Zhuge Liang was surprised. Although this was as expected by him, the Han army really came to a large-scale killing, which made him nervous again. He hurriedly asked, "Is there any news for General Guan?"

"There is no news about the general for the time being."

"Go and inquire again. If there is any news, report it quickly!"

The spy agreed and hurriedly left. At this time, the chief clerk Yang Yi said anxiously: "Military advisor, the main force of the Han army has arrived. Should we respond to the battle or withdraw our troops?"

Zhuge Liang did not answer him, but walked quickly towards the city. The north wind blew strongly on the city, and the setting sun was like blood. A trace of afterglow dyed the Ganjiang River red. Zhuge Liang stared at the north. At this time, they could clearly see the Han army fleet slowly coming here.

Zhuge Liang quickly estimated that he had only 5,000 soldiers under his command, half of which were old, weak and disabled soldiers. The other party was prepared and they could not defend the city. But the key now is where Guan Yu's army is? Did he retreat in time? If he was on the way back, he could still hold on, but if there were still a hundred miles apart, then it would be too late and they had to evacuate.

Zhuge Liang's eyes looked north again, and there was an unconcealed anxiety in his eyes. For the first time in his life, he felt so passive.

But the situation could not be considered too much by Zhuge Liang. At this time, a soldier shouted: "Military advisor, the Han army has begun to get ashore."

I saw warships slowly docking on the shore, and groups of soldiers quickly disembarked and gathered on the shore. There were already thousands of people, and the situation was very critical, but at this time, there was no news from the north.

Zhuge Liang knew that he could not wait any longer, so he immediately ordered a report soldier: "Go and report to the general who declared the customs. In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, please withdraw his troops to Xinwu County immediately."

The informant soldiers agreed and boarded their horses and ran away. At this time, Zhuge Liang ordered again: "Transfer my order and immediately give up Nanchang County and evacuate to Xinwu County."

Nanchang City must be unable to be preserved. In order to avoid being completely annihilated, Zhuge Liang had to give up Nanchang and transfer to Xinwu County.

The west city gate opened, and five thousand Jiaozhou troops guarded Zhuge Liang, Yang Yi and other civil servants quickly evacuated westward. They evacuated in a hurry and most of the supplies could not be taken away.

The situation of the withdrawal of Jiaozhou troops was immediately discovered by the scouts of the Han army. They rushed back and reported the information to Liu Jing, "Report to Your Highness, the enemy has fled Nanchang City and headed west."

Liu Jing stood at the bow of the boat and looked west. Nanchang City several miles away blocked his gaze. At this time, Lu Xun smiled and said, "If you guessed correctly, Zhuge Liang should have withdrawn Xinwu County."

Liu Jing nodded and thoughtfully said, "Strange, why did Zhuge Liang leave by himself? Is he out of touch with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's army?"

Lu Xun was reminded by Liu Jing, and then he felt a little aware of it. "It's indeed a bit strange. He should stick to the city and wait for the main force of the Jiaozhou Army to return to the aid and now he abandoned the city and left. Why should he send the Guan and Zhang army north again?"

Liu Jing sneered, "Maybe something unspeakable happened between them!"

Liu Jing did not want to over-speculate the internal conflicts of the Jiaozhou army. His top priority was to wipe out the enemy army. He immediately ordered: "Let Wang Shan lead his troops to occupy Nanchang County, and the rest of the troops follow us north."

Wuchang Duwei Wang Shan led 3,000 troops to Nanchang County, while Liu Jing personally led nearly 20,000 troops all the way north, preparing to face the Jiaozhou army from the south.

"Bo Yan, what do you think is Guan Yu's biggest weakness?" Liu Jing asked immediately with a smile.

Lu Xun shook his head, "Frankly speaking, I just heard of his name for a long time and understood him, but judging from his current performance, his biggest weakness is that he is too famous."

"How do you say this?"

"It's very simple. When our fleet is divided into two groups and heading south, Guan Yu should consider the threat of being attacked from both sides. At this time, he immediately withdrew his troops south. Our fleet is not fast. If we forcefully march, we can catch up with us. But Guan Yu did not do this. I can't say he is stupid. He can't imagine a threat that even ordinary soldiers can think of. He can't imagine that there is only one explanation, arrogance and disdain. To put it bluntly, he is just tired of reputation and disdain for some things."

Liu Jing nodded, "This time Guan Yu's behavior was indeed a bit abnormal. Zhuge Liang was helpless and evacuated Nanchang hastily. Perhaps he originally hoped that Guan Yu could come back in time, but Guan Yu disappointed him, but we should not underestimate the enemy too much, especially to prevent the enemy from withdrawing from Xinwu County."

As he was speaking, a cavalry scout rushed over and immediately bowed to Liu Jing and said, "Report to Your Highness, the main force of the Jiaozhou Army was found ten miles away from the north, with about 20,000 people."

Liu Jing was overjoyed and turned around and ordered: "Change it into a square formation!"

Generally, the army marches are long snake formations. Ten thousand troops are at least three or four miles long, and they are easily cut off by ambushers. Moreover, when encountering enemy troops, it will take a lot of time to assemble into combat formations. This is why ambush often fails. There is no time to assemble and eventually collapse in chaos.

Therefore, in order to avoid such passivity, at critical moments, the army often turns into phalanx marching, that is, marching in combat formations, and even if it encounters an ambush, it can immediately enter the battle.

Ten thousand Han soldiers immediately formed three square formations, each of which was 6,000 people, and they were like three black water surfaces, advancing northward like waves.

