Zhou Yu tried his best to make up for the strategic time gap. He led 20,000 Soochow troops on a rapid march all the way to Gong'an City.
The purpose is to take advantage of the delay in the public security defenders' evacuation in time to launch a direct surprise attack, effectively killing the number of public security defenders and preventing them from fully returning to Jiangling.
But Li Qiu is no longer a newbie on the battlefield. He has been in the army for more than ten years.
In fact, when he was in his twenties, he was promoted from Badong County by Zhang Xi and brought to Jingnan. He stayed there for more than ten years. The current Li Qiu may have more ability and experience than the Li Qiu in history. Be more outstanding.
Zhang Xi's reaction was not slow at all. After his military order was passed to the police, Li Qiu did not hesitate at all and directly followed the order.
The 15,000-man garrison and 10,000-man defenders quickly rushed to Gong'an Ferry. While establishing a defensive line, they crossed the river in a warship of the Jiangling Navy with the help of Yang Di.
With the remaining five thousand people, Li Qiu very boldly set up an ambush on the spot in the direction of the south gate of the Public Security City, twenty miles away from the city, catching the Soochow Army forward by surprise.
The army of 20,000 people was marching in a hurry. It was certainly impossible for Zhou Yu to personally lead the army at the front. In order to seize time, the Soochow Army must have adopted the strategy of advancing at the vanguard and keeping up with the rear troops.
Therefore, even if Zhou Yu did not underestimate the enemy, the forward of the Soochow Army was still ambushed by Li Qiu.
The casualties were not large, only about five or six hundred casualties, and most of them were caused by hastily responding to the battle without checking for a moment. After the forward leader Cheng Zi gathered his formation and regained his position, the biggest result of this ambush was , that’s the end of it.
But the problem is, Li Qiu is not stupid. The purpose of his ambush was not to kill many enemy troops, but to buy time for his troops to withdraw.
Cheng Zi gathered up his formation and set up defense on the spot. Li Qiu did not hesitate to fight and directly ordered the withdrawal. He took his last more than 4,000 soldiers and retreated to the Gong'an Ferry, relying on the simple defense facilities at the ferry to defend on the spot.
Cheng Zi originally wanted to continue the pursuit, but considering that he had just encountered an ambush, if he continued to pursue rashly, there was no guarantee that there would be an ambush waiting for him later.
Moreover, now that the Gong'an City was not far away, the Shu army took the initiative to evacuate the Gong'an City. Under this situation, Cheng Zi decided to adopt a safer strategy, occupy the Gong'an City first, and wait for the arrival of General Zhou Yu's main army. , and then make the next decision.
After Zhou Yu led his troops to the police station and learned about the ambush battle under the police city, Zhou Yu felt that his throat was uncomfortable again, and he always felt that something was being held in and could not come out.
Cheng Zi is the son of veteran general Cheng Pu, and the eldest among the second-generation descendants of Jiangdong generals. He even participated in the Battle of Red Cliff with his father Cheng Pu. He is now in his forties.
A man in his forties is still so immature in his military skills. Sometimes Zhou Yu also wonders, what on earth is going on? !
How come the descendants of Jiang Biao and his ministers, who were famous in Jiangdong back then, only have this ability? !
A small ambush scared the vanguard general. You are so scared. Just chase you. Even if you are really surrounded like a dead dog, as long as you delay for a while, I will come from behind. These None of the Shu thieves can escape, okay? ! !
He couldn't even see such a simple battlefield situation clearly, and actually gave up chasing the enemy and came to occupy this worthless public security city. From the future of Jiangdong, can these people really hold on to this foundation? !
Zhou Yu sighed with emotion for a moment, and immediately thought of the children in Zijing's family, the children in Lu Meng's family, and the two gadgets in his own family.
It's okay not to think about it, but the more he thought about it, the more depressed Zhou Yu felt. What the hell is this! ! !
Brother Zijing and Lu Meng didn't talk about them for now. After all, it was normal for them to leave early and not have time to educate their children. However, the more they thought about it, the more itchy their throats became.
Forget it, let’s think about what to do next.
In fact, there are no other awards. There is only one choice at the moment, and there is no need to even think about it.
Zhou Yu directly ordered to abandon Gong'an City and head north, with the entire army approaching Gong'an Ferry.
Before the Shu army had time to transport all the soldiers across the Yangtze River, they could kill as many as they could.
When Zhou Yu and his troops arrived at the outskirts of the Gong'an Ferry, what greeted them were two chariots docked at the Gong'an Ferry, as well as rocks being thrown from inside the ferry to the outside.
If an attack were to be carried out at this time, Zhou Yuguang could only imagine how many casualties there would be.
In fact, this is not much different from a regular siege. At most, the defensive fence at the public security ferry is not as strong as the city wall, and it is not as high, but the arrows and catapults it receives are almost the same as those in a city siege.
There was no way, things had come to this, and it was impossible to let these Shu troops go back to Jiangling so easily. Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and decisively ordered his soldiers to risk a strong attack. At the same time, he kept complaining in his heart - Is Zhu Ran a dead man? ? !
