The southwesterly wind became more and more rapid, and the pioneer fleet was reflected in a raging fire. Although Tang Zhan's soldiers began to extinguish the fire in an orderly manner, the fire did not mean to subside immediately, and everything in front of him was still shrouded in the red fire on the river......

"Hurry up and organize the troops to put out the fire, quick!-" The soldiers on the ship were still screaming vigorously, although it was not difficult to control the fire, but the soldiers were worried about other places.

Yes, Tang Zhan ran from the front ship to the rear in one breath, watching Wuliang Todo's light boat fleet gallop across the blockade line, Tang Zhan couldn't help but feel a wave of anger and unwillingness in his heart. At this moment, Wuliang Tuoduo was standing at the stern of the boat, looking at Tang Zhan across the river before leaving, his eyes full of provocative expressions.

"General Tang Zhan, don't leave it at that-" Wuliang Todo also responded with a sneer, waving his hand contemptuously at Tang Zhan, who was out of sight.

Tang Zhan was already extremely angry...... "Bang-" concentrated force to come out of the "Broken Sky Divine Palm," Tang Zhan almost used a 10 percent powerful splitting palm to roar out in the direction of the galloping Wuliang Todo fleet; however, the enemy's ships had already fled too far downwind, and the Empty Palm only stirred up a 10-zhang high river wave and made a loud sound that shook the sky; when the waves subsided again, the shadow of the Uliang Todo fleet could no longer be seen......

"Damn!-" Tang Zhan couldn't help but let out an angry cry, slamming his hands on the railing, because of his momentary negligence, he let go of Wuliang Todo, who had almost no way to escape. But Tang Zhan didn't seem to intend to give up, Lu Jing's order before the war was to let himself take the life of Wuliang Tuoduo, and he couldn't just let the tiger go back to the mountain.

Thinking about it, Tang Zhan turned around and saw that the fire on the ship was basically under control, and immediately ordered: "The whole army warship turns around and pursues the enemy to the north!" It seems that Tang Zhan has also made up his mind to recover the fleeing Wuliang Tuoduo at all costs.

However, when the soldier beside him saw this, he couldn't help but remind: "General, the enemy is fleeing with the wind in a light boat, and if we and other giant warships pursue, I am afraid that they will not be able to catch up with the wind."

"If you can't catch up, you have to chase it, and you must not let Wuliang Tuoduo escape!" Tang Zhan was still unwilling.

"It's just that we let go of an enemy commander-in-chief, and General Chang's order to us is to let us capture Xiangyang-" the soldier continued to remind, "In order to capture Xiangyang, we will attack the siege by land and water. If it was because of a Uliang Toduo who withdrew the naval army at the Jiangdao Pass at the East Gate of Xiangyang and disrupted the previous siege plan, the gains outweighed the losses——"

This is not unreasonable, after all, the order to kill Wuliang Tuoduo was secretly instructed by Lu Jing to Tang Zhan and Xiao Tian, and the real purpose of this campaign, the order issued by Chang Yuchun, is actually to take Xiangyang as the priority, so the other soldiers don't know anything about Wuliang Tuoduo's "must die".

But Tang Zhan obviously would not give up, but the words of his subordinates also reminded him that he had to think of a way to achieve both worlds, not only to ensure the capture of Xiangyang in the original plan, but also not to let Wuliang Tuoduo escape from the Xiangyang River......

Tang Zhan looked at the direction of the enemy's escape, thought for a while, seemed to have thought of a way, and then said: "Yes, the enemy army will flee north, it is the 'Changlong Valley' area of the branch of the river, at this time, if Brother Xiao leads the naval army to take a shortcut from the Donghou Road, the time should be able to intercept the fleet of Wuliang Toduo in front of the 'Changlong Valley'...... The order was sent to General Xiao Tian to let his navy rush to the 'Changlong Valley' along the east road to intercept the enemy's fleeing boats, while our army continued to pursue along the Beijiang River, surrounded Wuliang Tuoduo on both sides, and completely sealed him at the mouth of the river!"

