In the early morning, a fleet of 300 warships sailed in a row in the vast Taihu Lake. Taihu Lake was 36,000 hectares, like an endless sea. At the bow of the head of the ship, the navy general Shen Mi stood with a gun. Although he was injured on his leg, it did not affect his command of the fleet.

The breeze was blowing, with a slight fishy smell, which was particularly cool in the hot summer. The cool breeze blew past his bronze face, and his silhouetted face was full of determination. His deep eyes were staring at a black line in the distance, which was the destination of his trip, the West Mountain in Taihu Lake.

"Have Mr. Liao been here before?"

Chen Mi asked Liao Lidao with a smile. Liao Li was appointed as the prefect of Wuling County three years ago and was recently transferred to the prefect of Brazil County. He went to Chang'an to report his duties and happened to encounter the Hefei war. He was temporarily appointed as the military advisor and senator by Liu Jing and followed the army to the south. This time, Chen Mi led the army to aid Wu County. Liu Jing was in a mistake in their role, so he asked Liao Li to follow him.

Liao Li and Chen Mi have worked together for many years and have a good relationship. He stroked his beard and smiled: "When he was young, he came to Wujun to study and once sailed across Taihu Lake. It was not far from the shore. This was the first time he went deep into Taihu Lake like this."

Chen Mi pointed to a black shadow in the distance and said, "That is Xishan Island. There are two large islands in Taihu Lake, one connected to land, and it is called Dongshan Island by the locals. The other large island is independent of the lake, called Xishan Island. At present, General Loufa has occupied Xishan Island, stationed on Xishan Island, and established a logistics location."

Liao Li nodded and smiled, "There are two hundred warships on General Lou Fa's side, and our 300 warships are five hundred warships. With such a huge fleet in the hinterland of Jiangdong, I believe Sun Quan can't sleep."

"This is also the intention of His Highness the King of Han. Since Sun Quan does not know the truth, he must teach him a lesson. Our navy army will not leave again when it comes to Jiangdong."

At this time, due to the large-scale advance of the Jiangdong Army and the Cao army, the main force of the Han army, 18,000 people retreated to Kuaiji County under the leadership of Lu Xun, while Lou Fa led 5,000 people to take 200 warships, stationed on Xishan Island in Taihu Lake, like a poisonous sting into the abdomen of Jiangdong.

Following the main force of the Han army, not only the three major families in Wujun retreated south, but also more than 30,000 families in Wujun. All the food and supplies in the official warehouse of Wu County were emptied, leaving the Jiangdong Army an empty city and a deserted land in Jiangdong.

‘Dang!Dang!Dang!’

A bell rang on a sentry tower on Xishan Island. The soldiers walked out of the camp and looked at the lake. A huge fleet was sailing towards this side. When the soldiers saw the Han army's black dragon battle flag on the ship, the soldiers immediately cheered. This was the main force of the Han army's naval army.

When the fleet slowly landed, Lou Fa quickly came up and hugged Chen Mi who was walking off the boat. They were once Gan Ning's right-hand man and had a friendship for decades.

"Old Shen, it doesn't matter on your legs!" Lou Fa asked with concern.

"The skin and flesh injury is not a big problem."

Chen Mi took out Liu Jing's military order and handed it to Lou Fa laughed and said, "This is the order of the King of Han. You are the chief general and I am the deputy. When we all follow the advice of Military Advisor Liao."

When Lou Fa greeted Liao Li, he looked at the military order again and asked, "How many troops do you bring this time?"

"There are a total of 6,000 navy troops, 30,000 stones of grain and 5,000 barrels of tin. In addition, you should not be short of tents here!"

"There is actually no shortage of food and tents, but it is just a shortage of tin oil."

The three of them walked into a big tent, and Liao Li ordered people to move a sand table in. Lou Fa immediately laughed, "You actually brought this good thing, this is a weapon for war!"

"This is the latest sand table given to us by Your Highness. The lakes and rivers in Jiangdong are very detailed. They are indeed a weapon for war. I want to know where the Jiangdong army is now?"

