The next day, Xu Huang led the main force to the west bank of Yinshui, and the two armies confronted each other across the river, and no one could help anyone for the time being.

After several days of long-distance marching, the army was already sleepy, Xu Huang did not give an order to immediately force the crossing of the hidden water, and ordered to set up camp on the west bank of the hidden water, while resting, while thinking about the way to break the enemy.

That night, Huang Zhong and Liao Hua, who had solved the remnants of the enemy in Haoyang, led their troops to Yinshui to join Xu Huang, and the defense of Haoyang was handed over to the 3,000 officers and soldiers of the division directly under the First Field Corps who remained outside Haoyang City in accordance with the prior agreement.

Knowing that the two of them actually staged a trick and solved the enemy of Haoyang at a very small cost and at a very fast speed, Xu Huang couldn't help but praise the two of them.

It's a pity that even the independent infantry division, one of the most powerful units of the Shu army, has no good way to face the hidden water. Although the hidden water is not wide, and the original turbulent water flow has been eased by the flat terrain, most of the river sections are not deeper than the heads of adults, and the river channel that has not been cleaned for many years is full of silt, and in the face of the defense of tens of thousands of Yuan troops, it is obviously not an easy task to cross the river by attack.

When Xu Huang was blocked in the hidden water, Gao Shun was triumphant all the way.

The enemy of Xiping saw thousands of cavalry of the Second Cavalry Division galloping around the city, and immediately knew the current affairs and surrendered to Kaicheng. Gao Shun left a thousand soldiers to defend Xiping, and incorporated the garrison of the Central Plains of the city into the army, so that all the Shu army was responsible for guarding Xiping, so there was no need to worry about the surrender of the army, and the surrender army left Xiping, and did not dare to make the slightest change under the surveillance of tens of thousands of Shu troops. At the same time, these surrendered troops were also good lobbyists and role models, and with their statements, the defenders of other towns were more likely to believe in the guarantees of the Shu army, so they voluntarily surrendered to the Shu army.

The defenders of Dingying were persuaded by the defenders of Xiping to surrender to the Shu army. Gao Shun adopted the same method as Xiping, transferred all the defenders into the army, and the Shu army was responsible for defending Dingying, but Dingying's position was much more important than Xiping, so Gao Shun left 3,000 soldiers stationed just in case.

After occupying Dingying, Gao Shun divided his troops again and ordered Xu Dingzhi's Second Cavalry Division to use the high mobility of the cavalry to march to Qiang and Xihua, and cross Yingshui to enter the territory of Chen State. In order not to delay time, all the counties passing through do not need to be ignored, with the fastest speed to enter the country, besiege Changping, Fule, Yangxia three counties, after besieging the three counties can surrender the enemy, but it is strictly forbidden to attack without authorization. Gao Shun wanted to use the cavalry to enclose the territory first, so that Cao Cao knew that the Array State was already the spoils of Shu, and there was no chance if you wanted to come to get a piece of the pie, unless you were willing to launch a full-scale war with Shu. Worried that Xu Ding's troops were not enough, Gao Shun used the war horses collected by Xiping and Dingying and some of the horses to gather 2,000 horses, and allocated 2,000 soldiers who could ride horses from the 10th Guanhai Infantry Division to move with Gao Shun.

Gao Shun led the rest of the departments and went straight to Zhaoling and Yinqiang.

The defenders of Zhaoling refused to surrender, and also insulted Liu Zhang, Gao Shun was furious and ordered the First Independent Infantry Brigade to storm Zhaoling.

The 1st Independent Infantry Brigade suppressed the Yuan army on the city wall with a crossbow, relying on the whole body of strong armor and using ten ladders, it only took half an hour to attack the city.

After attacking the city, the officers and soldiers of the first independent brigade did not entangle with the enemy, drove away the Yuan army at the city gate with the devastating momentum, cut off the latch of the door and let the main force of the Shu army enter the city, and in another half an hour, the 1,500 Yuan army was annihilated more than 900 people, more than 400 prisoners, about 100 Yuan troops were missing, and the Yuan army defending the city was also cut off by the Shu army.

The officers and soldiers of Yuan Xiping and Dingying Yuan, who followed the Shu army to act together, looked at all this, and couldn't help but feel glad for their wise choice, if they were hot-headed and did not agree to the persuasion of the Shu army, I am afraid that they and the ending would not be better than Zhaoling.

