In the past two years of Jian'an, there was almost no war in various parts of the Han Dynasty, the various forces in the north were busy fighting disasters and epidemic prevention, and the various forces in the south were busy consolidating their territory, and the two ends in the middle were restrained and did not dare to move, so they finally did not make the disaster worse for the Han and survived the year with difficulty.

If people are idle, they inevitably want to find something to do. Liu Bei, who was entrenched in the Luyang area, felt that the fat on his thighs had increased a lot recently, and he didn't want to live in such a mess, so he hit the head of his good ally Zhang Ji.

When Zhang Ji ran away from Guanzhong, he brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and now he is staying in the rich Nanyang, but he has raised all the people and horses to be fat and strong. Although Nanyang is good, it is not a place to live for a long time, and Zhang Ji is always worried that when Liu Biao frees his hand from the south, he will wave his army north and come to deal with him. Recently, Zhang Ji heard that Yuan Shao was sick, and his sons were secretly fighting, and his thoughts came alive again.

Liu Bei saw Zhang Ji's thoughts, so he sent Jian Yong to persuade Zhang Ji, so that Zhang Ji could send troops to attack the bandits entrenched in the area from Danshui to Fengxiang City, so as not to have the opportunity to return to Guanzhong in the future, the road would be blocked, and the major event would be delayed. In order to persuade Zhang Ji, Liu Bei also promised to send troops together, and at the same time sent people to Xiangyang to dissuade Liu Biao, when Zhang Ji attacked Danshui, Liu Biao would not send troops to attack Nanyang.

Is Liu Bei really so kind? The answer is of course not.

At the beginning, Liu Bei's newly acquired younger brother Liu Pi was ordered to sneak attack Runan, but he crashed into the business secret near Danshui, and then thousands of people and horses entered the sea like mud cows, and there was no news. Afterwards, Liu Bei knew that the water on the Danshui side was very deep, and even Liu Biao didn't dare to provoke it, Liu Pi broke in indiscriminately, and the death was actually quite wronged.

Since Danshui is the tiger's den in Longtan, Liu Bei hopes to trap Zhang Ji in it. It is best for Zhang Ji to die in Danshui, so that he will have the opportunity to annex the troops left by Zhang Ji under the banner of avenging Zhang Ji, and it is the kind that is justified. If Zhang Ji wins and successfully cleans up the hidden forces in the Danshui area, Liu Bei will also be happy to see it, because he can use this matter to show credit to Liu Biao and hang the credit on his own head.

Liu Bei's mind was very deep, in order to be able to successfully persuade Zhang Ji, he promised Zhang Ji to send 5,000 infantry as reinforcements when he sent troops, and these 5,000 soldiers were the subordinates of Liu Pi and Gong Du who were entrenched in Runan. Liu Pi died in the battle of Danshui. Gong Du, as his good brother, should avenge him. Liu Bei just figured out Gong Du's thoughts, so he asked Gong Du to lead the old army to attack Danshui, and no matter what Gong Du's result would be, Liu Bei achieved the goal of killing people with a knife.

Liu Bei borrowed the knife of Danshui, wanting to kill Zhang Ji and consuming Gong Du, how dark his mind was, but it was difficult for people to detect.

Zhang Ji was weaker than Li Dao and Guo Yan among the warlords in Guanzhong. But after all, he has also fought a big battle and seen a big scene, he didn't pay attention to the civilian armed forces in the Danshui area at all, and felt that he had more than 10,000 troops under his command. In a snap of a finger, Danshui County and Fengxiang City can be leveled.

In order to show the means and strength, Zhang Ji didn't even want Liu Bei's 5,000 reinforcements, but his nephew Zhang Xiu reminded Zhang Ji that since the two sides had formed an alliance. Then we should keep advancing and retreating together, and if we can't see the benefits, we want to monopolize it, and the wealth and grain and grass in Danshui City should also share a part of Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei knew that he would almost be able to save 5,000 infantry. Even if these infantry were the remnants of the Yellow Turban that he didn't look up to, Liu Bei would definitely shout to Zhang Ji: "Brother, don't give me the benefits of Danshui, your family will take it alone!" ”

Zhang Ji was well prepared in Wancheng, and soon the reinforcements led by Gong Du also arrived as promised, so the two families joined forces, gathered 10,000 soldiers and horses, and then slaughtered towards Danshui.

The spies scattered throughout Nanyang were scattered throughout the territory of Sanhu Pavilion, and the news of Zhang Ji and Liu Bei's joint dispatch of troops soon came back. The leaders of the camps left behind gathered in Sanhu Pavilion to discuss countermeasures to meet the enemy. Some people mentioned that yì is still in accordance with the previous practice, the soldiers come to block, the water comes to cover the earth, and the defense counterattack is carried out with the help of Danshui County; Some people mentioned that yì temporarily avoided the edge of the combined forces of Zhang Ji and Liu Bei, and used the mountains, forests and hills around Sanhu Pavilion to conduct guerrilla warfare with the invading enemy; There are also people who take the initiative to attack, set up ambushes on both sides of the road where Zhang Ji's army is marching, and give Zhang Ji a dismount before Zhang Ji has figured out the way.

Just as everyone was arguing, someone suddenly said loudly: "Have you forgotten the battle of Fengjiayu back then?" ”

The person who spoke was Qu Gang, the brother of Qu Yong, the current head of the Qu family, who had followed Liu He's side and witnessed the scene of Liu He burning the Jing family and the Zhao family in Fengjiayu.

