The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 275 Central Line and Eastern Line ([-])

Shi Bao recognized the situation, in addition to ordering his subordinates to step up digging tunnels and intensify efforts to clean up deserters.No longer take the initiative to launch large-scale attacks on Mei County and Anguo Ercheng.The western front of the Jin Empire was temporarily quiet.

At this time, Jin's central line (Jingzhou) and eastern line (Yangzhou) are already in full swing.

According to the order of Emperor Wu Sun Hao, on April 268, [-] AD, the Jingzhou Army and Yangzhou Army of Wu State launched the Northern Expedition at the same time.The commander in Yangzhou is veteran Ding Feng.On the Jingzhou side, it was the relatively young Lu Kang.

For no other reason, Shi Ji fell ill and couldn't get out of bed.As a last resort, the top general Lu Kang took over the baton of the Soochow Jingzhou Army.

Then, as soon as the commander of Soochow was changed, his tactical style immediately became amazing.

According to Sun Hao's order, Lu Kang sent troops from Xiling on April 23.Leading [-] Wu troops to the north at a very high speed, they went down to Linju in three days and down to Shandu in ten days.On April [-], Lu Kangbing came to Zhuyang County in Nanxiang County.It was only a little bit that Chen Qian was imprisoned in the undulating Daba Mountain.

In the past, Soochow's Northern Expedition, at least on the Jingzhou line, was all aimed at conquering Xiangyang.As a result, Lu Kang didn't even look at Xiangyang in front of him, and went directly around the city to catch Zhuyang.Fortunately, after receiving Sima Yan's order, Chen Qian led more than [-] Chinese troops to march westward with all his strength, and entered Zhuyang City only two hours earlier than Lu Kang.

Zhuyang is the junction of the northern side of the Jianghan Plain and Daba Mountain. If Lu Kang took this place before Chen Qian, Chen Qian would be finished: Shangyong three counties, this era is so poor that they can't support it at all. An army as big as Chen Qian's.Once Zhuyang is lost, Chen Qian will lose his grain road.Then there are Zhang Hu, Zhang Xiong and others who are not short of food behind him, and the result is destined to be annihilated.

"Hey, it's a pity, it's only a little bit short. Governor, what should we do now?"

"Hehehe, it's a pity not to take down Zhuyang and imprison Chen Xiuyuan. But from another perspective, not taking down Zhuyang may not be a bad thing."

"What does the governor mean?"

"Shi Ze (Wu Yan), how much food and grass did our army bring with us in this sudden attack?"

"The food and grass with the army is only enough for one month. It took us [-] days to go north this time. Although it has benefited from laying down two counties on the way, the food and grass in the army now only have about [-] days of stock."

"Twenty days, um, enough."

"Yes, these grains are enough to support our army's return to the south."

"Returning to the south? Why should I return to the south? The whole army immediately marched southward, making sure that the enemy's scouts knew about our army's movements and immediately turned to the west bank of the Han River, and then built a raft to cross the Han River. The target was Cai Yang in the east of the Han River. .”

"what?!"

Lu Kang's order, don't say that the young Wu Yan didn't understand it, even Lu Shu, Lu Mu and others who were veterans in this army couldn't understand it: The purpose of our Qing army going north is to take down Zhuyang and take Chen Qian was locked up in Daba Mountain.Now that this strategic goal has failed, the next thing to do is to withdraw the troops to the south honestly, not to mention returning to Xiling, at least withdraw to the south of Xiangyang, connect to our army's grain road, and then go to Xiangyang Under the city for a traditional attack?

The generals of Soochow didn't understand, but Chen Qian, who had just entered Zhuyang City and hadn't wiped off his cold sweat, would understand Lu Kang's plan very well if he knew about it.

"Phew~~~ Lu Youjie, this idiot, almost locked me in the Daba Mountain. It's okay, it's okay."

As the son of the former Cao Wei Situ Chen Jiao, Chen Qian fought against Shu Han and Soochow on the Yongliang front and Yangzhou Jingzhou front in the Cao Wei era, basically winning more and losing less.On the way, he also served as a magistrate in many places, and he has good political performance in any place.In short, this is a general with both civil and military excellence.

He is one year older than Jiang Wei, and he is also 67 years old this year.But as the saying goes, Jiang Gui's nature is old and spicy.So after he calmed down a little, he immediately started to order.

"Send orders! Immediately send out scouts to keep an eye on the movements of Lu Youjie's army. Be sure to report every half a day!"

"Here!"

"Here's an order to command Xiangyang's Wang Xuanchong (Wang Hun) to lead the 2 defenders of Xiangyang out of the city and march northwest. It's best if he can enter Shandu County before Lu Kang's army. Even if he can't catch up, he must block Lu Kang's return to the south. Road. Explain to him that he only needs his [-] people to block Lu Kang for three days. If Ben doesn’t arrive after three days, it’s fine even if he lets Lu Kang go. But if he doesn’t last three days, Ben will definitely ask Jieyue beheaded him!"

"Here!"

