Sun Quan was waiting for the good news of Lü Meng and Lu Xun in Jiangxia, but he received the news that their sneak attack on Jingzhou had failed, and the lost troops had retreated to Baqiu overnight. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He also couldn't make a decision about Sun Jiao's request to occupy Baqiu and ask to leave Lu Meng and Lu Xun's men and horses behind and take the opportunity to quickly attack the counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

Sun Jiao also has a little truth in what he said, since the sneak attack on Jiangling failed and Liu Bei completely fell out, the two sides naturally inevitably had a fierce battle, and it seemed to be a good choice to take the opportunity to quickly occupy the counties in the south of the Yangtze River, leaving heavy troops to guard the water surface of Baqiu, and keeping the enemy out of the country.

The civil and military officials who followed the Western Expedition this time also had a lot of discussions.

Some people think that the counties on the river are far away and sparsely populated, and they will not get much benefit if they occupy them, so it is better for the whole army to retreat quickly, retreat to Jiangxia, hold the Yangtze River and the throat of the Han River, and deal with the all-out retaliation of Liu Bei's group in the future.

Some people also think that they have already fallen out anyway, and quickly occupy the Jiangnan counties, even if they want to make peace with Liu Bei in the future, they will have more qualifications for negotiation, and then give up the Jiangnan counties, which is naturally much stronger than a comprehensive retreat now.

Some people say that now even Zhang Liao, who is guarding Hefei, has been transferred to reinforce Fancheng, Cao Cao is now fighting back against Guan Yu with all his might, and our Jiangdong is fighting with Cao Cao before and after, how many men and horses can he Liu Bei have in Jingzhou to withstand the joint attack of the two families? Since he has started a war with Liu Bei, he can't retreat on all fronts because of a momentary defeat, and if he persists, he will soon be able to turn defeat into victory and continue to occupy Jingzhou.

Someone reminded that now Jiangdong has declared himself a vassal to Cao Cao and took the initiative to ask for a sneak attack on Guan Yu's back, if the whole army withdraws in just a few days, Cao Cao may think that Jiangdong is cheating, and he has no sincerity to be a minister at all, and he will definitely fight with Jiangdong in the future. Jiangdong has already turned his face with Liu Bei, and he must not fall out with Cao Cao again, even if he is pretending, he has to stick to the front line of Baqiu for a while.

After arguing for a day and a night, Sun Quan finally decided, anyway, he had already offended Liu Bei, so he couldn't be unpleasing to both ends, Cao Cao's side must not be offended again, even if he withdrew, he must not withdraw all now, since he has already occupied Baqiu, he must defend Baqiu.

So he ordered Sun Jiao to resist the enemy in Baqiu, and as for attacking the Jiangnan counties, he should not rush into action first, and wait until he saw the situation clearly.

After settling down here, he remembered that there were still people all the way, and he didn't know what happened to Jiang Qin and them, since Lu Meng and their sneak attack failed, he was afraid that the enemy would also be prepared in Hanshui, and Lu Xun also specially reminded them in the letter that they must be recalled as soon as possible to avoid being ambushed by the enemy again.

He hurriedly sent envoys in succession, quickly moved north along the Han River, and informed Jiang Qin to withdraw his troops.

In the evening, Zhuge Jin and Quan Cong still felt uneasy, and came to Sun Quan to suggest: "Lord, Lu Meng and they suffered such a big defeat in Jiangling, I am afraid that Jiang Qin will also be ambushed by the enemy along the way, and it will be difficult to get out, so it is better to send troops to meet them quickly." ”

"But now, who else can be sent?" Sun Quan didn't think about it, the problem is that in order to ensure the success of the sneak attack on Jiangling, almost all the troops that can be sent have been sent.

