Sun Quan rectified the soldiers and horses at night and counted the specific number of soldiers of the defeated army, the 20,000 army after yesterday's battle is now only more than 13,000 people left, and the rest of the soldiers have either fled or been killed by the Guangling army, a big defeat and loss of more than 6,000 soldiers, it can be said that it has broken the muscles and bones!

After Sun Quan knew this number, his face became more and more difficult to look at, he actually lost one-third of his soldiers and horses in one station, if he couldn't capture the land of Guangling, then what face would he have to return to Jiangdong!!

Sun Quan led the army straight to Guangling City with this face early the next morning, and the Jiangdong army came to Guangling City and saw that the city gate of Guangling County was open, and there were no defenders on duty in the city.

Sun Quan looked at the defenseless Guangling City in front of him, and was very hesitant in his heart, what the hell is going on, what tricks is Chen Dengpifu going to play, but no matter what, he can't be directly frightened away by the open Guangling City, let's send someone in to investigate first!

Sun Quan hesitated for a moment, then ordered a few light horsemen to enter the city to check the situation, a few light horsemen out of the horse and carefully guarded and went straight to Guangling City, the defenders in Guangling City had already retreated, at this time Guangling City had already become an empty city, several light horsemen slowly stepped forward and did not ambush the soldiers they imagined, they entered Guangling City very smoothly.

After several light horsemen entered the city, they patrolled around the area, and saw that there was no trace of the defenders nearby, and they became bolder, and two light horsemen dismounted and climbed the city wall, while the rest of the light horsemen rode straight to the depths of the city, ready to further investigate the situation in the city.

Several light horsemen each patrolled around, and still did not find any trace of the Guangling defenders, which was basically determined that Guangling City had become an empty city, and several light horsemen discussed, leaving a few people to continue the situation in the city, and the two led by the two went out of the city to report the military situation to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan saw two light horsemen come out, and a smile appeared on his face, this Guangling City is finally in hand!

Several light horsemen came to Sun Quan's approach, and bowed their hands and said: "General, we have already checked, the enemy army has retreated, and now there are no defenders stationed in Guangling City!" ”

"Hahahaha, good! It must be Chen Dengpifu who knows that he is not the opponent of my Jiangdong army, and he has already fled, and Guangling City is at his fingertips! ”

When Sun Quan heard this, he was overjoyed, although he had lost thousands of soldiers, but he was able to capture Guangling City, which could be regarded as an explanation to his brother and Jiangdong's children, Guangling's rich Chen family is also a wealthy family, with the addition of these money and grain, the damaged soldiers and horses can also be quickly ......

It's not good, it's not good!!

When Sun Quan thought of this, a premonition suddenly surged in his heart, Chen Deng abandoned the city so decisively, how could he leave himself the money and grain of the treasury and the wealth of the Chen family? A large part of the reason why my brother and Jiangdong value Guangling County so much is because of the money, food and wealth in Guangling City, if there is no this, then their military achievements will be greatly reduced!

Sun Quan hurriedly shouted: "The army doesn't need to rush into the city first, Zilie, you quickly send a few teams of light cavalry to investigate the situation of the treasury mansion, the Chen clan and the garrison in the city!" ”

"No, the last general will take the order!"

Chen Wu heard Sun Quan's voice eagerly, and hurriedly sent people to investigate the situation, and a quarter of an hour later, the light horsemen who went to the city to investigate the situation returned one after another, and the situation in the city was indeed as Sun Quan had foreseen:

"Back to the general, the official residences in the city are empty, and the things inside have been emptied!"

"Back to the general, the treasury in the city is empty, and there is nothing inside, not even a copper coin and a grain of grain left!"

"Returning to the general, the Chen clan has been empty, and there is nothing in the mansion, only some sundries remain!"

"Returning to the general, the camps in the city are empty, the armory warehouse is also empty, the water gate of the north city is opened, and there is not a single ship in the water village to stay!!"

……

"Chen Deng's puppet is really prepared, he must have already made preparations to abandon Guangling City, and has prepared enough ships to carry money, grain, and ordnance, otherwise he would definitely not be able to move the Guangling Mansion and Chen's Mansion Treasury in just one night, and the puppet is so treacherous that it is really hateful!!"

