In Zhou Yu's fleet, Zhou Yu saw the signal sent by He Qi in the distance, and his heart trembled, and then he felt cold, did he fail?

"The Metropolitan Governor has failed, is he going to march?"

Lu Meng asked with a pale face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, did not speak, and said for a long time: "Withdraw the army." ”

"With such a wind, even if the plan is discovered, it should be attacked." Lu Meng said loudly.

"The enemy is already prepared, then it means defeat, withdraw the troops." Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and said loudly, his voice trembling a little.

"The Governor ......"

"Shut up and withdraw your troops!"

After Zhou Yu withdrew, soon, He Qi's fireship collided with the fireboat fleet led by Wen Ping, and in an instant He Qi's fleet was shattered, and He Qi jumped from the deck to Wen Ping's iron ship by the force of the collision, but just stepped into Wen Ping's warship, he was stabbed by random guns. He Qi shouted and wanted to rush at Wen Ping, but Wen Ping threw a shot, and the spear pierced He Qi's head and carried He Qi into the river.

"General, the flames are spreading towards the fireship, and the wind is very strong."

The soldiers reported.

"Don't panic! Our fleet is coming to meet us. ”

Wen Ping said loudly.

Not long after, Zhou Cang led the fleet to meet the Wenpin, although the warships of the Chu army were damaged, but compared with the warships of Eastern Wu, it was much better, but it was infected by fire, and the soldiers had jumped into the water to escape. Mass and speed, warships of different masses collide together at similar speeds, then the larger and stronger warships will be less damaged, this sentence is like a cyclist and a car driver collide together, and the injury on a bicycle will be more serious.

Gan Ning intercepted the enemy's offensive at the cost of twelve warships with Zhuge Liang's plan.

On the other hand, Pang Tong, the commander of the Second Route Army, led the army to Changsha County and confronted Zhu Ran's army, while Wei Yan, the third Route Army, had already led the army to the vicinity of Changsha and attacked Zhu Ran with the Pang Tong coalition army, Zhu Ran's army was only 40,000, and the army led by Wei Yan alone was twice as large, and the army led by Pang Tong was nearly three times as large. Zhu Ran didn't dare to confront Pang Tong head-on, and lost three cities in a row.

On the Jiangxia army, Huang Zhong led his army to engage Lu Su and Lu Xun, the initial battle was unfavorable, Huang Zhong was repulsed, and Ma Hong led the most elite Chu blood regiment and Wudang Fei army to the battlefield.

Jiangxia County, Jingling City.

Lu Xun and Lu Su stood on the city tower and looked at the Chu army in the distance, which stretched for several miles.

"See?" Lu Xun spoke.

"See." Lu Su replied.

"The black heavy armored iron cavalry, there are at least 6,000 people, such cavalry, if we fight with it, tens of thousands of troops will be torn apart by it in an instant."

"If you set up a formation to face the battle, is it feasible?" Lu Su said.

"No, the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong infantry is not strong, and they can't stop the charge of the opponent's heavy armored cavalry at all, especially the local soldiers are far superior to us."

"In addition, Ma Hong also led the most elite bloodline soldiers of the Chu State and Wang Ping's Wudang Flying Army." Lu Su said.

"I'm afraid this city can't be defended."

"If you can't keep it, what should you do?" Lu Su asked.

"Withdraw!"

"Where are you retreating?" Lu Su asked again.

"Xiling City is strong."

"If we retreat, then if Ma Hong leads the army straight to Shaxian and does not attack Xiling, once the Zhou Dudu is defeated, we will ......"

Lu Su sighed and said.

"Indeed, but I think that Ma Hong led his troops to attack, and the purpose was to take Jingzhou quickly, so I don't think he would go to Shaxian to attack Zhou Yu, because once he transferred troops to attack Zhou Yu halfway, first, we could go out of the city to harass him, and second, it would take a lot of time and food. Ma Hong also didn't know when Cao Cao's reinforcements would come, so he must have been impatient to take Jiangxia and Changsha. ”

"Oh! So do you think Cao Cao will help us? Lu Su asked.

