Zhang Xiu's remarks made Jia Xu shake his head again and again, and he said: "This matter must not be done!" ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he asked, "Isn't the Jingzhou Army bluffing?" Why can't you go out of the city to fight? ”

Jia Xu said: "If what I expected is correct, the Jingzhou soldiers who left are only the vanguard, and the Jingzhou soldiers and horses outside the city far exceed the Wuguan defenders." ”

"If you rush out of the city to fight, you will definitely suffer a big defeat, and Wuguan may be lost because of this."

Zhang Xiu's heart was awe-inspiring, and asked: "If the Jingzhou soldiers really attack Ba County, what should they do?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The general should send someone to Shangyong quickly, inform him of my guess, and let General Xu Huang send troops from Shangyong and go directly to Jiangguan to help." ”

Although Shangyong belongs to Hanzhong, it is in the southeast of Hanzhong, not far from Jiangguan.

Moreover, Wuguan is not far from Shangyong, if Xu Huang can be notified in advance, maybe he can send reinforcements to Jiangguan in time.

Zhang Xiu pondered for a long time and said: "In this case, please also ask Mr. to write a handwritten letter, and I will send someone to send the letter to Shangyong." ”

Jia Xu didn't answer, so he wrote a secret letter, and the messenger quickly left Wuguan and rushed to Shangyong.

After sending the messenger away, Zhang Xiu said to Jia Xu again: "Since Mr. guesses that the Jingzhou soldiers intend to attack Ba County, presumably Liu Xuande will withdraw his troops soon." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "If what I expected is correct, the Jingzhou army will retreat within ten days." ”

Jia Xu's guess soon became a reality, when Guan Yu, Pang Tong, and Huang Zhong led the vanguard army and secretly went to attack Ba County, Liu Bei immediately led the army and took advantage of the night to withdraw all.

The next day, Zhang Xiu came to the city wall again, and did not find that the Jingzhou soldiers were coming, so he sent scouts out of the city, and sure enough, he detected the news of the enemy's retreat.

Zhang Xiu immediately said: "The thief army retreated, and we just took advantage of the situation to pursue and break the Jingzhou army." ”

Jia Xu said: "Liu Xuande has been on the battlefield for a long time, and there are many fierce generals under his command, and there is Kuai Liang to help, even if he withdraws his troops, he will send elite soldiers to break off." ”

"If you rush to pursue, you will definitely be ambushed, and the general will rest in charge, just hold the military pass."

Although Zhang Xiu had the intention to pursue, Chen Xu had given him an order after all, telling Zhang Xiu to listen to Jia Xu in everything, so he gave up.

However, it was said that Guan Yu and Pang Tong failed to sneak attack and capture Jiangguan, and they still did not give up, and went to call for battle every day, but Gan Ning has always guarded the city and let the navy not enter and leave the water village.

Guan Yu was helpless, and repeatedly ordered his soldiers to attack the Yizhou Army Water Village, but the Yizhou Army had the protection of the city, and whenever the Jingzhou Water Army attacked the Water Village, the city would rain arrows.

Guan Yu saw that there was no way to conquer the water village, so he let the soldiers land on the river bank and began to build siege equipment.

As long as you can wait for the army to come, the Jiangguan, which is sparse in troops and not tall in the city, can be broken within an overnight day.

"Crunch, crunch, crunch!"

In a dense forest, the Jingzhou army held a saw and sawed the trees vigorously.

"Stomp, stomp!"

The sound of hurried footsteps came, but it was Pang Tong who came over, and Guan Yu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Why did the gentleman come here?"

Pang Tong was overjoyed and said: "The army led by the lord has approached Jiangguan, and it will arrive this afternoon, and the second general has made preparations early, and once the army arrives, he will begin to attack the city." ”

When Guan Yu heard that the army was coming, he was overjoyed.

But when he heard it, he couldn't help but say: "Even if the army arrives here, it is also a tired army, why are you in such a hurry to attack Jiangguan?" ”

Pang Tongzheng said: "Gan Ning and Fa Zheng are here, presumably the follow-up reinforcements from Yizhou will come soon, if you can't overcome this level as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the night will be long and dreamy." ”

Guan Yu's heart sank, and he didn't say much, so he took out the siege equipment and put on a siege posture.

In fact, almost all of his soldiers are naval troops, and their combat effectiveness on land is not strong, otherwise with these horses in his hands, Guan Yu would dare to attack the city.

But he also knew that letting the navy attack the city was completely looking for death, so during this time, he had not stormed Jiangguan.

Today, when those siege equipment were pushed not far from the front of the city wall, Fa Zheng and Gan Ning couldn't help but change their faces.

Fa Zhengdao: "Looking at the posture of the Jingzhou army, it must be ready to attack the city." If what I expected, it won't be long before the Jingzhou army arrives here. ”

Speaking of this, Fa Zheng's face was extremely solemn, and he turned his head to Gan Ning and said, "Now that the reinforcements have not come, the general has to be mentally prepared." ”

"It's going to be an extraordinary battle."

Coupled with the water army in the water village, the Yizhou army is only more than 3,000 people, and if the Jiangguan city is tall, it can still defend the city.

However, the Jiangguan city wall is also average, if the Jingzhou army arrives and storms the city desperately, it will be extremely difficult for the Yizhou army to defend the city.

If you are not careful, Gan Ning and Fa Zheng may die here.

Gan Ning's face also became solemn, and he said to Fa Zheng: "If the reinforcements arrive late, Mr. will leave early, I am enough to have one person in Jiangguan." ”

Fa Zheng couldn't help but be moved in his heart when he heard this, and he also had a good impression of Gan Ning.

