A few days later, the 50,000 Shu army led by Zhang Ren and Yan Yan left the Three Gorges and arrived in Jiangling.

Earlier, Liu Feng had secretly arrived in Jiangling from Xiangyang, and after meeting with Zhang Ren and other Shu generals, Liu Feng told them the true purpose of this use of troops.

When the generals heard that they were going to start a war with Eastern Wu, they were naturally all surprised, but thinking of the current civil strife in Eastern Wu, Xuan even understood the wisdom of the lord Liu Feng.

For this battle of "robbing while the fire is hot", all the generals in Shu are eager to try.

After all, since Liu Fengping Shu, there has been no large-scale war in Shuzhong for nearly two years, and the economy of Xichuan has recovered as before, and the soldiers have recuperated and are thriving.

Now this battle is the first time in the lives of the soldiers of Shu to fight in Shu, so the Yizhou soldiers represented by Zhang Ren are all excited and plan to show their skills to the people of the world The strength of their Shu army.

With the arrival of the Yizhou Army, the battle against Wu officially began.

A military order was sent to all parts of Jingzhou, and all the armies were mobilized.

In Xiangyang, according to the prior agreement, 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Pang Tong set out from Xiangyang, went south along the Han River, and approached Xiakou.

To the south of Jingzhou, Xu Shu, Sha Moke, Wen Ping, and other three generals stationed in Jingnan led 15,000 people to the north from Xiangshui, and took the lead in capturing the important town of Baqiu and Wuchang County north of Changsha.

On the front line of Jiangling, Liu Feng led a mixed corps of about 70,000 and more than 500 warships composed of the Jingzhou Army and the Yizhou Army.

Three routes of soldiers and horses, a total of more than 100,000 troops, directly took Jiangxia.

On the Jiangxia front, there were originally more than 20,000 Wu troops stationed, but due to Zhou Yu's rebellion and Liu Feng's previous diplomatic deception, Sun Quan had transferred 5,000 soldiers and horses to Huainan before the war.

This also means that at this time, the number of Wu troops in the entire Jiangxia was only more than 15,000, and what they were facing was an enemy army of 100,000.

When the news of Liu Feng's army attack reached Jiangxia, there was an uproar, and before Liu Feng's army arrived, a large number of civilians began to flee.

beheaded Guan Yu, captured Cao Ren, surrendered Liu Zhang, defeated Liu Bei, and killed Cao Hong...... All kinds of brilliant results have made Liu Feng powerful in the world.

Now that he led an army of 100,000 to kill, the people of Jiangxia were naturally terrified, and that fear was even more terrible than Cao Ying's southern invasion back then.

Xiakou Castle, the hall of the county hall.

Deathly silence.

After reading the information that Hosaku had just arrived, the generals of Natsuguchi were like eggplants beaten by frost, and everyone lowered their heads and looked dejected.

The previous rebellion of Zhou Lang had dealt a heavy blow to their morale, and now the 100,000 enemy troops were pressing the border, which was undoubtedly another heavy blow.

At this time, Lu Su stared at the map hanging on the wall with a blue face, and his expression revealed unprecedented anxiety.

As the general of Zhenxi and the commander of the Wu army on the Western Front, the decision he made at this critical moment will be related to the overall situation.

Lu Su had to be cautious.

At this moment, Lu Su had never felt such a heavy burden on his shoulders.

It was only at this time that he felt that Zhou Yu back then had the courage and strong will to shoulder the burden of resisting Cao with his own strength.

Now Lu Su finally realized that he was really inferior to Zhou Yu.

After hesitating for a long time, Lu Su let out a long breath and said silently: "The enemy is menacing, and our army is only afraid that it will be difficult to resist. What do you think? ”

If it was Zhou Yu, he would have decided to go down, and no one would follow him, so how could he have asked for the opinions of his subordinates.

Lu Su did not dare to act arbitrarily, in case this decision caused immeasurable consequences, he did not dare to bear the responsibility alone.

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the generals changed, and although they were surprised, no one objected.

At this time, Sun Yu, the governor of the right capital, said in a deep voice: "Zijing, it seems inappropriate for our army to retreat without a fight." ”

Lu Su sighed: "The enemy army has 100,000 people, and our army has less than 20,000, and the difference in strength is too great, not that I don't want to fight, but I can't fight at all." ”

"Why can't you fight?"

Sun Yu snorted coldly and said proudly: "My Dongwu Naval Army, crisscrossing the Yangtze River, is invincible. When he was in Chibi back then, didn't Zhou Yu defeat hundreds of thousands of Cao troops with a mere 20,000 people. Today's situation may not be worse than it was back then, so why can't we fight? ”

Although Sun Yu hated Zhou Yu's rebellion, the glory of Chibi's victory back then was recorded in the account of his own Wu army.

"Zhong is different, it was back then, and the current situation is completely different."

Lu Su shook his head and sighed bitterly, helplessly expressing his bitterness.

At that time, although Cao Ying came with the power of forcing Jingzhou to surrender, he seemed invincible, but there was a fatal hidden danger of failure.

The main force of the Cao army were all northerners, and they were not accustomed to water warfare, and the Jingzhou naval army that surrendered was originally inferior to the elite of the Eastern Wu naval army.

