Five days later, Guan Ping led more than 10,000 Jingzhou military horses to leave Jingnan, because Huo Yi repeatedly insisted that the battle of Xiangfan with Cao's army was the most important, although there were few Jingnan military horses, but they could also resist the Jiangdong army, and more importantly, Gao Jin had sent fast horses to report, and the army had set off from Gong'an Port and came to Jingnan.

When Guan Ping heard this, he had no choice but to lead the military horse back to Jingzhou.

At this moment, Jingnan is extremely calm, and in the north of Xiangnan County, Changsha County, Jiangdong Army is extremely calm and does not make any moves. Huo Yi was a little confused, what kind of medicine was Jiang Dongjun selling?

Since Huo Yi was at the mouth of Lianshui and destroyed 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers in a battle, there has been no offensive, but this is extremely inconsistent with the usual style of Jiangdong people.

Even if there are 8,000 fewer men and horses, the Jiangdong Army's men and horses on the north bank at the moment, both in terms of quality and quantity, are above the Huo Yi men and horses in the south. Moreover, its generals are like clouds, and fierce generals are gathered, and only a few of them can compete with them here. In the previous battle, it was just by borrowing geographical advantages and relying on the carelessness of the Jiangdong Army to achieve such results.

Why so far, the Jiangdong Army has been quiet and somewhat abnormal.

But no matter how much the scouts here probed, they didn't find a trace of abnormality.

Just when Huo Yi was confused, the guards outside the tent entered the tent door and handed over a secret report from Deng Ai that was urgently delivered.

Huo Yi frowned, opposite Deng Ai was Lu Xun, a potential famous general in Jiangdong, this is not a master to be messed with, and in a worried state, he opened the secret letter. But it was even more puzzled, there were only a few hundred words on it, but it explained the movements of the Jiangdong Army in the Guiyang area today, and the contacts between the two sides.

Deng Ai said in the letter that Lu Xun must be the great enemy of our army, and his people set up the camp in a very orderly manner. made Deng Ai extremely passive. may be due to the superiority of troops, but Huo Yi knows Deng Ai's ability, and his evaluation of Lu Xun in his heart is inevitably higher.

Seeing the back, Huo Yi said to himself: "Lu Xun has withdrawn, and his army has the meaning of faintly moving north, in the direction of Changsha County." ”

Huo Yi frowned tightly, and slowly walked to the topography map of Jingnan, rubbing Deng Ai's secret letter in his hand, and suddenly. I was shocked, there was no movement in the north for so long, and Lu Xun was faintly maneuvering here. Could it be ......

Huo Yi suddenly remembered something. It was Lu Meng who died young in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an. He was only in his forties. His father also died when he was about 40 years old, and most of the soldiers of this era were short-lived, all because of the march and war, most of them had some old diseases and old wounds, and they were often overtired, so they would die of overwork.

Maybe He Qi and Gan Ning are dead and captured. became the catalyst for Lü Meng's downfall?

Huo Yi was extremely excited in his heart, you must know that once Lu Meng died, Lu Xun was not yet in place at this moment, and the factions in the Jiangdong Army were separated. If they do not belong to each other, if they cross the river to attack the Jiangdong Army at this moment. It is not known whether it may lead to the defeat of the Jiangdong Army.

The more Huo Yi thought about it, the more feasible he felt, if this battle was really decided, then the military strength of the Jiangdong Army in Jingzhou would be wiped out by himself in one fell swoop, which would greatly damage his vitality. Then Jingzhou's territory on the south bank of the river may be occupied.

Huo Yi has always been a resolute person, and after figuring out this section, the first thing Huo Yi had to do was to confirm that Lu Meng had fallen ill, or that this guy had died of overwork.

"Someone!" Huo Yi turned his head to look at the guards outside the tent.

"Whoa!"

"Gather the generals, the big tent is discussed!" Huo Yi said in a deep voice.

The guard took the order and left.

In about half an hour, all the generals in the big tent had already gathered.

"The unknown general summoned me and others, why did you come?" The first to ask questions was Wang Ping, who had recently demoted Huo Yi.

