Overlord!

Gao Liang was very cautious when returning to the army for rescue. He sent scouts to explore more than 30 miles ahead.

This kind of scout has a very professional name called Tangqi, who is responsible for reconnaissance and conveying military information.Generally, before the army sets off, a hundred Tangqi will be sent out, one mile apart from each other.At the same time, each soldier must ensure that they can look at each other and see the military information conveyed by the flags behind the other party.

In the presence of Tangqi, it is not easy for the enemy to ambush a large army on the way.

Gao Liang thought very well. He believed that Lü Meng must gather the main force before he dared to attack his tens of thousands of troops. As long as Tang Qi remained cautious, Lü Meng would not be able to take advantage of him.

Lü Meng followed the situation and did not ambush him. The army appeared near his home village.

But Gao Liang had no idea that Gan Ning, as the top fighter in the Central Plains, was no ordinary person. He had a heart of a bear and a courage of a leopard, and was loyal and strong.

After he led the five hundred cavalry to attract Gaoliang's return troops, he led his troops back from the north bank. After turning back to the west for more than a hundred miles, he crossed Yushui south and appeared behind Gaoliang's army!
The elite black armored cavalry built by Sun Ce at all costs showed their unparalleled value in this battle.

It runs for more than a hundred miles every day, and its endurance and speed are as fast as the wind. Its strategic maneuverability makes the bandits, mainly foot soldiers, in Gaoliang completely unaware of where this cavalry is.

After losing more than [-] people due to miasma, turbulence, and long-distance attacks, the remaining [-] or so people still maintained extremely high fighting spirit.

After Gan Ning rectified his soldiers and inspired their morale, more than [-] people appeared behind the tens of thousands of troops in Gaoliang at night when the moon was bright and the stars were dim!

It was said that they were behind the formation, but in fact, a group of grass bandits in Gaoliang did not set up an army and returned quickly without setting up any camps or ditches.

Gan Ning's lieutenant was Su Fei, who was originally a subordinate of Huang Zu, but he had a quarrel with Gan Ning before. He recommended Gan Ning to Huang Zu several times, but Huang Zu was always unwilling to reuse him.

When the entire Jingzhou fell, it was owned by Sun Ce, the Marquis of Wu.Su Fei was also on the list of surrendered generals. Gan Ning knew of his bravery and recruited him as deputy general.

There are countless heroes like Su Fei in Jiangdong. From Yuan Shu's generals Zhu Guang and Yang Hong to Liu Biao's generals Wang Wei and Wang Lang, etc., they all serve as generals, Sima and other positions in the Jiangdong army. There are even Wei Yan and Wenpin. This kind of Zhonglang Jiang and Xiaowei.

It can be said that in the Jiangdong Army, there are fierce generals like clouds and heroes like rain.

This is especially true among elite assault cavalry. Even a village commander may be a general whose name will go down in history.

Therefore, in the night, Su Fei saw Gao Liang's main army huddled in quilts and sleeping on the ground, and laughed excitedly: "General, the enemy was caught off guard. Today is the day when we are waiting to shock Jiaozhou!"

Hundreds of knights rob the camp?

Why be so cautious!

Gan Ning will use three hundred cavalry today to crush all the rebels into powder!
Gan Ning laughed boldly, raised his long spear high, raised his arms, and shouted to the army behind him: "No wonder General Lu said, the enemy's grass bandits have neither gates nor ranks. They must be captured quickly, not if they are not there." Everyone! Now our stars are galloping with lightning, and we are not in danger of them. With five hundred fine cavalry, we will completely destroy the enemy's army."

"Commanders! Follow me, Yun Che, to sweep away and defeat the enemy in one battle!"

"Drum beat, the whole army attacks!"

As Gan Ning shouted loudly, majestic drums suddenly sounded, torches were raised from all directions, more than [-] armored cavalry, and more than [-] war horses galloped instantly, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the ground shook. !

