"Hahaha..."

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "General Bai Qi, you may not know Zhang Fei, this person is brave and brave, without any strategy, thinking that with 100,000 troops, he can defeat our army, so he transferred all the troops." It's normal that you can conquer Gangneung. ”

"I hope so..."

The two set up an ambush on Jiyang Mountain, waiting for the fleeing enemy army.

Soon after, tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops were driven to the vicinity of Jiyang Mountain by Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba, and were ambushed by Bai Qi and Zhang Liao, killing 4,000 enemies and capturing 50,000. All of them were escorted to Gangneung to stand by.

From beginning to end, I didn't see Zhang Fei.

Maybe even Zhuge Liang couldn't have imagined that Zhang Fei would be stupid enough to leave an empty city for Bai Qi, and then the 100,000 troops under his command were all captured by the enemy before they crossed Jiangling.

In other words, Lu Bu's army would not go to Changbanpo and White Emperor City at all.

In the evening.

Lü Bu, Wei Yan and Liang Hongyu led their troops to Jiangling.

Zhang Liao reported the results.

"In this battle, our army fought bravely to kill the enemy, beheaded 20,000 and captured 50,000... Although Zhang Fei was not captured, he occupied the fortified Jiangling City, and leveled Jingzhou for our army, and achieved a favorable situation. ”

Zhang Liao did not mention the fight between Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba.

Both were grateful.

Lu Bu unfolded the map and said, "Zhuge Liang is the best at strategy, and he will never give us Jiangling City for nothing..." ”

"What the lord said is very true."

Bai Qi said: "The last general also suspects that Zhuge Liang is cheating." ”

Lu Bu asked, "Have you searched the city carefully?" Looking at the buildings near the barracks and on both sides of the street, are there any pre-planted fire oils? ”

Bai Qi said: "The last general has already sent someone to search, but nothing has been found. ”

Lu Budao: "This is strange, there are no ambushes in the city, and the outside of the city is open, and there will be no ambushes." Could it be that Zhang Fei was reckless and lost Jiangling City? ”

"The last general has long said that Zhuge Liang uses Zhang Fei to defend the city, even if the city is strong, it will be lost. Our army occupies Jiangling, can be attacked, retreated can be defended, even if Zhuge Liang is clever, it will be useless. Zhang Liao said with a smile.

"The last general asks for orders to be stationed in Gangneung." Bai Qi arched his hand.

"Gangneung is important, but it doesn't need too many troops to garrison it. You should come with me to attack Xiangyang. As for Gangneung City.... Lu Bu glanced at the generals in the hall and said, "Red jade." ”

"Yes." Liang Hongyu stepped forward.

Lu Budao: "Leave the cavalry and chariots under your command to Bai Qi to command." You only lead 20,000 foot soldiers, can you hold Gangneung? ”

"Yes!"

"Okay, that's it." Lu Bu rolled up the map and said, "Two days later, except for Liang Hongyu's 20,000 foot soldiers, all the armies rushed to Xiangyang to fight Zhuge Liang. ”

"No."

Zhang Fei returned to Xiangyang City and reported to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang trembled angrily...

"General Zhang, you... Alas! Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang were so angry that they really wanted to rush forward and slap Zhang Fei twice. The dignified army of 100,000 was all wiped out before it could happen, and Gangneung City was lost by the way.

Zhuge Liang said: "Yide, do you know what you are wrong with? ”

"I know, I shouldn't have attacked the camp." Zhang Fei hugged his fists and said: "Please give me another chance, I will..." ”

"You still want to command the troops?" Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang's eyes widened.

Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "You go down first, and reflect and reflect." ”

"No."

Zhang Fei also knew that it was not appropriate to ask for battle at this time, so he made a gesture towards Zhuge Liang and slowly retreated.

Kuai Yue couldn't help but said angrily: "I said a long time ago that Zhang Fei is brave and unscrupulous, and he is overwhelmed. Strategist, you... Alas, why did you send him to garrison Jiangling, now that Jiangling City is lost, it is equivalent to my Jingzhou losing the barrier, how to resist Lu Bu? ”

"Yide has no plan, how can I not know?"

