Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 405 Taking advantage of the situation

After many years of fierce fighting, Guan Yu once flooded seven armies and shocked China. Although Jiangling was almost destroyed by Nalu Meng's sneak attack, he still led his subordinates with Prince Liu Chan to reverse the situation and save Jingzhou.

Cao Ren, on the other hand, changed from a strategic attack to a strategic defense, and now it has almost become a strategic contraction...

He even abandoned Xiangyang, which was heavily defended and more valuable, which indirectly led to Man Chong's death.

There is certainly a reason why Cao Pi had nearly half of his troops stationed at Wan, but with Cao Ren's qualifications, if he insists on holding Xiangfan, he still has the power to mobilize the Wancheng garrison to deploy defenses in advance.

Although Tan Yu's color has not changed yet, Cao Ren's strategies and tactics have become more conservative in the years of war against Guan Yu.

The impact of the fact that Guan Yu is not dead is far from over...

"General, the Jingzhou Army has begun attacking the fortifications built by our army along the river!"

"Well, I already know. I will investigate again and report back." Cao Ren looked unusually calm.

He did not stay in Fancheng at this time. Since the fall of Xiangyang, in addition to grieving the death of Man Chong, he himself also moved strategically from Fancheng to Yancheng.

Fancheng, Yancheng, Dengxian, Xinye.

On the contrary, he also felt that Cao Ren's current style of play was more suitable.

A young general who looked somewhat similar to Cao Ren said: "Father, when the enemy army crosses the river and lands on the shore, their position will definitely be unstable. I am willing to lead three thousand elite soldiers there to find an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to attack the enemy army and take the head of Guan Yu for my father." class!"

Cao Tai, a young and vigorous man, always felt that his father had changed. He was not as courageous as before and was timid in fighting.

"Hahaha." Cao Ren just chuckled a few times and encouraged, "I am very pleased that my son has such ambition and courage. However, how can a fisherman throw his body into the water and chase it away? Please be patient and don't be impatient."

Xiangyang was lost and Xiangfan's defense system was broken. Therefore, in order to prevent Guan Yu from crossing the river, Cao Ren had shifted the focus of defense to these three lines.

Moreover, being able to conquer Xiangyang in such a short period of time, coupled with the painful memory of fighting with the Jingzhou Army for many years, Jiang Ji actually did not feel that there was any big problem with Cao Ren's strategic policy...

Naturally, it was impossible for him to stay in the bait. With the strength of the Jingzhou Army, the defense along the river was only to leave enough reaction time for intelligence delivery. There was no hope of "attacking the enemy halfway across the river" or "preventing the enemy from landing".

The Jingzhou Army was best at using warships to support land battles. Fighting along the rivers came and went like the wind, and they appeared and disappeared. Taking advantage of their own control of water, Cao's army was often led by the nose.

It was Cao Ren's eldest son, Cao Tai, who spoke.

Jiang Ji knew what he meant, but shook his head slightly and said nothing.

These are the last few lines of defense blocking Wancheng. Once broken, Wancheng will no longer be able to defend itself.

If you are successful, use water transport to chase and intercept them. If you are unable to defeat them, just get on the boat and run away... Cao Jun, who was fighting with him in the field, suffered a lot.

And if the Jingzhou Army is allowed to take control of Xiangfan, it will be difficult to defend the new territory under both land and water advances.

This kind of thing cannot be persuaded. If he could be persuaded, Man Chong would not defend Xiangyang alone until the city was destroyed and people died.

Among the three lines, Fancheng is the bait.

"...Yes." Cao Tai had no choice but to clasp his fists and retreat, but glanced at Jiang Ji, who was joining the army on the other side.

Neither Cao Ren nor Jiang Ji at this time, including his generals such as Chang Diao, Zhuge Qian, and Wang Shuang, wanted to fight the Jingzhou Army on the river bank anymore.

But as a son, I can't say these things.

