Chapter 12 The situation in Jiangdong

"What, General Cheng was defeated?" In the military tent under the city of Huiji, Zhou Yu looked at the small school in front of him in disbelief, and rarely suspected that there was something wrong with his ear.

"Exactly, the old general of the future chased the Xuzhou navy. As a result, he was ambushed in the Lujiang water village, with heavy casualties. General Cheng only took hundreds of people to escape to heaven." The little school boy bowed his head and replied.

Shock, absolute shock. Hearing the news for a moment, Zhou Yu's handsome account was suddenly silent. Although Cheng Pu is not a famous general who has won a hundred battles, it is the turn of the water battle, and few people in Jiangdong have surpassed him. Now he has been almost destroyed by a group of rookie sailors, which still makes them unbelievable.

"Governor, what should I do at the present?" The first one to react was Zhou Tai. He had a simple mind and asked if he didn't understand. The rest of the generals listened to this and looked at Zhou Yu with anticipation.

Zhou Yu only frowned slightly, and then said firmly: "The order is that Tai Shici, Jiang Qin and the three generals He Qi must strictly guard the three water villages, and at the same time let General Danyang's Shubi respond at any time. If the Xuzhou army wants to go to the river, it must take these three ways. There are two generals, Huang Gongfu and Han Yigong, on the western line, who can be safe for a while. At present, we must break through Huiji City as soon as possible, eliminate the traitor Sheng Xian, and then rescue them.

"I will understand at the end!" Zhou Tai and others all responded to the promise, and then led the crowd to step up the attack on Huiji City. Everyone was secretly glad that if Sheng Xian launched a mutiny until half a month later, and the main force would be involved in the western front battlefield at that time, it would be more passive. However, although Sheng Xian's strategic vision is not very long-term, he still has a certain family background. At present, nearly 10,000 soldiers have gathered in Huiji City, and even recruited thousands of mountain and Vietnamese troops to help in the war. Zhou Yu knows the art of war and knows that a strong attack is not the best policy, but in order to solve the coercion of the future, he now has to try his best to attack.

Today is the fourth day of the siege. In the past four days, the Jiangdong Army has suffered more than 10,000 casualties, but Huiji City has not yet taken it. Sheng Xian also seemed to know that Jiangdong was facing two strong enemies, so he just gritted his teeth and defended it, but he would never go to war. Zhou Yu was worried, but he didn't dare to show it on the surface. Seeing that the number of soldiers in Huiji City was not too few compared with the beginning, Zhou Yu's heart was also a little heavy.

At this time, there was a sudden scratch on the head of Huiji City, and then the scope of the scratch became larger and larger, and the degree became more and more serious. Zhou Yu could even clearly see someone slashing with a knife. Although he didn't know what was going on, Zhou Yu still keenly grasped the fighter plane and ordered Zhou Tai to lead a team of elite soldiers to kill the city. The already chaotic garrison could not organize too effective defense. Zhou Tai was the first to climb up to the city with a big knife in one hand and a shield in the other. Several soldiers tried to stop them, but they were all stabbed to death by him. The rest was hoary. At this time, more and more Jiangdong soldiers also successfully climbed to the top. After all, the garrison was gone and the gate was lost.

"Youping, do you know why the talented defenders are in disorder?" Just after leading the army into the city gate, Zhou Yu quickly found Zhou Tai and asked. At this time, the defenders were still carrying out the final resistance, and the street battle was very fierce.

"Governor, I just caught a pawn alive and asked. It turned out that the Shanyue army, which assisted the battle, clashed with the Han army in the city, so it was chaotic. Zhou Tai also replied with some joy.

"So it is!" Zhou Yu was also secretly relieved. After all, Sheng Xian was just a Confucian student, which was too idealistic. Although the arrival of the Shanyue army can enhance their combat effectiveness, they are like a time bomb and may explode at any time. Seeing that although the street battle was fierce, the garrison was obviously gone. At that, he said to Zhou Tai, "Youping, I will pacify the rebels with 10,000 elite soldiers. We must eradicate them. After the war subsides, 5,000 people will be left to guard the meeting. I will lead the army to the western front to deal with Jingxiang people first. After you finish all this, you will lead the army to catch up!"

"Don't worry, the last general will understand!" Zhou Tai also knew that the situation was urgent. Zhou Yu could not have delayed here for too long. Then Zhou Tai seemed to think of something, and quickly asked while Zhou Yu was still asking, "What should Sheng Xian do?"

"Kill!" Zhou Yu drifted away, leaving only one word.

At this time, on the Ganjiang River, the Jiangdong Marine Division and the Jingxiang Marine Division are also fighting fiercely. Zifu, you lead ten boats and give them to the north again!" Huang Gai carefully stared at the fierce battle on the river and found that the Jingxiang sailor in the north had an unbearable tendency. Now he ordered Ling to lead people to continue to rush and kill.

"I will understand at the end!" Ling Bian did not delay and immediately led the army to prepare to continue to rush. Father, I'll go too!" Ling Tong, the 16-year-old son, picked up the blade and followed. Ling looked at it and nodded in agreement.

"Rap arrows, shoot arrows, don't let them come over!" The Jingxiang Marine Division in the north was led by Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia. He was already a little hard. Seeing Ling Jian leading ten ships to kill him, he quickly ordered to release arrows to stop him. For a moment, the arrows on the ship were raining, but Ling Yan and others could not be killed. Father, Huang Zu's arrows are too fierce!" Ling Tongyi waved his knife and called the arrow branch, and turned his head to report to me.