"Yes-" The soldier received the order and immediately rushed to Xiao Tian's water camp in a light boat to report......

"Whether you can subdue Wuliang Toduo, Brother Xiao, it depends on the cooperation of the two of us......" Tang Zhan secretly prayed in his heart, and now he pinned all his hopes on Xiao Tian......

And at this moment, in Xiao Tian's naval position, he also got the news of the breakthrough of Wuliang Tuoduo......

"I didn't expect Wuliang Tuoduo to break through in such a way, Brother Tang Zhan was a little careless......" Su Jia silently analyzed on the side, but there seemed to be other worries in his heart.

"Something isn't right......" Xiao Tian seemed to notice something, and his eyes couldn't help but hesitate.

"What's wrong?" Su Jia looked at Xiao Tian's more mature thinking, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I just think it's strange...... Xiao Tian muttered softly, "He used a light boat to break through, these are all right, but Xiangyang City still has his own main army trapped...... He ran away like this by himself, did he abandon his remaining subordinates?"

"This is the style of Wuliang Todo, ruthless...... Su Jia added, "His goal is only the feud of the Zhao family, the eldest brother of Zichuan, and nothing else." If this seems to be the case, it is not surprising that Ura Todo escaped alone in order to survive......"

"What you said isn't entirely accurate, Jia'er-" Xiao Tian looked at him with certainty, and then said, "He's really ruthless, but it's not ruthless enough to just discard his subordinates...... If you escape, you can continue to use your already mortal subordinates to maximize the value, which is even more ......ruthless."

"You said that Wuliang Tuoduo escaped by himself, and he can continue to use his subordinates?" Su Jia was surprised at first, but after thinking calmly, he gradually nodded, "You're right, Wuliang Tuoduo is quite scheming, he was able to calculate Tang Zhan's big brother last night, so this time the light boat escaped, I'm afraid it's not so simple...... If, according to what you said, Uliang Todo escaped, he could still use his subordinates who were still in the city, maybe ......"

"Maybe......" Xiao Tian and Su Jia nodded heartily, as if a bold idea came to mind......

"Newspaper—" While he was thinking, a message from under the ship's deck informed the soldiers.

"What's the situation?" Su Jia asked, standing on the edge of the ship's plank, turning her head.

The soldier quickly boarded the deck from under the ship and immediately reported: "General Tang Zhan has an order, ordering General Xiao Tian's water department to outflank the 'Changlong Valley' along the east road, intercept the fleeing enemy general Wuliang Tuoduo in the area of the 'Changlong Valley', and then encircle with General Tang in both directions to annihilate the enemy army-"

After the briefing, the soldiers left the board of the ship without stopping, preparing to go back and forth to the Tang Zhanshui camp......

The news of Tang Zhan came quickly, and Xiao Tian and Su Jia also heard what Tang Zhan meant-it seems that in order to pursue Wuliang Tuoduo, the vanguard naval army used all its strength to trap Wuliang Tuoduo on the river at all costs.

However, unlike Tang Zhan, knowing the news that Wuliang Tuoduo fled north by boat, Xiao Su and the others did not appear panicked, and even did not act immediately regarding the pursuit and interception order issued by Tang Zhan in a hurry......

Xiao Tian and Su Jia continued to look at each other, as if they had figured out something at the same time, and analyzed the countermeasures in their hearts...... "Wuliang Tuoduo was ordered to guard in Xiangyang, and the terrain of the waterway must be more familiar than ours, if he flees north in the direction of Changlong Valley, he should also know the shortcut of our army to the east......" Xiao Tian analyzed in his foresight.

"Wuliang Tuoduo is well versed in the art of war, good at using tactics, Tang Zhan's eldest brother proposed our army's strategy of outflanking and intercepting the east road and attacking in both directions, he can't ......be unexpected, who is familiar with the terrain," Su Jia followed, "That is to say, Wuliang Tuoduo did it on purpose, on the surface, he broke through the blockade of our army with a light boat, but in fact, it was also to confuse our army, so that our army thought that he really tried his best to escape from the army, so that Tang Zhan's eldest brother could contact us to copy the road and surround the two armies...... However, in fact, this is also his ploy, trying to deliberately make us fall into the real trap he has set......"

