Li Qiu finally left it to Zhong Limu to take charge of the water withdrawal.
On the one hand, Zhong Limu is a naval general. He is responsible for coordinating the waterway withdrawal, which can be regarded as doing his best.
On the other hand, there must always be someone left to block the Soochow Army's attack.
It was impossible for Soochow to just watch these soldiers retreat to Jiangbei. Li Qiu knew their purpose very well.
Therefore, Li Qiu must stay until the last moment to make all the soldiers believe that he will not leave them alone.
As for the retreat, Li Qiu was actually not unprepared. There was a lot of food, grass and ordnance from the public security city stored in the public security ferry.
Originally, Li Qiu hoped to have enough time to transport people, food, grass and weapons to Jiangbei, leaving nothing for the Soochow army.
But now it seems that there is no chance to do so.
Li Qiu's plan was to wait until the last batch of navy soldiers had evacuated and boarded the ship, quickly gather the remaining soldiers, set fire to the entire Gong'an ferry, and then lead the troops to retreat to the west of the ferry.
If the Soochow Army does not pursue, then Li Qiu will rush to the temporary ferry across the river in Yidu County as soon as possible and withdraw from there. If the Soochow Army sends troops to pursue, then Li Qiu may have to act according to the situation and cannot easily expose the temporary ferry. The withdrawal location.
No matter what, in short, it is not lifeless.
And for people who had the same experience as Li Qiu, there was actually another Shi Bao.
Zhou Yu led 20,000 Soochow troops and quickly went north to attack the public security forces, but Lu Dai and 10,000 Soochow soldiers were still left behind to besiege Lingyang.
At this time, Shi Bao's garrison in Lingyang City was already less than 3,000 people.
Defending, it was definitely impossible to defend, so Shi Bao could only think of a way to organize a breakout.
But the situation now is different from before. In the past, the Soochow Army chose to surround three buildings in order to let Shi Bao escape, attract the public security defenders to respond, and eliminate them in one fell swoop. Now, the strategy has been launched in advance, and Zhou Yu has led the troops in advance. If they go to attack the public security, then the Soochow Army will no longer be able to encircle Lingyang, and it will definitely be besieged on all sides.
Therefore, Shi Bao's breakthrough direction is a key factor related to his success rate of breakthrough.
To the north of Lingyang City, Lu Dai was of course the focus of defense. After all, if he broke through from that direction, Shi Bao might take advantage of the chaos and escape into the public security ferry to join the public security defenders.
To the east of Lingyang City, Lu Dai also sent additional manpower, fearing that Shi Bao would break through from the east and penetrate into the hinterland of the four counties in Jingnan. Nowadays, these places are basically undefended areas. Shi Bao is really worried. If he got in and wreaked havoc, Lu Dai's guilt would not be small.
To the south of Lingyang City, Lu Dai personally guarded the area to prevent Shi Bao from being surprised and counterattacking Wu Ling County Jingnan. The main force of the Soochow Army's rations were stored there. If something went wrong, it would be a big trouble.
As for Lingyang City's west side, Lu Dai really didn't take care of it.
Because there are mountains to the west of Lingyang City, endless mountains. Even if there are people, they are mostly the territory of Wulingman. Even if Shibao breaks out from that direction, even if he can protrude out, he will just get into the mountains, or go to Dealing with Wu Lingman.
Those barbarians are just people who bully the weak and fear the strong. If Shi Bao burrows into the mountains and forests, there is still a chance of survival. If he breaks into the Wulingman's territory and is defeated, it will probably not take long for Lu Dai to escape from the Wulingman. Got Shi Bao's head.
Therefore, in fact, Lu Dai was determined to break out of Shi Bao in Lingyang City. The only way to break out was the west road, but whether he could come out alive or not depended on fate.
Shi Bao also knew that he had no choice in this matter, and the success rate of breaking out from the other three directions would not be very high. Although the west side was dangerous, it was not without opportunities.
Therefore, Shi Bao decided to lead his 2,800 soldiers to break out of the siege from the west of Lingyang City and enter Wuling Mountain, and then look for an opportunity to detour northward, also retreating from the temporary ferry in Yidu County with Zong Yu's support.
However, Shi Bao didn't know whether he could make it back alive.
However, it is better than waiting to die in Lingyang.
It's not that Shi Bao has never thought of surrendering, it's mainly because there are a lot of wives in Jiangling. There are so many beauties like flowers and jade, and Shi Bao really can't bear to part with them.
Shi Bao, although he is lustful, is still very affectionate towards his wife and concubines. He is not the kind of person who thinks his wife can be thrown away casually.
Another thing, even if you go to Soochow, if you surrender now after defeat, you will definitely be treated differently than if you surrendered after being recruited.
With his reputation, he probably had little future after surrendering to Soochow.
Of course, it was also the last thought. Shi Bao really didn't think that breaking through to the west and entering the Wuling Mountains would be a narrow escape.
