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The northern part of Jingzhou is fighting lively, Liu Bei is actually itchy, he has always been very concerned about the news of Jingzhou, seeing Cao Cao's heavy troops going east, this was originally a great opportunity to enter Jingzhou in the east, but now he can only watch.

Of course, Liu Bei is not a fool, he naturally knows that if he didn't focus on the south of Yizhou, Cao Cao would not fight with Yuan Shao, and the cause and effect in this can't be reversed.

Of course, the temporary abandonment of the march to Jingzhou did bring great benefits to Liu Bei, Wei Yan and Guan Ping, who advanced to the south, were progressing very smoothly, plus Zhuge Jin and Pang Yuan personally sat on the front line, the Shu army quickly built the road to the reckless mountains in the south of Yizhou, not to mention anything else, just the discovery of large salt wells and iron mines has made Liu Bei very happy.

But these cannot replace Liu Bei's deep affection for Jingzhou, so under Liu Bei's explicit hints, Guan Yu has become the only channel that can vent Liu Bei's emotions, and Guan Yu himself has this desire.

Of course, the loss of Jingzhou cannot be blamed on Guan Yu's head, that is the general trend, Cao Cao was desperate under the circumstances at that time, while Liu Bei was leaning towards Yizhou, and the fundamental choice of this has already determined the fate of Jingzhou.

However, as the general stationed in the north of Jingzhou at that time, as a soldier, Guan Yu could not convince himself that the failure of his own attack in the battle of Luyang at that time was the main reason for the rapid loss of Nanyang County, and Guan Yu always took the responsibility for losing Jingzhou on his back. He had been weighed down by the weight of his own assumptions, and he couldn't lift his head a little.

Therefore. Being able to recapture Jingzhou is Guan Yu's strongest desire and the first priority course of action.

After receiving Liu Bei's hint, Guan Yu, who had been staring at Cao Jun's movements for a long time, finally exerted his strength.

Guan Yu and the Xiahou brothers have been in a state of confrontation before, but the two sides have not fought hard, they are all small-scale battles, on the one hand, the two sides have no desire to fight, on the other hand. The Xiahou brothers are also familiar with the combat methods under this complex terrain, which is completely different from fighting in the Central Plains, especially the application of cavalry, and Guan Yu also needs to readjust and deploy the overall defense layout of Wuling County and build logistics support nodes.

So, under this tacit understanding. Both sides only maintain small-scale battles, generally 10,000-level wars, and more battles occur between the inhumans of the two camps, but unlike the relatively concentrated battles in the Tongbai Mountains, Wuling County is vast and sparsely populated, and the infiltration troops on both sides have a huge space for activity. As a result, the intensity of the battle decreased.

Guan Yu's exertion is the result of Liu Bei's instigation, and it is also Guan Yu's own urgent need, and it is also the inevitable demand for the transformation of Wuling County's offensive and defensive forms.

Guan Yu held a pre-war meeting in Lingyang, and Fan Chou, Zhao Lei, and Li Yan all arrived. The doors and windows of the conference room were closed, and the light was a little dim. Everyone gathered in front of the huge map, the map is very detailed, Wuling has been operated by Liu Bei for several years, and it can be regarded as the home field, in terms of geographical advantages, the Shu army still has some advantages.

"Everyone, the autumn harvest has been completed, Wuling County has also done a good job of defense, and the various logistics nodes have also completed the deployment, just at this time, the Cao army and Yuan Shao launched a big war, especially a few days ago, the iron army suddenly went south to participate in the war, and captured Nanzhao and Pheasant County in one fell swoop, and captured Luyang yesterday, the Cao army had to mobilize troops to the north to support, and the Cao army in the south will definitely be affected and weakened, at this time, it is the time for our army to do something."

Everyone is in good spirits, the loss of Jingzhou is a shame for everyone, and now they can redeem their reputation and shame with their own actions, and everyone naturally has a strong fighting spirit.

"General, what are you waiting for, let's counterattack in an all-out way, and take Jiangling back in one fell swoop Fan Chou said excitedly with his fists, he, like Guan Yu, has always been angry about losing Jiangling, and he can't wait to retake Jiangling immediately and clean the shame on his head as soon as possible.

"Well, the counterattack is certain, but it's hard to say to what extent, after all, we have so many troops at hand, there will be no more support, and now the development of southern Yizhou is huge, and it is impossible for the big brother to draw more money and food troops to us, so we must base ourselves on the existing conditions, strive to fight more efficiently and smartly, and get as much gain as possible with as little effort as possible."

"Well, what the second general said is extremely true, fighting the battle more carefully is not only a requirement of the situation, but also a responsibility for the soldiers and the people."

Zhao Lei strongly supported Guan Yu's idea, if Guan Yu had this kind of consciousness, he would not have made those mistakes before.

Guan Yu nodded, pointed to the map and said: "According to the deployment of Cao's army, a certain plan was made, and it was decided that the troops would be divided into two routes, Fan Chou, you would lead 30,000 infantry, along Chongxian to the north, and attack in the direction of Wufeng, Li Yan could advance eastward from Wuxian at the right time to recapture Zigui, and the goal of the two of you was to recapture Xiling." ”

Fan Chou and Li Yan looked at the map carefully, there was nothing wrong with Guan Yu's arrangement, north of Chong County, it was Xiahou Yuan's defense area, Xiahou Yuan's defense area was very large, from the south of Wufeng to the west of Zigui, there were more than two hundred miles of land in a radius, and most of them were mountainous, although Xiahou Yuan's department was also equipped with 30,000 infantry, but the defense of such a large area still seemed to be a little insufficient.

