The offensive and defensive battles of Gangneung were busy bombarding each other, and they were very happy.

At this time in Xiangyang, Wenpin's side is also a little dilemma.

The Jiangxia navy of Eastern Wu went against the current and attacked the Xiangyang navy of Hanjindu, causing Wen Ping to choose to gather the navy, gather troops, and fight with the Jiangxia navy of Eastern Wu in the waters near Xiangfan.

Although relying on the superiority of troops and their own command, it still won a small victory, but it did not prevent the Dongwu Navy from establishing a water village near Yidu to cover the landing of the Dongwu Army on the north bank of the Han River.

In addition, Zhang Xi of Jiangling sent a military report to Wen Ping, asking Wen Ping to be careful of Dongwu's plan to hide from the sky and the sea, and to strengthen the defense of Xiangyang, so Wen Ping still asked for reinforcements from the three eastern counties out of prudence.

Under such circumstances, Kou Feng led 20,000 soldiers from the three eastern counties to go down the Han River and arrive at Xiangyang City.

Since recognizing Zhang Xi's brother, Kou Feng's current treatment is completely different from in history, not only Zhuge Liang is relieved to let him guard the three eastern counties, but even every time he asks for help, this goods is also very obedient and on call.

Can. Just after Kou Feng led the troops to Xiangyang, the Eastern Wu army suddenly did not move.

The 20,000 Jiangxia Navy troops were still often moving in the direction of Xiangyang, trying to test the weak points of the Xiangyang Navy Army's defense, but the Jiangdong Army that landed on the north bank of the Han River was really like a fool at this time, and there was no movement at all.

The situation has become very weird, who is the attacker and who is the defender?!

The more this is the case, the more the clerk will not dare to act rashly.

In addition to the naval army, the army is also very important in the Xiangfan defense system.

Earlier, Wen Ping only had 10,000 troops in his hands, and his troops were insufficient, so his response could only be to use the water army as the mainstay, and compete with the Eastern Wu Navy for control of the Han River to ensure smooth exchanges between Xiangfan.

As long as the waterway was not cut off by the Eastern Wu army, even if Fancheng was attacked, Wen Ping would have enough time to react and transport reinforcements from Xiangyang.

Therefore, at the beginning, Wen Ping was in Fancheng, and only 3,000 soldiers were arranged, and Liao Hua was responsible for guarding Fancheng.

It's not that Wenpin doesn't want to send more, but with so many troops, Fancheng has to be defended, and Xiangyang has to be defended the same.

And Fancheng only has 3,000 troops stationed in it, so naturally it is impossible to take the initiative to attack, to test the virtual reality of the Eastern Wu army, just such a small number of troops, and take the initiative to attack and die faster.

Later, after Kou Feng led the troops to support, Wen Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he quickly asked Kou Feng to lead 10,000 soldiers to support the defense of Fancheng.

But it was also during this period of time that the army that Dongwu landed on the north bank of the Han River actually began to stop assembling and marching, and after setting up camp, there was no movement.

In this case, Kou Feng, a reckless man, immediately proposed to take the initiative and carry out a tentative attack.

It was understandable not to do this before, after all, there were not enough troops, but now. 13,000 soldiers guarding Fancheng, if they don't move any longer, it's a bit unreasonable, right?!

Kou Feng's meaning is not to go to a decisive battle with the Eastern Wu Army, but to fight tentatively to see what the hell the Eastern Wu Army is doing, and it is not a matter to be so reckless.

But after thinking about it for a long time, Wen Ping still rejected Kou Feng's suggestion.

Although according to the preliminary investigation of the reconnaissance cavalry, the strength of the Eastern Wu Army that landed on the north bank of the Han River this time was only 10,000, but to tell the truth, Wen Ping did not believe this data.

Once the army is in motion, an approximate figure can be judged according to the army's marching tricks, the size of the camp, and the number of stoves.

However, if you are stationed in one place, the scouts cannot get close to check it, and the detailed work cannot effectively convey true and accurate information. Wen Ping did not dare to take this risk.

In the defense system of Xiangfan, the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng is the most important, and these two places echo each other in order to exert the greatest strategic value. If one side loses, the role of the entire defense system will be cut in half.

If you rashly send troops from Fancheng, once you encounter an ambush designed by the enemy, you will lose your soldiers and horses in vain, which will be very unfavorable to the defense of Fancheng.

It's not impossible.

Especially at the beginning, the Eastern Wu army put on such a big battle, giving people a posture of attacking Xiangfan, but now it is motionless, if there is no greasy here. Anyway, the clerk is incomprehensible.

Of course, the most important thing is that the duty of the clerk is to guard Xiangfan after all.

As long as Fancheng is not threatened, even if the Eastern Wu army is stationed on the north bank of the Han River for a long time, it will only be a loss of grain and grass for the Eastern Wu army, and the impact on Xiangfan will be minimal.

All in all, it was out of prudence that Wen Ping would continue to hold his troops as long as the Eastern Wu army did not march in the direction of Fancheng. Just don't take any chances.

The attacker is not in a hurry to attack, and the defender is in a hurry to take the initiative.

Originally, this matter ended here, Kou Feng is still very respectful of Wenpin's qualifications, and Wenpin's explanation is also in the past.

