Lu Kai was under a lot of pressure.
In recent years, as the status of his uncle Lu Xun in Soochow has become higher and higher, and he has become more and more important to Sun Quan, the emperor of Wu, the Lu family, one of the four major families in Jiangdong, has also successively sent his descendants to serve as officials.
Lu Kai is one of the best.
Even though Lu Kai is one generation younger than Lu Xun, in fact Lu Kai is not young anymore. He is already over thirty now. In this era, he is considered middle-aged.
Moreover, Lu Kai is a rare descendant of the Lu family, like Lu Xun. Although he is not as perverted as Lu Xun in both civil and military skills, he is also a talented person in the state and county, and he still has the ability to guard a public security city.
Zhu Ran also recognized Lu Kai's ability very much, so he appointed Lu Kai repeatedly. Last time it was to ensure his own retreat, this time he was directly assigned to guard the police.
But the problem is that no matter how powerful Lu Kai is, when he faces the siege of 30,000 Shu troops, he has no good solution.
Not to mention, the leader on the opposite side is just above Lu Kai in terms of ability, and in terms of reputation. Although his reputation is a bit worse, he is still just above Lu Kai.
Lu Kai only had 5,000 men at his disposal. It was too difficult to defend a public security city that had just been repaired from the damage suffered in the last war. It was too difficult to face the siege of 30,000 troops.
As for Shi Bao, he crossed the river with 30,000 troops and quickly arrived at the Gong'an City.
But after arriving at the gate of the Public Security City, Shi Bao was no longer in a hurry and began to arrange siege tactics unhurriedly.
After the siege was completed, Shi Bao not only did not rush to attack the city, but left Zhou Tai and Li Qiu to take charge of the attack on the public security city, while he personally led 10,000 soldiers to the south of the public security city.
When Lu Kai saw the Shu bandits dividing their troops and heading south with 10,000 soldiers, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
This is a typical siege and reinforcement tactic. It seems that the appetite of the Shu thieves is not limited to just one public security city!
What worried Lu Kai even more was that when he saw the two armies fighting on the Yangtze River, Lu Kai took the initiative to gather his troops and retreat to Gong'an City. At the same time, he sent a letter for help in the direction of Wuling County.
In other words, Wuling County, south of the Public Security Bureau, would really send reinforcements.
If the leading generals are a little more careless, this will no longer be a threat to the public security. Maybe Wuling County will also be under the threat of the Shu army's troops.
Now Lu Kai could only pray that the general who led troops from Wuling County to rescue him was not a fool who only had muscles in his mind.
The prefect of Wuling County is Lu Zhi, the son of the famous Eastern Wu official Lu Fan. Although Lu Kai doesn't know much about the abilities of this famous official's son, if he has half the abilities of his father, he probably won't send a simple-minded guy to assist him. .
Lu Ju, who was talked about by Lu Kai, is indeed not low in ability. Even if he is not as good as his father, the difference is not too great. After all, he is also one of the famous officials in the later period of Soochow.
But the problem is that Lu Zheng was only in his early thirties at this time and had never had much experience. The appointment as Wuling prefect this time was made by Sun Quan out of the ordinary in the name of his father Lu Fan, who had passed away a few years ago.
Therefore, the current Lu Zheng is not the famous official of Soochow later. In addition, there are many barbarians in Wuling County and they are unruly, so Lu Zheng does not dare to send too many reinforcements to support the public security.
Although he knew the importance of public security, Lu Ju managed to gather 5,000 soldiers and horses after cobbling together for a long time.
Because of his lack of actual combat experience, Lu Zheng was also self-aware. In order not to cause any trouble, he did not lead his own troops to rescue the police, but arranged for Wuling County Captain Ding Feng to lead the army.
Ding Feng is Ding Feng's younger brother. It's hard to imagine that in their family, when their parents call out their names, they can't tell who they are calling.
All in all, although Ding Feng's ability is not as good as his brother's, his experience is similar to his brother's. He is also a general who has experienced battles on the battlefield and has been promoted step by step. In Lu Zhi's opinion, his ability to lead troops should be better than his own.
In this way, Lu Ju sent Ding Feng and 5,000 people to rescue the police.
Then... I was ambushed by Shi Bao halfway.
One thing to say is that Ding Feng is not that kind of foolhardy man. Although the two brothers of the Ding family have not read much, they have their own understanding of military formations.
But the problem is, Ding Feng really didn't expect that he would encounter an enemy ambush before he led his troops out of Wuling County.
Yes, Shi Bao, a daring fellow, took 10,000 soldiers and set up an ambush near Lingyang County in Wuling County without alerting any Wuling County defenders.
Although this thing sounds incredible, it is extremely normal in Wuling County today.
