I was worried that Xiangyang's troops had already decided, and since I decided to send troops, it was more important to be quick. Guan Yu directly took his troops to attack Deng County.

Deng County is a abandoned city with a low wall. Before Xiangyang City was built, the contest between Guan Yu, Cao Ren and Li Dian was basically unfolded here. The people in the city had already left almost. The rest, after Cao Cao arrived in Nanyang, it was designated as a battlefield and moved away. Therefore, it is basically an empty city at present, and it does not require much effort to attack, but it has to leave troops to garrison.

However, Liu Bei was not in a hurry to set off. He was preparing to go all the way to Xinye with Liu Yi. First, Liu Yi's place was relatively safe, and second, he was preparing to set up the front-line command center here. Liu Bei would not set off until Liu Yi conquered Xinye.

However, all the generals around him left, and Liu Bei was somewhat worried about Zhou Cang coming to guard Xiangfan.

Although the Wu class brought by Liu Bei and Zhang Yi were not famous, they were all good at leading troops. But Zhou Cang... They are brave generals and are also very good at fighting, but when it comes to commanding troops... at most they are to help Guan Yu lead the hundreds of school swordsmen.

Even though Liu Yi was very confident in Xiangyang's defense, Liu Bei had no, only 5,000 troops. If Cao Cao touched a large number of troops and attacked Xiangyang, it would be difficult for Liu Bei to fight again.

"Boyuan, Zhou Cang is really not a problem?" Liu Bei held Liu Yi's hand a little worriedly. The command of the army was done by Liao Hua. Liu Yi has his own car. He is the kind he is used to enjoying. Exercise is exercise, but when he is not exercised, he can make a profit by taking one step away.

"Don't worry, I have confidence in my city." Liu Yi pointed to Xiangyang City and said, "With Xiangyang City's defense, even if Zhou Cang does nothing, it will be difficult for Cao's army to climb in after closing the city gate."

This is true.

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this. The city wall ten feet high, let alone cloud ladders, an ordinary ladder is so long that people may directly crush the ladder when they climb to the middle.

"This city gate is extremely strong!" Liu Yi smiled and said, "I'll give Zhou Cang a few words, so that everything will be safe!"

Liu Bei nodded and ordered someone to call Zhou Cang.

Liu Yi patted Zhou Cang's strong shoulder and said, "General Zhou, do you know how to use these cities guarding equipment?"

"Don't worry, I've learned it all these days." Zhou Cang nodded, a little excited. He launched a crossbow machine, a lever trolley machine, a mechanism lock that specializes in throwing wooden and rock rolling stones, and an oil leak that can evenly sprinkle the boiling oil. With these things, he even felt impatient to let Cao's army attack.

"That's good." Liu Yi nodded and said, "At the time of parting, I have a few good words, which may be a bit harsh, but as long as I do, even if Cao's army comes with 100,000, it can guarantee Xiangyang is not lost!"

Pang Tong and Fa Zheng both looked over curiously, wondering what other tricks Liu Yi had?

"Mr. Ting, please tell me!" Zhou Cang hurriedly said with a stern look.

"You must understand your ability to command troops. In this regard, don't believe in yourself. After the army leaves, close the city gates, and the secret passages connecting the three villages outside the city are all self-destructive devices. As long as the three villages are broken, they will be activated immediately. Don't hesitate at all. As for Fancheng, you can defend it if you can. Don't worry if you can't defend it. As long as you guard Xiangyang carefully, they will not attack you." Liu Yi said very seriously, but this was indeed heartbreaking.

Zhou Cang: “…”

"Remember, unless my army comes back and faces a codeword, I will ask my lord to send you a codeword with a flying pigeon. As long as I don't meet it, my own people can't open the city gate!" Liu Yi said seriously.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Cang bowed and said, "Zhou Cang receives the order!"

This is indeed heartbreaking. After all, Zhou Cang has followed the Liu Bei brothers for many years and has experienced countless battle formations. Don’t believe in yourself. Why does this sound so heartbreaking?

Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and Liu Bei, who were originally going to hear what Liu Yi had, were speechless. Sure enough, this method was very Liu Yi, and most people couldn't think of it, and even more so, but don't say it, according to Liu Yi's idea, Xiangyang is really foolproof. The ten-foot-high city wall is the best in the world. Arrows can be shot, but ordinary ladders are difficult to reach this level. How to climb the city wall is a big problem.

Pang Tong shook his head. He shouldn't have expected Liu Yi to have any amazing plans. He bowed to Liu Yi and said, "Be careful all the way, I'll wait for good news."

Is this going to drive people away?

Liu Yi looked at Pang Tong speechlessly, and without saying much, he took the elevator to get off the city, got on his car, found his troops and started to set off.

With such a large-scale military dispatch in Xiangyang City, Cao Cao naturally got the news at the first time that he did not care much about the loss of Deng County, after all, that place was almost in ruins.

Naturally, he would not let Liu Bei be arrogant. Cao Cao immediately rushed south and prepared to fight against Liu Bei. However, the news that came next made Cao Cao very puzzled.

