"Soul~~" The leaves swung in the breeze, and Liu Pan's soldiers entered the forest one after another, found a shade to sit down and rest, and took out the skin he carried with him and drank wildly.

Long-term marching in hot weather consumes too much physical strength and makes people feel exhausted. After replenishing moisture, many soldiers immediately sit under the tree and take a nap.

"Ho~Ho~!" Liu Pan drank a small half of the bag of water in one breath, took a few breaths of pleasure, and then handed the bag to Huang Zhong beside him, "This ghost weather is so hot..."

Huang Zhong took the skin and drank it for two times, pondered for a moment and said, "Public power, I feel more and more inappropriate..."

"Brother Han Sheng, what's wrong?" Liu Pan took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, and asked in confusion.

"We seem to be... being led by Zhou Yu's nose and walking around!" Huang Zhong's white eyebrows frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Let's go from the north of Luling County to the south of Luling County, and then go back to Changsha from the south of Luling County.

In just 5 or 6 days, our army had already marched more than 200 miles. I was a little suspicious that Zhou Yu was trying to defeat our army in one fell swoop when our soldiers were trapped. “

"..." Liu Pan is not a man who is not a military strategy. The anger that was originally "played with" by Zhou Yu was calmed down at this moment. After hearing Huang Zhong's reminder, he thought carefully and nodded slightly and said, "Brother Han Sheng said very well. I am a little arrogant... What should I do next? Should I go to Shangxiang?"

"Shangxiang is the important place for our army to transfer food and grass, so we will definitely take it back!" Huang Zhong frowned and said in a deep voice, "But after seizing Shangxiang, we can no longer be restrained by Zhou Yu."

“Brother Han Sheng means…”

"Zhou Yu's men had limited military strength, so there was no need for us to get entangled with him. After we took back Shangxiang, we would recruit troops, horses, food and grass from Changsha, and then we would do our best to defeat Xichang.

Go north and head straight to Chaisang!" Huang Zhong said seriously, "In this way, we can turn the situation around!"

"..." After careful consideration, Liu Pan nodded slowly, just about to speak...

"Duke Liu!" Military Sima Huang Zhuo walked over hurriedly.

"Shoufeng, why are you so panicked?" Seeing that Huang Zhuo's expression was quite unusual, Huang Zhong asked in surprise. Huang Zhuo is Huang Zhong's nephew, and his father is Huang Zhong's youngest brother. He has been dead for many years.

Huang Zhuo was adopted by Huang Zhong since childhood. Huang Zhong also regarded it as if he was born and taught him all his martial arts.

"Du Liu, uncle!" Huang Zhuo gave a tribute to Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, and said hurriedly, "Just just now, soldiers found sulfur, saltpeter and other objects buried underground in Linxi..."

Before Huang Zhuo finished speaking, Huang Zhong jumped up and asked anxiously: "How many are there? What is the depth of burial?"

"It's about an inch deep. And it seems to be buried along the forest. How many are there yet, it's unknown. But I'll order people to explore it..." Huang Zhuo quickly reported.

"Not good!" Huang Zhong's expression changed drastically. After thinking for a moment, he said to Liu Pan urgently: "Public power. Simply order the army to withdraw from the woods, so it's too late!"

"...Fire Attack?" In such a hot weather, Liu Pan felt a little chilled.

"Boom!" "Boom!" With two loud bangs, flames rose into the sky on the south and north sides of the woods. Thick smoke filled the sky.

I don’t know whether it was due to wind or saltpeter, sulfur and other substances, the fire spreads astonishingly fast, and instantly swept nearly half of the forest.

Facts proved that Liu Pan and Huang Zhong guessed, but the price was too high!

"Quick, hurry! Retreat to the west!" Huang Zhong lifted his sword and flew onto the horse, gathering his energy in Dantian. The sound roared wildly, and the sound was vigorous and powerful, echoing throughout the woods. Even the crackling sounds of trees burning and the tragic roars when soldiers caught fire could not be concealed.

Zhurong Fire God wanted to show off his divine power and turned the originally peaceful forest into a sea of ​​fire. No matter who faces such a "divine power", it is difficult to stop his sharp edge, and he is afraid of being avoided. Many Jingzhou soldiers panicked and crowded and rushed.

He tried to escape from the sky in a daze. All weapons such as swords, guns, bows, arrows, etc. were randomly discarded to the ground. But despite this, many people were still unable to dodge and were moved by flames. The wailing sounds came one after another, and they were tragic.

Liu Pan and Huang Zhong led the remaining soldiers to stop at all, and ran 2 or 3 miles away from the sea of ​​fire before they dared to rest for a moment. Looking back at the increasing fire, the survivors felt palpitations...

