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Chapter 394 Night Attack
The geographical location of Yiling is too important. If the enemy knows that Yiling is besieged, they will never sit idly by. The question is, where will the reinforcements come from?Jiangling?Dangyang?Xiangyang? ...

Before sending troops, Zhuge Liang had discussions with Liu Jing, Xu Shu, Jiang Wan, Deng Zhi and others.

They most hope that Dangyang will send troops. If they can attract Zhang Yun, annihilate his army, and occupy Dangyang instead, they can cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Jiangling. At that time, Liu Jing will be able to take over the ten southern counties including Jiangling without any scruples. .

The second is Jiangling. If Liu Qi and Cai Mao send troops to rescue Yiling, they will fall into the dilemma of insufficient troops. At that time, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty for Liu Jing to seize Jiangling.

The last is Xiangyang, which can only weaken Liu Biao and is of little help to the current battle situation.

Regardless of how the enemy chooses in the end, they have countermeasures.

Zhuge Liang pressed his mind, while sending people to notify Liu Jing and report the results of the battle, while dispatching scouts to patrol the four directions and scout the enemy's situation.

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Liu Jingjun had besieged Jiangling for nearly a month, but he never attacked the city, and the blockade of Jiangling was far from tight, so the envoys sent by Fukuang successfully broke through Liu Jingjun's defense line and entered Jiangling city under the cover of night.

Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning broke through several counties along the way, there was a lot of movement, Liu Qi and Cai Mao could not have been unaware, now that the envoys from Yiling came to ask for help, it was confirmed the previous rumors.

No wonder Liu Jing never attacked Jiangling, it turned out that he was planning Yiling secretly.

It has to be said that Liu Jing's move can be said to have hit their vital point in one fell swoop. Originally, the Jiangling and Dangyang defense lines were well-equipped with fine soldiers and food, and they just had to wait for Liu Jing to attack.Unexpectedly, Liu Jing found another way to take Yiling from the west, attacking it must save him, and turned passive into active.

"The auxiliary captain is loyal and strong, and he vowed not to surrender. However, there are less than a thousand soldiers in Yiling City, and it is difficult to defeat the Jingnan tiger and wolf division. Please ask the governor and military division to send troops to rescue them. It will be too late." The Yiling envoy met Liu Qi and Cai Mao. , Kowtowed again and again, with such force that his forehead was blue.

Liu Qi and Cai Mao looked at each other, and said with distressed expression: "You have come here from danger, it should not be difficult to see that the southern bandits outside the city are so powerful, it is still difficult for us to protect ourselves, and we really have no spare energy to rescue Yiling."

The Yiling envoy knew that what Liu Qi said was true, but he had a heavy responsibility to bear, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and beg again and again.

Liu Qi's face gradually showed impatience, and he said to the Yiling envoy: "Zhang Zhonglang is currently stationed in Dangyang in the north with 5000 troops, you might as well go to him for help."

Cai Mao couldn't help frowning and said, "Zhang Zhonglang guards Dangyang, so don't move lightly."

Liu Qi sighed: "Dangyang is important, but Yiling is not? We are surrounded by southern thieves, unable to rescue. But there are only ten thousand soldiers left in Xiangyang. If we deploy troops southward, we will be unstable. Military commander, you say, Apart from Dangyang, where else can we send reinforcements?"

"..." Cai Mao was speechless for a moment.

Liu Qi continued: "The southern rebels attacking Yiling only had a few thousand troops. Zhang Zhonglang could have kept 2000 men to defend the city, and sent 3000 people to help Yiling. The southern rebels were few and could not attack for a long time. When reinforcements arrived, they would surely flee. .”

Cai Mao did not object this time, because this is the best way at this stage.

Next, Liu Qi and Cai Mao asked Yiling envoy Liu Jingjun's situation in detail, and the envoy did not go to the house to rest until Ye Nong.

When the cock crowed the next day, the envoy sneaked out of Jiangling, traveled more than a hundred miles, and entered Dangyang.

