Xiangyang and Fancheng are sandwiched between the water and the city, and they are connected by pontoon bridges in the middle. On both sides of the pontoon bridge, the Wei army relied on two cities to stand in formation, and blocked the enemy with strong bows and crossbows and thunderbolts. In this way, a glaive formation with a pontoon bridge as a bow is formed, whether it is from upstream or downstream, and whether it is from the south or north, attacking either side is equivalent to attacking the entire large array.

Relatively speaking, Fancheng is the weakest in this direction, with only 3,000 guards, the city walls are relatively short, and the moat is not very deep. This is also the reason why Wei Ba chose Fancheng as a breakthrough. It's just that the so-called weakness is also relative to Xiangyang City, which has seven or eight thousand defenders, and it is not so easy to really attack Fancheng. Guan Yu led an army of 30,000 to besiege for so long, and Zuihou failed to conquer Fancheng, which in itself proved that Fancheng was equally powerful.

If Wei Ba wanted to attack the pontoon bridge and cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng, there was only one way: to attack the pontoon bridge from the upper reaches of the Han River with warships, so that he would have to face three sides of the Wei army. It can be seen from the strong crossbow and thunderbolt set up on the shore and on the pontoon bridge that this risk is also very large, not to mention the two obstacles that Ma Jun set up underwater.

In order to avoid too much loss, Wei Ba sent his personal guard Wei Xing to the Wu Army's water division to conquer the camp of the northern general Zhu Ran, and asked Zhu Ran to send troops to attack and flank the Wei army, so as to reduce the pressure on the Shu army's water division.

Wei Xing is not very old, but he has sharp teeth and a bit of eloquence, and he has been following Wei Ba for a long time, and he has some problems with Wei Ba. When talking to his own people, he is more restrained, and when he fights with the enemy, he doesn't leave any affection at all, he is bitter and mean, every word is like a sharp knife, and he can't wait to cut a piece of meat off the other party.

When facing Zhu Ran, Wei Xing was the same.

"On the orders of General Wu and the young master of my family, I have come to inform the general that our army will launch an attack on the Wei army's pontoon bridge tomorrow. General, if interested. You can launch an attack together and break the Wei army together. ”

Zhu Ran is nearly half a hundred years old, and he has fought for many years. I have never seen such an arrogant messenger. Are you here to invite me to fight alongside me? He was very dissatisfied with Wei Xing's attitude, and he had no idea of attacking with the Shu army. In his opinion, although Lu Xun was suspected of slacking off, his intentions were not wrong at all. Since the Shu army is so arrogant. Let them take the lead, you have to have the ability, and it is good to beat Xiangyang first.

"I'm going to ask the auxiliary general. You can't attack without permission. Zhu Ran said casually, he didn't even look at Wei Xing, let alone a personal guard, even if Wei Ba himself came, he might not take him seriously.

"Sure enough." Wei Xing nodded old-fashionedly, looking like he had expected it.

When Zhu Ran saw him like this, he became more and more unhappy: "Sure what? ”

Wei Xing smiled: "My family joined the army and said." The Wu army used to be first-class in water warfare and average in foot combat, but now it is average in infantry warfare and average in water warfare, leaving only one person with the advantage of being more powerful. The Wei army set up heavy battle formations on both sides of the pontoon bridge. The advantages of the Wu army could not be exerted, and coupled with the defeat in the last infantry battle, they would inevitably dare not attack, so this battle could only be borne by our army independently. ”

Zhu Ran raised his eyebrows and snorted, disdainful. This kind of fierce battle will be too pediatric, I will fight for half my life, will I not even be able to see through this?

"Since your army is so good at fighting, then those who can work hard."

Wei Xing lowered his head, thought about it, and when he raised his head again, there was no smile on his face, and he was a little more serious, and he felt an ominous feeling in his heart. He narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Wei Xing tightly, listening carefully to every word he was about to say.

