Xiangyang.
Cao Ren could no longer contain his excitement and led Xu Huang and Yu Jin directly to Jiangling.
According to the agreement with Lu Meng, the Dongwu army will land at the mouth of Youjiang River, and then join forces with Cao Ren. The two armies will march directly to Jiangling.
Once this fortified city is captured, the four counties in Jingnan will be defenseless.
"General, after a year, we can finally avenge our shame!"
Xu Huang will never forget the humiliation Liu Mang brought to Cao's army during the Battle of Hanzhong.
"That's right! In the Battle of Hanzhong, Zhang He surrendered, and his family was secretly rescued by Liu Mang!"
"This thief doesn't want to repay King Wei's kindness, but instead defected to Liu Bei!"
"Let's capture Jiangling and let Sun Quan seize the four counties of Jingnan. Even if Liu Bei can come up with Shangyong, it will be Sun Quan who can resist him!"
Yu Jin's analysis was sound and logical. The two countries were quietly connected in order to plot against the increasingly powerful Liu Bei.
"What Wen Ze said is right! Liu Bei is a man of firm determination and his monstrous words confuse the public."
"It can attract heroes to follow him in life and death! But this son Liu Mang is not only as eloquent as his father, but also cunning and cunning!"
"I once exchanged letters with Lu Meng. This person asserted that it would be more advantageous for our operation if the guard general of Jingzhou was Guan Yu."
Guan Yu?
Xu Huang and Yu Jin looked at each other. If possible, they really didn't want to meet Guan Yu!
During the Battle of Hanzhong, Guan Yu rode his horse and brandished his sword, and called upon all the generals of Cao's army. As a result, all the three people in front of him were cowered.
"Although Guan Yu was brave, he was considerate of his subordinates and looked down upon the scholar-bureaucrats."
"Such an arrogant person will definitely feel careless when he sees Lu Meng's sick body."
"But Lu Meng is the best at showing the enemy weakness!"
Cao Ren said helplessly: "What a pity! It is Zhao Yun who is guarding Jingzhou now!"
"This man is a strong general who can go in and out seven times, and he is also a strong general who leads troops in battle."
Xu Huang frowned and said, "General, why do you see me?"
"Then Zhao Yun was responsible for protecting Liu Bei's family before!"
Yu Jin sighed and said: "Gong Ming, only after you have seen the Jiangling garrison can you know what Zhao Yun is capable of!"
"I once entered Jiangling in disguise, with neat military appearance and strong soldiers!"
Cao Ren sneered and said: "That's right! Although Zhao Yun is capable, he is not the enemy of Lu Meng and I!"
"ready to go!"
Cao Ren personally led 30,000 troops from Xiangyang and headed straight for Jiangling.
If he could not wait for Lu Meng's reinforcements, Cao Ren also planned to fight Zhao Yun.
"Twenty thousand infantry, two thousand cavalry, and the rest are crossbowmen and battering rams."
Pang Tong was holding a wine gourd in his hand. He seemed a little tipsy and couldn't help but burp.
Wenpin on the side said worriedly: "Military advisor! The general only has ten thousand defenders now..."
Hiccup!
Pang Tong smiled and said: "Zhongye, I know what you are worried about."
"But don't forget that besides me, Feng Chu, there are also you and Zhang Ren here!"
Zhang Ren was silent on the side, and Pang Tong smiled and said: "General Zhang, you are the prince's uncle, and you have an old relationship with General Zilong."
"Logically speaking, I shouldn't use despicable means."
"But a few days ago, I took Liu Zhang to Jiangling to stay temporarily."
After hearing this, Zhang Ren was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother!
Pang Tong's arrangement was obviously a warning to Zhang Ren.
Dare you slack off in defending the city?
Then let Liu Zhang accompany us to finish the game!
"Commander Pang, what a good plan!"
"General Zhang, you're welcome. I just want to make it easier for the general to protect Lord Liu Zhang."
Pang Tong chuckled and took another sip of wine.
