Zhang Yi received the report from Li Bao and Zhang Shun, and he was also thinking about it, looking at the map while thinking about it.

Cai Mao didn't run, which made Zhang Yi also feel puzzled. Because he just received a military report from Li Jing, Wen Ping and Wang Wei's army is defending in Yunguo! The country is too far away from Xiakou, and it can't be reached at all!

It is true that the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and Wen Ping also felt inexplicable when he received Cai Mao's letter asking for help. He put the letter for help in a few cases, and said angrily to Wang Wei: "Cai Deqi was just a small defeat, and he even shrank into Xiakou, and asked me to save him?" Did the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands eat forage? ”

Wang Wei picked up the letter asking for help, looked at it, and said to the trembling messenger below: "How is the battle in Xiakou? ”

The envoy said cautiously: "Although Cai Dudu was defeated, he did not dare to break through at will. The Jiangdong Navy has a strong crossbow that can shoot through the ship and overturn the grasshopper boat. After shooting the person, he directly pinned the person to the boat, screaming incessantly, causing the morale of the army to waver. Therefore, Cai Dudu could only temporarily stay in Xiakou to restore morale. It's just that there is no grain in Xiakou, the waterway is cut off, and the grain of Zhouling and Anlu cannot be transported over, so it can only be supported by grain transportation from Jingling and Huarong. ”

Wen Ping held a few cases and said: "Then what can we do if we go?" Natsuguchi was already flawed and not enough to defend to the east. Xiakou Tun soldiers, need the support of Shaxian, Xiling, Yi County, and E County to last a long time, and now the roads in these four counties are cut off, and it is impossible to hold Xiakou! Cai Dejun is also a veteran general in the army, how can he be so unwise? What's more, Huang Zu has no news now, and the Jiangdong Army has already hit Anlu, doesn't Cai Deqi want to think about why? “

The envoy opened his mouth and asked in disbelief: "What does General Wen mean is that General Huang has ......"

"Isn't that obvious?" Wen Ping said: "You go back and tell Cai Dejun that the Jiangdong Army appears in Anlu, and it will soon capture Nanxin City and Yundu, and I still need to defend the country." “

When the envoy heard this, he could only retreat. If what Wenpin said is true, then Wenpin will definitely not give up on the country to support Xiakou.

In fact, Wenpin's speculation is very consistent with the facts, and it is more serious than Wenpin's speculation. Li Jing took Qin Qiong to capture Anlu in less than two days, and then continued to go west straight to Nanxin City. With Li Jing commanding the troops, Qin Qiong was trapped, and the three small counties of Anlu, Nanxin City, and Yundu were simply unstoppable, and they were all conquered in half a month. Then Li Jing repaired in Yundu, waiting for the supply of grain and grass in the rear.

After Di Qing captured the state tomb, he temporarily stopped and cooperated with Li Bao's fire attack plan. He crossed the river and returned to Jiangnan, pretending to have not crossed the river yet, just to deceive Cai Mao and let Cai Mao retreat with confidence. However, he was not idle, and sent a lot of scouts to investigate the enemy, and found that there was an army assembled in Xiajun.

Di Qing contacted Fu Youde, who stayed in Yuzhang, and stationed the army to the south again. Anyway, he doesn't have anything to do here, so he can just go and see what's going on in Xia Jun, is Liu Qi gathering troops?

After staying in Xiakou for half a month, Pang Tong rushed over, Zhuge Jin had already arrived in Xiling and was in place, and he also brought a lot of talents from the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Zhang Yi's establishment of the Academy of Arts and Sciences has already achieved initial results, and many small families and down-and-out scholars have been collected by Zhang Yi. These people want to get ahead, but they can't do it under the original system, so they can only take refuge under Zhang Yi.

However, there are not many poor families in Yangzhou, but there are many small families, and these people also want to get rid of the control of the big families, so they naturally hit it off with Zhang Yi. However, among these people, there are still too few talents, and they are much worse than the great family. But even so, it is still possible to deal with the affairs of a county and make up for the lack of lower-level officials for Zhang Yi.

Pang Tong came to the camp to see Zhang Yi, "Lord, didn't you set a plan for fire attack?" Why are you still staying in Xiakou? ”

General Zhang Yi handed the report to Pang Tong, "This Cai Mao doesn't know if he was frightened, and he has been cowering in Xiakou." I've set up all the fireboats, but they're useless! ”

Pang Tong laughed, "My lord, this is a fan of the authorities!" If Cai Mao doesn't come out, then just kick him out! ”

"Get out?" Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then patted his head, "Not bad!" Haha - look at my head! Come! ”

The guards from outside immediately came in, "Lord, what do you command?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "Let Li Bao and Zhang Shun burn Xiakou with rockets and force Cai Mao to give up Xiakou!" ”

"No!"

After Cai Mao sent the envoy, he received a reply from Wen Ping in less than ten days. When he got the meaning of rejection from the messenger's mouth, he became angry: "Wen Zhongye actually watched us being attacked, he actually watched us wait here for death!" ”

The envoy said, "Governor, General Wen still has something to say. ”

Zhang Yun immediately asked, "What else did General Wen say?" ”

The envoy said: "General Wen guesses that General Huang may have been killed in battle, and Xiling may have been captured by Jiangdong. ”

Cai Mao reprimanded loudly: "Do you still want him to tell me?" Zhang Yi's army is on the opposite side, the naval army blockades the river and the Han water, if there are no reinforcements, even if we break through, we will be chased all the way, and when we reach Jiangling, half of my soldiers will die, what else can I use to block the enemy? ”

Zhang Yun hurriedly persuaded: "Uncle, General Wen may be afraid that the Jiangdong Army will attack Xiangyang, if the Jiangdong Army passes through the country, General Wen's duty lies." Compared to Xiangyang, Gangneung is not the most important. ”

Cai Mao raised his fist and smashed it on several cases, and said with some annoyance: "Of course I know, but I don't want to throw the army that I finally pulled up here!" ”

Zhang Yun persuaded: "Uncle, at this time, it should be the time to make a decision, and we can't delay it any longer." ”

"Let me think again!" Cai Mao said worriedly: "You let the soldiers prepare, we can break through at any time." ”

"No!"

Zhang Yun immediately went to make arrangements, but it wasn't for a few days, and Cai Mao didn't give an order to break through. Cai Mao never gave the order to break out, and Zhang Yun couldn't figure it out, so he came over and asked, "Uncle, why haven't we broken through yet?" ”

Cai Mao shook his head and said, "I found that the Jiangdong Army's defense on the river is not very tight. ”

"Isn't that great?" Zhang Yun said: "It just so happens that we can return to Gangneung. ”

"Jiang Dongjun thinks the same way!" Cai Mao said bitterly: "I'm thinking now, why don't they strictly guard the river and let us enter the Han River?" You must know that if we enter the Han River, they can attack Gangneung directly. In this way, won't they be able to attack Gangneung? Wouldn't it be easier to capture Gangneung and control the wealth of Nanjun, and then attack Xiangyang? “