Legend of Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

Now that the three armies of the Wind Leopard Army, the Snow Mang Army, and the Tiger Dragon Army are combined to remove the soldiers and horses that need to be stationed in various parts of Yangzhou, the maximum number of troops that can be used is only 8. If this number exceeds this number, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no problems in Yangzhou. .

Li Jing looked directly at the sand table of Jingzhou terrain, looked at Su Lie and Wei Qing, and slowly proposed a plan that he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Now there are only 5 soldiers and horses guarding Jingzhou, and most of them are concentrated in Xiangyang City. Even if Chu State transfers the soldiers and horses from Jiaozhou, we will have to face at most [-] soldiers and horses. More importantly, But we don't have to take Xiangyang, we just need to turn Jingzhou upside down. Anyway, we can't let Chu take a good rest. So now we should contact Zhou Yu and Gan Ning first, and then the Xuankun Army The three water armies, Jinfan Army and Hujiao Army, quickly seized the land of Jiangxia and Nanjun after transporting troops by water, and divided Jingzhou into two parts, the north and the south. Rescue Xiangyang, and then we will go straight to Xiangyang with a large army. At least we must surround Xiangyang City to prevent it from sending troops out of the city, and let Xiang Yu in Nanyang mess up to create opportunities for General Yue and others. "

After hearing Li Jing's words, Su Lie, Wei Qing and Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up, and then they began to secretly calculate Li Jing's plan on the sand table.

After a while, it was Su Lie who finally agreed to Li Jing's plan, and then the [-] troops that could be mobilized in Yangzhou began to be mobilized.And that Zhou Yu and Gan Ning also got Li Jing's plan, and then the Xuankun Army, the Jinfan Army and the Hujiao Army that detoured into Jingzhou's waterway began to transport the soldiers of the Wind Leopard Army and Snow Python Army to Jingzhou by water territory.

Chapter 761 Encircling Xiangyang

Just do what you say, Li Jing, Su Lie, and Wei Qing are not people who like to procrastinate, so when they made up their plans, they started to act decisively, and Zhou Yu, Qi Jiguang, and Gan Ning also knew that the current speed was very difficult for Yan. Therefore, Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, and Qi Jiguang used their Xuankun Army, Hujiao Army, and Jinfan Army to transport troops desperately, and finally defeated the Wind Leopard Army and Snow Mang Army within half a month. All the soldiers and horses that can be used now have been transported outside Xiangyang City.

At this time, because Xiang Yu sent troops to Nanyang, a large number of troops were taken away from Xiangyang City at this time, so now there are only [-] soldiers and horses stationed in Xiangyang. , Xiang Lang and others have also discussed countermeasures, but because everyone has different opinions, they have not been able to come up with a suitable plan.

Of course, this is also because Fan Zeng, Kou Zhun and others thought that after the Yan army captured Yangzhou, they should devote part of their energy to pacify Yangzhou. After all, it is easy to capture Yangzhou, but it is not so simple to govern Yangzhou.But what Fan Zeng and others didn't expect was that Su Lie and others would be so decisive, that Su Lie and others would brazenly send troops when the situation in Yangzhou was not completely stable.

When the Xuankun Army, Hujiao Army, and Jinfan Army transported the first batch of Fengbao Army and Snow Mang Army soldiers outside Xiangyang City, the important officials of Chu State in Xiangyang City were shocked. Lian Po and Yao Qi also led their troops to attack, but they were defeated by Wei Qing. After leaving behind more than a thousand corpses, Lian Po and Yao Qi returned to Xiangyang City in despair.

Of course, this is not to say that Lian Po is inferior to Wei Qing, but Lian Po was obviously a little impatient when he led his troops out of the city to fight, and Wei Qing and others were prepared for such a situation at that time, Tian Ji, Tian Zaibiao, Tian Yu, Wei Yan and the others kept secret. They waited until the Chu army was caught in a fierce battle, Tian Ji, Tian Zaibiao, Tian Yu, Wei Yan and the others made a sudden move to end the battle as quickly as possible.If Lian Po hadn't made a decisive decision at that time, the [-] troops they led out of the city would have been surrounded and killed by the Yan army long ago.

And after Lian Po and Yao Qi went out to fight in the field and were defeated, the Chu army in Xiangyang never left the city again, and after discussions with Fan Zeng, Xiang Lang, Kou Zhun and others, it was because the Yan army had not yet When Xiangyang City was completely encircled, several elite cavalry were sent to Jingnan all the way, preparing to transfer the [-] Chu troops from Jiaozhou, and the other way was to Nanyang to pass the news to Xiang Yu.