Xiao Tian continued: "Wuliang Tuoduo is not only good at scheming and calculating the enemy, but also calculating his own people...... There is no doubt that he is ruthless, if the first layer of ruthlessness is to abandon his subordinates and run away alone, the second layer is to still use the valuable subordinates who are already mortal, then the third layer ...... The third layer of ruthlessness is to trick the Tang Zhan brothers into falling into his trap and take revenge......"

"You've already guessed what it is, right?" Su Jia smiled slightly, and asked Xiao Tian knowingly.

Xiao Tian nodded confidently, at the critical moment, the two of them could always think of it together......

However, only Xiao Su and the others knew the in-depth thoughts, and Hu Yidi below didn't know what the two of them thought, and got Tang Zhan's order to outflank the East Road, and was about to turn around and set sail.

The officers and men who followed Hu Yidi's men also began to act, and all the officers and men of the fleet were in high spirits, knowing that the person who outflanked and intercepted was the enemy's main general, Wuliang Toduo, and all the officers and soldiers were full of energy......

However, before he could act, a shout order stopped everyone...... "General Xiao has not given the order, you have acted without authorization, what about the rules in the army?" Su Jia looked at the people under the boat with a blank look, and shouted solemnly.

Su Jia spoke, and his tone was stern, and all the soldiers of the army stopped and did not dare to act recklessly...... However, just when the army was suspicious of General Xiao Tian's hesitation, Hu Yidi, who dared to speak, stepped forward and said bluntly: "Brother Tang Zhan has given an order, why don't you act? Since you said that killing Wuliang Tuoduo is also an important task in this campaign, if you don't act now, when Wuliang Tuoduo escapes from the 'Long Dragon Valley' with the wind, then you will never be able to chase it back——"

Xiao Tian smiled at Hu Yidi knowingly, and said confidently: "The situation has changed, we will not carry out the orders of the Tang Zhan brothers, because now there is a more urgent and important matter than chasing and killing Wuliang Tuoduo...... Now the whole army is under my command, and without my orders, the whole army must not take any action-" With this last sentence, Xiao Tian said loudly to the entire fleet.

Hu Yidi listened below, and didn't know what Xiao Tian was thinking about it. Although the martial arts are comparable, in terms of military strategy, Xiao Tian is far above him, and Hu Yidi has to obey unconditionally "in a daze".

"That's it......" Xiao Tian and Su Jia continued to look at each other knowingly and nodded, it seemed that they were ready for the follow-up......

At this moment, the sailors he had sent out to reconnoiter in front hurried back, as if he had observed some new movements, and had come to report in time.

"What's new?" Xiao Tian asked directly.

Soldier 1510 said: "Back to the general, near the Xiangyang Water Gate, there is an abnormal movement in the enemy's fleet-"

"Are you here......" Su Jia said secretly in her heart, as if this news confirmed her and Xiao Tian's guesses.

"The whole army has an order...... Xiao Tian nodded with a smile, and then began to issue real military orders to the whole army......

Half an hour later......

Tang Zhan was leading the main force of the naval army to pursue in the direction of Wuliang Tuoduo's escape. As his subordinates just mentioned, the southwest wind became stronger and stronger, and for the Uliang Toduo who fled lightly, the speed of the ship was even faster, and no matter how quickly Tang Zhan's sailors pursued, the shadow of the Uliang Todo fleet was no longer visible......

Now Tang Zhan is anxious, and he can only hope that Xiao Tian's fleet can outflank and rush to the "Changlong Valley" as soon as possible, and stop him at the river in front of the valley before Wuliang Tuoduo escapes...... However, because of his impatience, the ships that Tang Zhan rode accelerated to the front, and the fleet behind could not keep up and accelerated desperately, and the original naval formation began to disperse; coupled with the pursuit of the branch of the rapid river, the waterway was extremely narrow, and at most one or two ships could be allowed to accelerate in parallel, and the vanguard naval army was already scattered in formation, and the original Xuanxiang array turned into two columns, moving along the river......

