Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 226 Ding Jiangxia

It only took four days for the city of Hubei to be transformed into a king's flag.

On the day the city fell, Huang Zu burned himself in the prefect's mansion - not because he was so strong that he wanted to die in the city, but because he understood that based on his relationship with the Sun family, the matter would only be settled if he died.

Otherwise, the life of the Huang family in Nanjun will definitely be difficult in the future...

It was Huang Zu who was not optimistic about Liu Biao's ability to defend Nanjun, so he had to die in the city today.

After the fire of the Prefect's Mansion appeared, the defenders of E City surrendered more quickly. Soon Sun Ce completely occupied Weng City and began to collect prisoners. At the same time, he entered the city, rushed directly into the fire, and brought out Huang Zu's unburned soldiers. Burnt heads!

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"Gong Jin, I'll leave it to you later. I'll be back in a month and a half." Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu with a box.

"Don't worry, you can also offer a stick of incense to my uncle for me." Zhou Yu said.

After Miangkou and Echeng were captured, there was no longer any strength from Xiling in the north, to the Yunmengze River System in the west, to Luo County on the north bank of the Miluo River in Changsha County in the south, that is, in the entire south of Jiangxia and the east gate of Jingzhou in the north of Changsha. resistance.

Nowadays, the Yunmengze water system is still very prosperous. Unlike in the future, most of it has disappeared. It is still the lake group with a circumference of thousands of miles. Chibi, an important ancient battlefield of the Three Kingdoms, is also in the Yunmengze water system. If you go directly west from Jiangxia, It can only be dominated by naval forces.

As for heading north, it will be a real tough battle to break through Xiling.

As for heading south...

The four counties in Jingnan are similar to those in the southern part of the Yangtze River. The county towns are sparse and the mountain people are densely populated. Especially Wuling County and Lingling County in the south are areas where barbarians are rampant.

Therefore, historically, from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, the ownership of Jingnan has always been very arbitrary.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Jiangxia has always been the bridgehead of Soochow, and the most elite Nanjun and Nanyang have always been under the control of the north.

As for the four counties of Jingnan... Liu Biao's decision on the four counties of Nanyang was "determined by passing on the message". After Liu Biao's death, Nanyang and Nanjun surrendered to Cao Cao. Liu Bei and Liu Qi also easily obtained the surrender of the four counties of Nannan. When the Jiangdong people came, the four counties of Nanyang were surrendered by Lu Meng. persuasion...

Especially Wuling County is in the southwest of Jingzhou, that is, next to the south of Yizhou - to be more precise, next to Nanzhong. The so-called Nanzhong Barbarians and Wuling Barbarians are just names for the Han people. In fact, the barbarians in this area are all There is no distinction between Nanzhong and Wuling in the continuous area.

Even during the negotiations between Wu and Shu, Wuling County was often ignored and only the other three counties were discussed.

Since the troops were launched in the four southern counties, it was basically because of the rebellion of the barbarians or the rebellion of the local forces in Jingnan. It was rare for two forces to fight over this area.

To a certain extent, it also shows that from Liu Biao to Sun Quan, there was no real control of the four southern counties. This situation was not really alleviated until the Yiguan was transferred to the south during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Naturally, Zhou Yu has no intention of moving south now, and the situation in Jingnan is still waiting for Chen Gong to "chasing the tiger and devouring the wolf".

As for the north... Unless the situation changes, Zhou Yu will wait for the Huaihe battlefield to win, and then attack from both sides to avoid damage caused by the attack.

During the period of Sun Ce's absence, Zhou Yu only needed to recover the three counties of Shaxian, Xiazhi, and Zhouling. It was not difficult, and even... all he needed was a letter persuading him to surrender.

Anyway, he had to wait for the battle situation on the North and South Roads. Sun Ce decided to take Huang Zu's head back to Jinling to report on his work - of course, mainly to return to Wu County to pay homage to his father, but in name only, it was to report on his work.

The only one who set out at the same time was Ling Tong, also known as Gongji, who was the first young general to rush into the city, so he was the first to get there.