Quan Cong said: "My lord, I am willing to lead 3,000 people from the headquarters to rush to Hanshui in the starry night to respond." ”

Sun Quan was embarrassed: "However, there are only a few thousand people left in Xiakou now, if you leave, won't Xiakou become an empty city?" ”

Zhuge Jin carefully persuaded: "Lord, if Jiang Qin is not protected all the way, Guan Yu leads the army from Hanshui, and our army is far away in Baqiu, with only these thousands of men and horses, I am afraid that I will not be able to keep Xiakou, and the lord will be in danger when he arrives." ”

Sun Quan's mind was confused again: "You're right, why did I forget this, in this way, wouldn't it be a big mistake to let Lu Meng and them stay in Baqiu?" ”

Zhuge Jin sighed, he realized it during the day, but at that time, so many local ministers in Jiangdong kept talking, he couldn't interject, and comforted Sun Quan at the moment: "Guan Yu is far away in Fancheng, there is Cao Cao's army behind him, and Jiang Qin's troops in front, it shouldn't be possible to kill Xiakou so quickly." We have sent several groups of messengers, but we have not seen them return, so the Hanshui line should be safe for the time being. ”

Hearing Zhuge Jin's analysis, Sun Quan relaxed a little, patted his chest and said, "That's good, it's good." ”

Zhuge Jin hurriedly said: "But we should still let Quan Cong immediately lead the army to the north to meet Jiang Qin's department, in case there is an enemy attack, you can also fight and retreat all the way, and then urgently deploy men and horses from Baqiu or the rear to come to Xiakou to guard." ”

Sun Quan sighed again and said to Quan Cong: "You still have 3,000 men and horses from your headquarters stationed here, but now, there are not many ships left that can fight?" ”

Quan Cong replied: "My lord, even if you requisition civilian ships, you must ensure that General Jiang Qin retreats all the way safely and guards the mouth of the Han River." ”

Sun Quan had no choice but to dispatch ships overnight to let Quan Cong set off immediately at dawn tomorrow, and at the same time, he hurriedly sent an envoy to order Lü Meng to lead part of the naval army and temporarily withdraw to Jiangxia to garrison.

Before Quan Cong set off, the fleet led by Ge Liang and Guan Ping had already arrived not far from the mouth of the Han River.

The previous several groups of relict teams have captured all the sentinels sent by Sun Quan.

On the road before, Ge Liang met Fan Jiang and Zhang Da's fleet, which had arrived after being loaded with stones near Jiangling, and the team had reached nearly 20,000 horses.

Ge Liang asked the fleet to stop temporarily, released the hundred captives brought with the ship, gathered them together to give a lecture, and then asked Zhang Wei to escort Ma Zhong up, and beheaded him in front of all the captives.

The heads fell to the ground, and all the captives were colorless, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

Ge Liang shouted to them: "I know that you are all poor people, and this sneak attack on your allies and aiding and abetting the abuse was all done by Lu Meng and Lu Xun, Jiang Qin and Pan Zhang, and their shameless people. Now that you have surrendered, we will not embarrass you, let you go now. ”

"Thank you for the general's grace of not killing, thank you for the general's grace of not killing." When the captives heard that they could let them go home, they kowtowed and thanked them.

One by one, the captives were loaded onto a small boat that had been prepared in advance.

Those ships were all filled with the corpses of enemy soldiers who had died in the fierce battle yesterday.

Ge Liang asked Jiang Qin, Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, and Ma Zhong to hand over the heads of one of the enemy captives, and then said to the captives: "Although these people are our enemies, since they have died in battle, we also hope that their souls will return to their homeland, now, it is up to you to bring their bones back to Jiangdong and let them be buried in peace." ”

The captives knelt down in unison in thanksgiving.

Mi Fang waved her hand impatiently: "Hurry up, hurry up!" If you don't leave and wait for Lao Tzu to regret it, I will simply kill you and throw them all into the river to feed the fish. ”

Looking at nearly two hundred ships down the river, a sneer appeared at the corner of Ge Liang's mouth.

Half an hour later, estimated that the time was almost up, he immediately ordered the fleet to make a quick attack. (To be continued.) )