The first general muttered: "The Shu army wants to build a return artillery to attack my Wancheng now, but how exactly do you plan to attack the city?" If you can think clearly about the strategy of the Shu army to attack the city, then it will be easier to hold Wancheng. ”

Niu Jin thought for a while and said: "Now my Wancheng, except for the east city wall, the rest of the city walls are three zhang high, and the return cannon cannot be destroyed at all.

Only the east wall, which was destroyed by Zhang Fei, was only one foot eight feet high. Therefore, if the Shu army and the Han army want to take Wancheng, they can only start from the eastern city wall. ”

Hu Zhen nodded and said: "Yes, the east city wall is too short, and the Shu army has built a return cannon, and its stones can be bombarded over the outer wall of the east gate to the inner wall."

I think he wants to destroy the eastern inner wall, so that our army can't stand on the top of the city against them. Then it was stormed from the east gate, and since the outer wall was only one foot eight, it was not difficult to attack.

However, between these two walls, there are also eight zhang wide, like a chasm, our army can prepare more oil, dry firewood, if the Han army comes to attack, then set fire to the gap between these two walls to block the Shu army. We have 30,000 soldiers and horses, as long as the soldiers are united, we will definitely be able to defend Wancheng. ”

The generals responded in unison: "Don't worry, the governor will swear to defend Wancheng to the death." ”

Hu Zhen guessed the direction of Liu Chan's attack, but did not guess the specific offensive strategy, generally when he is sick, he must prescribe the right medicine, and taking medicine indiscriminately will not only not cure the disease, but will lead to other serious consequences.

The same is true for the use of troops, knowing the enemy's movements and using troops can effectively make targeted decisions and defeat the enemy. If you don't understand the enemy's intentions, you can only make a decision, and you can only end up in defeat.

However, if Liu Chan wants to break through Wancheng, he will have to wait a few days. Because it will take a few days to prepare the return cannons, rolling stones, and sandbags.

On the Wancheng side, for the Wei army, it can be said that the mountains and rains are about to come, and the situation in Jiangxia County, Jingzhou on the other side, is also surging.

When Liu Bei led his troops to the northern expedition to Guanzhong, Jiangdong Sun Quan thought that there was an opportunity, so he sent Lü Meng to attack Jingzhou, not wanting to lose his wife and break his army, not only Lü Meng's soldiers were defeated and died, but tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were also forced to surrender.

Due to the fact that the world was divided into three points at that time, Cao Cao's strength was still the best in the world, out of strategic considerations, Liu Chan did not completely break with Sun Quan, but only created momentum within Jiangdong, causing a crisis in Sun Quan's status, and forcing Sun Quan to exchange Jiangxia County for a pawn.

In desperation, Sun Quan later ceded half of Jiangxia County to Liu Chan in exchange for the soldiers and horses lost in Jingzhou, in order to solve his crisis and avoid his status as the lord of Jiangdong from being guaranteed.

From then on, the huge Jiangxia County was divided into three, with Cao Wei occupying the north, Han occupying the west, and Jiangdong occupying the north.

The Han Dynasty obtained Jiangxia County, not only as simple as getting a piece of territory, but also because it was able to keep the enemy out of the country.

In the past, when Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou, it was easy to march into the hinterland of Jingzhou, and Chen soldiers and public security threatened the capital Jiangling, and if the garrison force was insufficient, Jingzhou might not be protected.

But since getting Jiangxia County, the Han soldiers and horses can directly guard the border Xiakou and defend the enemy outside the country, and Jiangdong has never threatened the safety of Jingzhou.

A month ago, Cao Rui learned the news of the loss of Fancheng and regretted not listening to Sima Yi's advice, so he urgently summoned Sima Yi to Beijing to discuss countermeasures.

After Sima Yi entered Beijing, he suggested that Cao Rui ask Jiangdong for help, unite Jiangdong to attack Jingzhou, and implement the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao in order to solve the danger of Nanyang.

Cao Rui naturally agreed, and immediately sent Jiang Ji as an envoy to Jiangdong for help.

Sun Quan also knows that now the Han Dynasty is strong, Jiangdong and Cao Wei are in a cold relationship, if Cao Wei loses Nanyang, there may be a danger of destroying the country, if Wei is destroyed, he Jiangdong can not protect himself.

So Sun Quan gladly accepted Cao Rui's request, with Lu Xun as the governor, and commanded 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Jingzhou.

At the same time, Wei was not idle, on the one hand, Cao Rui ordered Wen Ping, who was guarding Jiangxia, to respond to Lu Xun's actions, and mobilized 30,000 soldiers and horses from Hefei to Jiangxia to help.

Now, Lu Xun has led the soldiers and horses to Jiangxia County, and the soldiers and horses are currently stationed in Yi County.

Yi County is close to the Yangtze River, it is a waterway city, there are both water villages, there are also cities, go upstream, it is the Xiakou where the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty are stationed, it can be said to be the bridgehead of the Han army.

At the head of the city of Yi County, Lu Xun led the Jiangdong generals to look at the river in front of them, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

Suddenly, a soldier ran over and said to Lu Xun: "Governor, just now the scout came with the news that Wen Ping is almost in the county seat. ”

Although Lu Xun sent troops, the specific plan of action was not discussed with Wei, after all, this is a joint operation, and each cannot fight separately, discuss the battle plan, assign tasks, and maximize the strength, so that the probability of success can be higher.

Since this battle was related to the rise and fall of the Wei State, Wen Ping did not care about the dignity of a great country, and Lu Xun arrived in Yi County. He also rushed to Yi County in person to discuss the battle plan with Lu Xun.

Lu Xun nodded and said, "Get ready, come with me to meet General Wenpin!" ”

Lu Xun and the generals took off their armor and put on civilian clothes and came to the north of the city, the Jiangxia territory occupied by Cao Wei was in the north, and Wen Ping came from the north and wanted to enter the city from the north gate.

After waiting for a while, I heard the faint sound of horses' hooves in the north, and after a while, I saw more than a dozen horsemen galloping.

"Phew!" Wen Ping led dozens of followers to the city, pulled the reins, turned over and got off the horse.

Now the relationship between Cao Wei and Jiangdong is like that of Sun Liu during the Battle of Chibi, his lips are cold and his teeth are cold, but he doesn't dare to have any intrigue, so Wen Ping dared to lead a dozen horsemen to enter Jiangdong's territory.

Lu Xun stepped forward and saluted Wen Ping: "Lu Xun has seen General Wen, and when he said goodbye, the general's demeanor is still the same." ”

"I've seen Governor Lu." Wen Ping hurriedly returned the salute and said with a wry smile: "Where does the old man still have any style, he is already a man who is about to die, and he has half a foot in the coffin." ”

Wen Ping is the same age as Wei Yan, he is only in his fifties this year, but now Wei Guo is full of holes, he has worked hard, his hair has turned gray, and his face is wrinkled, and he looks old.

Lu Xun smiled, didn't say anything more on this topic, and stretched out his hand to ask Wen to enter the city: "The general has been tired all the way, please go into the city to rest first, and after dinner, he is discussing the use of troops." ”

"Lu Du Governor, please!"

When the group came to the city, Lu Xun had already ordered someone to prepare a meal, but because he had to discuss the use of troops later, he did not drink.

After eating and drinking, Lu Xun ordered people to remove the leftovers, carry the wooden frame with the map to the palace, and discuss with Wen Ping to use the army.