On the seventh day of the seventh month, Tian Xin and 2,000 tribes boarded a ship and traveled south to participate in the war.

From Xiangfan to Xiakou is nearly 900 miles of waterway, Tian Xin can reach Liu Bei's camp in three days, and cross the Yangtze River to the front line in Xiakou in four days.

The 20,000 Nanyang troops went south by small boats and bamboo rafts, and needed to dock at night to rest, so they had already set off and could complete the assembly at the mouth of the Hanshui River on the tenth day of the first month.

During the voyage south, Tian Xin was a little nervous, this was the first time he had seen Liu Bei, and he didn't know what kind of person he would be.

Tian Yu, who was traveling in the same boat, was also a little hesitant, and when he passed through the Jingcheng camp in the middle of the night, Chen Lei, the general of the Henghai Navy who stayed here, entertained Tian Xin and Tian Yu with a simple river fresh and river shrimp banquet.

During the banquet, Chen Lei highly admired Tian Xin's decisiveness when attacking Fancheng, and the fifteen warships said that they would sink and almost break through Fancheng, for which Chen Lei sighed with regret.

With the situation at that time, Xu Huang had 3,000 new troops stationed in Wancheng north of Xiangfan, broke through Fancheng and captured Cao Ren, and 20,000 troops went north to join Sun Lang of Yingchuan and Zheng Gan of Liangxian County, which were enough to smash Xu Dukeding Central Plains and break Cao Cao's belly with one punch.

During the banquet, Tian Xin learned that Chen Lei was a native of Runan, and during the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei joined the Yuan's Township Party in Runan, and Chen Lei of Runan, Wei Yan of Yiyang, Chen Zhi of Chenjun, and Yuan of Yingchuan joined during this period.

And Liu Bei lost Xuzhou, and was listed by Cao Cao as the pastor of Yuzhou, and promoted Yingchuan Chen Qun, Chen Jun Yuan Lian, and Runan Yuan Tan as filial piety, which can be regarded as the master of these three people.

On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei was asked by Yuan Shao to promote Yuan Tan as filial piety, so Chen Qun, Yuan Lian, and Yuan Tan were all Liu Bei's protégés.

Among them, Runan Yuan's family comes from Chen County, Chenjun Yuan's family is in Fule County in the south of Chen County, and Runan Yuan's family is in Ruyang County in the north of Runan, and the two sides are next to each other, 100 miles apart.

And the person who made Chen Guo become Chen County was Yuan Shu, who borrowed grain from Liu Chong, the king of Chen, and Liu Chong's soldiers and horses were not allowed, so Yuan Shu sent the famous Zhang to pretend to be a homeless person to Chen State.

When Chen Wang Liu Pet and Chen Xiang Luo Jun comforted the displaced people, they suddenly attacked and assassinated Liu Pet and Luo Jun. Since the Yellow Turban, the last piece of paradise in the Central Plains in the troubled times has been shattered.

After Luo Jun's death, Luo Tong was only a few years old, followed the family back to Huiji County, during the battle of Guandu, his biological mother married Hua Xin as a side room to go north to Xudu, Luo Tong refused to follow, stayed at home to serve his mother.

During the banquet, Chen Lei told the old things in Yuzhou, tears flowed, and he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of wine when he was emotional, and fell asleep during the banquet.

Tian Yu also missed his homeland, and after Chen Lei was dragged away by his entourage, Tian Yu sighed: "Everyone has homesickness, and the poems made by the general are tearful." ”

Infected by it, Tian Xin also sighed, with a slight expectation: "If you win this battle, many people will be able to return to their hometown." ”

If the Eastern Crusade wins, he will definitely be limited in his development, but the people of the world will suffer a lot less, which is not very bad.

But can this battle be won?

After the scorching heat of Sanjiu passed, the Han army could launch a strong attack, but the casualties were too high, and the officials could bear it?

If the offensive is defeated and the war falls into a stalemate stage, how long can the military rations of Jingyi Erzhou supply the front-line army?

The more the war dragged on, the more fully prepared the Wei army became, and perhaps when the opportunity for victory in the Eastern Expedition appeared, the Wei army would gather an army of 100,000 men to attack in three directions.

Wouldn't it be even more difficult then?

During the autumn harvest, the Wei army would definitely send cavalry into Nanyang to plunder, set fires, and even retake Nanyang in an attempt to forcibly relocate the people.

But he took the initiative to participate in the war, Nanyang was lost, the military camp was destroyed, everything was trampled and burned by the Wei army, then next year's Northern Expedition is a nonsense and a joke.

Just like now, why did he come to the East to conquer the east?

