: Isolated to come before the battle

The green cow is closed.

Ling Tong was covered in blood and stood proudly with a long sword in his hand. Ling Tong was already crowded with black dead soldiers in front of him. Dozens of spears had completely blocked his way, and the sharp gun blade had almost hit him!

Under Qingniu Pass, the closed door was already open, and teams of Xiliang cavalry were surging by the closed door.

Ling Tong couldn't help but feel a trace of gloom flashed across his young face. He had tried his best, but Qingniu Pass... was still broken by the camp of the trap. The elite soldiers of Shanyue, who were most proud of in the Eastern Wu, were unable to stop the attack of the dead soldiers of the trap. The myth of the trap's attack was still continuing! From now on, there is no danger to defend from the generals from Runan to Lujiang. Gao Shun's 100,000 generals can drive straight into Lujiang!

"Lord..." Ling Tong suddenly howled to the sky, "I will disappoint you!"

"Puff puff puff..."

Amid the crisp sound of the sharp blades splitting the flesh, dozens of sharp long grass pierced into Ling Tong's body almost at the same time. Ling Tong's young body twitched violently a few times, and red bloodshot slid down the corner of his mouth, and his originally bright eyes gradually dimmed. When one of his head was tilted weakly, he happened to see a one-armed general climbing the city tower from the corner of his eyes.

As soon as Gao Shun climbed the city tower, a Liang Army School hurried forward and reported: "General, all the remaining soldiers of the Wu army have been eliminated!"

"Yes." Gao Shun nodded and said in a deep voice, "Come here!"

"What are the general's instructions?"

Personal soldiers had already responded to the call.

Gao Shun said loudly: "Immediately send a message to the lord with eight hundred miles in a hurry. The army on the left has captured Qingniu Pass and will soon cross the Huai River south. Within half a month, you can detour to Hefei and intercept the Wu army's retreat."

"Affect the order."

The personal soldiers took the order and left.

Shouchun.

The night was dark, and a convoy of carriages and carriages were connected from beginning to end, and were quietly parked in the wilderness. A pile of bonfires were lit near the convoy. Thirty-five-year counties of Liangzhou soldiers who were responsible for escorting the convoy sat around the fire, eating dry food and talking vulgar jokes. From time to time, loud laughter burst out from the crowd, spreading far away under the quiet night sky.

In a reed a hundred steps away, there were a pair of cold eyes staring at the convoy without a moment.

The night wind blew the reeds and made a rustling sound. Under the moonlight, a dark figure suddenly appeared in the swaying reeds like ghosts, and then quickly dispersed in the wilderness. The convoy in front of all directions surrounded the convoy. The Xiliang soldiers sitting around the fire and laughing loudly did not expect that they would be ambushed by the enemy in the hinterland far away from the front line, so they had no defense at all.

"So!"

With the sound of clear and sharp air breaking through, two night watchmen around the camp fell silently, and two sharp feather arrows shot through their throats accurately. They could not make any sound until they died. It was not until the group of black shadows were close to the camp that a Liang army soldier who stood up to pee suddenly shouted: "Enemy attack, uh..."

The poor soldier had only had time to shout for a while, and then he was also caught in an arrow and fell into a pool of blood.

"Kill kill..."

Amid the tide of shouting, countless black shadows jumped out of the night, waving bright steel knives to cover them from all directions. The Liang army's grain transport team was caught off guard, and with the outnumbered number, they were quickly killed.

Liang Army camp.

Ma Yue was woken up from his sleep by Dian Wei: "Lord, military advisor and Mr. Li Su are looking for a meeting outside the tent."

"Wenhe, Ziyan?" Ma Yue yawned, turned over and sat up, "Let them in."

Dian Wei received the order to leave the tent. In less than a moment, Jia Xu and Li Su came in together. Before Ma Yue asked questions, Jia Xu bowed and said, "Xu and Zi Yan disturbed each other late at night, I hope the lord will forgive him."

"Hey." Ma Yue shook his hand and said, "There is no need to say these polite words. Wenhe quickly, what urgent matters have happened?"

