In the winter of November 1, the fourth year of Jian'an, there was a desolate scene in Xiakou City.

The city, which originally had nearly 10,000 people, gradually declined in the war. In the siege of more than a month, the endurance of the people in the city had reached its limit.

From the beginning of the escape alone to the entire army and the surrender of the entire team, Huang Zu increasingly felt that the day of breaking the city was approaching.

Outside the city, shouts of killing sounds shook the sky, and from time to time, huge stones fell on the city wall. The solid city wall that Huang Zu once proud of began to collapse under the attack of the stones thrown by the enemy's thunder chariot.

Jiangxia Prefect's Mansion.

The traffic was replaced by a deserted scene. Except for the soldiers who rushed to report the situation, no one else came to visit this majestic mansion.

Huang Zu sat blankly in the study, scattering the classics on the bookshelf. These manuscripts that had been collected for half of their life were now destined to be as dark and helpless as its owner.

"Father, Beicheng, Beicheng is lost!" Huang She ran in with blood on her face and stumbled.

Huang Zu was stunned for a moment and murmured, "It's time to leave!" After that, Huang Zu grabbed a porcelain bottle placed on the table and held it tightly in his hand.

"She'er, no matter what happens, you have to remember this sentence: No matter what happens, you must live well. The blood of the Huang family cannot be broken." Huang Zu choked, his eyes were wet, blurring his gradually fainted eyes.

Huang She said, "Father——, reinforcements are coming soon, we can't lose our morale."

Huang Zu smiled sadly and said, "Reinforcement? Is it Wen Pin? According to the past march, he should have arrived at Xiakou three days ago, and where is he now?"

In Xiakou North City, Taishi Ci kept shouting loudly, and directed his soldiers to swarm into the city from the gap where the thunder chariots were attacked. After two days of uninterrupted siege, Xiakou City, which Huang Zu relied on for the Jintang, was finally broken.

"Go and repay Governor Zhou, just say that Xiakou has fallen into the hands of our army!" Taishi Ci stood on the Xiakou city tower with his halberd, feeling particularly excited.

The long-term anger was finally exaggerated in this battle. The newly formed Danyang Corps were all strong and brave, and they all gained the upper hand in the battle with the Jingzhou soldiers. For this day, who can know the hard work Taishi Ci put in?

"From now on, the stone seal mountain has become the past!" Taishi Ci whispered calmly.

The devastated defeat of Shiyin Mountain was once like a shadow that could never be explained accumulated in Taishi Ci's heart. It could not be pushed away or dissolved. Today, he finally found his confident, courageous and invincible self on the battlefield.

This day was November 16, 2016, Jian'an, Dajing.

It commemorates Taishi Ci's rebirth and records Huang Zu's last time.

The attack on the north city completely disintegrated the fighting spirit of the soldiers guarding the city. After a little resistance, the guards of the two city gates in the east and west surrendered one after another, and the most intense battlefield gradually moved to the prefect in the center of the city.

The guards of Huang Zu's mansion were his personal guards. This team of more than 200 people was carefully selected by Huang Zu. Whether it is personnel quality or weapons and equipment, it is the best among the Jiangxia army. Now, even they cannot stop the Gao Chong army from surging as turbulent as the tide, and can only retreat step by step. The towering wall of the prefect's mansion became their last defending base.

In the study room, Huang Zu's face was pale and his body was about to fall. With a slight "pop", the broken porcelain pieces on the ground paved with bluestone were scattered all over the ground.

"Brother Jingsheng, I'll say goodbye first!" Suddenly, Huang Zu laughed miserably.

Before this sentence was finished, a purple-black blood smudged from the corner of Huang Zu's mouth, his eyes began to be dull and wooden, and his body fell obliquely on the bookshelf filled with books. A pine oil lamp lit with flames was knocked over the table, and the beating flames were burning out the rolled books bit by bit.

"Father!" Huang She, who was about to enter the door to report the situation of the battle, exclaimed in surprise.

When Huang Zu heard the call, he forced his eyes to open his eyes and murmured: "Remember - my words!" Then, he straightened his stiff neck, opened his eyes wide and died.

"Huang Zu committed suicide and Xiakou City fell!" When Gao Chong, who was stationed in Hanyang, received the news from Taishi Ci, it was already late at night.

"Is this news sincere?" Gao Chong got out of bed barefoot with his upper body naked. He seemed calm and refined in front of everyone during the day and no longer needed to hide his mood.

