More than 10,000 Jiangdong naval troops led by Jiang Qin and Zhu Ran, marching day and night, without hurrying forward, had also reached the Hanjin area, where they stopped for a while, and first sent sentinels to inquire about the situation in two directions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

One is to go south by land to see if Lü Meng has successfully taken Jiangling and Jing'an City.

One is to drive a fast boat to the north to see when Guan Yu will withdraw his troops from Fancheng to rescue Jiangling, and how many troops will take the waterway.

The first thing we received was news from Fancheng that the enemy's naval fleet had begun to move south by water, and would soon arrive here.

Good! It seems that he must have received the news that the city of Gangneung has been broken, and the naval army has retreated first, and now that the enemy's lair is occupied, he is in a hurry to rescue him, and he must be in chaos, and all the generals think that this is a good time to meet the head-on attack!

Pan Zhang is there to rub his hands, this person is fierce and fierce, and extravagant, often burn and rob the rich, seize property for his own squandering, if there are still some concerns in Wudi, this time into the enemy Jingzhou territory, you can burn and rob a good strategy, and you can make a good profit of war and money.

Jiang Qin told the generals that they should wait here at present, if the enemy's naval army arrives here only to learn that the waterway has also been blocked by us, it will not be able to retreat at that time, and it will not be possible to advance, and the army will be in great confusion, and then I am afraid that it will collapse without a fight.

Pan Zhang hurriedly said: "Since the enemy will collapse without a fight when he encounters us, then why don't we catch up quickly, and we can also take it by surprise and completely destroy the enemy's naval vessels, cutting off their idea of escaping back to Shangyong from the waterway?" ”

Jiang Qin shook his head: "Now the closer the enemy is to Jiangling, the farther away they will be from Shangyong, wouldn't it be better for us to chase after them with all our might?" Don't forget that Wu Hou's order to us is to cut off Guan Yu's back road, attack too early, and let Guan Yu retreat to Shangyong in time, then it will be difficult for us to make an inch. ”

Only then did the generals stop making noise, and what Jiang Qin said seemed to be right.

Jiang Qin said again: "I just don't understand a little, why are we closer to Jiangling, Guan Yudu has already received the news and started to withdraw the army, but we haven't gotten the news from Lu Meng from Jiangling?" ”

Zhu Ran disagreed: "After all, the north of Jiangling is still controlled by Guan Yu, since Guan Yu can set up a sentry tower along the Yangtze River to transmit military information, it is difficult to ensure that they also have something on the line from Jiangling to Fancheng, and they can quickly transmit news, and our people still need to pass through the enemy's checkpoints to reach the Hanshui line, and the news will come slower than them, isn't it normal?" ”

Jiang Qin shook his head and calculated: "In terms of time, Lu Meng set off before us, and he went all out, it stands to reason that he should have arrived in Jiangling three days ago, and Xu Shu has made an internal response, and it is only a raise of his hand to take Jiangling, why hasn't he sent someone to send us a message until now?" ”

And this is the reason why he is really reluctant to let the army continue to move forward to meet the enemy.

Pan Zhang smiled and said, "You don't mean that Lu Meng failed to take Jiangling, we should abandon the ship here and go ashore to help them, right?" That's not going to work, the enemy's navy will be here soon, and we're too busy yet. ”

As soon as Zhu Ran was reminded, he had the same suspicions as Jiang Qin: "Yes, although Lu Meng's transmission of the message may be more obstructive, but Guan Yu has already been able to withdraw from the army, so it will take more than a day, there is no reason why we can't get the news of Lu Meng now?" ”

Pan Zhang was impatient and shouted: "It doesn't matter what happens to Lu Meng's side, we are not with them all the way, let's hurry up and prepare and annihilate the enemy troops retreating from the waterway!" ”

Well, even if you don't take the initiative to meet it, the enemy fleet will go down the water and will soon arrive here.

Just as they were boarding their respective ships and ordering the sergeants to prepare for the enemy, the sentry sent in the direction of Gangneung also returned in time, bringing news that surprised everyone.

"General, General Lu Dudu and General Lu Xun were ambushed by the enemy army at the same time in Jiangling and Jing'an City, and they were defeated in the first battle, and the whole army had already retreated two days ago!"

"Huh?" Jiang Qin couldn't believe it, "What does it mean to be defeated in a battle?" They have a combined army of more than 30,000 people, and the combined defenders of Jiangling and Jing'an City are only a few thousand, even if the siege is unfavorable, how can they be defeated in a battle? What's more, they still have Xu Shu as an internal response! ”

The sentry replied urgently: "General, I heard that Xu Shu and Meng Da are the internal responses, and they are simply a trick set up by the enemy. Xu Shu held on to Jiangling, and just as we began to attack the city, Meng Da had already arrived with his army and attacked our fleet from the river. ”

Although Xu Shu and Meng Da's fake surrender had already surprised Jiang Qin, what really made him dare not believe it was the defeat in the first battle: "Even if Meng Da can bring a few thousand people, it is too far behind Lu Meng and Lu Xun's men and horses, how can he flee in a hurry as soon as he engages the enemy?" ”

"General, I heard that the enemy took advantage of the fact that all our troops went ashore to attack the city, and sent warships equipped with trebuchets to violently attack our unguarded ships on the river, and they also have divine birds to help!"

"Divine Bird? What Divine Bird? Jiang Qin's eyes widened.

The sentinel replied, "I heard that the sacred bird is the legendary Vermilion Bird that guards the south." The Divine Bird flew over our fleet and laid iron eggs, destroying more than half of our ships and killing thousands of our men! ”

What the? The divine bird lays eggs and kills tens of thousands? That's amazing, isn't it? For Jiang Qin, a high-ranking general who often kills people on the battlefield, there is no god in his eyes, and such a magical battle must have been deliberately exaggerated by word of mouth.

He still didn't believe it: "You have only been out for a day, so you must not have reached Jiangling yet, could it be that you met the personnel sent by Lu Meng?" Since Lu Meng was suddenly attacked and defeated in a battle, did he still have time to send someone to deliver a message from the rear? ”

The sentinel replied, "General, I am indeed far from Gangneung, but on the way, I have heard many local people talking about this matter, and I have learned this from their mouths. General, so many ordinary people are talking about this, it can't be fake. ”

It spread so quickly among the people, and it seems that Lü Meng was indeed defeated badly in the battle of Jiangling, and the enemy army won a miraculous victory.

The enemy army was so well prepared, since Lü Meng had already been defeated in Jiangling, why did Guan Yu even give up Fancheng and turn south?

Could it be that even Guan Yu's attack on Fancheng deliberately lured us into being fooled? On this Hanshui line, will there be a large number of enemy troops waiting for us?

A winter river breeze instantly poured into Jiang Qin's neck, making him shudder, and quickly ordered the soldiers to prepare for retreat, and at the same time hurriedly summoned Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang back to the command ship to discuss countermeasures. (To be continued.) )