"Zhou Yu's dog thief!" Liu Pan's eyes were suffocating and cursed to the sky with hatred. It was obvious that this fire attack must be a trap set by Zhou Yu. And the previous series of actions were probably all the preparations made by Zhou Yu for this fire attack.

If Zhou Yu was in front of him, Liu Pan might be able to swallow him alive in one mouthful.

But Liu Pan's curse did not last long because a greater crisis had arrived.

"Kill!" There were shouts of killing in both southwest and northwest directions at the same time.

"There are other tricks?!!!" Liu Pan felt his scalp numb and his body trembled slightly.

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The two Jiangdong Army, led by the commander of the general officer Lu Meng and the commander of the commander Jia Hua, rushed towards the panicked Jingzhou soldiers frantically.

There were about 78,000 soldiers in Jingzhou who successfully escaped from the fire. Just judging from the number of people, there were still more Jiangdong troops who came to cover up.

But it’s a pity that, one is that the fatigue of the marching has not been eliminated, the other is that the sudden attack of fire and the morale of the army is in chaos. If Liu Pan and Huang Zhong shout, the lost Jingzhou soldiers could not organize effective resistance.

The Jiangdong Army was in a state of siege and was able to kill him in a difficult situation, and defeated the Jingzhou Army without much difficulty.

"Calm down, calm down, don't panic!" Liu Pan shouted fiercely, intending to clean up the situation, "Come here, come here!"

"Hu~!" A thunderous cheer suddenly came from Jiangdong soldiers. The "Liu"-like flag representing Liu Pan's identity was cut off by someone, and he fell to the ground with a bang.

"Liu Pan is dead, our army will win!" Someone took advantage of the situation and shouted, which further aroused the morale of the Jiangdong Army. On the contrary, the Jingzhou soldiers were even more on the verge of collapse.

"Don't listen to the nonsense of Jiangdong thieves, Liu Pan is here!" Liu Pan raised his sword and killed an enemy soldier, roaring wildly.

At this moment, a sharp wind came straight to the back of Liu Pan's head.

"Clang!" After the sharp sound of gold and iron, Liu Pan narrowly blocked the attacking sword, but he couldn't help but take two steps in a row.

"Hmph!" After Lu Meng failed to attack Liu Pan, he snorted coldly and rode his horse forward. The sword was as strong as the wind and rain. A knife was as fast as a knife, covering Liu Pan. Liu Pan's martial arts were half as good as Lu Meng.

In addition, he was nervous and lost the initiative, and was even more passive. In less than ten rounds, he could only defend himself and had no power to fight back.

"Die!" Lu Mengduan shouted, and the sword became more and more powerful. Seeing that Liu Panji was in danger, a wolf-toothed arrow broke through the air, and the rotating arrow body also rotated violently.

Huge danger. It almost made Lu Meng's hair stand upright. He grabbed the horse's belly and recycled it quickly, slashing the arrows.

"Clang~!" With a loud bang, the wolf-toothed arrow stubbornly broke through the obstacle of the big knife, only slightly deviating. Continue to approach.

In desperation, Lu Meng only controlled the horse with his legs and leaned to the left.

"Puff!" The sharp arrow pierced from the neck of Lu Meng's mount without any effort, more than half a foot into his body. The hot blood spurted out from the wound. The war horse that was pierced through the aorta shook a few times and fell to the ground with a bang.

Lu Meng jumped off his war horse in time, dragged his sword and rolled on the ground several times, hid in the group of soldiers before he dared to take a breath.

Seeing Lu Meng avoiding his deadly wolf teeth, Huang Zhong snorted coldly, put away his strong bow, carried a knife and rode his horse to Liu Pan.

He said anxiously: "Public power cannot fight, retreat quickly!" Under this circumstance, Huang Zhong also knew that there was no chance of winning the fight and might even be wiped out.

"Okay!" Liu Pan nodded in shock, "Thank you, Brother Hansheng for help!"

"The whole army obeys the order, follow me, break through the enemy's siege. Retreat west!" Huang Zhong raised his sword in his hand and shouted fiercely.

Huang Zhong was very brave in the Jingzhou army, and this Changsha army was almost trained by him. The remaining Jingzhou soldiers heard Huang Zhong's orders and immediately rushed towards Huang Zhong's battle flag.

Huang Zhong rose up to bravely and waved his sword like a storm. There was no enemy with three combinations under the sword. Wherever he went, the enemy was invincible. He led the remaining troops to protect Liu Pan and fight out a bloody road, and escaped to the west.

"Kill!" With Jia Hua's silence, hundreds of arrows shot out, killing nearly a hundred Jingzhou soldiers who had resisted in the end.