"Damn it, you must attack it!" Ling Yan looked at the south. Han Dang and Ding Feng, Jia Hua and others were leading the army to fight with Cai Mao's brother Cai Xun. For a while, they did not send troops to help. It seemed that they were the only one who won first. Seeing this, Ling Tong gritted his teeth and took a shield to protect himself, and then ordered the sailor to row as hard as possible to rush to Huang Zu's ship.

"Hey!" He grabbed a cable hanging from the side of the ship, and Ling Tong jumped on the other side's ship. Several Jingzhou soldiers were holod and hurried forward to fight with them, but they were all chopped up by a knife. "Little boy, don't go crazy!" Chen, the general of Jingzhou, quickly came to fight against Ling Tong with a knife. The two fought for only a few rounds. Chen was stabbed and blocked by Ling Tong with a shield, and then stabbed Chen's lower abdomen with his right hand.

"Look at the knife!" Behind Ling Tong, Deng Long, another general in Jingzhou, came with a knife. Unexpectedly, Ling Tong responded to the speed. As soon as his right hand pulled out the knife from Chen's body, he turned around and waved the knife to cut it. As a result, Deng Long's knife would cut off Ling Tong's head, and he didn't even cut a hair, but he was cut into two pieces by Ling Tong's knife.

"Damn it!" After beheading two generals, Ling Tong was not very happy, because he saw that Huang Zu had got off a boat and fled back to the west coast. However, when Huang Zu fled, the whole Northern Army of Jingxiang Marine Division suddenly collapsed, and for a while, they were defeated and retreated under the repeated blows of Ling Bian and Huang Gai. In the chaos of the Northern Army, the Southern Army, which was originally evenly matched, was also in chaos. Huang Gai and Han Dang led the army to kill. Although Cai Mao, who was in the middle, tried to save the defeat, the general situation was gone. Huang Gai and Han Dang chased and killed all the way, and the Jingxiang water division was defeated and returned to the water village before they withdrew.

"Bang!" In the water village of Jingxiang Water Division on the west bank of the Ganshui River, Kui Yue, who had always been elegant, couldn't help patting the table angrily. Why is my Jingxiang sailor so bad now? In the head-to-head battle with the Jiangdong Marine Division, is it a failure to defeat the army? Kou Yue was a little angry.

"Jingxiang Water Master hasn't practiced for a long time, but he didn't expect that his combat power would degenerate so quickly." An eagle hook-nosed general next to him shook his head and replied. He is Zhang Yun, known as the second person of the Jingzhou Water Army. Of course, the first person is Cai Mao.

"In the past, Zhao Feng had defeated Cheng Pu in the Lujiang River, but now the army has lost more and won less in the battle. It's simply a shame for me to wait!" Quai Yue also shook his head repeatedly, very helpless. But he didn't know that at this time, Zhao Feng in Lujiang was also full of sadness and had nothing to do.

"Creed the river, cross the river!" Zhao Feng walked back and forth in his military tent, but he kept saying these two words. Hou Hao Zhao, the guard beside him, listened and couldn't help sympathizing with his general. Since he occupied the Lujiang River and defeated Cheng Pu, Zhao Feng has been busy thinking about how to cross the river. There are only three places on the opposite side that are suitable for the army to cross the river, Sanjiang Town, Niuzhu and Hulin. At present, the three generals, Tai Shici, Jiang Qin and He Qi, are stationed separately. Among them, Tai Shici led 5,000 troops to guard Niuzhu, Jiang Qin led 3,000 troops to guard Sanshan, and He Qi led 7,000 troops to guard Hulin.

There are very few people, but they still have some power to rely on Xuzhou sailors to take any of them. Not to mention that these three water villages echoed each other, one was attacked, and the other two came to help. In addition, there are also reinforcements ready in Danyang County in the south. It's not easy to think about the river now.

"General Zhao, it's better to wait until winter, the flow of the river will slow down a little, and then find a quiet place downstream to cross the river." Gan Ning, who was familiar with the water situation of the Yangtze River, returned unsuccessfully in several consecutive raids, and now he had to say so. The rest of the generals, such as Zhang Liao and others, don't know much about water warfare, and there is nothing to say.

"It doesn't necessarily need to be like this. Xingba, send orders to build more rafts and prepare for the army to cross the river." Zhao Feng suddenly had an idea, but he felt that he was not too mature. Now he ordered to prepare the raft first and do the preparatory work first.

"General, don't you want the whole army to cross the river, so that the Jiangdong army has nowhere to guard?" Gan Ning was a little surprised when he heard the words.

"Of course not." Zhao Feng smiled and dispelled Gan Ning's doubts. Although Mr. Mao in later generations used this kind of full-fledged method of fighting in the battle of crossing the river, he does not have a million troops now, and the defensive front of the Jiangdong Army is not so long. Obviously, it is not suitable now.

At this moment, a group of Confucian students gathered at the foot of Lumen Mountain in Xiangyang, a hundred miles away from the Lujiang River. Two of them are over half a hundred years old. The man on the left sighed and said, "Shiyuan, although you have left the division, the world is in chaos now, and the princes are divided. You should be careful to find a clear master. Don't go astray, so as not to harm yourself.

"What the teacher said, the disciple understands!" Shi Yuan was known as a young man in his twenties, but he saw that he was less than five feet tall, but his black skin was crooked, and his appearance was really ugly. After saying goodbye to his teachers and friends, the ugly young man carried a simple small bag and walked south.

"Kong Ming, where do you think this Shiyuan will go?" Among the people who saw him off, a Confucian student of similar age suddenly asked another young man younger than him.

"I think Shi Yuan will go to Uncle Liu, but now, he still has to go to Lujiang first." The young man replied calmly, but he was still waving a goose feather fan in his hand, but he didn't know what to do with it in early winter.

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