Liu Chuang finally breathed a sigh of relief by using thunder to quell the civil strife in Dangyang.

But he knew very well that the real test had just begun. Those rebels didn't have to rely on them. To be honest, the combat effectiveness was not very strong. They acted as logistics, escorted food and grass, conveyed information, and built fortifications. They might be able to charge forward? Liu Chuang really didn't think about it. But in this way, there were not many people who could actually engage in battle in Liu Chuang's hands.

The Feixiong Guard, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the 5,000 infantrymen in Wenpin's hands, totaling only 12,000 people.

Fortunately, the terrain of Changbanpo is not suitable for large-scale combat. Liu Chuang occupied a high place, which was convenient for the geographical advantage. However, if the rebels had 50,000, it would not be easy to resist. Suddenly, Liu Chuang felt the feeling of Cao Cao's battle in Guandu!

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At the end of August of the 11th year of Jian'an, a sudden decisive battle attracted attention from all sides.

Jingzhou is full of ups and downs, and the situation is unpredictable.

First, Liu Qi resisted Liu Biao, and then Liu Biao sent troops to conquer. Afterwards, Liu Bei joined the war and joined forces with Liu Qi to fight against Liu Biao. Next, Liu Biao was kidnapped and died unexpectedly in Changbanpo. Liu Chuang entered Jingzhou and confronted the rebels at Changbanpo, which made the situation even more complicated.

Overall, Liu Chuang is very powerful.

But in the battle in Changbanpo, he did not gain the upper hand.

At this time, Xiangyang was in chaos.

Although Cai Mao, Kuai Liang and others tried their best to comfort each other, many fluctuations inevitably occurred.

Fortunately, when Liu Chuang stabilized the situation in Dangyang and stationed in Changbanpo, Fa Zheng ordered Zhang He to be the vanguard. He led a 30,000 army to set sail from Wancheng and stationed in Atoo Mountain, only a hundred miles away from Xiangyang. At the same time, Xun Yu also returned to Luoyang, taking over the overall situation in Luoyang.

His first order after arriving in Luoyang was ordered to recruit troops in Henan.

Cao Hong Xiahou Dun was reused again and took on heavy responsibilities; Li Tong, the former prefect of Runan, appointed the general of the defeated enemy, sent troops from Runan to Nanyang; Xu Sheng, Yingchuan, led 20,000 troops to Wuyin, and arrived in Zhongyang Mountain in Yue... The entire Yuzhou. With Xun Yu's order, they all started to move. The momentum was so great that it was terrifying. Not to mention Jingzhou directly, even Liu Zhang, who was far away in Xichuan, could not help but panic.

Liu Chuang’s actions this time were so big!

According to his current measures, the number of people participating in the Battle of Jingzhou is likely to exceed 300,000.

Although this is not considered a soldier that will overwhelm the country, it can also be called the power of a state. Not only that, with the beginning of the battle of Jingzhou, the originally calm war in Jiangdong suddenly became fierce. After He Qi and Liu Yong joined forces, they gathered 30,000 troops and horses, from Fuchun Mountain in Yue, besieged Yi County, and used thunderous force to break through Yi County, with the soldiers pointing directly to Pengze, intending to cut off Cheng Pu's retreat.

After Cheng Pu learned the news, he immediately sent General Dong to attack Pengze to prevent Han army from attacking.

But in fact, when He Qi captured Yi County, it was equivalent to separating Danyang and Yuzhang County, making it difficult for them to contact each other.

Not only that, after the Han army landed, Xu Shu immediately raised Sun Shao's flag and ordered Gan Ning to abandon the ship to land. He captured Wucheng, and the two counties of Quan were directly aimed at Wuxian. At this time, Wuxian was also in chaos. Sun Quan decided to move the capital and set it on Moling, so his control over Wuxian was much weaker. When the Han army began to attack Wuxian, the Wuxian clans were also ready to move. The Gu family of Wuxian took the lead in launching a mutiny and launched an uprising in Louxian. In this way, it was equivalent to clearing the obstacles for the Han army to land in the eastern part of Wuxian.

In early September of the 11th year of Jian'an, Zhou Cang, deputy governor of the Navy, and Li Dayin, landed in Wujun...

Jiangdong's defense line completely collapsed!

The whole Yangzhou was in panic.

Originally, Liu Bei, who was highly expected by Sun Quan, was also in a dilemma at this time.

Liu Biao was killed, confirming his name as a conspirator, and even making him till he was in a dilemma. Originally, Liu Bei detained Liu Qi and was about to arrest Liu Pan. However, Liu Pan got the news in advance and fled Linxiang with his own people and ran to Yinshan Mountain. This Yinshan Mountain was not Yinshan in the north, but a county town in Guiyang County. Guiyang Prefect Kuai Zheng, a clan of Kuai Yue, was ordered to take over Guiyang and prepare for the Kuai family's southward migration. After Liu Pan arrived at Yinshan, he immediately contacted Kuai Zheng and cried to him about Liu Bei's conspiracy.

