Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Guan Yu remained silent, but kept stroking his long beard with his hand.Finally, he finally said: "If it is convenient for you, you can stay in the city for a day or two. This matter must be decided by my elder brother...my king."

Zhang He responded indifferently: "No problem!"

Guan Yu believed that the matter was of great importance, and he had to tell Liu Bei himself the details of the conversation with Zhang He, so that Liu Bei could grasp the situation more accurately.So he took more than a hundred of his own soldiers, galloped out of Xinye City, and galloped towards Fancheng.It is not far from Xinye to Fancheng, less than a hundred miles away.When night fell, Guan Yu had already galloped into Fancheng.

I heard that Guan Yu came back from Xinye and brought with him the attitude of Xu Huangjun.After listening to Guan Yu's narration, Liu Bei laughed and said: "In the Wei army, I don't know who saw through Gu's idea and turned against Gu's army. However, Zhang He never met Yun Chang's swordsman from the beginning to the end, which shows that the Wei army really needs our alliance. But They also showed that we have more to lose than they do if we don't ally with them."

"Brother, what should we do now?"

Liu Bei obviously had an idea, and said decisively: "When you return to Xinye, just let Zhang He enter the city, and then lead the troops back to Fancheng, and don't worry about the rest."

After Guan Yu left, Liu Bei called his attendants again and told them, "Go, call the Wei Guo envoys who stayed in the posthouse in Fancheng, and I will meet them overnight."

As the lamps and candles flickered, the three envoys sent by Wei Jun Xu Huang had hurried into the Fancheng mansion where Liu Bei lived temporarily.Liu Bei took a look at the light, and found that the leader was a young man, and he asked knowingly, "What is your name? What is the purpose of coming to Jiangjiang to meet Gu."

The young man replied unhurriedly: "I would like to report to the King of Linjiang that a certain surname is Sima and his name is Zhongda. He is from Yanzhou, the state of Wei, and he is currently going out with the army. Xu Huang's order is to discuss with the King of Linjiang about Liang's crusade against the bandits."

Liu Bei thought about the name Sima Yi, and asked, "Are you a child of the Sima family in Hanoi?"

"Returning to the king, it is true."

Liu Bei nodded and sighed, "There are still so many talented people in Wei State, and even a Fujun counselor is a person from a wealthy family. Tell me, what idea does your commander have to destroy the Liang thief? What do you want me to do?" Cooperate with your actions?"

Sima Yi replied: "Please ask the king of Linjiang to send troops to attack Xiangyang, so as to lure the bandits from Zhuyang and Dankou to reinforce Xiangyang. After that, our army can gather a large number of troops to attack Dankou. If Dankou is taken down, our army will After controlling the huge dam in Dankou, it will not be difficult to take down Zhuyang. In due time, Xiangyang will become an isolated city. It will be a matter of course if it falls into the hands of the king."

Liu Bei said with a bit of teasing: "Some time ago, didn't our army attack Xiangyang once? And that was not a feint attack, but an all-out attack. I haven't seen any moves from your Wei State."

Sima Yi smiled awkwardly and said: "Today is not the same as before. At that time, Wei Guo had some troubles in Liaodong and had to re-arrange his troops, so it delayed sending troops to Tongguan, resulting in the defeat of Your Majesty's Linjiang Army. But this was not our intention. For this, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

After speaking, he quietly waited for Liu Bei's reply.

Chapter 499 Unexpectedly

Liu Bei was silent for a while, but his eyes scanned the young man named Sima Yi a few times.Finally, he blinked and said: "Well, for the sake of suppressing thieves for the imperial court, I will cooperate with you this time regardless of previous suspicions. But this time, we have to wait for you to do it first, and our army will get through this time." Water, and it's just a feint!"

"Thank you King Linjiang, then I will go back and report to the commander."

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At the head of Zhuyang City, soldiers of the Liang Army in groups of several are patrolling along the "Little Great Wall" built along the Mian River.Suddenly there was a summer thunder-like sound in the distance, and experienced veterans knew that it was a large number of cavalry.

"Warning! There are unknown soldiers and horses approaching!" One after another, warning shouts sounded immediately.A large number of Liang Jun soldiers rushed to the top of the city, and everyone looked into the distance.

