The reason why Wenpin received special attention and favor from Cao Gong was that as a representative of local military forces in Jingzhou, he occupied Jiangxia, and was able to cut off the Han River and Xia Water channels to prevent Jingzhou navigating Xiangyang. Therefore, he set up more observation buildings and checkpoints at the intersection of Han River and Xia Water to monitor the water surface.

However, this kind of monitoring is often ineffective in spring and summer. In spring and summer, the Han River and the river water are surging, and the water surface of Yunmengze has expanded to several times. The Wang Tower set up by Wenpin cannot cover it at all.

The Jingzhou naval army traverses the rivers, Yangshui, Xiashui, Hanshui and other rivers that are connected, and appear in the vast Yunmeng Lake, bringing Xiangyang City and the vast area south of Xiangyang into the scope of the threat of the navy. No matter when, when you come, you will fight and defeat and leave.

When Cao Gong's army heads south to Jiangling, if the Jingzhou navy goes north along the Han River, it will inevitably lead to an embarrassing situation after the Battle of Chibi that day, and give Guan Yu another chance to win the honors of the North Road.

Fortunately, Mr. Cao already has a strategy to deal with this.

In Cao Gong's view, the base of the Jingzhou Navy was in Jiangling, and the starting point of all military operations was Jiangjin Port in the east of Jiangling City. Jiangling took the navy as its wings, so it was difficult to attack. At the same time, Jiangling also became the key point that Jingzhou Navy must rescue and protect.

In order to restrict the Jingzhou naval army and attack the base of the Jingzhou naval army, Cao Gong first sent Cao Ren's troops to go south along the Tuo River, build a building to the west of Jiangling, and cut off the land connection between Jiangling City and Zhijiang County and Yidu County. Then, officials cut down a large amount of logs in the deep mountains and dense forests north of Linju, and transported them along the water.

Cao Ren collected wood at Tuokou and tied it directly into thousands of rafts. Then he connected these rafts to each other, and built huge floating bridges with the help of the river in the Bailizhou and the shallow river section of the river. The Cao army infantry could use the floating bridge to travel to Jiangxinzhou and the north bank of the river, and then raid the south of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, countless rafts were equipped with iron nails, carrying oil and forage, and were ready to launch large-scale arson. As a result, naval ships were threatened on the dozens of miles from the oil mouth to Jiangjin. When the left wing forces of Cao's army surrounded Jiangjin, Jiangling became an isolated city.

Guan Yu did not have the strength to compete with Cao Gong's army in the field. Faced with such a large-scale attack, all Guan Yu could do was to defend the city; in order to be able to hold on for a long time, he had to fight for the upstream floating bridge and make every effort to ensure Jiangling's connection with the outside world.

During this period, Cao Gong set up trests, stone cannons, strong crossbows, etc. in Jiangxinzhou Luguang. General Zhang He, the Pingdi general, led 10,000 people to guard the bridge. The Jingzhou navy did launch attacks on the floating bridge many times. One side wanted to encircle and the other side wanted to open up. Both sides fought extremely fiercely, and each suffered losses.

According to the war report, not long ago, several places in Jiangling, Jiangjin and Zhoulu Floating Bridges fought at the same time. Three tower ships of the Jingzhou navy were burned down the pontoon bridge, and Zhao Lei, the governor in charge of Jingzhou City Defense, was also injured in that battle, which was a heavy loss.

Wen Pin was an experienced general. He had long thought that Song Wan's appearance was suspicious, so he used a large number of troops to make plans, intending to find out the person behind Song Wan. The reason why he dared to do this was because the Jingzhou navy was forced to gather in the upper reaches of the river and fought for days without any other abnormal movements.

But he really didn't expect that in this situation, Guan Yu suddenly ignored the situation in Jiangling and let his main navy force rush to Jiangxia?

He couldn't help but curse and said, "Is this a care about his head and butt? Crazy?"

In this way, the elites of their own were scattered everywhere in the north of Anlu, as if they were making way for the Jingzhou navy in advance, and they were simply opening the door to greet thieves!

Even if the generals under Prime Minister Cao took Jiangling, they would not have the least achievements of me, Wen Zhongye. However, since the Jingzhou navy has arrived here, they will either attack Anlu, Shiyang, or disturb Xiangyang and Fancheng. No matter what they plan to do, no matter how much they can do... In short, I will suffer a great loss!

Although in midsummer, Wenpin only felt cold in his hands and feet.

The news was really amazing, and the soldiers behind Wenpin were also panicked. They were all locals, and their family members were all in Anlu City. If Wenpin had not been strict in governing the army, they would not have been in an uproar at this time.

