The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 72 I have reinforcements from Xinye

"Could it be that Xiangyang will send reinforcements?" Xu Shu asked in surprise. The military power in Xiangyang is all in the hands of the Cai family. With Cai Mao's personality, it is estimated that Liu Biao doesn't even know the news of the Jiangdong army's invasion. rest assured?
"Who said that the reinforcements came from Xiangyang?" Zhang Wu said with an inscrutable expression.

Xu Shu was even more puzzled. Besides Xiangyang, where else would send reinforcements?Except for Jiangxia, the governors of the other eight counties in Jingzhou are all controlled by the Cai, Kuai, Xi, Huang and other families. They have no friendship with you Zhang Wu. Who dares to mobilize troops privately without Cai Mao's permission?Jiangling is impossible, nor are the four counties in Jingnan. Reinforcements from Zhangling County have already arrived, and Xu Shu really can't think of any other reinforcements.

"I don't know where the reinforcements the general mentioned come from?"

"Xinye, Liu Bei!" Zhang Wu said the answer slowly, it's time for Liu Bei to return the favor!

"what?!"

It turned out that Zhang Wu originally asked Liu Qi to write two letters asking for help, one sent to the Zhennan General's Mansion, and the other intended to be sent to Liu Bei.The letter sent to General Zhennan's Mansion was burned by Cai Mao, while the letter sent to Liu Bei was taken away by Gan Ning.Zhang Wu ordered Gan Ning to deliver it to Liu Bei five days after Jiangdong's army attacked the city. At this moment, Liu Bei's reinforcements must be on the way and will be arriving soon.

Liu Bei was proud of Zhang Wu's guidance and learned about the situation of the great talent Zhuge Liang who lived in seclusion in Jingzhou, so he sent people to inquire around, and finally found out the details of Zhuge Liang. He was planning to choose a good day to call Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to visit in person, when he suddenly received Liu Qi, the prefect of Jiangxia, sent a request for help, and learned that Jiangxia City was being besieged by Jiangdong at the moment.

"Liu Qi is brother Jingsheng's eldest son, he has always treated me as an uncle, but General Zhang Wu has saved my life, so I must save him!" Liu Bei called his subordinates and said.

Guan, Zhang, Zhao and others also expressed that they should send troops to rescue Jiang Xia immediately. These people are also loyal people and they recognize Zhang Wu very much.

Sun Qian said: "Sun Quan has an army of [-] in the east of the Yangtze River. We in Xinye now only have a few thousand troops. I'm afraid it's a drop in the bucket. It's better to report this situation to Liu Jingzhou immediately. Liu Jingzhou will send troops from Xiangyang after learning about it."

"Xiangyang is sending troops to pretend to attack Cao Cao. In the rush, we may not be able to send troops in time. Moreover, most of the military power in Xiangyang is controlled by Cai Mao. They will definitely delay and block it. Saving people is like putting out a fire. If we don't go to rescue in time, Jiangxia may not be able to support it. We must send troops to rescue immediately. Jiangxia." Liu Bei said. After many years of fighting, he also knew that it was difficult to hold on to the isolated city, but as long as reinforcements arrived, they could boost morale and hold on for a while.

At this time, the officer of the Jiangxia navy that Gan Ning arranged to deliver the intelligence said, "Tell Uncle Liu Huang, my general said that if Uncle Liu is willing to send troops to rescue, he will march to ambush in the dense forest in the north of Jiangxia City. When the yellow smoke rises in Jiangxia City, three If you go out all the way, defeat the Jiangdong army in the north, west, and east of the city, and my general will also come out from the city and take advantage of the chaos to attack Sun Quan's army!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed. It turned out that Zhang Wu had backup, and it was not difficult to rescue the siege this time. So he gathered his troops and personally led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and five thousand troops to rescue Jiangxia, leaving Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Chen Dao and others behind. Keep the new field.

Cai Mao of Xiangyang was also paying attention to the war. He felt that the time was almost here, so he and his brother Cai Xun mobilized the Xiangyang navy to march towards Jiangxia. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Yun of Jiangling to lead the Jiangling navy to Jiangxia.In Cai Mao's mind, if Sun Quan's army of [-] came to attack, the Jiangxia navy must have suffered heavy losses, and it should not be the opponent of the Xiangyang navy and the Jiangling navy.

