The two military cities built by the Han army in Lishui were one located in Liren Fort two hundred miles away from Guangxin County, and the other one was only a hundred miles away from Guangxin County. At the entrance of Mihe, the two military cities were not big, with a circumference of about ten miles, which was equivalent to a small county town.

The Han army first started to build the military city of Lirenbao, quarrying, logging and transporting ships, which saved a lot of effort. In just ten days, the military city of Lirenbao had laid a foundation, while the Mihe Military City was a little slower, and thousands of Han soldiers were preparing wood and building kilns for burning bricks.

That afternoon, three thousand Han soldiers were busy on the construction site east of Mihekou. They had cut down thousands of large woods and built five brick kilns. Dozens of craftsmen were firing the first furnace of bricks. On the open space not far away, more than a thousand soldiers were making bricks with wooden molds.

Suddenly, a harsh alarm bell came from the viewing tower in the distance, 'Dang! Dang! Dang!' The bell was very fast, and all the soldiers stopped their work, stood up and looked into the distance. At this time, the captain Li Qian urged the horse to come and waved and shouted: "If there is an enemy situation, retreat immediately!"

Three thousand soldiers and hundreds of craftsmen left their work and rushed to the Lishui River. One hundred warships were moored on the Lishui River, all of which were 500 stone warships. This was also the small water volume in winter. In summer, both Lingqu and Lishui River could drive thousands of stone warships.

Everyone rushed into the water without waiting for the warship to dock, and climbed onto the boat with wet bodies. The warship loaded more than 30 people and set sail. Several soldiers supported the boat with long poles, and warships drove away from the shore and headed towards the center of the Lishui River.

Soon, the 10,000 troops led by Guan Yu rushed to Mihe Army City, and Chen Dao led 8,000 reinforcements to Guangxin County. Guan Yu ordered Chen Dao to lead 6,000 people to defend the city, and he himself led 10,000 soldiers to fight against the two military cities built by the Han army.

At this time, all the Han army had evacuated, and only more than twenty craftsmen who rushed to the lodge to collect things had no time to escape and were caught by the Jiaozhou army.

Guan Yu rode a horse to inspect the planned military city address. Judging from the scope of the military city, the circumference was at least ten miles, which surprised him secretly. You should know that most of the county towns in Jiaozhou were only about ten miles, which means that the Han army was going to build two new county towns on the south bank of Lishui. This is undoubtedly the logistics location for the Han army to attack Cangwu County and even the entire Jiaozhou.

"Father, what should I do here?" Guan Ping urged him to come forward and asked immediately.

Guan Yu snorted coldly, "Destroy all!"

He pointed at the twenty craftsmen again, "Each person whips ten whips and takes them back to Guangxin County!"

The Han army's viewing tower collapsed in the distance, five brick kilns and tens of thousands of bricks were also destroyed, hundreds of large wood were thrown into the river by soldiers, and the wood would naturally flow to Guangxin County, and the bases of the city walls that had been dug were all filled. More than 20 craftsmen were tied to big trees and beaten, making shrill screams.

After only five whips, Guan Ping asked the soldiers to stop beating and took these craftsmen back to the county town. After about an hour, the military city site at Mihekou was destroyed. Guan Yu led 10,000 troops to continue to go northwest along the Lishui River.

Guan Yu did not attack recklessly. While waiting for Liu Bei's reinforcements, he had sent scouts to investigate the information of the Han army in Zhucheng in detail. He knew that there were very few Han troops in Mihe, with only more than 3,000 people, and there were 15,000 people in Liren Fort. If he rushed north and the enemy was waiting for his leisure, he might not have the chance to win. Guan Yu knew this well, so although he went north, he did not rush and sent a large number of scouts to explore the way forward.

Mihekou and Lirenbao are hundreds of miles apart. Along the way are all peaks and mountains. There are endless primeval forests on the mountain and down the mountain, with only a narrow official road connection. It takes about a day and a half to march in infantry.

But without having to walk for so long, the Jiaozhou army only walked fifty miles away, and the scout in front heard news that hundreds of warships were found on the Lishui five miles ahead, and were heading south. Guan Ping urged his horse to catch up with his father and said, "Father, this must be because the Han army has obtained our intelligence, so he sent warships to intercept them."

Guan Yu nodded. He also thought so, but the shore was full of primeval forests. How to fight this battle? Guan Ping said again: "I know there is a small town not far ahead. We can speed up and rush to the town."

"Is it Linan Town?" Guan Yu also remembered this town.

"That's right three miles ahead of us!"

Guan Yu immediately ordered: "The whole army speeds up and arrives at Linan Town!"

Ten thousand troops accelerated their marching speed and ran towards Linan Town. There were no county towns on both sides of the Lishui River in Cangwu County, and only a dozen small towns. This Linan Town is one of them. The town is very small, with less than two hundred households, most of which make a living by fishing and farming.

The Jiaozhou army rushed two miles away, and the front suddenly opened wide. The original forest disappeared and turned into a large rice field. Spring plowing had not started yet. The rice fields were filled with dry land. The rice stubble left last year was still in the fields, standing in clusters, and if you were not careful, you would pierce the soles of your feet.

A few hundred steps forward was Linan Town. The residents of the town seemed to feel the war was coming, and they all took their old and young people, carried their valuable belongings and fled into the forest. The town was in panic.

