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Zhu Ling didn't argue, turned his horses and ran back to the camp. Xu Huang looked at both sides. A thousand archers and crossbowmen had been lined up in a double-tower formation. He was in the middle, with 500 men on each side, holding crossbows , half kneeling on the ground in the front, but standing in the back row, it seems very well-trained.

Xu Huang nodded secretly, and fixed his eyes on Jiang Xiajun who was following him. When he saw Liu Jing, he narrowed his eyes and ordered coldly, "The target is on the horse-riding general!"

A thousand military crossbows were aimed at Liu Jing. At this time, Liu Jing also saw several rows of Cao Jun crossbowmen blocking the road ahead. There were thousands of people. The cold crossbows were aimed at them. He waved his hand, "All stop!" Down!"

He stopped the pursuit of Jiang Xia's army, and then turned his head and said: "The army is in full formation, and the sword and shield army is at the forefront!"

As the drums of the whole army sounded, the [-] Jiangxia troops lined up quickly, and the [-]-sword shield army rushed out of the team, holding large shields in their hands, and arranged them into three semicircular shield walls. Liu Jing once again yelled loudly: "Attack!"

"Boom—boom—" the slow attack drum sounded, and the [-]-sword shield army began to encircle Cao Jun, who was two hundred steps away, step by step.

The formation of Jiang Xia's army changed rapidly, Xu Huang could see it clearly, he couldn't help secretly praising Liu Jing's command and Jiang Xia's well-trained army, seeing that Jiang Xia's sword and shield army was 150 steps away, Xu Huang shouted: "Shoot the sword!" Shield troops, and immediately withdraw to the camp!"

There was a clear and crisp sound of crossbows in Cao Jun's bow and crossbow formation, and a thousand arrows shot towards the Sword and Shield Army like a storm. With a crackling sound, a thousand crossbow arrows shot into the half-circle formation of the Sword and Shield Army.

Although no casualties were caused, Cao Jun took advantage of the opportunity of the Sword and Shield Army to stop and evade, and quickly gathered into a torrent and rushed into the camp.

On the board wall of the big camp, another thousand Cao troops who stayed behind in the big camp were also deployed, holding bows and arrows in their hands to cover the retreat of the crossbow troops, which seemed to be very organized.

At this time, Li Jun urged the horse to Liu Jing's side, and suggested in a low voice: "Cao Jun seems to be prepared, and I suggest that the heavy armored infantry be sent to attack the barracks!"

Liu Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "You can bluff, use bows and arrows to shoot at each other, you might as well shoot more rockets, as for the heavy armored infantry, there is no need to mobilize for the time being!"

Li Jun was surprised, he didn't understand Liu Jing's intention, if he used heavy armored infantry to attack the camp, he should be able to break through, but Zhou Mu refused to agree, why?He couldn't figure it out.

But he wanted to carry out Liu Jing's order. Li Jun immediately mobilized 120 soldiers to pack soil with sandbags and quickly built a semicircular protective wall six feet high and two miles long. The protective wall was about [-] steps away from Cao Jun's barracks. It only took an hour to build it.

Three thousand crossbowmen then hid behind the protective wall and shot at Cao Jun. Arrows shot into the barracks like a torrential rain, with bright rockets mixed in between, and the two sides launched a fierce arrow battle.

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When the fierce battle broke out in Longzhong, an army of more than [-] people quietly appeared in Ping'an Town, about ten miles south of Xiangyang City.

Since Cao's army took control of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, with a population of 5000, was also divided into two. 2 people were stationed in Xiangyang City, and 5000 people were stationed in Fancheng and Xinye. There were no Jingzhou troops stationed outside these two places.

Therefore, the appearance of the army in Ping'an Town made the local people panic. Especially after they found out that it was the army from Nanjun, the fear of war caused many people to flee to Xiangyang City.

