Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

At the junction of Jingyu and Henan, four mountains are connected: Funiu Mountain, Fuyu Mountain, Dahu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain.

The most important one is undoubtedly the line from Duyang to Wuyang.

This passage connects Nanyang County to the west, which is the essence of Jingbei, and to the east is Yingchuan County, which is regarded as the hope of scholars in Zhongzhou.

Whether it is Nanyang or Yingchuan, or Chenliu Runan connected to Yingchuan, they are all flat areas. As long as the army enters, they can gallop to their heart's content.

Therefore, the three passes separated by four mountains became a battleground between Cao and Liu.

Among them, the one with the fiercest battle was Duyang City.

This is why when Duyang City was guarded by Huang Zhong, Guan Yu also sent his son Guan Ping to obey his orders, and he said sincerely:

"If you lose Du Yang, I will kill you."

The most dangerous situation in more than a year was last year when Cao Jun, with Cao Ren as commander, came out in three directions to directly attack Wancheng and set the stage for a battle.

Cao Ren even directly besieged Wancheng and entered Jingbei. As a result, the cavalry who were integrated and wanted to directly capture Guan Yu were defeated by the armored cavalry and were eventually driven out of Jingbei.

As a result, Huang Zhong and Guanping finally no longer had to defend the city, but continued to advance the front eastward into Yuzhou. Now, Cao Jun, who was on the defensive, began to defend Wuyang City.

From Duyang to Wuyang, the originally wide passage became narrower and narrower by the Lishui and 𣲘 waters sandwiched between the north and the south. At the eastern end is the impressive Wuyang City.

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

The speaker was Liu Min, who had previously gone to ask his cousin Jiang Wan to find him a job that could serve his family and country.

After joining Huang Zhong's account as the chief clerk, he went through many battles, and his original bookish temperament was replaced by a more fierce temperament.

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

Cao's army deployed layers of defenses here. Even if the armored cavalry could penetrate the formation but lacked room to maneuver, they would probably suffer heavy losses in the end. Moreover, there was Wuyang City to attack in the rear. It would be unwise to waste elite troops here indiscriminately.

Guan Ping and Liu Min exchanged their views on the battle situation in low voices, while also paying close attention to the fight between General Huang and General Cao ahead.

Finally, after another combined attack, the two sides slowly retreated together. Guan Ping and Liu Min also stopped talking in a tacit understanding, and together they faced the retreating General Huang.

The ring-shou knife was casually thrown down, and the body armor and shoulder armor were also removed. The man with the big horse sword sat there, and a military doctor brought over a bowl of hot medicinal soup that nourished the mind and body.

Every time he saw this, Huang Zhong could not help but frown, but when he thought about what the doctor Fan A said, "It is a miracle that a general who is over sixty years old is still as powerful as a dragon and a tiger. In this case, he needs to take care of himself. "Don't waste it." Huang Zhong could only hold his breath and finish it off in one gulp, and then the military doctor nodded and left with the empty bowl.

So Huang Zhong turned around and told the soldiers around him: "I don't need to say more about the injured son. Those who need to be nursed back to health and those who should be sent back to Duyang to recuperate as soon as possible. Those who unfortunately died must also sort out their names and wait for them in the future. The Lord’s temple should enjoy blood and food, and there should be no shortage of food and money.”

Seeing the 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 getting larger and larger. We should think of ways to defeat the enemy. We may be afraid of changes later."

General Huang's attitude... Guan Ping thought for a moment:

"But does the brave general who fights with the general have something to do with it?"

Nodding, Huang Zhong did not hesitate:

"That's Li Dian. He was originally supposed to be guarding Jiangdong with Xiahou Dun in Shouchun, south of Qiaojun."

Guan Ping immediately understood that Cao Jun had always had troops stationed in the east to be on guard... or that he was planning to plot Jiangdong, which everyone knew.

And now that Li Dian appears here, I'm afraid Shouchun's garrison has also been transferred here.

Liu Min was immediately puzzled: "Then Cao's army is not afraid of Jiangdong leading the army north? When the princes fought in Jingxiang before, didn't Sunhou also plot to join Fei?"

Huang Zhong and Guan Ping looked at each other in tacit understanding, and then shook their heads together.

"Previously, Jiangdong Yin joined Cao's thieves and attacked northward, which ended with Lu Meng's death in Jiangling."

Guan Pingyan explained concisely and comprehensively:

"Jiangdong is asking for peace and opening up trade routes. The four surnames are now growing in prestige, and it is difficult for Sun Hou to restrain 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 surnames, such as the Pan family...

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

There are many capable people among Cao Jun, and thinking with his toes, Liu Min also knows that the four surnames in Jiangdong must also have secret connections with Cao Jun. In this case, maybe Shouchun's garrison has been transferred.

And if it depends on Cao Cao's character, maybe soldiers and horses from Donghai, Guangling, Taishan and other places have also been transferred.

In this case, maybe this long war will end this year. Thinking of this, Liu Min actually felt a little shuddering.

But then there is a question before us:

"Old General Huang, what's the plan?"

For Liu Min, even if he knew that Cao Jun's soldiers and horses were gathering in front of him, even if he knew that now was the best chance to defeat Cao Jun, but... with a strong city sandwiched between two rivers, there was really no room for change.

Therefore, Liu Min asked with a wry smile, but what he didn't expect was that a rare and elusive cunning look appeared on the face of Old General Huang in front of him:

"Then Xia Houyuan was afraid of fighting every day but did not refuse to fight. He pretended to delay until the army could gather."

"But he hasn't considered that inviting a fight on a certain day to show off his bravery is not a delaying strategy?"

"Are you going to allow the Cao thieves to have reinforcements, but deceive our Han army into having no reinforcements?"

"Could it be Jiangling..."

The first thing Liu Min thought of was her cousin, but General Huang shook his head mysteriously and said:

"Gong Yan still has important things to do. The reinforcements will arrive in less than five days."

But in reality, this time was shorter. In the evening of the next day, Liu Min saw Pao Ze, who was called a reinforcement by General Huang and spoke with a distinct Ba accent.

What surprised Liu Min even more was when Guan Ping whispered to him during the dinner that the General Wu who came with the reinforcements might be related to Xuande Gong by marriage in the future.

But the most eye-catching thing is the baggage vehicles of this reinforcement team that far exceed the number of normal army rations.

"Everything inside is a weapon to defeat the enemy!" General Wu, a man of few words, said in a rare and solemn introduction.

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

At the same time, Xia Houyuan in Cao's camp was also slightly worried:

"The lights are brightly lit in the thief camp...could there be reinforcements as well?"

Li Diangong, who was seated at the same table, cupped his hands with a calm expression on his face:

"The area occupied by the bandit army is small and sparsely populated. How can we have elite soldiers to help us?"

"And my three thousand tribes have arrived. In the past, my uncle was able to defeat Lu Bu because he relied on these elites."

"Tomorrow, I will defeat the thief so that I can live up to the prime minister's trust!"

There was no trace of pride on Li Dian's face, but what he said also made people feel confident. This was an elite soldier who had defeated Lu Bu!

Xia Houyuan couldn't help but look forward to tomorrow.