Yangzhou, Chaisang City.

Yuan Yao's army passed through Pengze and Jiangdong overnight, and after separating the fleet, they continued to go up the river and arrived not far from Chaisang City at the same time.

"Lord, there is Chaisan ahead."

Yuan Yao looked at the towering ancient city in front of him and said, "After arriving at Chaisang, the army disembarked and rested for a day, and sent a messenger to inquire about the situation of Wei Yan's department. ”

Zhang Dingbian and Yang Zaixing bowed and responded: "No, the last general will take the order." ”

The fleet continued on its way, but in a few moments it reached the pier outside the city of Chaisang.

When Yuan Yao led everyone to get off the boat, Li Siye had already led the Chaisang generals to wait here, and when they saw Yuan Yao get off the boat, everyone bowed down and bowed: "We will welcome the lord!" ”

Yuan Yao helped everyone and said: "All the gentlemen get up, thanks to all of you to reserve materials for me to sit in Chaisang, my army can have today's momentum, and I have to bother you to help you in this battle against Jiangxia." ”

"The lord praises falsely, this is our duty!"

Everyone bowed again and stood up, and Li Siye stepped forward and said, "My lord, General Wen Chang sent someone to send urgent military information in the early hours of this morning. ”

"Oh? Has he already captured Pheasant County? If we can do that, our army will have to save a lot of effort. ”

Li Siye shook his head with a smile and said: "The lord guessed wrong this time, the defenders of Xia Pheasant County have long been prepared and heavily guarded, and General Wen Chang's army has no way to cross the river without the help of the water army, so it did not capture Xia Pheasant County." ”

However, General Wen Chang found another way and directly led 3,000 elites to attack Exian County and capture the city in one fell swoop! After General Wen Chang captured Exian County, he sent an envoy down the river on a fast boat and sent the seal of Exian County and the head of the guard general! With these two things in hand, as long as the lord sends a large army to persecute him, Xia Pheasant County will definitely be able to go down without a fight! ”

Jiangxia County has a total of three layers of defense circles available in the face of attacks from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the first layer is the outer defense circle with Xiaxian County as the core, the second layer is the middle defense circle with Exian County as the core, and the third layer is the inner defense circle with Xiakou, a major town of Shaxian, as the core.

Now that Exian County has been captured by Wei Yan, this is equivalent to saying that the outer defense circle and middle defense layer of Jiangxia County have been broken in an instant!

Although Yuan Yao knew that Wei Yan was good at taking risks, he didn't expect Wei Yan to be able to directly capture Exian, he was overjoyed, and he clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, Wei Yan is really sharp with his soldiers!" Now that Exian County has been lowered, my army can drive straight into the land of Shaxian directly, as long as we break through the important town of Shaxian Xiakou, Jiangxia County can be returned to my hands! ”

"Where is Zhang Dingbian?"

Zhang Dingbian walked out from behind Yuan Yao and bowed his hand: "The last general is here!" ”

Yuan Yao patted Zhang Dingbian on the shoulder and said, "Dingbian, it seems that your navy can't rest in Chaisang this time, and after the soldiers on the warship get off the boat, you will immediately take the navy to force the defenders of Pheasant County to surrender!" ”

Zhang Dingbian responded to the promise and said: "No, the last general received the order, there is the Exian County Pass Defense Seal and the head of the guard in hand, the defenders of Xia Pheasant County will definitely have a floating military spirit, even if they do not go out of the city to surrender, the last general will also be determined to be the lord to capture it!" ”

"Okay, with your words, I'm relieved, you go and prepare, and set off later."

Zhang Dingbian asked the sergeant to take over the box containing the Great Seal of Exian Pass and the head of the guard from Li Siye's guard, and then bid farewell to Yuan Yao to go to reorganize the army.

"Wei Yanqin led 3,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xunyang, where are the rest of his army?"

