Wu country, Nam-gun, Gangneung City.

Lu Xun, the governor of Wu, had been closely following the movements of Wei, looking forward to Sima Yi starting his crusade against Gongsun Yuan as soon as possible.

At the end of February, he received accurate information that Sima Yi would begin his crusade against Liaodong from Beiping in early March.

"It's finally time for this opportunity!"

Lu Xun was very excited in his heart, in order to take Jingzhou this time, he had made too many preparations, and now the most elite main force of Wei State was finally trapped in the battlefield of Liaodong, and it was impossible to withdraw in a short time, and the opportunity for Wu State to show his strength had finally come.

As the governor of Eastern Wu, Lu Xun controlled an army of 100,000 under his command, especially a Jingzhou naval division that was proud of the world.

The fighter plane has arrived, and Lu Xun can gather all the generals under his command and start arranging the battle to attack Xiangyang and take Jingzhou.

Under Lu Xun's account, there are Ding Feng, Li Yi, Xie Jing, Xu Kai, the son of Meng General Xu Sheng, and Lu Yi, the son of the important minister Lu Fan, and other generals, which can be regarded as full of talents.

On the third day of the first month of March, Lu Xun ordered 100,000 soldiers and horses, including 80,000 infantry and 20,000 sailors, and swore to the Northern Expedition.

At the Northern Expedition Pledge Conference, Lu Xunkang said passionately to the soldiers who participated in the Pledge Conference:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is my long-cherished wish of Wu to divide the world into two, and now, the situation in the world has changed greatly, and Cao Wei is no longer as invincible as he was back then."

"Last year alone, the Wei State successively lost Longxi in Yongzhou, as well as the entire Jiaozhou and the Western Regions, lost a large area of land, and lost a large number of soldiers; He was defeated by Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong and lost 50,000 people. ”

"Cao Rong, the lord of Wei, is becoming more and more deaf, indulging in wine, wasting national strength in vain, repairing palaces, and promoting forced labor, making the people of Wei miserable."

"Now, the Wei State has reached the time of internal and external troubles, crusading against the unjustified Wei State, at the right time, Lu Mou is not talented, entrusted by the Son of Heaven of Wu State, to lead my Eastern Wu soldiers to the north to attack Cao Wei, is to hang the people and fight against the unreasonable."

Immediately, Lu Xun reluctantly pulled out the long sword in his hand, raised his arms and shouted:

"My soldiers of the Great Wu Kingdom, go with me! Wu Guo Wansheng! ”

"Wu Guo Wansheng!"

"Wu Guo Wansheng!"

“……”

For a time, all the soldiers who participated in the oath shouted and shouted, and the shouts in Jiangling City suddenly shook the sky and soared into the sky.

Immediately, Lu Xun led the soldiers to Xiangyang.

In this attack on Xiangyang, Lu Xun adopted the method of advancing by land and water, and Lu Lu personally led an army of 60,000 from Jiangling to the north to attack Xiangyang.

On land and water, Ding Feng, a general under his command, led 20,000 sailors and 20,000 infantry, went north along the Xiangjiang River by boat and went straight to Xiangyang.

According to Lu Xun's strategy, Ding Feng's naval division will be slightly faster than the infantry, and it is estimated that the main combat task is to control and choke the Xiangjiang waterway and block the reinforcements from Fancheng, Xinye, Wancheng, and Shangyong in the north of Cao Wei.

Once Ding Feng firmly defended the Xiangjiang waterway, he could threaten Xiangyang in the south and force Fancheng in the north, while Lu Xun personally led the main force of 60,000 cavalry to go all the way north and attack Xiangyang, striving to capture Xiangyang, an important town in northern Jingbei.

In order to cooperate with Lu Xun's attack on Xiangyang, Wu also launched a sheep attack in Yangzhou, led by Zhu Huan, Quan Cong, and Zhuge Ke, 50,000 cavalry, crossed the river to the north, and entered Shouchun, thus effectively dragging Cao Wei's Yangzhou army.

The Wu army launched a full-scale attack on Wei this time, which was to make sure that it would take Xiangyang in one fell swoop, and then take Jingzhou entirely.

