At the top of Jingling City, Ding Feng kicked Cai Mao's flag and inserted his "Ding" battle flag onto the city tower. Under Ding Feng's attack as fast as lightning, the panicked guards of Jingling did not even organize any decent resistance.

However, Ding Feng felt a little unsatisfied when he took down the enemy city as easily.

"Grandma, everyone is a coward. I'm wet my pants before I even arrived!" Ding Feng carried the knife and walked down the city wall cursingly. As Ni Yan looked at the captive standing with his head down from both sides, he couldn't help but feel angry.

"Chengyuan, do you feel that it's not enough? Why don't we practice!" Xu Shengdian, who had a relaxed look, came towards him. He heard Ding Feng's scolding from afar and made fun of him.

Ding Fengran said aloud: "The biggest official in Jingling City is just a captain. I just stomped by me. Could it be that there is no capable person under Liu Biao's command?"

"Chengyuan, you just felt proud and forgot the pain, right? Once you underestimate the enemy, the defeat of Parrot Island will happen again, and you will never be so lucky again." Xu Sheng looked solemn at this time and said in a deep voice.

Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were under Gao Chong's tent. Ding Feng respected Xu Sheng very much on weekdays. He didn't expect that Xu Sheng's words today were ignorant and said very seriously.

Ding Feng's face turned red when he was said, "Feng has written it down!"

Ding Feng's advantages and disadvantages are as distinctive as his shortcomings. If he is used well, he is a rare general. Once he is left alone, it may also bring immeasurable results. Gao Chong's promotion to the level is like a double-edged sword. In terms of goodness, it greatly stimulates Ding Feng's potential and thus brings the confidence of a large number of subordinate officers; in terms of badness, it makes Ding Feng's inner hope expand, and underestimating the enemy has become Ding Feng's most fatal weakness. From this point of view, Ding Feng takes a longer time to polish himself.

Just as Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were speaking, Zhou Yu, who was the commander of the partial division, was frowning at this moment. Just now, the scout sent new news. Kuai Yue sent 30,000 people along the river to guard and guard the important ferry crossings of the Mianshui River and set up beacon towers. Although the people recruited by the Cangpu period were very weak in combat, it was quite troublesome to solve it.

Once the beacon is ignited, it will be sent to you by Liu Biao and Kuai Yue soon know the direction of his army.

"Kuai Yue's plan is poisonous, and he uses the people as the shield of flesh. If our army slaughtered too much, it will inevitably arouse the wrath of the people of Jingzhou. If there is a temporary kindness, the speed of the march will be delayed, which will give Liu Biao enough time to deploy defense." Zhou Yu's eyes were worried and happy, and he murmured uncontrollably.

The purpose of interspersing behind the enemy this time was to harass and cut off the supply line of the Jingzhou army. Now, the enemy set up beacon towers and recruited people to guard the severe situation forced Zhou Yu to change his plan.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yu's eyes gradually became clearer, and his expression became more resolute: "Send the order, order Xu Sheng and Ding Feng to see me."

"Yes!" The school sent the order urged the horse to run towards Jingling City.

After a while, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng arrived one after another. Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "You two leaders advance quickly along the east of Mian River, cross the mouth of Hulu Valley, and then quickly advance towards Xiangyang, encountering the enemy's attack and breaking it."

"Governor, what if the enemy from Mianyang sends troops to intercept my retreat?" Ding Feng said.

Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said calmly: "We don't need a way out. If Liu Biao wants to take it away, he will let him go. However, when he comes, I will not leave any grass or tree in Jingling City for him."

Xu Sheng and Ding Feng all looked solemn. Although Zhou Yu said it very easily, they had heard that the situation of the war must have changed unexpectedly, otherwise Zhou Yu would not have made such a decision.

"The battle at Hulugukou is of great importance. We must fight quickly. I will give you an hour to take it down." Zhou Yu said loudly.

At the same time, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were sent, which shows Zhou Yu's importance to this battle, because he knew that if he could not conquer for a long time, the entire army might be surrounded by the Jingzhou army that rushed over quickly.

"Governor, Xiangyang is Liu Biao's nest. We really want to fight there. It's great. I, Ding Feng, will be the first to climb to the city and lift off the broken flag of Liu Biao," Ding Feng said with a grin.

Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "If I expected that, Kuai Yue's troops were insufficient, and he would not have more than 3,000 troops in his hands. Now, our army has not yet taken over the strength of Xiangyang. The purpose of this long attack on Xiangyang is to mobilize Kuai Yue's troops to reinforce northwards. Because only by surprise attacking Xiangyang can Liu Biao be panicked, so you two must do whatever it takes to create a strong attack on Xiangyang. After we achieve this goal, we will then head south and head straight to Mianyang."

"Don't worry, Governor, I will never let you down." Xu Sheng and Ding Feng replied loudly.

"Okay, you two can hear clearly. Yu will never be lucky if you delay the fight in the battle at Hulu Valley!" After Zhou Yu said that, he urged the horse to whip and pulled his sword out of the sheath while trying hard. Behind him, the two thousand Danyang elite soldiers followed closely like running wolves.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's expression was solemn and solemn, just like a proud plum standing in the cold wind. Although it was blown by wind and frost, it could always face it without fear.

Xu Sheng and Ding Feng looked at each other and shouted in unison: "My sons, go!"

The criterion for judging whether a general is excellent is whether he can make the most accurate changes in a timely and accurate manner when facing sudden changes. This is what it means to change the enemy. This kind of change tests for generals is not available during daily practice. When the lives of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers under his command depend on your words, no general will feel relaxed and at ease.

In the early morning of November 24, the fourth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu led his army to break through the defense line set up by Kuai Yue at the entrance of Hulugu, and seized the ferry in the Mian River. The guards of this ferry were more than 100 Jingzhou soldiers and more than 1,000 people. For Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, it is of course no problem to solve such an opponent.

However, the wolf smoke rose up. At the moment of being broken, the defenders lit the beacon fires set on the cliffs at high places. As a pillar of wolf smoke soared into the sky, one after another, a succession of smoke pillars rose into the air.

Within half an hour, Liu Biao from Mianyang would know the mutation in the gourd mouth.

"Burn all the baggage, and the entire army attacked and advanced towards Xiangyang!" Zhou Yu looked at the line of wolf smoke with a cold look and ordered loudly.

Mianyang, the governor of Jingzhou who was over 50 years old, Liu Biao, the general of Zhennan, was so angry that he was so angry that he was angry by the sudden military situation. This winter of the fourth year of Jian'an was not stable for him. Since he entered Yicheng to pacify Jingzhou, he had always been proud of himself and began to feel obvious uneasiness.

And this kind of uneasiness and danger can only come from one person: Gao Chong.

Yangzhou Governor - Liu Biao, a relative of the Han Dynasty, disagreed with the official position that Gao Chong had just obtained. He even got to be on an equal footing with him with a humble little man, which really lost all the dignity of the Han Dynasty.

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"The enemy attacked the entrance of Hulu Valley on the morning of the 24th, and is now advancing towards Xiangyang!" Such news made Liu Biao feel restless. He did not expect that mobilizing so many soldiers to personally attack Gao Chong would be dizzy by a 5,000-man side division.

"Alien degree, have you recruited people to guard the ferry crossings? Why did Zhou Yu take advantage of the loophole?" Liu Biao asked loudly.

Kuai Yue was speechless, with only a wry smile on his face. Not to mention that he lacked troops, the Mian River alone lasted for more than 700 miles, and it was the dry season again. If Zhou Yu wanted to find one or two weak ferry crossings to break through, it would be easy for him to break through. If it weren't for Zhuge Liang's plan, even this information would be impossible to obtain.

"Lord, for the sake of Xiangyang's security plan, can we first transfer the prefect of Yicheng Xianglang's troops to reinforce Xiangyang?" Kuai Yue said.

Liu Biao snorted and nodded, "I have already taken my people to Yicheng to send orders. Don't you have three thousand troops under your command? Now, you should quickly lead the army to chase Zhou Yu and must intercept them before the enemy arrives in Xiangyang."

Kuai Yue hesitated for a moment, and suddenly a intuition flashed through his mind. Perhaps Zhou Yu’s purpose was not to conquer Xiangyang, but to——While thinking, Liu Biao thought Kuai Yue was reluctant to send his troops, so he angrily rebuked: “Another degree, when is this time? Xiangyang, the foundation you and I have established. If the foundation you have worked hard to create over the years is destroyed by Zhou Yu, it will be difficult to rebuild it.”

"Yes!" Kuai Yue didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he responded and bowed.

From November 25 to 26, the fourth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu's army advanced with all its might towards Xiangyang. One day and one night, it broke through more than ten camps along the coast, killed and injured more than a thousand enemy soldiers, and dispersed tens of thousands of people.

