The Shu army withdrew, which was good news for Lu Ju and Lu Kai, who were guarding Wuling County.

But the direction of the Shu army's withdrawal is the direction of Lingling County further south, and this time there is no need for Lu Kai to remind him, Lu Yi himself can detect what the Shu army wants to do.

The grain and grass sent to Wuling County by the four counties of Jingnan are mainly provided in two directions.

One is Changsha County on the east side of Wuling County, and the other is Lingling County on the south side of Wuling County.

These two places are the current grain-producing areas of Jingnan.

The Shu army went in the direction of Lingling County, and you don't have to think about it to know that this is going for the grain and grass of Lingling County, and now the defenders in Lingling County, all together, can't get together 2,000 people.

Not to mention the old, weak, sick and disabled, the soldiers are still distributed in various counties, and the county with the largest number of troops will not have more than 300 defenders.

Once the Shu army enters Lingling County, there is no power that can stop them, and Lingling County will inevitably be turned upside down by the Shu army.

Can. Lu Ju and Lu Kai also had no way to stop the Shu army from moving south.

It is already good to be able to hold Wuling County and keep the existing army to keep the grain.

Now there are only more than 2,000 soldiers in Wuling County, if you give up the defense of Wuling County and go south to support Lingling County, once the Shu army kills a horse gun, Wuling County will really not be able to hold it.

Therefore, even if it is Lu Yuan, he can only choose to keep the existing grain and grass first and let the Shu army go south. As for how to exterminate this Shu army, I am afraid that we can really only wait for the reinforcements sent back to Wuling County by General Shangda to deal with it.

And this consumption, another three days passed.

Lu Dai led 3,000 public security defenders, and finally returned to Wuling.

Seeing Lu Dai who came to help, Lu Yi and Lu Kai both breathed a sigh of relief, at least in the eyes of the two, the ability of this Zhennan general is enough to encircle and suppress the Shu army.

But seeing the number of reinforcements brought back by Lu Dai, the two of them were helpless again. Just 3,000?!

Lu Dai had no choice but to explain the reason to these two.

The son is too cheating, he can't wait for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive, so he has to lead the troops to help immediately, otherwise if Wuling loses, his son will definitely be questioned by the general before Lu Yi.

But after Lu Dai carefully inquired about the situation of the Battle of Wuling, he was now also a little out of place.

Theoretically, Lü Dai was unwilling to see the Shu army go south so easily and wreak havoc in the four counties of Jingnan.

Especially in Lingling and Changsha counties, there are too many interests of the meritorious nobles and families of Eastern Wu, if they are all mixed up by the Shu army, the pressure is great, and he Lu Dai may not be able to bear it.

But the real problem is that Lu Dai only has 3,000 people in his hands, and the Shu army that left Wuling County, according to Lu Kai, has a strength of about 10,000 people.

Even if it is a rabble, 3,000 against 10,000, it is not so easy to win.

Therefore, Lu Dai did not dare to go south immediately to intercept the Shu army under such a difference in strength, and he had to stay in Wuling County and wait for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.

Fortunately, he didn't let Lu Dai wait too long, but it was just five days, and the 10,000 soldiers assigned to Lu Dai by Zhou Yu, under the leadership of the general, marched all the way, and finally arrived from Jiangling to Wuling.

Although the march was very hard, Lü Dai didn't have time to rest for these soldiers, and after a little preparation, Lü Dai immediately led his troops south to Wuling County.

But before Lu Dai could walk to the border between Wuling County and Lingling County, he received news from Lingling County. Of the eight counties in Lingling County, three counties have been broken by the Shu army, and they are still three counties in the grain-producing area.

Before they arrived, Lingling County had already been turned upside down.

As soon as he received this news, Lu Dai immediately ordered to march at full speed and rush to Quanling County, the county of Lingling County, as soon as possible. On the one hand, it is to guard the seat of Lingling County, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent the Shu army from directly flowing into Guiyang County after breaking through Quanling County.

If this Shu army is really allowed to kill Lingling County, it will not be counted if it enters Guiyang County, or even goes north to Changsha County, and the four counties of Jingnan will most likely be abolished.

This is absolutely not allowed by Lu Dai.

Therefore, Lu Dai immediately hurried with all his strength, reinforced Quanling County, and then encountered an ambush by Shibao before passing through Xiangshui and preparing to cross the river to Quanling County.

On the one hand, Lü Dai was in a hurry to get on the road, and in order to pursue the speed of the march along the way, he really neglected to investigate the surrounding enemy situation.

