After Chen Qian received the edict, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the army on the hour, preparing to cross Huaishui south and attack Yiyang.

The Jin State did not have many troops in Yuzhou, only 60,000 or 70,000 people, and Chen Qian could not bring all the troops with him, Yuzhou was such a large place, he always had to leave troops to defend it, and Chen Qian could only mobilize about 50,000 troops.

You must know that Lu Kang led 100,000 troops to capture Yiyang, there is the danger of Huaishui in front of it, and it leans on Dabie Mountain in the back, such a defensive situation obviously occupies an advantage, Chen Qian wants to recover Yiyang, the difficulty is not ordinary.

Therefore, after Chen Qian led the army to Xinxi, he did not rush to cross the Huaishui by force, but asked Sima Yan for soldiers and horses, first of all, he had to ensure that the Jin army was not at a disadvantage at least in terms of troops.

Sima Yan's head is very big now, although the Jin State claims to have 500,000 men and horses, but there are not too many people and horses that can be sent to Chen Qian, but Sima Yan also knows very well that if Chen Qian does not have enough men and horses in his hands, it will not be enough to recover Yiyang, so at Chen Qian's request, Sima Yan still squeezed out a little force from Qingzhou and Xuzhou, about 20,000 or 30,000 people, and assigned it to Chen Qian's command.

At the same time, Sima Yan also ordered Sima Liang of Xiangyang and Shi Bao of Shouchun to send a part of the army to reinforce Chen Qian and outflank the Wu army from the east and west.

After Sima Liang and Shi Bao received the order, they each sent 20,000 troops, each from Xiangyang and Shouchun, and came to Yiyang to encircle.

In this way, the strength of the Jin army surpassed the Wu army in numbers, and Chen Qian was naturally full of confidence, and the Chen soldiers were opposite to the Wu army across the river from the north bank of the Huai River.

However, Chen Qian was not in a hurry to cross the river, his purpose was to attract Lu Kang to deploy defenses on the south bank of Huaishui, and only wait for the two roads of Xiangyang and Huainan to kill, and then carry out a joint siege operation against the Wu army.

However, Lu Kang saw through Chen Qian's intentions, leaving only a small part of the army to defend on the south bank of the Huai River, and most of the main force turned to the west to meet the enemy from Xiangyang.

The Xiangyang soldiers, under the leadership of the partial general Qi An, had just walked to Jigongling, when they heard the sound of shouting and killing, and the Wu army surrounded them from all sides. Qi An was shocked that his face was like earth, and he hurriedly led the army to retreat, but unexpectedly, Wu Jun killed a group of men and horses in the formation, like a hurricane whirlwind, as the first general, white robe and silver armor, looking very young, it was Lu Jing, the second son of Lu Kang, Lu Jing was young and vigorous, and the bow and horse were skilled, and the leader of the army rushed to kill in the Jin army array, as if entering the realm of no one.

Seeing the Jin general Qi An over there, Lu Jing shouted: "Bah! The thief will be gone! ”

Qi An was horrified, he expected to be unable to resist the enemy, he just turned around to leave, Lu Jing was fast, he had already killed him closely, Qi An was forced to fight, swinging his spear and stabbing back, Lu Jing slashed down with a knife, the knife was heavy and powerful, and Qi An's arms were numb and the spear almost came out of his hand. Qi An was frightened, turned around and turned the horse to leave, Lu Jing allowed him to escape from him, and the horse chased after him, his hand raised the knife and fell, and the shoulder took the lead and chopped down, Qi An's body was divided into two parts, and he fell under the horse.

As soon as the lord died, the Jin army was defeated, and all the soldiers rushed to the desert and trampled on each other, and there were many dead. Lu Kang did not chase endlessly, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, turn to the east of Yiyang, and fight with the Shouchun Jin army again.

In terms of the total number of troops, the Wu army was at a disadvantage, but the Jin army came from three directions, but it undoubtedly provided an excellent opportunity for the land resistance, because no matter which way to deal with, the Wu army will occupy an absolute advantage in the strength of the army, and the land resistance in this battle is to fully apply the strategy of concentrating superior forces and annihilating the enemy.

He adopted the mode of quick battle, first of all, the enemy of Xiangyang was attacked, and after the defeat of the Jin army after the deviant general Qi'an, he did not pursue, nor did he seek total annihilation, but instead waved his army eastward to fight another encounter with the Jin army from the east road.

The inferiority in strength made the Shouchun Jin army unable to hold out, and the battle lasted only a little more than an hour, and the Jin army collapsed on all fronts and fled in a hurry.

Lu Kang once again gave up the opportunity to pursue and annihilate the enemy, and quickly returned to Yiyang to start a final decisive battle with Chen Qian's main force of the Jin army.

Even Chen Qian had to admire Lu Kang's clever methods, and in the face of the three-way siege, Lu Kang showed outstanding military ability and superb command level, which was breathtaking.

Don't think that whoever reads Sun Tzu's Art of War can learn the tactics of concentrating troops to annihilate each other, and use the means of maneuvering in the enemy's encirclement, without general courage and wisdom, it is absolutely impossible, as long as the Wu army is entangled by the Jin army along the way, the other two armies may rush to reinforcements at any time, once they fall into the encirclement of the three-way army, it is absolutely impossible to escape defeat.

The strategy implemented by Lu Kang was to fight a quick battle, each battle did not exceed one or two hours, and it was only a heavy blow to the Jin army, ignoring the fleeing enemy at all, and not giving the Jin army any chance to besiege on three roads.

Chen Qian is not a mediocre talent, and when he saw Lu Kang even playing a clever hand on the battlefield, he immediately counterattacked, led the army to cross the Huai River, and approached Yiyang.

Responsible for guarding the Huai River defense line is Wu General Zuo Yi, Lu Kang left with the main force, Wu soldiers on the Huai River defense line are naturally not many people, when the Jin army crossed the river, invested a large number of troops, built several pontoon bridges on the Huai River, and killed the mighty one. And the all-out attack on the Jin army, Zuo Yi fought fiercely for a long time, and finally because he was outnumbered, he could not resist the enemy, so he could only lead the army back.

Chen Qian was preparing to cross the river and launch a full-scale attack on Yiyang, when Lu Kang, who acted quickly, actually killed back at this time, and attacked half-crossing, so Chen Qian was defeated, and many Jin troops who had landed on the south bank and did not return in time were slaughtered.

Chen Qian led the army to retreat to the north bank, counting the troops and horses, and lost at least more than 30% of the men and horses.

When the news of Yiyang's defeat reached the Luoyang Palace, Sima Yan's face turned pale and exclaimed: "Lu Kang is brave, who can stop him?" ”

At the same time as the news of the defeat of Yiyang came, the three roads of the Jin army's attack on Guanzhong suffered a setback, and four defeats in a row shook the Jin government and the opposition.

Now that Yanghu is defeated, Du is defeated, Hu Fen is defeated, and even the veteran Chen Qian is defeated.

Just when all the ministers were silent, Shangshu Yang Ji came out and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers will raise one person, or they can resist on land." (To be continued.) )