Of course, Kan Ze also thought that it would be difficult to negotiate peace with Liu Cong at this time. When the Jiangdong Group responded to Liu Cong's edict and canonization, Kan Ze was worried. But Sun Quan and Lu Su both chose to resist, so he could only accept it! And perhaps everyone in Jiangdong, including Sun Quan, did not expect that once the two sides went to war, it would be such a situation!

Especially Cheng Pu's death, the blow to Lu Su and the entire Chaisang is undoubtedly fatal! Presumably, there was also a panic in Wu County at this time! In order to prevent the spread of this emotion, Lu Su decided to make peace with Liu Cong as soon as possible, although Sun Quan has not yet replied. In Lu Su's opinion, it is good to release Liu Shang first to show goodwill, and then the two sides negotiate peace, even if it is just to delay the pace of Liu Cong's attack, so that Sun Quan has time to send reinforcements!

Chaisang may not be able to hold it, but it can't be captured as quickly as Hukou! But now, Liu Cong rejected Kan Ze cleanly, and even sent his long-standing anger to Kan Ze. Kan Ze listened, and his heart was extremely cold! There is no hope for peace talks, and Chaisang will lose!

Every Koto citizen knows what Chaisan means to the Koto regime, which is known for its naval army. Chaisang occupies the commanding heights of the Poyang Lake water system, guarding the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake and Yuzhang. The loss of Chaisang is equivalent to the surrender of Jiuyuzhang County and most of Lujiang to Liu Cong. The six counties of Yangzhou go to one-third of it, and Jiujiang and Wu counties have directly become borders!

Seeing Liu Cong's firm words, Kan Ze looked helpless, and Liu Cong didn't give Kan Ze more opportunities, so he asked Kan Ze to send him out. Liu Cong's plan is to suspend for a day today and continue the onslaught tomorrow. Of course, he knew that Lu Su was stalling for time, buying time for himself to recruit troops in the city and wait for Sun Quan's reinforcements! And Yu Ban's side has also dealt with it almost well, and most of the five thousand captives are willing to stay in the barracks. This is not surprising, most of these people are from poor backgrounds, and whoever gives them a bite to eat in this troubled era will follow whoever they want.

And the combat effectiveness shown by the Jingzhou Navy Army made these Jiangdong Navy feel frightened, and some people with smart brains even had a premonition that Jiangdong was about to lose power, so one passed ten, ten passed hundred. Now that Liu Cong is attacking Chaisang, it is also a good choice for them to surrender. And Liu Cong has also urged Ma Liang to transfer the infantry originally prepared for siege warfare to the battlefield as soon as possible!

In fact, Liu Cong's refusal to negotiate peace was also expected by Lu Su, and it was Kan Ze's efforts to exchange a weak Liu Shang for Xu Sheng. After the two sides successfully exchanged prisoners, Lu Su immediately ordered the whole army to retreat. The sailors who had confronted each other on the Yangtze River all withdrew into the lake, relying on various water villages, intending to engage with Liu Cong. This is also Lu Su's established policy, even if he can't win, he must hold back, and he must not let Liu Cong quickly march into Wu County!

Liu Cong is not afraid of Lu Su fighting with him, because from the current number of sergeants and warships on both sides, Liu Cong has an absolute advantage, and the range and lethality of Zhuge Repeater's crossbow are also much stronger than Jiangdong's bow and crossbow, which can completely make up for the disadvantage of the headwind. But Lu Su chose to escape into the Lake District.

This Chaisang and Hukou Water Village are not the same, Hukou is just a narrow waterway connecting Poyang Lake to the Yangtze River, Guan Yu attacked, Zhou Tai is unable to hide! So it was quickly captured, and Jiang Qin was very familiar with this area, so all the Jiangdong naval forces, including Xu Sheng, survived and didn't even have time to report to Cheng Pu.

But this Chaisang is not comparable to the mouth of the lake, not to mention that the walls of the city and the surrounding moat protect Chaisang. And Chaisang is surrounded by a large area of water, the north and the Yangtze River between almost all of the lake area, Dachengmen Lake, Sai Lake, Qili Lake, Bali Lake almost occupy Chaisang to the Yangtze River ninety percent of the area. To the east and southeast is the vast Poyang Lake. The southwest is also a large lake area, and the south leads to Nanchang, the seat of Yuzhang County. Only to the west are the mountains.

With such a complex topography of the lake area, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others have been operating here for many years, and criss-crossing waters and water villages built by water abound. If the Jingzhou Navy rashly enters the lake area, it may face the danger of ambush on all sides! If you want to clear them one by one in a certain direction, it will take at least a few months to clear the waters north of Guangchaisang!

Therefore, Lu Su's retreat made it difficult for Liu Cong, and choosing to march cautiously left Lu Su time to calmly replenish new soldiers and ask Sun Quan for help. If you venture into the Lake District, you can pay a heavy price! It may even be difficult to continue eastward all of a sudden. Therefore, in addition to urging Liu Pan to speed up the capture of Nanchang, Liu Cong must also think of a good way to approach Chaisang as soon as possible. Only by crossing the lake area and approaching the city can the advantages of Jingzhou's naval army be reflected again!

After several days of rest and reconnaissance, Liu Cong decided to march to Chaisang in three directions at the same time, and Guan Yu led 10,000 men to set out from Hukou into the Poyang Lake area, looking for a suitable place to prepare for landing east of Chaisang. Gan Ning led 20,000 sailors to advance along the eastern shore of Bali Lake. Yu Ban led 10,000 infantry to cooperate on the land on the east side of Ganning. The rest of the sailors slowly drove into Saihu Lake, preparing to find a suitable camp in Saihu Lake.

