In the fifth year of Jian'an, on April 16, on the Yangtze River north of Baqiu County, Changsha County.

Thousands of sails raced, hundreds of ships competed for the current, and more than 700 warships above the ship level, carrying tens of thousands of troops, came to the mouth of Dongting Lake.

On the largest new warship, Gan Ning's "Fujun Zhonglang General" pennant fluttered on the top of the mast.

Zhang Xian was a soldier who started on the sixth day of April, and only took the waterway out of Dongting Lake and left the boundary of Changsha County on the tenth day of April. On the 11th, he was discovered by Liu Bei of Wuchang County, and immediately raised troops to intercept him.

From Wuchang to Baqiu (Yueyang) in Changsha County, it is necessary to take the Yangtze River upstream, and the marching speed is relatively slow.

The straight-line distance of the whole journey is 350 miles, but the Yangtze River is relatively winding in this section of the channel, so the waterway journey is close to 500 miles.

In the middle, you have to pass through the red cliff with dangerous terrain, and there is no city for more than 100 miles on both sides. This place is also the mountainous area at the junction of Hunan and Hubei in later generations, and it is sparsely populated. The mountains on both sides of the river are rugged, and there are no roads, so you can only take the waterway.

After passing through this section of the Chibi River, you have to pass through two small county towns Puqi and Zhou Ling to the south to reach Baqiu.

It also took Liu Beijun a full five days to complete such a long journey, which was already very sudden.

Gan Ning himself took the low-powered telescope polished by the crystal of Donghai County, observed the vast lake in front of him, and explained to Zhang Fei, who was on the same boat:

"General Zhang take care all the way, I will escort you to the mouth of the Lishui River on the west bank of Dongting, and then you will have to rely on yourself to rush along the Lishui River, because the food is against the enemy. I have to send General Zhao to take Baqiu first, and then intercept Zhang Xian's Northern Expeditionary Army on the way back by water. It will be at least fifteen days before there will be a follow-up grain ship to bring you grain. ”

Gan Ning is still slightly lower than Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, but he is only a lieutenant general, and he doesn't dare to call the generals partial and Pi, but only his position, which is a little restrictive.

Zhang Fei rubbed his hands and didn't mind: "Big brother has already taken care of it, I went all the way to a few small counties in Wuling and landed casually, and I am afraid that there will be no military rations?" Our army is coming so fast, how can the Golden Spinner be on guard everywhere! ”

Gan Ning was also polite to Zhang Fei, and seeing that Zhang Fei didn't mind, he smoothly escorted Zhang Fei to the mouth of the Lishui River, and confirmed that he would not be intercepted by the Jingnan rebels' naval army, so he parted ways.

From Dongting Lake further upstream, if you take the Yangtze River, the channel will be very tortuous, and the water potential will be relatively turbulent, and along the way will disturb Liu Biaojun in Jiangbei, about 400 miles to get to Xiaoling, and you have to sail for five or six days.

And if you take the Lishui, the channel is almost straight to the west, and the water flow is gentle, as long as 200 miles of waterway, and then go north to leave the river and walk dozens of miles by land, you can also go to Xiaoling, which can save two or three days than taking the Yangtze River.

The most important thing for Zhang Fei on this road is to be in a hurry, so he would rather take a day by land in the end.

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After Gan Ning and Zhang Fei separated, they continued to turn back to the east shore of Dongting Lake, found a port anchorage, and unloaded Zhao Yun's troops to land, and then Zhao Yun divided his troops and went straight to Baqiu, first surrounding the Hukou County that controlled Dongting and Yunmeng was about to rush.

When Gan Ning's fleet sailed into Dongting Lake, the Changsha garrison lookout post in Baqiu had already spotted them, but there was nothing they could do.

The defenders could only watch Zhao Yun land and besiege him, and they didn't dare to go out of the city to meet and intercept him. He didn't dare to play any "half-crossing attack" and push Zhao Yun down the lake when he landed.

Zhao Yun surrounded Baqiu in such a smooth sailing, and then asked people to prepare for the siege of the city, assemble Ge buses and other siege equipment, while waving the flag, personally going out to deter, and sending scolding soldiers to persuade him to surrender.