The thieves under Gao Liang's command, who were sleeping soundly, were instantly startled. They saw fire coming from all directions, and the earth-shattering cavalry had already rushed into the unobstructed military formation.

The rebel army never thought that they would be raided in this situation. They didn't even have a camp. In a chaotic situation, they were disorderly arranged by the sudden cavalry led by Gan Ning.

The three thousand crossbowmen that Gao Liang was so proud of were completely unable to show their strength in time, and completely collapsed in the chaos.

Gan Ning himself led his elite assault cavalry directly to Gao Liang's camp.

As a bandit, its equipment and military tents are not complete, so ordinary soldiers have no time to set up camp and can only sleep on the ground.

In this case, the tent set up by Gao Liang and other generals in the middle of the car base was extremely eye-catching.

Gan Ning personally led the troops to attack, but Gao Liang's direct lineage could not resist it.

This Jiangdong's top warrior, blessed with a long life, is indomitable and will kill anyone who takes the lead.

What does it mean that three armies are in charge of changing the situation, and ten thousand people are incompetent?
Gan Ning performed this battle vividly.

Even if Gao Liang's bodyguards guarded the chariots and fired arrows and stones, they could not resist Gan Ning's direct cavalry charge.

He instantly killed three people and swept over the Chinese army's brazier with his long spear. Then the fire ignited the tent, allowing all the Chinese soldiers to see clearly the image of this fierce general.

Under the firelight, Gan Ning's figure was like a ghost. His whole body was bathed in blood, and his clothes and armor were stained. The dripping blood looked even more terrifying under the reflection of the firelight.His face was dimmed and brightened by the firelight, and his eyes flashed with fierce light, as if he wanted to devour all his enemies.

Its posture is strong and vigorous, like a tiger leaping in the flames, and every swing brings out bloody arcs.The spear in his hand shone brightly in the firelight, and the blood on the blade evaporated under the high temperature, creating wisps of blood mist, which made people intimidated.

In order to shock the enemy, he even threw down his bag, his face filled with evil anger.Her long hair fluttered in the wind, looking even more wild and unruly under the light of the fire.

Facing such a fierce general, even if Gaoliang's personal soldiers were huge, dozens of times larger than the cavalry, no one dared to advance.

Gan Ning led his iron cavalry like tigers into the flock of sheep and attacked in all directions. He was invincible and defeated Gaoliang's central army.

Surrounded by his own soldiers, Gao Liang desperately fled from this terrifying enemy general.

Everyone has the same consensus. This person is brave and it is not appropriate to compete with him.

As soon as Gao Liang escaped, his entire army could no longer organize a defense. After a night of bloody fighting, Gan Ning beheaded more than [-] people. More than a thousand people died by jumping into the Yushui, and the entire army was routed for more than [-] miles.

With the power of victory, Gan Ning pursued all the way and fought consecutively in Duanxi and Gaoyao counties.

By the time Gaoliang's tens of thousands of troops fled to Gaoyao County and arrived at the border of Cangwu County, there were only less than ten thousand of his subordinates left.

Gaoyao, as soon as you hear its name, you will know that this is an important place in Jiaozhou. Yushui flows rapidly here, winding from north to south.The defeated troops in Gaoliang had to meander all the way down the river and escape back to their home village.

However, Lü Meng ambushed the army here. When Gaoliang's army arrived, Lü Meng took advantage of the situation to attack it.

Advancing on foot and on horseback, attacking both inside and outside, Zhou Tai led his soldiers to move forward in an indomitable way. In one battle, he beheaded Gao Liang and returned with his head.

Then Lu Meng sent his troops to attack Gaoliang's main camp, and burned all the bandits' forts.

Gao Liang, a traitor who had been in Jiaozhou for many years and could not be controlled in the four counties, was easily defeated by Lu Meng in one battle, and the whole Jiaozhou was shaken.

