Listening to Lu Xun's strategy, Wen Ping couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It is possible to forcibly bypass the defense of the Han army in Xiakou and enter the Han River, but the boat is too small, and a boat can carry three or five people at most, assuming that a boat can seat five people and carry 10,000 horses, it will take two thousand boats.

There are ships in Jiangdong, so there is no need to worry about this, but with such a large number of ships sailing on the river, even if Lu Xun can hide Ma Jian from the ferry at night and reach the Han River, he can't hide it.

A small number of ships can pass through the customs by impersonating traders, but a large number of ships cannot.

Although there are not many soldiers and horses on the Han River, they must have the ability to notify the interior of Jingzhou, so that even if they can successfully kill Fancheng and take Fancheng, after taking Fancheng, what awaits him will be endless pursuit, encirclement and interception of soldiers and horses.

To put it bluntly, it is easy to kill Fancheng, but it is difficult to go back, this trip can be said to be dead and alive, and it is completely to take your life to relieve the siege of Nanyang.

But the probability of success of this strategy is very large, because Guan Yu has not recovered from his illness, and he stays in Fancheng to recuperate, if he can threaten Fancheng, it is not only as simple as cutting off Liu Chan's grain route, but also being able to take Guan Yu.

Guan Yu is a great general of the Great Han, if he dies in battle, the Great Han will definitely shake the hearts of the army, and when the time comes, Liu Chan is worried about Guan Yu's safety, and he will definitely lead his troops back to help!

The strategy was proposed by Lu Xun, and he naturally knew that this plan was a life of nine deaths, so he was unwilling to take risks, meaning to let Wen Ping go.

After being silent for a long time, Wen Ping clenched his fists and said to Lu Xun: "Attacking Jiangxia to save Zhao from Wei is too slow, if you want to solve the danger of Nanyang, you can only be dangerous, and win with a trick, so I will lead the troops!"

I immediately returned to Jiangxia, led 10,000 troops to the Hanshui River to wait for the governor, and asked the governor to send a ship to the shore at that time. ”

"Don't worry, general, these will be in order!" Lu Xun said, bowing to Wen Ping, today's goodbye is likely to be the last time the two will meet.

"I'm going to go somewhere!" Lu Xun arched his hand to Lu Xun and the Jiangdong generals, turned around and left.

After Wen Ping left, Lu Xun said to the generals: "Wait for you to prepare the warship as soon as possible, and prepare to take another 2,500 boats, and in two days, the troops will send to Xiakou!" ”

Yi County is the forward position of Jiangdong, if the Han army goes down the river, the first thing to attack is Yi County, in order to guard against the Han army, so Yi County has sufficient warship reserves, Lou ship this kind of large warship in more than ten, fighting ships, hazy rushing, walking is even more uncountable.

The next day, Lu Xun led 50,000 soldiers and horses to Jiangxia.

In addition to the great warships that the soldiers were riding, there were also small boats tied with ropes behind the warships, adding up to more than 2,000.

Yixian is also two hundred miles away from Jiangxia waterway, and it is also upstream, fortunately, the soldiers can take the boat, as long as they struggle to shake the oars, the speed can go up, it took two days, Lu Xun soldiers came to Xiakou.

Lu Xun was familiar with Xiakou, and when he landed at a boundary twenty miles downstream from Xiakou, Lu Xun ordered people to set up camp and build a water and land camp.

Xiakou, named because it is located at the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River, Xiakou City is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the south bank of the Han River, in front of the endless Yangtze River, and the north is the Han River that flows into the Yangtze River.

The Han army also had several years to get Xiakou, and Ma Tan sat in Xiakou for many years, running Xiakou like a fortress.

At the head of the city in Xiakou, Ma Tan stood at the head of the city, looking at the water village on the river outside the city.

The defense of Xiakou is divided into three points, the first is naturally located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Xiakou City, in addition, there are two water villages, one is built on the Yangtze River, which is to prevent Jiangdong soldiers and horses from entering Jingzhou along the Yangtze River.

Another water village was built on the Han River, which was to prevent the enemy from entering the Han River and killing Xiangfan from the Han River.

Three points of one city and two villages form a corner of each other, and together form the defense line of Xiakou.

The Yangtze River is the largest river in the Han Dynasty, and the Han River is a major branch of the Yangtze River.

Lishui Village is on the river, can only be built in the shallow water area, can not cover the entire river surface, deep water area is not able to stand on the river, because the water is too deep, can not stand on the river pillars at all.

Water villages can generally only cover a small half of the river, but the other half of the river cannot be built, what if the enemy rushes through these places?

Fortunately, the wisdom of the ancients is endless, they arranged hidden piles underwater, and even destroyed the warship, sinking it to the bottom of the river, generally large warships, the large draft of the ship is deeper, if you pass through these areas, you will be blocked by the hidden piles at the bottom of the river, the shipwreck, can not continue to move forward, often heard that some ships will run aground when they go to sea, and this is the same reason.

Therefore, the surface of the river is empty and calm, but if you dare to drive the boat over, you must be blocked by the hidden piles in the river, if the boat is stranded, you can't advance or retreat, people are trapped on the boat, and the end can only be a dead end.

It's just that on this kind of river, the big boat can't drive through, but it can't prevent the small boat, because the small boat has a shallow draft and can't touch the hidden pile at the bottom of the river.

However, generally speaking, it does not matter if this kind of small boat passes, because the ship is small, and there are not many soldiers and horses, and secondly, the small boat is afraid of the big ship, if the small boat is sent over, only a few large ships can easily sink it.

Ma Tan looked at the city for a long time, and a general on the side couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "General, what are you looking at?" ”

Ma Jian retracted his gaze and glanced at the general: "The undercurrent is surging, the waves are turbulent!" ”

"Choppy?" The general looked at the surface of the river, scratched his scalp, the sky was blue, like washing, there was no wind in the air, the river was calm and waveless, why was it turbulent?

The general caught up with Ma Jian and said to Ma Tan: "General, just now the scout sent a message, Lu Xun has led 50,000 sailors to arrive twenty miles downstream, and is camping, do you want to send troops to attack?" ”

Ma Tan waved his hand and said: "Lu Xun is not an easy person, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses, and this place is located at the confluence of the river estuary, the flow of the Han River has increased suddenly, and the downstream water flow is extremely turbulent, it was easy in the past, but if you want to come back, it will be difficult." ”

The first general sighed: "I have been training the navy for many years, and I don't know when we will be able to fight with the Jiangdong navy." ”

Ma Jian scolded: "Lu Xun sent troops this time, but he just wanted to threaten Jingzhou to relieve the siege of Nanyang. Our task is to hold Jiangxia, so that His Majesty can take Nanyang with peace of mind and fight Jiangdong, which is not something that should be considered now.

In addition, on the Yangtze River and the Han River, former patrol soldiers must be sent to patrol day and night to prevent the soldiers and horses in Jiangdong from sneaking off. ”