Gangneung Fortress is as strong as one can imagine, and to be precise, Gangneung Fortress is not a single castle, but a large castle with several Gangneung outer fortresses nested on the outside.

The big city is the city of Jinan, built near the river. There are many small cities in the surrounding area, such as Chihu City, Mamu City, Yingcheng, Fengcheng, Bengcheng, Matou and other large and small six or seven cities, which are used by the people and also used to carry heavy money and grain.

Guan Yu led 4,000 soldiers and horses to Jiangling, wanting to take the big city of Jinan. Ranji Nancheng is the seat of Nanjun and Cai Mao's long-term residence, and it is guarded by Cai Mao's younger brother Cai Yan.

Cai Yan, whose name is Wenqi, and Cai Yong's daughter are only different people with the same name. He is known for his courage and is deeply valued by Cai Mao. Guan Yu rushed to attack and was discovered by Jiang Jinshu on the periphery and reported to Cai Yan. Cai Yan knew that Guan Yu was the person of Erliu, and his personal bravery was abnormal, and he refused to fight because he gathered soldiers and horses to defend Jiangling City.

Although Cai Yan stuck to the city, due to Guan Yu's attack, most of Jiangling's heavy money, grain, boats and boats remained on the periphery. Guan Yu was also not polite, and instead captured Jiangjin and Fengcheng, and then took Yingcheng, collected the materials of the two cities in Jiangjin, and recruited more than 1,000 soldiers around Jiangling City, wanting to fight a protracted battle with Cai Yanxing.

But the situation did not last long, Liu Bei's scouts went down the Han River to Jingling, and then traveled southwest from Jingling to Yangshui to Jiangling.

In ancient times, the connection between Jiangling and Xiangyang did not need to take the Yangtze River to cross Xiakou and then go north to Xiangyang. In practice, there is a water lifting between the Yangtze River and the Han River as a communication link.

Guan Ping, who had a green face, presented the letter and said, "Father, the lord has a letter." ”

Guan Yu put down the Spring and Autumn Period, opened the letter and browsed it carefully, saw the content of the letter, his face showed anger, and he said in a deep voice: "Cai and Kuai are so bold and bold, they actually tampered with their orders and forcibly helped Liu Cong to ascend to the throne. He also closed the city, surrendered to Cao Cao, and led Cao's army south. ”

"This?"

Guan Ping frowned slightly and said, "Isn't it that it is difficult for the eldest son to succeed to the throne of Jingzhou." ”

Because Guan Jinping married Liu Qi's son Liu Pu, Guan Yu's father and son had a lot of dealings with Liu Qi, and the relationship between the two families was also close.

Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said with emotion: "Leading Cao's army southward is not only difficult to succeed to the position of Jingzhou, but I am afraid that Jiangzuo is also in danger of overturning." Now the lord and the people are going south, fearing that the Cao army will chase them, so that you and my father and son will lead the army to lift the water, support the army, and protect the people from crossing the river safely. ”

"Father, if our army withdraws, won't it be abandoning Fengcheng?" Guan Ping asked.

Guan Yu nodded and said, "You will lead the herald to order the troops to pack up their equipment and load the baggage on the big ship." ”

"Feng and Yingcheng have hoarded too much baggage, and it is difficult for all the sergeants of our army to move away, do they need to be burned, or distributed to the surrounding people?" Guan Ping asked.

Most of Jingzhou's money and grain are divided into the two cities of Xiangyang and Jiangling. The grain and grass in Jiangling City were not all hoarded in the city, but also hoarded in the three cities of Feng, Ying, and Beng.

Today, Guan Yu attacked Jiangling, attacked the two cities of Feng and Ying, and two-fifths of the grain and grass in Jiangling were in Guan Yu's hands, about two million stones. Two million stone of grain can be eaten and chewed by about 80,000 soldiers for about a month.

Although Guan Yu did not go to Jiangling on this trip, he also got some of the baggage of Jiangling City, but unfortunately he could not take it all away due to lack of manpower. However, it is also a great achievement to burn the baggage and leave, so that Cao Cao does not have all the baggage in Jiangling.

Guan Yu pondered for a while and said, "The people will definitely be reclaimed by Cai Yan, so you can't do it." Our army is withdrawn now, and this city will be owned by Cao Cao, and it should not be the enemy. Our army tried to take away the baggage as much as possible, and if it could not be taken away, it would be burned with fire, leaving no baggage, equipment and Cao Cao. ”

"No!" Guan Ping responded.

After Guan Ping left, Guan Yu's calm face showed a look of worry. Coming from the Central Plains, he knew the strength of Cao Cao's troops, the elite of his soldiers and horses, and the courage of his generals. Now Cao Cao's troops entered Xiangyang, it was a great shock, and the next war will be related to the survival of Jiangzuo.

"Hey!"

……

Needless to say, Guan Yu was ordered by Liu Bei to burn the baggage gained, and took a boat from Yangshui into the Han River to support Liu Bei's army and people.

Under the response of Cai Mao, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan and other generals have arrived in Hannan and camped in Xiangyang City. and entered the city, Xiahou Yuan led the army to take over the defense of Xiangyang City, and promoted the account to discuss with the three generals.

