As soon as Ouyang Shuo came back, Zheng He urgently invited him to the war room.

"Your Majesty, something happened in Jiangling." Zheng He looked solemn and said as he handed over the secret letter.

Ouyang Shuo took the secret letter written to him by Feng Qiuhuang, opened it and frowned. He did not expect that Jiangling City had really fallen, and it fell so thoroughly.

...

Things have to start a week ago.

Just when Ouyang Shuo killed Guan Yu, Zhou Yu's army was already at the foot of Jiangling City. Nearly 300,000 troops surrounded Jiangling City and was blocked.

Outside Jiangling City, flags fluttered and swords and guns stood.

The next morning, the army launched a fierce attack on Jiangling, attacking from all sides without leaving any room for space. The largest war in the Battle of Chibi broke out, which determined the fate of both camps.

There was nothing unusual about the battle on the first day. After nearly 10,000 casualties, Zhou Yu's army retreated like a tide, and Jiangling City was still as strong as a pity and stood firm.

It was still the same the next day.

The incident occurred on the third day. Just as Cao Cao's army relaxed its vigilance, the city gate to the west of Jiangling suddenly opened from inside. The Yiren Legion stationed at the west gate collectively rebelled.

Zhou Yu's army, who had been prepared for a long time, poured into Jiangling City like a tide.

How smart Zhou Yu is. The battle two days ago was just a trick. On the third day, Zhou Yu concentrated his main force at Ximen, and the other three sides were just empty.

The army concentrates superior forces and has internal support, so it is naturally unstoppable.

The disaster took place.

Cao Ren, the general of Cao's army who was responsible for guarding the West Gate, was killed on the spot. Cao Cao's army, caught off guard, was beaten to a disgrace and suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, Cao Cao was decisive, and Fengqiuhuang and others remained vigilant. At the last moment, he led the remaining troops to evacuate from the North Gate and headed north.

Cao Cao's destination was Yiling.

Unexpectedly, the army was hit hard again on its way north.

It turned out that Zhou Yu had already set up an ambush halfway after he decided to escape to Yiling. After a fierce battle, Cao's army naturally suffered losses and was in a mess.

After stumbled all the way and paid a heavy price, the remaining troops finally fled to Yiling. Before the war started, more than 300,000 Cao's army finally fled to Yiling, but in the end, only 150,000 or 60,000 escaped to Yiling, and was beheaded.

Di Chen and others naturally made a profit, and their contributions to the battle were directly at Ouyang Shuo, ranking second.

Of course, Zhou Yu's army was not unscathed.

Whether it was the City Guard Army led by Elai, the Fengqiuhuang, Baihua and other troops, they were all elite troops in their respective territories. With the swearing counterattack, Zhou Yu's army was also killed in 50,000 to 60,000.

At this time, Zhou Yu was probably already leading a large army to besiege Yiling and was preparing to annihilate Cao's army in one fell swoop.

If Yiling falls, the battle will end immediately, and the undefeated golden body that Ouyang Shuo has always maintained will be broken. In that case, the disastrous defeat of Xiongba and others will be nothing.

Of course, this is not easy.

Zhou Yu's army was able to break through Jiangling, all it was up to the traitor to rebel.

The one who opened the city gate privately was Caiyun Zhinan, Qin Feng, Ruan Ping and others' army. I didn't know what strategy Caiyun Zhinan used to gain Cao Ren's trust and let their army sit in the west gate alone.

This is how the hidden dangers of war are laid.

After learning about the arrangement of the defense zone, Feng Qiuhuang and others raised objections to Cao Cao, expressing their hope that Caiyun Zhinan and others' troops could be disbanded and that they should not be arranged in the same defense zone.

Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo had already told him to be alert to Caiyun Zhinan and others. Their current actions were too unusual. With Feng Qiuhuang and others' shrewdness, how could they not be alert?

However, Feng Qiuhuang and others were so slight and could not speak in front of Cao Cao. The most important thing was that they had no evidence to prove that Caiyun Zhinan and others would cause trouble.

In addition, the person who protects Caiyunzhinan was Cao Ren, a confidant general who was deeply trusted by Cao Cao.

With Cao Ren's support, the matter was finally left unresolved. Although Feng Qiuhuang and others were anxious, they had no choice but to be on guard in secret.

In this way, the disaster that followed was caused.

Cao Ren, the initiator, also learned the lesson he deserved and died in a fierce battle.

As soon as the Battle of Jiangling ended, Caiyun Zhinan and others were tactful and knew that they had no effect on the battle map. Because according to the battle rules, even if they gained Zhou Yu's trust, they could not attack Cao's army in the same camp.

Opening the city gate privately has become a loophole in the system.

In addition, they were also worried about Cao Cao's revenge. Therefore, Caiyun Zhinan and others simply opened the city gate, completed their mission, and directly committed suicide and withdrew from the battle map.

To put it bluntly, the actions of Caiyun Zhinan and others are typical of harming others and not benefiting themselves. They are trying to gain nothing in the battle and want to cheat [Shan Hai Alliance] once.

After this battle, Gaia is afraid that it will update the system patches for such behavior. After all, if everyone plays like this, the uncertainty of the battle map will be too great, which is contrary to Gaia's original intention.

