Zhuge Jin's life is not easy.
In this battle of Yanzhou, other places were well defended. Only Langya County guarded by Zhuge Jin was broken through by Wen Qin, forcing General Lu Xun to send Sun Shao to lead troops to help him defend the northern defense line of Xuzhou.
Now, Zhuge Jin was defeated by Wen Qin again and completely withdrew from Langya County and retreated to Xiapi. Sun Shao was also injured in the leg and had difficulty moving, so he could no longer fight.
On the Shu Han side, after Wen Qin completely occupied Langya County, he did not stop too much and directly chose to go south to Pengcheng Kingdom and copy Zhuge Dan's retreat in Shanyang County.
The front in Xuzhou is in danger of collapse.
In fact, Zhuge Jin has no choice now.
Xiapi County is the passage connecting Huainan and Xuzhou. If Xiapi County is lost, Shu Han can directly enter Huainan from north to south through Xiapi County and threaten Lu Xun's flank.
Pengcheng Kingdom is located behind Zhuge Dan in Shanyang County. Once Pengcheng Kingdom falls, the Shu Han army can attack Zhuge Dan in Shanyang County from both front and rear. In this way, Zhuge Dan will undoubtedly be defeated.
Therefore, when Zhuge Jin lost Langya County, he had to make a choice, whether to retreat to Pengcheng Kingdom or Xiapi County. Zhuge Jin could only choose to retreat to Xiapi County.
The defense of Xiapi County and the hundreds of thousands of Soochow soldiers in Huainan were Soochow's strategic advantage in the Huainan region.
Abandoning Pengcheng Kingdom is just giving up a county in Shanyang, which may put Zhuge Dan in danger. But in fact, Zhuge Dan is not without a way to retreat. He can also retreat south, and with Lu Xun's support, retreat to Huainan.
Therefore, Zhuge Jin could only retreat to Xiapi County. This was his only choice.
Similarly, Wen Qin's only choice was to attack Xiapi County. Only by conquering Xiapi County would be the most helpful to the entire war situation. Attacking Pengcheng Kingdom could only be regarded as useless.
The goals of both sides were very clear, and naturally, they fell into a confrontation again in Xiapi County.
This confrontation lasted for another month.
Not only is there a confrontation in Xiapi County, but the entire three fronts of the Han-Wu war are now in confrontation.
In Huainan, both Lu Xun and Xu Shu had received news of the Jiangxia water battle, and learned that Quan Cong had replaced Zhu Ran as the coach of Jiangxia and then lost the water battle.
Lu Xun tightened his front line almost immediately, adopting the strategy of shrinking the defense, abandoning the southern part of Yanzhou, and retreating to Huainan to defend it.
Lu Xun predicted that after learning the battle report of Jiangxia, Xu Shu would definitely choose the strategy of pressing forward and attacking with all his strength to attack Huainan. Even if he could not gain a local advantage, he would still contain Huainan's troops and prevent Huainan's troops from going south.
As the war in Jiangxia was unfavorable to Soochow, Lu Xun really needed to divide his troops to garrison Lujiang County to prevent the Jingzhou Army from following the example of the last war, breaking through from the north of Jiangxia, breaking into Lujiang County, and attacking Ruxukou.
As for the direction south of the Yangtze River, Lu Xun was not worried.
As long as the main force of the Soochow navy led by Quan Cong did not suffer too much damage, the task of guarding Xiakou and preventing the Jingzhou army from crossing the river would be relatively easy to achieve.
Therefore, rather than letting Xu Shu seize the opportunity to contain himself, it would be better to give up the peripheral defense first, concentrate his troops, and change the deployment of his troops.
At this point, Lu Xun did react one step faster than Xu Shu. By the time Xu Shu ordered the entire army to press forward, Lu Xun had already issued the military order for the entire army to retreat and shrink the defense, and was the first to set up a defense line in Huainan.
Xu Shu's strong forward pressure did not achieve the expected results, but he still pushed the front to the south. For Xu Shu, it was a small gain.
As for the southernmost battle of Jiaozhou. After Lu Dai arrived in Jiaozhou, the Soochow soldiers in Jiaozhou had a backbone and slowly stabilized the situation.
Although Lu Dai has not yet been able to fulfill Sun Quan's request, repel the Shu bandits attacking Jiaozhou, and collect enough food and grass to send to Jianye, but based on Lu Dai's understanding of Pan Jun, as long as he can stabilize the defense line, the confrontation will continue. After a while, Pan Jun will definitely choose to retreat.
After all, Pan Jun is not a very high-profile person. What he values is the three-acre land in Lingling County. It is almost impossible for him to work hard in Jiaozhou.
As long as Pan Jun retreats, Huang Chong in Guiyang County will not have anything to worry about. Guiyang County's conditions for dispatching troops and logistical supplies can drag them to death. Without Pan Jun's support, Huang Chong will be unable to support himself. .
It can be said that the current situation is like this. Both sides are trying to find ways to break the situation, but neither side is actually able to break it. This is the main reason why Zhang Xi does not advocate conquering Wu now.
Sun Quan is still there, and a group of capable ministers and famous generals in Soochow are still there, and Soochow's foundation can withstand the torment. Unless God is kind and gives the big man some special care, Soochow will not be easy to fight.
Then, special care comes.
This matter has to start with Quan Cong replacing Zhu Ran.
