"Grand Duke, the Supreme has a letter to you."

Just when Lu Xun was listlessly inspecting the defense of Jiangling, a personal guard sent him a letter. Lu Xun, who was extremely familiar with Sun Quan, immediately knew that the Supreme was about to parachute the warrant again.

Sun Quan is always like this, I don't know how many times he has been beaten, and he always can't learn well.

Lu Xun reluctantly took Sun Quan's letter to him, and when he opened it, his brows furrowed even more. In the letter, Sun Quan asked him to stop continuing to have friction with Xishu, and he had already sent Zhuge Jin to Xishu to negotiate peace.

At this moment? Supreme you're not kidding, are you?

Now that they have been angry with Xishu, the two sides have clearly torn their faces. Especially on the Xishu side, even the Jingzhou Thorn History has been arranged, can he reconcile with us at this time?

"Some of the Supreme's thoughts always make us elusive......" Lu Xun shook his head helplessly, and smiled a little helplessly.

Originally, when Ji Han went all out to the north to conquer Guanzhong, Dongwu should not have come to get involved in this kick. The two sides still maintain a fragile alliance, and Ji Han's side will not make a move against Dongwu in the short term.

In this way, Dongwu still maintained its ally status towards Ji Han, and Cao Wei's side could also ask for a higher price. Normally, this should be done, but Sun Quan's approach always makes people look dark.

That's it, what do I want to do with this, a courtier?

Lu Xun shrugged, and then sent someone to order all fronts of Soochow to stop the offensive and retreat to the territory of Soochow. Among them, Lu Xun also transferred a large number of troops from Jingnan to Jiangling, and divided his troops to hold the counties of Nanjun.

Recently, that bastard Ma Tan in Xishu is said to have come to Nanyang with Ji Han's crown prince, and he lived directly in Xinye. Lu Xun, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, already feels a sense of crisis, and he has even begun to prepare to build a beacon tower in Nanjun.

There's no way, this treatment is worth it, after all, it really can't be beaten.

However, after Lu Xun issued his order, Wei Wen of Jingnan soon sent back the news. The other party refused Lu Xun's timid order and insisted on continuing the attack on Wuling.

And the garrison generals of Nanjun thought that Lu Xun's deployment was making a big fuss. In fact, many generals have long begun to disobey Lu Xunyang, and Lu Xun once returned to the spring before the Yiling War.

At that time, a large number of generals were also dissatisfied and disdainful of him. Forcing the young man, he had to draw his sword and yell, relying on Sun Quan's trust and deterrence to suppress the veterans.

After more than ten years, Lu Xun once again felt a familiar feeling. But the difference is that this time Lu Xun is afraid that he will not be able to draw his sword and yell again.

After all, even Sun Quan didn't trust him a little......

Just when Lu Xun was helpless, he suddenly saw a messenger coming in a hurry on the northern galloping road. When he saw the messenger's outfit clearly, Lu Xun's face changed suddenly.

The outfit of this messenger is bright red, and it is an urgent messenger arranged by Lu Xun on the front line of Yicheng. An urgent messenger was sent from the Yicheng direction to Gangneung, and there was only one possibility......

"The Grand Duke! The Shu army is heading south! The boss's banner is Ma Yan! ”

"What!" Lu Xun's face changed slightly, and he quickly became serious.

"Quick! Order the soldiers and horses of the southern counties of all departments to hold the county seat, relying on the Han River as the supply line to defend it! But if the Shu army is attacking the city, you can ask Xiakou for help as soon as possible, and the reinforcements will arrive quickly! ”

After being defeated head-on by Zhuge Liang last time, Lu Xun found that the gap between the two armies was no longer something that could be made up by numbers. Especially with Ma Yan, a famous general of Western Shu who swept through the northwest, the victory of Eastern Wu in the field was all negative.

Therefore, Lu Xun began to arrange the Hanshui defense line a long time ago. That is, to consolidate the various counties relying on the Han River, so as to occupy Jingxiang North Road.

Because Guan Yu has been dead for more than ten years, and Xishu has been on the Northern Expedition all these years, it is absolutely impossible for the naval army to compete with Eastern Wu. Therefore, the logistics of each county with the back of the Han River and the cover of the Dongwu Navy is not a problem at all.

In this way, Soochow can stabilize the front on the Xiangyang line for a long time, leaving enough strategic depth. In this way, once Shu and Wu go to war, the threat of Nanyang can be buffered, and Jiangling can also focus on guarding against the Yiling Shu army.

It can be said that Lu Xun has done everything he can do. However, after Lu Xun's order was issued, he saw that his personal guard in charge of the order was stunned and stagnant.

"Governor, I'm afraid that the generals will not obey your order, and they will already be dissatisfied with you......"

Lu Xun was silent for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and ordered.

"If anyone disobeys, behead! I'll explain it to the Supreme! ”

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At the same time, the Han army stationed in Xiangyang, under the leadership of Ma Yan, had already begun to march south.

However, although it was an advance of troops, in fact, more than 3,000 people were dispatched to gather the Communist Party. Led by Ma Jian himself, the crown prince began a tentative attack on Nanjun as the supervising army.

Originally, this tentative southward journey Ma Tan planned to go south by himself. After all, it was originally to find out how the combat strength of Dongwu had been over the years, and there was no need to bring others.

As a result, when the crown prince Liu Xuan heard that Ma Jian didn't take him, he once again dragged the corner of Ma Tan's clothes and didn't let go. In the end, under the prince's crying and fussing, Ma Jian had no choice but to take Liu Xuan with him.

After many years, Ma Jian once again encountered a friendly unit that he found troublesome. And the last one that made Ma Jian feel difficult was Li Mu, who was a friend of Ma Tan's gentleman.

"It seems that when I wait for the next action, I will have to invite Hua Fei out again......" Ma Jian touched his chin, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Liu Xuan, who was elated because he followed the expedition, and his expression was a little more contemplative.

Just as he was thinking, the Han army had arrived at Yicheng, the county seat closest to Xiangyang.

This is Ma Tan's hometown, but with the relocation of the Ma family to Shuzhong a few years ago, the Ma family's control here has been much weaker. After the Han and Wu completely turned their faces in the past two years, with the strategic contraction, Yicheng also fell into the hands of Eastern Wu.

"I am the general of the Han chariot cavalry, the prince and the prince, and the marquis of Luoyang Township! What kind of thing are you waiting for, and you dare to come in front of the Han army? ”

Ma Jian personally took Ma Zhong and others to the city and yelled at the Wu army at the head of Dangyang City.

"Don't you know that Yicheng is my Ma Youchang's hometown? Leave yourself as soon as possible, leave a path for yourself, and don't narrow the road. ”

Just when Ma Tan put the cannon in his mouth and waited for the opposite side to scold, he suddenly saw the gate of Yicheng suddenly open.

"What a brave horseman! Just these few people dare to come! I'm here to fight you! A general of Eastern Wu rushed out with the Wu army, shouting and rushing straight to Ma Yan.

Seeing Dongwu's reaction, Ma Yan's face showed a trace of doubt.

Is Jingzhou already so closed? Can't even receive the news that I killed all sides in Guanzhong?

(End of chapter)