Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 218 Li Siye's Actions
Chapter 217: Li Siye's Actions
The death of Lu Shou made Lu Ao very sad and angry, even for a moment, Lu Ao wanted to take Dangtu's [-] soldiers and horses south to Lujiang, kill Murong Ke, and avenge Lu Shou, but reason still Lu Ao, who had overcome his impulse and calmed down, had already begun to think about the way out for himself and the [-] Wu army. Now that Lu Shou is dead and Lujiang has fallen, this means that the connection between Jiujiang and Jiangdong has been cut off by Deng Jun, and he himself He became a lone army. If he was not careful, he and [-] soldiers and horses might die in Jiujiang.

Jiujiang County was originally a site that had been operated by the Chu State for a hundred years. It was only a few years since the Wu State took it from the Chu State. Later, because of the war with the Deng State and the Yue State, it has not been able to manage this newly acquired land. Today, Jiujiang is still not self-sufficient. Most of the food, grass and military resources need the local support of Wu. Now that Lujiang is lost, the support from Danyang will be cut off. It is difficult to support Jiujiang alone, and Lujiang The current Deng Jun may go north at any time, and now Lu Ao is in a very dangerous situation.

"Deputy Governor, Deng Jun has changed!" At this time, General Pan Qing of the Wu Army came to the door. He found that Deng Jun, who had been stationed on the north bank of the Huaihe River, suddenly made a move, so he hurriedly reported to Lu Ao.

Pan Qing's words brought back Lu Ao, who was deeply in pain of bereavement. Lu Ao wiped the tears from his face, opened the door, and asked Pan Qing, "Do you know where Deng Jun's goal is?"

Pan Qing shook his head and said, "I don't know for the time being, but Deng Jun has separated out a troop, and the general in command is the veteran Cai Mao. They have been heading northeast."

"Northeast direction?" After hearing this, Lu Ao turned around and returned to the room, staring at the map, where Deng Jun might appear.

"Northeast, Tushan, Zhongli, yes, it must be Zhongli. Li Siye must want to attack Zhongli, and then attack Yinling. Yinling is where our army stores food. Once attacked, it will definitely deal a great blow to our army. After thinking for a while, Lu Ao decided that Deng Jun’s goal was Zhongli. Originally, Wu’s army’s food and supplies were all in Shouchun, but after the war, in order to better protect the food and shorten the time for transporting food, Lu Ao So he ordered to transport all the grain and grass hoarded in Shouchun to Yinling. This news was probably known by Li Siye, so he sent troops to attack Zhongli with the intention of attacking Yinling.

"Pan Qing, send additional scouts to Zhongli, and at the same time, you must bring five thousand troops to reinforce, there must be no mistake." Since it was determined that Deng Jun's target was Zhongli, Lu Ao certainly would not sit still, so he not only sent additional scouts , also ordered Pan Qing 5000 troops to support.

In Yicheng, Cai Mao led an army of 2 people to this place. Although this army was under the banner of Cai Mao, there was another member of the army, Deng Jun General Pang De, who was Li Siye and Pang Tong. An adventure that has been planned for a long time.

Ever since he learned that Yue Fei led the Jinwu Guard and Long Xiang Guard to defeat the Wu army in Yuzhang, annihilating tens of thousands of enemies, the Nujiao Guard also arrived in Yuzhang smoothly, Murong Ke besieged and killed Lu Shou, and took down the entire Lujiang County, Li Siye became anxious. Now, among the four armies, it was his Tiger Wing Guard who had made no progress and was blocked by Lu Ao in the Huaihe River for more than half a month, so Li Siye and Pang Tong finally decided to take a risky move after many days of discussion and planning.

This dangerous move has the same meaning as Han Xin's Mingxiu Plank Road and Dark Chen Cang. Cai Mao was sent to the northeast with [-] soldiers and horses, hiding Pound in the army, and attracted Lu Ao's attention to Zhongli. Yicheng crossed the Huaihe River and landed from Tushan.

This is a very bold idea, because there is no suitable place for a large army to land in the Tushan area. That is to say, it is not sure whether Pound can successfully land. If you take ten thousand steps back, even if Pound can overcome the difficulties and land from Tushan , but who can guarantee that Lu Ao will be fooled and set his sights on Zhongli? If Lu Ao guesses his intentions, Pang De's army is likely to be wiped out, so this time Li Siye and Pang Tong are gambling. .

