"Thank you for your hard work, how is the situation?"
The battle in Dangtu City has ended, and Jiangdong's army has now entered the city. Ji Shu saw Jiang Qin, Xu Tu, and Hou Cheng at the gate of Dangtu City.
Hou Cheng answered Ji Shudao first.
"General, all the fifty-three cavalrymen who fled from the official road to Jiangxia have been shot and killed. The soldiers are setting up checkpoints on the official road to monitor them. There is nothing abnormal at the moment."
Jiang Qin also cupped his fists and said.
"The enemy ship that fled to the river has been captured. A total of 21 enemies were killed on the ship, and 73 surrendered to our army. Among them was Cai Pei, the commander of the soldiers and horses here. There were also some Han soldiers who jumped into the water to escape and were shot by us. We have killed more than a dozen, but the general cannot guarantee that those who are not proficient in water skills will escape. Now the soldiers have blocked the river to intercept the ships."
Ji Shu nodded. Seeing that Jiang Qin was a little ashamed, he smiled and comforted him.
"Gong Yi, there is no need to blame yourself. Catching a person in this river is not much easier than fishing for a needle. Just intercept the boat."
After Ji Shu finished speaking, he turned to look at Xu Tu. Unexpectedly, Xu Tu said with a depressed expression.
"In this battle, our army lost more than 100 people, killed more than 300 enemies, and captured more than 400 people. Sir, to be honest, Liu Biao's people are not as good as the original Jiangdong princes without fighting. If these bastards hadn't failed to live up to their expectations, I think we should have taken down Dangtu without any blood!"
Ji Shu couldn't help but laugh and looked at Yueying.
Yueying glared at Xu Tu and lectured in a clear voice.
"Don't be too proud! After all, this is the first battle of the new Yulin army. It's already good that you can achieve such a record. Don't be too ambitious."
"Dangtu is only a small city, and the enemy's defenses are lax. In addition, you are several times larger than the enemy's army to achieve such results. If it were different, you would all have to pay a heavy price."
Xu Tu was trembling in front of Yueying. Ji Shu stepped forward and patted his shoulder, indicating that everyone should go into the city together. As he walked, he explained to the three people.
"Yueying is right. Compared with the elite soldiers under the lord's command, the Yulin Army is a little more young. You have indeed done a good job this time. There is no need to blame yourself or be complacent."
"In a moment, Yueying and I will lead the army to continue the attack on Jiangxia City. The three of you will lead the army to stay and garrison Dangtu."
"The first is to control the villages around Dangtu and strictly block the news. It takes three days to get from here to Anlu and then to Shiting. Every extra day will increase the chance of winning the plan. Once we capture Jiangxia City, Cai Mao will Even if you receive the news and rush back with all your strength, you will not be able to escape our siege."
"The second is to take advantage of this period to take a good rest, sum up experience, and teach the soldiers lessons so that they know how to fight the next battle."
After receiving the order, the three people agreed and promised to complete the task.
At this time, Yueying interrupted and asked about Han Zong.
"By the way, how is Han Zong doing? How did he perform in this battle?"
Hou Cheng turned to look at Xu Tu. Xu Tu was once a general of the Yueying family. Ji Shu and Yueying were a little worried that Xu Tu would be too arrogant towards their nominal disciple, so they placed Han Zong under Hou Cheng. But in this battle, Hou Cheng led a small group of troops to lurk, and temporarily handed Han Zong into Xu Tu's hands.
Speaking of Han Zong, Xu Tu laughed loudly.
"That kid Han Zong is so cowardly! When other people go to the battlefield for the first time, their legs will tremble with fear, but he is better. He relies on his martial arts skills since he was a child and he can charge better than anyone else. But I am commanding from behind. Scared half to death."
Everyone couldn't help but chuckle when they saw Xu Tu's exaggerated expression.
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Under Ji Shu's order, the Yulin Army stayed to garrison Dangtu, and the remaining 34,000 soldiers and horses only took a short rest before continuing on their way. Finally, the army arrived near Jiangxia City late at night.
Ordering the soldiers to eat some dry food and have a good sleep, Ji Shu walked up the hill in the dark.
Looking at the distant black figure, Ji Shu was filled with emotions.
"I am back again."
The unfamiliar Jiangxia City made him nostalgic for a while.
