Lou Gui led the army in a hurry, and it took only four days to reach Yiling, so that the army could be arrayed outside the city.

Chen Ji only arranged 300 people in Yiling, and when they saw Lou Gui suddenly appear outside the city, these people were stunned, thinking that Jiangling had been lost. Seeing the fierce and murderous enemy outside the city, they had no fighting spirit at all. Lou Gui sent people to persuade him to surrender, and without much difficulty, the Yidao defenders laid down their weapons. They were not Chen Ji's subordinates in the first place, but local soldiers, and it didn't matter who occupied Nanjun, as long as it didn't affect their lives. Chen Ji, the Nanjun Taishou, has been in office for nearly a year, and he has not left a good impression on them, and they are not interested in working for Chen Ji.

Lou Guibing took over Yiling bloodlessly, and then reorganized the defense. At the same time, he sent the military marquis Panhua to lead 200 people to Wuxian to garrison. If Yizhou has the intention of attacking, don't engage them in battle, just send the news back. As for Wu County, if you can keep it, if you can't keep it, give up, and withdraw it as safely as possible. Yiling is the real fortress, as long as Yiling is held, the people of Yizhou will not want to enter the hinterland of Nanjun and affect the battle situation in Jiangling.

Pan Hua took the order and left.

Pan Hua was originally a ranger who followed Xu Chu. After Xu Chu followed Sun Ce, Pan Hua followed Xu Ding to Nanyang Lecture Hall for further study. He has good martial arts and is also clever, but he doesn't practice battle formations. After further study, he received formal training in battle formations, and he stood out, graduated with excellent grades, and successfully became a Qu military marquis, commanding 200 people. He used the training methods he learned to train his troops, and unlike those colleagues who were purely out of the army, the experience of following Xu Chu made him more aware of how to motivate his subordinates, and also allowed him to have a small savings, and the strength to reward his subordinates from time to time to boost morale.

After several proofreadings, he has become well-known and has become a reserve force for key training. This time, Lou Gui let him lead a single one, which was to give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. As long as he successfully completes the task, he will have the opportunity to rise one more level and become a fake lieutenant and enter the sequence of a mid-level officer.

Pan Hua conveyed the purpose and importance of this mission to his subordinates, rewarded him with wine and meat, and then ordered each person to bring only three days' dry food in addition to the necessary weapons and equipment, that is, if they could not reach the next county town within three days, they would be hungry. Rushing to Zigui, not only can you eat a full meal, but also enjoy a day, and then rush to Wuxian.

There are only more than 100 miles from Yiling to Zigui, but this section is full of steep mountain roads, and the Xiling Gorge in the Three Gorges of Changsha is in this section. A normal march would take at least five or six days, but Pan Hua didn't have that much time, and he had to rush to Wuxian as soon as possible.

The soldiers agreed to their promises and set out on the journey after a little preparation. Pan Hua walked on foot like an ordinary soldier, carrying his own weapons and equipment and dry food, packed his line, and galloped on two legs. In order to prepare for this battle, Zhou Yu organized many mountain marching trainings, and at this time the results were seen, these soldiers rushed on the mountain road at a speed of more than half of the ordinary county soldiers, and the two locals who were the guides were dumbfounded.

Three days later, Pan Hua arrived in Zigui as scheduled, and after resting for a day and replenishing supplies, they hurried again and spent another three days rushing to Wuxian. After arriving in Wu County, he was rewarded as usual, and then took over the defense of Wu County, he let the fake army Hou Beitang Yu stay in Wu County, and he even rushed to the vicinity of Yufu with a few elites to inquire about the news. I don't know if I don't know it, but when I look at the large number of warships near Yufu, Pan Hua knows that he has earned it this time, and the fake lieutenant is already in his waist.

He immediately ordered someone to send the news back to Yiling while preparing for war.

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Zhao Wei stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the surging river, full of emotion, and groaned softly.

Shen Mi and Gan Ning stood not far away, and when they heard Zhao Wei's poetry, they quietly glanced at each other, revealing disdainful eyes. Liu Yan learned of the civil strife in Jingzhou and wanted to win in the chaos, so he appointed Zhao Wei as the general of the expedition to the east. Zhao Wei was originally a state official, because he was attached to Liu Yan and was not promoted, he was inevitably a little proud, and from time to time he had to chant two poems to help the fun, but he was stationed in Yufu for half a month, but he did not enter the army.

They don't understand what Zhao Wei is waiting for, will Liu Yan send more people? They asked Zhao Wei, but Zhao Wei pretended to be mysterious and refused to say, which made them very unhappy.

"Xingba, have you read the book, can you understand what he is talking about?"

"What else can you read, Hang Gubei." Gan Ning stretched out his hand and broke off a piece of bamboo from the canopy, crushed it between his fingers, picked out a tooth, and threw the rest into the river, and the river swirled and disappeared. "No matter how much you read, it's useless, it's shameless. Jia Long and Wang Xian are all his old acquaintances, they died so unjustly, and they didn't see him fart, and now they still have spiritual poetry to write, which is really heartless. ”

"Xingba, be quiet." Shen Mi hurriedly reached out to cover Gan Ning's mouth. "People under the low eaves have to bow their heads, beware of misfortune coming out of their mouths."

"Afraid of a bird! It's a big deal to be a thief, and you can get away with it. Gan Ning pushed Shen Mi's hand away and spat fiercely. Naiong couldn't swallow this breath, and sooner or later he would kill this thief. Zhongguang, if you are cowardly, stay away from Naiweng, so as not to be implicated by Naiweng. ”

Shen Mi smiled bitterly: "Xingba, do you think I don't feel sorry for Jia Long and Wang Xian, my life was saved by Jia Long." If it weren't for him, I would have been hacked to death by a moth thief. It's just that revenge needs to be carefully planned and should not be publicized. Besides, it's Liu Yan who we want to kill, not Zhao Wei, what are you angry with him. ”

Gan Ning looked at Shen Mi and grinned, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth. "Naion's temper, you didn't know it on the first day."

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you, take care of your stinky mouth."

Gan Ning was about to say more, when Zhao Wei suddenly turned around and beckoned to Gan Shen and the others. Gan Ning and Shen Mi exchanged a look, walked over, jumped on Zhao Wei's boat, and bowed his hand.

"What does the general command?"

"Xingba, you have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for many years, and there are many athletes under you, I want to ask you to go to Wuxian to investigate, are you willing to do it?"

Gan Ningjian's eyebrows shrugged slightly. "Didn't you just inquire a few days ago, there is no garrison in Wuxian, only Yiling has 300 people, if the general is willing to enter, I am afraid that he has already arrived in Jiangling at this moment."

"Xingba, although you are brave, you don't know how to use soldiers." Zhao Wei smiled slightly: "A gentleman sees the opportunity to do it, and he doesn't want to live all day." The timing of this march is not early, nor is it too late. It's early, Chen Ji will do his best to deal with us, but let Zhou Yu take advantage. It's late, Zhou Yu took Jiangling, and it was useless for us to go. It is to take advantage of the fact that when they are both defeated, we suddenly appear in order to take advantage of the fisherman. According to the calculation of the news received, Zhou Yu should be under the city of Jiangling at this moment, and he will soon attack the city. ”

Gan Ning disagreed, muttered a sentence of "scholar's opinion", and didn't bother to argue with Zhao Wei, nodding in agreement. He turned away, returned to his ship, gathered his men, hoisted his peculiar sails, and sailed down the water, soon disappearing into the shadows of the mountains.