At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were no Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty

After a while, Zhou Yu put away the map, and then gave Gan Ning and Tai Shici a serious order.

"General Gan Ning, General Ziyi, and the main forces of Yuan Shao's army are all in the two cities of Dongyang and Ping'an! You two quickly order people to bury the pot and make food on the spot, and attack Hailing City immediately after eating and drinking enough!"

When Gan Ning and Tai Shi Ci heard the words, they both bowed their hands and made a promise, then turned around and went to work.

After an hour, all the soldiers had eaten and drank enough, and after resting for a while, Zhou Yu let the army start marching.

They are now less than a hundred miles away from Hailing City, and they can reach Hailing City before dark.

Taking advantage of the dark night, they broke through Hailing in one fell swoop, and then led the army to continue marching in the dark, and finally broke through Guangling County's seat, Guangling City!

Today is the day he agreed with Chen Gong, presumably Chen Gong has already sent people across the river to fight fiercely with Yuan Shao's army.

I have to act as soon as possible on my side, blocking Yuan Shaojun's retreat all the way.

Since the main forces of Yuan Shao's army are in Ping'an City and Dongyang City, I believe that Hailing City will have at most [-] defenders, and it won't be long before they are defeated by themselves.

……

At this time, in the Yamen of Dongyang City in Guangling County, Xuzhou, Jian Yong, Pei Yuanshao, Xia Houlan and others were all in this city.

Since Liu Bei was defeated and killed, they were like dogs that lost their homes. Their hatred with Liu Yu is needless to say.

However, they knew that it was impossible to avenge Liu Bei with only a few of them and Xuzhou's remnant soldiers.

It happened that Yuan Shao went north to Xuzhou, and they happened to be attached to Yuan Shao.

With the support of Yuan Shao's army, plus Xuzhou contributed by himself and others, even if he is no match for Liu Yu, it is enough to protect himself, and then wait for the opportunity.

But unexpectedly, even though he was under Yuan Shao's command, Yuan Shao didn't pay much attention to them.

For the sake of Kuaiji County, they even gave up most of Xuzhou, leaving them to hide in Guangling County.

Fortunately, this time Yuan Shao sent [-] troops to support Guangling County.

With [-] soldiers and horses in hand, Jian Yong is still very confident in defending a small Guangling County.

Today, forces from all over the Han Dynasty, including Goguryeo in the Western Regions, are besieging Qiang Liu.

Jian Yong thought that Guangling County would not be attacked, but he did not expect Chen Gong to send people across the river to attack Guangling today.

Doesn't Chen Gong know that Liu Yu is in danger now?How dare you still have the leisure to attack a mere Guangling County?

No matter what Chen Gong thinks, since he has already fought, he should fight Chen Gong, maybe this time is his Jian Yong's chance.

Although Chen Gong had [-] more soldiers than himself, but he was the defender, so both the geographical advantage and the harmony of people were beneficial to him.

It is undoubtedly difficult to break through the Huaihe defense line with one hundred thousand troops.

If he could keep most of Chen Gong's soldiers and horses in the Huaihe River, then maybe he could turn the defense into an offense, enter Xiapi, and regain Xuzhou again.

After a day of fierce fighting, Cao Cao's army crossed the river several times, but he beat them back, leaving only the corpses of Cao Cao's army on the ground.

This is the advantage of the Huaihe River's terrain, and the suspension bridge has long been cut by Jian Yong, and Cao Cao's army can only take a small boat to attack the opposite bank.

Jian Yong originally thought that Chen Gong would continue to send people across the river in the dark, but he didn't expect it.

He Jian Yong waited all night, but did not receive any news of Cao Cao's army crossing the river.

It wasn't until the sky was bright that Jian Yong was confused and prepared to go down to rest, but suddenly received a message that made him sleepless in an instant.

"Hailing has fallen?!"

After hearing the news, Jian Yong stared blankly at the messenger soldier for a while, then suddenly woke up.

"What did you say?! Say it again?!"

Seeing Jian Yong like this, the messenger suppressed the fear in his heart, and reported the news again in a trembling tone.

"The news is accurate?! Do you know who broke Hailing?! And where did they enter Xuzhou?! How many soldiers and horses are there?!"

