"He ran so fast! Before I came here, I heard that Hengwen was also a hero. Why is he so naive? If he stayed and fought to the death, I would admire him a little!"
Fang Jie glanced at the city in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
When Shi Dakai heard this, he shook his head slightly. He had followed Xie Xuan these days, and he had already roughly understood the thinking methods of Xie Xuan, the civil servants and generals of the Jin Dynasty.
During the Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers had long been trampled into the dust. Few people took loyalty and righteousness to heart and rebelled at every turn. Most of the civil servants and generals put their family before their country.
In their hearts, the interests and survival of the family are the most important. Huan Yi, known as the Di Sage, was no exception.
As for Huan Wen, at this time, he probably regarded himself as Liu Huangshu who led his people across the river. When Liu Bei was attacked by Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, he also did not fight to the death, but retreated all the way to retain his vitality.
For leaders like them, defending the city is the last resort. As long as there are people, there is a future. If the generals under his command die in battle and the soldiers are defeated, then there is really no future.
Shi Da understood happily, but didn't say anything. However, he and Fang Jie, with a small number of personal followers, watched the former Jiangling garrison who came out of the city to ask for surrender, and secretly took precautions.
The opponent is leaving the city to surrender, and the overall situation is about to be established, but as a general, the more he is about to win, the less he can relax his vigilance.
After receiving the news, Xie Xuan quickly brought people over and called the generals who had left the city to ask for surrender.
"At last, I pay my respects to General Xie!"
The guards of Jiangling City were also from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Xie Xuan had a very high status in the hearts of people during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In other words, Xie An and Xie Xuan of the Xie family in Chen County, even the generals under Huan Wen, Will respect them very much.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, everyone envied the aristocratic clan and wanted to be a member of the aristocratic clan. Under this trend, whether they were generals in the army or ordinary people, they were naturally inferior when facing the children of the noble clans.
If the opponent is a world-famous general and minister, then the superposition of dual identities will make ordinary people look up to him.
The reason why the Jiangling garrison dared to leave the city with a small number of soldiers and surrender was because the Xia army's commander was Xie Xuan.
If it were He Ruobi and Fu Youde... they would never surrender so easily.
Their bones, especially those of middle and low-level generals and ordinary people, are not that soft.
Xie Xuan had a gentle attitude and immediately came to help the other party up... At this time.
On the hillside of a mountain outside Jiangling City, if you climb up here and look far away, you can see the movements of Jiangling from a distance.
Fu Jian and Wang Meng had quietly left the city and settled in a village outside the city long before the news of Xia Jun came. They were always paying attention to the movements in Jiangling.
The fall of the Public Security Bureau, the water battle on the river, the defeat of Huan Wen's navy, and his abandonment of the city were all seen by them.
Fu Jian frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable as he watched Xia Jun begin to take over Jiangling.
"The important town of Jiangling fell into the hands of Xia Jun so easily. It's really... alas!" Fu Jian couldn't help but sigh.
This was the foundation place that he always valued and wanted to seize. He and Wang Meng kept planning and thinking of ways to secretly win over Lieutenant General Huan Wen and bribe spies in Jiangling.
The purpose is to find opportunities to launch a surprise attack in the city and seize the city. But now everything is in vain.
After all, Huan Wen and Xia Jun were different.
Facing Huan Wen, an old acquaintance, Fu Jian and Wang Meng both had strong psychological advantages and were confident that they could defeat him. Behind the Xia army was the huge Xia Dynasty.
It is a powerful opponent with hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians, millions of soldiers, a cloud of advisers, and a rain of fierce generals. It has a profound foundation.
When Jiangling fell into the hands of the Xia army, no matter how determined Fu Jian and Wang Meng were and how outstanding their strategies were, they could not shake the Xia army's rule in Jiangling.
The only people who could serve as Xia Jun's opponents were top dynasties like the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Wang Meng looked calm and looked at the city in the distance quietly. After a moment, he responded: "Ming Gong, the news that Jiangling was captured by the Xia army will soon spread throughout the country.
Sifang, this is also an opportunity for us! "
"Jianling changes hands, Huan Wen's Linxiang navy will soon be defeated, and his city south of Dongting will also fall into turmoil. The Xia army will fight the Han army north of Dongting, and will not set its sights on the south... ..”
"We will go to Xiangyin immediately, seize this city first, and then go south from Xiangyin to Changsha. We will take advantage of the battle in the north to recruit rebels and reorganize the army!"
The vast waters of Dongting Lake divide Jingchu into Hubei and Hunan.
What Daxia wants is the land of Hubei. Hunan has no time to pay attention to it for the time being, and this is the opportunity for Fu Jian and Wang Meng. They can continue southward from Hunan and invade Lingnan.