At this moment, a Han army warship appeared on the distant river surface, with a large number of five or six hundred ships. This warship was indeed coming to fight against the Jiaozhou Army, led by General Jiang Qin himself, with about 10,000 troops.

Jiangdong's generals were rarely good at water warfare, and Jiang Qin was also one of the experts in water warfare. He did not want to fight with the Jiaozhou Army in Lirenbao, in order to avoid destroying the new army city where the city foundation had already appeared, so he took the initiative to lead his army south to intercept the Jiaozhou Army.

The Han army warship also discovered the Jiaozhou army in the distance. The drums suddenly sounded loudly on the river surface. Jiang Qin personally beat the drum, leading the Han army warship to crawl like a snake and slowly approached the shore.

Under the command of Guan Yu, the Jiaozhou army on the shore formed a military formation in the fields. Five thousand crossbowmen lined up in five rows, placing arrows, raising crossbows to aim, waiting for the commander's shooting order.

At this time, Guan Yu saw that the enemy ship was about to gradually dock, he waved the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and ordered: "Shoot!"

The sound of drums in the Jiaozhou army was also loud, and five thousand arrows were shot out at the same time, densely packed like a cloud of black arrows, shooting towards dozens of warships of the Han army eighty steps away. On the Han army's warships, soldiers were already ready. Just as the Jiaozhou army's overwhelming arrows came, all warships pulled up arrow blocks.

This is a defensive weapon on a small warship. The soldiers hid in the cabin. Once the enemy shoots arrows, they immediately pull up a piece of hardwood boards placed on the side of the ship, covering the cabin with a length of five or six feet.

The dense arrows were crackling on the shield, but some arrows were shot into the cabin. Some soldiers were unfortunately caught in the arrows, and screams came from the ship.

When Guan Yu saw that the archery was ineffective, he knew that this was not the death of archery. With a wave of the big knife, five thousand crossbowmen stopped shooting. Guan Yu had experienced many battles. He knew that only when the enemy landed on the landing was the best opportunity to shoot arrows.

But Guan Yu did not wait for the Han army to land. Hundreds of warships lined up, and small scattered troopers, one-man-high on both sides of the cabins of each warship. Guan Yu was shocked. He immediately realized the Han army's intentions and immediately ordered: "Retreat quickly!"

Ten thousand Jiaozhou troops retreated south one after another. At this moment, hundreds of catapults were fired at the same time, throwing countless ceramic tanks onto the shore. This was the most sharp weapon of the Han army - the sultry bomb.

Nearly a thousand thin-skinned pots were thrown to the shore. The pots were shattered and tindered oil filled the rice fields. Dozens of rockets flew into the air and shot to the shore. Flames soared into the air, swallowing up more than a hundred acres of rice fields near the shore in an instant. Dozens of Jiaozhou soldiers who retreated slightly slower were also trapped by the fire. Several soldiers screamed and ran out of the fire, covered in flames. The soldiers behind were so scared that they dodged one after another. Several soldiers fell on their heads and were curled up from the fire.

The fire was mixed with thick smoke spread around. Soon, the buildings in Linan Town were also lit. The entire southern bank of Lishui turned into a sea of ​​fire. Ten thousand Jiaozhou soldiers retreated one after another, almost retreating to the edge of the forest. They looked at the scene in horror.

These ten thousand Jiaozhou soldiers were locals and had never seen such a flame weapon. Many people thought it was witchcraft and were so scared that they knelt down and kowtowed, muttering words, while the rest of the soldiers showed fear in their eyes.

Jiang Qin kept ordering to throw tincture tanks on the shore, causing the fire to burn bigger and bigger, the flames soared into the air, and the smoke rolled. The entire town was engulfed by the fire, hundreds of acres of land became a sea of ​​fire, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou army were forced into the forest.

Jiang Qin stared for a moment, and saw that the deterrence effect had been achieved, so he ordered: "The fleet turned around and headed north!"

Hundreds of warships turned around, hung up their sails, and headed northwest. In the distance, Guan Yu saw that the Han army had retreated. He felt a little surprised. The Han army could land and fight, but how could it retreat. At this time, Guan Ping urged his horse to his father and whispered: "Father, the morale of the army is unstable and the morale is sluggish. If you fight with the Han army like this, you may not have the upper hand."

Guan Ping said it very implicitly, in fact, just telling Guan Yu that the morale of the army has been shaken. If he fights the Han army again, he will definitely be defeated. Of course, Guan Yu knew it in his heart, but letting him retreat without fighting is not his style.

Guan Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Let's retreat to the mouth of Mishui River for a while and send people to investigate the movements of Liren Fort. I think the Han army is a bit bluffing. There must be articles here. We must figure out the situation and we cannot withdraw Guangxin in a confused manner."

The Han army retreated northward, and no tincture continued to burn, and the fire on the south bank of Lishui gradually subsided. At this time, residents of Lishui Town rushed out of the forest, scooping water to save their houses, but the houses here were all made of bamboo and wood, and most of them had already collapsed. Guan Yu shook his head and led his soldiers to slowly retreat to the mouth of Mishui River.

At this time, the grain and grass fleet from Guangxin County also arrived at the mouth of Mishui River. Guan Yu ordered the camp to be set up, and the soldiers buried the pots and made rice and built a sentry tower. Guan Yu also calmed down his anxious heart and waited patiently for the news that the scouts went to the farewell to investigate.
Chapter completed!