After hearing Xu You's words, Xu Huang suddenly realized: "Thank you, Mr., for your advice. I almost made a big mistake!"

Xu Huang was quite strategic among the generals of Cao Wei, but his greater advantage was that he could listen to others' advice, of course, on the basis of his ability to understand the other party's principles, otherwise it would not be a strength, but a weakness of soft ears. He continued to ask Xu You respectfully: "Where should we take priority, sir?"

Xu You had already made up his mind about this and said flatly: "Our army should give priority to attacking Dankou. According to the situation we have mastered in previous years, the Liang army built a dam in Dankou, which controls convenient waterways from Dankou to Shangluo and even Chang'an. After occupying it, we not only cut off the waterways from Shangluo to Handong County, but even the waterways from Hanzhong to Zhuyang were cut off by us. If the Liang Kingdom wanted to build Yang from the rest of the way, they could only go to the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains to be difficult to go up.

The mountain road in the sky is here. In addition, we occupy Dankou, and we can use the dam to temporarily completely cut off the Mianshui water flow, so that the water level downstream is extremely low, so that our army can easily overcome the Mianshui natural danger, and also allow the advantages of the Liang army's inland water division to disappear invisibly. Finally, we do not have to cross the Mianshui when we attack Dankou, because there is also a large dock fort opposite the Mianshui River in Dankou. After capturing this dock, we can directly cross the Mianshui from the dam and capture the main city of Dankou!"

After hearing Xu You's words, Xu Huang said happily: "Mr.'s words really made Xu Huang suddenly understand. He had made some decisions and acted according to his plan. After our army occupied various cities in Nanyang and gained a foothold, he immediately attacked Dankou City."

Xu You's words did not end. He added: "General Gongming, before our army attacked Dankou, there is one more thing to do, besides occupying Nanyang. It is to send an envoy to meet Liu Bei. If it were not expected, Liu Bei should still be in Fancheng and Yicheng now, paying attention to our and Liang army's every move."

Xu Huang nodded and said, "I know what the sir means, so I send someone to inform Liu Bei and urge him to jointly attack the Liang army with us. When we attack Dankou, he also attacked Xiangyang at the same time to share our pressure."

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Xu Huang's army had only been resting in Wancheng for a day, and then deployed troops to advance to important cities in Nanyang such as Xinye, Shandu, Rangcheng, Huyang, etc. At the same time, a team of only a dozen people drove straight towards Fancheng.

In fact, at this time, Liu Bei was living in the government office of Fancheng, and spies from Linjiang Kingdom continued to report news about the abnormal movements of Wei and Liang troops from all sides to Fancheng.

Liu Bei knew all the news that Liu Huang's army arrived in Wancheng with his troops and horses. He was also expected by Yan Yan to attack Wancheng.

When Liu Bei heard that Xu Huang was divided into various cities in Nanyang, including Xinye, he suddenly had an idea. He ordered Guan Yu beside him, "Second brother, I will let you bring three thousand troops and enter Xinye overnight. Remember, you must rush before the Wei army enters Xinye."

Guan Yu said puzzledly: "Your Majesty, you didn't say that we would not serve as shields for the State of Wei before, so you evacuated all the troops in Nanyang and threw all the cities on the flat ground to the State of Wei? Have you changed your mind?"

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Of course he didn't change his mind. You just tried the Wei army's attitude and bottom line towards us."

Guan Yu suddenly realized, "I understand, I will lead my troops to Xinye!"

Not long after Guan Yu led his troops out of the city, local officials in Fancheng came to report to Liu Bei that Xu Huang, the commander of the Wei State's Western Expedition Army, sent an envoy to visit, saying that he would enter Jingzhou to seek an audience with the King of Linjiang.

Liu Bei held his hands behind his back, thought for a moment and guessed what the envoy of Wei State saw him for. He asked, "You can tell the other party that he is alone in Fancheng."

"Your Majesty, the empress has ten thousand courages, and he dare not tell outsiders where the king is."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "That's good." Then he waved his hand and ordered, "Gu will not see this messenger now! But you don't need to drive away in the future. On the contrary, you told him that Gu was coming from Jiangling to Fancheng. He asked them to wait in the Fancheng Inn for two or three days before they could see Gu. In addition, he ordered the inn to entertain them with high standards."

...

Zhang He brought three thousand Wei army cavalry to Xinye. Although these cavalry were not the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Wei army, the scene of them galloping in a hash formation also showed a overwhelming and invincible power.

"Wow" Zhang He tied the reins and stopped his war horses' cavalry. The roar of horse hooves like summer thunder behind him suddenly fell, until they were completely quiet, leaving only a few neighing and sniffing sounds of war horses.

The suspension bridge of Xinye City in the distance was hanging high, with four gates closed, and soldiers garrisoned could be vaguely seen on the top of the city. This made Zhang He very strange. Because all the Nanyang cities occupied by the Wei army along the way were not fortified, Xinye City was the first city they encountered that someone was guarding.

Zhang He said secretly, Could it be that the Liang army has come out again? He immediately denied his idea. It was completely contrary to common sense if the Liang army occupied Xinye, and it would have disadvantages and no benefits to the Liang army himself. Could it be a bandit? It is impossible! The Nanyang area has been very peaceful since the Han Dynasty established its capital. Even in recent turmoil, ordinary civilians have been kidnapped by Liu Bei's army. Where did the people come from to be bandits? Who can the bandits rob? That's the last possibility left, Liu Bei's army occupied Xinye City.

Zhang He rode his horse again with a lot of questions, and he was about to approach Xinye City to solve the puzzle. The sound of horses galloping like thunder behind him sounded again...

Zhang He thought that he was right, and the flags on the top of the city were really the flags of Linjiang Kingdom. Zhang He laughed in his heart and said, Liu Bei, Liu Bei, what's the point of occupying more Xinye City? Zhang He immediately ordered the soldiers to call the city.

"Yu, the defenders on the city, we are the Wei State's troops to fight against the thief kings. My general wants to meet your chief general, please go and report it."

After several loud Wei soldiers shouted in succession, one of them was still walking calmly from the city tower to the top of the city. Zhang He recognized this person at a glance as Guan Yu, who had seen in the Sour Jujube Alliance. Guan Yu's beard was two feet long; his face was like heavy dates, his lips were as polished as grease; his eyes were red and phoenixes, and his eyebrows would remember the appearance characteristics of his lying silkworm eyebrows.

Zhang He bowed his hand under the city and said, "It turns out to be General Guan, so I am Zhang He, the deputy commander of the Wei State's army to fight against the bandits in the west."

Guan Yu did not return the tribute and said expressionlessly: "Oh, since you know your identity, you should know that this is the city stationed by the Linjiang Army. But Feng Zhejun is on the other side of Mianshui on the west side. What's wrong with you bringing troops here? Could it be that you lost your way?"
Chapter completed!