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The ambush in the gorge is different from the attack of the Eagle Strike Army in Xiabakou. The soldiers of the Jiaozhou Army still fled dozens of people. The defeated soldiers fled back to Guangxin County and told the main general Guan Yu about the Han army's ambush reinforcements.

In the big tent, Guan Yu was very worried. He only knew that there were at least tens of thousands of Han troops coming from the mainland, but whether this was just a vanguard and whether there was a main force of the Han army behind them. There was no way to know that once the Han troops headed south from the mainland had 20,000, with his current military strength, he might not be able to defend Guangxin County.

Guan Yu sent two troops to Lu Heshui to intercept the Han army, causing less than 5,000 defenders in the city. It was almost impossible for these 5,000 people to defend Guangxin County, which was not strong. What made Guan Yu even more worried was that once Guangxin County was lost, not only would Cangwu County not be able to be protected, but his son Guan Ping would be difficult to withdraw.

After repeated weighing, Guan Yu finally made a decision to protect Guangxin County first and then consider other issues. On the one hand, he sent someone to Fanyu to report the disadvantages of Guangxin County to his elder brother Liu Bei. On the other hand, he sent someone to notify Guan Ping and all Lishui defenders to withdraw from Guangxin County.

It should be said that this was Huang Zhong's plan to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, which ordered Wang Ping and Liu Zheng to put pressure on Guangxin County from Lu, and to have 10,000 soldiers, which made Guan Yu unable to understand the details. He had to be forced to withdraw the troops on the Lishui River that blocked the Han army's southward movement.

However, the real main force of the Han army was to go south from the water and learn that the Jiaozhou army had evacuated from the Liren Fort. Tianhou and several five-stone warships arrived at the Liren Fort with a load of 20,000 troops and various supplies.

Liren Fort was originally named Liren Du, located two miles northwest of Guangxin County. It was originally a ferry crossing the river between the people on both sides of the Lishui River. It was a huge rock that broke into the river, making the Lishui River in this area less than ten feet wide, making it convenient for crossing the river. At the same time, it has very important military value. As long as you guard Liren Du, you can cut off the ships coming and going from south to north on the Lishui River.

A few years ago, the Jiaozhou army built a military fort on a huge rock called Liren Fort. Over time, everyone called it Liren Fort. Two soldiers stationed in the fort were used to check scouts sent by the Han army on the Li River or salt merchants who evaded taxes.

Although the terrain of Liren Fortress was dangerous and could attack ships in the river from a high place, it was almost impossible to resist the attack of the main Han army. Therefore, after Guan Yu withdrew Guan Ping's army, he also knew that the defenders of Liren Fortress were meaningless, and he also withdrew the two in the fort, leaving only ten soldiers in the fort to ignite the beacon.

As early as eight Han army warships were dozens of miles away from Renbao, beacon towers in the north had been lit, warning the brigade of Han army to attack. Libao immediately ignited the beacon fire. Ten soldiers abandoned the fort and fled. Not only Liguibao, but also ten beacon towers along Lishui were lit one after another, spreading the news of the main force of the Han army coming to Guangxin County.

But the Han army did not kill Guangxin County, but stopped advancing at Liren Fortress. Under the leadership of General Jiang Qin, 20,000 Han soldiers began to build military cities next to Liren Fortress. The trees were cut down and large pieces of rocks were harvested. In just a few days, a military city with a circumference of ten miles was laid.

Of course, the Han army would never only build this military city. Around Oli from Guangxin County, there were craftsmen and soldiers looking for the construction address of another military city. It was obvious that the Han army was re-engaging the old plan of Qishan Road and building the military city along the Lishui River, so that the Han army could firmly control the Lishui River and lay a solid foundation for the Han army to capture Cangwu County.

The Han army began to build military city on a large scale in Lishui, which caused Liu Bei's panic. If Cangwu County was lost, the Han army would soon reach Fanyu City.