After Cai Mao and Pang De came to Yicheng, they began to divide their troops. Cai Mao left 1 people for Pang De, and he continued to lead his troops to Zhongli. Before leaving, Cai Mao said to Pang De: "Pang De General, be careful when going here, if there is any danger, you must send someone to report to the old man, and the old man will bring troops to support you as soon as possible."

Pound nodded and said, "Don't worry, old general, nothing will happen."

After Cai Mao left, Pang De quickly found the boat that Li Siye had prepared in advance. It was daytime, and the target of crossing the river was too big, and it was easy to be spotted by the Wu army scouts, so Pang De led his troops back to Yicheng to rest and wait. Start again after dark.

Pang De's task this time is very heavy, not only to cross the Huaihe River smoothly and land from Tushan, but also to bypass Dangtu City, wandering between Zhongli and Yinling, trying to attract the defenders of Zhongli and support Cai Mao's army Cross the river, attack Zhongli, and then join forces to approach Yinling City.

In the 16th year of Qianyuan, on the third day of April, at night, Pound led [-] elites to leave Yicheng quietly and headed for the Huaihe River.

When they came to the river, Pang De took advantage of the night and moonlight to cross the Huaihe River with his soldiers on horseback. Since the area around Tushan was not suitable for a large army to land, Pound could only divide the army into several groups to land, and the soldiers who went ashore first It is responsible for scouting around, so as not to be discovered by Wu Jun's scouts.

Two hours later, all [-] elite Deng troops went ashore, but no Wu army scouts were found nearby. It seemed that Lu Ao had fallen for the trick and sent most of the scouts to Zhongli.

Pang De let the army rest for half an hour, and at the same time sent people across the Huai River to return to the camp to report to Li Siye.

Half an hour later, Pound led his troops to leave Tushan and head towards Zhongli, killing several Wu army scouts along the way.

At about dawn, Pound arrived fifty miles away from Zhongli City, and at this time the Wu army had already discovered Pound's army.

Deng Jun came to the south of the Huaihe River quietly, which made it difficult for Lu Ao and Pan Qing to accept. How could it be that when he learned that Deng Jun came out of Tushan, Lu Ao felt that he was slapped in the face? After all, he was the one who denied the possibility of Deng Jun landing from Tushan at the beginning, but now that Deng Jun really appeared from here, what is it if it is not a slap in the face?

In order to wipe out the Deng army who crossed the Huai River, Lu Ao planned to mobilize troops to go forward, but just as he was preparing to mobilize troops, Li Siye, who stayed on the north bank, led his troops across the river again in an attempt to break through the Wu army's defense line on the bank. In desperation, they had no choice but to send the prepared soldiers and horses to reinforce the shore defense line. Some people may ask, Li Siye sent 3 soldiers and horses out, and there were only 5 left, and the Wu army had nearly [-] people. It is actually very simple to deal with Pang De without soldiers and horses, because Lu Ao knows that Wu Jun is not as good as Deng Jun in terms of combat power, so in order to resist Deng Jun, Lu Ao deployed defenses in the area from Xiacai to Zhongli, resulting in the dispersion of troops. However, they did not send troops to garrison Tushan, so Deng Jun seized the opportunity to cross the river.

Li Siye on the north bank watched the fierce battle on the other side with a smile on his lips. This was a decision he had discussed with Pang Tong for a long time, because they knew that Tushan was very close to Dangtu, and Lu Ao would definitely find Pound soon, and He would also send troops to encircle and suppress Pound's troops at the first time, so in order to contain Wu's troops and facilitate the actions of Pound's troops, Li Siye decided to send troops to attack Wu's south bank defense line, making Wu's army unable to get away.

Facts have proved that the decision of Li Siye and Pang Tong was very effective, because of their attack this time, Pound arrived at Zhongli City smoothly without encountering any obstruction from the Wu army.

Pan Qing in Zhongli City was frowning at this time. The sudden arrival of Pang De's troops disrupted Pan Qing's deployment in Zhongli City. Facing the 5000 elite under Pound's troops, Pan Qing was out of the city or not. No, let’s go out of the city. He only has [-] people in his hand. He took the initiative to provoke [-] Deng Jun. This is no different from courting death. It's over.

When Pan Qing was struggling, Pang De didn't give him too much time to think about it. Pang De stayed under Zhongli City for a while, seeing that Pan Qing had no sign of leaving the city, so he directly led his troops southward, heading towards Yinling .

This frightened Pan Qing, and hurriedly led five thousand soldiers out of the city, trying to stop Pound's troops, but what Pan Qing didn't know was that when he came out, he not only ruined his soldiers, It also destroyed Lu Ao's carefully constructed defense line on the south coast.

(End of this chapter)