Although the Han River, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, flows through Hanxing County.
But unlike Hanzhong County, the Han River does not flow through the entire county of Hanxing County. It mainly flows through the Xicheng area of Hanxing County.
After the Han River flows past Xicheng, it does not go all the way eastward through Shangyong and Fangling. Instead, it suddenly changes course at a turning point outside Xicheng and goes straight to the Xiangfan and Nanyang areas downstream.
In the spring and summer when the Han River is plentiful, the connection between Xicheng and the outside world will become very close due to the connection of the Han River.
So judging from the distance on the map, Fangling City is the closest city to Jingzhou.
But in terms of actual marching speed and communication, Xicheng is the fortress most likely to introduce enemies.
Historically, Sima Yi, who was stationed in Wancheng, was able to rush to the new city on the 8th and besiege Mengda. He probably relied on the convenience of water transportation on the Han River.
He led his army from Wancheng to Xicheng, and then traveled down the river day and night to achieve this.
Historically, it was Sima Yi who sent some troops to Shen Yi so that he could block Wei Yan's reinforcements in Hanzhong and prevent the Han army from rescuing Meng Da.
Precisely because of Xicheng's geographical superiority, no matter who surrendered to Shen Yi in history and how many military exploits he made, Xicheng was always in his hands.
Mi Yang, Deng Ai and others have already carefully understood the geographical peculiarities of Xicheng.
So when Shen Dan entered the camp and Mi Yang had not yet captured Shen Dan, he quickly ordered Zhang Yi to lead his army north to reach the Han River first.
Mi Yang's purpose was to block the channels through which Xicheng might be linked to Cao Ren in Nanyang, and to completely block the channels through which Cao Ren could lead his troops to rescue Shen Yi after receiving the news.
When Zhang Yi led his troops and horses and drove the warships to the Han River Basin outside Xicheng, he found that Shen Yi had already established water forts at various dangerous locations outside the Han River Basin.
The establishment of the water stronghold was conducive to controlling the Han River outside the West City. However, because Shen Yi had not received the news that Shen Dan had been captured at this time, as usual, Shen Yi was among the water strongholds in the Han River.
There are not many soldiers and horses.
After ordering spies to investigate the news, Lu Yi, who was beside Zhang Ni, suggested that Zhang Ni first blockade the Han River channel outside the West City and wait for the arrival of Mi Yang's army to make other plans.
Lu Yi made this suggestion because Zhang Ni's headquarters only had 3,000 troops. If he wanted to send troops to control various water fortresses, he would have to divide his troops. With the division of troops, the number of troops to block the Han River outside the West City would inevitably be reduced.
If Shen Yi jumped over the wall and led the army in the west city to attack Zhang Ni's troops above the Han River, Zhang Ni would be outnumbered and might not be able to defend the Han River channel.
However, Lu Yi's suggestion was rejected by Zhang Yi.
"If we do not seize the water strongholds, the Han River will be unstable. If the news about this county is discovered by Cao Ren of Nanyang, he will seize the water strongholds first.
Then the water conservancy of the Han River will be occupied by Cao Ren's army. When the time comes, the wolf in front of the general has not been driven away, but the tiger in the back will come, which will be greatly detrimental to the general."
Hanxing County has always been on the front line. Cao Ren's tens of thousands of troops are entrenched in the lower reaches of the Han River outside Xicheng.
In view of this, it is impossible for Zhang Yi to abandon those crucial water villages.
After Zhang Ni explained to Lu Yi, he immediately ordered his troops to move forward and attack the water forts established by Shen Yi.
Because the Xicheng soldiers and horses in the water stronghold did not receive instructions from Shen Yi to strengthen their defenses, their defenses were not tight.
After all, the most important purpose of Shen Yi's establishment of the water stronghold in the first place was to guard against Cao Ren's army downstream.
The soldiers and horses of Xicheng in the water village focused their main attention on the lower reaches. Facing the sudden appearance of Zhang Yi's army from upstream behind them, they were not prepared at all.
Due to the sudden attack and Zhang Ni's good command, within a day, all the water forts established by Shen Yi on the Han River were overthrown by Zhang Ni's army.
After seizing control of all the water villages, Zhang Yi immediately made the following arrangements.
He ordered his soldiers to place many flags, flags and trumpets everywhere in the water stronghold.
He ordered that in the water villages closest to Nanyang, there were several times more military equipment than usual.
The most important thing is that he placed the flag of "Han partial general Mi" flying high in prominent positions in various water forts.
