Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 213 Huang Zhong
On July [-]th of the tenth year of Jian'an, after seven days, Shen Chen arrived at Shiling.

Seven days ago, that is, on July [-]th, he set off from Lingyang, and after confirming that Sun Quan had escaped, he calmly arranged at the entrance of the Jinghu and Shushui rivers.

First, the fleet docked on the right bank of Shushui, that is, east of Shushui, and then sent Qu Gan to lead a thousand soldiers to go north by boat, heading towards Jingshui.

And he himself led the remaining 3000 troops, along the land road along the Shushui River, and began to move towards Yi County in the south.

Due to the recent light rain in the south of the southeast hills, that is, the Huangshan City in later generations, the road is muddy and slippery, making the forward speed very slow. In addition, there are countless hills on the right bank, high mountains and dense forests, and the long distance makes the journey extremely slow.

On the contrary, Lu Meng and Xu Sheng's troops were faster, because although Yunxi was not connected to Shushui at that time, it was converging with another river called Qingxi in the southeast of Shitai County in later generations.

The upper reaches of this river is Jinghu Lake, so Lu Meng and Xu Shengbing divided into two groups, took a small boat from Qingxi to Jinghu Lake and rushed to the entrance of Jinghu Lake ahead of time.

Another way is to reach the upper reaches of Shushui by land, and start to walk from south to north, heading towards the entrance of Jinghu Lake and Shushui by land.

Then the two interacted at the same time, one south and one north, Lu Meng still went south by water in a small boat, while Xu Sheng went north by land, and they met at Wuliting on July [-]th.

Neither party saw the trace of Shen Chen's boat, so they concluded that Shen Chen had not entered Shushui, and returned to the entrance of Shushui and Jinghu Lake.

In fact, Shen Chen was not only there, but also saw Lu Meng's fleet on the hillside in the distance.

But at that time, the mountains were high and the forest was dense, so Lu Meng had no idea that there was someone silently watching them to the east of him.

"General!"

Zhang Nan raised his head to look at the sky, pointed to the mountains hidden in the mist in the distance and said, "I just asked the guide of the Shanyue people. After passing the mountains here, go on the mountain road for more than 20 miles, and you will arrive at Wuling Mountains. gone."

Shen Chen looked into the distance and said: "Well, the eldest son is waiting for us in Wuling. It's really not easy to get here. We can only walk thirty miles a day through mountains and rivers."

"Yes."

Zhang Nan said with a smile: "However, although walking on the mountain road is tiring and slow, the general's move of abandoning the boat and walking can fool the people of Jiangdong. I think they should have gone north to Jing County."

Shen Chen nodded and said: "Naturally, Qu Gan went to Shexian County in Jushui. It will take a few days for the Jiangdong Army to catch up with us. We meet up in Shexian County, and after we meet General Liu Pan's support team, we will Go south from Poshui and return to Nanchang."

"only."

Zhang Nan said hesitantly: "General Huang"

"Don't worry, as long as Zhang Hong is in our hands, Jiang Dong can only exchange General Huang."

Shen Chen turned his head and looked at the mighty team behind him. A soldier was carrying Zhang Hong in a sedan chair and followed the team.

Zhang Hong was relatively old, and it would definitely be too much for him to walk tens of miles of mountain roads every day, so he had to take turns to carry the sedan chair and reluctantly carry him.

When the team was about to pass Shiling, a sharp whistle suddenly came from behind.

"Enemy attack!"

This is a warning from the enemy.

There are dense forests on the top of the mountain, and Shushui in the distance is also covered by forests on the left and right banks, so I can't see the situation clearly.

Zhang Nan said to Shen Chen: "General, the Jiangdong Army must be chasing you."

"It came so fast."

Shen Chen looked around, looked at a hilly slope by the river bank, pointed to it and said, "Let the soldiers go to that hillside to defend against the enemy with bows and arrows."

"only!"

Zhang Nan acted immediately.

More than 3000 Jiangxia navy troops are in front of Shiling, and there are small groups of scouts behind them.

But the scouts did not ride horses, and the mountains were high and the forests were dense, and they could not report to the general ahead through flags, beacon smoke, etc., so they could only use whistles and horns.

Although it is quick and convenient to transmit information by voice, it will also be transmitted to the pursuers behind, so that the pursuers know where the person is.

At this moment, about four or five miles away from Shiling, there are hundreds of small boats floating on the water.

Lu Meng was on a sudden boat.

Shushui is no different than Qingshui and Jingshui. Its narrowest part is only 30 meters, and its widest part is no more than 50 meters. It is a small and medium-sized river. The lower river is much wider near the port of Jinghu Lake, with a width of 300 meters. It can be narrowed further upstream.

