The sky was pale blue, with cold rain floating in the air, and occasionally a few bits of catkins of snow could be seen mixed in. At a place only a few dozen steps away from the river bank, two rows of fences stretch for several miles, and the long dragon is also like, it can be seen that this fortification has only been built for the most part, and has not yet been completely built, and among the passage that is more than 50 steps wide, there stands a watchtower that has just been built in a hurry.

Looking around from the watchtower, you can see dense figures, there are temporarily transferred people, more are soldiers with swords and spears, the tension of the war is shrouded in this camp, so depressed that people are almost suffocated, the people are shivering in this suddenly cold weather, but no one dares to stop the work in their hands, and no one knows when Chen Guo will launch a general attack.

The more prepared before the war, the better.

Two days ago, the water battle between the Zhou army and the Chen army ended with the annihilation of the Zhou army, which further fueled the panic psychology, and soon the Zhou army found the field, and then after the Jiangling side was rendered, this psychology gradually turned into hostility to the Chen state, and all the soldiers had the same hatred of the enemy. But this kind of hostility is actually very unconfident, in the face of the all-out attack of the behemoth in the southeast that is about to be faced, let alone a mere Gangneung, even if it is the two countries of the Northern Dynasties combined, they must deal with it with all their might.

For a qualified commander, skillfully controlling his own mentality and stabilizing the battle situation in the face of adversity is a compulsory course, and Lu Teng is undoubtedly one of the experts. On the watchtower, Lu Teng stood on it in armor, looking indifferently towards the southeast, only to see the vast rain curtain covering the surging river, and at the end of the sight, several Chen Junya boats were cruising on the river. Lu Teng knew that there were hundreds of warships moored in the river bay thirty miles after them, and the number of Chen troops in the first batch of Chen Guo was as many as 30,000 or 40,000. In response to this war, Chen Guo opened the posture of a lion fighting a rabbit.

"Oh, that's true...... Look up to me Lu. Lu Teng sneered, but this was by no means a useless and cruel word when he was cornered, on his side, below the watchtower, rows of people were surging, full of a group of tigers and wolves with extremely strict military appearance, all of whom were strong soldiers under Lu Teng's command. It's not just now, the east of the fence, the camp on the river bank is more gentle, divided and planned into several passes, with 3,000 soldiers hoarded, slightly on tiptoe, you can also see the Zhou army and the Liang army in formation, the formation is quite strict, these are the confidence that Lu Teng relies on to defend Jiangling!

Lu Teng's army has been fighting for many years, two days ago, the dozen or so ships went to throw stones to ask for directions, and they already knew the general outline of the battle situation, Chen Jun was silent for two days, and this time he saw Chen Jun's abnormal movements, he knew that Zhang Zhaoda could not hold it back, and he quickly mobilized military horses to make a gesture to meet the enemy. Before the big war started, Lu Teng already knew that this must be a round of hard fighting, and he would fight with all his might.

Lu Teng was born illustriously, upright, and very military and political talents, after the Zhou Dynasty, he was relocated to the hussar general, Kaifu Yitong three divisions, Jiangzhou Thorn History, Tongzhou Thorn History, Longzhou Governor and other positions, and now he is the head of Jiangling, guarding the southeast gate for the Zhou State. Repeatedly made military exploits, brilliant achievements, is no less than Zhang Zhaoda general, the last time Chen conquered Jiangling, was defeated by Lu Teng. But the last time it was already so difficult, this time, Chen Guo almost poured out, can Lu Teng still block Chen Guo's attack?

Lu Teng did not dare to despise the other party, so his strategy was compared with the last war and made a major adjustment, first built a fence along the coast of Jiangling, and then ordered the rear wall to clear the field, not only transferred all the soldiers and horses of Zhou State, but also transferred most of the soldiers and horses in Jiangling City with a tough attitude, Remnant Liang was the puppet regime supported by the Great Zhou, Lu Teng is the governor of Jiangling, to put it mildly, the remnant Liang Junchen is a dog lying at the feet of Zhou Guo wagging his tail and begging for mercy, Chen Guo is violent, Lu Teng is defeated, The remnants of the Liang will immediately have the disaster of destroying the country, at this juncture, how dare they not listen to themselves?

