"How is it possible, how can Guan Yu be the opponent of our navy, you don't want to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army!"

Lu Meng's disbelief is also reasonable, this kind of thing, if anyone in Eastern Wu hears it, they will feel that it is a fantasy.

"How dare the little one lie, the little one has personally experienced that defeat, originally we were sure to win, but somehow the people of Jingzhou suddenly equipped an extremely powerful weapon, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they smashed our ship."

The little colonel had a sad face, and described the battle of Dongting Hukou, and when it came to the horror, the whole person trembled, obviously with palpitations.

Only then did Lu Meng realize that what he had heard was not a miracle, but a cruel fact that really happened.

At that moment, Lu Meng only felt that his heart was hit hard, and he staggered and almost stood unsteadily.

"How so, how so! At the beginning, I fought against Wu Hou, and I boasted about such a big sea mouth, and now I ...... How can I explain to Wu Hou now......"

Lu Meng's heart was like a knife, his mind was like numbness, and he was panicked for a while.

The little colonel who was kneeling on the ground hurriedly said: "General Lu, hurry up and return to help, in case Baqiu City can't hold it, then we will be all finished." ”

Xiao Xiaoxiao's words woke up Lu Meng, his mood gradually stabilized, and he said in his heart: "What he said is right, I have to quickly withdraw to Baqiu, if Baqiu is lost, my 10,000 people will be blocked in Xiangshui, what should I do then." ”

The news of the defeat made Lu Meng regain his wisdom, he pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Order the whole army to stop the attack immediately, and send someone to Lingling to recruit General Ling immediately, so that he must not stay for a moment, and quickly return to Changsha County to join me." ”

Two days later, Ling Tong and his 4,000 men rushed back to Changsha in the starry night, and after the two joined forces, they rushed to Baqiu downstream at full speed by taking advantage of the flow of the river, but when their fleet reached less than three hundred miles from the mouth of Xiangshui, they heard even more shocking news.

Baqiu fell, and Lu Su and Sun Yu fled to Lukou with the remnants of the naval army, and he Lu Meng and Ling Tong were abandoned.

In the cabin, everyone fell silent when they heard the news, and everyone had a look of frustration on their faces, because they knew very well what the news meant.

Their 10,000 horses have become turtles in the urn, such a result is something that Lu Meng never expected.

The atmosphere in the cabin gradually became solemn, Lu Meng frowned, quietly observing the expressions of each general, he saw despair, but also saw timidity, he knew that many people had begun to plan to surrender to the Jingzhou people in their hearts.

"Ziming, give the order, let's go out with the whole army, desperately rush out of Xiangshuikou, and we are allowed to have a way to live." Ling Tong was the first to break the silence.

Lu Meng did not respond, but calmly asked the scout, "What is Baqiu's situation now?" ”

"General Hui, it is reported that Guan Yu has just led the army east, but Baqiu still has more than 10,000 Jingzhou troops left, and these Jingzhou troops are very likely to be equipped with that Shenwei cannon, if they break through, they are only afraid of ......"

If in normal times, Lu Meng would not hesitate to order a bloody battle, but now the situation is different, although he has not seen that divine cannon, but he knows that that thing can help Jing people defeat Lu Su's 30,000 main army, then he will naturally have little chance of winning with a mere 10,000 water army.

Lu Meng still had a heavy expression and had already answered, Ling Tong saw that this strategy was not working, and said: "Then why don't we abandon the ship and go ashore, cross Changsha County to the east, and return to Jiangdong from my Yuzhang County?" ”

After Ling Tong made this suggestion, he thought about it for a while, and vetoed it himself. The east side of Changsha County is indeed connected to Yuzhang County of Eastern Wu, but there are thousands of mountains and ravines in between, and the Jingzhou army only needs to use a small number of soldiers and horses to hold a few major passes, so it will be extremely difficult for the Wu army to overcome.

What's more, now that the transportation line on the water has been cut off, what they bring with the army now is less than ten days of rations, but they are afraid that the military rations will be exhausted before they pass through Changsha County, and they will starve to death without waiting for the Jingzhou army that is following them.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, Ziming, you are the commander of the first army, whether you are going or fighting, you have to hurry up and get an idea, we can't afford to delay."

As soon as Ling Tong said this, the rest of the generals also urged, no wonder, being locked up in this pocket formation, there were no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, so it was strange not to panic.

"Let me think!"

Lu Meng waved his hand and signaled everyone not to make noise, when the tent was neutral, everyone had anxious expressions on their faces, but everyone didn't dare to say anything, they could only watch their boss pacing around in the tent, hoping that Lu Meng could show them a way out.

A gust of wind came in from the south, and the cold breeze relieved the heat in the big tent.

When the cool breeze caressed his face, Lu Meng's eyes suddenly lit up, his frowning brows relaxed, and a smug smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he muttered: "Hmph, Guan Yu wants to capture me Lu Meng alive, it's not so easy." ”

―――――― Baqiu City, this is already the fifth day after Guan Yu's fleet left.

The battle reports of the Lukou side continued to send back, although the remnants of the Wu army commanded by Lu Su, although there were still nearly 20,000 people, but because of the fiasco in the battle of Dongting Lake, most of the main warships were lost, and the Wu army did not dare to fight, so they could only retreat in the Lukou water village, stubbornly resisting Guan Yu's onslaught again and again.

