At the beginning of the rising dawn in the east, the armored Le Jin stood at the head of Xiangyang City and tried his best to look north.

At this time, the morning fog had not yet cleared and nothing could be seen, but Le Jin already felt uneasy.

It seems that there is a giant whale that can swallow a boat across the sea lurking under this Han River, just waiting for the destruction of other cities that can be bumped into at the right opportunity.

But these are all conjectures, where did the giant whales come from in the Han River?

A few drops of morning dew hung on Le Jin's beard, and he got rid of these unsettling thoughts, and waved his finger forward, and the guards understood what they meant.

With the loud orders of the generals, dozens of light cavalry scouts soon rushed out of Xiangyang, and divided into two groups along the way, one group searched south along the Han River, and the other group scattered and disappeared into the morning mist.

The news received by Lejin was not as perfect as that of Prime Minister Cao Cheng in the rear, but as a guard, he just silently transferred Fancheng's grain and grass and elite soldiers to Xiangyang, vowing to die with the city.

Cao Cheng ordered him to Tunxiangyang instead of Fancheng at the beginning, and Le Jin remembered this very clearly.

The grace of the prime minister, Yecheng's family, and Guan Yu's disobedience all made Le Jin unable to take a step back.

The process of waiting for the scout to hear back was a bit more tiring, so my thoughts flew a little farther away.

In the third year of Jian'an, at that time, the prime minister broke Zhang Xiu and captured Lu Buding Xuzhou, but Kong Beihai said that Yuan Shao had Yan Liangwen and ugly and bravely crowned the three armies, and suggested that the prime minister surrender to Yuan Shao.

Although Xun Lingjun refuted it, and the number of Tian Feng's trials was short, Le Jin knew that the prime minister would definitely be angry.

So in the fifth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang in the army, and he was sick for the prime minister, so he later ridiculed Kong Rong: What is the three armies of Yongguan?

Compared with Guan Yu, he was overshadowed by the sneak attack and killing Chun Yuqiong that year.

Therefore, later Guan Yu hung up the seal and abandoned the prime minister, and went back to Liu Bei, and Le Jin felt guilty.

And now, Le Jin really wants to see if the stinging Guan Yu is in vain?

As the morning dew on his beard was turned into moisture by the sun, the scouts that had been scattered before also returned sporadically, bringing back news.

What disappointed Lejin was that the people who came out of the yang, embroidered the Chinese characters on the big flag, and embroidered the yellow characters on the flag, about 35,000 people.

And the Guanzi flag that he had in mind was hung on the sailor's boat on the Han River, with one big boat and dozens of small boats.

After more than a year of guarding this town, of course, Le Jin has also known this Dangyang guard with good archery skills: Huang Zhong, an old general under Liu Biao.

When I sent someone to Xinye Wancheng and other places to inquire about the news, I said:

This Huang Zhong has nothing to do to fight bandits under Liu Biao, he really doesn't have any record of success, and he is already very old.

"Set as bait!" Lejin concluded.

Send a veteran to lure him to attack head-on, and then the Han Water Sailor will go around and attack together? Who will be fooled!

It's just that the idea of being complacent didn't last long, but after eating a meal of soup cakes, a few more horses rushed into Xiangyang, and the news was quickly presented.

"Yicheng lost?" Lejin repeated in disbelief.

Yicheng is located in the southeast of Xiangyang, but only 100 miles, the two cities are each other's horns, which is quite important to Xiangyang.

He was relieved to have breakfast, why is Yicheng gone?

The herald on the opposite side, with blood on his head, knelt on the ground and cried:

"The enemy attacked the city wall with huge ships, and the east side of the city wall collapsed, and the enemy army advanced and retreated freely."

"Taishou led the troops to retreat, I never thought that there was an ambush outside the city, I fought hard to escape, and before escaping, I saw Taishou being beheaded by a veteran."

Le Jin's face turned slightly pale, and he still remembered the huge crossbow arrow that shot off the pontoon bridge when he was under Gangneung City.

