After returning to Jiangxia, although the Liu Bei group had no war, Zhuge Liang was still very busy!

He recruited talents and accumulated money and grain. To obtain Jiangling County, he could not get it first, and he could not fully hope that Cao Ren would resist Zhou Yu.

Zhuge Liang was also fully prepared to scatter the military horses obtained from Jingnan at several passes near Jiangling, ready to take action at any time to seize Zhou Yu's victory.

That day, Zhou Yu and Lu Su made an agreement with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang at the mouth of Youjiang River. After parting, Lu Su was speechless along the way and followed Zhou Yu back to the camp.

After the two entered Zhou Yu's military tent, Lu Su was full of doubts and could no longer help it. He asked Zhou Yu:

"How can the governor ask Xuande to take Jiangling? Why do you still have to protect me and Zhuge Liang?"

Zhou Yu said with a smile:

"It's just a short favor! I can get Jiangling with a blink of an eye, and even if I can't take it down for a while, we have no time to set aside. As long as I don't retreat, there will be nothing Liu Bei has to do and he will end up as a favor."

Although Zhou Yu has time to spend time with Cao Ren, he doesn’t want to delay deliberately, so as not to have too many dreams and add to the changes!

He returned to the camp and immediately beat the drums and gathered the generals to discuss military information. In less than a cup of tea, more than a dozen generals under Zhou Yu's subordinates had arrived. He first talked about his agreement with Liu Bei, and emphasized the importance of seizing Jiangling. He then asked the officers under the tent and said:

"Who dares to get Jiangling first?"

One person came out and looked at it. Jiang Qin, the general of Jiangdong, changed slightly. Zhou Yu's expression changed and he immediately said happily:

"Duke Yi is willing to lead the army, and I have no worries!"

Jiang Qin, whose courtesy name was Gongyi, was from Shouchun, Jiujiang (now Shou County, Anhui), and was a famous general from Jiangdong.

He and Zhou Tai participated in Sun Ce, followed Sun Ce to pacify the four counties of Danyang, Wujun, Kuaiji and Yuzhang, and made great contributions!

He has excellent martial arts skills and outstanding military command ability, which is deeply loved by Sun Quan.

After the Battle of Chibi began, when Sun Quan equipped Zhou Yu with troops, he was quite careful! But when it comes to generals, he was very surplus!

Every army assigned by Sun Quan to Zhou Yu was led by famous generals, and it can even be said to be a waste of talent!

A general like Jiang Qin, who was the only one in charge of tens of thousands of troops, once commanded tens of thousands of troops, but now he only brought a thousand troops and horses to listen to Zhou Yu's tent.

Therefore, most of the famous generals in Jiangdong were under Zhou Yu's command. Although Sun Quan himself commanded many soldiers, his commanders were not as good as those under Zhou Yu's command in terms of quantity and quality.

Sun Quan still made a lot of money to win the Battle of Chibi! Obviously, Zhou Yu was equipped with elite soldiers and powerful generals!

But Sun Quan did not fully trust Zhou Yu, but instead strengthened his surveillance of Zhou Yu. Most of these generals who led the troops were Sun Quan's confidants.

According to the Jiangdong military system, although each of these generals had only one thousand soldiers in their headquarters, they were extremely capable and loyal. Once Zhou Yu had a slight ill intention, these people would definitely be used by Sun Quan either openly or secretly.

Jiang Qin and Lu Meng were Sun Quan's open confidants. They were summoned by Sun Quan many times and guided them to study and study. Their knowledge grew rapidly and they were commended and trusted by Sun Quan.

Although Zhou Yu has no intention of being ill for the time being, this strange situation naturally attracted Zhou Yu's attention. He was still dissatisfied with Sun Quan's sending Jiang Qin and Lu Meng to command the troops to monitor him, and he was also prepared for some defense!

Seeing Jiang Qin volunteering today, he naturally should not be disrespectful, so he pretended to be very happy and appointed Jiang Qin as the pioneer!

But Zhou Yu also took the opportunity to give Jiang Qin some eye drops. The two deputy generals he gave to Jiang Qin were actually Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, which was very intriguing!

When Jiang Qin was stationed in Xuancheng, he once attacked the bandits in Yuzhang. The magistrate of Wuhu County at that time was Xu Sheng.

For the sake of power struggle, Xu Sheng arrested a close conscience under Jiang Qin, and laid off charges, and submitted a letter to Sun Quan to demand execution.

