Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Every second counts!

Liu Bei understood what Deng Mu meant.

Cao Cao was not a fool. After hearing that Jiguan had fallen, he would immediately understand their strategic intentions and would most likely lead his army north to block Hedong.

Xiahou Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, was not a fool either. He would immediately mobilize Bingzhou troops and go south to Hedong to block their army from advancing westward.

It was even possible that he would lead his army straight to Jiguan and recapture this pass leading to Hedong.

They had to lead their army to cross the Yellow River to the north and enter Henei County before Wei took any action, and then quickly cross Jiguan to the west and enter the heart of Hedong.

There, they defeated the blocking Wei army, crossed the Yellow River in one fell swoop, and captured Puguan.

16"Zi Yu's words make sense!".

"I will personally lead the army and attack Hedong!"

At that moment, Liu Bei issued a statement, ordering 100,000 troops to land at Shanjin immediately, take the navy warships downstream to Mengjin, cross the river and land in Henei.

Then quickly move westward and head straight for Jiguan.

"Your Majesty, I am still a little worried."

"I am worried that Cao Cao will use a surprise move to attract another force to stop us."

Before leaving, Deng Mu suddenly reminded him again.

Liu Bei did not understand the meaning of this sentence for a while, so he asked:

"Zi Yu, which other force are you referring to?"

Deng Mu did not answer, but whispered to Liu Bei:

"Your Majesty, for this battle, our army must prepare enough tripping horses in advance..."

Liu Bei was stunned and looked up at Deng Mu.

Although he had doubts in his heart, he thought that Deng Mu had always been well-prepared. Since Deng Mu asked him to do this, it made sense.

After a little hesitation, Liu Bei suppressed his guess and said happily:

"Okay, let's do as Zi Yu said!"

The plan was decided.

That day.

Liu Bei left 150,000 troops in Tongguan to continue to contain Cao Cao's main force and launch an attack on Tongguan to prevent Cao Cao from withdrawing troops to Hedong.

Then he ordered Gan Ning's navy to dock at Shanjin immediately.

Liu Bei personally led a hundred thousand troops to return to Shanjin overnight, joined the navy, boarded the ship and crossed the Yellow River to the north.

With the advantage of the navy, the hundred thousand troops reached Jiguan within three days.

At this time.

Deng Ai had already captured the pass and had been waiting here for a long time.

The two armies met.

After Liu Bei rewarded him heavily, he led his troops out of the pass without stopping and headed west.

The hundred thousand troops left Jiguan and headed straight for Jie County, an important town in Hedong.

…

The sun was setting in the west.

The hundred thousand Han troops, dragging their tired bodies, rushed west along the main road.

The scout reported that An County was five miles ahead.

After Anxian, continue westward for 40 miles and you will reach Jiexian, the seat of Hedong.

In order to gain enough time, Liu Bei did not bring much food and grass on this trip, and the army could only store food for ten days.

According to Deng Mu's plan,The Han army will seize Jie County first.

In this way, the food and grass of Wei in Jie County can be used to solve the food and grass problem of the Han army on the spot.

This is the way of fighting to support the war.

Just when Liu Bei was riding his horse.

Zhuge Dan rode his horse in front and came straight to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the scouts are reporting!"

"On the north side of An County, tens of thousands of cavalry are heading towards our army."

"Look at the flag, it seems to be the flag of the Huns!"

Huns!

Liu Bei was shocked and reined in his horse.

All the soldiers behind him were shocked and had strange expressions on their faces.

"The Huns?"

"Aren't they in Xihe County? How come they are in Hedong?"

"And they are on the way to An County?"

Liu Bei looked puzzled and looked back at Deng Mu.