In the early spring, the soldiers came to Gujiangyang, the iron horse Jin Ge was sonorous, the male division entered Shu and divided into several roads, and the white-robed Zhao Yun fought the Yangtze River!

The iron gall and steel soul gallop through the field, the blood breaks through the ten thousand waves, the years are difficult to reduce the green clouds, and the pride is better than the red sun!

"Charge, charge! Where are the drummers? Why is the drum sound weak? Zhao Yun's earth-shattering roar resounded across the river, he stood high on a boulder on the shore, his battle robe fluttered, the silver dragon spear at the corner of the cliff was domineering on the ground, and a pair of starry eyes showed a terrifying light.

I saw that on the stretching river, countless boats were arranged, and the soldiers of Jingzhou rushed to the shallows of the river, because there were too many boats, the waves beat from time to time, setting off waves after waves, but more soldiers rode the wind and waves, and moved forward.

It has been three days since the Jingzhou army attacked Jiangyang, but so far, it has not even been able to really capture the shoal. It's not that the soldiers of Jingzhou don't sell their lives, or that the command is ineffective, but it's too dangerous here!

Yizhou knew that Jingzhou would inevitably enter Shu, and the waterway must be a shortcut, so such a checkpoint had already been built by the river. Because there is a mountain here called Longtou Mountain, this level is also called Longtou Pass.

Historically, this pass was built by Zhuge Liang in order to strengthen the defense of this place after the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, but now because of the strength of Jingzhou, Liu Zhang was forced to set up a pass here first to block the invasion of Jingzhou's army.

Longtou Pass is located more than ten miles south of Jiangyang City, and Jiangyang City is the horn of each other, and it is also the only way to go to Jiangyang from the east at present. If you want to take Jiangyang, you must conquer this level first, otherwise it will be a sharp sword hanging over your head.

This time, Zhao Yun and Xu Huang led the army respectively, Xu Huang approached Long Pass from the land route, and Zhao Yun advanced from the water route. It's a pity that it didn't go either way.

Xu Huang was blocked to the east of Longtou Pass. It's hard to get in. There are small hills everywhere, rugged and difficult to walk, there are hundreds of people guarding many high points, it is difficult to rush up, and the main force of Yizhou in and out of Longtong Pass makes him dare not move rashly at all.

Sometimes, they struggled to grab a hill village, and the opposing soldiers retreated into the woods, and soon disappeared.

But where can he be uprooted one by one? Not to mention that the cost is very high, and the meaning is not great, but if it is not done, these small groups of people will continue to harass, so that the army will not be able to attack Long Pass safely.

He tossed with Zhou Zhi and Zhang Jing for a few days, and finally gave up, there was no trick, the other party took advantage of the time, place, and people at the tactical level, and no one could help. In the end, he could only drag his forces on the eastern front as much as possible, hoping that Zhao Yun, who had passed by water, would make a breakthrough.

But Zhao Yun's side is also facing great difficulties. The first barrier on the shallows of the river made the Jingzhou soldiers suffer enough. In the distance, there was a dragon pass high above, and from time to time cavalry was sent out to help, taking advantage of the terrain of the shoals, to launch a small-scale charge against the Jingzhou infantry who had just landed on the shore.

Nearby, there was a long defensive rampart, crossbowmen and various types of troops of all ages were ready to fight, and the defensive equipment was also abundant, and the fight was very difficult. Within three days, the Jingzhou soldiers rushed to the barrier several times to fight in close combat, but they did nothing, and finally had to retreat to the boat and return to the temporary camp on the other side of the river......

The sound of war drums was still roaring, the Jingzhou soldiers did not flinch because of difficulties, Zhao Yun's handsome face was full of coldness and decisiveness, and his mouth issued orders from time to time.

"General Zhao, General Guan Hai from the east personally boarded the beachhead, rushed to the second section of the barrier, and started a white-knuckle battle, and needs reinforcements!" A young general, covered in blood, suddenly rushed to the front and reported quickly.

Zhao Yun's face did not change, and he said coldly to the herald behind him: "Okay, immediately transfer five hundred people from the first echelon of the reserve to go up!" ”

One of the heralds standing in a row instantly walked out, and without saying a word, he rushed away.

Not long after, another person rushed over, and the blood stains on the armor were obviously less than the previous person, and he reported: "General Zhao, General Cai Mao of the Western Front asks for help." ”

"The result?" Zhao Yun asked succinctly.

