"Meng Dapifu! How dare you bully me like this!!!"
Xu Shu put down the letter in his hand, slapped the case, and shouted angrily.
Guan Yu could see on the map the convenience of Yidu County sending troops to rescue Nan County, how could Xu Shu not see it.
Therefore, as early as the barbarian turmoil in Wuling County, after Xu Shu found out about Jiangdong's troops, he guessed that Lu Meng would send troops to sneak attack Nanjun and attack Jiangling City.
Xu Shu had already thought about dealing with this.
On Wuling's side, because of the barbarian rebellion, he couldn't escape for a while. Xu Shu was indeed a bit plotted by Lu Meng.
But Xu Shu was not without backup options. While leaving a reserve force of a thousand people as a mobile force, he immediately wrote to Meng Da of Yidu County, asking him to quickly send troops to rescue Jiangling City and prevent Lü Meng from sneaking in and breaking through. Jiangling, occupying Nanjun.
But seven or eight days passed, and Xu Shu only received a reply from Meng Da. The content of the letter was similar to what Zhang Xi had guessed.
They just refused to send troops to rescue Nanjun on the excuse of insufficient troops, the need to protect the access to Sichuan, local instability, etc.
Moreover, Xu Shu had nothing to do with Meng Da.
After all, Xu Shu and Meng Da were nominally at the same level. They were both prefects of the same county. Xu Shu did not have the qualifications to order Meng Da.
As for what Meng Da was thinking now, Xu Shu had more or less guessed it.
This is just a villain who will step in when he sees benefits and give in when he sees responsibilities.
It is indeed a fact that Yidu County has insufficient troops, but the problem is that he, Mengda, is not asked to lead the troops to defeat the army in Jiangdong. He is just asked to send troops to assist Jiangling. Even if his banner appears near Jiangling, it can attract Lu Meng's attention. The strength made him dare not attack Jiangling with all his strength.
As for the passage into Sichuan, you, Meng Da, need to protect it. Although Chen Dao went to Hanzhong with his Baijie soldiers to assist in the battle, Fu Kuang, the governor of Badong County, is still there, and the county soldiers have not been deployed at all. Do you need to protect him? !
As for the instability of the place, that is the excuse among excuses. If Dongsanjun wanted to take action, they should have attacked Linju when Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan and threatened Guan Yu's army's retreat. The fact that they have not taken action until now can only mean that The Shen brothers in Dongsan County are also waiting to see the success or failure, just waiting for the price.
In fact, Meng Da just felt that he did not have enough troops to rescue Nanjun and would not be able to win. If he was defeated by Jiangdong's army, he might have to bear the responsibility.
On the contrary, as long as the reason is right, he can stay in Yidu. Whether Nanjun is lost or not, it has nothing to do with him. With his achievements when he entered Sichuan, Liu Bei can't do anything to him.
To take a step back, even if Nanjun is really occupied by Lü Meng, the possibility of Lü Meng going north is far greater than the possibility of going west.
As long as Lu Meng did not lead the main force of the army, Mengda was confident that he could defend Yidu County.
Meng Da just felt that this matter was too risky, and even if he defended Nanjun, the biggest credit would not be his, so he didn't want to take this risk.
This is a timid speculator, he is hesitant in doing things, has no sense of responsibility, and I don’t know why the lord entrusted Yidu to such a person to guard it in the first place.
Xu Shu didn't understand, but the problem now was that even if Meng Da refused to send troops to rescue Nanjun, Xu Shu had to find a way to send troops to rescue.
Especially up to now, Wenpin in the Public Security City is still holding on. If he can't rescue Wenpin quickly, he won't be able to hold on for long with Wenpin's strength.
To this end, Xu Shu launched a general mobilization order in Wuling, ordering all men of appropriate age in Wuling County to enlist in the army, conduct drills, and be ready to fight at any time.
But this is only a distant water, and it cannot relieve the near fire. How long Wenpin and Wang Ji can hold on. Xu Shu doesn't know, but these newly recruited men cannot be sent to the battlefield without one or two months of training. .
Fortunately, at this time, good news came from both Xi Hong and Li Qiu.
Li Qiu led 2,000 troops and won three consecutive battles in the south of Wuling, repelling two barbarian attacks.
Although Li Qiu has suffered some losses now, he has finally defended the county seat. He is now resting in the southern county seat to prevent barbarians from invading again.
And Xi Hong’s record is even better.
Xi Hong also led two thousand troops to the west of Wuling, but Xi Hong did not immediately launch an attack on the barbarians in the west.
Xi Hong first broke into the camp of the barbarian king Samoko single-handedly, and persuaded Samoko to defect by using his old friendship and the promise of huge profits. Then he joined forces with Samoko and attacked the other two barbarian camps, beheading more than a hundred people. level, a great victory.
Now, among the six rebel barbarians around Wuling, only the barbarians who invaded Lingling have not been put down.
But the barbarians along the way, because Pan Jun deliberately gave up the defense in the north of Lingling, plundered the north of Lingling. After being satisfied, they began to retreat into the mountains.
In about twenty days, all the rebellions of the six barbarian soldiers around Wuling were put down, and Xu Shu could finally free his hands.
After Xu Shu received the report, he immediately ordered Xi Hong to return to his army. At the same time, he promised the Samoko tribe money and land, and ordered Samoko to send a thousand troops to help. In addition, Xi Hong had two thousand troops to cooperate with his stay. A reserve team of 1,000 people, totaling 4,000 people, set out first to rescue Wenpin, a public security officer.
