However, when Xu Kun was crossing the Zhejiang River (Fuchun River) on the way, he encountered violent resistance from Ling Cao, the captain of Kuaiji, and Xu Kun died on the spot;

Immediately, Ling Caofu appealed to Sun Quan and asked for Zhu Zhi's release;

In this regard, the young Sun Quan followed suit, but Zhu Zhi was disheartened and went straight back to his hometown in Danyang County next door. It is said that he went to accompany Tao Qian, who was not dead, so Wu County and Kuaiji County used a strange

But the thought-provoking way completely fell into the hands of young Sun Quan!

The young master's country is in doubt and in turmoil. This is a fighting opportunity!

However, in the face of such a fighter opportunity, Gongsun did not make any strategic adjustments. He only gave an additional order to Guan Yu, asking Guan Yunchang to supervise the navy to destroy the habitual bandit Yu Du who was said to have fled to 'Yizhou'.

...Obviously, this is to continue to use the navy to squeeze Sun Quan and force him to land. As for the final battle, it is still aimed at Liu Bei.

And Liu Xuande also lived up to expectations. In February of this year, when the spring plowing was barely finished, a letter from Xiangyang, written by Cui Yan, was sent directly to Ye. In comparison, Yan Gong and Gongsun

But he didn't take it seriously. He didn't make any verbal arguments. Instead, he issued a military order and directly mobilized troops from several states to respond!

For a time, the Yizhou soldiers and Liangzhou soldiers belonging to the Gongsun Yue-Tian Feng-Zhao Yun group in the direction of Yizhou activated one after another. The army was divided into two, all the way out of the Three Gorges, trying to go down the river, and all the way down the Han River from Hanzhong.

, trying to go straight to Xiangyang;

At the same time, the Xuzhou soldiers belonging to the Lu Fan-Xunyou-Handang group from the Central Plains direction and the local soldiers and horses from Lianghuai also divided into two groups, heading all the way to Deng County City, trying to join the Hanzhong direction troops and horses at the Han River

, they simply gathered all the way from the east of Tongbai Mountain (later Xinyang area) to Duansheqiu area in Suixian County, as if they were going straight to Anlu and trying to invade Jiangxia;

In addition, there is no need to say more about the Qingxu navy floating across the sea and moving southward, and the Jiaozhou soldiers and horses forcing Jingnan;

In the end, Duke Yan actually left Jia Xu, Shen Pei and other six prime ministers to guard Ye, and personally led the most elite Gao Shun tribe and Zhang Liao tribe to Luoyang to supervise Sizhou's troops and horses, and used Xu Huang and Zang Ba to advance forward.

Go to the Luyang area in the north of Nanyang for support.

In other words, the current situation is really clear-cut between strong and weak. Duke Yan can only move. He seems to be extremely restrained when he moves, but it is like a full-scale siege posture.

In fact, according to the semi-public official documents of the Yan Army, intentionally or unintentionally, there were as many as two soldiers and horses assigned to Xiangyang and Deng County in the direction of Deng County in the planned plan, that is, Xuzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou and other places.

Eighteen battalions, more than 40 troops, a total of 40,000 people! Not to mention the total number of troops and horses in other directions and the civilians who provide logistics.

Of course, there are also some good young officials in the Ministry of War. They made rough estimates based on the documents for dispatching troops and horses from various places, and easily concluded that under the overall situation, from the navy at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the east to the troops in Bashu and Hanzhong in the west,

Although Duke Yan tried his best to restrain himself, he actually mobilized more than one million civilians, and the frontline army numbered about 150,000 to 60,000!

Of course, this number doesn't mean much at this time... Everyone's eyes moved directly to the southernmost tip of Nanyang County, that is, Xiangyang and Deng County, because the final battle in the world is likely to break out there.

In order to bring a final settlement between Yan and Han.

On the fifth day of March, Duke Yan arrived in Luoyang. Sizhou Muhan, who was making preparations here, immediately left Nanyang to serve as Lu Fan's deputy.

On the seventh day of March, Zhao Yun, deputy governor of the Western Front and champion general, led Liangzhou and Hanzhong soldiers and horses to the county in the upper reaches of Mianshui River (later known as Baihe), which was less than 400 miles away from Xiangyang.

On the tenth day of March, Grand Sima and Grand Governor Lu Fan arrived at Zhiwan City in Nanyang County from Runan, where they gathered two deputy governors, Han Dang, who was renamed Sizhou Mu, and military advisor general Xun You. The three of them immediately arrived there.

A new frontline base camp was established.

On March 11, about 20,000 people from Xu Huang and Zang Ba's tribe arrived at Luyang, the northernmost strategic point of Nanyang County.