The clan thieves, Hu Yue, powerful men, and chieftains everywhere were all horrified.The wealthy families and wealthy businessmen in Jingzhou who followed Lü Meng were overjoyed. Because Lü Meng was about to march into Cangwu County, the tens of thousands of men and women he collected from the Gaoliang bandit camp were handed over to these wealthy families for placement.

This is simply a feast for the wealthy Guiyang family!
All major wealthy families will gain a large number of customers and tenants as a result.

Some people even started a dental business because of this, and sent thousands of young people to Wujun and Jiankang areas to be hired by others.

However, Lu Meng had no energy to pay attention to these. He had already led his army to Guangxin County, the county seat of Cangwu County.

Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu County, led more than [-] troops and relied on the city to resist the war.

To capture a city guarded by 4000 people with more than [-] cavalry, a quick victory is indeed impossible.

So Lü Meng didn't panic. The army arrived at Guangxin City and began to dig ditches.

Seeing that Lu Meng was about to completely block the city with fortifications, Wu Ju still had heroes under his command who could see the situation clearly.

His fellow village party member, District Jing, who is also from a wealthy family in Changsha, quickly went to Wu Ju and said, "Master Fu, we must not sit back and wait for death. Lu Meng's victory over Gaoliang has already made Jiaozhou frightened, and no one dared to come to rescue. Therefore, we must defend to the death." If we sit in the city and watch Lu Meng build the siege and fortifications, then the three armies will be killed immediately."

"It has the support of Guiyang and Changsha counties, and the logistics supplies are endless. But we are trapped in the isolated city, and sooner or later we will run out of food and be captured."

"Even if we cannot defeat the enemy, we cannot sit back and watch them dig trenches and build a tight siege."

Of course Wu Ju knew that passively defending the city was digging his own grave.But he worriedly asked: "Gaoliang's tens of thousands of people were defeated in one battle. How can we win if we wait for thousands of troops to leave the city?"

Ou Jing said angrily: "Master Fu, if we fight to the death, we have a chance to survive now. If they wait for the third siege of the city, we will definitely die! If the trench camp is completed, the army will surround the camp, and only arrows and stones will be fired. , thousands of people like us can hardly stand out. If we don’t fight now, how can we sit back and wait for death?”

What Ou Jing said is undoubtedly very correct.

Without fortifications, they would not be able to win.When Jiangdong's army completed the fortifications, how could they, a group of weak warriors, defeat them?
Wu Ju could only fight to the death, personally reward the three armies generously, and go out of the city to fight against the enemy.

But the result was already doomed. He had only more than [-] men. If he had to fight against the [-] elite infantry and cavalry commanded by Lu Meng, as well as the countless fierce generals and heroes from Jiangdong, he could only be completely defeated.

Lu Meng mobilized his three armies and defeated them with one drum. Then Zhou Tai fought bravely and was not afraid of the arrows on the city. He led his elite soldiers to seize the opportunity to cover up the attack and enter the city, killing Wu Ju in the chaos!Wu's great general Wei Yi was forced to surrender with his troops.

Since Wu Ju died, no one in Cangwu dared to defend the city. Lü Meng only needed ten days to command his troops to pacify the entire Cangwu.

The consequences of Wu Ju's death were not limited to Cangwu territory.

This well-known brave prince in Jiaozhou and Gao Liang, a notorious and cruel traitor, were defeated by Lu Meng in less than a month. His illustrious reputation soon spread as the news spread, and shocked Jiaozhou.

The person most affected by this is undoubtedly Shi Xie's brother, Shi Wu, the prefect of Nanhai.

Shi Xie was the prefect of Jiaozhi. At the same time, he asked his younger brother Shi Yi to concurrently serve as the prefect of Hepu, his second brother Shi (yǐ), the magistrate of Xuwen County, also served as the prefect of Jiuzhen, and Shi Wu's younger brother Shi Wu concurrently served as the prefect of Nanhai.

They are four brothers who also control the four counties of Jiaozhou and are the most powerful princes in Jiaozhou.