In the early morning of the 27th, the vanguard Ding Feng's troops had already reached the bank of Jingshan, more than 70 miles away from Xiangyang. It was heard in the city of Xiangyang that the enemy suddenly arrived, and the hearts of the people were terrified. At this time, the reinforcements of Yicheng Prefect Xiang Langshang was on the road. Han Song, who was in charge of the city affairs, was another civil servant. He knew nothing about military affairs. After asking Liu Biao's wife Cai, officials and wealthy families began to flee to Yicheng. These changes were seen by the people of Xiangyang. Many of them had experienced the Sanfu War and were well aware of the suffering of war. For a moment, rumors spread in the city. The people packed up their property and fled to Yicheng after the wealthy families.

Jushui is a small river injected into the Xiangshui River. Xiangshui is actually the same river as the Mianshui River, but it is called Mianshui River in one section of Mianshui and another section of Xiangyang.

On the same day, Kuai Yue led the three thousand Zhangling children to the rushing road from Mianyang to the Jushui River in Dangyang County. Behind them, 20,000 strong men were recruited to follow.

Kuai Yue sat in a four-wheeled carriage, with his eyes closed, his face slightly tired. Beside him, he sat with the military staff officer Zhuge Liang.

"Kuang Kuai, Xiangyang City is deep and Yicheng has reinforced the prefect. Liang thought that with Zhou Yu's little force, Xiangyang City was still unwilling to move. At this time, we should move forward steadily and strengthen the camps along the Mianshui coast, so that the enemy's range of activities can be gradually narrowed. When the time is ripe, they can be wiped out in one fell swoop." Zhuge Liang said.

Kuai Yue shook his head and said, "You don't know the importance of Xiangyang. Even if Zhou Yu can't enter the city, it will be enough for us to rob the Xiangyi area."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Zhuge Liang's face. Although Kuai Yue was called Jingzhou's number one think tank, he still took personal gains and losses too seriously.

The Zhang River is a river north of the Ju River. It originates from Jingshan and then flows into the Xiang River.

In the evening night, the water surface sparkled. After a day of sunlight, some of the ice on the Zhang River had melted. The huge ice cubes squeezed out "squeaking" from time to time under the impact of the water flow.

As the vanguard of Kuai Yue's army, Wei Yan was whipping the war horse that was covered in sweat, and kept urging him to move forward. Behind him, there were more than a thousand soldiers.

"How many miles is there from Jingshan?" Wei Yan asked without looking back.

Behind him, the staff officer took out the map with a bitter look on his face and replied, "I have more than thirty miles to report to General Wei."

"Okay——, order the scouts to guard the surroundings, and the rest of the soldiers should rest on the spot for an hour." Wei Yan said.

"General, the enemy is right in front of us, why don't we pursue the victory--" the staff officer said inexplicably.

Wei Yan smiled coldly, unbuttoned the helmet strap under his jaw, and said, "We are chasing us like this, and we can't even raise our swords and guns, let alone fighting against the enemy. Moreover, now there are many enemies and we are few, and we will only fail when we move rashly."

Wei Yan actually didn't care about the gains and losses of Xiangyang City. That prosperous city meant everything to Liu Biao and other wealthy families, but Wei Yan, who came from the army, had only disgust.

There are so-called noble families living there, and famous scholars are prominent. What else do they know besides shaking their heads and doing so-called knowledge?

Is it a way to calm the war? No.

Is it a good strategy to govern the country and ensure national stability? None.

Jingshan is a gateway to protect Xiangyang. When Zhou Yu attacked here, Fang Shi encountered a decent resistance. After the Cai family, Han Song and other officials left, Wang Wei, the remaining Xiangyang lieutenant, organized more than 2,000 guards to deploy defenses in the Jingshan area, effectively curbing Zhou Yu's army's progress.

Ding Feng tried to take down Jingshan several times, but was repelled by Wang Wei. At this time, the news that Xiang Lang, the prefect of Yicheng, arrived in Xiangyang and Kuai Yuewei, chased to Juzhang River, spread to Zhou Yu's tent one after another.

"Governor, if we stay here for a long time, we may be at risk of attacking the enemy on both sides!" Xu Sheng advised.

"I will lead my army to attack Jingshan again immediately, and I don't believe it, but I can't take it down." Ding Feng said angrily.

