I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 258 Sun Quan: Li Heng, what the hell!

After everyone left, Li Heng ordered Ma Yong: "Go and deal with the Wang family."

Ma Yong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, General. I promise to handle everything within one day."

"But General, I have a question, why are we going to all the trouble to discuss interests with these people?" Ma Yong felt sorry for those shares, "Why don't Lu Xun's reinforcements come, just repel them, and then grab the land from those people?" Is it okay?”

Li Heng shook his head.

How was this guy Ma Yong defeated in Longxi County?

The Han army passed by, but not only did this guy not defend the city, he also let the Wei army go out to fight.

If you do things too roughly and simply, you won't be able to survive three episodes in an environment like the Three Kingdoms!

Lu Xun is not that stupid!

Du Yu explained: "Once Lu Xun learns that Jiangling City has been breached, he will not rush to fight us. After all, the Wei army in Xiangyang will soon get the news. Lu Xun does not dare to put all his money on the Jiangling battlefield."

"Then if he doesn't fight, won't we win?"

Du Yu said patiently: "If Lu Xun doesn't fight with us, he must secretly contact those local big families and ask them to recruit their own troops to form a dense and multi-point distribution of troops around Jiangling. In this way, we can compress If we attack with food and fodder and we send troops to conquer these people, Lu Xun will lay an ambush and wait for the opportunity.”

Ma Yong seemed to understand: "Is fighting so complicated?"

"Soldiers are deceitful." Du Yu said with a smile, "It's not just as simple as charging on the battlefield. Lu Xun is a steady and steady man. He will adjust his strategy at any time according to changes in the battle situation. This person is difficult to deal with."

"Then we have reached an agreement with these people, and that's it?"

"No, but some people are willing to make this money. The profit from the sale of refined salt is too great. As long as our army shows a slight advantage, they will not be able to bear it. We do not need everyone to comply. Wait for the attack After withdrawing from Luxun, we will have reasonable grounds to settle accounts with those who do not comply."

"And each of them killed Wang Hui, the official in charge of the Jingzhou bureau, so they were naturally worried that Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun would come to settle the score with them afterwards."

Only then did Ma Yong realize it, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

The general can still play!

"In this way, we have the reputation of a great general, and we have obtained everything we want. With the support of some major clans, Jiangling can probably be stabilized quickly as a frontline position reaching Cao Wei in the north and Sun Wu in the east."

Li Heng urged: "Go and deal with the Wang family quickly."

"Here!"

It is said that the Wang family was surrounded on that day.

As for what happened to the Wang family, no one knows.

On March 24, Zhuge Jin's tribe had arrived along the Yangtze River.

We started boarding the ship that day. According to the plan, we can reach the Yangtze River section of Jiangling tomorrow.

But at noon, Zhuge Jin, who was arranging his troops, received the news: Jiangling City had been breached!

Zhuge Jin didn't believe this information at first, but when he turned around, he received a personal letter from his son Zhuge Rong.

Zhuge Rong told Zhuge Jin in the letter that the Han army was powerful and invincible, and he advised his father to surrender.

After Zhuge Jin read it, he couldn't help but angrily scolded his son!

But he also knew that Zhuge Rong wrote this letter with his head pressed.

As a result, Zhuge Jin postponed sending troops, and he immediately sent more scouts to Jiangling to inquire.

It was not until the early morning of the 25th that Zhuge Jin received multiple messages, which were surprisingly consistent. At this time, he was sure that Jiangling had really fallen, and there were countless Han warships on the river.

Zhuge Jin had no choice but to temporarily stop advancing westward and report the battle situation to Lu Xun.

On the evening of the 25th, Lu Xun had just reorganized his troops in Wuchang and withdrew his troops from Shiyang City. For this, Lu Shi danced happily.

Before dark, Lu Xun, who was about to go back and lock Li Heng in Jiangling, received information from Zhuge Jin.

He was shocked: "How is this possible!"

Everyone looked at the always calm and composed Grand Governor in confusion, wondering what could have caused him to lose his composure.

"Jiangling City was captured by the Shu army." Lu Xun frowned deeply and cast his gaze to the southwest, full of surprise and confusion.

This was beyond his knowledge.

Zhu Ran and others were even more shocked.

"Grand Governor, is the information wrong?" Ding Feng asked.

"It's from the general. The general always acts cautiously," Lu Xun said.

