The meeting hall was silent, and everyone could feel Huang Zu's forbearance of anger, so no one dared to squeak, for fear of setting themselves on fire.

After a long time, Huang Zu finally spoke.

"It has happened, and there is no point in holding accountable. Now the situation has become clear, the Jiangdong naval army should not fight all day long, but only blindly try, in order to cooperate with the land attack. Now that Exian County is besieged, the next step is to attack the naval camp. ”

"In order to fight against Jiangdong and clear the wilderness, Jiangnan did not have enough strength, so it gave the Jiangdong army a chance. Now that Exian is too busy to take care of itself, it is impossible to support us. And our strength lies in water warfare, and the lack of guard strength will not be able to hold the big battalion. ”

"Now, let's talk about what to do!"

Huang Zu spoke, finally reassuring the people present, at least not being affected by anger.

"Lord Taishou, we can take the initiative to defeat the Jiangdong Army in a water battle." Someone suggested.

"Our warships here are less than half of the total number, and there are a lot of Jiangdong Navy warships, what can we do to defeat the Jiangdong Navy Army?" Someone retorted.

"That's not necessarily, the Jiangdong Navy can't fight well, even if there are only half of the warships, we can defeat them." Someone said disdainfully.

"If the defenders of the big battalion are transferred to support Exian, can they block the attack of the Jiangdong Army?" It is also suggested so.

……

The voices of disturbance sounded, but there was no reliable suggestion, and the more he listened, the more ugly Huang Zu's face became.

"Didn't you raise a bunch of wine bags and rice bags by yourself?" Huang Zu thought in his heart.

"Lord Taishou, let's withdraw our troops!" Suddenly, a weak voice rang out.

"Captain Su, this hasn't started the war yet, Captain Su is thinking about escaping." Before Huang Zu could speak, a mockery that was neither yin nor yang sounded.

"Naturally, I'm not afraid of death, but I won't do meaningless things." Captain Su retorted.

"Hmph, let's talk about it, it's not that I'm afraid of ......"

"Enough!" The man was about to continue to attack Captain Su, but Huang Zu spoke up, "Captain Su Fei, tell me what you think." ”

"Yes, Lord Taishou," Captain Su flew and saluted, and then continued, "According to Lord Taishou's previous plan, the existence of Xia Pheasant and Exian is to delay the attack of the Jiangdong Army and pull the supply line of the Yangtze River Eastern Army, and the final battle will be fought in Yi County. And we divided our troops here to detect the reality of the Jiangdong Naval Army, but so far, it is meaningless. Now that the Jiangdong Army is advancing by land, it is obvious that it is intended to seize the Exian camp, and if we do not leave in time, what awaits us will be a flank attack by the Jiangdong Army on both land and water, which will be very unfavorable to us. The only way to retreat is to retreat first, gather all the warships, and fight a decisive battle with the Jiangdong naval army. No matter how the Jiangdong army plans, as long as we can suppress them in the navy, they can only stay in Jiangnan honestly, otherwise we will cut off their back road and trap them in Jiangbei. ”

"What Captain Su said is reasonable, and this is exactly what this official is worried about." Huang Zu nodded in agreement.

Huang Zu didn't know the truth in this, obviously not, otherwise Su Fei would not have expressed his position as soon as he opened his mouth.

But even if he knew, he couldn't say it directly, otherwise it would be a heavy blow to the morale of the soldiers. Especially when the Cai family is still watching from the sidelines, he can't have a little problem.

Su Fei's words undoubtedly gave Huang Zu a step, so he made a decisive statement and expressed his attitude in front of the generals. On the one hand, he said that he humbly accepted the advice, and on the other hand, he also hinted to his subordinates, asking them to echo Su Fei, so as to form a trend, showing that he was retreating according to everyone's advice, continuing to maintain his majesty in the army, and not causing his status in the eyes of the soldiers to decline because of a withdrawal.

Sure enough, the generals who were quite familiar with Huang Zu immediately understood.