A series of four questions made the ordering soldier dizzy. He opened his mouth but did not make any sound.

When Jian Yong saw this, his eyes widened immediately, and he pointed at the ordering soldier and said angrily.

"Don't hesitate! Say it quickly, or I'll throw you into the river to feed the fish!!"

After being yelled by Jian Yong for a while, the messenger soldier immediately came back to his senses, and stammered his answer.

"Qi... Your Excellency, that group of soldiers attacked Hailing City in the dark, so I don't know what kind of soldiers they are. Their number is at least [-]... no, [-]... and The direction they came from is likely to be from the seaside..."

Before the ordering soldier could finish speaking, he was interrupted roughly by Jian Yong, only to hear Jian Yong roar again.

"Is it [-]! Or is it [-] soldiers?! By the sea?! Do you want to tell me that they came from the sea?!"

After Jian Yong finished speaking, he looked at the messenger soldier kneeling on the ground with his head lowered and trembling.

Jian Yong sighed helplessly in his heart, then waved his hands weakly, and said in his mouth.

"Go on, if there is any news, send it as soon as possible!"

Hearing the words, the messenger soldier quickly nodded in agreement as if he had received an amnesty, and then scrambled and ran out of the study.

"Ugh!"

After ordering the soldiers to leave the hall, Jian Yong stretched out his hands to rub the center of his eyebrows with a headache on his face, and sighed.

It is not sure whether it was [-] or [-] enemy troops, and it is not known how they entered Guangling.

But no matter how they came here, they have already entered Guangling.

If they are not prepared, they may be buried in Guangling County forever.

If you take the initiative to attack, who will you hit?Hit Chen Gong?If the offense and defense are switched, and he hits the stone with an egg, he will definitely fail miserably.

If he fights another group of troops, his Huaihe line of defense will be insufficient, and he is still uncertain about the exact number of troops that will attack Hailing.

Thinking of this, Jian Yong only felt a splitting headache, and couldn't help reaching out and tapping his forehead fiercely.

"Report..."

Just when Jian Yong was having a headache over this matter, there was another report from a soldier outside the hall.

When Jian Yong heard the loud shouting, his heart skipped a beat suddenly, he had a bad premonition.

"Report! My lord, Cao Cao's army on the other side of the river has already begun to cross the river. This attack is no better than yesterday. It seems that they have dispatched the whole army!"

Sure enough, whatever he was afraid of, Jian Yong heard the news he was least willing to hear.

After a moment of silence, Jian Yong gave orders to the ordering soldier with a blank face.

"Tell the generals, lead the troops to meet the enemy! I will write a letter later, and you send it to General Wu Anguo in Ping'an City!"

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Chapter 461

Jian Yong made some moves, but Zhou Yu moved faster. After capturing Hailing City last night, Zhou Yu didn't stop at all.

Now, he has led [-] soldiers and horses to surround Guangling City.

As a county seat, Guangling City is high and easy to defend, but the troops of Guangling County are all concentrated on the Huai River defense line.

After a day of strong attack, Zhou Yu broke Guangling City, and then the army went south to Jiangdu City.

After a long day and night of trekking and storming the city, Zhou Yu's navy was exhausted.

But Zhou Yu knew that he had to move quickly, and he had to capture all the southern cities of Guangling before the Yangzhou garrison could react.

Otherwise, after the Yangzhou garrison reacts, it will be difficult to implement the plan of oneself and others.

As long as they capture Jiangdu City, the last city in southern Xuzhou, they can defend Jiangdu City to resist Yangzhou.

Jiangdu City, as the southernmost city in Xuzhou, is only fifty miles away from Guangling City, and there is only a river between Jiangdu City and Yangzhou.

There are [-] soldiers in Jiangdu City, and these [-] soldiers and horses are the navy recruited by Yuan Shao just now, and they are currently training day and night in the navy camp outside Jiangdu City.

This is also Zhou Yu's opportunity, as long as he doesn't disturb them and directly breaks through Jiangdu with lightning speed, then the five thousand sailors are nothing to be afraid of.

Otherwise, once these [-] sailors enter Jiangdu City and defend the city, they will cause greater casualties to their own army.