And the leader of the [-] troops sent by the Chu army to Jiaozhou was the original leader of the Wuxi barbarians, and now the general of Chu State Sha Moke. After Sha Moke knew the situation in Xiangyang City, he immediately led The [-] troops under his command went north from Jiaozhou and passed through Jingnan to rescue Xiangyang.

However, for this situation, Su Lie and others were well prepared. Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou led the Hujiao Army to cooperate with Gan Ning's Jinfan Army to guard the waterway. Wan Chu's army blocked Jingnan and could not advance an inch.

Afterwards, apart from the Xuankun Army, Jinfan Army, and Hujiao Army, the Wind Leopard Army and the Snow Mang Army were in Jingzhou Prefecture, that is, 2 troops gathered outside Xiangyang, the capital of the Chu Kingdom. The army surrounded Xiangyang City, but even if Lian Po went out of the city and lost a battle, there were still more than 3 and nearly [-] Chu troops in Xiangyang City. The combined strength of the Snow Python Army is no more than [-] troops, so it is obviously unrealistic to want to capture Xiangyang City.

In the Yan Army camp outside Xiangyang City, Su Lie, Wei Qing, and Li Jing gathered together and began to discuss how to deal with Xiangyang City.

Li Jing looked at the Xiangyang sand table sent by Ming Jing, and said in a deep voice: "Now there are nearly 3 defenders in Xiangyang City, and our current Fengbao Army and Snow Python Army combined are no more than [-] troops, and there are many cavalry among them. , the Jinfan Army and Hujiao Army need to guard against the soldiers of Jingnan and Jiaozhou, and the Xuankun Army is also a navy army, so it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to capture Xiangyang City."

After hearing Li Jing's words, Su Lie and Wei Qing nodded in agreement.What Li Jing said now is indeed the truth, and more importantly, the weather has turned cold now. Although the Wind Leopard Army and the Snow Python Army have prepared a lot of supplies for the winter, it is still not an easy task to survive this winter The thing is, when winter comes, even if the Wind Leopard Army and the Snow Python Army can continue to surround Xiangyang City, they will not be able to launch any offensive against Xiangyang City. At that time, their siege will be somewhat meaningless.

But at this time, Li Jing's eyes were shining brightly, looking at the Xiangyang terrain sand table, he said in a deep voice: "However, our purpose is not to capture this Xiangyang City. Given the current situation of this Xiangyang City, there is no chance It is impossible to defeat the Wan Dajun. The [-] troops we have now can at most encircle Xiangyang City, and this still needs to be when we have enough food and grass. If there is not enough food and grass, I am afraid we can only withdraw our troops. gone."

Su Lie frowned, and said: "The problem of food and grass should be solved. Xuzhou Governor Xiao has already recovered Xuzhou these years. With Xuzhou's food production, it should not be a problem to supply our army. The loss during the transportation of grain and whether our grain road will be cut off by people."

Wei Qing said: "So we should do enough protection for the grain road. If the grain road is cut off and the food supply is not in time, then we can only retreat."

Both Su Lie and Li Jing nodded, and then Li Jing continued: "Our purpose this time is to suppress Xiangyang City, so that Xiang Yu in Nanyang will be in chaos and create opportunities for General Yue. Under the circumstances of the siege, that Xiang Yu will definitely lose an inch, even if the people around Xiang Yu know that we can't take Xiangyang City at all, but the tens of thousands of Chu soldiers may not all understand."

Su Lie said: "When I surrounded Xiangyang, I had already made an explanation of the situation here and our detailed plan and sent it to General Yue. I believe that General Yue should have received the information I sent. .”

Li Jingdao: "However, in order to make that Xiang Yu's army uneasy, we can't do nothing here because we can't attack Xiangyang City. At least we have to make some moves to attack Xiangyang City at any cost to make the Chu State civil and military in Xiangyang City Send more urgent reports to Xiang Yu, only in this way can General Yue have more opportunities."

In the end, Wei Qing said: "Okay, then let the Snow Python Army feign attack tomorrow, we managed to kill Xiangyang City, it's not justified if we don't fight."

While Su Lie, Li Jing, and Wei Qing were discussing actions against Xiangyang City, Fan Zeng and others in Xiangyang City also gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Fan Zeng looked at the many civil and military officials of the Chu State in front of him, and he sighed. The civil servants of the Chu State in Xiangyang City are not weak. Besides him, there are Xiang Lang, Pang Ji, Kou Zhun, Kuai Yue, and Kuai Yue. Liang, Yu Yunwen, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Gu Yong, Yi Ji and others.However, in terms of generals, since most of the generals of Chu State were taken away by Xiang Yu, it was a little insufficient. At this time, only Lian Po and Yao Qi were qualified and able to participate in this discussion.

