During the Jiangdong War, Wei Yan, the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, was already preparing for battle.

The war in Jingzhou is over, the ironclad troop carriers transferred from Jingzhou have been in place, and Yan Yan, the Taishou of Shuba County, is a veteran who pays attention to defense, and crossbow trucks and trebuchets have been deployed on both sides of the Yangtze River from Jingzhou to Ba County.

In order to smoothly deliver Wei Yan's soldiers and horses to Ba County, Jiang Sheng abandoned the wooden boats, but rushed to make 200 ironclad troop carriers from the Jingzhou shipbuilding base, not only powered by steam engines, but also specially deployed fire dragon arrows and artillery on the top, the attack and defense are remarkable, and each ship transports 300 troops.

Wei Yan's army had a total strength of 60,000 people, and they set off from the Yangtze River, and the target was Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County, and Yan Yan's lair.

On land, Xiahoudun and Cao Zhen marched, and 100,000 troops marched west from both sides of the Yangtze River in two routes.

When entering the Bajun waterway, Yan Yan's coastal defense troops at the front had already discovered Wei Yanjun's whereabouts. The defending general Ling Bao sent people to report Yan Yan on the one hand, and organized an attack on the other hand, trying to minimize the strength of the Jin army that eventually reached Jiangzhou.

Under the command of Ling Bao, trebuchets and crossbow carts on both sides of the strait launched intensive attacks.

Wei Yan didn't react at all, only heard the "banging" on the deck, and the troop carrier was violently shaken, because the stone bullets dropped from the top only hit the deck and the roof of the warehouse, and did not affect the ship.

Because the goal of the Western Expeditionary Army was to capture and defend Jiangzhou, the enemy forces along the way did not need to be ignored as long as they did not affect the ship.

The fleet stretched for dozens of miles, mighty, no matter how the shore attacked, the fleet did not pay any attention, Ling Bao in order to prevent the Jin army from continuing to advance, so he took the risk of sending the water army of Qu Ren County.

Quren County is the second county seat of Jingzhou to enter Ba County, and it is the second base of Ba County's naval army, with dozens of Mengchong ships in reserve.

Liu Bei had seen the iron-clad ships in Jiang Sheng's army, and he also learned that the sailors in Yizhou were also iron-clad ships.

After receiving Ling Bao's order, the navy set off quickly, and when they saw the tall and large ironclad troop carriers, they were all stupid, not to mention the attack, as long as they could avoid these ironclad ships without being crushed, it was already a great luck.

Wei Yan had already seen dozens of small boats coming in front of him at the lookout, and in his opinion, Meng Chong was a small boat, and ordered to speed up.

The herald at the stern told the herald of the second boat, and then passed it down in turn.

Wei Yan's fleet is all steam-powered, and it is fast to say, while the opposite is still human-driven, which is completely two-level things.

Sawdust flew and screams were endless.

The naval army of Qu Ren was torn apart, but it did not shake Wei Yan's fleet in the slightest. The attack on the shore was even more negligible.

Wei Yan saw the dense stone bullets and potholes on the roof and deck, and inevitably felt "distressed".

The soldiers of Ling Bao knew that the Jin army fleet was not afraid of any attack, fear overcame everything, and the rumor that Jiang Sheng sent the generals of the Dragon Palace began to spread in Ba County.

In particular, the Shu Ninja Water Army, which has no bones, has "confirmed" the statement of the divine help Jiang Sheng.

Many soldiers in the Lingbao army began to flee from the troops, and some barracks even mutinied.

Just when Ling Bao was doing his best to deal with the chaos in the army, Cao Zhen's soldiers and horses attacked.

Ling Bao thought that Jiang Sheng had sent this army on the water to attack, but he didn't expect that there was still one on land, and the combat power was very strong.

Originally, Cao Cao had several elite descendants, and Cao Zhen's rangers were one of them, and after being defeated by Jiang Sheng, Cao Cao returned to Shun, and Jiang Sheng reorganized the rangers based on this army, which was still under Cao Zhen's command.

