On the Yunmeng Ze, a huge Han army's boat troops stopped in a temporary berth. They were ordered to transport food, fodder and supplies between Xiakou and Jingling. Now that the Jingling Wharf is completely destroyed, the boats cannot dock, and they can only return to the depths of the lake far away from the Wei army. They are like a group of whales who have lost their leader, becoming at a loss.

It was not until the Han Dynasty Sikong Deng Yu arrived from Xiakou that they found their backbone again.

The lake wind was a bit strong today, and the two ships were approaching, and they had not stopped and even boarded the wooden board. General Zang Gong, who arrived at the fleet to report the news, jumped over impatiently. He was tall and big, and the boat seemed to be shaking even more powerfully when he jumped.

Zang Gong walked to Deng Yu a few steps and apologized: "Zang Gong was ordered to guard Jingling and serve as his retreat. Although he received a reminder from the Grand Sikong, he was still one step later. He actually asked Geng Bozhao's troops of the Wei army to force the Han River from Zhangshan and attack and burn the Jingling Wharf. I wanted to send someone to recover and repair it, but I was repeatedly attacked by his cavalry..."

Zang Gong was quite guilty of himself, but Deng Yu sighed: "General, don't blame himself. Deng Yu was also blocked by the Wei army's partial army and was blocked at Xiakou. Only then did he realize that the rear was no longer safe."

"It seems that it is not only the fall of the Three Passes of Minghe, but all Jiangxia County were lost, and the Wei army has penetrated deep south of the Han River."

Zang Gong and Zhou Shizhong Captains also hoped that Jiang Xia could provide support. Unexpectedly, is the matter so serious?

"Even if Pang Meng was not an insider, Geng Yan went south too quickly. It was not like he had set out after asking for help from Cen Peng. Instead, he had planned the battle between Jianghan and Han. From the beginning, the Wei State discovered that the fifth reunion must have a backup plan." Deng Yu boldly predicted: "Maybe there is a large army heading south from Xiangyang. The gathering of Lankou guarded by General Fu Jun will never be able to save it!"

"Ah!?" Zang Gong was even more shocked when he heard this: "If so, Geng Yan broke my wharf to cut off Your Majesty's retreat, in order to join forces with the Wei army and Cen Peng to attack the Han King's Army?"

This is nothing. The enemy is strong and we are weak, so we retreat. But what's so bad is that if Deng Yu guesses correctly, sooner or later, with Lankou Gathering, there will be no suitable ferry to the Lu Army above the Han River!

Deng Yu asked Zang Gong and others not to be anxious, and analyzed calmly: "At this point, we must first strive to protect the complete ships. This is our only advantage and the only way out."

Therefore, Deng Yu did not agree with some lieutenants who hoped to land in a passionate manner, fight hard with Xiao Geng's cavalry, regain Jingling, or go to Dangyang to support Liu Xiu.

"It's better to find a safe ferry immediately and wait for Your Majesty. This is the leader of the boatman!"

Zang Gong also thought about this question and suggested: "Dongyunmeng and Xiakou are too far away. In terms of what is close to Dangyang battlefield, in addition to Jiangling, there is also Huarong County."

Logically speaking, Huarong County is only a few dozen miles south of Jingling, but to go here by water, the boat master must first enter the Yangtze River, and enter the Xiyunmengze, separated by dry land, and take several days to go around.

But there was no other way. Deng Yu had left the general to guard Xiakou. He personally directed the boat to go south. However, at noon the next day, they had just entered the Yangtze River and received an emergency report from the upstream...

"The day after Jingling fell, the Wei cavalry rushed south to attack Huarong. They pretended to be Han troops. Not only did the wharf be destroyed, but the city walls were destroyed, and even the bridges on Huarong Road were burned..."

The wind blew the canvas, and the water birds chirped in the air, but the boat fell into silence. Deng Yu felt his teeth were cold, and Huarong fell into his expectation. However, Huarong Road was a small road leading to Wulin Township by the Yangtze River. The abundant water season of Yunmengze was buried under the water and was exposed in the dry season. This path was rarely known to the locals. The intelligence network of Wei State was so terrifying? Geng Yan didn't even let go of Huarong Road. This was a way to block Liu Xiu's retreat, and he worked hard to achieve his goals!

