Xiangyang, Fancheng is surrounded by water, and the middle is connected by a floating bridge. On both sides of the floating bridge, there are Wei troops erecting two cities to block the enemy with strong bows and hard crossbows and thunderbolt chariots. In this way, a rosy formation with a floating bridge as the back of the bow is formed. Whether it comes from the upstream or downstream, or whether it comes from the south or north, attacking either side is equivalent to attacking the entire formation.

Relatively speaking, Fancheng is the weakest in this direction, with only three thousand guards, the city walls are relatively short, and the moat is not very deep. This is also the reason why Wei Ba chose Fancheng as a breakthrough point. However, the so-called weakness is also not so easy to attack Fancheng compared to Xiangyang City, which has seven or eight thousand defenders. Guan Yu led a 30,000 army to besiege for so long, but in the end he was unable to conquer Fancheng, which proves that Fancheng is equally powerful.

Wei Ba had to attack the floating bridge and cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng, and there was only one way: the warships attacked the floating bridge from the upper reaches of the Han River. In this way, he had to face the three-sided blockade of the Wei army. From the powerful crossbows set up on the shore and on the floating bridge, the thunderbolt chariot could see that the risk was also very great, not to mention the two obstacles set up by Ma Jun under the water.

In order to avoid the loss too much, Wei Ba sent his personal guard Wei Xing to the Wu army naval army and the general Zhu Ran to go to the camp of the northern general Zhu Ran, and asked Zhu Ran to send troops to attack and attack the Wei army in order to reduce the pressure on the Shu army naval army.

Wei Xing is not old, but he is smart and has some eloquence. After following Wei Ba for a long time, he has developed some Wei Ba's problems. He is a little restrained when talking to his own people, and he is not at all sympathetic when fighting with the enemy. He is sarcastic and mean. Every word is like a sharp knife, and he wishes he could cut a piece of meat from the other party.

When facing Zhu Ran, Wei Xing was the same.

"I am hereby orders from General Wu and my young master to inform the general that our army will launch an attack on the Wei army's floating bridge tomorrow. If the general is interested, he can launch an attack together to defeat the Wei army."

Zhu Ran is nearly fifty years old and has fought for many years. He has never seen such an arrogant messenger. Are you here to invite me to fight side by side? He is very dissatisfied with Wei Xing's attitude, and he has no idea of ​​attacking with the Shu army. In his opinion, although Lu Xun is suspected of being lazy in the war, his intention is not wrong at all. Since the Shu army is so arrogant, let them take the lead. You must have the ability to fight Xiangyang first.

"I want to ask the general of the auxiliary country to not attack without authorization." Zhu Ran said carelessly, not even looking at Wei Xing. Not to mention a personal guard, even if Wei Ba himself comes, he might not take him seriously.

"Sure enough." Wei Xing nodded angrily, looking as if he had expected it.

When Zhu Ran saw him like this, he became more and more unhappy: "What is it?"

Wei Xing smiled: "My family joined the army and said that the Wu army used to be the first-class water battle, and now it is the average infantry battle, and now it is the average water battle, and there is only one advantage of many people. The Wei army set up many battle formations on both sides of the floating bridge, and the Wu army's advantages could not be exerted. In addition, the last infantry battle failed, so we must not dare to attack, so this war can only be undertaken independently by our army."

Zhu Ran raised his eyebrows, snorted, and looked at him disdain. This kind of fierce general is too pediatric. If I fight for half my life, will I not even see through this?

"Since your army is so good at fighting, then those who can do it will work harder."

Wei Xing lowered his head, thought for a while, and when he raised his head, there was no smile on his face and a little more seriousness. Zhu Ran felt an ominous feeling when he saw it. He narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Wei Xing tightly, and listened carefully to every word he was about to say.

"General, when the two countries formed an alliance, the agreement was first. Wu State was responsible for controlling the Han River. To the north of the Han River, our army was responsible, and to the south of the Han River, our army was responsible. Now our army has besieged Fancheng, and the army is still a hundred miles away, fearing the enemy like a rat."

Zhu Ran sneered without saying a word, as if he hadn't heard of it.

"A man is strong and weak, and the country is the same. If your army is not strong in combat, we cannot force it. You should be slower and slower. It is not necessary for us to do the Han River. However, we are ugly in the front. Since your army does not participate in the war, the spoils will be no longer possible for you. If there are warships or soldiers of the Wei army defeated in the future, I hope the general can be self-disciplined and not be greedy, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings." Wei Xing bowed slightly, "This is the only requirement of our army. I believe the general does not need to ask the general or the King of Wu again?"

Zhu Ran's face suddenly became very ugly. Wei Xing's words were simply a slap in the face. If you can't do it, you dare not participate in the war, it's fine. The spoils belong to us. You must be conscious and don't want to slut out of the water?

Is this a speech to the dignified General Zhengbei? This is what he said to the rogues on the street.

Zhu Ran was furious and snorted coldly: "Don't worry, our Great Wu Navy is the best in the world, and it's not as bad as the Wei army. If you want it, take it all. If you float to me, I will return it as much as possible."

Wei Xing laughed: "That's good. Since the general is so generous, we will be disrespectful." He bowed to farewell. When the person arrived outside the tent, a secretly happy voice came from outside: "In this way, we will soon have ten tower ships."

