Lou Gui led his army to move quickly and rushed to Yiling in just four days, allowing the army to line up outside the city.

Chen Ji only arranged 300 people in Yiling. When he saw Lou Gui suddenly appear outside the city, these people were stunned and thought Jiangling had fallen. Seeing the strict and murderous enemy outside the city, they had no fighting spirit at all. Lou Gui sent people to persuade him to surrender, but without much verbal talk, the Yidao defenders put down their weapons. They were not originally Chen Ji's subordinates, but local soldiers. It doesn't matter who occupy Nanjun, as long as it doesn't affect their lives. Chen Ji, the prefect of Nanjun, has been in office for nearly a year, and has not left any good impression on them, and they are not interested in working for Chen Ji.

Lou Gui's army took over Yiling without bloodshed and immediately reorganized his defense. At the same time, he sent military marquis Pan Hua to lead 200 people to Wu County to garrison. If Yizhou has the intention of invasion, don't fight with them, just send the news back. As for Wu County, if you can, guard it, give up, and withdraw as safely as possible. Yiling is the real fortress. As long as Yiling is guarded, the people of Yizhou will not want to enter the hinterland of Nanjun and affect the situation in Jiangling.

Pan Hua took the order and left.

Pan Hua was originally a roar who followed Xu Chu. After Xu Chu followed Sun Ce, Pan Hua followed Xu Ding to Nanyang Martial Arts Hall to study. He was good at martial arts and clever, but he was not acquainted with battle formations. After further study, he received formal battle formation training. He stood out and graduated with excellent grades. He successfully became a Qu Junhou, commanding two hundred people. He used the training methods he learned to train troops, which was different from those colleagues who were purely from the army. Following Xu Chu's experience made him more clear that this motivated his subordinates, and also gave him some savings, had the ability to reward his subordinates from time to time, and boost morale.

After several reviews, he was well-known and had become a reserve force for key training. This time, Lou Gui let him take the lead alone, which was to give him the opportunity to make meritorious service. As long as the task was completed successfully, he would have the opportunity to be promoted to another level, become a fake chief lieutenant, and enter the sequence of intermediate officers.

Pan Hua conveyed the purpose and importance of this mission to his subordinates, gave him another meal of wine and meat, and then ordered that each person only bring dry food for three days in addition to the necessary weapons and equipment. In other words, if they cannot get to Zigui within three days, they will be hungry. When they arrive at Zigui, they will not only have enough food, but also enjoy a day, and then rush to Wu County.

It is only more than 100 miles from Yiling to Zigui, but this section is full of steep mountain roads. Xiling Gorge among the Three Gorges of Changsha is in this section. It takes at least five or six days to march normally, but Pan Hua doesn’t have so much time, so he must arrive at Wu County as soon as possible.

The soldiers responded to the promise and set off on the journey after a little preparation. Pan Hua walked like ordinary soldiers, carrying his weapons, equipment and dry food, and ran with his legs. In order to prepare for this war, Zhou Yu organized many mountain marching trainings, and saw the results at this time. These soldiers rushed on the mountain road at a speed of more than half of the ordinary county soldiers, and the two locals who were guides were stunned.
Chapter completed!