Twenty-three-year-old Zhang Yi has never been so happy as now.

He was originally from a poor family, but he had a reputation for being open-minded and heroic. He was unworthy of receiving the post of meritorious officer the year before last.

Nowadays, in troubled times, the Han Dynasty has declined to this point, Cao Cao outside Bashu is ambitious, and Liu Zhang within Bashu is indifferent.

I thought it would be a blessing to do my duty and protect the safety of the village. Unexpectedly, in just one year, Liu Huangshu replaced Liu Zhang forcefully, and Yizhou began to embark on a completely different situation from before.

Moreover, this Han clan clan member had heard his name from nowhere, and he was promoted to his side without any hesitation, and he even taught him how to lead troops without hesitation.

After the envoy from Jiaozhou arrived, Wu Yi overrode Sima's opinion and temporarily promoted him to lead the army.

As a separate governor, he led the elite troops out of Yizhou via the Jincheng Road and used the Jiaozhou Road to support Jingnan. This was the order Wu Yi gave to Zhang Yi.

Although there were few soldiers, they were all elite soldiers who had experienced nearly a year of quelling the chaos in Nanzhong. Zhang Yi had nothing else to ask for.

Now that he was charging ahead, Zhang Ni felt even more grateful to Uncle Liu Huang.

Although the previous post of meritorious service could protect the safety of the village, how can it compare to making meritorious service on the battlefield to make people's blood boil?

Wu Ju in the rear climbed up a small hill and had a very clear view.

General Zhang, who had looked elegant before, was now on the battlefield like a sharp arrow piercing the enemy's formation, killing anyone who stood in his way, tearing a hole in Jiangdong's front.

Yizhou's soldiers followed Zhang Ni, expanding the opening and eventually forming a sweeping force.

Hurry and prepare a meal as a reward! Wu Dajun ordered without replying.

The guard next to him reminded him:

General, the outcome has not yet been determined, so why not let the athletes prepare for battle as support.

Wu Ju shook his head easily:

General Zhang has won a great victory!

On the battlefield, it was indeed as Wu Ju said.

The gap opened by Zhang Yi became larger and larger and difficult to close. The Yizhou soldiers cooperated with each other in an orderly and tacit manner. It can be said that they repelled the Jiangdong Army's counterattack with extraordinary ease.

After once again repelling the Jiangdong soldiers who were struggling to their death, Zhang Ni saw someone making a strange cry, dropped the weapon in his hand and started to run away.

Although Junzheng, who had quick eyes and quick hands, was able to strike back with a knife, the riot did not subside but intensified.

In just a few breaths, the rout swept across the entire battlefield, causing the hopeless soldiers to turn around in confusion, then randomly choose a direction and start fleeing.

Zhang Ni laughed heartily and waved his hand:

Drum beat, chase ten miles!

Jingnan is mountainous, and it is easy for the defeated soldiers to hide. Moreover, if these defeated soldiers want to escape back to Jiangdong, they must use the boats behind them.

A ten-mile pursuit is enough to capture these warships. As long as the defeated soldiers are unable to return north, then the Jiangdong Army will be considered defeated.

After a while, when Wu Ju saw Zhang Ni again, this fierce general who dared to die first on the battlefield and attacked fiercely with bloodthirsty had turned back into a graceful and elegant general.

So Wu Ju couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is really a person who cannot be judged by his appearance.

His face became more and more respectful, and after greeting Zhang Ni attentively to sit down, Wu Ju also tried to put forward his own suggestions for the battle situation:

Now that the general has won a great victory, Jiangdong will definitely not be able to know for a while. It is better to seize the time to rest and wait for Jiangdong's reinforcements to attack.

Zhang Ni picked up the cup and smelled it. When he smelled the wine, he put it down again and waved for a cup of tea.

Hearing what Wu Ju said, Zhang Ni stopped bringing the tea to his mouth.

Just thinking about it while still drinking water, Zhang Yi asked:

Does Prefect Wu have anyone who is good at handling ships under his command?

have!

Wu Ju then listened attentively to Zhang Ni's instructions, and finally there was still a hint of worry in his expression:

This strategy is feasible, but the general has to work so hard...

Zhang Ni put the untouched sip of tea back on the table, cupped his hands and said:

As a saying goes, rescuing people is like putting out fires. In this case, we will trouble Governor Wu.

I'm going to prepare my soldiers first, waiting for Governor Wu to sail the ship.

After saying this, Zhang Ni nodded to Wu Ju and then left the tent. The sound of his loud shouting should be informing the Yizhou soldiers of their next plan.

After looking at the handsome back of the young general, and then at the untouched sip of food, wine, and tea, Wu Ju sighed lightly, and soon made the same determination.

Who didn’t dream of becoming a famous general when they were young? Done!

