In the territory of Jiangxia, Sanjiangkou.

It is only said that after thousands of Jingzhou soldiers broke through Wuchang, Xiling and other places, and looted the parked Wu army's warships and weapons, their strength could not help but increase greatly, and their speed against the current was also several levels faster.

In just two days, Guan Ping led the crowd up the river and arrived at the mouth of the Sanjiang River.

At this moment, Guan Ping stood on the deck of a fighting ship, looking at the warship moving like the wind, and couldn't help sighing: "Alas, I often hear that the Wu people are good at building ships. ”

"The speed of this passage is indeed faster than my Jingzhou warship!"

The so-called no comparison does no harm, and the Jingzhou warships are actually not bad, but compared with the Wu ships, there is still a slight gap.

At this moment, Guan Ping couldn't help but praise the ships of Soochow.

sighed, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Deng Ai from the side, and said slowly: "Shizai, since our army went south from Biyang, it has been more than half a month, and there is still a surplus of dry food prepared in the army?" ”

Hearing this, Deng Ai bowed his hand and replied: "Young General, the remaining dry food for each soldier in the army is enough for three days, and now it has reached the mouth of the Sanjiang River, as long as it passes through Chibi, you can enter Wulin Port." ”

"So, the dry food is completely sufficient, and the young general doesn't have to worry!"

"It's just ........."

Seeing Deng Ai's eyes moving slightly, and he wanted to stop talking between words, Guan Ping couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Shizai, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"No!"

After receiving the approval, Deng Ai gave up his hand and agreed, and then said: "Young General, every time our army travels a certain distance forward, Ai will have a little more ominous premonition in his heart, and he always feels that something is going to happen. ”

"It's just that Ai can't say it, there is a vague premonition!"

"Ominous premonition?"

When the words fell, Guan Ping couldn't help but secretly ponder, and muttered: "Now we have dragged Cheng Zhi's department and Cao Jun in the aspect of raising their mouths, and have passed through Wuchang, Xiling and other important towns in Eastern Wu. ”

"It stands to reason that now as long as you pass Chibi, you can return to Jiangling from Wulin Harbor through Yunmengze, why do you feel this way at this time?"

With Deng Ai's reminder, Guan Ping's heart throbbed more and more, feeling uneasy, and his heart was beating faster.

"Could it be that Lu Xun of Lukou's department will send troops to intercept and kill our army and prevent the return of reinforcements?"

After thinking for a while, Guan Ping thought of Lu Kou and couldn't help but be shocked.

There is no him, because Lukou is downstream of Chibi, southwest direction, just in a triangle with Chibi and Wulin, and it is also located in Jingzhou, guarding the land route to Chaisang.

Now, after thinking about it carefully, Guan Ping felt that the most likely thing was that Lu Xun took the opportunity to lead the crowd to intercept and kill him, and fought a water battle with tens of thousands of heavily armed Wu troops on the Yangtze River.

He didn't have the slightest chance of winning, unless it was a land battle, and he could still fight.

"Rikuguchi?"

Hearing Guan Ping's astonishment, Deng Ai muttered from the side, and then said: "Young General, there is a high probability that Lu Xun will not send troops." ”

"Since Jiangdong has decided to send troops to attack Jingzhou, it is naturally to prepare for war with all its might, in order to hit with one blow, and at this moment, the Lukou side will definitely be extremely low-key, and there will be no more military action."

"Otherwise, once the beacon towers scattered along the coast of our army warn and discover the intentions of the Wu army, they will definitely pay great attention to it, then Jiangdong's plan to sneak attack will also go bankrupt, and at that time, they will have no other way but to attack!"

"This move is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it will delay the opportunity, once the main force of the prince returns to defense, then Jiangdong will have no chance."

"In this way, the Lukou Department should not give up the fight for Jingzhou in order to besiege and kill our army because of a small loss."

After a pause, Deng Ai continued to analyze: "Secondly, our army is heading north, and the marching speed is ahead of Dongwu, even if Sun Quan gives an order and orders the scouts to gallop north, it is impossible to reach Lukou before our army." ”

"In this way, the Lukou side still has no way of knowing the plan of our army to pass through the territory of Jiangxia."

As soon as the words fell, Guan Ping immediately began to think secretly, and only after half a sound did he agree with Deng Ai's statement.

"In that case, then there shouldn't be any other crises in our army, right?"

Thinking of this, Guan Ping's face stretched and muttered to himself.

After more than ten miles of marching forward again, and when he was about to reach the waters of Chibi, Guan Ping suddenly waved his hand and ordered the whole army to stop at the shore.

"The whole army quickly docked to the shore to rest and recuperate, quickly ate dry food, and replenished water."

This order was quickly carried out under the communication of the scouts, and the generals of the Jingzhou army began to rest on the shore in turn, and then the soldiers began to drink fresh water, and the generals began to distribute dry rations to them step by step.

At this time, on the fighting ships docked on the shore, all the generals gathered together, holding dry food in their hands, discussing the military situation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the next step is to enter the waters of Chibi, and the other side of Chibi is the territory of our army, Ulin Port."

"As soon as we cross Ulin, our army will be able to abandon the boat and go ashore and quickly return to Gangneung by land."

"Therefore, the general has decided that after this rest, he will sail all the way until he arrives at Ulin to rest, do you have any objections?"

For a while, Guan Ping also took a few bites of dry food on one side, stirred it in his mouth, and ordered the generals on the other side.

Hearing this, all the generals looked at Guan Ping's resolute expression, and couldn't help but say, "No! ”

"Okay, you go down and quickly urge the soldiers to solve the problem of eating and drinking, and then set off, after all, this place is still in the territory of Dongwu, so you can't stay for a long time!"

As soon as he spoke, the generals hurriedly agreed and returned to the warship.

Waiting for the generals to leave, Guan Ping slowly got up, looked at the surging river, and muttered: "I arranged for more than ten sergeants to return to the front line of Xiangfan to inform Ma Liang of the news of Jiangdong's betrayal of the alliance, I don't know how my father will decide now?" ”

As early as when he went south from Biyang, Guan Ping had already sent his sergeants south along Bishui and returned to Xiangfan to report the military situation to him.

At this moment, Guan Ping thought back, he was still worried, afraid that his father would continue to be stubborn, but instead scolded himself for running away without a fight, which would be a big deal!

"Father, father, this is a time of life and death, you must not be obsessed."

At this time, Guan Ping's color was not revealed, and he groaned secretly.

Guan Ping knew very well that the battle between his side and the Wu army was inevitable, and a big battle would definitely occur, and he also knew very well that even if he could successfully return to Jingzhou with thousands of troops under his command.

Compared with the main force of Dongwu, it is still at a disadvantage, and it can only hold for a while, if the main force of the front line cannot come back, sooner or later it will not be able to hold!

Therefore, when Guan Ping thinks of this, his face is sad and his eyebrows are furrowed.

It's just that at this moment, a mutation suddenly occurred!

I saw that the Jingzhou sergeants who were scattered behind the rearguard were in charge of breaking the ship, and then the sergeants went up to the fighting ship where Guan Ping was.

"Major General Qiyu, in the south of Sanjiangkou, there are thousands of Wu soldiers and soldiers who came by boat, they are well-armoured, the warships are complete, and there are even several building ships standing."

"Now, it is less than ten miles behind our army."

For a moment, the sergeant's panting prayer was true, apparently rushing in a panic.

"Huh?"

As soon as these words fell, the Jingzhou army was amazed, and then there was a sudden silence.