"Here's an order to command Uncle Yang in Xinye to immediately lead the 1 troops stationed in Xinye to go south quickly. Counting from the date of receiving the order, he will be stationed in Deng County within five days. If it can't be done, the military law will do it!"

"Here!"

"Reorder! Uh...not an order, Hongxian (Chen Zhi, grandson of Chen Qian), sent a letter to King Runan in Nanyang, saying that it is rare for General Wu to be stupid, and the opportunity to wipe out the enemy's Jingzhou Army has appeared. Due to the opportunity It is fleeting, so I will pass the King of Runan and directly give orders to Uncle Yang and Wang Xuanchong. I ask him to be considerate of the situation. I also pay tribute to the King of Runan. It is a rare opportunity to ask him to lead the 5000 people in Nanyang. Immediately come down south and join me as a teacher!"

"Here!"

"Well, this is a very important matter. After you finish writing the letter and it will be printed, go there yourself."

"Obey, my lord grandfather."

So far, Chen Qian's strategy has been fully demonstrated: take the three counties of Zhuyang, Shandu, and Dengxian as the fulcrum.More than 5 people from the entire Jin State Jingzhou Army were stationed at three fulcrums.This forms a narrow triangle.Then completely surrounded Lu Kang's 4 people in this triangle.At that time, the Jin army will have a strong city to rely on, and the food road will be smooth.And Soochow lost its food road.If such a situation arises, what is the situation of the battle? Needless to say?
Unlike the individual combat effectiveness of the Shu Han army, which was always stronger than that of the Wei, Jin, and Yongliang field armies, the Soochow army was of course very good at water warfare, but except for the elites such as Wudi and Jiefan, the combat effectiveness of other field troops on land was It is not as good as the Jingyang Field Army in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.In a battle where the soldiers on both sides are roughly equal, if the Wu army has no support (such as a city wall), and fights in the wilderness, Soochow is generally defeated.

So Chen Qian dared to use 7000 people to encircle the opponent's 4 people (the Jin army also had [-] troops directly under Sima Liang and [-] navy troops that were not included, and Soochow still had [-] navy troops to include).And if Lu Kang was really stupid and headed southward, he would of course crash into the encirclement circle Chen Qian arranged for him.

Fortunately, the commander of this army is called Lu Kang.

He didn't feel the frustration caused by almost imprisoning the opponent's general at all, but became more excited.The general's emotion was so obvious that it deeply infected the whole army.

On April 23, Lu Kang's army turned around and headed south.At the same time, the envoys sent by Chen Qian to Xiangyang also quickly went south.

On the 24th, Wang Hun, who received the order, immediately led 26 Xiangyang troops westward. On the [-]th, Wang Hun entered Shandu City.

On the 24th, Chen Qian's army began to march south. On the 25th, Yang Hu's army also quickly moved south.

On the 28th, the three armies of the Jin Army joined forces under the city of Shandu...

"You mean, you didn't see Wu Gou at all?"

"That's right, General, I'm afraid it might be too late after entering Shandu on the 26th. Immediately after entering the city, a large number of scouts were sent to the south to investigate. Along the way, the township chiefs and pavilion chiefs said that they did not see Wu Gou's brigade passing by. .”

"General, the last general came from Xinye, and he has never seen Wu Gou's army."

"Huh? Strange, can this Wu dog not fly?"

"Report~~~General! Generals, report urgently! Wu Jun has attacked Cai Yang!"

"Ah?! How did this happen? Tell me in detail what's going on!"

"Well! General, after the Wu army went south on the 23rd, it turned eastward on the 24th, crossed fifteen miles north of Deng County on the 25th, crossed the Han River on the 26th, and captured Caiyang on the east bank of the Han River. .”

"Hey~~~! This Lu Youjie is really daring! Yes, but this move is really beautiful, and he broke through the general's encirclement in an instant."

"General, now is not the time to praise the enemy. Wu Gou is running eastward, and our Jiangxia County in the Great Jin Dynasty is in danger!"

"Well, I don't think so. Then Lu Youjie definitely doesn't look like a mediocre general. He won't go back to Wu from Jiangxia County to be stupid!"

As mentioned above, Jiangxia County in Soochow and Jiangxia County in Wei and Jin Dynasties seem to have a long boundary line on the map, but the competition between the two countries in Jingzhou has never started between the two Jiangxia counties.The main reason is that the Dabie Mountains are between the two Jiangxia counties, and it is difficult for large-scale troops and food and supplies to cross.That's why Chen Qian said: It is extremely difficult for Lu Kang to cross Dabie Mountain through Jiangxia County of Jin State and return to Jiangxia County of Wu State.

"Then what does the general think it means for Lu Youjie to retreat to the east bank of the Han River?"

"I don't know exactly what he thinks. But I would like to ask you to pay attention to one thing: Soochow's navy in Jingzhou is far stronger than ours. As long as its navy enters the Han River, then Lu Youjie can come and go freely on both sides of the Han River .So, what I mean by..."

"Report~~~~! General, the order of King Runan!"

Hiss~~~ No way, what is this beautiful prince trying to do at this time?

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