"Qiyu Metropolitan Governor, Xiangfan urgent secret report!"

Just when the Jiangdong Army led by Lu Xun was forced back to the valley by Sha Maha, in Jiangling City, Lu Meng, who had just received the Jingzhou bookstore, wine shop and various government treasury, and was excited about the huge wealth in Jiangling City, received an urgent secret report from Xiangfan at this time.

"What, Yu Ban was defeated so quickly and so completely? Is the Jingzhou army really so strong? ”

Seeing the news that the second master of the secret letter was defeated by the ban, broke through Fancheng, and captured the ban, Cao Ren, and Manzhong on the day he sent troops to Lukou, Lu Meng couldn't help but wonder about the real combat power of the Jingzhou army.

No way, due to the surrender of Fu Shiren and Mi Fang, so far, the Jiangdong Army has not really fought a battle with the Jingzhou soldiers!

Therefore, as for the combat power of the Jingzhou soldiers, the Jiangdong Army from Lu Meng to the ordinary soldiers actually did not know about it.

However, doubts were doubts, and soon Lu Meng's attention shifted to Yu Ban's defeat. You must know that Yu Ban is one of the 'five good generals' praised by Cao Cao. led an army of 30,000 and was wiped out by Guan Yu in a battle, which is a little unacceptable to say.

What's more, the second master not only captured Yu Ban, one of the five good generals, but even Cao Ren, the general of the southern expedition, was also captured.

"Governor, if this news is true, I'm afraid the public will be in danger!"

Just when Lu Meng was still shocked by Yu Ban's rapid defeat, Yu Fu on the side couldn't help but look pale, and hurriedly reminded Jiang Qinlai, who was ordered to attack the Jingzhou naval army.

There is no way, in addition to being inferior to Jiangdong in terms of scale, the Jingzhou Navy under the second master is no worse than the Jiangdong Navy in terms of combat power.

But this time, Jiang Qin led only a partial division of the Jiangdong Naval Army, so even the numerical superiority of the Jiangdong Naval Army is no longer at this moment.

In this way, in front of Guan Yujun, who was in high morale, Jiang Qin naturally couldn't get a bargain.

"Someone came, quickly sent an order to Jiang Qin, so that he could not fight hard with the Jingshui Army, but only ...... with it"

"Qiyu Metropolitan Governor, just scouting for an urgent report, more than 20 miles north of Jiangling, there is a large group of Jingzhou soldiers are rushing to Jiangling, the number is about 10,000, look at the flag, should ...... It should be Liu Chan! ”

Just when Lü Meng was about to send an order to remind Jiang Qin not to fight hard with the Jingzhou naval army, before he could finish speaking, Zhou Tai, who was stationed outside the city, ordered someone to bring another piece of news that shocked him even more, and Liu Chan led the army back.

"What, Liu Chan Xiao'er led the army back? Shouldn't he be in Fancheng with Guan Yu at this time? ”

Hearing that Liu Chan, who should still be in Xiangfan at this moment, was about to return to Jiangling, he was shocked, but at the same time, Lu Meng couldn't help but wonder again.

"Metropolitan Governor, since Guan Yu has been defeated by the ban and broken through Xiangfan, he can naturally send a large army back to Jiangling......"

Hearing Lu Meng's question, Ding Feng couldn't help but say with some self-righteousness.

"Impossible, Guan Yu's defeat in the forbidden was the day before yesterday, even if he immediately sent a large army from the battlefield to return after the battle, it was impossible to rush back so quickly. What's more, how did Guan Yu and Liu Chan know that our army had arrived in Jingzhou? ”

Shaking his head, Lu Meng directly denied Ding Feng's speculation.

"The Metropolitan Governor, as the so-called soldiers come to block, and water comes to the earth. No matter how he Liu Adou got the news, no matter how he came back, he only brought 10,000 horses back. We have 20,000 troops in Gangneung, and there are 5,000 troops in the public security, so I'm afraid he will do ......."

Just when Lü Meng denied Ding Feng's speculation, Ma Zhong, the guy who shot nearly half of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms in the romance, stood up fearlessly, and directly asked Lü Meng for orders to go to meet the army led by Liu Chan.