"Yes, Cao Cao will not sit idly by and watch my Jiangdong fall."

"Then will he send troops to attack Nanyang to relieve the siege?" Lu Su asked.

"No, it won't."

"Why?" Lu Su said.

"Because there are Zhang He, Li Yan and other generals with heavy troops to guard, and Wancheng is said to have been built by Ma Hong into the strongest city in Jingzhou except Xiangyang, if Cao Cao wants to break through Nanyang County and come to besiege Chu to save Wu, at least 200,000 troops must be mobilized, and it will take at least a year, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to hold out for a year."

Lu Su sighed and said, "Bo Yan thinks the same as me, so do you think this Jiangxia can be kept?" ”

"Whether you can keep it or not, it depends on Zhou Yu's governor."

"If the water war is lost, then we will ......" Lu Su did not finish speaking, but the meaning has been expressed, the key to this war lies in Zhou Yu, if Zhou Yu is defeated, then he will really be defeated.

"Save your strength and retreat to Jiangdong in order to fight again."

"Now in early winter, once we lose Jingzhou in this winter, in the spring of next year, Ma Hong will definitely go down the river and go straight to my Jiangdong." Lu Su said.

"So according to Cao Cao's knowledge, he will never attack Nanyang." Lu Xun said.

"Then he will look at it first, if we win the water war, he will not have to send troops, if we lose the water war, he will send a large army to Hefei, and send a messenger to my Jiangdong, saying that in the name of aiding my Jiangdong, send a large army into Lujiang County to assist my Jiangdong to defend against the enemy." Lu Su said.

Lu Xun nodded and said, "That's right." The lord has already declared himself a vassal to Cao Cao, so nominally speaking, Cao Cao is famous for sending a large army into the Lujiang River. ”

"At that time, the lord will definitely fall into a dilemma, if the Wei army is recruited into Lujiang County to resist the Chu army, even if the Chu army is repulsed, it is just to repel a tiger and introduce another tiger."

"The so-called invitation to God is easy to send God, once the Wei army is welcomed in, there will be big trouble, maybe the Wei army will take the opportunity to attack Jianye." Lu Xun said.

"If you don't agree to Cao Cao and don't ask the Wei army to enter Jiangxia County to help, then Cao Cao will have another name, saying that the lord will rebel, and if he sends troops to attack my Jiangdong with the Chu army, then Jiangdong will be destroyed in the blink of an eye." Lu Su spoke, his brows furrowed deeply.

Lu Xun sighed and said: "Our assumptions are all possible, so this war must be won, because once lost, then the consequences will be serious." ”

Lu Su nodded and said: "Therefore, I don't think the army can be withdrawn, once the army is withdrawn, it will increase the pressure on Zhou Dudu, and the morale of our army will definitely be greatly damaged." ”

"Don't you withdraw your troops for the sake of Zhou Dudu? Even that didn't help much? Lu Xun frowned.

Lu Su nodded and said, "I won't withdraw my troops no matter what, even if I die in this Jingling City." ”

Lu Xun lowered his head and stopped making a sound.

The camp of the middle army of the Chu army.

"Hehe, Lu Su and Lu Xun's expressions look very sad!" Ma Hong took a homemade monocular, looked at Lu Su and Lu Xun on the city wall, and spoke.

"Yes! Oh, yes! They were shocked by the appearance of our Chu army. ”

Jiang Wei also held a telescope and echoed Ma Hong.

Deng Ai on Ma Hong's right also looked at the city wall with a telescope, but he didn't look at Lu Su and Lu Xun's expressions, but looked at the enemy's defense on the city wall: "There are more than 100 bed crossbows, archers every three steps, and all the equipment used to prevent siege such as throwing stones, fire oil and steel, etc., it seems that the enemy is going to defend the city." ”

(To be continued.) )