But Fa Zheng is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and immediately said: "If you can't hold Jiangguan, the entire Ba County will be lost, then I will become a sinner in Yizhou." ”

"I have made up my mind, and I will live and die with Jiangguan!"

Gan Ning saw that although Fa Zheng was thin, he was righteous and awe-inspiring, and he was not afraid of his own safety, so he couldn't help but be in awe, and said: "Unless I die, I will definitely guard Jiangguan and protect Mr. well." ”

Fa Cheng smiled and whispered to Gan Ning: "If the general doesn't give up, you can call me filial piety directly in the future." ”

Gan Ning also smiled heartily and said, "In the future, you will not call me a general, just call me Xingba." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent,

In the afternoon of the same day, a dense number of warships appeared on the river, and the sound of war drums shook the grass and trees on the riverside.

When Guan Yu learned of Liu Bei's arrival, he was immediately overjoyed, and ordered Huang Zhong to lead Jingzhou soldiers to guard next to the siege equipment, but he himself went to meet Liu Bei in person.

After the two met and finished the ceremony, Guan Yu gave a general account of the battle situation here, and Liu Bei heard that Fa Zheng was using a strategy to scare away Guan Yu and others, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

"I never thought that Fa Xiaozhi was not famous, and he actually had such a strategy, why did God favor Chen Wenzhao so much?"

Liu Bei's top strategists are only Pang Tong and Xu Shu, and this time Xu Shu was left in Jingzhou, and he only led Pang Tong and Kuai Liang to the expedition.

Don't look at Jingzhou's Liu Bei's strength has risen sharply, but compared to the prosperity of Chinese martial arts, there is still a big gap.

Every time he thought of this, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a little envious, jealous and hateful.

He often thinks that if those top strategists in Guanzhong defected to him early, he must not have wasted half his life to achieve something.

"My lord, it is not too late to conquer Jiangguan, and if it is late, there will be changes, and I hope that the lord will work tirelessly and give an order to storm Jiangguan day and night."

"As for the siege equipment, the second general has already made it finished."

Liu Bei was thinking about the west, but was interrupted by Pang Tong, and immediately woke up.

He also knows the importance of Jiangguan, if he can capture this pass, the entire Ba County will be in no danger to defend, and at that time, it will be much easier for the Jingzhou soldiers to take the entire Ba County.

Nodding, Liu Bei immediately summoned the generals, ordered the soldiers to land from a position downstream of Jiangguan, and then came to attack Jiangguan.

"Knock knock!"

Before the Jingzhou army began to attack the city, Gan Ning issued an order to have people burn ships and water villages, and then transferred all the naval troops into the city and prepared to defend the city.

Seeing that the Jingzhou army was attacking, Gan Ning held a weapon in his hand and shouted: "The warships have been burned, our retreat has been cut off, if we don't defend the city desperately, we will definitely be killed by the thief army!" ”

The soldiers looked at the dense Jingzhou army in the distance, and couldn't help but panic when they thought of the retreat and the broken way.

Seeing this, Gan Ning shouted loudly again: "Don't panic, you guys, reinforcements are already on the way, as long as we can hold the city for three or five days, the reinforcements will arrive." ”

When the soldiers heard that reinforcements would be coming, their fears improved slightly.

Gan Ning shouted again: "Defend the city and wait until the reinforcements arrive, not only can you survive, but you can also make meritorious contributions." ”

"If you don't fight to the death, when the city is broken, you will have no reason to live, you will die or live, you will be in your hands!"

The defenders in the city were silent at first when they heard this, and then someone said excitedly: "What the general said is very true, he will definitely defend the city and prevent the thief army from entering the city!" ”

"Defend the city!"

"Defend the city!"

"Defend the city!"

More and more soldiers joined the ranks of shouting, and the Yizhou army, which was afraid because there were too many soldiers in Jingzhou, also broke out with unprecedented momentum at this time.

"Woooooo

"Knock knock!"

The poignant sound of the horn, accompanied by the rumbling war drums, opened the prelude to this offensive and defensive battle.

The tenacity of the Yizhou army was beyond Pang Tong's imagination, and the Jingzhou army stormed the city for three days, and some of the cities that had fallen into disrepair had been broken several times.

But the Yizhou army was not afraid of death, and could always drive the Jingzhou army out, and then plug the gap.

The three-day tragic offensive and defensive battle has reduced the defenders in the city to about 1,000 people, and the Yizhou army, which was originally determined to defend the city, is about to collapse due to the high-intensity combat and the strong casualties in Paoze.

"Kill!"

Liu Bei pointed to the sky with his double-strand sword and shouted sharply, and the Jingzhou army rushed towards the city wall again.

Gan Ning was exhausted at this time, his eyes were bloodshot, and he couldn't help but show a look of despair when he watched the Jingzhou soldiers attack again.

A general came to Gan Ning's side and shouted with a crying voice: "General, the city can't be defended, let's retreat." ”

"Poof!"

Gan Ning suddenly waved the weapon in his hand, cut off the head of the general, and shouted: "If there is anyone who disturbs the morale of the army, there will be no mercy!" ”

Even if he wants to die, he Gan Ning will die on the city wall, and he will definitely not be a deserter.

"It's just that filial piety can't die."

His eyes flickered, and Gan Ning suddenly came to Fazheng's side and knocked him unconscious with a hand knife.

He solemnly said to the guards beside him: "You must protect your filial piety and return to Jiangzhou safely." ”