The Yangtze River is a soup soup, running from west to east. Peng Lize land across the north and south of the river, in the middle of Sangluozhou, north is Lei Chi, south is Peng Ze.

Sun Yu commanded the Jiangdong Navy Division Shuojiang River, more than 100 fighting boats, boats, and ships broke through the river, the summer breeze blew, the flag rolled, and a murderous appearance. However, when he arrived at the waters of Sangluozhou, the Jiangdong sailors stopped, not knowing whether they should move forward.

I saw that the gorge between Sangluzhou and the south bank of the Yangtze River was constantly shuttling, and there was an iron lock across the river surface, directly blocking the narrow estuary. Although there is no iron lock across the river on the north bank of Nasang Luozhou, a large number of boats and warships have gathered, and the flags of "Gan", "Li" and "Gao" are raised in the wind.

On the flagship of the Jiangdong Naval Division, Sun Yu looked at the enemy situation on the river, his face was embarrassed, and he pondered the current advance and retreat.

Sun Yu is not known for his military strategy, and he is good at reassuring people's hearts in the army. Now Sun Quan and Zhou Yu have entrusted him with important tasks, and they value Sun Yu's conservative use of soldiers, not radical, and can appease people's hearts.

Sun Shao took a small boat and arrived at Sun Yu's flagship, and said: "Huo Jun is guarding Sangluozhou, and he has already prepared to cross the river with iron locks and build a camp on Zhouyu. If our army wants to break the enemy, it needs to go to Shuo from the north of the continent and counterattack the Jingzhou Naval Division, I don't know if the general wants to fight? ”

Sun Yu looked at the narrow estuary between Sangluozhou and the north bank of the Yangtze River, and looked at the Jingzhou naval division that was assembling.

Holding on to the wall of the ship, Sun Yu said: "Although there is no iron lock at the mouth of the Zhoubei River, the waters are narrow, and most of our army are large ships, and most of the enemies are small boats. And Huo Jun is a famous general in Jingzhou, and there are many generals under his account. ”

As he spoke, Sun Yu pointed to the 'Gan' and 'Gao' flags fluttering in the air, and said: "Gan Ning was a general under Huang Zu's tent at the beginning, and in the battle of Xiakou, he fought against Ling Cao; Gao Xiang followed Huo Jun to guard Pengze City, guarded Haoshan with weak soldiers, and broke our army. ”

Thinking that before he set out on the expedition, Zhou Yu told him that he had no hope of complete victory, not to fight with Huo Jun, to strictly protect the Lujiang River, and not to let the enemy enter Kou Moling.

Sun Yu loosened his frowning brows and said: "Huo Jun crossed the Nanjiang River with an iron lock and arranged a sailor division in the Beijiang River, clearly wanting to take advantage of the terrain to lure our army into the city and take the opportunity to defeat our army. Our army must not fight lightly with the enemy, and when the troops retreat to the mouth of Anhui, occupy dangerous points, and confront the enemy. ”

Although Sun Shao was only seventeen years old, Sun Quan admired his military ability in the Danyang Rebellion. Now under the national disaster, many people have died, and Sun Quan has to promote him to be a general and follow Sun Yu.

Sun Shao is eight feet long, with good facial features and acceptable appearance. At this time, he followed the direction pointed out by Sun Yu, looked over, and said: "It is really the best policy for the general to retreat to Anhuikou. Today, he repaired the book and Cao Cao, and borrowed troops from him to ask for food. If Cao Cao promised, reinforcements would go south, and the two armies would be united, and they could fight Huo Jun. ”

"Good!" Sun Yu ordered left and right, and shouted: "Order the whole army to withdraw to the troops in Anhuikou." ”

"No!"

With Sun Yu's military order, the Jiangdong Naval Division turned around and walked down the river, not fighting against the Jingzhou Naval Division stationed in the north of Zhou.

Gan Ning stood on the ship, looked at the retreating Jiangdong Naval Division, shook his hand depressedly, and ordered: "The Jiangdong Naval Division withdraws the troops, and the fire on the boat is well placed so that it will not catch fire." ”

"No!"