Can you shoot down the city wall? It was a result he hadn't thought about at all.

This war seems to be a little different from what he is familiar with.

But Xiangfan is a strong city, so it should be fine, right?

In the end, I had no choice but to order:

"Write the fall of Yicheng in the north of the chapter."

How to decide is something that the prime minister needs to consider, and the only thing Lejin can do is to ensure that Xiangyang is not lost.

Therefore, the herald said: "Hold on!" ”

And on the giant ship, Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled, although Xu Shu was mentally prepared, he still felt incredible.

The collapse of the city wall or something is just a misinformation from the distraught Cao army, and the fact is that Guan Yu ordered a huge ship to cross over and slam the east of Yicheng with ballistas.

The upper part of the city wall was blasted out of several collapses, and the most important thing was that the city gate was shattered, which led to a great collapse in the morale of the defenders, and it became "the city wall collapsed" between the collapses.

"Yicheng is a small city, the wall is low and the city is thin, and the local Taishou is still relying on the mountains and rivers to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the city wall is neglected to repair."

Guan Yu smiled and stroked his beard, these news were all told by Ma Liang, a local, and continued:

"Therefore, a year ago, Mrs. Huang specially made a crossbow arrow, although it is not sharp, it can be used to destroy the city gate and break the ordnance."

Xu Shu looked at the so-called special crossbow arrows, and the top was not a sharp edge, but a hemisphere-shaped shape.

In addition to this kind of crossbow arrows, Xu Shu knew that there were several types of special crossbow arrows carried on the ship, with seven or eight blades, with flying wings, hollow, with a rope at the tail, and so on, each with its own use.

"It works."

Xu Shu nodded:

"But in this way, Ji Chang should breathe a sigh of relief."

After returning to the command of Xuande Gong this time, the good seedling in Jingzhou that surprised Xu Shu was this Ma Liang.

Ask about the geography of Jingzhou, and ask about the war in the world.

The transcribing of the battle examples and maps of the light curtain seems to have given this Ma family white eyebrow a long reserve, and he has new insights into military affairs and governance, as well as the general situation.

Although he was unfamiliar, Xu Shu could see that the difference was just experience.

Therefore, this time, Xu Shu arranged for him to be the deputy of General Huang Zhong and the governor of the army, so that he could pick up his family as soon as possible after breaking Yicheng, and he would have no worries.

Because the destruction of Yicheng was only done by the sailor, the top priority was not to stop and continue to go north.

But when it comes to worries...... Xu Shu, who was blowing the strong wind on the river, was slightly nervous in his heart: I don't know what happened to Shiyuan?

It was Cao Cao who knew Pang Tong's movements earlier than Xu Shu.

Prime Minister Cao Cheng, who was under pressure, temporarily abandoned the idea of pleasure, and after ordering a few civil and military generals, he went to Xudu lightly.

On the way, he received an urgent report from Xiahou Yuan: urging food, or reinforcements.

Xiahou Yuan sent a long letter with the military report, which detailed the current situation in Guanzhong:

Liu Beijun went out of Hanzhong, with Wei Yan and Huo Jun as generals, and the division of Wuzhangyuan was scattered, constantly disturbing and attacking.

And he kept sending light horsemen to Guanzhong to spread the news, saying that as long as he went to Hanzhong, he could divide the fields and donate grain to survive the spring famine.

Seeing that the displaced people were scattered, Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to send troops to force the displaced people to open an army in advance, but as a result, Wei Yan set his sights on the military camp, and chose a military camp every few days, either roaring and attacking, or raising troops to really break through.

also send a division to attack this Wei Yan Huo Jun, that Wuzhang Yuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the camp is quite orderly, so I can't help it.

If the army is raised to attack, the movement of the army will be difficult to conceal, and these thousands of men and horses will definitely drill directly into the slope, and there is nothing to be done.

So Xiahou Yuan had a direct showdown:

Either they can transport more grain to take advantage of the people to survive the spring famine and stabilize the situation in order to attack in the autumn.

