Chapter 162: Crossing the River in White

Three days later, in the evening, more than 10 merchant ships suddenly appeared on the lower reaches of the river, more than 100 miles away from Gong'an City, and they were moving up the Yangtze River at a very fast speed.

During the Han Dynasty, the Yangtze River was the main water trade route connecting Jingzhou, Yizhou and Yangzhou, and there were many merchant ships coming and going on the river every day, or transferring rice from Yangzhou to Yizhou, or transporting Shujin from Yizhou to Yangzhou, etc., so these more than ten slightly old merchant ships did not attract too much attention from the Jingzhou army stationed along the coast.

On the bow of the boat, a middle-aged man in white looked out from the railing, his dark face without a trace of a smile, looking very serious. Next to him stood a young man in his thirties, with a delicate face, sharp eyes and eyebrows, extremely handsome, his name was Lu Xun, and the middle-aged man next to him was Lu Meng, the newly appointed governor of Jingzhou by Sun Quan.

"Governor, look, from Jiangxia to Nanjun, on the bank of the river for hundreds of miles, there is a beacon tower every five or six miles, Guan Yu is not very wary of it!" Lu Xun pointed to the beacon towers built along the north bank of the river for warnings and said.

Hearing this, Lu Meng nodded, and said, "Yes! If it weren't for Guan Yu transferring the main force of the Jingzhou Army to the north, and he himself was recalled back to Yizhou by Liu Bei, with hundreds of miles of beacon towers, it would be too difficult for us to quietly enter Jingzhou! This is God to protect my Jiangdong, and I, Lu Meng, must seize Jingzhou this time and wash away the shame of the defeat of Jingxiang in the past for the governor of Zhou. Zhou Yu led the army to fight fiercely with Cao Ren in Nanjun after the Battle of Chibi, almost successfully, but Zhuge Lao used a quick plan to take the lead and occupy Nanjun first, which was regarded as a shame by Jiangdong soldiers, and the subsequent governors hoped to recapture Nanjun to be ashamed.

"The Metropolitan Governor, there is the Public Security City in front, from the riverside to the Public Security for more than ten miles, there are three or four beacon towers of all sizes, what should the outpost ask the Governor to do?" Lu Meng's army trotted over and handed over the report.

Lu Meng waved his hand, made a killing gesture, and stopped talking.

Join the army and take the order.

Wu Jun's movements were very fast, before that, Lu Meng had done countless targeted training for Wu Jun on how to quietly pull out these beacon towers, for them, pulling out these beacon towers was already a familiar way, less than an hour, for the south bank of the public security city three or four beacon towers were all killed by Wu Jun, none of them had time to light the beacon fire, and the news came out that the Jingzhou army of the public security city became deaf and blind.

On the bow of the boat, Lu Meng was very satisfied with the results of the Wu army and smiled slightly.

Lu Xun beside him also breathed a deep sigh of relief, his tense heartstrings relaxed, and said, "Dudu, let's get it!" ”

Lu Meng nodded, turned around, at this time behind Lu Meng, the generals of the Wu army were already ready to go, Lu Meng pulled out the long sword at his waist, and said loudly: "Success or failure is in this move, I hope that all the kings will work with one heart and one mind to recapture Jingzhou, and be ashamed!" ”

The generals, including Lu Xun, all knelt on the ground, bowed their hands, and said in unison: "One heart and one mind, shame before the snow!" ”

After speaking, the generals took their respective subordinates to march towards the public security according to the division of the plan.

The original name of the public security was Xiaoling County, and the county was at risk of facing the Yangtze River moat, and it was also the main point of the Huanghua Post Road in the north and south. East of Han and Shanghai, west of Bashu, south of Hunan and Guangdong, north of Shaanxi and Henan, since ancient times for the soldiers must fight for the place, Jian'an 14 years, AD 209, Liu Bei led Jingzhou herd, camped at the mouth of the oil river, changed Xiaoling to the public security county, trying to dominate. The name of Gong'an County began at this time. After Guan Yu took charge of Jingzhou, he moved the state back to Jiangling, and the public security became Guan Yu's eastern bridgehead against Jiangdong. Therefore, when Lu Meng raided Jingzhou this time, the first thing to capture was public security.

