Shu Chen

Chapter 560
After the autumn harvest in August, the prime minister who was stationed in Hanzhong County personally supervised [-] soldiers and horses out of the three eastern counties.

Jiang Dong had expected this.

The East Three Counties, which have gone through several wars, now have no Li Shu. When Hu Zhi, the governor of Wei Jingzhou, was stationed in Shangyong, all the farmers who moved from Nanyang also returned with the replacement of Wei and Wu.

That's why, after Jiang Dong acquired the three counties of the East from the State of Wei, he only asked General Tang Zi to lead five thousand troops to garrison Shangyong City, and don't let Xianyu Dan Du more than three thousand people to serve as backup in Fangling. All belong to Zhu Ran, who stationed troops in Xiangyang.

For example, the Xunkou garrison and the west city were abandoned.

This is helpless.

The Han army went straight down the river from Huangjinxia, ​​and they were able to attack the siege of Xunkou and the besieged Xicheng almost overnight.

Considering geographical factors, these two places must be heavily armed.But there is no Li Shu here, so how could Jiangdong be defended with heavy troops?

Just transshipment of grain and fodder can drag Wu Jun down!

But Shangyong City is different.

After the Mian River (Han River) reached Xicheng, it turned into the South Qinling Road and did not flow through Shangyong City.

Therefore, if the Han army is heavily guarded at Shangyong, no surprise attack will be possible anyway; and this approach will also increase the supply of the Han army, which will be somewhat beneficial to waiting for work at leisure.

Of course, Jiang Dong didn't think that Tang Zi and Xian Yudan's [-] soldiers could contain the Han army in Hanzhong County.

The reason for such a deployment is that both Lu Xun and Sun Quan believed that if the Han army sent out of Jingzhou, it must take Yong'an as the main force, not the three eastern counties that are easy to advance and difficult to retreat.

Furthermore, the three eastern counties also border on Nanyang Wancheng controlled by Wei State and Wuguan, the southern gateway of Guanzhong.

If the Han army is strong, Wei Guo will not sit idly by.

What they don't know, however, is that their thinking is fundamentally wrong.

According to the plan between the prime minister and Zheng Pu, the purpose of attacking Wu this time was not only to avenge Jiangdong's hatred of betraying the covenant, but also to lure the main force of the Yongliang army of the Wei army to spontaneously come to seek a decisive battle.

Due to the strategy, the Han army was eager to let the Wei army get involved as soon as possible.

Then there will be concerns about Wu Wei joining forces to fight?
And this time, the prime minister changed his tactics of step by step and steady attack in the deployment of the army, but used Wei Yan's favorite soldier's speed!
Invasion like fire!
Relying on the advantages of the soldiers of the Han army who are especially good at crossing mountains and ridges, as well as having controlled the three eastern counties and knowing the geography of mountains and rivers, when the prime minister led the troops out of the Golden Gorge, he first let Hu Jidu Liu Lin and Jiang Shu be the front. Take the Qinling South Road to Xixian County, and then go south along the Dushui River Valley that runs through Wudang Mountain in Xixian County, and directly bypass Shangyong to attack Fangling.

In the past, the late emperor Liu Bei sent Liu Feng to recover the three eastern counties. After Liu Feng captured the west city, he took this route to march in order to cut off the connection between Shangyong and Fangling.

The prime minister himself is the supervisor of the rear army, slowly advancing along the Bashan North Road.

Let Jiangdong focus all his attention on the Nanlu Basin of Wudang Mountains to provide cover for the Hu Ji Department.

Liu Lin and Jiang Shu were famous for their bravery among the juniors of the Han army. They were both specially transferred to the Chinese army when the prime minister returned from Guanzhong.

It is equivalent to practicing junior generals for the country.

And the two of them also lived up to the prime minister's attention and cultivation.

They felt that although Xi County was abandoned when Sima Yi was stationed in Jingzhou, because the Qinling South Road at the northern foot of Wudang Mountain could attack the relationship between Wei's Nanyang Wancheng and Wuguan, there must be Wei army scouts on guard along the way.

And it is difficult for them to hide their whereabouts with a force of more than [-] soldiers.

