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The Chaisang city gate opened, and Liao Hua led a thousand soldiers to kill them and rushed straight to Caohekou.

At this time, the mouth of Caohe River was in chaos, and more than 20 large ships were lit. The fire spread across the Caohe River. The fire was surging and thick smoke filled the whole river surface. The entire river surface became a sea of ​​fire.

Many soldiers were unable to escape and were burned to death on the boat, filling the air with a pungent odor, but more soldiers dived and escaped and swam ashore.

The Jiangdong soldiers lying ambushed on both sides of the Caohe River obviously had no time to intercept the fleeing Jiangxia soldiers. The Chaisang city gate was opened and more than a thousand defenders came out.

After shooting out several rounds of rockets, the soldiers of Jiangdong quickly evacuated to both sides and left Chaisang City.

The soldiers of the Qibajiangxia gathered in groups by the Caohe River. Everyone was throwing their armor and in an extremely embarrassing manner. They looked at the big ship burning on the water with lingering fear.

At this time, the Chaisang defenders rushed over and surrounded Jiangxia's soldiers. Liao Hua shouted: "The Jiangdong Army is about to arrive, and we will return to the city with us."

Deputy General Zhong Shun looked at him with confusion. Logically, he should have seen the governor of Zhou Ling, but he had never seen the person in front of him. He stepped forward and fisted and said, "I'm in Wuchang tooth general Zhong Shun, may I ask this general's surname."

"My surname is Liao, I have just been promoted. Let's talk about anything I have to go to the city."

Zhong Shun wanted to ask Zhou Ling about the situation again, but his soldiers were already impatient. They were afraid that the Jiangdong army would come, so they all pulled their feet to run into the city. In just a moment, the soldiers on the shore ran clean, leaving only Zhong Shun.

Helplessly, Zhong Shun had to follow him and run into the city, but just after he ran a few steps, Liao Hua suddenly came from behind and slashed Zhong Shun's neck with a knife. Zhong Shun didn't even scream, and his head was chopped more than one foot away.

Liao Hua said coldly to everyone: "This person missed the opportunity to fight, refused to obey the military order, and was executed according to the military rules."

He waved his hand and "returned to the city"

More than a thousand defenders followed Liao Hua and escorted Jiangxia's defeated soldiers toward Chaisang City. Soon after, they entered the city and the city gate rumbled and closed again.

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Huang Xi led more than two warships to chase east, but after only chasing for more than twenty miles, he realized something was wrong. The Jiangdong navy, which had originally fled in panic, was lined up and quietly waiting on the river ahead.

It's like laying a net of heaven and earth, waiting for them to take the bait, Huang She was confused in his heart, what is Jiangdong Army doing, is there any ambush nearby?

At this moment, the lookout soldier on the mast shouted: "General Huang, the enemy situation appears in the north and south directions."

Huang She was shocked and stood on the side of the ship. Looking at the river surface on both sides, he saw that two Jiangdong naval troops appeared on the river at the same time, and several warships attacked his fleet from north to south.

Immediately afterwards, someone on the boat shouted: "General Huang, news came from behind, there was also an enemy situation in the back."

Cold sweat slowly flowed down from Huang's forehead. He finally realized that he had been trapped. It turned out that the reinforcements of the Jiangdong Army had arrived long ago and were waiting for him.

"General, what should I do?" Several generals looked at him anxiously.

Huang She looked at the warships on both sides carefully again. Based on his experience, there were at least tens of thousands of troops. If he did not leave, he would be wiped out.

He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Retreat and break back and return to Wuchang immediately."

Several generals were shocked, "General, do you care about Chaisang?"

"I can't help it, I can't save it anymore." Huang She was angry and embarrassed, and cursed viciously.

The Jiangxia navy began to turn around and break through the northwest direction, but the Jiangdong army's net had been laid out, so it was not so easy to escape.

On a large ship, Lu Su, deputy governor of the Jiangdong Navy, stood with his hands behind his back, looking coldly at the Jiangxia military ship in the distance. Today, they were deployed in their plan. If Xu Sheng failed to attack Chaisang, reinforcements from both sides would arrive. At this time, Chaisang City could only consider it later and must annihilate Jiangxia reinforcements first.

"Governor, they are going to escape." General Ling Tong revealed the Jiangxia army's intentions.

"They can't escape"

Lu Su smiled coldly and shouted loudly: "Beat the drum, attack"

The drums were heard on the surface of Dongdongdong River, and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky. More than five large and small Jiangdong warships rushed towards the Jiangxia army fleet from all directions.

Arrows were like rain, stone cannons hit hard, huge rocks flew across the river, and the two sides fought fiercely on the surface of the river.

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In Chaisang City, more than seven Jiangxia soldiers have been reorganized. From now on, they no longer belong to Huang Zu's army, but have become Chaisang's army. These troops are undoubtedly a new force. They were incorporated into the battle group, increasing the regular army of Chaisang to two thousand. In addition to the Thousand Civilians, the defenders at Chaisang's city had 5,000 people, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Despite this, Liu Jing still couldn't see a smile on his face. He stood at the east end of the city and looked southeast of the Yangtze River. It had almost an hour passed. The Jiangxia army fleet had never returned. Moreover, the sound of war drums floating in the distance made people feel infinite associations.

"I'm afraid it's not as expected that the Jiangxia army was ambushed by the Jiangdong army."

Xu Shu said in a deep voice: "What I care about is how many reinforcements from Jiangdong Army will arrive?"