"Eighth Route Army?" Cao Cao was a little surprised when he heard the news from the whistleblower. What is Liu Bei doing?

"Take it again!"

"Here!"

"King, it seems that Liu Bei is unwilling to fight against our main force. Why not take this opportunity to directly attack Xiangyang and force Liu Bei to fight against our army?" Yang Xiu stood up and bowed to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu after hearing this, and nodded with a smile: "Dezu has seen a lot of military tactics."

Yang Xiu said modestly: "I know a little bit."

Cao Cao again confirmed that Yang Xiu was not suitable for leading troops. It was not that he was wrong to say this, but it was not in line with reality. Xiangyang City was only ten feet high. Until now, Cao Cao was a little incredible. Such a high city wall was built in less than two years. It was not easy to attack alone. Liu Bei dared to let go of troops using this method, which must have absolute confidence in Xiangyang.

At this time, if you run to attack Xiangyang, people will directly bypass the main force to attack Wancheng and directly cut off your retreat. Yang Xiu's plan is a bit of a matter of course.

Cheng Yu shook his head and said, "Da Zu knows how high is Xiangyang City?"

"Uh... ten feet!" Yang Xiu looked at Cheng Yu in confusion.

"Do you know how high ten feet are?" Cheng Yu looked at Yang Xiu and shook his head, "The wall of Yecheng is only four or seven feet, and the wall of Xuchang is only four or five feet. Even so, it can be called a strong city. The wall of Xiangyang ten feet, and our army's ladder cannot be on the female wall of Xiangyang City."

There is no doubt that Yang Xiu’s talent is also good at guessing Cao Cao’s thoughts. However, these things cannot be placed on the battlefield or on the overall situation. No matter how smart it is, it is just a little cleverness. This makes Cheng Yu very regretful. He is a good talent and goes wrong. If he cultivates like this, he may still achieve something if he is in a prosperous era, but in this troubled era... what the country needs is not such talent!

"What Mr. Cheng said makes sense, but our army can cut off the food route..." Yang Xiu also felt it was reasonable, but he didn't think he was wrong. Even if he couldn't capture Xiangyang, Liu Bei's army always needed to transport grain. Once the other party's retreat was cut off, could Liu Bei not eat food and grass? But think about it, Liu Bei could cut off his own food route.

"Then how can our military rations be guaranteed?" Cheng Yu glanced at Yang Xiu and said, "You can believe that many wealthy families in Nanyang are willing to secretly support Liu Bei?"

In terms of people's hearts, even though Nanyang is under the rule of Cao's army, Cao's army has no advantage. Nanyang has always been exploited by Cao's army.

"Why don't you know what the trick is to succeed?" Yang Xiu found that he could not do as quick as writing an article when he marched, but he was unwilling to admit that he was incompetent, so he could only ask back.

"When war is in harmony, the two families are now working on large-scale troops, trying to achieve their achievements in one battle with a brilliant plan. That is a delusion!" Cheng Yu sighed. He probably guessed what Yang Xiu thought. This kid was arrogant and wanted to decide Liu Bei in one battle like the Battle of Guandu or the Battle of Chibi.

However, only Cheng Yu and others knew how hard it was to fight in the Battle of Guandu back then. As for the Battle of Red Cliff, that battle was even more difficult to replicate. The right time, place, and people are indispensable. How could such an opportunity occur so easily?

Even if you let Zhou Yu resurrect, he would not dare to say that he could win the glory of the Battle of Red Cliffs again. If Cao Cao did it again, he might not be sure that he would win the Battle of Guandu. The little guy was fighting with the army for the first time, just like a great achievement. Cheng Yu was really speechless. This young generation is so impetuous. How can he be assured to hand over the world to their hands in the future?

"We also divide the troops." Cao Cao looked at the map and said, "Cao Ren, Li Dian, Cao Xiu, you three each lead a team of troops. The enemy's troops are divided so scattered, and the virtual and real must be a combination of reality. You need to find the main force of the enemy to annihilate it, and lead the central army alone!"

"Yes!" After hearing this, the three generals bowed and bowed, and each took the order and left.

Cao Cao did not divide the troops into those eight branches like Liu Bei. Although he did not see the other party's main intention for the time being, this way of division of troops must be a combination of reality and reality. Cao Cao did not want to be led by the other party to walk with the rhythm. Once the rhythm on the battlefield is controlled by the other party, it would definitely be a disaster. Therefore, Cao Cao chose to take the initiative to find the other party's main force to annihilate it, and at the same time lead the central army himself and be prepared for support at any time.

As for giving up attack and focusing on defense... Liu Bei may not just want to swallow the entire Nanyang, but he really did that, he just handed over many cities to Liu Bei. Moreover, such a good opportunity, Liu Bei took the initiative to attack and did not take advantage of this time to destroy more Liu Bei's troops. When Liu Bei retreated back to the city and think about the ten-foot-high city wall in Xiangyang, Cao Cao even had his idea of ​​attacking.
Chapter completed!