"Your Highness, the scouts have come to report that Xiangyang City has sent five thousand troops, heading straight for us."

"Five thousand? Liu Chan chuckled and said,"I wonder if my heir apparent is worthless?" Or is Cao Jun too conceited?"

"Perhaps Xiangfan's military strength did not support sending more people."Ma Chao analyzed carefully:"Before the decisive battle between the king and Cao Cao in Hanzhong, there were not many troops in Xiangfan."

"Probably."Liu Chan nodded in agreement.

Ma Chao's analysis is very accurate. There are indeed not many troops in Xiangfan.

Xiangyang has 10,000 troops and Fancheng has 10,000 troops.

Twenty thousand troops is indeed not much, but it is completely enough for Xiangfan. After all, Guan Yu We only have 30,000 troops on hand.

Not to mention that the two cities of Xiangyang and Fan are at odds with each other. Xiangyang is also known as an important town. In addition, General Cao Ren is in charge. Without taking the initiative to attack, 20,000 troops are more than enough to defend Xiangfan..

Cao Ren only had 20,000 troops at hand. Even if he really wanted to capture Liu Chan alive, sending out 5,000 troops was already the limit. What's more, in Cao Ren's view, five thousand ambushing two thousand, but he didn't know that Liu Chan had foreseen it.

Liu Feng was sentenced, which resulted in Cao Ren being on the second floor, while Liu Chan was on the third floor, and Liu Chan pretended to be on the first floor.

"Where is Cao Jun now? Liu Chan asked

"Fifty miles away from us, we are lying in ambush in a place with narrow roads."

From Dongsan County to Jingzhou, there is only one road at the moment, which goes eastward along the Mianshui River.

To the north is the remnant of the Qinling Mountains, and to the south is the remnant of the Bashan Mountain. In the gap between the two large mountains, along both sides of the waterway There is a road for passage.

In short, Cao Jun is blocking the only way Liu Chan must pass. As long as he passes by, he will be ambushed.

"Father Zhong has already replied, and he will launch an attack on Xiangfan soon, and will send partial troops to assist us and encircle the five thousand Cao troops."Liu Chan talked eloquently,"Now we just need to catch each other and delay time without showing any traces."

"Is the plan coming out?"Ma Chao asked directly

"The order was sent, and the army stopped after traveling ten miles, and then...Have a bonfire party."Liu Chan said with a wicked smile.

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head and laughed,"Your Highness is pretending to be a playboy."

"Isn't it normal for the prince of Hanzhong to be well-dressed and well-fed, but also a bit dandy? Liu Chan shrugged.

"Eventually you will understand."Ma Chao took the order and left.

Fifty miles away, Lu Chang led 5,000 Cao troops to ambush here.

The road here is narrow. If a large force wants to pass, they can only form a long snake formation.

Since Liu Chan was walking on the south bank, the north side of the road is In Mianshui, Lu Chang led his men to ambush on the southern hillside, hiding in the mountains and forests.

As long as Liu Chan led his army through here and was restricted by the long snake formation on the road, Lu Chang would rush down from the hillside.

Will Liu Chan's team cut off several sections and blocked both ends, forming an encirclement and finally captured them all.

Lu Chang stood on the hillside and frequently looked to the west with fiery eyes.

"If Liu Bei's son could be captured alive, he would at least be able to become a prince...."

Thinking of this, Lu Chang couldn't help but grin. He didn't expect to encounter such a good thing.

"General."There are scouts approaching.

"How is it? Where is the other party? How far away from us?"Lu Chang asked hurriedly

"Returning to the general, the enemy stopped forty miles away and had no intention of continuing the march."

"what happened?! Lu Chang's expression changed greatly,"But your whereabouts are exposed?" Is evil a good thing?!"

"No!"The scout quickly denied,"The men in the humble position are very careful. The other party must not have noticed."

"Then why don't you leave? It's still early before dark."Lu Chang frowned.

"General, according to my humble observation, the other party should be holding a banquet....The whole army was eating, drinking, and singing loudly. Lu

Chang was dumbfounded after hearing this. He didn't expect such a result. He bared his teeth and cursed:"You are really not doing your job properly. Why don't you have a banquet if you don't go on your way?""

"General, it seems that the other party has definitely not noticed us, why not take the opportunity to attack us?"The deputy general on the side suggested

"inappropriate. Lu Chang thought for a moment and shook his head in refusal,"Forty miles seems like a short distance, but in fact, we are already exhausted after rushing there.""

The distance of forty miles is very ambiguous, and Liu Chan stuck it very cleverly.

In ancient times, infantry generally marched at a distance of thirty miles a day.

Now there are still ten miles more. Cao Jun really dared to march past in a hurry, and Liu Chan didn't mind attacking the opponent head-on.

Two thousand elite white soldiers were waiting for work. They were fighting against five thousand ordinary and tired Cao Jun. The leading general on his side was still Ma Chao. Liu Chan had no idea how to lose.

As long as Cao Jun dared to come, Liu Chan would definitely fight!

"General, forty miles is neither far nor near. The opportunity is rare."The deputy general was a little reluctant.

"The photo is taken. Lu Chang smiled and said:"What is our goal?""

"Naturally, it is the crown prince Liu Bei."The deputy general blurted out

"Yes."Lv Chang analyzed:"Let's kill him now. Although we can catch the opponent by surprise and defeat him, can you guarantee that we will catch Liu Bei's son?

Lu Chang continued:"The opponent has a way out and has two thousand troops. If we hold us for a while, Prince Liu Bei will be able to escape easily. The possibility of being captured alive is very small.""

"On the contrary, we are here to wait and see, as long as the other party steps into our encirclement..."Lu Chang sneered and did not continue.

"The general is wise!"The lieutenant suddenly realized,"We have to travel a total of forty miles, and the opponent will come sooner or later."

"Yep."Lv Chang gave the order,"Send the order to let the brothers wait at ease, and the scouts will monitor the enemy's movements at all times."

"Here."The lieutenants and scouts took orders one after another.

At this moment, Lu Chang still didn't know that these forty miles would seem to be so close and elusive in the next few days.

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