Shi Bao is a person who has a mixed reputation. But militarily, his talent is definitely not low.

Now the Jiangdong Army is divided into two routes, left and right, attacking Yingxian, totaling more than 20,000 people, while the defenders of Yingxian are less than 1,000. Sticking to it is certainly not the way to go.

Shi Bao is in charge of military affairs in the end, and it can be judged from the exchange of military affairs documents some time ago that there are not many defenders in Jiangling now, so even if Shi Bao sticks to Yingxian, it is impossible to wait for reinforcements, and these soldiers in his hands will definitely not be able to stop the attack of more than 20,000 Jiangdong troops.

Therefore, Shi Bao quickly issued a warning to Jiangling on the one hand, and on the other hand, he took the initiative to send people to contact Sun Huan and Sun Yu's team, telling them that he saw that the Jiangdong army was strong and wanted to surrender.

At the same time, Shi Bao withdrew all the people in the villages and towns outside the city to the city, and at the same time ordered the whole city to be under martial law, and the people were not allowed to go out without reason and not to make loud noises.

And Shi Bao himself has been sitting in the palace, and he will never go out if he has nothing to do, let alone reorganize the army, strengthen the city defense, and inspect the war preparations.

Shi Bao did this, the soldiers and soldiers did not understand, but because of Shi Bao's actions some time ago, Shi Bao now has a very high reputation in the army, although he does not understand, but no one questioned it, and they all acted according to the order.

After doing these superficial phenomena, Shi Bud also took action in private.

The martial law was imposed to prevent someone from privately passing on news to the Jiangdong Army, and they were trapped in the government office, and it was also for the Jiangdong Army in the city to take a closer look.

Privately, Shi Bao ordered his soldiers to sneak out of the city at night and send some military rations and ordnance to a mountain forest in the north of the city to hide in preparation for future battles.

And Sun Huan and Sun Yu. It's true that there are some muttering now.

If you are an ordinary reckless leader and hear that Shibao is going to surrender the city, of course, it is to move forward quickly, strive to receive Yingxian as soon as possible, and then march to Jiangling.

After all, this Jiangdong Army is a sneak attack, and what it is seeking is a speed of marching.

But Sun Huan and Sun Yu can be promoted from the clan by Sun Quan to lead the troops, they are not simple reckless, and their strategies are not bad.

Although sneak attacks are about speed, sneak attacks are more about stealth.

Not long after these people attacked Wulin, Yingxian had already learned the news, and they also sent people to say that they were going to surrender. Is this credible?!

In the face of Shi Bao's request for surrender, the two of them were half-convinced, although they were still leading the army to advance, they both strengthened their vigilance and slowed down their march, for fear that there was something ambushing waiting for them.

But when the two of them really led the army into the boundary of Yingxian County, they found that there was no one in some villages on the outskirts of Yingxian.

This is very counterintuitive.

If you really want to surrender the city, then you should not be prepared, the people are still living as usual, and when they see their army coming, the guards will hurry over to greet and surrender.

But now, not only did I not see Shi Bao coming to ask for surrender, but even the people nearby were gone.

What is this for?!

Don't be that the reinforcements from Gangneung City have arrived, this kid Shibao is deceiving people, and has set up an ambush nearby, ready to ambush, right?!

Don't say it, it's not impossible, after all, the distance from Yingxian to Jiangling is much closer than the distance from Wulin to Jiangling.

If that's the case, the two roads are divided, and there are more than 10,000 horses along the way, which doesn't feel very safe, don't turn back and let people ambush them, and break them all.

Sun Huan and Sun Yu were both a little surprised, and they both slowed down the speed of their march, and at the same time began to let the two armies converge, not giving Shi Bao a chance to break through.

It took the two three days to finally reunite their troops fifty miles outside the city of Yingxian and prepare to march towards Yingxian together.

And at this time, Sun Huan and Sun Yu received a report from the front of the horse and the detailed work.

Now in Yingxian County, there is no movement at all.

There were no soldiers guarding the walls, and no sound was heard from inside the city.

The news from the city's meticulous desperate efforts said that Shi Bao had been hiding in the palace, and all the defenders were on standby in the city, and they didn't know why.

This. That's abnormal, isn't it?!

Sun Huan and Sun Yu don't understand, what is this stone bud trying to do?!

If you want to defend the city, you should prepare the wood and rolling stones, and the soldiers should go to the city wall to defend it and prevent the Jiangdong army from attacking the city.

What kind of strategy is this to shrink into the city and not come out?!

The two of them summed it up, and felt that this might be Shi Bao's plan to lure the enemy, wanting them to think that Yingxian was unprepared, and quickly marched to attack the city, and then he suddenly killed from inside the city, and cooperated with the reinforcements who didn't know where to ambush, and attacked back and forth.

Therefore, Sun Huan and Sun Yu slowed down the pace of their march again, and sent scouts everywhere to find the reinforcements from Jiangling who were ambushed outside the city, and after breaking through this reinforcement, they would attack the city.

In this way, at a distance of fifty miles, Sun Huan and Sun Yu led the army for two days, and then they came to the city of Yingxian slowly.

In the end, neither Sun Huan nor Sun Yu found any trace of the so-called reinforcements coming.

But now Yingxian is still defenseless, and I don't see Shi Bao coming out of the city to surrender Sun Huan and Sun Yu really don't understand, what is this Shi Bao doing?!

If you don't fight, don't defend, don't surrender, is there really such a stupid person in these years?!

Anyway, Sun Huan and Sun Yu couldn't imagine it, and they always felt that there were still some hole cards in this stone bud that had not been used.

For the sake of prudence, the two decided to temporarily camp outside Yingxian County to build siege equipment and prepare for the siege.