Jia Xu said to Li Su: "Ziyan, please tell your lord."

Li Su nodded and said, "Lord, this is the thing. I just received a quick report from General Zhang Yan. Another grain transport team was ambushed by the Wu army halfway, and all the food and grass they escorted were robbed. In the past half month, six grain transport teams have been ambushed by the Wu army. In addition, the left army camp was attacked by the Wu army three times in the middle of the night, and many soldiers were killed."

Ma Yue asked, "Have you sent cavalry?"

Li Su replied: "Cabinets have been sent, but when the cavalry team arrived, the Wu army had already disappeared at the scene. I suspect that the Wu army might have retreated along the water route."

"Not possible, it's certain!" Jia Xu corrected, "If it weren't for coming from the water route and walking from the water route, the Wu army wouldn't be able to penetrate the side of our army, and it would be even more impossible to escape the pursuit of the cavalry team! What's important is that there are water nets in this radius of hundreds of miles, lakes, and reeds growing in the middle. Tens of thousands of Wu soldiers were broken into pieces and hidden in it, so it was hard for our army to find out what it was."

Ma Yue's eyes suddenly became solemn. If the harassment of the Eastern Wu navy could not be eliminated, it would undoubtedly be extremely unfavorable to the Liang army.

Jia Xu greeted Ma Yue, Li Su walked to the screen, and pointed to the map and said, "Lord, Zi Yan, after comparison, the Wu army attacked the grain transport team several times, and the locations of the night attacks on the military camp have a characteristic, either close to the two sides of Yingshui or there are lakes nearby. Therefore, I dare to assert that the Wu army must have come from the waterway."

"We have to think of a solution." Ma Yue said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, our army should be exhausted."

Li Su said: "Why... block the river and intercept the flow?"

"This is impossible." Ma Yue shook his head, "However, when Zi Yan said this, Gu recalled something. It was the case during the Zhongping period. In order to make his life, Gu He had to wander around in Nanyang County. As a result, Yidu (Kuai Yue) offered a plan to Yuan Shu, and Gu He and Eight hundred brothers could only escape to Yingchuan in shame. Now, he could use the plan offered by Yidu to deal with the harassment of the Eastern Wu navy."

"Oh?" Jia Xu said happily, "What's the trick?"

Ma Yue said: "You can build beacon towers near lakes and rivers. Once you find that the Wudong naval army is present, you will immediately raise the fire as a quotation. The cavalry teams patrolling nearby are immediately rushed to chase and kill them. In this way, any actions of the Eastern Wu naval army will not be able to escape the suspense of our army. Our patrol cavalry can react in advance. After several failures, the Eastern Wu naval army will naturally retreat."

"This plan is indeed wonderful!" Li Su said, "However, if you want to build beacon towers near all lakes and rivers, the project will not be small, and it will take at least two or three months, right?"

"That's not necessary." Jia Xu said, "The so-called beacon tower is just a strategy, not really building any beacon tower."

"Not bad." Ma Yue said, "At that time, the foreign dynasty did not really build a beacon tower, but just sent troops to build a pile of white grass firewood everywhere."

"I understand." Li Su said, "This is indeed a fast and effective method."

Ma Yue said happily: "Zi Yan, then I will leave this matter to you."

Li Su clasped his fists and said, "I'm taking the order."

Three days later.

Shouchun and Zhou Yu’s central army tent.

The four generals Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and Sun Jiao joined forces and apologized to Zhou Yu, "The Grand Governor, the last general, are incompetent, and you are disappointed."

"Haha." Zhou Yu smiled, "Isn't it just that he suffered several defeats and lost more than 2,000 naval troops? The so-called victory or defeat is common in military affairs, and the four generals don't have to do this at all."

Zhou Taisi general looked ashamed and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for being magnanimous."

Zhou Yusu said in his hand: "Thank you for your hard work, four generals, let's go and have a rest."

"Thank you Governor."

Zhou Taisi bowed again and turned around and left.

