"What? Are you saying that Zihe (Lu Mu) didn't even keep it for a day? Xiangyang has been lost?"

"How dare you deceive the general? General, the Han army has nearly 100,000 people, and four gates attack at the same time. Xiangyang's city is too large and our army is insufficient, so it is slammed down by him."

"Hey! What happened to Zihe? Can't we mobilize the people in Xiangyang City to the city to defend?"

As soon as Lu Mu said this, Du Yu released him. The two Lu family private soldiers who specially sent Lu Mu's heads did not know how to interfere.

If this time Ji Han's southern expedition, the aristocratic families in Jiangdong did not want to resist because of the huge gap in strength between the two sides, and on the other hand, they seemed a little hesitant because Ji Han's attitude towards the aristocratic families was too strict and wanted to resist. Then the people of Eastern Wu did not want to resist at all.

Although the lives of the people of Eastern Wu were better than when Sun Hao was when Sun Xiu was there, compared with Ji Han, who was in power in Guan Yi, it was still far inferior to those of Ji Han. In recent years, although there was no major war between Han and Wu, the intelligence agencies of both sides were still active very frequently.

Unlike the Dianjiao who was busy exploring Ji Han's troops deployment and checking households and tax-related families, Si Wencao's main job was to carry out various publicity targeting the people of Eastern Wu - our Han people, life is getting better and better day by day.

People are not satisfied with their hardships. Even in modern society, we still often sigh: How can other people's units be so well-behaved? Why are other people's universities so beautiful? How can other people's children be so sensible... This is the case in modern society such a developed information, let alone this almost closed era.

The rumors are becoming more and more mysterious. In short, after the instigation of Si Wen Cao over the past few years, the people of Eastern Wu, at least the part that borders Ji Han, had long been yearning for Ji Han.

Now that Ji Han has fought, it would be nice to open the city without spontaneously. Do you still expect us to climb the city to defend? Well, if you force us to climb the city with a sword, we dare not stop climbing. But we who are scattered everywhere on weekdays have been organized by you in the form of an army. Haha, I can't say, we really want to do something.

Therefore, Lu Mu did not dare to arm the people.

"My head of my family understood this when he was only twenty-five years old. Why can't you understand it even though you are in your forties?"

Of course, I dare not say this. So when Lu Mu asked about this, the two Lu family soldiers could only remain silent.

Seeing the two Lu family soldiers silent, Lu Mu felt bored: "Do you have anything to say to me?"

"Some, general. General Zhennan of the Han Dynasty said that this time the Han Dynasty attacked Wu, only targeted His Majesty. Other soldiers of the Eastern Wu could surrender. No matter what they did to the Han Dynasty did to the Han Dynasty before, they could be treated well."

"There is no need to say this... My Lu family has been favored by the four emperors of the Great Wu, so how could he surrender like this?"

"Uh... General Zhennan of Hanguo also said that Xiangyang has been lost. If the general does not want to die of hunger in a small city like Fancheng, we can take advantage of this time that our navy can still control the Han River and withdraw quickly. He only needs the two cities of Xiangfan to ensure the smooth flow of food. If the general can withdraw, he will definitely not chase him. If the general insists on defending the city, he will only take several more months. However, if the city is opened at that time, the whole city will definitely be left without any reservation. In the future, he will definitely kill the Lu family..."

"Du Yu's husband is so brave!" After roaring with a fierce look on his face, Lu Mu thought for a moment and said, "It's not that I'm greedy for life and fear of death. It's really because my plan and Zihe made a mistake. At the beginning, we thought that Fancheng would not go down and the Han army would not cross the river. So there are more soldiers and less food in Fancheng. Now Xiangyang is lost, and the food in Fancheng will not be kept for long... You two may have to go back next..."

"Please rest assured General Lu. After we came here this time, we were going to send the head of the family back so that the head of the family would be buried intact. If you have any words, we need to bring them to General Zhennan, Hanguo. Please tell us..."

...

"General, are we just letting Wu Gou go? That's more than 30,000 people."

"Haha, why, Zibing (Huo Biao) means to make this general break his promise and attack this Wu army in the middle of the journey?"

"Isn't it? The battle formation is full of extremes. If these more than 30,000 Wu Gou retreat to Xiling or Jiangling, our army will have to fight hard at that time."

