By the evening, Ying Yang's army was ready. The Jiangdong Army was also ready to retreat. According to Zhuge Jin's suggestion, Sun Jian arranged a large amount of fire oil and dry firewood throughout the camp. Sun Jian and others estimate that when their army retreats, the Yingyang army will surely attack the barracks. When they rush into the camp, they will immediately set the camp on fire. The Yingyang army will be caught off guard and will surely suffer heavy losses in the fire. In this way, it can also deter the enemy's pursuit.

However, Sun Jian and Zhuge Jin didn't know that Ying Yang's army had been in ambush on their way of retreat long ago, and had no intention of attacking the camp. As the saying goes, there are strong players in the strong, and there is a mountain high. Sun Jian and Zhuge Jin's resourcefulness are far behind Chen Lang and Jia Xu!

As night fell, according to Zhuge Jin's suggestion, Sun Jian planned to retreat overnight to minimize the possibility of being discovered by the Ying Yang army and chasing after him. However, they didn't know, Jia Xu had already anticipated this.

After the armies were ready, Sun Jian was ready to withdraw.

At the same time, all armies of the Yingyang Army were waiting quietly in the wilderness, only waiting for the Jiangdong Army to appear. The moon hung in the night sky, and the earth was silent.

Time passed slowly, the moon was in the middle of the sky, and then slowly slanted westward and finally fell to the distant mountains. Soon after, the golden light from the east came, the night quickly faded, and the earth recovered. Nothing happened all night, and the Jiangdong Army, which was expected to retreat, did not leave their camp.

This situation was somewhat beyond the Yingyang Army's expectations, but they did not dare to leave, because if the Jiangdong Army did not leave at night, it was very likely to retreat during the day. But the Yingyang army waited for a whole day in the wilderness, Jiangdong army still did not appear, Jiangdong barracks still did not move.

Jia Xu smiled and said to Chen Lang: "It seems that his subordinates underestimated Sun Jian and the others!" Chen Lang smiled and nodded, and said, "One is Jiangdong Tiger and the other is Jiangdong Xiaobawang. It really deserves a reputation!"

Jia Xu said: "Lord, you can make the army retreat."

Chen Lang frowned and said, "The enemy army may just be waiting for us to retreat!"

Jia Xu said: "The lord is wise, it is indeed possible. But we have no other choice. We can't let the army stay in the wild like this. If this continues, the army will be exhausted and morale will be low without fighting. It was even more unfavorable to our army. Now we can only withdraw the soldiers and horses."

Chen Lang nodded, and immediately made the messenger convey the order to retreat.

The Ying Yang army in ambush received the order to retreat, and they retreated to their respective garrisons. This situation was discovered by Jiang Dongjun's scouts and hurriedly reported back to Sun Jian. Sun Jian was still skeptical. Hearing the report of the scout, he couldn't help but sweat, and said in shock: "If Gong Jin hadn't tried to dissuade him in time, the consequences would be unthinkable!"

It turned out that just last night when Sun Jian was preparing for the retreat of the handsome army, a letter from Zhou Yu arrived. Zhou Yu said in her heart that the enemy might take the opportunity to ambush the surprise attack, and asked Sun Jian not to move lightly but stick to the camp, and she also explained her own strategy. Zhou Yu believed that there was no problem with holding the camp with the strength of Sun Jian and Sun Ce. Therefore, he asked Sun Jian to lead the army to hold on to the camp. He led the land and water army to advance by water and land. The army was led by Lv Meng directly to Fancheng, and the water army was led by him to cut off Xiangfan as before. Between the links. According to Zhou Yu's estimation, if this plan is successful, the Yingyang army can be attacked from north to south and attacking Xiangyang. At that time, the Yingyang army will be confused and will definitely be unable to withstand the onslaught of its own side. It is easy to win!

After reading Zhou Yu's letter, Sun Jian hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to follow Zhou Yu's suggestion and re-issued a strict order to hold on to the camp. Therefore, the Yingyang Army waited in the wilderness for a long time without seeing the Jiangdong Army.

Inside the Xiangyang camp, Chen Lang summoned the generals and prepared to assign tasks again.

At this moment, a messenger of the dusty and dusty rushed in and reported anxiously: "Master, the general Wenren has come down to report an emergency military situation! Lv Meng led a 100,000 army from the east bank of the Xiangjiang River and attacked northward with me. In the three army battles, our army is outnumbered and has already retreated towards Fancheng!" Before Guan Yu led an army of 150,000 troops to the south, after the successful attempt to lure the enemy, Guan Yu immediately led the main force of 120,000 back to Xiangyang, and Wenpin led the others. Thirty thousand horses stayed in place to bluff, but they didn't expect that 100,000 army troops in Jiangdong would swept like a tide. At first, Wen Pin deliberately bluffed to stop the opponent, but it didn't work. He had to lead the army to fight. However, outnumbered and defeated in three battles and three defeats, he finally had to retreat to Fancheng. At the same time, he sent a messenger to rush to Chen Lang.

When everyone heard the news suddenly, they were all shocked. Zhang Fei exclaimed: "Why didn't Zhou Yu come to rescue his lord and attack Jiangdong?!"