Huo Yi sat on the main case and said loudly: "Summoning the generals here is for the recent movements of the Jiangdong Army. ”

Huo Yi erected Deng Ai's letter and said slowly: "Deng Shizai's letter, Lu Xun, the commander of the Jiangdong Army in the direction of Guiyang, has been shrinking his defensive line in recent days, and it seems that there are signs of maneuvering towards Changsha County, and he has already mobilized a lot of baggage into Changsha. ”

"At the same time, judging from the movements of the Jiangdong Army near Xiangnan City, the Lianshui Jiangdong Army, Shuizhai and other departments, there must be major changes in their army. I guess that most of the time Lu Ziming is critically ill! ”

Ye Jiong also stepped forward when he heard this: "A few days ago, the last general followed the general into Shu, and after he came back, he has been reading some information sent back by our army scouts in the north, but there is information that Lu Meng has been recuperating, and even before March, Sun Quan also sent his own doctor to the Lukou camp. The last general was about to report to the general, and the general was really a god, how did he know that this Lu Ziming was critically ill? ”

Huo Yi said: "The Jiangdong Army has the advantage of troops, and there are a large number of naval divisions stationed here, our army is still on the way back from the Shu army, and the Jiangdong Army also knows it, why not take advantage of the emptiness of our army's strength to attack the south bank, but shrink the defense line?" And Lu Xun of Guiyang has always been regarded as the successor to the governor of Lü Mengdu, and he is moving to Changsha, which shows that this Lü Ziming is dying soon, or he has already died! ”

Huo Liang frowned, and nodded: "What the general said is extremely true!" So this is the luck of our army, the general summoned all the generals to come, but what is the matter? ”

Before Huo Yi could speak, Wang Ping exclaimed: "Does the general want us to take the opportunity to attack the Jiangdong Army?" ”

Huo Yi smiled slowly, but the generals in the tent exclaimed in unison.

At this moment, there are only more than 20,000 military horses stationed here, and most of them are newly recruited county soldiers, Huo Yi actually wants to be so bold and take the initiative to attack?

"Never! General, the safety of our army depends on whether the battle of General Xiangfan can be successful, if our army is defeated, it will be difficult to protect the two counties of Jingnan and Jiangling, so that our army's foundation in Jingzhou will be lost! "This is talking about Liu Min in Jingzhou, who is in Huo Yi's team, but he is also an extremely important person, today, he escorted grain and grass to Xiangxiang.

The generals also responded: "This move is too risky, the general is cautious!" ”

Huo Yi smiled: "Even you don't think I will attack, so what about the Jiangdong Army?" ”

When the generals heard this, they all froze, Huo Yi's ideas were too wild, but everyone couldn't keep in line with them.

At this moment, only Guan Xing and Huo Crazy supported Huo Yi, but no one cared about what he and the two of them thought, because Guan Xing and Huo Madness were admirers of Huo Yi, Huo Yi's words were the creed of the two, that is, Huo Yi would immediately send him to death, and Guan Xing and Huo Madness would not hesitate to follow.

Huo Yi shook his head: "I have made up my mind, all the generals will go back to their base camp to prepare for battle, Huo Yan, you can lead the newly recruited county soldiers to be stationed in Xiangxiang City, and you can protect the city without losing it!" ”

Huo Yan's urn said angrily: "Anu is willing to gallop across the battlefield with the general, standing at the head of the city, and feel aggrieved!" ”

Liu Min and Liu Xun got up and said, "The two of us can lead the county soldiers to defend the city!" ”

Seeing that Huo Yi had made up his mind, the generals knew that it was useless to oppose it, but they were all united, and since they couldn't convince Huo Yi, they had to fight the Jiangdong Army with him.

Huo Yi nodded: "Zigui (Liu Xun)!" You can send someone to Deng Ai and Gao Jin, and order Deng Ai to send troops to Changsha, drag Lu Xun, and don't let him enter Changsha County easily! This matter is more urgent, and it must be stepped up! In addition, let Gao Jin speed up the march, quickly reach the south bank of Lianshui, and after our army attacks, get here as soon as possible, rest and recuperate, and take over the defense! ”

Liu Xun nodded: "Follow this and do it!" Then he went out of the tent.

Huo Yi looked at the rest of the generals, but said in a deep voice: "This battle is related to the safety of Jingnan, and it also determines whether our army can only shrink the two counties of Lingling and Wuling, or whether it can annex Changsha, Guiyang and even Jiangxia!" Gentlemen, you must move forward bravely, and you must not shirk! ”

"Whoa!" Although the generals felt that Huo Yi was a little risky, they still responded in the end.

Huo Yi nodded, and straightened his face: "The layout of each army is as follows, Ziqing (Wang Ming), your two brothers lead the headquarters of 5,000 men and horses, garrison the south bank, take charge of the water division, and when they see the fire on the north bank, they will set up a boat to go north, attack the enemy's water village, and launch it with crossbow arrows!" Don't go hand-to-hand with them! ”

"Whoa!" Wang He Wang Ming said loudly.

"Zijin (Wang Chong), you lead all the cavalry of our army, and together with my personal guards, cross the river from Zhaoyang, and attack Xiangnan City in the starry night!" Huo Yi frowned and said loudly.