For the Yiling envoy, Zhang Yun once suspected that he was Liu Jing's person, and the purpose was to trick him out of the city, until the other party took out the letterheads of Fu Kuang and Liu Qi, Zhang Yun completely let go of his doubts.

After Zhang Yun read Liu Qi's letter, he fell into deep thought. In a critical moment, Liu Qi temporarily put aside his personal grievances towards him, and spoke very sincerely.

And Liu Qi assured him that if he was willing to send troops to rescue Yiling, Liu Qi and Cai Mao would cooperate with his actions and go out of the city to attack Liu Jing's barracks to attract the opponent's attention.

Zhang Yun naturally had no reason not to agree to Liu Qi's words, after all, the two sides are grasshoppers on the same rope, and to abolish the government for personal reasons at this time is tantamount to seeking a dead end.

Zhang Yun immediately summoned the generals, and the next day he personally led 3000 people to rescue Yiling.

Little did he know that his every move was under the watchful eyes of Liu Jingjun's spies and scouts.

In fact, the envoy from Yiling had already been targeted by Liu Jingjun before he entered Jiangling. The reason why he was not caught was that Liu Jing wanted to catch big fish with a long line.

Now, it's time to close the net. When Zhang Yun led his army across Jushui and rushed to Yiling, Liu Jing ordered Cai Sheng to lead [-] elite troops out of Jinan Camp to attack Dangyang by surprise.He also ordered Liu Liang to lead two battalions of knights to Yiling to cooperate with Zhuge Liang and Gan Ning to encircle and wipe out Zhang Yun.

Dangyang has few soldiers, so more scouts are bound to be sent to monitor the south. It is inevitable that Dangyang scouts will detect it. Cai Sheng deliberately led his army to sneak into Maicheng, detoured to the west of Nanzhang River, and then went east to Dangyang.

Cai Sheng's move really had the effect of crossing the sea by deceiving the sky, and he arrived in Dangyang without any danger.The siege should be done sooner rather than later, every moment of delay would be a risk of exposure, Cai Sheng commanded the soldiers to cut trees, rushed to make a batch of ladders, and launched a surprise attack on Dangyang that night.

Dangyang was tight on the outside and loose on the inside. Except for the southern city wall, there were not many soldiers guarding the night on the other city walls, and there were no soldiers patrolling the city for a long time.After all, Liu Jingjun hadn't moved for many days, so they gradually relaxed.

Cai Sheng saw that Dangyang's defenses were not strict, so he was relieved. Just in case, he sent another thousand people to climb the city from the north.

Then Cai Sheng waved his hand, and the soldiers put their shoulders on each other and dived across the moat.

After hundreds of people successfully arrived at the foot of Dangyang City and erected the ladder, Cai Sheng couldn't bear it anymore, quickly crossed the moat, and climbed up the ladder.

The first batch of climbers were all the elite among the elite, all of them were agile, and quietly killed seven or eight guards.

"Ah..." A shrill scream broke Dangyang's silence.

Although the whereabouts have been leaked, there are no fewer than a hundred people who have climbed to the top of the city at this moment. With the reaction speed of Dangyang's defenders, it is absolutely difficult to counterattack in a short time. If there is no accident, the overall situation is settled.

Cai Sheng roared loudly: "Zhang Yun is dead, Dangyang is broken, and those who descend will not die..."

"Zhang Yun is dead, Dangyang is broken, and those who surrender will not die..." Thousands of Liu Jing soldiers echoed together, and the sound shook Dangyang. All the soldiers and civilians in the city woke up from their dreams with terrified expressions.

Cai Sheng said to the left and right: "Follow me to seize the city gate."

"promise."

Holding a torch on his left and a long knife on his right, Cai Sheng led dozens of black-clad warriors down the stairs, and saw Dangyang defenders along the way, many of them were disheveled, empty-handed, panic-stricken, and few dared to stop them By.

Until the city gate was opened, Cai Sheng's knife was miraculously not stained with a drop of blood.As Liu Jing's soldiers outside the city rushed into the city, there were very few Dangyang defenders who resisted, and most of them chose to surrender.

(End of this chapter)