Lou Fa picked up a wooden pole and pointed to Piling County. "According to my scouts, the 5,000 vanguards of the Jiangdong Army have passed Piling County. It is estimated that they will arrive in Wu County at noon. There are 30,000 troops, and another 20,000 Cao troops have also entered Piling County. I don't know yet whether the Sun-Cao coalition forces will attack Kuaiji County?"

Chen Mi pondered for a moment and asked, "Does Jiangdongjun know that we exist?"

This sentence is the key. If the Jiangdong Army knew that there were troops stationed in Taihu Lake, they might not dare to go south to attack Kuaiji County. They were more likely to station heavily in Wu County and Piling County. Lou found Bai Chenmi's meaning and smiled and said, "Governor Lu also means this. He wants the Jiangdong Army and Cao Army to know our existence so as to restrain them from going south to Kuaiji County."

At this moment, a soldier rushed to the door of the tent and reported loudly: "Reported to General Lou, a patrol fleet was found in Taihu Lake, about ten small boats coming from the north."

Lou Fa sneered: "This should be a wardrobe from Piling County, it came so fast!"

Just as Lou Fa was about to order the army to attack, Liao Li next to him smiled and whispered to the two of them. Lou Fa nodded and said, "I am worthy of being a military advisor, so I will follow the words of the military advisor."

Half an hour later, a Jiangdong scout fleet composed of ten small boats gradually approached the area of ​​Xishan Island Wharf, one mile away from the wharf, so they could no longer move forward. Dozens of Han army patrol boats lined up in front of them, blocking their way.

Despite this, they still saw the size of the Han army from afar. Nearly 400 thousand-stone warships were moored around the dock, and there were also 100 five hundred stone cargo ships full of food and food, and the soldiers were busy unloading their cargo.

On the shore, there are dense tent groups with wooden fences installed around them. The tent groups are narrow and long, stretching for several miles, and are huge in scale. The scout ships dare not stay for a long time, so they immediately turn the fleet and sail towards the shore.

At this time, the Jiangdong army, led by the commander Lu Meng, had occupied Wuxian. But what angered Lu Meng was that Wuxian was actually an empty city, leaving only hundreds of elderly people. The official warehouse was also empty, and all the food and other substances were transported. The soldiers searched the entire city and found less than a hundred stones of food.

Soon, the troops sent to various counties also returned. Like Wu County, the people of each county basically followed the Han army to retreat to Kuaiji County, and all became empty cities. There were only less than 20% of the people left in the entire Wu County.

Lu Meng was very shocked. The people of Jiangdong were willing to follow the Han army to retreat south to avoid the governance of the Jiangdong army. This was simply a great irony, and it also showed that Wu Hou was gradually losing the hearts of the people.

On the top of the city, Lu Meng looked at the empty city, sighed deeply, and turned to the new Wu County Prefecture Kan Ze and said, "Prefect Kan, without a population, what's the point of such a Wu County?"

Kan Ze smiled bitterly and said, "This sentence should be what I said. As a prefect of a county, there is no people in the territory to govern, which is also a strange story!"

Lu Meng pondered for a moment and said, "Before leaving, Wu Hou had ordered that if the southward went smoothly, he could directly attack Kuaiji County. With the strength of our and Cao's army, 50,000 troops were led to the southward. The Han army in Kuaiji County was difficult to resist. But when I was in Piling, I heard that the Han army fleet retreated to Taihu Lake, which was a bit troublesome. Prefect Kan thought it was possible to go south to Kuaiji County?"

Kan Ze thought for a while and said, "It depends on how powerful the Han army in Taihu Lake has. If it is only a few thousand people, it doesn't matter. As long as 10,000 people defend the important logistics area of ​​Wu County, the remaining 40,000 troops can also sweep Kuaiji County. But if the army in Taihu Lake is powerful, then you have to think twice."

As he was speaking, a soldier pointed at the city and said, "Governor Lu, a patrol fleet is back."