Quan Cong did not get along with Zhu Ran, and he was determined to seize power, strive to establish meritorious services, and expand his voice. Then Zhu Ran was recalled to Jianye by Sun Quan.
But not long after Zhu Ran returned to Jianye, Sun Quan received news that Quan Cong had failed in the battle of Xiakou and suffered more than 10,000 casualties.
This news is really hard to describe.
I don’t know what Sun Quan was thinking. Anyway, Prince Sun He and his faction attacked Quan Cong in groups.
Quan Cong used impeachment to force Zhu Ran to return to Jianye, but he became the head coach and ended up like this? !
Not to mention Sun He's group, even some Wu officials who had remained neutral in the past felt that Quan Cong had gone too far this time.
Therefore, although Zhu Ran actually didn't say anything after returning to Jianye, he just stayed at home and waited for Sun Quan to summon him, but this matter once again aroused the dynasty dispute between the prince Sun He Yidang and Lu Wang Sunba Yiyi. .
Sun He's faction must have demanded that Quan Cong be severely punished and Zhu Ran be re-appointed as the commander-in-chief of Xiakou to resist the Shu thieves.
Of course, Sun Ba's faction wanted to keep Quan Cong, but they couldn't use Zhu Ran as an excuse to criticize. They could only turn their attention to Gu Yong, saying that Gu Yong had not solved the food shortage problem so far, which would affect the combat morale of the frontline soldiers. , is dereliction of duty.
It's just that the way Lu Wang Sunba and his faction behaved this time was somewhat shameless.
We can't completely blame these people. After all, Lu Wang Sun Ba did not occupy the rightful position. He only relied on Sun Quan's favor and favor. After all, there were only a few talents who were willing to support Lu Wang Sun Ba.
Therefore, when Quan Cong went to Xiakou, Bu Zhi was busy patrolling the place and stabilizing the people's hearts, and after Lu Dai went to Jiaozhou, there was no one around Sun Ba, the king of Lu, who could give advice.
Looking at the bad idea given, even Sun Quan felt that this time Lu Wang Sun Ba and his faction were completely making trouble unreasonably.
But fortunately, Sun Ba still has a supporter, his sister, the eldest princess, Sun Luban.
Sun Luban didn't mean that she liked Sun Ba as her younger brother. She just had a worse relationship with Sun He. She couldn't see Sun He gaining power, so she supported Sun Ba.
But Sun Luban has a unique advantage, that is, she is indeed favored by Sun Quan more than other children of Sun Quan. She also has the opportunity to speak directly in front of Sun Quan.
In addition, this time Sun He's group attacked her husband Quan Cong. How could Sun Luban endure it? !
Sun Luban, who was crying, went to Sun Quan and complained, begging Sun Quan to spare Quan Congwang. Sun Quan was in a mess when he cried.
In fact, Sun Quan knew very well that even if it was Quan Cong's unfavorable command that led to the defeat of the Xiakou War, he would not be able to hold Quan Cong responsible, let alone replace Quan Cong and then replace Zhu Ran. .
Is it really a child's play to change the head coach of the first army so capriciously as a major military matter? !
If something goes wrong on the Jiangxia side and the Shu Han navy is allowed to move down the river, Soochow will be in danger of subjugation.
Therefore, Sun Quan was actually very dissatisfied with Sun He's faction, feeling that they did not understand national politics and military affairs at all, but Sun He, as the prince, did not even have this awareness. At this critical moment, he allowed his civil servants and counselors to bite people randomly. He has no qualifications for a prince at all.
But, when Sun Quan looked back and looked at what Lu Wang Sun Ba's faction was doing, he seemed to feel that it was not much better. Both of his sons were useless.
At this moment, Sun Quan really missed his eldest son Sun Deng infinitely. If Sun Deng was still alive, there would not be so many bad things.
After all, Sun Quan is a political creature. Although he is a little sad, the most important thing now is to eliminate the impact of this incident as soon as possible and let both parties calm down. Sun Quan needs a suitable method.
As for Sun Luban, she was indeed Sun Quan's most beloved daughter. Her ability to observe words and emotions was first-rate. After seeing Sun Quan's entanglement, she gave Sun Quan an idea.
Prince Sun and Chijie can be asked to go to Jiangxia to investigate the reasons for the defeat in the Battle of Xiakou.
First, the prince's personal visit to the front line can improve the morale of the army and enhance the prince's prestige.
Secondly, most of the people who impeached Quan Cong were the princes, grandsons and his faction, so the prince was asked to personally investigate the reasons for the defeat in Xiakou, so that he could give an explanation when he came back.
At the same time, King Sunba of Lu was appointed as an inspection envoy to assist Gu Yong in arranging grain and grass to solve the current domestic food shortage problem.
Didn't King Lu's faction impeach Gu Yong? Then let Sun Ba watch it in person. There is less than a month left before the autumn harvest tax collection to see whether Gu Yong is incompetent or this is the truth.
In this way, both sides would have nothing to say, and the court would naturally calm down.
There is a saying that the idea given by Sun Luban can be said to be a perfect fit for Sun Quan's needs. At the same time, it also appears to be impartial, without any bias, and completely based on the situation.
Sun Quan thought about it for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a really good idea.
After rewarding his daughter heavily, Sun Quan immediately issued an edict, ordering Sun He to inspect Jiangxia and Sun Ba to assist in the dispatch of grain and grass.
(End of chapter)