Guan Yu also realized that he was in a dangerous situation. When he received Zhuge Liang's suggestion to evacuate him urgently to Xinwu County, he hesitated for a long time. He did not retreat to Xinwu County immediately, but instead marched south quickly, and defeated the main force of the enemy in one fell swoop before being attacked by the front and rear armies.

This is indeed a fighter jet in Jiaozhou. It will take at least one hour for the Han army to land and assemble. He only needs to defeat Liu Jing's main force within one hour, and then turn around to deal with the Han army going north, and he can defeat the Han army in one fell swoop. Of course, such an opportunity is very good, but after all, there is a glimmer of hope. For Guan Yu, this is the only balance point for maintaining his dignity and reality, and it is crucial to him.

At this time, Guan Yu also received a spy news and found the main force of the Han army ten miles ahead, and the Han army behind him was probably still thirty miles away. This was his only chance. Guan Yu immediately ordered: "The whole army accelerates its advance!"

The Jiaozhou Army accelerated its speed to move south. After about five miles, the army came to an open wilderness, which was the entrance of Yushui River. Yushui came from the west and poured into the Ganjiang River. This place was also a good place to set up a battlefield. It crossed Yushui. The wilderness was flat, four miles wide from north to south and more than twenty miles long from east to west.

Guan Yu looked at the wilderness. Although it was a battle against the water, in fact, they could retreat west along the Yushui River. It was an excellent place where they could advance and attack, retreat and defend, and inspire the soldiers' desire to die. Guan Yu nodded and turned back to Zhang Fei and smiled: "Just wait for the enemy here!"

Zhang Fei said coldly: "I have been waiting for a long time this day!"

At this moment, the fierce fighting drum sound came from the other side's wilderness, "dong!dong!dong!dong!' The drum sound was dull and touching. The soldiers of the Jiaozhou Army couldn't help but get nervous. They were finally going to fight against the world-famous Han army, and everyone couldn't help but tighten the spear.

A black soldier appeared on the official road opposite, lined up into a square formation, with a low speed but a murderous intent. At this time, Sima Wangfu urged him to step forward and whisper to Guan Yu: "General, take advantage of the enemy's formation that is not stable, kill him in one fell swoop."

Guan Yu shook his head, "The other party is ready, don't lose his composure."

He did not accept Wang Fu's suggestion and remained silent. Wang Fu was quite disappointed. Although the other party was prepared, he had not formed a formal formation after all. After the Jiaozhou army launched a large-scale killing, the possibility of defeating the enemy would increase by one point. When the enemy lined up to complete the battle again, they would be passive, but Guan Yu refused, leaving Wang Fu helpless.

The Han army also began to enter the wilderness, and the speed was accelerated and the three-wing formation was quickly set off. Liu Jing was the central army, Ma Dai was the left wing, Wang Ping was the right wing, Wang Ping's Southern Barbarian Flying Army, Ma Dai's Longxi Cavalry, Liu Zheng's Eagle Strike Army, and Liu Hu's army. These five armies formed Liu Jing's tooth general, with 20,000 people usually.

But this time Liu Jing came to the east and only brought 3,000 people, each with one thousand flying troops and cavalry, each with five hundred heavy armored infantry and heavy shield crossbow troops. The Eagle Strike Army did not follow, but stayed in Guanlong, and Liu Hu also stayed on the plateau to train troops. He did not come, but was followed by Liu Hu's deputy general Lei Tong.

Jingzhou is dominated by naval forces, and these three thousand teeth generals did not appear in normal times, but once they entered the land war, they quickly took over the military power. Liu Jing appointed Wang Ping and Ma Dai as left and right subordinates to command the left and right wings. In addition, there were 500 armored infantry led by Lei Tong and 500 shield crossbow army led by Wu Squad hidden in the central army. These two armies were Liu Jing's killer moves and were only used at critical moments.

Seeing that the 18,000 Han troops had finished their formation, Zhang Fei shouted loudly and urged the horse to come out. He claimed to seize the power first, and wanted to fight against the enemy generals alone, severely defeating the Han army's aura.

"Who dares to fight me among the Han generals?" Zhang Fei shouted in the wilderness, waving his spear, his voice as loud as thunder, showing off his might.

At this time, the general of the central army, Pang De, stepped forward and fisted at Liu Jing and said, "Your Highness, I am willing to fight!"

Liu Jing's powerful generals such as Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning and others did not follow him, but Pang De ranked fifth among the Five Tiger Generals, and his martial arts skills were no less than Gan Ning. Although he was slightly inferior to Zhang Fei, he could still fight. Liu Jing nodded, "Certain battle!"

Pang De was overjoyed and urged his horse to break out of the formation. The sound of Han sergeant drums was like thunder, and the sound of killing was shocking. Pang De waved the 70-pound sword, pointed at Zhang Fei and shouted, "Do you dare to bully me, the Han army, no one?"

Zhang Fei originally hoped that Liu Jing would fight in person, but unexpectedly, a black-faced thief man appeared. He was disappointed and furious. He roared and stabbed the spear. Guan Yu saw that Pang De was majestic, eight feet four in height, and a mountain-slashing knife was extremely fierce. He thought to himself, "Liu Jing will definitely have something extraordinary to send this person to fight."

Guan Yu was a little worried that Zhang Fei would underestimate the enemy, so he instructed Zhang Bao: "Go and remind your father that he should not underestimate the enemy."

Zhang Bao came out and shouted, "Father, my second uncle has an order. This man is very skilled in martial arts and should not underestimate the enemy."

Zhang Fei became more and more angry, wishing that he could stab Pang De with a spear. His spear was as fast as black lightning, and he stabbed Pang De upright. Pang De was not discouraged and slashed several times, and the sword light formed a net, blocking Zhang Fei's offensive. The two fought fiercely like a lantern.
Chapter completed!