"What a thief!" Zang Gongze cursed in despair, slapped the boat gang hard and said, "You can only go to Jiangling!"

The good news is that Jiangling City has always been controlled by the Han army, and the pier is protected by the city walls, so Xiao Geng's cavalry is not so easy to break in.

But this means that the Zhou Shi had to walk west for a whole day, and he just hoped that he would have time to respond to Liu Xiu.

However, Deng Yu thought of another question.

"Will your Majesty... retreat in this battle?"

...

The setting sun is like blood.

Ten days ago, Liu Xiu, Feng Yi, Jia Fu and other generals joined forces, and brought 80,000 Han troops to pursue Cen Peng here. Although Cen Peng lost more than 10,000 soldiers from the rear team, he joined Yin Shi and others who were left behind Dangyang to raise grain, and the troops were also 40,000.

The Wei army was defeated and the Han army won. It seemed that Liu Xiu had the advantage. However, Bangao has been a dangerous place in Jingchu since ancient times. In the month when Cen Peng attacked Jiangling in Ying County, he ordered Yin Shi to take advantage of the danger of Dangyang Changban to set up camps and build a hard base.

There are several dense gullies outside Changban. Where the slope climbs, there is a two-tall rammed earth exterior wall. Behind it is a continuous Muzhai surrounded the city of Ban. A large number of towers are arranged beside the walls, which can accommodate dozens of crossbowmen.

Even if these preparations cannot offset the gap in force between the two sides by twice, the counterweight casting cannons that frequently fired huge rocks in the village did make Liu Xiu a headache.

Whenever the Han army attacked, accompanied by the rain of bows and arrows, huge stones were shot out. Although the effect was as if the stones were still hitting ants, the total number of Han soldiers was not killed, but the momentum was really scary. Several teams of people had already encountered stones when charging forward and immediately disintegrated.

The captain also complained to Liu Xiu: "Your Majesty, no matter how sharp the arrow is, we have armor and shields to resist it. If we hit it, we may not die. But anyone who has hit this hundreds of pounds of flying stone will undoubtedly die."

The good news is that this thing is difficult to build, and the number of people in the camp is very narrow and the space is very narrow, so there are not many of them. As long as you figure out the direction they face, it is easy to avoid it.

But even in a position where the giant cannon cannot cover it, it is not easy for the Han army to break the camp. Although the Wei army tasted the taste of defeat, Cen Peng deliberately defrauded the defeat and retreated calmly. His morale was not yet disintegrated. Now he is trapped in death. Once the camp is lost, what awaits them will either die or be captured to the south like Gai Yan and the unlucky Yuyang thunder cavalry.

"The south is hot and the rice is hard to eat. My husband died young. As long as he crossed the river, what is the difference between death?"

Inspired by Cen Pengyi, the Wei army burst into fighting spirit. They were all regular soldiers who had been trained in Nanyang for one year. They were skilled in the township party as their ranks, and their personal skills were also acceptable. So they fought with the Han army in a roundabout way.

After a few days of attack, the Han army suffered a considerable loss. In the end, it was Liu Xiuling Wang Chang who led the Danyang troops to fight, and then he broke through a corner of the camp.

However, after the Han army poured into the gap, they suddenly discovered that there was a village gate inside the village gate. The Changban camp was both a whole, but also a system, and the battle was not over.

At this time of the war, both sides suffered casualties. The Wei army was already exhausted and the Han army was quite weak.

Just as Dangyang was in a stalemate, Liu Xiu received urgent reports from the rear...

The first thing to be delivered was former general Li Tongjiu, saying that the troops of the Wei army Geng army were at the Three Passes of Minghe, and he had already rushed to assist Pang Meng in the defense.

"It's coming so fast." Liu Xiu thought so at this time, and still had trust and expectations for Li Tong and Pang Mengcun, thinking that they could protect their wings. However, after three days, he understood how "quick" Xiao Geng was!

Zhangshan forced a crossing, Jingling Wharf was destroyed, and Wei army appeared at Xiakou. Geng Bozhao appeared behind south of the Han River, and he also had thousands of cavalrymen, and began to destroy his retreat one by one.

The reason for the defeat of Jiangxia County in the Three Passes of Minghe was that Li Tong had no time to send it to Liu Xiu, which made the Han Emperor suspicious.

