Yicheng's Eastern Wu soldiers and horses suddenly opened the city to meet Ma Yan, which made him a little confused.

Even if you Jingzhou is closed again, don't you know what Ding Feng was beaten into by me at the beginning? A few pounds and a few taels dare to go out of the city to fight? Sima Yi didn't have the guts.

But now that Ma Jian reacted, he didn't get angry immediately. Regarding Dongwu's strange move, Ma Jian immediately retreated from the horse with a few of them.

He wanted to see what kind of plane this Dongwu was doing, and this person dared to come out and counter-charge. In case the opposite side is to lure the enemy into the depths of Xiangyang, it is not good to ambush a row of strong crossbowmen in the city.

There is no way, the prince is in the army, and Ma Jian still doesn't dare to take too many risks. At the very least, the troops should be set aside to protect Liu Xuan, and then he will die.

After Ma Jian led the troops to retreat, Gan Gui was extremely excited. Then he took two thousand Dongwu soldiers and horses to pursue Ma Jian in turn, and shouted excitedly while chasing,

"Old horseman! Our cowardly governor blew you into the sky, I didn't expect you to be so cowardly! Don't run if you have the ability, see me personally beheaded you and dedicate it to the Supreme! ”

"The Governor of the Goods? Are you talking about Lu Xun? Ma Jian keenly discovered the other party's attitude towards Lu Xun.

Obviously, the descendants of Gan Ning on the other side looked down on Lu Xun very much and called him a coward. This kind of situation does not usually appear in the Three Kingdoms period, but it is now occurring.

Especially the opposite is Gan Ning's son, and it stands to reason that he should have a good relationship with Lu Xun. But in this situation, I'm afraid things are not so simple.

However, although it was a little weird, Ma Jian felt that it could be used.

Even, if the generals of Eastern Wu already have this attitude, then he would have a better way to go south.

After thinking about this, Ma Jian instantly took it into account. Then Ma Jian did not respond to Gan Gui's provocation at all, and ran straight back to his own military formation.

By the time Gan Gui arrived in front of the Han army, Ma Tan had been waiting in the front army for a long time, and pulled out more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to meet Eastern Wu. In this regard, Gan Gui confidently rushed forward with a large army, ready to fight the Shu army head-on.

Gan Gui is the son of Gan Ning, and theoretically he should be from Yizhou rather than Jiangdong. Because of this, Gan Gui inherited his father's reckless character, even if Ma Jian was famous, he was not afraid at all.

Of course, this is also due to Lu Xun's reputation getting worse and worse, and it is rumored everywhere that Lu Xun is actually a straw bag with no ambition and no talent.

In this way, Gan Gui confidently led 2,000 people to face Ma Tan's 1,000 Han army.

Then, Gan Gui ushered in the first blow.

In just one shot, he was almost stabbed off the horse by a shot from Ma Tan, and his shoulder was almost stabbed through. The Wu army front behind him was losing and retreating at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was almost completely unable to parry the offensive of the Han army.

"Kill these Wu dogs!" Ma Tan met a rendezvous to defeat Gan Gui, and then with a move of his spear, the Han army quickly stormed the Eastern Wu tribe.

The two sides were anxious for less than half an hour, and the Dongwu side began to rout. Gan Gui was forced to lead his troops to defeat and tried to retreat to Yicheng to defend the city.

Now he knows how ruthless Ma Jian is, according to the combat strength of the Shu army, he needs at least 5,000 people to block 1,000 people. If he wants to defeat the other party, Gan Gui estimates that he will need 7,000 people.

So, under the pursuit of the Han army, Gan Gui was defeated all the way to the city of Yicheng. But when Gan Gui shouted, the only thing that greeted him at the head of Yicheng City was the random arrows!

"You Jiangdong barbarians, we've put up with you for a long time! Now that General Ma is back, we have already surrendered to the Great Han! ”

The Yicheng fathers and elders at the head of the city scolded Gan Gui, and the angry Gan Gui's brain was buzzing. However, in the face of the current situation, he had to flee with the remnants of the defeated army to bypass Yicheng and flee to Dangyang.

In just half a day, Ma Jian recovered Yicheng.

This speed is already very fast, but after the battle, Ma Zhong couldn't help but ask,

"General! The other side has insulted you like this, why should you show mercy? If it weren't for the constant pressure, Gan Gui wouldn't have survived two rounds at all! ”

Obviously, it was obvious after Ma Yan's release of water, almost a Pacific Ocean. If Ma Jian hadn't deliberately slowed down the offensive, Ma Zhong was sure that none of the Eastern Wu soldiers and horses would have been able to escape.

"You all take it easy for me, don't scare these Dongwu rats!" Ma Jian said angrily about this, looking at this group of people and teaching,

"If you scare them into hiding in the city and don't come out, do you want to go to Jiangling City, which was built by Elder Gangyun General?"

"Originally, Dongwu and the gang were timid, and it was not easy to meet one or two bold ones. If they are scared out again, then the soldiers of our Han Dynasty will only be able to bleed in vain under Jiangling City. ”

Ma Tan himself came to test this time, and attacking the city and conquering the city, killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions is secondary. Now Ma Tan's most urgent need is how to knock down Jiangling in front of Lu Xun.

So far, Jingzhou has only two ruling cores, namely Jiangling in Jingbei and Gong'an in Jingnan. If these two places can't be taken, recovering Jingzhou will become a fool's dream.

Jingnan's public security is not a problem, as a city built in Liu Bei's era, his own defense performance is not very good. If it is really a hard fight, there is no need for Jingbei's troops to respond, and the people in Xiang's favor are enough.

But Jiangling in Jingbei is a hard bone that makes Ma Jian official. The scale of the city built by Guan Yu in Jingzhou back then, and he never forgot it after passing by Ma Jian only once.

In particular, Dongwu also hoarded a large amount of grain and grass here, and stationed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. If it was really a strong attack, Ma Jian estimated that he would have to drag the main force of the Han army over to conquer it.

But this is impossible, and the Han strategy will not use the main force to attack Eastern Wu. Therefore, if Ma Tan wanted to conquer Jiangling, he had to find a way to lure out the troops of Eastern Wu.

Originally, if Lu Xun still had the same prestige as a few years ago, this plan would basically be useless. But when he found out Gan Gui's attitude towards Lu Xun, Ma Jian suddenly took it into account.

"What we need to do now is to be humble and arrogant, so that the young generals of Soochow gradually look down on us. In the current situation, Soochow must not be afraid of us. ”

Ma Jian waved his hand and lightly explained his grand strategy to Ma Zhong. Finally, a resolution was made,

"Compared with the whole Jingzhou, the little military exploits contributed by Gan Gui are nothing. Since you want to fish, the bigger the fish, the better! ”

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After conquering Yicheng, the 3,000 Han army attacked south again under the condition that the prince supervised the army and Ma Tan was in command. The troops quickly entered the territory of Namgun and began to fight the garrison forces of Soochow.

After encountering the forces of Eastern Wu, Ma Jian also found that Lu Xun had already prepared.

Except for Yicheng, which had just been laid, all the other cities occupied by Eastern Wu were all based on Hanshui. The naval army of Eastern Wu has been wandering on the water, firmly controlling the water control in the lower reaches of the Han River.

Under such an arrangement, Jingxiang North Road was basically in the hands of Eastern Wu, and a series of defense lines were extremely solid.

"It's worthy of Sun Boyan, the design of this line of defense is indeed level!"

(End of chapter)