Su Zhe didn't know the importance of Baqiu, you know, he had a fierce confrontation with Liu Biao along the Yangtze River back then.

"Since Baqiu is so important, King Wei, should we lead the army south and go straight to Jiangling, and then go east along the river to Baqiu to reinforce that Gan Xingba." Ju Yi proposed.

Su Zhe looked at the map, and Ju Yi's words seemed to be the best choice in this situation.

"Husband, I think it's better for us to take Xiakou City directly and copy Lu Meng's back road!"

Pang Tong, who had been silent, suddenly offered her clever plan.

In the lobby, all the generals looked awe-inspired.

Huang Zhong immediately said: "What Mrs. Pang said is a coincidence, since Lu Meng left half of the soldiers and horses to guard Xiakou, he must prevent our army from attacking Xiakou, how can we easily succeed." ”

Deng Ai also said: "General Huang is reasonable, then Lu Meng has sent Huang Gai to lead the naval army north into the Han River, captured the Hanjin Crossing, and can defend Xiakou from the water." As for the land, Lu Meng has also set up many checkpoints, and it is almost impossible for us to hide from their ears and eyes and attack Xiakou by surprise. ”

Su Zhe's eyes swept across the map, and what Huang Zhong and Deng Ai said was indeed right.

Xiakou City is located on the east bank of the Han River, the confluence triangle on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and there are only three ways to capture Xiakou.

One way was to take a boat from Gangneung down the river to the east, land from the south of Xiakou, and launch an attack.

This road has been blocked by Lu Meng, and it is obviously impassable.

The second route was to take a boat from Xiangyang, go south along the Han River, and land on the west side of Xiakou City to attack.

The key to this road lies in the water army.

It's just that at present, most of the naval warships in Jingzhou are concentrated in the area of Jiangling Baqiu, and there are not enough warships available in Xiangyang.

What's more, even if there are enough warships, but Su Zhe's most advantageous naval army and naval army general Gan Ning are still fighting against Lü Meng on the Yangtze River, what can he use to defeat Hanjin's Huanggai naval army and open up the passage to Xiakou in the south.

This last route is to take the land route south from Xinye, along the road on the east bank of the Han River, and run north of Xiakou from the land.

This way, Su Zhe wants infantry to have infantry, and cavalry to have cavalry, which belongs to his advantageous road.

The problem is that Lu Meng is not stupid, and he has set up many checkpoints along the way, so he is on guard against his long-distance attack.

Once the strategy was leaked and Xiakou City got the news in advance, Ling Cao would definitely strengthen his vigilance and defense, and his surprise attack would lose its meaning.

If he couldn't take Xiakou within seven or eight days, Sun Ce's follow-up reinforcements would arrive in Xiakou, and the situation would be completely different at that time.

Huang Zhong and Deng Ai can see the pros and cons of this, how can Pang Tong not see how resourceful he is.

Su Zhe's eyes moved, and he asked: "Tong'er, since you proposed this plan, I'm afraid it won't be so simple, let's talk about your real plan." ”

"Those who know children, husbands also."

Pang Tong stood up, walked to the map, and drew a line between Xiangyang and Xiakou with his hands, "We won't take the three roads to capture Xiakou, let's take this road." ”

The eyes of Su Zhe and the generals followed Pang Tong's point.

Suddenly, Huang Zhong, Deng Ai and the others all changed color, and their faces were full of surprise.

Huang Zhong immediately said: "Mrs. Pang, you're not joking, what kind of road is that road." ”

"Why don't you count, after walking this road, aren't we just a stone's throw away from Xiakou without realizing it?" Pang Tong asked with a smile.

"It's close to Xiakou City, but it's still across the Han River, we don't have a boat, let alone close by, even if it's a fraction of a minute, it's useless." Deng Ai also questioned.

"We don't have a ship, but we have our King Wei." Pang Tong looked at Su Zhe with a smile, and there was a bit of mystery in his eyes.

Huang Zhong and Deng Ai's eyes also looked at Su Zhe, but their expressions were dazed, and they couldn't hear the sound of Pang Tong's words.

Su Zhe suddenly realized, his mouth couldn't help but smile knowingly, he reached out and touched Pang Tongqiao's face, and praised: "It's worthy of my phoenix chick, you know this king too well." ”

"King Wei......" Pang Tong blushed and whispered, glancing at the generals present embarrassedly.

Su Zhe laughed, patted the case, and said happily: "According to the plan of the child, tomorrow the army will go south, beat gongs and drums for this king and go to Jiangling!" ”

The order was handed down, 40,000 Soviet soldiers rested for one night, and the next day as soon as the sky was high, they followed Su Zhe south from Xiangyang, took the avenue and went straight to Jiangling.

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To the east of Baqiu City, the Jiangdong Army camp.

Smoke rose from the camp, and more than 20,000 Jiangdong troops were burying pots and cooking rice.

The young Lü Meng rode his horse and walked slowly in the camp, patrolling and comforting the soldiers who had fought for a day.

Every Jiangdong soldier, regardless of his official position, was full of awe for this young naval commander and did not dare to have any contempt.

Not long ago, these proud generals who had followed Sun Ce for many years were still suspicious of Lu Meng, the young commander.

There is no way, who made Lu Meng young and not qualified enough, his official position in the army is even under Ling Cao, Pan Zhang and other generals.

But everyone couldn't understand why their lord Sun Ce suddenly promoted Lü Meng to the official position of the right governor, and became the second only to the left governor Zhou Yu in the army.

Of course, these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals were not convinced, if it weren't for the fear of Sun Ce's military orders, who would listen to such a young man's words.

Then, Lu Meng soon proved his strength to everyone with a beautiful surprise attack battle and the record of capturing Xia Kou.

That was Xiakou City, since Su Zhe took it that year, their lord Sun Ce led them to attack several times, and they couldn't even touch the edge of the city wall.

is such an unbreakable city, but it was easily won by Lu Meng, the young governor of the right capital, such a record is enough to make everyone happy and surrender to him, and dare not be disrespectful again.

Lu Meng inspected the camps, and under the awe-inspiring eyes of the generals, he also went to the big tent of the Chinese army.

As soon as he sat down, Ling Tong hurriedly entered the big tent.

"Right Governor, our Xiangyang has just sent back the news, Su Zhe has personally led 40,000 steps to ride south from Xiangyang, it seems that he wants to go to Jiangling, and he should have walked half the way to Dangyang."

Ling Tong reported while pointing to the map.

Lu Meng couldn't see any jealousy on his face, and after listening to Ling Tong's words, he said lightly: "According to the information, the Su thief should want to go to Jiangling and then take a boat to reinforce Baqiu." ”

"That's what I thought too." Ling Tong nodded and said: "As soon as Su Zhe's reinforcements arrive, if we want to capture Baqiu again, we must defeat that Jinfan thief as soon as possible and take Baqiu first, so that we can have the initiative." ”

Lu Meng's eyes were not on Baqiu, but moved to Xiakou in the rear, waving his hand and shouting: "Quickly send someone back to Xiakou, and send an order to your father and Huang Gongfu, so that they can fight with the spirit of twelve points and strictly prevent the Su thieves from attacking Xiakou." ”