The message to the two was sent, and Gao Ran wrote a letter again, but he hesitated a little after sending it.

Chengdu is far away in Yizhou, thousands of miles apart, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth.

After thinking about it for a long time, Gao Ran sent a letter to Gao Shun again, and then ......

Following.

The accompanying military craftsman came to report: "Deputy Governor, after rushing overnight, 300 stone bullets have been prepared. ”

"Three hundred? It's almost enough for the time being. ”

Gao Ran then said: "Send someone to Spring Valley City first to see if this is the case, if so, find a place to prepare in advance." ”

The accompanying military craftsman was stunned for a moment, and then responded: "Yes!" ”

When the Ming army arrived at the city of Zheqi, they did not mean to say hello, and directly launched an attack. I don't know if it was because they retreated directly after arriving yesterday without making a move, so that the Wu army in Ochre City thought that it was the same today, and did not do a good job of defense in advance, and lost hundreds of people in one shot.

You must know that the city of ochre is not big, it is better to say that it is a city, it is better to say that it is a fortress, a total of only 1,500 soldiers and horses, hundreds of people, has accounted for 30%, it can be described as a heavy loss. The most important thing is that it really hurts morale!

Gao Ran watched it directly, and said with a smile: "It seems that I can save a lot of stone bullets, but I don't know if Wang Junjiang will feel that last night's hard work was in vain." ”

Yan Liang hurriedly said: "Do you want to take the opportunity to rush and kill?" ”

Gao Ran agreed without thinking about it: "Since Wu Jun is so unbearable, let them know what the gap is!" ”

"Yes!"

Yan Liang was overjoyed, the prancing horse rushed straight with his sword, and shouted in his mouth: "Siege~"

The captain of the catapult was so frightened that he quickly ordered the shelling to stop, otherwise he could not afford to injure the robe by mistake. Gao Ran saw that this was also full of black lines, and he had a feeling that he should not agree.

Yan Liang was full of joy, and he didn't know about it at all. It's just—

"It's too slow!"

As soon as Yan Liang thought of it, he jumped up from his horse, put the long knife behind his back after landing, snatched a cloud ladder from the besieging army, and ran towards the city of ochre alone.

As soon as the catapult stopped, seeing such a movement, the little morale that had just been boosted was instantly dispersed, and there was only one thought in my mind: Is this a meow? I'm afraid that the overlord will be reborn, right?

This is thinking too much, Yan Liang's martial arts are indeed very high, but his strength can only be said to be okay, which is a cut worse than Zhang Fei and others, not to mention the overlord.

That's a person who can carry the crown!

In fact, the ladder in the Ming army has been improved, and the one Yan Liang is carrying is not a ready-made ladder, which means that its weight is much lighter. A tree that has just been cut down is naturally different from a tree that has been cut down a long time ago.

One has less water, the other has more water, there is no good or bad, and people who have used it know for themselves.

With a "bang", the ladder was erected to the city wall.

The soldiers of the Wu army who were close heard the sound and even almost jumped in fright. It's just that the blades that came immediately made them have to pick up the materials for defending the city and carefully smash them under the city.

"Poof", a soldier accidentally showed half of his head, and was shot in the eye by an arrow, fell to the ground and lost his breath in a blink of an eye. The rolling stone in his hand slammed into the city, rolled back into the city, and smashed on his leg, but it didn't matter, everyone was dead anyway.

A soldier dragged the body back a few steps and lifted the stones again, shouting from the commander.

Keng~

The soldier was about to get rid of the rolling stone, when a long knife suddenly appeared and slashed on it, and the violent collision made him unable to grasp the rolling stone, and smashed it under his feet, and suddenly couldn't help but roar.

"Shut up!"

The chief of the tun who was supervising the battle snorted coldly, and the spear stabbed towards the place where the long knife had slashed before, and he believed that someone would definitely climb up from here.

In fact, it is also true, but it is a little different from reality.

Yan Liang, who had just come out, saw the spear coming, but as soon as the long knife turned, he opened it, and at the moment when the other party was stunned, he jumped up and stood at the battlement of the Ru Wall.

"Not good!"

The tun chief came back to his senses, hurriedly exclaimed and warned him, and wanted to retreat.

Yan Liang would give him this opportunity, he slashed out with a knife, and half of his head suddenly separated from the other half with half of his head.

First misexpected that the Ming army was not just here to "shop", and then was taken aback by Yan Liang's actions, and in the end, he did not stop Yan Liang.

Well, with the suppression of the rain of arrows, the Wu army suddenly lost a large number of defenders, and it was too late to react more for a while.

Half an hour later.

The city of ochre changed hands, and Gao Ran walked around the city without stopping much, leaving 800 people to garrison, and then returned to the previous military camp.

After resting for half a day, more than 100,000 troops, led by Gao Ran and Yan Liang, went to the nearby Spring Valley City to kill. Arrived thirty miles west of Spring Valley City before dark, and set up camp there.

This morning, the defender of Chungu City was worried that the city would be lost, and specially sent troops to support, but before he set off, he received the news of the fall of the city and was so frightened that he quickly shrank back.

