The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 572 571 The Burning Yangtze River (11)

Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

In the government office, Sima Yi was very busy. It stands to reason that three fires should be burned when a new official takes office. At the time, their families were not involved.

Sima Yi's magnanimity has won a good reputation both among officials and among the people.

In addition, Zhang Yan also gave Sima Yi the right to participate in the military. Zhang Yan sat in Xiangyang and gave orders to the soldiers and horses of the whole country. Tai Shici and Xu Huang also rushed to Jingzhou from Bingzhou with some soldiers and horses. Together with the army stationed in the camp outside Xiangyang City.

Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin, and Li Tong, who surrendered, were all appointed by Zhang Yan as the commander of the navy, and all the original [-] surrendered soldiers in Jingzhou were reorganized into a navy. The [-] sailors who had been captured in the Battle of Liu Biao were also handed over to Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong served as the commander of the navy, and Wei Yan, Wenpin, and Li Tong respectively served as the commanders of the navy. Deputy governor, as Huang Zhong's right-hand man.

In addition, Zhang Yan also specially selected Yang Xiu, the prefect of Yingchuan, to join the navy army.After the arrangement was completed, Zhang Yan began to make reasonable deployments. He asked Wenpin to lead the [-] elite navy troops to station in Xiazhi and take away all the troops in Xiazhi County. In addition, he also sent Tai Shici to lead A troop of soldiers and horses was stationed on the shore of Xiazhi County, echoing Wenpin's navy at a distance.

Then, Zhang Yan asked Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Li Tong to lead the remaining [-] soldiers from Jingzhou to Dongting Lake, where they trained the water army. Defense work.

Dongting Lake is located at the junction of the three counties of Nanjun, Changsha, and Wuling. It is the only place where the Yangtze River leads to the rest of the water system. The reason why they chose to train the navy here is mainly to play a role in the four counties of Jingnan. The deterrent effect, and the [-] trained navy will also be used in the battle against the four counties in Jingnan in the future.

Dongting is inhabited by the Naxiang, Zi, Yuan and Li Rivers in Hunan, and flows into the Yangtze River from Yueyang Chenglingji in the east in the north.But these are the descriptions of Dongting Lake by later generations, and now, Dongting Lake is not eight hundred miles away, and this is not a land of fish and rice.

Dongting Lake is located at the junction of the three counties. According to the geographical environment at that time, it should be in Changsha County, which is the junction of Changsha County and Nan County.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei occupied the four counties in Jingnan, and Zhang Yan responded immediately, that is, he must block the front of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's soldiers at the junction, and absolutely not allow them to cross the border.Nanjun is a place where money and food gather in the entire Jingzhou, and it is also a relatively wealthy place. After Zhang Yanping took over the three counties of Nanjun, Xiangyang, and Jiangxia, he will shoulder their responsibilities, and he will be responsible for protecting this place.

Therefore, after sending Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Li Tong and others to lead [-] Jingzhou troops to train in Dongting Lake, and Xu Huang was sent to garrison on the shore of Dongting Lake to prevent the enemy from harassing, they issued orders one after another, ordering Zhang Xiu Lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to garrison the Nanjun Public Security to prevent the enemy from attacking Nanjun from Wuling. As long as these passes are guarded, Jingnan's sneak attack can be prevented.

In addition, Zhang Yan also gave an order to Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, and Lu Meng who were stationed in Xunyang, asking them to keep a close eye on Chaisang on the other side and watch Zhou Yu's every move. Respond immediately, or attack, or defend, everything depends on the situation of the war.

In addition, Zhang Yan also specially sent people across the river to Jinling County to tell Zhao Yun and Lu Su that they should secretly rectify their troops, horses, ordnance, food and grass, and wait for his attack orders at any time.

After everything was arranged properly, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Li Tong and others led the [-] troops dispatched from the rest of the country, took boats, went down the river, and directly arrived at Dongting Lake, where they joined forces with the [-] troops stationed in Huarong. At the same time, a water army camp was built on a small island called Junshan in the center of Dongting Lake. In addition, ships and craftsmen were dispatched to build warships in Dongting Lake.

Xu Huang brought five thousand soldiers from his headquarters. Since they were all from the north, they would get seasick on a boat, so they could only go by land. As a result, they arrived two days later than Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Li Tong and others who took the water.

But no matter what, Xu Huang arrived as scheduled and set up a temporary camp by the Dongting Lake.Afterwards, Xu Huang took a few entourages around Dongting Lake and got to know the local topography.

Two days later, Xu Huang moved his army to an open space at the intersection of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River. After seeing the terrain himself, he felt that this location was very dangerous. It faced the river on one side, leaned against the mountains on the back, and overlooked Dongting in the front. Golden Osprey is a very important place, facing Junshan Mountain in the distance, facing the four rivers of Hunan Province in the south, and staring at the Yangtze River thousands of miles away in the north.

Xu Huang had a whim, and immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Yan. He wanted to build a city here, and hoped that Zhang Yan would approve it.

After the letter was dispatched, Xu Huang began to wait anxiously, but he was not idle while waiting. He thought that his proposal would definitely get Zhang Yan's approval, so he began to order his subordinates to do it every day. Carry stones up the mountain, then transport them to the barracks, and pile them together. In addition, they also go up the mountain to cut trees and dig trenches around the barracks. It seems that they are building fortifications, but they are actually building cities and preparing for them. .