Therefore, their large ships could not enter, so they could only use small boats such as Lunao, Maotu, Walker, Scout, Yacht, and Flying Boat. The first three types of ships can only carry 30 people, and the latter three types can carry up to seven or eight people.

And because of the upstream relationship, the ships must rely on manpower to paddle.

But even so, the speed is much faster than walking.

From Lingyang to Shiling for more than [-] miles, Shen Chen and the others walked for seven days, but Lu Meng and the others walked the waterway for twelve hours, changing people and rowing continuously day and night. In just one and a half days, they traveled from Jinghu Lake and Shushuikou caught up with them.

Almost as soon as he heard the whistle and the horn, Lu Meng cheered up, and immediately said loudly: "The enemy is ahead, hurry up!"

"woo woo woo woo!"

The continuous sound of horns sounded, and many of the hundreds of small boats were rowing last night. The soldiers who were still resting during the day were quickly awakened from their sleep. rush out.

At the same time, Shen Chen had already led Jiang Xia's navy to ambush on the right bank. On the hills, about [-] or [-] feet away from the river, the soldiers were lurking one after another, shooting arrows.

The main combat weapon in water warfare is the bow and arrow, so many sailors in the navy are often excellent archers.

At this moment, hundreds of warships were coming forward mightily, and countless soldiers of the Jiangxia Navy were waiting seriously. Almost after the enemy entered their range, a sharp whistle sounded.

"call out!"

"Fire arrows!"

Clusters of arrows fell like raindrops, almost covering the entire river.

Holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, Lu Meng stood on the prow of the boat looking at the rain of arrows, and shouted angrily, "Avoid the arrows!"

The same is the sound of the horn.

Jiangdong sailors hid in the cabin one after another, or erected planks to resist.

For the navy, dodging and resisting arrows is almost the instinctive reaction of many people. Before the horn sounded, countless soldiers had already made arrangements in advance.

The sound of "Dangdang Dangdang" was heard continuously, and most of the thousands of arrows were shot at the planks, roofs, and wooden boards of the ship.

Only a very small number of lucky ones were hit by arrows and fell into the water, which did not cause much trouble to the Jiangdong Navy.

At the same time, Xu Sheng in the rear had also ordered the fleet to dock. They planned to go to land from the right bank, which is the direction Shen Chen and the others came from, and attack the rear of Shen Chen's army.

"Two sides to double!"

Shen Chen marveled at the excellent military quality of the Jiangdong Army. Even in the middle of the ambush, they were not afraid of danger, and even launched a counterattack.

However, he was not a vegetarian, and immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat to the top of Shiling Mountain.

At the same time, send people to collect stones and prepare for a defensive battle.

The rain of arrows was still falling, and Lu Meng ordered to push closer to the shore against the rain of arrows. At this time, the densely packed Jiangdong Army held up their shields and disembarked to seize the beach.

The hills are very high from the ground, up to twenty or thirty feet, that is, four to sixty meters, and the forest is dense, which is not good for the attacking side, and it is also bad for the defending side.

Therefore, Shen Chen began to quickly transfer the soldiers with them, and evacuated towards the higher stone ridge.

The more you climb up the stone ridge, the fewer trees there are, because from the halfway up the mountain, this mountain is a huge rock. From the foot of the mountain, you can see the exposed white rock wall, and the top of the mountain is full of huge rocks. There are so many rocks, so it is called The local Shanyue people call it Shiling.

However, although there are rocks everywhere when climbing up the mountain, it is not a cliff, but a slope above it. The local Shanyue people have a road to pass through, so after half an hour, the army reached the top of the mountain smoothly.

The top of the mountain was more than a hundred feet above the ground, and the Jiangdong army at the foot of the mountain could vaguely see that they had occupied the hill they defended just now, and were chasing them to climb up the top of the mountain.

And if you look to the south, you can still see the phantom blue mountains in the faint mist. It is Wuling, which is less than twenty miles away from Shiling.

"Pile up the stones."

"Hurry up!"

"Over here, they're coming soon."

"Prepare!"

Under the command of officers at all levels, the soldiers built a large number of stones near the top of the mountain.

There are almost no trees around the top of the mountain, and at least [-] feet below can be seen at a glance. Although it is a slope, the field of vision is very good, and dense figures can already be seen coming out of the dense forest and chasing up the mountain road.

Shen Chen hung the ring head knife on his waist and joined the troops laying stones. Almost after the pursuers left the dense forest, following an order, the rolling stones began to smash down.

"Boom!"