During the time when the army was camping, Gao Ran and Yan Liang took advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dark, and personally arrived near Spring Valley City to investigate.

"Looks like they're ready too."

After looking at it for a while, Gao Ran took back the telescope and said, "In this way, I'm afraid I will have to go through a hard battle." ”

Yan Liang didn't care and said: "A little stubborn, I can't make waves." ”

Although this sound a little rampant, Gao Ran nodded, because-

The Ming army has the strength to say this!

"Let's go back first!"

Yan Liang nodded, and then the group lit the torches and returned to the camp.

As soon as he returned to the camp, the accompanying military craftsmen came up again.

"Deputy Governor, after investigation, Spring Valley City is the same as Ochre City, if you want to make stone bullets, you can only dig deep."

Gao Ran nodded and said, "Well, just do it according to the normal way, don't worry about it this time." ”

Although the accompanying military craftsman was puzzled, he didn't ask too much, and responded directly, after all, it was a good thing not to be so tired.

When he left, Yan Liang was anxious: "If you do it according to normal, won't it take several days to get enough stone bullets?" After all, Chungu City is much bigger than Ochre City. ”

Gao Ran didn't say much, but said: "This place is not our own place after all, we have to be careful, otherwise once something happens, even if Your Majesty can spare us, you can live with it yourself?" ”

Yan Liang was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then said, "It's just that you can't move for a long time?" ”

It took only one fight during the day, and now the skin is itchy again?

Gao Ran's face turned dark, but the thoughts in his heart were not expressed, and he said: "Next, Lao Yan, you will lead the troops to protect the military craftsmen to take stones and make stone bullets, so as to prevent Wu Jun from getting in the way." ”

"No problem!"

Yan Liang's eyes lit up, patted his chest and said, "As long as Wu Jun comes, a certain guarantee will let them come and go." ”

Gao Ran nodded and didn't say anything more.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, the entourage of the craftsmen went out of the camp with the men. Yesterday's exploration also allowed them to find one or two places where it was slightly better to take stones.

Yan Liang did not follow them directly, he was worried that he would scare away the Wu army, but in order to prevent accidents, he still sent a small number of soldiers to ensure the safety of the military craftsman and others. And he himself, with thousands of elite horsemen, hid around, ready to come to an ambush.

It's a pity that a day has passed, and not half of the Wu army has appeared.

Yan Liang didn't feel discouraged, after dealing with Wu Jun for two years, he knew that there were many capable people in Wu Jun, and it was normal not to be fooled.

So, that night, Gao Ran saw Yan Liang with a pensive face. After some inquiry, I realized that I was thinking about how to lure Wu Jun out.

Gao Ran agreed, but did not give an opinion. In fact, he just hoped to use this to divert Yan Liang's attention, because as far as he felt, he thought that Wu Jun didn't have the courage to make a move.

As everyone knows, at this time, the news that the Ming army intended to cross the river and go south flew into Poyang. For this reason, the soldier who delivered the letter lost two horses along the way, and he himself fainted because of the constant rush day and night.

When Sun Ce heard the news, his heart was full of bad feelings. After thinking for a while, he summoned the two.

"Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite."

Sun Ce didn't have the heart to say more, and said straightforwardly: "The Ming army is ready to cross the river, second brother, Bo Yan, do you have a good plan?" ”

In the past two years, Sun Quan began to emerge, which made Sun Ce, who already felt that the Jiangdong family was unreliable, even more dependent on him. And Lu Xun was the person who recommended Sun Ce when Lu Su went to the mouth of the water, and he also won his trust in the past two years. As for Zhang Zhao......

"This guy is powerful internally, but externally...... I can't stand up. ”

This is Sun Ce's evaluation of him, and probably this is also the reason why Sun Quan warned Sun Quan in the original history that "Zhang Zhao is not decided on internal affairs, and Zhou Yu is not decided on foreign affairs".

Sun Quan's face was solemn when he heard this, and he said thoughtfully: "Liu Bei should have a problem, otherwise Emperor Ming would definitely not do it on two fronts." ”

Sun Ce was silent for a while, and said, "In this way, will we face the Ming army alone?" ”

Although Sun Quan was sad in his heart, he still nodded solemnly.

Sun Ce also bowed slightly, and then looked at Lu Xun.

Lu Xun didn't seem to hear the previous words, turned his gaze, and said: "Among the Ming army, the infantry and cavalry are all first-class powerful, but Your Majesty should not forget that although the Ming army's sailors do not do it much, the minister believes that they are definitely not general. ”

"What does Bo Yan mean by this?" Sun Ce frowned when he heard this.

Sun Quan also frowned slightly.

Lu Xun said: "Ruochen is Emperor Ming, and with such a powerful force, he will inevitably attack from behind when the enemy is attracted by other forces." ”

"Huh?"

Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers were shocked.

"Where does Bo Yan think the Ming army will come ashore from behind?" Sun Ce asked in a cold voice.

"Linhai and Huiji County are the best choices, and Wu County is not bad."

Lu Xun hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's just that the minister is worried that it's too late now, maybe when the Ming army makes a move in the north, the navy army has also already made a move in the south." ”