The 1 people were indeed Nanjun's army, led by military adviser Zhuge Liang and general Guan Yu. Although Liu Bei was still on his way back to Jiangling at this time, Zhuge Liang got the news that Jiangxia had sent troops, and he immediately realized that it was time to capture Xiangyang.

In the early morning, Zhuge Liang stood on a small hill and looked at Xiangyang from a distance. In late autumn, the morning mist was filled, and the mist flowed in the sky like a veil, making the sight unclear, but if you look closely, you can still see it vaguely. A little bit of the silhouette of Xiangyang City.

Of course Zhuge Liang was not looking at Xiangyang City, he was thinking about how to use the battle between Jiang Xia Army and Cao Army to gain the last fisherman's benefit and occupy Xiangyang City.

Xiangyang City is the most strategic city in Jingzhou. The ownership of Xiangyang City will be directly related to the change of Jingzhou's power structure. If the army of Nanjun captures Xiangyang City, Jingzhou's power structure will become dominated by them, and Jiang Xia will follow it. situation.

On the contrary, if Jiangxia's army captures Xiangyang City, then Jiangxia and Xiangyang will be connected as one, and they will lose the opportunity to go north, and thus be forced to develop to Jiaozhou and lose the qualification to compete in the Central Plains.

But judging from all the signs in front of them, their situation is not optimistic, and Zhuge Liang is not optimistic at all whether they can win Xiangyang.

"Does the military division think that Cao Jun will withdraw from Xiangyang?"

At some point, Guan Yu appeared next to Zhuge Liang. Guan Yu still had doubts about this young military adviser. He thought that Zhuge Liang had no combat experience. .

Moreover, Guan Yu was also dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's sending troops without the consent of his elder brother. Although the elder brother handed over all the general power to Zhuge Liang before he went to Jiangdong, in terms of power, Zhuge Liang could send troops, but Zhuge Liang had just arrived not long after all. He should know how to restrain himself. You should know how to use power with caution.

Therefore, Guan Yu has always been dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's decision to send troops. It was his joint opposition with Zhang Fei that forced Zhuge Liang's plan to send 1 troops to [-].

Zhuge Liang glanced back at Guan Yu, and said slowly: "I had expected Liu Jing's intention when he sent troops, and now it is becoming more and more obvious, that is to use the absolute advantage of the Jiangxia Navy to cut off the connection between the two sides of the Han River, thereby isolating Xiangyang. .

Didn't he start attacking Longzhong last night?This is obviously cutting off Cao Jun's westward retreat, but he doesn't seem to be in a hurry, and actually gave Cao Jun a chance overnight, Yun Chang, don't you see Liu Jing's intention? "

Guan Yu shook his head, "I'm not good at planning, so I don't understand his intentions."

Zhuge Liang laughed, "His intention is very simple, that is to force Cao Ren to leave Xiangyang. If Cao Jun's westward retreat is cut off prematurely, Cao Jun will only have one way to defend Xiangyang. Then Liu Jing will attack Xiangyang again, and he will pay for it." He should not be willing to pay such a heavy price.

If my judgment is not wrong, once Cao Ren retreats westward, the Jiangxia navy will immediately land from Xiangyang Wharf, demolish the bridge on Tanxi, and cut off Cao Jun's return to Xiangyang, and another Jiangxia army has already ambushed east of Xiangyang. "

Guan Yu was speechless for a long while, Zhuge Liang's analysis was a bit unbelievable, but reasonable, and after a long while, Guan Yu said: "If this is the case, then what should we do?"

"It's very simple. Once Cao Jun withdraws, Cai Mao will not be able to defend Xiangyang City. He has no other way out but surrender. If we don't give him a choice, he can only surrender to Liu Jing."

Having said that, Zhuge Liang sighed helplessly. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei don't hinder his plan and let him lead [-] troops to the expedition, then he can deploy calmly, and he is [-]% sure to capture Xiangyang City.

