The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Zheng was not surprised when he heard Guo Jia's words.

Didn't even feel like there was a thing.

As early as during the battle of Wancheng, Liu Zheng knew that there would definitely be a war in Jingzhou, so the people from Gan Ning moved some of the people near Wancheng away early in the morning.

Most of those left in the city were county soldiers, ranging from one to two thousand to several hundred.

It is normal for such a county to be brought down.

"Ma Teng attacked Deng County, and it is estimated that he will attack other counties soon. We cannot sit here and wait for Guan Yu and the others to attack us. Your Majesty, we should take the initiative to attack."

After Guo Jia received the news, he made a suggestion to Liu Zheng.

If the confrontation was just here in Xinye, Guo Jia would naturally not be afraid.

But Guan Yu and the others had more troops after all. After besieging the city, they will slowly plan to leave the city.

Although there is no problem in a short time, if it takes a long time, the surrounding counties will be pulled out by the enemy.

Leaving an isolated city behind would be very dangerous.

Guo Jia was worried, but Liu Zheng was not.

"Don't worry, Feng Xiao, the widow has already left behind. People like Ma Teng won't be active for long."

"Didn't you notice that there is one less general in Xinye City?"

When Liu Zheng said this, Guo Jia immediately thought about it, and then his face brightened.

Answer to Liu Zheng.

"General Huang Zhong!"

In fact, Liu Zheng had guessed this result a long time ago.

Therefore, when defending Xinye, Huang Zhong was not allowed to enter the city.

Instead, Huang Zhong was temporarily stationed outside Xinye City, between Fancheng and Zu Lang, who was stationed in Baihe, to meet him nearby.

The purpose is because Liu Zheng is worried that in the battle of Xinye, the enemy will not attack directly, but will attack other surrounding counties.

And Huang Zhong and Zu Lang were ambushing outside Xinye City, so they could follow Liu Zheng's order to attack the surrounding enemy troops.

Disintegrate the opponent's strength.

"Deng County is a small city in the north of Xinye. If they want to attack Deng County, they must cross the Baihe River. Although we don't know where they crossed the river from, let Zu Lang go to investigate and seal off the entire Baihe River. .”

"I don't believe that Ma Teng's cavalry can still escape from our noses."

Liu Zheng quickly issued an order, and he had a more precise method for the soldiers and horses who attacked Ma Teng.

Guo Jia was overjoyed, and after hearing Liu Zheng's words, he immediately let him go down and give orders.

Although Xinye City was surrounded by Guan Yu's army, they only surrounded three city gates, and there was one side where Liu Zheng's troops could come in and out at will.

Naturally, it's easy to pass on news.

Huang Zhong and Zu Lang who were stationed outside Xinye City soon received news from Liu Zheng.

And I also know that in the direction of Deng County, an enemy cavalry is raging.

"General Huang, Your Majesty asked me to come and assist you."

Liu Ye was responsible for delivering the information, and at the same time participated in Huang Zhong's army as a military adviser.

"I see. First let General Zu Lang deploy navy spies in the Baihe area to find out the movements of Ma Teng's soldiers and horses."

"Our men and horses, after grasping the news of the enemy army, will touch to ensure that they can come, but they can't go back."

There is a Baihe River in the direction of Deng County. If Huang Zhong and Zu Lang defeat Ma Teng, the only way to win is to set up an ambush in the Baihe River.

It is not easy for cavalry to cross the river, and it is impossible for the nearby bridges to accommodate a large number of cavalry.

Therefore, if these men and horses of Ma Teng want to cross the river, they must choose a place where the river is relatively shallow, or build a bridge that can accommodate the cavalry to cross the river.

There shouldn't be too many places like this in Baihe territory.

Zu Lang was familiar with the nearby waters, and Zu Lang sent his sailors to patrol the Baihe River, so he would be able to find the place where Ma Teng crossed the river quickly, and set up an ambush.

Specially targeting Ma Teng's soldiers and horses can completely catch Ma Teng by surprise.

Only one day later, Zu Lang's sailors found the place where Ma Teng's cavalry crossed the river.

Although the Baihe River is not very wide, it is still not easy to find a shoal. The easiest way to cross the river is to build a bridge.

In Xinye, Guan Yu had already built a wooden bridge and sent [-] infantry to guard it.

"I found it. Just near Baishui Beach, there is a wooden bridge that can accommodate two war horses."

After Zu Lang received the news, he immediately went to find Huang Zhong.

Tell Huang Zhong and Liu Ye the news.

After Liu Ye and Huang Zhong learned about this, they were overjoyed immediately.

"So that's it, where are Ma Teng's men?"

"Our spies said that after Ma Teng's troops captured Deng County, they did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they searched Deng County and transported the food and supplies we left in Deng County to Guan Yu's army in Xinye. Walk."

"Now, I'm afraid they are still searching for food and grass in Deng County."

Zu Lang told Huang Zhong his judgment.

"Okay, then prepare to set up an ambush at Baishuitan and continue with Ma Teng. In this battle, Ma Teng must be captured and killed to give His Majesty a good news!"

Huang Zhong immediately gave orders, and Liu Ye, who was a military adviser, did not stop them. Although the Baihe area is not far from Xinye, it will take some time for Xinye's soldiers to come to support them.

Zu Lang cooperates with Huang Zhong, mainly the navy, coming and going without a trace.

The soldiers and horses around Guan Yu couldn't stop him at all.

