"The Chu camp is empty, and Xiang Zhu is on the run overnight with the remnants of the 20,000 Chu army?" Mei Kai asked a little surprised.

He Yi nodded affirmatively: "I personally led people to investigate the Chu camp, and there were already people in the camp empty, and they ran away without even bringing food, grass and supplies." ”

They haven't had time to make a summary of the battle situation, and they have no number of how many Chu troops they killed in a day, and they don't have an idea of how many soldiers the Chu army still has that can fight. In their opinion, the Chu army was defeated in a row, but it should still be able to gather nearly 50,000 troops, after all, there is no Lu Zhe's army in the east and south, Xiang Zhu should be able to retrieve those Chu soldiers who have run away without interference, how can they think that the Chu soldiers are basically new soldiers, and it is difficult to gather together once they run. In this way, how can they not misjudge the direction of the war?

In the final analysis, after leading the army alone for a long time, there are no longer co-captains who have a view of the overall situation, and the rest of the people, whether Mei Kai or who, these generals rarely have the opportunity to lead the army alone, and they extremely lack the experience of controlling the overall situation.

Shu Dao had already eaten the sweetness once, and asked urgently: "Should you not run far, do you chase it?" ”

"First send someone to contact the lieutenant and send the information that Xiang Zhu escaped with the army." Mei Li glanced at Shu Dao, and then looked around at the generals present: "Patriarch Shu thinks that you should chase after you?" ”

Su Lie wanted to open his mouth but was pulled by He Yi, making Su Lie look at He Yi with a strange expression.

"The Chu army knows more about the local terrain than we do, and it is extremely dangerous to chase and kill the enemy army at night, and it would be beautiful if it was ambushed." He Yi lowered his voice and persuaded Su Lie.

Several lieutenants were hesitant, their subordinates were tired troops, and the continuous battle with their tired bodies had already produced a lot of casualties that should not have occurred.

Mei Wei also weighed in his heart, Xiang Zhu fled to the east with 20,000 people, where there were mountains and forests, although Xiang Zhu was defeated, but from the appearance of the battle, it was not a bad character, if they chased it, the chance of being ambushed was too great.

"Our army has less than 30,000 troops, although the Chu army is defeated. But the rabbit was forced to kick people in a hurry, not to mention that the ability was not bad in the first place? Mei Kai, who weighed in his heart, was more inclined not to chase, the direction of the defeat of this Chu army was east, obviously to retreat to Huiji County, if to chase and kill, at least 20,000 people would have to be mobilized, then the defenders of Danyang would be overstretched again, he had suffered a loss of lack of troops, and he didn't want to suffer a second time.

Su Lie, who was muttering to He Yi in a low voice, spoke, and said, "Xiang Zhu's department is already a frightened bird, and it doesn't matter whether to chase it or not. Now. What our army should do is to ensure that Danyang City is not lost, and at the same time, send a force south to the Yangtze River ferry, and strengthen the protection of the ferry with the previous garrison. ”

The distance between Danyang and the Yangtze River ferry is six miles, where there are 3,000 garrisons guarding the ferry without many ships, Mei Kai has not received a report that the ferry has been attacked, and it is obvious that Xiang Zhu did not send troops to attack there after he came.

Does Xiang Zhu know the importance of the ferry? Obviously, it is very clear. There were many reasons why he didn't attack the ferry first, one was that there were not many ships at the ferry, and the other was that there were fewer defenders in Danyang than he thought. He probably thought that the defenders of Danyang could easily take it, and then it would not be difficult to attack the ferry with only 3,000 garrisons?

Now it makes no sense to guess why Xiang Zhu didn't attack the ferry first. Mei Kai's guess was also in the wrong direction. There is only one reason why Xiang Zhu didn't hit the ferry, that is, he was afraid that Lu Zhe's headquarters would find out about the movements here, after all, the ferry was quite important, and it was impossible for Lu Zhe not to send someone to pay attention to it at any time. Xiang Zhu was worried that once Lu Zhe found out about the situation here, he would change the route of the march, and then Xiang Liang's arrangement would be disrupted.

Mei Li looked at He Yi, with Mei Li's understanding of Su Lie, Su Lie couldn't have thought of that. Moreover, Su Lie and He Yi exchanged ears just now, but Mei Li saw it in his eyes.

He Yi couldn't help but smile toothily when he saw Mei Kai's gaze.

"Well, it's really important to ensure the safety of the ferry now, which robe is willing to lead the troops?" The troops here are divided into three divisions. There was the Jiujiang Front Army that originally belonged to Su Lie, the armed forces of the Shu family, and the garrison that belonged to Lu Zhe's headquarters. The current troop attribution is also relatively mixed, Su Lie's Jiujiang Front has 15,000, Shu's side is 12,000, but there are less than 3,000 left under Mei Hong's command.

"I'll go!"

There were two people who spoke at the same time, it was Su Lie and Shu Dao.

"That'...... Let the martyrs go. "Hesitation is not hesitation, it is just a gesture, just like Mei Kai asked out of politeness just now. How could he hand over Lu Zhe's important retreat to the unfamiliar Shu Dao? will politely ask for other reasons, because he is only a garrison officer in Danyang, not a commander-in-chief, and there is no way to give orders in the form of orders.

Shu Dao really wanted to go, and his intention was to show his face, so that Lu Zhe could see with his own eyes that he was doing his best to do his duty.

"Haha! Patriarch Shu has already made a great contribution just now, and it is time for Lie to express his appearance. Su Liebiao came out with a cheerful and honest appearance.

