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In the early morning, a fleet of warships was sailing in a vast lake with 6,000 hectares of lake, like an endless sea. On the bow 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 western mountain in the lake.

"Have Mr. Liao been here before?"

Chen Mi asked Liao Lidao with a smile. Liao Li was appointed as the magistrate of Wuling County before the New Year and was recently transferred to the magistrate of Brazil. He went to Chang'an to report his duties and happened to encounter the war in Hefei. 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 position of fault, 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 ask for help. He once sailed across the lake, but it was not far from the shore. This was the first time he went deep into the 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 the lake, one connected to land, and it is called Dongshan Island by the locals, and the other large island is on the lake, called Xishan Island. At present, General Lou has occupied Xishan Island, stationed on Xishan Island, and established a logistics location."

Liao Li nodded and smiled, "General Lou has two warships, and our warships are five 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 led 5,000 people to take two warships and stationed on Xishan Island in the lake, like a poisonous stinging into the abdomen of Jiangdong.

Following the main force of the Han army, not only the great families in Wujun retreated south, but also more than 10,000 families in Wujun. All the food and supplies in the official warehouse of Wuxian were emptied, leaving the Jiangdong Army an empty city and a deserted land in Jiangdong.

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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 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 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 Xiao 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 met 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, as well as ten thousand stones of grain and five thousand barrels of tin oil. 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."

When someone walked into a big tent, Liao Li ordered someone to move a sand table in. Lou 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 powerful weapon for war. I want to know where the Jiangdong army has been now."

Lou 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 10,000 troops, and another 20,000 Cao troops have also entered Piling County. I don't know whether Sun Cao's coalition forces will attack Kuaiji County."

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

This sentence is the key. If the Jiangdong Army knew that there were troops stationed in the 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 understood Chen Mi's meaning and smiled and said, "Governor Lu also means this. He wants to let the Jiangdong Army and Cao Army 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 appeared in the lake, about ten small boats, coming from the north."

Lou sneered: "This should be a whistleboat coming from Piling County, it came so fast."

Lou Gang was about to order the army to attack, but Liao Li next to him smiled and whispered to the two of them. Lou 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, stopping them from going.

Despite this, they still saw the size of the Han army from afar. Nearly four thousand stone warships were anchored around the dock, and there was also five stone cargo ship full of food and food supplies. 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 a few elderly people. The official warehouse was also empty, and all the food and other substances were transported. The soldiers checked the whole city and found only insufficient 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 residents of 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 Governor Kan Ze and said, "Shou Kan, without a population, what's the point of such Wu County?"

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

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 the lake, which was a bit troublesome. Kan Shou felt that it was still possible to go south to Kuaiji County?"

Kan Ze thought for a while and said, "It depends on how powerful the Han army in the lake has. If there are 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 the lake is powerful, then you have to think about it."

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 for the military marquis and reported: "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 five ships moored outside the pier, and there were four 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 a thousand tents, and the tent was inferred that there were about twenty thousand troops."

"Twenty thousand"

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

Kan Ze sighed: "Originally, there were only about two warships in the Han army, but now it has increased to five. It is undoubtedly coming from reinforcements from Wuhu. I think Liu Jing also valued Kuaiji County and would not sit idly by and watch us 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.

"Kan Shou thinks how Jiangdong can tell me frankly about the current situation."

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. Even the big families of Wu County have 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. He tried to get Cao Cao's support and restore the original power of Jiangdong. Cao Cao also 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 strong and that 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 ten years old, so 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 Huxishan, 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 two, and the entire Xishan Island is covered with patrol ships.

At this time, a small black boat suddenly appeared from the east. The patrol boat greeted him. The Han soldiers held their spear and shouted loudly: "Stop."
Chapter completed!