PS: There is only one watch today, and three watches will be made up tomorrow

At the end of the day, Wang Chong regained his mood, and together with Tai Shici, he led four thousand Jinfan cavalry and Sun Gao and Fu Ying, two generals who had just joined Jinfan, out of the north gate of Wanling, and went straight to Wuhu.

As for the Xu family, it was handed over to Qian Qing to send troops to escort him to Hulin, and with Wang Chong's handwritten letter, Zhou Tai would let people send him back to Anhui City safely.

Along the way, Tai Shici's mood was particularly happy, causing Wang Chong to roll his eyes, the reason for this is because the mount under his crotch has finally changed from a shotgun to a cannon, and has been upgraded from an ordinary war horse to a majestic and abnormal Dawan famous horse.

This Dawan famous horse, originally Sun Yi's mount, called 'Shocking Sail', because of its "galloping wind and lifting the sail disease", Sun Yi died, Sun Gao, Fu Ying dedicated it to Wang Chong, but Wang Chong already has a "white cloud", so this "Shocking Sail" naturally fell into the hands of Tai Shici.

But who doesn't love horses? Tai Shi Ci as a horseman, the desire for a good horse is far beyond ordinary people, in the Jinfan, Wang Chong has 'white clouds', Gan Ning has 'green pheasants', even Zhou Tai, there is also a horse of the 'black cloud' (that day outside the city of Anhui, Zhou Tai was captured by Wang Chong, 'black cloud' also ran with the master to the Jinfan array), Tai Shi Ci has long been hot about this, today finally got what he wanted, and it is human nature to show some snort.

In history, the Three Kingdoms have a total of two famous horses named 'Shocking Sail', one is the mount of Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei, and the other belongs to Sun Quan.

Of course, when it comes to Sun Quan's mount, it is natural to recommend 'Fast Sail' first. In the famous Battle of Xiaoyaojin, Sun Quan was cornered by Zhang Liao, and it was by virtue of the 'fast sail' that he jumped over the broken bridge, and he escaped by luck.

Noon. Wang Chong led the troops to Wuhu City, and did not encounter a single soldier from Jiangdong on the way, obviously, the Jiangdong army at this time may have already passed Wuhu.

Tai Shi Ci frowned and said, "It seems that it is to return to the aid of Wu County." Cheng Pu has gone completely crazy, if they hadn't been on the road day and night, with the mobility of our cavalry, it would have been impossible to chase them for a day without seeing their shadows! ”

Wang Chong smiled: "Wouldn't it be better like this? Now the Jiangdong army must be very tired, maybe when we catch up with the other side, it only takes a burst of killing, and they can be defeated by attacking! ”

Tai Shici raised his head and glanced at the head of Wuhu City: "Does the lord mean to bypass Wuhu and directly pursue the Jiangdong Army?" ”

Wang Chong shrugged and said, "Otherwise, what should I do?" Take cavalry to siege the city? I'm not so extravagant! ”

But soon, Wang Chong discovered a major problem. It was the river that crossed in front of them, like a moat, blocking their progress.

Zhongjiang, also known as Lishui, the channel of the west of the river that flows into Zhenze (Taihu Lake) in the east, the water level is extremely deep, and Cheng Pu has destroyed all the nearby bridges when he led the army to leave, which made Wang Chong fall into a helpless melancholy.

Tai Shi Ci asked with a solemn expression: "Lord, what should I do now?" ”

Wang Chong's face was cloudy. After being silent for a long time, Fang took a deep breath and said, "Immediately send scouts to the upstream and downstream to investigate the situation and see if there is a bridge enough to accommodate my cavalry to pass through!" ”

"No!"

"Also, send someone to a nearby village. Boats were levied from the local people, and if there were no existing bridges, we would have to ship them in batches by fishing boats. Wang Chong paused as he spoke, "Remember, you can't use force when leviing, as long as you give them a certain reward." I'm sure they'll be happy to see us across the river! ”

In the blink of an eye, more than an hour passed, and in the anxious waiting, the Jinfan scouts sent out finally turned back, but the news brought back made Wang Chong extremely disappointed, and there was no longer a bridge intact for dozens of miles up and down the Zhongjiang River.

Wang Chong's face turned pale: "Damn Cheng Pu, what you did is really amazing!" ”

Fortunately, Wang Chong was prepared from the beginning, because the Jiangdong waterway was longitudinal and horizontal, and there were not a few people with boats at home, and under the temptation of heavy money, Wang Chong soon collected nearly 200 fishing boats.

However, the fishing boats were small in size, and could only transport one soldier and one war horse across the river at a time, and 4,000 Jinfan soldiers would need to cross the river at least 20 times if they were to cross the river.

Originally, Wang Chong was still worried about whether the Jiangdong army would ambush them halfway across the river, so he had been warning his subordinates to be vigilant, but later he found out that he was too worried, and Cheng Pu was now busy rushing back to rescue Sun Quan, how could he still have this leisure to ambush them?

By the time all the soldiers had crossed the river safely, nearly two hours had passed before they knew it.

The sunset is infinitely better, but it is just near dusk, and it is obvious that Cheng Pu's delaying strategy this time is progressing quite smoothly, and Wang Chong spent half a day on the matter of crossing the river alone.

In this race against time, half a day is almost equivalent to giving up all the previous achievements.

The sky was getting dark, and Wang Chong, who knew that he could no longer catch up with the Jiangdong army, was no longer in a hurry, but camped by the river on the spot, preparing to start again early tomorrow morning.

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At this time, the 16,000 Jinfan led by Liu Ye had already gone east along the river and successfully arrived at the Niuzhu camp.

In the big tent, Jiang Qin's face was full of worry: "Military Division, the situation is not good!" ”

Liu Ye also sighed: "I miscalculated, who would have thought that Zhou Gongjin would come back so quickly?" ”

Now, Jinfan's war in the north of Danyang County has completely fallen into the downwind, according to the report of the sentinel, Hao Zhao, who had just won a big victory during the day yesterday, was attacked by Zhou Yu's army at night, and only 5,000 soldiers retreated to Moling, and then, Zhou Yu pursued by victory, and 20,000 troops had already blocked the water around Moling City.

In addition, with the return of Cheng Pu's troops, Danyang County was recaptured by Jiangdong, and Cheng Pu, who learned that Wu County's crisis was not there, did not return to help, and instead sent troops to Shicheng.

The geographical location of Shicheng is very special, it is adjacent to Niuzhu in the west, and Moling in the north, its importance is self-evident, once it falls, Hao Zhao of Moling will completely become a lone army.

At present, Cheng Puliu left 5,000 soldiers to guard Danyang County, and he led the remaining 20,000 troops to surround Shicheng...... (To be continued.) )