I had just rained and sleet yesterday, and the road was very muddy. I got off the horse and walked hard with the soldiers. I looked up and saw the winding and twisting mountain roads that were endless, making people unable to see any hope.

Zhou Jue led the horse behind me and muttered, "Is this the road to Wuling? It's so difficult that you don't even have a ghost?"

I pulled out the shoes that were sunk in the mud and said, "If this road is easy to walk, Liu Biao might have sent heavy troops to guard Wuling. In that case, wouldn't our hard work be in vain?"

Li Tong followed the central army not far away from me and heard my words, "Lord, after attacking and occupying Wuling, our army can go north to Jiangling and threaten Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue's nest. If Jiangling is in danger, Wenpin will inevitably withdraw his troops, and the siege of Changsha can be lifted!"

Compared with Zhou Feng, Li Tong's experience was undoubtedly much higher. In our army, the only military generals who could think of my purpose of attacking Wuling in the west were except Gan Ning, Huang Zhong and others.

Although he only thought about attacking Jiangling, he did not expect my true intention.

Li Tong does not have first-class martial arts skills, but he has a calm mind, which is very rare.

To charge into battle, I need Gan Ning and Huang Zhong’s bravery to intimidate the enemy’s courage and to shock the enemy’s spirit.

To keep the people safe, I need a general as meticulous and calm as Li Tong, who can make accurate judgments between choices and gains and losses.

If things happen in the future, Li Tong may be reused.

While he was thinking about it, the forward team suddenly slowed down. The rear army suppressed the front army. There were crowds of people on a mountain road and could not move. I was about to ask what happened, but suddenly I saw a small school pushing away the crowd and running over. He gasped and said, "General Huang Zhong reported that the front army was attacked by Wuxi barbarians and was blocked at the Yuanshui Ferry."

The house was leaking and raining all night long. Our army is now trapped in the harsh climate, and the Wuxi Man was actually taking advantage of the situation to rob. I hurriedly said: "Let Gan Ning lead the headquarters to kill the barbarians, cover the entire army to advance, and order the rear army to speed up the marching speed and cross the river quickly."

After giving the brief order, I quickly ran forward, crossed the Yuanshui River and could go straight to the city of Wuling. In such a rainy and snowy weather, if the guards of Wuling County saw our army suddenly appear under the city, they would be panicked and have no fighting spirit.

The battle in Wuling is surprisingly unexpected. If our army's intentions are exposed at the Yuanshui Ferry and the Wuling defenders are prepared, the entire plan for the entire Jingnan battle will be vain.

When I arrived at the ferry, Huang Zhong was commanding the team to cross the river. In a moment, Gan Ning led his troops back. Seeing the soldiers all looked excited, I knew that they must have won the battle. I wanted to ask the truth, but Gan Ning smiled and refused to answer.

I grabbed a soldier and asked carefully before I found out the details. It turned out that Gan Ning was originally from Ba County. When I was young, I had conquered Wuxi barbarians with the county magistrate and killed countless enemies. Gan Ning was familiar with the methods of barbarian fighting and knew that if he did not give him any strength, he would not be able to extinguish his greed.

However, when the barbarians saw the Gan Ning flag, they knew they were strong enemies and had lost their fighting spirit before they fought. When they saw Gan Ning, they led their troops to chase and fight hard, and they were extremely fierce. After a charge, they killed the barbarians and fled in panic. This was why the Wuxi barbarians were only raiding and did not do their best to stop me from advancing. They attacked us before probably because they wanted to take advantage of them. Later, they saw that our army was powerful and Gan Ning was fierce, so they retreated back to the mountains.

The front army had been crossing the river for a long time. Gan Ning was afraid that Huang Zhong would take over the first merit of occupying Wuling, so he suddenly whistled and led his subordinates to cross the Yuanshui River.

I looked at Gan Ning's back as he was getting farther and farther away. Somehow, a hint of worry flashed through my heart. Gan Ning was brave enough to fight, but he didn't know that he would advance and retreat at the right time, and he might be unexpected in the future.

As I expected, the defenders of Wuling City did not expect our army to attack here at all. When Huang Zhong led his troops to the city, the prefect Jin Xuan received a report from the people outside the city and hurriedly led his troops out of the city to fight.

