From the map, except for the Lujiang River, Jiujiang and Shuxian are almost all plains, but if you really go for a walk, you will find that the terrain of this plain is not as simple as that of the Central Plains.
The winding road goes around the mountains and forests. Although the terrain is not undulating, some mountains and forests that basically do not exist on the map have to be avoided here.
Gu~gu~
In the sky, the hovering giant pigeon chirped from time to time. He didn't know what it meant, but Liu Xun knew that his ambush had been discovered by this damn giant pigeon!
I don’t know where I found a monster of this size.
"withdraw!"
Liu Xun was a little depressed and left the hiding place with the ambush. With the existence of this giant pigeon, it could see through the hidden words and secrets, so it was impossible to ambush him.
"Gu?" The giant pigeon landed and ate an unknown fruit. It looked blankly at the team leaving in the distance, looked around, saw that the fruit was gone, spread its wings and flew into the sky, following the team curiously.
The team moves forward.
Move as fast as the wind!
Seeing the giant pigeon following up, Liu Xun gritted his teeth, accelerated his marching speed, and ran all the way. After returning to the city, he saw the giant pigeon still hovering in the sky.
"You're too much of a bully, take my bow and arrows!" Looking at the arrogant giant pigeon, Liu Xun was furious. He took the bow and arrow handed by his subordinates and shot three arrows in a row at the giant pigeon.
The giant pigeon seemed to be frightened. It waved its wings and a strong wind surged. Three arrows tilted in the air and fell in other directions. Liu Xun roared angrily when he saw this. The energy in the army gathered around him.
I wanted to use the power of the military formation to give the pigeon a hard blow, but I saw the giant pigeon waved its wings and just left.
It’s easier on you!
Liu Xun snorted coldly, threw the bow and arrow to his subordinates, and went straight back to the prefect's house.
"General." When several staff saw Liu Xun coming back, they came up to greet him and said, "How is the battle going?"
Liu Xun shook his head dejectedly and said: "The vanguard of the bandit army is less than fifty miles away, but Chu Nan has a demon pigeon in his hand, which has been following our army all the way. It cannot ambush, so now we can only defend the city!"
"General, Lu Bu is now in great power. Even if our army can hold on this time, I'm afraid it won't be able to hold on forever." The governor smiled bitterly and said: "Besides, the soldiers and horses under Lu Bu's command are all elites in hundreds of battles. They have come with great momentum, and our army's morale is not good."
Gao, if you stick to it, I’m afraid..."
"Do you have to force me to surrender?" Liu Xun snorted coldly. He had read the letter of surrender sent by Chu Nan. To be honest, both the attitude and the tone were not bad. It didn't feel aggressive, but Liu Xun
After much thought, I still chose to refuse.
Although Lu Bu has won consecutive battles in the last two battles and has a strong momentum, Liu Xun is not optimistic about Lu Bu's future. He has already chosen Yuan Shu wrong once and does not want to make another mistake. Lu Bu is really not a good leader.
Refusing to surrender was something that everyone agreed on, but they didn't expect that Lu Bu's vanguard would set off the next day. It was obvious that he would not accept it, which made Liu Xun feel like he was being fooled.
"Of course not. It's just that the bandit army is strong now and there are monsters to help. It's hard for our soldiers to resist it alone." The county magistrate smiled bitterly and said: "I think it's better to conserve your strength and avoid the edge for the time being, and then
Ask for help from Jingzhou and Jiangdong."
Although Liu Xun felt unhappy, he also knew that the other party was right. Yuan Shu was defeated. Although he had refused to send troops to rescue him before, he originally wanted to wait for Yuan Shu to be defeated and choose the leader. Who would have thought that although Yuan Shu was dead, the one who occupied Jiujiang would not be
Cao Cao, not Sun Ce, but Lu Bu, who had the least hope before, finally won the land of Jiujiang.
Now that Cao Cao has retreated, Sun Ce has been killed, and Jiangdong has been beaten almost to death, he really has no way to deal with Lu Bu's army coming in force.
"Where are we going to retreat?" Liu Xun sighed. The Lujiang River is so big. If we retreat, we might be kicked out of the Lujiang River. How can we retreat?
"Report~" Just when Liu Xun and all his staff were frowning, they saw a soldier rushing over, bowing to Liu Xun and saying: "General, we have detected the intelligence of Jiujiang. Lu Bu led the main force yesterday.
Returning to Xuzhou, the governor of Jiujiang is now guarded by his son-in-law Chu Nan, and the one who came to attack this time is also Chu Nan."
"Is the news accurate!?" Liu Xun was shocked when he heard this, and then looked at his soldiers in surprise.
"It's absolutely true. Our officers and soldiers saw with their own eyes that Lu Bu's army exited Jiujiang and entered Guangling. Now I'm afraid they have returned to Xiapi." said the officer Su Rong.
"In other words, Chu Nan is actually the only one in Jiujiang at this time?" Jun Cheng asked in surprise.
"Exactly, there are several other generals, the specific ones are yet to be ascertained." The subordinate bowed.
"God help me!" When Liu Xun heard this, he looked happy and looked at the crowd and said: "I know that Chu Nan's letter to me was written by Lu Bu. Now it seems that he is the only one in Jiujiang. Huang
You kid, how dare you tease me like this!"
"General, Chu Nan is said to be quite talented and should not be underestimated!" an aide reminded.
"I know this person, but he is just good at talking. In the past, Han Yin was ordered to go to Xuzhou to propose marriage. I think it was this person who first had a good relationship with Lu Bu's daughter, and then used deception to make Yuan Gong lose the opportunity to get married.