Jiang Qin was Sun Quan's confidant. Considering that Jiang Qin was leading troops in another place, he was afraid of causing a rift between the two, he did not agree to Xu Sheng's request. Moreover, the officer and the document of evidence of guilt were sent to Jiang Qin for him to handle it himself.

But in this way, Jiang Qin felt very embarrassed and felt a little unhappy! The evidence of the charges that Xu Shengluozhi had was not conclusive, and it was suspected of being falsely accused! There was a personal accusation between Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng.

Although Ding Feng and Xu Sheng have not participated in the confrontation between Zhou Yu and Sun Quan, they joined the army at about the same time, and after joining the army, they fought side by side, which can be said to be like brothers.

Jiang Qin was above Xu Sheng's position and martial arts skills. Although he was a little unhappy, he did not take this matter to heart.

On the contrary, Xu Sheng, facing Jiang Qin, was a little guilty and was afraid that he would take the opportunity to murder him.

This time, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were both Jiang Qin's deputy generals. Although Xu Sheng may not have the courage to violate Jiang Qin's orders, it will still happen if he does not work hard!

Seeing that Jiang Qin had received the order, Zhou Yu naturally wanted it, so he said to Jiang Qin:

"General Jiang, I order you to be the vanguard of the army, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng as the deputy general, and then two thousand troops will be assigned to you, a total of five thousand elite troops. You will lead the army to cross the Han River first and set up a camp, and I will then lead the troops to meet you."

Since Cao Cao retreated to Xuchang, Cao Ren was in charge of the defense of the entire Jingzhou, which was actually the defense of Xiangyang and Jiangling.

Cao Ren was stationed in Jiangling himself, and his troops were no less than Zhou Yu's 30,000, but he was very cautious. In order to prevent Zhou Yu from defeating each of them, he shrank his troops and focused on Jiangling City and Yiling.

Cao Ren was afraid of being trapped in Jiangling City by Zhou Yu, so he divided 10,000 troops to Cao Hong and asked him to station troops in Yiling City, just to guard the important road of Yiling and form a junction with Jiangling.

Jiang Qin came to the south bank of the Han River and asked Xu Sheng and Ding Feng to lead a thousand troops from their headquarters to cross the river first. After they got ashore, they quickly formed an army to resist Cao Ren's army and protect the entire army from crossing the river.

Ding Feng was the first to lead his army across the river and formed an army at a large intersection several miles away from the river. Then Xu Sheng also crossed the Han River and arranged troops. A spy had already reported to Cao Ren:

"There are thousands of troops and horses in the east of the Yangtze River, and they have crossed the Han River."

Cao Ren went up to the city tower and saw at a glance the situation of Jiangdong soldiers crossing the river, and quickly summoned the generals to discuss matters.

According to Cao Ren's own wishes, it is safer to stick to the city, but his subordinate Niu Jin said frantically:

"The Jiangdong soldiers are still crossing the river. At this time, they will attack without crossing halfway. When will they wait? When the soldiers are at the city, the soldiers are afraid of fighting because the commander will not go out to fight. Yanran defends for a long time? Moreover, my army is defeated in Chibi, and we need a victory to regain our spirit! I am willing to take five hundred troops from the headquarters and go out to the city to fight to the death with the Jiangdong army."

Although Cao Ren was steady, he was not stubborn or stubborn. When he heard what Niu Jin said was reasonable, he agreed to his suggestion and asked Niu Jin to lead the 500 troops of his headquarters to fight.

When Ding Feng saw Niu Jin attacking, he led his horse to meet him. The two fought for only a few rounds. Ding Feng turned his horse's head and pretended to be defeated. Niu Jin led his army to chase him into the formation.

Ding Feng commanded the soldiers to launch the formation and instantly wrapped Niu Jin in the formation. It turned out that the military formation arranged by Ding Feng was not an ordinary offensive and defensive formation, but a famous Bagua Gold Lock Formation.

Xu Sheng and Ding Feng have recently obtained the method of arranging the Eight Gate Golden Lock Array. The two have been training for several months. Although they have been able to arrange them into a formation, they have never been used on the battlefield.

Today, the troops were deployed on the shore, and there was no interference from Cao's army. The skills were itchy for a moment. As soon as the two discussed, they arranged it out to see the power of the Bagua Golden Lock Formation.
Chapter completed!