Chapter 86 Le Jin

Zhou Yu is dead!

Which is true or false?

An opportunity to kill him!

This was the first thought that popped into Le Jin's mind when he heard the news.

Who hasn't heard of the talent of this Jiangdong governor?

Cao Zixiao, who was famous for being the first to attack the enemy, was beaten into a cowardly general in Nanjun by him and eventually abandoned the city and fled.

Le Jin, who was of the same style, was on high alert as soon as he arrived in Xiangyang.

Countless news came in just two months:

Some said that Zhou Yu's achievements were so great that Sun Quan was very afraid of him.

Some said that Zhou Yu gathered troops in Baqiu and wanted to advance to Yizhou to establish himself.

There were even claims that Sun Quan gave Jiangling to Liu Bei, which was ridiculous!

Being brave enough to be the first to attack did not mean that Le Jin was a reckless man. On the contrary, he was able to live to this day without forgetting his own death in every battle.

After snorting two more mouthfuls of soup and noodles, Le Jin put down the bowl and wiped his beard, and signaled his personal soldiers to read the intelligence.

"News came from Hefei that Zhou Yu died of illness. Jiangdong generals and ministers all went to Dantu to mourn."

Le Jin closed his eyes and said nothing, and then said:

"Send scouts to explore the defenses of Dangyang, Jingyang, and Jiangling."

"Yes!"

The soldiers were ordered to leave, and Le Jin stood up and pulled out the iron knife on the beam beside him.

Fierce generals often use spears, but if they are the first to break the city, long swords are better.

A faint cold light was painted on Le Jin's body, and he flicked the blade with satisfaction, making a clanging sound.

"Why should you cherish your life for the great cause of Minggong!"

In mid-August, Le Jin led his troops into Dangyang, and the gates of Dangyang were opened wide and they went down with a drum.

"Where is your general?"

Le Jin was riding on a horse, looking at the Dangyang Shuzuo pushed out by his own soldiers, feeling bored, and asked casually.

The secretary fell to the ground with tears streaming down his face, not daring to move, and his words were incoherent:

"I am willing to... surrender! Dangyang is willing to surrender. I don't want the official position or the land. I beg the general not to kill me..."

"Snap!" Le Jin whipped the secretary's face, leaving a bloody mark:

"I ask you, where is the garrison commander here?"

The pain was effective. The secretary closed his eyes and cried:

"Go back to Jiangdong! Go back to Jiangdong! Go to the funeral of the great commander!"

Le Jin turned his horse and left, and at the same time ordered:

"Go to Jingyang... No, go to Jiangling, the scouts go first, and patrol for 20 miles."

The personal soldiers pulled the reins and went to the back to give instructions to the scouts. Soon, several teams of scouts rode their horses and whipped their horses and disappeared from the sight of the people of Dangyang.

The unattended Shu Zuo knelt in the dust, ignoring the pain on his face, and shouted:

"General, thank you very much!" "... Thank you very much!"

The next morning after Le Jin finished the bowl of soup noodles, he received the news:

The defenses of Dangyang and Jingyang were weak, and there were scattered fleeing civilians on the road. The captured civilians claimed that the garrison commander and the commander had returned to Jiangdong.

The scouts did not dare to get too close to Jiangling for fear of being discovered, but they could see that the construction of the new city outside Jiangling had stopped, and the guards at the city gate were playing in the river.

Or it was a trap...but Zhou Gongjin was dead, so why should he be afraid?

Without hesitation, Le Jin led 6,000 people across Dangyang and headed straight for Jiangling.

As for Shu Zuo's crying, he didn't take it to heart at all. As long as Jiangling was broken, it would not be up to the people of Dangyang to decide what happened in Dangyang.

It made no difference whether to surrender or not, the dust on the edge of the city was not lacking the irrigation of a few ounces of hot blood.

Can 6,000 people take down Jiangling? Le Jin rode on his horse, holding the reins and thinking.

Jiangling City faces the water to the north. As the army approaches, the guards who were playing in the water have hurriedly shouted back to the city, but the city gates were not closed immediately.

After a while, several riders ran out of Jiangling City, holding torches and carrying tung oil, and ran straight to the bridge, as if they wanted to burn the bridge.

Without any orders, the arrows forced the riders to stop moving forward. The riders hesitated for a moment, and finally seemed to do their best to throw things at the bridge, and then rode back without even looking.

This move caused a burst of laughter among Le Jin's subordinates. Some people laughed: "Wu soldiers are like this. One Han can defeat five Hu, and Wu soldiers can defeat half Hu."

Although it was a bit noisy, the formation was not scattered. They were all waiting for Le Jin's final decision.

"Go!" Le Jin finally made a decision.

