Zhu Ran followed Sun Quan's order and led an allied army of 50,000 people to attack Jingzhou.
At the beginning of this battle, Zhu Ran was actually a little uneasy, because from the perspective of combat readiness, this was not a carefully prepared battle. Its outcome depended entirely on the commander-in-chief's ability to adapt to the situation.
But first, this was Emperor Wu's order. Even the general Zhou Yu was ordered to cover himself and pretend to attack Xiangyang. He really couldn't refuse.
Secondly, Zhu Ran also needs such an opportunity to be independent.
Although he has been in the army for a long time and Zhu Ran has established his own place in the army, throughout his military career, he rarely had the opportunity to lead an army alone in battle.
Zhu Ran had no idea about the position of head coach. There were Zhou Yu and Lu Meng before him. After Lu Meng died of illness, Lu Xun came up from behind. Zhu Ran also admired the abilities of these people, so he would not raise any objections to these people leading the team. .
However, Zhu Ran has never had the opportunity to obtain the position of commander-in-chief.
I don’t know whether it’s because he is the adopted son of Zhu Zhi, a veteran of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, or because he has been a close friend of Wu Emperor Sun Quan since he was a child. Everyone seems to take good care of Zhu Ran, leading troops on expeditions and assigning tasks to Zhu Ran. , he is never on the front line in person, but always on standby by the coach's side to protect the troops.
But Zhu Ran didn't want this. After all, he was also a military commander, and he was not the kind of incompetent person who could only rely on the help of his superiors and colleagues. Therefore, although this opportunity to lead the army was not very good, Zhu Ran still wanted to Sun Quan took the initiative to ask Ying to lead his troops into battle.
Sun Quan finally agreed to Zhu Ran. On the one hand, Zhu Ran did have this ability. On the other hand, Sun Quan actually did not have too many hard requirements on the victory or defeat of this troop dispatch.
If Jiangling can be captured, it is naturally the best. If it cannot be captured, it can attract the Jingzhou Army to return reinforcements and slow down the pace of the Han Army's Northern Expedition, which can be regarded as achieving the strategic goal.
For such a soldier who can gain military exploits regardless of victory or defeat, Sun Quan doesn't mind supporting someone he trusts.
Therefore, under this situation, Zhu Ran led the troops to go on an expedition.
Of course, although Sun Quan doesn't care too much about victory or defeat, it doesn't mean that Zhu Ran intends to let it go. He still hopes to achieve some results in this battle.
For this reason, Zhu Ran specialized in studying the strategy of General Lu Meng's sneak attack on Jingzhou a few years ago.
Although General Lu Meng failed to attack Jingzhou in the end, it did not mean that his strategy was wrong. In fact, Zhu Ran always believed that General Lu Meng's failure was due to a miscalculation of two people, and it did not mean that there was a problem with his strategy.
The first person to make a miscalculation was Zhang Ren. In other words, General Lu Meng did not consider Zhang Ren's role. He believed that as long as he could instigate Liu Zhang to rebel, Zhang Ren would definitely choose to obey orders.
As a result, after the war, according to the detailed description, Liu Zhang agreed, but Zhang Ren took it upon himself to kill the secret envoy and persuaded Liu Zhang to give up on coordinating Soochow, causing General Lu Meng to be trapped under the public security city for a while.
Later, General Lu Meng decided to ignore the public security and risk his life by dividing his troops to attack Jiangling. He also misjudged the ability of Jiangling guard Wang Ji.
But to be honest, at that time, no one thought that Wang Ji would become the biggest obstacle. Although Wang Ji held a high position at that time, he was only in his twenties and had been studying abroad before. The identity of "Zheng Xuan's disciple" that he relied on to become an official did not show any military ability at all, and he was not even an experienced civil servant.
Who would have known that such a thing could be an all-rounder who was calm in battle and capable of both civil and military affairs? !
This is because General Lu Meng's intelligence work was not in place, but the problem is that this is reflected from the perspective of hindsight. At that time, no one took Wang Ji seriously, thinking that as long as the two armies converged and came to the city, then Jiangling City would not be able to survive the lack of In the case of soldiers and generals, they can definitely capture it with just a few strong attacks.
Therefore, Lü Meng did lose, but in Zhu Ran's view, Lü Meng made big mistakes in small details, which does not mean there is anything wrong with Lü Meng's strategy.
Of course, it was also related to the fact that the battle happened so suddenly that Zhu Ran had no time to think carefully about the battle ideas and had to follow the prescription. In short, Zhu Ran decided to follow Lu Meng's routine and attack Jingzhou.
First of all, before setting off, Zhu Ran asked Sun Quan to secretly send an envoy to Jiangling, secretly meet with the Han Dynasty's Jiangling prefect Shi Bao, and make a heavy promise to him.
As long as Shi Bao is willing to surrender when Soochow's troops approach the city, Soochow is not only willing to serve as a general of chariots and cavalry, but is also willing to marry Shi Bao as a clan girl.
This was Zhu Ran's first plan, to persuade him to surrender.
The Jiangling garrison was the key. Lu Meng was unlucky because he misjudged the Jiangling garrison's ability.