Zhu Ran curled his lips. As soon as he was halfway through his lips, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He thought about it and immediately asked someone to call Wei Xing back. Wei Xing looked at Zhu Ran inexplicably and was a little unhappy: "General, what else is there?"

Zhu Ran changed his smile: "I heard that the Gui army fought with the Wei Navy not long ago and won a great victory. I wonder if this is the case?"

Wei Xing raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "Of course it's true, so how can it be fake?"

"Is that so? Why do I feel a little exaggerated?" Zhu Ran deliberately made a calm look and began to inquire about the war. Wei Xing was prepared. If Zhu Ran didn't ask, wouldn't he have said that he had just said to himself? He said it as Wei Ba Sect, that the war was basically not exaggerated, but he was vague about the details Zhu Ran wanted to inquire about and refused to reveal any secrets.

But he revealed that the four Wei army tower ships captured had all been transformed into new warships.

After hearing this, Zhu Ran was secretly shocked. The warships of the Shu army had obviously improved again, so that they could defeat four warships of the Wei army with one warship and win a great victory. Now Wei Ba has five tower ships, and their combat effectiveness is equivalent to twenty ordinary tower ships. If he gets the tower ships in the hands of the Wei army for transformation, the strength of the Shu Han Navy will be further improved.

In this way, the Wu Navy will face tremendous pressure. The reason why Wu can remain calm now is because they discovered the fatal weakness of the new warships of Wei State, and had a way to win, without worrying about the blackmail of Shu Han. Now the situation has changed. Wei Ba used the tower ships that robbed the Wei Army Navy to transform and quickly improved the strength of the Shu Han Navy. They have replaced the Wei Army Navy and become the new strong enemy of the Wu Navy.

Building a building ship is time-consuming and laborious, but modification is not difficult. Wei Ba completed this transformation in more than ten days.

If we consider this from this perspective, it would not be a good thing that the only remaining tower ships of the Wei army fell into Wei Ba's hands again. More importantly, Wei Ba was so cautious about the secrets of the tower ship. Wu Guoxiu has not found any useful information so far. If you want to know this secret, what opportunity is there to be better than fighting together? On the battlefield, Mr. Wei Ba cannot block everyone far away.

Zhu Ran thought about it over and over again and decided not to miss this great opportunity. He instead agreed to go to war and joined forces with the Shu Han Navy to attack the Wei army's floating bridge.

Wei Xing left with a look of depression and said "reluctantly".

Zhu Ran immediately ordered the Wu Navy to advance to Xiangyang and approach the Wei Army's Water Village. At the same time, he reported to Sun Quan and Lu Xun, explaining his concerns and intentions, hoping to get permission, cooperate with the Shu Army to launch an attack, observe the Shu Army's warships at close range, and grab the Wei Army's tower ships as much as possible to curb the strength of the Shu Han Navy.

After receiving the news, Sun Quan was very hesitant. He felt that this might be a plan for Wei Ba to hope that the Wu army would participate in the war to relieve pressure, and he also felt that Zhu Ran’s concerns made sense. Wei Ba used the transformation of the Wei army’s warships to quickly improve the strength of the Shu Han Navy, which was not the result he wanted to see. Zhu Ran hoped to take the opportunity to participate in the war to understand the information of the Shu Han Navy warships up close, which was also a very good idea.

However, in this case, it must be contrary to Lu Xun's intention. The war is imminent, and he does not want to interfere with Lu Xun's decision. His own impulsive personality does not mean that he does not know the benefits of attacking others. Whether it is the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Xiangfan, or the Battle of Yiling, Wu adopted such tactics. Lu Xun's Battle of Yiling even brought this tactic to the extreme.

Sun Quan transferred Zhu Ran’s report to Lu Xun, although he knew that Zhu Ran would definitely report to Lu Xun.

After receiving two reports, Lu Xun weighed the trade-offs for a long time and finally agreed to Zhu Ran's plan. At the same time, he also accelerated the marching speed and put pressure on the defenders of Xiangyang from the south, further reducing the difficulties of Wei Ba and Zhu Ran.

When the news reached the Shu Han camp, Wu Yi and Meng Da looked at each other and laughed. Lu Xun finally couldn't hold back. This was a good thing. Whether it was Sima Yi or Lu Xun, as long as one of these two people could not hold back, they would have the chance to break the situation.

During the time of news exchange, Wei Ba was ready. On a sunny morning, the Shu Han Navy came out of the camp to form an array. Fu Xing and Zhang Wei each led a transformed tower ship in front, and Feng Jin and three other tower ships were behind. Wu Yi and Wei Ba boarded the tower ship in the middle, looking at the floating bridge over the river and the Wei army waiting for battle. Meng Da led 20,000 infantry to force Fancheng to attack the city at any time, forcing the Fancheng defenders to distribute a considerable amount of energy to guard him. This is both a restraint and a real preparation. Once Wei Ba succeeds and cuts the floating bridge, he will launch a real attack on Fancheng.

As the two tower ships, which were once the weapon of the Wei army, were now equipped with the flag of the Shu Han Navy, gradually approached, the sound of war drums on both sides shone together, whether on the warship, on the floating bridge, or in the city, whether on the Wei army or the Shu army, they all held their breath and waited for the beginning of the battle.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong!" The low and slow sound of war drums was like the roar of a giant, shocking.

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