Su Fei received the order after two quarters of the eclipse time.

The Jiangxia Navy of more than 30,000 people, of course, was not crammed into a military camp, but scattered all over Baqiu Township.

Among them, the main force led by Shen Chen is about 10,000 people, stationed in Yong Village in the south of Baqiu Township, located in the north of Yonghu Lake, where there is a wharf, and in the south is Yonghu Lake, which is connected to Dongting Lake and is as vast as smoke.

Then Huang Zu led about 8,000 people to garrison Baling Mountain in the northeast, that is, the area of Yueyang Golden Bird Mountain in later generations.

There are also generals Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng, Deng Long and others who each brought two or three thousand people to camp in the north.

And Su Fei was stationed in a small fishing village in the northernmost part of Baqiu.

At this time, there were already people living in Baqiu, who were the ancestors of Baling. Along the riverbank, a large number of villages took root and gradually developed into towns and villages.

Shen Chen's camp and Su Fei's camp are one south and one north, and more than 30,000 people and horses have set up camp in Baqiu for dozens of miles along the Dongting Lake of the Yangtze River.

Due to the relative distance between the two camps in the north and south, more than a quarter of an hour passed by waiting for the guards to pass the order.

At two o'clock, a total of 100 soldiers from a tun of men and horses, under the leadership of the tun chief, went out of the camp and headed towards Hongshan in the north.

Su Fei camp is relatively close to Hongshan, four or five miles to the north to the south of the Bajiao Lake under the mountain range, along the way the trees are forested, the mountains and forests are steep, they walk in the narrow path in the lofty mountains, both sides are dense jungle.

At this moment, there was a sudden movement in the forest next to him, and the tun chief who led the team suddenly became alert and said loudly: "Line up!" ”

In an instant, the team reacted immediately.

The warriors in the front row raised their shields and spears, the sword and shield men on the left and right wings drew their swords one after another, and the archers in the middle took out their bows and arrows and began to line up the line.

But soon there was an embarrassed voice in the woods, and the man was dirty, wearing the uniform of the Jiangxia Navy, and crawled out of the bushes with his hands and feet, shouting: "My own people." ”

"Up!"

The tun chief did not let his guard down because of these words, but waved his hand.

At that moment, there were two soldiers who wrapped the past, one left and one right, and the person who crawled out did not resist, but immediately squatted down and held his head with his hands and said: "I am Gao Xian of the second and second teams of the third team of the Jiazi Qu Maozi Tun under the command of Captain Deng, and the team is guarding the No. 3 beacon tower, and the captain is called Wang Pheasant!" ”

The military system of the Han Dynasty was very simple, five people and one army, ten people and one tithe, five tithes and one team, two teams and one tun, five tun and one song, five songs and one song, two departments and one school, and five departments and one army. However, there is no specific camp plan, and there is no battalion headquarters.

Therefore, in order to facilitate management, Shen Chen carried out a re-registration and camp. When the ministry was a unit, because the chief officer of the first department was a military Sima, he was already considered a middle-level general, so he took Sima as his name.

And the lower-level officials below the ministry, when they go to the Qubu, they take the name of Tiangan. The tunbu is named after the local branch, and the teams, shi, and army at the next level are called by numbers.

Therefore, the soldiers under Shen Chen's command, such as this one called Gao Xian, should be under the command of Shen Dudu, Deng Xiaowei's Department, Li Sima Ying, Jiaziqu, Maozitun, Third Team, Ershi, and Erwu. Accurate to the army is a lifelong number that every soldier must memorize.

This was temporarily changed when Liu Qi appointed Shen Chen as the supreme governor of the Jiangxia Navy before, and only his own people knew.

Therefore, when he heard him accurately say the number of his team, the tun chief was sure that this person was indeed his own person, so he went up and asked, "Since you are guarding the beacon tower, you should perform your duties, why are you here?" ”

Gao Xian hurriedly replied: "There is an enemy who has raided the No. 3 beacon tower, I don't dare to go to the No. 1 and No. 2 beacon towers, and run straight to the direction of the camp of Su Xiaowei to report the matter!" ”

"What?"

Natun was shocked: "Who raided the beacon tower? ”

"Jiangdong Army!"

Gao Xian said without hesitation.

"Didn't the No. 4 beacon send out a warning signal?"

Tun Chang asked.

It stretches more than 100 miles from Baqiu to Chibi, and it is more than 200 miles away from the state mausoleum, and more than 10 beacon towers are set up in Shenchen along the way, each with a number.

The No. 1 to No. 4 beacon towers are actually the Hongshan area in the northeast of Sufei Yingzhai, and the Yangtze River in the north, and there is a circle around the Yangtze River to the other side of Bajiao Lake in later generations, just to ensure that there will be no leaks in the news.