Black dots appeared one after another on the horizon on the opposite bank of Mianshui. As these black dots became more and more large, they gradually formed a black "tide" rushing towards the shore of Mianshui.

They are all cavalry, and the number is actually not many, but because they are marching in a hash formation, they appear to be overwhelming.These men and horses are exactly the three thousand Wei army cavalry led by Zhang He.

Not long after Guan Yu gave up Xinye to Zhang He, the infantry of the Wei army who was in charge of guarding Xinye also arrived as scheduled.According to the plan, Zhang He was supposed to lead these cavalry to gather on the other side of the Mianshui River in Dankou City, join forces with the main force, and attack Wubao on the high ground at the other end of the dam.

But Zhang He suddenly had an idea.He thought that Xinye was not far from Zhuyang, so he might as well bring these three thousand warriors to Zhuyang to challenge him.One is that it can frustrate Liang Jun's spirit, and the other is that it can create a false impression for Liang Jun.Let the commander-in-chief of the Liang army think that the Wei army will also attack Zhuyang.

Of course, Zhang He was unable to cross the Mianshui, so he could only line up three thousand soldiers of the Wei army on the bank of the Mianshui, shouting and cursing in turns, and swearing profanely.

The soldiers of the Liang Army at the head of Zhuyang City did not respond except to be vigilant about each other's every move, appearing very quiet.This was all within Zhang He's expectation.Since Liang Jun didn't cross Mianshui to occupy every city and land in Nanyang, they certainly won't cross Mianshui now and confront his cavalry on the shore of Mianshui.

But he soon discovered that he was wrong.The water gate of Zhuyang was suddenly opened wide, and warships and troop carriers sailed out of Zhushui behind the water gate one after another.Seemingly endless, the surface of the water was quickly covered to the brim.

Before the ship passed the middle of the river, a stone bullet, a crossbow gun, and a fire bomb were fired by the ship's ballista bullets, drawing an arc across the sky, and falling into Zhang He's cavalry formation.Because Zhang He's cavalry formations were very sparsely distributed, they did not have much lethal effect.It's just that a crossbow just hit the chest of a war horse, piercing the entire horse's body from front to back, and nailing it to the ground.The Wei Jun cavalry on the saddle immediately rolled to the ground.However, this caused a commotion in Zhang Yun's army, and many horses even galloped in fright.

Liang Jun's actions were far more than simple ballista shooting. Many ships approached the opposite bank of Mianshui at the fastest speed.Zhang Yun saw it, and said in surprise, "Could it be that Liang Jun really dares to cross the river and fight me?"

In fact, after Feng Yu of Zhuyang received the news, he directly ordered the cavalry of the Habayashi Legion to cross the river and launch an attack.His intention in doing this was to let the Wei army not think that the Liang army would not cross the river to attack Nanyang, that is, to show the Wei army that the troops in Daliang Handong County were actually abundant, so there was no need to hide in the southwestern bank of Mianshui for defense.

At this time, Zhang Yun glanced at the river again, seeing the shadows of sails everywhere, and he couldn't estimate how many soldiers and horses the Liang Army had crossing the river.In fact, these warships of Liang Jun were brought by Feng Yu from Shangluo, and there were only more than 200 ordinary ships for transporting troops and transporting troops.At most, more than a thousand soldiers and horses can be transported across the river.

But Zhang Yun's original intention was to provoke Liang Jun, and he was not mentally prepared to fight the opponent.Seeing that things were beyond his expectation, he said decisively: "Stay away from the river bank! Withdraw to a place far from the river bank where the enemy throws stones and crossbows!" He needs to stay in a safe place, observe carefully before making the next decision .

Under the leadership of Zhang Yun, the three thousand warriors immediately left the bank of the Mianshui River and ran to the northeast, but stopped at a place more than 150 battles away from the river bank, and turned their heads to continue to observe the movements of Liang Jun.

The Liang Army warships in the river did not retreat because of this, and continued to sail towards the river.The warships docked one after another lowered their springboards, and a cavalry rushed off the boats and began to gather on the river bank.

Zhang He narrowed his eyes and observed the river carefully.After a while, he finally estimated the opponent's strength.If the soldiers and horses crossing the river are infantry, there will be no more than [-] soldiers, and if they are all warrior cavalry, there will be no more than a thousand cavalry at most.