Although Lu claimed that the Wu people were the largest naval base in Jingzhou, and the water village and city were several times stronger than Baqiu, under the bombardment of Guan Yu's Shenwei cannon, it gradually showed that it was not enough, and it was believed that it was only a matter of time before it was captured.

And when the fierce battle at Lukou was in full swing, Huang Zhong and his 10,000 Yizhou legions were leisurely basking in the sun in Baqiu.

The reason is very simple, Lü Meng's army was locked in the pocket formation of the three southern counties, there was no food and grass and no reinforcements, and there was no need to raise troops to attack, what Huang Zhong had to do was just to block the mouth of Xiangshui and wait for the enemy to come to find death, or wait for his food to come and surrender.

Fang Shao is very appreciative of Lu Meng's talent, although this person's overall view is very weak, but he is a first-class tactician in the world, whether it is water warfare or land warfare, he is second to none among the generals of Eastern Wu, according to Fang Shao's opinion, his military talent should be no less than Zhou Yu. If Lü Meng can be subdued, it will be obvious to Liu Beijun's strength on the Eastern Front.

Therefore, Fang Shao also personally wrote a letter of surrender and sent someone to Lü Meng, hoping that this outstanding general would be able to understand the current affairs and raise troops to return to obedience.

Three days later, the messenger brought back Lymon's reply.

Lü Meng quickly replied to Fang Shao, replying quite politely, but he did not generously decide to repay the country with death, nor did he promise to return to obedience.

After Fang Shao read it, he passed it on to Huang Zhong and the others, and said, "What do you think of Lu Ziming's letter?" ”

"Hmph, this Lu Meng, sprinkled hundreds of words, it's all nonsense, I think he is obviously delaying time." Meng Da's head turned the fastest, and he saw through Lu Meng's little abacus at a glance.

After Huang Quan looked at it, he doubted: "If he is deliberately delaying, it seems that he can't say anything, now that we are guarding Baqiu, we can naturally afford to drag it out, but he Lu Meng only has more than ten days of grain and grass in his hands, even if he doesn't want to surrender, he is also good at fighting quickly, what good can he do if he drags it down?" ”

Huang Zhong was a military general, naturally not as fast as the two Confucian generals from the literati, and only after his family said that he said: "Could it be that he just wants us to relax our vigilance with this letter, but secretly wants to make a surprise attack and catch us off guard?" ”

Meng Da smiled and said disapprerovitically: "The old general is too worried, we are not the grass coward like Yan Baihu in Jiangdong back then, how can we be deceived by such a small trick as him." I have ordered the water and land thirty miles south of Xiangshuikou to be strictly guarded, and if Lu Meng really dares to come and attack, he will not return. ”

Obviously, Meng Da did not take Lu Meng in his eyes, and when he said this, everyone's suspicion faded, and Huang Zhong stroked his beard and smiled: "Since this is the case, then let's wait and see what happens, I expect that Lu Meng is in a Jedi, and he can't play any tricks." ”

Those people were in a very relaxed mood, but Fang Shao always felt that something was a little unpersuadable, but looking at the letter in Lu Meng's hand, he couldn't say what was wrong for a moment.

Just as he was pondering, suddenly the soldiers hurriedly came to report, saying that the eldest lady Sun had lost her temper and was noisily about leaving the camp.

Fang Shao's expression changed, so he had to put aside Lu Meng's matter for the time being, and hurried back to appease Sun Shangxiang.

And when Fang Shao was still more than ten steps away from the tent, he heard Sun Shangxiang's scolding in the tent, vaguely accompanied by a banging sound, it seemed that she was angry with the tent again.

"Why should you lock me up, my dignified Miss Sun, how can you treat me like a prisoner, I let you lock me up!"

When Fang Shao had just lifted the curtain, an object flew towards him, Fang Shao was startled, and he flashed to the side in a hurry, and was almost hit. When I looked up, the tent was already in a mess, and everything that could be moved was smashed to the ground by Sun Shangxiang.

Fang Shao smiled and said, "Miss, what's wrong with you, what kind of tantrum are you doing." ”

When Sun Shangxiang saw him coming, he was a little angry, but he still complained with an annoyed face: "You still ask me, I am in a panic here, and I want to go out to breathe, but your subordinates have to stop me from going out, Fang Zhongzheng, let me tell you, I am not your prisoner!" ”

Fang Shao knew that she would lose such a temper sooner or later, so he had to persuade patiently: "How can it be, Miss, you think too much." Now it is a time of chaos, this is also for your safety, if you are really panicked, I will accompany you to the river to enjoy it later. ”

Sun Shangxiang was satisfied, with a slight smile on his face, and said: "This is like words, okay, then you can accompany me to Xiangshui in the south to take a look, I have grown so big, and I have never been to Xiangshui." ”

In order to be afraid that Sun Shangxiang would make trouble, Fang Shao had instructed her to keep the war outside strictly secret, obviously she didn't know that her family's general Lu Ziming was trapped in Xiangshui.

Fang Shao frowned slightly, and said: "Is there anything interesting in Xiangshui, Miss grew up in Jiangdong since she was a child, and the rivers are not all the same." Why don't I accompany the young lady to the mountains near Baqiu? ”

"No, I'm going south!" Sun Shangxiang played the young lady's temper again.

"South, South......"

Somehow, Fang Shao was suddenly attracted by these two words, and muttered in his heart, and after a moment, his expression suddenly changed.

"Oh no, he fell for Lu Meng's delaying tactic, he originally wanted to escape from there!"

(To be continued)