The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 286
"Oh, yes." Zhou Yu sighed. He knew Sun Ce's character very well, so he didn't say more.

So Sun Ce began to send troops to attack Jingnan. Of course, Liu Biao didn't know about it.

At this time, Huang Zhong's 3000 soldiers and horses had also come to the bank of the Han River to join Li Yuan's army, leaving only [-] soldiers for Hou Cheng to guard Xinye.Li Yuan asked Hua Xiong, who was originally stationed in Jiangxia, to lead [-] soldiers, and left [-] soldiers for Gao Shun to station in Jiangxia. Because Gao Shun's camp had already suffered losses, he could not use it when he attacked Xiangyang, so he let Gao Shun It stayed in Jiangxia.

Li Yuan's total force on the banks of the Han River has reached more than 5000, but there are also 5 soldiers in Xiangyang, 6 sailors on the Han River, and Liu Biao's total force of [-]. According to the current situation Looking at it, it is still very difficult to attack Xiangyang. The only breakthrough point is Gan Ning's sneak attack.

Ten days had passed since Gan Ning captured Jiangling. At this time, Li Yuan was discussing the war with the generals in the tent. Suddenly, a soldier came in and reported that there was some movement in Xiangyang, and the navy on the Han River was approaching the bank.Li Yuan realized that it was likely that Gan Ning had successfully attacked Xiangyang, which is why Liu Biao called back the navy on the river. He immediately led the generals out to check.

When we came to the Han River, we could clearly see the situation on the opposite bank. The Jingzhou army that was still patrolling the river was moving closer to the bank. More than 500 warships were parked by the river, and countless soldiers were landing quickly. The city gate has been opened, as if to take the soldiers back.

"My lord, the opportunity to break the city has arrived, please cross the river quickly!" Pang Tong said immediately when he saw this.

"Does Shiyuan think that Xingba's sneak attack was successful, and that's why Liu Biao was so anxious to call back the soldiers on the river?" Li Yuan asked.

"That's right. General Gan Ning brought only 2 sailors, and he should have left thousands of people stationed in Jiangling. Therefore, the number of soldiers who attacked Xiangyang was definitely not 6. Liu Biao still has at least [-] in the city. General Gan Ning can't last long, so we should cross the river and attack the city immediately!" Pang Tong said anxiously, how could they miss such a good opportunity.

"Shi Yuan, don't worry. I think this may be Kuai Liang's trick. He deliberately lured us across the river, and then took the opportunity to kill a carbine. He knew that our army is not good at water warfare, so he wanted to fight us on the river. Negative, if you cross the river in a hurry, you may fall into the trap." Xu Shu was more cautious and did not recommend rushing across the river.

"Yuan Zhi, you can't say that. Liu Biao probably doesn't know that General Gan has broken Jiangling, so General Gan's surprise attack on Xiangyang is very likely to be successful. Now that there is chaos in the city, the Jingzhou army on the river has also been called back, which shows that Gan Ning's surprise attack It has been successful, we should not miss the opportunity." Pang Tong retorted.

"Although your words are reasonable, Kuai Liang is resourceful. What if he really seduced us on purpose?" Xu Shu didn't back down.

"Although Kuai Liang is wise and resourceful, Liu Biao is conservative and timid. If Xiangyang had not encountered a crisis, he would not have recalled the soldiers on the river." Pang Tong had a very accurate grasp of Liu Biao's character.

Li Yuan watched the pair of former classmates arguing with each other, and he was a little dizzy. He didn't know whether he should cross the river, so he could only ask Xi Zhicai for help: "Zhicai, what do you think?"

Xi Zhicai smiled slightly and said: "My lord, don't worry, what Shi Yuan and Yuan Zhi said are both reasonable, we can take a compromise method, first let General Yu Jin lead an army of three thousand sailors to cross the river, and we will follow closely behind. If it wasn’t Kuai Liang’s plan, then we could attack the city openly; if it was a plan, then General Yu Jin could also cover our retreat, so that we can advance and attack, retreat and defend.”

Li Yuan said with satisfaction: "Okay, just do as Zhicai said, Wen Ze, you immediately lead the three thousand sailors across the river, my army will follow closely behind, remember to be careful and observe whether the enemy is trying to lure the enemy. "

"It's the lord!" Yu Jin immediately took the order and left.

Yu Jin led [-] sailors to cross the river by boat. When they reached the center of the river, Li Yuan led the army across the river. Because there were too many soldiers, it was impossible to transport them all at once. They could only be transported in three or four times.

Yu Jin carefully rowed the warship to the opposite side, and saw that there was no one on the enemy's warship docked on the shore. Just in case, he asked his soldiers to check whether each of the enemy's warships was deserted. After some observation by his subordinates, it was confirmed that the enemy's warships were all empty. Yu Jin speculated that this was not Kuai Liang's trick, so he immediately led the soldiers ashore.

After going ashore, he saw that the gate of Xiangyang City was closed, there were still soldiers guarding the city, and there was no place to ambush, so he immediately fired a loud arrow, indicating to Li Yuan that the shore was safe. Lead the army across the river quickly.

Li Yuan and Hua Xiong's [-] soldiers were the first to cross the river. When they approached the city, Li Yuan heard loud shouts of killing inside the city, and saw a lot of black smoke rising. He knew that Gan Ning had died. Attacking the city and setting fire to it caused chaos, Li Yuan saw the situation was critical and knew that he could not wait for the army to cross the river before attacking the city, otherwise Gan Ning in the city would not be able to hold on, so he decided to attack the city immediately.

"Hua Xiong, how many ladders does your army have?" Li Yuan asked.

"My lord, when we crossed the river, our soldiers only brought twenty ladders." Hua Xiong replied, because the space of the warship is limited, so it is very good to be able to carry twenty ladders for one crossing.

"Xingba has already entered the city, but there are still 500 enemy troops in Xiangyang City. Xingba may not last long. We must attack the city to help Xingba. You immediately divide the soldiers into a team of [-] people, a total of [-] soldiers. The team set up the ladder together to attack the top of the city at all costs." Li Yuan said decisively.

"The last general has an order!" Hua Xiong took the order and left.

"Wen Ze, you continue to help the army cross the river. The second batch of soldiers crossing the river are the troops of Tai Shici and my senior brother Zhang Xiu, as well as Zhongkang's Huwei battalion. The third batch of soldiers crossing the river are Li Tong's troops, Zhao Yun's troops The Flying Cavalry Army doesn't need to cross the river, they stay by the river."

"It's the lord!" Yu Jin took the order and returned to the bank to continue to help the army cross the river. ,

As soon as Li Yuan finished talking about Huaxiong's preparations, he could attack the city at any time. Li Yuan came to the front of the formation and shouted: "Huaxiong's army listens to the order and immediately uses the fastest speed to attack the top of the city. Are you confident? "

"Have confidence!" Hua Xiong's army shouted in unison, their morale high.

"Attack!" Li Yuan waved his hand, and [-] soldiers rushed towards Xiangyang together. Everyone charged as fast as possible, and no one hesitated, because Hua Xiong, the general who led them, rushed to the front, which made their morale more exalted.

(End of this chapter)