In the Palace of the Yue King, Liu Bei sat alone in the room, thinking about the Han army's upcoming attack on Jiaozhou.

He also has intelligence agencies in Chang'an. Although the news comes relatively late and often only gets the news a month or two after the incident happens, some intelligence still makes him think a lot.

Liu Bei is most concerned about the news that Liu Jing moved into the Weiyang Palace. This happened last autumn, and it has been several months since then, but Liu Bei still attaches great importance to this news. He can experience some subtle psychological changes in Liu Jing, which shows that Liu Jing's ascends the throne to the throne and becomes emperor is becoming more and more intense.

It also shows that Liu Jing can no longer wait, so he launched an offensive against Jiaozhou in the beginning of spring, which just reflected Liu Jing's urgent mentality.

The Han army's plan to move south was very obvious, building military cities, storing grain and military capital, and establishing a logistics area in Cangwu County. This method was like the Han army's capture of Longxi and retreating. Liu Bei had to admit that this was a stable and effective method, which had a far-reaching impact on the Han army's attack on Jiaozhou.

He must not let the Han army build the military city calmly and eventually erode Cangwu County step by step. However, the army of Cangwu County is obviously insufficient. Guan Yu has only eight thousand people, and the Han army is likely to increase to 10,000, which means that he must increase troops to Cangwu County.

The question is how to increase troops? He only had tens of ten thousand troops in his hands. Zhang Fei's 10,000 people in Luling County had to defend against the Han army in Yuzhang County. He could not act rashly, but could only call on the 10,000 defenders in Fanyu City. But if 10,000 defenders were transferred, Fanyu City became an empty city. The dilemma was really difficult for Liu Bei to make a decision.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Report to the lord, the military advisor is here."

"Hurry him in!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed. Zhuge Liang finally came back, and he came back very promptly. After a moment, Zhuge Liang walked into Liu Bei's study and knelt down to pay homage. "Since Zhuge Liang, please see the lord!"

Zhuge Liang went to Jiaozhi under the order of Liu Bei to appease the barbarians and the Zhan tribes and give them greater benefits to prevent them from forming an alliance with the Han army. But now it seems that the talks between Sima Yi and the Zhan tribe were indeed a flick of the talks between the barbarians, with the purpose of destroying the alliance between Jiaozhou and Cao Wei, which made Liu Bei a little ashamed. Zhuge Liang saw through this, but he fell into Liu Jing's plan and treated Zhong Yao coldly, and eventually made the alliance between Cao Wei and Jiaozhou end in an incomplete state.

Liu Bei waved his hand, "Military advisor, please sit down!"

Zhuge Liang sat upright and said, "Wei ministers, Zhan and barbarian chiefs have held talks. They have made it clear that they will be neutral between the Han army and the Jiaozhou army."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said, "What kind of their state is actually no longer important. Can the military advisors hear that the Han army has gone south?"

"I have heard of it, so I rushed back to Fanyu in a hurry. I wonder what the situation is now?"

"The Han army divided into two groups, one went on land, about 10,000 Han troops, and had entered Cangwu County. They are currently stationed in Longkou Town, ten miles north of Guangxin County, and the other is running water. According to the information sent by Yunchang, there are nearly a thousand warships, two to ten thousand Han troops. They are currently building military cities from Renbao and Mishui River mouth. The Han army is not in a hurry to attack Guangxin County."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and asked again: "What is the news over General Zhang?"

"It's not a single piece. Weichen went to Jiaozhi to check, and there were more than 1,44 pieces. Even if we set up the soldiers and armor separate, the sword and shield army and the spear army, we can only equip a thousand people in the end, and half of them have no armor."

Liu Bei paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He pondered for a long time and then turned to Zhuge Liang, "Then we will first convert the Thousand Ministries into a formal army, and then draw 5,000 people from the Fanyu defenders. In this way, there will be 8,000 troops to support Cangwu County. The 5,000 troops in Fanyu City are not enough, so we will transfer the Ten Thousand Ministries to assist in defending the city. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!