In order not to alarm the scouts of the Wei army and pass on the general situation to the Wu army, they advised Hu Ji, claiming that they would ask Hu Ji to take care of the food and supplies, so that they could order their subordinates to carry five days of rations and march with only swords and spears. , Hurry to Fangling before the Wei Jun scouts convey the military information back.

Soldiers are expensive and fast.

Each of their headquarters has [-] troops, which is enough to take down Fangling, which is not very vigilant in the rear.

Hu Ji had no objection.

Just told them to be careful.

If Fangling is unprepared, attack it. If there is no chance to break the city, wait for him to lead the rear army to rush to the siege. You must not be greedy for merit and cause the soldiers to lose in vain.

After all, Xian Yudan is also a veteran of Jiangdong's battlefield.

Such as the battle of Jingnan, the battle of Yiling and the battle of Jiangxia.

Although there is nothing outstanding in the record, but with the cautiousness cultivated in the army for a long time, he may not be heavily guarded when he is in the rear.

In this regard, Liu Lin and Jiang Shu agreed.

Even after driving the army away, the two of them had the idea of ​​success or benevolence.

Because they all look forward to military exploits.

Needless to say, Jiang Shu, the first time he followed Jiang Wei out of the country to attack the Shenlang Qiang and the Huawai Baima Qiang, he disappeared from everyone!In the star-studded Han army, he was left behind to defend almost every time he went to battle.

This time, he finally won the favor of the prime minister, and once again entrusted with the important task of being the pioneer, how could he miss the opportunity?
And Liu Lin wanted to shame his father.

Meng Da's rebellion and the loss of the East Three Counties were all caused by his late father Liu Feng!
He wanted to take back the three eastern counties in order to repay the kindness of the emperor Liu Chan for allowing his son to be named Kou again, and he was granted the title of marquis.

After spending four days driving from the Dushui River Valley to the Fangling area, the two asked the soldiers to rest and recover their strength, and then sneak attack after nightfall.

The defense of Fangling County is not strict.

It's not that Xianyu Dan was careless, but because he was getting older and less energetic, he was no longer able to patrol the city defense at night and urge the soldiers to be on strict alert.

It also made Wu Jun soldiers' defense at night very lax.

This is also understandable.

There is no trace of the Han army in Shangyong City!
They in Fangling, why didn't they recharge their batteries before the war started?
Therefore, their fate is doomed.

The three counties in the east are surrounded by mountains, with few arable land and few people.

Therefore, when the Han army or the Wei army were in control, they concentrated money, food and materials to build Shangyong City as a defensive barrier, which also made the cities of Xicheng and Fangling not difficult to attack.

Liu Lin and Jiang Shu, who came here with a determination to die, led the army and sneaked to the city after nightfall. They both personally led their nimble soldiers to go first, and took advantage of the unpreparedness to steal the city.

It is the spears tied together to make a simple long ladder dive.

After reaching the city wall, the clothes are used as cloth ropes to hang down, so that subsequent soldiers can climb up.

On the other hand, Wu Jun, who was lax in defense, didn't realize that the Han army had sneaked under the city.

It was not until a Han army climbed the city wall that they discovered the enemy's situation, but it was too late.

In the bravery of the Han army's drums and horns, and the roar of thunder, no matter whether it was guarding the city wall or the Wu army sleeping in the barracks at night, they were panicked and at a loss for the sudden attack.

By the time the awakened Xian Yudan wanted to organize his army to fight, the Han army had already taken down the city wall, opened the city gate and stormed in.

It was a war, and Fangling changed ownership overnight.

The guard Xian Yudan died among the rebellious army. The Wu army captured more than [-] people, and only [-] people were killed before the battle. The rest died of trampling on each other.

Three days later, Hu Ji's military governor rushed to accept the defense, and the prime minister also rushed to the outskirts of Shangyong City.

After hearing the news, Zhu Ran's department quickly passed on the situation to Sun Quan and Lu Xun, asking them if they would not send some troops to guard Xiangyang, so that he could use his headquarters to enter the three eastern counties.

But when Sun Quan and Lu Xun were about to dispatch their troops, the bad news came again.

Both Wu County and Zigui were conquered.

Zheng Pu, Guan Xing and others supervised about [-] troops from Yong'an!
Yes, Wu County and Zigui were not destroyed by them, but were also the result of the prime minister's sudden attack.

(End of this chapter)