Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 250 Battle of Lanxi
On November 13rd in the [-]th year of Jian'an, from the end of the morning sunrise to the beginning of the eclipse, outside Yiyang City, Changsha County, Jingzhou.

In the dark cloudy day and dusk, the rain that had been raining for several days suddenly stopped, and several long-lost rays of the morning sun, through the thick dark clouds, reflected on the rain-soaked land.

Cai Mao's army has moved from Zikou to the foot of Yiyang City, more than 20 miles away, to the wilderness plain in the northeast corner about four miles away from the city.

There is smoke from cooking camps all over the camp. After the morning mist clears, you can see the same smoke rising from Yiyang City, and further south, from the south bank of Lanxi River in the southeast corner of Yiyang City, there is another camp. towering.

A tall oar was built above the camp, and there were two people standing on the oar, one was Guan Yu and the other was Zhuge Liang.

At this time, Guan Yu was wearing a green robe and a green hat on his head. The Qinglong Yanyue Saber was placed in the hands of Zhou Cang under the high oar, and the others stood on the high oar, standing awe-inspiring in the cold wind.

Zhuge Liang was wearing a gray and black fox fur, with a royal blue silk cloak inside and a light green robe on the inside. He looked like a refined gentleman, overlooking the north.

"Military division, will Cai Mao really attack today?"

Guan Yu looked at the enemy camp seven or eight miles away. Yesterday Cai Mao moved the camp outside Yiyang City. There were only more than 6000 horses in Yiyang City, and their army was only more than [-] people.

And Cai Mao now has an army of [-], plus Zhou Bo Sun Yi's more than [-] troops in the rear, and Han Xi's navy on the lake, the total strength is close to [-].

With such a large gap in troop strength, Guan Yu did not choose to attack rashly, but stuck to Lanxi and Yiyang, waiting for the enemy to attack.

"Your Majesty must understand that since Cai Mao took the initiative to attack Jingnan, he must make a quick decision."

Hearing his words, Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Because the lord is likely to come back at any time, so he made a detour to attack Linxiang from Yiyang. We are blocked here, and Cai Mao will be unable to move an inch."

"Well."

Guan Yu nodded, stroked his beard and said, "What if he attacks the city first?"

"Although there are fewer soldiers in the city, the city is also stronger. It will take a long time to attack the city, so how can it be more convenient to attack the camp."

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "What's more, think about it, if you are Cai Mao, the city is difficult to attack but the camp is easy to attack. When attacking the city, the camp with more soldiers and horses will come to support, and it is difficult to defend. When attacking the camp, there are few soldiers in the city. Even if you come to support, it will be easier to repel, and it is even possible to counterattack the city. Will the prince choose easy before difficult, or difficult before easy?"

"This military adviser is right. It seems that Cai Mao will indeed attack my camp first."

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and then laughed at himself: "It's just that I didn't expect that I, Guan Yu, would be so powerful in the north. In the eyes of others, I would become someone who can be easily attacked. This is a new thing."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "That's because the general didn't raise the banner. Naturally, Cai Mao didn't know that the general was guarding this place. If he knew, he wouldn't dare to attack. Even if he came, there was a general here. back."

"Hahahahaha."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "The military master should not play tricks on me. Although I have a little reputation, I also know that the world will say that I am nothing more than a mediocre man. Why should I be afraid? But the military master is right. Great cause, if Cai Mao dares to come, he will definitely teach him whether to come or not!"

"It's natural, but you still have to be careful."

Zhuge Liang reminded: "Cai Mao has a lot of people, and he may send people to Jingling to find Zhang Yun as reinforcements. We should not underestimate them."

Guan Yu laughed and said, "Huang Zhongshou is in Yiyang City, and we are on the south bank of Lanxi River. We all have barriers and each other's horns. Although Cai Mao has many troops, I will never be afraid of it."

"Junhou is so brave, it's admirable. With Junhou's words, Liang can go to Luo County to make arrangements without worry."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Just before leaving, I still have to remind you. You must remember that no matter how provocative Cai Mao is outside the camp, don't leave the camp. Fighting needs time, and we must not miss it!"

"Military division, let's go."

Guan Yu squinted his eyes, looked at Cai Mao's camp in the north, and said with confidence in his voice, "For my brother's great cause, why not be afraid of being smashed to pieces!"

"Then leave everything to the Lord!"

Zhuge Liang cupped his hands with a smile, then turned around and went down the stairs with a smile still on his face.

What he appreciates most is Guan Yu.

Although proud, it is not the kind of arrogance that is arrogant and contemptuous of everything.

It's the kind of situation where everything is ready and the odds are in hand.Although the enemy is outnumbered, as long as you take adequate precautions and have a deep hole in your chest, you can also despise the enemy's pride.

