At the confluence of Surabaya, the fleet was divided into two, and the brigade continued to move westward, with about twenty warships heading up along Surabaya.
It's a pity that Liu Xuande didn't see this scene.
On the hillside where he was, all he could see was the boat going up the river and disappearing at the end of the river.
At the same time, Huaibei and Jiujiang County, across the Huaishui River, several cities were shrouded in the flames of war of the Jiangdong Army.
As early as after the three counties of Hongxian, Huxian, and Guyang were lost one after another, Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan had already learned of the movements of the Jiangdong Army.
Whether to withdraw the army, for this matter, Li Dian and Xiahou Yuan argued twice.
Li Dian was willing to withdraw the army, but Xiahou Yuan insisted on not withdrawing with the responsibility of guarding the territory, Li Dian was helpless, he was stationed in Xia Cai, unable to withdraw the army, at the same time, he also knew that if Xia Cai and Xiahou Yuan were stationed in Yicheng, then Ping'a was lost, Xiahou Yuan would be under siege, and he could only ask Zhu Ling, who was stationed in Chen State, for help, and asked him to lead the army to aid Ping'a.
On this day, Li Dian inspected the south of the city, rode his horse to stand on the bank of the Huaishui River, and looked at the craftsmen who were busy building the beacon tower on the other bank, "Jiangdong guards the Huaishui with the beacon tower, and sets up heavy troops at the major ferries. ” "In this way, the Jiangdong army will attack Xuzhou, I am afraid that it will not go north and up, and the lord only needs to send people to guard the city along the north bank of Huaishui."
Li Dian was thinking about it, when suddenly a cavalry arrived in the distance.
"Report to the general, Long Kang has been captured by Wu general Zhou Tai, and after the city fell, only nearly a hundred fugitives fled back to Ping'a."
Li Dian's face changed slightly, "I ordered the whole army to assemble and rush to Ping'a immediately, and in addition, send a message to General Miaocai of Yicheng to ask him to withdraw his troops quickly." ” "Whoa."
Li Dian Lerma turned around, and there was a worry in his heart, "Long Kang has been lost, if I withdraw the army, this city will inevitably be taken by the Jiangdong Army on the other side, if Long Kang is not lost, after I take over General Xiahou, I can still retreat to the north, but now" Li Dian's face changed slightly, "Send an order, send additional sentry cavalry in the direction of Longkang, pay attention to the movement of the Jiangdong Army in the city, and in addition, ask for help from Runan and Peiguo." ” He suddenly realized in his heart that he could not withdraw, nor could he go to reinforce Xiahou Yuan, otherwise, if Xia Cai was lost, then the Jiangdong Army could surround the two cities of Ping'a and Yicheng with the corps of Longkang, Xia Cai and Hongxian, and his own horse infantry army was not more than 10,000, on the other hand, the Jiangdong Army had tens of thousands of people, although he had most of the cavalry under his command, but in the north of this Huaishui, most of the water and rivers, the cavalry could not be used at all, but it was not as good as the Jiangdong infantry soldiers.
"Order, spread the scouts outside the city within a radius of twenty miles, pay close attention to the movements of the enemy army, and kill all the enemy scouts if they encounter them."
"Whoa."
In the dense forest a few miles outside the city, a team of ten people gathered at this moment, all of them wearing black light armor and carrying scimitars in their hands.
"Chief, the city has begun to gather soldiers and horses."
A scout stood at the top of a tree several feet high, one hand hooked at the trunk, feet apart, and stepping on two arm-thick branches, which were so bent that they could break at any moment.
"We are staring at the north gate, as long as Li Dian does not retreat north, we don't need to pay attention."
Shi Chang leaned against the trunk of the tree with a calm face, and through the sparse cracks in the jungle, he could see the large clearing outside the city in the distance.
"Chief, Ximen reported that another herald went to Runan."
After a while, the scout, who was standing at the top of the tree, saw a robe waving a battle flag and waving a banner on the high slope in the distance.
"Just let him go."
Shi Chang picked up the kettle hanging from his waist, unscrewed the cork, and took a sip.
"Don't we really have to intercept the enemy heralds?"
asked one of the captains who followed him.
