Xiangyang is sandwiched between the mountains and the Han River. Its north-south transportation can only pass through Xianshan and Atou Mountain on land, with hills on both sides standing like the mouth of a urn. There is a narrow road of several miles wide. Only after passing through the neck of the urn can one reach the city of Xiangyang at the bottom of the urn.

Whoever controls Wengkou and Weng Neck controls Xiangyang's geographical advantage. The reason why Feng Yi has made no achievements for several months is that Cen Peng has the advantage of the initiative. The strong attack is no longer effective, and he can only rely on the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao to restrain the enemy, but now it seems that the effect is really limited.

Unlike the generals of the Wei army who like to "take their own initiative", the Han army generals, no matter which faction they are from, all adhere to the understanding that the most warlike general in the world is the Han emperor Liu Xiu! Especially in the hearts of Feng Yi and others who participated in the Kunyang War, Liu Xiu's military ability is comparable to that of Bai Qi and Wu Qi. Because Liu Xiu was in Chaisang, the waterways were only in more than a month, Feng Yi also drew a combat map and the enemy-to-we-station strategy to show it to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu also gave his suggestion, which was the edict brought by Deng Yu and reinforcements...

In more than a month, the situation in Jingxiang has changed a little, but it is generally not bad. Feng Yi hesitated for a long time about Liu Xiu's handwriting, but he was a little dangerous. Until recently, Xiangyang became more and more dangerous. Seeing that he would fail after waiting, Feng Yi could only grit his teeth and try it!

This led to the scene where Feng Yi led 20,000 troops to the "Wengkou".

Feng Yi had been here to inspect many times in person. Today, when the troops approached, he still felt that it was dangerous to have all the mouth in his mouth.

"The terrain here is dangerous. In the past few months, Cen Peng will find it difficult for me to break through as long as he sends people to build a few wooden forts here, but Cen Peng will not build it. This is deliberately keeping it for me to enter."

It’s no longer a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy. There is only one way to see if you can walk.

Feng Yi was always cautious and had to take every step even if he was in danger. He asked the army to camp outside the mouth, but only sent scouts to inquire in front of him, and sent people to reward each time he walked.

As the scouts penetrated deep into the "neck of the jar", all the good news came back: the road was safe and unimpeded. The Wei army was busy attacking Xiangyang with insufficient troops, and the roads of dozens of miles were not in defense.

However, the more this happens, the more uneasy Feng Yi feels in his heart, and he always feels that someone is staring at him.

His eyes slowly rose with the mountains, looking at the top of the mountain where birds and beasts are hard to climb, where the forest is covered, but Feng Yi always felt that someone was hiding on his head, staring at every step of the Han army!

...

Feng Yi's feeling was right. On the left and right sides of the urn, there were indeed Wei army scouts monitoring again. Just last month, as the glass workshop near Luoyang finally created the first batch of slightly transparent glassware, the second batch of "Thousand Mile Miles" was also produced and was quickly sent to the front line. Now it can meet the capacity of the first-level captain, and an important "scout commander" can also be used to detect the enemy's situation.

But Cen Peng set a rule with them: "If you accidentally discover it for the enemy and cannot escape, you must destroy the mirror first!"

Fortunately, this group of scouts trained by the embroidered ward had been around Xiangyang for several months and was as skilled as the locals. However, there was no death or destruction. After detecting Feng Yi's forward entered the Wengkou, the scout immediately reported to Cen Peng.

Cen Peng's base camp is located in the west of Xiangyang City, beside a stream called "Tanxi". The terrain here is slightly higher than the flat ground and has the convenience of getting water. It is the last key to guarding the neck of the urn.

"Feng Yi is in the trap." After hearing the information, Cen Peng smiled and said to Ren Guangru: "Feng Gongsun is really cautious. If it were me, he would have come to Tanxi in half a day, but he was afraid that he would be ambushed and would have left for two days."

The war was about to come, Ren Guang was still nervous and laughed dryly, "Your Majesty often said that Jun Ran's army is the fastest, how can Feng Yi compare?"