Shu Dao, who was originally a little disappointed, thought about it, and his subordinates were brilliant in the battle just now, and there was indeed no shortage of opportunities to show their faces.

"Danyang's safety also requires the contribution of the Shu patriarch." Mei Kai said cautiously. He saw Shu Dao's face change just now, and made the necessary reassurance.

"I also serve the Lord, the general is too polite." Shu Dao couldn't help but feel proud when he saw that Mei Li and Su Lie cared about their thoughts at the same time.

Lu Zhe hasn't opened a mansion yet, and the title of general they call each other is really a polite mutual title, and everyone is full of energy to express themselves in this war, in fact, it is to get a good position when they open a mansion and build teeth.

The crisis on Danyang's side was resolved, and Lu Zhe, who was still rushing to Danyang, did not know that there was a period of time when he almost became a loser, he led his troops to rush day and night, and suffered from constant attacks and harassments on the way.

Xiang Liang, who was hanging far behind Lu Zhe, not only did he not know that after Lu Zhe left Sima Xin and other 30,000 people to break up, he also couldn't imagine that the 120,000 army led by Xiang Zhu would be defeated in one day.

At this moment, Xiang Liang with an army of 230,000 is still full of ambition, he has been promised by the king of Qi that the 70,000 Qi army will go south within ten days, so that the nearly 400,000 Chuqi coalition army will jointly besiege Lu Zhe, and he feels that this time Lu Zhe must be unable to escape.

It was probably when Su Lie led his people to the ferry all night that Lu Zhe's vanguard also arrived on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The distance between the two armies was shortened, the communication was restored, and Lu Zhe finally learned what happened in Danyang, and at that moment, cold sweat broke out from his forehead.

"It's dangerous! If you really let Xiang Zhu take Danyang, the consequences will be unimaginable! Lu Zhe was a little apprehensive, fortunately Danyang defended, not only held but also defeated Xiang Zhu's 120,000 army, otherwise Xiang Liang's 230,000 people chased and Xiang Zhu set up an ambush in Danyang with a large army, what kind of situation should he face at that time?

Now that it is clear what is happening in Danyang, it seems that the previous changes should be readjusted?

"Send someone to inform Sima Xin, order him to resist for a day, and then flee to Danyang Ferry." Lu Zhe knew that he couldn't let Sima Xin retreat immediately, otherwise Xiang Liang would notice that something was wrong, and he could only let Sima Xin lose, but he couldn't defeat too late, otherwise the news of Xiang Zhu's defeat would definitely reach Xiang Liang's ears.

The previous plan was to attract Xiang Liang, and then form a siege situation, which is also the reason why the 70,000 troops hidden in the southeast of Huizhang County would be deployed there.

The general direction of the siege is not fixed, what matters is whether the various troops can reach the corresponding position in time. Lü Zhe's headquarters joined the troops of Hengshan County and Jiujiang County, the troops of Jibu and Huan Chu came from the west, and the 70,000 troops who were hidden in the early days blocked the east, so that the encirclement of the north, west, and east was formed. As for the south, it doesn't matter where Xiang Liang wants to escape, there is a Zhejiang in the south, and Lu Zhe still wishes that Xiang Liang would flee south, and after the war, Lu Zhe can also save some time to enter Changsha County to support Wu Rui.

Wu Rui's condition was very bad, and after retreating to Luo County, he was surrounded again with little respite.

In less than a month, Wu Ruo went from controlling eight-tenths of Changsha County with more than 100,000 troops to only one Luo County, which was really a bit stunned.

At this point, how could Lu Zhe not realize that Wu Rui's current dilemma was Baiyue's move?

Baiyue did not counterattack from Cangwu County, but took Wu Rui of Changsha County to open the knife, there is a relationship between the four clans, in fact, it is inseparable from Xiang Liang's instigation, after all, Changsha County is next door to Lujiang County, Cangwu County is too far away from the battlefield to echo the pattern.

However, Lu Zhe didn't know about Xiang Liang's factors, and he was now thinking about how to surround Xiang Liang and kill him.

"Need to send someone to block the road......" Lu Zhe suffered from the loss of communication during this time, so he didn't even know that Danyang was almost lost: "The Yangtze River and all avenues and trails must be blocked!" ”

Xiang Liang saw that Sima Xin's broken army would definitely think in the direction that Lu Zhe could no longer support, after all, the only explanation for leaving the broken army was that Lu Zhe had no confidence in this battle, so he broke his tail to survive.

What Lu Zhe needs to do most urgently now is not to let Xiang Liang learn the news of Xiang Zhu's defeat before he walks into the trap, only in this way can he seduce Xiang Liang to storm Sima Xin's department, and want to catch up quickly.

"I can also create rumors and spread the news that I already know about the fall of Danyang, so I am hurriedly looking for a way out." Lu Zhe closed his eyes, and thought of a perfect plan in his heart: "You should also let Ji Bu and Huan Chu appear behind Xiang Liang in advance, so that Xiang Liang will be more convinced of the possibility of Danyang being captured by Xiang Zhu." ”

It is easy to create a posture of a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, but it is difficult to spread rumors, not only the troops led by Lu Zhe must have an illusion of instability, but how to weave rumors must be exquisite.

"The 70,000 Tibetan troops should also move to the east immediately." Lu Zhe opened his eyes, his eyes were not sharp, let alone profound, there was just an excitement that the plan was about to be realized. (To be continued......)