A completely different offense and defense, a sudden defeat, made Huo Jun realize it later.
As they returned to Jingling, soldiers came back with the bad news that the checkpoints on the river had been lost one after another.
Huo Jun was dumbfounded. The key was that he could never imagine what method the Jiang bandits could use to break through the defenses of regular troops like them.
There is not much news at the moment, and Huo Jun cannot summarize the reasons, so he can only hurriedly gather the troops at hand and rush back to Jiang'an to help.
On the main river road, they still had the last checkpoint that was not lost. Before the enemy could reach them, Huo Jun prepared to reinforce the defense himself and wait for the enemy's arrival.
He didn't believe that they could still lose under his own command.
But what Huo Jun doesn't know is that he who thinks so now has actually fallen into Yi Xiaotian's trap.
Yi Xiaotian put up such a big battle. Did he really want to rely on the Jiang bandits to kill these soldiers in one go?
Obviously not.
If it were Zhuge Liang, he might really be able to realize Yi Xiaotian's true purpose.
After dealing with Yi Xiaotian for so many years, Zhuge Liang can be said to be the person who understands Yi Xiaotian best besides Cao Cao.
If it were Zhuge Liang, he would definitely be wary of Yi Xiaotian's endless moves after one of his schemes.
After all, Yi Xiaotian is a person who never fights an unprepared battle. There is only one level of hope in his strategy, so it is better to be prepared to deal with his back-up plan. Even if he knows this, he will not have too much doubts about the current situation.
Change - because once Yi Xiaotian uses his strategy, he must be the one who takes the lead.
This was probably the first time he parried Yi Xiaotian's plan, so Huo Jun didn't think much about it... Even up to now, Huo Jun thought that his enemies were just those gangsters.
This gave Yi Xiaotian room to play as he pleased.
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In the afternoon of that day, Huo Jun led the five thousand defenders in Jingling City and rushed to the checkpoint on the main river, preparing for a head-to-head battle with the nearly one thousand river bandits mentioned in the report.
How serious Huo Jun is can be seen from the troops and equipment he invested this time.
In order to intercept the enemies on the river, he did not hesitate to dispatch the few warships in Jingling - it sounded shabby, but this was also a helpless move.
The impact of the previous advance to Jiangdong has obviously not been eliminated.
Liu Bei's elite navy, which he had accumulated for many years, was completely annihilated by the Jiangdong people. Not even a single plank of wood was left behind - didn't he want to crush the opponent directly on the river?
Do you know that you don’t have this ability?
However, Huo Jun has this confidence, because the boats of the river bandits are completely incomparable to warships. Even if the other side has hundreds of ships, a few warships are enough to block the river.
As long as you can stop the opponent's momentum, the rest is just catching a turtle in a jar, and it's just a matter of chance.
However, soon someone under his command received news that Huo Jun was extremely concerned about.
That is, there are not only hundreds of small boats on the river... traveling with that small boat, there seems to be a rather large merchant ship.
Upon hearing the news, Huo Jun suddenly became alert.
"Is this true?"
"What I said to the general is absolutely true - some people said that the merchant ship was the ship of the Jiang bandit leader Ji Wuming... But isn't Ji Wuming a legend?"
The soldiers who came to report the news were actually a little confused.
The officers and soldiers never took Ji Wuming who appeared out of thin air seriously.
Even before the captain was transferred from Jingling, he told them personally that this guy named Ji Wuming was not an ordinary Jiang bandit... The reason why he was defeated was because he underestimated this person.
But as Huo Jun's subordinates, how could they care about the words of an incompetent captain who was defeated by a Jiang bandit?
Moreover, since Huo Jun came to Jingling, the Jiang bandits they dealt with were all rabble-rousers. Where was Ji Wuming's shadow?
So everyone originally thought that Ji Wuming was a fictional character.
But now, the large ship that was rumored to be Ji Wuming's ship actually appeared in front of the scouts - this was a bit unexpected.
"Ji Wuming..."
Huo Jun murmured.
"It seems that all explanations must be found from this Ji Wuming."
"Pass my order and let the soldiers board the ship. Concentrate your forces to sink the opponent's ship first. If you can capture Ji Wuming alive, let him live - but if he resists too fiercely, then kill him."
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"The rest of the people are always ready to support our ships, and the archers are also ready to fire arrows."
"yes!"
As soon as Huo Jun's order was given, the army began to prepare in a hurry.
But soon, their actions became orderly.
The initial panic did not affect their ability as an elite force.
Especially with Huo Jun's command, they, who had been like headless flies before, suddenly had a backbone and their movements even became faster.
This is the role of the commander of an army.
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As Huo Jun stared silently, a dark shadow appeared on the river in the distance.
And as time goes by, those shadows soon reveal their true appearance.
They are river bandits.
The scene of nearly a thousand Jiang bandits appearing at the same time was quite shocking.
In particular, they were howling together in excitement, and many of the bandit boats actually had the heads of officers and soldiers hanging on their bows. This scene would make even experienced veterans feel more stressed.
They are indeed a group of scoundrels, and there is really no need to negotiate with them.
But the most eye-catching thing is indeed the large merchant ship surrounded by the group of river bandit ships.
In comparison, the size of that merchant ship was even comparable to the size of their warship.
Although the Jingnan soldiers who used to own large ships in the past looked down upon these so-called big ships.
However, the current situation is unfavorable. No matter how much we look down on this kind of ship, it is unrealistic to want to use a small boat to confront it head-on.
In the end, it could only be handed over to their warships...the rest played a supporting role.
Seeing this, Huo Jun immediately chose to board the ship.
He hurried to the bow of the ship and saw the enemy getting closer and closer. After calming down, he shouted:
"Attack, the target is the enemy's big ship. Once it gets close, all the soldiers will join the ship with all their strength, in order to control the thief Ji Wuming in the shortest possible time!"
"sail!"
"sail!!"
As Huo Jun shouted, the soldiers on the ship also ignited their fighting spirit.
They shouted and conveyed Huo Jun's orders.
Accompanied by the sound of a heavy anchor being pulled up, three warships dispatched at once.
He rushed straight towards the enemy's large ship not far from the river.
Looking at it this way, it turns out that the Jiang bandits are still much weaker than the regular army.
Seeing the big ship rushing towards them, deserters actually appeared in the bandits' ranks.
No less than ten boats turned around on the spot, which made Huo Jun laugh out loud.
