The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 639 My Plan Has Worked
Lujiang, Songzi.

"kill!!!"

With shouts of killing, the two armies charged towards each other.

Jiang Ban rode a warhorse and charged ahead. He was originally a fierce general under Zhuge Dan, and was promoted for killing the fierce general Liu Zan of the Wu State.

Now he is under Wen Qin's command and has made many contributions.

Wen Qin treated him like his own son, always letting him lead the vanguard and be the first to attack the enemy.

Wen Qin's main force was still confronting Shi Ji's army near Xunyang. Despite being at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, Wen Qin still didn't care about separating his troops and letting Jiang Ban take a detour to attack Songzi.

Songzi's position is extremely critical, even more important than Qichun.

If you take Qichun, you can capture Wuchang, but if you take Songzi, you can attack Jianye.

Songzi is a flat passage, from which one can ride directly into the Jiangdong area and all the way to Jianye.

It is precisely because of its key position that this place has always been the area with the strongest defense force of the Wu State. Ding Feng was originally stationed here, not in the capital.

But now, Shi Ji and Ding Feng were separated, one in Qichun and the other in Tangyi, and Songzi's defensive strength was seriously weakened.

When Jiang Ban suddenly rushed here, he encountered a counterattack from a legion of less than 10,000 people.

Jiang Ban had only more than 4,000 soldiers under his command, far inferior to the enemy.

Among the three generals, Wen Qin had the smallest number of troops, only more than 40,000, which was a big difference compared to Guanqiu Jian's 60,000 elite troops from Huainan and Hu Zun's 70,000 elite troops from Qingxu.

The three generals' troop deployments were relatively dispersed. One part of Guanqiu Jian's army was on Hu Zun's side, one part was in Qichun to assist Wen Qin in defending, another part was cleaning up the mess for him, and the rest were following him in the charge.

Guanqiu Jian only led the most elite cavalry to pursue.

Although Wu's terrain was not suitable for cavalry raids, cavalry was the only option to capture Sun Hao. If it weren't for the southern terrain, how could Sun Hao and his men possibly outrun Guanqiu Jian? They would have been captured by him long ago.

The so-called emperor's chariot is just a symbol. It is wishful thinking to want to compete with cavalry in speed.

Wen Qin was not idle at this moment. He was very worried that Shi Ji would give up fighting with him, so he sent people from Songzi to support Sun Hao.

He didn't want to see this situation.

Therefore, he decided to attack Songzi in advance. If he could capture it, that would be the best. If not, he could not let the other side easily evacuate from here.

As for the Wu navy, it was impossible for them to transport their own soldiers to the other side when the enemy was watching them closely.

Shi Ji led the largest number of troops here and suffered the most severe attacks.

Shi Ji's ability is not too bad, but the gap between the two sides is too big, and Wen Qin is not a weakling.

When the generals are evenly matched, the difference in strength determines everything.

Jiang Ban met the enemy in Songzi. The two sides fought bloody battles for an hour. Jiang Ban changed his warhorse three times in a row. At first, both sides used some strategies, but it soon turned into a melee. Everyone fought so hard that they could not tell each other apart.

When Cao Wei's reinforcements arrived, Wu's army completely collapsed.

When Hu Zun went on the expedition, the court mobilized the central army and asked them to go to Yanzhou to observe the situation. As a result, a full-scale war broke out between the two sides, and Cao Mao hurriedly ordered the central army to go!
The central army arrived at the right time. With the help of the manpower, Jiang Ban reorganized his army and fought again. He killed two Wu generals in succession outside Songzi, achieving great results.

The rest of the Wu defense forces also abandoned their defense measures and hid in Songzi City, preparing to rely on the city to resist the enemy.

When Shi Ji heard the news, he was completely confused.

If Songzi was besieged, the enemy could directly enter the heartland of Wu from Songzi.

Although the heartland of Wu State has been penetrated by Guanqiu Jian, the remaining enemy armies cannot be allowed to break in.

Shi Ji hurriedly turned around to support Songzi, but Wen Qin seized the opportunity and launched a full-scale attack.

Wenqin's army of more than 30,000 men launched a fierce attack on Shi Ji's army of more than 60,000 men. Their armies fought on a long front from Xunyang to Songzi. Wenqin's army was unstoppable and broke through on multiple fronts. Shi Ji was defeated repeatedly, leaving behind more than 10,000 casualties. He led the main force to retreat to the Songzi area, and successfully defeated the attacking Jiang Ban, and redeployed his troops outside the city of Songzi.

Shi Ji hurriedly asked Ding Feng for help.

But at this moment, Ding Feng was even more irritable than Sun Hao.

Hu Zun, this old fool, made him very angry.

This disrespectful old man was clearly the attacker, but after Ding Feng arrived at the battlefield, he took the initiative to abandon the city he had previously captured, allowing Ding Feng to easily take the city. Then he began to deploy defense lines on three sides, turning from an attacker to a defender.

Surrounded Ding Feng's large army.

Ding Feng was so angry that he started cursing.

"Shameless old man! Bearded wretch!"

Ding Feng looked at the makeshift barricades, pits, and even platforms in the distance, his face flushed with anger.

