The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 258 Seeing Sun Shiwan Again

Later, Zhang Wu appointed Mi Zhu as the governor of Jingzhou, which was a signal Zhang Wu sent to the former Liu Bei's group who had defected.Zhizhong is an official in a state second only to Biejia. Giving this position to Mi Zhu is not only a respect and an account to Liu Bei, but also an expression of his credit and importance to them.Because Mi Zhu is still Liu Bei's eldest uncle, according to his seniority, Zhang Wu also wants to call Mi Zhu "uncle".

Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Liu Ba, Jiang Wan and others were all appointed to be responsible for handling the political affairs of Jingzhou.Xiang Lang served as the chief secretary of the Zhennan General's Mansion, and was transferred back to Xiangyang. A General Pi, who was an old brother from the past, was sent to take charge of the oil field.

Guan Yu also served as the prefect of Xiangyang, and of course it was just a name. His main energy was still on leading troops to fight, and all affairs were handled by the officials of the prefect's mansion.

Liao Li from Wuling, Zong Yu from Nanyang, and Xi Zhen from Xiangyang were enlisted to join the army as Generals of Zhennan.

The other generals and military advisers basically remained unchanged, but everyone was rewarded with a generous sum, and everyone was happy.Whether it was the Jingzhou local faction or the foreign faction, they were all very satisfied, especially the Guan Yu group who had just defected here, and felt Zhang Wu's trust and importance, and they were completely relieved.

So far, Jingzhou has stabilized, and there is basically no chaos, and no one dares to take the opportunity to cause chaos.

Zhang Wu wanted to wait for Liu Qi's funeral and choose a good day to have a feast for the ministers, but suddenly received an urgent military message from Gan Ning.

Taking advantage of Liu Qi's new death, Jiang Dong suddenly assembled an army in Chaisang, apparently intending to attack Jingzhou on a large scale.

When Zhang Wu found out, he was furious, you are shameless, and you came to attack him during the funeral. You came to fight once when Liu Biao died, and this time again!
If I don't give you some color to see, you don't know why the flowers are so red!I was about to hit you, but you wanted to do it first. If that's the case, let's do it!

Therefore, after Zhang Wu ordered Gan Ning and Wen Pin to lead the Jiangxia navy to prepare to meet the enemy, he quickly summoned Wen Wu to discuss the matter of fighting Jiangdong.

As the chief strategist, Pang Tong took the lead and said, "My lord, when Cao Cao came to attack last year, Jiangdong didn't send troops to attack, but now they are aggressively attacking. There must be something unusual about this matter. We must treat it with caution!"

"Shi Yuan is right. Jiangdong Zhou Yu is not an idler, and Sun Quan is not an impulsive person. He will definitely not rush to send troops. Liang thinks that Jiangdong is definitely not using superficial excuses." Zhuge Liang also said.

Zhang Wu said: "Could it be that Sun Quan and Zhou Yu think that it is spring and the east wind is blowing, so they want to occupy a favorable position in the upper wind?"

At this time, Mi Heng, who has always been reluctant to say more about military issues, suddenly said: "Maybe there may be reasons for this, but the real situation of our defeat of Cao Cao last year must have been known by Jiangdong. In such a cold winter, my lord Even if they can predict the south wind, Zhou Yu would not dare to place his hope on the east wind, right?"

Zhang Wu knew that the group under his command also suspected something strange about the south wind, especially when Ni Heng knew that he asked Kong Rong to help obtain "Taiping Essentials" from Huangfu's attendant.Although these scholars don't think highly of things like spells, this world really existed after all.

However, Zhang Wu didn't want to explain. Let them guess whatever they wanted. Even if they guessed it, it didn't matter. Zhang Wu himself wouldn't admit it anyway.

Xu Shu said: "No matter what, with Zhou Yu's wisdom, there must be something to rely on to take the initiative to attack when we know that our army has iron chains and ships. But my subordinates feel that Zhou Yu must also understand that now our army has iron chains and ships. The strength of the army is constantly improving, and he is afraid that if he drags on, he will no longer be an opponent of our army, so he wants to take advantage of the current strength of the two armies to fight a decisive battle with our army. At least their chances of winning the decisive battle at this time will be higher. .”

