Zhang Xiu's surprise attack was absolutely unexpected. Since the Central Plains had not yet been completely calmed down, how could he dare to leave without authorization and lead his army south to Jingzhou? Even Liu Bei would find it difficult to imagine this.
Because in everyone's eyes, the Central Plains is much more important than Jingzhou.
Xiang Chong and Meng Da certainly did not expect that Zhang Xiu would personally lead the army to attack Jiuliguan. Otherwise, they would not have dared to relax their defense so easily that Zhang Xiu succeeded. When the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded, both of them thought it was thunder in the sky. , thinking that there might be a heavy rain coming.
Unexpectedly, before the mountain rain came, murderous intent filled the city.
It wasn't until Jing's army entered the city that they became alert, but it was too late. The retreat had long been intercepted by soldiers and horses led by Tu Lichen, and Xiang Chong and Meng Da had to surrender to the Jing army.
Zhang Xiu knows about Meng Da, and he must not be allowed to stay.
But Xiang Chong is still quite good. According to the record of "Chu Shi Biao" of later generations: General Xiang Chong was of good character and well-versed in military affairs. He used the same skills as in the past. The late emperor called him Neng, and he was appointed as the governor by public opinion. It means that if you know everything about the camp, you will be able to make the formation harmonious and the good and the bad will be settled.
Zhuge Liang commented like this, which shows that this person's ability is not weak.
After careful consideration, Zhang Xiu ordered Meng Da to be imprisoned and ordered Xiang Chong to be sent to Xuchang for stay. In this battle, they have to defeat more with less, and their opponent is Guan Yu, who will be famous in later generations. There is no room for any mistakes. Even if they surrender to Chong at this moment, they dare not entrust them with important tasks. They might as well send them directly to the rear.
The most important thing right now is how to capture Jingzhou.
According to Guan Yu's current layout in Jingzhou: now, beacon towers are built up and down the Han River, maybe twenty miles, or thirty miles high. Whenever there is any disturbance, the beacons will be lit immediately to notify them. Secondly, in Gong'an and Nanjun respectively, Fu Shiren and Mi Fang guarded and guarded the interior.
Nanjun is now the capital of Chu State. After many years of renovation, today's Nanzheng has changed greatly. The city has high walls and thick walls, which cannot be broken by ordinary enemies. Mi Fang is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, and Liu Bei is very relieved to defend him, but Unexpectedly, Mi Fang would also rebel.
This is also the purpose of Zhang Xiu.
As long as Nanjun was defeated, Chu State would be declared destroyed in name, and Guan Yu would have to return from the Nanyang front, and Zhang Fei would have to shrink his defenses to save the capital.
He wanted to imitate Lü Meng's crossing of the river in later records.
According to later records, Lü Meng sent troops north from Lukou to attack Jingzhou. Now Zhang Xiu and others came from Jiuliguan and mainly used cavalry. Naturally, they could not use Lü Meng's tactics and had to find another way to fight.
Naturally, water and land are not feasible, so we have to go by land.
Nanzheng, the capital of Jingchu, is on the bank of the Yangtze River, south of the Han River. It seems that they have to cross the Han River first to reach Nanzheng. However, there are beacon towers deployed by Guan Yu up and down the Han River. They have no choice but to break the beacon towers and cross the river first. .
"I didn't expect that Guan Yu, who was so arrogant and so meticulous in his work, would actually set up such a large number of beacon towers along the Han River!" Tu Lichen couldn't help but sigh when he learned about the beacon towers deployed along the river.
E Huan opened his mouth and looked at Zhang Xiu: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead my own disciples to clear these obstacles."
Tulichen said with a smile: "Hey! If it were so easy, I would go. As soon as your cavalry is dispatched, people will immediately be alert and light the beacon tower. By then, the whole Jingzhou will know that my Dajing soldiers and horses have come in. By then we If you are isolated and helpless, won't you be surrounded by Jing's army?"
E Huan bared his teeth: "Yes!"
Zhang Liao looked at the sand table in front of him, frowned and said without thinking for a while: "Your Majesty, Guan Yu relied on the heroes and thought he was invincible. Now he has sent all the troops of Jingzhou to the north to capture Nanyang. Jingzhou is empty and unprepared. The only people who can stop him are these beacon towers." Also; I heard that Liu Bei went south to attack Wu in white clothes, maybe we can imitate him."
Zhang Xiu glanced at Zhang Liao with a smile on his face.
In fact, these are some of Zhang Xiu's little thoughts.
He, the majestic Emperor Dajing, must not use some dirty means, even in war, otherwise he will be criticized by future generations. He has known this method of pretending to be a businessman for a long time, but this method can never be said from his mouth, he can only borrow it from other people's mouths.
Therefore, before going south, Zhang Xiu mentioned Liu Bei's crossing of the river in white clothes many times in front of them, just to make them all remember it so that they would remember this method at this time of crossing the river.
Sure enough, Zhang Liao was the first to think of this method.
Zhang He also nodded and said: "Although this method is a bit shameful, it is the most beneficial to our army. It can render the Chu army's beacon tower useless without any effort or exposure."
Gan Ning nodded: "Crossing the river in white clothes is the method Liu Bei first used. If he can use it, we can use it too."
Others echoed.
Zhang Xiu waited for them all to agree, then slowly said: "cross the river in white clothes! Although this method is a bit shameful, it is still a good method. Since all the soldiers agree, we will follow this plan; in terms of water warfare, you No one is Xingba’s opponent, Xingba!”
Gan Ning came out happily: "The general is here!"
"I leave this battle to you. I order you to capture these beacon towers and not to alert other Chu troops."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, your general will fulfill his mission!"
Zhang Xiu nodded and continued: "Across the Han River, we are at Nanzheng and Gong'an. According to the battle report sent by Zhuge Liang, the troops led by Huang Zhong have already fought against Wu Army General Tai Shici. Now they are confronting my army again. The main force that went to Soochow could not return even a single soldier and was pinned down by Sun Ce and Zhuge Liang, so our only opponents were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei."
"We must capture Nanzheng before Zhang Fei and Guan Yu return for reinforcements; but Nanzheng City has high walls and thick walls, and we do not have heavy siege equipment. It will be difficult to conquer in a short period of time. The only way is to outsmart them; I heard that the public security guard is Fu Shiren, let’s start from his side.”
"Fu Shiren?"
All the soldiers looked at each other in confusion, having never heard of this man.
But Zhang Xiu knew that it was the existence of this person that caused Guan Yu to be careless and lose Jingzhou and defeat Maicheng.
If you start from this person, you will definitely get twice the result with twice the result.
"Yes, this is Fu Shiren. After crossing the Han River, I ordered Ma Chao to lead three thousand soldiers and horses to intercept the soldiers and horses in Maicheng. I intercepted the soldiers and horses to the north. I ordered Zhang Liao to lead two thousand soldiers and horses to Zigui. The rest of the army followed me to attack Gong'an City."
"Here!"
All the soldiers shouted.
This battle was a long-distance battle in which Dajing's senior generals concentrated their efforts. They were able to fully demonstrate their combat skills in front of the emperor. Every soldier worked very hard and was also very careful, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
After receiving Zhang Xiu's order, the generals quickly made complete preparations in order to be foolproof.
So, under the leadership of Zhang Xiu, the Jing army marched towards the police station.
Gan Ning was in the vanguard, preparing to pull down the beacon towers along both sides of the river.
