The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 27 Jiangdong's Response

When Zhang Wu and Gan Ning returned to Shaxian with the captured warships and Jiangdong soldiers, Ling Tong knew that he could no longer hold on.Morale was completely gone, and there was no reinforcements in a short period of time. Even if Sun Quan got the news and organized reinforcements to arrive, they would never arrive within half a month, and the food and grass were only enough for half a month.

The Han Dang Department in Yuzhang County is the nearest reinforcement, and it is not easy for Xu Sheng of Chaisang to pass through the Jiangxia line of defense. The rest of the Jiangdong Army's main force is too far away.Ling Tong really regretted that he was dazzled by hatred for a while. Not only did he not get revenge, but he was defeated and besieged. In the end, Han Dang was captured and Yuzhang's army was wiped out.

If you don't fall into an ambush and don't lose the water stronghold, you can be the horns of Shaxian City and echo each other. You can wait for the reinforcements to come and attack Gan Ning back and forth. There is no other way.

For the current plan, we can only try to break through first, and report the situation to the lord as soon as possible, so that the lord can find a way to save Old General Han.

In the spring of 201 AD, Zhang Wu, the chief general of Jiangxia, suddenly launched an attack on Jiangdong.First, the main force of the water army of the Lingtong Ministry stationed in Shaxian was drawn out and defeated, and then the county town of Shaxian was surrounded.Ling Tong sent people to ask for help, and Han Dang of Yuzhang County led 1 people to rescue Shaxian. When they arrived in Ai County, the troops were divided into two groups. Han Dang was also captured alive by Zhang Wu.Then, Gan Ning, the governor of the Jiangxia Navy, fought against the 3000 Yuzhang Navy with 7000 sailors and defeated them.

Seeing that the reinforcements had been broken and there was not much food and grass in the city, Ling Tong led his troops to break through. Most of his soldiers were wiped out and captured, only more than 1000 people broke out.

When the news came out, the soldiers and civilians in Jiangxia rejoiced, and their hearts were uplifted; Jiangdong was shaken, and people were panicked; Jingzhou scholars and people talked a lot, and Liu Biao and Cai Mao became more and more afraid of Zhang Wu.

Sun Quan held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures, and even Zhou Yu, who was stationed in Lujiang, was called back.

"We must send troops to break Jiangxia City and rescue Lord Justice. Cut Zhang Wu's dog thief into pieces!" Huang Gai, who had a hot temper and had a good relationship with Han Dang, was the first to speak.

"My lord, Yigong is a veteran of Jiangdong, he has to be saved!" Cheng Pu also said.

For the current Jiangdong, the foundation is not very stable, and external expansion is not the top priority, so it doesn't matter if Shaxian and other territories that did not belong to Jiangdong are lost, because Jiangdong has no ambition to annex Jingzhou.But Han Dang was an old man who followed Sun Jian in the army, and if he didn't save him, it would chill people's hearts.

"I also want to save Yigong, but we just killed Huang Zu, will Jiang Xia kill Yigong to avenge Huang Zu?" Sun Quan asked.

At this time, Zhou Yu replied: "I don't think so. As far as I know, Zhang Wu was originally a bandit occupying Xiangyang. Later, he surrendered and Liu Biao was appointed as the deputy general of Jiangxia. However, neither Liu Biao nor Huang Zu trusted him. Zu fought with me in Jiangdong, and he never let this person go to the battlefield, nor did he give Zhang Wu military power. Therefore, Zhang Wu should have a lot of resentment towards Huang Zu, and he will definitely not avenge Huang Zu. And if Zhang Wu wants to kill Yigong At that time, he should have been killed at the foot of Shaxian City. That would damage the morale of our army even more. Why bother to take him back. I guess Zhang Wuliu Yigong must have a plan for his death. My lord, I should send someone to negotiate with this person and make sure first. Yi Gong's life is safe."

"Okay, I'll send someone to Jiangxia right away. It's just that Zhang Wu's reputation was not obvious before. I didn't expect to have such a scheming and force. I heard from the soldiers who escaped that this person defeated Yigong in one round. If this person is not eliminated, sooner or later It will be a great disaster for me in Jiangdong!"

