Huang Gai was defeated by Cao Ren and had to retreat to Changsha to lick his wounds. And Jiangxia Chengpu was blocked by Li Tong, because he couldn't join forces with Huang Gai, and heard that Huang Gai was defeated. I was afraid that I was calculating for Cao Ren, so I also retreated to Xiakou to inquire about the news and wait for Zhou Yu's arrival.

Zhou Yu raised an army of 20,000 and went up the river. Xiahou Yuan was in Yuzhou, and he also moved when he heard the wind and raised troops out of the Lujiang River. However, it stopped at the border of the Lujiang River.

He also took a big risk. The Lujiang River is adjacent to the Jiujiang River, and the ghost knows if the plague has spread. As a last resort, he was absolutely unwilling to step into the Lujiang River. It's just that in order to deal with Cao Ren in Nanjun and contain the reinforcements from Yangzhou, he can only put on such a posture.

However, Zhou Yu ignored Xiahou Yuan at all. Jingzhou is the urgent need at the moment, if you want to come to Lujiang, let Lujiang Taishou deal with you. He was ordered to go to Jingzhou, and Sun Ce would deal with Yangzhou.

Zhou Yu didn't care, but Sun Quan had to ask. "Cao Jun invaded my Lujiang border, why didn't Gong Jin ask?"

Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Quan, the second eldest of the Sun family. In Zhou Yu's impression, Sun Quan has an introverted personality and is invisible, compared to the irritable personality of Sun Yi, the third elder of the Sun family, but he doesn't know how strong he is. Zhou Yu said: "Xiahou raised troops to come to Lujiang, not here, but to prevent me from entering Jingzhou." If it really moves, it should make the Nanyang army attack Jiangxia. This is a gesture, just ignore it. ”

Sure enough, Xiahou Yuan saw that he couldn't frighten Zhou Yu, so he led the army to retreat. He received Cao Cao's letter and knew that the current focus of the campaign was Jingzhou, and it was not yet time to make a full turn with Yangzhou, and now Yangzhou, where the epidemic was rampant, was also a huge pit. He didn't want to lead the army into Yangzhou.

When Sun Quan saw Zhou Yu's words, he was impressed in his heart, and his secret brother once said that Zhou Gongjin and Lu Zi were talented in respecting the world, and it was so.

Zhou Yu traveled all the way to Jiangxia, and Cheng Pu caught him and talked about the previous war. Zhou Yu listened, sighed for a while, and said: "Cao Ying has a strategist here, I don't know if it is Cheng Zhongde, or Guo Feng Xiaohu?" ”

So he inquired, and before long, the news came. Sure enough, it was Guo Jia who came here with the army to draw a military plane for Cao Renzan. Zhou Yu listened, and secretly said that Guo Fengxiao was Cao Cao's right-hand man, and now he came here, which shows Cao Cao's heart for Jingzhou. But don't be careless.

Cao Ren also received the news of the arrival of Zhou Yu's reinforcements, so he hurriedly asked Guo Jia to discuss. After Guo Jia arrived, he said with a smile: "Why should Zixiao be worried, half of the victories in Jingzhou are in me, and there are victories in Yuzhou." Why are you afraid of Yangzhou soldiers and horses? ”

Cao Ren thought about it, Nanyang and Nanjun surrounded the entire Jiangxia. And there is no need to worry about Wuling, Changsha Huanggai has already suffered defeat again, as long as he defeats the Jiangxia soldiers and horses in one go. Jingzhou is at your fingertips. As for defeat, will it lose? Cao Ren didn't think about it at all. As a general of the unified army, he has always had the confidence to win.

Of course, Guo Jia didn't think so. Strategically contemptuous, tactical attention. Since ancient times, there have been countless examples of winning more with less. It is not uncommon for a boat to capsize in the gutter when there are many people. To be really arrogant is to be really stupid. Guo Jia naturally would not make such a low-level mistake. So he ordered someone to collect information, and there was information about Yangzhou soldiers and horses and Zhou Yu, which he studied thoroughly.