As soon as he entered the Saihu Lake, Liu Cong realized how wise his decision was, and the vast lake was isolated by the countless wooden fences of the Jiangdong Water Army to create a narrow waterway with seven turns and eight bends. It looks like a fishing ground in later generations, and it is often a place where the waterway passes, and there are small concave water villages. The opening direction of each water village is different, and you have no idea which water village is hiding from enemy ships! Ships traveling in such waterways are better during the day, but at night, the consequences of being ambushed by enemy troops are unimaginable.

The tidal flats on both sides of the lake area are full of various sharp piles. A little further down the lake, there are rows of wooden fences that isolate the connection between the lake and the tidal flats, and also block the view from both sides! Ordinary small boats simply can't get close. Even large warships are in danger of getting stuck! Obviously, the Chaisang Navy has no fixed residence in Saihu. And the east and west banks were built by them, and the wooden walls that prevented the enemy from besieging the water from the land! Such a huge project will never be completed in a few years.

Liu Cong secretly sighed in his heart, fortunately, Guan Yu quickly captured the mouth of the lake. Otherwise, let Cheng Pu and Lu Su join forces, and fifty or sixty thousand Jiangdong naval troops are distributed on this vast lake, Liu Cong is afraid that he will be consumed here! Saihu Lake is already like this, so Bali Lake and Qili Lake must be similar. Liu Cong previously asked Yu Ban to pick up Guan Yu and Gan Ning on the shore, but I am afraid it will not play a role.

Seeing such a lake that was isolated into several areas, Liu Cong naturally did not dare to march too fast, but sent a small fishing boat to explore the way ahead. In just one morning, Liu Cong lost ten fishing boats and more than 500 former team members. These people were shot and killed by enemy troops who came out of nowhere in the morning when the lake was still misty. When the clouds cleared and the sun was at the top, the vast lake was unusually calm, and the calm was a little scary!

"My lord, the terrain of this lake is very complicated, and if our army advances gradually, I am afraid that we will suffer a big loss. And now that the east wind is in full swing, if the enemy sends a clipper into the waterway at night to burn our warship and the nearby water village, the consequences will be unimaginable! Although Fa Zheng is familiar with military books, this time he finally saw the talents of Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others. Jiangdong builds an army with water, and it is by no means a waste of fame! Although the Jingzhou Navy is well armed and has strong combat effectiveness, most of them were trained on the Yangtze River and the Han River, and very few have been to Hongze Lake to suppress bandits! Fighting on such a lake, it is a headwind, and after all, you will have to suffer a loss!

"Well, the order goes down, exit Saihu first, and send someone to inform Xingba and Wen Ze." The Jiangdong Army obviously occupied a favorable geographical position, and Liu Cong naturally did not dare to use force, and after searching Saihu for a morning, the whole army withdrew to the Yangtze River again. On the other hand, Gan Ning entered Bali Lake from the east. According to Liu Cong's plan, the cleansing of Bali Lake is Qili Lake, which is closer to Chaisang, and if his side is also smooth, it will gradually compress the activity space of Chaisang's water army.

If the Qili Lake and Saihu Lake of Gongwei Chaisang were taken by his own side, Liu Cong could inform Guan Yu to immediately go ashore from Poyang Lake and attack Chaisang City on both sides. Now that he has been forced to withdraw to the Yangtze River, Ganning over there must be very dangerous! Therefore, Liu Cong immediately sent someone to inform Gan Ning and Yu of the battle situation in the forbidden lake. Since the Jiangdong Navy has done a lot of homework in the Lake District, Liu Cong plans to change the previous deployment.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Liu Cong received a report from the other three sources. Guan Yu and Yu Ban went well, while the main force Gan Ning made slow progress as everyone expected, basically playing a game of hide and seek on the lake with the Jiangdong naval army, or waited until the afternoon to barely let 20,000 people and all the warships enter Bali Lake.

The layout of Bali Lake and Saihu Lake is almost the same, but fortunately, Bali Lake Race Lake is much smaller. Moreover, the shore foundation in the north is unconventional, about six miles of shore foundation is a straight line, there are no small islands or mountains protruding into the lake, and the line of sight is very open. Although Yu Ban could not pass through layers of wooden fences to give Gan Ning fire support, it was difficult to investigate along the lake. So before dark, the two of them gained a foothold on land and on the north shore of Bali Lake, respectively.

Yu Ban's land route is not in a hurry to march, because from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Chaisang City across the lake is about twenty miles, from the land although to bypass the Bali Lake, but it is only more than ten miles, if there is no blocking for a few hours to reach Chaisang, but if there is no cooperation of other roads, the lone army will not play a role. After Guan Yu entered Poyang Lake, he almost did not encounter resistance, and he thought that Lusu also shrank all the naval forces to the north of Chaisang, and the east probably focused on preventing Guan Yu from landing.

After receiving the information, Liu Cong immediately sent several warships to the fork of Bali Lake and Saihu Lake, Saihu Lake and Bali Lake both join the Yangtze River at the Cutting Cable, and there is about a mile of tidal flats in the middle, and then Yutu Mountain separates the two lakes, so Liu Cong sent people to guard the fork, which can not only prevent Lusu from sending people into the river to attack him, but also ensure that Gan Ning is not prepared for the enemy to sneak attack from the northwest out of Saihu.

The first day of temptation ended like this, but the result was unfavorable to Liu Cong's side, and it was obvious that Lu Su was planning to use delaying tactics. The complex topography of the lake area is conducive to the protection of the Chaisang water army. Liu Cong knew that at this moment, whether it was Lu Su or Sun Quan, who was far away in Wu County, he was afraid that he was constantly recruiting and training soldiers!