Cen Peng said again: "However, the reason why Feng Yi is so slow but also makes a big fuss is because he is lucky and wants his friendly troops to make achievements!"

He asked another scout who had rushed back from the Han River:

"Where has Deng Yu from Handong been?"

"I sneaked out of Liqiu overnight yesterday, and now I am approaching the Han River tributary and the boundary of Nanyang!"

...

To the east of the Han River, when Deng Yu was stationing his horse, he saw the small boats in the center of the Han River. They followed them like maggots attached to bones. Even if they were driven away, the Wei army scouts who were riding horses on the other side were unscathed.

"Every move we make is in Cen Peng's eyes."

Although the effect of the hidden troops' surprise attack could not be achieved, this battle was a arch-like arrow, and finally he had to make the gap in the Han and Wei forces in Jingxiang area smoothed out. But if it dragged on, Xiangyang would be broken, and the reinforcements from the fifth reunion would continue to move south, completely losing the possibility of victory.

At this point, Deng Yu can only bet on two things.

One thing is that Emperor Liu Xiu tailored the plan for the front line. The main force of the Han army currently has 30,000 mobile troops, divided into two parts, Feng Yi led 20,000 troops to Wengkou, Nanshan, Xiangyang, and slowly advanced, resulting in the cooperation of Xiangyang's attacks inside and outside, forcing Cen Peng to gather heavy troops to defend, suspend the attack, and let Xiangyang breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Deng Yu led tens of people along the northeast of the Han Dynasty, aiming directly at the rear of Cen Peng: Fancheng!

This was a suggestion sent to them by Liu Xiu not far away: "Now the King of Chu Li was alone, with no reinforcements or food. The Han army was isolated from the outside and the noise was not clear. This was a critical survival. However, the Wei army was not unbreakable. Cen Peng had food to store in the north of Han. Although there were guards, there were not many. You divided the troops into two, and you used the main army to attack the Nanshan Mountain of Xiangyang and attack Fancheng with a surprise attack."

"Cen Peng has limited troops and is able to resist both the two sides of the world at the same time, and it is bound to be difficult to deal with."

"If he looks at the north, the army can break through Nanshan in one fell swoop, reach the city of Xiangyang, and save the crisis."

"If he looks at the south, then the strange army can rush under Fancheng, and the city is difficult to break, and it can also burn its docks and floating bridges. The Wei army will inevitably be very afraid."

As long as there is a successful and victory balance, it will tilt towards the Han army...

As the sun was heading west, the gurgling tributary of the Han River was right in front of him. Feng Yi sent Ma Wu to attack Caiyang and walked by during Chongling. The hydrological conditions were clearly understood. Unlike the vast Han River, although its tributary was wide, its depth was quite gratifying. At most, it could cover the waist of the soldiers. Now that it is in summer, at most it is chest-tight, and it can be pulled by straw ropes, so it can be completely swam across.

In order to ensure speed, Deng Yu marched very quickly before the Wei army came to block the enemy, which made the Han army fall seriously. The troops of tens of thousands of people could keep up with less than 5,000.

But this precious speed also allowed the forward to cross, occupy the beach, put down the hemp rope, and let the subsequent soldiers come over little by little.

Deng Yu also rode his horse across the river and stepped on the land in front of him. He actually got off the horse, held the handful of soil, and sighed to the left and right lieutenants: "This is the soil of Nanyang!"

He is also from Nanyang and a child of Deng Shinye. He is in Jiangdong, but he often lingers in his hometown in his dreams. After many years, he finally set foot on this land again. How can he not be moved?

Deng Yu cheered everyone up and said, "General Ma Wu's five thousand soldiers will meet me east of Fancheng!"

"Everyone works hard! If you can win this time, not only Jingxiang, but also Nanyang's hometown will be restored! As Your Majesty always said, the strong wind knows the strong grass!"

This was not only to everyone, but also to encourage himself. Deng Yu was appointed as the Grand Situ by Liu Xiu and ranked among the third duke. However, because he was inexperienced, young, and had few real military achievements, he mostly made strategic plans and was often envied by some generals who did not know how to do things.