"As I expected, Cao Ren should be here!"
Pang Tong looked from a distance, and sure enough, outside Jiangling City, Cao's army was marching towards Jiangling in pitch black.
"military adviser!"
Wenpin frowned and said, "Thirty thousand enemy troops are coming. What should our army do?"
Pang Tong burped, looked at Zhang Ren, and said with a smile: "General Zhang, do you have any ideas?"
Zhang Ren continued to sneer, "Soldiers will stop us, water will cover us! If the enemy dares to attack the city, I will burn their ladders and shoot their soldiers!"
Pang Tong shook his head and sighed: "Alas! I thought that the prince's uncle would have some good ideas, but he turned out to be a reckless man."
Zhang Ren was a little dissatisfied, but Pang Tong didn't care at all and said calmly: "The first step is to turn Cao's cavalry into infantry!"
Cavalry becomes infantry?
When Zhang Ren and Wenpin were puzzled, Pang Tong had already ordered people to dump all the cooked beans under the city.
The war horse smelled the aroma of the beans and couldn't help but step forward to eat them.
Even if the soldiers tried to stop him in every possible way, they could not stop the horse.
"Commander Pang, you are really serious. Why don't you feed our army's horses instead of taking advantage of Cao Cao's cavalry?"
Zhang Ren said disdainfully: "Or are you saying that Feng Chu's reputation is exaggerated?"
Zhang Ren was obviously dissatisfied with Pang Tong's hospitality.
"General Zhang, you said these cavalrymen come and go like the wind. If we don't use some means, wouldn't they be able to escape easily?"
Wenpin understood Pang Tong's style better, which was full of ingenuity!
"Military advisor, could it be that bean..."
"Yes, I put some crotons in there. I guess these cavalry mounts have already begun to take action!"
Just as Pang Tong expected, after eating the beans, the horses that had been showing off their power just now became languid, vomited and had diarrhea, and fell to the ground calmly.
The worst thing happened to Cao's cavalry. Because their mounts were limp, they turned directly into infantry. Pang Tong took the opportunity to give orders.
"You are a guest from afar, Jiangling welcomes you!"
The crossbowmen who were already ready aimed at the cavalry who had lost their horses, and bent their bows to set arrows!
"Retreat quickly!"
Cao Ren was shocked. Who would have thought of such an insidious and cunning strategy of putting croton in the feed?
"Pang Shiyuan, thanks to your nickname Fengchu, you actually used such a despicable trick!"
"Cao Zixiao, how old are you? As the saying goes, a war never tires of deception! Can't you manage people well, not even horses?"
Pang Tong laughed and scolded: "Our army throws beans under the city tower, and you want to eat them! What if the ones thrown are thousands of taels of gold, do you want to eat them too?"
Cao Ren was furious and directly ordered an attack on the city. He wanted to attract the defenders' attention as much as possible and create an opportunity for Lu Meng to sneak attack Jiangling.
"Wenze! Gongming! Follow me to attack the city!"
"Push the well fence over, and we will definitely kill Feng Chu today!"
Pang Tong is not afraid that the other party will come, but he is afraid that Jing Lan will not come!
When Zhang Ren saw the miserable state of Cao's cavalry, he couldn't help but curse in his heart - "Despicable!"
No wonder Pang Tong and Liu Mang are close friends. The strategies of the two masters and apprentices are so unconstrained and unconstrained!
If it were Zhuge Liang, Jubi would not have thought of using Croton to deal with the horses, causing Cao's army to lose thousands of cavalry in an instant!
"Military advisor! Why don't we stop it now?"
"General Zhongye, what are you trying to stop?"
"Cao Jun! They are pushing the well lantern over!"
Pang Tong was thoughtful and said bluntly: "Some time ago, I wanted to call on the people to cultivate a vegetable field outside the city."
"As a result, I used too much force and it turned into a trench..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Cao Jun's well collapsed into the trench instantly!
Cao Ren shouted angrily: "Pang Tong! I will **** you!"
