Chapter 530 Weeping out of the city

Chapter 530 Weeping out of the city

"Your Majesty's order? At this time?" Upon hearing these words, Lu Xun's expression suddenly changed as if he had heard the most terrifying ghost story in the world.

What any Soochow veteran is most worried about is getting Sun Quan's instructions at a critical moment. Many times, under Sun Quan's blind command, battles that were barely winnable were immediately defeated.

Therefore, Lu Xun had always been very afraid of this, fearing that Sun Quan would give him a warrant on a whim.

Fortunately, the expansion of territory was relatively smooth in the past few years, and Soochow swallowed up the entire Jingzhou in just a few years. Sun Quan was in a happy mood and concentrated on making checks and balances, and basically no longer provided guidance in the war.

It's a pity that in the past few years, Ma Di came out of the blue and together with Zhuge Liang forced the Shu Han to change their fate against heaven. Also because of Ma Su, Soochow began to decline, while the poor neighbor next door climbed to the top step by step.

This made Sun Quan feel unbalanced again, and he became anxious about the deteriorating war situation. As a result, Sun Quan's warrant reappeared on General Wu's desk, and the Sun Shiwan he was back again.

Right now, Lu Xun encountered a scene that he could not even dream of in his nightmares. At the moment when he was most needed to defy everyone's opinion, Sun Quan's warrant arrived, and he could basically guess the content.

Could you not have guessed that his supreme leader had just been beaten to paralysis by the Shu army, and the country had lost more than 50,000 soldiers and horses. Sun Quan is not a good-tempered person, how could he just swallow his anger?

Ma Di did not dare to let the Wu army go into battle. Now that a lone army appeared, Sun Quan naturally wanted to regain the ground.

"I'll wait until I get back if I have any orders from the Supreme Being. The military affairs are busy right now, so I can't take them." They suppressed the panic in their hearts one after another, pretending to be calm and performing Tai Chi on Sun Quan's envoy.

"Wait until XX has finished handling the current military affairs, and then continue..."

"Grand Governor, the Supreme Lord has ordered that you must obey the military order this time." The envoy narrowed his eyes and said directly without giving Lu Xun a chance to practice Tai Chi.

This gesture basically showed Sun Quan's attitude. He had completely lost confidence in Lu Xun and made up his mind to intervene in this war.

In fact, Sun Quan trusted Lu Xun far more than any other general. After all, as his son-in-law and governor, Sun Quan's patience and trust in him reached the limit.

Even though Lu Xun had been hurt by rumors for so many years, Sun Quan never lowered Lu Xun's trust. But in exchange, Lu Xun became more and more cowardly and concealed himself.

Under such circumstances, Sun Quan can still tolerate it until now, which can be regarded as an extremely good temper.

Seeing this situation, the generals of Soochow probably guessed what Sun Quan meant. Everyone fell silent and looked at Lu Xun gloatingly.

You don’t listen to our request to fight, and do you listen to the Supreme Order?

Of course, there were also a few young generals whose expressions froze and began to reflect on whether they were a little impulsive. Even the Supreme had the same idea as themselves, and they began to wonder if they were right.

But this was a minority after all, and most of the generals were looking at Lu Xun, waiting for him to take over Sun Quan's order.

"Supreme... didn't he say that all military affairs are decided by me?" Lu Xun looked at Sun Quan's envoy with the last glimmer of hope and asked almost pleadingly.

"Now, it's not anymore." The messenger showed no expression, and calmly handed over the warrant, using the calmest tone to eliminate Lu Xun's luck.

"The Supreme Lord asks you to go out to fight and eat up this group of Shu troops who have penetrated deeply alone, so as to show the prestige of our Soochow state!"

Hearing this sentence, Lu Xun was completely desperate, tears slowly fell down, his face turned gloomy,

"Supreme! I am loyal to you..."

In the fourteenth year of the founding of the Han Dynasty, Lu Xun was forced by Sun Quan to leave the city in mourning! Before leaving, Lu Xun personally wrote a suicide note, sent someone back to Jianye, and walked out of Jiangling City with the belief that he would die.

Since then, the main force of Soochow, which Ma Su has longed for, finally came out of Jiancheng!

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"General Zhengnan, the Wu army's 40,000 troops are divided into two groups, dispatched from Jiangling and Xiakou respectively, and are encircling us!"

At this time, Liu Yin was leading more than 4,000 troops to station north of Wulin, pretending to be arrogant to lure the Wu army. When the scouts brought up the latest developments in Soochow, Liu Yin breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that there is no problem with my strategy. Those reckless men in Soochow finally fell into the trap." Liu Yin nodded slightly, let out a long breath, and ordered with a smile.

"Now that the enemy has been lured out, the next step of the plan can be implemented. The entire army abandoned their baggage and only carried ten days' worth of food, pretending to be running away in embarrassment. We must lure the Wu army out of the river!"

Soochow's navy was very strong, and its scale was not comparable to that of the Han army. Liu Yin was worried that even if the Wu army was defeated on the banks of the Yangtze River, most of its troops would be able to escape under the cover of the navy.

If that were the case, it would be difficult for the Han army to decide the outcome in one battle. If too many soldiers and horses escape, Jiangling will not be so easy to fight.

So now, Liu Yin's plan is to find a way to lure Wu Jun to the north. It is best to lead them to the north of Qingni County, which is located in the great plains and is very suitable for the Han army to defeat the enemy.

So, under the command of Liu Yin, the Han army walked north along Huarong Road. Along the way, he frantically dropped baggage, food, and even Xuanjia military flags, acting very much like a weakling whose deceit was discovered.

As for Soochow, Lu Xun seemed to have completely resigned himself to his fate and gave up the withdrawal of troops. After completing the round with the Wu army in the direction of Xiakou, the 40,000-strong army pursued them all the way along the Jingxiang North Road.

Liu Yin chased from Wulin to Qingni Line, and Wu Jun was also chasing after him. Seeing this situation, Liu Yin was very satisfied. While leading his troops to continue retreating north, he mobilized his soldiers to prepare for a counterattack.

After the Han army arrived at Qingni, the Soochow defenders in Qingni suddenly opened the city to fight in an attempt to delay the Han army's northward retreat. As a result, the two sides fought under the city. Liu Yin easily defeated the defenders in the city, then quickly entered Qingni, burned the Wu army's baggage with fire, and then left.

This aroused the indignation of Wu's generals even more, and they all roared and pursued with all their might.

In this way, Liu Yin fought and walked away, losing all the baggage along the way, and constantly looking for a battlefield for the Han army to fight. As a veteran general, Liu Yin believed that as long as he found a suitable battlefield, he could defeat the Wu army for Ma Di and recapture Jiangling.

As Ma Su said, this time he planned to eat alone.

After several days of retreating north, Liu Yin finally stopped near Dangyang. He, who had always been intuitive, finally had a smile on his lips.

"Soldiers, this is it!"