Sima Yi really had no choice but to pin his hopes on Zhou Yu.
But now, after Zhou Yu occupied the four southeastern counties of Jiangling County and stationed in Huarong County, he stopped advancing.
It's really not that there's anything wrong with Zhou Yu's ability, there's a reason for it.
Soochow's attack on Jingzhou this time was divided into three groups and marched at the same time.
Although the overall commander is Zhou Yu, each army has an actual commander, and Zhou Yu is only responsible for coordinating the overall situation.
As for the Jiangxia navy, the leader is Zhang Zhao's second son Zhang Cheng. He is the only one in Zhang Zhao's family who has a military career. His own abilities are not bad, and with his father's halo, he can do well in the army. .
This time Zhang Cheng followed Zhou Yu's order and led 20,000 Jiangxia naval troops to attack Hanjin Ferry, preparing to disembark at Hanjin Ferry, cutting off the supply route from Xiangyang to Jiangling, and replicating Guan Yu's original strategy of fighting the North Road.
But the problem is that Zhang Cheng is not Guan Yu after all. His ability is far inferior. He simply cannot do the same thing as Guan Yu.
Even after Xiangyang's Wenpin came to his senses, he left Ma Liang and Xi Zhen to guard Xiangyang. He personally led 20,000 Xiangyang naval troops to go south along the Han River. After fighting for the Hanjin Crossing, Zhang Cheng had to withdraw his troops and defend Han Dynasty. Jindu.
The two sides were in a stalemate at Hanjin Ferry for a while.
In terms of ability, Zhang Cheng is certainly not as good as Jingxiang's veteran general Wenpin, but in terms of naval combat power, the Xiangyang navy is not as good as the Jiangxia navy trained by Zhou Yu. The two sides are in a stalemate, which is reasonable.
The Lukou Army on the South Road, led by Zhu Ran, began to march in the direction of Gong'an City. At the same time, Lu Dai, the governor of Wuling County, also sent troops to attack Shibao in Lingyang. The battle on the South Road surrounding Gong'an City also happened at almost the same time. The moment starts.
However, the Soochow Army's advance also did not go smoothly.
As for the navy, the 20,000 land and sea troops led by Zhu Ran could not take any advantage when facing the 10,000 Jiangling navy.
It was the turtle formation left by Zhang Xi that played a key role.
Zhu Ran has not thought of a way to break this turtle formation until now.
At first, Zhu Ran only faced 7,000 sailors, two Mengchong vehicles and more than 80 walking boats. He had no choice. Now Zhu Ran has to face 10,000 sailors, five Mengchong ships. He was even more helpless when he entered the turtle formation composed of carts and more than 120 walking boats.
Moreover, this time Zhu Ran even felt that in terms of naval command, the Jiangling navy was much more difficult to deal with than last time.
The last time Zhu Ran attacked the Jiangling Navy, the Jiangling Navy could only defend passively. Only when he took the initiative to attack, the Jiangling Navy could block it. It was really just a turtle formation.
But this time, Zhu Ran discovered that in addition to defending, the Jiangling navy would also take the initiative to send out Zou Ke to engage in the battle, leading the Soochow navy to the key areas where Mengchong threw vehicles, and the cooperation between them was quite tacit. .
This made Zhu Ran depressed. Why is Zhang Yuanchang not in Jiangling anymore? Are there still capable people in the Jiangling navy? !
In fact, they are not very capable people, they are just two juniors, one named Wen Dai and the other named Zhong Limu.
Wen Dai's ability is indeed not as good as Wenpin's, and his water fighting talent is also limited, but he still knows the basic water fighting skills.
As for Zhongli Mu, although he is young, he comes from a Navy family. He has received knowledge of the Navy since he was a child. Now he has the opportunity to practice. With Zhongli Mu's talent, he has grown very fast.
Of course, if you really want to lead the fleet and fight Zhu Ran head-on, these two combined are no match for Zhu Ran.
But relying on the turtle formation and carrying out some effective counterattacks, these two can still do it.
As long as these two people don't choose to take the initiative and give up the defensive advantage of the Turtle Formation to confront Zhu Ran head-on, Zhu Ran really won't be able to approach the Public Security City by water for a while.
As for Lu Lu, I have to say that Lu Dai's ability is much stronger than Lu Zheng.
After all, he is also a person who can be the Tenth Hall of Yama in future generations. Although his reputation is not prominent in history, his ability is really not bad.
Under Lu Dai's strong attack, Shi Bao was trapped in Lingyang City, and the defense was quite difficult.
After all, Shi Bao only had 5,000 men guarding Ling Yang, while Lu Dai had 10,000 men.
Moreover, for Shi Bao, he had to guard Ling Yang, but for Lu Dai, he could actually choose to bypass Ling Yang and attack the police directly.
After discovering that Shi Bao was not easy to mess with and it was difficult to conquer Lingyang for a while, Lu Dai began to try to temporarily besiege Lingyang, then divided his troops, bypassed Lingyang and marched towards the public security.
This method was not very clever, so Shi Bao noticed it immediately.
But Shi Bao is now under great pressure. He cannot allocate troops to intercept Lu Dai's partial division. For this reason, Shi Bao has seriously considered whether to temporarily evacuate Lingyang, retreat to the Public Security Bureau, and join forces with Li Qiu. One place, continue to defend.
But in the end, after his own research and judgment, Shi Bao felt that Lu Dai's partial attack might not be able to shake Li Qiu's defense. On the contrary, once he abandoned the defense of Lingyang, he would be voluntarily giving up the barrier in front of the police.