In the Jingzhou and Yangzhou areas, the role of the navy has not yet been truly highlighted.

This time, Zu Lang also wanted to show Liu Zheng that these sailors were not vegetarians either.

Deng County.

Ma Teng led his [-] cavalry and captured the county.

A two-day search was carried out in this county.

But nothing was collected.

Because the food and grass left before were all taken away by the common people, and the rest was just the food and clothing of some soldiers who stayed in the county.

Not many.

Even if he was beaten down by Ma Teng, it was just a drop in the bucket, and it didn't do much at all.

That's why Ma Teng felt a little unlucky.

"It's really unlucky. This Deng County is not a small town. How can there be such supplies, food, and money?"

"General, it should have been withdrawn in advance. There are not many defenders here, so there are naturally fewer supplies left."

"Forget it, go back first, talk to Guan Yu, and then go south to attack Zaoyang County!"

Chapter 1000 Two hundred and 76 Zulang's navy

Ma Teng didn't want to spend too much time in Deng County.

At best, this small county town was just an appetizer for Ma Teng to attack Liu Zheng.

In Ma Teng's view, conquering Deng County first was only to disintegrate the crisis in the north of Xinye, so that after Guan Yu's men captured Xinye, they would go south to attack Xiangyang directly through Deng County.

If you attack Xiangyang from Xinye, it will not be so easy to be blocked by the Han River.

But going south from Deng County, they can directly attack Fancheng, and after taking down a Fancheng, they can then attack Xiangyang City.

He had a good idea, he didn't stop in Deng County, and retreated from Deng County with his troops.

Along the way they attacked, they retreated back to Xinye little by little.

After galloping for half an hour, the war horse arrived at the mouth of Baihe River from Deng county.

Then follow the river mouth and rush to the vicinity of Baishuitan.

As soon as Ma Teng's soldiers and horses appeared at the mouth of the river, they were spotted by the navy soldiers lurking here.

Even if they don't want to notice, it's impossible. The sound of [-] cavalry rushing, the earth-shattering sound, can be heard even standing several miles away.

After learning the news, the navy soldiers immediately passed the news back to Zu Lang.

Zu Lang, who was ambushing at the junction of Fancheng and Xinye, heard the news and immediately understood that it was time for them to act.

Immediately told Huang Zhong the news, and Huang Zhong took all the more than ten thousand shooters under his command to Zu Lang's navy fleet.

Zu Lang's navy originally had [-] people and more than a hundred warships.

But in order to take Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses with him, he directly sent half of his men down, leaving only some sailors at the helm of the ship.

These soldiers of Huang Zhong are the main force of the attack.

Among the soldiers under Huang Zhong, most of them are shooters who have mastered the Zhuge Liannu, and a small part are elite shooters who were the best at shooting under Huang Zhong before.

These two parts of soldiers and horses each have their own functions.

In the next battlefield, it will be reflected.

The fleet is going upstream, and the speed will not be too fast.

Fortunately, the current of the Baihe River was not too urgent. They used small boats to quickly move towards the Baishui Beach in the Baihe River Basin.

The soldiers in front kept in touch and confirmed that Ma Teng's soldiers and horses had now arrived at Baishuitan and were slowly crossing [-] cavalrymen across the river.

The battle of crossing the river is actually the easiest.

Among the ancient art of war, there are many wonderful river-crossing battles.

Attacking halfway through, this kind of tactics has a great advantage for the offensive side.

Because of this, the combination of Huang Zhong and Zu Lang chose to fight in the water, because in this way, a small number of soldiers and horses could be used to cause a greater blow.

Don't look at Ma Teng's [-] troops.

But Zu Lang cooperated with Huang Zhong and only brought [-] shooters, so he dared to attack Ma Teng.

Baishuitan, the [-] soldiers and horses left behind here, are guarding the surroundings.

Suddenly, a soldier saw the water surface in the distance, and there was a wave of fluctuation.

At one corner, a black dot appeared.

"Ok?"

"Old Wang, take a look, is there anything over there?"

The soldier urged the soldiers around him.

I didn't see it clearly, so I wanted to ask the people around me to help me take a look.

But the soldier named Old Wang next to him had slightly better eyesight, and he saw at a glance that the soldiers and horses approaching the river in the distance were nothing but warships.

"Not good! Warship, it's a warship!"

The soldier yelled loudly at the people around him, and soon the nearby guards became excited, and all their eyes turned to the river.

At this time, a large area of ​​warships appeared, and even some soldiers with poor eyesight discovered this situation at this moment.

For a moment, the entire guard team panicked.

They began to send messages to the guards around them.

The person in charge of guarding here is a general named Wu Fu.

This person is the captain of the Yueqi School of the Great Han Dynasty. He was originally a member of the Dongcao who was recruited by the general He Jinzheng. Later, he served as a servant, and even Henan Yin. However, after Liu Bei came to power, he felt that Wu Fu was a righteous character.

Loyal to the big man, he is a man who can be made, so he was awarded the post of school lieutenant, and he followed Guan Yu's tent to listen to orders.

This time Guan Yu ordered this person to guard the mouth of the river, firstly to build a bridge to attack Deng County, and secondly to let him watch the river to prevent Liu Zheng's navy from raiding.

After all, Guan Yu knew that Liu Zheng had many sailors under his command.

Although he fought against Liu Zheng's navy, he had to guard against it.

Wu Fu rested in the camp, met Ma Teng, heard the noise outside, and ran out quickly.