However, Gao Xian said with a sad face: "This morning, there was a sudden fog, and I couldn't see anything more than twenty zhang when I stood on the mountain, let alone a warning, and I couldn't even hear the shouting. ”

"Let's go."

Tun Chang waved his hand without hesitation and said: "It must be the Jiangdong Army that took advantage of the fog to raid our beacon tower along the river, and we will go back immediately to report to Captain Su!" ”

As they spoke, they immediately turned back.

At this time, the No. 1 beacon tower less than a mile away from them, Lu Meng stood on the top of the mountain and looked south, and could already see Su Fei's camp several miles away.

At this time, it was the end of the eclipse time, that is, around nine o'clock in the morning, the fog dissipated, and the vision between heaven and earth was very clear.

Lu Meng saw that Su Fei's camp in the distance was extremely quiet, except for the patrol team on the bank of the river, there were no soldiers patrolling around the camp, and there were only a few scattered sentry posts and forts outside the camp, obviously because of the relationship between the beacon tower, their defense of the rear was not very tight.

"Captain, it's all taken care of."

The adjutant general came to his side and said, "The Jiangxia sailor has arranged sixteen beacon towers on the riverside, and we have swept them all away, and in an hour, the army of the governor should be able to reach Baqiu." ”

"Hmm."

Lu Meng nodded and said, "Continue to observe their camp, as long as they don't make any movement within half an hour, after half an hour, even if they know something, they won't have time." ”

The adjutant general said with a smile: "Even if you know it now, it should be too late, it's the end of the food season, I heard that Shen Chen will train the soldiers every day, but the water combat training is once every three days, today is not the time to get on the ship, only practice on land, temporarily board the ship and then set off, it is impossible to be so fast." I think that Shen Chen is nothing more than that, and the governor will take his life in this battle! ”

Lu Meng said with a serious face: "Don't underestimate that guy, that guy is famous all over the world, and the use of soldiers can be described as the reincarnation of Han Xin." It is said that Mr. Sima Decao, a famous scholar in Jingzhou, gave him the name of the Tiger Silver Fox, and last time in Yixian County, Wuhou and the Governor suffered his big loss, and even I was washed away by the water and almost drowned, how can you be short-sighted? ”

Only then did the deputy general think about it, and looked down on Shen Chen, who was defeated by him, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Lu Meng, and they were nothing, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

While the two were talking, they saw a team of people and horses appear in the wilderness from a distance, heading towards Su Fei's camp.

"How can there be a team of people there?"

Lu Meng was surprised.

The adjutant general frowned and said, "Could it be that they also have a team stationed in that forest?" ”

Lu Meng thought for a while and said, "It's possible. ”

The lieutenant general said, "Governor, how is this good? If the soldier who escaped at the beacon before goes back and reports it......"

"Don't worry, let's take a look first."

Lu Meng waved his hand: "If they immediately beat the gong and gather the people, we will immediately light the wolf smoke and notify the governor." ”

"Yui."

The lieutenant general was ordered.

That team was the same team that Gao Xian had found before.

They were originally sent to change the guard with the beacon towers along the coast, but they met Gao Xian halfway and hurriedly went back to pass the ceremony.

If the tun chief had been smarter and knew that someone had raided the beacon, then he should not have swaggered back so much, but secretly sent one or two people to make a detour to report it.

But when they heard the news, they didn't think so much, and hurriedly went back, but they were seen by Lu Meng.

Soon Su Fei's side got the information.

As the governor of Jiangxia under Huang Zu, he was the number two person in the Jiangxia Navy, so he was naturally smarter, so he did not immediately beat the drum and gather troops, but immediately sent a fast horse to inform Shen Chen.

After about a quarter of an hour, Shen Chen got the news and learned that the beacon tower had been occupied, and he was immediately shocked.

However, he did not panic, but quickly issued several orders, and the whole army began to move.

After another quarter of an hour, it was already close to three quarters in the corner, and there was still half an hour before Zhou Yu's fleet should be almost there, but Lu Meng, who was on the Hongshan No. 1 beacon tower, saw a team of men and horses coming out of Su Fei's camp again, heading towards the forest to the north.

About ten minutes later, another group of men came out of the woods.

When the deputy general saw this scene, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that they have indeed stationed a few teams of men and horses in the woods, this is a change of guard." ”

"Hmm......"

Lu Meng hesitated for a moment, although he felt a little strange, but he couldn't think of a strange point, after all, it was normal to station a few tuns of men and horses by the river and in the forest around the camp, and it was also normal to change guards in turn, and it would not be surprising.

The only thing that surprised him was that the garrison soldier who had clearly escaped a beacon tower had disappeared for a long time, and he did not see a single person running in the direction of the barracks, which was puzzling.