If Fan Chou attacks Wu Feng from the south and involves Xiahou Yuan's main force, Li Yan will go out of Wu County again, and it is very likely that he will regain Zigui, and after taking Zigui, he will be able to directly threaten Xiling, and Xiahou Yuan will not be able to take care of both the north and the south, therefore, there should be no big problem with the arrangement of this way, and the only thing worth worrying about is whether Xiahou Yuan can withdraw from Jiangling in the east to help.

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, squinted his eyes and continued confidently: "And a certain one led the army from Lingyang to the north, attacking Shimen, and if he succeeded, he would turn to attack Xinling, trying to stick to Xiahou Yuan, so that he could not withdraw to rescue Xiahou Yuan." ”

Everyone nodded, this plan is very perfect here, the focus of the attack is in the west, and Guan Yu's side is to lead the way, Guan Yu can put himself in an auxiliary position, which can be regarded as fully putting down his body, which has won the unanimous appreciation and admiration of everyone.

The battle did not break out suddenly, and Xiahoudun was also very concerned about Guan Yu's intelligence, so Xiahoudun was clear about Guan Yu's army actively preparing for war, especially when the battle situation in northern Jingzhou was a little bad, Guan Yu's army's movements were obvious.

Sure enough, the news of the loss of Luyang came, Guan Yu's army suddenly dispatched, Xiahoudun's front line was in Shimen, less than a hundred miles away from Lingyang, Guan Yu's army arrived under the Shimen fortress in a hurry, Guan Yu, who had been holding back for a year, was very violent, and personally led the army to attack as soon as he came up, Xiahoudun could only use the terrain to passively defend.

Hold on for two days, Shimen Fortress was still taken by Guan Yu at any cost, Xiahoudun retreated to another fortress, continued to rely on the terrain to resist stubbornly, Guan Yu did not play any tricks, that is, blindly attacked, every time he personally led the army to climb the wall, Xiahoudun encountered Guan Yu, who did not want to die, there was no way, the only thing he could do was to kill Guan Yu's army as much as possible, but at the same time, his own troops suffered heavy losses.

Xiahoudun was forced to retreat by Guan Yu, and slowly retreated towards Xinling, Xiahoudun had ordered people to step up the construction of Xinling's city defense, preparing to fight a protracted defensive battle with Guan Yu in Xinling.

When Guan Yu and Xiahoudun had been fighting extremely hot, Fan Chou quietly crossed the mountains and launched an attack on Wufeng, unlike Guan Yu's sacrificial impact, Fan Chou fought quite patiently, and did not hurry to set up a camp on the periphery of Wufeng, clear the periphery, and then seize the mountains around Wufeng one by one, slowly but firmly weakening Wufeng's defense.

Seeing that Wufeng was in danger, Xiahou Yuan also rushed to Wufeng in person, and mobilized 5,000 cavalry to help the battle first, but in a mountainous area like Wufeng, the role that cavalry could play was really not much.

The two fronts of Wuling, east and west, are quite hot, but the discerning people have seen a problem, that is, both sides have some lack of stamina, and there is no soldier to support Wuling, and even the deployment of materials is also a large-scale continuous transfer to the south of Yizhou, and the supply of Wuling is only a normal level of supply.

The situation of the Xiahou brothers is similar, Cao Cao's army is now moving north and east, and has no intention of going south, it seems that Cao Cao does not care much about the gains and losses of the battle of Wuling, in fact, whether Wuling can be taken, or whether the Xiahou brothers will be driven out of Wuling Cao Cao does not care, as long as Jiangling is not lost.

Therefore, the Xiahou brothers do not seek merit but seek no fault, they are not impatient or impatient, the purpose is to kill and injure Guan Yu's army as much as possible, and they don't care about the gains and losses of the territory at all, but Guan Yu also came with the intention of defeating the Xiahou brothers, and the different mentalities of the two sides also led to the difference in the results of the war.

When Xiahou Yuan concentrated his energy on Wufeng, Li Yan of Wuxian County suddenly dispatched and attacked Zigui at night, although he did not capture Zigui in one fell swoop, but he successfully captured a city gate of Zigui, and then dragged the war into a street battle, and a large number of Inhuman troops then arrived to join the street battle, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan understood that Guan Yu's purpose was to return to Zigui.

If Xiling is lost, Xiahou Yuan's troops in Wufeng will be in danger, Xiahou Yuan learned that Zigui is in danger, so he simply gave up Wufeng and led the army to retreat to Xiling, and Fan Chou didn't care about Wufeng, he chased Xiahou Yuan tightly, and chased Xiahou Yuan to Xiling.

And Xiahoudun was also forced to retreat to Xinling by Guan Yu at this time, and so far, the entire territory of Wuling has been recovered by Guan Yu except for Xiling City.

However, Guan Yu's purpose is not only to recover Wuling, his purpose is Jiangling, but after the Xiahou brothers' troops have shrunk, they have been relatively concentrated, and they can rely on Jiancheng for defense, Guan Yu's follow-up battle will be more difficult. To be continued...