Although Kuai Zheng was the prefect of Guiyang, he really did not dare to make his own decisions.

He sent people to Cangwu overnight and told Bu Zhi about what happened in Jingzhou.

Bu Zhi just stabilized the situation in Cangwu.

It turned out that the prefect of Cangwu, Wu Ju, had a deep friendship with Liu Bei and was always dissatisfied with Shi Xie. Bu Zhi was ordered to stay in Jiaozhou, so of course it was impossible to sit idly by Wu Ju to control the Jiaozhou portal. So he secretly contacted Huang Ge, went into Cangwu alone, and killed Wu Ju.

Unexpectedly, the incident occurred in Jingzhou just after Wu Ju was executed.

Bu Zhi couldn't help but feel glad. If it hadn't been to kill Wu Ju in advance, once Wu Ju broke up in Cangwu, Guiyang would have been in chaos.

Liu Biao died, and Liu Bei became a thief...

Before Bu Zhi even had time to inform Liu Chuang, he quickly made up his mind and ordered Zhongli Mu to be the prefect of Cangwu, and appointed General Huan Jie as the vanguard, and his troops to be sent to Guiyang.

"It's no wonder that Shi Yuan is in this matter!"

Liu Bei looked helpless and said to Chen Dao with a wry smile: "The incident happened suddenly, and no one expected that the thief's reaction would be so rapid. If Shi Yuan retreated at that time, it would inevitably lead to the collapse of the entire battle situation. He did this out of helplessness. Although I was not ready to fight the thief, when things came to an end, I had to take action in advance... Shu Zhi, you go to Dangyang immediately to help Shi Yuan with his arm."

"Then here..."

Chen Dao looked at Liu Bei in surprise, showing a look of worry.

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have already discussed with the old barbarian king of Wuxi. He will send troops to capture Huya Mountain today.

As long as the Wuxi barbarians send troops, there is still room for recovery in this battle.

I sit in Jiangling and welcome the old barbarian king here."

Liu Bei also made a desperate bet this time... He wanted to use Pang Tong to hold Liu Chuang's attention. After joining the Wuxi Man, he sneaked into Zhijiang, seized Lin Ju, and then rushed straight to Xiangyang. He cut off Liu Chuang's retreat. Strategically, this is Liu Bei's best choice at present.

However, to achieve this strategic goal, the Battle of Dangyang is crucial.

The more attention the Dangyang Battle attracts, the easier it is for Liu Bei to accomplish... Liu Bei is very clear about this. At the same time, in order to ensure victory, he buried this decision in his heart, and no one told him. The more intense the Dangyang Battle, the greater the possibility of his success!

Chen Dao naturally didn't know what Liu Bei was thinking, but he felt that what Liu Bei said was not wrong.

At present, Chen Dao led his troops to Dangyang to participate in the battle. Ten thousand white elite soldiers were also the greatest force that Liu Bei could invest in the battle of Dangyang. However, when Chen Dao arrived in Dangyang, he unexpectedly discovered that the battle situation in Dangyang seemed to be not as simple as he imagined...

"Shi Yuan. Why did he suffer such a crushing defeat?"

On the banks of the Dangyang River, in the central army's tent, Pang Tong and Zhang Fei argued endlessly.

It turned out that just the day before Chen Dao arrived in Dangyang, the two sides started a bloody battle in front of Changbanpo.

If you talk about your resentment towards Liu Chuang, no one can compare to Zhang Fei. Therefore, after reinforcements arrived and stabilized their positions, Zhang Fei asked to attack immediately. Pang Tong did not think that attacking would win at this time. However, Zhang Fei had decided, and Pang Tong could not persuade him, so he had to agree. How could Pang Tong stop Zhang San's character? In history, only Liu Bei, even Guan Yu, could not suppress Zhang Fei. Not to mention that there are quite conflicts between Zhang Fei and Guan Yu now.

Zhang Fei insisted on going to fight, and Pang Tong had to agree.

In Zhang Fei's opinion, his own military advantage will inevitably be impossible to lose to Liu Chuang.

But Liu Chuang was avoiding the battle at Changbanpo, so he let Zhang Fei shout and scold outside. The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time. At noon, Zhang Fei was trapped and prepared to retreat, but Liu Chuang suddenly broke out from the village. Zhang Ren was on the left, Cao Zhang was on the right, and Liu Chuang was in the middle.

Zhang Fei was caught off guard and was killed by Liu Chuang and was defeated by the army.