When the Xiangyang navy marched to the boundary of Mianyang, it was stopped by Gan Ning leading the main force of the Jiangxia navy. Looking at the "Gan" flag and the huge Jiangxia navy fleet, Cai Mao couldn't believe his eyes.

Not only was Jiangxia's navy unharmed, they left Jiangxia and came here. Even Zhang Wu's number one general, Gan Ning, was here. Did he abandon Jiangxia City?Looking at the battle formation on the opposite side, Cai Mao knew that Gan Ning was here to intercept him deliberately, and he had no confidence in defeating Gan Ning.

"Quickly inquire about the situation in Jiangxia City!" After Cai Mao led the Xiangyang navy to stop, he immediately arranged for people to inquire about the news. If Zhang Wu really abandoned the city and fled, he would first ruin Zhang Wu's reputation and then punish him. crime.

The same situation also appeared in front of the Jiangling navy. Although there were not many sailors on the opposite side, and he didn't know who the naval general surnamed "Ding" was, Zhang Yun still recognized the Jiangxia navy on the opposite side. There are 5000 people, but the formation is rigorous, and the 1-odd navy may not be able to beat it.

So Zhang Yun didn't dare to act rashly. While sending people to inquire about the news of Jiangxia City, he also sent people to report to Cai Mao and asked Cai Mao what to do.

Inside Jiangxia City, Xu Shu asked, "I wonder when the reinforcements from Xinye will arrive? How can I contact you?"

"It is estimated that it will only be two days. When a lantern rises in the dense forest in the north of the city, it will be a signal for the arrival of reinforcements. At that time, I will personally lead the army out of the city to fight back. Brothers, the reinforcements will arrive soon. Hold on for another two days until they are beaten back." Jiangdong dog thief, everyone has a reward!"

As soon as the defenders heard that reinforcements were coming, their morale rose again, but Xu Shu still had doubts, was there a lantern going up?What lantern can fly?
After another two days of the so-called "competition garbage time", it was almost dark, and the Jiangdong Army withdrew back to rest.Sun Quan planned to consume the morale of the city defenders again, and then pressed the main force to launch a wave of strong attacks, breaking the city in one go.

But Zhou Yu felt a little uneasy, because he felt that Zhang Wu, who had been appearing on the city wall all the time, was too calm, and he didn't look like he was trapped in an isolated city at all. Does he have anything to rely on?Will reinforcements come?
No, I should persuade the lord to withdraw his troops tomorrow. In this battle, the Jiangdong army gave up their greatest advantage of being invincible in the water, but went ashore to fight on foot, which is still the most difficult siege battle. It is really unwise, and I did not expect Zhang Wu to be like this Difficult to deal with, guarding this Jiangxia city like an iron bucket.There were two things that Zhou Yu did not expect. One was that Jiangxia's navy avoided fighting, and the other was that there was such an amazingly powerful catapult in Jiangxia City.

The last battle Zhou Yu wanted to fight was a siege. When he and Sun Ce besieged Lujiang County, which was guarded by Lu Kang, it took two years. Although Lujiang City was finally captured, Sun Ce almost wiped out the Lu family, but Sun Ce Yuan Shu also tricked him into not letting him serve as the governor of Lujiang.

Before the city broke down, the Lu family selected a man to sneak out of the city and place him in his hometown of Wu County. This man was Lu Xun. The Lu family and the Sun family had a deep blood feud.But Lu Xun later worked for Sun Quan and married Sun Ce's eldest daughter because he wanted to be an official!

The children of the aristocratic family also have a lot of helplessness. They must also put the interests of the family first. For the development and growth of the family, not only the freedom of marriage must be sacrificed, but sometimes even their own lives must be sacrificed, because no matter how strong your family is, if two generations If no one is an official in the country, they will not fall down.

Sun Quan has established a firm foothold in Jiangdong, and the Sun family is deeply rooted in Jiangdong. Your family is on this land. Either you can resist until the end and be completely destroyed, or you can surrender and work for him to maintain the continuation of your family.

(End of this chapter)