As Sun Yu guessed, Huo Jun was indeed waiting for them to enter. The mouth of the river is narrow, and it is not good to retreat, if Sun Yu and Sun Shao rely on the strong Jiangdong naval army and the tall ships, they will enter the estuary. At that time, Gan Ning and Gao Xiang will set fire to the boat filled with sulfur and ointment, take advantage of the smooth water, and send it to the Jiangdong Naval Division, and burn it down.

If Sun Yu's naval division is defeated, Huo Jun will directly give up attacking the four counties in the north of the Lujiang River, and will lead the naval division to land in the area of Jingkou and Moling, cutting off the retreat of Sun Quan's army, and attacking Sun Quan back and forth with the army led by Liu Bei.

Today, Sun Yu's conservative attitude towards the use of troops did not disappoint the expectations of Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, leading troops to retreat to the dangerous Anhui Pass, waiting for Huo Jun's attack, or waiting for the soldiers and horses sent by Cao Cao.

Sangluozhou, Jingzhou camp.

Inside the big tent, Huo Jun was calmly fiddling with the sand table in the waters of the Thunder Pond, and it seemed that the invading Jiangdong sailors could not attract his attention.

After being granted the position of controlling the various departments and commanding the water division by Liu Qi and Liu Bei, Huo Jun recruited 6,000 recruits into the army, plus the previous army of nearly 4,000, the strength of the army was about 10,000. However, it seems that there are many troops, but the ones who can really fight are Gan Ning, Huo Du, Gao Xiang and other subordinates.

Therefore, after returning from Nanchang, Huo Jun led the army of Gan Ning, Huo Du, Gao Xiang, Chen Yue, Zhong Lifei, Xu Sheng, Shiren and other seven soldiers to move to the town to guard Sangluozhou, set up Sangluoshu on the continent, drilled soldiers and horses, built a large number of buildings, and built camps.

After Sun Quan withdrew his troops from Yuzhang, Xu Sheng, who sold his labor as a war criminal, seemed to have figured it out and surrendered to Huo Jun. was listed as a captain by Huo Jun, led thousands of soldiers, and commanded the old department.

According to the topography of the mountains and rivers recorded by him, the scout pointed to the sand table and said, "General, this side should be a mountain, and it needs to be the starting point of the uplift." ”

"But so?"

"Yes!"

With reference to the Lujiang map and the correction of the scouts, Huo Jun finally succeeded in making the sand table of the Leichi water area and its surrounding mountains and rivers.

When Huo Jun washed his hands and finished work, Gan Ning and Gao Xiang led the captain into the camp.

Gan Ning looked depressed and said: "Zhong Miao, Sun Yu retreated without a fight, according to the scout, he may probably be stationed in Anhuikou. ”

Gan Ning and Huo Jun have long been commensurate with each other, and now under Huo Jun's control, Gan Ning is still called by words. Huo Jun knew Gan Ning's habits quite well, and he didn't care about this.

Huo Jun wiped his hands with a towel, pinched up the small flag symbolizing Sun Yu and inserted it into the mouth of the Yangtze River, and said, "But here? ”

Gan Ning looked at the banner on the sand table, pointed and said: "Exactly, Anhui is surrounded by mountains and rivers, bordering Baizi Mountain in the north and the river in the south. From the mouth of Anhui up the water, you can go to Anhui City. Anhui City was slaughtered by Sun Quan, and 30,000 people were moved into Jiangdong, and the city is now empty. ”

After Sun Ce unified Jiangdong, he asked Li Shu to serve as the Taishou of Lujiang and gave 3,000 soldiers. However, Li Shu served as the Taishou of Lujiang, thinking that he was lonely in the north of the river, and Sun Ce was difficult to control, so he surrendered and rebelled. After Sun Ce's death, Li Shu rebelled against Sun Quan.