"General, the front is the 'Long Dragon Valley'-" After chasing the long road, he finally reached the destination "Long Dragon Valley", the soldier beside Tang Zhan couldn't help but remind.

Now it was the critical moment of the pursuit, and the success or defeat was at this point-but when he saw everything in the "Long Dragon Valley" in front of him, Tang Zhan was dumbfounded......

In front of the "Changlong Valley", except for the rushing river and the cliffs and mountains on both sides, there is not a single ship in sight, whether it is the fleet of Wuliang Tuoduo who escaped, or the fleet of Xiao Tian's navy that said that he had rushed to outflank him in advance......

Tang Zhan seemed to understand something—yes, Xiao Tian did not come as originally planned, thus allowing Wuliang Tuoduo to escape from the "Long Dragon Valley" without hindrance......

"Why ......" Tang Zhan was stunned, he didn't expect Xiao Tian, who was pinning his hopes on everything, to finally "live up" to his expectations, Tang Zheng said in despair, "Why didn't Brother Xiao come to intercept...... It's impossible, I gave a military order, why didn't he come, why...... Why...... Just let Uryanto run away?"

There were no half ships along the river in the "Changlong Valley", and Wuliang Tuoduo must have run away a long time ago, so Tang Zhan ordered the fleet not to pursue it...... But Tang Zhan has always been very puzzled in his heart, and he was extremely disappointed in Xiao Tian's "indifference"; he failed to hunt down Wuliang Tuoduo, and he knew that he was sorry for Lu Jing, and even more sorry for Zhao Zichuan......

"General, General Xiao Tian has violated your military orders, I'm afraid ......" The soldier reminded beside him again, knowing the brotherly relationship between Tang Zhan and Xiao Tian, he didn't know how to say it.

"Brother Xiao, I trust you so much, why did you fail me, or in such a critical military operation......" Tang Zhan seemed to be dazed all of a sudden, emotional, the pursuit and killing operation failed, and he seemed to want to shift all the blame to Xiao Tian.

"General, what should we do next?" the soldier knew the pain in Tang Zhan's heart, so he asked in a comforting tone.

"We ......" Tang Zhan just wanted to say something, but then an urgent military order came out from the rear fleet......

"General, it's not good-" The soldiers in the rear rushed to the front, with extremely panicked faces, as if something terrible had happened.

"What the hell is going on?" Tang Zhan was also anxious and unable to calm down, and asked eagerly.

"Yes...... It was the enemy flotilla in Xiangyang-" the soldier hurriedly reported, "In the direction of Xiangyang, the enemy's fleet is sneaking up on our troops from the rear, and the southwest wind is coming towards our formation, and several warships have already been ......destroyed."

"What did you say?" Tang Zhan seemed to suddenly realize that because he was too focused on Wuliang Tuoduo, which caused him to be distracted, he didn't notice that the fleeing Wuliang Tuoduo only brought a small number of light boat troops, and the real main force of the naval army was actually still stationed in Xiangyang City on standby; although Wuliang Tuoduo escaped, the naval army in Xiangyang did not completely lose its fighting spirit...... No, it should be said that this was a plan that Uliang Todo had thought of from the beginning, on the one hand, he led the light boat troops to escape and confuse himself, and on the other hand, he ordered the naval army stationed in Xiangyang to take advantage of his turn to pursue and surprise the rear-this time, he completely fell into the way of Uliang Todo......

"General, what should we do now when the enemy is sneaking up in the rear?" the soldier asked nervously.

"Order, the main force of the navy army will turn around and annihilate the enemy!" -- "Tang Zhan, who had completely lost his coolness, was already angry, and without any worries, he issued a military order to turn around and attack...... (To be continued.) )