There were only 80,000 sailors in the expedition to Eastern Wu this time, and Liu Cong sent 30,000 to Guan Yu and Jiang Qin at once, which is enough to show the importance attached to the capture of Peng Ze! Of course, Guan Yu and Jiang Qin immediately felt the heaviness of the courage on their bodies. At the age of fifty, although his physical strength is declining, his IQ is at the peak of his life.

So after receiving the order, Guan Yu said to Jiang Qin half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Gongyi, it seems that this Peng Ze's livelihood is not easy to take." ”

"The lord gave us 30,000 elite soldiers, and Qin also knows Hukou and Chaisang, so it's not difficult to take Hukou, right? And the lord, you also have a word first, it is naturally best to be able to stop Cheng Pu, and it is not up to you and me to be responsible for stopping it. Why did General Guan say this? "He is also a general, but Guan Yu's status in Jingzhou is much higher than Jiang Qin's.

Guan Yu's prestige was built by him from battle to battle. Therefore, Jiang Qin also respects him very much, and can cooperate with Guan Yu to attack Hukou as a surprise soldier, Jiang Qin also feels the trust of the lord in him, and he suddenly heard Guan Yu say this, and he was a little confused.

"It's not Guan who boasted, he has followed the lord for so many years, and he knows a little about the lord's march and war. According to Guan's judgment, if he didn't want to overcome the difficulties, he would definitely not send Guan out so early! The lord is worried that the attack on the mouth of the lake will be frustrated, which will damage the prestige of the governor of the navy, so you and I are here! So this trip is not a small difficulty......"

Although Guan Yu said so, there was no resentment on his face. Although he is famous, he is afraid that he will not be able to compete with Gan Ning in terms of the navy, not to mention that Gan Ning has followed him since the first expedition of the lord. Seeing Jiang Qin's serious face, he also knew that his words had an effect. So I carefully analyzed the enemy situation with him.

"Xiaozhi set the strategy of encircling Chaisan on three sides for the lord, although it is very appropriate. But for you and me, we are alone, and if we can't attack for a long time, we may also face the situation of three bread sandwiches in Hukou! So I think I should also surprise when attacking the mouth of the lake. Gong Yi, you are good at water warfare, and you are also familiar with the terrain of the lake, so you will lead the naval army to attack from the Yangtze River. Guan led 5,000 soldiers ashore to control the west bank of the lake, what do you think? ”

"What the general said is extremely true, but the general is the commander of the attack, and he should command and dispatch on the ship, and the matter of leading the soldiers to attack from the land will be left to Qin. The surface of the Peng Ze River is far less complicated than on land, Qin has stayed here before, and he is more familiar with the terrain than the general, so it is more convenient to retreat in case there is an ambush on land, isn't it? So please also ask the general to fulfill ......"

"Then according to what Gong Yi said. However, the Chaisang Water Army is by no means a good person, so you and I can't take it lightly! Guan Yu was also quite surprised that he was able to participate in the Eastern Crusade this time. What's even more surprising is that after arriving at the front line, the lord Liu Cong actually sent himself to fight as soon as possible, which is very different from the western expedition to Sichuan. Back then, when Chengdu was besieged, Ma Chao, Zhang Lu and others took the opportunity to make trouble, and Guan Yu had the opportunity to fight and block Ma Chao's southward movement in the Sword Pavilion.

Of course, Guan Yu didn't want to waste such a good opportunity. Although he fought countless battles, after taking refuge in Liu Cong, his combat achievements were still not as good as Wei Yan, Gan Ning and others, especially in the water war, and Gan Ning was promoted to the governor of the navy. Although Guan Yu also knew that Liu Cong was suspected of protecting Gan Ning and sending him to fight, if he didn't seize the opportunity at this age, he was afraid that he could only be like a universal plaster like Huang Zu, where there were fewer county guards and where there were fewer commanders, they would go there, and they would even withdraw from the battlefield like Caimao!

At that moment, the two led the troops forward, Jiang Qin chose to bring people ashore on the south bank of the Yangtze River, ten miles away from the mouth of the lake, Guan Yu left two hundred people to guard the boats of Jiang Qin and others, and then quickly marched towards the mouth of the lake with the remaining 25,000 people.

