The soldiers of the Yizhou Army were relieved to see the sudden withdrawal of the cavalry from the northern frontier, and then thundered with joy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Wu Lan was worried, looked at the cavalry that gradually disappeared on the horizon in the distance, and let out a long sigh. He had long thought that Li Yi would not risk attacking. The cavalry attacked this deeply defended with a severe sluggish speed, and the casualties were staggering. With Li Yi's shrewdness, it is impossible to be willing to win at a huge price by strong against strong.

However, the fact that Li Yi did not attack today does not mean that he has given up. He was like a hungry tiger, swimming around him all day long, looking for the best opportunity to attack him. Once he is hit, I am afraid that it will be the same as the bud, and it will be a catastrophe.

If Li Yi is stared at like this, how can this batch of grain and grass that Xiangyang City urgently needs be sent over safely?

Even if Li Hui brought the 20,000 horses from Yicheng safely, and the 40,000 horses escorted such a huge convoy, he had to always guard against the surprise attack of the cavalry in the northern Xinjiang on the road, and the troops were still slightly insufficient.

The powerful beings who fell at the feet of the cavalry in the northern frontier one by one have proved with their lives that Li Yi is scheming and unable to prevent it, once he succeeds in attacking, the grain and grass will be lost, and the capture of Xiangyang and even Jingzhou will be delayed, and this responsibility will be great.

"General, general......" The adjutant general's voice woke Wu Lan from his contemplation.

The adjutant general reported: "General, General Li Hui has sent someone to deliver news that his troops are hurrying along the south bank of Yishui, and we are still forty miles away. ”

Wu Lan was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Nan'an?" How did he get to the other side? ”

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Li Hui had no lingering feelings about the elusiveness of the Northern Cavalry, they were like ghosts, mysterious and terrifying. So he decided to avoid the cavalry of the Northern Frontier. There were more than a hundred miles between Yicheng and Yicheng Ferry, and no matter whether the Northern Frontier cavalry would appear or not, he was very afraid in his heart. He thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to abandon the near and far, cross the river and walk to the south bank of Yishui to meet Sun Wulan at the Yicheng ferry.

Li Hui's fear inadvertently saved his life.

Li Hui's troops arrived at the Yicheng ferry in the first half of the night, and then he crossed the river to the opposite bank. Wu Lan personally went to the river to pick him up.

"General Wu, can we leave tomorrow?" Li Hui asked nervously.

Wu Lan shook his head and said slowly: "The convoy is marching, the distance between the front and rear is long, and the troops are scattered, once the enemy comes to attack, we have no chance to fight back." After thinking about it, I really didn't have the certainty of avoiding Li Yi's attack, so we still stationed at the ferry for the time being, and then waited for reinforcements. ”

"And reinforcements?" Li Hui asked strangely.

"The Fazheng army division has led reinforcements out of Sichuan, and they arrived in Yiling City a few days ago. This morning, Zhang Song crossed the river from here. The lord ordered him to go to Yiling to urgently recruit the troops of the Fazheng Army Division and immediately rush to Xiangyang City. If nothing else, in five or six days, we will be able to join the Fazheng military division. ”

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After Liu Bei killed Liu Bi, he immediately ordered Wu Yi to take over his troops. At this time, under the city of Xiangyang, the Yizhou army had 275,000 people, and the defenders in the city still had 110,000 left.

Liu Bei attacked for another three days. After four days of fighting, the offensive and defensive sides suffered heavy casualties, and had to temporarily suspend the battle for a day.

Chang Yuchun sent someone to contact Li Yi, hoping that he would immediately launch substantive actions to solve the urgent needs of Xiangyang City. After all, Xiangyang City is a newly annexed city, and the people's hearts are unstable, if Liu Bei attacks it for a few more days, Xiangyang City may not be able to hold it.

However, none of the people sent out could find Li Yi and the Northern Cavalry, they were like air, and suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Chang Yuchun was anxious, and his heart was up and down, and he was very worried about their safety.

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Wu Lan and Li Hui made up their minds and set off together after Fazheng's troops arrived, so they didn't even send out a scout except for being on guard day and night.

Wu Lan sent someone to tell Liu Bei about their plans, hoping to get Zhang Bei's approval. Liu Bei thought that Wu Lan's consideration was very appropriate, and agreed that they should not leave the Yicheng ferry for the time being, in case they were raided by the cavalry of the Northern Frontier.

The scouts of the Northern Xinjiang cavalry arrived at the Yicheng ferry on time every day, four times a day, with more than a dozen people at a time. They watched from afar for a while, then sped away. The Yizhou army is also used to it, as if they didn't see it, they ignore it.

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Pang Tong hurriedly walked into Liu Bei's big tent: "The lord ......"

Liu Bei was reading some documents sent by his subordinates. He raised his head when he heard the sound and beckoned Li Yan to sit diagonally across from him.

Pang Tong said: "My lord, Deng Xian, Yang Huai and Gao Pei came to write and said that the situation in Yizhou is relatively good. Xiaozhi is coming to Xiangyang, and I plan to let Ziqiao stay in Yiling and raise grain and grass for us. ”

After a pause, Pang Tong asked again: "Lord, how is Wu Lan at Yicheng Ferry?" ”

"They and the Northern Frontier cavalry have been in a stalemate, and no one moves? Now it depends on whether Xiaozhi's troops can arrive in time. With his filial character, he will definitely not let go of this opportunity to annihilate Li Yan. Liu Bei said coldly.