Watching Zhou Taisi leave the tent, Zhou Yu's face gradually became solemn. He looked around Xu Shu, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun and said, "I didn't expect that the butcher Ma actually cracked the harassment strategy of our army by using the method of beacon fire. He is really worthy of being the butcher Ma."

Xu Shu said: "Once the harassment policy fails, it will be even more difficult for our army to hold on to Shouchun until June."

"It's okay." Zhou Yu said loudly, "It's already mid-March now, and it's time to enter the plum blossoms in more than two months. It's impossible for the Liang army to break Shouchun in more than two months."

"Report..." As soon as Zhou Yu finished speaking, Huang Gai suddenly rushed in and gasped, "Governor, it's not good!"

Zhou Yu frowned and said, "Why are the old general panicking?"

Huang Gai said: "Major General Ling Tong has been killed in battle. Gao Shun's left army has broken through Qingniu Pass. He is now building a floating bridge in Gushi in the front line of Gushi to prepare to cross the river!"

"Ah? Qingniu Pass has been lost!" Lu Meng said in a lost voice, "It's bad now!"

Huang Gai said: "Grandmaster, it seems that it is necessary to let the main force of the navy go up the river and intercept Gao Shun's army to cross the river!"

"It's too late!" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "When the main force of the navy arrives at Guangzhou and the Gushi line, I'm afraid that Gao Shun's 100,000 troops have already crossed the Huai River. And now the main force of the navy is transferred to the Huai River, it is easy to expose Yan Fengjin's secrets. Once Yan Fengjin's secrets are leaked, there will be no need to continue the battle in Huainan!"

Huang Gai said: "What should I do now?"

"I will never give up easily until the last moment!" Zhou Yu's eyes flashed with determination and said to Huang Gai, "The old general, you can only rely on you now."

Huang Gai clasped his fists and said solemnly: "The Grand Governor has a chance to condemn him, and he will never refuse to die!"

Zhou Yu pointed to the map and said to Huang Gai: "Please look at the old general. Once Qingniu Pass is lost, Gao Shun's 100,000 troops can detour from the southwest flank to the Shouchun side. Once Gao Shun's army advances to the city of Shouchun and forms a force of attacking the horse butcher's army from the north and south, then the situation of our army will be in danger. Therefore, the old general must defend the last barrier between Lujiang and Shouchun - Hefei!"

Huang Gai responded loudly: "Please rest assured that the Grand Governor will never be humiliated."

"Our army has not had much force, so I can only give the veteran general eight thousand infantry!" Zhou Yu said this, his eyes were solemn, and asked Huang Gai, "Do the veteran general have the confidence to guard Hefei for two months?"

Huang Gai replied: "I will do my best to keep it."

In the north of Shouchun City, Ma Yue’s central army tent.

Tian Yu led Mao Kai, Xin Ming, Su You, and Zhang Nan into the tent with shame. Suddenly, he knelt on the ground and clasped his fists and said, "Prime Minister, the last generals are incompetent and have failed to break Shouchun within half a month. I am willing to lead the military law."

"Haha." Ma Yue smiled and stepped forward to help Tian Yu and other generals up one by one, saying loudly, "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. You don't have to do this, please get up quickly."

Tian Yu said in surprise: "Prime Minister, the last general has issued a military order..."

Ma Yue shook his hand and said, "The State Arrangement does not know. The so-called military order is just a means to inspire the three armies, not an end. Since the attack on the city has failed, we should summarize the lessons and avenge the previous shame. How can we really kill the generals in front of the formation?"

Tian Yu said ashamedly: "Prime Minister!"

Behind Tian Yu, the four generals Xin Ming, Su You, Zhang Nan and Mao Kai also showed gratitude.

"Prime Minister!" Just as he was speaking, Lu Su and Kuai Yue suddenly walked in excitedly, clasped their fists and said excitedly, "Prime Minister, the first batch of twenty siege cars have been built!"

"Oh?" Ma Yue said happily, "That's great!"

After saying that, Ma Yue said to Tian Yu: "General Tian Yu, do you want to avenge your previous shame?"

Tian Yu stood up long and said excitedly: "I dream of it!"
Chapter completed!