Chapter 153: Drive straight into (Part 2)

The alliance letter between Wu and Shu records in detail how to divide the land of Wei equally, which is also the roadmap for Wu and Shu to march into the Central Plains.

Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou belong to Shuhan; Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Youzhou belong to the Wu Kingdom. The land of the Wei family Sizhou is bounded by Hangu Pass, and it returns to Shuhan in the west and belongs to Eastern Wu in the east. Among them, Jingzhou and Yangzhou are only part of the two states, so there is nothing to dispute between them belonging to Wu.

The capture of Xinye was considered to open the road to the north. Sizhou Luoyang and Xuchang in Yuzhou were both the targets of the Wu Kingdom, but they could not attack directly. Hangu Pass was the place where the east was Luoyang and the west was connected to Chang'an's throat. If Wu Kingdom rushed to Hangu Pass, it would be like the way for Shu people to enter the Central Plains.

Therefore, the two countries have no famous sayings, but they have a very tacit understanding. Shu Han needs Hangu Pass and Luoyang to march into Bingzhou, Jizhou and Yanzhou. Wu can first conquer the other prefectures and counties. After the destruction of Wei, the two families exchanged according to the alliance, and there are still some flexibility.

The situation in Jingzhou is very similar to that in Yangzhou. Because its boundary crosses the Yangtze River, Jingzhou is also occupied by the Wu and Wei families respectively. The Wu people claimed that the territory they occupied was Jingzhou, and the same was true for Wei. Xiangyang County occupied by Wei was captured by Wu six months ago, and the remaining only Nanyang County and Jiangxia County were the land of Jiangxia County north of Shiyang.

Therefore, the next goal of the Wu people was to recover the complete Jingzhou and then plot against other prefectures and counties. After all, when Wu came across the river, materials and soldiers needed to be transported from the south bank. If the surrounding prefectures and counties were not wiped out, and if they were greedy for speed, they would be difficult to ensure the convenience.

As soon as Xinye was broken, the Wei soldiers in the nearby county town fled without fighting. The hundreds of thousands of Wu soldiers were not able to stop them, and they continued to defend the city, waiting for death or surrender. On the contrary, those who abandoned the city went to Wancheng, the capital of Nanyang County, which was called fleeing without fighting, but actually gathered troops.

The Wei army guarding the north bank of the Yangtze River originally had more than 100,000 people, but tens of thousands were divided when Sima Zhao captured Xicheng, and tens of thousands were taken to Chang'an by Zhong Hui. The remaining troops died in Xinye, and most of the escaped people were heading towards Jiangxia, and there were probably not many people.

The defenders in Wancheng had only more than 10,000 people. After gathering the troops from each county, they recruited young and strong people in the city. They finally raised 25,000 troops.

How can such troops be put in the eyes of the Wu people?

However, over ten days, more than 20 counties in Nanyang County of Wei State and Yiyang County separated from Nanyang County were all captured by the Wu people, leaving only Wancheng, the Nanyang District, still resisting stubbornly.

This is not the solidity of Wancheng, but the people of Wu intentionally did it.

The purpose is two aspects: once Wancheng defeats the Wu army, the troops can be directly aimed at Xuchang, and can start from Xinye and Wan to attack the capital of Wei. On the other hand, Wancheng is very close to Wuguan, one of the eight passes of Luoyang, and borders two major cities of Xuchang and Luoyang, which makes the Wu people have some concerns that it is difficult to take into account both from the beginning and the end.

Delaying the time to capture Wancheng can not only attract the Wei army from Xuchang and Luoyang to rescue, but also give Shu people some time.

At this time, the Shu people were still fighting with Sima Zhaozhonghui in Chang'an, and they could not reach Luoyang for a while. The Wu army had to stay behind for more than 100,000 troops, took care of the food route, and then divided their troops to attack Xuchang, which seemed a bit insufficient. Without the support of the Shu army, facing the main force of the Wei soldiers in the Central Plains and even Hebei alone, Shi Ji and others asked themselves that they did not have this strength.

Due to this consideration, Nanxiang County, which was separated from Nanyang County, was the last barrier to Yuzhou, was not attacked by the Wu army. Once Nanxiang County was lost again, Xuchang, the capital of Yuzhou, was completely exposed to the firepower of the Wu people. Before the time came, the Wu people were unwilling to easily poke the thin paper.

