Soldiers come to the world

Jingling County, which is a large county in the west of Jiangxia, is close to the Han River and is located in the Heze water network. The land is fertile and the forest is dense. It is a rich land of fish and rice in Jiangxia.

The county has a population of more than [-] households, most of which live on farming and fishing. However, after several years of population separation and the influx of people fleeing the war, the population of Jingling County has increased rapidly, reaching more than [-] households. The population is more than [-] people.

Jingling County is also an important production area of ​​kerosene in Jiangxia County. The number of natural oil wells here is more than that of Xiazhi County, and the output is larger. Every day, a large number of ships transport kerosene to Xiazhi County for further refining.

There are 3000 permanent troops in Jingling County, led by Sima Xiangchong from another department. Xiang Chong is the nephew of Xianglang, the Prime Minister of Xiangyang County. He is about 25 and six years old. He is both civil and military. , After resigning from office to study abroad, he was recommended to Liu Jing by his uncle Xiang Lang at the beginning of the year.

Liu Jing boldly reused him and appointed him as the Sima of another department, in charge of the army of Jingling, and responsible for guarding the west gate of Jiangxia County.

The Jingling County military camp is not in the county seat, but in the west of the county seat, covering an area of ​​nearly a hundred acres, all of which are tents. In the large tent of the Chinese army, Cao Lin, the county magistrate of Jingling County, found Xiang Chong worriedly.

In the past two days, a large number of refugees have poured in from Nanjun, seeking relatives and friends, making Jingling County overcrowded, and many of them fled from Huarong County.

Although Huarong County is the county seat of Nanjun County, it is only forty miles away from Jingling County. If something happened in Huarong County, it would be difficult for Jingling County to stay out of it.

"Xiang Sima, it is very likely that Cao Jun has gone south, otherwise there would be so many refugees."

In fact, Cao Lin didn't care about Cao Jun going south to Nanjun. What he cared about was whether Cao Cao's army would take advantage of the situation and attack Jingling County. After all, this is the most important fire oil production area in Jiangxia. How could Cao Jun let it go?

"Does Sima think Cao Jun will attack Jingling County?" Cao Lin looked at Xiang Chong worriedly.

Xiang Chong also got some information, he pondered for a moment and said: "The possibility of Cao's army attacking Jingling County is very high, but Cao County Magistrate does not need to worry, Cao's army will not slaughter the city, let alone burn, kill and loot. Jingzhou came under his rule."

"But... what should we do?" Cao Lin asked in a low voice. In fact, he wanted to ask Xiang Chong if he wanted to resist Cao Jun.

Before Xiang Chong could answer, a soldier rushed over to report, "Report to Sima, Zhou Mu led the fleet to anchor at the Han River!"

"what!"

Xiang Chong and Cao Lin got up at the same time in surprise, and before they could talk in detail, they hurried out of the camp to meet Liu Jing. ． ． ． ． ．

The heavy rain that had lasted for three days finally stopped, and the water level of the Han River soared, submerging the wharf. More than [-] warships were moored on the river, and [-] troops were disembarking one after another, gathering on the south bank of the Han River.

Liu Jing did not directly return to Jiangxia. Although he withdrew his troops from Xiangyang, it did not mean that Cao Cao's warships could drive down the Han River to threaten Xiakou, and he would not give Cao Jun of Anlu County a chance to cross the river.

Therefore, Jiangxia's navy will form a water blockade near Jingling County to block Cao's warships going south. This is an important part of Liu Jing's strategic deployment.

Liu Jing had already disembarked. He rode on a war horse and looked at Jingling County not far away. Although the city wall of Jingling County had been heightened and reinforced, it could withstand an attack of [-] troops, but if it was [-] or even [-] If the army attacked the city, the county would definitely not be able to support it.

However, to the east of Jingling County is the vast Yunmeng Lake. It is destined that Cao Jun will not be able to attack Xiakou by land, and can only reach the other side of the Yangtze River in Xiakou by detouring Anlu County from the north bank of the Han River.

Yunmeng Zeguo, this is the most favorable geographical environment in Jiangxia County, and it is doomed that Cao Jun can only march eastward along the Yangtze River.

Historically, the last war broke out in Chibi, which was caused by the special geographical environment of Jiangxia. It is no accident that Chibi was the first best crossing port after the fleet sailed out of Yunmengze.

While meditating, Xiang Chong and Cao Lin hurried over, and the two stepped forward to salute, "See Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing got off the horse, looked at the expectant expressions of the two and smiled and said, "Did my arrival make your hearts come to shore?"

Xiang Chong smiled bitterly and said: "The situation in Nanjun is chaotic now, and it has spread to Jingling County. The subordinates have not received orders from the state pastor, so they can only stand still and feel quite uncertain."

Cao Lin next to him also interjected: "A large number of refugees have poured in from Nanjun in the past few days. The officials have opened warehouses to provide porridge and distributed tents. It is okay to support them for a month or two, but if it takes too long, I am afraid that the government will not be able to support them. "

Liu Jing smiled and said: "Don't worry too much, at least half of the people in Jingling County will be transferred to Chaisang, and the fleet will arrive in two days, but County Magistrate Cao can start making preparations now."

Cao Lin was overjoyed. He didn't want to surrender to Cao Jun, and he didn't want to leave the Jingling people to escape alone, which made him in a dilemma.

"Which people can evacuate?" He asked again.

Liu Jing smiled, "It depends on one's own wishes. If you want to withdraw, you can go with the ship. If you don't want to withdraw, you can stay. You don't have to force it."

