I chose to take this place because I wanted to completely cut off the Cao army's path of retreat in Jiangling City, as well as the reinforcements from Xiangyang.
Therefore, I asked Yi De to quickly take down Dangyang.”Liu Bei pointed at the location of Dangyang on the map and explained to everyone why Zhang Fei had taken down Dangyang.
When Zhou Yu was besieging Jiangling, he had also sent troops to take down Dangyang. However, Dangyang's general, Man Chong, was not an ordinary person. He led 3,000 troops to defend Dangyang. The Jiangdong army did not have an advantage, so they retreated.
Seeing that Dangyang was safe and that Jiangling was under siege, Cao Ren repeatedly ordered Man Chong to lead troops to reinforce Dangyang. Man Chong could not refuse and had to lead 2,000 troops to join Li Tong. They defeated Guan Yu outside Dangyang City and entered Jiangling.
"This city must not be lost." Liu Bei looked at the young Huo Jun. Huo Jun had once been a general under Liu Biao, and then he had led his troops to join Liu Bei.
"Zhongmiao, go and guard this city." Liu Bei said to Huo Jun.
Huo Jun stepped forward to receive the order. Zhang Fei said,"I've left you a thousand men and two months 'worth of rations in the city. You can defend until the war ends.
Do you understand?"
"This subordinate will defend this city with his life.”Huo Jun said.
"Let's go now." Liu Bei said.
"Lei Xu, Fu Tong." Liu Bei looked at the two.
Lei Xu was born in the wilderness and had been fighting against the Cao and Jiang Dong armies in Lu River. Although he was only thirty years old, his appearance had experienced many vicissitudes.
Fu Tong looked much better in comparison. She was a young man in her early twenties and was full of energy.
"Lei Xu, take a thousand men to take down Yiling. Right now, Yiling should be defenseless.”
"Here."
"Fu Tong, lead 1,000 men and station at Jinxiang Ferry. Patrol the surrounding 100 li day and night.”
"Here."
"Send my orders to the navy to enter the Han River and patrol day and night to cut off the Cao army's supply routes.”Liu Bei said again.
The scribes were at the side and immediately wrote down Liu Bei's orders on bamboo slips, which were sent to the navy by scouts.
The navy only had the name 'navy' now. There were only a few dozen ships, and it was not an exaggeration to describe them as pitiful. However, now that the war was approaching, although the navy was small, they had to go on the battlefield.
"The rest of the generals are at your disposal.”Liu Bei said.
"Here."
After receiving the order, the generals left one after another.
After everyone had left, Guan Yu turned to Liu Bei and said,""Big brother, can we really take down Jiangling?”
"As long as the generals work together and risk their lives, we will definitely be able to take Jiangling."”
"Does big brother still have a backup plan?" Guan Yu asked worriedly.
The current situation could be seen by those who understood. Although Liu Bei had mobilized nearly 20,000 men to attack Jiangling, it was still a small matter in the eyes of those who understood. With Liu Bei's current strength, it would be very difficult for him to take down Jiangling.
Guan Yu couldn't help but worry that the family fortune he had painstakingly accumulated might be lost this time.
"Second brother, there is a backup plan, but we can't reveal it yet.
I need you to do something." Liu Bei said to Guan Yu.
Zhang Fei, who had pulled his neck over to listen to what was going to happen next, could not help but pat his thigh and say,"Big brother, why are you still learning from that Mister Kong Ming and like to keep us in suspense? Don't tell me we don't know what he's up to?”
Liu Bei thought to himself, I can't tell you. Ah Dou said that there would be a time when a dragon would rise and Jiangling would fall?
If he said this, people would probably laugh at Liu Bei for being an idiot.
Liu Bei himself was still doubtful about this matter, but when he thought of what Liu Chan had done during this period of time, Liu Bei chose to believe it.
Only Liu Bei himself knew the mental torment he felt when he made this decision.
"You'll know when the time comes.
Second brother, take five thousand soldiers to surround Xiangyang.”Liu Bei said to Guan Yu.
Even Guan Yu, who could remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, revealed a surprised expression.
What was going on?
Liu Chan yawned at the side and was stunned.
There was no such plan to besiege Xiangyang?
Xiangyang was the capital city of Jingzhou and also the capital city of Nanyang County. Liu Biao had been managing this city for more than ten years. The city walls were high and hard to climb. After Liu Biao became the governor of Jingzhou and swept Jingzhou, he saw the world in chaos. In order to protect his small piece of land, he increased the height of Xiangyang City and reinforced it. The current walls of Xiangyang were even higher and stronger than the walls of Jiangling.
Guan Yu's northern expedition to Xiangfan had also bypassed Xiangyang City and attacked Fancheng, which was separated from Xiangyang by a river. He did not even touch Xiangyang because this city was too difficult to take down.
Five thousand men, and they were risking tens of thousands of Cao Cao reinforcements to attack Xiangyang. Wasn't this courting death?
"Big brother?" Guan Yu called out in confusion.
Liu Bei laughed." Surrounded but not attacked. They set up camp outside the city, making it look like we're going to attack Xiangyang."”
"I understand." Guan Yu's military knowledge was probably second only to Liu Bei's. As for the difference between Guan Yu and the others, they were at least one step behind Liu Bei. If he said it clearly, it meant that he really understood.
"Using the method of besieging Xiangyang to delay the reinforcements sent by Cao Cao and reduce the pressure on us to attack Jiangling? However, Father, have you thought about it? If this is the case, Cao Cao will definitely send out even more forces to support Jing Zhou.
We might be able to fight the Battle of Red Cliff again.”This was going too far. Liu Chan didn't want to go that far.
Cao Cao was now an absolute colossus. If he was determined to fight Liu Bei to the death, Liu Bei had no chance of winning.
……
After fighting Jiangling for such a long time, Liu Bei continued to fight. Cao Cao must have thought of giving up Jiangling. He might be drinking chicken rib soup while looking at the consumption of grain and baggage in the past ten months. He was thinking of letting Jiangling go and letting Liu Bei and Jiangdong fight each other. Just as he thought of this, someone ran over and reported that Guan Yu had surrounded Xiangyang.
How was Cao Cao at this time? He threw the bowl of chicken rib soup on the ground and shouted," We can't lose Xiangyang. Send me more troops…No, I want to personally lead the army to go out and wipe out the big-eared bandits.
If Cao Cao went south again, he would lose face as the Prime Minister of the Great Han Dynasty if he did not have 100,000 soldiers.
Facing Cao Cao's army, no one could stop them.
Liu Chan could be a prisoner in advance.
Liu Chan was really anxious this time. He did not expect Liu Bei to dare to play such a big game.
"Don't worry.
Trust your second uncle." Liu Bei consoled.
Guan Yu had already closed his eyes to rest.
Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and the others whispered to each other. They obviously didn't agree with such a risky move.
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