Chen Feng, who was far away in Qingzhou, was also shocked when he learned that Liu Biao and Liu Zhang had joined forces to attack him.
He had thought that Liu Biao might hit him, but Liu Zhang really didn't expect it. It seemed that the butterfly effect was spreading out of control.
You must know that the only remaining troops in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou in the south are Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's 30,000 Yangzhou Army. In addition, the combined front of Jiaozhou and Yangzhou is very long, and it is not as dangerous as Yizhou to defend. One Liu Biao can barely hold on, but adding another Liu Zhang will not only lose a little bit of land.
At that moment, Chen Feng decisively ordered to stop attacking Jizhou, and ordered Zhang Xiu's army to withdraw and defend Qingzhou, and Lu Bu's army to withdraw and defend Xuzhou. Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao's troops were ordered to go south to support diplomatic relations and Yangzhou. Chen Feng himself went to Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, to command the battle.
If you want to fight, then fight to death!
Yuan Shao in the north still owns three states, which he will not be able to conquer for a while. Chen Feng decided to capture Liu Biao from Jingzhou and do it alone, first capture Jingzhou, then capture Xichuan, and then destroy Yuan Shao. With this as a guideline, the world can be successful.
Following Chen Feng's deployment of troops and generals, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu, and Zhang Xiu on the Jizhou front line withdrew from Jizhou one after another, and their respective orders began to mobilize.
Yangzhou
Lujiang
Huang Zu led 50,000 Jingzhou troops to advance in two directions. Previously, General Wenpin led 20,000 people to attack Yuzhang County in Yangzhou, and he himself led 30,000 people to attack Lujiang County in Yangzhou.
Sun Ce, the governor of Yangzhou, led 20,000 Yangzhou troops to respond to the enemy. At the same time, Zhou Yu was assigned to lead 10,000 Yangzhou troops to support Jiaozhou, which was currently empty of troops.
Sun Ce and Huang Zu fought against each other in Lujiang. When the enemies met (Sun Ce's father died at the hands of Huang Zu), they were extremely jealous.
Sun Ce transformed into the little overlord of Jiangdong, and together with Sun Bi and Sun Jing, led a thousand Sun family troops to defeat Huang Zu's three thousand vanguard army in Xunyang County, Lujiang. They killed Huang Zu's vanguard general Chen Jiu and won their first victory...
at the same time
Jiaozhou
Zhang Ren led 25,000 Yizhou troops to Jiaozhou. At the suggestion of military advisor Fa Zheng, he took advantage of the lack of troops in Jiaozhou and the lack of support. He accelerated his march to Cangwu County, where the governor's office of Jiaozhou was located, intending to capture Cangwu County first. This Jiaozhou Chongjun was captured.
At this time, Zhou Yu's 10,000 Yangzhou troops are coming from Yangzhou and Yuzhang. It may be difficult to reach them for a while. Cangwu County only has the usual 1,000 county troops. It is difficult to resist Zhang Ren's 20,000 Yizhou troops. .
The powerful enemy invaded, and the people of all clans in Cangwu County were very panicked. Governor Shi Shixie and Fenwu Colonel Shangguan Ming both suggested that Lu Su, the governor of Jiaozhou, temporarily abandon Cangwu County and retreat to Nanhai County, which is closer to Yangzhou, to wait for reinforcements. arrival.
Lu Su decisively objected: "If we leave, what will happen to the people of Cangwu?"
Lu Su resolutely refused to retreat and said: "Because my lord values me highly, he appointed me as the governor of Jiaozhou, so that the people of Jiaozhou can live a stable life.
Whether Cangwu can hold his mouth is directly related to the safety of more than one million people in Jiaozhou.
Since I put on this official uniform, it means that I have a mission and responsibility on my shoulders. I, Lu Su, would rather die in battle and lose Cangwu than give up the country! "
Shi Xie, Shangguan Ming and other Jiaozhou officials all admired Lu Su's righteousness. The entire gentry and common people in Cangwu County were moved after learning that their Lord Lu would rather die in battle than abandon them and flee first.