Things had come to this point, and Ding Feng naturally saw clearly that he had been tricked by Hu Zun.

In the past, when several generals of Cao Wei fought together, conflicts would inevitably arise, giving the enemy opportunities to take advantage.

This was the experience of Ding Feng and others. Unfortunately, the past is the past, and the present is the present. Under Cao Mao's rule, even if there were disagreements among the generals, they would not affect the overall war situation.

Hu Zun took advantage of this and used his reputation to make arrangements for the Wu people, making them think that there was internal discord in Cao Wei and that they could bypass Wen Qin and attack Hu Zun directly. The result was that Guanqiu Jian marched straight in and chased Sun Hao everywhere, while Shi Ji was intercepted by Wen Qin and Ding Feng was simply surrounded by Hu Zun.

The two generals could only watch helplessly as news of their emperor running around was reported, wanting to rescue him but being unable to do anything.

Ding Feng looked at his deputy general who had retreated because of another ineffective attack with a gloomy face.

"No, we can't be held back by Hu Zun anymore. We have to cross the river."

The deputy general panicked and quickly stood in front of him, "General, no!"

"Many of Cao's warships are still lingering by the river. We can't hide our intention to cross the river from them. If we force our way across, they will attack us from both sides. By then, let alone supporting His Majesty, I'm afraid we ourselves will be..."

Ding Feng slowly closed his eyes, forced himself to calm down, and began to think of countermeasures.

The old villain Hu Zun surrounded me but did not attack. He even hid his head and avoided fighting when faced with my provocation and was not willing to fight with me at all.

This was not because Hu Zun could not defeat Ding Feng, but because he was afraid that Ding Feng would take the opportunity to break through.

If they were fighting in multiple places, Ding Feng would always be able to find a gap to join forces with Shi Ji. Hu Zun didn't want to cause any trouble, so he would defend Ding Feng and repel his attempts to break out again and again.

The deputy continued, "General, we simply can't break out now. We have less than 30,000 troops, while Hu Zun commands nearly 70,000 troops from two provinces. The Xuzhou soldiers are fine, but the Qingzhou soldiers are incredibly formidable. Furthermore, even if we break out, we might not be able to reach Jianye in time."

"If we leave, Hu Zun might take the opportunity to cross the river and take Jianye directly."

The consequence of disadvantage in hard power is the loss of choice.

Hu Zun had hundreds of options. He could capture the local area, cross the river, surround the enemy, or even join forces with Wen Qin to completely destroy Shi Ji's army. But Ding Feng had no choice. He could only passively watch Hu Zun's actions.

Ding Feng opened his eyes and slowly looked towards the other side.

Suddenly, two lines of tears flowed down my face.

"His Majesty."

"This old minister is incompetent."

At the same time, in Hu Zun's tent opposite, there was constant laughter and joy.

Hu Zun proudly sat in the upper seat, looking at the battle report that had just been delivered to him, and couldn't help but laugh out loud with his head raised.

"This Guanqiu Jian is actually quite good!"

"This has completely penetrated the Wu Kingdom. No matter how good Lu Kang is at fighting, he can only follow behind him and can't catch up. If he abandons the rest of the army and only leads the cavalry, he will not be able to defeat him!"

Hu Zun's eyes were extremely bright.

"The Wu Kingdom is about to perish!"

"Guanqiu Jian marches forward without a break, conquering every battle. His army's morale has reached a terrifying level. Let alone the Wu army, even the 100,000 most elite Wei troops would suffer a setback if they encountered him!"

"At first. Ahem."

Hu Zun stopped talking in time, he almost said something that he shouldn't say.

When Sima Shi was still around, he was very wary of Guanqiu Jian, who had 60,000 elite troops from Huainan. He once ordered Deng Ai, Wang Ji, Zhuge Dan, Wang Chang, Hu Zun, Shi Bao and others to form an encirclement and attack Guanqiu Jian from all directions. Although Sima Shi was a cautious person, the fact that he mobilized so many people, plus the central army he led, was enough to show how big a threat Guanqiu Jian posed.

Of course, these things are all in the past.

Anyway, General Hu is still very happy now. Seeing the Emperor of Wu running around like a dog, he is in a very good mood.

I've disliked that guy for a long time.

When Guanqiu Jian captured him, he insisted on staying alone with him for several hours.
Just as Hu Zun was happily telling everyone about Guanqiu Jian's battle achievements, a scout suddenly arrived in a hurry.

The person who came was Wen Qin's subordinate.

When he saw this person, Hu Zun's face suddenly became serious.

Among the three generals, Wen Qin's strength is the weakest, while the enemy he faces is the strongest. Could it be that he has failed?

The scout quickly saluted Hu Zun and said, "General! My general has sent me to inform you that you can immediately divide your forces to prevent Shi Ji from escaping and joining Ding Feng."

"The five captains of the central army have arrived with their troops. My general is engaged in an all-out battle with Shi Ji, ready to annihilate him and invade the Wu Kingdom!"

Hu Zun stood up suddenly and asked, "How could the central army arrive so quickly?"

"I heard he came from Yanzhou!"

Hu Zun was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, it seems my plan was a good one. Even His Majesty and the military were fooled!!"

(End of this chapter)