Seeing that Lu Su and Liu Ye were nodding, Long Xiang decided to send troops to rescue Jun Xuan.

The left and right city defense battalions and tiger guard battalions to be sent out, the number of people in each battalion is about 1,005, and it is a waste to send a battalion to defend it.

Among the three battalions, the Tiger Guard Battalion has the strongest combat effectiveness, and the left and right city defense battalions used to defend the city full-time, but after Zhang Fei's rotation training in the past few months, the combat effectiveness has increased somewhat compared with the past.

Lu Su saw Long Xiang's concern, so he gave up his hand and suggested: "Governor Xu's left battalion has rich experience in defending the city, why don't you let him take a thousand people to rush to the aid of Jun Xuan, and the remaining soldiers of the left battalion will be accompanied by General Hao with the brigade?" ”

Long Xiang didn't take it immediately, and looked in the direction of Xu Ding, as if he wanted to ask for the other party's opinion.

Xu Ding was about to hold his fist to receive his life, but was preempted by his own brother.

Xu Chu took half a step, hugged his fists and said: "Brother has never been to Junqiu, if there is a delay on the road, I am afraid of missing a major event, the last general is willing to lead 500 people to reinforcements, and the general will lead the tiger guard battalion to resist the enemy in Hefei." ”

Xu Chu's 500 soldiers, plus Qin Yilu's 400 defenders, were about 1,000 people smaller, defending 4,000 or 5,000 enemy troops, Long Xiang thought that the problem was not big.

After all, with the elite of the Tiger Guard Battalion, the strength of the thousands of miscellaneous fish used to deal with Li Shu should be too much.

Long Xiang didn't have time to answer, and Lu Su next to him hurriedly urged: "The soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion are all good at flying stones, and five hundred people are almost enough to defend the city, so Yunqi doesn't have to hesitate." ”

"It's fine."

Long Xiang nodded in affirmation: "Jun Xuan's military situation is urgent, Zhong Kang quickly selects people to set off, remember to stick to the city and not come out, whether it is retreating or attacking, I will let the cavalry battalion pass it through." ”

"The general can rest assured, the last general will do his best to ensure that the dredge is not lost." Xu Chu turned around with a fist.

Long Xiang then left Lu Su to dispatch in the city, and took Liu Ye as a staff officer to go out to meet the enemy.

The officers and men of the 3rd Battalion marched six or seven miles upstream of Shishui, lined up at the western edge of the Tuntian District to wait for the enemy, and used the tower of the nearby outpost to keep an eye on the enemy.

The two enemies in the northwest met on the south bank of Shishui, but the closer they got to Hefei, the slower they became, and finally set up camp five miles away from Longxiang.

Long Xiang was stunned after listening to the scout's report, he looked up and saw the sun hanging high in the sky, and said in his heart, what kind of plane are these two people doing?

Seeing this, Liu Ye said: "According to the intelligence of the cavalry battalion, those two enemies are under the banner of Zhang and Lei, I guess they are Zhang Duo and Lei Xu's thief soldiers, I don't know much about Lei Xu, Zhang Duo's strength is weaker than Zheng Bao, how did he have the courage to attack Hefei?" ”

Long Xiang frowned and said to himself: "If you really want to talk about it, Lei Xu and I are also quite the same comrades, it was also Huainan that suffered a natural disaster, and the grain and grass in Yuan Shu's army were unsustainable, so he and Chen Lan left Shouchun under the pretext of leaving, if it were not for their leadership, we estimate that it would not be easy to leave..."

"This year's drought and poor harvest, Zhang Duo and Lei Xu may also take risks due to lack of food, they are obviously colluding with Li Shu, but they don't trust each other, and they are probably waiting for the other party to attack first, and then take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters." Liu Ye must analyze.

Long Xiang snorted coldly: "This year, there is a drought in Huainan, and the water level of the river has dropped significantly, can I still let them touch the fish?" ”

While the two were discussing, Zhang Fei came from the flank and asked with a frown, "What's the matter?" How did I hear that the enemy was already encamped? It's not yet time, it's a good time to fight..."

"We're also wondering, but it doesn't matter, we're back to the city, and we're waiting for work..."

Long Xiang spread his hands out, and a speechless expression appeared on his face.