After Zhang Wu listened to the analysis of the military advisers, he knew that Zhou Yu must have come prepared, and he might have some other plans.

As for what Zhou Yu's plans are, he will definitely know when they face off.In any case, apart from fire attack, there is no good strategy for water combat, and in the end soldiers from both sides will have to fight hand to hand.I have such a sharp weapon as an iron chain ship, occupying a favorable position in the upper reaches, and the ability to command wind and rain, and I have four top military advisers in the world, so I am not afraid of Zhou Yu's conspiracy.

Therefore, Zhang Wu ordered Ding Feng to assemble the Xiangyang water army to join Gan Ning in the warships first, and he led the rest to dispatch ten iron chain ships and then rushed there.Chen Sun, Kuai Yue, Huang Zhong, Huo Jun and others stayed behind in Xiangyang, while Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Liu Pan and others would go out with the army.

The accompanying military advisers included Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Ma Liang, Liao Li, Zong Yu and other Zhennan generals who joined the army and also went out with the army. You Heng and Xiang Lang were responsible for dispatching food and grass.

Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua and others guarded Fancheng to prevent Cao's army from taking the opportunity to invade. At the same time, Feng Xi, the commander of the Jiangling navy, was ordered to strengthen his guard.

On the Jiangdong side, Sun Quan left Cheng Pu to garrison Lujiang to guard against Cao Cao, and assembled another [-] troops, gathered in Chaisang.

Sun Quan led the army in person, accompanied by generals Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Zhu Zhi, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Ling Tong, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran and others.

After several battles, Sun Quan also realized that he was not good at military strategy, and was much worse than Zhou Yu in commanding battles. Moreover, he also knew that this battle was a battle that determined Jiangdong's life and death. If he lost, Jiangdong would be in danger. .

Therefore, Sun Quan completely delegated power to Zhou Yu this time, and ordered Zhou Yu to command the army with full power.

Of course, these [-] troops are already all the elite soldiers in Jiangdong. Except for the miscellaneous soldiers who maintain order and the few troops who suppress Shanyue, no more troops can be drawn out from the rear.Of course, so many troops cannot be handed over to others unsuspecting, so Sun Quan led the army in person.

Jiangdong's army gathered in Chaisang, and Jiangxia's Gan Ning and Wenpin also quickly mobilized their navy to deploy their defenses on the Yangtze River.Jiangxia currently has a navy of [-], which is not only the largest number of navy troops in Jingzhou, but also the most powerful.

Although the Jiangxia navy did not participate in the two battles to defeat Cao Cao, the [-] elite navy and the fierce general Gan Ning kept Jiangdong's army out, preventing Jiangdong from taking the opportunity to attack Jingzhou.

This shows the importance of an excellent general to an army. The so-called thousand troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find.When Huang Zu led the Jiangxia navy, although he blocked Jiangdong for more than ten years, he never won a direct battle with Jiangdong's army.Later, in the battle of Sun Quan's personal conquest, not only Huang Zu was killed, but even the Jiangxia navy was basically lost.

However, after Gan Ning led the Jiangxia navy, he was able to confront the Jiangdong navy head-on in just a few years without losing the wind. Now that he is equipped with an iron chain ship, he can already suppress the Jiangdong army.

Gan Ning has been guarding Jiangxia for the past two years. Although he has accomplished the task very well, he is very anxious to see Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others fighting Cao Cao happily, but he has never fought.He also knew Jiang Xia's importance to Jingzhou, so he had no choice but to hold back. Fortunately, Zhang Wu sent Wen Pin over last year, intending to let Wen Pin guard Jiang Xia instead of him in the future.

Now Jiangdong came to attack on his own initiative, but Gan Ning was overjoyed, finally a battle was fought!

(End of this chapter)