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The Jiangxia army had a total of 10 or 20 supply fleets, mainly five-stone cargo ships, and dozens of thousand-stone warships. The supply grain transported by the army could support Huang Zhong's army for one month, and there were also a large number of weapons, arrows, tents and other supplies.

This is because Huang Zhong's army marched for light troops, and the supplies and food required by the army were transported by warships. This is a way of advancing in different ways and then converging.

This contains great risks. Once the fleet is intercepted by the Jiangdong Army, it will not only fail to provide logistics supply, but also threaten the survival of Huang Zhong's army.

However, with his familiarity with the geography of the Yangtze River, the Jiangxia army successfully avoided the Jiangdong Army's patrol and finally arrived at Songze Lake.

In addition to transporting a large amount of grain and other supplies, this supply fleet had only one thousand guards. The main general was Lou Fa, who was also one of Gan Ning's right-hand men at that time. He was the second only to Chen Mi in the Jiangxia army and is currently the Sima of the other unit of the navy.

He led the fleet to Songze Town yesterday. According to the plan, it should be moored on the lake in Songze Town so that Huang Zhong's army could find it, but they accidentally caught a Jiangdong army sentry ship and received some news, which made Lou Fa nervous and ordered the fleet to hide in a lake bay in the east of the town. At this moment, Zhao Yun finally led the army to find the supply fleet.

It was getting darker, and Huang Zhong's army also rushed to Zhendong to meet Zhao Yun. Lou Fa had been waiting on the shore for a long time. Seeing Huang Zhong leading the army, he immediately stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute: "The last general Lou Fa met with the old general Huang."

Huang Zhong turned over and dismounted, helped Lou Fa up and said with a smile: "General Lou doesn't have to be too polite. General Lou's timely arrival is a great contribution to defeating the Jiangdong Army."

After a pause, Huang Zhong asked again: "I heard from Long that General Lou discovered the situation. I am very interested. Can you tell me in detail?"

"General Huang asked to get on the ship, and the Beishi Association will report in detail"

Huang Zhong followed Lou Fa toward the big ship. He saw cargo ships moored on the water, loaded with food and weapons and other supplies. He couldn't help but feel that if these ships had not arrived, he really didn't know what the consequences would be.

Huang Zhong sighed and walked into the cabin quickly. At this time, Zhao Yun also walked in. Everyone sat down in the cabin. Lou Fa said to the two: "This incident is indeed a bit strange. The incident happened two days ago at noon. We accidentally captured a Jiangdong army sentry on the river surface of Songze Lake. At first, I thought it was to track our ship, but after the interrogation, I realized that they had a special mission."

Speaking of this, Lou Fa took out a letter and handed it to Huang Zhong, "This is a letter from the enemy. It turned out to be a letter written by Sun Quan to Cheng Pu. Please check it out."

Huang Zhong quickly took the letter and read it quickly. The content in his heart was very clear. Sun Quan ordered Cheng Pu to give up Qichun County and prepare to take a boat south to join Chaisang, and would soon send a fleet to pick up Cheng Pujun.

Huang Zhong was very excited. This was an important piece of information. He handed the letter to Zhao Yun and asked: "I want to know the situation of the fleet. Can General Lou tell me?"

Lou Fa apologized: "I don't know the information about this, nor do I know the patrol sent by me. However, I have sent several ships to the Yangtze River to investigate the news. Once the situation is discovered, I will inform the veteran general immediately."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside, and a soldier reported urgently: "Report to General Lou, the wardrobe has returned and discovered the enemy's situation."

It was simply God's will. As soon as they talked about this, the news came. The people stood up and walked quickly outside the cabin.

A stone whistle ship was slowly approaching the big ship, and there were scouts sent to investigate the news. They climbed onto the big ship and reported to the soldiers: "Reported to General Lou, a fleet of Jiangdong ships were found in the Yangtze River, with more than two thousand stone warships, which had already entered Songze Lake and were heading towards us."

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun looked at each other, and they realized almost at the same time that this must be the Jiangdong fleet that came to pick up Cheng Pujun. Zhao Yun asked: "You probably estimate how far the fleet is from us and how long it will take to arrive here."

The scout leader thought for a while and said, "It is estimated that there are still sixty miles left, and you will be able to arrive in Songze Town before noon at the latest."

Zhao Yun looked at Huang Zhong again. His meaning was already very clear. This was an opportunity, so why not seize this opportunity?”

Huang Zhong pondered for a long time and said to Lou Fa: "I need a map."

"There is a map in the cabin. Please follow me."

Everyone walked back to the cabin, and Lou Fa took out a map and spread it on the table. This was a map of Lujiang County and Qichun County. Of course, Huang Zhong also had it, and he was very familiar with this map.

He tapped a river west of Songze Town with his fingers, "It's this river. We passed by in the morning. This river leads directly to Wan County. The ships in Jiangdong should go along this river to Wan County to meet Cheng Pu's army."

"But I heard that the upper reaches of this river is very narrow, and even a five-stone ship cannot pass through, so I can only travel a small boat. Moreover, a large ship of Thousand Stone can only walk along the river for ten miles at most, and then I can't turn around if I move forward."

