Meng Da led the fleet to rely on night attacks and fire attacks, causing the enemy to fall into panic for a while, and quickly advanced several miles of waterway. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Pan followed closely behind, turned into the side waterway, and entered the Dongting Lake area.

At that time, the lake area was not called Dongting Lake, nor was it the later 800-mile lake, but it was a typical land of water, with many large and small lakes connected, and the rivers were vertical and horizontal, connecting with each other. Its interconnected waters are far more than 800 miles.

Unfamiliar people enter this body of water and tend to get lost in it, either wandering the same way, or the boat runs aground, or enters a backwater pool with a single exit.

Liu Pan has been in Jingzhou for many years, and Yueyang County is his jurisdiction, shuttling in Ze District, it is naturally like strolling in his own house, very relaxed.

At that moment, he led two thousand sergeants, divided into large and small ships, in the spider-web-like waterway, constantly interspersed and forward, approaching Sun Jiao's fleet parked in the big lake.

Seeing the movement, the enemy ships have also urgently sent some ships to meet them.

Liu Pan stood on the bow of the boat and shouted: "The enemy has peeped at my Jingzhou many times, and has attacked Baqiu many times, and the villagers have been bullied by the enemy. The sons and daughters of Yueyang County, for the sake of our fathers, elders, wives and children, everyone must sacrifice their lives tonight and forget about death, and try their best to kill the thieves, so that they will never return! There is no return! ”

The sergeants shouted in unison: "Swear to kill the thief!" Swear to kill the thief! Shouting and rushing towards the enemy ship.

The vanguard boats of the two armies fought together.

Liu Pan did not entangle with the enemy, but kept pulling the bowstring, shooting the approaching enemy, pulling up the sails, escorting dozens of light ships loaded with artemisia grass and dry firewood, doused with grease, and quickly rushed towards the enemy's large fleet that the enemy had not yet had time to dispatch.

Seeing the approaching enemy ship, the sergeants struck the fire sickle, lit the ship's ignition and quickly boarded the other ships.

Dozens of blazing light ships, taking advantage of the wind, swooped down on the enemy ships.

The enemy ships hurriedly scattered and separated, but for a moment they could avoid all of them, and suddenly more than a dozen large ships were ignited. The fire borrowed from the wind, and the flames rose along the mast and sail, soaring high.

In the distance, on the lake, there was already a long fleet of boats approaching Baqiu at night, and on the big boat headed by the leader, there were two people standing side by side, one named Wang Ping and the other Liu He.

It turned out that Wang Ping had already led 1,000 Bajun soldiers to enter Yueyang and Changsha County in batches in disguise according to Ge Liang's orders, and reported the information to Changsha Taishou that he had borrowed 2,000 county soldiers and corresponding ships from Changsha County, ready to meet Baqiu at any time.

Liu He led a part of the county soldiers to deliberately withdraw under Sun Jiao's nose a few days earlier, and he didn't go far, but he went up dozens of miles against the Xiangshui River, and met with another thousand county soldiers who had already withdrawn before, and immediately contacted Wang Ping, and quietly touched back together at night tonight.

Now they are all looking forward to the distant sky.

Tonight is overcast, with no stars and no moon, so it's even better, if there is really a fire burning on Baqiu's side, it will be easier for them to detect the abnormality in the distance.

It's lit, it's finally lit, and the sky in the distance has been reflected red!

Liu He, who has always been calm, couldn't help but grin, and excitedly took Wang Ping's hand: "It's started!" The battle has begun! ”

Wang Ping also nodded excitedly: "But it's bad to wait for me." ”

He Deaf shouted loudly: "Full speed ahead!" Sortie! ”

A string of red lanterns was quickly raised to the high mast, calling on the ships behind to immediately fully ignite the lights and sail at full speed towards Baqiu!

He was still deaf, so he climbed up the mast and shouted at the ships behind: "Kill, this time we will kill all the enemies!" Let them never dare to have bad intentions towards Baqiu again! ”

Wang Ping hugged his fist at Liu He: "I'll go back to my own fleet first." ”

The fleet of 5,000 men and horses, lit up its lights and shouted loudly, rushed forward and galloped forward.

Lu Xun was still apprehensive, and only a few hours after he agreed with Sun Jiao's opinion, he realized that it was a mistake to stay in Baqiu.

Since the enemy has made careful preparations in Gangneung and Jing'an City, he will definitely not ignore Baqiu, and there must be something bad waiting for them.

He hated himself for being confused for a while, and if he didn't oppose Sun Jiao's suggestion to stay, it was likely that the team would fall into ruin.

But Sun Jiao spoke to them in person, and he couldn't completely ignore it, after all, they were from the Wuhou clan, and in a sense, it also represented Sun Quan's meaning.

He had also heard that Sun Quan had wanted to divide Lü Meng and Sun Jiao into left and right governors. In other words, Sun Quan once had the intention of letting Sun Jiao command this campaign; In other words, if Sun Jiao and Lu Meng were governors, he Lu Xun should have been placed under Sun Jiao's jurisdiction!

Can he, Lu Xun, really ignore Sun Jiao's instructions completely?

He could only pin his hopes on Sun Quan, hoping that after he saw his letter, he could order them all to withdraw in time.

However, after the first letter was sent, Sun Quan only asked Lü Meng to lead some of his men back to Jiangxia, and let him stay in Baqiu, that is, he was now officially under Sun Jiao's control.

