Liu Wei was very glad that he had made the decision to conquer Jiangling in person, because the situation of the battle had developed to this point, and it was no longer something that Chen Ping and Guan Yu could control and transfer, and he had to take action himself.

Before leaving Jinling, Liu Wei flew a pigeon and sent a letter to Xue Rengui, ordering him to end the plan of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", turn around and march south to Jiangling, preparing to encircle Lu Bu and cut off one of Zhu Yuanzhang's arms. At the same time, he sent a letter to Yang Zaixing and Yue Yun to secretly pass through Xiangyang, go south to guard the two main roads of Dangyang and Yicheng, prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from rescuing Lu Bu, and strive for success in catching turtles in the urn.

At this moment, it is late July, and the night is so vast that I can't see my fingers.

The 50,000 Han troops who had quietly passed through Xiangyang were about to part ways, and Yang Zaixing said to the nineteen-year-old Yue Yun: "Brother Ying Xiangxian, General Guan's flying pigeon biography said that Lu Bu, the tiger, has already gotten into the cage and is just waiting to collect the net." So I hope you and I can stick to the two roads of Yicheng and Dangyang, and prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from going south to rescue Lu Bu! ”

Nineteen-year-old Yue Yun has reached a height of eight feet five inches, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and a majestic and majestic body.

After listening to Yang Zaixing's words, Yue Yun spread out the topographic map on the ground with his own hands, holding torches and observing with Yang Zaixing and Dong Xi: "The road from Yicheng to Jiangling is farther, and Dangyang is closer, if Zhu Yuanzhang rescues Lu Bu, there is a chance that he will go to Dangyang." So let's divide each of them into 25,000 people, and the younger brother will guard Dangyang; Brother, you and Dong Yuan are guarding Yicheng. ”

"I'm the Lord, you have to listen to me!" Yang Zaixing immediately rejected Yue Yun's proposal, "Although it is seventy or eighty miles away from Yicheng, it is better to have a smooth road. The speed of the march is much better than that of Dangyang, and it is not necessarily that Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely go to Dangyang. So the foolish brother decided. You and the general of the Yuan Dynasty led 30,000 to guard the main road of Yicheng, and I led 20,000 horses to guard Dangyang! ”

Yue Yun is no longer as impulsive as he was when he was a teenager. Therefore, he did not argue, but proposed: "Okay! God knows which way Zhu Yuanzhang will take to rescue? But the forces should be divided equally, so why give me an extra 10,000 men? I know that your brother takes care of me, but if I don't know, I think that the younger brother is bullying my brother by virtue of his father's position, and it is better to divide the troops equally! ”

Yang Zaixing's eyes widened, and he said irresistibly: "No, Yicheng is close to Xiangyang, and you have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of rushing to Xiangyang at any time." In case Zhu Yuanzhang did not save Lu Bu, he attacked Xiangyang and Fancheng. You have to come back as fast as you can! ”

Yue Yun smiled disapprerovingly: "How difficult it is to beat Xiangfan, brother, you don't know!" At that time, our 200,000-strong army attacked Xiangyang and Fancheng, and it took a year to not set foot in Xiangyang. In the end, it was only by relying on His Majesty to cut off the grain and grass supply of Xiangyang from the south, and finally broke through Xiangyang and captured Sun Ce. Unless Zhu Yuanzhang's brain is in water, he will choose not to save Lu Bu and attack Xiangyang! ”

"The winning official is right, Xiangyang and Fancheng have 20,000 horses under the command of the two generals Feng Sheng and Lu Meng, plus the 8,000 soldiers of Sun Wuji, the chief assassin of Jingzhou. Don't look at Zhu Yuanzhang's menacing. Even if there is no reinforcement from a single soldier, if Zhu Yuanzhang wants to break through the city gate of Xiangyang, he will not think about it for a year and a half! Dong Xi next to him stroked his beard and agreed with Yue Yun's opinion.

