The reason why Changbanpo is the only dangerous place on Tantu Avenue between Xiangyang and Jiangling is determined by its unique terrain.

This place is located in the remnant of Jingshan Mountain. It is a gentle slope that lasts dozens of miles long, deeply embedded in the Jianghan Plain. It was called "Bangao" in the Spring and Autumn Period and is known as the "Dangqiu Land". South of Changbanpo, it is bordered by Yunmengze. Although the lake surface gradually shrinks and deposits into land when it reaches the Han Dynasty, there are still many waterlogged lakes with water networks that are not suitable for large army advancement.

Therefore, when heading south, it is better to climb over Changbanpo, which is more convenient to walk to Dangyang County.

As Cen Peng's most vigilant opponent, the Han general Feng Yi was quite aware of the soldiers and could see the importance of Changbanpo at a glance. He personally led 20,000 Han soldiers to station here, while the local prince "Yijiang King" Tian Rong led more than 10,000 troops to take charge of Dangyang County in the rear.

In the middle of April of the tenth year of Wude, I heard that Cen Peng had already left Xiangyang and rushed straight to Jianghan. Tian Rong couldn't sleep all night, so he had to make a choice for his destiny.

Tian Rong was originally a native of Runan County, Yuzhou. He went to the western area of ​​Nanjun because of murder and committing the law. During the rebellion in Wang Mang, the world was in chaos. He simply brought up a team of bandits, seizing Yiling, and even took down Jiangling, calling himself the "General of the Sweeping Field". Later, he joined forces with another warlord Qin Feng of Nanjun. Qin Feng married his daughter to Tian Rong and named himself "King of Chu Li" and Tian Rong was deputy.

Unfortunately, the two got up early but rushed to the late game. They were suppressed by the Gengshi regime in the early stage. Later, although they were usurped as kings, the power of Wei was approaching Jingzhou. The fifth rein even sent Feng Yan to lure Qin Feng to surrender.

At that time, Tian Rong advised Qin Feng like this: "The heroes from all directions all occupied the counties and states, Gongsun Shu, Liu Xiu, Zhang Bu, Lu Fang and others, and separating the states. Although the fifth reunion was obtained from the Central Plains, it was still only a place in the five states. It would be better to follow the Jia to observe the changes."

But they did not expect that the importance of Jingzhou Nanjun was not qualified to observe success or failure. Chu was attacked by three major forces, Wei, Cheng and Han, Qin Feng was defeated by Cen Peng and was captured back to Chang'an. Tian Rong could not withstand the attack from Bashu. Considering that Gongsun Shu treated surrendered generals the best, he simply surrendered him, obtained the title of "Yijiang King", and handed over the entire Nanjun to him for guarding.

Although they received the rapid support from Feng Yi and the two agreed to form a coalition force to fight the enemy in Changban, Dangyang. Feng Yi was even willing to stand in front to eliminate Tian Rong's doubts, Tian Rong was still worried.

Seeing that the war was getting closer, Tian Rong became more and more anxious and thought: "Cen Peng, the famous generals in the world, Feng Yi and Deng Yu were all defeated soldiers under his command. The strength of King Li of Chu back then was still destroyed by General Cen, so how could I be evil? The total number of coalition forces was only 30,000, and Cen Peng was known as 100,000. Once Dangyang was not defended, my best ending would be to trap Jiangling, and I would be a prisoner! I was captured in Chang'an in the future, and I would inevitably die, and I am afraid that the treatment would be worse than that of King Li of Chu..."

How could Tian Rong know about Qin Feng's recent situation? It turned out that during these years, Feng Yan, the great order of Wei State, never gave up lobbying and persuading Tian Rong to surrender, and even asked Qin Feng, who was under house arrest in Chang'an, to write a letter to Tian Rong, describing the prosperity of Wei and the tolerance of the fifth relationship. He and Zhang Bu were both stubborn and surrendered princes who had no choice but to survive, and were even named "viscount" and had no worries about food and clothing.

Wu Lun even added a few words in his letter of surrender: "If Tian Jun turned against the enemy and returned with courtesy, he would not lose his position as a marquis, and the country was safe and the people would be happy, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

In the past six or seven years, the three kingdoms have reached a balance of power in Jingzhou, and no one has acted rashly. Tian Rong was able to maintain his honor as the princes. He looked down on the promise of being a marquis and always felt that he could win better treatment. But now that the war broke out again, the situation was not optimistic. His loyalty to Gongsun Shu was not as good as Yan Cen. At most, he was equal to Jia Fu. After thinking about it for a while, he gritted his teeth and found the Wei State embroidered guards in Dangyang City to hand him over his surrender documents.

"I hope you can go north quickly and inform General Cen that my surrender plan has been decided. I hope to present the nine counties east of Yiling to His Majesty the Emperor of Wei!"

Tian Rong knew very well that if he wanted to get the promise of "a title of marquis" in the fifth reunion, he had to perform better. Fortunately, there were more than 20,000 ready-made military achievements north of Dangyang!

"The people stationed in Changban are indeed Feng Yi! The righteousness is in Wei. On the first day of May, Tian Rong is willing to attack General Cen and attack the Wu bandits together!"

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After sending off the Wei State to do a detailed work, Tian Rong felt a little relieved and even became a little fluttering. Although the princes who were separating the land had the final say in their own glory, they had to worry about many things: Will Emperor Gongsun in Chengdu be suspicious and sent someone to change him; will the trusted generals and officials outside the door develop ambition and kill him! As for the nightmare of the nearby powerful country's troops at the city every day, they are always there.