"Jiangling City is impregnable. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of Shu troops, it is impossible to break the city in a short time. Is there any detailed plan to open the city?"

"Now is not the time to speculate on how Jiangling was defeated." Lu Xun calmed down and returned to his calm and peaceful state. "Immediately rush back to Wuchang to discuss how to deal with the Shu army." At the same time, Lu Xun sent Sun Quan a message Got an urgent report.

On the 26th, Xiangyang.

Xia Houru received a letter from Shiyang City asking for help and was preparing to mobilize troops.

"Captain, Shi Yang sent an urgent report that the Wu army has withdrawn."

"Huh?" Xia Houru looked at the information and then asked, "Are you sure you are withdrawing?"

"Lu Xun's main force has retreated."

"This shouldn't be the case!" Xia Houru also became confused, "Lu Xun won the battle and retreated?"

The generals also looked at each other.

Shouldn't the Wu army take advantage of Shengxi's attack to attack Xiangyang?

At this time, Wu Zhi, the governor of Jingzhou, hurried in and said: "Captain."

"What's the matter?"

"Xiaguan has just received information from Jiangling. The Shu army has descended on Jiangling and captured Jiangling City!"

As soon as Hu Zhi said this, everyone in the bureau was shocked.

"really?"

Hu Zhidao said: "It's absolutely true. The warships of the Shu army have crowded the Yangtze River. I sent multiple scouts to confirm it repeatedly. It is said that the leader of the army is Li Heng, the great general of Shu!"

"It's him!" Xia Houru was even more surprised. "Didn't he announce to the outside world that he was heading north to Guanzhong? I heard that the imperial court even sent more troops to the Western Front for this purpose."

"Now it seems that Li Jian is attacking from the west and attacking from the east. On the surface, he wants to carry it back, but in fact he is heading out from the east!"

"No wonder Lu Xun had to retreat even after winning the battle in Shiyang. He must have gone back to put out the fire!"

"So, now is the perfect time for me to go south to Gangneung!"

"Don't rush yet." Xia Houru showed an excited smile on his face, "It won't be too late for us to take action after the Shu army and Wu State are beaten to a bloody head."

"That's right, Lu Xun will never leave Jiangling alone." Hu Zhidao said, "Li Jian gained power in Yizhou again. He must have taken great risks and went east against everyone's opinion. He will never withdraw from Jiangling! Wait for them to fight first! After the fight, we can easily take Jiangling and regain Nanjun!"

Everyone suddenly became excited.

"With the help of pen and ink, I will report this matter to the imperial court." Xiahou Ru said.

March 27, Hefei City.

The smile on Sun Quan's face showed an unprecedented sense of pride. He stood in front of Hefei City, looked at his army, and felt very satisfied.

And since Wang Ling's main force went south and was stationed seven or eight miles outside Hefei City, there has been no movement.

In this situation, Sun Quan always believed that the Wei army was afraid of being beaten by him.

Especially looking at the walled city being built in front of Hefei City, he was even more satisfied.

Inspired by the Battle of Guanzhong, Sun Quan prepared to follow suit in Hefei.

Since Wang Ling cannot move, he should take the opportunity to build defenses around Hefei City and turn the area from Hefei to Chaohu into a deep defense zone.

At this time, Zhu Yi hurried over: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the Grand Governor."

"Grand Governor?" Sun Quan said with a smile, "It should be about Jiangling again. I received information from him yesterday that the Shu army went to Jiangling. Hahaha, Li Jian is so smart! He is so smart! He thought that he would have a chance to seize the opportunity during my Northern Expedition. Go down to Jiangling! He thinks I don’t know his little thoughts!”

"If he dares to come to Jiangling, don't even think about going back!" Sun Quan was high-spirited. He felt that this year was really his year of great prosperity.

Hefei was captured. At the same time, the Shu army was so upset that they went south to attack Jiangling!

You know, when it comes to naval forces, Wu Guo is second, and no one dares to be first.

Even if the Shu army besieged Jiangling City, as long as Lu Xun returned to help and used water troops to block the Shu army's retreat, the Shu army would be defeated due to food and grass problems.

It is only a matter of time.

As for taking action?

I’m afraid you don’t even have to move your hands!

Sun Quan took the urgent report from Zhu Yi's hand and said confidently: "Let me see if the Shu army has been defeated?"

Sun Quan glanced quickly, and the smile on his face froze.

(End of this chapter)