Under this situation, several other prefects could still sit back and observe the situation. Nanhai Prefect Shiwu really couldn't wait any longer. If he hadn't made a decision early, his situation might be even worse than Wu Ju's.

Because Nanhai County is just east of Cangwu County, with Cangwu County to the west, Guiyang County to the north, and Kuaiji County and Wuxing County to the east.

Only the southwest direction of Nanhai County is connected to Hepu County, separated by Yushui and a large number of bays.

If Jiangdong's army, with its fleets and divisions at the same time, advanced by land and water, he, the governor of Nanhai, might not be able to withstand it for even ten days, and would be cut off by Lu Meng and trapped to death in Nanhai County.

After all, Lu Meng only brought a few thousand people here, and he swept away the princes and old thieves who had been fighting against the Shi family for many years.

If Jiangdong sent tens of thousands of people to ride over here, how many months would it take to learn about Pingjiaozhou?

Therefore, before Lü Meng could convey his message, the soldiers and soldiers abandoned the county and fled to Jiaozhi.

Of course, what he declared to the outside world was not to flee in fear, but in the name of discussing with his eldest brother Shixie how to deal with Jiangdong.

Shi Xie, the governor of Jiaozhi, is still very outstanding from the perspective of the princes in the world.

He was a generous man and a humble man. When war broke out in the Central Plains, hundreds of northern scholars sought refuge.For example, Yuan Hui, Cheng Bing, Xue Zong and others were all protected by him.

And he was obsessed with "Spring and Autumn" and wrote annotations for it.Excellent knowledge and good at government affairs.

In the midst of great chaos, he managed to save a county. For more than twenty years, nothing happened in the territory, the people were not unemployed, and all those who were detained were celebrated.The credit is comparable, Dou Rong saved Hexi.It changed local customs and promoted the culture of the Central Plains.

The world was in chaos, and Shi Xie had no choice but to separatize Jiaonan. In fact, he had no ambition to become a prince, nor did he have the intention to compete with Sun Ce for hegemony, so his crime would not lead to death.

Of course, looking at his obsession with annotating "Spring and Autumn" and his helplessness towards Wu Juyi as a warrior, we know that he actually has no ability to compete with the princes.

After Shiwu arrived in Jiaozhi, Shixie also summoned several brothers to discuss how to deal with it.

As a wealthy family born in Guangxin County, the brothers of the Shi family are actually Cangwu people.

He has a clear understanding of Wu Ju's strength and Cang Wu's population.

As long as Lü Meng captured Cangwu County and relied on its 46 population to attack Nanhai, Jiaozhi and other places, the scholars who lacked talents would not be able to fight against him.

So after the brothers arrived, Shi Xie said directly: "This is the autumn of life and death for our clan. I intend to lead all my brothers to join Wuhou and flatter Jiedu. What do you think?"

The soldiers and soldiers naturally agreed with this. With Lu Meng's power shaking Jiaozhou, other soldiers and soldiers would definitely not want to defend the South China Sea.

As the governor of Hepu, Shi Yi was in a similar situation to Shi Wu, so he remained silent.

Only the scholars far away in Jiuzhen were still unwilling to give up. Jiuzhen County is still south of Jiaozhi County, located in Vietnam. Further south is Rinan County, the southernmost county of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, he could not feel Jiangdong's military front for the time being, and wanted to fight again, so he asked: "Brother, if we surrender like this, if Marquis Wu takes away my inheritance, we will regret it."

Shi Xie shook his head and said: "Marquis Wu has the ambition to be a king, and he will be virtuous all over the world. When we return with our hands tied, he will comfort him, there is no doubt about it! Moreover, if Marquis Wu is really harsh, it will not be too late for us to raise troops again." "

There are only five counties in Jiuzhen County, and the population at its peak is only 20. It is difficult for Tatars to support themselves, so they can only obey the opinions of a few brothers and send envoys to request surrender, hoping to respect the Marquis of Wu and flatter Jiedu. (End of chapter)