With the retreat of the Wu army, Jiangling, the capital of Nanjun, which had been besieged for nearly a month, was finally able to see the light of day, and the communication links with the surrounding areas were gradually restored.

The Wu army retreated, and the first response in the city was to copy a notice to find a famous doctor, which spread throughout the prefecture and county.

Of course, the war is not over yet, and in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the news that Guan Yu was injured and in a coma has not been revealed to the public!

A few days passed.

In the past few days, after Lü Meng led the people to retreat to Gong'an, due to his own high-spirited western attack on Jingzhou before the war, he vowed to seize Nanjun in one fell swoop and annihilate the Jingzhou army.

But to this day, in addition to the loss of troops under the city, the Wu army has not even attacked the head of Jiangling City.

This is also a fatal blow to Wu Shu's overall military spirit!

It took these few days for Lü Meng to gradually stabilize the situation in the army.

Merely.

At the beginning of one wave, another wave of accidents arose.

On this day, the public security office.

"Report."

"Governor Qiqi, the scouts of our army cruising on the Xiangjiang River have recently sent back news, and Baqiu is in a hurry."

"The letter said: Thousands of Jingzhou soldiers suddenly appeared here, and their soldiers are easy to be strong, because the main force of our army is to gather the front line to attack Jingzhou, and General Huang Lao raised the army to the west to advance into the second county, but it led to the weak garrison of Baqiu Port."

"Now, I'm afraid that Baqiu can no longer withstand the enemy's offensive and is facing a situation of loss."

A seat fell.

As the guards anxiously reported the battle report that the scouts hastily returned, the governor Lu Meng, who was standing at the top, couldn't help but change his complexion, his eyes moved slightly, and his heart jumped in shock.

Originally, Taishan was at the top and his face did not change, but at this time, he couldn't help but show fear.

"Baqiu lost?"

For a moment, Lu Meng's face couldn't help but be touched, and in an instant, he was restless, and secretly frowned.

Baqiu Port is the confluence of the Yangtze River and Xiangshui, and it is only ten days to go north along Baqiu, and you can run to Jiangling, and the distance between the two places is almost getting closer.

This is also why Lü Meng led the crowd to take Jingzhou twice, but he was able to catch the Jingzhou army by surprise, it was too close to the two places, and it was too easy for the Wu army to send troops to attack Jingzhou.

After all, Baqiu can not only quickly run to Jiangling along the waterway, but also go straight to Luoxian, Yiyang, and other places in Changsha.

Baqiu Port, connected to the Yangtze River in the north and Xiangshui in the south, is a strategic location, as long as you occupy this place, you can peep into the entire Jingnan area and block the connection between Xiangshui and the Yangtze River.

Since the Wu army broke the Cao army in Chibi and Zhou Lang led the people to attack Jingzhou, he had already pocketed important places such as Baqiu.

Although Sun Quan borrowed Nanjun to prepare later, where to borrow strategic places such as Baqiu and Lukou was still firmly in his hands.

To put it bluntly, borrowing Nanjun is that Sun Quan wants to use Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao, who is powerful in the north, in order to alleviate the pressure on his side, but he is worried that this move will sit back and watch Liu Bei's group become bigger, so he controls Baqiu and other places in his palm to balance Jingzhou.

Otherwise, if Baqiu and Lukou are in hand, why should the Jingzhou army be afraid of the sneak attack of the Wu army?

Baqiu and Lukou were not controlled, which meant that the Jingzhou army had lost its strategic buffer and could not use the Yangtze River and Xiangshui to control and defend the Jingxiang land, otherwise, why would Guan Yu build beacon towers along the river to monitor the eastward direction of the downstream Wu army.

The root cause of all this is because Wu Jun controls the lifeblood of Jingzhou, and it has to be done!

Now, when Lu Meng heard the news that Baqiu was about to fall, how could he not be afraid?

Once Baqiu is captured, the Jingzhou army can in turn use this as a homestead, and encroach on several counties in Jingnan step by step.

The water system of Jingnan is relatively peculiar, and the tributaries dominated by Yuanshui and Zishui will eventually merge into Xiangshui, and the most important source of Xiangshui is Dongting Lake.

It just so happens that Dongting Lake is located on the side of Baqiu Harbor.

In short, as long as Baqiu is occupied, the counties of Jingnan can be completely blocked, and there will be no chance to go north out of the Yangtze River.

For the Jingzhou army, even if Baqiu is not taken, it is not fatal, after all, it can still go north along the Yuanshui and get in touch with Nanjun through oil and water.

But if Baqiu is captured by the Jingzhou army, even if Changsha County is still in the hands of the Wu army in the end, it will be useless!

Because, if you can't get out of Xiangshui, you will lose any strategic significance to Nanjun, Wuling and other counties.