The two armies met two miles outside the city. Huang Zhong was majestic and didn't wait for Jin Xuan to stand firm. Huang Zhong shouted loudly, as huge as thunder. Jin Xuan was as beautiful as a gale and dared not fight. He drove away. Huang Zhong led the army to cover up and killed him. Jin Xuan walked to the edge of the city, but arrows shot down from the city. Jin Xuan looked at him in shock and saw Gong Zhi standing on the city. He said, "You are not following the heavens and will be defeated. I will be favored with the people." Before he finished speaking, he shot a arrow into Jin Xuan's face, fell down on the horse, and the soldiers cut their heads and presented them to Huang Zhong.

Gong Zhi left the city and surrendered, and Huang Zhong ordered Gong Zhi to bring his seal and ribbon to see me. I was very happy and ordered Gong Zhi to temporarily serve as the prefect of Wuling to appease the people.

After taking down Wuling, our army had not rested. Ganning led more than 1,000 naval troops to attack Jiangling as vanguards. Jiangling was always a bridge connecting the north and south of Jingzhou. Liu Biao attacked Changsha. Kuai Yue's base camp is now located in Jiangling. Liu Biao's army collected troops from Xiangyang and Jiangxia from various places, and was also transported from Jiangling to Changsha frontline.

If Jiangling is lost, Jingxiang will be shaken, and its importance can be seen.

To the west of Wuling is the Wuling Mountains with towering peaks and thousands of miles of mountains. It is a place where the barbarians live, and the Han people will not go. To the north of Wuling, the Huangtou Mountains with a hundred miles of travel are the Songzi River, the low hills and fields nourished by the Hudu River. There is almost no danger to guard when it goes flat.

The team was moving in the fields with a slightly tender and tender tip, and there was a warm spring feeling. Every soldier's waist was bulging. I ordered the dry food distributed by the army when leaving Wuling to prepare for seven days. This time, the expedition was not as good as before. It was to go deeper into the enemy's back. It was impossible to have sufficient supplies to provide.

After leaving the Huangtou Mountains, our army turned east and advanced rapidly along the shore of Dongting Lake.

"The water of Songzi River is clear, and the silhouettes are red; the water of the tiger crosses the river is muddy, and there is a sound of dancing halberds." The singing lingers in the hills, like silk threads, and there are no people walking in it, as if they are in a paradise. Under the rule of Liu Biao, Jingzhou has the people and the people are in peace and the valley is abundant, showing a rare scene of prosperity.

Zhou Bing rode his horse with me and said, "Lord, aren't we going to Jiangling? How do we march east now? Where are we going?"

I came to my senses and smiled and said, "Jiuzhoukou."

Zhou Feng was stunned and asked, "Jiuzhoukou, where is that place?"

Li Tong continued: "The mouth of Jizhou is the intersection of Xiang River and Dongting Lake. I don't even know this geographical common sense. How to lead the troops to fight?"

"Then we are moving eastward from Wuling, why go north in a big circle?" Zhou Feng was young and couldn't help but retort when he heard Li Tong's words.

Musa rode his horse and walked with me, and said with a smile: "The detour to the north is to create the illusion of feinting Jiangling, attracting Jingzhou naval troops stationed in the mouth of Jizhou to return to Jiangling, and then..."

The mouth of the Jiaozhoukou was originally a shallow desert where the intersection of Xiangshui and Dongting Lake. It was valued only because the waterway connecting the lake and sea was bound to rush. After Zhang Xian's rebellion, Liu Biao built a camp at the mouth of the Jiaozhoukou, thinking that it would be along the baggage base before attacking Changsha.

Wenpin attacked Changsha, and after the logistics and supplies were transferred from Jiangling, all of them were accumulated here.

I took Gan Ning to attack Jiangling, and indeed intended to force the Jingzhou navy stationed in the mouth of Jizhou to return to Jiangling. In this way, Jizhou's mouth would be empty and I would take the opportunity to seize it. If I could rob Liu Biao's army of supplies, Wenpin's army would collapse without fighting.

The key to success or failure of this plan is whether Kuai Yue will transfer the navy from Jizhoukou to reinforce Jiangling. Wenpin has been attacking Changsha for nearly a few months. Not long ago, Kuai Yue has transferred 20,000 troops from Jiangling to Changsha. Although there are tens of thousands of troops left behind in Jiangling, most of them are weak soldiers. With the reputation of Gan Ning, they will then conquer Wuling, and Liu Biao's army will inevitably be shocked.

Moreover, there were not many generals in Liu Biao's army who were good at fighting. Wenpin was on the front line of Changsha, Cai Mao guarded Xiangyang, and Huo Jun was stationed on the north line of Xinye. Although Kuai Yue was good at strategy, he was a strategist after all. I saw that he was more calm and less risky when attacking Zhang Xian. This time I responded with dangerous plans. Kuai Yue never expected that our army was intended to take the entrance of Jizhou, not Jiangling.