Half an hour later, the Yizhou army had been re-ready. Under Zhang Ni's order, they boarded the warships captured from Jiangdong one by one. Then, one by one, they changed the clothes of the Jiangdong soldiers in the cabin, lay down on the spot, and adjusted themselves. After a familiar posture, they fell asleep one by one.

The boatman was a strong soldier under Wu Ju. After witnessing the Yizhou Army's fierce fighting, the Cangwu Army, who usually fought back and forth with the mountain barbarian natives, were completely convinced and obediently put down their swords and turned to be honest. He actually maneuvered the boat and rowed the oar, and subconsciously moved his hands and feet slightly in order to let the Yizhou Army in the cabin have a good sleep.

The fleet went down the Shenshui River and passed by Yingpu County in just half an hour.

Jiangdong's army, which had been in a stalemate with Wu Ju for more than ten days, set out from Yingpu. Every time Jiangdong's army passed by, they would return to Yingpu to get food and grass. Therefore, the defenders were very familiar with the style of warships. They immediately muttered in their hearts that yesterday Why did the food and grass we just collected come here again today?

But seeing the huge appearance of this fleet, and the fact that it was heading downstream without stopping at Yingpu, even the dull defenders smelled different news:

Is it possible that the front line was defeated?

Impossible! Two days ago, I was chatting with Paoze, who was getting food and grass, saying that the front line had an advantage!

The garrison of Cangwu County is too lazy, how can it be possible to win a big victory, and no news is sent back?

The most important thing now is to deliver the message to Quanling, don't let the thieves take advantage of you!

The Yingpu garrison was talking a lot, and for a while everyone was like a headless fly, unable to come up with a decision.

But in fact, everyone also knows that Quanling City is downstream of the deep water river, and they must rely on this river if they want to send messages there.

But if we send a small boat to deliver the message at this time, I am afraid that it will hit the butt of the fleet immediately and fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, although they have noticed that something is wrong, there is really nothing they can do at this moment.

More than a hundred miles after passing Yingpu is Quanling, which is also the seat of Lingling County. The Shenshui River merges into the Xiangshui River here, and then rushes north and finally merges into Yunmengze. The relationship in Jingnan is very important. .

When the sun went to the west, Zhang Ni, who was sleeping soundly, was also awakened by Wu Ju.

The civilian general, who had no aura of nobility about him, stood up and left the cabin. At this moment, Quan Ling seemed to be looking at him.

Zhang Yi turned around and smiled:

Let someone come, or should the prefect restrain himself?

At this time, Wu Ju looked calm:

Let the general do whatever he wants.

Seeing the awe-inspiring righteousness on Wu Ju's face, Zhang Ni felt a little moved, cupped his fists and said with a smile:

In that case, you're welcome.

But after a while, Wu Ju, who was tied up with hemp rope like a rice dumpling, knew that this general was really rude.

Not only was the thick hemp rope tied tightly around his body, Zhang Yi still looked at his face for a while, then punched him twice on the cheek and brow.

So when he arrived at the foot of Quanling City, Wu Ju's face was already swollen.

The fleet was very conspicuous, and although it looked like it belonged to Jiangdong, Quanling still closed the city gate out of caution.

Zhang Ni pretended to be a soldier, and he and another alert soldier with a Jiangdong accent pushed the bound Wu Ju to the gate of Quanling City.

But before the soldier could say the lines he knew so well, Zhang Ni heard an arrogant voice coming from the wall:

I am Xing Daorong, the general of Lingling under Sun Hou! Are you... the governor of Wu? Has Cangwu County been lost?

The arrogant voice changed its tone mid-sentence, appearing shocked.

Zhang Yi suddenly thought, someone here actually recognizes Wu Ju?

However, the soldier was very alert and immediately responded:

That's right! General Sun defeated the rebel army in Yingpu, and even the leader of the rebel army was captured alive by General Sun!

Hurry up and open the city gate. Brothers, there are harvests on the boats. You have to unload the food and grass and go back to pretend to be harvests!

Silence immediately fell on the city wall, and it seemed that the arguments between Xing Daorong and others could still be heard.

Soon a gondola hung down from the city wall. At this time, there was no choice. Zhang Ni and his soldiers could only escort Wu Ju into the gondola. The Yizhou soldiers hiding in the cabin held their breath and concentrated at this moment, subconsciously clenching their hands. weapons.

The hanging basket was pulled up by the defenders, and the soldiers immediately handed over the seal in their hands.

Naturally, this seal cannot be authentic anymore. After all, it was found from the body of General Sun. The only trouble was that it took a lot of effort to clean the blood stains on it.

The seal was verified to be correct, and the guard of Quanling couldn't help but mutter:

Why do I think you are so embarrassed...

Zhang Yi was ready to pounce at any time.