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"Damn, I finally won!" Lu Meng dragged his big knife and came to Jia Hua, with a strange look of joy on his face and said with a heavy breath.

"Haha..." Jia Hua nodded and said with a smile, "Zi Ming, you kid aren't injured, are you?" Lu Meng looked dirty and covered in blood, and she was really embarrassed.

"It's nothing, but I'm scared!" Lu Meng shook his head, and smiled with lingering fear, "The old thief Huang Zhong's arrow skills are really powerful, and they are like Taishi..." Lu Meng's words suddenly stopped abruptly. Originally, Lu Meng wanted to say "compared to Taishi's Captain", but when he thought of Taishi Ci who had already been killed, Lu Meng couldn't help but feel sad.

"...Huh!" Jia Hua also sighed sadly, "Ziming, send someone to invite the governor over, I will ask someone to clean up the battlefield!"

"good……"

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Under the sanitation of Lu Meng and Jia Hua, Zhou Yu rode his horse and patroled the battlefield where corpses were everywhere. The forest fire not far away was still burning. If there were no accidents, it would probably not be completely extinguished within one or two days.

"How many enemies have escaped from Yuan Dynasty (Jia Hua)?" Zhou Yu looked around and asked Jia Hua in harmony.

"Report to the Governor, less than 2,000 people have escaped!" Jia Hua replied respectfully, "It's a pity that Liu Pan escaped!" Zhou Yu returned from the first day of his return and used methods to defeat the enemy. This time, he defeated more than 10,000 Liu Pan's army with few victory and more, which made Jia Hua, Lu Meng and other Jiangdong soldiers very convinced.

Jia Hua, Lu Meng and others are now in high morale and are full of confidence that Zhou Yu can turn the situation around.

"Well..." Zhou Yu nodded slightly, revealing a smile, "How many casualties are our army?"

"About 1,000 people were killed, and more than 400 were seriously injured!" Compared with the enemies that were defeated, Zhou Yu's army suffered minimal casualties, and this battle can definitely be said to be a complete victory.

"Huh~~!" Zhou Yu sighed with dissatisfaction. In Zhou Yu's opinion, such meticulous plan still caused such casualties is not perfect.

What makes Zhou Yu regret is that the combat power of the soldiers under his command is relatively limited, otherwise he would never have paid such a big price.

Zhou Yu's soldiers were not new recruits in the Poyang camp, most of which were drawn from Sun Quan from the Chaisang garrison, but these soldiers were still far from Zhou Yu's original elite in his hands.

It’s a pity that those elite soldiers in the battles shed their last drop of blood in Cheng Pu’s defeat last time.

"Governor, what should we do next? Should we follow Liu Pan?" Lu Meng asked anxiously.

"Cough cough cough..." Zhou Yu suddenly started to cough, and when it was the most intense, he even fell on his body.

"Governor..." Lu Meng and others asked with concern. These days, Zhou Yu has worked very hard to defeat the enemy and has consumed a lot of energy.

In addition, the battle between north and south in the hot weather and long journeys also caused great damage to Zhou Yu's body. Now Zhou Yu's description looks even thinner and haggard, with bloodshot eyes. The famous "Bei Zhou Lang" in Jiangdong is no longer as elegant and suave as before.

"...It's okay!" After a while, Zhou Yu calmed down his cough, slowly stood up, waved his hand weakly and said, "There is no need to pursue Liu Pan... Huh... After this battle, Liu Pan is no longer able to attack.

The most urgent task is to return to Chaisang and help General Huang defeat Kuai Liang's army. Only in this way can the situation be reversed!"

After a pause, Zhou Yu's breath gradually calmed down a little, and he continued: "Zi Ming, send a fast horse to report the victory to the lord, and ask the lord to spread the news of this battle, to boost the morale of our army, and to use this to attack Kuai Liang's army."

"Yes, Governor!"

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After successfully defeating Liu Pan, Zhou Yu's confidence in turning the situation around the war increased and his mood became much more relaxed.

The next evening, Zhou Yu led his army to Xichang. After Sun Fu and Zhu Ran received the news of the victory, they were all very excited. Sun Fu took the initiative to propose to transfer Zhu Ran to follow Zhou Yu to reinforce Huang Gai.

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But Zhou Yu and others' happiness did not last long...

Just in the morning of the next day, a shocking news came to Xichang——Kuai Liang's army captured E County, and the defenders of E County were almost wiped out, and the governor Huang Gai fought to the death.

Chen Wu and Pan Zhang robbed Huang Gai's body and led a few remaining troops to retreat to Chaisang.
Chapter completed!