The Yangtze River emerged from the Three Gorges, and after flowing through the Jingjiang River, which was in the heart of Jiangling, it began to flood, becoming indistinguishable from the rivers and lakes, creating the Yunmeng Lake, about 900 miles from east to west and no less than 500 miles from north to south!

This big lake carried the rise and fall of countless countries in ancient times. In the past, when Wu army entered Ying, the King of Chu relied on his escape to the marsh to save his life. When it arrived in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang made a pseudo-travel in Yunmeng, captured Han Xin, tied him up in a car and took him away to house arrest.

Now, a water battle that determines the fate of the two countries is unfolding on the banks of Yunmeng Lake. On the lake near Huarong County, Nanjun, two boat troops are fighting fiercely.

The north was the Chuli King Zhoushi, who was born and raised, recruited many local boat sailors and gathered together the "fifty troughs", which is one hundred and fifty warships.

Although the Han army had a few boats, most of them were conflict-friendly craftsmen, which had a lot of water. They also had large wings divided into two layers. The lower layer was a shirtless boatman shaking his oars, and the upper layer was a powerful general with hundreds of armored soldiers, or fired at the enemy ships with strong bows and crossbows, or used water war equipment such as hooks to try to hook the enemy to fight in close combat.

The Wuhui in the southeast was originally a land of boats. The water-based boating skills of the children of Jiangdong were no worse than those of Jing Chuerlang. In addition, half of the Chu army's ships were still in Yiling, and Jiangling was somewhat defeated by the house ships that had been in the family. Many ships caught fire, and even the largest wings were also the Han army's ferry hit the hull. The sharp copper-packed corners broke the boat board and destroyed the oar holes, and the lake water continued to pour into it...

In just over an hour, the water battle ended with a great victory in the Han army. Seeing that the remaining dozens of defeated soldiers had escaped from the chaotic battlefield, they did not dare to enter Huarong, and fled towards Jiangling, and the Han army did not pursue them. After the main force of the boat division landed, they went to control Huarong County and repair the burned wharf. There were also boats returning south to inform the large ships on the south bank of Yunmengze that they could start transporting soldiers.

In just three days, Feng Yi brought an army of tens of thousands of people to Huarong County and set foot on the land of Jingbei.

The captain who made his first contribution was very excited and bowed to Feng Yi: "General, 50 miles westward is Jiangling! The officials have found out clearly that in addition to the waterway, there is also a Huarong Road that can reach the suburbs of the city! We will definitely be able to seize this city in front of the Shu army!"

The soldiers stayed in Jiangnan for almost a year and had long heard that Jiangling was the richest city in Jingzhou. The car was hit by the hubs, the people shouldered shoulders, and the city roads were scattered, and the morning clothes were fresh and the evening clothes were covered.

Feng Yi's army is considered to have good military discipline, but it is still an unwritten rule to conquer the big city and let the soldiers plunder for several days. After all, Liu Xiu is different from the fifth relationship and has not received the gift of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of gold from Lao Wangmang. The poor Han emperor relies on the support of the powerful and dare not do such an operation as directly granting land. What's more, many counties and counties in Jiangdong are vast and sparsely populated, but there is actually no shortage of land. He is willing to divide the country, so the soldiers may not be willing to ask for it!

Faced with the earnest gazes of the generals and officials, Feng Yi revealed the truth.

"Don't go to Jiangling."

His finger pointed to the north: "Attack north by Jingling (Qianjiang, Hubei), then head north along the Han River, and take Xiangyang straight!"

"Xiangyang?"

Everyone looked at each other. They did not have Deng Yu's strategic vision. Half of them had never heard of this small place. The other half turned their heads and told Paoze how poor and biased this county was, just like...

"Even if Jiangling returns to Han without fighting afterwards, if he is defeated by the Cheng family's army first, he will definitely rob him and leave only an empty city, with food, gold, silk, women, and the people of Shu will not give us any left!" The lieutenants were anxious and rushed into Jiangling City to grab some fun. This was their biggest motivation for fighting this battle. Now, when they heard that General Feng was going to abandon fat meat and pick up bones to chew, they were so anxious that they were angry.

His morale, which had been active in Yunmengze, was instantly shaken. Some lieutenants even began to compete for the task of staying in Huarong. After three years, Liu Xiu's soldiers had problems as generals, and they were only more serious than the fifth relationship. They fought for the benefits and fought hard battles to others.

Feng Yi also continued to coax the captains: "Jiangling was indeed rich in Jingzhou in the past, but now it is not the case. Qin Feng, King Li of Chu, was from Liqiu, Xiangyang County. This man was in love with his hometown and called the queen a capital. Jingzhou's wealth was concentrated in Xiangyang. In this small place, Liqiu, the city walls were not as thick as Jiangling. As long as you capture the treasury of Chu, you can share them together except for the part you have to contribute to His Majesty the Emperor!"

After all, Feng Yi felt that it was too difficult to do this. It was still four hundred miles away to Xiangyang. The reason why Feng Yi chose this route was because he could march along the Han River, and the boat troops could carry food and fodder and supply the three armies.