Sun Quan and Xu Kun besieged Anhui City, and Li Shu was defeated and died due to the exhaustion of food. Sun Quan and Xu Kun slaughtered Wancheng, the head of the war, and more than 30,000 people migrated into Jiangdong, and Wancheng was sparsely populated. After Sun He succeeded Lujiang Taishou, he gave up Wancheng as a county ruler and moved it to Liyang in the south of the Yangtze River.

Gan Ning led his troops to the east to explore the topography of the Lujiang River, and then said: "The road of the Lujiang River is steep, the hills and ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the streams are dense. From Anhui City to the east, respectively, stone pavilion, stone, trailer and other places, the road is narrow, not easy to pass; If you go west, they are Qianyang, Songzi, and Longfeng, and there are many rivers, which are not easy to fight. ”

Huo Jun showed a deep expression on his face and said: "Sun Yu retreated to the mouth of Anhui and occupied the danger, which meant self-preservation. It is not easy for the officers and men of our army to attack urgently, so they should take the Baoyu chapter as the top, and the deep base should be defeated, and the soldiers and horses should be drilled and slowly planned. ”

"Fenglu!" Huo Jun shouted.

"In!"

Huo Jun pointed his finger at Songzi and said: "The Thunder Pond is vast, the waterways are complicated, and if you want to defeat Sun Yu's soldiers and horses, it is the place where our army must pass." Songzi is located in the north of Leichi, near the hidden mountain, which is a dangerous place. Today, I ordered you and Fit to lead the troops into Songzi, thinking that they were outposts, and they were going to explore the enemy's situation. ”

"No!"

"Xingba led the sailors to inspect the river, be vigilant against Sun Yu's movements, and do not fight with him without a military order." Huo Jun commanded.

As he spoke, Huo Jun propped his hand on the desk and said in a deep voice: "The rest of the armies are still operating soldiers and horses, building deep camps, and waiting for military orders. And ordered someone to urge Xu Yuanzhi to build the iron lock connecting the thunder pool as soon as possible, and widen the river as a barrier. ”

"No!"

Huo Jun was not in a hurry about the war, he needed to reduce the risk of his defeat before going deep into the Lujiang River to fight. The construction of a camp at Sangluoshu was to prevent him from having no way to retreat after his defeat; The blockade of the river was to prevent Sun Yu from easily penetrating into Yuzhang.

The generals withdrew from the camp, and Liu Zhong presented a letter and said, "Fujun, Yishan letter." ”

"Hmm!"

Huo Jun opened the battle report sent by Liu Bei and read it carefully.

Liu Bei complained in his letter about the rugged terrain of Yishan Mountain, which was difficult for the cavalry to use. His road into the mountain was too long, causing him to be blocked by the army led by Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in a dangerous place. He considered that Sun Quan had more soldiers and horses than himself, and he was in an unfavorable position in the terrain, so he took Zhuge Liang's suggestion, repaired the camp deeply, confronted the enemy, looked for the enemy's weakness, and waited for the opportunity to fight.

In the letter, Liu Bei greeted Huo Jun's body and asked about the progress of the war.

Huo Jun thought about it for a while, and wrote back a letter, in which he said that the road was rugged and it was in the deep mountains, so he needed to pay special attention to the problem of the grain road, and he could not go deep easily, and he was cut off by the enemy.

Then Huo Jun said that the war was going well on his side, and forced back the Jiangdong Navy who tried to attack Yuzhang. Now he did not lead the army deep into the Lujiang River, mainly worried that Sun and Cao Cao would unite, and did not know the depth of the enemy, so he wanted to wait for the situation to be clear and stabilize the rear. When the time is right, he will lead his troops deep into the Lujiang River and seek an opportunity to fight Sun Yu in a decisive battle.

After drying the ink, Huo Jun handed the letter to his attendant and said, "Send this letter to General Zuo." ”

"No!"

Huo Jun leaned on his back, his eyes looked at the sand table, and his eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

This battle is very crucial, and the decisive battle between Liu Bei and Sun Quan will determine the ownership of Jiang Zuo. The duel between him and Sun Yu will become the weight of Sun and Liu's victory.

Will Cao Cao make a move?

(End of chapter)