With age. Yue Yun already has the courage of ten thousand people, and his basic force has been increased to 100; In the entire Jingzhou legion, it is second only to Gao Favor. Even his father Yue Fei and Yang Zaixing couldn't beat him. Every time he competed, Yue Yun could win. Hence the nickname "Winning Officer".

Over time, Yue Fei's soldiers no longer called Yue Yun's name and title. Instead, he directly called him the nickname "Winning Guanren", and Yue Yun gladly accepted it.

Yue Yun and Dong Xi sang and harmonized: "The general of the Yuan Dynasty analyzed that since Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't take Xiangfan for a while, he would definitely not sit back and watch Lu Bu's entire army be wiped out, and there was a chance that he would go south to rescue Lu Bu." It's just that I can't be sure if I'm going to Yicheng or Dangyang, so brother, let's divide the forces evenly, right? ”

Yang Zaixing sank his face and turned over his horse: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm the main general, you have to listen to me!" Leave it to you and Dong to attack 30,000 horses to guard the road south of Yicheng, and hand it over to me when the sun is! If you dare to disobey, military law will deal with it! ”

With the sound of horses' hooves, Yang Zaixing led 20,000 horses and mixed cavalry, holding torches to Dangyang, one hundred and thirty miles to the southwest, preparing to set up an ambush in the area from Changbanpo to Dangyang Bridge to block Zhu Yuanzhang from rescuing Jiangling.

Looking at Yang Zaixing's distant team, like a winding fire dragon in the night, Yue Yun shrugged his shoulders at Dong Xi: "You see that my brother is always so arbitrary, he can't beat me, and he gave us 10,000 more soldiers and horses." If this Zhu Yuanzhang's 150,000 army pounces at once, it will be a little tricky! ”

Dong Xi stroked his beard and said: "Then Xu Da, Li Guang, and Yang Dayan are all fierce generals, if Zhu Yuanzhang's whole army attacks Dangyang, the pressure on General Yang is indeed huge!" I just hope that General Xue Rengui's reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible, right? ”

A lieutenant next to him interjected: "In addition to Xu Da, Li Guang, and Yang Dayan, there are also Wei Wentong and Zhang Dingbian who are all powerful generals who are difficult to be, if Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't go to be Yang." If we change to Yicheng, our pressure is also huge! ”

Yue Yun took off the "Drum Purple Gold Hammer" weighing ninety catties from his horse, and his eyes flashed with a raging fighting spirit: "What are you afraid of?" The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I have never fought a bad war in my life, it's time to make a name for myself! Xu Da, Li Guang, Yang Dayan, Wei Wentong, Zhang Dingbian and the others all let the horses come! ”

"Although the winning officials are brave and good at fighting, they are difficult to defeat with four hands, and the heroes can't stand the crowd, not to mention that Zhu Yuanzhang has a huge army, so we still rushed to Yicheng and occupied the dangerous points, deep ditches and high bases. Delay as long as possible and wait for General Xue Rengui's reinforcements to arrive! ”

Dong Xi made a suggestion to Yue Yun with a cautious face, with years of experience, Dong Xi knew that this would definitely be a vicious battle, and there was no room for carelessness.

Yue Yun smiled and turned over on his horse: "I'm not a brave and unscrupulous horseman, I must focus on defense, and I won't fight hard with Zhu Yuanzhang until the point of last resort!" ”

At that time, General Dong and Yue led 30,000 horses to march to Yicheng, guarding the dangers, digging trenches, trapping horse pits, building crossbow towers, erecting thorns, rejecting horses and other defensive weapons, cutting off the road from Yicheng south to Jiangling.

At the same time, Jiangling was also shrouded in night, Gao Shun carefully guarded the city, and did not find that Huo Quji had any signs of attacking the city, but saw that the torches were hidden in the north direction, and it seemed that a group of men and horses were approaching Jiangling overnight.