Sun Quan heard the sergeant's report, his heart was extremely unwilling, he really didn't expect Chen Deng to be so decisive, just after a big victory so neatly abandoned the city and left, Sun Quan was furious in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Chen Wu, you lead three thousand soldiers and horses to defend the city; Xu Sheng, you led 5,000 soldiers and horses to pursue the enemy with me on a naval warship, and you will definitely intercept Guangling's money, food, and ordnance; General Huang, the ships of the navy can only carry a maximum of 5,000 soldiers and horses, and you will lead the rest of the army to press behind, since Chen Deng uses ships to carry money, food, and ordnance, I expect that he will definitely retreat to Gaoyou or the two cities within range, you only need to pursue along Zhongdushui! ”

Huang Gai heard that Sun Quan was going to personally lead the army to pursue, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Childe, the military law is cloudy, the commander should not raise troops in anger, the soldiers and horses of Guangling have been gone all night, I am afraid that they have already retreated into the fortified city at this time, and Chen Deng is cunning and cunning, since he has already made the decision to abandon the city, he will definitely be prepared, Gongzi's lone army is in deep and rash pursuit, I am afraid that there is danger!" ”

At this time, Sun Quan's mind was thinking about the countless money and grain in Guangling City and the thoughts of making meritorious contributions to the crime, where could he still care about any danger or not, and replied: "The general doesn't need to persuade more, there are countless money, grain and ordnance in the treasury of Guangling Mansion, and there are not many ships stored in the water village in the city, I expect that the ships in the city must be used to load money, food and ordnance!" Most of the defenders of Guangling are foot armor, plus they fought hard for half a day yesterday, they must have been exhausted by the soldiers and horses, and they will not be able to withdraw far after a night's effort! ”

"I led 5,000 elite soldiers to pursue on a warship, there is a great chance to catch up with them, Guangling soldiers and horses fled for a night, its soldiers must be exhausted, our army is waiting for work and carrying the momentum of breaking the city, it will be able to be ten, as long as it catches up with Guangling soldiers and horses, our army will be able to defeat it!!"

Huang Gai saw that Sun Quan had already made up his mind, so he could only persuade again: "Since Gongzi has decided to pursue, then I won't persuade him more, but Gongzi, do you think this is good?" Why don't you lead the army behind and let me lead the army in pursuit? ”

Sun Quan is in a hurry to make meritorious contributions at this time, where can he respond to Huang Gai's idea, if you lead the army to pursue the soldiers and horses of Dapo Guangling, then whose battle merit is counted? If there is no defeat of Guangling before, then he can still lead the merit of planning, but he has already been defeated once, and lost thousands of soldiers, if he can't personally lead the army to break the enemy's army, then who will be convinced by the Jiangdong soldiers?

When Sun Quan heard this, he coldly refused: "The general doesn't need to persuade him anymore, doesn't the general think that I will be Chen Deng's opponent?" I have made up my mind, and I will personally lead the army to pursue the enemy, and vow to intercept the money and grain of Guangling and capture Chen Deng, so as to avenge my defeat!! ”

"No, the last general is ordered, and please be careful!"

Huang Gai saw that Sun Quan had made up his mind, so he could only accept the order as promised, and advised Sun Quan to be more careful, and he also made up his mind in his heart, he must march quickly and be ready to help Sun Quan at any time!

Sun Quan was already anxious at this time, and when he heard Huang Gai's persuasion, he nodded impatiently, and hurriedly ordered the naval warship to dock, and then asked Xu Sheng to lead five thousand elites to board the ship, preparing to go with him to pursue the Guangling soldiers and horses who fled overnight.

After Sun Quan boarded the ship, the entire Jiangdong fleet slowly went offshore, accelerated the speed and went upstream, and galloped straight upstream, Huang Zhong led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to follow, and the army went straight to the direction of Gaoyou City along the bank of the Zhongshui River.

。。。。。。

On the other hand, Chen Deng led the army to escape from Guangling City at night, the fleet loaded with money, food and ordnance along the waterway, and his soldiers and horses marched along the river bank to accompany the escort, Chen Deng's army marched all night, and finally arrived outside Gaoyou City when the sky was about to light up, Chen Zhong came to the shore with a horse, looked at Chen Deng who was sitting on the bow of the fleet, and shouted: "Lord, there is Gaoyou City in front, is my army entering the city?" ”

Chen Deng stroked his beard and smiled, and replied loudly: "Gaoyou is only dozens of miles away from Guangling City, Jiangdong Iron Cavalry can reach this place from Dantu in one day and one night, Gaoyou City cannot be used as a barrier for my army, we continue to retreat to the Sheyang area, I have already prepared, when we get there, naturally someone will pick us up!" ”

