A hundred miles south of Xiangyang City, there is a military city called Yicheng. Among the mountains more than ten miles southwest of Yicheng, there is the former site of Yanzi Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, called Yancheng. Hundreds of years of wind and rain have been destroyed, and the ruins of the city have long been gone, leaving only a few dilapidated houses.

In the early morning of March, dozens of people were walking in the wilderness outside Yancheng. They were unkempt and bent over, straddling rough bamboo baskets, collecting wild vegetables among the undulating fields. The thin children were vigilantly visiting the surroundings, hoping to catch a few field mice, and the meal that night was more delicious.

From Xiangyang to Jiangling, the line from Xiangyang is the essence of Jingzhou. It is connected by dozens of miles and fields, and the sound of chickens and dogs is heard. The population is not inferior to that of the large county in the Central Plains. After Cao's army entered Jingzhou for several years, the army fought endlessly. The local people fled one after another, but they still retained some cities with more commercial value.

However, after the 17th year of Jian'an, in order to stabilize the defense of the northern part of Jingzhou, Cao Cao took the initiative to shrink the Cao family's control in Jingzhou and migrated the people of Jingzhou to the hinterland of the Central Plains. He chose the four cities of Yicheng, Xiangyang, Xinye and Wanxian from south to north as military fortresses.

Such a solid wall and clear field caused great obstacles to Jiangling and great disasters to the local people.

Not to mention the people who migrated to the Central Plains for farming, the people who did not want to migrate fled everywhere and were chased by Cao's army. Over the years, more than one ten remained, and most of them lost their fields and were driven into deep mountains and dense forests, becoming completely transformed outward-sky people.

In spring and summer, the weather is getting warmer, and these displaced people come out of the mountains and look for food in the fields. Because the war has caused many strong men to die, the people are mostly elderly and women, so they have no way to hunt, so they can only pick up wild vegetables and have to be grouped together to avoid being attacked by jackals and beasts.

At this moment, smoke and dust rose up on the official road in the distance, and a soldier came.

The children immediately ran away in all directions, while the old and weak either rushed into the deep grass and ravines or shouted to chase the children. Only a few brave ones stood firm and looked at them for a moment, relaxed and said, "It is the soldiers from Jiangling, and this soldiers do not kill people indiscriminately."

This army was the army of Guan Yu.

When Lei Yuan set out on the road back, Guan Yu had already raised his troops and advanced north. His front quickly advanced to the surrounding area of ​​Yicheng and fought fiercely with Lejin's troops for several days.

Because Jiangling was on the front line facing Xiangyang, Guan Yu had always known the information on the mobilization of troops in the heart of the Cao regime earlier than the center. In fact, on the day when Guan Yu knew that Cao Cao personally brought troops into Guanzhong, he issued an order to gather troops urgently.

After the fierce battle in the 17th year of Jian'an, the Jingzhou army had been recuperating for several years. All training level, equipment level and even food, fodder and supplies were fully equipped, and their strength was not only restored, but also improved.

So Guan Yu gave the order, the Nanjun army first prepared for the battle, and the other troops successively prepared for the war.

In recent years, as the system gradually becomes complete, the troops of the Jingzhou Army can be roughly divided into three parts.

The first part is the troops of the Nanjun under Guan Yu himself. This is the largest mobile force under the tent of the King of Hanzhong, and is composed of both naval and land armies. The land army is composed of the backbone of Guan Yu's main unit, supplemented by the Yuan generals and officers left by Xuande Gong after entering Shu, such as Fan Zhou, Shi He, Wu Dang and other small troops, as well as General Jianwei and the prefect of Nanjun Fei Guan, later added the troops of Yizhou General Ren Kui, with a total of about 20,000 people. The navy was jointly responsible by Guan Yu's eldest son Guan Ping and general Zhao Lei, and the navy governor Zhan Yan, Chen Feng, and Jingzhou navy were stationed in Hanjin Port, Jiangling for a long time, with hundreds of warships of all sizes and nearly 10,000 soldiers.

The second part is distributed along the Xiang River coast, including many garrison cities and beacon towers. This force is mainly formed to defend Jiangdong. There are two main generals, one is Liu Feng, the deputy general stationed in the public security, who is responsible for the public security to Chanling and the front line of the Tang Dynasty; the other is Li Yan, the general stationed in Linxiang, who is responsible for Yiyang and Linxiang. Although this force is mainly composed of county soldiers, Liu Feng and Li Yan each have strong elite headquarters, relying on the complex terrain of the water network area, which is enough to support the long line of defense.

The third part is the local forces controlled by the prefects in various places and the commanders. The powerful ones include Lei Yuan’s acquaintance, Huo Jun’s tribe and Lingling’s tribe. The troops of the county and county are scattered and are mainly used to maintain local public order, but the prefect of the county also retains elite headquarters. For example, Huo Jun’s tribe is used to maintain the water and land routes of the Xiajiang River, while Xi Zhen’s tribe guards the transportation lines of the two prefectures of Jingjiao.