At the same time, Xu Shu also ordered Li Qiu to return to the army to guard the county and preside over the training of new recruits. After the preliminary training of the new recruits was completed, he would lead the new soldiers as rear troops to support Xu Shu.
Further south in Lingling County, Pan Jun led his troops to occupy dangerous mountainous areas in advance and blocked Lu Dai's attack.
Although Pan Jun is also a scholar, his ability to lead troops in battle is not bad.
Historically, Liu Bei launched the Battle of Yiling and used Ma Liang as his envoy to contact the barbarians in Wuling and Lingling. Fan Min, who was engaged in Lingling, rebelled against Soochow and responded to Liu Bei.
Pan Jun, who had surrendered to Soochow at that time, led 5,000 soldiers and quickly defeated Fan Min, quelled the barbarian turmoil in the two counties, and cut off Liu Bei's wings.
Now, Pan Jun had no reason to surrender to Jiang Dong. On the contrary, he still had enough reasons to fight Jiang Dong desperately. Therefore, although Lu Dai was considered a famous general, there was really nothing he could do against Pan Jun for a while.
As for the two-pronged attack on Lingling envisaged by Lu Meng, Shi Xie was not a fool. He was beaten so hard by Sun Quan that he had to obey orders. But in essence, he was still a prince. Although he sent troops, they were only at the junction of Lingling and Jiaozhi. When stationing troops, they say to the outside world that there is insufficient food and grass, but in reality they are standing still and watching the victory or defeat.
If Lu Dai wins, Shi Xie will definitely march in and carve up Lingling County.
Lu Dai hasn't won yet, so Shi Xie won't use his soldiers to work for Jiangdong.
Therefore, the so-called two-way attack did not exist at all. Pan Jun had already noticed Shi Xie's little thoughts, so he wrote a letter to appease Shi Xie while doing his best to defend Lu Dai's attack.
The war in Lingling also fell into a stalemate for a while.
Under such circumstances, Lu Meng failed to attack Jiangling City again, and the grain and grass were burned. He had to order Xu Sheng to divide his troops, leaving 5,000 people to guard the police and 3,000 to escort the grain and grass northward.
It was at this time that Xu Shu led his army northward and arrived at the outskirts of Gong'an City.
In fact, at this time, neither Xu Shu, nor Lu Meng, nor Xu Sheng knew the situation of their respective opponents. The efficiency of information transmission these days was too slow, and it took time to update the battle situation.
So Xu Shu didn't know that Lü Meng had failed to attack Jiangling City and had his food and grass burned. He still thought that Lü Meng was leading the army to attack Gong'an City, so he marched cautiously, trying not to let the Jiangdong army discover his traces. We still have to find a way to get in touch with Wenpin as soon as possible.
Xu Shu felt that he had few soldiers, so he never thought about fighting Lu Meng in the field. Instead, he thought about how to get Wenpin to go out of the city to meet him, and then 4,000 people would support the police and enter the city to defend.
Therefore, when the detective horses sent by Xu Shu said that the banners of Liu Bei's army were still on the public security city, but there were only about 5,000 people under the public security city besieging the city, Xu Shu immediately ordered the army to suspend their advance.
This sudden change of situation made Xu Shu a little suspicious, so he suspended his advance and at the same time sent out spies and detective horses to investigate the enemy's situation.
Xu Shu was worried that this was a trap set by Lu Meng for him as he had already detected his arrival.
At the same time, Wenpin in the city was also discussing with Zhang Ren whether to detach some soldiers and go out of the city to test the enemy. After all, there were suddenly three thousand fewer people besieging the city, not to mention that Jiangdong Army was engaged in some conspiracy.
When eight thousand people besieged the city, Wenpin still defended the city out of caution and did not dare to act casually, but now there are only five thousand people left.
Although the military strength is still weak, a battle is not impossible.
What Wenpin was more worried about was whether Xu Sheng's sudden loss of 3,000 men might be part of a plot or a trap designed to lure him out of the city to fight.
Wenpin was always very cautious, so he also discussed with Zhang Ren. Otherwise, he would lead a thousand people out of the city to test the situation, and Zhang Ren would continue to defend the city.
In this way, even if there is a trap, Zhang Ren can respond to him in time, not to mention the enemy taking the opportunity to attack the city.
But Zhang Ren expressed his opposition.
There is no reason why the city lord would be in danger himself.
Even if he wanted to test the enemy's reaction, he, as the deputy general, should do this. Wen Pin was concerned about the safety of the city, so how could he go out of the city to test it himself.
Therefore, at Zhang Ren's strong request, Wenpin also knew that as a general he was not suitable for taking risks, he decided to let Zhang Ren lead his troops out of the city to tentatively attack Xu Sheng's camp.
The next morning, Zhang Ren made preparations and led a thousand soldiers out of the east gate to tentatively attack Xu Sheng's camp.
The defense in Xu Sheng's camp was indeed quite lax. Although there was some resistance, Zhang Ren easily broke through Xu Sheng's camp at a very small cost. The remaining soldiers in the camp immediately dispersed. .
Then Zhang Ren realized something was wrong. The total number of those defending the camp and the fleeing soldiers could not exceed a thousand.
Where did the rest of Jiangdong's army go? !
(End of chapter)