"General, at the beginning of the alliance between the two countries, there was an appointment first, Wu was responsible for controlling the Han River, north of the Han River, our army was responsible, south of the Han River, your army was responsible. Now that our army has besieged Fancheng, your army is still a hundred miles away, fearing the enemy like a mouse. ”

Zhu Ran sneered and was silent, as if he hadn't heard it.

"There are strong and weak people, and so are nations. Your army's combat strength is not strong, and we can't force it, you can slow down, and it's okay for us to do the Hanshui for you. However, we have said that since your army does not participate in the war, the spoils of war will not be with you. In the future, if the warships or soldiers of the Wei army are defeated here, I hope that the general can be self-disciplined and not be greedy, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Wei Xing bowed slightly, "This is the only requirement of our army, presumably the general army doesn't need to ask the general of the auxiliary country or King Wu again, right?" ”

Zhu Ran's face suddenly became very ugly. Wei Xing's words are simply a naked slap in the face. You can't do it, don't dare to participate in the war, that's it, the spoils of war are ours, you have to be conscious, don't want to fish in troubled waters?

Is this speaking to the dignified general of Zhengbei? These are the words to the scoundrels on the streets.

Zhu Ran was furious and snorted coldly: "Don't worry, our Great Wu Sailor is the first in the world, and it is not inferior to the tatters of the Wei army." Take it all you want. If it floats in front of me, I will return it in full. ”

Wei Xing haha smiled: "That's good, since the general is so generous, then we will be disrespectful." He bowed down to say goodbye, and when the man reached the tent, a voice of joy came from outside: "In this way, we will soon have ten ships." ”

Zhu Ran pursed his lips, his mouth was just halfway up, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong, he thought about it, and immediately asked Wei Xing to call him back. Wei Xing was inexplicable, and looked at Zhu Ran a little unhappily: "General, what's the matter?" ”

Zhu Ran changed his smiling face: "I heard that your army fought with the Wei army not long ago and won a complete victory, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Wei Xing raised his eyebrows and said triumphantly: "Of course it's true, then can it be fake?" ”

"Really? How do I think it's a bit exaggerated? Zhu Ran deliberately made a calm and breezy appearance, and inquired about the battle in a roundabout way. Wei Xing had already prepared, if Zhu Ran didn't ask, then his self-talk just now wouldn't have been in vain. He said it according to Wei Bajiao's words, and the war was basically not exaggerated, but he was vague about the details that Zhu Ran wanted to inquire about, and refused to reveal the slightest secret.

But he revealed that the four captured Wei Junlou ships had all been transformed into new warships.

Hearing this, Zhu Ran was secretly frightened. The warships of the Shu army obviously had new improvements, so that they could defeat the four warships of the Wei army with one warship and win a complete victory. Now Wei Ba already has five building ships, and his combat effectiveness is already equivalent to twenty ordinary building ships, if he is allowed to get the building ships in the hands of Wei Jun for transformation, then the strength of the Shu Han Navy Division will be further improved.

So. Wu Guoshui will face tremendous pressure. The reason why Wu can still maintain his composure now is because they have discovered the Achilles' heel of Wei's new warships and have a way to win. There is no need to worry about Shu Han's blackmail. Now the situation has changed, Wei Ba used the building ship that snatched the Wei army's sailors to renovate, and quickly improved the strength of the Shu Han sailors, and they have replaced the Wei army's sailors. It has become the new rival of Wu Guoshui.

It takes time and effort to build a building ship, but it is not difficult to refit it, and Wei Ba completed this transformation in about ten days.

If you think about it from this point of view. It would not be a good thing for the few remaining ships of the Wei army to fall into the hands of Wei Ba again. What's more, Wei Ba was so cautious about the secret of the Lou ship, and Wu Guoxizuo hadn't heard any useful information so far, if he wanted to understand this secret, what chance could there be better than fighting together? On the battlefield, Wei Ba can't keep everyone away.

