Jingzhou became popular under Zhao Yun's agitation, but it was also besieged everywhere. When he thought he could attack Guilin, he didn't know that Kuai Yue was already in Guilin and wanted Zhao Yun to besiege it.
But on Jiangxia's side, Liu Bei encountered a headache.
When Liu Bei raised 70,000 troops to attack Jiangxia, Lu Xun refused to resist and chose to abandon Jiangxia and retreat directly to Mianyang. He gave up all the land nearly a hundred miles from Jiangxia to Mianyang, which made Liu Bei afraid to enter.
There is no way Lu Xun, an incompetent person, would abandon the important port of Jiangxia without any resistance and go deep into the interior. Is this an empty city strategy? But this empty city plan is so grateful that it contains more than a dozen cities.
"Is this Lu Xun's plan to lure the enemy deeper?" Chen Deng was a little unsure.
Liu Bei said: "From Hukou to Jiangxia, all the Jingjun cities were falling in the wind. Their morale was high and they were marching forward. I think Lu Xun wanted to avoid the sharp edge of our army, so he retreated inward."
Chen Deng nodded: "Your Majesty is absolutely right, but retreating a hundred miles back is a bit exaggerated. I suggest that we send General Huang Zhong to lead 3,000 troops as the vanguard to rush into it to see if it is Lu Xun's plan!"
Liu Bei nodded and ordered Huang Zhong to explore the way for the vanguard.
But the result of waiting was that Jing's army really retreated a hundred miles. There was no ambush along the way, let alone an ambush. They didn't even take away the food and grass. It looked like they were evacuating in a hurry.
Now, Liu Bei and Chen Deng were even more confused.
At this time, Zhao Yun's battle report came from Cangwu. Liu Bei was overjoyed after reading Zhao Yun's battle report: "Hahaha! Zilong is really my blessed general! He is indeed a victorious general!"
"Hmph! It's just as I expected. Liu Feng has indeed had evil intentions and has defected to Jingguo. When Zilong arrived at Cangwu, he had already been sent to Qingbi by Sima Jin. However, he was in name only, and the plan of Zhongzilong was lost. Cang Wu, now Zilong has already attacked Guilin, no wonder Lu Xun retreated, it turned out to be Zilong's fault!"
With that said, he handed the secret letter to Chen Deng and Huang Zhong to read.
After reading this, Chen Deng said happily: "God has blessed me with the great Chu! In this way, our army will rush to Mianyang. At that time, Zilong will be able to break through Guilin and go north to join our army. At that time, we will merge and go north to take Xiangyang." , Jingzhou can be obtained!"
Liu Bei was overjoyed and ordered his army to attack in an all-out manner.
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Yangzhou.
Chen Dao's navy has not yet set off, waiting for Liu Bei's army to penetrate deep into Jingzhou. Zhang in the north can cut off Liu Bei's return path, and then he can enter Yangzhou and destroy Chu.
Of course, this requires the full cooperation of the navy, navy and army.
This is a trap carefully designed by Shang Chengge for the Chu State. Zhao Yun is a variable. Fortunately, the variable here has been besieged by Kuai Yue and does not affect the overall situation. After Liu Bei went deep into Jingzhou, Ding Feng's navy was the first to take action. Before the war started, The navy was hiding in Dongting Lake and waiting for the opportunity. Lu Xun's purpose of introducing Liu Bei from Jiangxia to the Han River was to protect the navy's secrecy.
Now that Liu Bei has gone deep, it's time to set off.
Ding Feng's purpose was not to fight along the river, but to intercept the retreat of Liu Bei's army. The real battle was between Zhang Xian's army and the sinking navy.
After Ding Feng's navy was dispatched to cut off Liu Bei's retreat, Zhang Xian led his army south to attack Yangzhou. At the same time, Wei Yan and Zhang Ren led their troops to attack Yangzhou from Xuzhou south. In order to ensure the rapid crossing of the Yangtze River, Zhang Xiu mobilized The nation's artillery was concentrated on the north bank of the Yangtze River, with a total of seventy-six artillery pieces.