"Fighting in the first section of the barrier!" The youngster quickly replied.

"The first paragraph?" Zhao Yun was instantly so angry that his face turned pale, and he scolded categorically: "What is Cai Mao going to do?" There are the most soldiers to go, the enemy defense on the Western Front is also the weakest, the terrain is relatively gentle, and it is easiest to break the gap, and he has not rushed through the first section yet? ”

"The most difficult eastern front, General Guan Hai brought one-third less troops than him, and all the situations he faced were more difficult than him, but he had already hit the second section of the barrier, and it had been three days, and he had no results on the western front, and he still had the face to support?"

As he spoke, Zhao Yun was already furious, he couldn't bear it anymore, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Transfer another five hundred people to him, you report back to Cai Mao, if after half an hour, you can't break through to the second section of the barrier and reduce the pressure on the middle and eastern fronts, I will take back his leading power in the name of the main general, and send him back to Jiangzhou to see the lord!" ”

The young general's face was embarrassed, but he didn't dare to disobey the military order, and replied: "No! ”

Witnessing the departure of the young general, Zhao Yun was still so angry that he couldn't control himself, if it weren't for the fact that he had to be the main general, he wanted to rush up in person, but for three whole days, he didn't even break through the barrier defense line by the river, and his pressure and anger were increasing.

At this time, on the shallows of the Western Front, Cai Mao was commanding the soldiers to attack, his eyes calm.

After a while, the young general had already rushed back and repeated Zhao Yun's words.

Cai Mao immediately smiled bitterly, staring at the battlefield in front of her, not knowing what to say, and sighed after a long time: "Jingbei lost unjustly back then, what did they do?" Can a Guan Hai who was once not in my eyes be so powerful? ”

Although the young general next to him has been with him for many years and is a soldier in the Liu Biao period, his long-term cultivation in the Jingzhou army has also made him very bloody, and he hesitated: "General Cai, it is said that General Guan personally charged forward against the rain of arrows, which made the brothers go crazy and desperately. ”

Cai Mao heard a little complaint in his tone, but he didn't blame, but sighed: "Hey! I'm afraid of death, but if I'm dead, what will my Cai family do? But is there still a day to come? Who can make a name for themselves in Jingzhou? Cai Zhong, Cai He and others are still just a little captain, and once I die, the Cai family will never rise again. ”

Hearing this, the young general looked back at the soldiers fighting bravely in front of him, and hesitated for a moment. Still resolutely said: "General Cai." But if you don't work hard. How can you make a contribution? ”

This time, Cai Mao didn't speak for a long time, looked at Dongfang for a long time, suddenly took a deep breath, and sighed: "That's it, that's it!" I, Cai Mao, am not a rat who is greedy for life and afraid of death, life and death have a fate, and wealth is in the sky. Those foreign generals can do it, why can't I do it, no one cares about deceiving me in Jingzhou? ”

As he spoke, his eyes gradually turned stronger, and he said angrily: "Take my big knife, and let them see it today, there are heroes in Jingzhou!" ”

"No!" The young general was overjoyed, turned around and went to pick up Cai Mao's big knife.

As the saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, although Cai Mao is unwilling, he is stimulated by everyone. I also had to carry a knife myself.

This is completely different from him shrinking back and commanding, there is no fierce general to lead the charge. I couldn't see the figure of the general who could hold down the field, and the soldiers finally had less confidence and less fighting spirit in their hearts.

Under the joint efforts of everyone, this day finally achieved a breakthrough result, the shallow defensive barrier broke two layers one after another, destroyed a large number of defensive equipment and materials, forced the Yizhou sergeant to fully retreat, retreated to the fourth layer of defensive barriers, which is also the last layer, once broken, it can be flat all the way, until the foot of a city wall in the Dragon Pass.

However, this fourth-layer fortification is particularly difficult to fight, because he is too close to Long Tho Pass, Long Tho Pass can quickly give support, and he can withstand a strong attack.

Fortunately, the first two layers of barriers were broken, so that the Jingzhou army had a vast area buffer, and the temporary camp could be transferred to the shallows, and there was a foothold, and more Jingzhou soldiers could go ashore.

In this way, although there is a suspicion of fighting against the water, because there are a large number of sailors and warships on the river, the soldiers are not panicked, even if they are defeated, they can also ensure a safe retreat, and the 20,000 sailors are always covered by bows and arrows, and it is not troublesome to evacuate.