At this time, Liang Jun's war cavalry had landed and gathered five or six hundred cavalry, including light cavalry and armored cavalry.Of course, Zhang Yun would not wait until they were all successfully assembled before launching an attack. With a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he pointed the whip in his hand at the assembled Liang Junzhan cavalry and said, "Boys, rush over and kill them all. After our Wei army arrives in Nanyang We haven't defeated the thieves yet, but today we will make the first achievement!"

After Zhang Yun finished speaking, surrounded by his own soldiers and generals, he led three thousand war cavalry, roaring to kill Liang Jun's war cavalry who were gathering at the beach on the river bank.

Zhang Yun's cavalry formation was originally a scatter formation, but now they were going to attack the cavalry of the Liang Army who were gathering by the river bank, and they naturally gathered into a group.When they were more than [-] battles away from Liang Jun's war cavalry, the cavalry had formed a dense cavalry formation that was denser than before.

At this time, the Liang Jun warships lined up on the bank of Mianshui ejected "fireballs". To the range of thirty battles.And this range is exactly the center of Zhang He's cavalry formation.

As a burst of flames shot up into the sky, the horses of the Wei army were frightened one after another, and the soldiers of the Wei army who were knocked off their horses were immediately trampled into a pulp by the following horses.

Zhang Yun saw with his own eyes that one of his own soldiers was engulfed in flames. Fortunately, his personal soldiers were skilled and did not fall off the back of the galloping horse.But the horses and soldiers were already burning, and the fire man and fire horse galloped to one side uncontrollably, and lay down on the ground far away.The soldier was powerless and rolled around the horse corpse twice, and became silent.

The situation was beyond Zhang Yun's expectation. Without hesitation, he yelled in a very high voice: "The enemy's forces are too strong. Send us an order to withdraw! Quickly withdraw! The whole army retreats!" , he had already turned the horse's head, and the generals and soldiers around him also shouted loudly, trying their best to convey the military order.

Chapter 500 Battle of Dankou

Zhang Yun's three thousand cavalry seemed to retreat to the northeast, but Liang Jun did not stop there.The hundreds of riders who had gathered on the bank of Mianshui shouted, whipped their horses and chased after them.As they ran, Qingqi Feiyu pulled away from the heavy cavalry.

Qingqi Feiyu, who was walking in front, started to shoot arrows after he was within range of the opponent.Arrows shot towards Wei Qi like raindrops.From time to time, someone was shot and rolled off the horse.

Zhang Xi saw that this was not going to work, so he turned his head and looked at the pursuers, and found that there were only two or three hundred enemy cavalry, and none of them were Liang Jun's heavy armored cavalry.So he ordered one of his generals to lead hundreds of Wei cavalry to intercept and kill these pursuers.

But when the Wei cavalry captain led hundreds of war cavalry to recoil, those light cavalry flying feathers of Liang Jun did not engage in the battle, but turned their horses and turned back, but the arrows in their hands did not stop at all .

Qingqi Feiyu's horse was much faster than Wei Qi's, and he quickly ran back to the rear of Chongqi.Those Wei cavalry were still chasing after them, and when they found that Liang Guo's armored cavalry was pressing over like a wall, it was too late to turn their horses around.Rows of cavaliers chased them down and crushed the hundreds of Wei cavalry like knocking down a dangerous wall.Amid the screaming and neighing, blood and flesh were sprinkled all over the wild land on the northeast coast of Mianshui...

After Liang Jun wiped out these Wei cavalry, Qingqi chased after them.Seeing this, Zhang Yun didn't dare to send troops to stop them, so he could only tell his soldiers to flee quickly.Liang Jun didn't give up after chasing ten miles in one go. From time to time along the way, he could see Wei Qi's body and wounded soldiers who had rolled off their horses.

After a day of rushing, Zhang Yun, who was in a panic, followed the plan and joined his main force in Rangcheng, ninety miles southeast of Dankouwu Fort.Zhang He told Xu Huang and Xu You exactly what he had experienced.

Afterwards, Zhang He said: "A certain person made a good claim and led the troops to Zhuyang to provoke Liang's army. That's why he suffered this loss. This is all his fault. Please punish him according to the military law."