Cao Lin lowered his head and thought about it, it is indeed the case, at least [-]% of the population fishermen will not leave, every household has fishing boats, if Cao Jun is cruel, they can take refuge in Yunmeng Lake by boat, there are many small islands in the lake, You can live there for several months by setting up a tent. There are a lot of fish, shrimp and water chestnut in the lake, so you don’t have to worry about food at all.

"Wei Chen understands, now I'm going back to the city to prepare, please go to the city with Zhou Mu and Wei Chen, and Wei Chen can arrange food and lodging for Zhou Mu."

"No need, I will live in the barracks!"

Liu Jing smiled and said: "Maybe I will go to the county to inspect, but I don't have time today, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Cao Lin gave a salute and left in a hurry. Jiang Xia's navy began to build an additional barracks at the pier, and Liu Jing followed Xiang Chong to the barracks in the west of the city.

Liu Jing sat down in the big tent of the Chinese army, and immediately said to Xiang Chong: "I want to know the current situation in Nanjun. I hope you sent scouts."

Of course Xiang Chong knew about the situation in Nanjun, but he didn't tell the county magistrate Cao Lin. He was afraid of causing unnecessary panic, so Xiang Chong quickly bowed and said, "Reporting to Zhou Mu, Jiangling City was attacked by Xiahouyuan's cavalry the day before yesterday and has fallen. "

Liu Jing was a little stunned, did he fall so soon?Only three days after he left Xiangyang, Jiangling fell, which really made him unable to understand.

"Where is Liu Bei? Where is he now?" Liu Jing asked anxiously again.

Xiang Chong sighed, "He's in the Dangyang area now, and he wanted to transfer all the people in Nanjun across the river, but he didn't expect Cao cavalry to attack Jiangling and cut off his retreat. I don't know his current situation either. I only know that Cao Cao's army has already moved south from Xiangyang, so I'm afraid it will be very bad for him!"

Liu Jing paced back and forth in the camp with his hands behind his back. He didn't expect that Liu Bei would make such an idiot mistake. He didn't want to retreat in front of the enemy, and he wanted to move all the population of Nanjun.

This is certainly caused by greed, but Liu Bei has experienced the migration of the people of Xinye. He should have learned a lesson. He should know that the people are moving slowly, and it is impossible to march hundreds of miles smoothly, let alone move to the south of the Yangtze River. Liu Bei He actually made two mistakes on the same thing, why didn't Zhuge Liang stop him?

Liu Jing walked slowly to the map, estimating Cao Jun's marching speed in his mind. If he set off from the night before yesterday and marched for two days and two nights, Cao Jun should be in Dangyang County by now.

If Liu Bei had nowhere to go, he would most likely flee in the direction of Jingling County. Liu Jing frowned. If this really happened, how would he deal with it?

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After the rain, the roads in Nanjun were extremely muddy, and the low-lying areas had become a swamp of water. In the area around Wufuyi Town, the accumulated water submerged up to the thighs, forming a shallow water pond more than ten miles long and four miles wide, which completely submerged the official road. .

Liu Bei's army had no choice but to take a detour and marched southward in the water-logged grassland. Soldiers kept stepping on the air and fell into the pond. In just one day and one night of marching, more than [-] people were missing from the [-] troops.

The possibility of escaping is unlikely. This army has been with Liu Bei for many years. They are all loyal veterans. There is only one explanation. They were swallowed by a deep pond on the road during the night march.

At noon, the exhausted soldiers rested in a pine forest. The terrain here was relatively high, and there was actually a dry land in the lush pine forest. Three thousand soldiers huddled in the pine forest, eating dry food and drinking water, freezing to the ground. tremble.

Liu Bei sat on a boulder, staring at the map silently. In fact, he also knew in his heart that the sky was not beautiful. Even if he did not go to various parts of Nanjun to mobilize the people to retreat south, he would still be unable to cross the river due to heavy rain. Jiangbei, this is God's will.

Now Liu Bei pins his hopes on Pang Ji and Wang Jie, hoping that they can defend Jiangling for him, so that Cao cavalry cannot break through the city. As long as the city is still there, he has hope.

At this moment, the soldier standing guard on the top of the tree suddenly shouted: "My lord, there is an army three miles to the south, it seems to be cavalry!"

Liu Bei was taken aback. He didn't have any cavalry. If it was cavalry, it could only be Cao Jun's cavalry. Liu Bei stood up and shouted sharply: "The army must be assembled immediately!"

Three thousand soldiers rushed out of the pine forest and gathered quickly on the grass. At this moment, the ground began to shake, rumbling thunder rumbled on the horizon, and a black line appeared several miles away to the south.

The black line was getting closer and closer, turning into tens of thousands of horses galloping, and the black cavalry group swept towards this side like a storm. Liu Bei's soldiers were so shocked that their faces turned ashen, and they kept retreating.

Although the officers shouted anxiously: "Spearmen hold their ground, don't retreat!" But they still couldn't stop the soldiers from retreating timidly.

"It's tiger and leopard riders!" Some soldiers shouted in shock, and the tigers and leopards on Cao Jun's banner were ferocious, hunting and flying.

Liu Bei's scalp was numb. Of course he knew the sharpness of Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry. With one against ten, his army could not withstand the violent impact. He would definitely lose this battle.

Although he knew he would be defeated, Liu Bei shouted: "Archers prepare!"

A thousand archers raised their big bows in a flash, and their long arrows pointed upwards, aiming at the cavalry group of Cao army rushing like a stormy sea.