Nagasaka slope, on the river.

"Any report from the scouts?" While the warship was docked, the rain was dripping outside, and a brazier was raised in the cabin, and a man named Li Song was sitting, who was the general under Cai Mao, in charge of a battalion.

Since the defeat of Xiangyang, Cai Mao prevented the soldiers and horses from the north from moving south, so he sent a battalion of the main force to defend here.

"Nope!"

Answering Li Songli is the deputy general Chen Hong, Chen Hong is Cai Mao's nephew, and can be regarded as Cai's relative, familiar with the art of war, has practiced martial arts since childhood, and is quite capable, he looked out the window and said: "In this kind of weather, there is no ghost!" ”

"The meaning of the Metropolitan Governor letting us go north is to prevent the herdsmen from going south!"

Li Song was very cautious, and said to Chen Hong: "It is this kind of rainy weather that makes it more difficult to find the enemy, so we can't let go of it, you continue to let the scouts out, especially in the north, any people, horses, and boats that come close must be strictly investigated, and the enemy army will never be allowed to fish in troubled waters!" ”

The reason why they stationed the water village here was to prevent the herdsmen from the north from moving south, so Li Song had always been extremely cautious about anyone and any team coming from the north.

"Report!"

At this time, a long howl suddenly sounded from the outside of the cabin.

"Enter!" Li Song snorted.

"Report to the captain, five miles southwest of Dangyang City, I suddenly found a trace of an enemy army, which is heading towards Dangyang!"

"Southwest?"

Li Song hurriedly looked at the map spread out on the desk: "It's not the north, it shouldn't be the soldiers and horses going south, it must be the Yizhou army, the Yizhou army is going north at this time, what's the so-called matter, is it possible that they know that we are stationed here, so they sent troops to test it!" ”

He hurriedly asked, "What is their strength?" “

"It's raining too much, and the sons don't dare to come forward, so they don't see clearly!" The scout replied: "But judging by their banner, it should be between 8,000 and 10,000 men, and the possibility that they will risk the army with their banner cannot be ruled out!" ”

"Then go and find out!"

"No!"

The scout commander took the order and left.

"Now how are we okay?" Li Song looked at Chen Hong beside him and asked a little gloomy.

"Captain, I don't think I'll move!"

Adjutant General Chen Hong said: "Now we don't know where the Yizhou army suddenly went north, and we don't know how many of their troops there are, and even if they are a little less, the troops are above us, if we take the initiative to attack, it may not be a good thing, and go to us on the water, we can still engage in battle, once we attack on the shore, the combat effectiveness will inevitably be greatly weakened, even if we want to ambush, we must be on the shore, close to the Hanshui River, in order to make us better play a role!" ”

"That's a great thing!"

Li Song nodded.

"Good fart!" Outside the cabin, a cold drink suddenly sounded.

The two of them looked up, only to see a tall and majestic figure step through the door of the cabin and stride in, still drenched.

"The Grand Duke!"

The two of them trembled and hurriedly saluted.

The person who came was Cai Mao.

"You two quickly prepare, this time we have to attack, since the Yizhou army dares to send troops north, we ambush this army, this time, I will eat this Yizhou soldiers and horses in one fell swoop!" Cai Mao said in a deep voice.

He undressed himself, sat down, and baked his hands on the brazier.

"Grand Governor, at present, we don't know the strength of the enemy's army, we only know that it is above us, it may be several times our strength, and my battalion only has thousands of soldiers, so we can't fight!"

Li Song was a little embarrassed.

"I've brought the army here!"

Cai Mao said coldly: "No matter how many troops they have, in this battle, I will eat them, in addition, the scouts are focused on the north, this time I went north, I came for the herding army, before Jingzhou City, I have to defeat this army, in order to relieve my siege of Jingzhou!" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor took our Jingzhou Navy to the north!"

Li Song and the others suddenly felt that Cai Mao was going to have a big battle.

"Report!"

Another scout rushed in from outside.

"Say!"

"Lord Captain, the second song surrounded a group of cavalry on the north side of Changban Slope, this team of cavalry is about hundreds of people, very fierce, killed hundreds of soldiers, but in the end we were forced into the slope with bows and arrows, and the military marquis is encircling and suppressing, asking for reinforcements!"

"North side?"

Li Song's pupils changed color slightly.

