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Chapter 519 Arrival
Yuzhang, on the big river, a huge fleet of sailing boats with sails and flags forming clouds, spanning more than ten miles from east to west, breaks through the waves.

This fleet is exactly the Wu army sent by Sun Quan to support Yuzhang. It has a total strength of [-] and hundreds of warships. It finally arrived in Yuzhang after a month's long journey.

Since entering Yuzhang County, the Jingzhou Army's light boats were everywhere on the river, closely monitoring the actions of the Jiangdong Army's fleet. Zhou Yu had a vague premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, with the dispatch of scouts to investigate, Zhou Yu's uneasiness was confirmed.

Now not only Chaisang has been lost, but Peng Ze has also failed to keep it. The city along the Yuzhang coast, Jindu, Jiangkou, Pengli Lake...all fell into the hands of the Chu army. It is not easy for the Jiangdong Army to find a foothold along the Yuzhang coast.

Zhou Yu himself was from Lujiang County on the north bank of the river, and he had followed Sun Ce to conquer Liu Xun and Jiangxia Huangzu in Lujiang before. As a temporary shelter for the fleet, once the warships are settled, the generals will be called immediately to discuss countermeasures.

After receiving the notice, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Lu Fan, Chen Wu, Zhou Tai, Lu Meng, Song Qian and other generals gathered in the big tent within a short time.

Cheng Pu was the last to arrive. He was over fifty years old, tall, burly, and very dignified. Because he was the oldest among the Jiangdong generals, all the generals called him "Cheng Gong" to show respect.

Cheng Pu greeted everyone one by one, but when it was Zhou Yu's turn, he immediately put on a straight face and nodded indifferently.

Apparently, Cheng Pu was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Yu, a junior, overpowering him, to the point of not hiding it.

Of course, Cheng Pu has reason to be dissatisfied, not because he is boastful. Among the generals in Jiangdong, he is the oldest in terms of age; he is the deepest in terms of qualifications; .

Who would have thought that Sun Quan would only let him be the governor of the right department, and that he should take orders from Zhou Yu, a young man who was dissatisfied in his [-]s, how could this not make him feel angry.

It was not the first time that Cheng Pu showed his face openly. Zhou Yu had a magnificent personality, and he didn't care about him. He talked and laughed as usual.

Cheng Pu snorted coldly, passed Zhou Yu, and walked towards the main seat. He assumed that he and Zhou Yu were both governors, and sat on the main seat majestically.

Zhou Yu still didn't change his color, but asked someone to add another couch and sit in the main seat with Cheng Pu.

After the two governors took their seats, the generals also sat down one after another. Zhou Yu looked solemnly, looked around the generals in the tent, and said slowly: "The situation in Yuzhang is not optimistic at present. Nanchang made it impossible for our army and Sun Yuzhang to join forces, so you think, how should we break the situation?"

When the generals heard the words, they either frowned and meditated, or whispered to each other. Huang Gai's face was slightly embarrassed. He was from Lingling County in the south of Jing. Zhou Yu called the Jingzhou army "Chu thieves", but even he scolded him too. up.

Huang Gai knew that Zhou Yu didn't mean to target him, so he didn't take it to heart. He took the lead and said, "According to Gai's humble opinion, our army's top priority is to take back Pengze as soon as possible. Firstly, it can be used as a foothold for our army, and secondly, it can be opened up to the south. Nanchang road, get in touch with Sun Yuzhang."

Cheng Pu nodded slightly, and said in a loud voice: "Gongfu's words are reasonable. The sandbank is located on the top of the river. The place is limited and there is no room for maneuver. It is very easy to be targeted by Chu thieves. It is definitely not a place to stay for a long time. Therefore, it is urgent to take back Pengze .”

Lu Su also agreed, although he felt that it would not be easy to attack Peng Ze, but the Jingzhou Army had already seized the opportunity, so they had no choice, even if they knew that Peng Ze was specially set up by Liu Jing for them. Trap, also can only bite the bullet and attack.

None of the generals had any other opinions, they were thinking exactly what Lu Su thought, they had no choice but to attack Peng Ze or Chaisang.

Not to mention that the Jingzhou army has heavy troops in Chaisangbu, if they cross Pengze and attack Chaisang directly, they will be surrounded by the Jingzhou army.

Attacking Peng Ze still had a slight chance of winning, but attacking Chaisang was no different from death.

Zhou Yu saw that everyone's opinions tended to be unanimous, so he got up from his seat and said, "Since all the lords think that Peng Ze should be taken first, then it's decided. You can rest for a while today, and tomorrow you will use all your troops to go to Peng Ze."

"No." All the generals responded in unison.

The arrival of Wu's reinforcements in the waters near Pengze naturally cannot be hidden from Liu Jing. In fact, with the help of scouts all over the river bank, every move of Wu's reinforcements is under Liu Jing's control.

Liu Jing knew that when reinforcements from Wu land arrived, he would attack Peng Ze first, so he sent General Gan Ning to lead [-] troops to defend Peng Ze.Liu Zhu and Su Fei led an army of tens of thousands of people and hundreds of large ships, stationed in Sangluozhou, guarding the entrance of the Yangtze River in Yuzhang, and they were horns with Gan Ning.Liu Jing, on the other hand, will be stationed in Chaisang with ten thousand people on foot, as a reserve team.

Such an arrangement can be said to be watertight. Unless the Jiangdong Army can gather several times its troops and attack regardless of the cost and casualties, it will be absolutely difficult to break through the Jingzhou Army's defense line.

However, even if Sun Quan spent all his family resources in Jiangdong, it would be difficult for him to gather troops several times that of Liu Jing, let alone send all of them to fight in Yuzhang, so the outcome of this battle was already doomed before it started.

In contrast, Liu Jing is more concerned about Zhuge Liang's dynamics in the south. The two sides resumed contact not long ago. Liu Jing learned from Zhuge Liang's letter that the West Route Army, just as the two of them expected, swept across Henan with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. In the west and south of the chapter, the soldiers went straight to Nanchang.

Zhuge Liang also mentioned in his letter that the city of Nanchang is strong, with sufficient soldiers and food, and it is not easy to attack.

Liu Jing was not surprised by this. In history, Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia three times in five years before killing Huang Zu, but he failed to capture all of Jiangxia's land.

The combination of Sun Ben and Sun Quan may not be inferior to Huang Zu and Liu Biao. Liu Jing did not expect to win a quick battle. He has even made mental preparations to seize Yuzhang and Luling in one winter, even if the war is delayed until the beginning of next spring. , is not entirely unacceptable.

Liu Jing did not expect too much, but received a big surprise. In the evening, a good news came from Nanchang: Zhuge Liang led his army to fight Sun Ben in the south of the city, defeated him, and captured more than [-] people.

Zhuge Liang was cautious, and just in case, he did not disclose to Liu Jing his plan to "lure the enemy out of the city" in advance. Therefore, Liu Jing received Zhuge Liang's good news and was immediately stunned by the joy from heaven.

"After this battle, Sun Ben's troops have lost all their casualties. I'm afraid they won't be able to defend Nanchang..." Liu Jing made such a conclusion after carefully reading Zhuge Liang's battle report and letterhead.

The next day, the Nanchang messenger flew straight into Chaisang, bringing Liu Jing the good news of Nanchang Kejie and Sun Ben's head...

(End of this chapter)