The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 595 The Great War Begins ([-])

In fact, there was no need for Lu Xun to send orders. Zhu Ran and Xu Sheng, who were guarding Wuchang and Liuyang, were already one step ahead of Lu Xun. They learned that the enemy had captured towns along the Xiangshui River and was rapidly advancing towards their garrisoned cities.

Two days later, Deng Ai's army first arrived near Wuchang City.At this time, Zhu Ran had already learned the news that Deng Ai led the army to come, and immediately ordered the mobilization of the whole city to step up combat preparations.Moreover, early the next morning, Zhu Ran personally led his army out of the city to confront Deng Ai's army.

However, the two sides have no motivation to fight now.Especially on Deng Ai's side, Zhang Fei almost completely adopted his combat suggestions. Of course, there is no need to fight Zhu Ran's army at this time.

So, miraculously, Deng Ai's army and Zhu Ran's army faced each other for a day, and then both sides took advantage of the darkness to withdraw their troops.

Zhu Ran was naturally surprised by the behavior of Deng Ai's army. After he returned, he began to think about it.In the end, we can only think that because Deng Ai is cautious by nature, he didn't attack his own troops on the first day because he needed to observe the enemy's situation before making preparations for attacking.

The next day, Zhu Ran led his army out to confront Deng Ai again, but Deng Ai still had no intention of attacking.The same was true on the third day.

After Lu Xun learned about Zhu Ran's strange situation, he also thought about it.He felt that Deng Ai's army first arrived at Zhu Ran's Wuchang City, which became a very prominent point of Zhang Fei's army.Moreover, Wuchang City is located in the middle of Xiajun and Liuyang. The reason why Deng Ai did not dare to attack Zhu Ranjun immediately was probably because he was afraid of being suddenly flanked by troops from Xiajun and Liuyang.

Therefore, Lu Xun suggested to Zhu Ran that he should wait until the armies of Zhang Fei and Zhang Bao arrived in Xiajun and Liuyang, and then see what kind of performance Deng Ai's army would have.

It should be said that Lu Xun's view is very reasonable in a general sense, and it completely grasped the enemy's psychology.It's just that the current war is completely different from the war that Lu Xun expected in his heart.

Another two days passed, and Zhang Fei's men finally arrived at Xiajun City at a relatively slow speed.Lu Xun immediately guarded the city and did not fight.

And Zhang Bao's army also rushed to the city of Liuyang on the same day.Since Zhang Bao had almost twice as many troops as Xu Sheng, Xu Sheng didn't dare to lead an army out of the city to meet the enemy like Zhu Ran did.

Zhang Bao's army immediately set up camp outside the city.

One thing I have to mention is that Liuyang and Wuchang are actually almost the same distance from the landing site of the Shu Han army on the east bank of the Xiangshui River.

However, although Zhang Bao's army was larger than Deng Ai's, why did it take nearly five days later to arrive at the battle site?
The reason is that Liu Yang's geography is different from Wu Chang's.There is a Liushui in the south of Liuyang, and Liuyang's is named after this river.

All the luggage of Zhang Bao's men and horses were transported through this Liushui.It takes a lot of effort to recruit ships, and then it takes time to ship and transport.However, this is obviously less labor-intensive.

What's more, Zhang Bao's army also took on a relatively large strategic mission this time.That is, Zhang Fei and Deng Ai can fight more symbolically, but Zhang Bao is about to launch a fierce attack on Liu Yangcheng, so that they can form a deterrent to Jiangdong people.

In fact, this can also give the enemy a false impression: the intention of Zhang Fei's army is to use the troops of Zhang Fei and Deng Ai to hold back the larger troops of Lu Xun and Zhu Ran, and let Zhang Bao's army The army first broke through Liuyang City with superior strength.This is the key breakthrough strategy.

However, this deceitful move designed by Huang Quan finally succeeded in fooling Lu Xun.However, this is only two or three days later.

Let's talk about the thing about the waterway for the luggage.After Zhang Fei's army captured Xiangtan, they built a large number of siege equipment there, many of which were even large-scale siege equipment, because they were about to start a series of fortified battles for the city.

Almost all of these large siege equipment were used by Zhang Bao's army in Xiazhai.If you go by land, you don't know how to ship it.That's why Zhang Bao would rather spend more time to let the luggage go by land and water.

Nothing happened that night.

At three o'clock the next day, Zhang Fei's camp was already busy, and the soldiers had already started to get up and bury the pot for cooking.

At the fourth watch, Zhang Bao led 6000 troops to set off in the direction of Liuyang City.

At five o'clock, the sky had already begun to light up, and Zhang Bao's troops had been allocated.

When it was dawn and the sun rose from the horizon, under Zhang Bao's order, his troops began to surround Liuyang City on both sides.They only left the south side by the water, and the east city wall of Jiangdong mainland not surrounded.

This is because, because the south of Liuyang City is close to Liushui, the army cannot spread out.Instead of blocking the east side of Liuyang City, it is to implement the "strategy of encircling three queries and one".

Xu Sheng didn't go down to the top of the city all night.

At this moment, Xu Sheng stood quietly on the wall in the west of the city, watching the enemy army approach.This will be the main direction of Zhang Bao's attack.

Facing the slightly cool breeze in the morning, Xu Sheng felt his spirit clear up a lot.He has a mighty figure, a majestic appearance, and he is wearing a golden armor, which is really extraordinary.

Xu Sheng is very calm now, and he can even be said to be full of confidence, because his troops have been preparing for today's battle for a long time.

Seeing Zhang Bao's army approaching step by step, Xu Sheng raised his right hand high, and suddenly shouted: "All archers shoot arrows!"

When Zhang Bao's men came 200 meters away, Xu Sheng's right hand hadn't landed, and when Zhang Bao's men entered a distance of about 150 meters, Xu Sheng shouted loudly: "Four salvos, let go! arrow!"

Suddenly, countless black arrows shot up to the sky along the direction of the sunlight, and then fell heavily into Zhang Bao's men and horses.

The battle in the west of the city began, and Zhang Bao's troops in the north of the city also began to attack.

Thus, Liu Yangcheng's offensive and defensive battle officially began.

(End of this chapter)