Kou Feng is just a little reckless in fighting with soldiers, which does not mean that he is a fool. In this case, defending Xiangfan is a great achievement, and a rash attack may result in a big defeat, even if it is Kou Feng, he knows how to choose.

But the next development made Kou Feng start to be impatient.

Without him, the news of the siege of Jiangling by 100,000 troops of Eastern Wu was finally transmitted to Xiangyang. Kou Feng is in a hurry!!

My brother is surrounded, how can I sit idly by as a younger brother?!

Moreover, in Kou Feng's opinion, he had found the real reason why the Soochow Army did not move.

These Wu dogs used this kind of bluff trick to contain the Xiangyang army and prevent the Xiangyang army from going south to rescue Jiangling.

In fact, there are not many Wu troops on the north bank of the Han River, and even, in Kou Feng's opinion, there may not be 10,000 people.

Therefore, Kou Feng once again asked Wen to take the initiative to lead 10,000 soldiers from the three eastern counties to clear the Eastern Wu army on the north bank of the Han River, relieve the danger of Xiangyang, and then go south as soon as possible to support Jiangling.

However, Wen Ping still disagreed.

It is true that after getting the news that Jiangling was besieged, Wen Ping also had the same idea as Kou Feng, after all, this matter, reasoning from the surface, should indeed be like this.

But it's still that question, Wen Ping can't understand that if he wants to bluff a strategy, why does the Dongwu army on the north bank of the Han River have been standing still since they came ashore? !

If you want to make a suspicious military strategy, you must make a big noise, and the best way to make a big noise is to mobilize and divide troops to attack the various counties on the north bank of the Han River, so as to create the illusion that the Wu army is sending troops on a large scale, so as to achieve the purpose of bluffing.

Squatting in place and not moving, how can you bluff?!

Such an unreasonable move really made Wen Ping have to wonder if the army of the Eastern Wu Army attacking Xiangyang was a suspicious army.

There is one point, Wen Ping agrees with Kou Feng's judgment, that is, the main direction of attack of Eastern Wu must be in Jiangling, and the purpose of this Eastern Wu army attacking Xiangyang in the north must also be to contain the Xiangyang army and prevent the Xiangyang army from going south to support Jiangling.

But if you contain the Xiangyang Army, relying only on 10,000 army and 20,000 sailors, is it a bit insufficient?!

If Wen Ping did not ask for reinforcements from the three eastern counties, then the 30,000 water and land coalition troops would have been able to play a good containment effect, after all, Wen Ping only had the same number of troops in his hands at that time, and he did not dare to divide his troops to the south.

But now that reinforcements from the three eastern counties have arrived, Xiangyang has a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not realistic for the Eastern Wu Army to contain the Xiangyang army with 30,000 people.

Therefore, Wen Ping judged that during this period of time, the Dongwu army on the north bank of the Han River did not move, and it should also be waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, and now this army may have more than 10,000 troops, and it is very likely that there are 20,000 or even 30,000 people.

At this time, Kou Feng, who was in Fancheng, took the initiative to attack this Eastern Wu army, didn't he fight more with less and take the initiative to send him to death? !

Therefore, Wen Ping rejected Kou Feng's request to send troops, and repeatedly explained to Kou Feng that there must be fraud in this.

Can. Kou Feng couldn't hear this, so he led his troops to take the initiative.

On the one hand, Kou Feng is really anxious that Zhang Xi will be besieged. The 100,000 Eastern Wu troops besieged Jiangling, even though they had Jiangling Fortified City as their backing, but if they continued to fight, the one who was at a disadvantage would inevitably be their brother.

On the other hand, Kou Feng also has his own judgment on the enemy's situation.

Wen Ping believed that the Eastern Wu army was secretly accumulating troops to lure the defenders of Xiangyang to take the initiative to attack, but Kou Feng also judged that the reason for the stagnation of the Eastern Wu army was the lack of troops, not that they didn't want to bluff, but that they couldn't do it at all.

Of course, Kou Feng is not a fool who is self-serving, and he knows that he can't rule out the kind of situation that Wen Ping analyzes. But if he didn't fight, he didn't try, and he knew that shrinking into Fancheng and defending it was really not his combat style.

No matter what, if you fight, don't you know if the other party is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, or if you are weak and dare not attack?!

This is how Kou Feng sent a reply to Wen Ping, and then sent troops directly.

And the clerk couldn't stop Kou Feng at all.

Kou Feng is the actual commander of the reinforcements in the three eastern counties, and he brought troops to help, it is true that he came to assist Wen Ping in guarding Xiangyang, but in theory, Wen Ping has no actual command over Kou Feng.

In terms of authority, the relationship between the two is almost equal, and in terms of subordination, there is no clear subordinate relationship between the two.

Kou Feng wanted to take the initiative to attack with the soldiers of the three eastern counties, and Wen Ping really couldn't stop it.

For this reason, Wen Ping could only hurriedly send another 5,000 reinforcements to Liao Hua in Fancheng, so that Liao Hua could prepare to receive Kou Feng.

Then, Wen Ping personally led the Xiangyang Navy and took the initiative to attack the Dongwu Army Water Village stationed in Yicheng.

If you want to fight, then fight the two ways together. At least it can contain the combat power of the Eastern Wu Navy and relieve Kou Feng of a little pressure.

Otherwise, Wen Ping is really worried that Kou Feng will really not be able to come back if he goes.

(End of chapter)