Throughout mid-June, Ji Ling repeatedly tried to attack the fortified positions under Xuyi City, but could not advance an inch. can only count on Lu Bu on the North Road or Liu Xun on the South Road to help him open up the situation.

It's a pity that Lu Bu really can't count on it, Lu Bu's core is stationed in the underground Picheng, and although it is only a short distance of more than 200 miles away from the Xuyi battlefield, he is stunned to stand still in Xiapi, and he will not save him when he sees death.

Ji Ling even bypassed Yuan Shu and directly sent a messenger to Lu Bu to ask for help, but there was no result at all, and they were all closed.

In contrast, it seems that Liu Xun, who actively played on the southern front, is even more valuable.

Liu Xun and Ji Ling were both direct subordinates of Yuan Shu, and in the first three days of June, they also stayed in Shouchun to participate in various ceremonial activities, and then returned to Lujiang and began to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

Because there is still about 400 miles between Shouchun and the south of the Lujiang River, Liu Xun will definitely send troops a few days later than Ji Ling's road.

Liu Xun returned to Hefei on the fifth day of June, and then rushed to Wancheng (Anqing) non-stop, arrived on the seventh day of the first month, after three days of preparation and assembly of soldiers and horses, the tenth day of June officially set sail from the Anhui mouth of Anhui City, along the Yangtze River to the east, ready to go down the river to Guangling, and attack Liu Bei's southern line along the river territory.

The Lujiang Navy under the command of Yuan Shu was mainly stationed in two key river defense pass water villages.

One is the Anhui water that flows through the county to govern the Anhui city, the Anhui water village.

The other place is the mouth of the river that flows through Hefei's Shuishui, Chaohu Lake and Weixushui, and the Shuishui Village.

Therefore, the first battle against Yuan Shu in the past few days can only rely on your Jinfan Battalion and the follow-up troops assigned to you, a total of 3,000 people.

Not to mention that Guan Yu would join forces with Tai Shici to break through Wuhu under Sun Ce on June 15, and suddenly appeared on the opposite bank of the mouth of the water.

After all, Liu Xun and Qiao Rui did not have God's perspective, and with the slow transmission of military information at that time, they would not have known that in the mountains on the other side, Guan Yu had attacked Lin Lishan of Chen Fu on the eighth day of the sixth month.

Poshui is turbulent in the upper reaches of the mountainous area, and the army is very fast. This morning, Gan Ning had already returned to Chaisang City.

So much so that there was a general Liu Bei in the Han Dynasty, and there was also a general Liu Xun in the Zhong Dynasty. If you only look at the flag, because only the surname is written and the name is not written, the words are exactly the same, which is really ridiculous.

However, Zhuge Jin, who is in Chaisang, still doesn't know these two pieces of news.

After two days and one night of sailing, Gan Ning sailed smoothly at dawn on June 12 to the mouth of the Qiaorui garrison.

When Gan Ning heard this, his eyes were already eager, according to Zhuge Jin's description, he could fully imagine that this would be a crushing sneak attack!

Because Liu Xun and Qiao Rui didn't feel that the Zhuge family was an enemy at all, all these deployments, of course, did not consider the reaction of the princes on the south bank of the Yangtze River during this whole journey, whether they needed to be vigilant.

Gan Ning didn't dare to delay, and immediately set off again in front of Liu Xun, sparing no manpower, using both sails and oars, and trying his best to grab the wind.

Zhuge Jin is not worried about this: "I have transferred Pang Shiyuan from Poyang County Commander to Chaisang County Commander, anyway, the matter of opening a copper mine in Poyang has been deployed, and there is no need for any resourceful people to coordinate it in the future."

On the eighth day of the sixth month, Chaisang City.

"Didn't I tell you, General Zhengnan's army will come to join us today! What to be surprised about! The Marqu also scolded the patrol commander a few words.

On this day, it was the day after Guan Yu attacked Lin Lishan on the Danyang battlefield. It was also the day when Tian Yu was still besieging Xuyi County on the Guangling battlefield.

Liu Xun's rank was of course not qualified to be a general in the south, but after Yuan Shu became emperor, he gave everyone a false position, which was much higher than the official position he originally obtained in the Han court.

