In the direction of Ying County, Zhuge Ke acted like a reckless man and relied on 20,000 troops to start attacking Ying County, which was garrisoned with 10,000 troops. Zhang Xi could ignore it.
After all, with Zhoutai's ability and the troops currently stationed in Ying County, he would not be easily defeated by Zhuge Ke.
But Shi Bao in Lingyang was surrounded, and Li Qiu, who was stationed at the police station, asked for help. Zhang Xi really couldn't ignore it.
Although Zhang Xi was prepared at the last moment to give up the idea of the police if he could not hold on, but if he could hold on, the role of the police was still very important.
As long as the Gong'an City is not captured, the main force of Soochow's naval forces will not dare to attack Jiangling aggressively. They must always be on guard against the threat to Soochow's military food routes from the Gong'an City behind them.
Therefore, if this place could not be lost, it would be better not to lose it.
Another one, Shi Bao, was surrounded and had to be saved.
If this is not saved, the officers and soldiers in the army will be chilled.
Therefore, Zhang Xi was wondering whether he should immediately send reinforcements from Jiangling to support the public security first, and then let Li Qiu find a way to rescue Shi Bao who was trapped in Lingyang.
But... about this, no matter what happened to Zhang Xi, he felt like something was wrong.
Zhuge Ke launched an attack on Yingxian County like a flat-headed brother, without any supporting teammates around him.
Soochow suddenly assembled troops from four counties to besiege Lingyang, Zhang Xi and Shi Bao, but they did not receive any intelligence in advance.
Combining the two aspects, no matter how Zhang Xi looks at it, there is an intention to attract Soochow to divide its troops.
Zhuge Ke clearly told you "I have a flaw" along the way, hoping to get Zhang Xi to take the initiative to encircle Zhuge Ke and weaken Jiangling's defensive strength.
As for Lingyang, being able to gather soldiers from four counties in advance while avoiding prying eyes must be a carefully prepared military operation in advance. The purpose is obviously to attract Jiangling to the police as much as possible, and Lingyang sends reinforcements.
The most terrible thing is that the Lukou Army, which was supposed to be the main offensive force of the Soochow Army, has still not made any movement.
Why does this matter make people feel so weird? !
For a moment, Zhang Xi really didn't dare to immediately order more police troops. After all, this was something the enemy wanted you to do.
From a military perspective, the more the enemy wants you to do something, the less you can let the enemy lead you by the nose.
In addition, Zhang Xi actually didn't quite understand the significance of Soochow's division of troops.
Zhuge Ke attacked Ying County and sent troops from Jiangling. It was only a five-day journey, and it only took ten days to go back and forth.
Even if Jiangling is attacked, it will not take long to withdraw troops and return to defense.
Zhang Xi is not a fool. Even if he wants to send troops to encircle and suppress Zhuge Ke, he will not take away all the Jiangling defenders and turn Jiangling into an empty city. No matter what, he will have to leave about 10,000 troops to defend.
As for Jiangling City, which was guarded by 10,000 people, even if it was suddenly attacked, as you can see from Lu Meng's surprise attack on Jiangling, no matter what happened, it would not be impossible to defend it for ten days.
In the same way, even if Zhang Xi sends reinforcements to the public security to relieve the siege, Jiangling will not fall into crisis in a short time. And even if the public security really cannot hold on, it will only be a matter of time before it withdraws from the south bank of the river to the north bank.
And this time will also not exceed one month.
Back then, Wang Ji could face the attack of the main Soochow army of 50,000 troops with only 10,000 troops and hold out for a month until reinforcements arrived. There is no reason why he couldn't do it now.
Therefore, even if Jiangling City really divides its forces to attack, it is not impossible to return reinforcements.
What is the significance of the Soochow Army's troop division strategy? !
Or, is Soochow confident that it can set up an ambush in the field and completely annihilate the reinforcements it sent? !
No matter how Zhang Xi thought, he never thought that Soochow had such ability.
Furthermore, given Lu Xun's strategy and military thinking, he probably would not implement such a crude division of troops.
So, what is the purpose of Soochow Army doing this? !
Or, is the person commanding the Soochow Army now Lu Xun, or is it Zhu Ran? !
Speaking of Zhu Ran, he has been stationed at Lukou and stood still. What does he want to do? !
Um? ! etc! ! !
When thinking of Zhu Ran, something suddenly flashed through Zhang Xi's mind. Zhu Ran, are the troops really stationed at Lukou? !
"Boyu, is there any information about Xiakou Army?!" Zhang Xi suddenly thought of a possibility and hurriedly asked Wang Ji.
Wang Ji thought about it carefully, then found one from a pile of documents, handed it to Zhang Xi, and said at the same time, "Jiang Xia has reported carefully. Jiang Xia's navy is still stationed in Xiakou stronghold and has not sent out any troops." move."
"But you can see it with your own eyes?!" Zhang Xi immediately asked.
This question directly confused Wang Ji.
The detailed investigations these days are rarely written in such detail. Most of them are based on close observation and then drawing conclusions. There is no difference between seeing this kind of thing with one's own eyes and making judgments, right? !
"The naval vessels and equipment are in the water stronghold, and the stronghold is bustling with people every day. How can it be false?!" Wang Ji asked rhetorically.