Ling Bao's rear line was broken through by Cao Zhen almost overnight, the grain and grass were burned, and the troops were routed.

The Shu army on the north bank also encountered similar troubles, and Xiahoudun was a master who dared to fight, and after a few rounds of killing, the Shu army was dispersed.

After hitting Qu Ren, Xiahoudun rested for two days, and sent people to find Wei Yan by boat, agreed on the time of the joint attack, and then with the help of Wei Yan's artillery, Xiahoudun attacked the city with all his might.

The shadow of the corpses of the Shu Ninshui Army was still in the hearts of the defenders, and as soon as the cannon sounded, everyone was timid, and there was no trouble in attacking the city.

After capturing Quren, Xiahoudun did not continue to burn grain and grass, but left 3,000 defenders to build fortifications to defend the city. The surrounding warehouses of the Shu army were all looted, and countless supplies were concentrated in the city of Qu Ninja, which became the rear base of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Because the northern part of Ba County is already in Ma Chao's combat area, there is no need to worry about the Shu army coming to rob it, as long as you hold the Qu forbearance.

Wei Yan's fleet replenished grain, grass, vegetables and other materials in Quren, and continued to advance along the river.

The morale of the Lingbao army was weakened, the grain and grass were burned again, and it was difficult to continue, so they had to order the withdrawal of the army and go west.

Wei Yan's style of play was relatively successful, the south bank of the Yangtze River was the foundation of the Shu army, so he let Cao Zhen attack all the way, go all the way and destroy all the way, and the influence of the Shu army on the north bank was weak, so let Xiahou Dun fight steadily and steadily to ensure the supply of the Western Expeditionary Army, and Wei Yan's army in addition to assisting the land troops on both sides, was to rush to Jiangzhou.

As it turned out, Wei Yan's method worked, and the expedition to the west proceeded steadily.

The Lingbao army was chased and beaten by Cao Zhen, and there was no way to fight back, and there were more and more non-combat attrition along the way, and most of them fled.

Most of the county seats in Ba County are in Jiangbei, and Cao Zhen rarely encounters siege battles, sweeping all the way, the Shu army has no danger to defend, and is defeated.

Bajun Taishou Yan Yan had been cleaned up by Zhao Yunjun in Linjiang, and Zhang Fei's troops who supported him were defeated and seriously injured, and the situation this time was worse than that time.

Wei Yanjun advanced in three ways, and when he arrived at Linjiang, he had already controlled a large area north of Linjiang, and he had no worries about the future, and it was easier to fight.

Ling Bao, who had withdrawn, told Yan Yan about the previous situation, Yan Yan didn't believe it at first, and only then did he believe it when the south of Linjiang City was in a mess by artillery.

Linjiang is the key city into the hinterland of Yizhou, Wei Yan concentrated dozens of ships of artillery onslaught, Xiahou Dun's army quickly approached Linjiang City under the cover of artillery fire, Yan Yan personally came to the city to supervise the battle, but it could not change the result of defeat and loss of the city.

The artillery bombarded the city wall in the southeast corner of the Linjiang River, and Xiahoudun's infantry charged to death, and soon occupied the corner tower, and shot the Shu army that came to resist with their crossbows, and soon completely controlled the gap, and Wei Yan also stopped the shelling.

Xiahou Xuan's army entered Linjiang City, and Yan Yan knew that it was irretrievable, so he retreated in a hurry with his troops to defend Jiangzhou, the last big city in Baling.

The Jiangzhou section of the river is relatively narrow, and there are many detours, Wei Yan's fleet cannot sail at all, and it seems that the best advantage has to be abandoned.

In the waterway on the outskirts of Jiangzhou, Wei Yan ordered the landing, and the artillery and fire dragon arrows on the roof of the troop transport were dismantled, and the ammunition was also brought ashore.

After completing their mission, the 200 ironclad troop carriers returned to Jingzhou, and the rest of the work was to fight on land.