Sun Jian and Zhou Yu smiled confidently.

His gaze turned to Lu Bu. Lu Bu stood in front of the map, looking at the shape on the map, his brows furrowed slightly. Now the shape above this, Ma Chao has taken control of Shangyong, and the main force of more than 100,000 led by himself has suppressed Sun Jianjun in the west, and Sun Jianjun is currently like a turtle in an urn, just waiting for him Zhang Lang to be captured. However, Zhang Lang was faintly uneasy, Sun Jian didn't say it for the time being, could it be that with Zhou Yu's resourcefulness, there was really no way?

Zhang Liao rushed in, hugged his fists and said, "My lord, Mr. Kong Ming sent a letter from Hanzhong. ”

Zhang Lang hurriedly turned around. Zhang Liao took out the letter and presented it to Zhang Lang with both hands. Zhang Lang took the letter, opened it, took out the letterhead, read it, and looked surprised: "Why didn't I think there would be this trick!" Hurriedly ordered Zhang Liao: "Immediately send someone to order Ma Chao to block the river with iron chains!" And the soldiers and horses who are good at riding and archery are on guard by the river, and once they find enemy reinforcements, they will immediately attack with rockets! ”

Zhang Liao promised and ran down.

As soon as Zhang Liao left, a scout officer rushed in and knelt down and said, "General, countless ships of Sun Jian's troops suddenly appeared on the river!" ”

Zhang Lang was taken aback: "So fast? "Hurry out of the big tent, climb the watchtower, and look out over the river. I saw that the building ship was connected from end to end to cover the river, and the fast boat was shuttling back and forth. Zhang Lang frowned, hurriedly came down from the sentry tower, and just as Zhang Liao rushed over. Zhang Lang ordered Zhang Liao: "Immediately gather a large army and attack Sun Jian's camp!" "No."

The gate opened suddenly, and Zhang Lang personally commanded more than 100,000 troops and rushed towards Sun Jian's camp. Sun Jian's side seemed to have been prepared, but when the army reached a distance of more than 200 paces, Sun Jian's catapults fired cannons together, and the huge boulders flying in the sky rained down, stirring up clouds of smoke and dust, and the flesh and blood of the soldiers who were hit flew everywhere, and they didn't even have time to scream. However, this did not stop the advance of Lu Bu's army.

The infantry army was led by the charging carts, and under the cover of the crossbowmen, the cavalry was in the front, middle and rear directions, ready to assault at any time.

"Hurry! Crossbowmen step forward! Suppress the enemy army! Han Dang shouted loudly as he brandished his sword. Tens of thousands of crossbowmen rushed to the fence and fired arrows at Lu Bujun!

The soldiers of the Lu Bu Army, who were ramming the fence and the gate with their rushing vehicles, were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Before the soldiers of Sun Jian's army had time to rejoice, the crossbowmen of the Lu Bujun army who were in charge of covering fired at close range with the powerful firepower of the repeating crossbows! Dense arrows came out, like a sudden rainstorm, and like a strong wind blowing on the flat ground, Sun Jianjun's crossbowmen fell a large piece in an instant!

Lu Bujun took the opportunity to rush to the city car! With a dull loud bang, the gate collapsed, and the fences collapsed everywhere! The cavalry who had been waiting for this moment for a long time surged out!

Suddenly, countless fires erupted from the camp, and then the flames opened up one after another, and the huge camp turned into a sea of fire, and the red shone on the sky and illuminated the river!

Zhang Lang couldn't help but scold: "Damn! ”

Zhang Liao chased after Zhang Lang and said urgently: "General, retreat quickly!" Otherwise, the soldiers will be burned to the fire! Zhang Lang turned the horse's head and waved Fang Tian's halberd: "Withdraw!" ”

The cavalry retreated in an orderly manner.

At this moment, Sun Jianjun's officers and men had basically boarded the large and small ships, and those who had not yet boarded the boats were hurrying to the riverside to get on the boats.

The flotilla began to move. Sun Jian stood on the deck of the flagship, looking at the flames on the road, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart: "Such a good opportunity actually failed to capture Hanzhong!" Zhou Yu stared at the flames on the shore and frowned, "Lu Bujun's combat power is worthy of its reputation!" If it were any other prince, we would have succeeded this time! Sun Jian nodded sympathetically. Glancing at Zhou Yu, he asked puzzledly, "Can't we train the army like that?" Zhou Yu showed a thoughtful look.

……

Under the cover of night, Zhang Lang led hundreds of pro-soldiers into Shangyong. Ma Chao followed Zhang Lang and his party at the gate of the city, and said with a guilty face: "The last general failed to block the river!" Please, the general, punish the crime! ”

Zhang Lang turned over and dismounted, helped Ma Chao up, and said with a smile: "It's not your fault!" At that time, I gave you an order, and you simply didn't have time! He looked up at the lost city and asked, "How much did you lose by seizing Shangyong?" ”

"Back to the general, there were no losses in this battle! The enemy army was completely unprepared and captured the city in an instant! The hundreds of thousands of loads of grain and grass that Sun Jian had hoarded in the city all fell into my hands! ”

Zhang Lang laughed, "Okay! It's not all for nothing! He raised his feet and walked forward, and Ma Chao followed beside him. Zhang Lang said: "Meng Qi, how do you feel about Sun Jian's troops?" Ma Chao thought for a while, hugged his fists and said: "The navy is very strong, if you talk about the combat power of the navy, there may be no one in the world who is their opponent!" This is followed by the infantry and archers, and the horse army is the weakest! If there is a battle on the road, our army of 100,000 is enough to compete with their 200,000! But if there is a war in the dense area of lakes and rivers, their 100,000 can fight against our 200,000! ”

Zhang Lang stopped and nodded, "Water Army!" He frowned, "Almost all of our army are northern soldiers, who are only good at land warfare, but not good at water warfare!" In the future, I am afraid that Gongfa Jiangnan will suffer a big loss! There are no generals in the army who are good at water warfare! Putting these thoughts behind him for the time being, he said to Ma Chao: "Tomorrow, the 20,000 Tiger Wing Army will come to take over the defense of Shangyong City!" The blue wolf army retreated to Hanzhong and waited for dispatch! "No!"

……

That night, Zhang Lang rested in Shangyong City.

In the middle of the night, the door cracked loudly. Zhang Lang woke up, quickly got off the bed, and went over to open the door. saw Ma Chao leading a dusty herald standing at the door. Ma Chao clenched his fists and said: "General, the Western Regions is urgent." Zhang Lang frowned and looked at the herald, who immediately held a mud-sealed bamboo tube with a stamp in both hands, and knelt down and said, "Lord Zhang Jian of the Western Regions is in a hurry!" ”

Zhang Lang took the bamboo tube, picked up the sealing mud, poured out a roll of parchment, handed the bamboo tube back to the herald, and opened the parchment roll. It reads: General Qiyu, the Dayue clan defeated Wusun near the Tianshan Mountains a few days ago, and the military power is even worse, Wusun is trapped in several cities, and the shape is precarious! The small countries were greatly shaken, and the envoys of the Otsuki clan appeared in the capitals of each country! The drastic changes in the shape of the Western Regions are imminent, and the general should make a decision as soon as possible! Zhang Jian, the chief of the Western Regions, worshipped! ”

Zhang Lang frowned, revealing a look of thought.

At this moment, one of the guards originally reported: "General, General Xu Huang sent a messenger to ask for a meeting!" ”

Zhang Lang frowned, "Call him in." ”