"Qu Duwei, tell us about the battle of the year!"

"I heard that it was the first battle fought by the general since his debut, and it was a big victory with less victory."

"Have any of you ever been to Fengjiayu? The trees in that ditch are growing luxuriantly, and I heard that they all grew by human fat! ”

"Everyone, be still! Captain Rong Qu finished speaking! Qu Yong slammed the table with a paperweight a few times and shouted loudly.

Although the three forces of Sanhu Pavilion, Danshui and Fengxiang City are now dependent on each other and restrain each other, and there is no one who is really in charge, the status of the Qu family patriarch is undoubtedly the highest, because the Qu family controls the money, food and materials of these forces, so Qu Yong shouted loudly, and everyone quickly shut up.

Qu Gang then continued: "Zhang Ji is Li Ji's old department, and the soldiers under his command are all elite in a hundred battles, and they are good at cavalry combat. And everyone should understand that cavalry is far superior to infantry in terms of marching speed, explosiveness and combat effectiveness. Several of our forces here are mainly infantry, and although we have won all previous battles, we have never encountered such a strong opponent as Zhang Ji. When I look at everyone now, they are all a little proud and complacent, and they think Zhang Ji is too simple! If the combined forces of Zhang Ji and Liu Bei only captured the county seat this time, or used the high-speed mobility of the cavalry to block the dock forts and cut off our grain routes, do you think we can still win as before? ”

Qu Gang's words made everyone look at each other, and no one could give an answer.

No one in Qu Gang's family answered, so he said again: "I don't know if you have noticed, this time Zhang Ji dispatched the descendant troops, and Liu Bei sent a rabble adapted from the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Runan, the origin of these two troops determines that the cooperation between them will definitely not be too smooth, and this is our opportunity!" Gongzi taught us that if the enemy is strong, we will avoid it, and if the enemy is weak, we should avoid fighting Zhang Ji's troops head-on against the combined forces of Zhang Ji and Liu Bei this time, and find a way to quickly solve the Gongdu first. The advantage of this is that our damage is small, once Gong Du is solved, no matter whether Zhang Ji retreats to Wancheng or has a decisive battle with us, we can concentrate on dealing with him all the way! ”

"It's easy for you to say, everyone knows that Zhang Ji's troops are not easy to deal with, if Zhang Ji comes to the rescue when we are concentrating on besieging Gongdu's troops, how should we deal with it?" Doubts have been raised.

"When I mentioned Feng Jiayu just now, I just wanted to use Feng Jiayu as a gateway to cut off Zhang Ji and Gong Du. We can give Danshui to Zhang Ji, when Gong Du sees Zhang Ji capture Danshui County, he will inevitably be red-eyed, he will lead the troops to attack a few dock forts on the Sanhu Pavilion, then we let go of Fengjiayu and let Gong Du in, and then send a force to guard in the valley, which can not only cut off Gong Du's retreat, but also prevent Zhang Ji's troops from coming to the rescue! ”

According to the guidance of several staff officers sent by the General Staff Department to Danshui for training, Qu Gang combined this strategy of dividing the enemy army and inducing a part of the enemy army to go deeper.

Because they wanted to give Danshui to Zhang Ji, everyone urgently mobilized and quickly transferred the materials and population in Danshui City to Fengxiang City, which was deep in the mountains and old forests. Fortunately, everyone has not thought about living a stable life in Danshui City, and all valuable belongings and important materials are stored in the dock fort of Sanhu Pavilion and Fengxiang City, so the difficulty of transfer is not too great, and the small city of Danshui will be almost emptied within two days.

Considering that he wanted Zhang Ji to taste a little sweetness and stay in Danshui City for a few days, Qu Gang also asked Zhang Ji to leave some food and goods, but they were scattered in various streets and alleys and the cellars of each household, and it took Zhang Ji some time to find them.

A few days later, Zhang Ji and Liu Bei's combined army really approached Danshui, Zhang Ji looked down on the miscellaneous troops led by Gong Du, and asked Gong Du to make a palace, and he personally led a mixed army of 5,000 horses to attack Danshui County.

There are hundreds of soldiers with nimble hands and feet left in the county, and their role is to confuse Zhang Ji and attract Zhang Ji's attention to Danshui County.

The battle to attack the city soon began, and after the soldiers on the city head scattered and let go of a few rounds of arrows, they did not wait for the troops outside the city to push the well and the nest cart closer to the city wall, and then "scattered" and fled in the direction of Fengxiang City.

Sanheting is in the north of Danshui County, and Fengxiang Castle is in the northwest of Danshui County. After Zhang Ji took Danshui County, his nephew Zhang Xiu wanted to lead the troops to pursue in the direction of the rout, Zhang Ji thought that Fengxiang City was too far away from Danshui, and the road was mountainous, so he did not agree. In order to appease his nephew, he asked Zhang Xiu to lead 2,000 soldiers to attack Shangmi Township in the south of Danshui, and Zhang Xiu led the troops away.

Gong Du, who came later, saw that Zhang Ji occupied Danshui, and Zhang Xiu went to attack Shangmi again, so he volunteered to attack Sanhu Pavilion. Zhang Ji thought of his nephew's words before he came, and felt that he couldn't make sense to eat meat but not let Liu Bei's soldiers and horses drink soup, so he agreed to Gong Du's proposal, and Gong Du decided the direction of the attack on his own. (To be continued......)