On March 15th, two new military battalions from Luoyang, led by Sima Yi, the new captain of Henan who had made meritorious service, and Han Fu, the former captain of Luoyang Tuntian, joined forces with Chen Deng, Mi Fang, Cao Hong, Kong Xiu, Chen Qun and others from the Xuzhou direction.

The four battalions of soldiers and horses he led gathered in Xinye, totaling four battalions of combat soldiers and two battalions of auxiliary soldiers;

And by March 21, as Zhao Yun's forward Meng Da led the five battalions of Zhao Ang, Jiang Xu, Fu Qian, Han De, and Xie Zheng to Chaoyang, Deng County on the front line already had enough troops in front of him.

Eleven battalions of soldiers and horses! Among them, eight battalions of combat soldiers and three battalions of auxiliary soldiers, a total of fifteen troops and fifteen thousand soldiers!

At the same time, it is ridiculous to say that the number of soldiers and horses gathered in Xiangyang under Liu Bei's command was only seven or eight thousand... There was no way, when it was time to prepare for the decisive battle, the overall backwardness of manpower and material resources became obvious. In addition, after the battle of Guandu,

In the aftermath of the war, due to the influence of Jingzhou's previous full support for Yizhou, the four counties in Jingnan refused to provide logistics, and Nanjun seemed to be in some kind of logistics crisis.

Under this situation, the soldiers and horses from Danyang and Yuzhang counties have not arrived for a long time, and only a few generals have arrived. However, they still have to assign troops to Wenpin to defend Gongsun Yue in Yiling... Then the question arises

Now, how many soldiers do you want to have left in just one county?

But what's even more terrible is that as the power of the Yan Army's troops was once again demonstrated, some people's legs became weak again, especially in the southeast of Nanjun... More and more local wealthy families used the reason of protecting the Han Dynasty.

They refused Liu Bei's call and instead gathered in Jiangxia.

It's ridiculous to say that at this time, the Jiangxia region, Anlu, Xiling, and Shaxian had a total of 30,000 to 40,000 troops!

Liu Bei sent Cui Yan to ask for reinforcements. The young emperor, Liu Biao, and Jingze all agreed, but these people just piled up in Shaxian and refused to move.

In such a situation, it is almost conceivable that once the main force of Zhao Yun's troops arrives, or Xu Huang and Zang Ba's troops move forward to Deng County, there is no need to wait for Gongsun Yue upstream to break through the Three Gorges or Guan Yu's navy downstream to force Sun Quan to surrender, nor to wait for the Jingnan Four behind him.

The county rebels... Just the gap in military strength in front of Xiangyang City will gradually turn into a despairing gap.

The situation is such that some of the bold and convincing words really seem to be meaningless.

"Forget it, no need to wait!" On this day, at the top of Xiangyang City, the sun was setting in the west. Liu Xuande looked at the Han River in the north without saying a word for a long time. His expression did not change, but he calmly turned around and made a reasonable gesture to the Jianghan civil and military forces in front of him.

A reasonable decision. "I have made up my mind. I should take the initiative to attack while the enemy's foothold is not stable, and defeat this eleventh battalion of new recruits!"

The civil and military officials of Jiang and Han were all speechless.

On March 23, Liu Bei left only a thousand troops and horses with Lu Su to defend Xiangyang, but he personally led 7,000 troops across the Han River and out of Deng County.

As soon as his troops crossed the river, Lu Fan, who had the absolute advantage of sentries and cavalry, did not dare to neglect. He personally led about 10,000 local Nanyang soldiers gathered in Wancheng to go south, and asked Sima Yi, Meng Da and other generals to leave immediately...

The Yan army combined nearly 25,000 troops, and then immediately rushed forward along both sides of the water with a force advantage of nearly four times.

After Liu Bei learned the news, he was not afraid at all, but continued to divide a thousand troops to defend Deng County with Mi Zhu. Then, with Zhang Fei as the vanguard and Li Tong as the rear, he led only 6,000 troops to head north along the water.

At this time, the news reached Luyang, and Xu Huang and Zang Ba, who had already received the order, immediately raised their troops and headed south, but headed towards Suixian County.

I am the dividing line without troops or horses

"Chen Song's case is powerful and kind, courageous and righteous, generous and broad-minded, so he can win people, and he has the attitude of a hero. However, the first is to judge things with emotion, and the relationship between life and death is broad; the second is that it is difficult to determine

There is no distinction between priorities and priorities. When an envoy lives in China, he can disturb people but cannot rule them. If he takes advantage of the opportunity to guard the danger, he is enough to be the master of one party. When he met Taizu, he was slow but slow, and finally became a knight-errant in Yan land, but he did not succeed.

The Weapons of the Great Ancestor." "Dian Lue". Yan. Pei Song's Notes

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