Cai Mao's 3,000 cavalry soon caught up with Cheng Yu's troops.

Cheng Yu led 10,000 horses and did not fight against Liu Biaojun's vanguard troops, but fought and retreated, showing his weakness first.

Cai Mao's vanguard didn't know that it was a plan, and chased after him.

Soon the news of the battle between the vanguard troops and Cheng Yu reached Cai Mao's ears, Cai Mao didn't know what to do, and immediately went all out to speed up, and quickly advanced with 10,000 light infantry, so that 5,000 heavy infantry could catch up later. At the same time, don't forget to send someone to send a message to Kuai Yue.

Cheng Yu attracted all the enemy troops to the valley and began to fight bloodily.

It's a mile-long canyon with sharp edges on both sides. There is only a strip in the middle that can accommodate a carriage to pass through, which is relatively narrow. It's a good place to take a hit. No, Cheng Yu didn't plan to lead them into the valley, and the big pit inside was drilled by Cai Mao. The undulating hills outside, the potholes, the roads, and the trees that were deliberately cut down and piled up on the road were enough to wipe out the cavalry.

Soon, the Jiangdong Army took advantage of the terrain to limit the characteristics of the cavalry, so that their mobility was greatly weakened, and they could not charge back and forth in this narrow terrain. The cavalry lost their maneuver and had no impact, so their advantage turned into a disadvantage. And the Jiangdong Army dispatched pikemen at the right time, which is the best type of cavalry to crack.

"Kill." The roar of the Jiangdong army and the horn of the counterattack kept echoing in the mountains.

Cheng Yu's pikemen suddenly poured back, all over the mountains, and it was a mess of stabbing at their cavalry that had lost their ability to move.

The "Jinjin" horses were knocked down by the ubiquitous trees on the ground, and even though they were able to jump over the first few large trees, when they landed, they were blocked by another large pile of trees, and a large number of them fell. Some clever soldiers tightly held the horse rope, but the horse was neighing in pain, the hind hooves were erect, the front hooves were kicking indiscriminately, although the soldiers on the horse tightly clamped the horse's belly, but still couldn't stand it and fell down uncontrollably, and before he could turn over, he was hacked to death on the spot by the Jiangdong army who rushed up.

"Ahh Another miserable scream, the sound of killing was heard very clearly, and a cavalryman was killed by a bow and arrow directly through the chest.

The cavalry was trapped, without the impact it had at the beginning. The rest depends on who is more ruthless and fierce.

A fierce slaughter had begun, and the cries of killing, screams, and horses were stirring the blood of the soldiers all the time.

Every soldier frantically raised his weapon and fought to kill the enemy. Every inch of land is stained with the blood of the warriors.

Cai Mao's cavalry was obviously unwilling to be captured in this way, and launched a fierce resistance. They wielded broadswords and slashed with all their might. Even if the horses couldn't move, they kept waving their hands, and the long knives slashed one ray after another in the air, and there was a loud sound of weapon handover.

The fighting between the two sides was extremely fierce.

Cai Mao learned that the vanguard troops had begun to fight, and they came up with non-stop support.

Cheng Yu stood on the top of the hill and watched the battle carefully, the sound of the fierce battle made his blood boil non-stop, and he even had the urge to rush down with a knife and slash at the enemy's head. On this mile-long front, the enemy's cavalry has been divided into countless small sections, and each cavalry is surrounded by several Jiangdong troops, whose spears are constantly rushing and fighting. Soon Cai Jun fell off his horse again, or simply abandoned his horse and fought on foot.

In full swing, the war is on fire.

At this time, on the official road in the distance, a black pressure slowly appeared, as dense as ants.

An adjutant general whispered to Cheng Yu: "My lord, Cai Mao has come up with troops to support." ”

Cheng Yu nodded, his face indifferent. He waved his hand lightly and said, "Sa." ”

The drums sounded, and the Jiangdong Army immediately sprinkled back like a tide.

The Cai army and the Jiangdong army began to disperse, and everyone was in good spirits, and shouted excitedly: "General Cai has brought reinforcements up, we will kill it." ”

The Jiangdong Army quickly retreated into the canyon and looked embarrassed.

Liu Biao's army in the back quickly came up, merged with the forward, and began to pursue.

The Jiangdong Army retreated under the command of Cheng Yu without chaos, and soon withdrew from the exit of the canyon at the other end. As soon as Cai Mao's pursuers came up, suddenly the golden drums sounded in unison, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and then two ambushes rushed out from both sides of the valley, and the enemy army was stuck into three sections alive. At the same time, countless burning tobacco, arrows, rolling stones, and wooden fences were dropped from the tops of the mountains on both sides and landed in the valley. The burning vegetation soon died out, but puffs of smoke began to rise, and soon the valley was filled with billowing smoke, which soon enveloped the entire canyon.

