Liu Zhang felt that Jiangdong, which had just been pacified, was invulnerable. In fact, Jia Xu thought so too.
Only then did he let the facts confirm his conjecture.
No matter Liu Zhang, who is familiar with the trend of history, or Jia Xu, who is good at seeing everything, no one expected the current situation in Jiangdong.
Who would believe that the Jiangdong forces that had just made concerted efforts to put down the rebellion would have such huge internal factional conflicts?
In fact, Zhuge Liang, who arranged everything, did not expect that the factional struggle would evolve so fiercely.
It was Zhuge Liang's plan to transfer Zhou Yu from Chaisang, and it was also Zhuge Liang's plan to have Zhou Yu transfer the garrison of Yuzhang County.
But Zhuge Liang's bait was the entire Jiangxia County. He was gambling that Sun Quan could not resist the temptation to expand territory and avenge his father's murder.
If Zhuge Liang knew that the Huaisi faction and the Jiangdong faction within the Sun family wanted to kill each other, his methods would be even more ruthless!
But none of this matters anymore, because Zhou Yu has defeated Huang Zu and climbed onto the wall of Xiling City!
A water battle broke out on the Yangtze River, and Jiangdong Navy finally won!
Zhou Yu relied on four times as many troops as Huang Zu and five times as many warships as Huang Zu to become the final winner.
In this confrontation, Zhou Yu once again established Jiangdong Navy's position among all naval forces in the world!
The ending is good, but the process is quite difficult.
The total size of Jiangxia's navy was only 10,000, but with the help of the water village, Zhou Yu was once helpless.
Although the warships were far inferior to Zhou Yu, they relied on the flexibility of the boats to frequently succeed in sneak attacks, causing Zhou Yu a lot of trouble.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu, who had the upper hand, came out on top in the end. After Huang Zu suffered several defeats, he immediately chose to abandon the water stronghold.
Xiling City is not only the seat of Jiangxia County, but also the foundation of the Huang family. There are more than ten thousand elite soldiers here.
After Huang Zu led the navy back to Xiling, he immediately gathered the elite and finally gathered 20,000 people to fight to the end.
However, a piece of news came that made Huang Zu feel despair.
Cai Mao's 50,000-strong army surrendered on the verge of death, and Cai Mao himself was captured alive by Zhang Fei.
Liu Bei's army has already captured Xiangyang, and Liu Biao, the governor of the state, has fallen into Liu Bei's hands!
The four major families in Jingzhou, Cai, Kuai, Pang, and Huang, underwent great changes.
With Cai Mao's arrest, the Cai family's decline has been heralded, and the clan members have already dispersed.
Under the leadership of Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, the Kuai family abandoned Xiangyang and forcibly crossed the Han River to seek refuge in Xinye.
Pang Degong of the Pang family was aloof from world affairs, but Pang Shanmin seemed to have defected to Liu Beijun.
Not to mention the Huang family, as Zhuge Liang's father-in-law, Huang Chengyan has been helping Liu Bei overtly and covertly.
Huang Zu and Huang Chengyan belong to the same clan. It stands to reason that with Huang Chengyan's surrender, Huang Zu should also successfully join Liu Bei's command.
However, Huang Chengyan cannot represent Huang Zu, especially the Huang family army in Huang Zu's hands, which only recognizes Huang Zu and not Huang Chengyan.
If Huang Zu insists on not surrendering, Huang Chengyan will not be able to do anything!
This is the fact. Huang Zu did not intend to submit to Liu Bei, because in his heart, he looked down on Liu Bei at all.
What is Liu Bei?
He is just a refugee who weaves mats and sells shoes, pretending to be a member of the Han clan all day long!
Even the emperor did not recognize Liu Bei's identity as a Han clan clan member, yet Liu Bei shamelessly had a relationship with the emperor!
It's so shameless!
Apart from being opportunistic and seizing other people's property, he has no other abilities at all.
Huang Zu would rather surrender to Zhou Yu than Liu Bei!
But now it is no longer a question of whether to surrender to Liu Bei or not, but how Huang Zu solves the crisis in Xiling.
Outside the city, Zhou Yu's 40,000-strong army could only encircle but not attack. Moreover, they surrounded three men but only one was missing. It was clear that they wanted Huang Zu to retreat in the face of difficulties.
Huang Zu originally thought that the Xiangyang Prefecture Mufu would not sit idly by and wanted to rely on Xiling Jiancheng to resist desperately.
But now Cai Mao's army has been wiped out, and the state pastoral government has been overthrown by Liu Bei's army. There is no hope at all.
Huang Zu has made it clear that he will not surrender to Liu Bei, so why should Liu Bei save you?
Huang Zu originally wanted to surrender to Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu was surrounded by three men and one was missing, and he obviously had no intention of surrendering.
When Huang Zu had no way to advance or retreat and fell into confusion, Kuai Liang, who had fled to Xinye, sent people to look for Huang Zu, hoping that he would lead his army to break through and go to Xinye.
Among the four major families in Jingzhou, the Kuai family is obsessed with politics and has the weakest military strength.
If he did not have strong military power, Liu Bei's army could cross the Han River and rush to new lands at any time.
Even if the Kuai family could escape with their lives again, where could they escape?
The Kuai family is the only one in Jingzhou. Who else in Jingzhou would recognize the Kuai family?
Kuai Liang's eyes instantly focused on Huang Zu, who was besieged by Zhou Yu and was at a loss.
For Huang Zu, going to Xinye was not the best choice.
Whether it is Huang Zu or the Huang family, their roots are in Jiangxia County.
Abandoning Jiangxia is like an eagle with broken wings.
But where can we go if we don’t go to Xinye?
After much thought, Huang Zu decided to lead his tribe and army there.
Huang Zu led his army and all his family members to abandon the city and fled. He did not encounter any obstruction on the way, but was only stopped symbolically.
Huang Zu's smooth escape to Xinye also heralded the complete change of ownership of Jiangxia County.
In this way, Zhou Yu occupied Xiling City without any bloodshed, and immediately sent a large army to collect various counties in Jiangxia.
On the wall of Xiling City, looking at the battlefield with no signs of fighting, Zhou Yu was in a good mood.
This achievement was enough to frighten the Jiangdong family for a long time, occupying Jiangxia, and the Huaisi faction also gained confidence in Jiangdong!
"Grand Governor, why did you let Huang Zu go so easily?"
"If we set up ambush at every level, it is not impossible to completely annihilate Huang Zu!"
Lu Meng was very puzzled by Zhou Yu's order to pursue but not attack.
Obviously, they can expand the results of the battle and put all Huang Zu's heads on Sun Quan's table.
Zhou Yu smiled and couldn't help but sigh that Lu Meng was too young after all.
“Ziming, don’t just take things by their appearance!”
"We want to take Jiangxia as our foundation, so naturally we have to be kind to the people of Jiangxia."
"The Huang family has been in Jiangxia for so many years and is deeply respected and loved by hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangxia."
"If I kill Huang Zu today, the people of Jiangxia will call me Zhou Yu a butcher. How will we gain a foothold in Jiangxia in the future?"
Lu Meng nodded with some understanding, but then he was still a little unwilling.
"Grand Governor, if you kill Huang Zu and give his head to the lord, maybe the lord will rely on our Huaisi faction again!"
Zhou Yu shook his head gently and couldn't help but lamented that Lu Meng was too naive.
"Ziming, as long as the lord's foundation does not leave Jiangdong for a day, the Jiangdong family will always be the lord's first choice."
"Unless we lay down a foundation and give my lord the urge to move the capital, we can completely suppress the Jiangdong clan!"
