When Xiling City was captured, the troops of Zhang Xian, the leader of the No. 1 thief Qu in Jingnan, were still stranded in Yiyang County, which was more than 400 miles away in a straight line and a waterway of 800 miles away.

Who makes it take time for the large army to mobilize?

As the local prefect who became a sect, Zhang Xian was the only one who could mobilize Lingling County immediately.

He wanted to gather the forces of Lingling and Guiyang armies to fight Guan Yu in one rope. He could not take the marching route from Yuezishui, Quanling County, the capital of Lingling County, and Huanshui, directly heading north.

And you have to go down the Xiangjiang River from Quanling to Yiyang County, at the southern entrance of Dongting Lake, to wait. Then wait for the troops from the Chen County, Guiyang County, which is also located along the Xiangjiang River, and follow the Xiangjiang River to Dongting Lake. After joining forces, you can enter the Yangtze River from the northern entrance of Dongting Lake and go upstream to Yiling and Xiling.

There is no way, the jurisdiction of the four counties in Jingnan is so vast, and there are rugged mountains and Wuling Man (Miao people in western Xiang) in Wuling County, so the logistics of these counties can only be detoured along the Xiao and Xiang rivers.

This is also the reason why the population of Lingling in Changsha among the four counties in Jingnan is large, but the ability to mobilize strategically is low. Many people intuitively believe that the population of the four counties in Jingnan is not large, which is actually wrong. In the household registration data of Emperor Ling of Han, Emperor Ling of Guanghe, there were more than 250,000 households and more than 1 million people in Changsha County, and there were also more than 210,000 households and more than 800,000 households in Lingling County, which is less than that in Jingzhou than in Nanyang County and Nan County.

However, during the Quxing Rebellion, the population of the four counties in Jingnan was indeed hit hard. After Sun Jian quelled the rebellion, it was said that Changsha County was only 400,000, and Lingling was only 300,000. By reason, the scale of the Quxing Rebellion could not kill 600,000 people. Obviously, only a few of the people died in Quxing, and some were washed by Sun Jian and other prefects to recruit Dong to seek losses, while the rest were hidden by the "sect thieves" who participated in the suppression of rebellion.

The troops of Wuling Prefect Jin Xuan were much closer to Xiling. When Guan Yu captured Xiling, his troops had already arrived at Chanling County on the south bank of the Yangtze River and Gong'an County on the other side of the river, which was less than 200 miles away from Xiling.

Unfortunately, Jin Xuan was also the prefect of the airborne sect, and his control over the local area was far less than that of Zhang Xian. He could only mobilize a few thousand troops, and he didn't dare to deal with Guan Yu alone without waiting for Zhang Xian.

After all, Wuling is the county dominated by barbarians in the mountainous areas of western Hunan, and the weakest among the four counties in Jingnan. During the period of Guanghe, there were only 46,000 households and 250,000 people. Now the latest report is 33,000 households and 150,000 people.

After learning that Guan Yu had broken Xiling, the only thing Jin Xuan dared to do was to go north as soon as possible, go to Yiling to meet with Su Dai first, and join forces to keep warm. At the same time, he quickly urged Zhang Xian to come quickly.

Yiling is one hundred miles south of Xiling, and Jin Xuan's journey has been shortened to one hundred miles? Zhang Xian is only more than 600 miles away from this waterway. One is one step further and the other is stretched out Guan Yu's supply line, and shortened his own journey? Finally, Guan Yu was temporarily blocked through Yishui.

Even so, Jin Xuan did not choose to enter Yiling City directly? Instead, he set up a camp on the mountain on the south bank of Yishui, not far from the west of the city. This will not only form a corner with Yiling City, but also facilitate the situation to run away quickly if the situation is wrong.

Fortunately, Guan Yu did not take out his sharp posture when he killed Xiling this time and then Yiling again? Instead, he held on with Jin Xuan and Su Dai.

