Chapter 305 Zhou Yu appeared in Jiangling, and Liu Qi retreated to Xiangyang

Let's say that Xing Daorong got the Crane Wing Array from Liu Xian.

That night, he called two of his followers, Sima Xian, and explained to them the key to this formation.

Originally, he brought four Simas this time.

In the battle during the day, two of the four Sima were injured and could not fight again!

So, he now only has two Simas available.

"Do you understand?"

"The last general understands!"

"Well, early tomorrow morning, we will go to find that Wang Cang!"

"No!"

The two Sima went down to rest.

Xing Daorong came to Bao Long's tent again and told him about it.

Boron said to him, "So good! However, my brother must remember that there must be no delay before tomorrow's battle. As soon as his troops arrive, you will wave your army and kill them! The more you are caught off guard, the better the effect will be! ”

Xing Daorong agreed, chatted with Bao Long for a while, and then left.

The next day, Xing Daorong followed what Bao Long said.

Seeing Wang Cang's soldiers and horses coming, he didn't say a word, and waved his army to kill him.

The two Sima commanded their respective departments, outflanked the two wings, and immediately surrounded Wang Cang's soldiers and horses.

The sudden change put Wang Cang in a predicament.

Wang Cang saw that the soldiers under his command were panicking, and secretly screamed in his heart, so he hurriedly shouted loudly to maintain the formation.

It's a pity that where are the soldiers caught in the encirclement of such high quality? Fear had made them godless, and the soldiers who were hiding behind took advantage of the commotion in front of them to flee!

Wang Cang swung his knife and killed two soldiers who tried to escape, and only then did he stabilize his position1

However, morale has fallen to the extreme!

He resisted the torture Daorong who came over and retreated one after another!

Thankfully, there were people in the city who were watching his battle.

Otherwise, if no one saves him in this battle, he will inevitably be captured alive by Xing Dao Rongsheng!

Who is this man?

Wang Cang's cousin, Wang Bin!

Don't underestimate this Wang Bin. This person's background is not big, but his former master has a great background!

Who?

Mei Zhou Lang, Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin!

What's going on?

It turned out that Wang Bin was originally a descendant of the Wang family, and his parents sold rice in Luoyang for a living since he was a child. Later, Zhou Yi went to Luoyang to serve as Luoyang Ling, and little Zhou Yu asked his father to find a scholar for himself. Zhou Yi inadvertently took the son of this rice seller, Wang Bin, and gave it to Zhou Yu to be a scholar for five years.

Later, Zhou Yu left Luoyang to find his uncle Zhou Shang and went to Danyang.

Due to the old age of his parents, Wang Bin stayed in Luoyang.

After the death of his parents, Wang Bin obeyed his parents' orders and returned to Jingzhou, found the Wang family to recognize his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, and stayed in Jingzhou.

In the Wang family, Wang Cang was very polite to this cousin.

Therefore, Wang Bin is also grateful to this head of the family.

Seeing the changes before the battle, Wang Bin realized the seriousness of the problem, and immediately ordered two thousand soldiers and horses to rush out of the city!

Seeing that Wang Bin brought troops to reinforce, Liu Qi also sent the general Pang Xi to bring troops to reinforce.

Therefore, he saved Wang Cang, but only brought back less than half of the soldiers!

Wang Cang was also left with multiple wounds on his body.

In this battle, Liu Qi took advantage of it again, and it was considered a victory, which greatly boosted morale!

Seeing that Liu Qi's soldiers were elite and generals, Liu Ye said to Liu Qi: "The general has a good way to rule and a certain degree to unify the army!" It's a blessing to Your Majesty! However, Lord Zhuge still hopes that the general can focus on defense! Don't be greedy and rash, it will affect Your Majesty's plans! ”

The big plan he said here, Liu Qi naturally understood.

Now, as soon as the battlefield on the northern front opens, Liu Bei will start a full-scale war against Cao Cao!

This is the first battle to recover the Han Dynasty, so the two defensive lines in the south must be held. One of them is in the area of Xiangyang, Jiangzuo, that is, the jurisdiction of Liu Qi; The other is Yangzhou, which is under the command of Yan Liang, a general of the chariot cavalry.

Yan Liang commanded more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, which was enough to deter Jiangdong Sun Quan.

Therefore, Liu Qi must do a good job in the defense of Xiangyang.

He said to Liu Ye: "Qi knows that he has a deep responsibility, and he will definitely not live up to His Majesty's high expectations!" ”

Hearing Liu Qi say this, Liu Ye got up and said goodbye, and said: "General, I have finished my business, and I should go back to reply to the order." ”

"Good! I'll send someone to send you back to Beijing! Liu Qi said, so he found the deputy general and cousin Liu Pan, and asked him to lead a team of personal soldiers to escort Liu Ye back to Xiangyang.

And at this time, Gangneung City.

Seeing that Wang Cang was defeated again, Cai Mao was very annoyed and rebuked loudly: "You have been on the battlefield for a long time, haven't you seen the formation of Xing Daorong's troops? If it weren't for Wang Bin, would you still have the opportunity to stand in front of me? How many times have you invited you to fight, how did you promise me? ”

It turned out that Wang Cang and Xing Daorong fought several times.

Cai Mao wanted him to take a day off and send others to fight.

But this ghost has to say anything, he has to go, and this time he will definitely take Xing Daorong's head to celebrate. Otherwise, he is willing to be court-martialed.

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Hearing Cai Mao's question, Wang Cang knelt on the ground with a "poof", and said with a low expression: "General, the last general is willing to accept military law!" ”

This military law is not something that ordinary people can bear!

The general of the defeated army has seriously affected the morale, but there is a possibility of killing the head!

Even the lightest punishment is to be beaten with twenty military sticks!