Since he has taken the initiative to station in Lingling, it is impossible for Shi Bao to not know about the situation around Lingling. The Wuling barbarians to the west of Lingling actually have a pretty good attitude towards the Han Dynasty.
Of course, that was normal times, and now that the situation is at a loss, how this Wuling barbarian will treat Shi Bao requires Shi Bao to adapt to circumstances.
After all, Lu Dai was right about one thing - not only the Wuling barbarians, but also any foreign race these days were bullying the weak and afraid of the strong.
But Shi Bao is quite confident in his ability to adapt to changes in circumstances.
In this way, without Lu Dai being surprised, Shi Bao abandoned the city and walked out from the west gate of Lingyang County, defeated the intercepting Soochow soldiers, and headed west to Wuling Mountain.
Lu Dai did not order the pursuit, and he did not have the time.
After occupying Lingyang, Lu Dai left behind his son Lu Kai. He was not Lu Kai, the prefect of Jianning in Jihan, but Lu Dai's eldest son. It must be said that during the Three Kingdoms period, there were actually many people with the same name.
In short, Lu Dai left behind his son Lu Kai and guarded Lingyang with 3,000 troops and horses to ensure smooth logistics and food routes. Afterwards, Lu Dai led nearly 6,000 soldiers to the Public Security Bureau and met with General Zhou Yu.
After joining forces with Zhou Yu, Lu Dai told Shi Bao about Shi Bao, but Zhou Yu didn't take it seriously.
Whether Shi Bao died in battle or broke through was not important to Zhou Yu. Anyway, he would not be able to return to Jiangling in a short time.
And now Zhou Yu is also facing a mess.
Just the day before Lu Dai led the army to join him, a fire suddenly broke out at the public security ferry.
During this fire, public security guard Li Qiu led 5,000 soldiers to break out from the west of Gongan Crossing and abandoned Gongan Crossing.
Zhou Yu is the depressed one.
It’s not that I’m frustrated that Li Qiu broke through, but that I’m frustrated that Li Qiu was so cruel that he burned the good ferry to the ground. You don’t want to cross the river, I still want it! ! !
Zhou Yu's goal has always been to lead the army to attack Jiangling, and the public security ferry is also very important to him.
Therefore, Li Qiu's original intention was to burn down the forage and the ferry to create chaos and create conditions for him to break out, but he accidentally did something that Zhou Yu must save - put out the fire and save the Gong'an ferry.
Therefore, although Zhou Yu also sent Cheng Zi and his troops to pursue Li Qiu, he told Cheng Zi not to pursue him too far. If he could not entangle the enemy after twenty miles, he would withdraw his troops and return.
The remaining soldiers tried their best to put out the fire, so that the public security ferry could not be completely destroyed.
As the Gongan Ferry caught fire, the two naval forces still fighting each other not far from the Gongan Ferry gradually began to decide the winner.
Yang Xi has been stalling for time, trying his best to block the Soochow navy's attack, just to buy time for Li Qiu at the public security ferry to withdraw.
But now there is a fire in the direction of the public security ferry. Whether it was broken by the Soochow Army or Li Qiu burned it himself after completing the withdrawal, this means that Yang Xi has completed his mission.
At this time, you can retreat to Jiangling Water Village.
As for the next step, whether to defend the water stronghold or preserve strength and withdraw from Bajun, this needs to be decided based on the actual situation.
But no matter what, the first thing to do is to break away from the Soochow navy and not continue to fight.
If Yang Xi wants to do this, Zhu Ran will definitely disagree.
Now that the turtle formation has been broken, it is about to completely defeat the Jiangling navy. If this navy is allowed to withdraw, it will definitely be a big trouble in the future.
Therefore, Zhu Ran pursued closely, firmly biting the remaining Jiangling naval forces, and continued the fight.
After doing this, Yang Di felt really uncomfortable.
The combat power of the navy is not as good as that of the Soochow Army, and the strength of the navy is not as good as that of the Soochow Army. If the fight continues like this, the Jiangling Navy will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
At this time, Yang Di needs to make a decision.
Yang Di did not hesitate much and directly ordered the division of troops.
Wen Dai led the remaining 7,000 Jiangling navy troops to retreat to the water village as soon as possible to set up defenses.
Yang Chen himself led a Mengchong warship and more than 40 warships to leave, with a total force of less than 5,000 men, staying behind to break up the rear.
Wen Dai was shocked. No matter how he looked at it, he, a general and general, should be the one who stayed behind, and Yang Xi, the commander-in-chief, led the troops to withdraw first, right? !
But Yang Xi just smiled and told Wen Dai.
He is going to set a rule for the Jiangling navy today - to be brave, he must go forward when facing battle, and when he returns to the army, he must fall behind. This army will not move.
This is the first iron rule of Jiangling Navy. Well, there was no such iron rule before, but from today on, it is! ! !
(End of chapter)