"I don't think so. This is why two families are mobilizing troops." Liu Xun heard this and said disdainfully: "I don't expect Lu Bu to guard Jiujiang with this person. If it is said to be a source of trouble, or his strength, but if it is said to be marching and fighting, he is just a kid with a yellow mouth. An
If you dare to be arrogant, the danger of our Lujiang River will no longer exist."
"How are you going to fight, general?" Hearing this, the county magistrate felt a little more at ease, looked at Liu Xun and said with a smile.
"How to fight?" Liu Xun thought for a while after hearing this and said: "The vanguard army has arrived. Now it seems that all the generals under Lu Bu have returned. This Wei Yan is an unknown person. When I lead the army out of the city, we will fight with him.
First defeat its vanguard and behead Wei Yan to demoralize his army. It would be best if Chu Nan can retreat despite the difficulties. If not, order Xiang'an's soldiers to cut off their retreat. I will command the troops and horses to capture and kill him personally.
I can also let Lu Bu know what I am capable of and not dare to attack easily!"
Without Lu Bu around, Liu Xun suddenly felt that his breathing was much easier. As for unknown people like Chu Nan, Liu Xun was a little disdainful.
"General, I think it is inappropriate to rush into action without knowing the strength of the enemy at this time. It is better to wait in the city. The enemy has few troops. If we attack the city, there will be damage. When the strength of the enemy is exhausted, we can then attack again. Isn't it right?
Get twice the result with half the effort?" Among the group of congratulators, one person suddenly made a different voice.
Liu Xun frowned slightly, looked at the person who spoke, and said impatiently: "What Zi Yang said may have some truth, but a certain general is a famous general in the world, and now he has enough troops. If he meets a mere junior, he would not dare to
Isn't it just to make people laugh if I go out of the city to greet you and let the heroes of the world know about it?"
When the man heard this, he saw that Liu Xun was already unhappy, so he stopped talking and retreated to his seat.
"Order your troops and let me personally defeat Lu Bu's vanguard!" Seeing that the other party stopped talking, Liu Xun did not pursue the matter. He immediately gathered his troops again and prepared to go out of the city to give the vanguard a good look.
On the other side, Wei Yan looked at the falling pigeon demon and said helplessly: "Since there is an ambush, just come back and report it. Why go to the top of the city to show off your power? I'm still afraid that the ambush will fail?"
"Gu Gu~" The pigeon demon flapped its wings, as if it wanted to express something.
But Wei Yan didn't understand anything other than the bugle it sent. Seeing the pigeon demon gesticulating randomly again, he simply didn't look at him. Shu County was ahead of him. His small number of troops would definitely not be enough to attack the city.
Yes, but waiting for Chu Nan to lead the main force to come over, another opportunity to show off is lost. Huang Zhong, an old man, may have conquered Xiang'an now, but he has not fired an arrow. It is really...
"General!" At this moment, a sentry rushed over, clasped his fist towards Wei Yan and said: "General, the gates of Shu County are wide open, and a troop of troops is forming up outside the city."
"Oh?" Wei Yan was a little surprised when he heard this. The opponent's ambush troops had clearly retreated. At this time, he did not refuse to defend the city, but he ran out to die? He immediately asked: "How many troops does he have?"
"Three thousand people!" Tan Ma reported.
"Three thousand?" Wei Yan got on his horse, thought for a moment and said, "Pei Yuanshao!"
"The last general is here!" But Pei Yuanshao came out of the army. He was originally a general of Wei Yue. Now Wei Yue and Zhou Cang are following Chu Nan. Wei Yan's vanguard army does not have a suitable deputy general, so Pei Yuanshao was sent by Chu Nan.
To be Wei Yan's deputy general.
"I will leave a thousand men and horses to fight. You lead the rest of the soldiers to lie here. I will try to lure the thief general's troops to this side. You don't need to ambush him. You can only wait for the enemy army to flee from the rear.
Fight out and block the enemy's return. We will attack from the front and back and kill them all in one fell swoop!" Wei Yan said.
"General, is it a bit risky to only use one thousand men to fight three thousand?" Pei Yuanshao heard this and looked at Wei Yan in shock. Two thousand versus three thousand are insufficient, but this thousand versus three thousand is still so confident.
Are you a little too blind? I couldn't help but advise: "Then Liu Xun used to be a general under Yuan Shu, and he was quite prestigious. I think it's better to be careful."
Wei Yan said indifferently: "Famous generals? There are many famous generals under a certain sword. Just follow the plan and lie down here. If I really lose, it has nothing to do with you!"
"Here!"
Everyone had already said this. What else could Pei Yuanshao say? He could only agree, cupped his fists and said, "General, be careful!"
Wei Yan nodded and didn't waste any time. He led a thousand men to the battle and went straight to the city of Shu County.
Outside the city of Shu County, Liu Xun had just formed his formation when he saw a group of men and horses galloping towards him. He immediately shouted: "Line up and fire arrows!"
In an instant, a hail of arrows shot out of the air and headed straight for Wei Yan and his men. Wei Yan seemed to have panicked and stopped his troops to form a formation. He blocked the hail of arrows in a somewhat embarrassed manner, but the formation became chaotic.
When Liu Xun saw this, he laughed loudly: "How dare an unknown person dare to be so arrogant, change the formation, and kill!"
As he spoke, the formation quickly changed into a charge formation, heading towards Wei Yan.
"Withdraw!" Wei Yan calmly commanded the soldiers to change into Fengzi secret, turned the horse's head and left...