Guarding the mouth of the lake were Jiangdong general Zhou Tai and Lu Su's deputy Xu Sheng. Originally, this week, Tai had been fighting against Cao Jun in the Whisker Water Village. Because after Lu Su pursued Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun and failed, he immediately asked Sun Quan to transfer Zhou Tai to Chaisang to strengthen his defense!

Speaking of this Zhou Tai, he can now be regarded as one of the core figures of the Jiangdong Water Army. He and Jiang Qin are fellow villagers, Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing to enter the Hengjiang River, Sun Ce took this opportunity to ask Yuan Shu to help Wu Jing, Yuan Shu thought that Liu Jian occupied Qu'a, Wang Lang was in Huiji, Sun Ce may not be able to succeed, so he allocated all the old troops of Sun Jian to Sun Ce, let Sun Ce send troops, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin of the same county joined Sun Ce's army at this time, followed Sun Ce to cross the river left and right to fight with Liu Xuan, all the directions were broken, and there were several military exploits.

In the first year of Jian'an, Zhou Tai and Sun Ce successively defeated Yan Baihu, Wang Lang and others. At that time, Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Quan liked Zhou Tai's personality very much, so he asked Sun Ce to let Zhou Tai follow him, so Zhou Tai accompanied Sun Quan again.

In the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu won over Danyang, Xuancheng, Jing, Lingyang, Shi'an, Yi, She and other counties bandit leader Zulang, and made chaos in the local area, when Sun Ce six county bandits, and Zhou Tai and Sun Quan lived in Xuancheng, there were less than a thousand people, the fighting spirit was low, and there was no protective fortification, thousands of bandits flocked to the horse, Sun Quan just got on the horse, the bandits had already been killed, the weapons had been cut to the saddle, and the soldiers were difficult to meet the enemy with peace of mind.

Only Zhou Tai rose up, fought passionately, and used his body to protect Sun Quan, and the others were influenced by Zhou Tai to fight generously with Zhou Tai, and fought hard to kill the bandits, Zhou Tai was injured in twelve places, and it took a long time to recover. Sun Ce praised him very much and appointed Zhou Tai as the head of the spring valley.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, Zhou Tai followed Sun Quan to fight against Huang Zu in the west, and made military achievements, but failed to break through the city, and there were bandits who rebelled, so he had to retreat. In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan conquered Huang Zu again, and Zhou Tai followed him to conquer, and he had several military exploits and returned his people. In the second year, that is, when Liu Cong rescued Jiangxia, the first battle was when Zhou Tai defeated Liu Qi and Pang Tong on the river. It's just that Liu Cong led the troops to come out of nowhere, and the defeat turned into victory.

Sun Quan also suffered a crushing defeat in Jiangxia, and if Zhou Tai fought to protect each other, I am afraid that he would not be able to return to Jiangdong. If the three masters of the Three Kingdoms want to select super bodyguards, then Cao Cao's bodyguard is naturally Dian Wei, but it is a pity that Dian Wei died early. And Liu Bei's bodyguard is undoubtedly Zhao Yun. The same as the first two, Zhou Tai is also loyal to the liver and gall, and he is a dead soldier who protects the lord!

The difference is that Zhou Tai's ability to lead troops is stronger than that of Dian Wei Zhao Yun! Now Lu Su guarded Chaisang, knowing that Liu Cong was leading a large army to come, for fear that the mouth of the lake would be lost, so he sent Zhou Tai and Xu Sheng to lead 10,000 towns to guard this place, and secondly, to receive reinforcements from Cheng Pu and other troops from the east. Hukou is important, Liu Cong and Fa Zheng know it, and Lu Su and Zhou Tai naturally know it. Therefore, Zhou Tai did not dare to slack off at all after arriving at Hukou.

As soon as Guan Yu and Jiang Qin appeared in the monitoring range, Zhou Tai immediately learned about it. Especially after Jiang Qin went ashore, several people came to report.

"Jiang Qin, how dare this traitor come?" It was only a matter of time before Liu Cong's army attacked Hukou, but when he heard that Jiang Qin had landed with his infantry, Zhou Tai knew that things were not good. Of course, he said to Xu Sheng: "Wen Xiang, you take people to guard the mouth of the lake, and I will take two thousand men and horses to meet Jiang Qin!" ”

"General Zhou, never! The governor ordered the two of us to guard the mouth of the lake, and before leaving, he repeatedly explained that there are shrewd people in Liu Cong's army, and he will definitely find a way to occupy my mouth of the lake as soon as possible. So my task is to hold the mouth of the lake and wait for General Cheng Pu to come from. The traitor Jiang Qin is coming, and you and I are angry in our hearts. But he only took 5,000 men and horses with him, and he went to Chaisang, and he would certainly not be able to accomplish anything great. Coming to the mouth of the lake must be coordinated with the surface attack, so we should still focus on the surface of the water. The mouth of the lake is only 10,000 people, if you divide the army again......"

