"Grand Governor, is it too hasty to show the flag at this time?!"
In the Soochow camp outside Lingyang City, Lu Dai, the prefect of Wuling, asked Zhou Yu carefully.
The actual commander of the Soochow Army besieging Lingyang has always been Zhou Yu, and Lu Dai is only a nominal commander. With Lu Dai's ability and qualifications, he cannot make such a large-scale deployment of troops without concealing the truth.
Lu Dai himself was quite convinced of Zhou Yu. In Soochow, anyone who had experienced the Battle of Chibi and understood the critical situation at that time would not respect and admire Zhou Yu. Only those young people who knew nothing would I don’t know how high the sky and the earth are.
Lu Dai was also a junior high school in the army at that time. Although he was not qualified to lead a group of troops to encircle and suppress Cao Cao's defeated troops, he still participated in that battle as a member of the army. Lv Dai had no doubts about Zhou Yu's courage and commanding ability.
However, Lu Dai couldn't understand Zhou Yu's use of troops this time.
According to the plan, it was a bit too early for Zhou Yu to take the initiative to reveal his identity and assume the overall command of the entire battle. After that, he would not be able to continue to paralyze Shu Han's coach Zhang Xi.
It will cause a lot of trouble.
But there was nothing Zhou Yu could do.
"Ding Gong only knows one, but he doesn't know the other."
Zhou Yu was about to open his mouth to explain, but the discomfort in his throat stopped him.
Lu Dai quickly offered some water and handed it to Zhou Yu, looking at Zhou Yu worriedly.
Zhou Yu knew what Lu Dai was thinking. After taking a sip of water to calm his throat, he continued, "It's okay, I haven't been to Jingnan for a long time, so I'm a little uncomfortable with it."
When Lu Dai heard this, he immediately wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhou Yu.
"It's not that I don't know Ding Gong's worries, it's just that Zhang Yuanchang is by no means an easy person." Zhou Yu ignored Lu Dai's reaction and continued to explain, "Although the previous plan was crude, it was also a sure-fire strategy for attacking the enemy. Ying The barrier between the county and the public security and Jiangling must not be lost. But Zhang Yuanchang still held his troops in Jiangling. Even if he sent troops to assist the public security, there would only be more than 10,000 troops. The troops are so cautious. If I don't show my flag, how can this person fall into the trap? .”
After hearing this, Lu Dai nodded as if he had some understanding, but then he asked, "Now that the Commander-in-Chief has shown his banner, what should we do with Ling Yang?"
Zhou Yu's eyes narrowed and he said, "It's not like this for a forceful attack. It's not trustworthy."
"In this case, the general will immediately mobilize his troops to fight."
After saying that, Lu Dai was about to go out to fight, but then he was stopped by Zhou Yu.
"Ding Gong, please remember that after ten days of strong attack, we will encircle three towers."
As soon as he said this, Lu Dai didn't understand again. He turned back and asked, "Captain, that Shi Zhongrong is not an easy person. If he surrounds three towers, I'm afraid."
Zhou Yu just smiled and nodded, and said, "I just wanted him to break through and go to Dingong. What we did was not Liangyang, not the public security, but the Jiangling army."
Now Lu Dai really understood. He nodded and said, "I will make arrangements now."
After Lu Dai was ordered to go out to fight, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Zhou Yu felt inexplicably that his throat seemed to be a little uncomfortable again.
Quickly drink half a mouthful of water and swallow it to relieve the discomfort in your throat. Then continue to think about the next battle.
At this time, in Jiangling City, Zhang Xi began to feel anxious and angry.
Ever since he knew that the coach of the Soochow Army was not the Lu Xun who was still dragging his feet at Jianye, Zhang Xi subconsciously agreed with Wang Ji's judgment.
This time, the main target of the Soochow Army may not be Jiangling, but Xiangyang.
Yes, it is unlikely that Lu Xun would be so risky in using troops, but if it were Zhou Yu, this would be a normal thing.
Back then, he dared to go up against 200,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan. What else could he not dare to do? !
If this is really the case, then there is a high probability that Xiangyang will encounter a war.
Do we need to send troops from Gangneung in advance to support? !
But if troops are transferred to Xiangyang for support, the war in Jiangling will also become very tight.
There are 20,000 people led by Zhuge Ke in Yingxian County, 30,000 people led by Zhou Yu himself in Lingyang County, and a full 50,000 Jiangdong Army, both inside and outside, showed up in Jiangling.
The current garrison of Jiangling, including the garrison of Lingyang and Gong'an, is only over 50,000 people. If troops are sent north to support Xiangyang, then Jiangling's defensive strength will also be stretched thin.
Zhang Xi thought about it for a while and decided that it would be better to stay put.
At first, everything was just speculation. If he and Wang Ji made a mistake in judgment, Xiangyang was not attacked, and the Soochow Army's main attack direction was still Jiangling. Then rashly moving troops northward and weakening Jiangling's defensive strength would not be a good thing. Is there an opportunity that Soochow can take advantage of? !
Secondly, Xiangyang is actually not without reinforcements nearby. Even if it is really attacked, Wenpin can ask for help from the three eastern counties, and it will not be quickly defeated by the Soochow Army.
When Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, Zhang Xi was the deputy general. He knew very well how difficult Xiangfan's defense system was. At that time, Guan Yu fought from May to September before he managed to conquer Xiangfan's system. This was thanks to a heavy rain from God. blessing.
Therefore, Zhang Xi felt that it would be better to wait for clear news from Xiangyang to determine the main attack direction of the Soochow Army before making adjustments.