As the most important person Xiang Yu stayed in Jingzhou, he was also the core figure in suppressing Jingzhou.Fan Zeng glanced around at this time, and said: "Chu is now facing the biggest crisis since the founding of the country. The Yan army has captured Yangzhou and is now approaching Xiangyang. I have written a letter to the king, and the king will definitely lead the army after seeing the letter. Returning to the aid, it will be difficult for the Yan army to persist at that time, but the difficulty for us now is how to continue until the king leads his troops back. General Lian, if the Yan army storms Xiangyang regardless of the cost, you are somewhat sure to hold it Xiangyang."

Lian Po cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Xiangyang is the number one strong city in our Great Chu. Judging from the current situation, if there is no chaos in Xiangyang, then we will have the confidence to defend Xiangyang."

Chapter 762 Xiang Yu Attacks

Fan Zeng breathed a sigh of relief when he got Lian Po's affirmative answer. What he is most afraid of now is that Lian Po will say that he will not be able to defend Xiangyang City.Fan Zeng is also a person who knows people. He knows that the current state of Chu wants to defend Xiangyang City, and only Lianpo can rely on it.As for Yao Qi, it's okay to let him charge forward, but in terms of defending the city, he is obviously far worse than Lian Po.

At this time, after hearing Lian Po give himself an affirmative answer, and the answer was also what he wanted, Fan Zeng turned his eyes away from Lian Po and Yao Qi, but he still did not forget to explain Lian Po and Yao Qi. Period: "General Lian, General Yao, I hope that the two of you can go all out this time. If Xiangyang City is destroyed, Chu State is not far from being destroyed. I don't want the two generals to become the sinners of our Chu State's demise." .”

After hearing Fan Zeng's words, Lian Po and Yao Qi immediately felt an extremely heavy burden on their shoulders. Then, Lian Po and Yao Qi saluted to Fan Zeng's position: "Don't worry, Fan Zeng, the two of us will definitely go all out this time to prevent the little thief from Yan Kingdom from stepping into Xiangyang City."

Lian Po and Yao Qi both talked about this, and Fan Zeng also knew that it would be pointless to persecute them now, so he turned his attention to many other civil servants of Chu State, among them Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and Gu Yong stayed on him for a long time.

"Everyone, it's not just the matter of General Lian and General Yao that defending Xiangyang City this time, I hope that you can also use your strengths in your respective positions to stabilize the situation in Xiangyang City, otherwise the Yan thief will have an opportunity. "

Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Gu Yong felt Fan Zeng's gaze, but they were all former ministers of Wu State, and the Gu family that Gu Yong belonged to was one of the four great families in Jiangdong, and they were now in Yangzhou. Under the situation of being occupied, it is inevitable for Fan Zeng to be more guarded against them.

It's just that although they knew all this in their hearts, when the thing really happened, Zhang Zhao and the others still felt a wave of distrust, and they still didn't feel very good.What made Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Gu Yong feel even more chilling at this time was that it wasn't just Fan Zeng who showed such an expression to them, but many other ministers of Chu State also looked at him suspiciously. The three of them, although these gazes were very covert, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and Gu Yong still felt them.

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In Nanyang Wancheng, when Xiang Yu received Fan Zeng's report about Xiangyang being besieged by the Yan army led by Su Lie, Wei Qing and others, that Xiang Yu almost fainted to the ground.If Zhuge Liang hadn't called the general Chinese doctor immediately when he saw the situation was not good, that Xiang Yu might have passed out.

However, although Xiang Yu hadn't passed out at this time, Xiang Yu, who was rescued by the doctor, had blood-red eyes at the moment. Looking at a pillar in front of him, he suddenly went berserk, pulled out his saber and slashed fiercely at the pillar. this pillar.It wasn't until the saber was broken under Xiang Yu's force that Xiang Yu came to his senses.

After waking up for a few minutes, Xiang Yu said: "Give me the order to withdraw the troops immediately and return to Xiangyang. I want these little thieves from the Yan Kingdom to know that the land of our Chu Kingdom is not so easy to enter, and neither is our big Chu Kingdom." They can surround them if they want."