Zhao Yun originally thought that Baqiu could solve it peacefully. After all, Zhang Xian's subordinates do not have any famous generals and fierce generals who are famous for their perseverance, and it is impossible to have henchmen everywhere.

If it is a confidant like Changsha County governing Linxiang County, it may be more likely to defend to the end.

However, the reaction of the guards was beyond Zhao Yun's expectations.

I saw that at the head of Baqiu City, a Confucian general personally patrolled the city and suppressed the soldiers, and asked the military law team to repeatedly preach the righteousness of the court.

"Don't panic! Zhao Yun is just a general of the anti-thief Liu Bei, and Zhang Yuanjun is a loyal minister who has been sent to the imperial court of Xudu! Our army is obedient and rebellious, as long as we defend the city! Zhang Yuanjun will definitely return to the division to rescue! The rest of the counties will also arrive soon! ”

Zhao Yun was far away, and at first he couldn't tell what the city was shouting, but it took a long time to react.

Zhao Yun couldn't help but be suspicious, and hurriedly asked a few local officers in Jingzhou on the left and right: "Who is this Baqiu guard?" Why is it so stubborn? ”

Those local officers in Jingzhou were also confused at first, but after a while, Wei Yan, the Marquis of Qu Army, had good observation skills, and dared to speculate:

"Could it be Linxiang Huan Steps? I heard that this person sneaked back to Changsha from Xu Du and was responsible for helping Cao Cao contact Zhang Xian, if it was him, it would not be strange to be so stubborn. ”

When Wei Yan was under Liu Biao's account half a year ago, he was only a tun chief, but later surrendered to Liu Bei and was promoted to the Marquis of Qu Army. After all, he is not even twenty years old, and he has no new military merits, so it is impossible for him to be promoted continuously.

In the past six months, Wei Yan has been reading and studying in the library of Wuchang Academy, delving into history books and the art of war, and has made a little progress.

This time, Liu Bei sent troops, and he needed to assign Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun some officers and strategists who were familiar with the local situation in Jingzhou, so as to accompany the army as counselors and lead the way to explore the way.

Liu Bei considered Zhang Fei's lack of resourcefulness, so he sent Xu Shu to Zhang Fei. Then he sent Wei Yan and Xiang Lang, who came to vote together, to Zhao Yun. These people are very familiar with the local situation and can provide a lot of support in detail.

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And Huan Jie went to Changsha from Xu Du to help Cao Cao win over Zhang Xian, and Liu Beijun's high-level officials were actually aware of this. When it was time for the battle, Zhuge Liang synchronized this information to the main officers on the combat mission, but did not explain it specifically.

Therefore, Wei Yan didn't know where the information came from, only the existence of Huan Jie.

There is no need to ask more about things that shouldn't be asked.

At this moment, Zhao Yun listened to Wei Yan's explanation, so he humbly asked for advice and asked him to provide more details.

After all, Zhao Yun was the latest among all the generals, he had only rested in Wuchang for two days before he set out, and he didn't have time to figure out many situations, so he couldn't be busy at all.

Wei Yan hurriedly seized the opportunity of this performance, and introduced in high spirits: "That Huan is from Linxiang County, Changsha County, twelve years ago, Sun Jian was appointed by the imperial court as the Changsha Taishou after the destruction of the Changsha anti-thief district.

Taishou has the right to recommend filial piety every year, and Huan rank is the year after Sun Jian took office as Changsha Taishou, and was promoted by Sun Jian as filial piety, and later was able to enter the court as an official. Eight years ago, Sun Jian was shot dead by Huang Zu under Liu Biao in the Battle of Da Xian Mountain, and Huan Jie, as a Beijing official of the imperial court, sent Liu Biao to intercede to recover Sun Jian's body.

Just because the Sun family is the benefactor of Huanjie, Huanjie hates Liu Biao because of this, this time Cao Cao chose an official from Changsha Linxiang among the Beijing officials, and secretly returned to Changsha to persuade Zhang Xian to oppose Liu Biao and stand on his own.

He should know that if it falls into the hands of the lord, with his great crime of helping Cao Cao persuade Zhang Xian, he will definitely not die well, and he will definitely resist to the end. ”

After Zhao Yun heard about these beginnings and ends, he was also deeply convinced of Wei Yan's judgment.