Lu Meng also saw that a whistle boat was sailing back in Xujiang not far away. He was very happy that this was the scout ship he sent when he was in Piling County, and finally came back.

Soon, a soldier led the patrol scout to the city and knelt down on one knee to report: "Report to the Governor, we have found the information of the Han army."

"How is the situation of the Han army?"

"The Han army occupied Xishan Island, and there were more than 500 ships moored outside the pier, and there were 400 warships with only a thousand stones, which was a huge momentum."

Lu Meng's heart seemed to sink into an ice cave, and after a while, he asked again: "How many troops are there?"

"The tent of the Han army was counted, with about 3,000 tents, and the tent was inferred that there were about 20,000 troops."

"Twenty thousand!"

Lu Meng screamed in dismay, and he turned to Kan Ze and said, "Does the prefect think there will be 20,000 troops?"

Kan Ze sighed: "Originally, there were only about 200 warships in the Han army, but now it has increased to 500. It is undoubtedly coming from reinforcements from Wuhu. I think Liu Jing also attaches great importance to Kuaiji County and will not sit idly by and attack Kuaiji. To be honest, there are 20,000 Han army, which I don't find it strange at all."

Lu Meng's mood became very heavy. Wu Hou underestimated Liu Jing's determination. He could have negotiated the Han army to withdraw his troops, but now Wu Hou was forced to surrender to Cao Cao, and the negotiation gate was closed, and the Han army would not withdraw from Jiangdong again.

"Premier Kan thinks what the situation in Jiangdong is now? Can you tell me frankly?"

Kan Ze shook his head, "If General Lu wants to hear the truth, I might as well say that most of the nine counties in Jiangdong have fallen into the hands of the Han army. Lujiang, Kuaiji, Jian'an, and Xindu, these four counties have been occupied by the Han army. Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County are controlled by the Yangtze River, which belong to us in name, but in fact they are under the control of the Han army. We have six counties, and we have Danyang, Piling and Wu County, or in other words, we are only two counties left Danyang and Piling. Even the three major families of Wu County retreated south with the Han army. Will they not see the situation clearly? Governor Lu, the situation is very bad!"

Lu Meng sighed: "It seems that the alliance between Wu Hou and Cao Cao was indeed a major decision-making mistake!"

"I think that's not a mistake. Wu Hou also knew the situation and crisis, so he wanted Cao Cao, and tried to get Cao Cao's support and restore the original power of Jiangdong. Cao Cao also strongly supported Jiangdong, but it was too late to form an alliance. In fact, the root of the decline of Jiangdong was not the expansion of the Han army in the east, but the internal strife in Jiangdong. Now, it can be said that Liu Jing is too strong. Jiangdong's disaster today was doomed as early as the defeat of Chaisang that year."

Lu Meng nodded silently. Liu Jing captured a large number of Jiangdong soldiers several times and released them all back. He had already won the hearts of the people in Jiangdong. However, Wu Hou was in a state of war and imposed heavy taxes, completely losing the hearts of the people, which eventually led to today's predicament. Lu Meng was only over thirty years old, where should he go? Lu Meng was also confused.

At this time, Kan Ze smiled and said, "I am going to go around Wujun. It may take a few days to go. Please ask Governor Lu to prepare a small boat for me."

Lu Meng agreed and immediately ordered someone to prepare a boat for Kan Ze. In the afternoon, Kan Ze took two followers on the boat.

In the west mountain of Taihu Lake, the Han army's supplies have basically been moved and unloaded. The soldiers camped on the island and were particularly busy. The surrounding patrol ships have also increased to 200, and the entire Xishan Island is covered with patrol ships.

At this time, a patrol boat suddenly found a small black boat coming from the east. The patrol boat came up. The Han soldiers took the spear and shouted loudly: "Stop!"

The Wupeng boat stopped slowly, and a middle-aged scholar came out of the cabin and bowed and smiled: "I am the prefect of Wujun Kan Ze, and I want to meet your general."

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