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Chapter 701 Great Retreat

The Fifth Army left Hengjiang Camp the next day and advanced westward. Soon afterwards, Sun Jian learned about this from Xiu Zuo's mouth.

"Lord, Liu Bei has been expelled from Jingzhou. At this time, Chen Chu transferred a main force to the west. The purpose is our side!" Zhang Zhao analyzed.

Sun Jian nodded and said, "Chen Chu must be the idea of ​​fighting against Nanjun!"

"What the lord said is very true! But I don't know how the lord plans to deal with it," Zhang Zhao asked with his fist.

Sun Jian glanced at Zhang Zhao and asked, "What are the good solutions for Mr. Zibu?"

Zhang Zhao thought for a moment and asked, "The lord thinks that the current defenders of Nanjun can withstand the attacks of 150,000 elite Qin troops."

Sun Jian frowned and shook his head slowly and said, "At present, Han Dang's 50,000 infantry guards in Nanjun, it is difficult to resist the attack of the Qin army!"

Zhang Zhao nodded, clasped his fists and said, "Since it cannot be resisted, why should we sacrifice these 50,000 elite soldiers?"

Sun Jian frowned, "Zibu, you want me to give up Nanjun!"

Just as Zhang Zhao was about to answer, Sun Ce jumped up, "What! No! How can you give Nanjun to the Qin army!" Then he pointed at Zhang Zhao's nose and cursed: "Zhang Zhao, what's the point of offering such a plan to my father?"

"Ce'er, don't be rude!" Sun Jian rebuked.

Sun Ce retreated angrily. The tiger's eyes were still waiting for Zhang Zhao, as if saying, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will chop you!"

Zhang Zhao didn't care about this, and clasped his fists at Sun Jian and said, "Lord, it's normal for the major general to have such an idea!"

Sun Jian smiled, then frowned and thought, "What Zibu said is very reasonable! Since Nanjun cannot be controlled, why should you let 50,000 be trapped in it!"

Sun Ce, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard this, clasped his fists and said anxiously: "Father, I would like to go to Nanjun to fight the Qin army to the end!"

Sun Jian looked at Sun Ce with a comforting look, frowned, and said in a pretentious manner: "Ce'er must not be reckless!" "Father!" "Okay! I have decided on this matter, you don't need to say more!" "Yes!" Sun Ce replied helplessly and retreated into the ranks with a frustrated look on his face.

Sun Jian said to Zhang Zhao: "Zibu, immediately order Han Dang to retreat to Jiangyou, and ordered Cheng Pu to lead the Xiakou Shui Army to respond!" "Yes!" Zhang Zhao held his fists and agreed.

On July 3, the Fifth Army arrived in Jingzhou. The next day, Ma Chao led a unit of one of the Fifth Army and Canglang Camp toward Nanjun. At the same time, another 50,000 infantry of the Fifth Army took the Jingzhou naval warships downstream. Han Dang's troops stationed in Nanjun had already left Nanjun city, and 50,000 troops and horses advanced to Wulin Port with a large amount of supplies and goods. At the same time, Cheng Pu led the 10,000 new naval army stationed in Xiakou and left the garrison and also came towards Wulin. The new naval army had only more than 600 warships. Therefore, in order to transport Han Dang's 50,000 troops out in a short time, Sun Jian's army also collected more than 500 large Wupeng ships. The entire fleet had more than 1,000 large ships, enough to transport 50,000 troops away at one time.

On July 5, Ma Chao led an army of 150,000 to the entrance of Hulugu, dozens of miles south of Nanjun, and a scout rushed towards Ma Chao.

The scout rushed to Ma Chaoma and reported urgently: "Report to General, Han Dang has left Nanjun City, and Nanjun is an empty city at this moment!"

Ma Chao frowned and asked, "Where are they going?"

"Toward Wulin!"

Ma Chao immediately understood the other party's intention, "Yang Meng, follow me to lead the Tiger Roaring Iron Cavalry to chase Han Dang! Ma Yue, Duan Gang, you two lead the infantry to continue advancing towards Nanjun!" "Yes!" The generals agreed in unison. "General, do you want to notify Ma Tie?" Ma Yue asked with his fist. Ma Chao thought for a moment and ordered: "Flying pigeons send a letter to the Jingzhou Navy Army, don't stop in Nanjun and go directly down the river to Wulin direction!" "Yes!" Ma Tie is now on the Jingzhou Navy's warship. At this moment, he is leading 50,000 soldiers of the Fifth Army to ride the Jingzhou Navy's warship downstream. They are not aware of the changes in Sun Jian's army at this moment.

