Chapter 154 Warm-up

In the eyes of many people, Lu Qiang is an unforward hero, but he knows that he is not.

For the sake of the so-called reputation, it doesn't care about the life or death of soldiers, regardless of the final result of the war. That's stupidity. There are countless historical evidences, and such people will not have good results in the end.

But as Wang Dan said, soldiers are also slyly. If you blindly avoid the war, it will not have the effect of delaying Yao Chong, because Yao Chong is not stupid. Once he can't defeat the Jingzhou army, he will definitely retreat steadily with his ability. It will be difficult for the Jingzhou army to ambush him again.

Based on the above, Lu Qiang decided to fight against Yao Chong tomorrow. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. No one dares to say what the final result is, but if possible, Lu Qiang must seriously hit the invading Qin army, so that they will not dare to step into the land of Jin for a long time to come.

Under the same night sky, Lu Zongzhi, the governor of Xiangyang, was standing solemnly at the head of the city and looking at the continuous Qin army camp in the distance.

Xiangyang, as a part of Jingzhou, was occupied by Meng Huaiyu, which is not agreeing with most Xiangyang officials, especially Lu Zongzhi, who hates Liu Yu's practice. However, Lu Zongzhi is not a reckless person. He is well ardent about the truth that he will not suffer immediate losses, so he pretends to obey Meng Huaiyu's orders, but secretly waits for the opportunity.

This time has finally come, which is the war launched by Liu Yu to fight against Liu Yi. For this reason, Meng Huaiyu mobilized all the troops in Yuzhou. Confused by Lu Zong, even the troops stationed in Xiangyang were transferred.

However, before Lu Zongzhi was happy, Qin Guo's iron hooves were killed in.

I have to say that Lu Zongzhi is a very capable official. He actually blocked the Qin army's attacks with the temporarily recruited county soldiers and the young men in the city.

However, such military strength can't last long. Fortunately, Jiangling sent troops at this time, and Yao Chong's goal was not Xiangyang, leaving 10,000 troops trapped in the city, and then led a large army to fight against Lu Qiang.

For the magically protruding Lu Qiang, Lu Zong's mentality is also very complicated. He wants to return to Jingzhou, but he is afraid that Lu Qiang is also a chaotic minister like Liu Yu.

But the current situation can't allow him to think too much. He must make a choice as soon as possible, otherwise no matter who wins between Yao Chong and Lu Qiang, his result will not be good.

Meng Huaiyu could not spare his hand to help back, and Lu Zongzhi also vaguely felt that Meng Huaiyu intended to let Lu Qiang go to war with the Qin army, so for him who did not want to be a traitor, he must immediately express his attitude to Jiangling.

Lu Zongzhi had a relationship with Sima Xiuzhi. He knew that Sima Xiuzhi was very important in Jiangling, so he had written a letter to send someone to Sima Xiuzhi for help, but due to the siege of the Qin army, he could not send the letter.

Thinking about when the Qin army could retreat, Lu Zongzhi couldn't help sighing. Although he had repulsed the Qin army's siege before, Xiangyang also paid a heavy price. He really didn't know whether the Qin army could defend it if it launched another attack.

"My lord, look, the Qin army camp is on fire"

Lu Zongzhi, who had turned around, was called back by the soldiers and turned his head in the direction of the Qin army camp in astonishment. Sure enough, he saw that the place where the car was stored suddenly caught fire.

With the sound of the alarm of the Qin army battalion, the whole Qin army battalion became chaotic.

After the Qin army went south, it burned, looted and accumulated a large amount of materials. At the same time, in order to cope with the battle of the army, the materials transported from the State of Qin were also stored in the battalion. Therefore, in the face of Xiangyang, which was only guarded by county soldiers, Yao Chong still left 10,000 troops to guard the battalion in case of unforestance.

If the grain and fodder stored in the camp are destroyed, Yao Chong and others will have to return home immediately.

Now that the Qin army's camp is on fire, the first feeling for Lu Zongzhi is that the reinforcements have arrived. But 10,000 Qin troops besieged the city, and then 40,000 Qin troops fought against Jiangling. Where did the reinforcements come from?

However, when his eyes swept through the Xiangjiang River like a silver belt under the moonlight, the dark shadows suddenly appeared one by one, Lu Zongzhi suddenly remembered that Jingzhou sailors were known for their strength. There has been no movement for so long. Obviously, it is not the style of Jingzhou navy. So it seems that they have arrived, but they are just Just waiting for the opportunity.

Jiang Xiaoyu has indeed arrived. Today, Jiang Xiaoyu is no longer the impulsive and reckless water bandit. He feels Lu Qiang's trust in himself, is more cautious in everything, and has shown the demeanor of a general. After being mentioned by Guoquan before the expedition, he knew that he could not rescue Xiangyang with such a big fanfare, otherwise he would definitely alert Qin Jun.

He, who was familiar with the waterway, found some subordinates familiar with the Xiangjiang waterway. In this way, 10,000 sailors walked day and night and quietly touched the water surface of the Xiangjiang River outside Xiangyang City.

After sending people to secretly find out the situation of the Qin army camp, Jiang Xiaoyu boldly made the decision to sneak attack the Qin army camp and burn the Qin army's logistics food and fodder.

However, all the army's camp is inseparable from the water source, so the location of the Qin army's battalion is also close to the Xiangjiang River, but the place where grain and grass are stored is still a long distance away from the riverside.

However, this is not difficult for Jiang Xiaoyu, because each warship of the Jingzhou Marine Army is equipped with a modified catapult with a range nearly twice as far as the original.