After Zhang Yan received Xu Huang's letter, after reading it quickly, he fell into deep thought. Although he had never been to Jingnan, according to his familiarity with modern geography, the location Xu Huang mentioned should be the modern geography. Yueyang City.There is a well-known tower in Yueyang City, called Yueyang Tower, which is said to have been built in the Three Kingdoms period.It can be seen that at this time in the Three Kingdoms, this place is still barren.

Therefore, Zhang Yan immediately responded to Xu Huang's suggestion, agreeing that Xu Huang should build a city there, and named the new city Yueyang.

In addition, Zhang Yan asked Huo Jun, the prefect of Nanjun, to send someone to help Xu Huang build the city, but this time the city to be built was mainly military, so the prototype of Yueyang City was a military fortress.

After Huo Jun received Zhang Yan's order, he did not dare to neglect, and immediately dispatched a construction team consisting of 5 people, directly led by his confidant, and took the 5-person construction team to Yueyang officially to go Build Yueyang City.There are many craftsmen in this team, and there are also many civilians who do construction. It can be called a professional construction team.

The Han army arrived at Dongting Lake and the Gong'an area successively, and immediately attracted the attention of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, which also made Guan Yu a little at a loss.

Originally planned to attack Nanjun to steal money and food from Nanjun, but they didn't expect that they lost the opportunity to attack while waiting.

The Guangzhou reinforcements sent by Sun Quan to Jingnan have not yet arrived. Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, and Ling Cao are still on the way. If the reinforcements do not arrive, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will not have enough troops to fight. But now Han The army had already prepared an active defense, but it made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei feel that they had no way to start.Even if the reinforcements arrive, they may not be able to break through such a strong defense of the enemy.

However, there is good news that Zhang Xiu, the murderer of Liu Bei, is currently stationed at the Public Security Bureau with his troops, at least there is no need to go to great lengths to find him.

Zhang Fei was short-tempered. Since he came back from Changsha, he had been waiting in Wuling for almost half a month, but in the end he got nothing. The reinforcements didn't arrive, but the enemy troops came first.

So Zhang Fei sent someone to ask Guan Yu that he wanted to send troops to attack the police and kill Zhang Xiu, the murderer of Liu Beidao, hoping to get Guan Yu's aid.

In the end, Guan Yu refused Zhang Fei's attack, because Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Li Tong, Xu Huang and others had [-] troops in Dongting Lake. He could not take this risk, fearing that he had not killed Zhang Xiu , Changsha was captured by the enemy.

In addition, Guan Yu also told Zhang Fei that he must wait until the reinforcements from Guangzhou arrive, so that they can fight the enemy freely.

After Zhang Fei received Guan Yu's news, he felt helpless for a while. Seeing Zhang Xiu was in front of him, he couldn't do anything.He couldn't hold back his temper, so he invited Fazheng and Xiang Lang over and asked them for their opinions.

In the hall of the government office, Zhang Fei, Xiang Lang, and Fazheng were all sitting together. Zhang Fei talked eloquently, and informed Xiang Lang and Fazheng of the current situation, and then said: "The situation is like this. Gentlemen, I really can't wait any longer. I want to send troops now to kill Zhang Xiu and avenge my elder brother. But the second brother refuses to let me wait for the reinforcements from Guangzhou. I don't know if the two gentlemen can How can I win more with less and cut off Zhang Xiu's head in one battle?"

Fazheng said: "What's so difficult about this, Zhang Xiu's head can be brought to the ground with only a small skill. But, General, have you considered the consequences of doing so?"

"I killed the murderer who killed the eldest brother, what will happen?" Zhang Fei asked in confusion.

Fazheng said: "General, now it's General Guan's decision. General Guan asked General to stand still for a while, but General acted without authorization and sent troops to attack Zhang Xiu. Even if Zhang Xiu is killed, General Guan will not be able to hide his face. At that time, General Guan will definitely think that the general has violated military discipline, and maybe he will be punished!"

"Even if I have to be punished, I will kill Zhang Xiu, otherwise, I won't be able to eat or sleep." Zhang Fei said.

"Since this is the case, then Xiaozhi has a plan. The general might as well try to see if he can kill Zhang Xiu." Fazheng said.

"What's the trick? Tell me!" Zhang Fei said impatiently.

Fazheng put it close to Zhang Fei's ear and whispered a few words. After Zhang Fei heard it, he laughed loudly and said, "Sure enough, it's a good plan. Mr. is really extraordinary. No wonder Mr. Xiang respects Mr. so much." in every possible way."

"Small tricks are not worth mentioning. Whether it succeeds or not depends on whether Zhang Xiu will take the bait." Fazheng said.

"Zhang Xiu is just like me. He is an ordinary man. He will definitely not be able to see through such a trick, and he will definitely be hooked." Zhang Fei said.

"However, His Royal Highness King Yan is full of talented people. I'm afraid that there are resourceful people by Zhang Xiu's side. If this is the case, Zhang Xiu may not be fooled." Fazheng said.

"Then let's give it a try." Zhang Fei said excitedly.

(End of this chapter)