But Xu Huang shook his head and said, "Brother Junyi, what are you talking about. You are the deputy commander of the whole army, so you still have the right to decide this matter yourself. And there is nothing wrong with your decision. If it were me, a certain way passed through Zhuyang The same will be true when facing each other. It’s just that we didn’t expect the bandit defenders in Zhuyang to be so strong.”

Xu You also twirled his beard and said, "Our army lost two games in a row when it came to Nanyang. It seems that we still underestimated Feng Bandit's Handong County."

Xu Huang, Zhang He, and Xu You were all silent for a while. In fact, they were all thinking about the same thing in their hearts, but they didn't want to speak first.

According to Cao Cao's instructions, the most important purpose of their coming to Nanyang was to gain a firm foothold in Nanyang and stabilize Wei's control over Nanyang, so as to prevent Liang Jun from advancing from Nanyang to the Central Plains.Invading Handong County is only a secondary goal.If it is too difficult and the price paid is too high, it does not necessarily have to be completed.

So at this moment, the three of them were thinking, since Liang Jun in Handong County is obviously difficult to deal with, it's better to just pretend to be perfunctory.Otherwise, if there are too many casualties during the attack, it will be difficult to explain to Cao Cao when we go back.Even if he wasted too much and Liang Jun fought back and rushed through the Mian Shui, he would not even be able to meet Cao Cao's basic requirements.

In the end, Xu Huang said: "In any case, we will act according to the king's orders. The battle of Dankou must be fought!"

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It was dawn and the sun was just rising above the horizon.The soldiers at the head of Dankouwubao found that on the eastern horizon of Nanyang Plain, countless black silhouettes were rising against the rising sun.It was an overwhelming army of soldiers and horses, and the noise of people shouting and roaring could be heard several miles away.If it wasn't for the din, people would have mistaken it for a large dark cloud engulfed in a storm.

"Wei Jun! Wei Jun is coming!" Although the defenders had been prepared for a long time, seeing so many soldiers and horses at this time, they still yelled in a panic.The horns of the assembled soldiers sounded one after another, and a large number of Liang Jun soldiers rushed out of the Wubao barracks and boarded the wall of Dankouwubao.The torsion springs and strings of the ballista rattled as they were pulled by the winch.

Although Dankouwu Castle is on a high ground, the topography of the high ground is flat.There are hundreds of acres of area.Very suitable for large-scale combat.At this time, the tens of thousands of troops of the Wei army had divided into more than a dozen groups and rushed up to the high ground along different slopes.Surround Dankouwubao from three sides.However, the Liang Jun defender in Wubao can still connect with the Liang Jun on the opposite bank through the Mianshui waterway and the Danjiangkou Dam.

As soon as the Wei army spread out, the ballista on the Wubao began to show its power, and dozens of hundreds of stone bullets and explosive bombs smashed towards the densely populated place of the Wei army.Wei Jun had already prepared for this, and deliberately arranged the formation loosely.Therefore, it seems that the bombardment of this ballista is mighty, but the actual killing effect is not great.

However, the ensuing longbow shooting caused real losses to Wei Jun, and from time to time Wei Jun soldiers fell to the ground screaming.It's just that Shen Dan's Class C Legion is stationed at Fort Dankouwu. The longbowmen equipped with skills are far inferior to those of the Class A Legion, and the number is very small.Counting this damage is nothing to the tens of thousands of Wei Jun.

At this time, Xu Huang, Zhang Yun and others discovered that on the other side of the Mian River, there was a vague army rushing along the dam. Obviously, it was the reinforcements sent by Liang Jun from Dankou City.

Seeing this scene, Xu Huang ordered a general attack before his army formation was over.In an instant, the sound of drums and trumpets rang out in the Wei army, and the Wei army on three sides rushed towards Dankouwu Fort like a tide.

When the Wei army approached Wubao, the Wei army's crossbowmen began to bend their bows and shoot arrows at the top of the city.There are thousands of them in number, how dense the arrows can be imagined.But such dense arrows did not hurt the defenders at the top of Wubao City.

It turned out that this Dankouwu Castle had a special design.The head of the city is a stepped wall, which is divided into three layers.One floor is higher than the other, so the soldiers in front do not affect the field of vision of the defenders on the back floor.Each floor is guarded by a four-foot-high battlement wall. As long as the guards turn sideways or slightly bend their knees, they can hide themselves behind the projectile blind spot of the battlement wall.Stand up and shoot or snipe enemies from the chest-high crenel.

