Now that Zhou Yu is on the front line, he will not simply give suggestions or answers without investigating anything.
Therefore, Zhou Yu hid in the central army the next day and observed the progress of Lu Meng's army in attacking the city.
The attack did not last long, because Zhou Yu had already seen what he wanted to see, and at the same time understood Lu Meng's current situation.
"Ziming, the enemy is well prepared and it would be unwise to attack by force. Retreat your troops for now!"
Zhou Yu gave his own advice, and Lu Meng immediately followed it.
After withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp, Zhou Yu talked with Lu Meng in the camp and summoned Zhu Huan and Lu Xun at the same time.
One was called by Zhou Yu, because Zhu Huan is the representative of the Zhu family in Jiangdong and is also a good general in the Mesozoic generation in the current army.
The other one was called by Lu Meng. Lu Meng felt that Lu Xun had outstanding talents and wanted to focus on cultivating him. At the same time, he also wanted to introduce him to the governor.
After the four people arrived, Zhou Yu first asked Zhu Huan and Lu Xun what they thought of the current situation.
Zhu Huan was a little hesitant, but in the end, he explained his previous plan to capture the police and force Lingling and Wuling to surrender, but he added one sentence at the end.
"The situation at that time is also the same as today's Xu Wenxiang is trapped at the ferry. The situation is different and cannot be the same."
After Zhou Yu heard this, he nodded slightly. This guy didn't say anything.
What I want is a feasible strategy now, but it's not what you thought before. Sure enough, Jiangdong's family, after so many years of cooperation, is still not trustworthy.
But then, although Lu Xun hesitated for a moment, he still expressed his intention to withdraw his troops and stand firm.
Lu Meng was expressionless and did not make any comments about this.
But Zhou Yu looked at Lu Xun with admiration. Is there anyone in the Jiangdong family who really cares about their lord? !
Lu Xun's plan is currently the one that will cause the least damage to Jiangdong, and it is also feasible. The only thing lacking is the political consideration.
But considering Lu Xun's identity, Zhou Yu also thought deeply. I'm afraid it's not that he, Lu Boyan, couldn't think about it, but that he had considered it, but his identity was really not suitable to say it out.
Lu Meng also told Zhou Yu about this yesterday. Once he retreats, not only will he be in a passive position strategically, but Sun Quan's reputation will be greatly damaged.
But there is one thing to say, if the lord of his family does not even have this responsibility, how can he secure the position of the Lord of Jiangdong? !
These people underestimate our lord.
When the Lord decided to launch a sneak attack on Jingzhou, didn't he think about what kind of reputation he would get if the incident failed? !
Since he decided to launch a sneak attack, he has already made preparations for this. Do you need to worry about these things for him? !
As a commander-in-chief, you should just make military considerations, and leave these political matters to people like the Lord and Zhang Zhao.
For this reason, Zhou Yu also expressed his views and supported Lu Xun's suggestion to withdraw troops from Lukou, set up defenses along the river, and defend Changsha and Guiyang to prevent Liu Bei's group from retaliating.
As for what to do next, that is something that the lord needs to decide, not something that we generals should consider.
What the general needs to consider is simple.
Enter and help the lord conquer the city and expand the territory.
Retreat and help the lord defend the country and protect the country and the people.
Now that we can't advance, we must consider retreating.
We can't wait until Xu Sheng can't hold on any longer and the food route is cut off before we think about retreating, otherwise we will be completely passive.
Of course, Zhou Yu did not want to seize power and make a decision. He still left the decision-making power to Lu Meng.
If Lu Meng decided to retreat, then he, Zhou Yu, would stay in the camp to help handle the retreat.
If Lu Meng decides to attack by force, then he, Zhou Yu, will also help make suggestions to see if there are any loopholes in the Jiangling defenders that can be exploited.
But at this time, even Lu Meng would find it difficult to insist on insisting on a strong attack. What's more, in fact, Lu Meng also knew that if he continued to attack Jiangling City, he might not be able to break through Jiangling City.
Then retreat.
Although Lu Meng was helpless, the current situation forced him to accept the reality.
