With Lü Meng's sudden death, the front-line army became a problem that Sun Quan needed to solve immediately.

On the western front, there were 20,000 people under Lu Xun's command to capture Yidu County, and on the eastern front, there were 30,000 people from Hanjin Sun Jiao, Pan Zhang, and Jiang Qin, and the partial general Zhu Ran was temporarily sent to Hanjin to help in the war.

In terms of military rank, Lu Xun on the Western Front was second only to Lü Meng on the right guard, and the highest military rank on the Eastern Front was Sun Jiao, the general of conquest.

From the perspective of personal feelings, Sun Quan naturally wanted to replace Lu Meng with his classmate Zhu Ran, but Zhu Ran currently lacks qualifications and military exploits, making it difficult to convince the public.

If this battle is defeated, the guilt of defeat is enough to crush Zhu Ran and completely destroy Zhu Ran.

After thinking about it for a night, Sun Quan decided to do it himself.

Fighting Guan Yu around Dangyang, defeat is bound to be a big defeat, and no one can bear such a big responsibility alone.

Such a crucial battle, if Lu Xun or Sun Jiao command a big victory, it will be a new Zhou Yu.

Since the family is going to lose, and others are going to lose, it is better to defeat it yourself.

Maybe it's with this in mind, or maybe with some kind of confidence that has been passed down from father to brother.

On the fourth day of the first month of October, Sun Quan left Yuzhang Taishou Sun Ben to lead more than 10,000 people to monitor Jiangling, and personally led 60,000 soldiers to go north through Tuoshui, which was formed by the convergence of Fushui and Zhangshui.

In other words, when the road was muddy and the river was rising, Sun Quan moved quickly with the advantage of the water army and successfully occupied the wheat city guarded by dozens of people.

Maicheng is between Fushui and Zhangshui, and there are a series of small cities, military tuns, and Mintun strongholds around it, all of which are occupied by the Wu army.

Lu Xun also led more than 10,000 elite soldiers from the west, and Zhu Ran may have played a role in supervising the Hanjin side, Sun Jiao led his troops to cross the Han River, and more than three people with Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang also marched westward.

The Jingxiang Ancient Road between Jiangling and Xiangyang runs through Dangyang from north to south, and the county seat of Dangyang is between the Jingxiang Ancient Road.

Hanjin and Jingcheng are in the east of Dangyang, and there is an official road connecting them, which is the route of Liu Bei's defeat in the Battle of Changbanpo and his escape to the east.

At that time, Guan Yu led the navy army behind the Fancheng Palace, and went to Jiangling to meet Liu Bei by water, Liu Bei escorted the people first, and when he fled to Hanjin after the defeat, he happened to meet Guan Yu, so he went directly to Jiangxia.

There are two official roads in Hanjin, one is Dangyang, which passes through Jingcheng and merges west into Jingxiang Ancient Road; One is to turn southwest and westward and merge into Wufuyi on the Jingxiang Ancient Road.

Wufuyi is a small city, because of the geographical location, Mi Fang was added to the original site as a military garrison city, and then renamed Micheng.

Sun Quan and Lu Xun relied on water transportation, set up a camp between Fushui and Zhangshui, and there was Tuoshui to transport materials back and forth, and there was no logistical pressure on the 70,000 troops assembled and distributed in the vicinity of Maicheng.

On the eastern front, the 30,000 men of Sun Jiao's division were partial divisions, leaving Jiang Qin's naval army to cover, so the march was slow.

As the road gradually dried, at 7 o'clock in October, Guan Yu finally sent reinforcements to Jiangling.

It was Captain Zhao Yue who came to help, accompanied by Wang Fu, and brought the military intelligence that Tian Xin urgently needed.

Tian Xin looked at the rudimentary military map and felt ridiculous: "Sun Quan entered Maicheng? ”

Wang Fu bowed his head: "Exactly, the prince made the Long Xiang army rush to the aid of Micheng." ”

After a pause, Wang Fu said again: "The prince intends to transfer the general to lead his troops to assist in the defense of Micheng, and wait for the opportunity to participate in the war with General Long Xiang. ”

Now that Jiangling is safe, the 20,000 troops in Micheng are at risk, Tian Xin asked directly: "But you want to move the surrendered army back to Jiangling?" ”

Wang Fu bowed slightly: "There are such considerations, and the specifics depend on how the prince arranges them." ”

Seeing Tian Xin considering this matter, Wang Fu added: "Whether to move or not is within these two days, and I also ask the general to select and train strong men, and at least 3,000 armor soldiers must participate in the battle." ”

In the eyes of Guan Yu and Wang Fu, the current Jiangling is in a mess, and many things are confused and there is no accurate letter.