Although the Wei army's arrows could not hurt the defenders of Wubao, they covered a large number of soldiers and filled the trenches with firewood and erected ladders.They began to climb to the top of the city like ants.The crossbowmen of Wei Jun also stopped the bow shooting which was only for cover.

At this time, the ballista in Wubao began to lob, bombarding the soldiers of the Wei army near the city wall.The soldiers of the Liang army on the outermost layer of the city also began to use a special device, which could dump rolling wood and rocks outside the city without exposing their bodies.

Lie Yan (raging flames) rose outside the city from time to time, and where the rolling wood and stones fell, all the soldiers of the Wei army climbing along the ladder were smashed to the ground.

Chapter 501

The fighting between the upper and lower sides of Dankouwubao City has reached a feverish stage, and the screams of killing and the clanging of weapons resounded throughout the battlefield.At a certain section of the city wall of Wubao, the soldiers of the Wei army on several ladders had just been cleared by rolling wood and rocks, when the ladders were pried to the ground by the defenders at the top of the city.

The defenders under the city, braving the hot bombs and stone bombs that might hit them in front of them at any time, hurriedly erected the fallen ladder.

They suddenly found that Liang Bing soldiers appeared on the crenels on the top of the city, and they all sealed their shields on the crenels.This made Wei Junbing very strange.Now no soldiers of the Wei army have climbed to the top of the city, and no one is even climbing the city because the ladder has fallen, so what is the point of erecting shields at the crenels.

But many of these Wei Junbing strokes soon lost their ability to think too much, because they heard the muffled sound of puffs, and then felt a piercing pain from a certain part of their bodies.They thought they had been hit by an arrow, so they lowered their heads and raised their eyes to look at the injured part, but they didn't see the arrow.Then many soldiers of the Wei army who were shot in vital positions collapsed on the ground.Those who were not shot at the vitals also began to howl terribly.The spear and shield soldiers in Liang Jun's garrison began to shoot down the city with the slingshot on the shield.

The bullets fired by the soldiers of the Liang army on the third floor were so dense that only the Wei army who hit them cried and shouted for their mothers.These slingshot projectiles brought a shocking effect that arrows did not have, because many soldiers of the Wei army did not know what the opponent used to hurt themselves, and thought they used some spells.

The nearby general of the Wei Army saw the way, and shouted: "Crossbowmen step forward! Keep shooting and cover the brothers who climbed the city." Only then did the Wei Army's crossbowmen standing behind come to their senses as if they had just woken up from a dream. , stepped forward one after another, and shot random arrows again.Liang Jun at the head of Wubao City shook his figure, and then hid himself behind the pile of walls.

A soldier of the Wei army had just shot an arrow towards the top of the city, and when he was about to take an arrow from his quiver, he suddenly found that his partner fell straight to the ground.A longbowman's heavy arrow pierced through his body protruded impressively from his chest.Immediately afterwards, he himself felt as if he was being pushed violently, and then a heavy arrow pierced through his abdomen.

The reinforcements from the other side of the Mian River have rushed over, and most of them belong to Feng Yu's Habayashi Army.Quite a few of them are longbowmen.At this time, these longbowmen stood on some arrow towers of Wubao and the dam, and kept shooting at the Wei army under the city.The design of these arrow towers is very delicate. No matter where the enemy stands under the city wall, the range of the ordinary crossbow in their hands will be less than the distance from these arrow towers, but it is within the range of the longbow.

The longbowman skills of the Habayashi Legion are far from those of the C-level longbowmen.At this time, the longbow and heavy arrows kept shooting from the arrow tower, almost one arrow at a time.Sniped and killed the crossbowmen of the Wei army one by one.The latter was unable to fight back.

Panicked, the Wei army's crossbowmen withdrew to the periphery one after another, but this also made the defenders at the top of the city out of their range.The defenders at the top of the city can safely and boldly snipe the enemy who climbed the city by any means at the crenel.The soldiers of the Wei Army suffered more and more casualties under Dankouwu Fort, and in some places the corpses were piled up in several layers.