Li Siye replied: "Back to the lord, in order to attract the attention of Jiangxia soldiers and horses, most of the soldiers and horses under General Wenchang are still camped outside Xunyang City. ”

Yuan Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Shiyuan, send a messenger to give an order, ordering them to attack Qichun County to the west, and then make a posture of attacking Huangzhou, in case Jiangxia soldiers and horses counterattack Exian." ”

"No, the minister will take the order, and this will make people go and pass the order!"

"Zaixing, you lead your soldiers and horses to camp outside the city, and the rest of the people will follow me into the city."

"No, I'll take the order!"

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Jiangdong, Wu County.

As soon as Yuan Yao's army entered the Yangtze River, the Jiangdong scouts found out about the matter and sent fast horsemen to report the matter to various places in the starry night.

After Zhou Yu learned that Yuan Yao had sent troops, he hurriedly came to meet Sun Ce and said, "My lord, Yuan Yao's army has gone to Chaisang, and I, Jiangdong, should immediately send troops to capture Yuzhang County in order to capture Jingxiang based on Jiangdong." ”

Sun Ce pondered for a moment and said, "Gong Jin, do you think Yuan Yao can capture Jiangxia on this trip?" ”

Zhou Yu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "Although Huang Zu is old and mediocre, but the land of Jiangxia is strong, the terrain is dangerous, and the Jiangxia defenders have the Jingzhou army as a backup, as long as he does not make too fatal mistakes, it is not difficult for Huang Zu to protect Jiangxia County." However, Huang Zu and Liu are inseparable, Yuan Yao is full of wisdom in using soldiers, and his people are also heroic and brave, in my opinion, the number of victories and defeats is still between five and five. ”

Sun Ce nodded slightly, and asked again, "What do you think our department should do in this battle?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled proudly, and replied loudly: "Yuzhang is too guarded by Huaxin is just a rotten Confucian, with the prestige of the lord, as long as the soldiers are in the city, Huaxin will definitely open the city and surrender, and Yuzhang County can go down without a fight!" ”

"As long as our army has Yuzhang County, it can take the initiative to sit and watch the victory, if Yuan Yao wins the battle to capture Jiangxia County, Jingzhou soldiers and horses will definitely fight back, and then my army can take advantage of the weakness to sweep the Jingnan counties, and wait for the opportunity to move after the Jingzhou soldiers and horses and Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses are both defeated; If Yuan Yao is defeated in this battle, the combat power of Yuan Yao's department will also be severely damaged to Huang Zu, and then the lord can attack Jiangxia in the name of 'avenging his father', and wait for the opportunity to move after capturing Jiangxia County! ”

"In that case, let's send troops."

"The order is to let Mr. Zibu sit in the assistant military administration of Wu County on my behalf, and the rest of the generals will lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and march with me from the waterway tomorrow to join the soldiers and horses of Pengze to attack Yuzhang County!"

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

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Jingzhou, Jiangxia County, Anlucheng, Taishoufu.

"What? Yuan Yao raised troops and came straight to my Jiangxia? ”

Huang Zu was furious in his heart after learning that Yuan Yao's troops and horses went straight to Jiangxia, what a deal, didn't I just send troops to attack you once, do you need this?

Besides, I didn't take advantage of that battle, and even my son and general fell into your hands, I was humiliated not only did not raise troops again, but also sent you an envoy to negotiate peace, you just ignored me, and now you dare to attack my Jiangxia land!

Do you really think that I am a fool like Liu Xun, don't you know that even Sun Jian, known as the Jiangdong Tiger, died at my hands!

The more Huang Zu thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and shouted angrily: "Shaft An dares to bully me like this!" I'm going to make him come back this time! ”

"Send orders to Su Fei, Deng Long and other generals, let them all cheer up and guard the city, I will personally lead 30,000 troops to Xiakou to support, this time I will definitely make Jiangxia land become Yuan Yao's grave!"

"No, my subordinates will receive the order, and then I will send someone to pass the order!"