Moreover, if he wanted to break through Jiangdu, he would definitely not be able to break through in one day.

Therefore, after Zhou Yu broke through Guangling City, he only took a short rest, and then led the tired-looking soldiers to continue marching towards Jiangdu City.

……

Five miles north of Jiangdu City, there is an unnamed hill covered with dense forests. At the foot of the hill, there is a small road covered with stones.

At this time, in the north of this path, there was a man riding a fast horse towards the foot of the mountain.

I saw that this person was holding the rein in his left hand, and was waving the whip with his right hand, beating the horse.

His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but he didn't care to wipe it off, his lips were chapped and peeling, and his face was full of anxiety.

Presumably this person must have something important to go to Jiangdu City.

Soon, this person came to this nameless hill and set foot on this gravel path.

Just when this person was about to pass this nameless path, from the depths of the dense forest.

A crossbow suddenly poked its head out without a sound, and the arrow on the crossbow aimed at the man's back.

"Whoosh..."

A not-too-loud sound came from the crossbow, which was instantly drowned by the sound of horseshoes.

At the same time, an arrow shot towards the back of the man at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Seeing that the arrow hit the back of the man with incomparable precision, the man fell sideways to the ground without even making a sound.

And after the war horse lost its owner, it still ran forward for a certain distance, and then slowly stopped.

The war horse glanced at the owner lying on the ground with some doubts, and then ate the tender grass by the roadside.

"Hey! Hit!"

At this moment, suddenly, an excited voice came from the dense forest.

I saw a man dressed in black and holding a bow and crossbow, jumped from the dense forest a few times, and came to the path.

The man in black came to the side of the pedestrian lying on the ground with an excited expression on his face, stretched out his foot and kicked him a few times.

Seeing that he didn't move at all, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the arrow stuck in the back of his heart, wiped off the blood, and put it into his quiver.

Afterwards, the man in black brought the man's body upright, stretched out his hand and touched the man's breath, but he didn't feel the slightest breath.

But even so, the man in black still took out a short knife from his arms, and stabbed the corpse a few more times at the heart.

"Hmph! I've been waiting for you for half an hour, and you want to report? Did you ask me about the crossbow in my hand?!"

The man in black spat at the corpse with a look of disdain, cut off one of his ears, and put it in a cloth pocket.

Afterwards, he dragged the corpse into the grass, and led the horse elsewhere, and tied it to a tree.

Finally, the man in black turned around and jumped into the dense forest, waiting for the next target.

……

Before Zhou Yu and the others arrived at Jiangdu City, Gan Ning volunteered to lead more than a hundred people and sneaked into the city one after another.

When Zhou Yu led the army to arrive and began to attack the city, Gan Ning and others suddenly rose up in the city and killed dozens of soldiers at the gate of the city.

Afterwards, the city gate was opened, and the enlarged army entered the city. A series of operations all depended on Jiangdu City not receiving the news that Guangling City had been destroyed in advance.

The reason why Jian Yong received the news was because Zhou Yu did not guard against Jian Yong, but deliberately disclosed the news to Jian Yong.

The reason why Zhou Yu did this was to put pressure on Jian Yong's heart and make him worry that he could not go all out to deal with Cao Cao's attack.

There is another important point, that is, forcing Jian Yong to send troops to help, and then Zhou Yu is eating them up.

In this way, it will be much easier to attack Jian Yong with Chen Gong.

Now that Zhou Yu has occupied Jiangdu City, he only needs [-] sailors who are training in the navy battalion outside the city.

Facing Zhou Yu's army, which was nearly ten times larger than his own, the newly recruited [-] sailors surrendered without too much resistance.

And their leading general also died in the hands of Tai Shici. So far, the southern part of Guangling County has been completely captured by Zhou Yu.

As for the Zhenbei ship docked at the seaside, Zhou Yu also secretly sent people to sail the Zhenbei ship from the seaside to the riverside of Jiangdu City.

After resting for a day and a night, the soldiers were no longer tired. Zhou Yu ordered Tai Shici to lead [-] sailors to guard Jiangdu.

And he himself led the remaining nearly [-] navy to the north, intending to attack Jian Yong's rear.

But not long after the army passed Gaoyou City, they encountered a large army head-on.