Seeing this, Pang Tong smiled and said, "Yiling is not so easy to go!" ”

"Looking at the size of the fleet, there should only be 5,000 people, and with Xi Zhen guarding there, it shouldn't pose a threat to Yiling." Pan Jun nodded and said.

In fact, the real strength of Jingzhou, in addition to the county soldiers in various places, the real soldiers are not 50,000, but 55,000.

Because Zhuge Liang attacked Xiangyang that year, he also got 5,000 Cao troops to surrender.

And the extra 5,000 soldiers and horses are now stationed in Yiling.

Although Pang Tong likes to use tricks, there are some things that have to be treated carefully.

Yiling is the only way to enter Yizhou, Pang Tong also left a way out for Jingzhou, if Jingzhou is lost, there is Yiling can be defended, so as not to involve Yizhou.

Pang Tong muttered: "Lu Meng should have found that Jiangling was not easy to attack, so he chose to take Yiling, completely cut off the connection between Yizhou and Jingzhou, and wanted to seize Jingzhou with time." ”

Zhang Bao groaned: "Fortunately, I went to Yiling, if I go north to Xiangyang, it will be troublesome." ”

"Huh!" After listening to Zhang Bao's words, Pang Tong smiled faintly and said: "It is impossible for them to go to Xiangyang, Jiangdong soldiers and horses come from the Yangtze River, and all the grain, grass and baggage are transported on the river, which is quite light."

If Lü Meng divided his troops to go to Xiangyang from the land, then the difficulty of transporting grain would be greatly increased, and the supply of grain, grass and baggage would not be available at all. Moreover, the lord has been in charge of Jingzhou for more than ten years, which is quite popular, if Lu Meng divides his troops to march from the land, it will be a lone army, and the heroes along the way will also cause trouble for him. ”

Zhang Bao smiled when he heard this: "That's good, they can't divide their troops to attack Xiangyang, and they can't take it over Yiling, so Lu Meng's plan will fall through." ”

Pang Tong nodded and said: "Yes, last time Yunchang was short of food there, I expected that Jiangdong would attack, and Jiangling might not be able to send grain, so he sent a large amount of grain and grass to Xiangyang, enough for his army to support for three or five months."

And the public security, Jiangling's grain and grass are enough to last for half a year, Jiangdong wants to fight a war of attrition, I'm afraid he can't consume it first! ”

Ling Tong led his troops away, but Lü Meng did not fully expect to be able to take Jingzhou by virtue of the war of attrition.

On the one hand, Lü Meng asked the soldiers and horses to build siege equipment, and on the other hand, he personally led the troops to the city.

"Where is Pan Jun and Pan Chengming?" Lu Meng came to the city and shouted at the city.

In Lu Meng's opinion, Pang Tong left Jiangling, and the master of the city should be Pan Jun. It is rumored that Guan Yu is usually a virtuous and slow man, and his relationship with Pan Jun is not very good, so he may be able to persuade Pan Jun to surrender.

Seeing Lu Meng leading his troops to come, Pang Tong stood behind and smiled lightly: "It seems that Lu Meng really thinks that I am not in Jiangling!" He came to you, it seems that he has ulterior motives. ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint him!" Pan Jun touched his nose when he heard this, his relationship with Guan Yu was indeed not very good, but he would not surrender to Jiangdong because of this.

Although Pan Jun finally surrendered to Jiangdong in history, it was only after Jingzhou was captured by Jiangdong, and it was Sun Quan himself who invited Pan Jun to surrender.

Don't say that the current Pan Jun will not surrender, that is, the historical Pan Jun will not surrender.