Pang Tong smiled and nodded again and again, and said: "It all depends on whether Xiaozhi's troops can secretly rush to Yicheng Ferry and then quietly cross the river." If he can do it without knowing it, Wu Lan will use grain and grass as bait to lure Li Yi to lead the army to attack, and the two armies will attack at the same time, which will definitely make the cavalry in northern Xinjiang disappear. ”

"Yes. The key is to be secretive and not let the enemy find out, otherwise it will be difficult to avenge the bud. Liu Bei pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Shiyuan, how about we quietly put the main force at the West Gate tomorrow?" ”

"The lord is in a hurry." Pang Tong said with a smile.

Liu Bei smiled on his face and said: "In four days, we have lost more than 50,000 brothers, so that this day we can take Xiangyang City in one fell swoop. ”

"Tomorrow is indeed a good time, I watched the stars at night, and tonight the sky has changed, it is a good time to send troops." Pang Tong said with a smile, "Today, Xu Maogong and they have been busy on the South City Gate for a day, and they are trying their best to prepare to defend the South Gate tomorrow. If they had known that we were attacking the West Gate tomorrow, they would have jumped off the building. ”

Pang Tong said with a smile, "The news from the city also confirmed our conjecture, the West Gate is now only defended by 10,000 people, and we will send 100,000 troops to attack, and it is estimated that we can take the West Gate in an hour." ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I attacked a little more fiercely at the south gate and dragged Chang Yuchun." You go to the west gate to personally supervise the battle, and let the positive side take the west gate in half an hour at all costs. After a long time, it will be troublesome for the Northern Frontier Army to support from other city gates. ”

Pang Tong slapped the table lightly and shouted excitedly, "Okay." ”

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The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the day of murder and arson.

The camp of the Yizhou army was silent, except for a few cowhide lamps hanging on the high gate, there was no light in the entire camp.

Liu Bei stood on a slightly higher slope and watched his troops walk out of the camp in batches.

Now there is still half an hour before dawn, and half of the army of 60,000 ready to transfer to the West City Gate has already left.

Thinking about the scene tomorrow when the troops break through the West Gate and the army enters Xiangyang City, Liu Bei's mood is particularly good.

Tomorrow when Xiangyang City is captured, Jingzhou will basically be in the bag, and the rest is to go south to Jiangling City, and cross the river to attack Wancheng and occupy Nanyang County. If Li Yi can escape the trap set by Fa Xiaozhi and Wu Lan, there is another thing to chase and intercept Li Yi.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the direction of the West City Gate, and the noise was so loud that it tore through the silence of the night in an instant.

Immediately afterward, the low and loud sound of the bull's horn rose into the sky, resounding through the dark night sky.

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The western camp of the Yizhou Army was completely lit and pitch black.

About a mile behind the camp, there was a wood. On the edge of the woods, Pang Tong rode on a horse with pure white coat, and was directing a steady stream of Yizhou Army soldiers to assemble at the rear of the camp according to different positions.

The war horse that Pang Tong rode was given by Liu Bei, and it was actually Liu Bei's mount.

When Liu Bei was in Xuzhou, he allied with Cao Cao to deal with the Northern Xinjiang Army, and Cao Cao saw that Liu Bei had no good mounts, so he gave Liu Bei one of his horses with white spots, which was Lu Ma.

There was no sound at the scene except for the footsteps of the soldiers as they walked, and it was very silent.

Luma who sat down was a little dishonest, always holding his head up and down in place, or jumping around, looking restless. The war horses of more than a dozen guards behind him were probably affected by Lu Ma, and they were also restless and kept moving. Because they have cloth bags on their mouths, they can't scream, but their more and more frequent movements of looking up and hissing are still very conspicuous.

Pang Tong looked around suspiciously, feeling a little uneasy. Luma has been docile and rarely so abnormal as tonight. Pang Tong kept stroking Luma's long mane, intending to quiet it.

Suddenly, there was a faint roar in the night, vague, looming, not very real.

Then the sound became clearer and louder, like a tide, from far to near, and the roar instantly shook the entire West City Gate.

The soldiers of the Yizhou Army were terrified, and the fear in their hearts reached the extreme. In the dark, nothing can be seen, which adds to the horror of the darkness. The mysterious object that flew in the distance like rolling thunder, and the great danger it brought smashed into the heart of every warrior like a mountain.

Pang Tong's expression changed abruptly, and he nervously opened his mouth and shouted: "Surprise attack, enemy surprise attack......"

The voice was hoarse and panicked, and it suddenly sounded in the silent night, which seemed particularly terrifying.

The soldiers who had already lined up the phalanx were at a loss and did not know what was happening; The soldiers who were lining up were flustered and in a scattered formation; The soldiers who were rushing in had not figured it out for a while, and their footsteps did not stop.

"Boom" with a loud bang.

Then there was a cry of fear from the barracks, followed by the shouts that rose to the sky, and in an instant resounded throughout the barracks.