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

If Chen Ba resolutely defended and relied on three dangerous passes to resist tenaciously, it would take Deng Mu some time to completely eliminate the pseudo-Chen forces.

In addition, Chen Ba also sent elite troops led by Tan Dao to garrison in Boyang City, the easternmost part of Yuchang County, posing a continuous flank threat to Deng Mu's marching route.

After Deng Mu had in-depth exchanges with Guo Jia and Pang Tong, two members of the think tank, they all agreed that in order to ensure the subsequent strategy of going down the river, it was necessary to remove the flank nail of Boyang City to ensure that the grain route was unobstructed.

This strategy coincided with Deng Mu's idea.

What's more, Tan Dao, who guarded Boyang City, was a huge threat in itself, and Deng Mu also intended to eliminate this hidden danger.

Therefore, Deng Mu decided to leave Zhuge Dan, Taishi Ci and Guo Jia to guard Yulin, and personally led an army of 30,000 infantry and cavalry to Boyang City to launch an operation against Tan Dao.

Five days later, Deng Mu landed on the east bank of Boyang Lake by boat, joined the troops led by Wen Qin, and marched towards Boyang City together.

Before that, Wen Qin had set out from Honghai City and successfully swept most of Yuchang County.

Except for Boyang City, most of the cities in the county have already raised the flag of the Han Dynasty.

After the two armies joined together, they were so powerful that no one could stop them.

Soon they arrived at the foot of Boyang City.

Deng Mu immediately ordered the army to besiege the city and set up camp, encircling Boyang City tightly.

On the top of the city, Tan Dao stared at the densely packed Han army tents outside the city with a gloomy face, his brows furrowed, and his eyes flashed with a gloomy light.

He murmured to himself: "I didn't expect Deng Mu to move so quickly...'..."

Chen Ba's power base is mainly concentrated in several southern counties, which is the core area of ​​the pseudo-Chen.

Although there is a natural barrier between Yuchang County and it, there is still a mountain road connecting them, which is barely passable.

Boyang City is located at the junction of Yuchang County and it, and can be said to be the land gateway of the pseudo-Chen counties.

Tan Dao originally believed that Boyang City, as a land gateway, was not suitable for long-term defense because of its low city walls, limited food reserves and open surrounding terrain.

Therefore, after Chen Ba transferred 10,000 troops, he sent people to Hulin to ask Chen Ba whether he could abandon Boyang City and withdraw the defense line into the mountains to block the Han army with the help of the dangerous terrain.

What Tan Dao did not expect was that Deng Mu regarded him as a thorn in his side and led his army to kill him at lightning speed.

Before he received Chen Ba's reply, the Han army had completed the siege of Boyang City.

Faced with such a severe situation, Tan Dao's heart was overshadowed.

Zhang Pan on the side showed an impassioned spirit, determined to defend Boyang City to the death.

Tan Dao fell into silence, and the dark clouds in his eyes became thicker.

In the main tent of the Han army camp, Deng Mu had just sat down and had not yet drunk a glass of wine when he saw Wen Tong hurried into the tent.

"The Prime Minister summoned me here, what instructions do you have?"

Wen Tong bowed to Deng Mu and asked.

Deng Mu didn't beat around the bush and said directly:

"I called you here to give you a job. I want you to go to Boyang City to persuade Tan Dao to surrender. Are you willing?"

He planned to persuade Tan Dao to surrender.

After hearing this, Wen Tong's expression changed and he said, "The Prime Minister has given an order and I will naturally follow it. However, Tan Dao is a general promoted by Chen Ba. I am afraid that he will not surrender to us easily."

Deng Mu, however, revealed a mysterious look and responded:

"That's fine. I didn't expect him to surrender to us immediately. Just try to persuade him to surrender."

So Wen Tong took the order and left the tent and went straight to Boyang City.

On the west wall of Boyang City, Tan Dao was urging the soldiers to build and strengthen the city defense facilities as soon as possible to deal with the upcoming attack by the Han army.

He looked at the dark Han army camp outside the city and muttered to himself:

"My king, why did you kill Ji Yu, a loyal minister?

Isn't this self-destruction?

(Zhao Zhao) Without Ji Yu, how can we fight against Deng Mu's weird tactics?"

Tan Dao shook his head helplessly, obviously still brooding over and extremely disappointed with Chen Ba's killing of Ji Yu.

While he sighed, he suddenly saw the gate of the Han army camp open, and a horse galloped in and rushed straight to the west gate.

The pseudo-Chen army on the top of the city immediately became alert and prepared for battle, while Tan Dao ordered them to remain calm and not act rashly.

After a while, the general galloped to the foot of the city, reined in his horse and stopped more than ten steps in front of the city, shouting loudly:

"Wen Tong is here! Where is Governor Tan?".