The next day, when the sun rose, the blood-red surface of Gutang Water Village looked particularly dazzling under the sunlight. And the lake and land are littered with corpses and countless severed limbs. Liu Cong was reluctant to reminisce when he saw this scene, and he really hoped that it had not happened. But reason told him that this was a process that had to be experienced, and that every overlord had endless corpses on the road to success.

Last night's night attack alone was undoubtedly a success, killing 7,000 enemies and taking more than 4,000 prisoners, with only a few a few hundred escaping from the encirclement. The enemy general Xu Sheng was captured again. By the time he was captured, Xu Sheng had fallen in a pool of blood and could not stand. But Liu Cong still couldn't be happy, not because the main general Han Dang escaped, but because of the news from Saihu!

It turned out that in the second half of last night, Lu Su learned that Gutang was besieged by Liu Cong's heavy troops, and knew that it was too late to rescue, so he immediately ordered all the sailors in Saihu Lake and Qili Lake to attack, and the target was Jiang Qin, who was stationed at the mouth of Saihu Lake! Liu Cong's night attack on Gutang has an absolute superiority in troops, and the same Chaisang naval army also has an absolute advantage in attacking Jiang Qin at night, and the terrain is very familiar. This is also due to the geographical advantage, the north of Chaisang is the lake area, and from Chaisang to Gutang there are forty or fifty miles, and to the north to the entrance of the Yangtze River is only twenty miles.

For a night attack, it is undoubtedly to gather superior forces to deal a fatal blow to the enemy at the first time. Therefore, Lu Su gave up rescuing Gutang, and instead took the risk of attacking Jiang Qinbu from the lake.

The result of the battle can be imagined, Jiang Qin fled in disarray after resisting for an hour, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and only 3,000 of the 10,000 Jingzhou naval troops led by Jiang Qin fled back to the temporary camp at Hukou. I think most of them were buried at the bottom of the lake or taken prisoner! Liu Cong was in a cold sweat when he heard this, fortunately the Chaisang Navy did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, otherwise maybe Hukou would fall into the hands of the Chaisang Navy again.

The location of Hukou was undoubtedly a lifeline for the Jingzhou Navy to fight in the lake, and Hukou hoarded most of the grain and grass for this crusade...... Of course, Lu Su is not the kind of reckless person, even if he can take Hukou again, but at this time Chaisang is already an empty city, Liu Cong only needs to intercept it halfway, and then wait for Huo Jun and Liu Pan to enter the city easily!

So after hearing the news, Liu Cong sent Guan Yu back to guard the lake mouth as soon as possible, there are no special circumstances, Liu Cong is not going to risk the lives of tens of thousands of people, so Guan Yu must gain a firm foothold in the lake like a nail. In addition to the Chaisang Navy that may run long distances at any time, there are also Jiangdong reinforcements that may come at any time, and the pressure can be imagined!

Because of the hard fighting all night, except for a few soldiers on duty, most of the Jingzhou soldiers fell asleep at this moment, although they may have the corpses of their comrades or enemies beside them, but no one cared about all this. They are indeed too tired! Liu Cong didn't bother them either, because according to the original plan, this team, as the main force of the siege, had to arrive at Chaisang in the afternoon!

Liu Cong also had to sigh that Lu Su was worthy of being the governor of Jiangdong, and if reinforcements were sent from Chaisang to fight with Liu Cong, it would be what Liu Cong was most willing to see. Whether it is 10,000 or 20,000, destroying Chaisang's living forces in the field is a big advantage for the besieging side. But instead of doing this, Lu Su used his strengths to launch a surprise attack in the northern lake area!

The large lake area north of Chaisang was taboo for Liu Cong and all the Jingzhou soldiers, and Lu Su chose this place as the starting place of the battle, in order to boost his morale and strike at the enemy as much as possible. In fact, it has also received good results, at least in terms of the number of enemies killed, Jiangdong, who passively responded to the battle, did not lose to Liu Cong. Of course, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of the northern part of Chaisang through this battle, and if the Jingzhou Navy sets foot in this lake area again, I am afraid that there will be palpitations!

Jiang Qin was dispersed, and Liu Cong's plan to encircle Chaisang on all sides failed, so he naturally couldn't be happy. However, fortunately, Gutang was successfully taken, counting the strong attack on Hukou, the total number of soldiers who ambushed Cheng Pu and lost in Saihu Lake exceeded 20,000, and Liu Cong only brought 50,000 sailors when he set out, and later incorporated 4,000 people in Jiangdong. In order to defend the mouth of the lake, Liu Cong left Guan Yu with 15,000 people, and only 20,000 of the remaining headquarters had combat effectiveness! Coupled with the 10,000 people Huo Jun came from the land, Liu Pan didn't know how many people he had transferred from the south.

According to intelligence and Liu Cong's judgment, there are probably about 20,000 people left in the Chaisang amphilarium, but there may be more new recruits. Therefore, attacking Chaisan is a very difficult task! However, fortunately, in land battles, the weapon superiority of the Jingzhou soldiers was able to be brought into play, and the familiarity of the Chaisang naval army with the lake area was neutralized. With the fact that Chaisang has been basically cut off from the outside world, it is unknown how determined the soldiers in the city will be.

After breakfast, Yu Ban came to Liu Cong's temporary camp with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, Han Dang has been captured!" ”

"Han Dang? Didn't he run away? Liu Cong gave an order after the war, after all, he was too close to Chaisang, and stopped the pursuit in line with the principle of poor Kou Mo chasing and reducing losses. Those who fled for their lives on the battlefield were really dead, the other side fled hundreds of people, and if they wanted to capture them, they would have to lose several times before they could do it.

