The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 299 Capture the Lujiang River
In the 14th year of Jian'an, Jingzhou Mu and Zhennan General Zhang Wu suddenly attacked Wuguan when Ma Chao was in trouble in Liangzhou, threatening Chang'an.Chang'an guard Xia Houyuan did not dare to send troops to attack Ma Chao again, so he personally led troops to Shangluo to resist Zhang Wu, and at the same time, he made people urgently report to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao led an army of 20 to support Guanzhong, but the main force of the Jingzhou army suddenly launched an attack on Jiangdong. With Gan Ning as the governor of Wu, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang were the military counselors, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ding Feng, Wenpin, Liu Pan Wait for the general to attack with the army.

Cheng Pu, the governor of Jiangdong, and Lu Su, the deputy governor, led their troops to fight. The naval forces of both sides fought on the water near Lujiang County, and the infantry of Jingzhou Army took the opportunity to besiege Wancheng, the prefecture of Lujiang.

After five days of fierce fighting, the Jiangdong navy suffered heavy casualties and finally couldn't hold back.

Lu Su said to Cheng Pu: "Jingzhou's naval forces are powerful, and it is difficult to deal with the chained ships. Cao Cao's army is restrained in Guanzhong and cannot come to support. For the current plan, it is difficult to defend the Lujiang River. It is better to retreat to Moling. , Relying on Moling City to resist the Jingzhou army."

Although Cheng Pu was unwilling to give up Lujiang, but the matter had come to this point, and the Jiangdong navy would be wiped out if the fight continued, so he had to follow Lu Su's suggestion and retreat to Moling for defense.

But there are still [-] soldiers and Lu Fan and Zhu Heng in Wancheng, so they can't be thrown away.So Cheng Pu sent Lu Meng to take a fleet to meet Lu Fan and Zhu Heng who were defending Wancheng and retreat. After Wancheng retreated, he led the army to retreat.

Lujiang was too far away from Sun Quan's hometown of Wu County, so it was not convenient for rescue.If Chaisang and Yuzhang County are still in Jiangdong's hands, Cheng Pu still has the confidence to rely on Chaisang City to persist for about a year, and maybe he can wait for Cao Cao's support.But now the Jiangdong water army is not the opponent of the Jingzhou water army, and Wancheng is north of the river, so it is difficult to echo the water army.

Gan Ning also knew that this battle was a very crucial one, related to the overall situation of the entire plan to destroy Wu.

Lu Su designed several times to draw out the iron chain ships of the Jingzhou navy to besiege them, but they failed. The Jingzhou navy has always maintained its formation. Small warships fought around the chains.

These new warships are fast and flexible in steering. Often the warships close to the Jiangdong Navy will turn their heads and run after firing a salvo of bows and crossbows.

Lv Meng led his army to walk across the Wanshui River to the outside of Wancheng. After getting in touch with Lu Fan who was defending the city, he helped Lu Fan break out of the encirclement.In the process of breaking through the siege, they were intercepted and killed by the troops led by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. Only [-] of the [-] soldiers escaped, and the rest were either killed or surrendered.

Seeing that Lü Meng had followed Lü Fan and Zhu Heng out of the encirclement, Cheng Pu ordered the entire army to retreat.

Guan Yu then led his army to occupy Wancheng, the prefecture of Lujiang County, and ordered Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to lead troops to pacify the rest of the prefectures and counties.

Seeing that Lujiang County was basically pacified, Pang Tong came to the navy to meet Gan Ning. While sending battle reports to Zhuge Liang of Chaisang, Pang Tong persuaded Gan Ning to lead his army to pursue the Jiangdong navy and not give them a chance to recuperate.

The Jingzhou Navy fought fiercely with the Jiangdong Navy for five days. Although there were many injuries and the soldiers were exhausted, the Jingzhou Army had a complete logistics system, and the soldiers could rest on the iron chain boats on the way of pursuit.

Therefore, Gan Ning ordered Feng Xi to lead [-] sailors and the wounded and sick to stay in Lujiang temporarily, and he led [-] sailors, Wenpin and Ding Feng to pursue the Jiangdong navy.