On the other hand, Lu Dai did not expect that he would be ambushed less than fifty miles away from Quanling County, and before that, the county commander and defenders of Quanling County did not pass on any report of discovering the enemy situation to him.

Therefore, Lu Dai's ambush was very strong, and after the first battle, more than 3,000 people were lost.

And because he was ambushed on the shore of Xiangshui, less than fifty miles away from Quanling County, Lu Dai seriously doubted whether the Quanling County Order had already surrendered to the enemy, so he did not dare to retreat to Quanling at all, and had to retreat to Taoyang County in the southwest.

This is equivalent to completely ceding Quanling, as well as the passage to Guiyang, to the Shu army.

Lü Dai was quite annoyed by this, after retreating to Taoyang, he found that the Shu army did not pursue, Lü Dai immediately seized the time to rest the troops, re-boost the morale of the army, after ten days of rest, Lü Dai immediately sent troops to counterattack Quanling.

In Lu Dai's view, Quanling County at this time must have been captured by the Shu army, and it is very likely that the Shu army at this time has broken through Quanling and broken into Guiyang County.

But when Lu Dai led the troops across Xiangshui and arrived close to Quanling, Lu Dai unexpectedly found that the Quanling County Commander actually went out to meet him in person, and cried bitterly with a depressed face, why did the reinforcements arrive at this time.

After careful questioning, Lu Dai learned that after the Shu army ambushed him, he did not take advantage of the situation to attack Quanling, but disappeared.

Lu Dai was confused at that time, where did the Shu army go, why didn't he receive any information at all?!

It's no wonder that Lu Dai didn't receive the information, but at this time, Lingling County has been mixed up by Shi Bao's army, and under the interception of the superior forces of the Shu army, it is already good for each county to have troops to protect itself, how can there be effort to contact each other and pass on information.

For example, the county order of Quanling County, Lu Dai asked him at that time, when he was ambushed by the Shu army in Xiangshui, it was only less than fifty miles away from Quanling County, why did the Quanling County order not warn him.

The Quanling County Commander said with a depressed face that he didn't know that there was a Shu army in his territory at that time, and he didn't receive the news until ten days after the ambush on the shore of Xiangshui ended.

The reason is that there are only 300 soldiers guarding Quanling County, and the Quanling County Commander at that time directly ordered the whole army to shrink the county seat and withdraw all the people to the city. More than ten miles outside the city of Quanling County, this county commander is all black-eyed, let alone to find out if there are enemy troops fifty miles away.

What kind of county orders did Da Wu, who made Lu Dai angry on the spot, send them to these places? !

And now, for Lu Dai, the important thing is not to turn over old accounts, but to figure out where the Shu army went. It's been more than 20 days since the last ambush, if you can't figure out the movement of the Shu army, how can you intercept and encircle this Shu army?!

The only thing that is certain now is that this Shu army did not capture Quanling County, so at least the possibility that they crossed the border from Quanling and drilled into Guiyang can be ruled out.

But the problem is that Quanling is located on the shore of Xiangshui, and to the north is Chong'an County and Xiangxiang County, and through these two counties, you can directly go north into Changsha County.

To the south, there are two counties of Yingpu and Lingdao.

Through Yingpu County, you can directly go south into Jiaozhou, and through Lingdao County, you can also enter the southwest of Guiyang County.

It can be said that if you bypass Quanling County, this Shu army will go to a lot of places, and all of them have certain strategic significance, and it is impossible for Lu Dai to divide his troops to go to so many places at the same time.

For this reason, Lu Dai could only temporarily garrison the army in Quanling County, and sent fast horses in the army to investigate back and forth in the four counties to see if there was a figure of the Shu army, but this would take time.

Xiangxiang County is in the northernmost part of Lingling County, and Yingpu County is in the southernmost part of Lingling County.

But Lu Dai had no choice, Lingling County was short of troops, and in the face of the pressure of the Shu army's entry, the counties in order to protect themselves, which affected the efficiency of communication. Who is suitable for you to let Lu Dai complain about?!

You can't complain about the general who has exhausted Jingnan's troops, right?!

And just when Lu Dai was patient and stationed in Lingling County, there was no news from the liaison detectives sent to the four counties, but Lu Yi from Wuling County sent a message.

The Shu army returned to Wuling County, and seven days before Lü Dai received the letter, they broke through Zhaoling at the junction of Wuling County and Lingling County.

Judging by the time and distance, the Shu army may have returned to Wuling County again at this time.

In other words, the Shu army neither went north nor south, and after ambushing Lü Dai, they chose to move west, reversed the path from which Lü Dai came, and killed them back.

Lu Dai was completely tricked by Shi Bao!!

(End of chapter)