Although the prefect of Wuling Jin Xuan was killed and was engaged in Gong Zhi's surrender, the people were not convinced, and after our army left, someone would inform Liu Biao. In order not to be noticed by Liu Biao's army, I first led the army out of the north gate of Wuling, crossed the Huangtou Mountains, and marched towards Jiangling, then turned east, crossed the Songzi River, crossed the Hu River, and went straight to the entrance of Chewzhou.

Our army continued to ride on the road, traveling starry night and traveling hundreds of miles in three days. Finally, we arrived outside the entrance of Jizhou in the early morning of March 4th.

Yesterday, Gan Ning, a feint attacking, sent a scout to report that a fleet of ships appeared in the Yangtze River near Jiangling. If nothing unexpected happens, the Jingzhou navy, which was originally stationed at the mouth of Jiaozhou, had already gone to Jiangling for reinforcements.

Now the ones stationed here are Liu Biao's side generals Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng. There are about 3,000 subordinates. These two were originally the commanders of Xiangyang. When Liu Biao pacified Jingzhou, they surrendered to Liu Biao.

The Liu Biao army at the mouth of the entrance of the Jiaozhou have two water and land camps, which are mutually supportive. The Lu camp is guarded by Zhang Hu and the Water camp is guarded by Chen Sheng. The water camp is located on Leishi Mountain outside the mouth of the Jiaozhou. It was originally a small island in Dongting Lake. If the Liu Biao army at the Leishi Mountain is broken, it will be removed from the siege of Changsha without attacking it.

I climbed up the mound with Huang Zhong and watched the Zhanghu Jun camp not far away. Everything was quiet. The cold wind of late spring poured into my thin clothes. I turned my head and looked at the soldiers behind me. They were all leaning on their shoulders, leaning on their backs, and sitting on the grass with their heads down and hunched down. The continuous march had made them look tired and insufferable. If they didn't rest, they would have no power to fight again. But if they rested, if Kuai Liangwenpin saw through my intentions and returned to the army to rescue, they would lose all the opportunity and regret it too late. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but frown.

"Just Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and others are like drum fleas jumping on the beam. They catch them for only a moment. What's the matter with the lord?" Huang Zhong looked at my expression and thought I was worried about the war in front of me, so he said.

Although Huang Zhong is old, he is very energetic in his words and cannot hear any fatigue. He is really getting stronger and stronger. I secretly praise him.

"Zhong is willing to take the headquarters as the pioneer and take Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng's head in front of the tent!" Huang Zhong loudly requested the order.

"Tongyuan is the deputy general and support General Huang." Li Tong.

Seeing that the two generals asked for a fight, I felt a sense of pride and said loudly: "Since that's the case, Zhou Bree, I will tell you that the general will order: to draw three thousand troops from the two generals, I will be lazy and watch the enemy's formation here and wait for the good news."

In the early morning, it was the time when the guards were most likely to get tired. Most of the Liu Biao's army in the camp were still in a deep sleep and were completely unprepared for our attack. Huang Zhong and Li Tong led the army into the enemy camp, and their shouts were shocking.

"The sun shines brightly everywhere, and the heroes are young and snatching their brilliance. Where are you going? I lead the carved bow and shoot the sky wolf." I looked at the fire that soared into the sky not far away and the flags that Liu Biaojun fell over, and the accumulated dullness for many days passed away. I couldn't help but feel excited and sang loudly.

The chaos in the enemy camp continued, which showed that everything was expected. After a moment, Li Tong led his troops back, and the cheers of the soldiers beside me were boiling. I couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated. This victory came so easily that it was almost unbelievable.

Li Tong approached, flew off his horse, and shouted: "Lord, Zhang Hu's head is here!"

Through the morning light, I could see a bloody head hanging on Li Tong's neck from afar. I asked Li Tong about the battle situation and knew that the tiger was resting in the tent. He heard the shouts of killing and ran out. When he met Li Tong, he was killed, and he was chopped to the ground in a short time. When the Lord General was killed so easily, he was even more panicked.

I said, "Thank you for your hard work in Wenda. Zhou Feng, please give General Li a merit and give him a reward when he wins."

Li Tong led the crowd to serve me. In addition to being forced by Huang Zu, he also had the idea of ​​following me to make achievements. Today he made his first contribution. If he did not give the reward, he would be resentful. Today I made a promise in public and reward Li Tong would be convinced.