"From Cen Peng to Geng Yan, one by one, it seems that all this is the power of the fifth republic."

Liu Xiu and Di Wulun have been enemies for ten years, and they know very well that this opponent is like a high-end version of Deng Yu: they are not good at the "soldier situation" of commanding in front of the battlefield, but are good at "military power schemes" who are good at strategy, and like to enhance the sharpness of armor and soldiers and the "military skills" of using equipment.

At this point, Liu Xiu understood that something was wrong. He looked up at Changban who was in a fierce battle in front of him. After he hesitating for several times, he finally made up his mind.

"The front line pretends to be a strong attack, and the back team is ready to withdraw from Dangyang!"

I heard that Liu Xiu planned to escape overnight, but many generals were unable to accept it. They were only a little short of it to take Changban and annihilate Cen Peng. Jia Fu, who was injured in the Nanzhang River a few days ago, came to ask for his order:

"Your Majesty, let me lead you and rush again!"

"General Jia, don't be discouraged."

Liu Xiu said: "This is to retreat as advance!"

"If this is the fifth trick to lure me in Dangyang and want to fight the Han Dynasty, then when Cen Peng sees me retreat, he will lead his troops out of the camp and pursue the Han army, and will hold back the Han army."

"This will lure some Wei troops to fight in plain areas. I ordered the main force to retreat to Dangyang Bridge twenty miles south and attack the head. General Jia can lead 5,000 soldiers around the back to attack the retreat route and wipe out them in one fell swoop!"

Liu Xiu said earnestly: "Even if we continue to attack Changban, if we want to conquer one blow, we may have to pay tens of thousands of casualties, which takes one or two days. It would be better to get it by a plan."

Jia Fu then suddenly realized, but said, "What if Cen Peng doesn't come out?"

"That's why I was wrong."

Liu Xiu sneered, but he knew very well that the two generals of Wei State were dispatched continuously, Cen and Geng, and the purpose of the fifth reunion of the fifth reunion could never be satisfied with fighting for Jiangling. Maybe the army of Emperor Wei was already on the way!

That night, Jia Fu followed the plan. Just before the Han army fled, Liu Xiu indeed received a report from Lankou that gathered 100,000 yuan! The silk book was still stained with bloody handprints, which was the last letter of the crossbow general Fu Jun, but Liu Xiu still didn't know his life or death...

After reading it silently, Liu Xiu kept the silk book tightly in his hand, looking back at Changban where the camp was full of fire, and crossing it, Liu Xiu seemed to be able to see that the fifth reunion came with a torrent of Wei army troops!

Feng Yi led the rear team first, and only Wang Chang was by Liu Xiu's side. Seeing that Liu Xiu didn't say anything, he asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what has General Fu reported?"

"No big deal." Liu Xiu did not display the silk book, but said lightly: "Xiangyang Wei army was in southern aid, Fu Jun fought hard, saying that he could hold back the 20,000 to 30,000 people for ten days and half a month."

This was indeed written in Fu Jun's memorial, but Liu Xiu omitted the Fifth Army that bypassed Lankou. Otherwise, the generals would definitely panic and complain about their interests. He advised him to withdraw back to Jiangling first, and then make a long-term plan...

Wang Chang was unsuspecting and still prepared to arrive at Dangyang Bridge as planned according to the previous plan, the three armies looked back to meet the pursued Wei army.

The warriors were rustling, and horses were trampling on the dirt road, and countless thoughts flashed through Liu Xiu's mind.

Calculate the time, at the latest, the army of the fifth reunion will arrive at Changban Dangyang! Fu Jun did not count the number of people clearly, and the preliminary guess was "100,000".

Xiao Geng's army appeared behind Liu Xiu as if he had entered a deserted land and could attack north at any time.

Cen Peng from Changban had already noticed Liu Xiuxiao's escape, and the gathering drum beats sounded in the village. Will he attack?

There were many things, and powerful enemies came one after another. However, Liu Xiu had failed to attack Cen Peng, but his heart was a little panicked, but now he was getting calmer and calmer. He even touched his beard leisurely!

"This generation is actually a great enemy that Liu Xiu had never encountered before!"
Chapter completed!