"Haha, Zibing, how much combat power will the soldiers who escaped in the future? Even if they encounter each other in the future, how can they deal with our army? I guess they will scatter and help us make the other Wu army lose their fighting spirit? Besides, if I have no faith here, our army's advance will be subject to layers of stubborn resistance from the Wu army. This will not be worth the loss."

...

On the other side, Yizhou Badong County, Yong'an City.

By November, the river here was completely blocked by the flags that covered the sky and the countless warships of all sizes and large under the flags. All 150,000 troops were assembled.

"Hahaha~~ everyone, I didn't expect Wu Gou to be so careless. Originally, the Grand Sima planned that my middle army would stay in Xiangfan for about two or three months. I didn't expect that Zhennan had already won such a critical land in just one or two days. I'm sorry, our army should set sail east immediately at this time! Are there any problems you have?"

"Former General, please rest assured. All the troops of our army have gathered together and the warships are ready. You can set off at any time!"

"Good! Then send an order. Today is the day to prepare, and the whole army will go east tomorrow!"

"Here!"

On November 6, 277 AD, former general of Ji Han, Zhang Zun, and General of Hengjiang, Wang Jun, led more than 3,000 large warships and an army of 150,000 set out from Yong'an and directly poured into the Three Gorges!

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Qutang Gorge is the shortest, but it is the most majestic and steep. Wu Gorge is deep and beautiful. Xiling Gorge is the longest and the waterway is extremely tortuous. The river is full of strange rocks, and the beaches are full of water, so sailing in Xiling Gorge is the most thrilling. In the later generations of Xiling Gorge, there was a white bone tower, which is famous for the white bones of boatmen who died in Xiling Gorge.

Among the Three Gorges, Qutang Gorge is usually controlled by Ji Han. The remaining two sections are under the control of the Eastern Wu naval army. However, this is just a normal situation. Now, the Ji Han naval army that covers the sky and crosses the river is coming overwhelmingly. Sheng Ji, the prefect of Jianping County of Eastern Wu, has no intention of resisting at all. He retreats directly when he sees the banner of the Han army.

He did not walk by water, but by land.

There is a reason why I have to cross mountains and ridges without leaving the Yangtze River.

Since Zhang Zheng replaced Lu Kang as the governor of Jingzhou, considering that the Jin State had fallen and the Han and Wu fought sooner or later, he also did a lot of work solidly.

For example, many hidden piles were buried in the Xiling Gorge waterway: the hidden piles themselves are made of pig iron, one end is inserted into the bottom of the river (the depth of the Yangtze River is not much, usually less than twenty meters before the Three Gorges Dam is stored), and the other end is less than one meter away from the water surface. The end that is very close to the water surface is cut to be extremely sharp. This arrangement basically does not pose a threat to ordinary small boats, but for those Han army's main warships with heavy loads and deep draft, they can easily pierce the bottom of the ship, which causes water leakage from the giant ships.

In addition, Zhang Zheng also learned the way Sun Gang defended Yong'an back then, and pulled up three nine iron chains in the narrow area of ​​the river to block the waterway.

Unfortunately, when these measures meet Wang Jun, they seem useless.

On November 11, Zhang Zun and Wang Jun led their troops to cross Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, and Jianping County of Eastern Wu to surrender without fighting. After the Han army entered Xiling Gorge with a tortuous channel, its speed significantly slowed down.

"Shizhi, this is what Si Wencao found out before. Wu Gou has set up a hidden waterway on the river surface, right?"

“Yes.”

"How can a scholar want to destroy it?"

"In this matter, Yill. The general can dial out some large rafts and press some stones above them to increase the draft. Then, operate by a well-versed soldier, and drive directly over. After the raft is stabbed by an iron cone, it will naturally take the iron cone away."

"Can the raft pull out the iron cone?"

"Haha, former general. The water flow rate of Xiling Gorge is very fast, and the soil layer at the bottom of the river is also very soft. It is said that this iron cone has been standing in the water for a year and has long been shaking. At this time, as long as there is a powerful thing, it can be pulled out. As for whether the pulled iron cone sinks into the bottom of the river or goes downstream with the raft, it doesn't matter to our army."

"Sure, what about the Hengjiang iron chain in front?"

"This matter is also easy. You can attack it with a fire ship. If it really doesn't work, our army has such strong forces. Just stop the ship and dock and send troops to attack the chain links on the shore."
Chapter completed!