"But allowing the Jiang thief to drive straight into the army will definitely shake the heart of our army, and the oppression is to let it capture the west bank, and our army will be very passive!" The Jiangdong naval forces stationed at the mouth of the lake were camped on both sides of the estuary, but most of them were concentrated on the east bank. Zhou Tai also knew that Jiang Qin brought people ashore to the Hukou camp.

"Don't act rashly under any circumstances! Sheng was willing to lead 2,000 men and horses to garrison the west bank, and asked the general to be sure to sit here. If Jiang Qin can't be stopped, Sheng Zihui will withdraw to the camp, and even if the west bank falls into the hands of the enemy, he must not act rashly. Don't forget the Governor's orders! Although Xu Sheng is not as brave as Zhou Tai, he is much stronger than Zhou Tai in terms of resourcefulness and calmness, which is why Lu Su asked the two to guard the lake.

Xu Sheng believed that even if he abandoned the west bank, he could not divide his troops to go ashore, which was just the right way to neutralize the enemy's strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain. Because the division of troops is too small, it can't stop Jiang Qin at all. There are too many troops, and once the enemy breaks through the Hukou camp from the river, even if he captures Jiang Qin, it will be useless. Of course, Xu Sheng was also familiar with the terrain of Hukou, and Jiang Qin's 5,000 infantry needed to pay a certain price if they wanted to capture the water village on the west bank, and if they wanted to continue to hold it after the occupation, they would probably be wiped out. After all, the two sides of the strait are only one mile away, and how can he, Jiang Qin, withstand the sneak attack every night.

Zhou Tai pondered for a while, and felt that what Xu Sheng said was indeed reasonable, and Lu Su had an explanation, so that the two of them should not be distracted, and they must stick to the mouth of the lake and wait for Cheng Pu to come to help, so they dispelled the method of going ashore to meet Jiang Qin, and went online. said to Xu Sheng: "Just what Wen Xiang said, but I have a word first, the West Bank can be delayed, and if you see that you can't hold it, you have to make plans early and come over early!" ”

"I listen to the general!" Zhou Tai is the main general, and he can listen to his own opinions, Xu Sheng will naturally not be reckless, and dividing his troops to defend the camp on the west bank can only delay the enemy's attack. After the two discussed, Xu Sheng took his men to the west bank to station, compared with the camp on the east bank, the west bank is much simpler!

It is said that after Jiang Qin took people ashore, he also went straight to the mouth of the lake. He once followed Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others to activities in this area. Especially when Zhou Yu was stationed in Caisang, he was in charge of the affairs of Hukou. After many years in Jingzhou, Liu Cong really had nothing to say to him, and quietly sent Jinyi Wei to pick up his family members, and let him be in charge of the training of the navy army in the Jiangling battalion! Seeing that About, Yu Ban and others have made meritorious contributions, this time Zhang Jaw also went to Changsha to help in the war. Jiang Qin naturally didn't want to be left behind.

It only took two hours for Jiang Qin's troops to appear in the camp on the west bank of the lake. Seeing that the other party was already prepared, Jiang Qin also stopped and began to gather the team to prepare to attack the village. This camp is different from the general land camp, the water village is built according to the water, most of which is overhead on the lake. However, Xu Sheng was leading his soldiers to garrison the closest side of the camp to the land.

So as soon as Jiang Qin came up, he saw Xu Sheng from a distance. After Jiang Qin set up the formation, he came to the front of the village alone with a weapon: "Wen Xiang, the imperial court has raised troops to fight against the traitors, why don't you return to the imperial court early?" ”

"Whew! Shameless anti-thief, Jiangdong has taken you a lot, why do you want to join the enemy, and now you are even more brazen to come to Hukou to make trouble? said that although Jiang Qin was older than Xu Sheng, Xu Sheng couldn't care about this. Jiang Qin's rebellion is a fact, and he will not miss the opportunity to attack and humiliate Jiang Qin!