In the Battle of Yuzhang at the end of last year, Jiangdong suffered a big loss because of Huang Zu's sneak attack.

Taishou Sun Ben was not only driven to Luling, but the general Xu Kun was also killed in this battle.

Although Zhou Yu finally recovered Yuzhang, because all the people of Nanchang were moved, he did not ask for credit to the rear court, so he simply stationed his soldiers and horses in Chaisang, planning to attack Jiangxia again in the next year to take revenge.

Sun Ce was able to beat Huang Zu all over the ground to find teeth, and Zhou Yu asked himself if he had this ability.

Xu Kun died in the unfortunate battle in Yuzhang, and his daughter Xu washed her face with tears all day long, and cried in front of Mrs. Wu's bed every day, reciting her father's great contributions to the Sun family.

The Xu family was not loved by Sun Quan, and after the backer fell, she had to save herself, otherwise the rest of her life would be more and more difficult.

Mrs. Wu worked hard for Sun's father and son all the year round, and she was already sick from hard work and her time was short, and she was constantly 'harassed' by Xu, so she was emaciated and ill.

Before Sun Quan could invite Hua Tuo, Mrs. Wu died of illness in Wu County in winter.

When she was dying, Mrs. Wu summoned Zhang Zhao, Dong Xi and other important ministers, and asked everyone to help Sun Quan guard Jiangdong.

It was at that moment that Sun Quan made up his mind to go to the front line to supervise the battle.

Sun Ben was forced to abandon the city without rescue, and lost a few family members on the way to evacuate, which required Sun Quan to appease and resolve the conflict.

The most important thing is that Xu Kun left more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he had no intention of handing them over after being taken over by Zhou Yu, including Zhang Zhao's 3,000 parts.

Xu Kun died in battle, and his daughter's backer fell.

Mrs. Wu died of illness, and Zhou Yu's nominal backer was gone, so Sun Quan was eager to regain military power.

Sun Quan defeated Li Shu in the first battle of the throne, and fought beautifully in Lujiang at that time, although he was defeated twice by Cao Jun, which had some impact on his confidence, but Zhang Zhao's comfort allowed him to regain his confidence.

It's not that the lord is not good at using soldiers, it's really Cao Cao who is too powerful.

Can't we beat Cao Jun, can't we beat Huang Zu?

Zhang Zhao had accompanied Sun Ce to conquer Jiangxia, he had seen the strength of Huang Zu's army, and thought that the western expedition must be easier than the northern expedition, which was also Sun Ce's inference.

Sun Quan avenged his father's righteousness, and at the same time took Zhang Zhao to ask for the subordinates, Zhou Yu had to hand over part of the command, and led his troops to attack Jiangxia with Sun Quan.

Huang Zu knew that Sun Quan would come to take revenge, but he didn't expect the other party to come back so quickly, half of the warships supported by Xiangyang were captured by Zhou Yu, and half were burned during the retreat last year.

Jiangxia did not complete the reconstruction of the naval army, and in the case of insufficient warships, Huang Zu could only shrink to Shaxian to defend, and sent people to Xiangyang to find Liu Biao for help.

At this time, Liu Biao was powerless, and the small number of sailors he could mobilize were taken by Liu Qi and Wen Ping to capture Handong with Liu Bei.

And Cai Mao has always been on discord with Huang Zu, and he used last year's aid to warships as an excuse, so Xiangyang couldn't send a single soldier, so he could only send Liu Pan to rescue him from Changsha.

The Yangtze River was blocked by Zhou Yu's fleet, and Jingzhou's soldiers and horses could only be rescued by land, but the land march was slower than the waterway.

Jiangdong's elite was exhausted this time, and Wu Hou Sun Quan personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, and there was a great chance to reproduce Sun Ce's record of breaking the sand envy, which brought great pressure to the defending side.

The people who moved back from Nanchang were at risk of losing it again if they didn't cover the heat, but Huang Zu refused to give in, he knew that Liu Biao would definitely send reinforcements, so the battle to defend the city was very tenacious.

The eastern part of Jingzhou is in full swing, while Wudang in the northwest is relatively gentle.

Zhang Lu took advantage of the fake Guan Yu incident and sent Zhang Wei to lead 20,000 troops into Handong, in an attempt to avenge him by preaching and slowly seize control of the four eastern counties.

Zhang Weitun's soldiers bluffed in the county, and secretly asked for food and troops from several counties under the slogan of attacking Jingzhou, but he didn't think that much grain and grass and troops were not caught, and Liu Bei actually gathered troops and horses in Wudang.

