Chapter 61
"Director Zhou, can he still have the ability to support Kuai Yue with his defeated army in Jingzhou?" Taishi Ci raised his eyebrows and said in confusion. After Taishi Ci successfully completed the task of harassing Jingzhou, he had led the remaining troops back to Zhou Yu's army four days ago.
"The nine counties of Jingxiang are vast and abundant, so it is not difficult to recruit some troops. Moreover, even Cai Mao and Huang Zu from Jiangxia were defeated, they still retained considerable troops!" Zhou Yu sighed lightly and said in a deep voice, "Therefore, it would be a strange thing if there were Jingzhou troops coming to support Kuai Yue!"
"Gong Jin, if this is the case, our army should also prepare early and make plans!" Cheng Pu thought for a moment, nodded in agreement with Zhou Yu's analysis, and then said with concern.
"Yeah!" Zhou Yu nodded softly and said in a harmonious voice, "I have ordered Ziming to send a scout to inquire about the information. I expect that the news will be sent back soon. Only after the exact information is found can the countermeasures be arranged!"
"Huh~, it turns out that Gong Jin has made arrangements!" Cheng Pu breathed a long sigh and smiled with confidence.
Just at this moment, Lu Meng's voice came from outside the tent.
"Governor, I'm back!"
As soon as the curtain was lifted, Lu Mengfeng stepped into the tent in a hurry, bowed to Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, and said loudly, "I will meet Zhou and Cheng Gong!"
"Zi Ming, what are you getting?" Zhou Yu knew that he would gain something when he saw Lu Meng's expression, and asked with a faint smile.
"Reported to the governor of Zhou, according to the information explored by the navy, there were obvious signs of Jingzhou naval army mobilization on the rivers in Jiangxia and Hanyang. In addition, the navy's sentry warships also saw military horses entering and leaving from time to time near Jiangxia City..." Lu Meng replied quickly.
"In this way, the Jingzhou army is preparing to come from Jiangxia to rescue Kuai Yue!" Cheng Pu analyzed the information based on Lu Meng's statement.
"But this is a bit strange..." Xu Sheng frowned slightly and said hesitantly.
"Wenxiang, tell me what you think!" Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said encouragemently.
"Yes, Duke Zhou!" Xu Sheng nodded and said in a deep voice: "The more secret the rescue, the better. Only in this way can we succeed in taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness. But the Jingzhou Army seemed to make movement intentionally or unintentionally so that our army could notice that there should be some intentions here!"
"...tsk~! It makes sense to hear Wenxiang's statement. What are your opinions?" Cheng Pu thought for a moment and nodded.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the Jingzhou army should be a strategy to attack the west!" Zhou Yu's eyes flashed with wisdom and analyzed calmly, "The movements in Jiangxia are just to attract our army's attention. The real reinforcements should come from elsewhere!"
"Where is it?" Cheng Pu asked anxiously.
"Jingnan!" Zhou Yu replied in a deep voice. Then, Zhou Yu turned his head and asked Lu Meng, "Zi Ming, what information will be rewarded for the detailed work of inquiring about information in Jingnan?"
"Reward carefully... No abnormalities were found on the road to Jingnan!" Lu Meng said hesitantly, "Except for a few vendors walking, there were no people even seen..."
"Haha..." After hearing Lu Meng's return, Zhou Yu actually laughed loudly.
"Why is Duke Zhou laughing?" Xu Sheng asked in confusion.
"The battle between our army and the Jingzhou army was in Jing, Yang, and everyone knows it. When the two armies were fighting fiercely, what kind of vendors would be walking between Jiangdong and Jingzhou? Isn't it ridiculous? These " vendors" are clearly detailed works sent by the Jingzhou army, intending to spy on the information." Zhou Yu curled his smile and said confidently, "This way, the rescue direction of the Jingzhou army can be determined more and more!"
"Yeah, Gong Jing's words are reasonable!" Cheng Pu nodded and said happily, "Since we have seen through the enemy's tricks, our army can use the tricks and take this opportunity to destroy Kuai Yue and his reinforcements in one fell swoop!"
"The words of the elder General Cheng are just in line with my wish. It will be tonight when he defeats Kuai Yue!" Zhou Yu said with a look of excitement.
"Please give orders from the governor, and the last general will swear to destroy the enemy to death!" The generals in the tent came out together, bowed and held their fists and asked for their orders.
"Okay!" Zhou Yu slapped the table in front of him and said with a sigh, "Taishi Ci, Xu Sheng obeyed the order!"
"The last one will be here!"
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On the fourth night of the eighth month, the hour of Hai has passed. The sky is covered by dark clouds and the night is dark.
Everything in Zhou Yu's army camp, which lasted for more than three miles, was as usual. Except for the patrol and soldiers on the night, the rest of the soldiers seemed to have fallen asleep.
At this moment, an unknown army horse quietly sneaked outside the west camp gate of Zhou Yu's army camp in the night, about 800 strolls. A young general who led the army carefully observed the situation of the military camp in front, then took out a strong bow from behind him and pulled out two loud arrows from the quiver. After quickly putting the two arrows on the strings at the same time, the young general snorted and pulled the strong bow in his hand into a full moon shape.
"Ye~!" "Ye~!" Accompanied by a harsh whistling sound, two arrows soared into the sky at the same time. The sharp and unusual whistling sound quickly broke the tranquility of the night sky, and the sound spread to the surroundings from afar.