Lu Meng raised his head, and saw countless boulders weighing [-] to [-] jins rolling down from the top of the mountain with the sound of rolling thunder, bringing with them countless dust and sparks that hit the stones, like a flood flooding them. .

At this time, it was almost too late to give any order, because the only sound in everyone's ears was the rumbling sound of rolling stones. A boulder was coming towards Lu Meng, and he almost instinctively jumped to the side.

As soon as he dodged, the unlucky one was a personal guard behind him. The personal guard only felt a black shadow flash in front of him, and his whole body flew up as if he had been hit hard, and lost consciousness.

so close!

Lu Meng hid at the bottom of an upturned slope on a mountain wall. Seeing that the bodyguard's head had burst, and he couldn't die anymore, his heart shuddered.

The rolling stone was still falling down, and accompanied by the continuous rain of arrows, it smashed the Jiangdong army up the mountain to the ground, and fled in despair.

Seeing this situation, Lu Meng had no choice but to retreat, and at the same time sent someone to go around the mountain.

Time passed by, and seeing that the Jiangdong navy no longer came to die, Shen Chen also knew what they were thinking, so he took the time to prepare to go down the mountain from the south.

After there was no movement on the top of the mountain, Lu Meng gave the order to pursue again, but Shen Chen had already gone down to the southern mountain forest.

Although Shiling is not big, it will take Xu Sheng more time to go around from the left and right sides, so Shen Chen will not spend time with them on Shiling, waiting for Xu Sheng and Lu Meng to surround the whole mountain .

Seeing that Shen Chen was so cunning, Lu Meng had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue chasing.

The two sides, one in front and one behind, pursued in the jungle and mountains.

Fortunately, Shen Chen had the help of the local Shanyue people, and he was able to find the way accurately, so he had been traveling through the forest relatively smoothly. On the contrary, Lu Meng and Xu Sheng almost got lost in the forest.

The sound of horns, whistles, drums, and gongs can be heard endlessly, all relying on sound to provide direction.

"Ok?"

At this time, at a scout point about twelve miles away from Wuling, a soldier suddenly pricked up his ears and said, "There seems to be a sound."

"what sound?"

Another scout said lazily: "This place has more mountains than You County, and there are countless wolves, tigers and leopards. Even if there are sounds, they are probably just the sounds of wild beasts in the mountains."

"No, it's the sound of the horn, listen carefully."

The soldier with the sharpest hearing immediately climbed to a big tree, stood on the top of the tree and looked into the distance. After a while, he lowered his head and said to the crowd: "There is really a horn sound, it seems to be our people."

"Can you tell the meaning?"

A scout leader asked, and he did hear the vague sound of the horn.

"Seems to be"

The scout listened carefully for a while, then opened his eyes wide and said, "Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack?"

"Enemy attack!"

There were five members in the scouting team, and the other four immediately shook their spirits as if they had woken up, and hurriedly picked up the horns in their hands and began to blow them.

In a short time, the sound of horns in the entire forest was like sea water, flooding all around.

"Report!"

Liu Qi resides in Wuling.

At this time, he set up the camp on the hillside of Wuling Mountain, stretching for several miles from the hillside to the foot of the mountain, filled with flags of Liu Biao's army, and covered a large number of camps.

Liu Pan had more than 2 horsemen in Nanchang. Hearing that Liu Qi was there this time, he immediately led an army of 5000 men along the Poshui River to the north, penetrated into the hinterland of the southeast hills, conquered Shixin, and repelled Huang Gai's troops.

He also sent general Huang Zhong to lead 8000 people north to Yi County to meet Liu Qi.

The current situation is that Liu Pan has defeated Huang Gai, and a few troops left behind are stationed along Zhejiang, pretending to attack Qiantang, but in fact leading the main force is on the way north to Yi County.

Therefore, the current movement of Jiang Xia's army is very clear. Shen Chen led [-] soldiers and horses that went deep behind the enemy's rear to retreat to Wuling. Wuling has [-] Liu Pan's army led by Huang Zhong.

At the same time, Liu Pan himself was still along the Zhejiang line, on his way to Yi County.

In the Wuling camp, upon hearing the continuous sound of horns, Liu Qi immediately said to an eight-foot-tall veteran with a gray beard beside him, "Old General Huang, this must be General Shen."

This veteran is Huang Zhong. He is just 60 years old this year. He squinted his eyes and listened carefully for a while and said, "No, the sound of the horn seems to be an enemy attack."

"Could it be that the enemy's pursuers have arrived before General Shen arrives?"

Liu Qi frowned.

Huang Zhong raised his sword and bow and said, "Let me go out and have a look."

As he spoke, he walked out of the tent.

With one order, 3000 troops were assembled and headed towards the forest in the north.

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