At the critical moment, I heard a voice saying carelessly:

What's so surprising about this? Prefect Wu's ability in training troops is second only to mine. Although General Sun won, it will be a tragic victory. The general you know well may have died.

This must be Xing Daorong. Zhang Yi looked at it carefully and saw that this man was slightly fat and had a round face with two small bean-like eyes staring at Wu Ju non-stop.

That's the case... The guard felt the same way. Although he always felt that something was wrong, he didn't bother to worry about it:

The army cannot enter the city. Just send a hundred or ten people to carry the harvest.

Zhang Ni breathed a sigh of relief, that was enough. Just as he was about to thank the general for waiting for him to open the city gate, he saw Xing Daorong naturally turn behind the guard, and then slashed the guard's neck with a clean knife.

The sudden turn of events shocked everyone, and then Zhang Ni saw Xing Daorong knocking down Wu Bing beside him with a knife, while still shouting:

Brothers, take action, kill Wu Gou and restore Lingling!

There was a commotion on the city wall. Zhang Yi, always decisive, immediately cut off the rope on Wu Ju's body, and then joined the battle with the Huanshou knife.

Because he saw General Lingling being overwhelmed by the attack of several Wu soldiers, and was about to die.

Zhang Ni's joining was like a whirlwind, which began to ruthlessly sweep through the weak Wu soldiers on the city wall.

Xing Daorong took a few breaths, and after his heartbeat calmed down, he said bitterly: This general almost beheaded three people, but he was robbed!

The morale of the defenders at night was not as high as during the day. What's more, the defender was dead at this time, and the Jingzhou soldiers who had surrendered before suddenly turned against them. Wu soldiers were in chaos for a while.

Taking advantage of the commotion, Zhang Ni also led Wu Ju and his own soldiers to the city. After joining forces with the rebel Jingzhou soldiers to overthrow the city gate defenders, the city gate of Quanling was reopened.

The refined Yizhou army hidden in the cabin formed an orderly formation, and then entered Quanling City in units of troops to support their general.

As this elite force joined the battle, Quanling City was quickly pacified.

But what made Zhang Yi dumbfounded was that when he asked Xing Daorong how he figured out the trick, Admiral Lingling's face was filled with astonishment:

Is this a bitter trick?

Otherwise, why did you win Jiangdong's trust by pretending to surrender?

Is this general pretending to surrender?

Zhang Ni was speechless. When he inquired more carefully, he found out that General Lingling didn't think much at all. He just wanted to save Wu Ju.

Xuan Degong has been diligent in governing Jingnan. In the past few years, taxes have been reduced a lot. This general and the villagers have done a lot better in farming and defending the city.

Xing Daorong said this matter with a clear face:

After the Wu soldiers occupied Lingling, they immediately wanted to raise taxes. Who doesn't miss Duke Xuande?

As for Wu Ju, we all know that he is an old friend of Duke Xuande. Duke Xuande was kind to Lingling. The general must repay his kindness and prevent it from falling into the hands of Jiangdong.

Hearing this, Zhang Yi could only sigh that it was just his luck.

If Wu Ju was really captured alive by Wu soldiers, I am afraid that even if Xing Daorong rises up, he will only be hacked to death with Wu Ju.

Moreover, this so-called general didn’t have a serious title like Xuande Gong, and he didn’t seem to know how to lead troops in battle. Zhang Yi didn’t know how much of it was involved, but he was still a big help after all, so Zhang Yi also looked solemn. Arching hands:

If I meet Mr. Xuande, I will tell him this skill.

So Xing Daorong left with a happy face.

Although it was late at night, Zhang Ni seemed to have regained all his energy after resting on the boat for more than an hour. At this moment, he was pulling Wu Ju to explain:

The situation waits for no one. After daybreak, I still need to go north as planned. The safety of Quanling will be entrusted to the hands of the prefect.

Tonight's experience was exciting enough, Wu Ju solemnly handed over:

The military situation is urgent now, but when the general passes by Cangwu in triumph, please take a rest so that you can show your friendship to the landlord.

Wu Ju was not worried about Quanling, because according to the information given by Zhang Yi, the young master from Jiaozhou also led an army to attack Lingling from the direction of Yulin in response.

But now that General Zhang Yi has won two battles in a row, Lingling's Jiangdong Army has become weaker than ever before, and defending it will not be a problem.

After a simple polite exchange, the Yizhou soldiers continued on their way under the leadership of Zhang Yi at dawn the next day.

Continuing down the river for more than a hundred miles, the team abandoned the ship after reaching Yongchang and took the land route directly north to Zhaoling.

After continuing the raid and wiping out the Jiangdong Army here, more than 3,000 elite soldiers crowded onto the warship captured in Zhaoling.

Next to Zhaoling is Zishui. Further down the river, Zhang Ni planned to attack Yiyang.

To the north of Yiyang is the center of Jingnan, Hanshou!

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