As early as this year, after Sun Quan adopted Lü Meng's suggestion to surprise Jingzhou, he ordered Lü Meng to secretly raise an army.
There are two military points in Soochow that are closest to Jingzhou under Guan Yu's rule, one is Lukou and the other is Xiakou.
These two strongholds were originally two military towns built by Lu Su to defend Jingzhou when he was still alive.
Originally, it was most convenient to raise a large army to these two military towns, and it was also the fastest way to launch a surprise attack on Jingzhou.
But these two important military towns in Jiangdong are too close to Jingzhou.
To be on the safe side, Lu Meng secretly placed the army's gathering place in Xunyang City in Lujiang County.
Although Xunyang is relatively far away from Jingzhou, its city site is also located on the riverside.
Lu Meng had previously chosen this place as the starting point for Jiangdong's army. At that time, he could also use the power of water transportation to launch a surprise attack on the army.
Moreover, Xunyang City and Jianye City faced each other across the river, and were closer to the heart of Jiangdong. It was more convenient and faster to assemble an army in Xunyang City, and it was better to hide people's eyes.
Lu Meng knew very well the importance of military strength and speed. Because of Mi Yang's strategy, they had already wasted too much time in Jiangdong.
Therefore, in order to seize the time, after Lu Meng received Sun Quan's order to appoint him as the governor, before he left for Xunyang, Lu Meng
He ordered Sun Huan, the military commander of Jianye in Shizhen, to lead his troops as the vanguard of the army and set off for the public security in advance.
Most of the Sun family members have brave personalities and are good at quick attacks and quick battles.
Appointing Sun Huan as the vanguard of the army is enough to boost the morale of one's own side.
Moreover, according to Lu Meng's expectation, Mi Yang would never have many troops in Gong'an City.
Under such conditions, he would most likely not choose to go out of the city to confront the vanguard army led by Sun Huan.
Therefore, Lu Meng appointed Sun Huan as the vanguard, which also meant that Sun Huan's meritorious service would be in vain.
After being appointed by Lu Meng, Sun Huan, who had always wanted to prove himself through meritorious service, was overjoyed.
On the day he was appointed as the vanguard by Lu Meng, Sun Huan urgently summoned hundreds of warships outside Jianye City, and then he led his troops and horses to drive these hundreds of warships toward Gong'an City quickly.
Although it is winter now, there is not much water in the Yangtze River.
However, most of the warships used by Sun Huan's army this time were small and fast warships such as stern boats.
Therefore, the water in the Yangtze River is scarce and has little impact on Sun Huan's marching speed.
Starting from Jianye and going all the way to the Public Security Bureau, you must pass the beacon towers that Guan Yu had set up along the river.
When Sun Huan set out from Jianye, Lu Meng gave him advice:
"You can hide elite soldiers in the boat, use white clothes to shake oars, and use them as merchant uniforms. They can travel day and night to confuse the enemy and capture the beacon tower by surprise."
What Lu Meng was thinking was that although Guan Yu's side had long known that his side was going to attack Jingzhou.
But as long as those beacon towers can be successfully captured, not to mention it will have the effect of leaving Guan Yu defenseless.
But at least it can greatly reduce the probability of Guan Yu's side knowing the specific date of their dispatch, which will also be beneficial to his subsequent expedition.
When Sun Huan first heard of Lü Meng's plan, he immediately praised Lü Meng as a heavenly being in his heart.
After he set off, he did follow Lu Meng's plan honestly at first.
He ordered some of the pioneer troops in the army to wear civilian clothes without armor.
They also converted the warships they drove into merchant ships, and then ordered some soldiers to hide in the cabin.
It was going quite smoothly at first.
But unexpectedly, after his pioneer troops entered the range of the beacon tower set by Guan Yu, Guan Yu's soldiers in the beacon tower immediately burst into flames after seeing the costumes of his pioneer troops.
Moreover, the soldiers in the beacon tower were well prepared to launch rockets at his pioneer troops.
Caught off guard, Sun Huan's pioneer troops suffered heavy losses.
When this incident was reported to Sun Huan, he was stunned for a moment.
The development of the matter was beyond his expectation, but at this point, he could only order his soldiers to attack the beacon tower.
Fortunately, Guan Yu did not place many soldiers in the beacon tower.
Although there were some setbacks at the beginning, under the pressure of the number of people, Sun Huan finally had no danger on his way to the police.
Along the way, the beacon towers set up by Guan Yu were also pulled down one by one by him.
After several days of rapid marching day and night, Sun Huan was now standing in front of the last beacon tower set up by Guan Yu along the river.
Sun Huan inherited the excellent appearance genes of the Sun family. He was in his early twenties, wearing fine armor and had a majestic appearance.
At this time, he was holding a long sword and staring at the Guan Yu soldiers who were pressed to the ground by his soldiers with a pair of narrow eyes.
He asked the soldier in a threatening tone, "Will you surrender or not?"
After asking this question, Sun Huan had already put his sword on the soldier's neck.
Unexpectedly, when Sun Huan asked this question, the Jingzhou soldier burst out laughing. He cursed at Sun Huan,
"Wu Gou, you are invading my territory for no reason. I am a personal soldier of Guan Gong. How can I surrender to a despicable villain like you?"
This soldier not only insulted Sun Huan, but his tone was also full of contempt for Sun Huan.
Sun Huan has been pampered since he was a child, and he has never been humiliated by high-ranking people, let alone a small soldier humiliating him with arrogant words.
In a rage, Sun Huan swung his sword and slashed at the Jingzhou soldier.
A stream of green blood splashed onto Sun Huan's face, which was filled with anger.
The hot blood reflected on the cold face, making Sun Huan look even more terrifying at this moment.
After killing this Jingzhou pawn, Sun Huan raised his sword and walked towards the next one.
He put his sword on the head of another Jingzhou soldier and asked the same question again.
But even in the face of the threat of a sharp sword hanging from his neck, even in the face of the warning that his comrade had just died beside him, this Jingzhou soldier still expressed his clear refusal when faced with Sun Huan's persuasion to surrender.
But this time Sun Huan didn't give the soldier a chance to insult him, and decisively cut him off with his sword.
Then Sun Huan ordered his soldiers to take the captured Jingzhou soldiers into custody and line them up with their hands tied.
Every time Sun Huan attacked, he would persuade someone to surrender.
But what he never expected was that even after he killed all the dozens of Jingzhou soldiers, no one was willing to surrender in the end.
What was even more incomprehensible to Sun Huan was that he captured at least hundreds of Jingzhou soldiers along the way to the Public Security Bureau.
Then the hundreds of Jingzhou soldiers, just like the people he killed today, would rather die than surrender!
This scene made even Sun Huan, who was in a hostile position, feel a little admiration in his heart.
Is this the charm of Guan Gong?
However, although he had some admiration for Guan Yu, Sun Huan, who came from an extraordinary background, had no sympathy or guilt for these low-level people in the army lying on the ground.
Sun Huan took out a piece of cloth from his waist, and then carefully wiped his sword.
The dozens of lives he had just ended with his own hands were not as important in his heart as whether his sword was clean or not.
The reason why he personally persuaded them to surrender today was not because he valued these Jingzhou soldiers.
In his eyes, these people were just mud that he stepped on at will.
However, when Sun Huan saw that he was approaching the police station and none of the people he had captured had surrendered, he thought that it might be useful to persuade him to surrender in person.