Zhao Yun touched the triangular beard and secretly thought: "From this point of view, this Huan rank must be extremely rigid." What's more, Yun Chang and Ziyu are still at war with Sun Ce, and the lord has the intention of destroying Sun after destroying Jingnan. Huan Rank was promoted by Sun Jian, who was loyal to Cao Cao and the Sun family, and he must not be allowed to continue to harm him alive. ”

Zhao Yun moved with killing intent, so he gave up persuasion to surrender, and asked the troops to deploy according to the normal siege process, first pulling out Baqiu and killing Huanjie, and then talking about the rest.

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The words were divided into two ends, and after Zhao Yun sent troops, he temporarily blocked him in Baqiu for the Huan rank.

Zhang Fei on the other side went upriver from the Lishui River on the west bank of Dongting Lake, but did not encounter any resistance along the way. In just two days, Zhang Fei marched more than 200 miles against the current and arrived at Zuotang County in Wuling County.

There are only more than 1,000 defenders in Tang County, and there are also some township warriors who are temporarily requisitioned, and they are ordered by Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan to defend them.

With Zhang Fei's might, to forcibly attack Zuotang County is just a gesture.

But it took at least three days to cut down wood to build siege weapons, assemble them that came with the ship, and organize a storm. And no matter how strong Zhang Fei is, he may not be able to win the first wave.

In order to seize time, Zhang Fei chose to divide thousands of troops, camp and besiege in the east of Zuotang County, and build a temporary wharf to unload all the troops and materials carried by the ships on the Lishui River.

Then he himself took the main force, especially all the cavalry troops, and marched by land to the north of Zuotang County, to Xiaoling.

Xiaoling County is located near the mouth of the Youjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River to the south, and its geographical location is not important today.

However, seven or eight years later, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei stationed troops at the mouth of the Youjiang River, and used this as a basis to cooperate with Zhou Yu to attack Jiangling, a southern county controlled by Cao Ren. Later, Liu Bei built another new city of Gong'an County at the mouth of the Youjiang River in the lower reaches of Xiaoling as a barrier along the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of Jiangling.

In the end, when Lü Meng attacked Nanjun, it was Shiren who voted first in Gong'an County, and then persuaded Mi Fang of Jiangling to also vote, which led to Lü Meng taking Nanjun.

Nowadays, Dazhai at the mouth of the oil river and the county seat of the public security do not exist, so Xiaoling is already regarded as the throat of the Yangtze River and the gateway to the south of the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of Jiangling.

As long as Zhang Fei seized Xiaoling from Jin Xuan, it would be difficult for Liu Biaojun to cross the river and go south.

Zhang Fei ignored the back road, bypassed Zuotang, and marched on horseback for a day, and slightly climbed over some hills in the middle, and finally arrived near Xiaoling County.

He originally thought that when he arrived, Jin Xuan's troops would definitely shrink back to Xiaoling to defend it, and he would have to take a lot of effort to break through the city.

But the actual situation surprised Zhang Fei.

When he was still thirty or forty miles from the city, the scouts he sent out to explore the way flew back and reported that he had found signs of battle between the two armies at Xiaoling.

"Report to the general! When we approached the sentinel in Xiaoling County, we found several battalions outside the city, as if they were preparing to attack the city. The four gates of Xiaoling County are closed, as if they are waiting for help! ”

Zhang Fei was anxious when he heard it: "What? Who is besieging the city? Didn't it mean that Liu Biao transferred Liu Pan and Huang Zhongwen to the north to steal Wancheng? How could troops be transferred from Gangneung so quickly to cross the river and counterattack Xiaoling? ”

The scout immediately explained: "The besieger...... It's a golden banner, not like Liu Biao's soldiers and horses, could it be a person from Jinxuan? ”

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and became more and more confused: "Jin Xuan's people? Isn't Jin Xuan Wuling too guarded! Isn't Xiaoling County the city of Wuling County? How could Jin Xuan attack himself by himself! Sling the bull! How do you find out the news!

The whole army is speeding up, follow me to Xiaoling as quickly as possible! If you let me know that you are talking nonsense and falsely spreading military information, you will look good in a while! ”

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