Pang Tong said with a smile: "If Lu Meng is here to persuade him to surrender, he doesn't have to be busy refusing, leaving a way back, maybe he can plan it." ”

"Hmm!" Pan Jun nodded, came to the city, and shouted at Lu Meng: "Lu Meng, my lord and Wu Hou are in an alliance, what is the reason for betraying the alliance and committing crimes against our state and county today?" Could it be that Jiangdong is full of treacherous people? ”

Hearing this, Lu Meng shouted: "Pan Chengming, the Ming people don't say dark words, now that Jingzhou is about to fall, I advise you to surrender quickly, so as not to suffer the people in the city, I heard that Guan Yu is at odds with you, and Liu Bei has not taken care of you, why do you have to work for them?" ”

Pan Jun at the head of the city was silent, and only after a while did he shout: "The lord treats me like a mountain, and I, Pan Jun, would rather die than surrender!" Gangneung City is solid, if you have the ability, you can take it! ”

"Hmph, I really don't know how to lift!" Lu Meng coldly urged the horse to leave, but no one noticed the smile on the corner of Lu Meng's mouth.

Previously, Lu Meng asked Pan Jun to surrender, but Pan Jun did not refuse a bite, and only refused after a short silence, which means that Pan Jun's surrender is promising.

After returning to the camp, General Dong Xi asked: "General, Pan Jun refuses to surrender, do we want to attack Jiangling?" ”

Lu Meng waved his hand and said: "No need, we don't have many soldiers and horses in Jiangdong, and there will be casualties in the strong attack, and now Gongji has led his troops to attack Yiling, as long as Yiling is taken, the connection between Jingzhou and Yizhou will be completely severed, and it is only a matter of time before Jingzhou is taken."

Let the brothers build engineering equipment and bombard Jiangling City with trebuchets, now Pang Tong has led the army to suppress Shamoke, and when the time comes, Pang Tong will lead the troops back, we will defeat Pang Tong, Pan Jun will surrender when he sees that there is no hope. ”

However, Lü Meng didn't know that now that Shamoke's rebellion had been put down, Liu Chan had already led his troops to Yiyang at this moment.

Liu Chan set off from Linyuan and went all the way down the river, but in three days, he arrived in Yiyang.

Lin Yuan led the cavalry along the river, advancing by land and water, and arrived at the same time.

On the Yiyang side, Mi Fang led 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the town, and Jiangdong led 5,000 troops led by Lu Su to confront Mi Fang here.

Although Lu Su was the governor of Jiangdong, he was not very good at using troops, but was good at managing the army and could see the situation clearly.

Lu Su led his troops in Yiyang, and the main purpose was not to take Yiyang, but to watch the soldiers and horses in Yiyang City, so as to prevent Mi Fang from leading his troops to save the public security.

Of course, Mi Fang may not have the courage to do so.

In addition to looking at Mi Fang's soldiers and horses, Lu Su also had another task.

Although Mi Fang is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, but the relationship with Guan Yu is not very good, Lu Su led troops to be stationed here, one is to watch Mi Fang, and the other is to persuade Mi Fang to surrender after Guan Yu's defeat, and then lead the troops to pacify the Jingnan region as soon as possible and stabilize Sun Quan's rule in Jingzhou, so as not to free up his hands when Liu Bei will recapture Jingzhou, and the Jingnan region will rebel in response to Liu Bei.

Outside Yiyang City, Jiangdong Military Camp.

"Report, Dudu, there are large ships in the upper reaches of the Yuanshui, and thousands of cavalry are also coming on the shore!"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Lu Su was studying the military book when a soldier suddenly rushed in.

"What?" Lu Su was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly put down the military book in his hand and walked out of the camp tent.

When he came to the gate of the camp, Lu Su could already vaguely see the boats on the river.

Chen Wu, the general who followed Lu Su, said: "General, they are all ordinary ships, and our warships can sink them as soon as they collide!" Let the brothers get on board quickly! ”

"No!" Lu Su stretched out his hand to stop Chen Wu: "They still have cavalry, if we get on the boat, the camp will be attacked by cavalry!" And there are still 5,000 soldiers and horses in this Yiyang City! ”

Chen Wu scratched his head and wondered: "It's really strange, where did the soldiers and horses come from here." Governor, what now? ”