Zhou Yu was calm, and he wiped the scabbard and said, "Xiangyang is no longer important now. Wen Xiang and Chengyuan, our goal of mobilizing the enemy's troops has been achieved. Next, we will cross the Xiang River, avoid Kuai Yue, who is chasing him, and return to the army to approach the empty Mianyang. Isn't Liu Biao still there? What will happen to us when we go?"

"The governor is invincible and has a great consolation!" Xu Sheng said with a smile.

"What are you waiting for? We will let Kuai Yue lose his mind this time!" Ding Feng's face showed a hint of naughty malice.

On the night of November 28, after resting, Wei Yan began to move along the Xiangshui River toward Jingshan. At this time, he did not know that Zhou Yu was advancing in the opposite direction on his other side.

"What did you say? Zhou Yu crossed the mouth of Hulu Valley again and was now coming towards Mianyang!" Liu Biao stared at the earth-faced man who reported the news, and his beard was trembling with anger.

"What is Kuai Yue doing?" Liu Biao swept the pen and ink on the table to the ground with a angrily voice.

"Lord, there are less than a thousand soldiers left behind in Mianyang. We cannot be Zhou Yu's opponents. Let's leave quickly!" Fu Xun, who was beside Liu Biao, advised.

"I won't go anywhere. You go and send an order to ask Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Baling's Wenpin to come and reinforce. I'll wait for Zhou Yu here." There were only tens of thousands of elite soldiers, but they were circling by Zhou Yu's only 5,000 people. Liu Biao couldn't get out of this tone.

Fu Xun looked embarrassed and said, "The enemy is here in a blink of an eye. Even if the three generals travel day and night, they will not be able to catch up. The lord should avoid it first. It will not be too late to make a decision when the army is in harmony."

After venting his anger, Liu Biao finally calmed down. He said, "We have underestimated Zhou Yu before. Letting him drill around like this will inevitably greatly reduce the morale of our army. In this way, in addition to letting Kuai Yue and Xiang Lang's army oppress south, you send my orders to withdraw an elite soldier from Cai Mao. I want to see if Zhou Yu can still run out."

December 1st of the fourth year of Jian'an, for Zhou Yu's army soldiers who had fought thousands of miles, it was an absolutely worth remembering day because they occupied Liu Biao's rear baggage base - Mianyang.

However, after a thousand miles of war, although the scale of several battles along the way was not large, fatigue became the biggest opponent to defeat General Zhou Yu. He ran around the road non-stop, and only more than 3,000 soldiers left when he set out.

Among them, there were not many people who died in battle, and the majority of them fell behind and fell ill were almost no longer likely to survive. All they could wait for were death or were captured.

The glory of victory is always based on bloody foundations, perhaps this is the cruelty of war.

Liu Biao had led civil and military officials to retreat to Jiangling a day ago. Due to the hasty departure, the unprepared Jingzhou army had not even had time to transfer the large amount of supplies accumulated at the ferry. Except for some of the retreated soldiers, most of them fell into the hands of Zhou Yu army. This was like a gift from heaven for Zhou Yu army, which was in urgent need of supplies and food.

"Governor, what do you think of my knife?" Ding Feng came over excitedly with a shiny knife. His original knife was curled in Jingshan. This time, he seized the Jingzhou army's supplies and rushed into the warehouse first and snatched a good knife. Behind him, Xu Sheng was wearing a brand new armor and his face was also full of joy.

"Not bad. The craftsmen in Jingzhou are very skilled. The blade can almost break hair!" Zhou Yu took the knife, looked carefully, and said.

"Governor, it would be great when I, Jiangdong, can create such a knife!" Ding Feng picked up the knife that Zhou Yu threw back and said.

Zhou Yu said: "This is not an easy thing. It is difficult to find craftsmen with excellent skills. Moreover, they must find iron ore mining with excellent quality, which takes time."

"Governor, now our goal of ramming the Jingzhou military ration road and waiting for an opportunity to mobilize his troops has been achieved. The next step is to get out safely!" Xu Sheng said with a smile.

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that easy. Now we don't have time to celebrate, because Liu Biao will never give up. Look———This is the information I just obtained. Cai Mao's army in Hanyang divided into 7,000 troops, commanded by his clan Cai Zhong, and was coming towards Mianyang. Behind us, Kuai Yue and Xiang Lang's pursuers have rushed past Maicheng."
To be continued...