There are still some differences within Soochow as to whether to launch a surprise attack on Jingzhou.
Although Zhou Yu has made plans to give up his reputation when necessary and strive for the best interests of Soochow, after all, Zhou Yu is from a noble family and a famous general with a worldwide reputation. When the time comes, Zhou Yu was still a little vague.
It would be best not to ruin the reputation that you have managed to accumulate for most of your life.
Besides, although there is no nominal alliance this time, there are many discerning people in the world. The combination of Han and Wu this time is so beautiful. If you say that there is no deal or agreement in private, no one can believe it.
So I have already betrayed my alliance twice. If I betray my alliance again, I will also build up Zhou Yu's own reputation. Zhou Yu is still a little entangled. I hope I can avoid it as much as possible.
However, Sun Quan disagreed! ! !
It's not that Sun Quan is completely shameless, but that the current development of the situation is very beneficial to Soochow, but the most beneficial thing is his Liu family's big men.
After Lu Xun invaded Runan, the situation was originally good. However, due to the unfamiliar terrain and the fact that the counties in Runan did not surrender as Lu Xun expected, Lu Xun failed to capture it before Cao Xiu. Cai Cai asked Cao Xiu to lead more than 10,000 soldiers to return reinforcements in time.
Although Lu Xun had a military advantage, he had to fight a siege when facing Shangcai's fortified city. This was also a very big test for the Soochow Army.
Even though the land combat capabilities of the Soochow Army have been greatly improved, the brutality of siege battles is far beyond ordinary field battles, and it is also a big test for the Soochow Army.
Furthermore, Lu Xun also didn’t know how to report to Sun Quan.
After defeating the main force of the Wei army on the line from Ruyin to Yingyang, Lu Xun did not take advantage of the situation to capture Yingyang, because in Lu Xun's view, Yingyang was not a strategic location and could be attacked or not. The top priority was to lead the troops north quickly and seize it. Go to Cai.
As long as Shangcai is captured, Yingyang, which has no way of retreat, will definitely defeat itself.
Therefore, Lu Xun left Zhou Yu's eldest son, Zhou Xun, with three thousand troops to guard the Wei army in Yingyang, while he led the main force north to attack Shangcai.
Lu Xun made this arrangement to some extent because of Zhou Yu's face and to support Zhou Xun.
After all, according to the intelligence, there are not many defenders in Yingyang. Although Gao Tanglong, the defender of the city, is the governor of Chenliu, he is not good at military affairs. As long as Zhou Xun keeps an eye on Yingyang, he will have a chance to conquer Runan in the future. No small amount of credit.
However, Lu Xun couldn't figure out what Zhou Xun thought of Yingyang, and how he could let Gao Tanglong gather the remnants of the retreating Wei army under his nose, and send three thousand or five thousand troops to Cai Shang.
Really, at Zhou Xun's level, Lu Xun was a little doubtful as to how the general would educate the next generation! ! !
Lu Xun's attack on Yingyang, which Cao Xiu was guarding, was difficult, but with his superior strength, he had already forced Cao Xiu to the point of jumping over the wall.
But after Cao Xiu survived the first five days of arduous defense of the city, every three to five days, one to two thousand, or even three to four thousand reinforcements came back from Yingyang to support Cai. Who could bear this? !
It's not that these defeated soldiers have strong combat effectiveness. The key point is that when they were passively beaten and defending the city, reinforcements suddenly arrived every three to five days, which greatly improved the morale of the soldiers defending the city.
It gives people the feeling that I still have reinforcements and there is no need to die.
In this way, Shangcai's defense became more and more tenacious, and the morale of the defenders became higher and higher. However, the Soochow Army, after attacking for more than ten days, still saw no hope of breaking through Shangcai, and the morale of the soldiers was on the contrary. There has been some impact.
After all, the Soochow Army is a world-class military system. When fighting against the wind, the generals in each department want to take credit, gain benefits, and increase their quota of world-class soldiers. But once they fight against the wind, there are not many people who are willing to really fight for their lives. .
This cannot be redeemed by Lu Xun's ability, unless Sun Quan personally goes to the front line to direct the battle. But Sun Quan's commanding ability, although Lu Xun dare not say it, in his heart, he hopes that this person will never come.
Therefore, Lu Xun could only send a battle report to Sun Quan and seek the possibility of a truce.
Invading Runan, in fact, for the Soochow Army, the strategic purpose has been achieved.
After conquering most of Runan, although the goal of gaining access to the Central Plains was not achieved, the flank threat to Huainan was basically eliminated, and Pengcheng Kingdom was completely included in the encirclement. If you want to attack Pengcheng Kingdom in the future, you don't have to worry about the threat of the Wei army in Runan. .
As long as Pengcheng State is captured, Qingxu and Huainan can be connected into one. In the future, Soochow will be able to take sufficient initiative whether it is self-defense or fighting north.
Therefore, it is not unacceptable to suspend troops now, defend on the spot, and consolidate the occupied areas.
