In the past half a month, the Shu army would never let go of the daytime and would fight from morning to dusk, but today was very unusual. The Shu army not only withdrew its troops by noon, but also moved back the camp ten miles away for another twenty miles. Scouts even detected a Shu army of 3,000 people bypassing Jiangling City and heading east to Wulin Port. .
The Shu army hadn't captured Jiangling City for so long, but they still divided their forces! Could it be that the main force of our army's conquest of Xuzhou has returned?
The soldiers were talking a lot, and the battle situation seemed to have new variables.
That night, Huo Yi walked on the top of the city to inspect.
"Meet the general."
The passing village chief saluted Huo Yi and left. Huo Yi nodded slightly and walked forward in a daze. Three years ago, when he had not yet joined the army, he and his father had entered the military camp. At that time, the Jingzhou Army always had a lazy and messy atmosphere. But the Chu army was different. They were not afraid when they were surrounded in the city, and they still burst out with a courageous fighting spirit in the face of several times the enemy's force. Of course Huo Yi was happy to see this, but he always couldn't figure out why. After all, not everyone had the same blood feud with the Shu army as he did.
The trees in the distance rustle in the autumn wind. On nights when there is no fighting, you can hear the cicadas chirping on the trees, which is peaceful and pleasant. Huo Yi came to his senses, now is not the time to think wildly, the enemy may make a surprise attack at any time.
"General, do you think the king's army has returned?"
The guards around him are his father's old subordinates. They have been with Huo Jun since his death, so they naturally don't have so many scruples about talking to him.
Now Jiangling City is surrounded on three sides and the city gates are tightly closed. News can only be conveyed by scouts walking around at night. You can imagine the lack of news. Huo Yi understood that this was a question that the soldiers below wanted to know, so he shook his head and said.
"Zhang Ren dared to send troops to Jiangling just because Jingzhou's troops were weak. If the king's army from the northern expedition returned, Zhang Ren would have the courage to stay here, and he would definitely return to the court directly."
After a pause, Huo Yi continued.
"As soon as the general arrived at Jiangling, he reduced his troops and abandoned Maicheng and Jiangjin Port. I'm afraid he had already made other arrangements. Now those arrangements should be starting to take effect."
As soon as Huo Yi finished speaking, he heard a soldier standing in front of him, cupping his fists.
"General Huo, the superior general has ordered that all generals above the commander-in-chief go to the prefect's mansion immediately to discuss matters."
Is the General about to take action?
When Huo Yigang and the old guard talked about this, they only thought that something would be done in the next few days, but they never thought it would be so soon. His eyes were filled with fighting spirit, and he replied with fists in his hands.
"Huo Yi takes the order."
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After the third watch of the night, it is the time when the darkness is thickest, and most people have already fallen asleep by this time. Huo Yi crawled in the grass and stared at the flickering lights in the distance, surrounded by thousands of Chu soldiers.
The autumn wind stirred the trees, and the fallen leaves rolled on the armor, making a rustling sound, like countless swords being pulled out of their scabbards. In the distance is Jiangjin Port. To be honest, Huo Yi didn't expect them to attack here.
Earlier today, the Shu army only left two thousand soldiers and horses to garrison Maicheng, and used 13,000 soldiers and horses to attack Jiangling City from three sides.
Now, the Shu army divided three thousand soldiers and horses to attack Wulin Port in the east, and stationed six thousand elite soldiers in the camp in the north, and four thousand elite soldiers in Jiangjin Port in the south, forming a relatively large camp with Maicheng to the north. The previous larger encirclement surrounded Jiangling City.
When he heard the enemy's deployment, Huo Yi thought they were going to attack the three thousand soldiers and horses of the Shu army attacking Wulin Port, but Tai Shici's next words immediately overturned his idea. The attacking troops and horses would be held back by the Maicheng defenders, and then surrounded and suppressed by Zhang Ren's main force. Then wouldn't the attack on Jiangjin Port be attacked by Zhang Ren's main force?
The answer given by Tai Shici is, no.
Because Zhang Ren had already rushed to the north to ambush, he was unable to rescue Jiangjin Port in time. Because Zhang Ren thought that the Xiangyang garrison had quietly transferred to Jiangxia and was moving from Wulin Port to the north to attack the Shu army, he thought that the north would become the main battlefield.
When Taishi Ci stood in front of the sand table wearing armor and explained, Huo Yi realized how terrifying this general was. From the moment he left Xiangyang, he had been making plans. He knew that sooner or later, Zhang Ren would receive news of the abnormal deployment of troops in Xiangyang. Even giving up Maicheng made it easier for the Shu army to transmit news, and also gave Zhang Ren a city to rely on, and he was more inclined to fight in the north, but in fact nothing would happen there. Taishi Ci wanted to attack Jiangjin Port, the southernmost corner of the encirclement established by Zhang Ren.
Taishi Ci induced the entire Shu army to take action without spending a single soldier. Huo Yi felt excited, as if a window had been opened, and he saw a completely different new world.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
A sharp alarm sounded from Jiangjin Port in the distance, and many messy figures could be seen moving around in a panic, but it was not Huo Yi who launched the attack. In the woods and grass, every Chu soldier watched quietly, crawling in the dark shadows.
The Shu army in front of them was gathering in another direction in a panic.
Many flames suddenly appeared on the swaying river surface of light and darkness, as dark as wandering will-o'-wisps. A sharp sound sounded, and balls of will-o'-the-wisps hit the water fort in Jiangjin Port at extremely fast speeds.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
The sharp sirens of the Shu army continued for a moment, and a dozen large ships appeared vaguely on the river. They were Cai He's navy.
It was the commander-in-chief Cai He who was originally stationed at Jiangjin Port. After burning all the ships in the previous battle, he led a thousand remaining soldiers to retreat from the waterway to Wulin Port. I don't know when I left an empty shell of Wulin Port and lurked near Wuling in Jingnan to wait for Taishi Ci's order.
"Send the general's order and the whole army will advance slowly and covertly. Once discovered by the Shu army, they will attack the enemy camp gate at full speed."
"Take orders!"
After conveying the order in a low voice, the lurking Chu army squatted and slowly advanced, as if the shadow of the forest was creeping and extending.
Huo Yi's heart was beating fast. Was he nervous? he does not know.
There are currently five thousand elite Chu troops lurking nearby, while only three thousand temporarily recruited militiamen are left in Jiangling City. Feeling scared and uneasy? Then why is there a smile on his lips again?
Seeing the enemy troops in the distance struggling to cope with the attack on the river, even their appearance became clearer and clearer.
Two hundred meters.
One hundred meters.
Fifty meters.
Such a distance can reach you in just one stride, but the Shu army is still at a loss.
Several long arrows simultaneously killed the soldiers near the camp entrance.
"Charge! Destroy the Shu army!"
Huo Yi drew out his long sword and rushed forward instantly.
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"
Suddenly thousands of troops and horses rushed out in the night, and the Shu army was stunned. In addition, soldiers near the camp gate were shot and killed. Huo Yi and others opened the camp gate without any effort. Chu troops poured in like a tide, and the camp gate was instantly lost.
Without the protection of the camp, they could not organize a good formation to fight, and even turned their backs to the enemy. The fate of the Shu army in Jiangjin Port can be imagined.
When Zhang Ren received the news from Jiangjin Port, Taishi Ci had completely burned Jiangjin Port and was on his way back to Jiangling City. In this battle, the Chu army lost more than 300 people, annihilated 3,000 Shu troops, and captured more than 1,000 people.
