The intelligence efficiency of these years is so inefficient, there is nothing we can do about it.
The place where grain is stored has always been the biggest secret in the army. Without the confidential information from the upper echelons of the army, it is impossible to find out the location of the place where the food is stored by killing him, let alone the location of the place. Real forces are deployed.
During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao only learned that Yuan Shao's grain garrison was in Wuchao after Xu You came to surrender. The truth about Wuchao was also told to Cao Cao by Xu You, a former upper-level counselor of Yuan Shao's army.
After that, Cao Cao won a great victory in Guandu.
So, although Shi Bao regrets it very much, in fact, Shi Bao's slow reaction cannot be blamed for this matter. If you don't have God's perspective, it is impossible to know where the army's grain garrison is, let alone the actual strength of the troops there. how.
It can only be said that Shi Bao does not have a God's perspective. He missed the best opportunity to decide Jingnan in one battle.
But it was not without gain. Zhang Cheng finally divided his troops to defend Changsha with 5,000 troops. As a result, he now only has 10,000 troops to defend in Liling County.
Seeing that things have become like this, Shi Bao can't regret or complain. Fortunately, Zhang Cheng finally divided his troops. Now the strength ratio under Liling County has changed from two to one to three to one, so let's try to fight.
After Shi Bao waited for his separated soldiers to return to the army, he began to build siege equipment and tentatively attacked Liling County.
As a result of this fight, both sides saw some hope.
Shi Bao discovered that although there are still 10,000 defenders in Liling County, the Liling County town guarded by these 10,000 people is not very difficult. It gives the impression that the morale of the defenders is not high and their combat effectiveness is not high. Strong does not mean that it is impossible to break through.
Zhang Cheng also discovered that although the Shu army outside the city was superior in strength, the number of soldiers who could actually attack the city and create pressure was only about one-third. The remaining soldiers, although they looked quite brave, were The siege was completely unorganized, and sometimes they would get in each other's way.
Looking at it this way, it is not impossible for him to defend Liling County.
In this way, the two sides went from not daring to fight each other to feeling that they could win. It was a 180-degree turn.
At the foot of Liling County, the fighting suddenly became fierce.
On the contrary, Luo County, which was on the frontal battlefield, fell into a short armistice period at this time.
The war has developed to this point. Both Zhu Ran and Zhang Xi need to sort out the existing information to a certain extent to decide what they want to do next.
Especially here in Zhang Xi, I always feel that the development of the war seems to be a little different from what I expected.
It's not that Zhang Xi noticed something was wrong, but that since the troops were sent out, the development of various wars has been a little too smooth.
This kind of smoothness is not the kind of unnatural smoothness, but how should I put it? Zhang Xi now wonders whether the Soochow Army is a little too cooperative with him? !
Isn't it a bit too cooperative for them to do whatever you want them to do? !
Zhang Xi doesn't think he is the kind of master who knows everything. When the war has developed to this point, Zhang Xi's old habit has returned.
There's nothing fishy here. This old boy Zhu Ran is pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, digging a hole and waiting for him to jump out of it, right? !
Zhang Xi was murmuring in his heart, but fortunately, the person who partnered with him in sending troops this time was Pang Tong.
The more Pang Tong listened, the more he felt that Zhang Xi was thinking too much, so he asked directly: Which coach has formulated a strategy at the expense of the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers? !
In the Battle of Baqiu, Zhu Ran lost at least 4,000 naval troops. In the Battle of Jiangxia, Zhuge Ke directly destroyed more than 10,000 naval troops. The loss of Dongwu Guanghui Army was more than 10,000.
This is real battle damage and cannot be faked.
The navy is Soochow's barrier. If Zhu Ran dares to use the navy's ships and soldiers to set a trap like this, I'm afraid the first person who won't be able to spare him will be Sun Quan.
As for the summary of the war situation from other areas, it cannot be false. Among other things, news came from Pan Jun of Lingling County, saying that the entire territory of Lingling County had been recovered, and at the same time, the generals appointed by Soochow were captured. Lingling Prefect Lu Kai achieved such results. Do you think it was a trap specially designed by Zhu Ran? !
Designing such a trap would cost more than 20,000 soldiers, plus a prefect. Believe it or not, Lu Xun was the first to fight Zhu Ran! ! ! !
Therefore, Pang Tong believes that it is not Zhu Ran who has any traps or back-ups. It should be that the generals of Soochow are really stretching their crotches this time, and all their reactions have been taken into account by us.
From the beginning of the war to the present, Soochow has never grasped the initiative in this battle. Although there are occasional counterattacks in the situation, there is never a chance to come back. This is the real reason why Zhu Ran is trapped in Luoxian and the Han army is advancing smoothly. reason.
After some persuasion from Pang Tong, Zhang Xi finally gave up the "cautiousness" in his heart.
