"What!"

Cai Zhongcai He was shocked, this news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, which made the two of them stunned on the spot, and the whole person stood in place and was directly stunned.

Zhao Pusheng's face was okay, because he had already predicted that An Lu City would be lost.

He immediately asked: "How many troops does the enemy have?" ”

"The strength of the two battalions is about 10,000 people."

"Alright, you go down." Zhao Pusheng nodded, his gaze turned to the Cai brothers again, and a look of boredom appeared in his eyes.

"Escort the two of them down and hand them over to the lord!"

The four guards immediately escorted Cai Zhongcai and the two of them.

"General, what should we do now?" Zhao Pusheng's lieutenant immediately asked.

Zhao Pusheng frowned and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he spoke: "Our army only has 5,000 people, plus Cai Zhong's 5,000 people, it is only 10,000 people, which is roughly the same as Lin Ziyi's strength. ”

"However, Lin Ziyi now occupies Anlu City, and our army has come from afar, the soldiers are tired, and there is not much food and grass, and the siege equipment is insufficient, so we can't go to Lin Ziyi."

"Return to Hanyang City first, and then think about it in the long run."

"But general, how should the lord answer? We lost Anlu City without fighting, and the lord will definitely blame him when he finds out! "The adjutant is a little worried.

Zhao Pusheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "On the lord's side, I will write a detailed report stating what happened, this time it was the fault of the Cai brothers that caused the loss of An Lucheng, I believe the lord will not blame us." ”

"Order the battalions, let the rear team change to the front team, and retreat!"

"No!"

Zhao Pusheng immediately led an army of 10,000 and retreated to Hanyang City.

When Lin Yuan learned the news, he was slightly surprised.

"Zhao Pusheng is worthy of being a good general! understands the stakes, grasps the situation, and does not fight uncertain battles, but unfortunately such a character was obtained by Chen Youliang! ”

And the news soon reached Chen Youliang's ears.

After Chen Youliang found out, he was so angry that he directly broke three or four teacups.

Everyone thought that Chen Youliang was angry with Cai Zhong and Cai He, hating them for being incompetent and losing Anlu City.

However, Chen Youliang was angry with Zhao Pusheng, hating him for not fighting, so he gave up An Lucheng.

Soon, an order came out of Chen Youliang's Chinese army tent.

The content of the order was for Zhao Pusheng to immediately raise troops and recapture Anlu City.

When the news came out, all of Chen Youliang's generals were stunned.

Even Zhang Dingbian was dumbfounded.

"Lord, Zhao Pusheng's army, running back and forth for a long time, the physical wear is serious, and it can no longer attack Anlu City!"

However, Chen Youliang did not listen to his advice.

The day after Zhao Pusheng returned to Hanyang City, he received an order from Chen Youliang.

Zhao Pusheng didn't speak, just closed his eyes and was silent for a long time.

The Hanyang Army, which had just returned, went out again.

There were many complaints throughout the army.

This time, Zhao Pusheng brought siege equipment and a month's worth of food and grass for the army.

Coming to Anlu City again.

Besides, Lin Yuan's side, in cooperation with the third battalion led by Yu Ban, easily captured Anlu City.

Of the 3,000 defenders of Anlu City, 540 were killed or wounded, and the rest all surrendered.

Lin Yuan selected 2,000 elites who surrendered, incorporated them into the Anlu City Guard, and appointed Yu Ban as the defender of Anlu City.

In addition, there are 30W units of food in Anlu City, as well as a large number of ordnance.

Chen Youliang built Anlu City into a border fortress and hoarded a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance, even if it was not out for a year, it could feed the people of the whole city.

So much grain and grass are now from Lin Yuan.

Moreover, it was much faster to transport grain and grass from Anlu City to the sailor fleet in front than from Huangzu Island.

The journey alone has been reduced by more than half.

After arranging the affairs of An Lu City, Lin Yuan and Huang Zu returned to Yunmengze.

Huang Zuti led the first battalion of the Naval Division, which continued to be stationed in Beidawan, and Anlucheng was the horn of each other.

And he himself returned to the base camp of the front line of the naval division.

On the day he returned to the camp, he learned that Chen Youliang ordered Zhao Pusheng to lead a large army and attack Anlu City again.

Anlu City is guarded by 7,000 infantry of Yu Ban, a large number of grain, grass and ordnance, and 5,000 sailors of Huang Zu in Beidawan to support, Zhao Pusheng wants to capture Anlu City, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

I don't know what Chen Youliang thinks.

In order to prevent Chen Youliang from once again departing a general to support Zhao Pusheng, on March 13, Lin Yuan led the fleet again and approached Shazhou Dam.

Chen Youliang, who learned the news, had to order the naval fleet under his command and could not hold out.

Lin Yuan personally took a small boat and came to the water village of Shazhou Dam, even if Chen Youliang found out, he did not dare to send someone to pursue him.

After trying so many times, Chen Youliang really didn't come out.

Lin Yuan had no choice but to retreat to the naval division camp and order the fleet under his command to sweep the islands in the surrounding area.

On the outskirts of Shazhou Dam is a vast expanse of water, dotted with small islands and many places that remain undiscovered.

In this way, Lin Yuan left two sailor battalions to guard Chen Youliang's sailor movements.

And the remaining sailor battalion was scattered to this batch of waters, looking for mines and treasures.

In Yunmengze, there are a lot of treasures.

Some treasures are buried on an unnamed island, such as a copper, silver, or even gold mine found on some islands.

Some treasures are buried underwater, such as a treasure cave left by the ancients, or an ancient tomb.

There are even water monsters in some waters.

Yunmengze is not all water, there are also large swamps.

These swamps are all places where water monsters live, and after killing, you can explode gold and silver, or drop skill books.

In short, Yunmengze is very interesting, and a large area is still an undeveloped area.

It's an adventurer's paradise.

Lin Yuan stayed in the base camp, on the one hand, he paid attention to Chen Youliang's sailor camp, and on the other hand, he paid attention to the situation in Anlu City.

Zhao Pusheng attacked Anlu City, and he did not bargain in the first battle.

20,000 men attacked, losing seven or eight hundred.

The defenders of Anlu City, Yu Ban was mainly steady, and before Zhao Pusheng came, they strengthened the fortifications.

Of his 7,000 men, only a little more than a hundred were killed or wounded.

This time, I am afraid that it will fall into a tug-of-war.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan also arranged for Huang Zu to be in Beidawan, and when necessary, Huang Zu could lead the army to outflank the rear, cut off Zhao Pusheng's retreat, or sneak attack Zhao Pusheng's grain route.

In short, in the battle of Anlu City, the initiative was completely in the hands of Lin Yuan.

In addition to Yun Mengze's battle, Lin Yuan also paid attention to the battle of Dongting Lake.

In mid-March, the Spring River was warm, and the Southern Song Dynasty court finally launched an attack on Yang Qi's army.

Jingnan set up the envoy Wang Qi, led 50,000 Shenwu guards, 300,000 Jingnan naval army, launched a general battle in Junshandu, tens of thousands of warships across Dongting Lake, Yang Mi's 400,000 army was defeated and fled hundreds of miles.

Now, Wang Qi is leading a large army in pursuit.

Looking at the situation, it seems that the Southern Song Dynasty court completely has the upper hand.