After five days of Jin Xuan's fear, Zhang Xian finally rushed to the battlefield with more than 20,000 main forces. Guan Yu just took a detour and crossed the Yishui River? Ensure that he would not suffer the risk of being "half-crossed".

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"Premier Zhang! It's all up to you? Fortunately, you are anxious that you will be in time for justice, otherwise we may not be able to withstand Guan Yu."

When Zhang Xian arrived in Yiling, he received warm reception from Jin Xuan and Su Dai, and almost reached the point of worship.

Of course, Zhang Xian also acted like a savior? He couldn't help but complain wildly: "More than 600 miles of water? Or against the current, I arrived after five days! The soldiers who were driving sailing and rowing oars were almost exhausted.

I asked all the soldiers to row the sails in three batches and go on a starry night! Each soldier has to work four or five hours! How many people and horses does Guan Yu have to scare you like this? Can you not even guard Yiling for ten days?"

Is Yiling's city stronger than Xiling? The city wall is five or six feet taller than Xiling, and the female wall battlements used to shoot arrows are also reinforced by stone bricks. In Zhang Xian's eyes, it is obvious that this kind of city will be easy to defend for half a month as long as it does not encounter a ten-fold attack by the enemy.

Jin Xuan and Su Dai hurriedly accompanied him to comfort him with a smile: "I know that the prefect Zhang has worked hard in the distance? We have plundered all four fields and prepared hundreds of jars of water and wine to work hard on the army. We always have to let the soldiers of the army drink a few bowls to relieve their fatigue. We have also killed all the wild game on the mountain. In addition, the pigs and sheep in the city? We always have to let everyone eat a few bites of meat."

Seeing that the other party's attitude was pretty good, Zhang Xian calmed down a little, but he still waved his hand to stop Jin's spin-transfer topic: "Law troops are secondary. You haven't said how many soldiers Guan Yu has yet!"

Jin Xuan and Su Dai looked at each other and felt a little embarrassed: "We also saw that Guan Yu's attack was fierce, and suddenly defeated Xiling. I think Guan Yu's army must be very elite. But after the scouts investigated these days, they found that Guan Yu's army only had seven or eight thousand troops, but there were less than ten thousand people anyway."

In fact, Guan Yu only had 5,000 people, and Jin Xuan said 7,000 or 8,000. He was afraid of embarrassment and incomplete investigation, so he added all the suspected factors that were full of plants and trees.

Zhang Xian was stunned and looked down upon: "It's only seven or eight thousand? The two of you have a total of more than ten thousand, right? More than ten thousand people guard the city and mountains, making a horn-like momentum, and they were scared like this by seven or eight thousand people?"

"Wuling, Jiangling soldiers are indeed cowardly. Today I have gained some knowledge. Humph, I am not worthy of comparing with our Lingling Warriors! Hahahaha." There was also a close military general next to Zhang Xian. Hearing this, he laughed at the incompetence of Wuling and Jiangling.

Jin Xuan and Su Dai's face changed, but it was not easy to have an attack because they were worried that the guy represented Zhang Xian himself. As the saying goes, beating a dog depends on the owner. He really wants others and is despised and suppressed by others. There is nothing he can do.

"Jin is a family inheritance of poetry and books, and is not good at military affairs, which makes Prefect Zhang laugh!" Jin Xuan admitted his sarcasm.

Zhang Xian did not do anything and beat the generals around him: "The Commander of Xing should not be rude! Everyone has their own strengths. The prefect of Jin was a famous minister, Jin Ribao. We were born in a turbulent family and still admired them very much.

Don’t take it to heart, this is Xing Daorong, the commander of Lingling, who is good at using a mountain-piercing axe weighing dozens of pounds. He has the courage of tens of thousands of men. He is just a straightforward person and has no malice."

Jin Xuan: "How dare you?"

You say that Xing Daorong is "straight-hearted", which means admitting that you look down on Jin Xuansu Dai's combat effectiveness in your heart, but you are polite and don't curse people directly.