Ding Feng's sailors were very powerful, with twelve huge ships and hundreds of warships. After the Wu army's naval division arrived in Xiangyang, it quickly defeated the Wei army's naval division and fully controlled the Xiangjiang waterway in Xiangyang.

On the river, the warships of the Wu State gathered, crossing the river.

Xiangyang is a strong city, since the Spring and Autumn Period Chu State has built a city here, after generations of additions and repairs, it has become a fortress with a tall and strong city wall, a wide moat, and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The geographical location of Xiangyang is extremely important, from the perspective of the strategic pattern of the whole world, Xiangyang is not only an important hub between the east and the west, but also an important hub between the north and the south.

Xiangyang is located in the south of the Nanyang Basin, and if it goes north, it can threaten Wancheng to approach the Central Plains; If you go south, you can capture Jiangling to cut off the Yangtze River and go down the river to threaten the southeast; To the west, Yongliang in the northwest can be connected through Hanzhong, and Wuhui can be directly out of Wuhui through Hanshui in the east. Therefore, Cao Weitun's troops, the focus was on Xiangyang, in Xiangyang Cao Weitun 30,000 elite soldiers, by the famous general Wen Ping, who was good at defensive warfare.

Xiangyang since the return to Cao Wei, has always been Cao Wei's most important city in Jingzhou, when Guan Yu launched the Jingzhou Campaign, flooded the Seventh Army after the shock of China, Cao Cao even took in the crisis situation of the Xiangyang battlefield, and once intended to move the capital.

Cao Wei sent to guard Xiangyang, has always been Cao Wei's famous generals, and Cao Wei's famous generals who have been responsible for guarding Xiangyang include Cao Ren, Man Chong, Yu Ban, and Xu Huang. These are all generals who can take charge of themselves, which shows the importance of Xiangyang to Cao Wei, and now they are sending Wenpin to guard Xiangyang.

However, compared with Cao Wei's great attention to Xiangyang, Fancheng's treatment is simply different, since ancient times, there is a saying that "Xiangyang of iron and Fancheng of paper lake".

North of Xiangyang, across the river from Xiangyang, Cao Wei did have very few garrisons, perhaps in Cao Wei's view, Fancheng is the hinterland, and the city is not strong, it is difficult to defend, so Ding Feng defeated the Wei army's sailors, and captured Fancheng in one day.

Since then, Cao Wei has completely cut off the retreat of the Xiangyang garrison to the north. However, Ding Feng is also very self-aware, according to Lu Xun's arrangement, he does not plan to hold on to Fancheng, because Fancheng will inevitably face a large number of reinforcements from the Cao army, and it will definitely not be able to hold it, and he only needs to delay the pace of the Wei army's rescue as much as possible through Fancheng.

It was really impossible to hold it, and all of them withdrew to the battleship, which could still block Cao Wei's reinforcements.

After the fall of Fancheng, Wen Ping had no way to recapture it at all, after all, the sailors of Eastern Wu were too powerful, and after his own sailors were wiped out, he could not cross the river to rescue Fancheng.

However, Wen Ping also knew very well that it would not be long before the Wei army's reinforcements from all walks of life would come one after another, and Fancheng would be easily recovered at that time, and his biggest headache was how to deal with the difficult sailors of Eastern Wu.

Expect Ding Feng to come ashore for a decisive battle, but Ding Feng just won't go ashore. If you want to shoot at Ding Feng's sailors, the range of the bed crossbow on the opponent's building ship is even farther than your own, and you can't take advantage of it at all.

Fight and can't fight, catch up and can't drive away, out of Xiangyang City, Cao Wei's soldiers and civilians will be constantly harassed by a small force sent by Ding Feng, so that everyone is so frightened that they hide in Xiangyang City. The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the children of Soochow do not talk about martial virtues, which is really hateful.

Just when Wen Ping was a little anxious by Ding Feng's sailors, Lu Xun did not let Ding Feng wait long, and less than three days after Ding Feng captured Fancheng, Lu Xun's 60,000 troops appeared outside Xiangyang City.

For a while, Xiangyang City was surrounded by the army of Eastern Wu, and Wen Ping, who was guarding Xiangyang, was suddenly a little panicked, he never expected that Wu would send so many troops to attack Xiangyang this time.