This is pride!
Blind and ignorant pride is called arrogance, and a clear understanding of the enemy and ourselves is an admirable quality!
After Zhuge Liang left, he took a boat all the way east to Luo County to prepare for the overall situation.

At the end of the eclipse, when the warm sun fell on the ground, there was already a lot of commotion in the direction of Cai Mao's camp.

With the sound of the ping-pong war drums and horns, in several camps with horns, groups of soldiers came out from the gates of the camp in neat lines, bows were stringed, knives were unsheathed, spears were held in their hands, and they stepped on the ground. A neat pace.

They arranged countless square formations of different sizes in the wilderness about two miles northeast of Yiyang City, and then headed south, as if they were going to attack the city gate from the east city.

However, Guan Yu, who was watching the battle on a high oar above the Lanxi camp a few miles away, issued an order, and said to his lieutenants Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, "Order the whole army to be on alert!"

alert?

Zhou Cang wondered: "General, shouldn't we go out to save the city?"

Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, they came here for us. What are they doing out of the camp? Are you going to give up the camp and fight them in the wild?"

"Come at us?"

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao only felt that Monk Zhang Er was confused.

Isn't the opposite side going to attack the city?

"Look."

Guan Yu pointed to the distance and said: "If the enemy wants to attack the city, how can they not have siege equipment? Although Yiyang City is not high, it is still a city surrounded by capital water. There is not even a moat bridge. How can we cross the moat?"

"But we are on the south bank of Zishui, and we are surrounded by a tributary, the Lanxi River. Isn't this even more difficult?"

Zhou Cang was puzzled.

Guan Yu said: "Crossing the river is not easy. They have a lot of boats. They can just cross the river from the lower reaches. Just wait and see. Send down the order. The whole battalion is on alert and ready to fight."

"only."

Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao hurried to convey the order.

Soon the short and hasty orders and sharp police whistles spread throughout the camp, and everywhere there were the crashing sounds of armored leaves, anxious and angry urging sounds, and neat shouts. In an instant, Guan Yu's camp seemed to wake up. generally.

The Yiyang City in the Han Dynasty was not actually in the urban area of ​​Yiyang City in later generations, but at the fork of two Zishui Rivers, probably in the Qianjiazhou Township area of ​​Heshan District in Yiyang City in later generations.

The lower reaches of the Zishui River have been separated since ancient times. One goes north to connect with the Yuanshui River, and the other goes east to flow into Dongting Lake.

The branch going north is called Ganxi, and because of the south-to-north movement, it formed a port called Ganxi Port, which is about ten kilometers away from the urban area of ​​Yiyang City in later generations, probably in the Ziyang District of Yiyang City in later generations.

And Lanxi is the upper reaches of Zishui, which is a branch of Zishui in the urban area of ​​Heshan District, Yiyang City in later generations. A huge piece of land was drawn around the city of Yiyang in Han Dynasty, forming the rural area of ​​Qianjiazhou.

In this way, in terms of geographical environment, the north of Yiyang City is Zishui, the northeast is a large plain land, and the southeast is Lanxi.

The defenders of Yiyang City, Cai Mao's army, and Guan Yu's army were stationed in these three places respectively, which belonged to a tripartite force.

At this moment, Cai Mao raised his troops from the plain land in the northeast. If he wants to attack Yiyang City, he must build a large number of trench bridges.

Because Zishui is to the north and west of Yiyang City, a moat was dug to surround the city, so tools such as trench bridges were necessary to cross the river.

But Guan Yuguan and the others did not carry a large number of siege equipment at all, which is enough to show that the enemy's goal was Guan Yu's military camp south of Lanxi.

It seems that Zhuge Liang was right, Cai Mao really regarded him as a soft persimmon, although they had more people in the camp than the soldiers and horses in Yiyang City, Cai Mao still felt that they were the easiest to attack.

Therefore, Guan Yu also made up his mind to teach Cai Mao a lesson, so that he would never come back, so he immediately issued an order to rectify the army and horses to guard against the enemy.

The sound of gongs and drums in the camp was loud, and groups of soldiers emerged from behind the cloud platforms on the wooden fence.

Because it is a newly established camp, including the camps of Cai Mao and Guan Yu, there are actually only wooden fences and no earthen walls. However, even wooden fences have good defensive power, which can bring great advantages to the defenders.

Cai Mao's army in the distance went all the way south, passed Yiyang City, and did not stop, all the way to the southeast, walked along the Lanxi River for several miles, at the narrow part of the river downstream a little far from Guan Yu's camp, hundreds of flying boats, scouts, yachts, etc. The boat is already waiting here.

The upper and lower reaches of Lanxi are connected to Zishui, so Cai Mao's fleet can enter Zishui from Ganxi, and then enter the lower reaches of Lanxi from Zishui and go upstream, take soldiers across the lower reaches of Lanxi, and attack Guan Yu's camp from the east.