He had no choice but to ask Lü Meng to carry a letter again, hoping that Sun Quan would change his mind as soon as possible, and at the same time, he hoped that the enemy's actions would not be so fast, so that they could spend these few days safely.

However, the enemy's attack in Gangneung and Jing'an so quickly, will it really leave them enough time?

I'm afraid that no, the enemy should attack soon!

Although, in the previous two days, Mengda's attack had been repelled by them many times.

However, it was because of Meng Da's several defeats that he was even more suspicious.

The enemy's sorties in Gangneung and Baqiu were so fierce and swift, rushing out from all directions, even including the sky, there were some so-called divine birds to help them, but in the past two days, except for the catapults, you can occasionally see that the enemy's forces and offensive seem to have been reduced to an incredible degree at once.

He was full of wealth, full of military books, and knew that he had to take advantage of the situation when he attacked the enemy, and when he retreated, it could be said that he was in a panic, and the enemy could do it, and he should pursue it all the way, and not give his own respite.

If it were him, it would never be possible to stop after only chasing for a few dozen miles.

Jiangdong sent troops this time, thinking that the enemy was defenseless, and went all the way in, without making any arrangements along the way, and the enemy could completely pursue and kill all the way to Baqiu without hindrance.

The truth is that they came almost half a day late.

Then, the enemy must be adjusting their deployment, and most of their men and horses have not followed this side at all.

Where did they go?

Their worries must have been right at the beginning, they went to Xia Shui, and they went to block Jiang Qin's back road!

They even knew Jiang Qin's movements all the way, and they had planned in advance!

If Jiang Qin is blocked all the way, under the careful planning of the enemy, he is afraid that he will not be able to escape the doom.

If Jiang Qin encounters an accident along the way, plus Guan Yu withdraws his troops from Hanshui to fight back, Xiakou will be in danger!

If the waters at the turn of Jiang and Han are cut off by the enemy, the tens of thousands of horses stranded here in Baqiu will be cut off by the enemy, and it is likely to be the same as Jiang Qin's road, with nowhere to escape!

Yes, absolutely! Sun Jiao himself said that they attacked Baqiu without any resistance from the enemy, which was easier than Lü Meng's raid on Baqiu at the beginning.

The enemy was deployed so accurately in Gangneung and Jing'an, and even on the Hanshui side, how could it be unprepared in Baqiu?

Bachu, it must be the same as last time, it must be the bait laid by the enemy!

What runs away when you hear the wind, what money and grain fill the warehouse, it is all deliberately to make people want to stop!

No, you must immediately advise Sun Jiao and ask him to order the immediate withdrawal from Baqiu to Jiangxia, it will be too late!

Although it had been night for a long time and the river wind was biting, he immediately put on his robe and wanted to meet Sun Jiao in person.

As soon as he stepped out of the hatch, a sergeant urgently reported: "General, the enemy took advantage of the night to sneak attack and burn the ship with fire, and it was difficult for the front army to resist for a while!" ”

Fire Attack! The enemy turned out to have been waiting for a windy night!

Lu Xun remembered that many years ago, Cao Cao was also on the river in this area, and was set on fire by Jiangdong and Guan Yu before and after, and the 100,000 troops suffered heavy losses and all the warships were burned.

Now, it is the turn of the Jiangdong Navy that has been set on fire by the enemy!

Fortunately, Jiangdong was also an expert in arson, and Lu Xun immediately ordered the boats to distance themselves, and all of them moved closer to the river bank in the upwind direction.

On the river, as long as the boats are at a distance, the fire will not spread.

"Let General Han Dang see the opportunity to act, and if necessary, scuttle a few big ships himself to block the enemy's offensive route!" Throwing this sentence, he hurriedly got on the boat and went to ask Sun Jiao for an emergency evacuation.

By the time he arrived at Dongting Lake, it was already in chaos.

Liu Pan led the army to attack separately, and when he saw the enemy's big ship, he didn't need to attack on the ship at all, and directly shot the rocket first, causing the enemy to panic, and then rushed closer, threw wine cans and oil bottles, shot rockets, and then turned around and left, looking for the next target.

The big ships of Jiangdong were afraid that they could not avoid it, and they actually looked at the enemy's small ships and retreated, and only many small boats were resisting everywhere, preventing the enemy from getting close to the big ships.

And to the south, the 5,000 men and horses led by Wang Ping and Liu He had already screamed and killed.

Seeing that the enemy ships were rushing left and right, setting fire frantically, and their own fleet was rushing around, Lu Xun couldn't take care of it, so he hurriedly found Sun Jiao: "Hurry up and retreat!" This Bachu City has not changed, it is still the enemy's bait! Don't be nostalgic anymore! ”

"Hurry up and retreat to the Yangtze River! There, as long as a section of the river is blocked, the enemy's attack can be completely blocked! ”

"If you don't retreat, if the exit is blocked by the enemy, you can only be surrounded by the enemy in this chaos......"

Lu Xun didn't give Sun Jiao a chance to hesitate, and told all the terrible consequences in one go.

Sun Jiao was already frightened by this chaotic situation, but he didn't expect that from the direction of Xiangshui, he could kill so many enemies.

And Liu Pan's fire attack, with the help of the wind, the large warship ignited at one point, and the losses were heavy, which also made him lose the confidence to resist.

"Withdraw! Remove! Retreat all! Withdraw to the Yangtze River! He didn't want to be nostalgic for Bachu anymore. (To be continued.) )