"Why do you want to intercept the heralds, there are still yellow turban thieves in Runan, and the full favor can't send troops to help, even Peiguo Shi Lian and Chen Qi can't help."
Shi Chang's face was calm, "As long as Li Dian doesn't escape, then we don't need to pay attention to it." ” "Chief, there's a squad that has come to the north, all horsemen, seven of them."
The scout overhead shouted again.
"Dog leftovers, take you up and kill them."
Shi Chang's eyes showed a little coldness, and he glanced back at Wu Chang beside him.
"Whoa."
Without saying a word, the captain picked up his short knife, and then took the four robes of the first army to untie the ropes of the horses, and each of them turned on his horse and jumped out of the bushes on one side.
"Driving" "Driving" The moment the five horses rushed out of the dense forest and came to the wilderness, they were discovered by seven sentinels on the opposite side almost instantly.
"Up", seven sentinels, with an arrow array, killed head-on.
"Lift" the two groups of scouts to fight, when they were about to rush to within a hundred steps, the corners of Wu Chang's mouth were slightly outlined, and he waved his arms suddenly, and the five of them almost simultaneously put their legs close to the horse's belly, and the moment they stabilized their bodies, the left arm that was originally pulling the reins was raised suddenly, and through the arm armor, the scouts on the opposite side could also see a little cold light.
"Xiu Xiu Xiu" two crossbows, ten arrows, almost one of them put three people in front of them, and the remaining four people, two of them were also wounded.
"Kill."
The war horses were staggered, the scimitar and the long sword collided together, Wu Chang's eyes flashed a little cold, almost at the moment when the two horses were staggered, one turned over and came to the side of the war horse, after dodging the long sword and stabbing directly, the scimitar pulled downward, and it was directly cut off the leg of the enemy horse.
The captain of the "bang" sentry rode down the horse's head and fell down, and when he got up, a scimitar had fallen to his neck.
He looked at the Jiangdong Army scout commander in front of him, looked around, and the seven sentinels who had left the city were almost all put down.
"How could it be" His face was extremely ugly, the sentry riders were almost all the most agile sergeants in the army, and the war horses they were equipped with were also the fastest runners, but they never thought that their seven people were no match for the Jiangdong Army, and the other party seemed to have no one damaged.
"Bang" He was grabbed by Wu Chang's hand, his wrist hurt, the long sword in his hand fell to the ground, he was pressed in front of the saddle, and was taken by him to the dense forest not far away.
"Phew", the war horse did not enter the dense forest, and the commander immediately took him to the horse.
"It's back," Shi Chang glanced at the few war horses brought back by Wu Chang with a little surprise, "This high-headed horse in the north is good, but it's a pity that Wu Hou has traded war horses to the princes of the north several times, but they have been refused, even if they are bought from traders, they only get some horses." ” "Caught a leader."
Wu Chang pushed the back of the sentry rider, "Be honest." ” "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city," Shi Chang asked with a look on his face, staring at his dodging eyes.
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"Five Five Thousand" "Half an hour ago, why did you gather your army?"
"Gogo" "Qiang", Wu Chang drew his knife sharply and put the scimitar on his neck.
He felt a small cut in his neck being pulled out by the scimitar, blood was slowly flowing down his neck, and his face changed slightly, "It's for the reinforcement of Yoshisei to the east." ” Shi Chang's face was full of thought, and he glared at him again, "Then why don't you go?"
"Little people don't know."
"Then why did you go out of the city?"
"The general has an order, let us solve the scouts within a radius of twenty miles outside the city."
There was a smile in Shi Chang's eyes, "Let's take him down." ” "My lord, please spare your life."
The sentry turned pale with fright, and immediately fell to his knees, begging for his life.
"I won't kill you."
Shi Chang patted him on the shoulder and beckoned him to ride, "Immediately report to General Youping who is in charge of Long Kang, Li Dian has noticed the movement of our army, and the whole army has rushed to prepare dry food, preparing to temporarily hold Xia Cai." ” "Whoa."
Seeing Pao Ze turn over and get on his horse and walk through the jungle, Shi Chang glanced back at the city gate in the distance and patted the tree trunk on his side, "Ah Si, tell our people in the flag language that the enemy sentry rode out of the city and played with them." ” "Whoa
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