The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 583 582 The Burning Yangtze River (22)

There is confidence, and it is still a hundredfold confidence. Now most of the world is under Zhang Yan's control, only Jiangdong, Jingnan, and Xichuan are still in a state of separatism. In terms of Zhang Yan's current strength, if he attacks again If you don't go to Jiangdong and you can't destroy Sun Quan, then he can die.

However, Zhang Yan was not that arrogant and arrogant, because the moment he didn't see Sun Quan's head in person, he would never take it lightly.In history, when Cao Cao was in high spirits, he was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, and Guan Yu lost Jingzhou carelessly.

His main target this time is the four counties in Jingnan. Only by recovering the four counties in Jingnan first, solving Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and eliminating the worries of the future, can he wholeheartedly deal with Sun Quan, so that he can go all out, land and water, and take Jiangdong in one fell swoop. Destroy this great separatist force.

In the Junshan water village, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Li Tong and others went to gather all the sailors, and the guarding of the Junshan water village was handed over to Xu Huang's subordinates.

All the sailors boarded the boats, and the large and small boats were lined up neatly in Dongting Lake, so densely packed that you couldn't see the end at a glance.

All the warships were hung with orange-red "Han" military flags, fluttering in the wind on the flagpoles on the masts, and all the personnel were ready, only waiting for Zhang Yan's order.

In the very center of Dongting Lake, there is a huge ship docked. This ship is the largest ship in the entire navy. It has undergone some modifications on the basis of a building ship. From a distance, it looks like a ship standing on the water. Castle from above.

On the ship, in addition to the flag of the Han army, there is also the flag of the king of Yan flying. A dragon with teeth and claws is embroidered on the flag and is lifelike. When it swings in the wind, it seems to be alive.

Five people including Zhang Yan, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Sima Yi, and Yang Xiu were all on this ship, while Wei Yan led the navy officers and men of the headquarters at the front, and Li Tong was at the back. In addition, the ten ships led by Ma Jun, Followed closely behind Li Tong, more than 800 boats, large and small, started to set off after Zhang Yan's order, along Dongting Lake, all the way south, and turned into Xiangshui River via Miluo River , and then straight to Changsha.

Changsha is only more than 300 miles away from Dongting Lake. If you go by land, an army of 10 people will have to walk for two days. However, it is much faster to go by water than by land. If you set off in the morning, you can reach the city of Changsha in the evening.

However, in this operation, Zhang Yan's primary goal was not Changsha, but wanted to occupy Luo County first, rest there, and then send people to persuade Guan Yu to surrender. If Guan Yu did not surrender, it would not be too late to send troops to attack.This is called courtesy before soldiers.

However, according to Zhang Yan's understanding of Guan Yu's character, Guan Yu would definitely not surrender, so he was just making a show, not sincerely wanting to persuade Guan Yu to surrender.

The army set off in a mighty way, and Zhang Yan officially launched the attack on Jingnan. Hundreds of large and small warships, a hundred thousand troops, and powerful generals, it seems that Zhang Yan wants to swallow this time. Guan Yu, don't give him any respite.

While the warship was sailing, Zhang Yan was sitting in the cabin and writing a few letters on the table with his own handwriting. He called several Jin Yiwei, each handed them a letter, and then asked them to send the letters to each other. In the hands of Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Zhang He, Ma Chao and others.

Zhang Yan wanted to launch the most violent attack on Jiangdong after taking down the entire Jingzhou, so he mobilized elite soldiers and generals to the front line, and then wiped out Sun Quan in one go.

The brocade guards took letters and said goodbye to Zhang Yan one after another. These people were all scattered in the border areas of the Han Dynasty. After Zhang Yan solved Guan Yu and won the entire Jingzhou, he must take a rest. To mobilize the most powerful troops to the front line, such a toss, almost a month of idle time in the middle, within a month, even if they stretch out the most remote areas, they should be able to reach here.

The fleet braved the wind and waves, sailed all the way to Luo County.

At the same time, Guan Yu, who was in Changsha, was not idle.The news of Zhang Fei's defeat had already reached him, which annoyed Guan Yu very much. He blamed Zhang Fei for disobeying his own words and acting on his own initiative, only to ask for trouble.But angry, Guan Yu still sent someone to look for Zhang Fei, hoping to bring Zhang Fei to Changsha and fight side by side with him.

In addition, the troops of Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, and Ling Cao still hadn't arrived, which made Guan Yu even more worried.

After Zhang Fei's defeat happened, Guan Yu could no longer hold back his temper, and hurriedly sent people to Guangzhou to urge them.

Unexpectedly, the envoys had just left for an hour, and then came back, saying that the troops of Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, and Ling Cao had arrived, and they were still about [-] miles away from Linxiang City.

Therefore, Guan Yu led ten followers, rode war horses, and rushed out of the city to meet Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao and others.