Now that we have decided to withdraw our troops, we can no longer hesitate.
Withdrawing troops is not difficult.
Even though there are reinforcements in Jiangling City, the strength is still insufficient. After all, our side still has the advantage in strength. As long as we arrange the candidates for the break and take precautions, we don't have to worry about the defenders in Jiangling City going out of the city to pursue them.
There is really no need for Lu Meng to worry about this. There are many candidates for the separation of the queen. Whether it is Zhu Huan, Ding Feng or Lu Xun, they can all be arranged to break the queen.
Moreover, given the caution of Jiangling guard Wang Ji, he might not send out pursuers.
During this battle, Lu Meng had to admit that he had underestimated Wang Ji.
If only he had been more meticulous in his intelligence work and knew more about Wang Ji, he probably wouldn't have been forced into such a dilemma by this guy.
After withdrawing from Jiangling City, Lu Meng did not return directly to Lukou. Instead, he led his troops across the river and assisted Xu Sheng, who was passively beaten, at the public security ferry. He also used Xu Sheng to set up an ambush, preparing to make a profit before leaving.
Wen Pin from Gong'an City and Xu Shu from Wuling were also one of the reasons why his sneak attack fell short. Although they were not the main cause, these two people were threatening his rear wing food road.
Therefore, before leaving, Lu Meng planned to make a plan to take advantage of the information gap. Not only to defeat Wenpin and Xu Shu's coalition forces, but at least to make them suffer a little.
To be honest, Zhou Yu did not approve of what Lu Meng did. After all, Zhou Yu had dealt with Xu Shu, and that person was not easy to deal with.
But after all, Lu Meng was the commander of the first army, and Zhou Yu was not here to seize power, so Zhou Yu didn't say a word about this matter.
Wenpin did not expect Lü Meng's sudden return to the army and the ambush, so Wenpin fell into the trap designed by Lü Meng with almost no precautions.
But Xu Shu kept his thoughts in mind after all. Although the incident happened unexpectedly, Xu Shu decisively took the correct response - let Zhang Ren lead his army to break out to attract Lu Meng's attention, and he personally led the troops to attack from the flank. After receiving Wenpin, he turned around and ran away, never giving Lu Meng a chance to hold him back.
But even so, Wenpin's public security garrison still lost more than 2,000 people, which can be said to be Wenpin's largest battle loss since the war began.
Although Wenpin suffered heavy losses, the reinforcements brought by Xu Shu were still there, and since Lü Meng decided to withdraw his troops, he would not act haphazardly. After taking Xu Sheng away, Lü Meng led his troops back to Lukou.
Afterwards, Lu Meng followed the suggestions of Lu Xun and Zhou Yu and restarted the defense line along the river. At the same time, he asked Sun Huan to lead 10,000 troops to the Jiangxia border to strengthen defense.
Now that they have fallen out with Liu Bei, they will have to face revenge from the Liu Bei Group.
Lu Meng would not expect Liu Bei's magnanimity.
Therefore, Lü Meng personally sat in Lukou and commanded the defense of Changsha. As for Guiyang, Lü Meng also ordered Lu Dai to retreat and stick to the Guiyang defense line. At the same time, he ordered Jiaozhou Shixie to assist in the defense of Guiyang.
As for Jiangxia, Sun Huan was handed over to lead the defense, and Sun Yu was ordered to lead the navy to respond back and forth along the Han River and the Yangtze River.
After these defensive measures were arranged, Lu Meng could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Then Lu Meng fell ill.
Lu Meng's health was not very good to begin with, and he often fell ill over the years.
In this sneak attack on Jingzhou, Lu Meng himself was recovering from a serious illness and led the troops to fight. However, he worked hard but got nothing, and he was shot with an arrow in his shoulder.
There was no way before. Under various pressures, Lu Meng had to carry his body and shoulder his own responsibilities.
After taking care of the defense, as soon as he relaxed a little, his eyes darkened and he fell ill in the military tent.
Lu Meng's sudden illness made the generals who had just returned to Lukou feel nervous, but in the end, no one was really panicked.