Zhang Xian was too lazy to defend himself, and he brought the topic back to the battle situation directly: "Since Guan Yu's troops are scarce and so domineering, we will send troops to surround him tomorrow, take the initiative to attack, and drive him down to Yishui until we join forces! The total strength of our three families is already 35,000, and we are still afraid that Guan Yu will not succeed!"

Jin Xuan frowned and persuaded: "But it is an indisputable fact that Guan Yu captured Xiling within the previous day. Although he had few soldiers, his elite troops must be far better than our army.

I heard that the reason why Bei Yu was defeated so quickly during the Battle of Xiling was because he was supervising the battle at the top of the city and was killed by the fierce generals who first arrived under Guan Yu. There were many brave men under Guan Yu's command!"

"Coward! Stop saying such aspiration to others. Haha, brave men? All of them are left to me Xing Daorong! Guan Yu killed Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's powerful generals. Haven't I killed a powerful general under Qu Xing back then?

As the saying goes, Bei Zhang Ju and Nan Qu Xing, today we just saw whether Ping Zhang Ju is powerful or Ping Qu Xing is powerful!" Xing Daorong stopped Jin Xuan's final attempt at Gou Wen.

No wonder Xing Daorong was so confident. After all, the Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun Rebellion in this life spread much smaller than in history, and the time for harm was shortened by more than a year. So in the eyes of the court, the intensity of Zhang Ju and Qu Xing's rebellion was not that big. The difference was that Zhang Ju called the emperor.

Xing Daorong did indeed pick up people's heads and kill several peripheral generals under the command of Qu Xing when Sun Jianping, so he felt a hunger in his heart to compete with Guan Yu.

Jin Xuan was not easy to persuade him again. Su Dai made a fair analysis next to him, and at most he only persuaded Zhang Xian to take a short rest for two days, so that the soldiers could recover their physical strength lost due to days of rowing, and then fight with Guan Yu.

Zhang Xian agreed to this point.

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On the tenth day of November, the seventh day after Guan Yu arrived in Yiling, and the third day after Zhang Xian arrived.

Zhang Xian, who had recovered his physical strength and had enough energy, took Xing Daorong as the pioneer, let Jin Xuan be on the left wing and Su Dai be on the right wing, assembled 25,000 troops and surrounded Guan Yu in the camp with Yishui backing against Yishui on the south bank of Yishui.

The total force of the Zong Bid Army was 35,000, but not all of them were sent out. Zhang Xian also understood some history. He knew that in the Battle of Jingxing, the Zhao army was defeated by Han Xin, who was ambushing the two thousand ambush soldiers in the valley behind the enemy, and were defeated by the two thousand ambush soldiers who were ambushing the house in the valley behind the enemy.

How could a person fall into the same historical pit? Of course, Zhang Xian would leave five thousand troops to defend the Shandazhai, and another five thousand troops to defend Yiling County. These defensive troops with a horn can also arrive at the battlefield to reinforce in the form of a reserve team at any time, which is foolproof!

Moreover, Zhang Xian also heard that when Guan Yu was in the north, he often used the coordinated tactics of warships and infantry to fight against the Wuhuan people, and used a powerful crossbow formation to break the cavalry. Today, when he saw Guan Yu camping again with his back to the water, he of course doubted whether Guan Yu used the old trick again.

However, Zhang Xian asked the scout to conduct a close investigation and found that the warships of Guan Yu's army were enough to accommodate five or six thousand people, and the appearance and equipment of the ship were not better than those of the warships in Jingchu. Therefore, it was impossible for Guan Yu to take advantage of the advantages of water and land coordination.

The navy has the advantage that it can only bully the northerners who bully Youzhou. It is simply a show of excuses to come to the Jingzhou army!

After ensuring that his side was foolproof, Zhang Xian asked Xing Daorong to come forward and call.

Xing Daorong held a big axe and opened his voice: "Guan Yu's man! You dare to go out to fight! I am the timid rat commander Xing Daorong and others, so do you dare to stay in the camp? If you don't dare to fight, call me three times, you can spare you!"

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Chapter completed!