Huang Zhong was stunned. If this is the case, the Jiangdong Army fleet would probably dock in Songze Town, which is a bit difficult to deal with. At this time, Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Don't the old general think that this fleet cannot go to Wan County, is it even more of a chance for us?"

Huang Zhong understood what Zhao Yun meant, and he also laughed, "Long is right, our goal is not this fleet, but to use the arrival of this fleet to annihilate Cheng Pu's army."

Zhao Yun thought about it and said, "But I guess our whereabouts cannot be hidden from the Jiangdong fleet."

Huang Zhong knew that Zhao Yun was referring to the people of Songze Town, so he couldn't help laughing, "It doesn't matter if you can hide the fleet, just hide the process. It's at least 150 miles from here to Wan County. I think their news is not so fast."

At this time, Lou Fa was even more worried about time. They unloaded a batch of food and had to evacuate before the arrival of Jiangdong warships. Time was very tight. He said anxiously: "The old general said it well, but time was urgent, we have to hurry up."

Huang Zhong focused his mind for a moment and resolutely knocked on the table, "That's what it was decided."

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The Jiangdong fleet came from Chaisang and was sent by Sun Quan to pick up Cheng Pu's army. It was led by general Lu Meng. Lu Meng himself brought not many troops, only two thousand people, most of which were empty ships.

After the day of sailing, in the afternoon, the fleet gradually arrived at its last destination, Songze Town, which is the northernmost point of Songze Lake. It has deep water and gentle shores, making it very suitable for soldiers to board a large scale.

At the bow of a large ship in front, Lu Meng stared at the lake, frowned, and had some confusion in his eyes. At this time, Deputy General Zhang Ji walked up and asked, "Did General Lu find something wrong?"

"I'm just a little weird"

Lu Meng said slowly: "Why can't you see a fishing boat on the lake? It is logical that Songze Town is a fishing town. In this fishing season, there should be many fishing boats on the lake, but I can't see it."

"Is General Lu the birds in the night? What does General Lu mean?"

Lu Meng nodded, "I am indeed a little worried. Liu Jing has sent troops to Qichun. He will never let our army withdraw so easily. We should be extremely cautious."

"It's better to go to the town to check it out. If there is any whereabouts of the enemy, there will be news in the town."

"Go and be careful."

Zhang Ji waved his hand and took dozens of his subordinates toward Songze in several small boats. Soon, a ship hurried back, and the soldiers shouted under the big boat: "General Lu"

Lu Meng leaned over and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"General Zhang found out that a fleet of ships has been moored in the west of the lake bay in the past two days. He just left, and an army also passed by the town early this morning."

Lu Meng was shocked. This was exactly what he was most worried about. The more he was worried, he encountered it. Lu Meng was also a familiar person with military strategy. He knew that before he understood the enemy's situation, he should not act rashly. Cheng Pu's army might be fine in stationing in Wan County, but once it was blindly transferred, it would be very likely to create opportunities for the enemy.

Lu Meng remembered that Wu Hou had sent someone to deliver a letter to Cheng Pu, and he was even more worried. He immediately turned around and said to a personal soldier: "Take a few people to Wan County and tell General Cheng that the enemy has arrived and should not act rashly."

The personal soldiers led the order and left. Lu Meng watched several soldiers galloping away on horseback. He was full of concern. The strategy of Wu Hou's ordering the army to withdraw to Chaisang was not wrong. Qichun County lost its strategic significance and should indeed concentrate its forces on Chaisang.

But Lu Meng always believed that Wu Hou's expedition this time was not wise, and that the expedition would be more than worth the loss without absolute advantage. The biggest disadvantage of the Jiangdong Army was that it could not afford to delay time.

Thinking of this, Lu Meng couldn't help but sigh softly.

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There is only a narrow path from Songze Town to Wan County, close to the river, with few pedestrians coming and going. The path is covered with weeds, and on the other side is endless woods.

Several cavalrymen ran along the path. After an hour, they had already left Songze Town for dozens of miles. Suddenly, a cavalry pointed at the front and shouted, and saw several big trees in front standing side by side and blocking them.

A cavalry quickly grabbed the reins and visited around in horror. It was clear that several big trees had just been cut down. Who did this?

At this moment, more than a dozen arrows shot out from the woods, and they took the horses straight. Two war horses neighed and fell to the ground. Another cavalry escaped by luck and turned around and fled. However, less than five steps of running, several arrows roared and hit the cavalry's back. The cavalry screamed and fell from the horse.

At this time, a team of cavalry rushed out of the woods, and more than one person rushed up and pushed two unarrowed cavalry to the ground.

This is a team of Jiangxia Patrolmen behind the palace. The main force of the Jiangxia Army is twenty miles ahead of the other side of the river. The patrolmen have long discovered this cavalry and set up an ambush to intercept it.

A soldier sent out Lu Meng's command arrow and handed it to Wei Tun Chief, "I found this in him."
Chapter completed!