Therefore, Deng Yu, who claims to be familiar with military strategy, has always longed for the opportunity to prove himself!

Because of this, Deng Yu asked Feng Yi to be the main soldier before the war, and he led the surprise soldier himself.

This is the second thing Deng Yu wants to bet on.

"Your Majesty and your colleagues know that Deng Yu can not only plan and win a thousand miles away, but also win a million troops. He will win the battle and win the attack!"

...

As the scouts and the riding rode continued to reward, Deng Yu's position and purpose were also drawn on the map in front of him by Cen Peng.

"This strategy is very vicious." Ren Guang also understood the soldiers a little and pondered: "Feng Yi, Deng Yu, one righteous and one strange, and the east and the west are moving forward together. This is an open plan. Can you have a countermeasure?"

Although he received a wave of support, the Wei army had divided several troops: Zhang Yu took a group of troops to Yicheng and placed it on the Xinye to Dengxian road to guard the grain road, so in Xiangyang, the total force of Fancheng was only 40,000.

Among them, there were 25,000 soldiers in the south bank of the Han River, 15,000 troops in Fancheng and Deng County: Originally, there were only 5,000 soldiers in Fancheng, and 10,000 new arrivals, and the new soldiers brought by Ren Guang from Nanyang, mainly baggage troops, and he had never fought much - strictly speaking, he had never fought at all.

Cen Peng didn't say anything for a long time and asked Ren Guang what he thought he should do now.

Ren Guang thought: "The scout said that Deng Yu did not have many soldiers. As long as the soldiers were not allowed to stand, Fancheng should be without danger. It is better to Gu Nan and protect Han Nan."

"No." Cen Peng said, "Deng Yu is probably not alone in the army. Don't forget that last month, Ma Wugang was sent to Caiyang, Chongling and other places by Cen Peng. He is good at fighting. The local guards will not be able to do anything, and he may go south again and join Deng's army."

Ren Guang heard this and felt that Fan Cheng was a group of new recruits he brought, and it might be in danger. He heard Cen Peng's tone: "Do you want Gu Bei? If you rush to help Fan Cheng, you have to give up Xiangyang."

The west wall of Xiangyang has been damaged. You can take it down with more effort and complete the task of the fifth relationship. It is a pity to give up at this time.

Cen Peng smiled and said, "Not that."

His hands were slapped on the map, and there were one on the north and south sides of the Han River: "South, north, I want them all!"

Immediately, Cen Peng and Ren Guang decided on a combat plan: "Since there are many soldiers in Fancheng, I will not bring one soldier or another. I will sneak back to Fancheng through the floating bridge. Even if I have new soldiers, I will also be in Nanyang for half a year of training and reclaiming. I will be the courage of the three armies. With me, they will be able to fight!"

Ren Guang was stunned: "Who will guard Hannan?"

Cen Peng photographed the old friend: "There are 25,000 soldiers here, several lieutenants, and Boqing is in charge!"

Ren Guang was shocked: "I am a civil servant, how can I command the battle? And Jun Ran often said, Feng Yi is good at fighting, how can I resist?"

Cen Peng had long been thinking: "Feng Yi has a disadvantage and is cautious. If I set up defenses everywhere at Wengkou, Nanshan, he will inevitably attack the camp and set up camps and be unstoppable; but the more I don't set up defenses, the more he hesitated and careful he will be. You will use my banner again, so that Feng Yi will think that I am looking at the south but not the north. In order to prevent fraud, he will not dare to attack at all, which is enough to win you a day."

Ren Guang felt a headache. If he lost, he would have to take on the responsibility with Cen Peng! He quickly grabbed Cen Peng, who was planning to return to North with light clothes, and murmured and opposed it: "Jun Ran was joking, what's the point of doing one day?"

Cen Peng was determined, and looking at the rainy days outside, it was really a helping him! So he put his hat on his head, put on a straw raincoat, and hung a sword, leaving only one sentence:

"It's enough for me to capture Deng Yu first, and then turn around and defeat Feng Yi!"
Chapter completed!