The nobles in various counties in Cangwu County took the lead in organizing militiamen, vowing to advance and retreat together with Lu Su to resist the invading Yizhou army.
Piecing together, Lu Su quickly assembled a militia team. The total number of militiamen in these counties totaled more than 5,000 people. They had few military weapons and many farm tools. Without military armor, they went up in civilian clothes.
Five thousand Cangwu militiamen followed Lu Su to defend Cangwu, and fought with Zhang Ren and other 25,000 Yizhou troops in Xiemu and Fengcheng counties in the north of Cangwu.
When the two sides started fighting, the scene was extremely brutal. The unarmored Cangwu militiamen fought with their lives and refused to give up an inch of Cangwu land, because behind them were the beautiful Shiwan Mountains, the vast rice fields, and the Thousands of families live and work in peace and contentment.
Once the Yizhou Army invades this land, all the comforts Chen Feng has brought to them may no longer exist, and will be replaced by the desolation and tyranny of a few years ago.
As the governor of Jiaozhou, Lu Su was the one who felt this most deeply. The Jiaozhou when he was the governor and the Jiaozhou of today are completely two worlds.
Therefore, Cangwu's defense battle must be fought. Lu Su was determined not to retreat, and neither were Cangwu's people.
Cangwu
Xiemu County
"Are these unscrupulous people crazy?"
Zhang Ren looked at the Cangwu militiamen in front who were desperately resisting their Yizhou Army, and was very puzzled. They were just here to attack the Chen Feng forces in Jiaozhou, and they were not here to fight these unruly people. Why were they here to join in the fun? How about playing?
Zhang Ren never expected that a mere mob would dare to stop their 25,000-strong regular army.
"I really don't believe it anymore, call me!"
Subsequently, Zhang Ren organized his troops to launch more violent attacks on Xiemu County one after another.
For a while, the Cangwu militiamen were unable to resist, and the casualties of the 5,000 Cangwu militiamen reached one-third in the blink of an eye. Xiemu County was about to be captured by the Yizhou Army.
"Mo Yang, the magistrate of Cangwu Lipu County, led 523 warriors from this county to help Lord Lu!"
At the critical moment, another militia team of several hundred people suddenly emerged from the west of Xiemu County.
Immediately afterwards, militia teams one after another came out from the east, south and west of Xiemu County: "Wei Xin, the magistrate of Fengyang County in Cangwu County, led 376 warriors in this county. , come to help Mr. Lu!"
"Mengduo, the magistrate of Mengling County in Cangwu County, led 542 warriors from this county to help Lord Lu!"
"Lan Chen, the magistrate of Zhongsu County in Nanhai County, led 680 warriors from this county to help Master Lu!"
"Yulin County......"
By the end of the fight, even the militiamen from Nanhai County and Yulin County next to Cangwu came over.
Dozens and hundreds of militia teams from the three counties of Jiaozhou rushed to the front line of Xiemu County to jointly resist the invading Yizhou Army.
Every inch of mountains and rivers is dangerous, and there are one hundred thousand young men and one hundred thousand soldiers.
Zhang Ren was arrogant and looked down on the Cangwu militia. Lu Su defended hard and dealt with the powerful enemy seriously. The two sides became more and more angry as the fight continued, and neither one wanted to give in.
In the small Xiemu County, Zhang Ren's Yizhou Army fought for seven days and seven nights, but still failed to capture it. There were so many dead bodies from both armies that they filled the entire county entrance, and their blood flowed into a red stream more than one meter wide.
Soon, Zhou Yu's 10,000 Yangzhou troops rushed to Cangwu and cooperated with the local militia to fight the enemy bravely and repel Zhang Ren's army.
In the end, this Cangwu defense battle ended with the Jiaozhou side winning. The Jiaozhou militiamen killed nearly 10,000 Yizhou enemy troops with more than 8,000 casualties, successfully defended the defense line, and saved Cangwu County...