"Yes, our army has 20,000 troops in Jiangling, and we have a strong city in hand, what can he do even if he Liu Chan comes back? What's more, now that the families of Jingzhou soldiers are all in the city, I am afraid that at this time, Liu Chan's army has already been in turmoil, so there is nothing to be afraid of! ”

Hearing Ma Zhong's shout, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and others couldn't help but shout for a fight.

"Well, the biography will be ordered, and Zhou Tai will be ordered to ......"

Seeing that the morale of his generals was high, although he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, Lu Meng also agreed with the view of destroying Liu Chan's army first. Therefore, when he was ready to order Zhou Tai to face Liu Chan.

"Qiyu Metropolitan Governor, scout urgently, more than 20 miles west of Jiangling, another Jingzhou soldier is killing Jiangling, and the number should be about 20,000. Looking at the banner, it should be Zhao Yun! ”

As the saying goes, there is only the worst, there is no worst. Just when Lu Meng was about to order Zhou Tai to face Liu Chan, with the hurried arrival of another Zhou Tai's subordinate scouts, another even bigger bad news directly made the Jiangdong generals who were still clamoring just now like a lightning strike.

"Zhao Yun? Shouldn't Zhao Yun be in Hanzhong at this time, how did he come to Jingzhou so quickly? ”

Knowing that Zhao Yun, who was originally thousands of miles away, also led the army to appear in Jiangling, Lu Meng and the others were completely stunned.

You must know that Liu Chan can rush back from Fancheng can be forcibly explained by Ding Feng's speculation, but the distance between Hanzhong and Jiangling is not as good as Fancheng, not to mention that Zhao Yun still brought 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers with him!

"Wait, Jingzhou soldiers? Are you sure that Zhao Yun is not led by Yizhou soldiers, but by Jingzhou soldiers? ”

Lu Meng, who was still puzzled by Zhao Yun's appearance, instantly remembered the words 'Jingzhou soldiers' that the scout had just said.

You must know that as far as Jiangdong's detectives know over the years, Jingzhou's total strength is only a little over 50,000. But now Guan Yu's 30,000 land and water army is still in Xiangfan, and Jiangling is now in addition to Liu Chan, but there are 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers, which makes him have to suspect that Zhao Yunsuo's troops and horses are from Yizhou.

"Qiyu Metropolitan Governor, the villain can be sure that this army is indeed Jingzhou soldiers. Looking at the words 'Wudang' on the military flag, it should be the title of this army. ”

Looking at Lu Meng's solemn expression, the scout immediately gave the Jingzhou army's reply with an affirmative face after a brief recollection.

You must know that although the Yizhou soldiers and the Jingzhou soldiers are both Liu Bei's troops, there are still slight differences in the color of their clothing. And as a qualified scout, it's certainly impossible to get all these basic things wrong.

"Nothing? I had never heard of such an army under Liu Bei before, and it seems that this must be the newly formed Jingzhou! ”

For Lu Meng, who has been thinking about Jingzhou for many years and has been committed to retaking Jingzhou by force, he naturally knows very well what troops Liu Bei has.

So after hearing the scout say the name 'Wudang', which he had never heard before, Lu Meng suddenly understood that this army must be newly built in Jingzhou.

It's just that because of this, the feeling of 'wrong' in my heart before has become more and more intense.

"Governor Dadu, the Jingzhou army is menacing right now...... Although defending the city has always been dangerous and not defending, the current disparity between the strength of our army and it is too great. And we also have the public security on the side, and we can also use Gangneung as horns...... Do you want to let Youping lead the army back to the city to garrison? ”

Just when Lu Meng was still thinking about the 'wrong' in his heart, there was an urgent reminder from the generals in his ears.

Although defending the city has always been 'guarding the danger but not guarding the city', but at present, Zhou Tai's army stationed outside the city is only more than 10,000 people. If it is allowed to face the attack of the 30,000 troops of the Jingzhou army, the disparity in strength is too great, but it is difficult to achieve the role of being a horn with Jiangling.