The upper reaches of the Han River were surrounded by mountains, and neither the attacking and defending sides could spread out a big battle on the narrow riverbank, but Zhang Wei took the lead in occupying the favorable terrain, which made Liu Bei suffer a great loss in attacking against the current.

This terrain is similar to the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was also forcibly occupied by Lu Xun, and the army brought from Shu could not be spread, so he could only set up joint camps on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Liu Bei crawled out of the corpse mountain and the sea of blood, he had been fighting for many years and was not ignorant of soldiers, and the eight-hundred-mile company camp did not deliberately make a faint move, it was really forced by the situation to do it.

Under this plane, Liu Bei did not participate in the command, he handed over the command to Zhuge Liang and gave Kong Ming a chance to make his debut.

At this time, Liu Bei's soldiers were outnumbered, and only 5,000 soldiers were transferred from Wancheng, which was far less than the soldiers of the country in the Battle of Yiling.

However, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both armed, and the strategists also have Zhuge Liang and Liu Ye accompanying the army, and the opponent is still the relatively ordinary Zhang Wei, so the few soldiers also have a greater chance of winning.

Seeing that Zhang Wei occupied a favorable location to wait for work, Zhuge Liang did not directly advance against the current to Tin County, but let Guan Yu and Liu Ye divide 1,000 elite soldiers, and detour with Liu Qi and Wen Ping to build water in the rear to take Fangling first.

Fangling is located in the easternmost part of Hanzhong, located in the upper reaches of Zhushui, a tributary of the Han River, and the Zhushui does not flow into the Hanshui in the middle of the Han River, but flows into the Han River in Zhuyang, Nanyang County.

As long as Zhang Wei guards the confluence of the blocked water and the Han River, the four counties of Handong, Tin County, Shangyong, and Xicheng can be guarded behind the army.

And to include Fangling in the scope of defense, the price to be paid will be immeasurable, plus Fangling is surrounded by mountains and sparsely populated, so it was abandoned by Zhang Lu from the beginning.

Zhuge Liang chose Fangling as the breakthrough because he knew the terrain around Fangling and knew that the northwest road of the county could reach Shangyong.

Fangling only has a small number of county soldiers, and a few soldiers and horses can be easily taken.

Liu Qi took over Fangling in the name of Hanzhong Taishou, and then took in the local officials and Haoqiang for his own use, and then let these people follow Guan Yu and go to Shangyong to rebel through the small road.

Once the real Guan Yu shows up and cooperates with the officials of Fang Ling to rebel, he can advocate Zhang Lu to direct and act in Handong, resolve the misunderstanding of the fake Guan Yu last year, and then raid behind Zhang Wei with the mediocre people, and then Liu Bei will attack from the front, and the battle can be decided.

Zhuge Liang's strategy of detouring and counterattacking inside and outside was unanimously approved by Xu Shu and Liu Ye.

After Liu Ye and Guan Yu divided their troops, they saw that this plan was highly feasible, and he was willing to help lobby and rebel.

Although Zhuge Liang's plan was good, because he had to go over the mountains and detour in the early stage, the soldiers and horses stationed in Wudang did not advance an inch, creating a negative confrontation to the outside world.

Now there are two battlefields in Jingzhou, such as college couples in the east and weekend houses in the northwest, such as middle-aged couples in the cold bed.

The layout on both sides is also from Xudu, but it has reaped different fruits.

Cao Cao used tactics to provoke a battle in the south, and he was in Xudu for half a year, and he planned to send troops to the Northern Expedition at the turn of spring and summer.

Although Liu Bei was 'in the scheme', he was not completely in the scheme.

Seeing that the season has entered May, the wheat planted in the Central Plains last winter has begun to turn from pale yellow to golden yellow, and it is about to reach the summer wheat harvest season.

Soon after the wheat is harvested in the summer, the corn planted in the spring will be ripe, Cao Cao will either send troops before the wheat is ripe, or wait until the corn is harvested in the autumn to send troops, otherwise the people will be recruited when the farm is busy, which will cause the family to starve to death.

If the common people can't survive, they will go to extremes and rise up.

Cao Cao wanted to send troops before the wheat harvest, but Liu Bei was slow to engage Zhang Lu, and he was worried that soon after he led his troops north, the garrison of Wancheng would take advantage of the wheat to grab people and grain.

(End of chapter)