If Pang Tong had not sent troops to rescue him in time, Zhang Fei would have been in danger... But even so, Guan Ping, who was responsible for rescuing Zhang Fei, was captured by Cao Zhangdianman and others in front of the two armies. Pang Tong sent troops to rescue him, and Wen Pinze took the opportunity to attack and defeated the rebels.

In this battle, the rebels lost more than 2,000 people.

As for the army as a whole, the number of losses was insignificant.

However, in Zhang Fei's view, it was a great humiliation... He believed that Pang Tong was not sending troops to rescue him in a timely manner, while Pang Tong believed that it was Zhang Fei's willful deliberate behavior. This involved a problem: Pang Tong's prestige was insufficient! Even with Liu Bei's support, it would be difficult to convince the public.

This is also the result of Liu Chuang's butterfly flapping his wings.

In history, Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times and invited Zhuge Liang to come out.

At first, neither Guan Yu nor Zhang Fei particularly agreed with Zhuge Liang. It was not until Zhuge Liang later used victory after victory and his good at comforting that the two were convinced. However, Pang Tong's situation was different. When Pang Tong first joined Liu Bei, Chen Deng was in charge of the overall situation, so Zhang Fei naturally did not dare to be negligent about Chen Deng... In this way, Pang Tong naturally did not have many opportunities to show his talents. After Chen Deng's death, Pang Tong served as a military advisor, but he did not achieve any results. In addition, he was young, so he could not convince Zhang Fei. Even if Liu Bei highly praised Pang Tong, Zhang Fei's respect for Pang Tong was only superficial.

When there are no conflicts or conflicts, the two can live in peace.

But now...

Zhang Fei believed that Pang Tong was not enough to take on important responsibilities, while Pang Tong believed that Zhang Fei was unruly and did not obey military orders.

Chen Dao was suddenly overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. In his heart, he agreed with Pang Tong's statement! He had known Zhang Fei for so many years, and he knew Zhang Fei very well and knew better about this person's temperament. But the problem is that Liu Bei was not there, and even Chen Dao could not suppress Zhang Fei. If he rashly accuses Zhang Fei, if he doesn't do it well, it will make Zhang Fei even more angry, but it will have a bad effect...

The enemy is facing the enemy, but there is a discord between the generals on our side.

Chen Dao pondered for a moment and asked, "The third brother thought, how should we save the situation?"

"The loss yesterday was unstable and morale was depressed.

When a big victory is needed, the situation can be restored... The thief won by sneak attack yesterday and must be full of ambitions. I want to steal the camp and rob the village tonight, so the thief will definitely not be prepared."

"The three generals are so bad."

Pang Tong raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Liu Chuang has experienced many battles. Since the birth of Qu County, he has experienced more than a hundred wars. This person is not a wise man, but he is both wise and brave, and is proficient in military tactics. Besides, he has always had no shortage of capable people, so how can he not be prepared?"

After saying that, he looked at Chen Dao.

"The Wuxi Man is about to go down the mountain, and the lord sits in Jiangling.

We stationed troops in Dangyang not to fight the thief to death, but to attract the thief to the thief.

As long as the thief focuses entirely on Dangyang, the lord will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. At that time, the lord unites with the Wuxi Man, sends troops from Jiangling, captures Zhijiang, and goes straight to Xiangyang, the thief will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, we will attack again and win without a fight."

It has to be said that the name of Pang Tong Feng Chu is not just a false name.

His plan coincided with what Liu Bei thought... From this perspective, Pang Tong is indeed extraordinary in strategy and tactics...

But these words made Zhang Fei feel dissatisfied.

"How can a military advisor improve others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige?

I saw Liu Chuang, but it was not worth worrying about the success of the villain. If the military advisor sent troops in time yesterday, how could he have a defeat? Although the military advisor's plan is good, it depends on the changing situation on the battlefield. If the troops are stationed here, they cannot win, and the men's morale is depressed, what should they do? Besides, if we win, we can make Wuximan more attentive... How can the military advisor do such a big thing as such timid?"

Pang Tong was furious and stood up and wanted to argue.

Seeing this, Chen Dao and Ma Liang hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"The military advisor's plan is very wonderful, but what the three generals said is not unreasonable.

It would be better to do this. Let the Third General steal the camp tonight, and Shuzhi lead his troops to support him. If he can win, everyone will be happy; if he cannot win, the Third General will follow the words of the Military Advisor. The Third General, Shuzhi. You think this is appropriate?"

Ma Liang's words are typical and mixed.

But Zhang Fei naturally would not refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

Pang Tong had to argue, but Ma Liang stopped him and pulled him out of the central army's tent.

"Ji Chang, do you really think that the thief would be unprepared?
To be continued...