Wuling County has always been restless. Only when Xi Hong was in charge of Wuling County, because of his good personal relationship with Samoko, the leader of the Wuxi Barbarians, the barbarians remained peaceful for a few years. No matter who would be the leader in the future. The families in Wuling County are not very stable.
Even Li Qiu could barely suppress the Wuling Barbarians by relying on the connections left by Xi Hong in his early years and his own excellent military strength.
Now the Soochow Army hastily occupied Wuling County. Although Lu Zheng has good personal abilities, he has no connections in this area. Wuling County is a place with more mountains than land. The soldiers were busy guarding the Wuxi barbarians in various places to prevent them from rioting. They never thought that there would be enemies coming from the police station.
Therefore, it was not unfair at all for Ding Feng to be ambushed.
Shi Bao grasped Wuling County's current predicament and boldly set up an ambush deep inside Wuling County. He directly beat up the Soochow reinforcements inside Wuling County. Of the 5,000 reinforcements, less than 2,000 escaped.
The lack of reinforcements for the police is not the most troublesome thing. Now the most troublesome thing before Wuling County has come - the Shu thieves may penetrate deep into Wuling County at any time. Lingyang is less than 80 miles away from Wuling County, the county seat of Wuling County. distance.
Lu Ju now no longer has the time to think about how to suppress the Wuling barbarians. If Shi Bao is allowed to continue to penetrate deeper and directly attack Wuling County, where he is located, Wuling County may fall at any time.
For this reason, while Lu Zheng mobilized troops from various places to consolidate the defense, he also sent a letter of request for help to Lingling and Changsha counties, hoping that the two counties would quickly come to help.
At this time, Shi Bao also fell into hesitation.
Shi Bao was actually very clear about the purpose of going to the police.
Despite the fact that Shi Bao has not been very prominent in Jiangling in recent years, his only reputation is still that of a womanizer, but Shi Bao has always had a very high strategic vision.
Although there is no sense of existence in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in history, this figure is comparable to Deng Ai. If Deng Ai did not destroy the country later, the gap between the two has actually not been too big.
Therefore, Shi Bao is very clear about the strategic purpose that the Han wants to achieve now.
Zhang Xi sent troops to the police, on the one hand, he hopes to regain his foothold on the south bank of the Yangtze River and prepare for the future counterattack in Jingnan. On the other hand, he also wants to put enough pressure on Soochow and gain more bargaining chips for future negotiations between the two parties. .
However, this does not include directly capturing Wuling County.
The meaning of attacking a public security city is completely different from directly capturing the entire Wuling County.
Capturing Gong'an City and Jiangling's defensive stronghold is not unacceptable to Soochow.
However, if the entire Wuling County is captured and Bingfeng directly threatens Lingling and Changsha, it will trigger a chain reaction and cause Soochow and the Han to restart the war.
This is a move that may affect the balance of power between the two countries. No matter how bold Shi Bao is, he would not dare to touch it easily.
After all, Shi Bao also knew that neither Dahan nor Soochow were ready to fight a big battle.
But, let me tell you something, Wuling County is really easy to capture now.
Shi Bao only needs to mobilize another 10,000 people from the police, contact Wuxi Man, and promise some benefits to let them launch a riot. Wuling County will be at their fingertips.
Even if Lingling County follows the same method, it will not be impossible to win.
This is really not too difficult.
After all, in recent years, the Han people in Wuling and Lingling counties had a very good foundation for human governance. Both the local Han people and the Wuxi barbarians were quite obedient to the rule of the Han people.
In comparison, the bunch of bumpkins in Soochow really want connections but no connections, policies but no policies, their governance time is not long, and their hearts are not attached to them.
Once Wuling and Lingling counties are really captured, regardless of whether it will trigger a war between the two countries, at least Shi Bao's official position will definitely be promoted.
It is not impossible to even be granted a title of marquis based on meritorious service.
So Shi Bao is really confused.
If he takes a chance and conquers the two counties and regains the lost territory, it is possible for Shi Bao to be granted the title of Marquis, and high-ranking officials and generous salaries can be obtained at his fingertips.
But this will offend Zhang Xi and even Zhuge Liang, and even affect national policies. I am afraid that Shi Bao will not develop further within the Han Dynasty in the future.
If you implement Zhang Xi's strategy and return to the army to capture the Public Security Bureau, there will be no risk. In the future, your career will be protected by Zhang Xi, but it will be too slow to achieve it in one step.
Should he risk his fortune for his high-ranking official position, or should he implement Zhang Xi's strategy and think about his own future?
Shi Bao is an ambitious person, but he is also a smart person.
Rather than getting there in one step and then making no progress, Shi Bao felt that it would be better to take the smallest risk in exchange for the greatest benefit.
Therefore, Shi Bao ordered the entire army to march into Lianyang and force Wuling County to govern Wuling County.
I won't leave here at the border of Wuling County.
(End of chapter)