Hearing Xiang Yu's words, Zhuge Liang felt that it was not good. After reading the request letter sent by Fan Zeng, he had a calculation in his heart, and he knew the current situation of Xiangyang City.And Zhuge Liang is not only amazing in governance and strategy, but also has the same ability to lead troops in battle, and his strategic vision is beyond ordinary people.After reading this information, Zhuge Liang had roughly calculated the current situation in Xiangyang City.

But when Zhuge Liang was thinking about the current situation in Xiangyang City, that Xiang Yu had already walked out of the room and began to send orders to gather generals.Seeing Xiang Yu's behavior at this time, Zhuge Liang knew that he couldn't stop Xiang Yu at all. After all, if Xiang Yu was in a normal state, he might still listen to his own words, but now Xiang Yu obviously can't listen to anyone's words. .

Although he didn't know the specific situation of Xiangyang City, Zhuge Liang instinctively felt that this was a conspiracy, a strategy set against Xiang Yu based on the situation calculated by Zhuge Liang relying on the information sent by Fan Zeng.It's a pity that the time was too short, and Xiang Yu didn't give Zhuge Liang more time to think, so Zhuge Liang didn't know what the specific situation of this strategy was at all.

And after Xiang Yu gathered almost all the generals in Wancheng, Zhuge Liang's heart moved, and he had a rough guess about the plan of Wei Qing and others.However, Zhuge Liang also sighed in his heart after enlightenment. Even if he knew this, it was impossible to persuade Xiang Yu to come back. Now Xiang Yu obviously couldn't hear his own words at all.

After many generals of the Chu army arrived, Xiang Yu said bluntly: "Everyone, this king has just received a message from Xiangyang that the two armies of the Fengbao Army of the Yan Army and the Snow Mang Army have assembled an army of [-] after they captured Yangzhou. The soldiers are besieging Xiangyang City, I just want to ask you a question here, are you willing to lead the troops back to Xiangyang with me, and drive out those Yan troops who entered Jingzhou."

"The final general is willing to follow the general back to rescue Xiangyang."

"These traitors from the Yan Kingdom dared to besiege Xiangyang. This time, I must let them know how powerful our Chu army is."

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As soon as Xiang Yu's words fell, many of his generals stood up and asked for a fight, expressing to Xiang Yu that they were willing to follow him back to Xiangyang.Seeing this scene, Zhuge Liang's brows were even more twisted together.

And just when Xiang Yu was about to start ordering his troops to return to Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang stood up, and the first sentence Zhuge Liang said when he stood up made Xiang Yu's complexion extremely ugly.

"Your Majesty, even though Xiangyang City is under siege, we still cannot return to assist Xiangyang immediately. The most important thing for us now is to deal with Yue Fei, and even if we want to return to Xiangyang, we must find a way to prevent Yue Fei from taking the next step south. Otherwise, if Yue Fei suddenly led his troops out on the way back to Xiangyang, with Li Cunxiao, Ran Min and many other generals leading the charge, I'm afraid our soldiers would not be able to resist."

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Xiang Yu was also full of anger, and said: "If this Yue Fei dares to come, then I will leave his life here. I want to see if he still has the courage to come."

Hearing Xiang Yu's words, Zhuge Liang just shook his head slightly, and said: "My lord, Xiangyang City must be saved, but before we rescue Xiangyang, we must ensure that Yue Fei cannot enter Nanyang or even if Yue Fei enters Nanyang, it is too late. Follow us."

When Xiang Yu heard Zhuge Liang's words, he also understood the key point, so he said, "Kong Ming, what should we do in your opinion?"

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and said: "In my humble opinion, we should lead an elite army to attack Yue Fei's camp. We must disrupt Yue Fei's camp, and then most of the troops will withdraw. If we want to pursue us, we must first quell the turmoil in the camp. By the time Yue Fei organizes his forces to pursue us, we will have already returned to Xiangyang."

Since it is impossible to prevent Xiang Yu from leading his troops back to Xiangyang, what Zhuge Liang has to do now is to minimize the harm of this matter.

Hearing Zhuge Liang's plan, Xiang Yu took a deep breath and said, "Okay, according to Kong Ming's opinion, but this time, this king will personally lead the Bawang cavalry to fight Yue Fei in the final battle, otherwise it will be someone else Going up will only be sending heads to Li Cunxiao and others."

When Xiang Yu said that he wanted to go out in person, Zhuge Liang didn't have much other expressions, he just bowed and said: "It should be so, and only the king's bravery can smash the Yan army's camp."

On the second day, Xiang Yu personally led [-] cavalry of the Chu army including Bawang cavalry, which was also the last cavalry of the Chu army, left Wancheng, and marched all the way towards the camp of the Yan army.