Ma Chao led 50,000 tiger roaring cavalry to escape from the brigade and galloped towards Wulin.

After an hour, I arrived outside the Nanjun city and saw that the gate of Nanjun city was wide open, and wolf smoke rose up in several places in the city. It seemed that someone took advantage of the chaos in the city to take advantage of the situation.

"The Fifty thousand men enter the city! The other cavalry continue to move forward with me!" Ma Chao ordered loudly.

Ten thousand tiger roaring cavalry separated from the brigade and ran towards the wide open city gate, while the main force continued to go to Wulin under the leadership of Ma Chao. At this moment, Han Dang led an army of 50,000 had arrived at Wulin Port, and Cheng Pu's navy also happened to arrive. It was nearly 300 miles from Nanjun to Wulin.

As soon as Cheng Pu's navy arrived at Wulin Port, he immediately leaned on the pier to put down his foot boards. Cheng Pu and more than a dozen generals and schoolmen got off a boat. He saw Han Dang walking towards him.

"General Han!" "General Cheng!"

"Don't say much! Come on the ship quickly!" Cheng Pu said anxiously.

Han Dang nodded and waved behind him, "Hurry up! Get on the ship!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers quickly began to board the ship on several ports, and the scene was like a group of ants returning to their nests. Han Dang and Cheng Pu stood on the largest building ship, frowned, and couldn't help but feel very worried.

About two hours later, the sun had already set westward, and more than half of the soldiers had boarded the warship. At this moment, two soldiers carrying large wooden boxes accidentally fell into the river from the board, and immediately shouted. More than a dozen naval soldiers on the closest warship jumped into the water immediately. After a while, the two soldiers who fell into the river climbed onto the shore, but the large wooden box containing silver ingots sank into the river. Looking at this scene, Cheng Pu and Han Dang couldn't help but frown.

Another hour passed, and the army had basically boarded the warship. However, at this moment, a scout rushed over and reported with a panic look on his face: "General, the Qin army's cavalry has reached more than ten miles away!"

Cheng Pu and Han Dang were shocked. Cheng Pu said to Han Dang: "We must speed up the remaining soldiers!" Han Dang nodded and said: "I will go and supervise myself!" He clasped his fists at Cheng Pu and left the boat.

Cheng Pu rode his horse back and forth between the ports, loudly urging the troops to board the ship as soon as possible.

However, at this moment, a fast ship responsible for reconnaissance rushed over from the upstream and leaned against Cheng Pu's tower ship. A small officer hurriedly boarded the stairs and reported to Cheng Pu: "General, there are more than 1,500 warships coming here dozens of miles upstream!" Cheng Pu was shocked again and asked anxiously: "But Jingzhou Navy." "That's right!" "General, you can't delay any more!" A general next to Cheng Pu said anxiously. Cheng Pu nodded and ordered a personal soldier beside him: "Go! Call General Han back immediately!" "Yes!" The personal soldier responded and immediately left the ship. Cheng Pu immediately ordered: "The ships that were already full of orders set sail immediately!"

Han Dang returned to the tower ship, clasped his fists and asked, "General Cheng, why did you rush to call me back?" Cheng Pudang immediately informed Han Dang of the situation that the naval whistleboat was reconnaissance. Han Dang's face changed. Cheng Pu said again, "I have ordered all the ships loaded to set sail and return to Jiangxia!" Han Dangchao looked on the river and saw hundreds of warships and civilian ships leaving the port. He quickly turned his head to look on the shore, and there were still thousands of soldiers who had not boarded the ship.

The faint sound of thunder came from the horizon, and the originally noisy port immediately became quiet. Han Dang's face changed and he murmured, "Here's coming!" The port became even more noisy. The soldiers who had not boarded the ship rushed to the ship one after another, and many people were squeezed into the river and shouted in the river. The generals who were still receiving soldiers were shouting and shouting hard. Two ships that hurriedly left the port collided together, and dozens of people fell into the river. The entire port seemed very chaotic.

A quarter of an hour later, tens of thousands of iron cavalry in black and black armor appeared in everyone's sight. At this time, most of the ships had already left the dock with the vast majority of soldiers.

The ships that had not left the pier were rushing to leave the pier, and the soldiers who had not boarded the pier stood on the pier and shouted at the fleet.

Ma Chao led the cavalry to the port, and the soldiers who failed to board the ship knelt down and asked to surrender.
Chapter completed!
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