There was a loud drum sound outside Xiazhi City, and five thousand troops rushed out of the city. Countless torches shone the city like daytime, and shouting to kill the sky. Wei Yan took the lead and led the army out of the city gate. A spy from Jiangdong rushed to report to Zhou Yu...

At this time, the Jiangdong Army had surrounded Lu Jin's army from all directions. The drums sounded like thunder, and countless arrows were shot at the Jiangxia soldiers in the encirclement. The Jiangxia army gathered into a square formation and raised its shields to resist the arrows shot from all directions. In just a quarter of an hour, nearly 400 Jiangxia soldiers had been killed in battle, and even the chief general Lu Jin was injured.

The Jiangdong Army was not in a hurry to wipe out the other side, but created momentum to attract rescue from the city. This is a typical strategy of besieging the city and fighting aid. Zhou Yu was not interested in these thousands of Jiangxia troops. He was waiting for reinforcements in the city to come.

At this time, a cavalry spy rushed to report: "Report to the guardian army, Jiangxia reinforcements have come out, about four or five thousand, and the leader is Wei Yan."

Zhou Yu was overjoyed, and he immediately said to Ding Feng: "I will leave a thousand troops for you, and together with your five hundred subordinates, I will annihilate the Jiangxia army in front of me on the spot!"

Ding Feng bowed and answered the order immediately, "Abide by the order!"

Zhou Yu immediately divided a thousand troops to Ding Feng, and he led more than 4,000 people to turn around and run towards the county town. He would attack Wei Yan's army head-on.

The arrows gradually disappeared, and the Jiangdong Army launched an attack like a wolf or a tiger. Although the Jiangdong Army's offensive suddenly tightened, Lu Jin still felt the pressure was relieved. There was no attack from the Jiangdong Army on the west and north and south sides, which made Lu Jin discover the opportunity. He immediately shouted: "Brothers, retreat south!"

The remaining six hundred soldiers turned around and ran to the south to flee desperately. Ding Feng was anxious and shouted, "Catch up and wipe out the enemy!"

The Jiangdong Army chased closely behind and chased for seven or eight miles in one breath. At this moment, dense arrows suddenly shot out from the woods to the east. The Jiangdong Army was caught off guard and dozens of people were shot. There were loud drums in the woods, and there were shouts of killing. I saw figures shaking in the woods, and I don’t know how many troops were fighting out of chaos.

The Jiangdong army was in chaos, and Ding Feng was so shocked that he turned around and fled. The Jiangdong army, who was excited to pursue, turned into a retreat in panic. It was not until the Jiangdong army fled far away that more than a hundred people ran out of the woods.

They were the garrisons of the oil wells who were sneak attacked by the Jiangdong Army. The leader of the army was named Sun Zhi. He gathered more than a hundred brothers to retreat to the lower pheasant. When they happened to encounter Lu Jin's defeat, Sun Zhi disguised himself as an ambush and rescued hundreds of people including Lu Jin.

Sun Zhi stepped forward and knelt down on one knee at Lu Jin and said, "I am guilty of losing my job to the oil well!"

Lu Jin was shot with an arrow on his shoulder, and the soldier was bandaging him. He nodded and said, "You saved us at the critical moment. I will report to General Wei, and you will be punished for your merits."

Sun Zhi was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Thank you General Lu. In addition, Bei Zhi suggested taking back the oil well while the chaos."

Lu Jin shook his head, "We have fallen into the trap of Jiangdong. Don't act rashly anymore and wait for General Wei's orders."

"Abide by the order!"

Lu Jin ordered a soldier to deliver a letter to Wei Yan. He immediately rectified the soldiers and led his troops to leave the official road and went up the mountain to another military fort to live.

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Zhou Yu led the army to run five or six miles and found something wrong. The Jiangxia defenders only shouted and beat drums several miles away from the city. The momentum was very loud, but they did not continue to march. Zhou Yu immediately realized that he had been trapped by the enemy's plan to siege Wei to save Zhao. He was furious and urgently ordered a tooth general beside him, "Start the headquarters to reinforce General Ding, be sure to wipe out the enemy's entire army, and do not let them escape!"