Because Sun Ce would have to go to Wu County to worship, someone must stay in Jinling. Zhou Yu would be in charge of Jiangxia at this time, so Sun Ce brought Ling Tong with him who had made meritorious deeds, so he could also ask for merit for him.

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At this time, Bai Tu in Jinling had just received the news of "the appearance of the Liannu"—it was the result of the signal tower's meritorious service that he was able to send the news from Jiangxia back to Jinling in only three days.

Now Jiangxia along the river and the south are also controlled by the General's Mansion, and the signal tower will also be laid in the past, and it will definitely be faster in the future!
"Seven arrows are fired continuously... It is bulky and needs to be set up... It can only fire continuously and cannot be stopped... It has a range of seventy steps..." Bai Tu looked at the repeating crossbow described in the letter.

When the military intelligence was sent out, Sun Ce had already seized a batch of physical objects, but the time it took for the physical objects to be sent back to Jinling was much slower than the news. Now Bai Tu could only see the description in the letter.

"Lian Nu... could it be 'Zhuge Lian Nu'? Wolong has come out of the mountain?" Bai Tu was a little worried.

After all, when talking about the Liannu during the Three Kingdoms period, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely the "Zhuge Liannu".

Bai Tu doesn't know the specific principle of Zhuge Liannu, because it has not been handed down. Later generations' imitations of Zhuge Liannu are also full of strange things.

Some can shoot multiple arrows in succession after pulling the trigger once, like what Jiang Xia encountered, some can shoot one arrow each time they pull the trigger, and some need to be wound multiple times, but they don't need to be loaded every time. There are even ten arrows fired side by side at once...

The result of using only hand-made wooden and iron mechanisms to imitate is that the power is not ideal, especially since each time you pull the trigger, you can shoot an arrow, and you can load multiple arrows at a time by changing the magazine - this theory seems to be the closest The imitation of the Liannu can only shoot cardboard from 20 meters away!
20 meters, converted to the measurement standard of the Han Dynasty, is equivalent to thirteen or four steps.

Later, Ma Jun of Wei State also improved the repeating crossbow and made a repeating crossbow for individual soldiers, which could be fired hand-held. However... in the later period, both Shu and Wei gave up the repeating crossbow, which shows that this thing still has great flaws. .

It's just that in Cheng Ji's world, Bai Tu didn't dare to let down his guard. Cold weapons such as repeated crossbows were already within the research scope of the Ministry of Industry.

However, only the specially appointed master craftsmen from Jingkou City are conducting research in this area, and Pang Tong is only responsible for "inspection".

After all, with Pang Tong's ability, there are many things that only he can do, and Bai Tu is not prepared to let him distract himself from "mechanical studies" anymore.

These are not useless efforts, even after entering the age of firearms, the mechanics of firearms will be indispensable without these as the basis!

And you must know that guns became the ruler of the battlefield much later than artillery. In the 17th century, artillery had already become a battlefield element. It has more advantages than any catapults and heavy crossbows, and the performance of guns completely surpasses cold weapons. , it was already a matter of the 19th century-during the first Opium War in the late Qing Dynasty, guns and bows and arrows had not yet surpassed in performance.

Even if Baitu has a hard disk of knowledge, cold weapons cannot be eliminated for a long time.

"I hope that the samples of Jiangxia Liannu can make the progress of the Ministry of Industry faster." Bai Tu muttered to himself.

What he was worried about was "Zhuge Kongming", not "Zhuge Liannu"...

Just equipped with continuous crossbows, the Jingzhou Army's combat effectiveness is still limited, just like the battle report in front of them - Miangou has still been defeated by Sun Ce.

But if Wolong came out of the mountain, Baitu would also feel some pressure.

Although... Zhuge Liang should be only 19 years old now, but the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and the ten wise men of the martial arts temple, whether ancient or modern, are the brightest stars in the Three Kingdoms era, not to mention other things... just It is a game with the theme of the Three Kingdoms. It is based on Zhuge Liang and has been on the cover the most!

As for the other "guest" who should arrive in Jinling soon, Bai Tu didn't care that much and just asked Kong Rong about that person...

(End of this chapter)