In fact, the troops of Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, and Ling Cao had arrived in Changsha seven days ago, but because of Zhu Ran's interference, the troops of Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, and Ling Cao had stopped all the way, rested during the day, and set off at night After arriving in Changsha, they even hid in the mountains, just to make things difficult for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

When Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao and others heard that Zhang Fei was defeated by Zhang Yan's army in Wuling, they realized the seriousness of the problem. Although they were Zhu Ran's subordinates, they were even more important to Sun Quan. subordinates.

Because last time when they attacked Lingling and Wuling, Zhu Ran and Zhang Fei had a lot of friction, and Zhang Fei's letter to Sun Quan made Zhu Ran lose face, and was also criticized by his father Zhu Zhi. blame.Zhu Ran was young and energetic, how could he swallow this bad breath, and only then did he think of delaying time this time to make things difficult for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, Ling Cao, and Zhu Ran are both brothers and colleagues. When Zhu Ran proposed to make things difficult for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, they all agreed.

However, no one thought about the consequences of this incident. From Guangzhou to Changsha, the journey can take up to five days, but they walked for more than ten days.

Although these ten days were not too long, many things happened, enough to change the situation on the battlefield.

As soon as the news that Zhang Fei was defeated and his whereabouts were unknown reached the ears of Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, and Ling Cao, all three felt that they were to blame, so they resolutely showed up, led the army, and rushed to Lin Cao. Xiangcheng, go to join Guan Yu.

The three armies advanced rapidly. For more than ten days, they had been recharging their energy and energy. This move was indeed very fast.

Ling Cao led the army in the front, Pan Zhang in the middle, and Tan Xiong in the back. The three armies meandered forward. There were still more than ten miles away from Linxiang City. Ling Cao, who was walking in the front, saw more than ten soldiers. There were several cavalrymen standing in the middle of the road. One of them had a beautiful beard and long beard, red phoenix eyes, crouching silkworm eyebrows, a face like a jujube, and a pair of tiger eyes. It was Guan Yu.

"The whole army stops advancing!" Ling Cao raised the spear high, and at the same time reined in the horse, and pulled it to the side of the road.

And just as his voice fell, the soldiers behind him stopped in their tracks, and the voice of "the whole army stopped advancing" continued to pass backwards.

Ling Caochuo rode his gun, took a few steps forward, and cupped his hands at Guan Yu who was blocking his path, "May I ask you, are you General Guan Yu?"

Guan Yu nodded, clasped his fists at Ling Cao, and said, "It's Guan, I don't know how to call the general?"

"I'm under Ling Cao!" Ling Cao replied very politely.

"It turned out to be General Ling, disrespectful and disrespectful. When Guan heard that you were coming, he brought people to greet you. It was just that he had never met the three generals, so he came up with this bad plan and blocked the way. I hope General Ling will forgive you. Yes Why don't you see Generals Tan and Pan?" Guan Yu asked.

Although Ling Cao had never met Guan Yu before, he often heard people mention it. After seeing Guan Yu's appearance this time, he felt that this person should be Guan Yu, so he boldly asked.Facts have proved that he did not guess that it was Guan Yu standing in front of him.

"Oh, General Tan and General Pan are at the rear of the army. We walked all the way from Guangzhou. Because we are not familiar with the roads, we often get lost. In addition, because of the continuous rain and muddy roads, it was difficult for the army to walk, so we were delayed for a few days. Today, I still look forward to General Guan Haihan." Ling Cao said.

Guan Yu said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you can come. General Ling, this is not a place to talk. Guan is leading the way, and you follow us. When we get to Linxiang, let's talk to each other."

Ling Cao said, "It's time for General Laoguan."

After the simple greetings, Guan Yu turned his horse's head, walked in front of the team, and led Ling Cao and other troops to Linxiang City.

Ling Cao looked at Guan Yu's stalwart back, and heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it rained for several days in a row, so he just used this excuse to prevaricate, otherwise, he really didn't know what to say to him. Guan Yu explained how they delayed the military plane.

The army moved forward again, and after less than two miles, Pan Zhang and Tan Xiong rushed over from behind one after another, asking why Ling Cao stopped suddenly just now, and then left again.

Pointing to Guan Yu's back, Ling Cao told Pan Zhang and Tan Xiong the truth, saying that Guan Yu had come to greet them.

Pan Zhang and Tan Xiong hurriedly asked if Guan Yu blamed them for the delay of the military plane. Ling Cao shook his head and said no, not only did he not, he didn't even mention it.

So, Pan Zhang and Tan Xiong breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked side by side with Ling Cao, followed Guan Yu and the others, and walked slowly towards Linxiang City.

The troops led by Ling Cao, Pan Zhang, and Tan Xiong were not many. Each of them brought 1 troops. These 5000 troops were already the limit of the troops stationed in Guangzhou. Even the troops left under Zhu Ran , and only [-] people.

It can be seen from this that Sun Quan attached great importance to this support for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

However, how could Sun Quan, who was far away in Nanchang, know that his attention was delayed by others, and the consequences of this incident were even more serious...

(End of this chapter)