Tian Xin first entrusted Pan Jun to levy 2,000 auxiliary soldiers, and later mobilized more than 1,000 soldiers and disciples as an assassination team.

In addition to Tian Xin, Pan Jun, Mrs. Guan, and Huang Quan will all send military information and letters to Guan Yu, and there are overlaps and errors in all aspects of information, so how many soldiers are there in Jiangling now...... It's a mystery to Guan Yu.

Even Tian Xin's victory, without the corroboration of credible military officials, is currently a mystery.

It's not that I don't know, it's just that there is no evidence to confirm it for the time being.

After Wang Fu arrived in Jiangling, he could naturally see the captured Wu army's armor and battle equipment, Tian Xin led Wang Fu to inspect the seizures, and let Wang Fu ask around.

And Tian Xin came to the barracks to summon the 800 brave men who went out of the city with him to kill the enemy that day, which attracted the onlookers of the troops in the camp, and they were all amazed.

I saw that the pro-soldiers who came with Tian Xin were either holding a dozen rough silks, or holding a plate of minted gold coins.

Each gold coin is one or two, with the word 'tiger teeth', and each hundred gold coins are held on a plate, held by a personal soldier, and they are all golden from afar.

Many of the soldiers, who had never seen gold in their lives, were now vying to watch, or climbing onto the fence to look at it.

Of the 800 brave men assembled in the school ground, only more than 30 of them were wounded, and only 4 were seriously wounded or killed in battle, and 796 people were present.

Tian Xin took off his helmet and handed it to his brother Tian Ji, stood on the wooden platform of the school yard with his head held high, and smiled at the sergeants gathered three steps away in front of him: "Zhujun once went out of the city to invite the vanguard of the thief army, and according to the agreement, when the reinforcements arrived, they would give one tael of gold and one silk horse. Today, the reinforcements have arrived, and the gold coins have been minted, so the kings are summoned to fulfill their promises. ”

This is a group of elite stragglers who have no obvious organization of superiors and subordinates, and some only have grassroots commanders and few team leaders.

At this moment, they were all cheering, and their voices were muffled by the voices of others.

Tian Xin raised his arms and pressed lightly, and looked around at these young and middle-aged men with bright eyes with a smile: "The prince has been ordered, and Tian will lead the army to help defend Micheng in the near future." If you want to go with me, you can come to the barracks to register your name with Luo Qiong, the protector, before evening. Register the military register, and from tomorrow onwards, I will be the Huya sergeant under my command. ”

After saying that, Tian Xin clenched his right arm into a fist and smiled happily: "Array, get the gold coins!" ”

After a small dispute, eight hundred people lined up in sixteen queues and stepped forward to receive the gold coins in turn, only one or two gold coins were held in their hands, which was so heavy at the moment.

Tian Ji held the battle helmet in his arms, pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist with his left hand, and looked reluctant and entangled: "General, they took gold, which is enough to buy an industry, how can they follow our army to the battle?" ”

For the sake of these 800 gold coins, Tian Xin didn't miss Pan Jun's face.

Mi Fang's gold and silver and inner house had already been seized by Tian Xin, but Pan Jun was not willing to take out fifty catties of gold to reward him.

I thought that the 800 people would lose at least half of their combat effectiveness in front and back, but no one expected that Tian Xin would only use them to take the lead, and then he would always serve as the general reserve.

This gold and cloth are so easy to earn.

Tian Xin's subordinates and soldiers around him were not happy, but Tian Xin himself did not have a single gold coin, and his subordinates did not participate in the front-line battle, they were only dissatisfied, and they were not even qualified to shout and discuss.

Seeing 800 people leave the camp, some people may spend the gold coins and rough silk tonight, Tian Xin didn't care if the soldiers could save money.

The soldiers who can't save money are the soldiers who fight bravely.

At this moment, Tian Xin could clearly perceive the restlessness of the onlookers and the surrendering army, and said to Luo Qiong: "Protector, how is my strategy to buy horse bones with fifty gold?" ”

Luo Qiong smiled: "The general is at ease, he will be able to raise a battalion of Xiaorui before tomorrow evening." ”