"Oh no, we're in ambush." Liu Biaojun immediately became a mess, all kinds of exclamations rose and fell with each other, the thick smoke in the valley was everywhere, everyone choked with tears, the soldiers pushed each other, trampled on each other, and mutilated themselves countless times for a while; Some soldiers were shot by stray arrows and let out screams; was hit by a burning wooden fence, with a burning flame on his body; If you are hit by a falling rock, your head will bloom and you will die on the spot. The valley was already screaming again and again, and Liu Jun fell one after another at a rapid speed. The soldiers who were lucky enough to be alive, no matter who they were, desperately tried to rush out of the valley. But the two valley mouths were blocked by the Jiangdong Army, and the layers of soldiers desperately resisted, so that they could not rush out again, and the smoke was stuffed inside.

Some of the soldiers on the outside of the valley have already been scattered by the Jiangdong Army, and they have become fighting on their own, like a plate of scattered sand.

Cai Mao's brain was already blank, and he felt a fear of death in his whole body, because he inhaled a large amount of smoke in his nostrils, his whole mind was already dizzy, he only knew that he kept roaring, directing the soldiers to attack Taniguchi one after another. There were already a lot of Liu Biaojun who began to walk crookedly, and countless bundles of grass blades kept being dropped on the top of the mountain, covering the entire valley with smoke.

The Jiangdong Army intercepted Taniguchi alive and dead, just because they didn't want the enemy to rush out.

Liu Biaojun tried his best to highlight the valley, but he didn't want to sit still, and he was suffocated to death by smoke.

Although Cai Mao's army has an obvious advantage in strength, it is trapped in the valley, and there are only two or three thousand people who are really fighting outside, how can they open the gap with just such a small number of troops?

Time passed little by little, and after the initial intensive killing, the sound of killing and shouting became weaker and weaker. Liu Jun was suffocated to death in countless places.

When Kuai Yue heard that Cai Mao was ambushed and trapped in Panyun Valley, he was anxious, if Cai Mao had three long and two short, how could he explain to Liu Biao? He didn't think about it, so he hurried up with 30,000 soldiers.

When passing through a kind of wooded land, flanked by trees and grass, and overgrown with thorns, Kuai Yue suddenly felt a sense of fear, because this place was really easy to be ambushed. As soon as he wanted to retreat and make a detour, he heard three cannon shots, and then saw a man and horse under the banner of Jiang Qin rushing straight from the left.

Kuai Yue instantly understood that he had fallen for Cheng Yu's tricks from the beginning, and they were nothing more than trying to lure themselves out of Huarong, looking for an opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop. Although Kuai Yue's heart was like a stormy wave, there was no trace of panic on his face, and he saw that Jiang Qin was rushing over with only one force, although he felt very inappropriate in his heart, he still shouted to command the soldiers to respond calmly.

The sound of the two armies was shocking, and when the fierce battle was in full swing, Zhou Tai led 10,000 horses to kill from the right side of the path.

Zhou Tai led his troops into the battle, Jiang Qin's army was greatly boosted, and they all took the lead, and the two armies began to rush left and right to kill the Kuai Yue army.

Liu Biaojun saw that the two route armies were extremely brave, and they were gradually defeated.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Kuai army immediately ordered the army to withdraw, intending to protect the main force and retreat to Chuyang.

Where is the Jiangdong Army willing to let go like this, they are all stubborn, they run to catch up, and fight desperately.

The Kuai Yue army was quickly dispersed, and under the desperate protection of his troops, he fought his way out of the siege and fled for his life.

Liu Biaojun saw that the main general had fled, and he was even more warless, so he quickly fled, died, and surrendered.

Kuai Yue ran away in the wilderness, and the 30,000 horses that followed him back were only a few thousand remnants of the defeated army.

Two days later, only about half a day's journey away, Chuyang was in sight. Kuai Yue rested in one place, seeing that the mountains here are continuous, and there is only one official road in the middle, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Although Cheng Yu has experienced harm, he can't take my surname for his life, if he sets up an ambush on the ground, I'm afraid that I will be unable to fly with my wings, and my head will fall to the ground." ”

As soon as Kuai Yue spoke, as soon as the cannon sounded, a group of troops under the banner of "horse" rushed straight from the mountain.

The general shouted on the horse: "Kuai Yue Pi Hugh is gone, Ma Zhong is here." ”

Kuai Yue was so frightened that he didn't care about letting the horse saddle, and desperately broke the horse and fled. And the remnants of Liu's army were defeated, and after only resisting for a while, they were defeated and fled, and countless weapons and armor were thrown on the ground.

Ma Zhong didn't chase either, packed up the loot all over the ground, and headed for Chuyang.

Kuai Yue retreated to Chuyang, knowing that the enemy army would arrive later, and fled back to Huarong with hundreds of men and horses overnight.

