The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 209 A Feast for Crows ([-])
Time has entered 266 years, and the three kingdoms of Jin, Han, and Wu all began to make their own calculations around Xiling.

The importance of Xiling's geographical location is no longer necessary to emphasize, what is more important is the Bu family who is now entrenched in Xiling.This family has been running Xiling for more than 30 years, and the wealth and strength they have accumulated are quite amazing.Such a piece of delicious fat naturally attracted many crows, waiting for the opportunity to pounce on it and tear off the fattest piece of meat.

In January 266, the State of Jin began to urgently allocate strategic materials such as 1 shi of grain, 30 million coins, and [-] sets of armor for its own Jingzhou Legion.At the same time, he ordered the original [-] Jingzhou Army currently in the Yongliang Theater to return to the establishment.

In February, Wu Emperor Sun Hao issued an imperial decree, saying that Buchan, the governor of Xiling, had guarded Xiling for many years, was loyal and diligent to the king's affairs, and had many meritorious deeds.He was specially promoted to be the superintendent of the tent (the captain of the personal guard) and worked in Jianye.

After Bu Chan received the order, he wrote a letter to Sun Hao.What do you say that the minister is not talented enough to take up this position, please take back Chen Ming and so on.Immediately have a showdown with Sima Liang in North Jingzhou: Xiling, do you want it?Make an offer if you want.

In March, Sun Hao's second call-up edict came to Xiling, saying Xiaobu, I really must you, come here!Along with this imperial decree, Jianye's 3 Troops without Difficulty began to march up the river.At the same time, Lu Kang, the general of the town army, was ordered to enter Jiangling City, and the Zuo Da Sima Shiji began to gather many generals from the Jingzhou Corps of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.

Also in March, Jin State’s reply to Bu Chan was officially delivered: Xiling, we want it!Comrade Buchan can repent and break away from the evil regime of Soochow, and go to the great, glorious and correct Dajin anyway.This credit is great.Now Comrade Bu Chan is formally appointed as the governor of the Jin Dynasty, the generals of Xiling, the three divisions of the army, the general of Wei, and the three divisions of Yitong.

In April, Zhou Chu's invincible army joined Shi Ji, Lu Kang and others at Jiangling City, the county seat of Nanjun.At the same time, the local officials in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places in Soochow began to organize the people under their rule to gather all kinds of food, armor and other materials to Jiangling City.

In the same month, the Jingzhou Legion of the Jin State completed its preparations and began to gather towards Xiangyang.

In May, Sun Hao issued a call-up order for the third time, and the words of this call-up order were very blunt: come or not?If you don't come, you will die!

Buchan wrote back: If I don’t come, you fucking die!
After replying to the letter, Bu Chan did four things.

First, send Bu Ji and Bu Rui, the two sons of his elder brother Bu Xie, to the state of Jin as hostages.Second, he sent his two sons Buting and Buhuan to Fuling County in Shu Han through Wuling County.Third, call all the retainers, generals, private soldiers, and tenants of the family into Xiling City.Fourth, issue a call to arms, scolding Sun Hao for all kinds of evil deeds of framing Zhongliang, fighting against dissidents, tyranny and licentiousness, and mutilating brothers and sisters since he came to power.Then announced: How can such a monarch be qualified to govern the country?From now on, I will not serve you anymore.Now, lower the banner of Wu and raise the banner of Jin!
On May 266, 5, the military governor of Jingzhou, Jingzhou Mu, and Zuo Dasi Ma Shiji, the governor of Eastern Wu, held a military meeting in Jiangling City to discuss the strategy of sending troops to Xiling.

At this time, Jingzhou controlled by Soochow had a total of 12 counties.Let's not mention the eight counties in southern Jing.From west to east, the four counties in Jingbei are Jianping County, Yidu County, Nan County, and Jiangxia County.These four counties are all vertically irrigated by the Yangtze River. If the Yangtze River is a line, then these four counties are four closely arranged beads on this line.

Jianping County, next to Badong County of Shu Han.It is the intersection of Daba Mountain and Wuling Mountain.The territory is basically boundless mountains.The population is small, the output is small, and there are very few soldiers stationed.This is actually a strategic buffer zone between Shuhan and Soochow, so let's skip it for now.

Yidu County, its core city is Xiling.This is the outlet of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and the junction of the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Its strategic position is very important.Now, after Buchan rebelled against Wu and descended to Jin, this place no longer belongs to Soochow.

Nanjun, the core county of Jingzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty.It was later divided into three.The current South County, because Yidu County has been at the front for many years, has become the rear area in recent years.Jiangling City, the former core city of Jingzhou, has inevitably declined.Its strategic importance, the strength of the city walls, and even the prosperity of the urban area have all been surpassed by Xiling City.

As for Jiangxia County, although geographically it has a long border with Runan County of Jin State.But because of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, the threat from Jiangxia County never came from the north.And only from the Yangtze River.After Soochow controlled the upstream and downstream of Jiangxia County at the same time, this place also became the rear area.