In the evening, outside the public security city, Lu Meng's soldiers and horses had been quietly assembled, and the defenders stationed in the public security were still unaware at this time. However, Lu Meng did not immediately order the troops to attack the police, he was waiting for the best time.

Three hours have passed, the night is dark, the patrol of the public security city is obviously relaxed, the hot weather makes people a little suffocated, the soldiers who defend the city gather together in groups to brag nonsense, Guan Yu in order to defend Dongwu, set up a beacon tower every five miles on the Yangtze River, once there is a change in Dongwu, the beacon tower will immediately warn, no one will believe that which beacon towers used for warning have been quietly removed by the Jiangdong army.

"Bang dang!" The sound of iron colliding with masonry was slight, and did not attract the attention of the bragging Harvest Army.

If you were outside the city at this time, and the moonlight was shining, you would be surprised to find that countless soldiers with short knives in their mouths were quickly climbing along the rope along the eastern wall of Gong'an to the head of the city.

Ten meters more, five meters more, and ......

At this time, Lu Meng, who was lurking outside the city, looked at the soldiers who were constantly climbing towards the city, and counted silently in his heart, his hands clenched, and a lot of sweat oozed from his forehead.

"One, two, three, do it!" At the sound of an order, the soldiers who climbed along the line jumped up, and before the Jingzhou army could react, they had already slaughtered the nearby defenders.

At the top of the city, a young general with a sharp blade in his hand, after slashing the last enemy, shouted: "Lower the drawbridge and open the gates!" ”

When the soldiers who occupied the city gate heard this, they immediately lowered the drawbridge slowly and opened the city gate. As soon as the city gate opened, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses outside the city poured in like a tide, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout the entire public security city.

"What's wrong?" The shouting of killing woke up the sleeping public security guard Fu Shi.

At this time, a soldier pushed open the door and rushed to Fu Shiren's bedroom, shouting in a panic: "General, let's go, Jiangdong's soldiers and horses have come in!" ”

Fu Shiren was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly jumped off the bed and exclaimed, "What? Jiangdong soldiers? How is this possible? How can it be? Why did the beacon tower not warn? ”

"General, my subordinates don't know what to do, but you listen to the shouts and killings all over the city, it's too late if we don't leave!" The soldier shouted.

When Fu Shiren heard this, he kicked the soldier to the ground and scolded: "If it's too late, don't run away, why is there so much?" After saying that, he rushed out of the city with an arrow step, and he didn't even wear clothes.

Fu Shiren took his subordinates all the way and went straight to the north gate, thinking that he could escape from the city while the chaos was taking advantage of the chaos, but he didn't want to be caught by Lu Xun and his generals at the north gate.

Lu Xun took the soldiers into the hall of the palace with Fu Shiren, and said with a smile: "Governor, who do you think I caught?" ”

Lu Meng looked at it, didn't know it, and asked suspiciously, "This is?" ”

Lu Xun smiled, pointed to Fu Shiren, who was tied up by five flowers, and said: "This is Fu Shiren, the public security guard general appointed by Guan Yu, General Fu!" ”

When Lu Meng heard this, he stood up, walked in front of Fu Shiren in three steps and two steps, personally untied the rope for him, and bowed his hand: "Offended, General Fu, his subordinates are ignorant, and the general has been wronged!" Bo Yan, don't hurry up and make amends to General Fu! ”

When Lu Xun heard this, he immediately understood, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Lu Xun is reckless, he has offended the general, please forgive the general!" ”

Fu Shiren hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

Lu Meng thought that Fu Shiren did not have any resistance, so he knew that this guy was a soft bone, and said with a smile: "Liu Bei stole my Jiangdong Jingzhou and did not return it, it is really unjust, I am ordered by my lord to return Jingzhou, is the general willing to wish me a main arm?" ”

When Fu Shiren heard this, he knelt down on the ground with a "poof", and arched his hand and said: "I don't dare to ask for ears if I want to!" ”

Lu Meng was overjoyed, and hurriedly helped Fu Shiren up, and ordered the soldiers to help Fu Shiren down to rest.

Seeing Fu Shiren walking away, Lu Meng smiled and pointed in the direction Fu Shiren left and said with a smile: "Guan Yu uses such a person to guard the public security, how can he not be defeated?" ”

When the generals heard this, they all laughed.