After Gao Shun rested for the night in Zhaoling, before dawn the next day, he led his troops straight to Yinqiang. Yinqiang Yuan Jun looked at the neat Shu army, and knew very well that the Shu army could not be stopped with the troops in the city, and saw the head of the Zhaoling guard, and then there was the persuasion of Xiping and Dingying Yuan Jun to surrender to the generals, and after realizing that the surrender and the battle were completely different, Kaicheng surrendered to Gaoshun very happily.

Then, Gao Shun left Pei Yuanshao to be responsible for the defense of Yinqiang, Zhaoling, Dingying, and Xiping, and he personally led the remaining 22,000 soldiers and horses (including Yinqiang and other places to surrender the army) into the land of Chen......

After Lei Bo withdrew his troops from Shucheng, after four days of rapid marching, he finally arrived at the shore of Shishui, but unfortunately there were huge ships on Shishui that blocked his way.

Gan Ning stabbed horizontally on the bow of a ship, and let Lei Bo fight him in high spirits. This move couldn't help but make Lei Bo scold, I don't even have a bamboo raft, how can I come to fight with you? There is no such thing as bullying people!

After Lei Bo sulked, he sent a small group of cavalry to search along the water and downstream to see if there was a chance to cross the river. It's a pity that the news of the scout's return is disappointing, the two teams of scouts and cavalry walked dozens of miles each, but they didn't see a little hope, not only the Shu military ships were cruising on the river, but even many fishing boats also helped the Shu army monitor the movement of the river. The scout who went downstream was seen by a small fishing boat when he was checking the depth of a shoal, and immediately sounded a gong to report to the Shu army, and after a while, a Shu military ship came......

"Gan Ning'er, I have a lot of appetite, I want to swallow me all in one bite, and I am not afraid of breaking my teeth......" Lei Bo couldn't help but resent Gan Ning's boldness, of course, if he and Gan Ning's positions were reversed, he would also not easily let the prey that was about to go.

Lei Bo thought of those Diao people who were fighting for the tiger, if it was before, he would have ordered them all to be arrested one by one, the house should be raided, the prisoner should be imprisoned, and if the mood was a little worse, the head should be killed! But what can he do now? Wasting precious arrows at those fishing boats, or spitting at them?

Lei Bo, who had nothing to do, set up camp five miles away from Shishui and slowly looked for a way to break the enemy.

Lei Bo has not yet come up with a plan to break the enemy, Lu Su and Zhang Liao have already led the army to arrive, and they set up a camp on the west, east and south sides of Lei Bo's camp overnight, and besieged Lei Bo heavily, so that all Lei Bo's hopes of breaking through the siege have come to naught.

That night, Gan Ning went ashore to meet Lu Su and discuss a way to break the enemy.

Zhang Liao said: "Lei Bo must not be allowed to escape, once he escapes back to Shouchun, it will greatly increase Shouchun's strength, and when our army wants to break Shouchun, I don't know how many soldiers' lives will have to pay!" ”

Gan Ning laughed confidently and said: "Wen Yuan rest assured, my first fleet of the navy is like an iron lock across the river, Lei Bo wants to cross Shishui, unless he puts a pair of wings on everyone, otherwise I will let him lead these tens of thousands of remnants to sink to Shishui to feed Wang Ba!" ”

Wu Yi said: "Lei Bo does not have a naval army in his hands, and it is almost impossible to break through General Gan's defense line, but our army's infantry is insufficient, will Lei Bo force our army's ground defense line, break through and go back along the water supply, bypass the source of the water and return to Shouchun." ”

Lu Su nodded and said: "It's not impossible, Lei Bo hurriedly withdrew his troops from Shu County, carrying insufficient supplies, unable to withstand his consumption for a few days, through fighting with him in Shu County, I think he is a very strategic and ambitious person, he will definitely not sit here and wait for the food to run out, he will definitely find a way to get out of the encirclement of our army and escape back to Shouchun!" Our army has only 35,000 troops, and the naval army in Xingba's hands has to blockade Shishui, and he can't draw many troops to fight ashore, if Lei Bo rushes at any cost, it is very likely to break out of our encirclement, don't forget, he has 50,000 or 60,000 horses in his hands. ”

Li Daodao: "In that case, why didn't he act earlier, but waited for our army to besiege him?" ”