Well, Zhang Xi can't actually be blamed for this. After all, in the last battle to defend Jiangling, it was Zhang Xi's "cautiousness" that made a great contribution. He was procrastinating and refused to divide his troops to rescue Xiangyang. In the end, it was not until Zhou Yu He couldn't help but launch a counterattack in advance, so that Jiangling finally had enough troops to defend, instead of following Wang Ji's advice and hastily dividing his troops.
Therefore, sometimes, Zhang Xi's character can really save lives.
But now, the opponent is not Zhou Yu after all.
Facing an opponent of Zhu Ran's level, it would be bad if Zhang Xi continued to be so procrastinating and hesitant.
Therefore, Pang Tong was very lucky that he came to Jingzhou this time. Otherwise, whether it was Zhuge Liang or Xu Shu partnering with Zhang Xi, he would have really missed the opportunity.
This time, Pang Tong persuaded Zhang Xi and re-examined the current situation.
As for the navy, Yang Xi led the Jiangling navy and continued to quarrel with Liulue in Baqiu. As the Baqiu navy continued to reduce its numbers, Liulue took the initiative to leave the water stronghold to attack less and less often.
As for Xiakou, the Xiangyang Navy, led by Wen Pin, was still entangled with the remnants of the Xiakou Army led by Ding Feng.
Ding Feng's ability is indeed inferior to Wenpin, but the combat effectiveness of the Soochow Navy is higher than that of the Xiangyang Navy. As long as Ding Feng is not stupid enough to make the same mistake as Zhuge Ke, Wenpin wants to gain another A big victory is no longer possible.
But at least, the two sides are still evenly matched now, and no one can have the upper hand.
After comprehensive analysis, at least the control of the Yangtze River from Baqiu to Wulin is still in the hands of the Han army. Zhang Xi does not have to worry about the logistical supply of food and grass for his army for the time being.
As for the army, the Han army almost completely suppressed all armies in Soochow.
On the Jiangxia side, Wenqin and Guanqiujian each led 10,000 soldiers and continued to attack cities and territories in the northern part of Jiangxia. Wenqin had already led troops to attack Anlu County, while Guanqiujian was even more ruthless and directly marched to Jiangxia County to govern Xiling County.
If the fight continues like this, the northern part of the Yangtze River in Jiangxia will be captured by these two people.
The response from Soochow was that Zhuge Ke personally led 10,000 soldiers from Shaxian, and came to Anlu with reinforcements to confront Wenqin.
With a high probability, it would be difficult for Wen Qin to capture Anlu with reinforcements, but it would be difficult for Xiling without reinforcements to stop Guan Qiujian's attack.
As for the four counties in Jingnan, the situation is needless to say, it is unprecedentedly good.
Lu Daikong in Wuling County had 20,000 troops, but he was tightly restrained by Jiang Wei at the foot of Wuling County. Lu Dai tried to leave the city several times to fight Jiang Wei, but was suppressed by Jiang Wei's southern Han army.
Unless Lu Dai has the courage to abandon Wuling County, other than protecting Wuling County himself, his control over Wuling County is already very weak.
Not to mention Lingling County, Pan Jun has already started to re-adjust the appointment of officials in the counties of Lingling County and start to re-govern the place.
As for Guiyang County, no one is taking care of it for the time being, but the place itself has no strategic value. When the other three counties are included, Guiyang County will surrender without a fight.
The key place now is still in Changsha County.
In the northern part of Changsha County, Zhu Ran gave away Xiajun County in vain, and now troops are stationed in Luo County, but the number of troops is only 20,000.
In the southern part of Changsha County, Zhang Cheng led 10,000 people to block Shi Bao's attack of 30,000 people. This was another place that was beyond Zhang Xi's expectations. Neither Zhang Xi nor Pang Tong could figure out what Shi Bao was doing. Thirty thousand troops were raised at once.
All in all, there are 50,000 people on Zhang Xi's side and 30,000 on Shi Bao's side, a total of 80,000 people. The two fronts are besieging Zhu Ran's more than 30,000 soldiers. As long as you think of a way, it is not impossible to decide in a battle. of.
In terms of strength comparison, it was indeed less than three to one. The Han army had the advantage, but the advantage was not very great.
But the problem is that Zhu Ran needs to divide his troops to fight on two fronts. If any one line is lost, it may cause a serious imbalance in the balance of forces.
And Zhu Ran still has one of the biggest disadvantages now, that is, he has a big problem with his logistical supplies.
If Zhu Ran had the four counties of Jingnan in hand and the local guards, he would not have to worry about logistical issues at all. As long as he resisted on the front line of Changsha County, he would have three counties behind him to help him supply food and grass.
But now, Wuling County has no time to take care of itself, Lingling County has been completely lost, and Guiyang County is cut off by Shi Bao's troops. Zhu Ran can only rely on the local food and grass stored in Changsha County to carry out the battle.
Let's face it, Zhang Xi also knew that Zhu Ran must have hoarded a lot of food and grass in Changsha County. But these food and grass will eventually be used up, right? !
Three months or half a year is not enough. Zhang Xi directly besieged Changsha County for a year. I don't believe that Zhu Ran can continue to use up his energy.
(End of chapter)