Xu Huang, Zhang He, and Xu You's complexions became more and more serious.Xu You said, "It seems that this Dankou Wubao is really difficult to attack." Zhang Xi nodded and said in agreement: "If it is so difficult to attack this Wubao, then it is even more difficult to attack Xiangyang and Zhuyang. .” His words intentionally or unintentionally excused Xu You, after all, it was Xu You’s idea to give priority to attacking Fort Dankouwu.

Xu Huang finally made a decision: "I see that the Liang army not only has plenty of troops, but also has extremely strong fortifications and exquisite design. If we continue to attack, even if we can win, we will suffer huge losses. This violates the rule of the king. Why don't we withdraw our troops now, guard the cities of Nanyang, and do a good job of defensive construction, and divide our troops to respond to each other. It would be great if the Liang army crossed Mianshui and fought me on the plains and fields. If they can't shrink back Now, we have secured Nanyang well. What do you two think of this strategy?"

Zhang He replied: "This strategy is also the only way at the moment, but my tens of thousands of troops consume a lot of food and grass every day, and Wei Guo can bear it for a few months and a half. But if we continue to confront Liang Jun in Nanyang for a few years, How can we afford it? In my opinion, we should also carry out reclamation in Nanyang."

Xu You nodded and said: "This is exactly what I want to say. This Nanyang is a flat plain area. If we want to defend Nanyang well, it is not enough to rely on soldiers to guard it. We also need to move a large number of people. For example, we can bring us here first. The family members of these tens of thousands of soldiers brought to Nanyang. Of course, we can’t decide this. We have to report to the king, and the king will make a decision.”

Xu Huang nodded and said, "That's it. After I have arranged the defense of Nanyang, I will propose to the king the matter of emigrating and reclamation."

The gong of Wei Jun's retreat sounded.The Wei army that besieged Wubao retreated like a black tide.Then, they raised the white flag, collected the corpses of Paoze under the city, quickly formed a marching formation, and retreated slowly to the east in an orderly manner.Thousands of tigers and leopards cruised behind Wei Jun's infantry, preventing Liang Jun from suddenly leaving the city to attack.In just an hour, Wei Jun disappeared completely on the eastern horizon.

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In the Yamen of Fancheng Mansion, Liu Bei was still playing chess and drinking tea with Guan Yu peacefully.Zhang Fei was dressed neatly and stood beside Liu Bei.Zhang Fei heard that the Linjiang army was going to attack Xiangyang again, so he put on his armor and came to Liu Bei's side early to stand by.The last time the Linjiang army suffered a disastrous defeat at the city of Xiangyang, Zhang Fei was very dissatisfied. He thought that if he was there at that time, the whole battle situation would definitely be turned around.

Time passed by every minute and every second, but Liu Bei still played chess with no expression on his face.Zhang Fei's face became darker and darker.He finally yelled impatiently: "Big Brother, Second Brother, when are we going to fight Xiangyang?"

Guan Yu's face darkened and said: "Third brother, today is not what it used to be, so you should pay attention to your identity when you speak. Now that elder brother is already a king, how can he use the old title again. Could it be that in the future when elder brother becomes emperor, will you still be called elder brother, elder brother?" ? That is the crime of presumptuousness."

Seeing Guan Yu like this, Zhang Fei grinned awkwardly and said, "Old Zhang understands this reason. Isn't it because Lao Zhang is anxious? Besides, this big..., hasn't this king not been enthroned yet? Wait until he is enthroned and becomes the emperor." , my old Zhang would definitely not call it that."

Liu Bei shook his hand and said, "It's okay, we call each other brothers in private, but I think it's pleasing to me."

Guan Yu also asked at this time: "Your Majesty, Dankou is two hundred miles away from Fancheng. The news has reached here. The battle should have lasted for a day. According to our agreement with Xu Huang, it is time for us to send troops to Xiangyang."

Liu Bei smiled lightly and said, "Wait a little longer, we might be able to save this errand."

At this time, the soldiers were ordered to enter the room to report, and the Wei army attacked Dankouwu Fort for several hours, then withdrew their troops.

Chapter 502 Unrepeatable Tactics

Zhang Fei's eyes were as big as copper bells, "Big... big, Your Majesty, you are really good at predicting things."Liu Bei, who was originally happy and angry, also stroked his beard quite proudly.

At this time, a personal guard came to report urgently: "Report to Your Majesty, Yulin County has sent an urgent military situation. Liang Jun is marching towards Xinggu County."