A cold light flashed in Cai Mao's eyes, and he wanted to issue an order to enforce the military law.

Wang Bin, who was on the side, stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and said, "The general is angry." The formation used by the enemy army to go into battle is the ancient formation, which is the magpie wing formation. This formation is the most powerful rushing formation, and it takes three generals to crack this formation, each holding one side, to crack it! And General Wang commanded the army alone, even if he knew this formation, he couldn't break it! ”

"Humph! You two are brothers, so how can you make those brothers who died blind to him by exonerating him from their crimes? Cai Mao said with a sneer.

"General, it's not me who intercedes for my brother. This is the truth, besides, the two armies killed the general in front of the formation, which is not good for the army! Wang Bin begged again.

The generals on the side also knew that Wang Cang was defeated this time, and they really couldn't complain about him, and they pleaded with him one after another.

Seeing that the generals pleaded, Cai Mao pushed the boat down the river, made a favor with the water, and said: "It's okay! Since everyone is pleading, Ben will not be a person who does not care about feelings, so I will forgive you once! Leave you behind, fight again in the future, and make meritorious contributions! ”

"Thank you, General!" Wang Cang's back was already shocked into a cold sweat.

At this moment, the guards at the city gate came to report: "General Qiqi, there is a scholar outside the city who wants to see the lord." ”

"Scholar?" Cai Mao hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Does he have his name on it?" ”

"He said it was Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin from Jiangdong."

"What? Take me there! Hearing this, Cai Mao was shocked and hurriedly followed the guards to the city.

Sure enough, under the city is Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin.

"Brother Gongjin, don't come to harm?"

"It's just a crane in the clouds! After this today, I came to visit the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion! ”

"In a moment, you will open the city."

Cai Mao personally came down to bring this former old enemy in.

Don't look at them as old enemies.

That's just a matter of each his own!

Zhou Yu was arrogant, but he treated Cai Mao differently. Because he admires Cai Mao's ability to lead the water army!

Cai Mao, on the other hand, was completely subdued by this opponent. What's more, this former opponent has been demoted to a commoner by King Wu!

"What? Zhou Gongjin went to Jiangling City? Could it be that Soochow really joined forces with Cai Mao? Receiving the letter, Liu Qi was shocked.

Wen Yan said: "After the first battle of Jiaozhou, Zhou Gongjin was deprived of military power by Sun Quan. What are you doing here at this time of year? Could it be that he plans to be a strategist for Liu Cong? ”

Liu Xian, who was sitting on the side, interjected and said: "If Dongwu wants to keep its own power, it must unite with Jingzhou!" Then, with the help of the Yangtze River, in order to stop His Majesty from going south! This is the strategy that Zhou Yu planned for Sun Quan to hold Jiangdong! ”

Hearing Liu Xian say this, Liu Qi noticed this cousin, and suddenly thought that the formation used by Xing Daorong was also from his mouth, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, so he asked: "What Brother Xian said is quite reasonable!" But now that Zhou Gongjin has arrived in Jiangling, do you know his intentions? ”

"Zhou Gongjin was relieved of military power by Sun Quan on the surface, but he actually did not give up his attention to the situation in Eastern Wu! The eight counties of Jiangdong almost did their best, how could he give up so easily? If it weren't for his loyalty, he would have always put the matter of friendship with Sun Ce Babai in the first place, otherwise how could Jiangdong be in the hands of Sun Quan? ”

It was precisely because the people of Jiangdong only knew Zhou Gongjin and did not know Sun Zhongmou that Sun Quan resigned his military power. This is the result of the suspicion of the superiors! However, Sun Zhongmou was very lucky, he abandoned Zhou Gongjin, but used Lu Su, Lu Zijing, Lu Meng, Lu Ziming, and Lu Xun and Lu Boyan! ”

Although the three of them shared Zhou Gongjin's power and power, they did not despise Zhou Gongjin. The three of them almost didn't break off to visit Zhou Gongjin! Therefore, the foolish brother thought that Zhou Gongjin should have been invited by Lu Zijing when he entered Jiangling! Otherwise, it is only a matter of time before Gangneung is captured with the strength of his brother! ”

After saying so much one after another, Liu Xian didn't even drink saliva, but said bluntly to Liu Qi: "Therefore, my brother thinks that my brother will pull out the camp and retreat to Xiangyang overnight tonight, so that the soldiers and horses of Wuling and Yiling will immediately return to defense!" ”

"Defend immediately? Could it be that Zhou Gongjin is really so terrible? Besides, Cai Mao has fought with him many times and has become an enemy, how can he obey his arrangement? Huang Zu shouted unwillingly.

"Uncle Huang, don't be impatient." Liu Qi's opinion of Liu Xian changed again, and he said, "Brother Xian, Cai Dejun's ability to accept Zhou Gongjin is enough to show that they already have a connection with Dongwu!" I want to ask you, will Zhou Gongjin send people to attack Xiangyang, Wuling and Yiling tonight? ”

"Not necessarily! Whether he will send troops to attack these three cities depends on us! If the elder brother refuses to retreat, he will inevitably send someone to attack Xiangyang! When his brother leads his troops back to defense, he will divide his troops to take Yiling and Wuling! What's more, he will send people to disguise themselves and pretend to be our own people to deceive the two cities, and it will take no effort to get the two cities! Liu Xian said.

Liu Qi nodded and said, "What the virtuous brother said is extremely true! The generals listened to the order, packed up the softness, and set off overnight! Liu Hu listens to orders! ”

"The last general!" Liu Hu replied.

"I'll leave the matter of camping to you! Start camping before dawn tomorrow! Liu Qi commanded, and then said to Liu Du, "Brother Xian, this time you will go back to Xiangyang as a brother!" Let General Xing lead the troops back to assist my uncle! ”

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