After Lü Meng's army crossed the river, Zhang Xiu and Huang Zhong had completed the defense of Changsha's periphery.

Cao Chun's soldiers and horses on the west road made rapid progress in suppressing bandits, and the eight mountains and sixty-seven villages were taken, and there were many people who returned to obedience, and countless war horses, grain and grass materials were captured.

Cao Chun strictly adhered to Jiang Sheng's battlefield discipline and achieved excellent results in Wuling, and after subduing a place, he arranged for low-ranking backbone officers to serve as officials, and they stayed behind to consolidate local power.

Zhu Ling's army, which had withdrawn from Wuling, had just entered Changsha County and ran into trouble: the 30,000 soldiers and horses sent by Zhao Yun fought a beautiful ambush battle at the junction of Wuling and Changsha!

Zhu Ling's troops were killed, wounded, and fleeing, and less than forty percent of them were able to fight.

Zhao Yun's 30,000 soldiers and horses advanced and retreated quickly, directly defeating Zhu Ling, who was always beaten passively, but never figured out how many troops the opponent had.

Lü Meng's first attack was frustrated, and he accurately judged that Changsha was currently defending more than 120,000 points, and if he attacked Changsha hard, it would definitely outweigh the losses, so he selected strong, agile, and martial arts elites from the troops to form a force to carry out point-point fighting.

This unit is all dressed in white, called the "White Army", and all of them are first-class good soldiers.

In history, when Lü Meng fought Jiangling, there was an allusion to "crossing the river in white", and this time Lü Meng did this here, first letting out the wind and saying that Lü Meng was seriously ill, showing the enemy weakness, and then sending the white-clothed army to prepare for a sneak attack on the Changsha defense line.

The pressure of Lü Meng's army did bring a lot of pressure to Changsha, and Huang Zhong also intended to change from passive defense to active attack, but was persuaded by Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu has been following Jiang Sheng for many years, especially before he came, Jiang Sheng told him not to take the initiative to attack, as long as he relied on the advantage of weapons to hold Changsha for three months, it would be considered a great achievement.

Huang Zhong was not very familiar with Jiang Sheng's style, and he was not impressed by Zhang Xiu's dissuasion, and decided to test it first.

Now that he learned that Lü Meng was "seriously ill", it was a favorable time to attack, Zhang Xiu did not listen to the persuasion, and Huang Zhong personally led a team of 30,000 to attack Lü Meng's forward camp.

Halfway through, Dong Xi, the commander of the white-clothed army, figured out Huang Zhong's movements and had already set up an ambush.

Huang Zhong was immediately alert and ordered the whole army to stop advancing and form a ring formation to deal with possible dangers around him.

Dong Xi is worthy of being the commander personally selected by Lu Meng, and he is quite patient, and he stayed in the ambush for three days and three nights, but he didn't make any moves.

Huang Zhong waited for three days, and felt that it was almost over, so he marched forward as a team, walking, and heard a drum beat left and right, and thousands of white-clothed soldiers rushed out.

In the case of short-handed encounters, he couldn't organize a formation at all, and when it came to fighting alone, Huang Zhong's soldiers and horses were more than one grade worse than the white-clothed army.

When the sword was red, Huang Zhong's soldiers turned on their backs, and they were killed by the white-clothed soldiers without any power to fight back.

Huang Zhong secretly regretted it, but at the moment of the strong enemy, it was useless to regret it, the most important thing was to withdraw from the battle and reduce losses.

The white-clothed army was well prepared, and Huang Zhongjun was in a hurry to meet the enemy and make a judgment.

Huang Zhong saw that Dong Raid was killing heavily, so he picked up the three-stone hard bow and fired at Dong Raid Jiuzhu in succession.

Dong Xi felt the murderous aura of breaking through the air, and subconsciously raised his knife to resist, but found that the bow and arrow were full of power, and his arm was numb.

Three of the arrows hit, and Dong attacked one in the left shoulder, left chest, and abdomen.

Seeing that the main general was injured, the soldiers hurriedly came over to protect it, no matter how powerful the white-clothed army was, the main general would be chaotic if it was broken.

As soon as the rhythm of the battlefield was a little chaotic, Huang Zhong led the army to break through and make a cut.