Looking back on the past, when Ji Shu first came to the Three Kingdoms, he was just a "foreigner" with the same delusional dream. However, reality denied all dreams, and he even fell into the situation of selling himself into slavery. With resentment, he scolded Wang Yun for Qingyu, causing him to accidentally walk out of the prison in Luoyang. Finally, he was doing his errands peacefully in Jiangxia. But for a woman, he made what he thought was the boldest decision in his life.
This woman is now his wife. Ji Shu giggled twice.
Originally, this army was supposed to be led by Sun Ce himself as the lord, but there was something special about Jiangxia.
Now Sun Ce has fulfilled his original promise to Ji Shu.
Ji Shu's eyes became serious, he was bound to win Jiangxia City.
"Zi Yuan, I have an idea that I want to discuss with you."
Gan Ning came up behind Ji Shu at some point and interrupted Ji Shu's thoughts.
"When I was in the Jiangxia Army, I made a good friend named Su Fei. He was a commander under Huang Zu. Now I heard that he has become a general with 3,000 people under his command."
"Tomorrow, I want to go into the city first to persuade him to surrender. There are only 15,000 defenders in Jiangxia City now. If he is willing to surrender to Jiangdong, we will be sure to conquer Jiangxia City. By the way, I helped you kidnap your relatives and escape from Jiangxia. He even helped me a little bit."
Ji Shu frowned slightly. He now controlled 34,000 people, but he would not risk the lives of the soldiers for these personal favors. But what Gan Ning said made sense. If he could really instigate Su Fei to rebel, then the city of Jiangxia would definitely be destroyed.
Ji Shu didn't reply to Gan Ning immediately. He took a few steps back and forth and spoke.
"Our biggest advantage now is speed. Jiangxia City doesn't know that our army has arrived yet. This is the best opportunity to attack Jiangxia in one go."
"This is the first key point in our attack on Jingzhou, and there is no room for error. Brother Gan, I agree with you going to the city to lobby Su Fei. However, I cannot bet our greatest advantage on this place."
"In this way, you will take two people into the city to find Su Fei early tomorrow morning. Half an hour later, I will start arranging soldiers to sneak into the city and seize the east city gate. In this way, when you lobby Su Fei, our attack has already begun. If If Su Fei is willing to surrender, you let him lead the army to meet us; if he is unwilling to surrender, you should put your own safety first and leave as soon as possible."
"If we still fail to capture the city in the end, we will wait until the siege weapons arrive tomorrow afternoon before continuing the siege."
Gan Ning nodded, he understood Ji Shu's concerns very well, but if he was not very sure, he would not take the initiative to ask Ji Shu for help. At first, neither he nor Su Fei were optimistic about the Jingzhou Army.
"Okay, I'll do as you say!"
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Looking at Jiangxia City in front of him, Xu Sheng felt helpless.
This time it was he who commanded the lurking into the city. After all, he was "senior".
If possible, Xu Sheng would rather fight with real swords and guns on a battlefield of tens of thousands of people.
No matter how many times I lurk around something like this, I feel a little nervous. This is a technical job. First, the two armies must not be fighting yet, otherwise it would be too difficult to sneak in through the closed city gate. Second, the defenders have to be lax in their defenses. Like Dangtu City, they don't even check at all and only charge a few cents to enter the city. This is much simpler.
But after all, Liu Biao has sent troops to start a war with Yuan Shu in Shiting. A small place like Dangtu is okay, but Jiangxia City cannot be defenseless at all.
Now Xu Sheng was waiting in line to enter the city. The soldiers at the city gate pretended to open and inspect the goods entering the city, but they were not too strict.
When the dozen or so people in front saw that the Han soldiers had finished their investigation, they pushed the truck inside.
"slow!"
The searching Han army stopped them with a smile. According to Xu Sheng's experience, the officers and soldiers at the city gate saw that there was a lot of goods and knew that it was a fat sheep, so they wanted to get more money from the merchants.
"Officer, sir, what's the matter?"
When the leader of the convoy in front saw that he was stopped by the Han army, he shook a few times. When he turned his head to face the city gate officer, he was already sweating profusely.
"Why are you nervous? Come on, brothers, search these cars again and be careful."
The cunning smile on the city gate officer's face turned into suspicion, and he waved his hand and ordered the people below to start a careful search.
Xu Sheng sighed and added another thought in his mind.
Third, you must not mess up your position at any time.
Xu Sheng pulled out the knife from the mezzanine of his cart.
"kill!"
After giving the order, everyone took out weapons from the cargo, from under the car, and from under the seats.
The Han army at the city gate was dumbfounded.
The hundreds of people lining up to enter the city turned out to be enemy soldiers.