The Jiangdong navy originally had 6 people. Later, about 2 reinforcements came from Wuhu, Moling and other places. After several days of fierce fighting, more than [-] people were killed and injured. Now there are still about [-] people. This is the only remaining navy in Jiangdong. up.

Due to the pursuit of the Jingzhou navy behind them, the [-] navy retreated all the way, not daring to stop and refresh along the way, and retreated all the way to Moling, where they had a chance to rest.

Gan Ning saw that the Jiangdong navy had merged with the defenders in Moling City, relying on the city to defend. There was no chance for a while, so he withdrew back, captured Wuhu, and waited for the arrival of infantry in Wuhu.

After receiving the information, Zhuge Liang, who stayed behind in Chaisang, immediately took Fu Xun and Kou Feng, and led an army of [-] sailors to escort food, supplies, and military supplies to Lujiang.

At this time, Chaisang serves as a transfer station connecting the front battlefield and the rear base camp, and its position is very important.In Chaisang, Zhuge Liang had to keep an eye on both the battle ahead and the situation in Xiangyang in the rear. He also had to worry about Zhang Wu's surprise attack on Wuguan and Liu Pan's surprise attack on Kuaiji County.

It can be said that Zhuge Liang's task is very heavy now, and he is responsible for coordinating the entire battle situation in Jingzhou.As far as Hanzhong and Kuaiji, as close as Xiangyang and Lujiang, Zhuge Liang needs to make countermeasures at any time according to the situation.

But this is also what Zhuge Liang expected. Isn't this what a top military strategist should do if he is planning a strategy and winning a thousand miles away?

The entire Jingzhou army of nearly 20 troops, the three battle sites and one defensive site in Fancheng all required Zhuge Liang to coordinate and coordinate, and Zhang Wu also gave him the power to change the battle plan at any time according to the specific situation.

Zhang Wu just took a fancy to Zhuge Liang's strong ability to coordinate the overall situation. He is steady and thoughtful in doing things. He wants to handle everything by himself, and he will never give up until he is the best.

Zhuge Liang also felt Zhang Wu's trust and importance to him, and he was also very satisfied with his current status and situation.At the beginning, he once regarded Zhang Wu as an opponent and enemy, and tried every means to help Liu Bei take Jingzhou from Zhang Wu, but Zhang Wu's series of actions later directly made Zhuge Liang give up.

Especially when Zhang Wu made blank paper, printed books, and uttered the "Four Sentences of Lumen", Zhuge Liang admired Zhang Wu very much.Although Zhuge Liang was still working hard to calculate at that time, he also knew that after Zhang Wu's rise, there was basically no way left for Liu Bei.

Judging from the situation at the time, Cao Cao, Zhang Wu and Sun Quan will finally compete in this world. As for Yizhou, Zhuge Liang felt that with Zhang Wu, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu staring at him, it would be difficult for others to take it, at least without soldiers. Liu Bei, who has no territory, really has little hope.

But Zhuge Liang never thought of betraying Liu Bei and turning to Zhang Wu. In his opinion, if it really doesn't work, the big deal is to accompany Liu Bei after a complete failure. If he is still alive, he can go back and live in seclusion.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Wu later became Liu Bei's son-in-law, and now the two families became a family. Liu Bei completely delegated power and retreated behind the scenes, and all the civil and military under his command were integrated into the Jingzhou Group, so there was no question of betrayal.

Zhang Wu also gave a satisfactory explanation to the former civil and military officials under Liu Bei. Now Liu Bei's uncle Mi Zhu is the third in command among the civil officials in Jingzhou; All the generals were named generals and led troops to fight.

Zhuge Liang was directly appointed as a military adviser, with the same status as Pang Tong and Xu Shu, and now he is in charge of the entire Jingzhou war situation.

Moreover, Zhang Wu also commented on Zhuge Liang on a formal occasion, saying that he was comparable to Zhang Liang, the famous prime minister of the Han Dynasty.This evaluation is higher than Zhuge Liang's usual self-comparison with Guan Zhong and Le Yi. Zhang Liang is the founding hero of the Han Dynasty and assisted the great ancestor Liu Bang to establish the Han Dynasty.

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