Since the troops were dispatched in advance, why haven't they completely defeated the Jiangling navy and taken the initiative on the water? !
At this time, Zhu Ran had no idea that the general he respected was already in his heart and was about to scold him to death. He was still immersed in the excitement of defeating the Jiangling navy.
Strictly speaking, Zhu Ran's "sending troops in advance" did not feel that he had undermined General Shang's strategic deployment. On the contrary, he also believed that he was a staunch supporter of General Shang's strategy.
Speaking of selfishness, it does seem to be a little bit selfish. Seeing that Lu Xun was still standing still even though his generals asked for a fight, Zhu Ran was dissatisfied and somewhat misunderstood.
In today's Soochow military world, General Shang is undoubtedly the number one person, and he is also the person admired by all the generals in the army.
Although Lu Xun, after experiencing the Huainan War, had a certain position in the hearts of the generals in Huainan, among Zhu Ran, Lu Xun could not compare with the general Zhou Yu.
So, given the strategic plan formulated by the general, why do you, Lu Xun, dare to continue to stand still here? !
Do you have any ulterior motives? !
This is Zhu Ran's intuitive view.
In addition, Zhu Ran's view also has relatively realistic political ground.
Zhou Yu is the number one person in the Soochow military, but he is also the representative of the Huaisi Military Group.
Although Zhou Yu has deliberately downplayed this label on himself over the years, in the eyes of Huaisi Military Group, Zhou Yu is still their spokesperson.
As for Lu Xun, he was from the Lu family in Wuzhong, one of the four major Jiangdong families, and he was the proper spokesperson for the Jiangdong family sect.
Over the years, the conflicts between the Jiangdong Family and the Huaisi Military Group still show no signs of easing. Even under Sun Quan's checks and balances, the conflicts between the two parties tend to intensify.
So, you, Lu Xun, the representative of a noble family, do not follow the strategic plan of the general, and insist on holding back in Jiangxia. What do you mean? !
Zhu Ran is the adopted son of Zhu Zhi. His surname is Shi and his real name is Shi Ran. He is from Danyang and has no relationship with Zhu Huan, Zhu Ju and others represented by the Zhu family in Wuzhong. He is a member of the Huaisi Military Group. One member.
In this case, Zhu Ran was of course on the side of the Huaisi Military Group and invited to march according to the original plan to prevent Lu Xun, a guy from a Jiangdong family, from dragging the general back.
Therefore, in Zhu Ran's view, he was not "sending troops in advance", but acting in accordance with the general's plan. He was the one who maintained the implementation of the general's strategy.
Moreover, Zhu Ran wanted to send troops as soon as possible to deal with the Jiangling navy.
In last year's Baqiu water battle, Liu Luo was miserable, and he, the commander of land and water armies, also had a disgraceful face.
But at that time, in order not to affect the political negotiations between the DPRK and the Shu Han, Zhu Ran was forced to swallow his breath first. Now that the opportunity has come, Zhu Ran must of course earn back this face.
In the past, there was no good way to defeat the turtle formation of the Jiangling navy, but now. Although he is not completely sure, Zhu Ran finally found some ways to defeat the enemy. So why not go to the battlefield quickly and wait and grind in Jiangxia? What? !
In this way, under the leadership of Zhu Ran, Lukou's 20,000 navy troops, carrying five Mengchong warships and more than 230 large and small warships, went up the river and went straight to the Jiangling Navy station, near the Gong'an Ferry. .
The commander-in-chief of the Jiangling navy, Yang Xi, was also a little frightened by Zhu Ran's formation.
Five Mengchong warships are nothing, but the more than two hundred large and small warships are like blocking the sky and the sun. It is impossible to see at a glance. How many people are coming from the Soochow Navy? !
Today's Jiangling Navy has only three Mengchong warships, two Mengchong warships, and more than 130 large and small warships. It feels like the gap is a bit big.
But no matter what, it was impossible for Yang Xi to just sit back and watch the Soochow navy come over and not fight. At that time, he also set up a traditional turtle formation, with two chariots and Mengchong as the core, supplemented by three Mengchong battleships and 130 Mengchong battleships. More than a dozen large and small warships moved forward as the vanguard to meet the enemy.
It's still a familiar recipe and a familiar taste, but Soochow Army's solution is different from before.
In the past, when the Soochow Navy wanted to break the formation, they used water-milling techniques to withstand the stones thrown by the carts, and gradually consumed the Jiangling Navy's vanguard warships and walking boats. When the turtle formation no longer had the protection of the turtle shell, Then focus on the Meng Chong warships to attack them.
But this time, what Yang Xi saw first was more than forty high-speed Zukes. With the blessing of the southeast wind, they quickly rushed towards the vanguard warships of the Turtle Formation.
Halfway through the journey, a fire suddenly broke out on the more than 40 high-speed ships. After the ships were ignited, they rushed straight into the vanguard formation of Jiangling Navy.
Is this a replica of the burning of Red Cliff? !
(End of chapter)
