Chapter 92
On May 11, Liu Biao's envoy Yi Ji went to Danyang again and informed me of the news that the Jingzhou army had attacked Sun Quan, and begged me to send troops immediately to support the attack of the Jingzhou army.
Moling, County Governor's Office Conference Hall
"...Mr. Jibo, don't worry, I will prepare for the dispatch of troops as soon as possible.
At most, within three or five days, I will be able to attack and support the Jingzhou army to eliminate Sun Ni!" I replied with a smile, "Mr. Ji Bo is tired from afar, so I can rest for a while. I will hold a banquet in the mansion to welcome you!"
"Ji, on behalf of Liu Jingzhou, thanked General Zhang..." Yi Ji bowed and bowed to me and said gratefully, "In this way, Ji will take his leave first!"
"With my relationship with each other, why do you have to thank me?" I waved my hand and said to the personal soldiers outside the hall, "Come here, take Mr. Bo to the inn to rest on my behalf!"
After Yiji bowed to me again, he left with his personal soldiers.
Looking at Yi Ji's back as he left, Pang Tong smiled and said to me: "General, how much do you think what Yi Ji said just now is true?"
"About 60%, it should not exceed 100,000!" I replied with a smile. Yi Ji had just informed me of the military force of the Jingzhou army's dispatch - 150,000. This is what Pang Tong asked about.
In fact, three days before Yiji arrived in Moling, Gan Ning had already transmitted the news of the attack of the Jingzhou army back to Moling.
"Yeah!" Pang Tong nodded and laughed, "What the general said is similar to what Tong guesses.
Although Jingzhou has a vast territory and a large population, it lost many soldiers when it was defeated in Jiangdong before the New Year, and the other hand, it also needed to leave a considerable number of troops to prevent Cao Cao. In addition, Ma Chao, and Liu Zhang, Yizhou, did not allow Liu Jingzhou to be careless. This is how it is calculated.
Jingzhou should be limited in its ability to mobilize troops..."
Jian Yong said, "However, even if it is only 100,000, Sun Quan may not be able to resist. In this case, the outcome of this battle has been decided, but it is just how long Sun Quan can last..."
"Xian and Lord are too early!" Pang Tong shook his head and laughed, "Just judging from the strength alone, the strength is clear.
But according to Tong's opinion, the victory or defeat may not be so easy to tell..." The Pang family is a famous prominent family in Jingzhou. Not only are there great scholars like Pang Degong who are famous for Jingxiang, but also a considerable number of clan members are officials under Liu Biao. It is precisely because of this that Pang Tong knows the situation within Jingzhou well.
"What are the great ideas of Shiyuan?" Jian Yong asked in confusion.
"Haha..." Pang Tong said with a smile, "It is obvious that this time, the Jingzhou army still took Jiangxia and all the way as the main attack direction. According to the information explored by General Gansu, the Jingzhou army gathered more than 50,000 troops along the way.
There were two people in the Jingzhou Army commanding the army on Jiangxia Road——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
If Liu Jingzhou only commanded the army with him, it would be not difficult to defeat Sun Quan; but now that Cai Mao is his deputy, it is a way to cause trouble. Cai Mao was obsessed with power and even used any means to do so.
Betrayal, the Cai clan was powerful but hopeless in Jingzhou, and Cai Mao was short-sighted and could ignore the long-term plan for the sake of temporary gains. He was appointed as the deputy secretary of Kuai Liang, not only could he not be able to be an assistant, but he would only control himself everywhere!"
After a pause, Pang Tong continued, "Imagine that the two commanders and deputy commanders in the army are controlling each other. How can we succeed?"
"So that's it!" Jian Yong nodded slightly and understood what Pang Tong meant.
"But no matter what, the 'appearance' still has to be done,..." I said with a smile, "Let Xingba control the river area in the Chaisang area first, and then launch an attack from Sanshan and Xindu north and south, which can be considered as an explanation to Liu Jingzhou!"
"The general's words are exactly what I want!" Pang Tong smiled knowingly.
"By the way. Shiyuan..." I suddenly remembered something. I asked Pang Tong, "How has the instigation of the clans of Yuzhang and several counties in Luling?"
"General, don't worry. Everything goes well..." Pang Tong's eyes flashed, and he said proudly, "Sun Quan is now worried about internal and external troubles, and the building is about to collapse, so naturally all clans should find a way out.
Lei, Wang, Yu, and Hu clans have all agreed. Once the time is ripe, they will join the clan to serve the emperor. And the other clans of all sizes have the same intention... As far as we know, Lei and Hu clans have begun to migrate their tribes and grains to Danyang!"
"Okay, this matter needs to be carried out in a hurry, so it's better to have Lao Shiyuan. In addition, if the war between the counties in Yuzhang begins again, it is necessary to recruit the refugees of these counties to move to Danyang as much as possible. Xianhe will have to worry more about this matter!"
"Don't worry, General, I'm responsible for your duties!" Jian Yong and Pang Tong responded in unison.
Looking at the half-dispersed map on the table, the corner of my mouth raised slightly and breathed silently!
At most a year, the Sun family in Jiangdong should be a thing of the past...