After Zhou Yu came, he didn't act rashly, both sides were holding back their strength, their eyes wide, looking for the enemy's flaws. Fighting a war is not a game, it is a death. There is really no need to fight each other without the certainty of victory.

The generals on both sides were secretly preparing, and Yu Ban also sped up.

He didn't plan to capture the entire Wuling Tomb. As long as the counties around Hanshou are controlled, the flank of the southern county will be safeguarded. As for the county seat further afield. When the war is over, it is natural for those officials to do something. In this world, where is there a city and a county fighting for hegemony. It's nothing more than occupying a vital place, and then the wall-riding factions everywhere will choose the victorious side to take refuge.

The capture of Hanshou can not only protect Nanjun, but also monitor Changsha. Kill two birds with one stone. It's just that Hanshou Jiancheng, in a hurry, Yu Ban can't attack it. What's more, Wuling Taishou transferred heavy troops to defend here before.

It is naturally useless to persuade him to surrender, and those who can defend a county are not Sun Jian's die-hard loyalists, and they are not far from ten. Yu Ban for a while, he shouted and submitted a book, but there was no reaction at all. Above the city, the army was dense, and the swords and guns were like a forest. Put up this battle, the meaning is obvious, if you want Hanshou City, you come to fight me!

Yu Ban originally wanted to besiege Hanshou City to death. But thinking about his military rations, I'm afraid that they can't consume Hanshou City. In desperation, he had to order the siege of the city.

Siege is a very cruel technical job, you have to use human life to constantly test the weakness of the defender. Then adjust the rhythm and means of siege to carry out targeted attacks.

The defenders did everything they could, using all means, to deal with the blows of the besieging side. Overall, the defenders undoubtedly have an advantage over the besieging side. A thick city wall, behind the fathers and relatives, is their solid support.

Yu Ban commanded his soldiers to attack the city, and watched the arrows above and below the city rain. For now, Hanshou City has no flaws, but he believes that it is only a matter of time.

As long as people are defending, mistakes are made. He was calm and patient enough to wait for that mistake to happen. As for the dead and wounded. One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither. Although they were all soldiers trained by him personally, he had to give up ruthlessly for the sake of his merits.

Yu Ban commanded Cao's army, attacked for several days, and could not take the city. Seeing that the soldiers had suffered a lot of losses, he ordered the troops to be collected and stopped for a day. The defenders of the city were also weary and dying. As soon as Cao Jun retreated, they even looked so weak to cheer.

Wuling has been peaceful for many years, and Yangzhou soldiers and horses have always been strong in water warfare and weak in land warfare. The slightly stronger soldiers and horses were either directly controlled by Sun Ce, or in the hands of the veterans of the fathers. In this place of Wuling, there are very powerful armor soldiers?

This was suddenly beaten by the tiger and wolf led by Yu Ban, which was really a bit unbearable.

After Yu Ban retreated, he thought deeply, do you really want to decide to flood Hanshou? He made a plan in his heart, and he made people go to the water and observe the terrain. Yuanshui flows from west to east, flows through Linyuan, Hanshou, and finally flows into Yunmengze. Yu Ban didn't want to use this method, but Hanshou soldiers and horses insisted on not surrendering. And he waved his army to attack the city for days. The battle of Jingzhou was imminent, and he didn't want to spend too much time in Wuling. The Jiangxia battlefield is where he can show his skills.

In that case, the embankment had to be broken. Hanshou City was destroyed, and it will be rebuilt in the future. In the past few days, Cao's army has not attacked the city, and Hanshou City sent a detailed envoy to investigate the movement.

Before long, the news reached the city, and Yan Cao's army built an embankment to stop the water in the upper reaches of the Yuanshui. In the city, from the Wuling Taishou downward, the civil and military attachés, after reacting, they were all cold, and the souls of the dead were rising. How vicious Cao Jiang is! This is to bury the life of Hanshou City with it!