Liu Jing didn't say anything, but his thoughts flew to the distant future. In Liu Jing's memory, in the seventh year of Jian'an, the Jiangdong Army did not attack Jiangxia on a large scale. It should have been in the eighth year of Jian'an. He remembered it very clearly that Gan Ning shot Ling Tong with an arrow in that battle.

But now the Jiangxia army has indeed launched a large army to attack Chaisang. That only shows one thing. In the battle in Jian'an, the Jiangdong army successfully attacked and Xu Sheng captured Chaisang City. Now, because of his appearance, Xu Sheng failed to seize the city, thus leading the Jiangdong army to attack Chaisang on a large scale.

Is this because of myself, history has begun to change and no longer follows the original track?

Liu Jing still remembers clearly that it was Liu Qi who should have guarded Jiangxia, but now he has become the one who has come to guard Jiangxia by himself. Moreover, Liu Cong was injured accidentally. Could he inherit Liu Biao's foundation? No emperor or prince will allow a son who has lost his male function to inherit his career.

Obviously, Liu Biao would not let Liu Cong inherit the governor of Jingzhou again, but the only one in the world was Liu Qi. But the problem is that if Liu Qi finally took the position of governor of the state and no longer surrendered to Cao Cao, and even Liu Bei would be valued by Liu Qi. Then what would happen in history? Will Sun and Liu form an alliance again and have a war in the Red Cliff?

This series of historical chain reactions filled Liu Jing's heart with confusion. He felt that he could no longer apply reality with the past history. The current historical trajectory had deflected, and his eyes became dark, so he could only move forward with his touch.

At this moment, he suddenly felt how important a strategist like Xu Shu was to him. Only those who were far-sighted could see the context of the historical development.

In history, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang chose Liu Bei one after another because they saw the development of history.

Xu Shu felt Liu Jing distracted, and couldn't help but look back at him strangely, and asked with a smile: "What are you thinking?"

Liu Jing smiled and said, "I'm wondering, if we fight Jiangdong Army like this, in the future, Cao's army will move south in a large scale, will we form a strategic alliance with Jiangdong Army?

Xu Shu also laughed, "Kong Ming also said that from ancient times to the present, the south has been difficult to compete with the north. Cao Cao's strong troops are not able to resist it. Only when the two companies join forces and take advantage of the Yangtze River water war can they defeat Cao's army. This shows that Kong Ming and Gongyou have the same skills."

As the two were talking, the sound of war drums suddenly became clear in the distance, rumbled and echoed on the river like thunder. A soldier on the tower next to him shouted: "The Jiangxia army is back from defeat."

Everyone looked into the distant river and saw more than ten warships flying northwest, planting red and yellow battle flags for the warships. It was the Jiangxia warship I saw more than an hour ago. There were only more than ten warships left, and the Jiangxia army was defeated and returned.

Dozens of burned warships at the mouth of Caohekou sank into the bottom of the river, blocking the waterway, making it impossible for the Jiangxia army's warships to withdraw back to Chaisang City. Of course, they had no intention of withdrawing Chaisang City at all. Huang Xi led the last dozen warships to sail north in panic and fled to Wuchang County.

Two miles east of the defeated ship, a huge Jiangdong navy appeared. Together with the Jiangxia warships they captured, they were densely packed with sails covering the sky and the sun, covering the entire river surface, forming a scene of great momentum, six or seven warships lined up in seven teams, stretching for dozens of miles.

"There are at least 20,000 troops"

Xu Shu talked to himself, and it was obvious that he was a little nervous. This was actually the first time he had encountered a big battle. He was really not sure whether he could win in the end.

Liu Jing also had a serious expression. It was obvious that the Jiangdong Army was determined to win Chaisang. He was willing to send tens of thousands of people to mobilize them. I don’t know who is the head commander of the Jiangdong Army now. Could it be that Lu Su is not successful?

Liu Jing turned around and saw that his soldiers showed fear in their faces. This is understandable. Most of these soldiers were recruits and had never seen any major war scenes. Of course, they would be afraid. Isn’t Liu Jing nervous?

Liu Jing quickly walked to the big drum, picked up the drumsticks, and began to beat the drum hard, and the loud drum sounded across the city.

Immediately afterwards, countless big drums were beaten, and the excited drum sound echoed over Chaisang City. With the sound of the inspiring confidence, the confidence of the soldiers guarding the city began to gradually recover. Many people no longer had fear, but became eager for war.

The large ships of Jiangdong Army were mooring against the dock. Teams of soldiers walked down from the ship and began to gather in the wilderness in front of the dock. In an hour, 20,000 troops gathered into four square formations, with flags like clouds and swords and guns like forests. The soldiers of Jiangdong Army were neatly armored and had high morale.

The four 5,000-strong square formation was full of murderous aura. The Jiangdong Army attacked Chaisang City several times. This time, it sent tens of thousands of troops. This time it was important to them, and they were determined to win.

Surrounded by more than a dozen generals including Xu Sheng, Ling Tong, Lu Su stood tall on a mound, staring at Chaisang City two miles away.

"Have you changed the main general who is sure of Chaisang City?" Lu Su glanced at Xu Sheng and asked.

Xu Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "I caught several injured prisoners of war. From them, they learned that Zhou Ling was dead. The current garrison was Liu Jing, the nephew of Liu Biao, who was quite famous in Jingzhou.

Lu Su nodded, "I have also heard of this man. The young man is promising, but he just took over the power of Chaisang and may not be able to convince the public. We can be polite first and then soldiers."
Chapter completed!