Worried, after a short rest, the fleet continued to float on the Han River, sailing slowly, and the lanterns on the ships guided each other and flowed through.

Liu Bei's camp, Liu Bei is arraigning a person, a Jiangdong military official who carries his wife and young son to the north.

This person's name is Xu Ling, born in a cold family in Jiangdong, and he was recently transferred to Sun Quan's scribe, and when he went to Zhu Ran's camp, his wife was in Yi County, so he fled with him.

According to Xu Ling's account, there were important figures in the Han army who had fornications with Jiangdong, and Sun Quan had learned of the location of Liu Bei's camp, which made Liu Bei hesitate.

And Xu Ling's identity is barely credible.

When Sun Quan attacked Jiangling and Jingnan looked at the wind and descended, Xu Ling was appointed as the county commander of Lingling County, and was driven back to Jiangdong by Xi Zhen before he could sit down.

At that time, Sun Quan was stationed in Tunfankou to lick his wounds, and Xu Ling fled back to become a military official, and it was he who released the water to let Yu Tuo successfully escape from Yi County with his wife and children.

Xu Ling's voice was weak, and he swayed from time to time: "I admire Yu Jun's high righteousness, and I was taught by Yu Jun when I was in the township, this kindness is like reconstruction, and I dare not forget it." Now Sun Quan has ordered Pan Zhang and Ding Feng to survey the road, and if they want to attack His Majesty's camp on the North Road, His Majesty must not ignore it. Zhang Liao raised 30,000 troops, and he could wave his troops south to attack His Majesty's camp at any time, and hoped that His Majesty would take more protection. ”

"I understand, I will send a message to all armies to be vigilant."

Liu Bei said and took off his cloak to cover Xu Ling's shoulder, Xu Ling leaned back, coughed and said, "Your Majesty, you have a typhoid fever, and Your Majesty should not be close." ”

Liu Bei put the cloak on Xu Ling's seven or eight-year-old son on the side and said, "Qing and rest in peace." ”

Xu Ling wept and bowed, left with his wife and son, and was taken to another camp for resettlement.

Liu Bei felt quite lonely in the empty tent, and somewhat experienced the resentment of Sun Quanmaicheng when he returned from defeat.

Victory is in sight, how can such a stupid person take the initiative to inform? Figure what?

Sun Quan couldn't figure it out, and he hated the ignorant undercover agent who didn't know the number of days and didn't know the changes.

Liu Bei also couldn't understand how there could be such a stupid and short-sighted person in the world, so stupid that people had nothing to say, and they didn't even have the heart to get angry.

He stood in front of the map and examined it carefully, and raised his hand to draw an arc fifty miles north of Huang Zhong's headquarters, which was the reconnaissance range of the Han army in Jiangbei, which was close to the mountainous area. No matter how far away there is no need to investigate, it is good to set up beacon guards, and it is not advisable to invest too much reconnaissance force in the mountainous area, because the cost is high and the benefit is low.

If Pan Zhang and Ding Feng, the two sharp troops, attacked in a roundabout way, and Zhang Liao also rushed straight from Wuyang Pass, then he was indeed in danger.

Pan Zhang and Ding Feng detoured in about six days, while Zhang Liao could reach it in three days at the earliest, or even two days in day and night.

Could it be that Sun Quan and Zhang Liao would join forces to attack his camp?

Or will it be as expected before, Zhang Liao will fight Huang Zhong?

The Eastern Front Army of the Wei Army in Zhang Liao's hands was almost the victorious army of the Wei Army in the past seven or eight years, with strong morale and fierce fighting spirit.

Such an army came to collide with him, was Zhang Liao confused, or was Cao Pi confused?

Zhang Liao can fight a tough battle, but in this battle, Zhang Liao should only fight a good battle, and will not take the initiative to fight a tough battle, let alone bring the only remaining elite victorious army of the Wei army to give Sun Quan his life.

Especially when the main force of the Wu army was not damaged, Zhang Liao could not take such an initiative.

Only when the main force of the Wu army was damaged, and the Wu army was shaken and about to collapse, the Han army must have been exhausted at that time. Only in this case will Zhang Liao lead the victorious army of the Eastern Front to fight himself desperately, in order to save Sun Quan.

Therefore, Zhang Liao will not move at the moment.

But what if it moves?

His real station has been exposed, and it is within the range of Zhang Liao's three-day rapid march, if Zhang Liao gambles, won't he become the second Xiaoyaojin?

Liu Bei stared at the map for a moment, then picked up the wargame representing Tian Xin, which only had the word Zhengbei on it.

Should he be put on the front line to break through, or should he stay by his side to guard against Zhang Liao and Pan Zhang?