General Ya led a thousand Jiangdong troops to turn around and support Ding Feng. Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and ordered: "Start up, and the Jiangxia army will not be allowed to escape back to the city!"

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Wei Yan led his army to three miles and stopped advancing. While he ordered the soldiers to create momentum, he also closely observed the movements of the Jiangdong Army. Soon, a scout rushed over and reported urgently: "The main force of the Jiangdong Army is coming towards us, only four miles apart."

"How many people are there?" Wei Yan asked again,

"About three or four thousand people."

Wei Yan was a little moved. He led five thousand troops. If the opponent had only three or four thousand men, could he fight the Jiangdong Army? But this idea flashed through Wei Yan's mind for a moment. He sighed. Fenghuo clearly discovered the enemy brigade. Once the fierce battle was in stalemate, the enemy attacked him from the rear, and it would probably be over.

He no longer had the intention of being lucky and immediately ordered: "Retreat the city!"

The five thousand rear troops turned into front troops and quickly evacuated into the city. When Zhou Yu's army arrived at the city, the Jiangxia army had already retreated completely, and thousands of crossbows were aimed at them at the top of the city. The Jiangdong army had no siege equipment. Helplessly, Zhou Yu had to lead his army to station on the other side of Fushui, waiting for the fleet of Chaisang City.

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At noon, a fleet of 500 stone cargo ships appeared on the river surface outside the Fushui River mouth, with about fifty ships. The first ship was equipped with the Dongwu flag of the Jiangdong Army on the bow. This was the fleet sent by Sun Quan to support Zhou Yu. In addition to the fifty cargo ships, there were also a thousand Jiangdong Navy.

Sun Quan understood Zhou Yu's strategy. Even if he could not capture Xiazhicheng for the time being, he could still transport the turtle oil produced by Xiazhi back to Chaisang. This was only the first time to test the oil transporter. If it went well, he would send a ship to transport the turtle oil on a large scale.

Xu Sheng stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the river vigilantly. He was a little worried that the Jiangxia naval army would appear. At this time, they were not far from the mouth of the Fushui River. Xu Sheng could see the estuary several miles away from the distance. At this moment, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted, "General Xu, enemy fleet!"

Xu Sheng also saw it, and saw countless black dots appearing on the northern water surface, densely packed with hundreds of warships. Xu Sheng was shocked and immediately waved his hand and said, "Stop moving forward!"

The Jiangdong fleet stopped, and Xu Sheng looked at the fleet in the distance nervously. The fleet was getting closer and closer, and the momentum became louder and louder, not only hundreds, but thousands. The sound of horns sounded on the river surface, and the low sound of horns rushed straight into the sky, which was terrifying.

Xu Sheng realized that this was the main force of the Jiangxia army that appeared, and the final decisive battle was about to come.

He immediately ordered his subordinates and said, "Go and inform the guards quickly, and the main force of the Jiangxia army has been dispatched."

The personal soldiers jumped onto a ship and quickly sailed towards the mouth of Fushui River. Xu Sheng pondered for a moment and immediately ordered: "Return back immediately!"

The fleet quickly turned around, lowered the sails, and rode away quickly towards Chaisang City.

This arrival army was the main force of the 80,000 Jiangxia Army led by Liu Jing himself, as well as 1,200 large and small warships. Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun led the main force of the army to wipe out Cheng Pu's army in Wan County, turning the entire battle situation around and gradually ripe for the decisive battle.

At this time, Liu Jing had made sufficient preparations for war. The army had completed mobilization, food and supplies were in stock, and various weapons and materials were also prepared. The morale was high and the people supported him. Liu Jing personally led a large army to conquer the Jiangdong Army.

On the big ship, Liu Jing stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the river from afar. He also saw the fleet in the distance. It was obviously not a merchant fleet, but a fleet in Jiangdong. They were about to sail into Fushui. Did something happen in Xiazhi County?