Zhuge Liang said: "My original intention... He was sent to garrison Jiangling and attack Lü Bu's military camp without receiving any orders. In this way, it is not easy for Lu Bu to see through my plan to lure the enemy. As long as Yide is defeated and retreats to Jiangling, or Jiangling is lost and retreats to Changbanpo, our hundreds of thousands of troops in ambush in the southwest will bite Lu Bu to the death and drive him to the White Emperor City. ”

"But I didn't expect that Yide did not send troops to stay in Jiangling, and gave Jiangling, which was fortified by the city, to Lu Bu for nothing. After the defeat, he did not retreat to Nagasaka Slope and returned to Xiangyang alone.... ”

Zhuge Liang took a deep breath, shook his head, and said, "I miscalculated, I shouldn't have sent him to defend the city." ”

After listening to Zhuge Liang's explanation, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang both forgave Zhuge Liang.

Kuai Liang said: "Military Division, now that Jiangling City has been lost, Lu Bu will definitely come to Xiangyang, you have to quickly come up with a strategy to defend against the enemy." ”

"Of course there is a way to defend against the enemy."

Zhuge Liang unfolded the map, pointed to the southwest, and said: "As long as Lu Bu's army leaves Jiangling and enters the territory of Xiangyang, I will order Ma Chao, Pang De, and Hu Che'er to counterattack Jiangling as quickly as possible." Then transfer Ma Dai's army and garrison Yicheng, forming a rivalry with me. Then he ordered Nanyang County to guard Guan Yu, shrink the defense, and send 100,000 troops back to reinforce and garrison the county. In this way, Lu Bu's army will be besieged in Xiangyang and surrounded by enemies on all sides. ”

"Okay." Kuai Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the battle of Jiangling was lost, there were still 500,000 troops in Jingzhou for Zhuge Liang to deploy. Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang both believed that with Zhuge Liang's strategy, they would be able to win and drive Lü Bu out of Jingzhou.

But they didn't know that there were no more 500,000 troops in Jingzhou. The 60,000 sailors originally stationed in Dongting Lake, and the 40,000 elites in Xiangyang and Nanyang were all taken away by Zhao Yun. At this time, Jingzhou had only 400,000 untrained recruits.

Jiaozhou.

Nanhai County.

After more than a month of fierce fighting, Zhou Yu's navy suffered heavy losses and was forced to land.

Hundreds of warships docked at the only port in Nanhai County.

Xu Shu got down from the warship and said, "General Gan, your task has been completed, go back to Jiangxia County." ”

"What? I haven't caught Zhou Yu yet, eliminated Sun Ce... ”

"This is a matter for my First Army."

Gan Ning said in embarrassment: "Mr. Yuanzhi, I have been preparing for more than a year in order to crusade against Jiangdong, and now that the battle has just begun, how can I go?" I must kill Jiaozhi and capture Sun Ce alive! ”

"Do you think I'm fighting with you?"

"Isn't it?"

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and said: "My first army, there are too many loads, eight-horse chariots and red-clothed cannons, it is impossible to bring them to Jiaozhi, you are responsible for sending them back to Jiangxia." If you go with me to Cochin, what will happen to these tanks and artillery? Just throw it here? ”

Gan Ning looked back at the heavy warship that was pressed by the cannons, and complained: "The lord is too, how to use these cannons... If it weren't for the weight I carried too much, I would have beaten Zhou Yu a long time ago. ”

"Don't complain, cannons have the role of cannons, and you'll know later."

Gan Ning thought about it and said reluctantly: "Okay, I'll go back to Jiangxia." ”

"That's right. As long as I can occupy Jiaozhou, I will recommend you to the lord to be the governor of Jiaozhou, and have full authority to handle the military affairs of Jiaozhou. ”

"Thank you, sir." Gan Ning knew that Lu Bu had already sent him to garrison Jiaozhou, but he lost the battle with Zhou Yu last time, so he didn't mention it again.

Not long after, Xu Shu sent soldiers from an infantry regiment to escort the chariots and artillery back to Jiangxia with Gan Ning. He led the rest of the troops and went straight to Panyu, the seat of Nanhai County.

(End of chapter)