Lingnan plus Hunan, such a vast territory, is enough to establish a dynasty if given the chance.
However, whether they can seize this opportunity depends on the abilities of Fu Jian and Wang Meng. "Okay, let's leave now!"
Fu Jian looked moved, without the slightest hesitation, and immediately made up his mind. When he came to the world of China, he absolutely did not want to be unknown. Even if he died, he would still establish a business in this world.
........
His achievements spread far and wide.
Jiangling is the core of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
I don’t know how many spies are collecting information and gathering intelligence in the city. In addition, Jiangling is connected in all directions and water transportation is smooth, so any news can be quickly transmitted to all directions.
Just like the news that Jiangling changed hands, it started to spread violently and rapidly in all directions like an explosion.
The first person to get the news was not the Linxiang Navy, but Xiangyang in the north.
After Feng Yi came to Xiangyang, his main goal was Jiangling in the south, but Xiang Yan suddenly intervened, causing Feng Yi to have to focus on Jiangxia.
There are many spies of the Han army in Jiangling City.
When Xiangyang learned what happened in the south, he was shocked and conveyed the military information to Hanchuan as quickly as possible. Feng Yi was not in Xiangyang, so the Han army received the news immediately, but was unable to take corresponding actions immediately.
By the time the news reached Hanchuan, Wang Jun from Linxiang and He Ruobi from Jiangxia had already received the news one step ahead.
No surprises.
When the news of the fall of Jiangling reached Linxiang, not only Huan Xuan and Wang Jun were shocked, but the morale of the entire navy also dropped rapidly. Most of the navy soldiers and their families were in Jiangling. .
Now that the foundation of the rear has been taken away, and their families have fallen into the hands of the enemy, they have no confidence to fight for their lives... Their current situation is similar to that of Guan Yu being stabbed in the back in history.
They were fighting against the enemy on the front line, and their homes were stolen in the rear, and the families of the soldiers fell into the hands of the enemy. In this case, not to mention Guan Yu, even a more powerful general would have nothing to do.
Wang Jun is good at commanding the navy, but his other abilities are, to be honest, only top-notch, not top-notch.
He and Huan Xuan looked at each other, feeling extremely headaches and unable to cope with the current situation. At this moment.
He Ruobi's troops rushed out, part of the navy cut off the Yangtze River, and the other main force swam upstream and approached Chibi Mountain.
Before the battle between the Jiangxia camp and Wang Jun Huanxuan's troops, He Ruobi asked Zhang Hao, Lu Meng and others to shake the void with Gang Qi, amplify their voices, and spread the news that Jiangling had been lost and that Huan Wen and Huan Yi were dead.
"Calm down, everyone, this is just the enemy trying to shake our morale..."
Huan Xuan shouted repeatedly and barely suppressed the army. Of course Huan Wen and Huan Yi were not dead. As he said, this was just a trick used by He Ruobi to break the morale of the Linxiang Navy.
But don’t worry about bad tricks, as long as they work.
Even if Huan Xuan and Wang Jun tried to appease the military morale, they could not change the reality that military morale had declined significantly during the period.
However, if the morale of the army is unstable and there is no morale, the soldiers will not be able to exert their strength when they go into battle. This situation can turn an elite division into a mob.
boom!
After He Ruobi promoted Jiangling and undermined the enemy's morale, he immediately launched an attack. Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Zhang Hao and others personally led the assault, and the offensive was extremely rapid.
Huan
The water fortress and defense system built by Xuan and Wang Jun in Chibi Mountain seemed solid, but the morale of the army was unstable. Facing the attack of the Xia army's elite division, they almost collapsed at the first touch.
If the soldiers have no fighting spirit, even the arrival of the God of War will be of no use. "hateful!"
Huan Xuan looked at the navy and water stronghold that were about to collapse, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. He watched helplessly as the water stronghold was quickly breached by the enemy, and his own naval warships were also divided and surrounded by the enemy.
A large number of soldiers were killed or captured.
"General Huan, retreat first! The enemy's army is so powerful that our troops have no fighting spirit. This is not the right time to fight against Xia's army!"
Wang Jun persuaded with some helplessness.
Huan Xuan gritted his teeth, his eyes gleaming with cold light, but looking at the collapse of the defense line in Chibi Mountain, he could only agree with Wang Jun's opinion.
retreat! retreat! retreat!
Wang Jun and Huan Xuan worked hard to set up many checkpoints and water fortresses along the way from Baling and Linxiang to Chibi Mountain. In their plan, if the main force of the Xia army came, they could rely on these checkpoints to hinder them. If you resist step by step, you can tangle with the enemy for at least a few months.
As long as we wait until March and April, the entire world of China will undergo great changes. When the world is in turmoil, Xia Jun will most likely choose to retreat in order to stabilize the overall situation.