"Shhh...... Where did this come from? Nine times out of ten, it's Guan Yu's legion, right? Gao Shun pressed his sword on the head of the city, frowning and groaning.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, the night is vast, and you can't see your fingers. Gao Shun didn't dare to act rashly, and sent more than a dozen scouts out of the city to spy on them, waiting for dawn to make plans.

A certain street and alley in Jiangling, Zhao Mansion.

Just when Gao Shun was carefully guarding the city, Lu Bu took more than a dozen personal soldiers and appeared in front of Zhao's house under the guidance of Fu Shiren.

At this moment, it is the time of Hai, which is equivalent to about ten o'clock in the night before Liu Wei crosses, and the Zhao family has long been closed.

Fu Shiren volunteered to step forward and smash his fist with a "dong dong" sound: "Zhao Fan, Zhao Fan? Brother Zhao, open the door! ”

"Who's coming? What's the point of calling the door late at night? The servant of the Zhao family asked through the door.

Fu Shiren laughed evilly: "I'm Fu Shiren, and it's natural to come to your house to 'do it'!" Quickly report to Zhao Fan, and say that Fu Ye is coming to give him wealth, if it's late, don't blame me for hitting the door! ”

Although Zhao Fan had been the commander of Jiangling County, he could only be regarded as a small family compared to the Fu family, so this servant did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to Zhao Fan's bedroom to report.

In the bedroom, thirty-year-old Zhao Fan was reading a book, and his bloated wife was half. Scratching his head with his bare fat shoulders: "Husband? Husband? It's so late and you don't go to bed yet? ”

Zhao Fan lowered his head and read: "Madame has slept by herself, I'll read a book for a while!" It seems that the possibility of being used again is very small, and the husband has no choice but to go to Jinling to take the imperial examination. ”

"Zhao Fan, you bastard!"

Zhao's wife was furious, ran to Zhao Fan on her feet, grabbed his ears, and roared loudly: "You man with no conscience, I gave birth to four children for you, and now I dislike my old pearl, right?" You say your brother has been dead for years, what do you want to stay at home with a widow who is seven or eight years younger than you? Is it that she looks beautiful every day and loses interest in me? ”

Zhao Fan is a strict wife, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Madame, be quiet, spread it and affect your reputation!" My sister-in-law is better than my mother, my brother is dead, so I can't kick people out, right? ”

"Whew!"

Zhao's wife sprayed a mouthful of saliva on Zhao Fan's face: "Sister-in-law is better than mother? You brothers are both perverted embryos! Your brother is more than thirty years old, and he begged a sixteen or seventeen little daughter-in-law, and he tossed himself to death after a few years. You've been keeping this prodigal goods at home, do you want to follow in your brother's footsteps? ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, the conscience of heaven and earth!" Zhao Fan begged for mercy, "First, sister-in-law, he didn't have a fancy to the characters, and second, I ......"

"What are you? The toad wants to eat the meat of the prodigal hoof, right? Zhao's wife took out the majesty of a tigress and glared at her.

Zhao Fan pulled his ears back: "Look at how ugly you are saying?" I'm planning to match my sister-in-law with a big man, so that I can follow the light and make a comeback! I didn't do it too much, and I was unwilling! ”

Only then did Zhao's wife let go of the fat palm that was twisting Zhao Fan's ears: "Really? Didn't lie to me? ”

At this moment, the servant's voice sounded outside the door: "Master, the Fu Yuan called the door outside, saying that he brought you a fortune." ”

Zhao Fan frowned: "Fu Shiren? If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, what are you doing here? Lord Li Yan cut off his head a few days ago, why didn't he cut off his head? ”

Zhao's wife said: "The west is not bright and the east is bright, since the Eastern Han court is unwilling to reuse the husband." Why don't you take refuge in the Western Han Dynasty? This 'not a person' is now a celebrity under Lu Bu, maybe he can really bring wealth to our family! ”

Zhao Fan bowed his head: "Madam said the same, go out and see why you are not here?" (To be continued.) )