But the offensive was blocked, which made Zhao Yun more and more worried, Guo Jia, who was sitting in Fujie, couldn't withdraw, and didn't want to add to Wang Xu's worries, but thinking that after all, it was a matter of the overall situation, and finally he had to order someone to report to Jiangzhou, so that he could understand the battle situation there.

The horse galloped wildly, but for most of the day, Wang Xu received information.

Although it is a matter of his own life and death, but in the face of such a predicament now, he is not too worried, after all, Yizhou's difficulty is to leave a name for the ages, after discussing with Tian Feng, he didn't care about the fact that he couldn't work, and rushed to Jiangyang by boat accompanied by Xu Shu, Zhao Yu, Dian Wei, Huang Xu, Liao Hua and others.

This is also something that has to be done, Liu Zhang almost gathered the troops of Quanyizhou, regardless of one qiē, and stubbornly contained the two lines.

The battle on the other side of the Dianjiang River is more difficult, there are 100,000 Yizhou soldiers and horses, forming three large battalions, guarding each key road respectively, although there are many miscellaneous soldiers, but there is no big problem in guarding.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang led their troops over, and they were still in the stage of small-scale tentative confrontation and looking for flaws, and it was difficult to defeat them in a short time, after all, no matter what the strategy, it always took time, needed to be foreshadowed, and waited for the other party's possible mistakes to occur. As for the strong attack, it was a protracted war of attrition, and he couldn't afford to wait, so he could only expect Jiangyang's side to take the lead in breaking through.

On the afternoon of 14 February, Wang Xu arrived at the Jiangyang Shoal, and while he was still on the boat, he could already see the battle several miles away.

There was no large-scale greeting, only Zhao Yun waited here with a small number of people.

Slowly stepping off the deck and stepping on the soft sand, Wang Xu looked at the defensive barriers in front of him for a long time, and then looked at Zhao Yun with a guilty face, and said lightly: "Zilong, are you very unwilling? ”

"Hmm!" Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and nodded.

"If I were the main general, I would definitely not be unwilling to encounter such a situation where I was restrained everywhere, and I would be aggrieved, so it was normal! You don't have to carry too much of a burden, I have been fighting for many years, and I can understand your difficulties. Wang Xu smiled and said with relief.

"Lord ......"

Zhao Yun opened his mouth to explain, but Wang Xu waved his hand to interrupt, his eyes looked at the battlefield in the distance, and slowly walked forward: "Zilong, I am a bystander now, not a commander, so I can see it clearly, but you are deeply trapped in the situation, and being too unwilling seems to blind your eyes." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Yun was stunned. "The Lord's Meaning is ......"

"Look closely!" Wang Xu smiled slightly, and continued: "You take a closer look at the enemy's defensive barriers!" ”

"Defensive ramparts?" Zhao Yun was slightly stunned, and immediately looked back.

Wang Xu smiled and continued: "Do you see it clearly?" What are they mainly made of? ”

"Wood!" Zhao Yun immediately replied.

"yes!" Wang Xu is calm. "It's wood, their barrier is made of wood, the equipment is made of wood, and even the base of the barrier is only a few big stones, and more of them are made of wood, why? It should be a lack of time, after all, it is not an overnight task to build a dragon pass, and it is necessary to build such a huge defensive barrier, of course, it is faster to build a wooden one. ”

"However, if you look at both sides of the barrier, there are hills, but not particularly large mountains, and then there are stretching mountain walls, no accident, there must be heavy troops stationed on the commanding heights of the hills, and the probability of capture is not great, but this is not important, the important thing is that the mountains are full of grass and trees, and it seems that there has been no rain for several days recently, and he is north of the Yangtze River, have you ever heard of what kind of wind blows in spring and autumn?"

"What do you think would happen if the little hill to the east was gone and suddenly became bare?"

After speaking, Wang Xu finally stopped and looked back at Zhao Yun: "Now, have you figured it out?" Of course, this is just my opinion, so I can have some opinions, but you are the main commander now, and I only need the final result and the battle report, and I will not interfere with your decision. ”

"This time I came here just to take a look and add some morale to the soldiers, but the specific matters are still up to you to decide, boldly do it according to your own ideas!"

After speaking, Wang Xu smiled slightly and took another step...... (To be continued......)