"This is General Ziyi's handwritten letter!" The person who came to deliver the letter was Taishi Ci's personal soldier. He respectfully took out the cotton bag from his arms and handed it to Gao Chong. At this moment, without having to disassemble the content of the letter, Gao Chong could feel Taishi Ci's beating heart, and the lonely hero who was adorable to Gao Chong on Shenting Ridge was back!

Taishi Ci announced his return with Xiakou's victory!

The ink on the soap book has not dried up. Although there are only a few sentences, it is written vigorously and vigorously. It is vigorous and vigorous: Looking at the current situation, I think that Xiakou should be used as the foundation for turnover, and a army should be used to strangle Hanyang. The main force of the navy will come out of Wulin and fight against Wenpin along the river. If you win, you will occupy Baling and Yunmeng Zekou. Then Li Tong and Lu Fan will go north from Hengyang. In this way, they will attack each other, and the four counties in Jingnan will be completely defeated.

Taishi Ci was ambitious. According to his vision, Gao Chong should first bypass Mianyang and Liu Biao's main force on the Jingling line, concentrate his superior forces to attack Wenpin's troops in Baling. If he can defeat him, it will not only threaten Jiangling, the important city of Jingnan, but also play a side role in the war in Jingnan. Once the retreat is found to be cut off, the Jingzhou army fighting against Li Tong and Lu Fan in Hengyang will be in chaos.

On the morning of the morning, Gao Chong got up early. All the generals who heard the news of the Xiakou victory overnight rushed to congratulate him as Gao Chong expected. However, Gao Chong knew that their congratulations were fake and the request for war was real.

Under Gao Chong's rule, civil servants and officials have begun to pass the imperial examinations, and the promotion and exile of military generals must be achieved through military achievements. When they see the victorious and powerful situation of friendly troops, how can these generals under Gao Chong still sit firmly in the tent?

In the Hanyang Army's tent, the generals and advisers of Gao Chong's army gathered together. This kind of grand occasion was really rare, and the debate became fierce without realizing it.

"Although General Ziyi's strategy is all right in terms of strategy, I do not agree. I have an old acquaintance with Wenpin, and I know that his talents are much stronger than those of Huang Zu. His army can be called an elite force in Jingzhou when we fight against him. If our army fails to defeat Baling, there will be danger of being in a passive situation." Gan Ning first attacked and said loudly.

Taishici retorted: "Baling is only three days away from Xiakou. If this place is occupied by Wenpin for a long time, our army will feel like it is choked up. Not only will it not be connected with the Jingnan battlefield, but the Wulin area must also be stationed in the Wulin area, which will greatly reduce the room for our army to maneuver."

During the debate between the two, there was a lot of debate among the generals. Some of them agreed with Taishi Ci's proposal, some of them followed Gan Ning's opinion, and they were very concerned about such a debate. Gao Chong always held a laissez-faire attitude. In his opinion, the argument could allow him to consider gains and losses from different aspects, thus making the combat deployment more perfect.

In the process of discussing the plan, there should be no so-called distinction between the top and the bottom, and in the implementation of the plan, the seriousness of military orders must be firmly implemented.

"Where is Liu Biao's weakness? Is it Baling's Wenpin, or another second place?" Gao Chong also fell into deep thought.

On the surface, Wenpin is indeed the least number of reinforcements from Liu Biao's three routes and the most isolated one, but as Gan Ning said, Wenpin is not a bone that is easy to chew.

"Gong Jin, what about your opinion?" Finally, Gao Chong turned his eyes to Zhou Yu who was pondering and silent.

Zhou Yu smiled and stepped forward and said, "I want me to tell you that Liu Biao's three teams are not weak in any of them. If our army simply chooses to attack, it is very likely to fall into Liu Biao's trap. Therefore, we are not in a hurry to fight. We should first stabilize Xiakou and then look for the enemy's flaws."

Gao Chong nodded and said, "What Gong Jin said is very much. At this time, Liu Biao should be more impatient than us! Han Sheng and Bo Yan, you should go back immediately and prepare to deal with the enemy's attack."

Huang Zhong and Lu Xun, the old and the young, took a step forward and responded in unison: "Please don't worry, even if Liu Biao has wings, he can't fly to Hanyang."

Mianyang is located in a hilly area in the Mianshui River. The county is located on the north side of Mianshui River, so it is named.

Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou and the general of Zhennan, was dressed in white and sat upright on the most luxurious restaurant in Mianyang County. The most famous steamed pearl particles in Mianyang were placed on the table. This dish uses pork and fish with even fat and thinness as the main ingredients, chopped into glutinous rice and mixed with egg white, then mix it with six or seven kinds of seasonings such as minced ginger, and then squeezed it into meat balls the size of a plant and put it on the heat to steam it.