At this time, the King of Hanzhong was in Guanzhong and the decisive battle with the Cao army. His victory and defeat must be related to the overall situation of the world. All parts of Jingzhou were notorious. Wherever Jiangling's feathered edict went, all the generals responded with stern response.

Shi He, Fan Zhou, and other lieutenants stationed in Jingnan but were directly under Guan Yu, immediately raised their troops to Nanjun. All the places also dispatched troops to the north according to military orders, and reported one after another that they were ready and could be dispatched accordingly at any time.

Guan Yu then stayed in Jingzhou to engage in Pan Jun's government affairs as usual, kept the funds to guard Jiangling, and prepared supplies, grain and fodder, so as to collect civil servants, ensuring that he could be sent to the front line continuously. He also publicly warned all over the country to strictly guard against any misunderstandings with his ally Sun family.

After the general arrangement was made, news from Guanzhong said that the King of Hanzhong had fought with Cao Gong several times, and Cao Gong had strong troops and crossed Tongguan and forced Chang'an.

Guan Yu then did not wait and raised the main force of the Jingzhou army to advance north.

Over the years, he and Lejin, who was stationed in Xiangyang, have been attacking each other. Generally speaking, although Guan Yu has the upper hand, he cannot take advantage of Xiangyang. No matter how unfavorable Lejin is, he relies on the strong walls and clear fields in Jingbei, and the city of Xiangyang is high and deep, and guards it like an iron barrel.

At first, both sides could rack their brains to play with new tricks, with the intention of surprise victory. Year after year, they gradually became tired. After all, the land routes were nothing more than the three lines of east, middle and west, and the waters and land routes were nothing more than the Han River, Ju River, Zhang River, and the Jingxiang Road. They were all familiar with each other, and they could go back and forth with their eyes closed.

Both sides also know each other's military strength. Guan Yu's subordinates are wise, calm, and brave. Le Jin has long known any outstanding generals. Guan Yu is also aware of them.

In this way, unless one side gets a lot of additional resources, the Jingbei War will not be able to achieve any result after another ten years.

As expected, this battle was like this again. Everything was done step by step and had no intention. When the army arrived at Yicheng, Le Jin sent troops from Xiangyang to intercept it. Before the main general had already made a move, the front of the two armies had fought several times and confronted each other.

Next to the official road where the army was advancing, the entourage set up a temporary camp as the location of Guan Yu's main formation. Guan Yu held a chess piece and stared at the chessboard, and asked casually: "How are the casualties and injuries of each unit?"

The officer said: "The day before yesterday, yesterday, two hundred and ninety-four people were killed in battle and 331 seriously injured. Among them, the death camp of the Fufeng camp of the captain Ma Yu was the most serious, accounting for half of them. General Zhou Cang lost the least, less than fifty."

"Yes." Guan Yu's eyes were not far from the chessboard and nodded slightly.

Yesterday, Cao's army was dispatched by the elite iron armored soldiers under Le Jin's command. Fighting with him, the total casualties were more than 600, which was less than Guan Yu expected. He asked again: "Where has the navy gone?"

"Captain Zhan Yan has arrived with thirty large ships, and the subsequent fleet has passed Jingcheng."

"Yuan Jian!"

Liao Hua has been successful in his career in the past two years and has become the chief clerk from the front office. After listening to Guan Yu's instructions, he took a step forward: "Here."

"I plan to order the troops to avoid fighting again today, and turn to the Han River to camp, so that the soldiers can rest."

"Yes." Liao Hua immediately spread out his pen and ink letters.

"In addition, let Zhan Yan send several large ships to send the seriously injured soldiers back to Jingcheng. If those who died in battle can be retrieved, they will also take them back. They will hold a ceremony according to the old rules and bury them well." Guan Yu thought for a while and added: "Also, let him be careful and don't put the dead and the injured on the same boat!"

A few years ago, Guan Yu saw Lei Yuan's soldiers holding a funeral, and saw his treatment of the wounded soldiers, and was very impressed.

Later, Guan Yu issued a special military order, imitating Lei Yuan's approach, and stated that the comrades in the army should take care of each other and should not discard the seriously injured soldiers who died in battle at will, and they must be properly taken care of and placed properly. This move did help to gather the morale of the army. Many soldiers were very grateful for this, but some officers were not very concerned about it. For example, Zhan Yan, who relied on his status as a consul, acted carelessly and asked Guan Yu to give special mentions more than once.

Liao Hua quickly added a few more words under the order, asking Guan Yu to read it.

Guan Yu glanced at him, nodded slightly, and continued to bury his head in the chessboard.

In recent years, Guan Yu has been very interested in playing chess, but he is not good at playing chess skills, so he only meets the opponent of his eldest son Guan Ping. At this moment, the military flags around him flutter in the wind, and the iron cavalry rumbles by, and the sound of drums and horns comes one after another, and the morale is fierce. The two of them are both, one son, and one son is very happy underground.
Chapter completed!