"What the lord said is very true, it is time to take advantage of the Jiangdong army to evacuate the camp, return to Yi County, and gather superior forces to defeat Jiangdong in one fell swoop." Someone immediately switched sides.

"Subordinates seconded."

The Admiral agreed.

……

After everyone expressed their attitude, Huang Zu finally said: "Since everyone has such an idea, then we will temporarily evacuate, wait for the decisive battle of the Japanese naval army, and then avenge today's revenge." ”

"Someone!" As soon as Huang Zu's words fell, the guards on duty immediately came in.

"Ordered the county magistrate to hold the city and not be allowed to go out of the city to fight. If it is unable to hold on in the end, it will withdraw to the west, and the official will send warships to meet it by the river. ”

The soldiers took the order and left, and Huang Zu continued to order: "The generals listen to the order, immediately go to organize the evacuation, take away everything that can be taken, and gather the materials that cannot be taken away, and burn them immediately after departure." Evacuate early tomorrow morning, destroy the wharf and the port before evacuation, all the buildings on the shore are destroyed, sink in the port, if it cannot be blocked, scuttle some ships, and leave nothing to use in Jiangdong. Huang Zu said with a strong threat, "If anyone messes up, don't blame the official for being polite, and settle the new and old accounts together." ”

"The last will obey."

……

After receiving the news, Liu Feng summoned Zhou Yu, Zhang Hong and others overnight to discuss the matter.

"It seems that Huang Zu knows our plans and is ready to withdraw." Zhou Yu listened to Liu Feng's news of the changes in the Exian camp, and spoke without thinking.

"Now it depends on whether Huang Zu chooses to evacuate immediately or wait until tomorrow." Zhang Hong said.

"Does it make a difference?" Liu Feng asked.

"If you leave immediately tonight, you may be able to leave safely, but if you are reluctant to give up those supplies and waste time on these things, then it may not be." Zhou Yu said coldly.

"Gong Jin wants to attack Huang Zu's fleet, are you sure?" Liu Feng was dumbfounded.

"Attacking from both sides on land and water, if Huang Zu's battleship carries a large amount of supplies on it, causing the battleship to be inconvenient, how can it be undefeated." Zhou Yu said confidently, "Severely damage or even annihilate a fleet, and our pressure will be greatly reduced in the future." ”

"I want to inform General Bai now, it's a little late!" Liu Feng said. Although Bai Jian's marching army has always been accompanied by a large number of players, Liu Feng has not given them the right to contact them at will.

"The lord is too worried, the soldiers are fast, this attack on the Exian naval army camp is a surprise. Most of the governors have been on the battlefield for a long time, and the wisdom of the military advisors is unparalleled, so how can they not seize the opportunity. Or now, he has secretly marched to the Exian camp. Zhou Yu said with a smile.

"That's good, you call the shots on the battlefield." Liu Feng nodded.

"Then the subordinates began to act. Captain Zhou, you personally led the team to set off, and made every effort to *** the scout ship of the Xia army, tonight, I want the Jiangxia scouts not to be able to get close to within fifty miles. Zhou Yu ordered.

"The last general commands." Zhou Tai took the order and left.

"The rest of the generals, go back and rest now, get up in the early morning, take the soldiers to have a full meal, and then the whole army will set off, and before dawn you must approach the Exian camp and cooperate with the metropolitan governor to attack Huang Zu."

"The last general commands."

"Zhang Changshi, please bother more about logistics, I need the soldiers to wake up, everything is ready, you can work harder." Zhou Yu said to Zhang Hong again.

"The governor can rest assured." Zhang Hong responded to the order.

"The lord is going to rest, and tomorrow he can be stationed in the Exian camp." Zhou Yu looked at Liu Feng one last time.

"Then I wish Gongjin a victory." Liu Feng said with a smile.

……

Zhou Yu is right, the army that conquered Jiangxia at this moment, under the leadership of Bai Jian, secretly advanced in the direction of the camp in Exian County overnight.

Just as Zhou Yu has confidence in Bai Jian and Xun You, Bai Jian and Xun You are full of confidence in the young Zhou Yu and think that he will not miss the opportunity.