"It must be the shepherd!" Cai Mao said coldly: "I thought that there would be at least two or three days before he could lead the army, but I didn't expect that I had just arrived, and he had already gone south to this point, and the speed of the march was terrifying!" ”

"Governor, what do we do now?"

"Besiege this small force first!"

Cai Mao didn't say a word, and changed his strategy: "Then please enter the urn and annihilate them!" ”

"What about the Yizhou Army in the southwest?"

"Send scouts to keep an eye on them, don't worry about them for now!" Cai Mao was very clear about his purpose, he led a heavy army, covered by rain, secretly crossed the river from the river, and came north, that is, to strike first and take the herding army reinforcements.

………………………………………………

The drizzle is continuous, and the rain is drizzling.

Although the rain was not heavy, it kept falling, and the uneven road began to hide water, and people were wet and horses overflowed, making the already muddy road seem to become a swamp.

Under such circumstances, the march naturally became very difficult.

It seems that there are only ten miles to go, and usually they only need an hour to come over, but now they are still tossing and turning on the road after walking for half a day, step by step mud, and they are very tired.

"Hurry up!"

"I haven't eaten, speed up!"

"Keep up with the rest of the world!"

The captains of the battalions were shouting with all their might.

"Lord, the baggage camp is lagging behind!"

Huang Zhong looked at the back of the team and said.

"Just in case, you personally supervise the baggage!" Mu Jing was dressed in a robe, looked at the back of the team, and said in a deep voice: "Baggage is our foundation, where are the grain, grass and weapons, we have to be careful in such weather, you go to the town in person, I can rest assured!" ”

"No!"

Huang Zhong took the order.

"Huopin!"

"In!"

"You lead two hundred soldiers to follow General Huang Zhong to protect the baggage!"

"Yes!"

Huo Ping took the order and left.

"Lord, there are deserters in the Xiangyang battalion!" The general Du Feng rode over, handed over his hand, and said: "I have killed a few of them, and they are still stable, but if this continues, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no problems in the Xiangyang camp, and we must pause and rest as soon as possible!" ”

"Tell them to rest when they go to Nagasaka Slope, and now even if they are tired, they will give me exhaustion on the road!"

Mu Jing said coldly: "If the Xiangyang battalion dares to have a mutiny, immediately send the Shuofang battalion to guard me, I am not afraid that they will rebel, if they dare to rebel, I will dare to kill!" ”

"No!"

Du Feng took the order and left.

Mu Jing rubbed the bridge of his nose, there were a lot of when it rained, and the march was a lot more difficult, and the Xiangyang battalion formed a battalion with surrendered troops, which is currently the weakest battalion in control, not as elite as the fourth battalion of the Jingping First Army.

"Chen Zhi hasn't come back yet?" Mu Jing suddenly frowned.

"Nope!"

Chen Sheng replied.

"Zhang Ning!"

"In!"

"Send a few good guards to take a look!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "I'm not worried! ”

"No!"

Zhang Ning sent out several of the best Divine Guards in the Divine Guard Camp to inquire.

…………………………

At this time, Chen Zhi was already in trouble.

He led hundreds of cavalry to personally survey the situation of Nagasaka Slope, but as soon as he entered Nagasaka Slope, in the rain, he encountered an ambush, first was killed by a bow and arrow of the enemy troops on the left and right, and then was besieged by hundreds of soldiers, and finally was forced to retreat to a small hill slope, with trees and boulders as obstacles, which can be regarded as relieving the enemy's offensive.

But in one round, they also suffered casualties of twenty or thirty cavalrymen.

"How many more do we have?"

Chen Zhi hid behind a boulder and asked.

"Seventy-two!"

The scout replied: "Twenty-nine sons were killed in the battle, and they were all killed by random arrows!" ”

"Is there a road nearby to rush out?"

"I've found it, this is a slope up, and then there is a cliff on one side of the river, there is no way out around, and if you want to rush out in front, you have to face at least four or five hundred enemy troops!"

"Then set it up first!" Chen Zhi said calmly: "If we can't rush out, we will stick to it!" ”

"But what if the lord can't get news of us and rushes in?" The Scout Marquis asked.

"The lord is not stupid!"

Chen Zhi knows Mu Jing very well: "We haven't sent anyone to report the news, which is already a signal!" ”