Lü Yi was puzzled by Zhang Ni's behavior. He asked Zhang Ni, "Military officials are very important. Now our army has captured all the water fortresses.
Why didn't the county lieutenant calm down his flags and act like usual, but instead did the opposite and planted the general's flags everywhere in the water village?"
Regarding Lu Yi's question, Zhang Ni answered: "Although the military secrets are good, when our army captured the water fortresses just now, not all the soldiers of Xicheng were captured or killed."
"Cao Ren is a man who knows how to fight. Because of the importance of Xicheng, he will definitely spread his intelligence and eyes along the lower reaches of the Han River in Xicheng."
"In this case, once the fleeing Xicheng soldiers are captured by Cao Ren's scouts, Cao Ren will soon learn of the changes in the county."
"Cao Ren has many soldiers and generals in his camp. It is inevitable that he will not send troops up the river after learning about the changes in the county."
"In order to prevent this, I spread flags and golden drums widely to confuse Cao Ren and make him unaware of the strength of our army.
He will not act rashly for the time being before he has fully ascertained the reality of our army."
After Zhang Ni said this, a look of understanding appeared on Lu Yi's face, but he still had one question.
"Cao Ren is hailed as the "General of Heaven and Man" by the northerners. He has fought for many years, has rich experience, and has numerous military exploits. How can the county captain guarantee that he will fall into the trap?"
After Lu Yi asked this question, Zhang Ni looked up at the flag above his head and said to Lu Yi: "Because the general's reputation is there."
Hearing what Zhang Ni said, Lu Yi also looked at the flag flying high above his head.
Liu Bei raised the army with the slogan of reviving the Han Dynasty, so since he raised the army, all official systems and rules and regulations have been strictly implemented in accordance with the standards of the Han Dynasty.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because today's Han Dynasty is a fire virtue, all flags and uniforms in the army are crimson.
Looking at the five characters "Han partial general Mi" wrapped in red, Lu Yi felt calm in his heart.
Under the sunlight, the crimson color on this flag seemed to be dyed not with dye, but with the blood of tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops, making it look very dazzling.
In the decades since the world was in chaos, many famous generals have emerged, but each of them has a different style of military use.
Some people believe in using force to overwhelm others and engage in head-on confrontation.
Some are good at taking advantage of the terrain and adapting to circumstances.
Some people pay attention to attacking quickly and rushing directly into the middle army...
Every famous general has a different style of military use. Since the First World War, the famous general Mi Yang's military use style has given the world the impression that he is good at taking risks, just like his mentor Fazheng.
At that time, King Cao Cao of Wei once said with emotion, "I have gathered all the evil heroes, but I can't find a way to rectify the evil?" is well known to the world.
With the blessing of a glorious record and the halo of a famous teacher, no matter how "general" Cao Ren is, he will not take it lightly when he sees Mi Yang's banner.
Finally, Lu Yi and Zhang Yi looked at each other and smiled.
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Shen Yi was currently in the county mansion in Xicheng, lying on the couch in the hall, holding a wine glass and enjoying the singing and dancing in the hall.
Listening to the beautiful singing in her ears, looking at the fair skin in her eyes, and slowly putting a glass of wine in her hand into her mouth, Shen Yi felt extremely comfortable and couldn't help but let out a sigh of comfort.
It would be great if this kind of life could last for a long time!
Facing Mi Yang's invitation a few days ago, Shen Yi would not have attended even if he had not received Shen Dan's letter.
It's not that Shen Yi guessed Mi Yang's intention, it's just that he felt that the "White Tiger Banquet" that Mi Yang did was not as pleasing to the eye as the "Girls' Banquet" in his own house.
If he had time to trek across the water to attend Mi Yang's "White Tiger Banquet", it would be better to stay comfortably in the west city and admire the graceful dancing of the girl in front of him.
After Shen Yi drank a glass of wine, he looked at the boys and girls in the hall with greedy eyes.
Yes, in the dance team that danced for Shen Yi, there were not only girls, but also many boys.
Like some "nobles" in the world, Shen Yi has a serious Longyang love.
And compared to playing with girls, sometimes playing with boys can satisfy Shen Yi's desire to conquer.
These boys and girls were originally from good families in Hanxing County, and many of them even came from scholarly families.
But whether it was a good family or a scholarly family, when the Shen brothers built Hanxing County into their own independent kingdom, all those families were persecuted, their families were broken up, and their wives were separated.
Because of family interests, the Shen brothers have been frantically expanding their family power in the past few decades. Expansion will inevitably lead to cruelty.
As for these wealthy families, as they expand, they will only turn the original good people into their own slaves.