Although Lu Meng fell ill, don't forget that Zhou Yu is still in the army.
In this case, Zhou Yu did not want to seize Lu Meng's military power, but had to shoulder this responsibility.
After all, the troops had just been withdrawn. If Liu Bei's side suddenly came for revenge, Lukou would not be without a backbone.
Therefore, Zhou Yu shouldered this responsibility without hesitation, and at the same time quickly wrote a letter to inform Sun Quan of the current changes in the situation, and asked for Sun Quan's decision.
As for Sun Quan's reaction, what kind of reaction could Sun Quan have? You, Zhou Yu, are already in charge of the work in Lukou.
There is a saying that Sun Quan does not really want Zhou Yu to continue to be in charge of the military. After all, Zhou Yu's status in Jiangdong Army is too high. No matter how high he is, he will not be able to handle it.
Sun Quan really didn't want to cause too much embarrassment to Zhou Yu. After all, Zhou Yu's contribution to Jiangdong and the Sun family was really great. Sun Quan didn't want everyone to be unhappy in the end. This was why Sun Quan had kept Zhou Yu in Jianye all these years and appointed others to take charge. The reason for the soldiers.
But now, among the people in Lukou, if you leave a suitable person like Zhou Yu and use someone else as the coach, then Sun Quan is really blind, and you are telling the whole world that I Sun Quan no longer believed Zhou Yu.
How could Sun Quan be so careless? !
Therefore, the only way to deal with this matter is to let Zhou Yu come in. Even if it is just for temporary support, Zhou Yu must be appointed first and adjustments can be made later.
After Zhou Yu accepted Sun Quan's appointment, the first thing he did was to change the position of his troops.
Zhou Yu ordered Lu Xun to lead 10,000 troops and garrison them at Lukou. He would continue to guard Lukou and defend the Yangtze River defense line.
Then, Zhou Yu led the remaining 15,000 navy troops and 10,000 army troops, and once again came to the old place, Baqiu.
Baqiu is a great place.
Going north, you can threaten Jiangling by going up the river, and you can threaten Wuling by attacking from the land. As soon as Zhou Yu moved to this place, Xu Shu, who was still in the public security, immediately led his troops back to Wuling to take charge, and the public security continued to leave Wen. Hiring and Zhang Ren were stationed.
In other words, Zhou Yu just used one move to move the defense station, and forced the current situation in Jingzhou to return to its previous state.
At this time, although Jiangdong's army suffered heavy losses and was unable to attack, Liu Bei's army also suffered heavy losses, especially in the two counties of Jingnan. After the dual attacks of the barbarians and Lu Dai, their defenses were still empty. Dare to take Zhou Yu's defense switch lightly.
As for Jiangling's garrison of less than 20,000 men, the self-defense force was still a bit dissatisfied with the lack of troops. How could there be any further action?
Wang Ji did not have such courage. Being able to force Lu Meng to withdraw his troops was already a great achievement. Wang Ji did not need to add any unnecessary extravagance to this situation.
As for whether to retaliate against Jiang Dong, this level of decision-making should not be decided by Wang Ji or Wenpin.
Even Xu Shu, because he has been in charge of the local government all year round, has not participated in central decision-making for a long time, and he does not know whether his words have enough weight.
But no matter what, Xu Shu still had to write down the changes in Jingnan and Jiangdong's betrayal of the alliance, and send someone to send it to Liu Bei in Hanzhong. At the same time, he also asked Liu Bei for instructions on what countermeasures should be taken against Jiangdong. .
Although Xu Shu did not recommend that Liu Bei and Sun Quan completely fall out, Xu Shu no longer had hope for Jiangdong after Jiangdong's back-stabbing attack. Therefore, Xu Shu's advice to Liu Bei was to stay on the defensive line for the time being and wait until Xiangfan and Hanzhong were stabilized. , and then consider whether to launch an army to attack Jiangdong.
When Liu Bei received the message from Xu Shu and learned about the situation of the battle, he was shocked and angry.
Jiangdong rats, how dare you betray your alliance and violate your boundaries? !
(End of chapter)
