It was one day at the end of August in the sixth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty.
Just as the people of Jiangling City were falling asleep under the influence of night, the gate of Jiangling City was slowly opening.
With the help of the surrounding firelight, I saw an elite Han army walking out of the gate of Jiangling City one after another.
When all the thousands of Han troops arrived outside the city, Wei Yan came to Chen Dao with a glass of strong wine in his hand, bowed to him and said:
"The mountains are high and the roads are far, I hope Mr. Chen will take it seriously."
Looking at the farewell wine in Wei Yan's hand, Chen Dao laughed loudly, took the glass of wine and drank it down in one gulp.
“Good wine!”
After Chen Dao finished drinking, he couldn't help but praise.
It is approaching September, and the weather in Jingzhou at night has gradually become colder.
On this slightly cold night, it is indeed a very pleasant thing to have a glass of strong wine to warm your stomach.
After savoring the lingering fragrance between his lips and teeth, Chen Daoyi bowed to Wei Yan and said:
"Da Sima's plan depends on the article chief!"
Chen Dao led his army out of the city at night to lure Xu Sheng.
Compared with himself, Wei Yan, who stayed in the city, had a task that was not light at all.
Chen Dao's instructions made Wei Yan's expression become more solemn.
Wei Yan knew that Chen Dao was using his life to create opportunities for him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, Yan must die!"
After death!
After hearing these four words, Chen Dao's face relaxed a lot.
In Ji Hanzhong, these four words are not a slogan, but an oath.
"If the article is as long as this, you will have no worries."
After saying this, Chen Dao jumped on his horse under the cover of night, and then quickly left towards the south with thousands of Han troops behind him.
In the dark night, Chen Dao's back quickly disappeared from Wei Yan's eyes.
When the sound of marching could no longer be heard in his ears, Wei Yan turned around and returned to Jiangling City.
The first time he returned to Jiangling City, Wei Yan asked the deputy general Liu Yin beside him:
"How are the items ordered by Da Sima prepared?"
Liu Yin knew that this matter was of great importance, so he immediately replied:
"Everything is ready, just waiting for the opportunity."
Liu Yin's answer made Wei Yan nod, and then he walked towards the military camp with his hands behind his back.
The time has come soon!
...
Chen Dao, who set out at night, led thousands of Han troops to a port dozens of miles outside Jiangling City at the first light of the morning.
It can be seen from the appearance of this port that, even if it is not abandoned, it has not been used for many years at least.
This is because the Yangtze River changed its course.
Due to natural and earthly disasters, the river courses of the great rivers of our time are not always static.
A few years ago, a change in the course of the Yangtze River made the river connecting this port narrow, making it no longer conducive for large ships to enter.
This is also the reason why Xu Sheng's naval forces have never been stationed here.
But the reason why this port still exists is that although it is no longer conducive to the berthing of large warships, it has little impact on small warships.
After Chen Dao led his army to the port, he quickly ordered his soldiers to board the warships one after another.
Those brought out by Chen Dao were all the elites of the Han army.
Coupled with Chen Dao's good command, it didn't take long for thousands of Han troops to board the warship.
However, Chen Dao did not command the Han army and headed directly towards the south bank of the Yangtze River.
Chen Dao knew that all the important ports on the south coast were now under Xu Sheng's control.
In order not to fall into a trap, Chen Dao ordered his soldiers to row upstream and head towards the Yidao direction.
Chen Dao had guarded Yuwei for many years, and Yuwei was not far from Yidao. Chen Dao knew that there was a land road outside Yidao City that could lead directly to Gong'an City.
Chen Dao's thoughts are not unreasonable, but Xu Sheng is not an easy person to deal with either.
Although, as Wei Yan said, Xu Sheng could not send troops to garrison every waterway outside Jiangling City, this did not mean that Xu Sheng could not send out scouts.
At dawn, a large number of Wu army scouts were active on both sides of the river outside Jiangling City.
And some scouts quickly detected signs of the Han army.
The Wu Jun scouts returned to Xu Sheng as quickly as possible and reported the incident to Xu Sheng.
When Xu Sheng heard that Han troops had come out of Jiangling City, his first reaction was surprise.
"The shield of Jiangling is so majestic!"
Since the Battle of Public Security, Chen Dao has been sent to Jiangling by Liu Bei to guard.
Based on Sun Quan's desire for Jingzhou, Wu Jun secretly did some things that were detrimental to Jiangling City in the past few years.
But there were no surprises in those things, and they were all resolved by Chen Dao, who had a steady personality. Therefore, people often thought that the Gangneung area had always been peaceful.
