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The Jiangdong Army was very happy and sad in the early spring of the sixth year of Jian'an. What was so happy was that the young general Ling Tong unexpectedly made great contributions. During routine reconnaissance, he encountered the Jiangxia Army leader Zhang Shuo in Jiangyou. He attacked several times of the enemy with dozens of people, killed Zhang Shuo, captured the entire ship of the enemy, and made his first contribution.

What was worried about was that Peng Ze in the east. Although there was no major loss, the main general Han Dang was injured, which caused the morale of Peng Ze's defenders to be frustrated, making people worried whether they could withstand the attack of the Longlang Army and delay until the time of defeating Jiangxia.

To this end, Sun Quan took the risk of visiting Pengze in person to comfort the injured Han Dang, and joined the military camp. He personally held a memorial service to the soldiers who died on the day and presided over the funeral, which greatly encouraged Pengze's morale.

If Han Dang's injury was a heavy blow to the morale of the Jiangdong Army guarding Pengze, then Zhang Shuozhi's death would be a fatal blow to the Jiangxia Army of Xiazhi. Xiazhi Water Village suddenly lost the chief general and the command fell into chaos. Su Fei in Xiazhi City was shocked when he heard the news and rushed to the water village as soon as possible, but before he could integrate the army, he was attacked by Zhou Yu's army at night.

After receiving the battle report sent back by Jiang Qin and Ling Tong, Zhou Yu ordered three thousand soldiers and dozens of warships overnight, and attacked Xiazhishui Village. Although Xiazhishui Village had far more troops than Jiangdong Army at this time, he lost command. In the darkness, he could not organize an effective counterattack. In the darkness, countless people trampled and fell to the dead.

Seeing that he was unable to recover the defeat, Su Fei had to escape back to Xiazhi and led 2,000 soldiers that night. He hurriedly evacuated - there was no way. Once the water camp was lost, the water road was cut off, and the retreat route was cut off. It was not very meaningful to defend the city again. It would be better to retreat actively so that these soldiers could play their due role in future battles. It would be better than to be trapped here without any value.

Su Fei made a quick decision to save the army and preserved a combat power for the Jiangxia army.

The Jiangdong army attacked Xiazhi at night, without any suspense, and the water camp was burned. Three thousand Jiangxia troops surrendered, died in battle, disappeared, and there were as many as five thousand fugitives.

When the lower pheasant lost, the Xunyang in Jiangzuo was unable to support it, and his morale was greatly reduced. The Jiangdong army led by Cheng Pu took advantage of the situation to launch fierce attacks continuously. After suffering more than a thousand casualties, it finally took the lead in charge of the fierce general Dong Xi fled and killed Shangxunyang City...

Three days after the Xiazhi lost, Xunyang also broke down. Under dozens of escorts, the guard Liu Xun fled in a hurry to the east - yes, it was going east instead of west.

On the west is Jiangxia and Huangzu; on the east is Mahan.

Liu Xun was a general for more than ten years and was once Yuan Shu's confidant general. On the battlefield, perhaps he was just a third-rate general, but in the officialdom, he had extraordinary abilities. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that Liu Xun was not a Jiangxia general. He was just desperate to take refuge. How could he follow him to the dark side?

As soon as the lower pheasant was lost, Liu Xun had already planned a retreat. The Jiangdong army fought in the south of the city, while Liu Xun left his troops and fled from the west of the city. This is also an important reason why the Jiangdong army could quickly break the city.

The Jiangdong Army won the flag and defeated two cities in a row, breaking the first line of defense of the Jiangxia Army. Afterwards, Zhou Yu left only a small number of troops to defend the lower pheasant, Xunyang, concentrated 20,000 troops (including 3,000 surrendered soldiers), 300 warships, and went upstream to advance to Xiling.

On the fifth day of the second month, Huang Zu made a difficult decision: to give up Xiling, move the county seat to Shaxian, and set up a water camp at the mouth of the Han River (Mian River) into the Yangtze River (now Wuhan, Hubei) to defend against the enemy from the east and west.