This does not mean that the advance is slow, but that we move after we have made a decision. Well, that's it.
Zhang Xi gave himself psychological comfort while waiting for changes in the intelligence from Xiangyang.
It was not until the beginning of May that the first battle report came from Xiangyang Wenpin.
The Jiangxia naval force indeed carried out a plan to hide from the enemy and sneak up the Han River. After defeating Wenpin's diversionary fleet at Hanjin Ferry, they immediately accelerated northward and headed straight for Xiangfan.
After receiving Zhang Xi's military warning, Wenpin did not take it lightly. He immediately gathered the navy fleet near Yicheng and shrank to Xiangfan to join the main force of the Xiangyang navy to form the main fleet to attack with the Jiangxia navy in Soochow. There was a fight in the Han River Basin.
The result is that both sides win or lose.
Although Wenpin relied on his experienced experience and understanding of the hydrology of the Han River to be slightly better in this battle and blocked the Soochow Navy from the outside of Xiangfan's defense system, he still did not prevent the Soochow Jiangxia Navy from attacking near Yicheng. A water stronghold was established at the ferry, and a large number of Soochow troops were extradited to land on the north bank of the Han River.
After Soochow Wu invested tens of thousands of troops on the north bank of the Han River, Wenpin judged that these Soochow troops were probably heading towards Fancheng.
Therefore, Wenpin commanded the Xiangyang navy to take the initiative to fight and look for opportunities to defeat the Jiangxia navy. On the other hand, Wenpin began to mobilize Xiangyang infantry to gather in Fancheng to prepare for the attack and defense of Fancheng.
At the same time, Wenpin had already sent a note and a private message from Zhang Xi to Dongsan County in advance, hoping that Kou Feng from Dongsan County could quickly lead troops to help.
The situation is probably such a situation, and this situation is almost the same as what Wang Ji predicted.
Therefore, when the situation became clear, Zhang Xi immediately approached Wang Ji and asked him to mobilize 15,000 troops and go north to support Xiangyang.
As for Jiangling, Zhang Xi himself stayed in Jiangling to take charge. He still had about 7,000 infantry defenders left in his hands. Zhang Xi began to seriously consider whether to gather the defenders from Ying County and the Public Security Bureau back to defend Jiangling.
On the south bank of the Yangtze River, after Zhou Yu raised his banner, he began a strong attack on Lingyang County. Although Zhang Xi had not received news of the loss of Lingyang, in Zhang Xi's view, Shi Bao would have to rely on 5,000 people to defend Zhou Yu. A strong attack of thirty thousand people is somewhat unbelievable.
Therefore, it shouldn't be a bad idea to assist Shi Bao to break out of the encirclement, and then directly lead the army to retreat to Jiangling to garrison.
As for the Yingxian direction, Zhoutai was able to fight with ease, but the problem was that if the southern front withdrew, it would not make much sense to continue to hold on to the eastern front. It would be better to take advantage of the fact that the losses are not big and gather in advance.
In this way, Zhang Xi began to make his own adjustments, preparing to order the entire army to retreat to Jiangling. But for some reason, Zhang Xi always felt that it was not easy to give this order.
It wasn't that there was any difficulty in gathering the troops, but that Zhang Xi always felt that something was wrong, something he hadn't thought of, and his inner uneasiness made Zhang Xi reluctant to issue such an order.
So. What is the problem? !
Zhang Xi started and recounted the timeline of the entire battle from scratch.
At the beginning of the battle, Zhuge Ke led his troops to attack Ying County, and then the Soochow Army besieged Lingyang County on a large scale. There seems to be something wrong with this, right? !
Is the strategy set up too rough? !
If it is said that the Soochow Army first launched a large-scale attack on Lingyang County and then sent troops to attack Ying County, Zhang Xi would have an understanding.
After all, the police on Jiangnan Bank are much more important than Ying County.
It would seem more reasonable if Soochow attacked Lingyang first, threatened the public security, forced Zhang Xi to send reinforcements to support the public security, and then asked Zhuge Ke to attack Ying County.
Otherwise, wouldn't it seem a bit overestimating one's capabilities if only 20,000 Soochow troops wanted to conquer Ying County, which was guarded by 10,000 Han troops? !
Isn't it possible that Zhou Yu is not afraid that I will directly send troops to cooperate with the defenders of Ying County before Lingyang is attacked, and defeat Zhuge Ke's advance first? !
Or is Zhou Yu so sure that he will not send troops from Jiangling to rescue Ying County? !
Although it is not impossible, it is somewhat far-fetched.
As a world-famous general, Zhou Yu should not be so crude and crude in his tactics.
This is something that makes Zhang Xi feel unreasonable.
The other point is not so much unreasonable as it is that Zhang Xi is thinking too much. Since you and Zhou Yu are able to hide their secrets and go to Wuling County to command the battle, is it true that Lu Xun, who is reported to be still in Jianye? Just stay in Jianye so honestly? !
If Lu Xun is not actually at Jianye, then where will he be? !
If he went north to attack Xiangyang, that would be better, but what if Lu Xun had already gathered the Jiangdong County soldiers and secretly stationed them in Jiangxia? !
Once Zhang Xi sent Wang Ji to lead troops north to support Luoyang, Lu Xun suddenly sent troops from the land route, joined Zhuge Ke's troops, besieged Ying County, and approached Jiangling. It seemed that the trouble was not small.
Zhang Xi felt a little numb. He didn't dare to make a decision easily. He quickly ordered someone to recall Wang Ji and discuss countermeasures.
(End of chapter)
