The Huang family in Jiangxia is one of the five major surnames in Jingzhou.

However, after Huang Zu's death, Huang Chengyan and his family left Jingzhou, and the Huang family in Jiangxia fell into an embarrassing situation of losing their heads and falling apart.

Among them, there are reasons for the loss of all elites and the reasons for Liu Biao's suppression.

In short, in the past few years, the Huang family has been declining and is no longer the grand occasion of the past.

After Liu Bei arrived in Jiangxia, although he maintained respect for the Huang family on the surface, he actually did not take the Huang family seriously. Who else is there now in the Huang family? Especially after Huang Chengyan left, Huang's background was much weakened, and there was no one who could show off.

But I didn't expect...

Although Huang Chengyan left Jingzhou, he was still the head of the Huang family.

Over the years, the Huang family has worked hard to manage western Liaoning and has already reached a certain scale. Huang Chengyan secretly continuously pulled the elites among the Huang family's children from Jiangxia and sent them to Yanjing Academy and Nanshan Academy to study. At this point, the Huang family was not weakened, but became stronger. In particular, the relationship between the Huang family and Liu Chuang was destined to take more care of the Huang family.

Now that Liu Chuang has entered Jingzhou, the Huang family of Jiangxia naturally will not stand by and watch.

After Liu Biao's death, the Huang clan members immediately contacted Liu Chuang and made arrangements to welcome the Han army to cross the river.

Youdao is a lean camel bigger than a horse. With the help of the Huang family, Ma Chao crossed the river without any effort. After he captured Xiazhi, he immediately rushed north and took down Xiling in one go. At this time, Liu Chuang was stationed in the army, while Pang Tong supervised the battle against Dangyang. Jiangxia's troops were empty. Although Guan Yu was in charge, he had to resist the joint attack of Huang Zhong and Li Tong. He was unable to take care of Jiangxia's safety...

The loss of Xiling also means cutting off the contact between Guan Yu and Dangyang.

Ma Chao immediately ordered Ma Dai to advance westward to capture Anlu. He led his own elite troops to the north and cooperated with Huang Zhong and Li Tong to attack Guan Yu.

The situation in Jingzhou has changed again.

Guan Yu was attacked on three sides, and even with the courage of a king, it was difficult to resist. Not to mention that Ma Chao was extremely brave, just Huang Zhong made Guan Yu feel difficult. In addition, Li Tong was like a god and was attacked on three sides. Guan Yu was defeated in Green Forest Mountain and retreated to Nanxin City.

According to Huang Zhong's idea, he wanted to take advantage of the victory.

Although Nanxin City has a "city", it is not a "city" in later generations.

The so-called Nanxin City is a trade market between Jiangxia and Nanjun. Its scale is not large, just similar to the size of a Xiaxian county.

Huang Zhong believed that he could take advantage of the victory and completely defeat Guan Yu.

However, Li Tong stopped him.

"The general does not have to rush to capture Nanxin City. Leaving Guan Yu will be more useful."

When Huang Zhong heard this, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What does Wenda mean?"

Li Tong smiled and said, "Now the Prime Minister is in Jingzhou, the decisive battle has begun. If Guan Yu is destroyed, the Dangyang rebels will no longer be in trouble and will inevitably attack Dangyang. But if Guan Yu is kept, how could Pang Tong sit idly? Not to mention that Guan Yu and Liu Bei are in close relationship, if they attack at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that Guan Yu will not fight to the death. They will siege and not attack, and ambush and attack the reinforcements... The more the rebels want to rescue Guan Yu, the less pressure the lord is in Dangyang.

It’s not too late to win the lord Dangyang.

When Huang Zhong heard this, he nodded repeatedly.

"How should we act in the opinion of Wenda?"

Li Tong thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "I led my troops to besiege Nanxin City, and ask General Huang to capture Yundu immediately, and General Meng Qi stationed troops in Anlu.