At this time, Huang Zu still had two lines of defense: one was E County and Zhu County in the east, where there were 3,000 defenders, plus the Jiangxia Army that retreated from Xiazhi, with a total of 5,000 troops and a hundred ships. The guard was Su Fei. The main responsibility for Xiazhi's defeat was Zhang Shuo, and Su Fei had no major consequences. Afterwards, Su Fei's timely retreat retained part of the vitality of the Jiangxia Army. In addition, it was the time to use people, so Huang Zu did not punish him, so he made a meritorious service and stood firm in E County.

Another line of defense is Jingling on the west, where there are five thousand soldiers and three thousand elite soldiers who are shooting yellow, and eight thousand soldiers who are rushing to help. Huang Zu is still relatively relieved to have nearly ten thousand Cao and Liu coalition forces. Those Yankees will not be more difficult to deal with than the Sun family of the Jiang army.

But Huang Zu didn't expect that this time, he guessed wrong again.

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Jingling (now Tianmen, Hubei) was originally the rear of Jiangxia, far away from Jiangdong, so Huang Zu sent his eldest son here to ensure safety. Unexpectedly, an enemy came from the north, and the rear became the front line, and nearly ten thousand enemy troops were approached below. If it weren't for the fact that the Huang clan members had to stand in front at this time, and the invading enemies were all northern soldiers, and they were not accustomed to water wars, they would not have a great threat, Huang Zu would have transferred his eldest son back.

In fact, Huang She's idea at this time was similar to his father. Although the enemy was large, he could not fight water. If he besieged the city, his strength would not be enough. What would he do to surround him? Based on this, he had full confidence to repel the enemy invaded. Especially after the defeat of Xia Zhi, if he could achieve the great victory in Jingling, his ability would be more highlighted. This would definitely be a valuable capital for his future successor to the Lord of Jiangxia.

Huangshe set up a water camp at the Hanshui Ferry, ten miles north of Jingling. Chen was stationed with 3,000 elite troops and led 5,000 troops to defend the city. The two places formed a horn and echoed each other. If the enemy attacked the water camp, he would go out to the city to attack it together; if the enemy attacked the city, he would go out to the camp to attack the enemy side. There was a military secret of "when the head attacked, the tail responded, and when the tail attacked, the head responded."

Huang She and Chen Ju's arrangements are quite normal, but they don't know that the opponents they face this time are not regular and can be handled just by step.

The coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei were stationed on both sides of the Han River, thirty miles north of Jingling. Cao Cao was stationed on the east bank and Liu Bei was stationed on the west bank. The two armies were across the river. This way, the rivers and rivers were stationed on the west bank could force the Jiangxia army to not dare to act rashly. No matter which side the Jiangxia army wanted to attack, they had to consider the danger of being attacked from both sides.

At this time, the forces of the Cao and Liu coalition were as follows:

Cao Cao's five thousand soldiers were mostly soldiers in Yuzhou, and many of them surrendered Runan Yellow Turbans. Ironically, Cao Cao, who had been responsible for fighting the Yellow Turbans in his life, had to rely on the Yellow Turbans at this moment. Because since the defeat in Shouchun, Cao Cao had almost lost all his strength. Among the five thousand soldiers and horses, only this bandit soldier who had fought and most of the rest were new people, and he could not count on it at all. In this way, it was still the last little foundation that Xun Yu had saved his life for Cao Cao. Otherwise, with the desolation of the Qingshui escaped and Cao Cao's reputation for the wanted party at this time, it would be very difficult to recruit soldiers and recruit a new team.

In this battle, Cao Cao was dispatched in all directions. Except for Xun Yu and Cao Pi, he led hundreds of people to stay in the rear, all the soldiers were dispatched. Xiahou Yuan, Han Hao, Liu Yan... Uh, it seems that he is really pitiful.

Liu Bei's side was dispatched with three brothers, and Jian Yong handled military affairs. Liu Bei had fewer men, less than 4,000 people. However, when it comes to water wars, he was slightly stronger than Cao's army, because Liu Bei's Xinye Army was mostly recruited from Nanyang, and some of them were Xuzhou army at that time. These two places were rivers, and local children were mostly water-conscious and good at boat racing. With a little training, they were stronger than Cao Cao's Yanzhou and Yuzhou soldiers.

