Xiangyang. Jiangxia and Xiangyang are far apart, even if Jiangxia is lost, the shock to Xiangyang is not too big, but Zhangling is different, Zhangling and Xiangyang are separated by a Han water, the lips are cold and the teeth are cold, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao deeply felt the coming of the crisis, and Xiangyang City and outside the city fell into a panic.

So Liu Biao urgently summoned all the staff and generals of the state pastoral government to discuss countermeasures.

The sentiment of Jingzhou officials was generally low, and Liu Ze's Xuzhou army was menacing, conquering Jiangxia and Zhangling counties one after another, especially the Anlu battle, which ate the 50,000 cavalry commanded by Liu Pan in one fell swoop. Liu Pan is one of the few fierce generals under Liu Biao's account, and the 50,000 cavalry is the largest mobile force in Jingzhou, but it is only a battle, the 50,000 cavalry is exhausted, and the fierce general Liu Pan is in a different place, and the heavy cavalry of Xuzhou is in Jingzhou, and after Jingzhou has been hit hard one after another, almost all officials are pessimistic about whether they can hold Xiangyang.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Liu Biao had to ask again: "Now that Liu Ze's army is pressing the border, what is the best strategy for the princes to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Liu Biao, who is close to the sixtieth year, looks younger than his actual age, his slightly gray hair is meticulously cleaned up, the clothes on his body are also clean, his posture is straight, and he has a somewhat elegant demeanor between his gestures, but these days, the war reports have been frequent, so that Liu Biao has almost stayed awake all night, and his eyes are red.

Cai Mao was afraid of the enemy in Jingling and shrank like a tiger, and was almost unanimously belittled by the people of Xiangyang, but Cai Mao relied on his sister Cai to be favored by Liu Biao, and after retiring back to Xiangyang, he was not held accountable by Liu Biao, Cai Mao was complacent, thinking that he had preserved the vitality of Jingzhou, not only no fault but also meritorious, Liu Pan ventured to break through, and the army was killed, how much loss was caused to Jingzhou, and he judged the situation and preserved his strength, otherwise Liu Ze swallowed up the 100,000 army again, and now Xiangyang has almost no enemy soldiers.

"The Xuzhou army is strong in the foot cavalry, my Jingzhou is strong in the water army, our army should temporarily avoid its front, promote my strengths, avoid my shortcomings, so our army should retreat to the front line of Hanshui, rely on the advantages of the water army, and strive to ensure that Xiangyang is not lost."

Cai Mao seems to want to carry forward his escapism to the end, but there are many supporters, and many people echo it, Kuai Yue said: "Cai Dudu's words are reasonable, Xinye is lonely in Hanbei, and it is difficult to hold the plan, and it is really the best policy to abandon Xinye and protect Xiangyang." ”

At this time, the next person in the hall suddenly said: "My lord, this discussion must not be done!" (To be continued......)