A person who is good at fighting without great achievements describes someone like Chen Dao.
To be honest, Jingzhou's military strength was originally empty, so Lu Xun did not necessarily make the public security his primary target.
In terms of strategic goals, if Jiangling can be captured by surprise, then the greatest benefit will be to the Wu army.
But why didn't Lu Xun set his sights on Jiang Ling?
The reason lies with Chen Dao.
Lu Xun felt that with Chen Dao's comprehensive character, no one in the world was sure that he could attack Jiangling City in a short period of time.
Because they were afraid of Chen Dao, some generals in the Wu army privately called Chen Dao the "Shield of Jiangling".
But what Xu Sheng didn't expect was that Chen Dao, who had always been steady and steady, would rise to the challenge one day and make a remarkable appearance.
Because of the surprise in his heart, Xu Sheng asked the scout again suspiciously:
"Did you see clearly that Chen Dao really led the troops?"
Xu Sheng's suspicion made the scout look sad.
How should he answer this?
"The enemy general is cautious in nature and surrounds himself with many elite soldiers to kill the scouts.
It was under the cover of my colleagues that I fought desperately to save my life, and I was lucky enough to come back and report to you, General.
Humble, humble, I can only say that what I saw from a distance was Chen Dao’s general’s flag.”
When the scout explained, he really wanted to cry.
As a scout, he naturally has good eyesight. He has also seen Chen Dao's portrait.
But the problem is, no matter how good his eyesight is, he still has to get close to the Han army to "see clearly", right?
With many years of experience, how could he let enemy scouts get too close to see through his true identity?
The scout's answer and look made Xu Sheng react.
He is a bit pushy.
But at this time, Xu Sheng already believed the scout's words 70% to 80%.
Because it can be judged from the scout's words that it is indeed very similar to Chen Dao's style.
As for the remaining two or three minutes of hesitation, it disappeared without a trace after Xu Sheng read the map of Jingzhou.
"Yidao!"
Xu Sheng slammed his fist on Yidao City on the map.
Chen Dao led his army upstream. Naturally, it was impossible to escape back to Yizhou. According to the map, there was a land road outside Yidao City that could lead to the public security.
When he thought of this, Xu Sheng became uneasy.
Why did Lu Xun let him lead his troops outside Jiangling City? One purpose was to frighten Chen Dao, and the other purpose was to prevent him from blocking Chen Dao's reinforcements if Chen Dao led his troops out of the city.
You must know that before he left, he issued a military order to Lu Xun.
Now if the unexpected happens, it is obvious what he will do next.
Xu Sheng immediately summoned his lieutenant to stay and said to him: "You lead 10,000 naval troops upstream and pursue Chen Dao behind."
Although Chen arrived first and allowed a lot of time to set off, Xu Sheng was confident in his own warships.
With the advanced nature of our own warships, it is not impossible to catch up with the Han army under the same circumstances of going upstream.
Of course, Xu Sheng would not place his life on the word "possibility".
After Liu Lue accepted the order and left, Xu Sheng sent people to recruit the remaining Wu troops.
For Wu Jun, who had the advantage of boats, there were many ways to rush to the only road leading to the public security from Yi Dao.
If everything goes well, he and Liu Lue will soon be chasing Chen Dao from front to back.
By then, what's the use of being able to defend Chen Dao?
...
After a period of trekking, Chen Dao led his army to the outside of Yidao County without any danger.
At this time, Chen also received news that Wu troops were pursuing him from behind.
More importantly, before entering the mountain road outside Yidao County, Chen Dao, who had a steady personality, sent scouts in advance to check.
According to the news reported back by the scouts, what Chen Dao was most worried about happened.
There was also a group of elite soldiers from the Wu army who had already arrived at the dangerous area outside the Yidao Mountain Road ahead of him.
Perhaps Wu Jun has set up an ambush and is waiting for him to fall into a trap.
Attacking from both sides, Chen Dao frowned as he thought about the difficult situation in front of him.
Chen Dao was not afraid that he would be in danger, but he was afraid that he would not be able to complete the task.
Under normal circumstances, when faced with an enemy attack from two sides, it is the safest thing for the army to rely on the city.
Although the defenses of Yidao City are not high, Chen Dao is confident that he can firmly defend Yidao City with the thousands of Han troops in his hands.
But this has no effect on the current war situation.
Chen Dao knew very well that once Xu Sheng learned that he was leading his army to defend Yidao City, Xu Sheng would not lead his army to attack Yidao City.
Xu Sheng would only lead his troops to blockade the main roads outside Yidao City so that he could not go to support the public security.
