The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 277 The Fall of Chaisang
Zhang Wuzheng implemented the strategy of besieging three gates and one, not only blocking the Yangtze River waterway to prevent the Jiangdong army in Chaisang City from joining the reinforcements outside, but also leaving an escape route for the defenders in the city on the water surface in the east of the city.

After all, there were still tens of thousands of people in the city. If they were pushed into a hurry, a desperate battle would still cause quite a lot of casualties to Jingzhou soldiers.Moreover, Zhang Wu's current army does not have an absolute numerical advantage. If he now has an army of 20, he will wipe out all Jiangdong soldiers in the city even if he loses 5.

Leaving a way for the enemy to survive can also disintegrate their will to fight, especially in the absence of reinforcements, Jiangdong Army soldiers are thinking about fleeing.

Zhang Wu also knew that although the main force of the Jiangdong army had been defeated, it was not the time to completely occupy Jiangdong, because the Sun family had developed in Jiangdong for decades, and they still had some background.Sun Quan is really in a hurry, this guy would rather surrender to Cao Cao than take advantage of Zhang Wu.

Therefore, Zhang Wu discussed with several of his military advisers that they should seize Chaisang first, completely control the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and ensure the safety of the newly occupied Yuzhang and Luling counties. The power of deception completely defeated Sun Quan and occupied the entire Jiangdong.

Sun Quan also knew that the situation was critical now, but he was still a little reluctant to give up Chaisang.Once Chaisang was lost, Yuzhang County and Luling County were completely lost, and the entire Poyang Lake Plain, a large grain-producing area, was lost. Jiangdong was equivalent to losing half of its territory.

Although Yangzhou has a very large area, most of the south is mountains and hills, and it is sparsely populated, undeveloped, and useless at all.After losing Yuzhang and Luling, Jiangdong is left with the Jiangdong Plain of Taihu Lake.

Since inheriting Sun Ce's foundation, Sun Quan has been ambitious to expand the territory and surpass Sun Ce's achievements.In the beginning, he had a good record on Huang Zu, but it was a pity that he became depressed when he met Zhang Wu.

Zhou Yu saw that Sun Quan was hesitant, so he persuaded him: "My lord, our army suffered heavy casualties in the battle of Chibi, and now the army has no fighting spirit. If there is no foreign aid, it may be difficult for Chaisang to hold on. It is better to save our strength for the time being. If there is a chance, we can make a comeback. If the [-] army is lost here again, it will be hard to predict what will happen in the future!"

Lu Su also agreed with Zhou Yu's opinion, and Sun Quan is also in the city now, if something unexpected happened, then Jiangdong would be over.

The other generals also agreed with Zhou Yu's proposal. Even if they want to fight now, the soldiers below don't want to fight anymore. If they fight again, they will lose, and the defeat will be even worse.

Sun Quan had no choice but to accept the reality, and asked someone to contact Cheng Pu to make an appointment for a breakout time.

In the spring of the 11th year of Jian'an, under Zhou Yu's suggestion, Sun Quan of Jiangdong raised his troops to attack Jingzhou. The two sides fought a decisive battle in Chibi.Later, Sun Quan retreated to Chaisang, thinking that Cao Cao would send troops to contain Zhang Wu, but he did not expect that Cao Cao would be restrained by Ma Chao and could not go south.

Sun Quan was very dissatisfied with Cao Cao. You said that you should either stop doing it, or do it more thoroughly and kill Ma Teng and his sons. Now Ma Chao has dragged Cao Cao down, but I have suffered a lot. , the older you get, the more useless it becomes!
When the two sides confronted each other until the beginning of summer, when the morale was low and the reinforcements could not enter the city, Sun Quan had no choice but to order a breakout, exit from the east gate of Chaisang City, and retreat to Lujiang with Cheng Pu's support.

Although Zhang Wu didn't want to force the Jiangdong Army to jump over the wall in a hurry, it was impossible for them to go so easily. When the Jiangdong Army broke through the siege, he led the army to pursue it.

