Chapter 60: Raid on the Han Army's Camp
Raid on the Han army camp
In the evening of the next day; Lu Xun led Ling Tong, Pan Zhang, Sun Heng and 20,000 Jiangdong elites to assemble in the city.
"Soldiers, we are about to go on a campaign; This time our target is Liu Bei's base camp, are you afraid? Lu Xun stood on the platform and shouted to the soldiers below.
"Not afraid, not afraid"
"In the past, my Jiangdong disciples broke the cauldron and sunk the boat, and the Qin army was in Julu; Today, my Jiangdong children are willing to follow me, cross the Yangtze River on a rainy night and break the Han army next to our Yidao City."
"Willing, willing" The army was suddenly stirred up with a momentum of victory; Seeing that these 20,000 Jiangdong children were stimulated to their own blood, it also gave Lu Xun another expectation of victory.
In the past, Xiang Yu led 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers to participate in the uprising against the Qin Dynasty, and the Battle of Julu established Xiang Yu's position, and then established the Western Chu regime; Using Xiang Yu to motivate the children of Jiangdong can also stimulate the strong blood in their hearts that belongs to Jiangdong, and they can also complete the attack on the Shu Han camp like the battle of the giant deer.
By the moonlight, the Wu army led by Lu Xun began to prepare to cross the Yangtze River, and what was the Shu Han camp busy with at this time.
the deployment of Shu Han's military forces after the Battle of Lan Yan; Fu Tong and Zhang Yi led 10,000 troops to attack Jiangling City, Baili Joint Camp sent nearly 10,000 soldiers to guard, Huang Quan led 5,000 soldiers in Linfu, Zhuge Qiao led 3,000 troops to raid Wuling, and directly lost nearly 15,000 soldiers in the battle of Zailanyan, and the soldiers who died in the battle of other cities; The previous 80,000 soldiers are still in the camp and there are less than 35,000 left, plus more than 10,000 wounded soldiers left over from the battlefield.
"Your Majesty, General Zhang Yi has sent news, they have captured Dangyang City, General Fu is leading 8,000 soldiers to look at Jiang Ling, and there will be news in a few days" A scout-like soldier entered Liu Bei's big tent.
"Haha, Ji Chang, as long as Fu Tong can make a surprise attack on Jiangling City, we will end this big battle and stay in Jingzhou," Liu Bei said with a smile. For a man who has struggled all his life, has only achieved something in his career when he knows the destiny of heaven at fifty, and as the first battle commanded by himself after ascending the throne as an emperor, he has seen the dawn of victory, how can he not be excited!
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is to strengthen the defense of the camp, and the spy came to report that Sun Quan personally ordered Lu Xun to be the governor of Eastern Wu, and now he has rushed to Yidao City;" Maleonn Road. did not echo Liu Bei's interest at all, but raised the hidden dangers of the army.
"Our army scouts have been monitoring the movements of Yidao City, and there are still many patrol cavalry roaming outside the camp, so he can sneak attack my camp" Liu Bei looked a little disdainful of Ma Liang's worries.
Ma Liang also knew that Liu Bei had paid a lot, and now he finally had the foundation he has now, and he also saw that the battle of Jingzhou was about to be decided, who could resist this joy from the heart.
It's just that Liu Bei's joy didn't last too long!
Just two days later, a fast horse galloped outside the camp, the man was pale and pale, his hair was messy, but his eyes were very firm, and the black war horse under his crotch seemed to have run to the limit, and at a glance he knew that he had run a long distance; After dismounting, he ran straight towards Liu Bei's Chinese army tent.
But he was stopped by the Imperial Guards, but there was a token;
The soldier immediately took out an iron plaque from his bosom and handed it to the Imperial Forest Army in front of him, who looked at it carefully: Come with me!
"Report, Your Majesty; At the last moment when our army captured Gangneung City, reinforcements from Soochow arrived, and our army was forced to retreat" The soldier directly stated the reason for this trip; But Liu Bei couldn't directly accept this fact;
"Where is General Fu Tong now," Liu Bei said calmly. Although Liu Bei tried his best to hide the anger in his heart, his angry eyes still betrayed him.
"Back to Your Majesty; General Fu has now retreated to Dangyang to join General Zhang Yi" Seeing Liu Bei's angry expression, the soldier immediately replied, and then lowered his head.
"Got it, you stand down," Liu Bei said to the soldiers; And then I fell into a deep thought!
During the time that Liu Bei was pondering, the sky was gloomy; The time was still in the afternoon, because the gloomy black clouds were pressing towards this side, and everyone knew that it was a sign of heavy rain.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the lightning and thunder to come, and the majestic summer rain came; The soldiers in the camp all rushed towards their tents, leaving only the soldiers guarding the gate of the village still staying in the rain, accompanied by 10,000 grass and mud horses running through their hearts, they also gathered to shelter from the rain.
Although he is still inspecting the surrounding movements, he does not have the sense of responsibility he had before;
Slowly, when the sky was completely dark, the heavy rain stopped; On the other side of the Yangtze River, there were dense figures, and when they pushed the bamboo raft and the raft into the river, more than a dozen soldiers immediately jumped on it, spread on the bamboo raft and rowed towards the opposite bank;
And this process lasted for nearly an hour before it ended, after which all the soldiers floated on the Yangtze River, and many of them fell into the boiling river due to the rapidity of the river, and never returned; With the rapid water of the Yangtze River flowing downstream, when the bamboo raft crossed the opposite bank, the bamboo raft had already drifted down for nearly four or five miles;
Through the faint moonlight after the rain, after a difficult assembly, this army moved again, and their purpose was very clear that it was the camp of Shu Han; After the baptism of the river and death, this army is now full of fighting spirit and cold murderous spirit.
"Dudu, there is no sentry cavalry of the Han army found in front" A soldier made a special quarrel and approached this army.
"Revisited"
As the soldier just left away, the speed of the army's movement increased even more, and it was getting closer and closer to the Han army's camp, but the Han army didn't seem to notice it in the slightest.
Nearly a mile away from the camp, this army stopped, and slowly when all the soldiers and soldiers gathered together, they seemed to see Lu Xun's face by the moonlight, "General Pan, you lead three thousand soldiers to secretly rush to the only way to the pavilion, and when the time comes, you must stop the defeated and fleeing Han army, if you can capture Liu Bei, you should be the first to take the lead" Lu Xun said to Pan Zhang beside him.
After saying "take the order", Pan Zhang left the brigade.
"Ling Tong and Sun Heng, the two of you, lead 15,000 soldiers to attack the southern camp of the Han army in a quarter of an hour, be sure to break through in the fastest time, and don't leave any time for the Han army to counterattack" Lu Xun instructed Sun Heng and Ling Tong again.
After saying "receive the order", the two of them also entered the army and began to prepare, preparing for the next life-and-death battle between Wu and Han.
After the order was given, all the soldiers showed their bright swords, which looked unusually cold in the moonlight.