Of course, this strength only refers to water. If it is a land battle, everyone will only be half a dozen.

Since the Cao and Liu coalition forces launched their troops south, they have only attacked Jingling once ten days ago. Huang She couldn't stand it. The coalition forces attacked twice, killing and injured hundreds of people. Finally, seeing that they could not take advantage, they had to lead the army to retreat. After that, Chen arrived reinforcements, and the coalition forces did not dare to move again.

On the ninth day of the second month, Cao Cao and Liu Bei received a good news at the same time. The two immediately sent an envoy to inform each other and asked for a meeting to discuss. Finally, Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan crossed the river and entered Liu Bei's camp.

As soon as they met, the two of them spoke in unison: "There is a great victory! Zhou Lang is indeed extraordinary."

The good news was sent by Zhou Yu, the commander of the Jiangdong Army, who sent a secret envoy Baili Jia. The content was detailed and reported the situation before and after the Battle of Xiazhi. The purpose was naturally to boost the morale of the allies and to show the strength of the army. However, it concealed the incident of Peng Ze's defeat in the initial battle and the injury of the main general. It only underestimated that a vanguard fleet of the Dragon Wolf Army had already advanced south and had not yet taken on the battle.

"The Jiangdong Army has already won the victory, so we can't let Sun Hou, Zhou Lang look down." Liu Bei slapped the case and said with a sigh, "I plan to attack Jingling again in the near future. I wonder what Meng De wants to do?"

Cao Cao was stroking his beard and pondering, Zhang Fei had already risen up and shouted, "Please give me two thousand infantrymen, I will climb Jingling first."

Xiahou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Our army does not have the advantage of its military strength, and it is not advisable to attack Jingling. If you want to defeat Huang She, Chen should take wisdom as the best."

Liu Bei said happily: "With a wonderful talent, there is a good solution?"

Xiahou Yuan looked at Cao Cao, saw the latter nodding, and then bowed and said, "It's so that Liu Envoy knows that recently Yuan and Meng De investigated and deduced it from multiple sources, and proposed a plan. Please give me axe to correct it."

Liu, Guan, Zhang and Jian immediately listened carefully.

Xiahou Yuan dipped his fingers with wine and explained while painting on the table, "This is the water camp of Jiangxia Army, this is Jingling, and the two places are ten miles apart. On the way, you must pass a river. There is a bridge on the river. The bridge is originally seven feet wide, and then widens to two feet by Huangshi to transport food and grass to the water camp. Our army can set up an ambush here and then attack the water camp with all its strength. If Huangshi sends reinforcements, the ambush will come out and intercept them, so that they must not cross the bridge. Then our coalition forces can attack Chenji with all their strength and work hard to break it. If the water camp is broken, Huangshi will be scared. There is no need to rescue outside, and there will be no city to guard inside. If Chenji is defeated, Jingling will not be far away."

Liu Bei stroked his beard and pondered for a while, and nodded slowly: "This strategy is feasible, but the ambush is the most important thing to cut off the bridge and cut the road."

Xiahou Yuan said solemnly: "That is, there are low hills within several miles of both sides of the bridge. There is only a forest that can hide soldiers, but there are not many people and horses. At most, only a hundred people can be used against thousands of troops. If a hundred people are not strong generals, they do not know..."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other, stood up and bowed to Liu Bei: "I would like to go."

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, then Zhang Fei, and finally made a decision: "The second brother is quite familiar with water battles, but he can lead the army and Miaocai to attack Chen Ju; the third brother led a hundred sharp soldiers, hiding dormant and waiting for the opportunity to block Huang Shooting."

"Abide by the elder brother's orders."

Cao Cao raised his glass and said, "Yide, you have the least soldiers, but the outcome of this battle depends entirely on you."

Zhang Fei laughed: "It's okay to have few soldiers and horses, just drink a lot."
Chapter completed!