For Lu Teng, the more careful Zhang Zhaoda was to himself, and the more strictly he defended himself, the more he showed his determination to take Jiangling. The gap in strength is too big, and it is absolutely impossible to make up for it for the time being, so Lu Teng had no choice but to make such a decision, and he put on a desperate posture when he came up. He only needs to slow down Chen Guo's offensive as much as possible, and consume the strength of Chen's army little by little, in the short term, the grain and grass will naturally be supplied by the monarchs and ministers of Liang State, and if he holds on a little longer, Zhou Guo's side will react and send troops and horses to help, as long as the soldiers' money and food can be continuously replenished, Lu Teng is confident that with the soldiers under his command, he can kill with Zhang Duyan until the net is broken!

Under his such careful defensive measures, I don't know how much blood Chen Jun will shed under this!

But Lu Teng is not without hidden worries, if Zhou Guo's assistance is not effective, like last time, several reinforcements sent by Yuwen Zhi were wiped out by Chen Guo, what should I do?

After all, this is 100,000 Chen troops, well-equipped and well-trained, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a division of tigers and wolves.

At that time, unless Lu Teng can use the bloody battle to open up the backup channel, the Chen army will completely besiege Jiangling City, and the Jiangling monarchs and ministers are unreliable, even if there is a Wang Cao pestle there, Lu Teng still can't trust them.

In the final analysis, it is the Zhou State that has the final say, but the Liang State is the actual master, what if the Liang State monarch and ministers are cowardly at the last moment, stop fighting, and are ready to surrender?

Lu Teng had already planned clearly in his heart, he had to beat Zhang Zhaoda in the first round of the battle in order to have a glimmer of life!

There are more and more Chen Guo's warships in the field of vision, and Lu Teng has a lot of worries in his heart, but after all, he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he only took a few deep breaths to calm down his emotions, turned his head to look at Gao Lin, the deputy chief manager on the side, and commanded in a low voice: "Within a quarter of an hour, all of them will go into battle in armor and fight together according to the original plan, this battle ...... It's about to start! ”

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On the river, the warships sailed towards Gangneung in a large group, and the large fleet stopped halfway, beat the drum three times, and dozens of warships in front of them broke away from most of them and continued to drive and prepare to land.

These warships are very different from other warships, in the bow and fragile body with iron reinforcement, at first glance, it is like a war fortress above the water, the fleet is selected from the Zhenjiang elite soldiers, most of them are born along the river, deep through the water, the bow and the edge of each boat have erected a lot of heavy shields, there are eighteen oars on each side of the row, when the boat is sailing, the sturdy slender man shakes the oars, plucks the river, sails against the current, the white waves on the side of the ship are surging, and it is magnificent. This is clearly a deliberately selected vanguard.

On the deck, almost all of them were soldiers of the Chen army. Water warfare, even if it is a landing battle, generally can not wear heavy armor, everyone is wearing a flexible leather armor on the upper body, a thin underwear, a few full of pig urine bubbles on the waist or neck with a rope, a swallow-winged crossbow is inserted behind the waist, and two long and short blades are tied to the legs, which are ready to go ashore to fight, and there are also those who stay on the ship to standby, most of them are crossbowmen, ready to fight according to the ship, once the war is unfavorable, immediately retreat with the withdrawn soldiers.

Zhang Zhaoda saw that he landed on the shore to fight at this time, firstly, because the Chen army was frustrated in the first battle, and he had to make up for the lost morale as soon as possible, and secondly, the cold rain had stretched recently, and the water level of the river had risen a little, and the place thirty or forty steps away from the shore was the camp built along the coast of the Zhou army, the water level had risen, and the attack distance had been shortened, which was absolutely beneficial to the Chen army in terms of charging into battle.

Chen Jun was very silent from top to bottom, even the people with oars under the cabin were just burying their heads forward, not saying a word, and in the cold rain, no one gasped for even a breath. Chen Jun's fleet was staggered a few miles away from the riverbank, fan-shaped, lined up in horizontal rows to pull out the shore, and in the hazy rain curtain, the outline of the long fence had already appeared, could this be their point of no return? The thought only flashed through their minds for a moment, and everyone threw it back to the back of their minds, with only one voice in their heads, a little forward, a little forward!!

A feather arrow tore through the rain curtain and nailed straight to the shield, the horn sounded like a drum, sounding dullly in the sky above this cold rain, and the general of the Chen army shouted: "——Crossing the river!" Then he led a group of people into the chest-deep river!