It's a pity that their plan was very good, but it was forcibly broken.
Without Jiangling, they are like water without a source and a tree without a root. They are lonely ghosts scattered outside. They are no match for Xia Jun at all.
First Chibi Mountain, then Shitoukou, and then Honghu Lake... Until they retreated to Linxiang City, Wang Jun and Huan Xuan barely stabilized their position.
However, this was not because they inspired the morale of the soldiers under their command. It was simply because they retreated too quickly and left a large number of warships and soldiers behind. As a result, He Ruobi had to slow down his advance as he accepted the water forts and prisoners. .
"Oh, I have never been so embarrassed in my life, what a shame!"
Wang Jun was actually a little arrogant in his heart. The reason why he served Huan Wen was mainly because Huan Wen learned from Uncle Liu Huang and visited the thatched cottage three times, showing a high degree of sincerity.
In addition, Huan Wen lived in an era not far from his, and they were both ministers of the Jin Dynasty, so they had some friendship with each other.
Otherwise, Wang Jun could choose to go north to join Liu Xiu. But now Wang Jun felt a little regretful.
Huan Wen's ability was so poor that he couldn't compare with the top dynasties like the Eastern Han Dynasty and Daxia. Facing the Xia army, he even dared to lose Jiangling City, which acted as the rear area. He was really powerful.
And according to the news Wang Jun received, Huan Wen still took the initiative to abandon the city and leave... What does this mean? It means that he has regarded Linxiang's navy as a chess piece that can be discarded.
Of course Linxiang's army can take them away, and Huan Wen definitely wants to take them away.
But he simply abandoned the city and left, instead of choosing to defend the city and give Linxiang some time to react, which speaks for itself.
"Report...the general has a messenger arriving!"
Just when regret arose in Wang Jun's heart, the envoy sent by Huan Wen arrived.
Again, if possible, Huan Wen definitely didn't want to lose Linxiang's troops, so when he decided to abandon Jiangling, he sent a messenger to contact Linxiang as quickly as possible.
However, the water surface of the river was blocked by the Xia army, so the messenger could only take the land route and galloped over on horseback.
The speed of arrival is not even as fast as the speed of news dissemination. "What did father say?"
Huan Xuan was a little anxious and immediately called the messenger.
The messenger quickly reported: "The general said that he asked the two generals to mobilize their elite troops, walk from Honghu Lake to Xia River, and go to Mianyang as quickly as possible. The general has contacted the Han army and temporarily borrowed Mianyang to garrison!"
When Huan Xuan and Wang Jun heard this, they suddenly understood.
Huan Wen is imitating Uncle Liu Huang. When Uncle Liu was defeated and fled, he also garrisoned in Xiaoling, and then formed an alliance with Soochow to deal with the powerful enemy...
Obviously, Huan Wen has now formed an alliance with the Han army.
Huan Xuan's expression changed a little, because he didn't know whether forming an alliance with the Han army would be seeking the skin of a tiger, and he would not be swallowed up by Feng Yi until the end of the alliance.
With the example of Liu Huangshu
Son, when Feng Yi formed an alliance, he would obviously be wary of Huan Wen.
"Immediately mobilize the elite and prepare warships! The warships that cannot be taken away will be scuttled immediately!" Wang Jun made a quick decision and said in a deep voice.
Huan Xuan also reacted, nodded, and quickly gave these instructions.
The morale of Linxiang's army was on the verge of collapse. For them, it was already a negative asset and they could only reluctantly give up.
There is nothing we can do about this.
After the two men issued the order, the entire Linxiang quickly became chaotic. The other generals and soldiers were not fools, so they could naturally see Wang Jun and Huan Xuan's actions.
It's just that their strength is limited and they dare not make any move under the suppression of the two ninth-level famous generals.
As long as the two of them leave, the remaining troops will definitely collapse immediately. ...
Above the river, the Five-Toothed Ship cut through the wind and waves and sailed against the river. Behind the Five-Toothed Ship, there were battleships and troop transports so densely packed that it was impossible to see the edge at a glance.
On one of the five-toothed ships, the commander-in-chief Fu Youde was reading the urgent information sent by Jiang Xia.
"He Ruobi is as powerful as a tiger, he is really fierce!"
After seeing the information that Xie Xuan's troops captured Jiangling and He Ruobi took advantage of the situation, he couldn't help but sigh.
With his eyesight, he couldn't see what He Ruobi was doing.
The opponent wanted to defeat Huan Wen's main force before he arrived with his troops, capture Linxiang and Baling, and penetrate the territory occupied by Daxia directly to Jiangling.
This is taking credit.
However, such methods were not out of the ordinary and were within the rules, so Fu Youde could only sit back and watch.