Kuai Yue was defeated and retreated, and Cai Mao's 20,000 horses were trapped and helpless, and they were killed alive in Panyun Valley, with nearly 10,000 horses. And when Cai Mao was captured alive, the whole body turned into a black carbon head, and her whole body was black, which was extremely funny. The 70,000 horses that Liu Biao finally gathered were once again ruthlessly suppressed. Kuai Yue was defeated and retreated, Cai Mao was captured, the main force of Jingzhong was destroyed, and the whole country was shocked. And when they were even more in a hurry, Cheng Yu took the momentum of breaking the Kuaiyue, urged the army to advance quickly, and took down the places that had just changed hands, such as Chuyang and Shaxian, without much effort. And Huarong County, because the main army was completely annihilated in the battle of Chuyang, under the lack of soldiers and major generals, it was attacked by Cheng Yu in turns, and soon fell.

Huarong was lost, but the tomb was not protected. Although there were 10,000 people who came down from Xiangfan, there were no soldiers under the command of good generals and famous marshals, where was Cheng Yu's opponent, and he was almost wiped out without fighting for several games.

Huarong and Jingling have been lost one after another, and Nanjun has been naked under the nose of the Jiangdong Army. Liu Biao was terrified, and the entire Nanjun was also panicked, Cheng Yu's hand was really ruthless, not counting anything else, in Panlong Valley, there were 10,000 soldiers, so they were suffocated to death in it.

The Jiangdong Army won a great victory and soon besieged Yunanjun.

There are only 10,000 city guards in Nanjun City, 10,000 horses from Wuling, and 10,000 people who are stationed in the public security. When the Jingzhou army, which had more than 200,000 armor, started a war with Jiangdong for a year and a half, now there are only more than 30,000 left, which can be described as a fiasco. On the other hand, the Jiangdong Army only had about 60,000 troops when it set out on the expedition, and although 20,000 or 30,000 were killed in battle, it incorporated 50,000 or 60,000 surrendered troops.

At this time, Liu Biao's internal personnel had begun to waver, whether they were guarding or descending, divided into three factions, and each did not recognize each other.

Zhou Yu's naval army had landed in Jiangling County and began to attack the public security area, firmly holding back Wang Jian's men. Huang Zhong led 3,000 men and horses from Baling and began to sweep Changsha. And Xu Huang's 10,000 horses and horses also slowly moved closer to Nanjun. On the surface, the situation is quite gratifying, but the far-sighted Cheng Yu is worried in his heart, the Jiangdong Army is really out of food, and the military food is already insufficient to support a month. Although tens of thousands of grain stones were transferred from the Ba soldiers, it was obviously a drop in the bucket, and there was originally a lot of grain and grass accumulated in Jingling, but when the enemy general saw that Jingling was not protected, he burned all the grain and grass, they couldn't eat it, and they didn't want to use it for the army. If Liu Biao really fights his life and wants to defend Nanjun, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take it with his current strength.

Cheng Yu told Zhang Lang the news urgently.

Zhang Lang didn't expect that his plan would fall through, although he took Jingling, but the grain and grass were turned to ashes, what should I do?

Zhang Lang summoned Tian Feng and Guo Jia overnight to discuss the matter.

Zhang Lang said worriedly: "What is good now?" Our army's military rations are already exhausted, if Liu Biao defends it, plus the city of Jiangling, I am afraid that we will not be able to take them in a short time, and all the efforts in front will be in vain. ”

Tian Feng also said heavily: "Yes, Zhang Zhaoqian also just came to the letter, although they tried their best to raise grain, but the granaries in various places have been emptied, there is really no way." ”

Zhang Lang sighed and looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia pondered for a while and said slowly: Since the grain and grass can no longer be raised, then we can only start from other aspects. Strive to break through the southern county city as soon as possible and take Liu Biao. ”

Zhang Lang said angrily: "Is Nanjun so easy to fight?" If so, we don't have to sit here and worry. ”

Guo Jia said: "At this time, it is no longer possible to act with common sense. If Liu Biao can be recruited, it is the best policy. ”

Zhang Lang nodded unconsciously and said: "That's the case, I'm afraid that Liu Biao won't say that he will descend." ”

Guo Jia thought about it for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "After thinking about it, I just can't find anyone to lobby Liu Biao." ”

Tian Feng said curiously: "Strategist, who is the best candidate in your mind?" ”

Guo Jia said slowly: "Jingzhou celebrity Huang Chengyan and others, they are celebrities in Jingzhou, and they have huge family relationships, if they can lobby Liu Biao, I believe things will be much simpler." It's just that we don't know any of these people, and we don't know where they are, let alone help us lobby Liu Biao. ”

Zhang Lang's eyes lit up.

(To be continued)