Liu Jing was puzzled. He had not received any news from Wei Yan at this time. At this time, the lookout soldiers on the mast shouted: "The fleet ahead has turned around and fled!"

Sure enough, the fleet turned around and headed south. Liu Jing became a little worried about the situation in Xiazhi County. Jia Xu smiled and said, "If something happens in Xiazhi County, General Wei will definitely send a pigeon letter to notify us. We set off at noon yesterday, or there is no abnormality. If there is an abnormality, it must have happened last night, so we did not get any news."

Liu Jing nodded. Jia Xu was right in his analysis. It should be that something happened in Xiazhi County last night. Suddenly, the beacon towers at the distant river estuary ignited, and it turned out to be three pillars of beacon smoke. This means something happened in Xiazhi County.

The big ship was whispering, and Jia Xu frowned and said, "Maybe the beacon is trying to tell us that the beacon fire on land has been lit."

Without the Jiangdong Army attacking from the water, there must have been a situation on land. Liu Jing immediately became worried and turned around and told Li Jun: "You can rush to Xiazhi County at a speed of 3,000 troops and 100 warships, be careful not to be burned by the enemy's turbulence."

"Abide by the orders!"

Li Jun got off the big ship and led a hundred medium-sized clutches to leave the fleet and headed towards Xiazhi County. Liu Jing immediately ordered, "Don't take care of Xiazhi County anymore, the fleet headed towards Chaisang at full speed!"

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Sun Quan finally got news from Cheng Pu. Lu Meng's fleet returned and told him a shocking bad news. Cheng Pu's army was ambushed by Jiangxia in the Anhui River. Thirty thousand troops were defeated and the entire army was wiped out. Cheng Pu only led a few thousand remaining troops to the east and fled.

This news made Sun Quan not say a word for a quarter of an hour. He then locked himself in the room, no one saw him. The news spread like wildfire and soon spread throughout the city of Chaisang. The whole of Chaisang was talking about the matter, and all kinds of news were spreading wildly.

There are reports that the Jiangxia army continued to march eastward, and it was already across the river from the empty Jingkou City; there are also reports that the Jiangxia army had crossed the river in Wuhu and rushed to the Eastern Wu City along Lishui;

There is also news that Cao Cao raised an army of 300,000 and marched south from Hefei to attack Jiangdong in a large-scale attack.

Various news spread in Chaisang City, people were panic and the morale of the army began to shake.

Outside the gate of the yard where Sun Quan lived, dozens of civil and military officials gathered. Everyone looked very anxious. Wu Hou locked himself in the house for a whole day. At this critical moment, he avoided it, which made everyone very anxious.

At this time, Zhang Zhao came out of the yard, and everyone rushed up and asked in a lingering manner: "What did Mr. Wu say?"

Zhang Zhao sighed and said depressedly: "Mr. Wu still refuses to see me. No matter what I say, he has no sound at all."

Everyone looked at each other and talked loudly. Huang Gai quickly pulled Zhang Zhao aside and whispered: "The news in the city is very fierce, and the morale of the army is a little shaken. Marquis Wu must come forward to appease the morale of the army."

Zhang Zhao frowned and said, "Lu Ziming repeatedly assured me that he had ordered his subordinates who were informed not to disclose any news. How could the news be spread? Could it be that there is Jiang Xia's spy in the city?"

Huang Gai was not concerned about this, but that Wu Hou must show up, and must appease the morale of the army. If there is a deserter in the army, it will be troublesome. He hurriedly said: "Where is any spy, let it go first, and the military advisor will persuade Wu Hou, that the army will have trouble."

Zhang Zhao was also in a difficult situation. He knew that Sun Quan must be deeply blamed by him, so he ignored him. If he wanted to persuade him, he had to let others persuade him. Finally, Zhou Yu persuaded him, so that there would be news. At this time, the guard said loudly: "General Xu is here!"
Chapter completed!