Lu Meng was a general promoted by the Marquis of Wu. He was absolutely loyal to the Marquis of Wu and also trusted the Marquis of Wu's strategy and methods.

But because he is close to and familiar with Wu Hou, Lu Meng knew that Wu Hou was a person with distinct weaknesses. When Wu Hou was young, he always had a strong father and brother shelter from the wind and rain. Therefore, the education and training he received since childhood were all about how to be a supporting role in a safe area.

When his father and brother passed away one after another, Wu Hou was forced to stand in front. Only then did he realize that his martial arts were insufficient and lacked the power to suppress his subordinates.

For Cao Cao and Liu Bei, such a thing as power, it was a natural gain in decades of military career. When Cao Cao fought against Lu Bu, defeated Yuan Shu, and fought against Yuan Shao, he wanted to seize hegemony rather than power; when Liu Bei ran around, with few enemies and more, he wanted to survive, but not power.

This is not the case with the Marquis of Wu. He was young and led the six counties of Jiangdong, and directly faced the relatives with ulterior motives, his unruly subordinates, and his ulterior motives. Although Sun challenged the rebellion, the Marquis of Wu could be able to select talents and give their own talents to protect Jiangdong. But in this chaotic world, if there was no ability to compete with the world for the two things, how could it be convincing?

From then on, Wu Hou determined that his top priority was to establish his own power and govern Jiangdong by virtue of this. All the people who later made great efforts to simply eliminate young generals and schools, so the people who later rushed to Wancheng and even attacked Jiangxia three times later.

In these battles, Wu Hou gathered forces far beyond his opponents, and then defeated the enemy with the force of Mount Tai. Through this series of victories, Wu Hou demonstrated his military ability, won the recognition of most subordinates, and eliminated those who did not recognize him.

But these battles also made Wu Hou develop very bad habits.

First, during the battle, Wu Hou often placed the goal of establishing prestige before the goal of the battle itself. He was used to treating every war as a link to consolidate his own power, considering that the battle would have an impact on himself and the regime, and considering how to face the enemy in detail.

Secondly, whenever Wu Hou fought, he would set up a strict and complete plan and dispatch powerful troops. If the changes in the current situation were expected, his command would be as stable as any famous general in the world. But in the final analysis, he was not a warrior tempered from the battlefield. The more critical the moment, the more likely he was to panic; because of panic, he was more afraid of a strong enemy that was not in the plan during the battle.

These two habits were repeatedly exposed in the later battle against Jianghuai, resulting in extremely bad results. This attack on Jiangling still caused a defeat!

Lu Meng could think clearly, but because he could think clearly, the depression in his heart was even more difficult to vent.

At this moment, it seemed like a thunder rolled over the south gate of Jiangling. Thousands of iron cavalry were stomping on the ground and countless infantrymen followed. They gathered into a gray dragon flying close to the ground and rushed towards the camp where Lu Meng was!

After three years of planning, it took countless efforts and a huge price to set up an almost certain victory. The enemy forced everything through force, stepping on the blood of his own soldiers, and was about to come to the front Grand Superintendent.

Whose fault is the tiger rhino?

The warriors in Jiangdong tried their best.

The failures of Xie Jing and others were beyond their reach. If you had to say that there were any omissions, during the whole process, Wu Hou first adjusted the sequence of reinforcements twice to show his might and to ensure his own safety... As a result, this seemingly extremely small operation caused terrible consequences and almost ruined the hope of his army.

Lu Meng knew very well that after Sun attacked the rebellion, it would be difficult for Wu Hou to unify Jiangdong. He was able to achieve this level, which was better than the thousands of people in the world. But that was not enough! It was not enough to compete with Cao and Liu to the world, but that was not enough!

Lu Meng felt that his throat was fishy and salty, and he was almost bleeding.

He wanted to jump up and scold, but he didn't know who to scold. He wanted to make arrangements to restore the situation, but found that there were really no pawns at hand.

Ling Tong was finished, Pan Jun's old man was finished, and Lei Yuan had regained control of Jiangling City.

Lei Yuan was not satisfied and wanted to continue to expand his results. This person is really a brave general.

Lei Yuan is already like this, so what will happen to Guan Yu?

Lu Meng sighed deeply.

He shook his head, then pressed the hilt of the knife, and said to the officer behind him: "Why are you still standing there? This is an enemy attack! Quickly call the gold to warn!"

Actually, the sound of gold is useless.

The camp was too close to Jiangling City, and the cavalry team immediately came to their sight.

Lu Meng's troops had only been onshore for two days and were busy besieging the city, so the camp was not strong. The camp did not even have a wall. There was only a circle of extremely loose fences. The fence was composed of wooden stakes that were pounded vertically into the ground. Several wooden boards were nailed horizontally between the wooden stakes and the wooden stakes, and then tied with straw ropes.

This does not constitute an obstacle in front of the Iron Cavalry.

Especially for the Qiang and Hu cavalry of Ma Dai's troops, they have too rich experience in this area.

The first cavalry that rushed to the vicinity of the camp rushed by the slanting thorns, waving their lassoes, and placing one head on the fence. The momentum of the horses continuing to gallop immediately uprooted the wooden stakes and even pulled the entire fence into the air.