Chen Zhong hesitated for a while, and continued to ask: "My army was a little tired after fighting half of Japan yesterday, and now it has been marching all night, and the soldiers are already exhausted, do you want to enter the city to rest for a while, and then continue to march after the soldiers are buried in the pot and cooking!" ”

Chen Deng sighed and replied: "Now that it is dawn, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses should have discovered that our army has abandoned the city and fled, and there are many warships in the Jiangdong army, maybe Sun Quan has already led the army to board the ship to catch up at this time." The situation is so critical, how dare our army enter the city to rest? Let the soldiers eat some dry food and continue to hurry, I have prepared countless wine and meat in Sheyang City, after the army enters the city, I will reward the three armies with enough wine and meat!! ”

"No, the lord is wise, and the last general will take the order!"

Chen Zhong felt that Chen Deng's words were very reasonable, so he didn't say more, beat his horse and returned to the military formation, and ordered the herald to convey Chen Deng's military order:

"The lord has an order, continue to march, and after arriving at Sheyang, reward the three armies with enough wine and meat!!"

"The lord has an order, continue to march, and after arriving at Sheyang, reward the three armies with enough wine and meat!!"

"The lord has an order, continue to march, and after arriving at Sheyang, reward the three armies with enough wine and meat!!"

……

The heralds shouted all the way to convey Chen Deng's military order, and all the soldiers were overjoyed when they heard that as long as they arrived in Sheyang, they would reward the three armies with enough wine and meat. Chen Deng has always been a promise, since the lord said that the wine and meat are enough, then he will definitely not lie to himself and others, the soldiers think about the taste of wine and meat, and feel that their physical strength is a lot more sufficient, and they are full of energy, and the soldiers are eating dry food while marching rapidly, and the speed of the march is even faster than just now.

I have to say that from ancient times to the present, as long as a competent leader will draw a big cake for his subordinates, like what Wangmei quenches thirst, paints bread to satisfy hunger, and then such as the current year-end bonus or something (hey, don't say it, it's all tears!! ）……

Chen Deng's troops and horses rushed all the way, and the army finally arrived at Linquandu, which was not far from Sheyang City, Sheyang City was different from the rest of the city, the terrain near Sheyang was relatively low-lying, and the river in this section often flooded, so Sheyang City was built on a high ground more than ten miles away from Zhongshui, and from Zhongshui to Sheyang to get off the boat at Linquandu, and then go to Sheyang City by land.

Sheyang City is an important city in the north of Guangling County, and this place has always been garrisoned by Chen Deng's uncle Chen Yu, after Chen Deng made up his mind to retreat to Sheyang, he had already notified Chen Yu who was stationed here, so that he was ready to respond. When Chen Deng abandoned Guangling City and went to this place, he had already ordered a light horse to come and inform Chen Yu, who led 3,000 soldiers and a large group of chariots and horses to wait in Linquandu.

Chen Dengling ordered the fleet to dock at Linquandu, and Chen Yu hurriedly led everyone to greet him, and said, "Family master, are you finally here, and the Jiangdong soldiers and horses can pursue behind?" ”

Chen Deng glanced at everyone on the shore and said: "Thank you uncle for greeting me, I have emptied the treasury of Guangling City this time, Sun Quan Xiao'er is eager to make meritorious contributions and will definitely lead the army to pursue, our army's ships are full of money and food at a slower speed, and the Jiangdong naval warships are extremely fast, maybe when the Jiangdong soldiers and horses will catch up, hurry up and let people unload the ship, and send these money, food and ordnance into the city earlier, I can rest assured!" ”

Chen Yu commanded: "What the head of the family said is very true, everyone quickly unload the ship and transport all the money, food and materials on the ship back to the city, after the matter is done, everyone will be rewarded!" ”

"No!"

When everyone was halfway through, Chen Zhong led the follow-up soldiers and horses to finally rush over, tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers unloaded the ship together, and soon all the materials on the fleet were unloaded.

The last batch of money, food, and supplies had just been loaded, and just when everyone was just breathing a sigh of relief, suddenly a light rider ran over while shouting loudly:

"The big thing is not good, and the Jiangdong soldiers and horses are catching up!!".

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, I want to meet the lord !!"

"Twenty miles away, the Jiangdong fleet was discovered, and the Jiangdong army was speeding up and heading straight for Linquandu!!"