Before the patch was updated, [Shan Hai Alliance] became a victim and was cheated.

The Yi Ren Legion of Cao Cao's camp was mainly composed of the army of the lords of the [Shan Hai Alliance]. In this battle, the city guard army suffered heavy losses.

The City Guard Corps even killed two division commanders at once, which shows how tragic the battle was at that time.

As the Battle of Jiangling came to an end, the battle direction suddenly became confusing.

After capturing Jiangling, it does not mean that the Sun and Liu coalition forces will definitely win. One is that there are more than 100,000 troops who defend Yiling, and the city is also sufficient for food, grass and supplies.

Because Yiling is the food and grass transfer station for Cao Cao's army. The food and grass transported from the north and from Jingzhou County to Jiangling City must pass through Yiling.

Although Yiling's grain and grass reserves are not as good as Jiangling, it is still fine to support the army for ten days and half a month.

On the contrary, Zhou Yu's army, as the winner, had some food and grass. Not only did the food and grass transported to the camp by Wulin were robbed by Zhao Sihu's city guard division. Even when the army hoarded the food and grass in Jiangling, Cao Cao ordered it to burn it all.

Things are so embarrassing, as the winner, they are facing hungry.

In desperation, Zhou Yu had to arrange a large army to go to various places and villages to collect food and supplies. The hungry army faced the people who were powerless to tie up, and thought that they would know what would happen.

From Jiangling to the hundreds of villages in Yiling, they were groaning under the iron hooves of the army.

Anyway, Jingzhou was ruled by Liu Biao, neither Cao Cao nor Zhou Yu now had any pity. It is the most urgent thing to be the generals and feed the soldiers under their command.

Otherwise, who will fight for them?

In the chaotic times, who would really pity ordinary people?

However, Liu Bei, who had not been very successful before, took great care of the people. It was such an unusual move that made Liu Bei famous.

The poor people of Jingzhou were collected by Liu Biao during the autumn harvest. Cao Cao came and plundered another one, and even handed out the food.

Now Zhou Yu's army is coming again, plundering all the relief grains from the people's homes.

This winter is destined to be colder than in previous years. Those who await them are either frozen to death or starved to death.

Those who don’t want to starve to death can only go up the mountain to dig grass roots and chew tree bark.

In the cold winter, even grassroots and barks have become a luxury. The army is passing by, leaving groups of refugees fleeing famine. Along the way, I don’t know how many human tragedies will be staged.

Selling children and women, choosing people to eat are not rumors, but real facts.

...

It is not easy for Zhou Yu's army to easily capture Yiling with poor food and supplies. In addition, for the Sun and Liu camp, the Shanhaicheng fleet entrenched in Chibi is always a hidden danger.

The Sun-Liu coalition forces fled with Liu Bei in a panic, leaving only Jiangdong. The Jiangdong Navy was almost wiped out under the repeated attacks of the Shanhaicheng Fleet.

Without this hidden danger, it will be difficult to win this battle.

It was Chengye Shanhai City Fleet, and the defeat was Shanhai City Fleet. If Ouyang Shuo was in Jiangling City and Caiyun Zhinan wanted to make such an action, it would be almost impossible.

I can only say that Ouyang Shuo planted a thunder in Jiangling for his own selfishness. Now, it is time for the Shanhaicheng Fleet to pay off its debts.

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Dragon Head, War Room.

"Tell me, how should we do it?"

After clarifying the battle situation in Jiangling, Ouyang Shuo threw the problem to Zheng He and Jia Xu.

Of course, it is mainly Jia Xu.

Zheng He was just the governor of the navy. In this strategy that influenced the overall situation of the war, he also needed to use the advice of Jia Xu, the top strategist.

Anyway, Jia Xu is also a "local person".

Ouyang Shuo decided to bring Jia Xu with him at that time, which was really correct.

"Sir, please!"

Zheng He was also readily and kicked the ball directly to Jia Xu.

When Jia Xu saw this, he smiled bitterly in his heart. He still had no choice but to ponder for a while and said slowly: "The siege of Yiling is unlikely to be lifted by the ocean fleet alone. For the current plan, there is only a different way."

As soon as he came up, Jia Xu rejected the decision to rush to Yiling to help.

In this regard, Ouyang Shuo does not mean that the strength of the Shanhai City Navy is water battles, and there is no place to use its skills in the battle to defend the city.

If you really want to help Yiling, you will use your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths.

During this period of time, Ouyang Shuo also roughly understood Jia Xu's style of using tricks. This person's use tricks seems to be wild and wild, like an antelope hanging on his horns, but in fact there are traces to follow.

One of Jia Xu's most distinctive characteristics is that he is very good at bringing out his strengths to the extreme. Whether it is the beheading operation or the burning of Liu Bei's army, it is a reflection of this idea.

As for excellent overall view, broad strategic vision, vicious vision and insightful perception of the enemy, they are all essential skills for top strategists.

This is true for both Jia Xu and the dead Guo Jia.

In addition, another characteristic of Jia Xu is rationality, extraordinary reason. His starting point is to win victory, and the process and cost of victory are not within his consideration.
Chapter completed!