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Jia Xu smiled and exclaimed: "What a Zhou Yu! I originally thought he was just a commanding son, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful!" Then he hugged Chen Lang and said, "Master, Zhou Yu has obviously expected me. The army’s intention is now to strategize! Sun Jian suddenly gave up retreating and wanted to stick to the camp. It must have been Zhou Yu’s strategy! Zhou Yu wanted to use Sun Jian’s army to contain the main force of our army, and then he went northward with a land and water army and seized it. Fancheng, with few defenders, cut off the connection between Xiangfan in one fell swoop. At that time, my Xiangyang army became a lone army, and he thought that we would have a chance to win.

Sun Jian was discussing military affairs with the generals in the big tent. An officer rushed in to report: "Master, the army of Guan Yu in the northeast is pulling out of camp and going north." Everyone was taken aback, and then they ran out of the big tent and boarded the lookout tower towards the watchtower. Looking to the northeast, I saw that the army of Guan Yu who had been stationed in the northeast had already pulled out of the camp, bypassing the fortress of its own from the east and heading towards Xiangyang.

Sun Jian frowned and muttered: "Why does Guan Yu retreat into Xiangyang?"

Sun Ce smiled and said: "Gong Jin's offensive is swift and fierce, the enemy must have been messed up!" Sun Jian laughed and nodded.

Zhuge Jin said worriedly: "The enemy army has discovered the actions of the chief governor. With Chen Lang and Jia Xu's ingenuity, I am afraid that the intention of the chief governor will be guessed. Isn't the plan of the chief governor falling short?"

Sun Ce said in an unpleasant manner: "You are a counselor, but you don't even know this! The key to this battle is not whether the enemy will discover Gong Jin's intentions, but whether Gong Jin's main naval force can cut off Xiangfan in one fell swoop. Contact! As long as this step is successful, the initiative is in our hands!"

Everyone nodded, and Sun Jian said, "Ce'er is right. As long as the connection between Xiangfan is cut off, the two places will be isolated. At that time, Fancheng will fight Fancheng first, and Xiangyang will fight Xiangyang first! As long as Gongjin is able to fight. Cut off the contact with Xiangfan again, and our army will win the battle!" Zhuge Jin was depressed and blamed herself.

Later that day, the scout came to report again that Guan Yu's army had hurriedly crossed the river and returned to Fancheng. Sun Jian couldn't help laughing after receiving this report: "It seems we are going to fight Xiangyang first!"

It is said that Zhou Yu led the land and water army to march northward. Lv Meng led a direct attack on Fancheng for the army of 100,000, and he personally led the navy to cover the river north.

The Jiangdong army marched quickly, and the 100,000 army led by Lu Meng arrived in Fancheng within three days and launched a fierce attack. One day of the fierce battle, Fancheng was faltering. At this time, Lu Meng received the news that Guan Yu had led his army back to help Fancheng, and immediately stopped the offensive, and in accordance with Zhou Yu's previous instructions, relying on the mountains and rivers to form self-defense. Guan Yu's army entered Fancheng in the evening.

At the same time, the main force of the navy led by Zhou Yu approached the surface of the water near Xiangyang. The various horns in the Yingyang Army Water Village were one after another, and the soldiers from each battalion were mobilized urgently. Cai Hao and Zhang Yun commanded the Jingzhou navy to board the warship, while Zhang Fei and Gaoshun urged the infantry to come to the shore to prepare for battle. The two sides had not yet fought, and the brilliance of the torch had illuminated the entire Xiangjiang River, and the thick murderous aura enveloped the four fields, and the river seemed to be frozen.

Sun Jian and others stood on the high camp overlooking the river in the distance. Zhuge Jin said in disbelief: "Does the general governor want to attack immediately?" Sun Ce said, "The soldiers are very fast! The enemy must not be fully prepared at this moment. It’s a great time to break through the enemy’s water village in one fell swoop!"

At that time, there was a rumbling of war drums on the river surface, and then bursts of huge killing sound wrapped in the sound of war drums continuously, I saw the fire surging on the surface, and the Jiangdong navy launched a fierce attack! All of a sudden the fire and rain on the river flew all over the sky, and the assault ships competed for the flow!

Cai Tao and Zhang Yun hurriedly led the navy to fight, and as soon as they contacted, the Jingzhou navy was overwhelmed by the fierce Jiangdong navy! Seeing the fierce and fierce opponents, Cai Yu and Zhang Yun did not dare to fight again, and hurriedly led his army back into the water village, preparing to use the water village to resist. The Jiangdong navy followed, and the shouts swept like a tsunami. The fierce attacks quickly spread everywhere, and the fire and rain in the sky caused the Jingzhou navy to roll into the water! Seeing that the water village is about to be breached!

At this moment, Zhang Fei, standing high on the shore, raised the Zhangba Snake Spear and shouted sharply: "Shoot!"

Hundreds of catapults mounted on a high place were launched together, and in an instant the stones were flying all over the sky, like a meteor shower, falling on the surface of the river! The water column on the river soared into the sky, the warship that was hit by the stones fell down and sawdust flew around, and the officers and soldiers hit by the stones flew in pieces! The fierce offensive of the Jiangdong Army seemed to be contained a little!

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yu frowned, quickly ascended to the highest point of the ship, raised the sword aloft and shouted: "Warriors of Jiangdong, victory will belong to you! Break the enemy and raise our military might!"

The Jiangdong navy, who had flinched slightly under the bombardment of the Yingyang army catapult, heard Zhou Yu's shout, and their morale was shocked. They shouted and went forward courageously. The offensive turned out to be more violent than before! Cai Hao and Zhang Yun's navy could not resist, and the line of defense had fallen apart!