The next day, Bai Xiaowen led the army to Jiangxia city.
Wei Yan saw Bai Xiaowen's carriage and imperial canopy from afar. He hurriedly ordered his men to open the gate and welcome him.
"Your Majesty, I have completed my mission and captured Jiangxia city! The remaining four counties in Jingzhou are also under your Majesty's rule. "Wei Yan's voice contained a trace of concealment. Capturing Jiangxia county with the vanguard was indeed a meritorious service.
However, what Wei Yan didn't expect was that if Bai Xiaowen didn't have three hundred thousand soldiers to support him, Lu Meng and Lu Su wouldn't have abandoned the city so quickly.
Bai Xiaowen glanced at Wei Yan: "Wenchang, you have done a meritorious service in capturing the city. I heard that the general guarding Jiangxia is called Lu Su. He is also a resourceful man. Since you have captured the city, you must have captured him. "
Wei Yan hurriedly shook his head: "Your Majesty, Lu Su escaped."
"Lu Su has another general under his command called Lu Meng. He is also a promising talent. Did you not capture him?"
Wei Yan felt that something was wrong and could only say: "Your Majesty, the Jiangdong army is very slippery. When they saw that the situation was not good, they abandoned the city and escaped."
Bai Xiaowen laughed: "Then what about the 3,000 soldiers stationed in Jiangxia city?"
"… They all escaped." Wei Yan lowered his head and said.
Bai Xiaowen said: "I will use you as the vanguard to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Jiangxia. Our goal is not only Jiangxia city. In addition to capturing the city, we must also capture the enemy's generals and annihilate and capture the enemy's forces. "
Wei Yan agreed verbally, but in his heart, he was not convinced.
Bai Xiaowen smiled: "I know you are not convinced. Guards, bring the prisoners here. "
Wei Yan hurriedly raised his head and saw two female generals coming together with a group of soldiers behind them. They were escorting a group of seven or eight people.
Wei Yan recognized the prisoners. They were Lu Su and Lu Meng, who had fought with him more than once. The captives at the back were all ordinary generals, captains, and leaders.
The two female generals in charge of escorting the prisoners came forward and handed over the order.
Bai Xiaowen said:
"As a general, we cannot fathom the enemy's mentality. If we anticipate the enemy's movements, it will be hard to avoid wasting our efforts.
"My army is pressing down on the border, while the four counties of Jiangxia are isolated in the north of the river, without any reinforcements, the thief army will not be able to defend for long. They will either surrender or flee. I ordered Li Shu and Bai Sanniang, two generals, to each lead a thousand men and horses to set up an ambush on the enemy's path, and easily captured the bandit chief. "
Wei Yan was both shocked and impressed. He knelt down again and said, "Your Majesty's divine foresight is far inferior to mine."
In fact, Bai Xiaowen had used Wei Yan. This time, he sent two groups of troops to Jiangxia, one in the open and one in the dark. On the surface, it was Wei Yan's 10,000 elite soldiers attacking the city, but in the dark, it was Li Shuyi and Cecilia's ambush.
This was not much different from an encirclement hunt. The soldiers chased the wild beasts from three sides while the nobles waited from the other side with their bows and arrows drawn.
The plan itself was not special. However, to be able to grasp the geography of the south of Jiangxia city, predict the enemy's escape route, and find the right ambush spot, it took a lot of thought.
Bai Xiaowen waved his hand to order Wei Yan to get up. He then looked at Lu Su and asked if he was willing to surrender.
As expected, Lu Su and Lu Meng gritted their teeth and did not surrender.
This was also normal. Lu Su was born in Linhuai, and Lu Meng was born in Runan. Both of them were not nobles of Jiangdong. Instead, they followed Sun Ce when he joined forces with Zhou Yu in Huainan. Their loyalty was extremely high.
Furthermore, Lu Su and Zhou Yu were close friends, so it was natural that they would not surrender.
What made Bai Xiaowen more curious was that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su only became an official in Jiangdong during Sun Quan's reign. For some reason, he entered Sun Ce's army early.
The truth was actually really simple. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su did not become an official in the early stages as he was mourning for his grandmother. On the other hand, in the Spiritual World, Lu Su's grandmother was still healthy. As such, Lu Su naturally became one of the founding members of Sun Ce's army.
Bai Xiaowen also did not kill Lu Su. Lu Su was a scholar, and if he killed him, there would be no treasure chest.
Furthermore, Lu Su could be considered a kind elder, and he would feel guilty if he killed him. Thanks to Lu Su, Lu Meng also managed to escape with his life. The two of them were thrown into jail by Bai Xiaowen, and they would be punished after Jiangdong was settled.
At this point, the Bai Xiaowen Army had already taken over the entire Jingzhou.
Inspecting the remaining navy of Jingzhou, although most of them were defeated, there were still many navy warships. There were turreted ships, Meng Chong warships, Mengtu warships, cima boats, large ships, and many more. There were all kinds of ships.
Bai Xiaowen inspected the ships of the three kingdoms of the Spirit Realm.
The turreted ships were huge, and they were more than 100 feet tall. There were many layers, defensive walls, shooting windows, and even catapults. They were like water castles.
Meng Chong's warships were the main battleships. They had a long and narrow hull, and they had strong mobility and good defense. The hull was covered with rawhide, and there were shooting holes on both sides and at the bow and stern. They were mainly used to charge at enemy ships.
As for the other warships, cima boats, and the like, they were all smaller ships. They could be used to transport people, transmit information, and so on.
It was worth mentioning that the large ships were actually transport ships. Currently, the Jingzhou navy still had two large ships, and each of them was enough to transport 3,000 soldiers. If they were placed in the Three Kingdoms Plane, they would definitely be considered large ships.
After inspecting the ships, Bai Xiaowen said, "Most of my soldiers are from the north, and they are not good at naval warfare. Among the generals in Jingzhou, who can be the admiral of the navy? "
Kuai Yue said, "The three generals who are best at naval warfare are Huang Zu, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun. However, when Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou, Huang Zu and Cai Mao died in battle. A few days ago, Zhang Yun joined Jiangdong. Now, only Han Song, who is good at naval warfare, can be used. "
Bai Xiaowen asked Han Song.
Han Song was a little lacking in confidence and said, "If the king wants to use me, I won't dare to refuse. However, Jiangdong's army is good at naval warfare. Even if I fight to the death, I won't be able to win. My king, please choose someone else. "
Bai Xiaowen smiled, "No worries. You will be the admiral of the navy, and you only need to set up a water stronghold for us and train the soldiers. As for fighting, there is no need for that. "
Only then did Han Song agree and set up a navy stronghold in Xiakou.
Bai Xiaowen took a look and realized that this navy stronghold was really well designed.
Han Song used the large ships as the city walls. The stronghold also had 24 water gates for small boats to pass information and transport people.
The navy stronghold was connected to the dry stronghold. Bai Xiaowen had a hundred thousand soldiers, and the dry stronghold stretched for dozens of miles.
Bai Xiaowen squinted his eyes. Even though Han Song had such abilities, he still felt that he was not as good at naval warfare as Jiangdong. In that case, Zhou Yu and the other Jiangdong generals would definitely have all sorts of abilities in naval warfare.
That night, Bai Xiaowen and Zhen Mi slept in the main tent of the dry stronghold.
That night, Bai Xiaowen's mood was very excited.
This excitement was not because of the beauty in his arms, but because he had finally finished reading the First Volume of the Heavenly Book, the Taiping Scripture! He could finally activate his special elemental energy.
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