Dianjiang, the upper part of the Bayu Xiong, the lower lead to the victory of the witch, is the place where the Zitong water, the Western Han water, and the diving converge.

Jiang Wu stared at the Zitong water in the northwest direction, and his heart was uneasy for a long time.

"The water of Zitong is high in the west and low in the east, and many sections of the river pass through the steep mountains, even the boats cannot cross it, and General Xu and others are swimming against the current from here, and I don't know if they can succeed."

The sun shone on the earth, and the water surface sparkled, reflecting the golden light of the sun.

In Guanghan County, the southernmost county seat of Deyang County has long since changed its flag, and now Xu Huang and the general Gan Ning, surrounded by a scribe, are standing on the city wall of Guanghan County.

Guanghan County is not the seat of Guanghan County, but Yu County.

Luo County is located in the west of Guanghan County, which is the gateway to Shu County and Chengdu; Guanghan County is located on the bank of the Zitongshui River, southeast of Guanghan County.

Xu Huang said to the scribe: "Military advisor, no one thought that we would go upriver from Zitong Water, so the two counties along the river in Deyang and Guanghan would be conquered so easily. ”

"But there is no way for the warships to transport too many soldiers, and it is impossible for us to divide our troops to defend these two counties."

"And it won't be long before the officials of Yizhou in the northern county of Guanghan County will definitely get the news that our army is rushing to this place. The lone army is deep, running for a long distance, there is no food and grass, and there is no backup, and the slightest carelessness may wipe out the whole army. ”

"Wouldn't it be too risky to do that?"

Speaking of this, Xu Huang's face was full of worry.

As early as when Xu Huang received news from Meng Da and was about to raise troops to attack Ba County, he notified Gan Ning, who was stationed in Sanguan, in advance and asked him to lead the naval army south to help in the battle.

Originally, Gan Ning had not received a notice from Wen Zhao, and it was impossible for him to lead his troops south to Ba County so quickly.

But Gan Ning is a bold man, and he also knows that the fighter plane is fleeting, so he learned from Xu Huang's appearance, and while reporting the matter to Wen Zhao, he led the navy through Hanzhong into Ba County.

Although there are many mountains and rivers in Yizhou, the big rivers are also very dense, and Gan Ning led 5,000 sailors down the river all the way, and the marching speed was very fast.

At the same time, Wen Zhao, who received the news of Xu Huang and Gan Ning, was afraid that the two would lose, so he hurriedly dispatched Jiang Wu to lead a team of cavalry to escort Tian Feng to chase after Gan Ning at night.

Gan Ning went down the river, the marching speed was too fast, even if Tian Feng and the others rode all the way to run, it was almost when they reached the Dianjiang River before they caught up with the navy.

At that time, Xu Huang had already occupied the entire Ba County, and was gathering all the grain and grass in Langzhong, preparing to lead the army north into Langzhong.

Gan Ning is a native of Ba County, and he used to be a water thief in various waterways in Yizhou. It can be said that Gan Ning knows almost everything about the details of each waterway in Yizhou.

Gan Ning has never been a person who plays cards according to common sense, although he has also won the respect of Wenzhao in Guanzhong over the years, but many times in the navy, there is still no chance to make meritorious contributions.

Gan Ning, who had long felt extremely aggrieved in his heart, suddenly thought of a bold action after hearing that Xu Huang had conquered the entire Ba County, that is, to go against the Zitong Water and attack Guanghan County by water.

The water in Zitong is turbulent, and many sections of the river are a bit unrealistic even if the boats want to go downstream, let alone go upstream.

However, over the years, due to the emergence of miscellaneous schools in Guanzhong, various talents have continuously improved the power system of warships, which can fully enable new warships to swim against the current in the turbulent Zitong water.

Tian Feng caught up with Gan Ning, and after learning of his plan, he unfolded the map of Bashu presented by Zhang Song, and thought about it for a long time before deciding on a plan to attack Guanghan County.

In the past, Tian Feng was mostly very calm, liked to suppress people with power, was upright, and made good use of yang schemes.

At the beginning, Wen Zhao did obey him, and would discuss and discuss with him no matter how big or small.

However, as there were more and more strategists in Guanzhong, although Wen Zhao still trusted Tian Feng, he relied on him less and less.

Tian Feng, as the first strategist to defect to Wenzhao, naturally did not want to be compared with Jia Xu and others later, so he had the intention of making contributions in the Battle of Yizhou.

Originally, Wen Zhao was going to send Li Ru to catch up with Gan Ning first, but it was precisely because of Tian Feng's strong request that he was replaced by him as the military advisor of Xu Huang and Gan Ning.

Tian Feng had this kind of intention to make contributions, so he chose to cooperate with Gan Ning uncharacteristically and began this extremely dangerous journey.

After perfecting Gan Ning's idea, Tian Feng secretly went to Jiangzhou to meet Xu Huang and asked Xu Huang to pretend to be sick and unconscious, so as to attract all the troops in Guanghan County to Langzhong.

This time, because it was a waterway, there must not be too many people and horses attacking Guanghan County.

If Zhang Ren and the others did not lead the troops to attack Langzhong, Mo said that they captured Zitong and occupied the Sword Pavilion, I am afraid that even Tian Feng and others would be buried in Guanghan County.

Tian Feng didn't move, if he really wanted to prepare for the danger, he was ready to conquer the world's dangerous Sword Pavilion in one fell swoop, and even wanted to take the Jiameng Pass, so as to make a great achievement.

After all, although warships could go upriver from the waterway along the Zitong River, they could not transport troops on a large scale.

If the Guanzhong army wants to completely enter Shuzhong, it is necessary to conquer Jiameng Pass and Sword Pavilion successively from the dry road, so as to completely open up the gateway to Shu.

Xu Huang, who was preparing to go north to Langzhong in Jiangzhou, suddenly heard that Tian Feng and Gan Ning had arrived, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

After Tian Feng laid out his plan and inventory, Xu Huang, who has always been known for his stability, was naturally not very willing. But under Gan Ning's strong persuasion, Xu Huang was finally moved.

To this day, as Tian Feng expected, the two county towns of Deyang and Guanghan were captured without the slightest defense.

But the steady Xu Huang always felt that it was too risky to do so.

There is another point, that is, Xu Huang is not at ease.

After all, Langzhong has hoarded a lot of grain and grass, and if Langzhong loses it, the blow to the Guanzhong army will definitely be very huge.

Gan Ning had a very good relationship with Xu Huang, and seeing his frowning appearance, he immediately comforted: "Gongming, don't worry, there are only 20,000 defenders in Langzhong City, and there are so many grains and grasses piled up, and there is no general to guard it. ”

"I think that Zhang Ren saw such a big bait, and he would definitely transfer all the soldiers and horses in Guanghan County to attack Langzhong."

According to the lord, this is called throwing bricks and attracting jade. What we threw out was the brick of Langzhong, but what attracted it was Zitong, the heart of Guanghan County, and the dangerous Sword Pavilion. ”

"The county seat of Guanghan is conquered, and the naval army will go upriver along the Zitong water, and there will be no city blocking it along the way, and it can directly attack Zitong."

Looking at Gan Ning's confident appearance, Xu Huang's anxious heart settled down, but he was still a little worried about Liu Pi, who was stationed in Langzhong.

(There is an error in the previous place, the seat of governance of Guanghan County is Luo County, not Zitong, which has been corrected.) ）