Either send reinforcements again, block the Bao ramp crossing, and then immediately lead the army headquarters to do everything to break the Longshan Road.

Xun You's face was a little more stinky when he was visible to the naked eye.

After figuring out the situation, Xun Yu spoke first:

"You can't put it in Guanzhong."

Cao Cao knew in his heart that of course Guanzhong couldn't be released, one Hanzhong was enough for him to worry about, how could he send another Guanzhong?

But...... Cao Cao shook his head:

"Xiangfan can't be put either."

Looking at people and temperament, Yun Chang's high attitude is self-confidence in strength.

Therefore, although some people suggest that Guan Yunchang is a martial artist, what kind of water master does he know? Designated as a swindle.

But Cao Cao judged that if he were not confident, he would never take the initiative to commit such a high-profile article, so he abandoned those remarks and rushed to Xudu without hesitation.

"Then it is advisable to let Xu Gongming lead the army to support Xiangfan, and Guanzhong can only be lost as long as Chang'an is not lost."

Xun You was empathetic and immediately took out the charter:

"After quickly quelling the Xiangfan Rebellion, he waved his division into the customs and pacified Yongliang."

This is the division of priorities, Xun You further explained:

"Yecheng has Ma Chao and Han Sui's family as the hostage, and it is advisable to rely on this as a basis to send envoys to tie up and lure them into Hanzhong to solve the crisis in the middle of the customs."

Cao Cao nodded slightly, this is also a way to do it.

And after a little pondering, I found a suitable candidate, and it just so happened that the candidate was with me left and right.

"With the order, Prime Minister Dongcao belongs to Sima Yi as an envoy and goes to persuade Han Ma."

He still remembered that this Sima family child was unwilling to serve under the pretext of having wind paralysis, and just asked him to beat Yongliang and his party.

As for the danger? There are two small families in Yecheng, if they don't want to be laughed at by the world, they must sit down and have a good talk.

If you unfortunately die...... Just to use this to knock on those big surnames, anyway, there is no shortage of Dongcao in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

So Sima Yi was given a horse and a team of guards with a blank face, and stood in place and watched Prime Minister Cao Cheng's frame go farther and farther.

And on the frame, Cao Cao was still discussing with Xun You about Jiangdong's strange attitude.

If you want to attack more dramatically, you should join Jiangdong to attack, but why is there no news from Hefei now?

Or is it that Yun Chang is actually led by the Jiangdong Naval Division, and this offensive is a joint effort of the two sides?

And beside Sima Yi, the leader of the guards said politely:

"Sima Dongcao, the military situation is urgent, can you leave immediately?"

Throwing away the regret in his heart, Sima Yi also understood that he needed to fight for his fate and future at this moment.

Fly on your horse and reins to the west: "Go!" ”

And when the news of Yicheng's destruction was sent to Wancheng, Guan Yu's sailors did not hurry and crossed to the middle of Xiangyang and Fancheng.

The defenders on the walls of the two cities looked at the dozens of huge ships in amazement.

Many of the defenders of the two cities are natives of Jingzhou, who know the water and are good at handling boats, but after listening to the general's sailors for a few days, they only know that this is the case?

Le Jin also looked at the huge main ship slowly approaching with a solemn face, and the sound of the river, there seemed to be a squeak that made his teeth sore, and his face immediately changed wildly:

"Retreat!"

It was too late to order, and he heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air like a falcon.

What follows is a picture of hell.

He saw that one of his own soldiers had escaped without taking them with him when he rashly attacked Gangneung, but today it seems that he did not have such good luck.

A huge spear two minutes thicker than a lance, with five or six swirling blades lined up at the tip, pierced through his own soldiers, and nailed to the wall three inches in front of him, covered in blood.

Le Jin retreated in a hurry, and for the first time in his life, the armor on his body did not provide him with a sense of security.

For the first time, he was desperate for reinforcements to come quickly.

The giant boat crosses the river and locks the Han River, and the lonely city is in danger of waiting for reinforcements.

The writing is not very good, so I repaired it for a while, and I won't dwell on it for too long.

(End of chapter)