Zhou Yu also said: "Since this person is so capable, why has he been borrowing namelessness for so many years? Maybe Liu Biao is used to being a member of a noble family and looks down on this person's background. He has never had the opportunity to lead the army. And according to what I know You know, this person is sworn brothers with Chen Sun and Gan Ning, even Chen Sun is fine, that Gan Ning is extremely capable in water warfare, he might not be inferior to our Jiangdong generals."

Sun Quan also had a deep understanding of Gan Ning's water warfare ability. When the soldiers besieged Jiangxia, it was Gan Ning who led Jiangxia's navy to circle the river with him, preventing him from concentrating on attacking Jiangxia City. He even shot him to death. Jiangdong fierce general Ling Cao.

Cheng Pu said again: "My lord, Ling Tong underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, causing casualties and throwing the city. He should be punished according to the law."

Sun Quan looked at Ling Tong, who was standing below with a face full of remorse, and said, "Ling Tong made a mistake in the battle and lost his troops and the city. However, in memory of his father who died fighting for Jiangdong, he was allowed to temporarily take over the headquarters and make meritorious deeds."

Ling Tong hurriedly came out to thank him: "Thank you, my lord, for your forgiveness. I will pay my crimes and make meritorious deeds to regain the lost land." Although he was not punished, Ling Tong knew that his father's achievements in the battle had been exhausted.

After the meeting, Sun Quan sent Kan Ze to Jiang Xia to negotiate with Zhang Wu, and at the same time ordered Zhou Yu to lead an army to attack Jiang Xia. If Jiang Xia killed Han Dang, Sun Quan could only launch a war to avenge him.

Yuzhang was next to Jiangxia, and now that Han Dang had been captured and most of his troops had been wiped out, Sun Quan had to mobilize troops and send Zhu Zhi to defend Yuzhang.

Cao Cao is currently beating Yuan Shao, the dog in Hebei, and has no time to pay attention to the south, so after Zhou Yu returned to Lujiang, he ordered Pan Zhang to guard Lujiang temporarily, and led Tai Shici, Lu Fan, and Ling Tong to go first, join Xu Sheng of Chaisang, and attack Jiangxia.

But Sun Quan didn't leave for the time being. He had to wait for Kan Ze to finish his mission and see Jiang Xiafang's response before making a decision.If Zhang Wu is unwilling to release Han Dang, Sun Quan will lead Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai and others to go out in person.

Zhang Wu left only a small number of soldiers to guard Shaxian after the battle of Shaxian, and the rest of the main force returned to Jiangxia with Gan Ning. He could predict that Jiangdong would definitely not give up, and would definitely raise troops to attack Jiangxia.But since Han Dang is in his hands, Sun Quan will not start a war directly. The most likely possibility is to use force to force him to hand over Han Dang, and then find an opportunity to attack Jiangxia for revenge.

Although Shaxian is close to Jiangxia and far from Jiangdong, it is on the east bank of the Yangtze River, and the Jiangdong Army can attack from both water and land.If you keep less people, you will definitely not be able to hold them. If you stay too many, Jiangxia will be empty again, and Jiangxia is Zhang Wu's base camp, so Zhang Wu's task for the left behind Shaxian troops is mainly to guard and deliver news.If the Jiangdong army comes to attack in a large scale, they will abandon the county and flee back to Jiangxia.

Anyway, you Jiangdong is far away from here, and the problems you face are similar to those of Jiangxia. If you keep too few people, you will not be able to defend them. It is still early to rule the north, and it is still early to go south. The Jiangxia navy is also idle, so it is training soldiers.

After the Yangtze River flows out of Bashu, it first flows southeast for a while, then turns northeast from Dongting Lake, and turns east again at Jiangxia, so Yangzhou is called both Jiangdong and Jiangnan.On the other hand, Jiangxia City is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Zhang Wu, Jiangxia County's territory to the east and south of the Yangtze River, has no intention of defending it at all, because with his strength, he can't defend it at all. As long as he defends Jiangxia City, the Jiangdong Army can't Develop with peace of mind on those sites.

(End of this chapter)