When Xu Huang drove straight in and defeated Guan Yu's camp, it greatly boosted the morale of the Wei army.

"He is good at water warfare and has a powerful fleet. Fighting along the river is useless." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit heavy, Cao Ren rarely opened his mouth to explain, "It is better to lure them deeper, then gather them and annihilate them."

It's a pity that Xu Huang became a prisoner in Shuzhong not long after, and his life and death are still uncertain. Otherwise, with this great achievement, he will definitely be able to make further progress in the future.

And this time, Cao Ren will be like Xu Huang, giving Guan Yu a fatal blow at the venue he is good at.

What's more, this arrangement can also buy as much time as possible for the reinforcements arriving from Wan County. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

Jiang Ji and others nodded in agreement, and Cao Tai said nothing more, but the atmosphere did not become much lighter.

It would be good to lure the enemy deep and annihilate them together, but what if...what if it doesn't work?

……

boom! !

Huge stone bullets fell from the sky and accidentally hit a fortification along the river that Cao Jun had built by ramming earth.

"what--!"

Several Cao Jun soldiers who were hiding behind Zhang Nu and setting arrows were suddenly dead and maimed.

Shang Neng, whose leg was broken, screamed in agony, while Cao Jun, whose back was suffocated by a stone, was pressed into the ground...

And the crossbow that was busy shooting at the Han army on the warship was unfortunately smashed to pieces.

"Hahaha, father, I didn't expect that this thunder cannon riding on a building ship would have such a miraculous effect!" Guan Ping couldn't help but beam with joy.

If this tactic is successful, the landing of Jingzhou naval forces will be even more powerful in the future.

In the past, we could only rely on soldiers to hide behind the side of the ship, use the openings to shoot with bows, arrows, and crossbows at the coastal defenders, and then put on soldiers and forcibly land ashore.

If the shore defenders are fully prepared during this process, the landing party will inevitably suffer greater losses.

But now, after deciphering many secrets of Jiangdong's warships, the large-scale ships produced in Jingzhou were equipped with thunder cannons, which immediately made the warships a much greater deterrent to the defenders on the shore.

It's a pity that the thunder cannon is too bulky and can only be set up on ships, so its firepower is still insufficient.

"...Haha." Guan Yu stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the closed gates of Fancheng and the smoke-free official road further away, and couldn't help but sneer.

"What is father laughing at?" Guan Ping thought he had said something wrong.

"Cao Ren wants to use Fancheng as bait to lure you and my son to take the bait. He wants to be the fisherman who fishes." Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and said.

Guan Ping looked where his father was looking and saw some clues.

"Then I'll wait..."

"Just follow the plan. Cao Ren will save us a lot of trouble this time."

It was agreed upon that Guan Yu and Guan Ping would personally unite a main force of 40,000 men to forcibly attack the coastal defenses near Fancheng.

Although Cao's army was still tenacious, it was unable to prevent Guan Yu's main force from landing. If the Jingzhou army had not deliberately controlled casualties, they would have broken through the defense line long ago.

After holding on for most of a day, the surviving Cao troops began to flee towards Fancheng.

The army of Guan Yu and his son landed ashore and quickly surrounded Fancheng.

On the other hand, Zhao Lei and Fu Xu united the Wanpian divisions to go up the river, intending to land at the place where the Seventh Army had burst the embankment and flooded it.

Although Cao Jun was on guard here, no one dared to station troops on the site of Pinglu Ancient City once he was bitten by a snake and feared the well rope for ten years...

Although there is a river defense here, there is no backup. Facing the more than ten thousand Jingzhou army, it is useless. Cao's army was defeated after a little resistance.

However, the Jingzhou Army changed its previous strategy of attacking Xiangyang in a steady and steady manner. After Guan Yu's main force surrounded Fancheng, he quickly spread out the battle line and the army moved towards Yancheng where Cao Ren was located.

Zhao Lei and Fu Xu also responded from the west and led their troops to march north!

(End of this chapter)