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Chapter 362 The quiet and eerie Jiaozhou battlefield (fifth update)

Time went back to September of the 17th year of Jian'an, when Pang Tong was deployed in Hanzhong, and everything gradually went smoothly.

But Jiangdong's sudden gathering of troops still made Pang Tong a little worried.

Initially, Pang Tong was not worried about Jiangdong, but after Zhuge Liang repeatedly reminded him, Pang Tong finally took it to heart.

As soon as Jiangdong took action, he immediately changed the layout of Jingzhou, deployed heavy troops in You County and Jiangxia and other places, and then recruited a large number of people for corvee service.

At the same time, he allocated grain and grass to remind Guan Yu in Jiaozhou.

Pang Tong also arranged more than a hundred beacon towers, large and small, in a radius of several hundred miles in You County, Changsha, to prevent Jiangdong troops from sneak attacks.

After arranging so many tricks, this battle finally made Jiangdong step into the quagmire from the very beginning.

Taishi Ci and Zhou Yu in Jingzhou were unable to open up the situation, and the same was true for Jiaozhou on the other side.

The terrain of Jiaozhou is extremely complicated. Although Guan Yu was very arrogant during this period, he was not the same Guan Yu as before. After entering Jiaozhou, he had already asked Zhou Cang and Ma Liang to recruit Jiaozhou soldiers and horses.

While continuously expanding the army, they also began to train those mountain people who looked quite weak.

As soon as the battle started, Guan Yu made an uncharacteristic move.

The army retreated and gave up most of Jiaozhou. While giving up almost all of Nanhai County, they also gave up half of Jiaonan.

For a moment, Bu Zhi and He Qi, who were in charge of the attack, were startled.

I don't know that Guan Yu, who has always been arrogant and aggressive in attacking, would actually retreat like this this time.

But when Guan Yu came like this, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses didn't know what to do. They had obviously given up half of Jiaozhou, but they didn't dare to go deep into it.

For a time, many places in Jiaozhou became unruly lands, which made the land of Jiaozhou very embarrassed.

This stalemate lasted until the end of the 17th year of Jian'an, and both sides seemed to be wasting food in vain.

He Qi and Bu Zhi slowly penetrated into Jiaozhou, captured almost the entire Nanhai County, and even reached into Cangwu County.

Guan Yu still didn't react at all, and was still guarding Cangwu County and Yulin County. It was even as if Hepu and Gaoliang had been abandoned by Guan Yu.

Such a show of weakness once put He Qi and Bu Zhi in a difficult position. In desperation, they finally chose to gather all their troops together.

In the 17th year of Jian'an, Jiangdong's army invaded Jiaozhou on a large scale and raised troops to "retaliate" on the grounds that "Guan Yu violated the territory without any reason".

However, Guan Yu used retreat as an advance and combined several troops from Jiangdong into one, and they all gathered in Nanhai County.

At the same time, Guan Yu turned against General Anyuan, Marquis Longdu Ting, and Jiaozhi Prefect Shi Xie, and eventually Jiaozhou was shaken.

Although He Qi and Bu Zhi didn't know whether the news was true or false, they actually saw Na Shixie being "escorted" by hundreds of elites to the land of Jingnan and put under custody.

At the same time, a large number of Shixie's old troops were liquidated, making the already chaotic Jiaozhou even more chaotic.

This time, even He Qi and Bu Zhi couldn't see what was going on with Guan Yu.

"The war is about to begin. Is it possible that Guan Yunchang wants to lure the enemy deeper?"

He Qi raised a possibility, but he was interrupted as soon as he raised it.

"It's impossible, it's absolutely impossible.

It’s okay to give up Nanhai County, but most of Jiaonan has withdrawn. If we take advantage of the situation and enter Hepu and Gaoliang County.

Then Guan Yunchang has completely missed Jiaozhou.How stupid is this to make such a choice? "

After He Qi finished speaking, Bu Zhao, who had joined forces with him again, shook his head slightly.

"At this time, I can't understand anymore. Could it be that Guan Yunchang knew that he couldn't stop us in Jiaozhou, so he simply gave up to Nanhai County.

Then gather troops and horses in Cangwu County and Yulin County to protect the gateway to Jiaozhou? "

As soon as these words were spoken, He Qi nodded slightly.

"This matter is somewhat possible, and it is the only possibility."

The two thought for a long time, and finally there was only one possibility.

"In this case, we don't need to think too much. We can directly order the invasion of Jiaonan and drive out Guan Yu!"

After a period of discussion between the two, it was finally decided that the famous general He Qi of Kuaiji would go out in person to quickly capture Hepu and Gaoliang counties.

Bu Zhao, on the other hand, deployed vigorously in Nanhai County to prepare for Guan Yunchang's counterattack.

At this time, He Qi, who was attacking Gaoliang County and preparing to insert his troops directly into Jiaonan, received strong support from the Shi family.

They used Guan Yunchang's excuse for forcing him too much, so they opened the city all the way and invited He Qi to enter.

On the first day, the gate of Gaoliang was breached, on the fifth day, half of Gaoliang County was captured, and on the [-]th, He Qi had already reached Hepu County.

By the beginning of the 18th year of Jian'an, Jiangdong's army had captured the three counties of Hepu, Gaoliang and Nanhai in Jiaozhou almost without a fight.

The Shi family even tried their best to invite He Qi to attack Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County and drive Guan Yu out completely.

Faced with such kindness, He Qi still cautiously stopped, wanting to stabilize his territory first before talking about anything else.

It was this decision that made He Qi finally discover the problem.

"Why are the supplies of food and grass in Hepu and Gaoliang so scarce?
It can be said clearly that Nanhai County's grain and baggage was still small. That was because Guan Yu's withdrawal took away all the grain and baggage.

But why is there almost no food and supplies in Hepu and Gaoliang? "

He Qi's anger only resulted in an extremely embarrassing answer.

"Guan Yu was extremely harsh on us and repeatedly demanded food and supplies from our clan. It was precisely because of this that General Nashi went to argue with Guan Yu.

But in the end, Guan Yu was kidnapped and sent directly to Hanshou County to be imprisoned.

It is precisely because of this that I have no choice but to do this. Please save me, General! "

Looking at the subordinate officer kneeling in front of him, He Qi was filled with anger, but he couldn't say anything more.

He could only write to Jiangdong repeatedly, hoping that Sun Quan would again transfer grain and baggage to Jiaozhou.

After all, half of Jiaozhou has fallen into their hands now. If something goes wrong at this time, everything done before will be in vain.

After that, He Qi himself also provided food and fodder relief from the army. After Sun Quan got the news, he immediately transferred a large amount of food and fodder from Jiangdong to Jiaozhou.

Want to conquer Jiaozhou in one fell swoop
But in the face of all this, Guan Yu turned a blind eye, and a large flag with the word "Deng" appeared in the mountains and forests of Jiaozhou.

(End of this chapter)