I got the news that General Zi Lian had raised an army from Luoyang, and Yuan Rang and Zi and Zixiao divided into three groups to advance towards Jingzhou. We must hold back the rebel forces before the army entered Jingzhou. We must make Guan Yu feel hope, and even more so that Pang Tong believes that there is a possibility of rescue.

At most ten days, the outcome will be decided in this battle!”

Huang Zhong’s personality is proud, but it does not mean that he does not know the general situation.

After hearing Li Tong's plan, he agreed without saying a word.

Immediately, the Han army was divided into three branches, Li Tong led his troops to besiege Nanxin City, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, and they stationed in Yundu and Anlu respectively.

Guan Yu's defeat in Nanxin City also caused Pang Tong to feel a little anxious. The Han army's offensive was so fierce that it was helped by local tyrants. Originally, he wanted to attack Changbanpo with all his might and completely defeat Liu Chuang. But now Guan Yu is trapped, Pang Tong has to divide his troops to rescue him.

He immediately ordered the generals Bao Long and Deng Kai to lead their troops to attack, hoping to capture Yundu.

But he was ambushed by Huang Zhongyu halfway, and the eight thousand reinforcements were wiped out. Bao Long was killed by Huang Zhong in the chaos, and Deng Kai fled in a panic.

"Ji Chang, if you continue to rush for assistance, it may cause changes in the situation in Dangyang."

When Guan Yu sent someone to ask for help again, Pang Tong discussed with Ma Liang in private.

It is obvious that the Han army was holding a siege to attack aid and restrain their own military strength. According to Pang Tong's intention, he ignored Guan Yu and just attacked Dangyang. Once Liu Chuang was defeated, the siege of Nanxin City would naturally be resolved. It is definitely not a proper way to rescue Nanxin City now.

Ma Liang smiled bitterly when he heard this, "I don't know this truth, but Duke Xuande sent people to urge us to rescue the second general."

Pang Tong gently patted his forehead and asked after a while: "Then do you think, who is the right one?"

Ma Liang said: "Of course it is the most suitable thing for uncle to come."

"But if uncle comes to us, there will be a lack of generals here, which is not the best choice."

"That Shiyuan thought..."

"It's better to ask the three generals to take action."

Although Zhang Fei is violent, he is not confused about major issues.

Ma Liang thought about it and agreed... Although Zhang Fei bowed his head to Pang Tong before, it did not mean that he really surrendered. Judging from the previous attacks, Zhang Fei still had his own ideas. Staying like this in Dangyang would not be beneficial to Pang Tong's command.

Ma Liang thought for a while and nodded, "Then let the third general go to rescue."

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After receiving the order, Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse.

At this moment, he lit up his troops and approached Anlu.

Although the two brothers have been with Guan Yu for so many years, at the critical moment, Zhang Fei still wants to rescue Guan Yu. With Guan Yu's ability, he can ensure that Nanxin City will not be compromised in the short term. Since that is the case, Zhang Fei decided to adopt the strategy of siege Wei to rescue Zhao and attack Anlu. If the capture of Anlu is successful, he can approach Xiling... At that time, the Han army will naturally come to rescue, and he can follow the previous methods of the Han army and ambush the Han army on the way. In this way, the siege of Nanxin City will naturally be lifted.

I have to say that Zhang Fei is indeed a bit of a plan.

But he didn't expect that the brothers Ma Chao and Ma Dai were prepared for his arrival.

In the middle of September of the 11th year of Jian'an, Zhang Fei sneaked into Anlu, but was discovered by Ma Chao. So Ma Chao took the plan and ordered Ma Dai to guard the city. He led the elite troops of hundreds of refining to ambush the banks of the Shuishi River. When Zhang Fei's troops were about to cross the river and attack, Ma Chao suddenly came out. Zhang Fei was caught off guard and was defeated. The soldiers retreated twenty miles to stabilize their positions. Although they did not lose too many troops, they also lost their aura.