Zhang Xian's troops and horses have thirty cannons, and Wei Yan and Zhang Ren's troops and horses have forty-six cannons.
There was also the cooperation of the Kecheng heavy crossbow and the flower-edged armor-piercing crossbow, with full firepower. At midnight the next day when Liu Bei went deep into Jingzhou, the artillery fired in full force and roared towards the Jiangnan position. The military construction sites on the other side were blown up by artillery.
Wenpin did not expect that the Jing army's attack would be so fierce. In addition, it was a two-front battle. Even Wenpin's three heads and six arms could not withstand such a fierce attack, especially the forty-six artillery pieces on Wei Yan's side. It turned the other side into a sea of fire.
The artillery fired five rounds before it stopped until the barrel of the gun turned red.
Hundreds of warships crossed the river to fight. In order to quickly conquer the Yangzhou people, Zhang Xiu put Taishi Ci, Huang Gai, Ling Tong and other Yangzhou veterans in the battle team.
Of course, this was also the reason why Zhang Xiu detained Sun Quan in Jingjing after the capital was moved.
In order to protect the safety of the Chu State, Wenpin fought desperately and personally joined the battle to block the Jing army's attack. Wenpin's example improved the morale of the Chu army, and a fierce battle broke out on the Yangtze River.
In the rain of artillery and arrows, Wenpin carried the troops from midnight to Chenshi. It became clear to everyone that the matter was in space. Wei Yan and Zhang Ren fought hard all night but failed to break through Wenpin's defenses, so they had to withdraw their troops and prepare to fight again.
But Zhang Xian did not receive any strong resistance. It wasn't that Wenpin didn't want to stop him. In fact, he only had 30,000 troops in hand, and Jingguo sent 60,000 troops south. What could he do to resist?
When the battle was about to end, Zhang Xian's army successfully crossed the river and occupied Hulin. After a short rest, the army immediately headed east towards Jianye.
Facing the fierce attack of Jiangbei Jingjun, Liu Chan of Jianye was frightened.
Especially when I heard that Zhang Xian had crossed the Yangtze River and occupied the tiger's mouth to kill Jianye, I was so frightened that I almost collapsed, and I hurriedly asked someone to call Chen Gong to discuss countermeasures.
At this moment, Chen Gong was also very busy. He had ordered Mi Fang to lead 20,000 troops to the tiger's mouth to block the Jing army's advance. After crossing the Yangtze River, the Jing army would not have the assistance of artillery, and its strength would be reduced. As long as Mi Fang did not commit a crime, both sides would be able to defeat the enemy. Ten thousand people can at least stop Liu Bei's army from returning.
At the same time, Chen Gong asked people to recruit tribes from various noble clans, as well as Baiyue people to form a militia, preparing to fight to the death with Jing's army.
Seeing that Liu Chan was frightened and overwhelmed, Chen Gong comforted him and said, "Prince, don't be anxious. The Jing army won't be able to kill Jianye in a short time. General Wenpin blocked the Jing army in Xuzhou last night. I have sent General Mi Fang." Stop Zhang Xian’s army.”
Liu Chan was relieved when he heard this: "That's good! That's good! Thank you for your help!"
At this time, Liu Chan had already recognized Chen Gong as his godfather and called him his father-in-law.
Seeing Liu Chan unable to help him, Chen Gong sighed sadly in his heart. He felt that Liu Bei was really suffering too much. He cared about the country of Chu and Han in his heart. He worked hard all his life and finally established the foundation of Chu and Han. Unexpectedly, he still had no heirs. , I finally had a son in his later years, but I didn’t expect that he would be such a weak person who couldn’t support him.
So what if Liu Bei successfully recaptures Jingzhou at this time?
With such a prince, can the future Emperor of Chu be Zhang Xiu's opponent?
With helpless grief, Chen Gong turned around and walked down. At some point, a hazy drizzle began to fall outside. Chen Gong dragged his old body into the rain curtain and quickly disappeared.
