Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 673 The plan is revealed
At the junction of Jingzhou and Henan, there are four mountains connected: Funiu Mountain, Fuyu Mountain, Dahu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain.

The most important place among them is undoubtedly the line from Duyang to Wuyang.

This passage connects to Nanyang County, the heart of northern Jing, in the west, and to Yingchuan County, the hope of scholars in Zhongzhou, in the east.

Whether it is Nanyang or Yingchuan, or Chenliu and Runan connected to Yingchuan, they are all flat lands, and as long as the army enters, they can gallop at will.

Therefore, the three passes separated by four mountains became the places that Cao and Liu must fight for.

Among them, the most intense battle was the one in Duyang City.

This is why, when Huang Zhong was guarding Duyang City, Guan Yu sent his own son Guan Ping to take orders and gave him a serious explanation:

"If Duyang is lost, I will kill you."

The most dangerous one in more than a year was last year when Cao's army, led by Cao Ren, launched three attacks on Wancheng in a row and decided to fight in one go.

Cao Ren even directly surrounded Wancheng and entered Jingbei. As a result, the cavalry that was integrated to directly defeat Guan Yu was defeated by the armored cavalry, and was eventually driven out of Jingbei again.

As a result, Huang Zhong and Guan Ping finally no longer had to worry about defending the city, but instead continued to push the front line eastward into Yuzhou. Now it was Cao's army that was on the defensive and began to defend Wuyang City to the death.

From Duyang to Wuyang, the originally wide passage was narrowed increasingly by the Lishui River and Fushui River sandwiched between the north and south, and at the easternmost end was the towering Wuyang City.

"If it weren't for these two rivers, General Guan's armored cavalry would have been able to break through the enemy's formation in one battle, so why would General Huang have to fight so hard here..."

The speaker was Liu Min, who had previously asked his cousin Jiang Wan to find him a job that would allow him to serve his country.

After serving as the chief clerk under Huang Zhong and experiencing several battles, his original bookish air was replaced by a more ferocious temperament.

"It's not that we can't fight..." Guan Ping said to himself, but Liu Min also understood the subtext, that it was not cost-effective after all.

Cao's army has deployed layers of defense here. Even if the armored cavalry can break through the formation, they lack room for detours and will most likely suffer heavy losses in the end. Moreover, there is Wuyang City to attack in the rear. It is unwise to waste elite troops here.

Guan Ping and Liu Min were whispering about their views on the battle situation while also paying close attention to the fight between General Huang and General Cao in front of them.

Finally, after another joint attack, both sides slowly retreated together. Guan Ping and Liu Min also tacitly stopped talking and went towards the retreating General Huang together.

The ring-handled sword was casually thrown aside, and the body armor and shoulder armor were also removed. He sat there with his horse and golden sword, and a military doctor brought him a bowl of hot medicinal soup that could nourish his mind and body.

Whenever he saw this, Huang Zhong couldn't help but frown, but thinking about what the doctor Fan A said, "It's a miracle that the general is over sixty years old and still as strong as a dragon and a tiger. As such, he needs more conditioning to maintain his health and must not waste his energy." Huang Zhong could only hold his breath and drink it all in one gulp. Only then did the military doctor nod and leave with the empty bowl.

Huang Zhong then turned around and told his personal soldiers: "I don't need to say much to the injured men. Those who need to be nursed back to health should be nursed back to Duyang as soon as possible. Those who unfortunately died should also have their names sorted out. When the lord builds a shrine in the future, they will be offered blood and food. There should be no shortage of food and money."

Seeing his personal soldiers taking orders to do it, Huang Zhong nodded slightly and talked about another matter with Guan Ping and Liu Min who came over:
"Cao's army is increasing in number. We should think of ways to defeat them, or else something unexpected will happen."

General Huang's attitude... Guan Ping thought about it for a moment:
"But is it related to the brave general who was fighting with the general?"

Huang Zhong nodded without hesitation:

"That's Li Dian. He was supposed to be in Shouchun, south of Qiao County, helping Xiahou Dun defend Jiangdong."

Guan Ping immediately understood that Cao's army had always had troops stationed in the east to guard against the enemy...or it was common knowledge that Cao's army was plotting to take over Jiangdong.

Now that Li Dian appears here, it is likely that the garrison in Shouchun has also been transferred here.

Liu Min was puzzled: "Then the Cao army is not afraid of Jiangdong's army marching north? When you were fighting in Jingxiang before, didn't Sun Hou also plot to take Hefei?"

Huang Zhong and Guan Ping looked at each other in tacit understanding, and then shook their heads together. "Previously, Jiangdong secretly colluded with Cao's bandits and attacked the north, which ended with Lü Meng's death in Jiangling."

Guan Ping explained succinctly:

"Jiangdong is seeking a peace treaty to open up trade routes. The prestige of the four families is growing day by day, and it is difficult for Lord Sun to control them."

This is not difficult to understand. After all, Liu Min himself is from Jingnan, and he has a deep understanding of the lack of ambition of some big families, such as the Pan family...

After sighing in his heart, Liu Min also understood why General Huang looked a little solemn at the moment.

There were many talented people in Cao's army, and Liu Min knew with a little thought that the four surnames of Jiangdong must have been secretly communicating with Cao's army. In this case, perhaps the garrison in Shouchun had already been transferred here.

And based on Cao Cao's character, perhaps troops from Donghai, Guangling, Taishan and other places might also be transferred here.

In this case, maybe this long war will end this year. When Liu Min thought of this, he felt a little scared.

But this leaves us with a question:
"General Huang, what's your plan?"

For Liu Min, even though he knew that Cao's troops were gathering around him, and even though he knew that now was the best opportunity to defeat Cao's army, but... with a strong city sandwiched between two rivers, there was really no room for maneuver.

Therefore, Liu Min asked with a wry smile, but unexpectedly, General Huang in front of him had a rare and elusive cunning look on his face:

"Xiahou Yuan fears war every day but does not refuse it, and he delays the battle by pretending to wait for the army to gather."

"But he never considered that inviting Kua Yong to a fight on a certain day was not just a delaying tactic?"

"Should we allow the Cao thieves to have reinforcements, but still deceive our Han army that they have no reinforcements?"

"Could it be Jiang Ling..."

The first person Liu Min thought of was his cousin, but General Huang shook his head mysteriously and said:
"Gong Yan has important matters to attend to. Reinforcements will arrive in less than five days."

But in reality the time was even shorter. In the evening of the next day, Liu Min met his comrades who were called reinforcements by General Huang and spoke with a distinct Ba accent.

What surprised Liu Min even more was that during the meal Guan Ping whispered to him that the General Wu who led the reinforcements might be related to Lord Xuande by marriage in the future.

But the most eye-catching thing is the baggage carts of this reinforcement team, which far exceed the normal troop rations.

"Everything inside is a sharp weapon to defeat the enemy!" the taciturn General Wu introduced it with rare solemnity.

Liu Min couldn't help but look forward to it.

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan in Cao's camp was also a little worried:

"The lights are bright in the enemy camp... Could it be that there are reinforcements?"

Li Dian, who was sitting at the same table, bowed with a calm expression:
"The land occupied by the enemy army is narrow and sparsely populated. How can we get elite troops to help us?"

"And my three thousand troops have arrived. My uncle was able to defeat Lu Bu in the past because of these elite troops."

"Tomorrow, I will defeat the bandits and live up to the Prime Minister's trust!"

There was no trace of arrogance on Li Dian's face, but what he said made people feel at ease. These were elite soldiers who had defeated Lu Bu!
Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but look forward to tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)