During this period of time, facing Wu Jun's pursuit, Chen Dao realized more deeply how advanced Wu Jun's warships were.
He set off early and was actually caught up by Wu Jun in a short time.
With the speed of the Wu army's warships, if they were not lured away from the waters of the Yangtze River completely, Mi Yang's next plan would be very risky.
Thinking of this, Chen Dao took a deep breath.
There was a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him. He encountered this familiar situation again.
Just when Chen Dao was thinking about how to break the situation, the deputy general reported that several old men in the city were paying their respects.
An ordinary person would not be in the mood to see an old man living in the countryside at this time.
But Chen Dao was deeply influenced by Liu Bei, so Chen Dao did not intend to refuse.
Soon after, several elders from Yidao City were brought to Chen Dao.
Chen Dao thought they were here to work for the army, and was about to politely refuse. Unexpectedly, the words of the leader Su Lao made Chen Dao stunned on the spot.
"General, are you worried about how to get to the police?"
As a local elder, it was not surprising that he was informed of Chen Dao's arrival immediately.
And often the local elders in the Qin and Han Dynasties could not be regarded as ordinary country villagers.
Seeing the leader of the group, Mr. Su, expressed his worries with one word, Chen Dao quickly approached and asked:
"Since my father-in-law has asked this question, he must have a clever plan in mind.
I hope my father-in-law will teach me."
Seeing Chen Dao displaying a humble posture, the leader, Mr. Su, had a look of satisfaction on his face.
He stroked his beard and said:
"People from the mountains and plains can't say they have any clever ideas.
But even as a man of the mountains and plains, he has always respected those who are loyal and righteous.
The death of Mr. Wang Xian is depressing, and it also makes us see the tyranny of the Wu army.
For the sake of the gate and for the sake of our hometown, we do not want the Wu army to take over Jingzhou."
The leader, Mr. Su, slowly explained why he was willing to help Chen Dao.
In the past decades of troubled times, the world has been constantly fighting, which has long since changed the views of most people in the world.
For many people in the local area, it is basically nonsense to say that they will be completely loyal to a certain court before they receive definite benefits.
Originally, based on the identities and knowledge of these elders, they maintained a neutral attitude towards Wu Jun's invasion.
Anyway, no matter who is in charge of Jingzhou, there is a high probability that they will win over them in the end.
But when the news of Wang Hong's death reached Yidao, these elders immediately changed their minds.
You must know that in this world, even bandits might not dare to take their lives when they meet a loyal person.
Wu Jun's moral integrity is even worse than that of bandits.
Therefore, how can Wu Jun be allowed to take control of Jingzhou?
After explaining the reasons, the leader, Mr. Su, continued to say to Chen Dao:
"Don't worry, general. I've been here on Yidao for generations and know that there is a mountain road leading to the police station!"
As soon as the old man finished speaking, Chen Dao was overjoyed.
Chen Dao did not doubt what Mr. Su said.
Never underestimate the energy of local snakes.
Besides, if these old men came here, they must have found out about the predicament he was facing now.
If these elders have harmful intentions for him, they can just wait for the situation to develop, and there is no need to take the risk of coming to him.
Chen Dao, who was anxious to get out of trouble, bowed to several Yi Tao elders again:
"I hope my father-in-laws can help me get out of trouble."
Chen Dao's humble attitude made these elders very satisfied, which strengthened their determination to help Chen Dao.
Inadvertently, the leader, Mr. Su, said again:
"The hidden mountain road we know can not only lead to the police, but also go around the back of Wu Jun."
This old man has an excellent sense of proportion.
In the middle of what he said, he stopped talking.
And Chen Dao is a veteran general for many years, how can he not understand the meaning of this old man's words?
Chen Dao's eyes showed excitement.
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
...
Liu Lue marched rapidly along the way, and finally arrived outside Yidao City not long after.
However, when Liu Lue arrived with his army, he found no sign of the Han army.
Subconsciously, Liu Sui invited several local residents to inquire.
These local residents also "know each other", and they almost said in unison:
"The Han army has already gone to the police station."
After hearing the words of several local residents, Liu Lue couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Liu Lue knew that Xu Sheng had led his army and was waiting at the exit of the mountain road outside Yidao City.
As soon as he thought of this, Liu Lue enthusiastically chased Chen Dao "behind" him into the mountain road outside Yidao City.
Seeing Wu Jun's anxious figure as he left, the elders sighed and shook their heads.
Doesn’t General Wu read history books?
Don't they know that Xiang Yu, a senior in Jiangdong, also asked local elders for directions?
How stupid!
This chapter has been completed!