After leaving Wuchang, the Wu army headed west. In order to speed up the marching, Lu Kang ordered to throw away all the supplies and equipment, not even the camp. Each soldier only carried dry food for ten days, slept in the wind and slept in the open air, slept at night, and traveled twice the road.

Lu Kang knew very well that the Wei army had cavalry. Once they used cavalry to chase them, the Wu army would have almost no chance of escaping. No matter how fast they ran with two legs, it would be impossible for them to run beyond four legs.

But even in this case, Lu Kang could not give up, so Lu Kang asked the Wu army to throw away all the supplies and equipment, and even the camping tents and cooking marching pots. In this way, Wu army did not need to camp or bury the pots to make rice during the march. When they were tired, they would sleep in the open air and eat some dry food when they were hungry. Lu Kang asked everyone to carry dry food for ten days, and they would prepare to arrive in Jiangling in ten days.

Jiangling is the capital of Jingzhou Prefecture, where a large amount of food and grass was stored. As long as the Wu army arrived in Jiangling, there would be no shortage of food and grass supplies. The most difficult thing was this section of escape.

Fortunately, although it is autumn, the weather has not yet become cold, and it is not unacceptable to camping at night. Lu Kang ordered all the tents to be thrown away, and even he himself slept on the open-air haystack. Only in this way can he squeeze out the limited time. If the army marched normally, he would have to set up camps and build rice every day. The wasted time would be enough to make them walk dozens of miles more every day.

Now time is life. The Wu army is racing against time. Walking dozens of miles a day can ensure that the distance between the Wei army pursuers is widened and that they can arrive in Jiangling smoothly.

Lu Kang never thought that he would be so embarrassed. This was on the territory of the Wu Kingdom. In order to escape, the Wu army had exhausted all the means. However, the terrifying Wei cavalry was still like a huge haze, always shrouding behind the Wu army, making them dare not relax at all. It seemed that if they relaxed a little, the Wei cavalry would chase him closer.

In order to ensure the smooth retreat of the large army, Lu Kang also specially sent some blocking troops along the dangerous and necessary road along the way, ranging from hundreds or thousands of people to try to use these dangerous terrain to delay the pursuit of the Wei army.

Of course, it was just delay and delay. To achieve the goal of blocking, the Wu army needed to invest more troops. But Lu Kang also knew that no matter how many people there were to block, he might not be able to block the attack of the Wei army. Otherwise, why would he have to abandon Wuchang and escape?

Moreover, there is basically no possibility of these people who stayed behind and left behind to escape, so there are not many people willing to take on this kind of mission of death without death. Lu Kang can only send his own confidant, but every time he sends out one person, Lu Kang feels more disappointed. These subordinates are those who can follow him in life and death. If one person walks, one person will be missing, and it is the kind of suicide act of blocking the car with a mantis arm, which makes Lu Kang sigh sadly.

But this was a last resort. If the Wei army's pursuit cannot be effectively delayed, the Wu army's large army will become very dangerous. Perhaps they will not have the chance to reach Jiangling at all, and they will be caught up by the Wei army halfway.

As he moved along the way, the Wu army finally arrived in Baqiu. Lu Kang breathed a sigh of relief. In his plan, after arriving in Baqiu, the Wu army would cross the Yangtze River north here and enter Yunmengze.

Lu Kang is quite familiar with Yunmengze. After all, he has been in Jingzhou for a while and is still familiar with the geographical situation of Jingzhou. Yunmengze has many water systems, lakes and swamps everywhere, and the roads are muddy and complex. If you have a choice, Lu Kang will definitely not take such an extremely difficult road.

However, in order to escape the pursuit of the Wei cavalry, the most effective way is to enter Yunmengze. The muddy roads are even more like nightmares for the cavalry. Once the Wei cavalry enters Yunmengze, it will be difficult to move forward. This is of great benefit to the Wu army getting rid of the pursuit of the Wei army.

So Lu Kang decided that after arriving in Baqiu, he immediately crossed the river north and walked to Jiangling on Huarong Road. Even if the road was difficult, it could ensure safety.

If you cross the river, you need a ferry. Now the Wu navy has suffered heavy losses and is no longer as large as it was in the past. Most of the remaining warships are Mengchong warships, and they cannot carry many people at once. Therefore, Lu Kang issued an order to Baqiu Order in advance, asking him to collect fishing boats in advance.

Baqiu is close to Dongting Lake, where there are a large number of fishermen who make a living by fishing. Because of this, Lu Kang did not choose to cross the river from Xiakou or Wulin. Instead, he walked several times more and rushed to Baqiu to cross the river, because only here can the Wu army prepare enough ships to cross the Yangtze River.

Looking back at the time when Wu was crisscrossing the waters of the Yangtze River, and they traveled as they pleased. The huge Yangtze River was just a small ditche for them to play with. But now, unlike the past, without the power to control the Yangtze River, their travels and travels between the north and south of the Yangtze River have become a luxury. Lu Kang had to carefully design this plan to cross the river to ensure that they could enter Yunmengze smoothly.

After receiving the order, Baqiu Ling ordered that all fishing boats on Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River be reorganized, which also caused great dissatisfaction among the fishermen in Dongting Lake. They made a living by fishing, and if they didn't go into the water for a day, they would have no food to eat. The government forced their fishing boats to collect, and even the date of use was not determined, and they did not give any compensation. This made so many fishermen drink the northwest wind?

Therefore, the order for the collection aroused fierce resistance from fishermen in the Dongting Lake area. Some fishing boats refused to respond and fled to the depths of Dongting Lake. Dongting Lake was vast and radius of a thousand acres. If these fishing boats were circled with the official ships, the official would really not be able to catch them.

However, only a few fishermen escaped. Most of the honest fishermen still couldn't twist their thighs and were helplessly requisitioned by the government.

Hundreds of fishing boats gathered at the Baqiu Ferry, where there were many Wu warships, including three tower ships, which were quietly moored at the ferry, waiting for the arrival of the Wu army.

Everything on Baqiuling's side is ready. As long as Lu Kang's troops arrive, they can board the ship.

The Bu Xie led the vanguard to Baqiu. Baqiu Ling greeted him with a smile on his face, but when Bu Xie saw the boats at the ferry, his face suddenly became gloomy. After all, the Wu army's army of about 50,000, with these small fishing boats, they wanted to cross the river. When would they have to cross?
Chapter completed!