At that point, you can only fall into a passive situation of being beaten.
Therefore, Shi Bao decided to continue to stick to Lingyang and wait for the opportunity to change.
Lu Dai really had no good way to deal with this. The so-called division of troops to bypass Ling Yang was just a way to attract Shi Bao to divide his troops to attack. Lu Dai did not want to directly attack the police without eliminating the threat of Ling Yang.
After all, only your opponent knows you best, and Lu Dai has now discovered that Shi Bao's ability is far more powerful than what the outside world has rumored. If Shi Bao is left alone in Lingyang, God knows what trouble he will cause.
The last time Lu Zhi guarded Wuling, he accidentally allowed Shi Bao to occupy Ling Yang, which made him feel like he was stuck in his throat and was quite uncomfortable.
Therefore, seeing that Shi Bao was not fooled, Lu Dai did not dare to be careless, so he could only suspend the detour and continue to come back to besiege Lingyang. For a while, there was no progress.
There is little progress on both the southern and northern fronts, so the only thing that can be expected is that the middle army that captured the four counties of Jiangling in one battle can pose a substantial threat to Jiangling.
But at this time, after Zhou Yu captured Huarong County, he stood still.
There is a reason for this.
It was early December when Jiangdong sent troops. At that time, God was really helpful.
From late October to the end of November, it rains intermittently throughout the Jiangnan region, giving the appearance of a warm winter.
But as soon as December entered, a sudden cold wind came from the north, causing the temperature in the Jiangnan area to drop sharply, making it look like a cold winter.
What made Zhou Yu even more satisfied was that although the weather got colder during this period, it did not snow because of it. Instead, the muddy roads caused by the rain some time ago were frozen again.
With this condition, even Sun Quan sighed, "God helps me," and then directly sent troops.
And this is one of the reasons why Zhou Yu was able to continuously capture the four counties southeast of Jiangling within more than half a month. Although there was a reason why the Shu army took the initiative to shrink its defense, the cooperation of the weather and timing was just perfect.
However, just when Zhou Yu also believed that this invasion might not be without the hope of capturing Jiangling in one battle, when the time came to the end of December, the temperature actually slowly warmed up, and then it started to rain heavily again.
Is this unlucky weather going to be a warm winter or a cold winter this year? !
The road began to become muddy again. Under such circumstances, Zhou Yu really did not dare to rush into the army. He must wait until all the weapons, food and grass were ready before sending out troops.
Otherwise, if the food and fodder cannot keep up halfway through the march, it will be a big trouble.
Of course, if this is just the case, Zhou Yu will delay for some time at most, and he will have to march to Ying County sooner or later.
What really made Zhou Yu stop in Huarong County was that Zhou Yu was ill.
The weather kept recurring, sometimes warm winter, sometimes severe cold, and sometimes suddenly warmer weather. Zhou Yu, who was in the army, could not bear it and contracted the wind and cold.
Zhou Yu's body was already very susceptible to wind and cold in winter, and once infected, it would be much more difficult to recover.
Zhou Yu himself could not care less, but the problem was that when Zhou Yu was so ill that he didn't even have the strength to go out to patrol the camp, Sun Quan couldn't care less.
As soon as Sun Quan heard that Zhou Yu was seriously ill, he immediately sent Sun Sheng to take over Zhou Yu's command of the army in the middle, and brought Zhou Yu back to Jianye to recuperate.
Here, Sun Shiwan really had no evil intentions, and he had no intention of depriving Zhou Yu of his military power. Sun Shiwan was really kind-hearted this time, he was just worried about Zhou Yu's condition.
A famous general like Zhou Yu is a very important symbol in any country. As long as there are no accidents, it is better to avoid accidents as much as possible.
A famous general like Zhou Yu, as long as he is alive, even if he does not lead troops in battle, is a deterrent to other forces. After all, since the Battle of Chibi, the Soochow Army can remain undefeated as long as Zhou Yu leads the battle.
The reason why it cannot be said to be a complete victory is because of someone's drag. When Zhou Yu and someone sent troops together, Zhou Yu had great abilities, but he could only guarantee that he would not be defeated, but he could not win.
Well, I won’t mention who it is, to save someone’s embarrassment.
In short, a certain person...well, no, it was Sun Quan who was still concerned about Zhou Yu's condition. He was afraid that something might happen to Zhou Yu, so he quickly took Chai Sang back when Zhou Yu's condition was under control, and ordered Jiangdong's famous doctors to treat him with all their strength, so that Zhou Yu could rest well. .
As for the attack on Jiangling, leave it to Sun Sheng.
Yes, Sun Quan knew very well that Sun Sheng's ability was not inferior to Zhou Yu's, but now Sun Quan did not require Sun Sheng to capture Jiangling.
If you, Sun Sheng, can't do the task of marching into Ying County, threatening Jiangling, and forcing the Shu thieves to return to the army for rescue, then you really shouldn't do it.
Zhou Yu has already helped you get the head start so well. If you can't even capture Ying County under such good starting conditions, it would be really unreasonable.
Sun Sheng also knew this, so after arriving in Huarong County, he immediately began to organize his army and prepare to send troops to Ying County.
At this time, the land of Jingxiang actually entered the spring rain season ahead of schedule.
In early January, it started to rain lightly, and it continued for several days without stopping.
This may be a good thing for farming. Spring rain is as expensive as oil.
But for the military, it will cost you your life! ! !
(End of chapter)