The subsequent knights immediately rushed into the gap in the fence. They rushed in like looking for the tide of the cracks on the dam, and used long spears, sharp blades and iron hooves to kill the panicked Wu soldiers in the camp, flying flesh and blood.

Then, the infantry rushed in in large numbers.

Lu Meng kept calling for command, but not many people listened to his orders.

The camp was in chaos. Scattered torches reflected the crowd of people running away like flies. All kinds of panic roars and screams were like the wail of prey, which stimulated the Qiang and Hu cavalry rushing in the front to rush to their blood and slash and kill desperately.

A flowing arrow flew over from somewhere on the battlefield. The black arrow shaft disappeared in the black night sky, and the sharp roar of the arrow cluster was also covered by the shouts of killing. Fortunately, Lu Meng's entourage were all experienced old soldiers, one of them was extremely alert, and at the critical moment, he swung his knife to hit the flowing arrow.

The flowing arrow turned slightly, rubbed Lu Meng's shoulder and shot it, pierced on the beams and pillars of the gate, and the tail of the arrow still buzzed and trembled slightly.

The entourages moved closer to Lu Meng. Someone whispered: "General, there are still a few small boats on the riverside south of the camp, so we are not as good as..."

Lu Meng turned his head to look at the arrows, but at this moment he thought to himself: I don’t know what the situation is with Pan Zhang and Xu Sheng? I don’t know what the situation is with Lu Yi? The times have changed too quickly, and Jiangling has no time to respond. But if these two forces can respond in time, they will immediately send troops to support...

Will it be beneficial to the coronavirus situation?

Maybe, maybe not, but Lu Meng didn't have time to think so much.

At this time, the Jingzhou army had already poured into the camp, cutting the soldiers in the camp into small pieces that could not be rescued from each other, and then surrounded and attacked one by one. Because the camp itself extended east and west, there was no effective way to resist the powerful forces from the north, and it was like waiting for death with eyes closed.

All the soldiers left by Lu Meng were shocked.

At this time, there were only dozens of trusted entourages and the troops of the army, Sima Maize, the troops of the captain Yuan Xiong, and some soldiers gathered together, a total of about two hundred people and two war horses.

Lu Meng turned around and looked at the faces of each of the soldiers. He found that he roughly remembered his name and had almost talked with each of them. These people were willing to follow him, and they were all those who had decided to fight to the death.

He was silent for a moment and asked his entourage to take out the seal of the Grand Governor of the Front and hand it over to Yuan Xiong: "Person Yuan, please take this seal, ride a horse to the river beach, and join the navy fleet in a small boat. When the fleet responds to Wu Hou, please return this seal to Wu Hou. I said that this plan cannot be completed, and the crime is on me. I hope Wu Hou will not think of small setbacks and return it to Jiangdong quickly to make a living."

After pausing, he said again: "Wu Hou will probably ask who will bear the heavy responsibility of defense on the Western Front in the future. Please tell Wu Hou that Zhu Ran has the courage to guard the situation, and I think he can take responsibility."

In fact, Marquis Wu was north of Jiangling at this moment. If Yuan Xiong wanted to see Marquis Wu, he shouldn't go up the river. But Lu Meng said that, and Yuan Xiong took the order so much.

When Lu Meng was young, he killed someone and fled because of his anger. Yuan Xiong asked him for help and recommended Lu Meng to Sun who was seeking young talent to challenge the rebellion. Later, Lu Meng's position became higher, and Yuan Xiong's talent was limited, so he was always a lieutenant. Lu Meng looked like he had no special care in his daily life.

Until this moment, Lu Meng gave Yuan Xiong the war horses and small boats, and allowed him to escape on the river, and waited for the favor he had returned.

The other soldiers watched Yuan Xiong leave in a hurry, and still surrounded Lu Meng.

Lu Meng felt a little dizzy and had to reach out to support the beams and pillars of the gate.

He silent for a while and said to the soldiers in a deep voice: "The success or failure of this battle is almost the will of heaven. What we can do at this time is to use the night and the terrain of the river and beaches to try our best to hold back the soldiers of Jiangling and not to attack Wuhou north. As long as Wuhou is safe, he will naturally take care of your family when he will reorganize in the future. Please try your best to kill the enemy and do not consider anything else."

After saying that, he pulled out his waist knife and walked towards a section of the river embankment.

The entourages around him quickly ran, following Lu Meng's pace, and many Wu army soldiers also raised their weapons and followed Lu Meng's side.

As a general who was in charge of the ranks, Lu Meng had a great prestige among the soldiers. Even at this moment, the soldiers remained unyielding. It was strange that standing among the familiar soldiers, Lu Meng no longer thought about it or was worried, and only had a determination to kill the enemy.

The pine and open torches in front of the camp were extinguished, and I couldn't see the surrounding area clearly for a while. The dark night was faintly hidden. I don't know whether it was the outline of the houses in the old city of Jiangling or the soldiers of Jingzhou who were constantly approaching.

Suddenly, a entourage whispered: "The people of Jingzhou are here!"
Chapter completed!