Moreover, in the Eastern Wu at that time, although most of the civil servants surrendered, the generals were inspired by Zhou Yu and twisted into one heart, and they were all willing to fight to the death.

In terms of morale, the Wu people were not at a disadvantage.

But now, Zhou Yu's rebellion, because of its strong appeal, has caused a huge split in the Eastern Wu army system, and the morale is extremely low.

Moreover, Sun Quan is currently busy quelling Zhou Yu's rebellion, and he can't give them more support on the Western Front, which is very different from Sun Quan's backing for Zhou Yu with the power of the country.

In such an unfavorable situation, the enemy Liu Feng they faced did not have all the hidden dangers of Cao Ying back then.

More than 100,000 enemy troops can be said to be united and full of morale.

As the main force of water warfare, the Jingzhou Legion has been strictly trained by Liu Feng over the years, and the gap with the Wu people in water warfare has narrowed a lot.

Moreover, these Jingzhou troops have been elite soldiers who have been tested by war for a long time with Liu Fengxi's expedition to the north for several years.

On the contrary, the Wu army stationed on the Western Front had not experienced any decent battles for many years, and the soldiers were already negligent in the battle formation.

The situation at this time is indeed completely different from the battle of Chibi back then.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Su did not have the confidence to fight Liu Feng to the death.

It's just that when Lu Su said all kinds of disadvantages, Sun Yu couldn't listen to it at all, he said with a blushing face: "Jiangxia is the result of the bloody battle of three generations of my Sun family, no matter what the reason, and now if you abandon without a fight, it will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the morale of our army, and it will even affect the counterinsurgency battle in Huainan, Zijing, haven't you considered this?" ”

This sentence was asked by Lu Su who was speechless.

Lu Su was the commander of the Western Front, and what he had to consider was whether he could win the war or not.

Sun Yu was essentially sent by Sun Quan to monitor the generals of the Western Front, including Lu Su, and what he considered was the question of what kind of consequences would be caused by whether to fight or not.

The different positions naturally determined that Sun Yu could not agree with Lu Su's plan from a tactical level.

For a while, Lu Su didn't know how to persuade this "prison army", and the generals did not stand up to support Sun Yu, and under the silence, the atmosphere became awkward.

At this time, among the generals, one of them stood up and said, "Although the enemy army is numerous, what is there to fear?" If Lu Dudu does not dare to fight, I am willing to lead the army to fight to the death with that Liu Feng. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

A pair of eyes brushed together to find prestige, only to see that the person who asked for battle was the general Gan Ning.

When Lu Su saw Gan Ning's head, his brows suddenly furrowed, but Sun Yu was in good spirits.

How powerful Gan Ning is, of course Sun Yu knows all the excellent performances in the battles of Chibi and Jiangling back then.

And over the years, Lu Su has not treated Gan Ning very well, and Sun Yu also knows this.

At this time, Gan Ning, as Lu Su's subordinate, stood up and openly contradicted Lu Su, obviously with the intention of taking the opportunity to raise his eyebrows.

There are two points that are enough for Sun Yu to pin his hopes on Gan Ning.

didn't think much about it, Sun Yu said: "Zijing, since Xingba has the confidence to defeat the enemy, I think this battle can be fought in one battle." In this way, you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Xiakou, and Xingba and I lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to Chibi to meet Liu Feng's main force, what do you think? ”

Jiangxia's army was only 15,000 people, and Lu Su, the nominal commander of the Western Front, only took 5,000 troops to stay in Xiakou to deal with the enemy's partial army from Hanshui, but the main force was taken away by Sun Yu, and it was obvious that Sun Yu wanted to take the opportunity to seize the power of the supreme commander of Lu Su.

It's just that he knows this, but with Sun Yu's identity and Gan Ning's help, Lu Su has no other way.

After sighing secretly, Lu Su said silently: "Since this is the case, everything is subject to Zhongyi's decision." ”

After taking the opportunity to seize the military power of Lusu, Sun Yu took Gan Ning as the vanguard of the front, led 10,000 Wu troops and more than 200 large and small warships, and rushed to Lukou in the starry night, preparing to repeat the glory of the Battle of Chibi here.

Liu Fengjun's side.

Pang Tong's Northern Route Army, because of the lack of soldiers and horses, was blocked by Lu Su step by step, and its progress was slow.

But in the middle and south roads, it is all the way.

Five days after the troops were sent to Jiangxia, the main force led by Liu Feng and Xu Shu and other South Route Corps successfully joined forces in Baqiu.

Flagship.

"I've seen my lord."

Xu Shu, who stepped into the cabin, gave up his hand and said "Lord", but this "Lord" really made Liu Feng feel a lot of emotion.

Since Xu Shu returned, Liu Feng has been worried about whether Xu Shu will stage the play of "being in Cao Ying's heart in Han" in history.

But now facts have proved that Liu Feng's move to send Xu Shu to deal with Eastern Wu was extremely successful.

"Yuan Zhi, I just got the information that the Wu generals who arrived in Lukou will be Sun Yu and Gan Ning, not Lu Su, the big governor, what do you think about this matter?" Liu Feng asked Xu Shu.

Xu Shu sneered and said disapprerovingly: "Don't think about it, it's obvious that Lu Su must have been robbed of military power by Sun Yu." ”

(To be continued)