From Wucheng to Yuhang, there is a big river from north to south, called Dongtiaoxi, because there are many reeds along the coast, and the reeds fly in autumn, so it is named "Tiao".

The river channel of Dongtiaoxi is not wide, and the north is connected with Zhenze (Taihu Lake), the amount of water is very large, so the river is relatively turbulent, in case of heavy rain, the flood rolls down, it is very easy to burst the embankment into a disaster, and the flood is formed in the downstream.

Lu Xun is planning to move some articles on this Dongtiao Creek.

Of course, since Wucheng and Yuhang are both on the west side of Dongtiao Creek, Wei Yan does not need to cross the river when he goes south to Yuhang, so if Lu Xun wants to attack him with water, the first thing he needs to do is to find a way to lead him across the river.

The sixth year of Jian'an, April 30.

Lü Fan led 2,000 men and horses to the north for dozens of miles and took the initiative to meet Wei Yan.

The side with fewer troops did not defend the city, but gave up its only advantage, which itself exudes a strange feeling.

Wei Yan, as a veteran of the battlefield, couldn't help but be suspicious of this.

In a battle between the two sides, Lü Fan was defeated and left, but he did not flee south to Yuhang, but chose to flee east.

Wei Yan led his troops to chase all the way, and when he arrived at the bank of the Dongtiaoxi River, he found that the Jiangdong Army was wading across the river.

Wei Yan frowned, and immediately waved his hand to signal the army to stop advancing.

The subordinate general was puzzled: "General, this river is still no more than knees, and the brothers are all water-free, why don't you continue to pursue?" ”

Wei Yan shook his head and said: "Today's events are full of strangeness, it is already very incomprehensible that Lu Fan took the initiative to lead the troops out of the city, and after the defeat of the army, he did not return to Yuhang, but led us here." It is even more suspicious, and it is now the rainy season, and the precipitation is very high. The river here is a bit shallow and a little too shallow! ”

When the general heard this, he suddenly realized and exclaimed: "The general suspects that the enemy wants to use a water attack on us!?" ”

Wei Yan nodded and said: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what happens, it's better for us to be careful, after all, our army's strength is far superior to that of the other party, as long as we fight steadily." It's not very difficult to take Yuhang, so why rush into danger? ”

The general worried: "But if we don't exterminate this remnant army in Jiangdong, we will wait when we attack Yuhang." Will the camp be attacked? ”

"Jumping beam clown, what's the point?" Wei Yan sneered, "Lu Fan led the army out of the city, and Yuhang will not have many troops to garrison. Maybe this time tomorrow. Yu Hang has already fallen into the hands of my Jinfan! ”

Wei Yanzhi is overbearing, and his subordinates only have the right to make proposals, not the right to decide, and all matters in the army are dictated by him.

On the other side of Dongtiao River, Lu Fan's face was expressionless, and it turned out that Wei Yan did have some ability. Not a simple reckless man.

Fortunately, Lu Fan was mentally prepared, so he was not too disappointed. After all, this is only one part of Lu Xun's plan, and if the other side can succeed, although it cannot completely annihilate the enemy, it can at least force the other party to withdraw to Wucheng and relieve the difficulty of Yuhang.

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"General, look!"

On the way back from withdrawing the army, a soldier suddenly shouted, and Wei Yan followed his expectations, and his face suddenly changed greatly, because he saw a fire that soared into the sky, and the direction where the fire burned was where the baggage of his army was.

“…… Damn it! Fell for the other party's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!! Wei Yan gritted his teeth and looked gloomy, after all, when it came to such a time, where would he not understand the whole story?

"Quick, the whole army will speed up and go back to the rescue as soon as possible!" Wei Yan was anxious and hurriedly galloped his horse.

But when Wei Yan led the army back, he was still a step too late.

The fire had been extinguished by his soldiers, but the grain and grass and more than a dozen thunderbolts were all burned to ashes in this fire.

The corners of Wei Yan's mouth twitched, and the anger in his heart finally erupted uncontrollably, and he dragged a baggage battalion soldier past him and roared, "Say, what happened!?" ”

The soldier fell to his knees with a frightened 'poof', trembled and replied, "Go back...... Back to the general, after the general led the army to leave, more than 2,000 enemy troops were suddenly killed in the direction of Yuhang, and the combat power was amazing. ”

"Two thousand!?" Wei Yan gasped, his face was extremely pale, "Are you sure that there are really two thousand people on the other side!?" ”

The soldier nodded emphatically: "It's true, everyone present can prove it to his subordinates!" ”

"......" Wei Yan was silent, he knew that the soldiers didn't dare to lie, and there was no need to lie, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart for a while, and after a long time, he calmed down again, sighed and said, "Get up, I don't blame you for this matter, I made a mistake......

According to the intelligence, there were only more than 2,500 Jiangdong soldiers left in Yuhang, so when Wei Yan saw Lu Fan leading 2,000 soldiers to meet the battle, he instinctively thought that the other party had no extra troops, so he dared to leave only 1,000 soldiers to guard the baggage, and led the troops to pursue without saying a word.

Wei Yan believes that the intelligence should not go wrong, so in the middle, where did Lu Fan conjure up so many troops out of thin air?

Wei Yan didn't think much about it before, but now that he came to his senses, he was surprised to find that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses under Lu Fan's command was really weak and pitiful.

Obviously, that army was definitely not Jiangdong's regular army, it was either a family private soldier borrowed from the Yuhang family, or it was just an ordinary Yuhang Qingzhuang pretending.

"Lu Xun Lu Boyan......" Wei Yan muttered in a low voice, "Gong Miao is not wrong, this kid is really difficult!" ”

Lu Xun did a two-pronged strategy this time, as long as Wei Yan dared to lead his troops to pursue Lu Fan, his defeat was already doomed.

If things go well, not only will Jinfan's grain and grass be unable to be saved, but even the army under Wei Yan's command will most likely be wiped out.

Fortunately, Wei Yan was cautious and did not cross the river easily, but although the army was saved, there was no food and grass, how could he attack Yuhang?

Wei Yan couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.

The general asked anxiously, "General, Yu Hang...... Still fighting? ”

Wei Yan couldn't help but glared at his generals and scolded: "Yu Hang, who can't even eat, and fart!" ”

The general laughed dryly and said embarrassedly: "If the general is sure to capture Yuhang within a day, the brothers can still hold it for the time being!" ”

Hearing what the subordinate general said, Wei Yan first moved in his heart, and then quickly shook his head and vetoed the general's proposal: "Forget it, this is too risky, if I go back now, at most I will lose some face, but if the brothers who are harmed again have nothing to eat and suffer heavy casualties, then it will really be impossible to escape the blame!" ”

So, Wei Yan led his army back to Wucheng on the same day, and during this period, he didn't even see the city wall of Yuhang. (To be continued.) )