After Sun Quan left Zhou Tai and Ling Tong, after losing more than 5000 people, he finally retreated.

At this point, the decisive battle between Jiangdong and Jingzhou was basically over. Jiangdong lost troops and generals, and lost the important military town of Chaisang and the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling, the main grain-producing areas. Since then, he has been on the defensive in the confrontation with Jingzhou.

After Zhang Wu captured Chaisang, he immediately ordered his soldiers to repair the city walls and arrange defensive facilities.Occupying Chaisang was a turning point in Jingzhou's development process. Since then, Jingzhou has changed from defensive to offensive in the confrontation with Jiangdong. Jingzhou's strength has greatly increased, while Jiangdong's strength has greatly decreased.

Although Jiangdong still occupies the four counties of Danyang, Wujun, Lujiang and Kuaiji, most of Lujiang County is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. It is actually a buffer zone between Jiangdong and Cao Cao, and Cao Cao still thinks that Lujiang is his territory. Lei Xu was appointed as the prefect of Lujiang.

Now there are only three counties left in Jiangdong, Danyang, Wujun, and Kuaiji. Although they are relatively wealthy places, after all, the strategic space is small, and a large grain-producing area has been lost.Blocked by Hefei to the north, stuck in Chaisang by Jingzhou to the west, and the sea to the east, Sun Quan in the east of the river is now a caged bird.

It can be said that after the Battle of Chibi, Jiangdong is already facing the crisis of extinction.In the past, relying on the invincibility of the water army, Jiangdong could resist Cao Cao in the north and attack Liu Biao in the west.Cao Cao could not cross the Yangtze River to attack Jiangdong, but Jingzhou could only defend Jiangxia to the death.In fact, in the original book, after Sun Quan killed Huang Zu, if Cao Cao went south a year later, Jingzhou might be occupied by Sun Quan.

Although Jiangdong can still gather an army of [-], the quality of the soldiers is no longer good, and the warships are basically lost.Soldiers can be recruited again, but warships cannot be built in a short period of time, and Zhang Wu will definitely not give Jiangdong a chance to recover his strength.

After Sun Quan led his army back to Lujiang, because Zhou Yu was seriously injured, he had to appoint Cheng Pu as the deputy governor, and left [-] troops to garrison Wancheng in Lujiang County to guard against the Jingzhou army.Wancheng is now Qianshan County, Anqing City. It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, where the Wan River flows into the Yangtze River. It is backed by the Dabie Mountains, and its terrain is also very important.

Wancheng is also the hometown of Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, and the sisters grew up here since they were young.

Cheng Pu divided [-] sailors under the leadership of Lu Meng and Xu Sheng, stationed in the Hulin area on the south bank of the river, and echoed with Wancheng.

Sun Quan took Zhou Yu back to Wu County to recover from his injuries, but Zhou Yu's injuries did not improve. Maybe it was because the arrow shot too deep, or because he fled all the way after being injured, and was drenched by rain, so he didn't receive timely treatment.

Sun Quan was very worried about Zhou Yu, fearing that Zhou Yu would eventually die of his injuries and die.Although Sun Quan used to be a little afraid of Zhou Yu, never letting him take charge of the army alone, and secretly sending people to monitor him, but now that Jiangdong is facing such a dangerous situation, Sun Quan still hopes that Zhou Yu will get better.

After Zhang Wu occupied Chaisang, he did not continue to attack Jiangdong. The soldiers of the Jingzhou Army also needed to be rehabilitated for a while, and the soldiers of the captured Jiangdong Army also needed to be resettled. The newly occupied Yuzhang and Luling counties also needed to appoint new officials. Sort it out.

The next step is to use Chaisang as a base to harass Jiangdong continuously after the army has been repaired, so as not to let Sun Quan have a chance to breathe.After the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling were completely digested and the expansion of the army was completed, they went down the river and first captured several important cities along the Yangtze River, and compressed Sun Quan in Wujun and Kuaiji, and then wiped them out with infantry. drop him.

(End of this chapter)