Considering Gan Ning's tiring travel, Zhuge Jin did not call him immediately, but let the troops rest for a day, and the lunch and dinner that day were all feasts, with fish and meat.

When Liu Xun sent out his troops, the main force traveled the Yangtze River, and the sailing speed was definitely much slower than that of the fast horse messengers on land, so Qiao Rui would definitely receive an urgent report from the fast horse a day or two in advance, telling him to prepare and march together after taking all the troops.

After a few months of training, Pang Tong has made slight progress in logistics scheduling and overall planning, and he also has experience in presiding over large projects.

The night patrol sentry had no choice but to put away all his doubts, without any precautions, and even opened the water village.

It was not easy for ordinary small fishing boats in this era to cross the Yangtze River. If there is a navy patrolling the river, temporarily blocking the port and the caravan travel. It is completely possible to block the changes that have just happened on the south bank for ten days and eight days without the attention of the princes on the north bank.

Pang Shiyuan is not a talent of 100 miles, although he is still young, he can only continue to be a county commander, and he should be given another important county experience. I will leave the rest of the county soldiers to him, and it will be no problem to hold on to the city. ”

Because Poyang is located in the hinterland of Yuzhang County, there is no military threat, and only needs to deal with civil affairs, financial management, and mining.

It seems that they are just waiting for Liu Xun himself to return to Anhui City and rest a little, and then they will go east. Qiao Rui is in Maosu, and should meet the forces in the direction of Hefei, waiting to join Liu Xun's division......"

Later, while inquiring about Liu Xun's movements, he prepared various materials needed for the attack, including a large amount of firewood and grass, tung oil for rapid ignition, and some small sampans that were already dilapidated and about to be abandoned.

When Qiao Rui knew that Liu Xun was about to arrive, he arrived before the real Liu Xun, and he would definitely be able to seize the moment when the enemy's defense was most lax! It is estimated that when Gan Ning starts to jump to slash or release arrows, the other party will be able to react!

Gan Ning couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, most of the territory of Danyang County was either in the hands of Sun Ce at the moment, or in the hands of Zu Lang. And after sending Guan Yu, Tai Shici and himself, Fujun was sure that he would soon be able to take office in Danyang, and this open-mindedness and self-confidence are also rare in the world.

These two places are the estuaries of the rivers flowing through the core city of Lujiang County, which are about 2780 miles away from each other, and can be reached in two days by sailing along the Yangtze River.

The Marquis of Qu turned his face: "How can you be so accurate when you sail on the river?" Maybe the wind direction is smooth, the river is rising, and the water will go faster, so don't hurry up and open the gate of the village! Beware of the general's punishment for negligence! ”

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Qiao Rui received the news and knew that Liu Xun was coming soon, so he naturally wouldn't be wary. At that time, you happened to arrive at the mouth of Misu under the banner of Liu Xun, half a day or a few hours earlier than the real Liu Xun......"

It is impossible to be promoted directly, too young and too shallow, but even if it is the same county order, there are large counties and small counties, and Chaisang is the second most important county in Yuzhang County, which is enough to show that cultivation is reused, and Pang Tong is also very grateful.

However, Gan Ning was still a little worried, and reminded: "If Fujun goes to Danyang, what should Chaisang do here?" It always takes a resourceful man to help the guards. ”

The patrol commander also felt aggrieved, and couldn't help but argue: "But didn't you say that you only arrived in the morning?" It's not dawn yet. ”

The soldiers of the Qiao Rui army guarding the wharf of the Shuizhai in Susukou also saw Gan Ning's fleet from a distance, and they were a little curious at first and wanted to warn. But as soon as he reported to the commander of the first level of Qu Junhou, he was stopped on the grounds of "making a fuss".

"Fu Jun, this is asking me to sneak attack the mouth of the water? The last general will not waste this opportunity! Gan Ning's voice trembled slightly.

At this moment, he told Gan Ning such detailed information, although Gan Ning didn't know what he was going to do, he was already a little enthusiastic.

"The fine work we sent to Lujiang, as well as the envoy who was forced to go to watch Yuan Shu's accession to the throne a few days ago, all brought back news. The Yuan army in Wankou has been assembling in the past few days, and soldiers and horses are transferred from Wancheng, Lu'an, and Longshu (Shucheng) every day. The weapons and grain should have been prepared to stop in advance.

