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Chapter 971 Xiangyang Movement
During the Tang Dynasty, the Temple of King Wucheng was established, honoring Jiang Taigong as King Wucheng, taking Zhang Liang as his companion, enshrining ten philosophers and 64 generals from ancient and modern times, and Guan Yu's name is among the 64 famous generals.

After that, the Song and Yuan dynasties have always worshiped the Wu Temple and it was juxtaposed with the Confucian Temple of Confucius. It was not abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang until the Ming Dynasty, and it was not until the Qing Dynasty that the Wu Temple reappeared in the ranks of sacrifices, but the person has been changed to Guan Yu as the main statue. up.

Since then, it has continued to this day, and the name of Emperor Guan Wu has spread throughout the world.

There is also a reason why Guan Yu was so highly rated in history. His arrogance has offended many people, but he is still a celebrity through the ages. His loyalty, as well as his actual achievements, after all, there are too many words to describe pure loyalty.

Guan Yu's background can be described as lowly, but speaking of skills, he is really considered the best in the entire Three Kingdoms period. Others, such as Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Xiahou Brothers, Dian Wei, Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai, etc., have good cavalry, and some are good at infantry. There are people who are good at water warfare, but Guan Yu, who is self-taught from a humble background, is good at all three!
I won’t go into details about the records of cavalry battles and infantry battles. Just talking about water battles, as far as the very few navy commanders in the Three Kingdoms period were concerned, they were basically concentrated in Soochow. But after occupying Jingzhou, Guan Yu has always been the commander of the navy To deter Soochow, it was not once that Soochow broke the alliance, but they were all repelled by Guan Yu, which shows how strong Guan Yu's talent on the battlefield is.

At this moment, Guan Yu left [-] troops stationed in Yufu, Wuxian, Badong, and Zigui counties, and he was responsible for marching towards Yiling with [-] school swordsmen. The pursuit of speed is important, but to maintain a 'normal' marching speed towards Yiling.

Speaking of it, Jia Xu couldn't understand Guan Yu's high-spirited look now.

Jia Xu is an intelligent man, the top strategist of the Three Kingdoms, the most famous one is good at self-protection, he is good at political struggle, but when it comes to war, he is better at analyzing the war situation from a political point of view, or looking for loopholes from the heart, But that's all. If he really led troops to fight, he would definitely be a strongman and lock men.

At least, now Jia Xu can't figure out what Guan Yu's plan is. He only knows that Guan Yu wants to fight Yiling. There are too many ways to fight, but the results are very different, not to mention after defeating Yiling?

Don't think about it, the more you think about it, the more it hurts.

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Jiangling, the prefecture of Nanjun, the largest city in Jingzhou, the largest in terms of population, economy, and transportation, yes, you read that right, except for defense, everything else is number one.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, 34 generations of emperors successively established their capitals here. Throughout the entire history of China, Jiangling has always been synonymous with wealth and wealth.

Jiangling occupies a traffic hub, controls Bashu in the west, connects Xianghan in the north, leads the rivers and lakes, and refers to Wu and Guangdong. It is the hub connecting the Central Plains to the south of the Lingnan.

It can be said that the city was in chaos. It has only been seven days since Guan Yu broke out suddenly and went down to the three cities in a row. During these seven days, the scouts galloping back and forth on the main road in Jiangling City never stopped, and the snowflake-like letters of help were sent non-stop. In the city of Jiangling, bad news came one after another, there is no worst, only worse, up to the county guard, down to a big family, down to the merchants and common people, everyone is in panic, there is no one else, there is going to be a war!

Speaking of which, under Liu Yan's governance, Jingzhou has had no war for a long time. The advantage is that it far exceeds the prosperity and tranquility of other states and counties. The disadvantage is that when things come to an end, everyone will inevitably panic.

Overnight, the price of goods in the entire Jiangling city almost doubled, and it continued to rise the next day. Taking the food that Jingzhou has never been short of, it has tripled at this moment.

Everyone in the streets and alleys walked in a hurry, with unconcealable worries on their faces, even the children of the aristocratic families did not have the high-spirited look of the past.

Coincidentally, the reaction from Xiangyang was similar.

Geographically, Xiangyang belongs to the confluence of Nanjun and Nanyang counties, the south bank of the Han River, and the confluence of several major water systems in Jingzhou.

In terms of belonging, Xiangyang belongs to Nanjun, but it is not the government of Nanjun, but the government of the entire Jingzhou. Its geographical location is unique. Throughout history, Xiangyang has been the most important node in the attack on the south. For example, in the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang did not fall. Before, the Southern Song Dynasty was safe and sound. Once Xiangyang was lost, the Southern Song Dynasty immediately entered the countdown.

Xiangyang City is six feet high, and it is a first-class fortified city in terms of the whole Han Dynasty. It is so difficult to attack the city, even a peerless general with strong energy can hardly play a big role.

Because of this, all the aristocratic families in Xiangyang City fell into entanglement. The reason is that once Guan Yu took Yiling, Guan Yu would have two routes to enter the army. Arriving at the foot of Jiangling City, the second is to go north by land and go directly to Xiangyang.

With Guan Yu's military strength and the record of five thousand school swordsmen under his command in three consecutive cities in five days, no one thinks that the current Yiling can withstand Guan Yu's soldiers. After all, the disadvantages in all aspects are too great. On the one hand, Guan Yu's surprise attack caught everyone by surprise. On the other hand, nearly half of Jingzhou's troops entered Shuzhong.

To list them, Cai Mao, Huang Zu, Kuai Liang and others can list more than a dozen, but the question now is whether to protect Yiling or not, even if it delays the Lord Guan Yu for enough time.

"Everyone, tell me what to do." Huang Zu frowned and looked at the people around him. Since he took the lead in stabbing Liu Biao last time, he has become the leader of the Jingzhou family.

"We can't let Guan Yu take Yiling so easily, we must send troops to support it." Kuai Yue expressed his position first, and continued to elaborate this time: "After all, if Guan Yu takes Yiling and goes down the river, Jiangling doesn't even have a chance to react. If there is no chance, the door will be directly blocked. No one knows if Jiangling can hold it at that time. It is not afraid of [-], just in case. If Jiangling falls, it means that Nanjun falls. By then, the only isolated city in Xiangyang will be surrounded by two sides. , even if we don’t fight, the time-consuming alone will kill us.”

"What should we do then? Go to Jingnan or Central Plains? I'm afraid it will end badly no matter where!" The more he said, the more ugly Kuai Yue's expression became.

"What Yidu said is not unreasonable, but..." Cai Mao pondered for a while and then asked, "What if Guan Yu makes a sudden attack on Yiling after enough time has passed to support Yiling? Will this lead to the shortage of Xiangyang defenders? ?”

"Besides, in my opinion, Guan Yu's commander-in-chief is here, so Zhang He and Zhang Xiu will be far behind? Will they have already raised their troops to attack Xiangyang at this moment, Wang Xuanna? How is the situation in Central Shu now? Has General Xiahou already gone? ..., if there is not enough troops in Xiangyang at this moment..." Cai Mao paused at this point, his face was full of seriousness, "I'm really afraid, this is the real purpose of Liu Bei's army, after all, Lord Liu... ..."

After Cai Mao finished speaking, everyone's expressions also turned ugly. What they did to Liu Biao was indeed too much. It was like digging a hole and jumping in by themselves, so no one else would bury it.

This matter has basically become a taboo topic in Jingzhou. Now that Cai Mao doesn't open which pot is which pot, it's strange that everyone's face is good.

(End of this chapter)