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, showing a pensive expression.

Xinggu County is the most southwestern county in Linjiang Kingdom, which originally belonged to Nanyue Kingdom, a scholar family.After the Nanyue Kingdom was conquered by the combined forces of Sun and Liu.Liu Bei won the two counties of Xinggu and Yulin, as well as a piece of land in the south of Zangke County that belonged to Nanyue, as well as several scattered counties in the remaining counties.

The rest of the territory of Nanyue Kingdom, including Nanhai, Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Ninan, were all occupied by Sun Wu.In addition to Liu Bei's desire to be weaker than Sun Wu's, the main reason for this result is that Sun Wu has a huge naval force, which can quickly advance to the hinterland of South Vietnam under sea transportation.

When Liu Bei was entangled with the South Vietnamese army in the wild jungle.However, Sun Wu's maritime navy took the first occupied Nanhai County as a base and occupied a series of cities along the coastline.Relying on these cities, they launched an attack deep into the hinterland of Nanyue.

In the end, most of the land in the four coastal counties of Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan was occupied by Sun Wu, while Liu Bei only got some counties far away from the coast.

This result also made Liu Bei always brooding.He didn't care too much about the less land he occupied, but Wu Guo didn't give him a single outlet to the sea.Liu Bei's territory, the closest place to the coastline is Gaoliang County, Hepu County, which is only more than [-] miles away from the coast.But the more than [-] miles belonged to Sun Wu.

Everyone in the world knows how Feng Yu's Liang Guo made his fortune, and they are all aware of the importance of sea traffic routes.Of course Liu Bei is no exception.One of Liu Bei's fundamental motivations for going to South Vietnam is to allow Linjiang to have an outlet to the sea instead of just "Linjiang".But in the end he didn't even see the shadow of the sea, you say it's annoying or not.

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei standing there dumbfounded and were about to speak.But Liu Bei said, "Sun Ce's army must have retreated in Yongchang or Yunnan County, otherwise Liang Jun would not have appeared in Xinggu County."

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei pointed to the map laid out on the table and said: "Second brother, third brother. You see, Yulin County is in the south of Zangke County. There are heavy troops stationed there. And if you enter Yulin County from Zangke County to the south, there is no suitable road for a large group of people to march. There are high mountains and dangerous roads, and plagues are rampant. It is not easy to come to Yulin County from there. Otherwise, we would have been able to From the west of Lingling under our control, and the east of Zangke County, go directly south to Yulin, so why go around Cangwu County."

Guan Yu repeatedly nodded in agreement, and took Liu Bei's words and said: "So this Feng thief army must have come from Yunnan County in the west. Yunnan County is the only way for Sun Wujun to attack Yongchang from Jiaozhi. So this at least proves that Yunnan It has not yet been controlled by Sun Wu’s army, or it was once occupied, but now it has fallen. So it must be that Sun Wu’s army who marched west to Yongchang lost. But Wu Guo should inform us of this immediately.”

Liu Bei sneered and said, "They must have their own intentions to hide this matter. We don't care what others do. The key is how we should deal with the current situation next."

Zhang Fei who was at the side suddenly yelled: "Hey, what else can we do? Soldiers come to block, water comes to flood the soil. Please ask the king to order Yide to bring five thousand elite soldiers to kill Feng's bandits who invaded Xinggu County!"

Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "Yi Dewu is in a hurry, things are not as simple as you think, to ensure the greatest rights and interests of my Linjiang Kingdom, it is not just about fighting and fighting for territory. I have my own calculations..."

Liu Bei's guess was correct. Sun Wu set out from Jiaozhi County to try to capture Yongchang and returned in defeat.The main general Taishi Cizheng led the troops along the Pushui (that is, the Red River) and retreated to the territory of Jiaozhi County.Tai Shici on horseback looked dejected, and he recalled the scene of marching into Liang State a few months ago, but he never expected to be stubbornly attacked by Liang Jun in Yunnan County.

A few months ago, on the same road along the Pushui, there were all the Wu troops who could not see the end in front and back, but they were marching upstream at that time.In addition, there are a large number of small warships of the Wu State Navy in the Pushui River.These warships were not built in Jiaozhi County, but sailed directly from the mouth of the Pushui into the Pushui channel and went up the river.