It seems that Sima Jin is too low-key. Although Zhao Yun knows the abilities of the Sima brothers, they are not showy after all. Moreover, he was sent to Cangwu so far away by Emperor Jing. He is probably a guy in name only. Unfortunately, Sima Jin has outstanding talents, but he is just a low-key person.
After learning that Linhe City had been breached, Sima Jin immediately set his sights on Nanjun.
The gains and losses of Nanjun are equivalent to a flag. With Nanjun in hand, the flag of Dajing is floating in the sky over Jingzhou. Some nobles who are ready to move are still suppressed by Dajing and dare not move. If Nanjun fails, the flag of Chu will be floating in the sky over Jingzhou. Flag, at that time, many silent nobles would rise up and unite with the Chu army to resist.
By then, the situation in Jingzhou will become complicated and confusing.
For the sake of the stability of the people in Jingzhou and the country of Dajing, Sima Jin decided to take action. Regardless of whether it was for the Sima family or not, he would never tolerate the prosperity that had just returned to normal and the people living and working in peace and contentment being disrupted. After a brief thought, he ordered the county soldiers in the city to quickly Assemble and prepare to go to Nanjun, and at the same time order people to send this information to Lu Xun as soon as possible.
At the same time, Chen Er also received a clear reply from Zhang Xiu and decided to wait for the opportunity to enter the Chu Kingdom and kill Liu Chan. At this time, Lu Xun's order was issued, telling them to mobilize their troops north and rush to the aid of Nanjun as quickly as possible.
Both Chen Er and Liu Feng's eyes widened.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun bypassed Cangwu and made a surprise attack on Linhe City, and was planning to go north to attack Nanjun?
But the news from their eyeliners was that Zhao Yun's army was heading north to attack Guilin instead of Nanjun. Zhao Yun actually came up with a sudden change of scenery to confuse their eyes. They also knew the significance of Nanjun and must not lose it, so they immediately raised troops and led three thousand Jingqian. The army killed Xiangnan County.
Lu Xun also sent Yan Yan and Li Yan to lead 20,000 troops towards Nanjun.
Three Jing armies encircled Zhao Yun in Nanjun. As long as the three Jing armies successfully encircled Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun would definitely die. The south is mostly hilly land. Once surrounded, he would either surrender, die in battle or starve to death, so it would be difficult to break out.
But Zhao Yun took a different approach.
When he raised troops from Linhe and went to Nanjun, he had already expected that the Jing army would concentrate its forces to protect Nanjun. After all, the gains and losses of Nanjun controlled the gains and losses of the entire Jingzhou. Zhao Yun knew that with more than 10,000 men in his hands, he could win Nanjun. He couldn't hold it, so his initial goal was not Nanjun or Guilin, but Cangwu.
It's just that Zhao Yun didn't expect Sima Jin to react so quickly. When he was halfway there, he learned that Cangwu's soldiers and horses were dispatched. The original plan was to launch a surprise attack to seize Nanjun, and wait for Sima Jin and others to react before heading south to fight back.
Zhao Yun had to admire: "Sima Bada is truly worthy of his reputation. He reacted so quickly. I would like to see if your reaction is fast enough or if my strategy is deeper -" Then he ordered, "The whole army obeys the order." , the rear army changed into the front army, changed its route south and went straight to Cangwu!"
As soon as he turned his troops to the south, he received the news that Liu Feng led the Jingqian army to the north to aid Nanjun. He immediately became gloomy. His prediction came true. Liu Feng had really betrayed Liu Bei and Da Chu.
Fortunately, his actions exposed Liu Feng. Now, he can take Cangwu and then Lingling, thus protecting the grain road behind him and no longer having to worry about grain.
He avoided Jingjun and followed the path to Cangwu, where he stayed day and night.
At this time, the uninformed Sima Jin led Cangwu's 10,000 county soldiers on the road day and night; at the same time, the soldiers and horses led by Yan Yan and Li Yan and the soldiers and horses of Liu Feng and Chen Er rushed towards Nanjun.
In five days, the three groups of people met in Nanjun.
But Nanjun was peaceful.
The governor of Nanjun was Kuai Yue's nephew Kuai Qi. After Kuai Qi learned that the Chu army was coming to attack Nanjun, he made emergency preparations and prepared the defense equipment. However, he waited and waited but did not see the arrival of the Chu army. When the dust started flying outside, I thought it was the Chu army coming, so I hurriedly ordered the army to prepare. Unexpectedly, when I got closer, I saw that it was the flag of the Jing army.
Yan Yan and Li Yan were relieved to see that Nanjun was intact.
Only Sima Jin saw that Nanjun was intact, his eyes widened immediately, and he shouted: "It's not good! I fell into Zhao Yun's plan!"
Liu Feng frowned: "What's the plan?"
Sima Jin said in annoyance: "This is a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain! You and I will send out all the troops from Cangwu and Lingling for Baonan County. At this time, the two areas are empty. Zhao Yun secretly goes south, and the land of Cangwu and Lingling counties can be easily obtained!" "
Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Liu Feng hurriedly asked: "What should we do now?"
Sima Jin thought for a moment and said: "The most important thing right now is still Nanjun. Zhao Yun has too few soldiers and horses. Even if Lingling and Cangwu are captured, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. General Yan and General Li guard Nanjun. We can go south and besiege Zhao Yun."
Chen Er worriedly said: "We came in a hurry, and we have no siege equipment in our hands. By the time we leave, I am afraid that Cangwu and Lingling counties will have already fallen into Zhao Yun's hands. How can we capture them?"
Sima Jin said: "There is no need to attack the city. As long as we can surround Zhao Yun, we will be considered a victory."
Liu Feng: "How do you say this?"
Sima Jin said: "Zhao Yun's purpose in entering Jing is not to win or lose a city, but to go north to cooperate with Liu Bei to attack General Lu Xun. If he is besieged by us, he will lose his strategic significance and it will be equivalent to defeat!"
As Sima Jin said, Zhao Yun's army easily captured the empty Lingling County and Cangwu County, but they had no way to hold on and could only choose to leave after bringing enough food, grass and equipment. But Lingling County could be defended, because Lingling County was originally the territory of Chu State, and Lingling still had a prefect. Zhao Yun asked Xi Zhicai to stay and guard Lingling to protect his grain roads, and Zhao Yun led his troops northward.
This time when he went north, Zhao Yun also chose to stay in day and night, so that the enemy did not know his purpose.
When Sima Jin's army returned to Cangwu, they saw not a single soldier of the Chu army, but the city gate was in ruins, most of the food and grass in the city had been taken away, and everything that could not be taken away was burned.
Sima Jin sighed: "Zhao Yun is really a genius. He mobilized my army to run north and south, but he comes and goes freely, turning light into darkness. Our army still doesn't know his whereabouts."
Chen Er asked puzzledly: "Our army has traveled hundreds of miles and is already exhausted. Why doesn't he take the opportunity to intercept and kill our army?"
Sima Jin said: "As you said, our soldiers are exhausted and we cannot pose a threat to him. Zhao Yun does not have many soldiers and horses in his hands. If we intercept and kill us, he will definitely be damaged and his position will be exposed. It is better not to kill him." .”
Liu Feng: "Then where will he go now?"
Sima Jin paced and thought, thinking from Zhao Yun's position, there was no way he could go to Nanjun if there were heavy troops there, unless he tried to divert the tiger away from the mountain and move Nanjun's soldiers and horses away, there was only one place, and that was Guilin.