Because only in this way can their possessiveness and selfishness be satisfied.
According to Han law, it is a crime to kill good citizens, but no one will know about killing slaves whose household registration is not in the government, so where does the crime come from?
Under the influence of alcohol, the greed in Shen Yi's eyes became more and more intense, and he felt like there was a fire stirring in his body.
In this case, Shen Yi casually threw the wine glass aside.
Then he got up from his knees, went to the dance team that was performing, randomly pulled out a girl, and then dragged her towards the inner room.
Seeing Shen Yi's appearance like a hungry wolf, the dancing team that was performing stopped their performance and immediately knelt on the ground shivering, their faces turned pale.
She (they) are deeply afraid of Shen Yi and regard themselves as his next prey.
As for the girl who was chosen by Shen Yi, her face was completely pale with fear, and her body was almost paralyzed to the ground with fear.
If Shen Yi just wanted to sleep with her, she wouldn't be too afraid.
But everyone in the mansion knew that Shen Yi had a very cruel hobby.
All the boys and girls who were called to his bedside were all carried out by Shen Yi's servants in disheveled clothes.
After their deaths, they did not even have any decent clothes, so they were randomly dumped in mass graves outside the city and allowed to be eaten by wild dogs.
With such an example before, how can the people present not be afraid of Shen Yi's "favour"?
In Shen Yi's mind, except for his clansmen, everyone in Hanxing County is just a humble item, and it is very reasonable to throw it away after use.
But just when Shen Yi became more and more horny, and picked up the frightened girl by the waist, and was about to go to the inner room, Shen Yi's personal guards suddenly rushed in from outside the lobby, and the guard
Wei also brought several soldiers covered in blood.
Just as Zhang Yi guessed, since there was no way to capture and kill all the Xicheng soldiers, it was only a matter of time before the news leaked out.
Compared to Cao Ren in Wancheng, Shen Yi undoubtedly learned the news much faster.
When the personal guard rushed into the lobby, he immediately reported anxiously to Shen Yi: "Clan Chief, Hanshui and Hanshui Water Village have all fallen!"
After hearing the report from the personal guard, Shen Yi, who was almost holding the girl and stepping into the inner room with one foot, turned around in disbelief.
He looked at the personal guard behind him and the soldiers covered in blood.
Among the soldiers covered in blood, there was one he knew. He was the clansman he sent to manage a water village on the Han River.
After seeing this clan member appearing in the hall covered in blood, Shen Yi immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
The lust in his body was temporarily suppressed by the surprise and doubt in his heart.
He threw the girl in his arms to the ground, then walked quickly to Ming Zuzi and asked him anxiously: "Tell me what's going on? How could Cao Ren suddenly lead his army to attack our water stronghold!"
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, Shen Yi thought that Cao Ren was leading the attack on the water village on the Han River, but this was also very suspicious in his opinion.
Shen Yi didn't have much loyalty to Liu Bei to begin with, and in troubled times, playing both sides was a basic survival skill for a wealthy family.
Therefore, although Shen Yi was a minister under Liu Bei's rule, he had not had many contacts with Cao Ren in the past, so Shen Yi did not understand why Cao Ren suddenly made a move.
It's just that Shen Yi is not too afraid at the moment. Even if Cao Ren suddenly attacks the water stronghold he set up without integrity, there is still a famous general in the Han Xing County.
With Mi Yang as her backer, Shen Yi is relatively calm.
However, Shen Yi's calmness was quickly shattered by his clan's next words.
"It's not Cao Ren, it's Fujun. It's Fujun's army that attacked the water stronghold!"
"I hid among the dead and came back with my life."
After listening to this clan member's words, a huge look of disbelief appeared on Shen Yi's face.
In this incredible expression, there is also a look of fear that gradually appears.
Shen Yi could no longer keep calm, and he roared at the clan member: "What are you talking nonsense! The Lord even invited me to a banquet a few days ago, how could you..."
Before Shen Yi finished speaking, he suddenly realized something.
If Mi Yang wanted to send troops, he had to step out of the mean. Thinking of Mi Yang's sudden banquet a few days ago, a line seemed to appear in Shen Yi's mind, connecting the two events.
Something happened to Shangyong!
Something happened to my brother!
Shen Yi was not stupid, and it was impossible for his clan members to deceive him, so Shen Yi quickly guessed the whole truth of the matter.
After realizing the truth, Shen Yi's mind seemed to explode.
He has always regarded Mi Yang as his backer, but one day the backer he relies on is coming towards him, so can he stop it?