Zhang Xi shook his head slightly, stood up, walked back and forth twice, and said with some uncertainty, "Some of Xi's guesses are just guesses."
When Wang Ji saw Zhang Xi's appearance, he also said, "It doesn't matter if you tell me, we will study it carefully."
Zhang Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it possible that those within the battle of Xiakou are the Lukou Army? Well, this seems unreasonable. If we want to go up the Han River and attack Xiangyang, why not join forces with both armies? And for"
The more Wang Ji listened to Zhang Xi's words, the more strange he felt, and then the more he heard what happened later, he started to get a little excited.
"Your Majesty, this may be a plan to hide the truth!!!" Wang Ji was excited, and the more he thought about it, the clearer it became.
The Lukou Navy pretended to be the Jiangxia Navy and stationed in Xiakou, letting down the vigilance of the Xiangyang Navy. The Jiangxia Navy went up the Han River and attacked the unsuspecting Xiangyang Navy. After annihilating or severely damaging the Xiangyang Navy, they used The superiority of the navy cut off the previous connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng. They imitated Guan Yu's tactics and attacked Fancheng first and captured Fancheng. Xiangyang would not be able to defend it for long.
In this way, Soochow can defeat Xiangfan in one battle.
Even the time of the attack is similar to the time when Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan. If God is good this time and another Han River surges, or even heavy rain, the consequences will be disastrous.
The more Wang Ji thought about it, the more he felt that he had discovered Soochow's true purpose.
Soochow made a gesture of overwhelming Jiangling, but in fact, their target was not Jiangling at all, but Xiangyang.
If Soochow's goal is Xiangyang, then there will be a reasonable explanation for all the abnormal behaviors of Soochow in front of them.
Zhuge Ke led the Jiangxia army to make a sudden attack, and the light troops advanced in an attempt to attract the Jiangling defenders to take the initiative. It was indeed to divide the troops, but this division of troops was not to prevent the Jiangling defenders from returning to Jiangling, but to prevent the Jiangling defenders from going north to support Xiangyang. .
In the same way, Lingyang and the Public Security Bureau on the south bank of the Yangtze River were heavily besieged. The purpose was to attract Jiangling County soldiers to rescue them, which made Jiangling unable to send reinforcements to Xiangyang as soon as possible.
The Jiangling garrison would have no less than ten days and a half to go back to support Jiangling, but if it were to go north to support Xiangyang, these ten days and a half would most likely be a fatal time gap.
Therefore, Wang Ji concluded that the real purpose of the Soochow Army was to capture Xiangyang.
Once Soochow captures Xiangyang, the two sides will fall into a saw-tooth situation.
Soochow Wu has troops deployed in Xiangyang, Jiangxia, and Jingnan, while the Han Dynasty is in Nanyang and has no room to send troops to threaten Xiangyang. Nanyang County soldiers have now been transferred to Heluo to fight.
At that time, Dongwu will send out three forces to besiege Jiangling. No matter how strong Jiangling is, it will not be able to withstand these three sieges. The goal of the Dongwu army to capture Jingzhou has been achieved.
The more Wang Ji spoke, the brighter his eyes became, while the more Zhang Xi listened, the more he felt that something was still a little wrong.
To be fair, Wang Ji's judgment is very consistent with the current situation, but there is one thing. Zhang Xi cannot be sure of Lu Xun's military style. When did he take such risks? !
Another thing, Lu Xun is still in Jianye arranging Jiangdong County soldiers and has not been on the front line in person. How did he control the entire battle situation remotely? !
But no matter what, Wang Ji's judgment cannot be said to be unreasonable. Now, although Zhang Xi doesn't know if it's too late, he still has to send someone to warn Xiangyang Wenpin immediately.
As for sending reinforcements in advance, Zhang Xi still feels that he needs to be more cautious.
Although Wang Ji wanted to persuade him again, Zhang Xi was ultimately the commander of the Jiangling defense battle, and Zhang Xi, Wang Ji also knew, was always very cautious in using troops.
Although there are good and bad ways to do this, when it is good, it is not easy to fall into the enemy's trap, but when it is bad, it is easy to delay the fighter opportunity.
But Wang Ji's judgment is also based on the current situation analysis, and there is no empirical evidence to prove anything. Therefore, Wang Ji is not easy to stick to his own opinion and can only follow the coach's judgment.
However, regarding Lingyang and the police on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Zhang Xi and Wang Ji had the same judgment - they immediately sent reinforcements for rescue.
No matter what, Shi Bao had to be rescued and the police had to guard him.
As for Zhuge Ke, it is better to leave him alone for the time being and tell Zhou Tai to hold on and hold on.
Anyway, with just those 20,000 people, they couldn’t make any waves for a while.
In this way, after making temporary arrangements, Zhang Xi calmly continued to wait for the situation to develop.
However, less than five days after Zhang Xi sent 10,000 reinforcements to the police, Li Qiu sent back another piece of news that frightened Zhang Xi.
The Soochow army that surrounded Lingyang in Wuling County suddenly changed its commander's flag.
The leader of the army was not Lu Dai, the governor of Wuling, but Zhou Yu, the general of Soochow.
This news directly stimulated Zhang Xi, who jumped up from his seat.
This time the Soochow Army's offensive coach was not Lu Xun, but Zhou Yu? !
Xiangyang is in danger! ! !
(End of chapter)
