binnovel Chapter 176 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
Chapter 176 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
Chapter 176 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
Although Sun Quan was not as capable as Zhou Yu and was a little impulsive, he was not an ordinary person after all, and he was also a generation of heroes who left his name in history. Of course, he also saw that the Jiangdong navy did not have the upper hand in this battle. On the contrary, some were suppressed and beaten.Zhang Wu and Gan Ning were too fierce. None of Jiangdong was their opponent. Not only did many soldiers die by their swords, but Ling Tong, who was eager for revenge, was also cut by Gan Ning. Fortunately, he was rescued by his personal guards. return.
"Let's order the troops to withdraw, Gong Jin. I'll leave the rest to you. I'll go and have a rest." Sun Quan went into the cabin after speaking.
Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the whole army to retreat. In order to prevent the Jingzhou army from pursuing, Zhou Yu commanded all the troops to cover each other with semaphore and retreated one by one.
Seeing Jiangdong's army retreating, Zhang Wu did not pursue it. It would be pointless to fight any longer at this time. Neither side could destroy the other, and could only consume each other. Let's go back and do something meaningful.
For Jiangdong, what is meaningful?The first is to discuss the way to deal with the chained ships, otherwise the Jiangdong navy will not be able to break through Jiangxia's defense line, and there is nothing they can do about Jingzhou.Now that the Jiangxia navy has only produced a few iron chain ships, it will be difficult for the Jiangdong army to deal with it. What if they produce more than a dozen ships?What if they connect a dozen chain boats together again?That is to turn the water battle into a land battle, or go directly down the river, just rush over, even the boat and the people are overturned, what will the Jiangdong Army use to resist.
The second is how to deal with the current situation, and whether it is necessary to unite with Cao Cao again.Zhou Yu is worthy of being a top resourceful person. On the way to retreat, he had already seen the current situation clearly and thought of a plan that would be more beneficial to Jiangdong.
Cao Cao's navy has been defeated, and there are not many [-] navy left, which can no longer pose a direct threat to Xiangyang. In addition, the army has been out for a long time, the soldiers are exhausted, and the food consumption is huge. It is estimated that the retreat is not far away.In this way, the plan of the two families to carve up Jingzhou has gone bankrupt. Cao Cao still occupied Fancheng and the territory north of Hanshui, but Jiangdong got nothing and so many soldiers died.
Zhou Yu is not a person who suffers in vain. Since he can't get benefits from Jingzhou, let's make up for it from Cao Cao.
"My lord, since Jingzhou can no longer be taken, it is better to take the opportunity to attack Hefei. The main force of Cao's army is still in Nanyang, and Hefei's defense is empty. If he can take the opportunity to take Hefei, the benefits will be no less than taking Jiangxia." Zhou Yu suggested to Sun Quan, mainly now The situation is different from when Cao Cao's army first arrived.
Zhou Yu's suggestion was unanimously approved by Cheng Pu, Lu Su, Zhou Tai, Zhuge Jin and others.
First of all, it is because Hefei at this time is indeed short of troops. Now Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou appointed by Cao Cao, is guarding Hefei.After taking Hefei, the Jiangdong Army can move the line of defense from the north of the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River, and Jiangdong will be safer.You can also obtain the fertile land between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. This is a big granary, much better than Jiangxia, which is just an important geographical location.
The second is that the Jiangdong Army suddenly attacked Hefei on the way to retreat. It can be taken by surprise, and it may catch the opponent by surprise.
In the end, the hometown of Cheng Pu, Lu Su, Zhou Tai and others is not Jiangdong, they belong to the Huaisi Group, of course they want to fight back to their hometown and liberate their fathers and villagers.The Huaisi Group is the most important faction of Sun Quan, and it is the foundation of the three generations of the Sun family.
When Sun Quan heard it, what the governor said made sense. Since there is no benefit in uniting with Cao Cao, then I will secretly unite with Zhang Wu to fight Cao Cao.Regardless of whether it is to take Jiangxia or Hefei, as long as one of them succeeds, he can wash away the shame and declare to the outside world with his head held high: My Sun Quan is no worse than my brother, and I have carried forward Jiangdong's foundation!
As a result, the Jiangdong generals began to discuss the acquisition of Hefei.
After Zhang Wu saw that the Jiangdong army had withdrawn, he ordered Gan Ning to lead the Jiangxia navy back to Jiangxia to guard, Feng Xi led the Jiangling navy back to Jiangling, and brought Wenpin, Wei Yan, Ding Feng and others back to Xiangyang. Fei and Zhao Yun also returned to Xiangyang with Cao Ren.
The big crisis that Jingzhou was facing was basically dealt with, and at the same time, a lot of gains were made. Just capturing Yu Jin and Cao Ren made Zhang Wu very happy, and he kept thinking about what other treasures Boss Cao had in his hands.
It is said that Cao Cao was full of joy and thought that this time he joined forces with Sun Quan to defeat the Xiangyang navy, and then the army crossed the river smoothly and surrounded Xiangyang. The 20 troops were ready to cross the river, but such a bad news came.
The [-] navy was defeated by the Xiangyang navy. Not only were they killed and wounded, but countless soldiers were captured, and even Yu Jin was captured by the opponent!Cao Cao suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue had hit him on the head, and he swayed on the spot, almost falling over.
"Prime Minister!"
"Prime Minister!"
Everyone hurriedly helped Cao Cao, and it took Cao Cao a long time to recover, and he listened to the soldiers who had fled back talk about the process of defeat.
Damn it, it turned out that everything was Zhang Wubu's plan, the purpose was to lure his navy into battle and destroy his navy. From then on, even though he had an army of more than [-], he could only look at the river and sigh .
No matter how good Cao Cao's water army is, it has undergone long-term training, at least they can row boats, and after training on the Han River for so long, they even learned the basic tactics of warfare, and it was all over at once.Moreover, not only the soldiers suffered heavy losses, but even the warships were almost gone. The large warships were either sunk or captured by the Jingzhou army, and there were not even a few small boats left.
After this battle, Cao Jun will not be able to form a navy for at least five years, which means that Cao Cao will not be able to cross the river from Fancheng to attack Xiangyang within five years.
Of the [-] sailors, less than [-] escaped, and even the commander, General Jin, was captured. Fortunately, Mao Jie escaped.Now Cao Cao's only hope is that the Jiangdong navy can destroy the Jiangxia navy, and then come to Xiangyang to help in the battle, and then kill the Xiangyang navy.
As for letting the Jiangdong water army help Cao Jun cross the river, Cao Cao didn't dare to think about it. He would not entrust the life and death of his army to Jiangdong. What if they threw their army into the river halfway? !
As the saying goes, blessings come without pairs, but misfortunes never come singly.Cao Cao immediately ushered in the second bad news. Li Dian, who escaped back, told him that Cao Ren was captured by Zhang Wu again!
Cao Cao was about to investigate Li Dian for running away alone but lost his general. He heard Li Dian say that Zhang Wu went to Jiangxia City in person and took five generals Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wen Pin and Wei Yan out of the city to fight back. Immediately forgave Li Dian, it would be good if he escaped, it was better than both of them being arrested.
Let alone Cao Ren and Li Dian, this lineup is useless even with Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang. That Zhang Wu alone can defeat at least three, and that Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun are all enemies. !
I haven't put it on the shelves until now, so I save some manuscripts and wait.
(End of this chapter)