Zhu Ran thought twice and decided that he couldn't let go of this great opportunity. He instead agreed to go to war and joined forces with the Shu Han naval division to flank the Wei army's pontoon bridge.

Wei Xing looked frustrated and left "reluctantly".

Zhu Ran then ordered the Wu army's naval division to march towards Xiangyang, approaching the Wei army's water village, and at the same time reported to Sun Quan and Lu Xun. explained his worries and intentions, hoping to get permission to cooperate with the Shu army to launch an attack, observe the warships of the Shu army at close range, and grab the Wei army's building ships as much as possible to curb the growth of the strength of the Shu Han naval division.

After Sun Quan received the news, he was very hesitant. He felt that this might be a ploy by Wei Ba hoping that Wu Jun would join the war to relieve the pressure, and he felt that Zhu Ran's worries were very reasonable. Wei Ba used the warships of the Wei army to quickly increase the strength of the Shu Han naval division, which was not the result he wanted to see. And Zhu Ran hopes to take the opportunity to participate in the war to get a close understanding of the intelligence of the Shu Han Naval Division's warships, which is also a very good idea.

But in this way, it will inevitably go against Lu Xun's intentions. The big war is imminent, he doesn't want to interfere with Lu Xun's decision, his own impulsive personality does not mean that he does not know the benefits of a preemptive strike. Whether it was the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Xiangfan, or the later Battle of Yiling, Wu Guo adopted such tactics. Lu Xun's battle of Yiling took this tactic to the extreme.

Sun Quan forwarded Zhu Ran's report to Lu Xun, although he knew that Zhu Ran would definitely report to Lu Xun.

After Lu Xun received the two reports, he weighed them for a long time, and Zuihou agreed with Zhu Ran's jihua. At the same time, he also quickened the pace of his march, putting pressure on the defenders of Xiangyang from the south, further alleviating the difficulties of Wei Ba and Zhu Ran.

When the news reached the Shu Han camp, Wu Yi and Meng Da looked at each other. Lu Xun finally couldn't hold it back, which is a good thing. Whether it's Sima Yi or Lu Xun, as long as one of these two people can't hold it first, they will have a chance to break this situation.

In the time of the exchange of news, Wei Ba was ready. On a sunny morning, the Shu Han sailors went out of the village to line up, Fu Xing and Zhang Wei each led a renovated haode building ship in front, and Feng Jin and the other three building ships in the back. Wu Yi and Wei Ba boarded the central building boat and overlooked the pontoon bridge across the river and the Wei army waiting for it. Meng Da led 20,000 foot soldiers and forced Fancheng to make a jiashi that could attack the city at any time, forcing the defenders of Fancheng to devote a considerable part of their energy to defend against him. This is both a containment and a real preparation, once Wei Ba succeeds and cuts off the pontoon bridge, he will launch a real attack on Fancheng.

As the two ships that used to be the sharp weapons of the Wei army, but now they were planted with the flag of the Shu Han Naval Division, gradually approached, the war drums of the two sides complemented each other, whether it was on the warship, or on the pontoon, or in the city, whether it was the Wei army or the Shu army, they all held their breath and waited for the battle to begin.

"Knock knock, knock knock!" The low, slow sound of war drums was like the roar of a giant, and it shook people's hearts.

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The form of the monthly pass is not good, Lao Zhuang is a little angry, and his heart is also messed up. After thinking about it for a long time yesterday, I suddenly understood. We are not the mainstream, many book friends don't read many books, and they may not be able to earn a monthly pass a month, Lao Zhuang can have this result is already an accident, so why care too much. Do your best and write with the right attitude, and that's it, as for the result, sometimes it's not that important. Too entangled in quantity and ranking, sometimes it will backfire and mess up the number of sets.

Therefore, Lao Zhuang writes with his own attitude, and you can read it according to your mood. If you're happy to see it, vote for one if you have one, and that's it.

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