Although Dong Xi was hit by an arrow, he did not hurt the vital point, and ordered the whole army to continue fighting, and Huang Zhong could not be allowed to escape.

The white-clothed military order is forbidden, and the main general is fine, so continue to fight.

Huang Zhongjun was soon surrounded again as soon as he stood out, and there were more and more casualties, and Huang Zhong couldn't help but be anxious.

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves not far away, and it appeared on the battlefield after a while.

Zhang Xiu persuaded Huang Zhong not to stop, and after checking and strengthening the defense of Changsha again, he was still not worried about Huang Zhong, so he took the cavalry to respond.

Zhang Xiu's army is the northern army, especially good at land operations, Huang Zhong is holding on to the core, and Zhang Xiu is counter-encircling the white-clothed army on the periphery.

The battle became more intense, and the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of Huang Zhong.

The white-clothed army, who had been dominant, became the target of the killing, and the corpses of the white-clothed were scattered everywhere.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Dong Xun hurriedly summoned the troops to retreat, and a good white-clothed army retreated smoothly under Zhang Xiu's superior attack, without dragging his feet at all.

Zhang Xiu saved Huang Zhong, so he accepted it when he saw it, and let the white-clothed army go.

After Huang Zhong led the remnants of the army back to Changsha, he counted and found that nearly 10,000 people had been lost, and he regretted not listening to Zhang Xiu's advice, so he admitted his mistake to his face, and Zhang Xiu hurriedly comforted: "We are all fighting for the King of Jin, the starting point is good, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and mistakes cannot be avoided." ”

The relationship between the two has become even stronger, and Huang Zhong no longer seeks to take the initiative to attack, but to consolidate the defense line and step up training.

Jiang Sheng's initial counterattack hit Sun Quan deeply, and Jiang Sheng still had more than 200,000 troops not playing, if Jiang Sheng took advantage of the situation, Sun Quan would have no good fruit to eat.

Zhou Yu understands that according to the current situation, it is not certain who owns Jingzhou, the most important thing is to defeat Jiang Sheng and keep the foundation of Jiangdong.

Sun Quan convened his staff to discuss for a long time, and then quickly sent a message to Lu Su.

Although Liu Bei offered harsh conditions, Lu Su still agreed, Liu Bei was still not at ease, feeling that Dongwu could accept the harsh conditions that he felt, was there any trap.

Zhuge Liang explained to Liu Bei why Dongwu accepted the conditions, because Jiang Sheng's army was fighting against Dongwu, and Sun Quan was alone, so in order to keep Jiangdong, he could only accept Liu Bei's conditions.

Zhuge Liang and Lu Su signed a friendly alliance agreement on behalf of Shu and Wu, agreeing to jointly send troops from the east and west.

The news of Sun Liu's alliance soon reached Xiangyang, and Jiang Sheng said with a smile: "Those who should come will always come, I think it, Nanjun and Jiangxia must be their preferred battlefields." ”

Jiang Sheng dispatched troops, except for some troops left in the west and north to defend the town, the entire troops north of the Yangtze River were mobilized, with a total of 1 million troops, and the western battalion was built in Hanzhong, with 300,000 soldiers, targeting Yizhou; The construction of the Jiangbei camp, with 600,000 soldiers, is the main direction; The navy of 100,000 troops fought against the Soochow naval army.

In the rear, Xun Yu mobilized the masses in various states and counties to provide strong support for the Southern Expedition; Tian Feng, as the general manager of logistics, allocated materials to speed up the manufacture of equipment and ordnance, and invested sufficient materials and manpower to speed up the construction of the navy's ironclad ships.

Preparations for major projects in the north are also in full swing, and the three railway lines to the south, north, and west are nearing completion, and the steam locomotives and carriages are ready to go.

The Jiangbei region is unprecedentedly lively, and the people can see the troops going south every day, which are mighty and continuous, and the great achievements of the King of Jin and the talents of the people who have passed through the heavens and latitudes have been praised in the streets.

Many people only know the King of Jin, but do not know that there is a court, the prestige of the King of Jin has spread all over the streets and alleys, and the palace is no exception.