Xiahou Yuan sat on the couch, on an equal footing with the other three generals, and said: "Our army has been running thousands of miles away from Xuchang to Xiangyang, and the cavalry is tired. Now Liu Bei fled to Xiakou with the people, should he chase him? ”

Saying that, Xiahou Yuan looked around at the three generals and said: "Liu Bei took the people away, traveled more than 20 miles a day, and committed the taboo of soldiers. Yuan thought that he could take advantage of his unpreparedness and the chaos of the army and the people, and lead the elite cavalry to chase after him and defeat his army. What do you think? ”

Zhang Liao pondered for a while and said: "Dianjun, although Liu Bei is leaving with the people, how can he be defenseless with the strategy of the old revolution?" Liao feared that he would deploy troops and horses on the way to frustrate the strength of our army. ”

Although Xiahou Yuan defeated Huo Jun's hands in a row, he was not demoted, but was promoted. For example, after Huo Jun returned from Yuzhou, Xu He and Sima Ju set off a rebellion in Xuzhou, and he led the grain team to defeat the two thieves and quell the rebellion in Xuzhou. Cao Cao returned from the victory of Wuhuan at that time, remembered his old merits, and added the achievements of the thief, and moved Xiahou Yuan to the military captain.

Cao Chun disagreed, and said: "Zhang Dangkou, most of the soldiers under the old leather tent are Jiangzuo's soldiers and horses, and his soldiers and horses are less than 10,000 people, and most of them are foot soldiers. Now to escort the people, many soldiers are tired. Although our army is tired, it is a cavalry, and if it is advantageous, it will rush to chase it, and if it is unfavorable, it will lead the cavalry to retreat. ”

Xiahou Yuan looked at Xu Huang again and asked, "Gongming, what do you think?" ”

Xu Huang pondered for a while and said, "Dianjun, Huang is under the order of the Duke of Ming to supervise and guard Xiangfan, and must not pursue." However, Huang thought that Xiangyang was at the beginning of the year, and there were many people who thought about Liu Biaoyu's kindness. There are also Liu Bei and Liu Qitun soldiers in Jiangzuo, refusing to return to the Ming Duke. And Jiang Zuo's generals are only Liu Bei, Huo Jun, Guan Yu and others. ”

"Among the several people, only Liu Bei has the most reputation. If it can be defeated now, it will definitely frustrate the enemy's heart, and it will also be able to shake the heart of Jiangzuo's army and deter the people of Jingchu. And there are Zhu Ling, Lu Zhao, Feng Kai three generals rushed to Xiakou, Liu Bei was defeated, only to the left of the river. Xiakou can get it, and Jiangzuo can go down in the sun. ”

It is not difficult to understand what Xu Huang said, among Jiangdong, there are only Liu Bei, Huo Jun, Guan Yu and a few other generals who can recruit good fighters. Among them, Liu Bei's reputation is the highest, and if he can defeat Liu Bei, he can make the Jiangdong soldiers frightened.

And Liu Bei was defeated, fled back to Xiakou, and met Zhu Ling, Lu Zhao, Feng Kai and other generals who conquered Xiakou. Under the repeated setbacks, it will be a great blow to the morale of the Jiangdong army, thus disintegrating the fighting spirit of the Jiangdong army.

Hearing this, Xiahou Yuan was overjoyed and said: "What Gongming said is really a high opinion, and the trouble of Ming Gong's henchmen is only Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Liu Bei and other heroes. Today, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and others are dead, and only Liu Bei survives. In this battle, if Liu Bei's life can be taken, the world can rest! ”

Zhang Liao saw that the three of them had the idea of pursuing, and arched his hand and said: "It is not impossible for the generals to raise troops to pursue, but whoever guards the Xiangfan City, Jiangling City must also be taken." ”

Xiahou Yuan looked at a few people and said, "Wen Yuan doesn't want to pursue, but he can lead his cavalry to Jiangling, so as not to lose Jiangling." Gongming was ordered by the Ming Gong to garrison Xiangfan, but because of this, the son and the son can stay in Xiangfan, and the king led the horse to chase it. ”

Xu Huang shook his head and said, "Since you are under the orders of the king, how can you leave lightly." I tun Xiangfan, can be pursued by the son and the pursuit. ”

Zihe, Cao Chunye. His brother is Cao Ren, who commanded the tiger and leopard at the order of Cao Cao. Once in the White Wolf Mountain, under the command of Zhang Liao, he led the cavalry to break the Wuhuan army.

"Good!"

Xiahou Yuan made a decision and said: "I will remember Gongming's words of advice, Zihe commanded the elite of the tiger and leopard cavalry of 2,000 to chase him, and I commanded the Xiangyang infantry and the 3,000 tiger and leopard cavalry to come later, in order to defeat Liu Bei's army." ”

"No!"

Xu Huang was a little worried, and said: "The generals of Xiangyang will surrender soon, and it may be inappropriate to let him pursue Liu Bei with the general!" ”

Xiahou Yuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "How can I not know that I ordered that Zhang Yun to lead the elite to follow it." Zhang Yunsu and Er Liu have a gap, and they are barely usable! ”

ps: Maybe it's yang, people are uncomfortable today, so let's put it on for the time being.

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