Now that he can do his last vote, he will be able to lift the heavy burden. Even if he is summoned by the Fifth Lun to Chang'an for house arrest, he will at least be worried for the rest of his life.

"King of Chu Li, King Chu Li, I respected you as the king at the time, but when I arrived in Chang'an, I was a guest of honor and you were a prisoner. This life experience is so strange."

After determined to surrender to Wei, Tian Rong actively prepared in Dangyang City. He secretly ordered his confidants to collect four-color red, yellow, green and black cloth, then pulled the plain cloth into strips, and sewed the five virtues and five colors flags overnight...

It was still ten days before the date of the agreement. Just as Tian Rong was anxiously waiting for Cen Peng to reply, a Han army captain came to see him and said that General Feng Yi invited Tian Rong to discuss the plan to fight the enemy.

"Letters and oral communication are inevitably lost, and they need to be discussed in detail in person."

Tian Rong did not want to go, but was afraid that Feng Yi would be suspicious. As far as he knew, Feng Yi had more than 20,000 soldiers, and more than 10,000 sailors anchored in Huarong County on the banks of Yunmeng Lake. If Feng turned around and retreated south, it would be troublesome.

The meeting location proposed by Feng Yi made Tian Rong feel more at ease: it was not the Han army camp of Changbanpo, but the "Dangyang Bridge" between Dangyang County and Changban.

"Since it is the midpoint, nothing should be done." Tian Rong told himself that in the past half month, there have been several similar meetings. Every time he was able to drink and chat with Feng Yi, and never had any danger. This time, the same should be true.

Tian Rong then led hundreds of people out of Dangyang County, passed through the barracks outside the city, and walked twenty miles northward. The gurgling river water was flowing. Tian Rong and Feng Yi used this to divide the garrison.

The wooden Dangyang Bridge spans the river and there are small pavilions on the bridge - this kind of bridge is very common in Jingzhou because it is rainy in the south, and small pavilions can provide shelter from the wind and rain, also known as the wind and rain bridge.

Feng Yi was praised by Liu Xiu as the "General of the Big Tree". He was an implicit and humble person. According to his habit, he got one step early and sat in the pavilion waiting. He only had a tall and big guard beside him, but he was not sharp and held his hands behind Feng Yi.

As a result, Tian Rong was embarrassed to bring too many people to the bridge. After getting off the horse, he asked one of his personal followers to follow. It seemed that he did not bring weapons. In fact, Tian Rong and the guards both had short swords hidden in case of accidents...

Tian Rong stepped onto the bridge. The wooden bridge was a little old, and the old wooden boards were creaking by the skin beneath his feet.

From a distance, Tian Rong smiled and shouted affectionately to Feng Yi: "Gongsun!"

He is from Runan, Feng Yi is from Yingchuan, and although Ying Ru is from two counties, his customs and accents are similar. Tian Rong and Feng Yi are half a fellow villager. In the past, Tian Rong used this to win over his relationship. Thinking of Feng Yi's gentle temperament, he even felt ashamed for his desire to betray his friendly troops.

Feng Yi also stood up when he heard the call. He wore the robe of the Han general, bowed to Tian Rong, and his head hung down - Feng Gongsun was so humble. He met in the past and insisted on treating Tian Rong with the "rituals of princes from other countries".

Tian Rong didn't dare to be too arrogant. He hurriedly walked over a few steps and came to Feng Yi, holding his arms. Feng Yi was tall and burly. Even if he bowed, his height seemed to be as high as Tian Rong.

"Cheng, Han is like a country, you and me are like one, General Feng, don't want this!"

Feng Yi held Tian Rong's hand in the backhand, not as gentle as Yan Huan's hand, but instead tried quite hard, as if he had put a pair of iron shackles on Tian Rong, making him unable to break free!

"The King of Yijiang said it well. We should have worked together to fight the enemy. How could we hide anything and even secretly surrender to the Wei thief?"

When he spoke and looked up, Tian Rong saw a strange face and exclaimed in shock: "You are not Feng Gongsun!"

It was almost time for the time being that Tian Rong's personal follower was about to draw his sword, but he was snatched forward by the burly guard behind "Feng Yi" and knocked to the ground with bare hands!

And with the sound of a drumbeat, the Han army that had been ambushed here at some point in the woods south of Dangyang Bridge also came out one after another, surrounding the people who came to the meeting with Tian Rong!

In just a moment, Tian Rong became a prisoner. He knew that his plan might be exposed, but he still looked innocent and scolded the fake Feng Yi angrily: "Who are you?"

"In the lower Han general, Huya, the stern."

Qingqi is Feng Yi's fellow townsman and a talent recommended by Feng Yi to Liu Xiu. Because he is similar to Feng Yi's figure, he pretended to be the master today. Unlike Feng Yi, who is biased towards strategy, Qingqi is a top-notch master among the generals of the Han army. Capturing Tian Rong with bare hands is just a piece of cake for him.

Tian Rong was still bluffing: "I am the princes and princes of Emperor Gongsun, and I am now attacked by the Han army. Are you trying to destroy the alliance between Juecheng and Han?"

Qingqi became serious and took out a small flag from his personal guards: the five-color flag that was rushing to sew: "What does General Tian mean to order his confidants to sew this thing overnight?"

It seems that there was a Han army insider among the confidants in Dangyang City. Tian Rong knew that something was wrong and said stubbornly: "What's wrong with this? I just want to send someone to pretend to be Wei's army and sneak attack Cen Peng! Jingqi, Ru is a miscellaneous general, and he is not worthy of talking to me. Where is Feng Yi and Feng Gongsun??"
Chapter completed!