In fact, their location was in the north, and they could only see the north of Su Fei's camp, but they couldn't see the south.

Su Fei sent someone to inform Shen Chen that he was going south from the south gate of the camp, and his army had already begun to assemble in the south camp at this time, and all the sentry guards outside had not been mobilized, just for fear of alarming Lu Meng.

Compared with the low-level officers, Su Fei, as the governor of Jiangxia, still has two brushes.

"Our ship is coming!"

At this moment, the deputy general had already seen the Yangtze River in the north, and countless ships were riding the wind and waves, and with the help of the north wind, they raised their sails and galloped at a fast speed.

They are sailing against the current, but the Jiangdong Naval Division's boat technology is still very developed, and the soldiers are paddling hard, and they are blessed by the tailwind, which is as fast as arrows.

Seeing this scene, Lu Meng laughed: "Let's also prepare, we may have to raid their camp later." ”

"Yui."

The adjutant general answered and immediately ordered the soldiers to assemble.

"That's not right!"

Lu Meng reluctantly turned his head and opened his eyes wide.

The adjutant general looked at him in astonishment and asked, "Captain, what's wrong?" ”

Lu Meng immediately said: "Let go of wolf smoke!" ”

"What?"

The adjutant general was shocked: "Captain, our fleet will arrive soon, and it is less than twenty miles away from the base camp in the morning, and releasing wolf smoke at this time will make them prepared!" ”

Lu Meng glared at the lieutenant general, squeezed out three words from between his teeth and said, "Release!" Wolf! Smoke! ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

The vice general was frightened by his expression and hurriedly went about it.

At this time, Lu Meng had red eyes and looked at Su Fei's camp over there.

He felt that something was wrong before, but he didn't think anything was wrong for a while.

When Zhou Yu's fleet came, he remembered the time!

Because they had already calculated when they set out, the Jiangdong sailors had always been sensitive to navigation on the Yangtze River.

The nearest wind, combined with the speed of the current, they calculated that it was about two hours.

From Chibi to Baqiu for more than 100 miles, four hours, with full paddling and tailwind, the speed of sailing is about seventeen or eighteen kilometers almost every hour.

Before leaving, Zhou Yu told Lu Meng that they would set off at the beginning of the meal time and arrive at about the end of the day.

Seeing that Zhou Yu's fleet had arrived at the agreed time.

Lu Meng suddenly remembered something.

Someone had been sent over to investigate the situation of Shen Chen's army before.

They eat on time at about three o'clock in the morning every day, and then rest in the camp for half an hour, about the end of the meal time, and start the whole army drill at the beginning of the middle of the day.

But now that Su Fei's camp is quiet as usual, how can there be any signs of drill?

So Lu Meng immediately knew that they were exposed.

Soon the wolf smoke was rising.

Su Fei in the distance immediately got the news, knowing that the enemy already knew that they knew the other party, so he no longer disguised, and with an order, the army set off for the river.

At this moment, on the Yangtze River, Zhou Yu's fleet is moving quickly, and the river is four or five miles wide, and the big ships are riding the wind and waves.

"Governor, wolf smoke has risen on the shore!"

The twenty-year-old young general Ling Tong inherited his father's subordinates and duties, followed Zhou Yu left and right, stood on the side of the ship, looking into the distance, at this time suddenly saw the wolf smoke rising vertically, and hurriedly reported to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu rested in the cabin, his old injuries had not healed, he coughed twice, and came out with Ling Tong, raising his eyes to see the black smoke rising straight out, which made him frown.

There are two situations in which this kind of thing occurs, one is that they were discovered, and this is Lu Meng's wolf smoke. The second is that Lü Meng has been lost, and there is still a beacon tower that has not been captured, and after seeing their fleet, a warning was issued.

In either case, one thing proves that they have been exposed, and now they have to think about the next action.

"Don't worry about it, continue to attack, go straight to Baqiu, and capture Shen Chen alive!"

Zhou Yu glanced at the location of the beacon tower.

This is the last beacon in the intelligence, more than twenty miles away from the location of Shen Chen's main camp, even if the news spreads now, they should not have time to board the ship to prepare for battle.

Seeing this scene, Lu Meng on the top of the mountain frowned, knowing Zhou Yu's thoughts, he could only say: "Prepare for battle, the governor is going to continue the attack." ”

The soldiers of the Lü Meng Department gathered one after another and began to descend the mountain to prepare to attack Su Fei's Department.

Meanwhile.

In the Shenchen camp of Yong Village on the north shore of Yong Lake, countless soldiers began to board the ship.

At the junction of Yonghu Lake and the Yangtze River, a large number of water villages, dock forts, and high turrets were built on both banks, and groups of soldiers were stationed in them, preparing to intercept the enemy at the mouth of the lake.

A big war is about to begin.