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The defeated Wei soldiers had more than 3,000 infantry and cavalry along the north bank of the Yangtze River and fled towards Jiangxia. The beacon tower along the way had long been occupied by the Wu people, and even the Wu army's warships shuttled by the Yangtze River. Seeing that the Wu people did not come to intercept them, the Wei soldiers did not dare to attack the beacon tower. They finally arrived in Jiangxia with peace and stability.

Jiangxia's prefect Huan Yu was one of the few capable people after Wenpin. Not only did they say that they were honest and frugal, they were majestic and generous. Jiangxia's military and civilians praised his ability, saying that Huan Yu was the only one who was from Wenpin.

Just when Shi Ji and Liuping and others entered Xinye, the navy of Wu general Lu Kang also entered Jiangxia. The one who cooperated with the Lu Kang operation on land was Liu Luo, the general of the Eastern Wu. Liu Luo was the son of Liu Zan, the famous general of the Eastern Wu, and Liu Ping, the eldest brother of the deputy commander of the Jingzhou army, and was a famous warrior in Jiangnan.

After two troops rushed into Jiangxia County, the 20,000 infantrymen who stayed in Luo were stationed outside Shiyang City to restrain Huan Yu's Wei army. Lu Kang took advantage of the flexible landing location of the boat and ship to capture the three counties of Pingchun, Nanxin, and Yundu. He cut off the connection between two important towns in Jiangxia County, Jingling and Shiyang.

Shiyang and Jingling each have more than 10,000 Wei troops. Jiangxia is extremely far away from the Central Plains and next to the Yangtze River, so she always takes a defensive position whenever she encounters enemy attacks, and this time is no exception. Until the news of the fall of Pingchun and other counties came, Huan Yufang felt that this time the Wu army was probably not as simple as before.

Sure enough, after Lu Kang's Wu army captured the three counties, divided the troops into five parts. Three parts were stationed in three counties, one was cut off the Wei army's return route to Shiyang, and the other was led by Lu Kang personally to lead guerrillas between the three counties to prevent the Wei army from being rescued by Jingling.

The encirclement was stable, and the Wu army launched a catapult to prepare for the city. Huan Yu didn't know how powerful the catapult was, but from the surface it looked completely different from the commonly used catapult. Wu army, who was left with the angle, was adjusting the angle, and the Wei army had already opened the door and killed it!

Huan Yu personally led three thousand dead soldiers into the Wei formation, and the killing was overturned. After a rush, he saw that the Wu army was in a strong formation and the command was not at all confusion, Huan Yu had to take advantage of the Wu army's troops to fight back to the city before they surrounded him.

Although this charge did not stop the Wu army from throwing the next stone, the troops Lu Kang, who were assigned by Shiyang City, did not dare to act rashly.

The frontal Liuluo has the advantage of military strength, so you are not afraid of you going out of the city to harass the enemy when you set up a formation. The troops assigned by Lu Kang were only three or four thousand, and he led three catapults to work together with Liuluo to smash Shiyang City. The generals of Wei had the courage to leave the city, but the Wu army was afraid of his hands and feet and did not dare to take any action.

The Wei army far away in Jingling saw some tricks. Once the Wu army adopted this separatist tactic in an abnormal manner, they would definitely be confident of capturing Shiyang. If they could not remove the two big cities of Shiyang and Jingling, even if the other counties in Jiangxia County were eaten into their mouths, they would still have to vomit them out in the end.

The natural geographical location of Shiyang and Jingling determines that the Wu army will capture Jiangxia, and the only way to conquer these two strong cities!

When Wenpin guarded Jiangxia, Sun Quan brought 100,000 people to attack and returned in vain. When Huan Yu guarded Jiangxia, Zhuge Ke sent people to fight. The Wei army in Jingling was not in a hurry to send troops to Shiyang to find out, but instead sat in the city with peace of mind and observed the situation.

After a while, more than 3,000 remaining soldiers came from the direction of Nanyang County, all covered in blood and dust, and were in a mess. The general of Jingling was shocked when he saw it and hurriedly welcomed them into the city to find out what happened. When he heard the news that Xinye was defeated and Chen Qian was killed in battle, Jingling's soldiers and generals were all shocked! Using Xinye's situation to calculate Shi Yang's status, I'm afraid Shi Yang is in danger.

