Chapter 44: The Yellow Sparrow Follows
The boat went down the water, and when Gao Cheng comprehended the formation, he quickly entered the Huai River and headed towards Jiujiang County. Jiujiang County is very prosperous, but the number of troops is not too much, especially the naval army, and even the strength of the Jingzhou Water Division and the Lujiang Water Division is not three.
Before the Lujiang Naval Division did not form an army, thieves were rampant on the Huai River, often intercepting and killing merchant ships, and even the merchant ships of those families needed many guards to have the confidence to pass through the Huai River.
The hundred big ships led by Jiang Qin are like overlords in the Huai River, whether they are water thieves or merchant ships of the family, they all avoid it from a distance and dare not approach after seeing it.
A few days later, the Huai River suddenly turned a bend to the north, and a city near the bend of the Huai River was Xiacai County in Jiujiang County, and this city was Yuzhou to the north and Shouchun was the Yangzhou Zhizhi Office to the south! Sun Jian's army had already entered Yangzhou and was about to approach Xiacai City.
"Get off the boat quickly!"
Gao Cheng gave an order, more than 10,000 cavalry disembarked, and quickly marched towards Xia Cai, the roar of the horse's hooves quickly left from Xi Zhicai's sight, and when the figure disappeared completely, Xi Zhicai turned his head and glanced south.
"Uncle Zhi, Gongyi, the next attack on Shouchun will depend on the two of you!" Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice.
He discussed with Gao Cheng on the road, and decided to intercept Sun Jian on the one hand, and divide his troops to attack Shouchun and occupy Jiujiang first. It is not the arrogance of the two to attack Jiujiang with a partial division, Yangzhou Assassin Shi is the famous Zhang Wen, this person is already old, and he is no longer able to control his subordinate counties. He, the Yangzhou assassin of the history of the government, does not go out of Jiujiang, and there are no generals under his command, as long as there is a super-ordinary general, leading the army to Shouchun City, there is seventy percent certainty of breaking through the city.
At the beginning, Gao Cheng served as the Taishou of Lujiang, suppressed the strong in the county, and constantly trained the strong army and sailors, without encountering any obstruction from Shouchun in the middle. The reason is on Zhang Wen.
Gao Cheng's hundreds of thousands of troops were easy to occupy Jiujiang, but before the princes begged Dong, rashly sending troops across counties would be regarded as rebellion by the people of the world, so they could only resist the thought of sending troops.
Even a partial division can break through Shouchun, and it is even easier for the elite soldiers under Sun Jian's command to attack the city. Gao Cheng thought of this, so when he heard the news that Sun Jian was going to Yangzhou, he hurriedly chased after him.
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In the avenue, nearly 100,000 troops were pressed in black, slowly marching forward, Sun Jian looked up ahead, and a big mountain was in the distance. After crossing this mountain, you will arrive at Xia Cai City.
"General, our army has entered the territory of Jiujiang, so we must be careful next!" Zhu Zhi urged the horse to catch up and reminded in a low voice.
Sun Jian laughed and said: "Jun Li is too worried, I have the edict of the Son of Heaven in my hand, Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, is too old to be old, who else in Jiujiang County dares to stop our army?"
He was a little unimpressed by Zhu Zhi's reminder, and then called Huang Gai and ordered: "The front is Xia Cai, our army has been running for a month or two, and it is already tired, so I will give the order to go down, speed up the march, and repair in Xia Cai for three days, and after three days, the army will come to Shouchun, I want to see, which force in Jiujiang dares to stop me?"
Zhu Zhi frowned, and reminded again: "General, Jiujiang and Lujiang are next to each other, Gao Cheng must be uneasy when he hears that the general has taken over the history of Yangzhou Assassination, and he can't say that this person has quickly returned to Lujiang and is ready to send a large army to the east, this person has a wise and resourceful man, and there is a top general like Chen Zhi, which must not be underestimated!
Sun Jian said with a smile: "The generals under Gao Cheng are not weak, but how can they be compared with our army?" But since Junli said it, then when Shouchun is captured, I will immediately send Yigong to defend Lujiang, how about it?"
When Zhu Zhi heard this, he felt the resoluteness in Sun Jian's words, and he could only sigh and stop persuading. After Sun Jian got the jade seal of the country, his personality became more rigid, and no one could change the decisions he made. I don't know what the consequences of this change will be.
At this time, Huang Gai passed Sun Jian's military order, and all the soldiers heard that the front could be repaired to Xia Cai, and they immediately cheered, and the originally decadent morale was suddenly shocked. The speed of the army's advance suddenly increased by three percent.
On the hillside ten miles away from Sun Jian's army, there stood two old men and a young man, the two old men had dyed white hair, fluttering sleeves, and a detached bearing, and the young man who followed behind the two old men was majestic and quite heroic, and he respected the two old men very much.
"Brother Decao, in your opinion, can Sun Jian escape today's catastrophe?" One of the old men couldn't help but brush his beard as he watched Sun Jian's army advance eastward, and asked out loud.
Another old man who he called Brother Decao smiled and said: "Sun Jian is brave and fierce, he is a Jiangdong Tiger, but this person has a secret jade seal, and he is eaten by the dragon qi in the jade seal, and now he has fallen into the catastrophe and cannot extricate himself! Lujiang Gaocheng has already laid an ambush in the mountains, and Sun Jian has crashed into it, I am afraid that life and death are unpredictable!"
As he spoke, he pointed a little forward, and a ripple of water light appeared in front of the three of them, the water was like a mirror, from which you could see the scene in the mountains and forests dozens of miles away, in the mountains and forests, thousands of elite soldiers were ambushed on both sides, and thousands of soldiers laid down a formation containing endless killing opportunities according to the direction.
When the water mirror shone on the young man who was leading this army, the young man in the water mirror suddenly raised his head, and his eyes seemed to see three people dozens of miles away through the void.
His eyes flashed with divine light, and powerful spiritual power surged, and with a click, the water mirror exploded. There was a hint of surprise in the eyes of the old man who cast the spell.
"Such a keen five senses, such a powerful spiritual power, this person's spiritual power can already be compared with ours!"
The young man next to him was shocked when he heard this, revealing a look of disbelief, and he exclaimed: "Mr. Shui Jing has reached the realm of the eighth layer of soul refining, and his strength is directly catching up with the Yingchuan Divine Monarch Xun Shu back then, which is rare in the world, could it be that Gao Cheng has also reached this realm? Impossible, he is only in his twenties, even if he has cultivated since he was a child, it is impossible to cultivate to the eighth level of soul refining!"
This young man is Liu Pan, the nephew of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, who has cultivated Nengwen and Wu since he was a child, and his knowledge is extraordinary, but he has never seen a demon who has cultivated to the eightfold soul refining at the age of more than twenty.
However, Mr. Shuijing's words were convincing, and Pang Degong next to him did not refute it, his heart sank, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed. Is there really such a genius in the world?
Among the three, Pang Degong was the leader, he frowned slightly, and said: "Gao Cheng's spiritual strength is strong, and there is a formation to protect himself, Sun Jian will inevitably be defeated if he collides headlong, if we want to take away the jade seal of the country, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome!"
Pang Degong and Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui are the top masters of Lumen Academy, and the two of them have never asked about miscellaneous matters, but the jade seal of the country is very important, and Liu Biao personally invited them, so they can only go once.