As long as the Jiangling garrison is persuaded to surrender, the next thing will be much easier to handle.
Moreover, in Zhu Ran's opinion, compared to Wang Ji back then, although the current Jiangling guard Shi Bao was quite capable, there was a possibility of him being persuaded to surrender.
Who told this Shi Bao, he is so lustful! ! !
Being lustful is not a big problem. How can a gentleman not like beautiful girls? !
Confucius said that food, sex, and sex are our nature and are not bad things.
However, when lust becomes a kind of reputation, a label for a person, and it spreads to even Soochow, then it becomes a big problem.
If you are lustful, you must have a bottom line. You still have to abide by basic morals. He is so lustful that everyone knows that this person's bottom line must not be high.
According to the thinking of people in this era, lustful people represent a lack of virtue. Such people have weaknesses that can be exploited and are unlikely to be the kind of people who are loyal to their duties.
It is because the preparation time for this battle is too short, otherwise Zhu Ran would not simply suggest Sun Quan to send a secret envoy to see Shi Bao. He would follow Lu Meng's example and corrode and penetrate Shi Bao for a long time, making Shi Bao become Dong. Wu Neiying is not impossible.
But it's a pity that the time this time is so short, we can only hope that Shi Bao is indeed a lustful and immoral person as rumored by the outside world.
According to what the secret envoy said after returning, Shi Bao seemed to have some intentions, but in the end he did not give a clear reply, but it did not make it difficult for the secret envoy Zhu Ran to judge that the matter might not be impossible.
Next, the only thing facing Zhu Ran is how to quickly conquer the police.
As long as he can defeat the public security quickly, surround the city under Jiangling's siege before the Jingzhou army returns for reinforcements, and then send people to reaffirm the interests with Shi Bao and induce him to gain benefits, it is possible for Shi Bao to take the initiative to open the city and surrender to Soochow.
The last time General Lu Meng failed to attack Jingzhou, in addition to miscalculating Zhang Ren and Wang Ji, there was another problem. He did not directly cross the river to attack Jiangling without conquering the public security, which resulted in the public security defenders and Xu Shu bringing him behind. The reinforcements used a set of combos to cut off the road for the transportation of military supplies.
This time, Zhu Ran made up his mind to conquer the Public Security Bureau first and then attack Jiangling.
As for whether doing this will delay the time and cause the Jiangling garrison to be prepared, the combat situation this time is different from the last time.
Last time, the Jingzhou Army was in Xiangyang and had to return to Jiangling. It only took about ten days. If they marched faster, they would be back in seven or eight days.
But this time, the Jingzhou Army was in Nanyang and would not be able to return in less than half a month and twenty days.
If you include the time required to deliver the message, Zhu Ran even had a full month to attack the public security, and the public security could not have any more reinforcements from Wuling County at this time.
According to intelligence, the Han troops in Wuling County and Lingling County have long been reduced to the public security and Jiangling front lines.
So, Zhu Ran had enough time to confront the police.
And to take a step back, even if Zhu Ran failed to conquer the Public Security Bureau within a month, as long as he could attract the Jingzhou Army to return reinforcements, his strategic purpose would have been achieved.
At that time, it is entirely up to Soochow whether to fight or not.
The Jingzhou navy, which had already retreated to Xiangyang, had no time to go south in time to cause trouble for the Soochow navy. Even if they were not afraid of trouble, how could the Soochow navy be afraid of the Jingzhou navy? !
Therefore, Zhu Ran felt that he was not seeking a big victory in this expedition, but he still had great hope of completing the Supreme strategic purpose.
Zhu Ran confidently led his troops to set off and approached the public security port. Then Zhu Ran received news that the forward troops encountered the enemy.
What's even worse is that Zhu Ran received a report from his own vanguard, General Lou Chuan, that the enemy he encountered was not the Jingzhou Army.
The reason is very simple. What Quan Duan encountered was a navy army, and their number was 3,000.
You must know that in order to reduce the number of troops to defend the land city, at this time, Jiangling, the public security front line, and the Jingzhou navy only had a thousand people. Facing tens of thousands of Soochow navy, they were simply unable to retreat.
Where did Shi Bao and Zhang Ren get these three thousand naval troops? !
As the battle progressed, more information came back from the front line, making Zhu Ran feel the pain that Lu Meng had felt.
Why don't these Shu thieves play their cards according to the routine?
The Yizhou Army didn't just stay in Yizhou, but actually came to play on the ground in Jingzhou? !
Another one, a dignified servant of the country, instead of handling government affairs in the capital, came to patrol the Yangtze River. Do the Shu thieves feel that they have a lot of talents and plan to waste one or two of them? !
After summarizing all the situations, Zhu Ran suddenly felt confused - he could not tell now whether these three thousand Yizhou naval troops happened to pass by by chance, or whether the Shu thieves had seen through his strategy and sent reinforcements to the police in advance.
Another one. The opponent has changed again.
Is the reputation of Mr. Shi Bao, Zhang Ren, and Pang Tong Fengchu just touted? !
Why are there so many variables? !
(End of chapter)