So, to put it simply: Soochow will use Nanjun as a base to attack Yidu County.

The general strength of the Jingzhou Legion of Soochow is as follows:
National garrison, 3 people.Among them, there are 5000 sailors.In addition, Zhou Chu was ordered by Sun Hao to lead five thousand troops without difficulty to support.So the Soochow National Army is [-] people.

Zuo Da Sima Shiji's private soldiers (limited to the private soldiers who went into battle this time, the same below) numbered 3000.

There are 3000 private soldiers of Lu Kang, the general of the town army.

Lu Su's posthumous son, General Zhaowu, and Wuchang Governor Lu Shu's private soldiers, 5000 people (Lu's home is in Jiangxia County, which is different from Shi Ji and Lu Kang in Jiangdong. The loss of Xiling has a great impact on Lu's family So this time the Lu family is all elite.)
Lu Meng's third son, Marquis of Chanling, Pingxi Zhonglang, Lu Mu's private soldiers, 3000 people (like the Lu family, General Huaisi who followed Sun Ce to the south at that time, after the south crossing, he was unable to compete with the Jiangdong gentry, so most of his lairs It was built in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. The Lu family’s Chanling County, and the adjacent place is called Public Security. Lu Meng’s most brilliant battle started here.)
In addition, there are General Wu Yan, who was recently promoted by Sun Hao, and generals Zuo Yi, Cai Gong, etc., who each have private soldiers ranging from 500 to [-], which can basically be ignored.

To sum up, the military strength of Soochow to suppress the rebellion this time is about [-] people.

"Everyone, there was news from Dian School yesterday that Bu Zhongsi had publicly raised the rebel flag in Xiling City the day before yesterday. According to His Majesty's order, our army should take Xiling City as soon as possible before the Jin army arrives. How to fight, if you have any opinions, please feel free to enlighten me."

Unlike Shu Han, Wei, and Jin, the country of Soochow has many unique features.For example, most countries in this era respect the right because the right hand is more powerful than the left (for example, when Liu Bei was the king of Hanzhong, he worshiped Zhang Fei as the general on the right and Ma Chao as the general on the left. It meant that Zhang Fei was superior to Ma Chao).But Soochow respected the left.Therefore, Zuo Da Sima Shiji is actually the owner of the highest military rank in Soochow.

His opinion is very clear: we must take down Xiling before the arrival of Jin's support.In this way, the state of Jin will naturally retreat when it sees that there is no profit to be made.

This is the cheapest way to save time and effort: we just need to defeat the traitors.Then everyone can go back to their respective homes - and everyone's private soldiers will lose very little.

Therefore, after Shi Ji's opinion was put forward, it was quickly approved by Lu Shu, Lu Mu and others.

Fortunately, among the people sitting below, there is a person named Lu Kang.

"Da Sima, you will have a different idea in the end."

"Oh? What do you want to say about Xiaojie?"

"Great Sima, colleagues. Xiling City was first built by my father, and Buzi Mountain has been continuously strengthened. This is a strong city with two floors inside and outside, with high walls and deep walls. Now the people stationed in the city are all from the Bu family. The will to fight in the short term is not a problem at all. Therefore, this Xiling City cannot be taken down in a short period of time. Therefore, the general’s opinion is that more than [-] civilians should be recruited first to surround the Xiling City. First, build walls on the north, north and east sides of Xiling. After the Jin army arrives, we rely on this wall to block the Jin army. After the Jin army retreats, the morale in Xiling City will be completely destroyed due to the cut off of foreign aid. If it disintegrates, Xiling City will naturally be captured at that time!"

"Well, I understand the meaning of Xiaojie." After stroking his beard, Shi Ji asked a question: "However, building the wall takes time and effort. If our wall is not repaired, the Jin army will arrive Woolen cloth?"

"Grand Sima, Jin's army won't come so fast. If they come too fast, they will have to face our vigorous army, and the Jin army will suffer heavy losses. It's not worthwhile to do so. If I were the commander-in-chief of Jin , let’s sit and watch our army fight with the Xiling rebels, and then go south in one fell swoop after we are both defeated!”

"Okay, but what if the rebels from Xiling City come out again when the Jin army attacks our wall? Isn't our army under attack?"

"Hehehe, Da Sima, Bu Zhongsi is very clear about the future of this person. Greedy and short-sighted, stupid and cowardly. How can such a person have the courage to rush out of the city?"

"Well, everyone, what do you think of Xiaojie's opinion?"

"Grand Sima, the last general Lu Shu thinks that there are too many uncertain factors in the strategy of the young section. Too much hope is placed on the stupidity of the enemy. Therefore, the last general still thinks that Xiling City should be attacked urgently."

"Great Sima, the last general also agrees with Zizhan's opinion. We should immediately send troops to attack Xiling City."

"Well, what you said makes a lot of sense. But the general still decided to lead the army to attack Xiling City first!"

"Uh... Lu Kang obeyed."

(End of this chapter)