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Within the next few days, under the attention of Yiji, I spread the war machines of the orders to all places, Danyang, Wujun and Kuaiji, were fully operational.
On May 14, Gan Ning led the Jinfan Navy to attack the Jiangdong Army's Poyang Camp late at night, destroying nearly a thousand enemies, capturing and burning down more than 40 small warships.
In this battle, Gan Ning made full use of his familiarity with the Jianghuai River and personally led an elite soldier to take a small boat and sneak into Poyang Lake from an inconspicuous river. After nightfall, it suddenly raided the Poyang camp, which immediately caused chaos in the camp.
After obtaining the signal, the main force of the Jinfan Navy directly attacked Poyang Lake from the Po River and launched a fierce attack while taking advantage of the chaos. Gan Ning was not interested in fighting and decisively evacuated within an hour.
When Pan Zhang led the reinforcements to arrive, he saw that the Poyang camp was in a mess and countless corpses were everywhere, and he could only let him do nothing.
On May 16, I led my army to Taiping, and Yiji accompanied me.
On May 17, on my order, Wei Yan guarded Kuaiji County with Liao Hua. He personally led 6,000 elite troops back to Wu County. After recruiting 2,000 troops from Jinchou, he pretended to be 20,000 people. He attacked Xindu County through Fuchun and Tonglu.
On May 18, I personally led a large army of 10,000 people, and falsely claimed 30,000, and attacked Sanshan County from Taiping.
After seeing a series of "substantive" military operations in my country, Yiji returned to Jingzhou with satisfaction and reported the situation to Liu Biao.
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In mid-May, Huang Gai and Sun Yi led their troops to fight fiercely with the Jingzhou army in Huangshi and E County. Huang Gai warned his soldiers that the Jingzhou army and the Jiangdong army have been in a grudge for generations, and they have become a desperate situation.
Once the army is defeated, the people of Jiangdong will be slaughtered by the Jingzhou army. For themselves, parents, wives and children, only by fighting to the end can one gain a glimmer of hope.
With his prestige, Huang Gai finally mobilized the morale of his soldiers. With the help of the geographical advantage, Huang Gai's army launched strict defense and barely blocked the Jingzhou army in E County.
However, since most of the soldiers under Huang Gai were new recruits, the casualties were quite heavy.
At the same time, the remaining troops of the Jiangdong Navy fought fiercely with the Jingzhou Navy. Although the Jiangdong Navy now dared not face the edge of Yinggan Ningdi, they were not afraid of fighting with the Jingzhou Navy.
The deputy commander Ling Cao and his son Ling Tong defeated the remaining majesty of the Jiangdong Navy and defeated the strong three times in a row with weak attacks. What made Ling Cao feel glad and strange was that the biggest enemy Gan Ning did not rob and attack the navy from behind.
In Luling County, Liu Zhou, a wealthy clan who was rebelling against Sun, kept recruiting troops and buying horses, and his momentum became stronger. In the end, nearly 10,000 people gathered. Liu Zhou believed that the time was ripe to capture Luling County, so he led his army north to attack Xichang, the county capital.
After hearing the news, the prefect of Luling Sun Fu (son of Sun Ben) ordered the defeated thief-captain Zhu Ran to lead the army to fight. After Zhu Ran discovered the enemy's marching route, he led his army to go around the flank of Liuzhou's army and launched a raid late at night.
The unprepared rebels immediately exploded the camp and ran around in scattered. Liu Zhou fought to the death under his personal escort.
After repelling the rebels in one fell swoop, Zhu Ran led his army to pursue and fight relentlessly, took advantage of the opportunity to recover Xinxing County, and killed all the three tribes of Liu Zhou to shock the rest of the ill-hearted people.
But Zhu Ran made a fuss about other clan members who accompanied Liu Zhou's rebellion. Zhu Ran knew very well that Sun Quan's rule was already in turmoil, and killing would only lead to larger-scale centrifugation.
After learning that the three tribes were destroyed, Liu Zhou, who was fleeing abroad, was very upset. While sending his close confidants to continue contacting other relatives and friends, intending to gather troops to revenge, he spread Sun Quan's "abus" to the counties in Jiangdong.
At the same time, Liu Zhou led the remnants of the army to retreat westward and surrendered to Liu Pan's army.
After learning the whole story from Liu Zhou, Liu Pan expressed his willingness to raise troops to avenge him. Immediately, under the guidance of Liu Zhou, Liu Pan's army attacked from Shangxiang into Luling County.
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On May 17, Sun Quan's envoy Gu Yong arrived in Shouchun.
Gu Yong's journey was extremely difficult. On the first day of the first day, Gu Yong and his group were noticed. Then, the prefect of Lujiang Li Tong sent troops to stop Gu Yong from the front half of the way.
Fortunately, after Li Tong learned of Gu Yong's identity, Nian and his family were a child of the Gu clan, and he was quite polite. After asking about his purpose, Li Tong immediately sent a quick horse to inform Shouchun of the matter.
After receiving the affirmative reply, Li Tongcai sent someone to "escort" Gu Yong and his group to Shouchun.
Shouchun, conference hall
"Gu Yong, Wu County, pay homage to Uncle Liu!" Gu Yong bowed to Liu Bei in a long time and said respectfully.
Chapter completed!