On the contrary, the Jingzhou army can also use this as an important town, garrison troops and horses, and always deter Changsha, which is close at hand, so that the Wu army can be worried all day long.

It was precisely because he had thought hard and figured out the strategic significance of Baqiu City that Guan Ping would always be obsessed with the plan to raid Baqiu.

Capture Bachu.

In terms of the current situation, it is not only to defend against the enemy, but also a plan to take the initiative.

Hearing the news, Lu Meng couldn't help but look solemn at this moment, and muttered for a while before muttering: "Can the scout find out who led the army to attack Baqiu?" ”

Hearing this, the guards under the stairs did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed over their hands to report: "Governor Qiqi, according to the news returned, this time it was the enemy general Guan Ping who personally led the army. ”

"Huh?"

"Guan Ping is here?"

"According to this, Baqiu is in danger!"

After hearing the news, Lu Meng's pupils suddenly shrank and he was shocked.

Originally, he still thought that the Jingzhou army was just a surprise attack by the partial army, and there was no possibility of remedy, but judging from the current situation, it would be difficult to resist the sudden attack of thousands of Jingzhou elite soldiers with the defenseless and empty Baqiu land.

What's more critical is that Guan Ping attaches so much importance to Baqiu, and he actually led the crowd personally when he was injured.

After getting this news, Lu Meng couldn't help but feel a big headache, and couldn't help but feel that the situation suddenly became tricky.

"Once Baqiu is lost, then the initiative in this war will be in the hands of the Jingzhou army."

At this time, Lu Mengping retired from the guards, sat back on the main seat, and muttered a deep groan.

"Not only that, at this stage, Xiakou was also occupied by Guan Yu's main force, Baqiu was about to face the situation of losing the defense, and the situation in the hinterland of Jiangdong was also changing suddenly, and Shanyue took the opportunity to rebel on a large scale."

"The situation is really tricky!"

At this moment, when Lu Meng had a headache, he couldn't help but feel that his own forces were stretched for the first time.

Since the siege of Jiangling for nearly two months, because the Jingzhou army was on the front line, it did not return in time, and the Wu army could be said to be strong, several times the enemy, and had been tightly suppressing the Jingzhou army in the city.

And the turning point of this war was the defeat of Hanjin and the death of the general Gan Ning, which caused the mutual alliance of Shanyue and took the opportunity to make a big move to the east of the Kouluo River.

At first, with the ability of He Qi to clear the wilderness and retreat to Shanyin City, the situation was temporarily stabilized, and it was enough for Lü Meng to lead the people to capture Jingzhou.

However, the fiasco of Hanjin made Shanyue unite and send 100,000 troops to Wudi, which had to double the pressure on He Qi's subordinates, so he had to ask for help from Sun Quan.

As a result, the Wu army's plan to attack Jingzhou was abandoned halfway, and the troops had to be withdrawn to help.

"Hanjin, Hanjin."

In the past few days, whenever he thought of the fiasco of Hanjin, Lu Meng couldn't help but look angrily, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists and roaring.

At the same time, a figure will appear in his heart.

Lu Xun.

Lu Boyan was extremely important to him, and he was ready to recommend him to Sun Quan, as the person who took over as his main general, but Lu Meng did not expect that at this critical time in this battle, he would suffer such a big defeat, and directly bury the great opportunity for his own side to capture Jingzhou.

"Lu Xun, Lu Xun."

At this time, Lu Meng slapped the case table fiercely and called his name sharply, his heart is now extremely complicated!

Lu Xun knew that he was well-equipped with the art of war, and he had a calm personality, and he was an out-and-out handsome talent, so that he could lead the troops to garrison Hanjin and resist the main force of Guan Yu's army, and it was not impossible to enhance his prestige in the army.

It can be said that if Lu Xun held Hanjin and prevented Guan Yu from breaking through Hankou, the battle would be extremely smooth, and it was only a matter of time before the Wu army captured Jiangling and captured Nanjun.

In this way, Lu Xun confronted Guan Yu head-on, and the military prestige was bound to be erected in the army.

It's a pity that the Hanjin fiasco not only lost the possibility of erecting military prestige, but also made the generals in the army question Lu Xun's ability greatly.

After this battle, Lu Meng's plan to take the opportunity to cultivate Lu Xun also failed!

At the same time, Lu Meng did not know that a greater predicament had yet to come.

The capture of Baqiu is just the beginning, and the show has just begun.

A day later.

Another war report was urgently sent to the public security.

Lukou is lost!

It was only said that as soon as Lu Mengchu got the news, he was immediately frightened and sighed: "Our army is finished!" ”

With the loss of Lukou, the Wu army retreated to Jiangdong's transportation arteries and was completely cut off, and was besieged in Jingzhou with full power, without the slightest chance to move.

As a result, the Wu army was like dumpling stuffing at this time, besieged in the center by layers of dumpling skins, and lost the opportunity to retreat.