The one who is responsible for leading this group of soldiers is Wenhou, the clan of Wenpin.

Wenpin's control over Jiangxia's military and political affairs was mainly achieved by his own sons and nephews, and he did not easily use outsiders. He led his troops with his legitimate son Wen Dai, his adopted son Wen Xiu, his clan's son Wen Hong, Wen Bo and others. The clan's son Wenhou was brave and decisive, and was responsible for leading the armored soldiers and his directly subordinate elite soldiers.

Wenhou saw that Wen Pin's face was not good, so he took a step forward and whispered in a low voice: "Mr., we should not stay here for a long time."

"Um?"

"We will take this person first, rely on him to force the Lei family troops from all over the country, and then quickly return to Anlu!" Wenhou drew his sword in his hand and said fiercely.

Wen Pin pondered for a moment and whispered: "Don't hurt him, just take it down."

Wenhou responded to the voice and moved forward.

Wen Pin retreated to his own infantry ranks and turned to see Lei Yuan.

At this time, some military men with entourages gathered around Lei Yuan, but only dozens of people. Facing the ten times the troops on Wen Pin's side, they did not retreat, and Lei Yuan's eyes were still smiling when he looked here.

Wenpin thinks something is wrong.

This Lei Xuzhi was too sinister and said that he wanted to buy a road with a horse. I don’t know how many steps he had arranged step by step. What is this person planning now?

Wen Pin said to the left and right: "Half of the troops are divided, we will immediately withdraw from the outside of the mountain, gather with the troops outside, and be on guard against the enemy!"

After responding, they went to assign troops separately.

But at this time, a sound of a roar like a muffled drum suddenly came from outside the valley.

It was the sound of horse hooves trampling on the earth.

In the valley where Hengwei Mountain connects with the outside world, dust rolls out in the sky, smoke and dust chokes. Under the dust, the spears and halberds held by countless knights flashed with cold light.

"Close it! Turn it! The sword and shield hand move forward!" Wenpin shouted subconsciously. But the soldiers around him were shouting wildly, causing Wenpin's voice to be hidden in the noise and vaguely no one could hear it.

Their movements were too slow, and the cavalry was too fast.

The cavalry team ran out of the valley, and their eyes were suddenly cheerful.

A cavalryman hung a spear on the edge of the saddle and drew his bow and arrow.

Several rows of knights behind him also set their bows and arrows, and as the leader moved, the rain of arrows roared and splashed out.

The arrow clusters changed from small to large in Wenpin's sight, which caused screams. The entire area outside the Wen family fell down instantly like a wheat field harvested by a sickle, and a loose gap appeared between the infantry queues.

Then the screams were covered by the sound of the impact, and the sound of sharp blades piercing into the flesh. The knights crashed into the gap, trampled over the body that fell mercilessly, wielding swords and guns, stirring up boiling blood waves. The infantry of Wenpin collapsed in an instant, and they scattered around to avoid the collision of the cavalry, and were chased and ravaged by the cavalry like a lamb meeting a pack of wolves.

When the rider gathered the queue and lined up like geese wings behind Lei Yuan, the queue around Wenpin was no longer there. The grass that was originally like a felt carpet was rolled up by the turf trampled by war horses, and many people fell to the ground and groaned.

Wenpin only had a small number of soldiers surrounded him, and his face was covered with mud and blood, making his face look even more ugly.

This is Jiangxia County, a place where the Wen clan has been deeply cultivated for many years. As a result, the Jingzhou Navy launched a large-scale attack. Lei Yuan carried tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to the south. Wenpin, the prefect, was ignorant of it in advance. At this time, a large number of cavalry teams rushed to attack, and the Wen clan team did not know where they came from. The various defenses they had tried hard to set up before were of no use. This is the case here in Hengwei Mountain, and is there any need to say other obstacles, Shiyan Mountain and other places... Such a situation is almost a humiliation to Wenpin!

Lei Yuan and Shi Shi got on the horse and passed by Wen Pin.

When he was more than ten steps away from Wenpin, Lei Yuan stopped slightly.

"The Jingzhou navy is here mainly to meet the military and civilians of our unit. As long as the subordinates of Wenfujun do not provoke, we will not attack the city. In addition, I keep my word and ask Wenfujun to accept the gift of two hundred war horses."

After walking a few steps, he said again: "Mr. Wenfu, the turbulent times are surging, and heroes are rising. Even if the dog guarding the house can protect the family for a while, how can it fight against tigers and wolves in the long run?"

Wen Pin sneered twice, and when he was about to answer, Lei Yuan rode away.
Chapter completed!