On the day when the two arranged for the soldiers to camp, a hanging basket was suddenly put down on the city tower, saying that it was a messenger sent by Shibao who came to ask the two generals why they camped outside the city instead of going directly into the city?!

Sun Huanxin said that this Shibao really regarded their brothers as idiots, right?!

Whenever you want to surrender, isn't it good to open the city gate directly, and even send a messenger with a hanging basket, and you are embarrassed to ask us why we are camping?!

If it weren't for the two countries fighting each other, Sun Huan would have had the heart to kill this envoy and get angry.

But Sun Yu said that he had a way to take it slowly.

He couldn't find where the so-called Jiangling reinforcements were, and Sun Yu couldn't be sure whether there were no reinforcements or he didn't find them.

So, Sun Yu thought, since he couldn't find it, he wouldn't look for it first, just lure the snake out of the hole.

In front of the envoy, Sun Yu praised Shi Bao for his knowledge of current affairs, and asked the messenger to go back and tell Shi Bao that he would lead the Jiangdong army into the city tomorrow, hoping that Shi Bao would open the city gate to welcome the Jiangdong army.

After sending the envoy away, Sun Yu asked the army to strengthen their vigilance and prepare for the possible arrival of the camp at night.

Sun Yu said this to make Shi Bao think that the Jiangdong Army believed in his surrender and was not wary of Shi Bao.

If Shi Bao really surrendered, then nothing would happen tonight, and he could just lead the troops into the city tomorrow.

If Shi Bao faked his surrender and was to cooperate with the Jiangling reinforcements, then after learning that his people believed his words, he would definitely notify the reinforcements outside the city and take advantage of his unstable foothold to come to the camp and attack.

In this way, the Jiangdong Army of the province went everywhere to find reinforcements.

After all, these people have already come to the city, and if the Gangneung reinforcements don't come out to attack again, there will be no chance.

So, Sun Yu has set up a trap and waited for Shi Bao to take the initiative to jump in.

As night fell, both Sun Yu and Sun Huan were ready.

And when night was approaching, Yingxian really opened the city gate, and many soldiers with torches rushed out of it.

But unexpectedly, the soldiers who came out of the city, carrying torches, did not come in the direction of the camp of the Jiangdong Army, but rushed to the north en masse. This is the direction of the flank of the Jiangdong Army.

At first, Sun Yu and Sun Huan thought that Shi Bao was going to attack from the flank, but soon, the two brothers found that the soldiers who left the city had not assembled at all.

It's not so much an attack as an escape?!

So. This stone bud didn't want to defend the city at all, nor did he want to surrender, so he abandoned the city and fled?!

Sun Huan and Sun Yu are unusually hot.

If you want to run, then you should run early, you can run while we are still in Ulin, why do you have to run away suddenly when the city is under siege?!

Along the way, the brothers were tossed up, slowing down the march, exploring the so-called reinforcements everywhere, and finally camping outside Yingxian County. What the hell is this for?!

That is, it is dark, and it is really inconvenient to send a large army to pursue, otherwise this stone bud, the brothers are eager to quickly capture the person back and slaughter it.

But now, there is no choice but to wait until tonight.

Early the next morning, Yingxian, which had no stone bud guards, really opened the city gate at the first time, led by the county commander and the county Cheng who finally regained their freedom, went out of the city and surrendered to welcome the Jiangdong army into the city.

But Sun Huan and Sun Yu were a little nervous by Shi Bao, and they did not enter the city as soon as possible, but first sent people into the city to take over the defense, and then carefully entered the city.

In the end, there was no ambush of Jiangling reinforcements, and there was no strategy, Sun Huan and Sun Yu occupied Yingxian without blood.

After occupying Yingxian, Sun Huan and Sun Yu had no intention of staying longer.

After all, Yingxian is very close to Jiangling, no more than 100 li, since Yingxian has been occupied, just a day of rest, Sun Huan and Sun Yu left 500 people to garrison Yingxian, leading 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers to continue westward, preparing to attack Jiangling.

But when these two had just left Yingxian less than thirty miles, suddenly there was an urgent report from Yingxian County behind them - Shi Bao led a thousand county soldiers to attack Yingxian.

Sun Huan and Sun Yu really didn't expect that this stone bud didn't run far, and they actually dared to come back to attack?!

And the most disgusting thing about Sun Huan and Sun Yu is that the current Yingxian County is already the rear of the two of them, and it is also a node of the grain and grass supply line.

Once Shi Bao is allowed to lead his troops to capture Yingxian, then his own logistics supply line will be cut off, and the plan to attack Jiangling is likely to be in vain.

Sun Huan and Sun Yu discussed it and decided to temporarily divide the troops, Sun Huan continued to lead the troops to attack Jiangling, while Sun Yu led 5,000 soldiers back to Yingxian to support Yingxian and try to hold the grain and grass supply line.

But when Sun Yu led the soldiers back to Yingxian, he found that Shi Bao had already retreated with his troops.

Shi Bao did command his soldiers to besiege the city, but Shi Bao did not attack, he just shook a shot, and then retreated to the east.

When Sun Yu heard that Shi Bao was retreating to the east, he immediately panicked.

To the east is Wulin, which is a grain transit station that transports grain from Jiangxia and supports the army's westward expedition.

This time the Jiangdong Army was a sneak attack, so it required the speed of the march, and it was impossible to set up too many defensive forces on the grain road, so Wulin, like Yingxian, did not have many soldiers and horses to defend.

As soon as he heard that Sun Yu was retreating to the east, Sun Yu immediately continued to march east with 5,000 soldiers and horses, preparing to rescue Wulin.

But before Sun Yu could lead the army to run too far, news came from Yingxian County again, saying that Shi Bao had led his troops back again.

(End of chapter)