Zhou Yu is dead, who can stop him? Cao Zixiao said that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce in Jiangdong are the only strong ones, and the rest are mediocre generals.

A small group of soldiers crossed the river first and controlled the bridge, and then began to cut down trees and build a bridge on the spot. The bridge should not only be widened, but also should not have only one.

During this process, the gate of Jiangling City was never closed. There were scattered cavalrymen running to harass, but it had almost no impact. This harassment did not seem like a struggle before a disaster, but rather a sense of coping.

Could it be that there was not even a garrison commander in Jiangling City?

Three floating bridges that could accommodate four cavalrymen were built, and Le Jin's headquarters also approached Jiangling City. It was not until this time that the gate of Jiangling City was hastily closed.

"Building a new city next to the old city, Zhou Gongjin is indeed a talented commander. If the two cities are completed, it will be difficult to conquer them without ten times the number of soldiers."

"Le Jin's Comments on Jiangling"

Looking at the new city that had just been built next to Jiangling City, Le Jin was very fortunate:

"Fortunately, Zhou Gongjin died early, otherwise if this city was completed, the road to the south of Nanjun would be cut off."

Looking at the rice that had just grown next to the city, Le Jin commented again:

"Such a business, for what we have, we need to thank Zhou Gongjin."

Moving his eyes to the crossbows on the city, Le Jin smiled and commented:

"Big but useless..."

Before he finished speaking, a burst of air-breaking sounded, and people and horses fell down in a straight line in the formation!

At the same time, shouts rang out in the four fields, and Le Jin was startled, but immediately made the most correct response strategy:

"Order two teams to control the floating bridge, and the rest of the soldiers to defend the main formation and retreat slowly!"

Because of the inexplicable blow, there was a great uproar in the army. At this time, the gate of Jiangling City opened again, and thousands of people filed out. Who was the leader but Zhang Yide?

"Le Jin, do you know your grandfather Zhang?"

A thunderous sound rang out, and the morale of Le Jin's army fell again.

In the northeast of the army, a fleet also slowly sailed over, and the sound of drums on the boats shook the sky.

It was bitter!

The unknown crossbow on Jiangling City did not stop. Every ten breaths, it shot the army and the people and horses in the army. There were reinforcements hidden in the city and navy on the river. The enemy had been waiting for them here for a long time!

"Only fight to the death! Follow me to seize the bridge!" Le Jin was also aroused, drew his long sword, and took the lead to kill the floating bridge.

Now the only plan is to hold the floating bridge and let the subordinates withdraw, and reorganize the formation before fighting.

But soon, the boats approached, and a boat came sideways to reveal the crossbows on the side.

Under Le Jin's desperate gaze, the crossbow arrows shot out, and the temporary floating bridge turned into a pile of scattered wood again.

A long-bearded general at the bow said leisurely:

"General Le, why don't you stay and fight Cao thieves together to help the great cause?"

Le Jin remained silent, just looking at those subordinates who could not cross the river.

He had already crossed the river with several personal soldiers. He thought that the other side would also ambush on this bank to cut off the floating bridge and cut off the retreat, but he did not expect that the other side would have boats and crossbows, and cut off the floating bridge without ambushes.

This also made him lose contact with the main camp.

Those personal soldiers seemed to understand something, and shouted one after another:

"General, come back quickly!"

"Come back quickly, Xiangyang can't do without the general!"

After taking a deep look at these former comrades, Le Jin closed his eyes in pain and then rode away.

"Le Jin has escaped! He will not be killed if he surrenders!"

"Le Jin has escaped! He will not be killed if he surrenders!"

Listening to the shouts behind him, Le Jin almost vomited blood and fell off his horse, but in the end he silently identified the direction of Xiangyang and rode away.

Looking at the Cao soldiers who had lost their retreat and whose morale collapsed, Wei Yan beside Guan Yu was puzzled: "General, why didn't you leave Le Jin? If you had left half a minute earlier, Le Jin would definitely not have escaped.

"Le Jin is just a brave general." Guan Yu shook his head: "Killing Le Jin can earn a small merit, but I am afraid that Cao thieves will raise troops and cause the situation in Jingxiang to deteriorate."

"Follow the military advisor's intention, and make Le Jin dare not harass, and take Yizhou first. ”

This is also the strategy that Kong Ming and his team finally decided on. Killing Le will only make Cao Ren more difficult. After the situation deteriorates, it will only waste money and resources here, and delay the attack on Yizhou!

At the same time, Liu Bei's boat also arrived at the ferry of Gong'an County. Sun Gan, who came to greet him, saw his master with a tired face and Mi Zhu beside him.

And a refined scholar who was seven points similar to the military advisor in temperament.

There was also a young general with his eyes wide open, looking left and right.

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