But this also means that a large number of strong cities will be encountered along the way. Whether the Chu army can be successfully defeated and arrived at its destination, Xiangyang, is still unknown, let alone face the real enemy: the Wei army under Cen Peng!

"In this hunt, Cen Penggong is strong and the horse is fat, and the road is closer. Our advantage is only strategy."

Feng Yi could only hope that Liu Xiu's other two teams could have miraculous results.

Especially Deng Chen.

Feng Yi said intimately: "I don't know how the conversation was going on when Deng Weiqing and his uncle met?"

...

However, since Liu Xiu's brother-in-law Deng Chen, since he was ordered to travel west, he has traveled day and night, first sneaked into Lulin Mountain from Sui County and other places, and then pretended to be a light hero and entered the territory of King Li of Chu. He went around several times, and finally arrived in Deng County at the end of January.

Before coming to Xiangyang and Deng County, Deng Chen had always had doubts about Deng Yu's strategy. After all, not everyone could imprint the world situation like Deng Dasitu.

However, after coming here in person, Deng Chen was convinced by Da Situ Xin!

He saw that the Han River flowed slowly from the upstream of the northwest. Due to the barrier of mountains and rivers, it suddenly turned south in the Xiangyang area. The water became turbulent, and the Xiangyang City Pass guarded the key channel for the Han River to reach Jingzhou south.

No matter which river in Deng Chen’s hometown, Nanyang Basin, ended up magically gathering in Xiangyang and into the Han River. These days, water transportation is always the most convenient way to carry grain. As long as the Wei army wants to go south, they must pass Xiangyang.

Even if you want to abandon the water and go to the land, it won’t work, because the surrounding Wudang Mountain, Green Forest Mountain, Tongbai Mountain, Jingshan and other mountains make the mountains seem to have closed their mouths in Xiangyang, leaving only a very narrow passage to the south.

Deng Chen said intimately: "Sui County is sandwiched between green forests and pine trees, and it is difficult to move. The Wei army has more than 10,000 troops advancing south. Apart from Xiangyang, there is almost no other way to go!"

It is no wonder that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu set up a fortress "Beijin Shu" here, meaning "Northern Jin of Chu", which means "Northern Jin of Chu". This is the predecessor of Xiangyang. During the Warring States Period, after the State of Chu began to decline, it built Deng County on the north side of the Han River to make it a lip and teeth with Xiangyang.

The battle between Yanying and Ying, where the Qin general Bai Qi defeated Chu, was to first conquer Deng County and then go to Yanying.

Deng Chen was excited: "If my nephew Deng Feng can defend Dengcheng to the death and block Cen Peng for three months... No, it only takes two months! Feng Yi, Wang Chang and others can take the lead in capturing Xiangyang."

Once this strategic intention is realized, the key between the north and the south will fall into the hands of the Han Kingdom. Not only can it block the Wei army from moving south, but it will be no problem to counterattack the hometown of Nanyang in the future!

But the premise of all this is that he can convince the local guard Deng Feng.

Deng Chen has always had complicated emotions about his nephews. They are indeed close relatives. After his brother died early, Deng Chen raised Deng Feng and taught him the art of civil and military affairs, and was like father and son.

However, in the Battle of Tongyuan four years ago, the Deng family troops failed to attack, which was blocked by Wei general Jing Dan. Deng Chen originally wanted to withdraw his troops and return to Liu Bosheng to live and die, but Deng Feng knocked him out and seized command. After returning to Nanyang, he relied on the support of Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan to simply undermine Deng Chen and become the real head of the Xinye Deng family.

Deng Chen was grateful to his nephew for saving Deng, and hated him for breaking his promise. When the Red Eyebrows entered Wan and the order of the powerful Nanyang collapsed, the uncle and nephew immediately parted ways: Deng Chen went to follow Liu Xiu, while Deng Feng chose to stay and took the heroes of Nanyang to confront the Red Eyebrows!

Today, Deng Chen entered Deng County, but saw that the whole city was under strict vigilance, full of the atmosphere of war. Looking around, they were mostly old acquaintances, clans, and old people, but they looked at themselves, as if...

"Looking at a deserter!"

It was indeed a deserter. He abandoned them at the most critical moment. Deng Chen might be able to explain it by "the great righteousness and the small righteousness cannot be achieved at the same time", but these scorching eyes still made him feel uncomfortable all over.

In the end, Deng Chen could only use such words to explain it to me: "I went this time not only for the great man, but also to save everyone from war."

The situation is very clear. It is only a matter of time before the King Li of Chu was attacked by three major forces. The collapse of the soldiers under Deng Feng, besides joining the "Han" established by both Nanyang people, do you have any other better choices?

"uncle."

A low voice interrupted Deng Chen's thoughts in the reception hall. He looked at the door but saw his nephew wearing armor. He was still the same, with a firm face, but he left some scars on his face all year round. The worst was a long scar on his left cheek, which crawled on his face like an earthworm, no longer as good as his former appearance.

