Lift water, on the water.

After several days of boating, the Jingzhou army had crossed the Huaishui, entered the tributary of the water, and traveled all the way to the border of Qichun County in the territory of Eastern Wu.

At this moment, when he was only a few dozen miles away from Qichun County, the main general Guan was quietly waiting on the deck of the warship, his eyes flying, staring at the surging water, his thoughts rolling, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time, Deng Ai came slowly and said softly: "Young General, what's the matter, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Since leading the army to cross the river to take Xiangyang, Deng Ai has never seen Guan Ping uneasy, and at this time, when he got rid of Cao's army and was about to enter the territory of his "allies".

Guan Ping, on the contrary, is worried!

So, he asked.

Hearing this, Guan Ping looked at Deng Ai and asked, "Shizai, you said that it is really feasible for our army to penetrate the territory of Dongwu with such fanfare?" ”

Hearing this, Deng Ai was stunned, thought for a while, and muttered: "Young General, Ai felt that we had taken it for granted at the beginning, and it must not be feasible to go through directly!" ”

"From Zhang Liao leading the crowd to aid Xiangfan, without any regard for the safety of Hefei, and also willing to borrow our army, the general situation has been confirmed that Sun Quan has reached an alliance with Cao Thief."

"At this time, the Jiangdong side must have been preparing for a sneak attack on Jingzhou, if our army passes through its territory, and the Jiangdong scouts hear the news."

"Sun Quan will inevitably mobilize a heavy army to encircle and annihilate our army and prevent us from returning to defense."

After a pause, Deng Ai's face was solemn, and he said: "At that time, our army lacked big ships, and it was located in the hinterland of Jiangdong, located in the south of the Yangtze River, and there were many water systems, so it would inevitably be defeated by the Jiangdong army. ”

"Therefore, according to Ai's guess, I'm afraid that this strategy will not be feasible!"

After the words fell, Guan Ping continued to stare at the water surface, his face was solemn, and after a while, he smiled lightly: "Shizai, what you said is good!" ”

"This is exactly what Ben will be worried about so far, I didn't think of this layer before, but now the closer I get to Qichun County, the more uneasy I feel in my heart."

A word fell, thinking for a moment, Guan Ping suddenly waved his hand, and then ordered all departments to dock the boat and camp to rest.

"You and a few others go south along the coast, disperse and disguise to investigate, who is the Qi Chun guard?"

"No!"

When the order was passed, several scouts did not dare to slack off, and immediately took the order and retreated.

One day passed, and the next day, September 30th.

It was nearly morning, and at noon, the scattered scouts returned one after another.

"Tell the major general, the villain has found out clearly, the commander of the garrison Qichun will be Cheng Shi, the son of the late Cheng Pu, and there are more than 1,000 troops."

"Then, the defender Cheng Zhi will set up the defenders in Jukou and Xunyang, and he will personally sit on the front line of Xunyang to prevent the Cao army of Jiangxia's Wenpin Office."

For a while, several scouts spoke out one after another, reporting the military information they had discovered.

When the words fell, Guan Ping couldn't help but think: "Raise your mouth? ”

"This is tricky, the mouth is the entrance to the south of the water into Qichun, isn't our army going south to be discovered by the Jiangdong side in an instant?"

"It seems that Cheng Pu's son should not be underestimated, he raised his mouth, sought Yang one south and one north, and guarded Qichun County, he is now stationed in a garrison, once the Cao army attacks, he can immediately warn."

"Our army, it's difficult!"

At this moment, after hearing the scout's information, Guan Ping's face became more and more worried, and he muttered to himself.

A moment later, another scout also reported: "Major General, the villain stumbled upon a particularly important piece of military information yesterday night. ”

"What is the military situation?"

As Deng Ai asked, the scout hurriedly said: "Yesterday night, the villain went deep into the south of Qichun to investigate, but found that there were many warships on Pengze Lake, and a strong and stubborn Jiangdong army was gathering. ”

"Due to the night, the line of sight is not clear, and the villain does not dare to approach, so I can't be sure how many troops there are, but it is roughly estimated that at least the size of thousands of people."

