The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 232 Setting up an Ambush at Temple Ridge
Giving up on assisting Jiangxia and sticking to Xiangyang's defense line, it can be said that at the most critical moment, Yue Yue helped Liu Biao make the only correct decision.

To help Jiang Xia?

Don't say that he is facing an army of [-], Zhou Yu is in Wen, Zhao Yun is in Wu, even if he is facing an army of [-], the [-] to [-] troops he has cobbled together will definitely not be able to do it.

However, Liu Biao stood still in the rear, but it gave Zhou Yu and Zhao Yun room to toss around.

Soon, the scouts sent out by Zhou Yu continued to send information on the direction of Xiangyang in Jingzhou to Zhou Yu's hands. The troops in Xiangyang and Jingzhou were constantly gathering, but there was no sign of advancing troops, but they were moving towards Xiangyang. Gather in the direction and set up a formation on the border between Xiangyang and Jiangxia to strictly prevent the Xuzhou army from invading.

There was a smile on the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth. As he expected, Liu Biao was already panicked, completely panicked. He didn't even dare to rush to help Jiangxia. He only dared to gather his troops on the border of Xiangyang, lest even Xiangyang's troops would be eaten by him. .

However, if you station all the troops of Xiangyang and Jingzhou on the border of Xiangyang, wouldn't the other areas in the hinterland of Jingzhou be even more empty?Still don't let me to toss?
Zhou Yu smiled at Zhao Yun and said, "General Zilong, did you see that Liu Biao has given up so quickly, he didn't even dare to rush for help, he only dared to defend Xiangyang. If his army rushed forward, we would be surrounded by enemies, and it would be a crisis instead. Heavy, now without a road, we can let go of our hands and feet and turn Jingzhou upside down."

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Gongjin, even so, Jiangxia is an important place. I'm afraid Liu Bei and Cai Mao will not allow us to occupy Jiangxia. In my opinion, now that we have occupied Jiangxia, there is no need to attack Xiangyang again. Whether it's Cai Mao or Liu Bei who must return to the army for rescue, then we might as well set up an ambush on the spot and give them a hard blow!"

Zhou Yu was shocked, looked at Zhao Yun with a serious face, and said in a deep voice: "General Zilong's words awakened the dreamer, I just want to enter Xiangyang and drive Liu Biao out of Jingzhou in one fell swoop, but I am not strong enough, so I can only do it." The next best thing is to make waves as much as possible in the nine counties of Jingxiang, forcing Liu Bei and Cai Mao to withdraw, but they forgot to wait in Jiangxia, haha, as long as Liu Bei and Cai Mao dare to come back, let them come back! Zilong General, how do you think it should be deployed?"

Zhao Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Gong Jin, this is just an idea that came to me in a flash of inspiration. You asked me to make careful arrangements for an ambush, but I can't do it. I just charge forward and kill the enemy before the formation. , it is still up to you to strategize things..."

Zhou Yu was not impolite, and put his eyes on the map, pondering: "The best way is naturally to intercept on the Yangtze River, but we only have more than 3000 sailors left by General Bofu, and the force is too weak and insufficient. The safest way to encircle and annihilate our opponents on the Yangtze River is to wait for them to come ashore, lay an ambush on land, and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"

Zhao Yun asked: "Then Gongjin, where do we need to set up an ambush?"

Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Liu Bei is in Lujiang County, a little far away from Jiangxia, and there is the main force of the lord on the opposite side to restrain them. I am afraid that they will not be able to mobilize the main force to return to Jiangxia in a short time; it is Cai Mao and Wenpin. After all, Jiangxia is As the gate of Jingzhou, Liu Bei doesn't care who owns Jiang Xia, but Cai Mao and Wenpin don't dare to care about it. Without Jiang Xia, it means that they are already trapped in Huainan County. Once the reinforcements from Qingzhou and Xuzhou arrive, Cai Mao and Wenpin will Pin is besieged on all sides, then there is only one dead end, so Cai Mao and Wenpin will desperately return to Jiangxia and launch an attack on us, if we want to fight, we will fight Cai Mao and Wenpin!"

Zhou Yu touched the east side with his fingers and said, "It's right here! Miaoling, from the Yangtze River Ferry to Jiangxia City, this is the place to pass, surrounded by mountains, the terrain is dangerous, we only need to order two elites to guard the mountains on both sides, Prepare plenty of sulfur, flame nitrate, dry firewood, and when the Jingzhou army arrives, a thousand arrows will be fired, and all the Jingzhou army will be burned to death here!"

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "We also need to arrange for a cavalry to go around Miaoling and detour behind the Jingzhou army from the south. Once the Jingzhou army enters the ambush circle, we will cut off their rear, so that they will not be able to attack even if they put on wings. There is no way to escape!"

"Haha, that's it!"

Zhou Yu shouted: "Come here, immediately send an order to General Huang Gongfu. If Cai Maowenpin attacks the ferry, there is no need to defend to the death. He abandons the Yangtze River ferry and leads the army all the way back to Miaoling to lure the Jingzhou army. Guan Hai leads [-] infantry. , all lay in ambush on the mountains on both sides of Miaoling, pile up firewood and lay sulfur and kerosene on the side of the road in the middle, and once the Jingzhou army enters the ambush circle, shoot arrows immediately to prevent fire! Zilong, you lead the four thousand step elite to bypass Miaoling , Prepare to cut off the Jingzhou army's retreat!"

Zhou Yu passed orders one after another, and all the 3000 troops moved into action. Except for Cheng Pu who led 1 people to stay in Jiangxia, the other [-] troops were all deployed in the direction of Miaoling, waiting for the reinforcements from Cai Mao and Wenpin to arrive.

In just two or three days, Cai Mao received Huang Zu's request for help. Hearing that the Xuzhou army besieged Jiangxia City, Cai Mao and Wenpin almost fainted. In this small Huainan County, there are enemies on all sides, and sooner or later it is inevitable to escape the fate of defeat. How can an isolated city be defended?
How can the two of them have the mind to confront Guo Jia Gaochong now?

Cai Mao ordered Wenpin to lead [-] elite soldiers, and then he led the main force and ran all the way to the Yangtze River Ferry. In just two days, he arrived at the Yangtze River Ferry, collected boats and started crossing the river!
Whether it is Cai Mao or Wenpin, they are both generals in Jingzhou, and they are extremely proficient in water warfare. Even if Huang Gai wants to stop the [-] troops crossing the Yangtze River, it is very difficult, not to mention that now that Zhou Yu's order has arrived, abandon Guard the ferry and retreat towards Miaoling, attracting Cai Mao's Jingzhou reinforcements to Miaoling.

Huang Gai only persisted for half a day before abandoning the Yangtze River Ferry and retreating all the way to Jiangxia City!
Cai Mao was eager to help Jiangxia, and led an army of [-] to rush all the way to Miaoling. By noon the next day, he had arrived near Miaoling, less than [-] miles away from Jiangxia City.

Although Wenpin intends to send out cavalry to find out the reality ahead, he is directly rejected by Cai Mao!

"Now that we are so close to Jiangxia City, what is there to inquire about? Just let the army crush it. The two of us can't beat Gao Chong and Guo Fengxiao. Can't we help Zhao Zilong?"

(End of this chapter)