"There is an army under the last general...... Yu Ban didn't dare to take credit, so he informed Liu Cong of the previous deployment. This Han Dang didn't know how he escaped from the battlefield, and when he found that the enemy was not pursuing, he couldn't help but thank God for treating him well. Xu Sheng exchanged himself for Han Dang's freedom. Although Han Dang is exhausted at the moment, as long as he returns to Chaisang, he will definitely be able to rescue Xu Sheng. But how did he know that waiting for him and dozens of personal soldiers were thousands of Jingzhou soldiers, and these Jingzhou soldiers had opened a distance of nearly a mile on both sides of the road passing through Chaisang, just to prevent the enemy from escaping. Seeing that Han Dang was just bringing dozens of personal soldiers, the military marquis was immediately happy. This is almost a roasted duck delivered to your door! And when the ambush soldiers came out, Han Dang and his personal soldiers no longer had the strength to fight, so they had to be captured obediently!

"Wen Ze, this matter is well done, then Han Dang is a fierce general like Zhou Tai, if he is allowed to escape back to Chaisang, my army is afraid that it will have to pay extra for everyone. And that military marquis is not bad, so let's promote him to a battalion Sima as you said. "Being able to capture Han Dang at least gives him an extra bargaining chip when exchanging prisoners with Lu Su. Jiang Qin has not returned so far, and he is afraid that he will be captured by the enemy, and now Xu Sheng is dying, and it is difficult to say whether he can resist it.

The Chai Sang Army could do without Xu Sheng, but for Liu Cong and the Jingzhou Water Army, Jiang Qin's experience was very valuable! This Chaisan is only the first step to pacify Jiangdong, if Jiang Qin cannot be rescued, then he can only risk letting Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin come to the front line. After all, a person who knows Jiangdong well may be worth tens of thousands of troops! The last time Guan Yu was able to successfully ambush Cheng Pu, it was thanks to Jiang Qin's careful pursuit after the battle, and all the heralds, including Xu Sheng, were intercepted!

Of course, Liu Cong hoped that Jiang Qin would hide and return to Hukou by himself. In this way, with two Jiangdong generals in his hands, the Jingzhou sailors who were captured last night can return safely. Otherwise, he can only exchange Han Dang for Jiang Qin, which is obviously not what Liu Cong wants to see. Han Dangzhiyong saw it last night, if such a tiger general can return to Chaisang again, it will be like a tiger for Lu Su!

Liu Cong said that he was worried, but Lu Su was in a hurry! Although the night attack ambushed Jiang Qin successfully, Jiang Qin was not captured, and his subordinates were not completely annihilated, and from the strategic position, although a knife hanging north of Chaisang was removed, the east gate was kicked open by Liu Cong!

Since the start of the war, Jiangdong has lost Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai, two top generals, and now Han Dang and Xu Sheng have not returned, and eighty percent have fallen into the hands of the enemy. In this way, even if Lu Su can recruit new soldiers in Chaisang City, there will be no one to bring him! And what Lu Su is most worried about is Liu Pan and Zhang Jaw in the south. The two are only brave, and only people like Han Dang and Zhou Tai can resist.

You must know that along the way, Liu Pan's team from Linxiang to Nanchang is fighting more and more. This time, he got rid of Lu Meng and came to Chaisang to assist Liu Cong in attacking the city, and this team alone was enough for Lu Su to have a headache. The Chaisang garrison was different from Nanchang in that most of the Nanchang were land infantry, while Chaisang was mostly a naval army. The navy has an incomparable advantage on the water, but it is slightly inferior to the ordinary infantry in the battle of defending the city. And Liu Pan has 35,000 people, even if he is pursued by Lu Meng, Liu Pan and Zhang Jaw are one of them who is free to lead 10,000 to 15,000 people, although they can't win, but it is enough to block Lu Meng!

At this time, there was also an undercurrent surging in Chaisang City. Many famous families sent people to ask Lu Su several times a day, whether this Chaisang could hold it. The implication is that if they can't hold them, they will be ready to run away, or simply let Lu Su open the city and surrender. These people are not ordinary people, Lu Su can't help them at this time, when Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, he offended them a lot. Now that the catastrophe is at hand, they are already very worthy of Lu Su if they don't rise up to rebel.

And once these people have the heart to flee, it will definitely affect the morale of the Chaisang defenders. Most of these soldiers were related to the people of the city! Therefore, Lu Su had to patiently explain to them patiently, fortunately, the attack was successful last night, otherwise the assassins would have been unable to pass in front of the Governor's Mansion. Sometimes it's so simple for the common people, and since the governor has won the battle, then they just stay honest. If they had known that the city of Chaisan would face a three-sided attack on land......

Of course, what worried Lu Su more was Liu Xuan's former subordinates, and he didn't know who leaked the news, and most of the people in Chaisang City knew that Liu Xuanshi's third son was appointed by the imperial court as the county guard of Yuzhang. However, Lu Su was locked up, and Sun Quan was even the king of Wu County, which led to the arrival of the imperial army in the city. And after a few battles, the Jiangdong side lost its troops and lost its generals, so that those speculators also saw the opportunity! They secretly organized forces in the name of rescuing Liu Taishou and waited for the opportunity to start an incident.

In order to guard against the city, Lu Su had no choice but to send people from a limited number of defenders to patrol the streets and search! The sailors who participated in the night attack last night also retreated to the north of Chaisang City, leaving only 5,000 men stationed on the lake and ready to support the city at any time. The rest returned to Chaisan and waited for it.