"No, let Youping immediately pull out the camp and retreat, and camp with the Jiangling City Wall and the river with his back!"

Regarding the suggestion of letting Zhou Tai lead all the troops into the city, Lu Meng shook his head and resolutely denied it, but only let him retreat from the camp that was originally five miles away from the city.

"Governor Qiyu, General Han...... General Han is back! ”

However, the so-called house leak happened to be rainy, and the rotten ship encountered a head wind. Just when Lu Meng had just ordered Zhou Tai to retreat to Jiangling City and set up camp, he saw a junior colonel running in in a hurry with a sad face.

"Yigong, Yigong is not stationed in the public security at this time, what is the important thing for him to come to Jiangling in person?"

Hearing that Han Dang had come to Jiangling, because of the unfavorable news that came one after another, Lu Meng, who hadn't noticed the sadness on the little school's face at all, couldn't help frowning.

"The Metropolitan Governor, the public security ...... The police have been lost. General Han ...... General Han has also been killed by an arrow, and the body of General Han has returned......"

Just when Lu Meng was still unhappy with Zhu Ran's unauthorized departure, he didn't expect Xiao Xiaoxiao's next words to almost fall to the ground without him.

"The Grand Duke!"

Looking at Lu Meng, whose body was shaking, Xu Sheng, Yu Fu and other Jiangdong generals couldn't help but be shocked.

"You...... What did you say? The police lost? The governor left 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the town, how did Han Dang defend the city? ”

After holding on to the desk next to him to stabilize his shaking body a little, he waved his hand at the general, and while he was shocked, Lu Meng couldn't help but show an expression of disbelief.

You know, public security is the gateway to Gangneung. Now that the public security has lost, it is equivalent to directly cutting off their retreat back to Jiangdong, how can he not be surprised?

"Metropolitan Governor, the specific situation is not very clear to his subordinates, General Han's body was desperately snatched back by several sergeants, and it is now ...... outside the hall."

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"Pass on the order of the governor, martial law will be imposed on the whole city immediately, all military and civilian officials in Jingzhou will not be allowed to go out, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"

"Ding was ordered to take someone to inspect the whole city, and if there is any suspicious person, no matter who it is, you don't need to ask for instructions, and you can be executed on the spot......"

Outside the Jiangling Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, looking at Han Dang's cold corpse, Lu Meng, who had ordered not to disturb the people of Jingzhou a few hours ago, put on a posture of calming the people, but at this time, he changed his previous attitude and issued an extremely strict martial law order.

No way, who called that an hour ago, when the city was attacked by a sudden Jingzhou army, it was broken by the surrendered troops and the people in the city who opened the city gate together.

Therefore, in order to prevent the recurrence of the mistakes of the past, Jiangling was lost in a daze, and at this time, Lu Meng could not care about the people's will.

"Governor Dadu, the current situation is critical, why don't you just surrender those Jingzhou troops ......"

Hearing Lü Meng's order to impose martial law in the whole city, Zhu Ran set his eyes on the three thousand Jingzhou soldiers in the city and made a gesture of beheading.

"Most of the governors can't, not to mention that they have not been captured since ancient times, if they kill those Jingzhou troops at this time, it will only provoke turmoil in the whole city. At that time, there will be no need for the Jingzhou army to attack the city, and Jiangling will be destroyed! ”

Hearing Zhu Ran's proposal, which was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, before Lu Meng could respond, Yu Chuan hurriedly spoke up to stop it.

"Well, Zhong Xiang's words are reasonable, and it is indeed not appropriate to make enemies in many places at this time."

Fortunately, although he was annoyed, Lu Meng was not dizzy at this moment, and did not agree to Zhu Ran's suggestion to kill Jingzhou and surrender his troops.

It's just that although he temporarily let go of those Jingzhou troops, Lu Mengke was not so polite to the Jingzhou officials in Jiangling City.

"Well, Zhu Ran listened to the order and immediately 'invited' all the Jingzhou civil and military officials such as Mi Fang and Pan Jun to the city!"