This was Lu Xun's military style. Instead of taking risks to compete for uncertain strategic locations, it was better to digest what he had eaten first, and then consider whether there could be greater gains after the matter was over.
Although this is a bit conservative, it cannot be said to be unreasonable.
But after Sun Quan received this report, his heart suddenly became unbalanced.
Although Sun Quan stayed in Chaisang, it seemed that he was in the rear area, but in fact, Sun Quan knew about the Nanyang War and even the Tongguan War earlier and in more detail than Lu Xun.
Let’s not talk about him at Tongguan for the moment. The Han army and the Wei army fought a lose-lose battle. Although it seems that the Han army is besieging Tongguan, in fact, if we want to capture Tongguan, there will be no results without a half-year siege. .
Sun Quan still has this strategic vision.
From this perspective, Lu Xun's victory in occupying most of Runan and completely besieging Pengcheng Kingdom was not unacceptable to Sun Quan.
But the problem is that on the Nanyang side, Wancheng, which Guan Yu led the troops to conquer, is now attacking Yingchuan County. This result makes Sun Quan very uncomfortable.
Once the Jingzhou Army is allowed to conquer Yingchuan, march to Henan, and respond to the Han Army in Tongguan to the west, the Wei Army in the Sili area will fall into a complete passive state. Even if they want to fight the Luoyang Defense War, they may not have that many troops.
In addition, judging from the summary of intelligence from various places, this time the Han army dispatched a total of more than 200,000 troops in the Northern Expedition. With such a large mobilization ability, Sun Quan did not believe that they would be satisfied if they captured Wancheng.
Thinking along this line of thinking, if the Han army really regains Luoyang and holds the two capitals in its hands, the general trend of the world may change dramatically.
Since ancient times, those who win Yongzhou win the world. However, during the Han Dynasty, Yongzhou was decadent, and it experienced several great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Sun Quan could still accept the Han Dynasty's recapture of Yongzhou.
But if our side is blocked by Runan, and the Han army captures Sili, and sits on the most elite Sili area in the world, the situation will be one in which Han is strong and Wu and Wei are weak.
Under such circumstances, who would continue to maintain an alliance with the Han Dynasty? Sun Quan finally became the Emperor of Wu, but he did not want to become the King of Wu again! ! !
Therefore, Sun Quan decided to dispatch his own back-up troops and appointed Zhu Ran as commander, stationed at Lukou, stationed troops in preparation for war, and was ready to attack Jingzhou at any time.
At the same time, Sun Quan ordered someone to send a letter to Zhou Yu, asking him to prepare to go north along the Han River and threaten Xiangyang.
This time, the purpose is not necessarily to capture Jingzhou, as long as it can force the Jingzhou army to return reinforcements and prevent them from continuing to march towards Sili.
Of course, if possible, capturing Jiangling and taking the entire Yangtze River defense line is of course the best result.
Sun Quan thought that his decision was relatively rational. For example, he at least did not ask Zhou Yu to take 20,000 people to attack Xiangyang and completely capture Jingzhou. But when the letter was delivered to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu still had a headache.
It's not that there's anything wrong with Sun Quan's strategy that bothers him, it's that he has a headache because his reputation for most of his life will most likely not be preserved.
But the problem is, Sun Quan explained it very clearly in his letter. Zhou Yu is not someone who can't see the general trend of the world. Of course, he also knows what kind of chain reaction will be triggered once the Han army takes Luoyang.
Lu Xun was unable to capture Runan, but the Han army occupied Luoyang, so the next Yuzhou and Yanzhou would definitely be captured by the Han army. Da Wu's dispatch of troops this time was purely to make wedding clothes for others.
And if the situation gets worse, if Cao Wei is really willing to go out and choose to conserve its strength, withdraw from the Central Plains, and defend Hebei along the Yellow River, the problem will be even more serious.
Neither the Han nor the Wu will give up the fat of the Central Plains. At that time, even Zhou Yu will advocate falling out with the Han and trying to gain enough territory and benefits as much as possible. A fight between the two sides is inevitable. .
Although Cao Wei seemed to have lost the most important area, it gained precious breathing time and got rid of the risk of being attacked by Han and Wu from both sides. It could rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River to recharge its batteries, develop people's livelihood, and sit back and watch. The battle between Han and Wu.
When the Han and Wu families fought to the point of exhaustion, it was not impossible for Cao Wei to send troops again to regain the Central Plains, and even the four states of Qing, Xu, Yong, and Liang.
Therefore, when Lu Xun was unable to achieve a greater breakthrough in Runan, it was only natural to prevent the Han from monopolizing Sili.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Zhou Yu to oppose Sun Quan's strategy of attacking Jingzhou. Therefore, Zhou Yu can be sure that his reputation will not be preserved after this battle.
At least the married girl will definitely write a letter to scold herself.
But there is no other way, everything is for Soochow and Bo Fu.
(End of chapter)
