Chapter 1295 Enemy attack, enemy attack from the north!
Chapter 1,295 Enemy attack, enemy attack from the north!
The New Year's Eve of the 16th year of Jian'an and the Spring Festival of the 17th year of Jian'an are both peaceful and peaceful days for the vast majority of northerners.
The custom of getting rid of the old year and welcoming the new year had detailed regulations as early as the Han Dynasty.
People have been busy for a year, and they are happy to take a rest during this period of time, talk about home affairs, reunite with relatives, and chat with friends...
This seemingly ordinary year turned out to be extremely harsh on the land of Jiangdong——
For Liu Beijun, they are destined to not be able to live a good life this year.
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For Chen Shi, the most desperate thing may not be that there are pursuers from Jiangdong behind him.
Because in the previous plan, Zhuge Liang had already taken several cities in the upper reaches of Wuhu as his own. In other words, Chen Shi and others actually had a clear retreat route.
Wuhu, Chungu, Nanling, Wankou, then Pengze and then on to Poyang Lake. No matter how hard the Jiangdong people pursue, they will definitely not be able to catch up on the rest of the way.
After all, after the unfinished alliance, Zhang Zhao made an unexpected mistake, which resulted in half of Jiangxia and even Qichun falling into the hands of Liu Beijun.
If nothing unexpected happens, as long as they come to Qichun, people like Mr. Guan and Mr. Huang can easily handle their retreat.
If the Jiangdong people still dare to pursue at will, what awaits them will not necessarily be a navy with only a few remaining soldiers, but the most elite cavalry iron formation in Jingnan.
Jiangdong people are experienced in water battles. Chen Shi and Wu Ban are indeed overturned this time, but in land battles - in Chen Shi's opinion, except for Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, they can compete with their elite cavalry in Jingnan.
, the people of Jiangdong are no different from weak chickens on land.
——Of course Chen Shi didn't know that the elite cavalry he was thinking about had actually fled under the crushing force of the terrifying chariots. This was still not his fault.
But no matter what, Chen Shi's next path has been decided.
Until the most desperate thing happened.
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Linhu County.
It is located thirty miles upstream of Ruxukou.
It is a relatively poor county in Lujiang, but because of this, Linhu County, which is slightly desolate, cannot even find a decent army.
Naturally, it became a place where Chen Shi and others temporarily camped.
Since the previous tragic encounter in Wuhu, Chen Shi has not slept a wink for a day or a night.
The cold wind on the river made his head ache. He had never been able to contact Zhuge Liang. After several twists and turns, he finally decided to know the current situation of the land army no matter what.
So after inspection, he chose to park the fleet at the ferry near Linhu County - the view here is wide, and you can tell whether there is an ambush at a glance.
After disembarking from the ship, Chen Shi did not dare to delay. He wrote a handwritten letter directly and ordered the scouts to quickly deliver it to Yangxian - he thought that the army was still near Yangxian, but he didn't know...
In short, after Chen Shi finished delivering the letter, he finally had some time to breathe.
Sitting on the stone beach by the river, he looked at the isolated city in front of him and the endless wilderness, and he couldn't describe the sadness in his heart.
"Why did I end up like this...why..."
That's what he said...but in his heart, he knew it better than anyone else.
Why did the navy fall into such a situation?
Isn't it because Wu Ban took matters into his own hands and not only underestimated the enemy's methods, but also carelessly lost his own life.
Now... Wu Ban is dead, and the army can be said to be extremely dilapidated, but Chen Shi has already thought of his words.
For the sake of his future promotion, this is probably the first time he has chosen to make profits in a way that he once despised, right?
But... Wu Ban's incident made him see clearly his naive stupidity.
People and sophistication are indispensable in the army. If you want to be a general, you must win over people... If you want to be a good general, if you cannot have outstanding abilities, you must have better connections.
Otherwise, the same situation as before will occur——
Chen Shi sighed. Although he was sad, he also felt much relieved.
At least after Wu Ban's death, no one will contradict him.
The group of captains and generals who had been running against him before were also silent at this moment... Of course, some of them died forever in that fiasco.
As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind, if they or Chen Shi really didn't know how to command such a demoralized army.
"General... this is the simplified map we just got from the fisherman next to us... If we go southwest along the river, we can reach Wankou in less than a hundred miles—"
"Very good. When we get to Wankou, I will send some more people to take a shortcut from the road to Qichun. Who is in charge of Qichun now?"
"It should be General Mi Fang."
"General Mi Fang... If I remember correctly, General Mi Fang was in the same army as General Guan. According to the military advisor, it was General Guan who moved the front line forward?"
"Not sure?
But if we can contact General Mi Fang, it shouldn’t be difficult to find General Guan.”
"good very good…"
This is the best news Chen Shi has heard in the past few days.
Mi Fang is in Qichun, so Guan Yu may have gone to Wuchang.
For every soldier of Liu Bei's army, they probably have this feeling, that is, as long as Guan Yu's army is by their side, all dangers will disappear.
With such confidence, Chen Shi felt that as long as he went back and explained clearly, his future would be bright——
There was some chaos on the boat...if you listened carefully, it seemed like someone was shouting something.
This made Chen Shi, who was staying on the rocky beach, a little confused:
"What are those people shouting on the boat?"
"I don't know, General, I'll go ask."
The lieutenant stood aside for a moment and heard the shouting on the ship.
Chen Shi nodded, and the lieutenant hurried towards the ship——
But... before the deputy general came back, Chen Shi felt something strange...
The abnormality came from under his feet. Although he was the commander of the navy, Chen Shi also served as a general of the land army for a period of time... so he was quite sensitive to certain sounds.
Let's say...cavalry.
Chen Shi suddenly stood up from the ground, his eyes burning, looking around, as if he was constantly looking for suspicious targets.
But looking around...there is no sign of cavalry anywhere?
Even the smoke... is hard to see, which is why he chose Linhu County as his temporary base.
With a wide field of vision, how could he not notice if there was an enemy situation?
But...he just didn't notice it.
Because he made a mistake.
"General! Something bad! Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!!"
"What?
Where did the enemy attack come from?"
On the ship, the lieutenant who had just boarded the ship was heard yelling incoherently:
"It's...it's Cao Jun! General! It's Cao Jun! Cao Jun is coming from the north!"
Chen Shi was stunned...
Yes, he made a mistake. Maybe this battle has been fought for so long that he has forgotten... Such a massive war... Cao Cao in the north has been quietly waiting for the opportunity to take action.