Zhuge Jin was unintentional, and the Yuan family was not very wary of the Zhuge family's "rebellion", and even when Yuan Shu ascended the throne, the Zhuge family also sent a worthless guy to pretend to be a false title to watch the ceremony, so he could naturally spy on more details.

Gan Ning listened very carefully, nodded again and again, indicating that everything would be prepared by itself, and then he would leave.

He only knew that three days ago, he had ordered the Ganning Department to besiege Lin Lishan with Guan Yu, and marched down the river from Yixian County to return to Chaisang to get Qi.

"I don't know what the prince wants me to do?" Gan Ning didn't bother to use his brain, so he directly asked Zhuge Jin for instructions.

After the first wave is successful, it is possible to count on Ziyi to help, and you have to support it alone for at least three or five days. Ten days later, maybe Yun Chang will be able to pull out his hand - provided that everything goes well with Ah Liang in Lin Lishan and Wuhu. ”

His intuition told him that the enemy was in the light and I was in the dark, and he would definitely be able to sneak attack a big one this time.

Pang Tong received Zhuge Liang's letter in early March of this year and came to Yuzhang to seek office. Up to now, he has been serving as the commander of Poyang County for three full months.

Zhuge Jin nodded, and then pointed a few points along the Yangtze River on the map: "I think so, since the Lujiang army is stationed in two places along the river, Liu Xun and Qiao Rui will definitely join forces, so you can take advantage of Liu Xun's preoccupation and lead the army to Hulin (Chizhou) hundreds of miles downstream from the other side of Anhuikou."

Early the next morning, Zhuge Jin brought the refreshed Gan Ning and shared some of the latest information with him.

"I have already quietly asked Ziyi to go to Chungu County to stand by, once Lin Lishan's side is broken, he will cooperate with Yun Chang to attack Sun Ce's Wuhu.

He doesn't have spy satellites, God perspectives. What he can directly manipulate is the current matter of this one-third of an acre in the north of Yuzhang County.

Now that he has been transferred to Chaisang, he has to take care of both civil affairs and military defense, which can be regarded as a comprehensive experience.

If you want to block for a longer time, it will be more difficult, and sooner or later there will be omissions.

Gan Ning thought that Zhuge Jin was not at ease with his use of troops, but later learned that Zhuge Jin felt that Wuhu was very likely to be taken and wanted to go to Wuhu to take up his "Danyang Taishou".

Zhuge Jin pulled over a map and first sounded the alarm for Gan Ning:

Therefore, Liu Xun led the Anhui Koushui Army eastward, and it was expected that two days later, on June 12, he would join the Misu Koushui Army in Qiaorui, and then deploy a general attack.

Gan Ning was not afraid of the temporary lack of troops, but was a little excited: "As long as I don't have to fight hard with the enemy, three thousand people are enough to hold Liu Xun back." Fu Jun still directly said how to fight. ”

Zhuge Jin pressed it falsely, signaling him to be calm and calm: "It's not that simple, if it's just a sneak attack, in case the enemy fleet is moored on the dock of Misukou, and there are not many soldiers on board, how much damage can you cause?" It needs to be so ......"

When he sailed on the river at night, he did not sneak around, but generously lit a torch, and deliberately reflected the Daxu of "General Liu" with firelight very clearly.

Two days later, it was found out that Liu Xun set sail from Anhui with a large army.

Then every day with the lightest sentry ship to probe the movement of the enemy in Anhui, once you find that Liu Xun's main force set sail from Anhui into the Yangtze River, you let the sentinel ship report quickly, and then the main force also set sail immediately, grab in front of Liu Xun, play the banner of Liu Xun's vanguard, and go down the river to the mouth of the Xukou.

Zhuge Jin stopped him again, saying that he would also follow him to Chungu County first and let Gan Ning give him a ride.

……

Gan Ning received Zhuge Jin's order, and immediately set sail and led the naval army from Chaisang along the Yangtze River to Tongguan Town.

And two days later, he subdued Zulang and annexed Zulang's territory.