After steaming for half an hour, the particles out of the cage are crystal white in color, transparent like pearls, and the taste is extremely delicious.

Originally, when he was in Xiangyang, this famous Mianyang dish was Liu Biao's favorite, but today, he had no appetite at all.

Huang Zu's death made Liu Biao feel both regretful and angry. What he regretted was that he did not send reinforcements to Xiakou early, and what was angry was that Gao Chong, the "ungrateful" wolfman, was such a weapon.

Staring at the surging water flowing under the windowsill, Liu Biao slowly poured the wine bottle in his hand into the river.

The clear Chudi wine smelled fragrant, but Liu Biao's face showed a look of pain. He murmured: "Brother Zu, you have drunk this bottle of wine under the nine springs. I will use Gao Chong's head to make a wine utensil for you in the future."

"Lord, Gao Chong has deployed heavy troops in Hanyang to block our army's advance. General Cai Mao came to ask if he would attack immediately!" Lord Bo Liu Xian went upstairs and bowed to Liu Biao and said.

Liu Biao smiled coldly, loosened his hand, and the copper wine bottle fell straight into the river. He said, "Hanyang faces water three times, which is a Jedi. Gao Chong set up a formation here to imitate Han Xin's back to the water to form a formation. Unfortunately, he chose the wrong place! He ordered Cai Mao to take Hanyang within three days without any mistakes!"

In Hanyang, Huang Zhong's gray beard fluttered in front of the formation. He was holding a big knife in his hand and was extremely dissatisfied with the enemy's chief general Cai Mao's fear of fighting alone. In his opinion, anyone who dared not fight alone was not worthy of leading troops to fight.

"If Cai Mao's head-retard turtle comes out, I will stomp his hands and feet!" Huang Zhong roared angrily.

In the past two days, Cai Mao took advantage of his military strength to launch strong attacks on Huang Zhong and Lu Xun's camps. Since there was no favorable terrain to rely on in the Hanyang area, it was quite difficult for Huang Zhong and Lu Xun to defend.

After the Jinfan army in Ganning was transferred to Wulin, the two navy troops of Xu Sheng and Ding Feng in Gao Chong's army were not enough to compete with Liu Biao's powerful navy. After several rounds of competition, Cai Mao finally grasped the initiative of Mianshui in his hands, which also put Huang Zhong and Lu Xun in an unfavorable situation of fighting alone.

"Han Sheng rests and rests. We will last one more day in Hanyang, and the closer we will be to the last victory!" Lu Xun looked full of dust. After just abandoning the two camps in front, Lu Xun and Huang Zhong turned the focus of their defense to Hanyang City Wall.

Lu Xun's analysis was correct. Liu Biao held 50,000 main forces in the Hanyang battlefield. In the rear, Mianyang and Jingling only left a small number of baggage troops. This opportunity finally came for Gao Chong, who had been struggling to find the enemy's flaws.

Xiakou.

"Hanyang is in a tight position. Should I send Xu Sheng to reinforce for a while?" Liu Ye advised.

Although Huang Zhong and Lu Xun are both trustworthy generals and the two armies have more than 13,000 people in total, compared with Cai Mao's 50,000 Jingzhou soldiers, the number of people is at a disadvantage of one to five. In addition, the hasty defensive camps are not strong, so it is not easy to stick to Hanyang.

Gao Chong shook his head and said, "The increase in troops in an oily manner will not help the war. Xu Sheng, I have another important task. I believe that Han Sheng and Bo Yan will not let my expectations down."

Zhou Yu said: "It's time to favor the general. Yu is willing to lead a army out of Shiyang, take Jingling and harass the rear of the Jingzhou army."

Gao Chong said in a deep voice: "How many troops do Gong Jin need?"

"With Xu Sheng and Ding Feng's two armies of three thousand people are enough!" Zhou Yu said.

Gao Chonghe said, "It's too few. If our army doesn't attack, it's already there. The attack is amazing. Xu Sheng and Ding Feng's armies are broken. I'm afraid that the follow-up will be weak. I will dispatch two thousand Taishi Ci's army to you, a total of five thousand people."

Zhou Yu looked mixed and said, "Thank you, Pamper! But in this way, there are only less than 3,000 people left in Xiakou's reserve team. If it changes, the troops may not be able to meet."
Chapter completed!