In Dangyang, Pang Tong concentrated his troops and attacked Changbanpo again.

He wanted to fight quickly, but Liu Chuang stayed in the camp and refused to fight easily.

The two sides were stalemate under Changbanpo for two days. Although the Han army paid a huge price, they made the rebels unable to make progress.

Seeing that the soldiers were in a low spirit, Pang Tong knew that he could not continue to attack. In desperation, he had to order the offensive to suspend the offensive and rest.

It was night, and the autumn rain continued.

It started to rain lightly when the sun caused the temperature to drop sharply.

The middle of winter is about to enter, with an autumn rain and a cold... Unconsciously, the Battle of Dangyang has lasted for nearly a month. The rebels attacked in Zhongqiu and did not carry too many clothes to keep warm. Even Pang Tong was not prepared for this.

In the big tent, the lights sway.

Pang Tong, Ma Liang and Chen Dao sat together, each of them silently.

"I never thought that the Han army was so tough..."

Pang Tong sighed softly, "Just just got the news of the scout, Xu Sheng had already set off from Liqiu and was approaching Dangyang.

In other words, the Han army has been assembled and will soon enter Jingzhou. Once the Han army enters on a large scale, we may be unable to resist."

Chen Dao looked up, "What are the military advisors' opinions?"

"This time we are fighting in Dangyang, so we have the opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Liu Chuang's foothold is not stable and Jingzhou is in turmoil.

But now, the fighter has disappeared, and even if we win in Dangyang, we can no longer affect the overall situation. The lord is now blocked by Yu Linju, and the Sichuan army is still facing the eastward advance of the eastward in the west. Instead of continuing to be stalemate with the Han army here, it is better to retreat temporarily and defend Changsha to the death.

I heard that Liu Pan borrowed troops from Guiyang and was about to counterattack Changsha."

When Chen Dao and Ma Liang first heard this news, they were both shocked.

"Liu Pan is in Guiyang, who will borrow troops from?"

"Jiaozhou Buzhi!" Pang Tong smiled bitterly and said, "That Buzhi was Liu Chuangyuancong, and Jiaozhou Shixie was even brothers with Liu Chuang. I didn't expect that Buzhi would actually remove Cangwu's prefect Wu Ju, and even took troops from Shixie and entered Guiyang.

Liu Pan has been in Changsha for many years. If we don’t have to return as soon as possible, we are afraid that he will cause storms in Changsha.”

Ma Liang heard itchy in his teeth.

After a long time, he whispered: "In this way, we must report to the lord as soon as possible to escape from Dangyang as soon as possible."

"This is also something I want to discuss with you and the other two... We dare not retreat easily now, otherwise we will definitely be pursued by Liu Chuang. Therefore, I am going to lead some people to stay in Dangyang. Ji Chang immediately led his troops back to Changsha. Shu Zhi led Bai Xi to join the third general and try to rescue the second general. If the second general can be saved, he will save him! If he cannot save him, he can only wait for revenge in the future, and must not be willful.

When we return to Changsha, we will have a glimmer of hope.

If not…”

Pang Tong said this to this point, how could Chen Dao and Ma Liang not understand his thoughts?

After thinking about it carefully, there was only this way. Chen Dao and Ma Liang agreed on the spot, and then they took action... When Chen Dao and Ma Liang retreated from the battlefield of Dangyang, Pang Tong did not feel relaxed. He still had 20,000 people in his hands, so how should he withdraw from Dangyang calmly?

You know, once he shows signs of retreat, Liu Chuang will never give up.

Thinking of this, Pang Tong had another headache!

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"Military advisor, military advisor wakes up?"

The day after Chen Dao and Ma Liang left, Pang Tong fell asleep in a drowsy day after a busy day.

I don’t know how long he had been sleeping, but he was woken up by a cry. He opened his eyes and saw Jiang Wan standing next to the bed with a panic on his face.

"Gong Yan. Is there anything wrong?"
To be continued...