"Thousands? Heavily armed, the stubborn Jiangdong Army? ”

Hearing this, for a while, Deng Ai couldn't help but be shocked.

Pengze Lake is a large lake connected to Poyang Lake, except for going north out of Anhui to attack Cao Wei on weekdays, Sun Quan will not gather thousands of soldiers here.

And at this moment, the situation was already confusing, and the Sun family was allied with Cao Wei, Deng Ai couldn't help but be frightened, and felt more and more in his heart that Sun Quan must have a conspiracy!

As for this time, although Guan Ping did not speak, his brain was also speeding up his thinking.

After thinking for a while, he realized a little, and chuckled: "This assembled Jiangdong army is probably Sun Quan's preparation in order to have time to stabilize Jingxiang County after capturing Jingzhou. ”

"How?"

As soon as these words came out, all the generals around them looked puzzled, and then looked at each other, their expressions full of embarrassment.

Seeing this, Guan Ping slowly explained: "Everyone, just think about it, our army has been full of beacons along the river, and according to the trend of the upstream, Jiangdong is located downstream, and it is extremely difficult to go up the river. ”

"There will be the possibility of being discovered at any time, and once the Jiangdong soldiers' sneak attack plan is discovered, it will inevitably be a fierce battle."

"When the time comes, the front line receives an urgent report from the rear, and the father will inevitably give up continuing to fight with Cao's army and return to the rear."

"At this time, if there is a Jiangdong army of more than thousands of people, but go north by boat through the water, and defend according to the danger."

"At that time, there will be no way out for my father to retreat, and there will be Cao Jun looking down on him, which will be the danger of our army's overturn!"

The words fell loudly, and the generals couldn't help but change their colors when they heard it, so they scolded Sun Quan one after another.

"Sun Quan, what a treacherous child!"

"Jiangdong, a group of rats."

A series of vulgar words came out of the mouths of the generals, and they were all furious and angry!

After the words fell, Deng Ai's face was calm, and he said: "From this point of view, the current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for our army, first of all, we are trapped here, and we don't know how to cross the border of Qichun and Jiangxia and return to Jiangling. ”

"On the other hand, the Jiangdong Army is also ready to attack at any time."

"Our army, we should quickly think of a plan to break the situation!"

As soon as these words fell, everyone nodded their heads in agreement, pondered for a moment, and Zhao Zhongweng, the governor of the thousand people, said: "It's better for our army to break into Qichun County." ”

"There are more than thousands of people in our army, although the warships are far worse than Jiangdong, but there are only hundreds of people, and under the sudden surprise attack, it may not be impossible to break through the mouth in one fell swoop."

"Then, with the momentum of lightning, he quickly raided Xunyang, destroyed Cheng Zhi in a battle, and crossed the river through Yunmengze, Huarong, and arrived at Jiangling."

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Zhao Zhong's words can be regarded as arousing the hearts of all the people to fight, and suddenly, all the generals in the army showed excitement and high fighting spirit.

"No!"

It's just that as soon as this policy came out, Guan Ping didn't think about it from the side, so he bluntly refused.

"Forcibly break through, not to mention whether the raid can be successful, even if it can, it will inevitably startle the snake, and Sun Quan will definitely be furious at that time and launch an attack on Jingzhou in advance."

"At that time, I am afraid that before our army arrives in Jiangling, the Jiangdong army will have already killed Jiangling City."

"It must be known that such a strategic place as Lukou can be under the control of Jiangdong, and it can go up the river from Lukou, and the distance is far closer than that of our army."

"Therefore, it is not advisable to attack by force!"

In an instant, Guan Ping rejected the proposal.

As Zhao Zhongzhi's plan was rejected, after a while, Sun Wolf couldn't help but say, "Then I don't know the young general, can you have a plan?" ”

Hearing this, Guan Ping's tone stretched and muttered: "For today's plan, this is the only strategy that can be used." ”