Although it was night, the Qin army camp was still heavily guarded, so soon some soldiers found dense warships coming towards the camp on the river.

However, before the alarm was completely sounded, the dense stones mixed with fireballs on the warship had been launched from the catapult, and when the alarm in the camp was everywhere, the fireballs mixed with flammable materials had become a praied field in the camp.

The general of the battalion looked at the boats on the river and couldn't help but make any moves, because the Jingzhou navy did not go ashore to fight with him at all.

In desperation, he had no choice but to kill the archer to fight back. On the other hand, he grasped the hoarded grain and grass, and the fire did not need to be saved. Ten thousand people were distributed like this, and there were still idle people to put out the fire.

The stones in the sky have seriously damaged various facilities in the camp. At the same time, the Jingzhou battleship has also been on guarded for a long time. The Qin army has no damage to the battleship, regardless of the bow and crossbow. On the contrary, it lost many soldiers under the shooting of the bow and crossbow of the warship.

The general can't take care of it. As long as the Jingzhou navy doesn't go ashore, if the grain and grass are burned out, he will only have to wipe his neck.

Jiang Xiaoyu stood on the handsome ship and looked at the chaotic Qin army camp. He couldn't help sighing that if there was a man and horse on land, the storage could completely destroy the logistics of the Qin army.

But I don't know that Lu Zong is more anxious than him! Everyone knows that the fighter plane is fleeting, but almost all of Xiangyang's capable soldiers are injured. If the people are organized to kill them, it is not certain who will kill whom!

Finally, the Qin army general had some ability. Although he was still burned a lot of grain and fodder, he finally saved six or seven floors.

In desperation, the Qin army garrison camped in a highland to strictly prevent the Jingzhou army from repeating his old tricks, and on the one hand, reported to Yao Chong as quickly as possible.

If you can't destroy the living forces of the Jingzhou army as soon as possible, then retreat quickly! If the war continues like this, there will be a danger of the destruction of the whole army.

After the Qin army retreated, Lu Zongzhi personally went to the Jingzhou Marine Division Camp and sent the things of the labor army. At the same time, he also showed his attitude of returning to Jingzhou.

Fortunately, Lu Zongzhi said that he and Sima Xiuzhi were old acquaintances, otherwise they would be taken directly by Jiang Xiaoyu. In Jiang Xiaoyu, Xiangyang has always been under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou. What did you do? It's not because you are helpless that you are willing to obey, is it?

However, in the hearts of Jiang Xiaoyu and others, Lu Qiang must be a royal family with a disguise, and Sima Xiuzhi is a member of the royal family. Since this Taishou and Sima Xiuzhi know each other, his submission is much more credible.

Jiang Xiaoyu still has a lot of heart. Although he believes Lu Zongzhi's words on the surface, he still transferred 3,000 sailors to help him defend the city.

Lu Zongzhi naturally understood what Jiang Xiaoyu meant, but since he had chosen to join Jiangling, he had to cooperate with him in everything he did.

With 10,000 more sailors to help defend the city, Lu Zongzhi also became bold. After Tongjiang Xiaoyu analyzed the situation of the Qin army in detail, he boldly put forward the idea of ambush in Xingshan.

Jiang Xiaoyu was originally a bold man, and now he is also a general of a well-known soldier. After listening to Lu Zongzhi's analysis that the Qin army could not fight for a long time and the food and fodder could not be helped, he fully agreed with Lu Zong's plan.

After the two discussed, they immediately moved. With 3,000 water troops and thousands of county soldiers guarding Xiangyang, Jiang Xiaoyu led 7,000 water troops to set up an ambush on a mountain road adjacent to the Dajiang River, waiting for the Qin army to retreat.

Lu and his senior officials in Jiangling did not expect that the original ambush plan would be implemented by Jiang Xiaoyu.

Of course, what happened in Xiangyang will not spread so quickly to the two armies, and the two armies have just experienced a big battle.

After analyzing the strength of the enemy and ourselves, Lu Qiang did not fully adopt Zhao Luwen's idea. He formed a huge phalanx with a thousand chariots, with heavy crossbows and bows and arrows in the middle of the array, and a huge shield was added to each chariot, so that the whole phalanx acted like a huge turtle shell, making the enemy empty and armed. Power, but there is no way to start.

Seeing Lu Qiang's posture, Yao Chong immediately frowned. This guy surnamed Lu is really too cunning. Is this to fight with me? Isn't this obviously just cheating?

However, the big words have been shouted out, and it is impossible not to fight at once, so Yao Chong sent 3,000 iron riders and personally led a large army to respond.

On the side of the Jingzhou Army, within a thousand chariots, there are 3,000 crossbowmen, adding up to 6,000 troops. It is impossible to go too far in such a formation, so the army stopped not far from its own camp gate.

Of course, the iron riders of the 3,000 Qin army will not be stupid enough to try to surround the 6,000 Jingzhou army, so they just shoot out of the turtle array of the Jingzhou army to kill and injure Jingzhou soldiers as much as possible.

However, the protection of the Jingzhou army is in place. Although the damage is inevitable, the arrows fired from the inside out under the cover of the peripheral chariots also killed many Qin soldiers.

After a while, the battle ended with Yao Chong's withdrawal. Because Yao Chong suddenly understood one thing. It turned out that Lu Qiang's decisive battle with him was fake, and training was true. That's bullshit! Once the Jingzhou army is more and more sophisticated in fighting against the cavalry, how will it fight in the future?

Thinking of this, Yao Chong decisively withdrew his army.

And the satisfied Jingzhou army also retreated naturally. After the two battles, the Jingzhou army has become more and more confident in repelring the Qin army.