Zhang Feiyuan opened his eyes and shouted: "They should be tired from the march, and the camp at this time is just to rest, we can't give him a chance, we should take advantage of the unstable foothold to meet it, maybe they can be defeated in a battle." ”

"Not necessarily."

Liu Ye shook his head and explained: "According to the speed of their march, the soldiers should not be tired, this time many thieves came to attack Hefei, now their motives are unknown, it is best not to act rashly, so as not to fall into the scheme." ”

"What motive? What's the plan? Isn't it just that Jun Yu was attacked? ”

Zhang Fei disagreed: "It's no problem to have Xu Zhongkang to help, as long as we destroy the enemy in front of us, the enemy will naturally retreat." ”

Liu Ye smiled bitterly: "I heard that Li Shu has recently recruited troops on a large scale, and the number of Jun Shu's troops is not large, maybe the main force of Lujiang is heading north, and the enemy in front of me is three times as strong as mine, so how easy is it to quickly break the enemy with a disadvantage in troops?" Unless it is all the elite of the Tiger Guard Battalion, the hasty attack may be stumped, and if Li Shu arrives with the main force at that time, the consequences will be unimaginable..."

"I have trained the soldiers of the city defense battalion in rotation, and the combat effectiveness may not be much worse than that of the Tiger Guard Battalion, and what cats and dogs are on the other side? Can you stop my assault? ”

Zhang Fei finished expressing his views with disdain, and then hugged his fist at Long Xiang with a serious face.

"Yunqi, Guan Yu was on the White Horse Battlefield a few months ago, Yu Wanjun took Yan Liang's head from it, and the rabble in front of me just had more than 10,000 people, I plan to rush into the enemy formation and stab the main general to death, you can take the main force to kill it, and you will soon be able to end the battle."

Long Xiang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, judging from Zhang Fei's direct call to Guan Yu's name, he still had a grudge against the second master at this time, and he was so brave and ruthless that he wanted to copy the feat of the second master, but the White Horse Battlefield and the Shishui Battlefield were different.

At the beginning, Yan Liang and Cao Jun were encountered, and the two armies were in a state of rapid march at that time, Guan Yu was able to take the enemy's head among the ten thousand troops, and the instability of the formation was very critical at that time, otherwise Yan Liang's ten thousand people would charge after the formation was completed, which might be another ending.

At this time, Lei Xu and Zhang Duo marched slowly, and they also kept an eye on the movements of the defenders of Hefei, and they must be prepared to camp five miles away.

Zhang Fei rushed in with the death squad, it can't be said that it is impossible to achieve the second master's achievement, but the chance is relatively slim.

Long Xiang thought for a while, pressed Zhang Fei's fist, and comforted: "The lion fights the rabbit, we also need to go all out, we are now waiting for work, the situation is much better than that of Cao Thief at that time, in addition, Lei Xu, Zhang Duo and Yan Liang are famous in the sky and on the ground, even if Yide takes the risk of killing the two, don't forget to use Zhongkang's identity now..."

Zhang Fei has a reckless temperament but is not stupid, and after carefully reviewing Long Xiang's words, he suddenly felt that this 'deal' was not cost-effective.

"So what do you say?"

"Just use the outpost as the Chinese army, let everyone simply set up camp around, I have to wait for Zhongkang's news, if Jun Xuan can't resist it, we have to adjust the defensive strategy, in addition, Cao Xuan has sent scouts to go deep into the Lujiang River to confirm that Li Shu's main force is not going north, so that I can concentrate on dealing with the enemy in front of me."

Long Xiang's answer was undoubted, and Zhang Fei saw Liu Ye shaking his head at him, so he shut up and did not continue to shout to fight.

From mid-afternoon to midnight, and from night to dawn, Lei Xu and Zhang Duo only sent scouts to reconnoitre, and the main force did not leave the camp for half a step.

By the night of the next day, the latest information came from both directions in the southeast, and the Lujiang River in the south did not find the movement of the army, and Jun Xuan easily prevented the enemy's first tentative attack.

There is no danger in Junxuan, and the Lujiang River in the south is calm.

Originally, the situation on Longxiang's side was very good, but the enemy on the south bank of Shishui marched abnormally.

Some people died, but not completely......