"Kill~!" The young general carried the strong bow behind him again, then quickly lifted a large sword hanging from the side of the horse and roared fiercely.
Immediately, under the leadership of the young general, all the soldiers under his command shouted in unison and quickly rushed towards Zhou Yu's army camp. The patrol soldiers in the camp "seemed" not expecting such a change at all, and were shocked. When the enemy was less than a hundred steps away from the camp gate, they came to their senses and panic to knock on the stent hanging near the camp gate (the stent, like a bell, with a handle that was connected up and down, and the equipment used to sing gold during ancient wars). But it was too late at this time, and soon, the enemy outside the camp broke through the stent gate and entered the camp.
"Yes~~!" Another sharp voice came from the east, as if echoing the two arrows that had just begun. The young general who had entered Zhou Yu's army camp immediately looked up and looked eastward, and happened to see three consecutive groups of faint flames appearing in the sky.
"Kill, break through the enemy camp and take over the horses of the governor Kuai!" The young general shouted wildly, and then rushed towards the depths of the barracks first. However, after entering the barracks for about 300 steps, the young general had to stop the horses - because, wherever his troops were reaching, except for the dozens of patrol enemy soldiers who had seen at first, there was no other enemy soldiers, and all the camps were empty.
"Stop!" He grabbed the horse and pulled off the horse. The young general raised the sword in his hand and shouted fiercely. He finally restrained the horses under his command. Then he looked at the surrounding environment in surprise.
"Dongdongdongdongdongdong..." Just at this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded from the military camp. What followed was the terrifying shouts of killing.
"I've been trapped!" The young general shouted in horror, "Hurry, withdraw quickly... I've been trapped, withdraw quickly!" Then he turned his horse's head first and rushed towards the entrance of the camp.
"The bandits in Jingzhou cannot escape, Cheng Pu (Huang Gai) is here!" A military horse appeared from both sides at the same time. The leader was Cheng Pu and Huang Gai. The two Jiangdong troops were in the shape of pincers and rushed towards the Jingzhou army that was about to withdraw from the barracks in a hurry.
Under the ambush, the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army led by the young generals were obviously out of control and fled in a completely incompetent manner. Perhaps because of their life, these soldiers burst out with amazing potential. Before the encirclement of Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, they almost withdrew from the barracks, leaving only dozens of soldiers with slightly less foot strength. Soon, the dozens of soldiers were stamped into meat paste by the Jiangdong Army, which was covered and killed.
"Catch up!" After Cheng Pu and Huang Gai joined forces, they exchanged glances and then quickly led the army to pursue them.
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"It's beginning!" Zhou Yu wore a white light helmet, covered with a green battle robe, and stood on a hill in the wind, looking at the Kuai Yue military camp in the northeast. The battle robe fluttered, and his handsome face was as beautiful as a god.
"Tick, tick..." Accompanied by a rapid sound of horse hooves, Lu Meng rode his horse under the hill, then quickly turned over and dismounted, walked to Zhou Yu with great strides, bowed and said, "Report to the Governor, a group of Jingzhou troops entered the military camp from the west. General Cheng and General Huang, Huang, have led their troops to attack, and the enemy has fled out of the military camp. At the east gate of the camp, Kuai Yue's army is also launching an attack, as if they want to break through the encirclement of our army from the east gate. In addition, the navy General Jiang Lang (General Jiang Qin of Fubo) also received rewards, and the Jinfan navy of Ganning is harassing our navy from many places!"
"Haha..." Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said in a harmonious voice, "Even Gan Ning has contacted him. It seems that the Jingzhou military has been working hard!"
"Everything is under the control of the governor. Kuai Yue's dog thief will not escape to death tonight!" Lu Meng looked at Zhou Yu in reverence and said excitedly.
"Report~!" A fast horse galloped to the hill. The soldiers quickly came to Zhou Yu and knelt on one knee and said, "Report to the Governor, Kuai Yue's army is moving southwest. Xu Zhengwei (Xu Sheng) has ordered the Governor to withdraw most of the defense forces in the southwest!"
"Yeah~!" Zhou Yu nodded slightly, and said with a light tilted corner of his mouth, "Return to Captain Xu quickly and order him to move his troops to set up an ambush at the predetermined location!"
"Yes, the villain took his leave!" Chuanxin's soldiers stood up and quickly got on their horses and left.
"Governor, Kuai Yue's army is indeed withdrawing from the southeast to Jingnan. This dog thief would never have thought of his wishful thinking - his plan was long as the governor expected, and the net of our army's heaven and earth is waiting for him!" Lu Meng said with a smile.
"Zi Ming, go to the east gate of Daying to assist Pan Zhang, and knock on me hard on Jingzhou army. You must make Kuai Yue think that our main force has been attracted by him." Zhou Yu did not show any slight pride on his face, and he still calmly said to Lu Meng, "In addition, when Kuai Yue's army begins to retreat to Jingnan, you and Pan Zhang immediately lead the army out of the east gate, directly capture Kuai Yue and his reinforcements, and attack Kuai Yue and his troops in all directions!"
"The last general will take the order!" Lu Meng bowed and clasped his fists, gave a deep bow, immediately turned around and turned his back, and left with his horse.
Chapter completed!