But now his strength is insufficient, as the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, his confidence in capturing Xiangyang City has been greatly reduced, and he can only take the next best thing, and get a share of the Jiangxia Army's capture of Xiangyang.

Of course, that was just his lowest attempt, and he still had to take capturing Xiangyang City as his mission.

"General Guan, let's do our best!"

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The sky is getting brighter, and the city of Xiangyang is still lifeless. The streets are empty, and no pedestrians can be seen. After fleeing several times, Xiangyang City has only [-]% of the population left in the city.

Shops were closed, businesses were in decline, every house was closed, people stopped going out, and even the government stopped operating because of the large number of officials fleeing, and the entire city was taken over by the army.

At present, there are [-] troops stationed in the city. In addition to the [-] Cao troops, there are also [-] Jingzhou troops stationed in the five military camps stationed in the city. Except for the northern camp where Cao troops are stationed, the remaining four camps are all Jingzhou troops. .

The flamboyance of the Jiangxia army's warships in the Han River has seriously affected the stability of the army, especially the helplessness of the Cao army, which exposed the weak side of the Cao army's navy, and made many generals of the Jingzhou army who were afraid of the Cao army and surrendered.

In the four camps stationed by the Jingzhou Army, in addition to Cai Zhong and Cai He each in charge of 5000 people, the other two camps were led by generals Zhang Qu and Huo Jun respectively. Zhang Qu was the brother of Zhang Yun's family and the son-in-law of the Cai family.

And Huo Jun is the younger brother of Huo Du, the general of Jingzhou. After Huo Du died of illness six years ago, his troops were handed over to his younger brother Huo Jun. He had an army of more than [-] people. He was originally the captain of Nanjun, and later belonged to Wang Wei. Pi general, stationed in Linju County.

During the Jingzhou split not long ago, Wang Wei led his army to surrender to Nanjun, but Huo Jun was unwilling to join Liu Bei, so he led his army back to Xiangyang. Currently, he leads 5000 people to station in Xiangyang City East Camp.

The so-called Dongdaying was originally a school ground, but it was temporarily turned into a military camp, covering an area of ​​tens of acres, and three hundred large tents were set up. In the main tent, the general Huo Jun was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. Huo Jun is about 30 years old this year and looks like He is tall and tall, with thin cheeks and a bright yellow complexion, which looks a bit like Wenpin.

Huo Jun was originally Liu Qi's supporter and one of Kuai Yue's confidantes. His family is inextricably linked with the Kuai family, and his mother is the daughter of the Kuai family.

Although Huo Jun supported Liu Qi, under the influence of Kuai Yue, he also gave up his support for Liu Qi. More importantly, Liu Qi has become Liu Bei's puppet, which made Huo Jun extremely disappointed.

He withdrew his troops back to Xiangyang to support Kuai Yue. Because of his existence, Cai Mao was somewhat afraid of Kuai Yue, but at this time Kuai Yue had gone to Xudu as an official, and Huo Jun lost his support.

Cao Cao made him a general of Cai Mao's department, and made him a Sima of another department, and he was ranked with Cai Zhong and Cai Heping. This made Huo Jun a little dissatisfied. Cao Cao obviously meant to discriminate against the Jingzhou Army. The military chief is one of the important generals in Jingzhou.

Now he is only appointed Sima of another department, half a rank lower than the captain, and he doesn't even have a title. Huo Jun also knows that this is because Cai Mao was appointed as a general of Zhonglang. Cai Mao can't get high, how can he be high He is deeply ashamed to rank him with Cai Zhong and Cai He.

The appearance of the Jiangxia warship also shocked Huo Jun. He suddenly realized that Cao Jun is not invincible. Liu Jing has the advantage of the navy. If he can unite with Jiangdong, he may not be defeated by Cao Cao. Huo Jun's heart began to waver stand up.

Just when he was hesitating in the big tent, there was a burst of laughter from the door of the big tent, "Why is Zhong Miao so uneasy, tell me and let me go into details for you!"

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