When he saw Deng Chen, Deng Feng did not see him, but nodded slightly and said, "According to the clan relationship, my nephew should give a great gift to his uncle, but today you and I belong to the two countries and each of them is their masters. I forgive Deng Feng for being rude."

Deng Chen sighed: "Fengxian is still blaming me for abandoning Nanyang and leaving you with half of my tribe?"

Deng Feng replied in a stiff tone: "How dare you? The so-called wealthy family should never put eggs in a basket. My uncle and Deng Yu voted for the Han Dynasty, which gave Deng another way out."

"It's not too late, Fengxian can still walk this road!" Deng Chen sincerely advised that if the weak Chu was attacked by the three parties, he would inevitably be destroyed. The implication is that if Deng Feng and his subordinates want to survive, they have to change their master.

"Uncle came late." Deng Feng sneered: "Emperor Gongsun Shu, Wei general Cen Peng, have all sent people to persuade him. Gongsun Shuxun Shuxun was given the position of princes and Cen Pengxun restored the Deng family's Nanyang land estate, but they were all rejected by me. Can you tell me why?"

Deng Feng made a clear position: "First, the Red Eyebrows entered Wan two years ago, and his uncle and Liu Xuan and others left in a hurry. Only those who were unwilling to leave their hometown gathered by me to fight against the Red Eyebrows. At most, they were besieged by 100,000 people and retreated. After losing Xinye, only Deng City was left. Fortunately, King Li of Chu accepted it, and our talents were not destroyed by the Red Eyebrows. I claim to be a great man and I am not able to repay my kindness. How can I betray King Li of Chu just to sell myself for a good price?"

"Cheng, the envoys of Wei were bombarded by me, and so were the envoys of Emperor Han!"

Deng Chen shook his head: "How can Fengxiandang break the deadlock? When Cen Peng's army forced Dengcheng in the south and the Han army attacked Xiangyang in the north, can you resist for a while and still stop for a lifetime? After all, you have to rely on external forces."

Deng Feng remained silent. Indeed, no matter from any perspective, the forces he relied on were deer to be slaughtered and could not protect himself. However, Deng Feng himself faced Cen Peng's army and became a mantis chariot.

But he does have a way that is not a solution.

Deng Feng pointed out outside the hall and suddenly said, "Uncle knows, do you know the origin of Deng City?"

After all, Deng's surname was Deng, so Deng Chen knew: "It was the residence of the survivors of Deng State destroyed by Chu, so he was called this."

Deng Feng continued to ask: "Why did the Deng Kingdom be destroyed?"

Deng Chen was stunned, but Deng Feng said to himself: "King Wen of Chu is the nephew of Marquis Deng. He went north to attack Shen State. Passing by Deng State, the doctor of Deng State advised Deng to take the opportunity to kill King Wen of Chu, so as not to destroy Deng after the Chu State destroyed Shen. Marquis Deng Qi did not listen to the advice and said, "My nephew will never harm me." As a result, when King Wen of Chu returned to his army, he did indeed destroy Deng."

"This matter shows that relatives, no matter nephew or uncle, or uncle, are not reliable, and uncle or uncle, and my uncle still doesn't understand?"

After saying that, Deng Feng suddenly clapped his hands. When everyone outside the hall heard the news, they went up to the hall one after another, pressed Deng Chen to the ground, tied up all the flowers, and the scene of his nephew, Uncle Ke, under Tongyuan, was staged again!

The incident was too sudden. Deng Chen thought that even if he couldn't lobby, he could still leave smoothly by relying on his relatives. Unexpectedly, he ended up in this situation. He was stunned and cursed: "Deng Fengxian, what do you mean?"

Deng Feng laughed: "The Han and Wei dynasties competed for Jingxiang, but the southern divisions were not easy to come from the north. My uncle must have hoped that I would block the Wei army, and the longer the better."

"But my uncle probably didn't expect that the detailed works of Wei State had already spread all over Dengcheng. It was not enough for them to directly seize the door and break the pass, but spreading rumors was easy. My uncle must have no way to hide it from them. Once King Li of Chu believed his words and thought that I wanted to sell Dengcheng to Han and rebel against me, then Dengcheng and Xiangyang would inevitably be in chaos. Cen Peng's army arrived again and would be defeated by them!"

"In order to win the trust of King Li of Chu and make him believe that, regardless of success or failure, Deng Feng stood with him so that Deng, Xiang was like a lips and teeth, and could hold on for a while, he could only do this bad strategy: send his uncle to Xiangyang and let King Li of Chu fall into trouble!"

OK, it’s a good uncle, filial piety and filial piety!

"Little Master." Deng Chen was angry and said: "Do you really want to follow Chu to destroy it?"

"Of course I don't want to bear it."

Deng Feng squatted in front of him and whispered: "I, Deng Feng, only seek to be upright in this life, that my superiors can deserve the benefactor and the subordinates can deserve the elders of Nanyang. I am not willing to betray King Li of Chu, nor do I want everyone to die with me. After thinking about it, there is only one way."
Chapter completed!