Li Tong was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Thank you lord!"

Musha stepped forward and asked, "Can General Li know where General Huang is?"

Li Tong: "After breaking Zhang Hu's camp, General Huang Zhong has gone straight to Chen Sheng's camp!"

It turned out that Huang Zhong rushed back and forth in Zhang Hu's camp, fighting for a while. Seeing that no one could stop him, he handed over the group of defeated soldiers to Li Tong, and led the victorious soldiers to seize the ship and go to Leishishan to kill him.

I looked at the tiger's head carefully, but it was blood-stained and couldn't see it. My face looked ferocious. Zhang Hu's eyes were protruding and wide open like dead fish. I don't know if it was accusing him of being unwilling to die or something else.

There were already shouts of killing from Leishishan. It seemed that Huang Zhong had successfully landed, and Chen Sheng's ending would be the same as Zhang Hu. There was nothing to worry about in the battle here. I let out a long sigh and defeated Zhang Hu at the mouth of Jizhou. After Chen Sheng's army, Wenpin from the front line of Changsha was in a dilemma of no food and had to retreat and wait for assistance. In this way, the siege of Changsha could be resolved.

The fire and the fire soaring into the sky have reflected Lei Shishan into a blood-red area.

That was Huang Zhong burning the food and supplies accumulated by Liu Biao's army. When Lei Shishan lost the military rations and Kuai Yue wanted to attack Changsha, he had to transport food and grass from Jiangling. This would take a lot of effort and would not be completed in three or four months.

With my current strength, I have made every effort to delay Liu Biaojun's offensive.

But did this victory come too easily? My heart beat violently.

I tried hard to suppress the thunder in my heart, but I couldn't suppress it.

I looked around and even the trees were shaking, shaking the withered leaves to the ground one by one.

No, this is the tremor of the earth!

It is a sign of thousands of troops galloping.

Could it be that the Gan Ning army rushed over to meet?

It is impossible. Most of our army is infantry, and Gan Ning only has one thousand men, so how can we get such momentum?

It's a big army of literary recruits!

My heart seemed to fall into an ice cellar, from hot and hot to the biting cold. People's calculations were not as good as God's calculations. In order to get the mouth of the Jiaozhou, I arranged suspicious soldiers everywhere to lure Liu Biao's navy to reinforce Jiangling, but I ignored the return of Wenpin's army. I thought Wenpin was in a hurry to attack Changsha, but I saw that the city was about to go down and would not be willing to divide the troops, but now I think it was because I overestimated my judgment.

Hearing the trembling sound, Wenpin's reinforcements should not be less than 5,000 cavalry, and it is not far from here. These cavalry should have been on the way back to the entrance of Jiaozhou. They might have seen the sky-sky fire here and rushed over.

With the infantry I had been raiding for a long distance, it was a dream to block Wenpin's cavalry. The so-called strange ideas before this turned out to be just tricks for children. On the battlefield, strength is the most important thing. Thinking of this, my face was sweating, my scalp exploded, and a heat flow was rushing up from my throat.

Just then, I suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves not far away. A scout had rolled off his horse without waiting for it to approach, and shouted in dismay: "Enemy soldiers, five thousand cavalry!"

Before he finished speaking, the soldier fell to the ground and fell to death. I hurriedly dismounted and looked closer, but saw the arrow branches still shaking slightly on his back, and blood kept gushing out of his mouth. What I saw from his eyes was fear and despair. Toward Changsha, I sent two teams of more than 20 scouts last night, but now he is the only one who comes back to report the news.

For others, I don’t need to ask you how the ending will be!

Honors on the battlefield belong to passionate men.

However, in every battle, how many good men are buried in the wilderness and die in a foreign land. Before getting the cheers of victory, sacrifice and failure are always with us.

No matter how good the strategy is, it is impossible to predict what will happen in the future. In the face of the choice between life and death, what I see are frightened and uneasy faces.

"What's the point of five thousand cavalry? The Pamperor will definitely defeat the enemy!"

Zhou Feng was full of confidence and shouted loudly: "What is a powerful enemy? In the past, when did the enemy not be strong when they won so many battles? In the end, won't we win more?"

"Yes, Sun Ben's soldiers were dozens of times more than us in the Battle of Fanyang, and they were defeated in the end. As long as there is a favorite coach, we will definitely win?" The old soldiers who followed me to raise an army from Jingxian County.
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