To rescue Shi Yang, he had to cross the road to resist the road. Jingling's troops were similar to those of the Wu army, and head-on battles would probably not take any advantage. After all, the Wu people had three county towns that could shrink and retreat. If the Wei army wanted to go to Shi Yang, they could only watch the way out of the way.

It doesn’t work by land, but what about the water?

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Xun Xu finally returned to the territory of Wei State, but at this time he didn't care about so much, so he turned over and galloped towards Shouchun. Most civil servants usually rode on horses and carriages, and they were soft chariots. When did they get so bumpy? At the moment, the situation was urgent, and the people of Wu were not particular. They detained the messenger who had communicated first, and deliberately delayed the speed along the way, which made Xun Xu, who had been well-educated, get angry more than once.

How can people not bow their heads when they are under the eaves?

The same is true for being descendants of the Xun family in Yingchuan. The aristocratic families regard you as a treasure and are just a messenger at the national level.

The news that the Eastern Wu and Western Shu joined forces again was cut off by the Wu people, and the Wei army in Jiangbei was completely hidden in the dark. Xun Xu's message hub was actually used by the Wu people. He came from Jiangdong all the way, and there was no sign of the movement of soldiers along the way. However, judging from the Wu people's intentional detour, in addition to delaying time, he probably also did not want Xun Xu to see the movement of troops.

When he arrived in Shouchun City, before the soldiers could send an order, Xun Xu held his lower abdomen with one hand and ran into the mansion desperately. How could there be a shadow of a famous scholar?

Those who stayed in Shouchun were Wang Ji, the general of Wei, and Wang Jing, who had not left after coming to support him. Seeing Xun Xun's passion and sweaty heads, they were all surprised to run into the two kings!

Wang Ji pushed open the chessboard with one hand and stood up and said, "How could you have been like this before? But the Wu people are attacking!?"

The road was bumpy and anxious, Xun Xu had already run away, and he collapsed on the ground and nodded constantly. He covered his lower abdomen with one hand and pointed to the direction of Jiangdong with the other hand. It was not an exaggeration to say that his expression was furious.

Wang Jing walked out of the hall without saying a word and ordered people to summon the generals and medical officers to come here, then turned around and returned to the hall to look at Xun Xu.

Xun Xu couldn't breathe, and he was humming with pain. The servant who followed Xun Xu was taken into the mansion at this time and told everyone about the incident.

More and more Wei generals were summoned, all of whom were heard sincerely. With the help of medical officials, Xun Xu also straightened his breath and cursed the emperor and ministers of the Eastern Wu!

Wang Jing said in a deep voice: "Hao, have you calmed down your anger, can you tell me that the people of Wu are making arrangements?"

Xun Xu replied angrily: "I didn't see it with my own eyes, but the Shu envoy and Lu Kai disappeared into the city at the same time. It must be because of Wu and Shu that had some intentions."

"We have also seen the methods of the Wu army. We have made a comeback but repeat the same mistakes. Why do we still join forces with the Shu people?" Wang Jing seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be asking everyone. One sentence aroused the deep thoughts of the civil and military officials of the Wei family present.

After a long time, Wang Ji said slowly reluctantly: "The Wu people are not stupid, and Lu Kai is even more powerful. If you don't want to Shu, you will definitely have other plans..."

Xun Xu and others had never thought of anything for a moment. Wang Jing's thoughts could keep up with Wang Ji. After this, he took a deep breath of air conditioning and said, "Can't that be!?"

Seeing Wang Jing's eyes that he didn't want to believe it, Wang Ji nodded: "If I expected nothing, the disaster in Chang'an will soon be our turn."

Xun Xu was smart and quick, but he didn't realize it for a moment. Now he remembered something and slapped his thigh and said, "It must be so! One night, the minister of Shu stopped my car at the entrance of the inn, trying to make a mistake, but was later taken away by Lu Yin. It must have been decided at that time!"

Wang Ji sighed: "Don Zeng pretended to be drunk and was indeed a great wisdom. The Shu envoy intended to attract the Wu people to intervene. The Wu people had no intention of attacking Shu, but Gong Zeng suffered this loss."

"The Wu people have mostly launched an offensive. We should not delay and take countermeasures early." Wang Jing frowned and could not think of a way to defeat the enemy.

"Hahahahahahahaha, I have been in the army for more than 30 years and have never met an opponent like Lu Jingfeng. All the generals can obey my orders, but they can tell the people of Wu to come and go!" Wang Ji's eyes were filled with cold light and smiled confidently.
Chapter completed!