The only pity is that Yiyang City and Guan Yu's camp are some distance away from the river, so he can't drive the building boat over, and shoot arrows directly at the camp and the tower from the building boat.

After noon, Cai Mao's army appeared in the wilderness less than two miles away from Guan Yu's camp.

Because the southern bank of Lanxi was full of forests and swamps and lakes, they could not see the situation to the east of the camp, but the scouts had already dispersed.

Soon someone reported to Guan Yu: "Report, General, the enemy has crossed the river to the east gate of the camp."

"Come on, follow me to see."

Guan Yu picked up the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and besides Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao and other lieutenants, there were also generals such as Guan Ping, Liao Hua, Deng Fang, and Fu Kuang. It was obtained when Nanyang recruited soldiers.

And Liu Bei brought more teams to Xichuan. In addition to the old team such as Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Mi Zhu and Mifang, there are also Yizhou generals such as Wu Yi, Fei Guan, Zhang Yi, Deng Xian, Wu Lan, as well as Wei Yan, Dong Dong, etc. Jue, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Gao Xiang, Kou Feng and other generals recruited in Jingzhou.

At this moment, all the soldiers followed Guan Yu all the way to the east gate of the camp. Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were not only Guan Yu's lieutenants, but also loyal confidants. Why don't you come directly from Zishui? Just pass from outside Yiyang City, aren't you afraid of attacks from the city people?"

"I think they are eager to send troops to the city."

Guan Yu smiled.

Zhou Cang asked puzzled, "Why?"

Guan Yu said: "Cai Mao has many soldiers, but there are few in the city. Wouldn't he set up an ambush?"

"I see."

Zhou Cang nodded.

In fact, there are more than 6000 people in Yiyang City, and there are about [-] soldiers from Hanhu.

But you can't immediately send these pawns to the battlefield in a short time. What if they suddenly turn back?
The heart attack is to break the enemy's fighting spirit and make them stop resisting and surrender early. If they are allowed to go to the battlefield to fight against their former comrades, the morale of the army may be even more unstable.

So the eight thousand pawns were just pawns.

Unlike Wu Yi's [-] Yizhou soldiers, they are an army that can be converted into combat power.

In fact, Wu Yi's [-] Yizhou soldiers could not be called Yizhou soldiers, but Jingzhou soldiers.

Liu Yan is a native of Jingling in Jiangxia, Jingzhou. When he was appointed as a shepherd in Yizhou, he stayed in Jiangxia to recruit soldiers due to civil strife in Yizhou. He was named Dongzhou Bing.

Therefore, Dongzhou soldiers were originally from Jingzhou, and there were also some Guanzhong refugees, Nanyang, and Jingzhou gentry who followed Liu Yan.

Although most of their family members are in Berkshire, they do not have a sense of belonging to Jingzhou.

This led to Liu Bei being able to use them instead after a period of enlightenment after he captured them.

After that, Liu Bei also wrote to Liu Zhang to make peace, so that Liu Zhang did not kill their family members, and letters from their families were often sent to reassure the soldiers.

Moreover, the situation has changed drastically in the past two years, Zhang Lu deceived the master, and Liu Bei also said that he would go to Sichuan to help Liu Zhang deal with Zhang Lu, which made these Yizhou soldiers barely available.

Now it's a civil war in Jingzhou, and Han Hu's Baqianjiang doesn't have such a military spirit to help Liu Pan fight.

Therefore, if Huang Zhong really went out to fight in the city, he would fall right into Cai Mao's arms.

However, this strategy was too obvious, not to mention Guan Yu, Huang Zhong didn't fall for it, and just watched Cai Mao's army swagger through the city.

When Cai Mao arrived outside the east gate of Guan Yu's camp, he quickly began to line up his troops and prepare to attack.

Guan Yu's army saw that the camp was densely packed, and dozens of phalanxes quickly appeared. The [-] army could not see the border at a glance. Outside the camp, in the forest, on the hills, and in the wilderness, there were Cai Mao's Jingzhou soldiers.

While rectifying the soldiers and horses, Cai Hao listed out the formation, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to check around the camp, all of which were relatively routine military operations.

At three o'clock in the middle of the day, all Jingzhou soldiers lined up, and with the sound of war drums and thunder, the two sides did not have any prelude, nor did they have any conversation before the battle, and the war suddenly started like this.

More than a dozen phalanxes in the front row of Jingzhou soldiers suddenly began to press forward, rushing in like countless black clouds.

The shields were raised high, and a wooden ladder behind them was raised above the head. The soldiers outside the camp were like black ants. Then they got closer and closer, and the field of vision became overwhelming. Just yellow sand rolling.

The soldiers roared, remained silent, screamed, and crazily, like a surging flood, roaring and charging towards Guan Yu's camp in the cold wind between heaven and earth.

The battle started in an instant!
(End of this chapter)