Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 633 The Long-Dormant Jiangdong Tiger!
The news that General Pang Tong of the Jingzhou Army Division led his troops to the expedition was quickly sent to Cao Cao through an urgent letter.

Since Cao Cao was far away in Yecheng, several days had passed by the time he received the letter.

The Jingzhou army came out together, and the first to bear the brunt under Cao Cao's rule were Nanyang County and Runan County.

There are more than [-] defenders in Nanyang County. The prefect is Jia Xu, and the generals include Zhang He and Gao Lan. In Runan, which is deeper, there are only [-] defenders. The prefect is full of favors, and the general has only one Li Tong.

There are not many defenders in these two places, but they have already made preparations in advance to meet the Jingzhou army's attack.

However, to the surprise of Cao Cao and everyone else, the two armies sent by Pang Tong to Wancheng and Runan were just a feint.

The one led by Wen Pin was just a partial division with no more than five thousand soldiers, while the one led by Pang Tong was the real main force!
Under the cover of the navy, Pang Tong's main force went upstream from the Han River, and quietly captured Shangyong City, which was almost defenseless!
Although the fall of Shangyong surprised Cao Cao and others, Shangyong was not an important place, and because it was located at the junction of Hanzhong, Jingzhou, and Nanyang, it did not do much to develop the economy and people's livelihood. Therefore, "if you lose it, you will lose it." Right," became the thought in most people's minds.

After taking down Shangyong, Pang Tong and Wenpin stationed troops in Shangyong and Xinye respectively, forming horns. They not only looked at Wancheng in Nanyang, but also maintained a deterrent to Runan.

It's just that there are only a few thousand defenders in Xinye, so everyone in Cao Jun doesn't pay much attention to it.

At the same time as the Jingzhou Army dispatched troops, there was finally movement from Jiangdong Sun Quan's side.

The tiger has been dormant for several years, and when it comes out of the mountain, it will be thunderous!

In Jiangdong, 20 troops were dispatched by waterway, and the soldiers were divided into two groups, pointing their swords at Lujiang!
Liu Ye was quite frightened.

Fortunately, he was always ready to run away, so although the people in Lujiang County were panicked, order was still maintained.

The Jiangdong army sent troops all the way from Chaisang, led by Zhou Yu, and attacked Lujiang from the west and south by water and land.

The other route, led by Sun Quan and Lu Su, sent troops from Moling (later Jianye, and later Nanjing) to attack Lujiang County from east to west.

20 troops marched out together, what a great effort by Jiangdong this time!
And as soon as they were dispatched, all the ports in Lujiang County were blocked, leaving only the land route that was too late to close.

Jiangdong chose to break through from Lujiang to Huainan, with the idea of ​​capturing Huainan and Runan, and after joining the Jingzhou army, they went north to capture Xuchang.So first pull out the nail of Lujiang, and then take Huainan, which is their small goal in the first stage.

Xuchang is the political center of Cao Cao, and it is also the capital of the Han Dynasty and the shelter of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty.

Once Xuchang is captured by the Jiangdong coalition forces in Jingzhou and the emperor is taken away, Cao Cao's reputation will be greatly reduced and people's hearts will be betrayed.It is even possible that various rebels will appear in places where the time of attachment is still short.

Once this point is reached, Cao Cao is likely to be attacked by groups, and the situation may be really difficult at that time.

Liu Ye, the prefect of Lujiang, has only [-] defenders under his command, and there are no generals guarding it. After all, Lujiang, as a "nail county", is not suitable for large-scale construction and development. Even Liu Ye is always ready to pack and take away the people of Lujiang.
When he learned that an army of 20 was coming from Jiangdong, Liu Ye resolutely withdrew from Lujiang overnight with the defenders and people in the city, and retreated to Hefei, the newly built strong city in Huainan by Xiahou Dun, and led his army into the city to defend.

As for the people in Lujiang, they went all the way north, and they would not stop until they entered the boundary of Shouchun.

Hefei was built as a fortress against Jiangdong's invasion. Not to mention the height of the city and the depth of the pond, in addition to artillery, all kinds of defensive equipment and materials are available.

Jiangdong's army came out together, but Lujiang County fled in anticipation of the wind, not daring to block its edge.

After taking Lujiang County without bloodshed, Sun Quan suddenly became full of vigor and ambition.

After Jiangdong dispatched troops, the Jingzhou Army also cooperated to launch an attack on Cao Army again.

Pang Tong led [-] troops out of Shangyong and went straight to Wancheng!

Jia Xu, the prefect of Wancheng, was a scheming man. He knew that the Jingzhou army wanted a quick victory, so he implemented the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness in advance, and moved the people around Wancheng and even most of Nanyang County to Yingchuan.He himself led the defenders to confront Pang Tong in Wancheng.

Pang Tong seemed determined to fight Jia Xu to the death, so the two groups fought against each other in Wancheng.

Neither of them is actually a master who likes to be tough.
Between the Jingzhou Army and the Wancheng Defenders, it was as if two old men were fighting each other: You play the trick of double dragons to grab the pearl, and I will use a trick of two monkeys to steal peaches;
In short, although the fight here is not fierce on the surface, in fact, the undercurrent is raging. If you don't pay attention, you may be crippled by Yin
At this time, more than half a month had passed since Jingzhou Jiangdong launched the Northern Expedition.

Within half a month, the [-] Northern Expeditionary Army led by Pang Tong was blocked by Jia Xu from beginning to end outside Wancheng, unable to advance an inch.

Although the Jingzhou army still captured some county towns, the Jingzhou army did not get any substantial benefits because the people in these county towns had already been emptied.

At this moment, Jiangdong's 20 troops also came outside Hefei City and surrounded Hefei City.

However, looking at the bluestone city wall over five feet high and three feet wide, plus the catapults and crossbow carts all over the city wall, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu's scalp felt a little numb for a while.

Just when the battlefield was at a stalemate, Cao Cao came to Xuchang, and the reinforcements from all over the country finally gathered in Xuchang.

More than a dozen generals including Wei Yan, Li Dian, Le Jin, Xu Huang, etc., led a total of [-] soldiers, and stationed around Xuchang arrogantly!
The [-] troops came to help, and the pressure was immediately put on the Jingzhou army on the opposite side!
But this time, Cao Cao didn't go on the expedition himself, and Lu Yan was still busy dealing with lime cement in Chenliu. It seemed that the two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't pay enough attention to Jingzhou Jiangdong's attack.
In the minds of Cao Cao, Lu Yan, and everyone else, there was no need for their two big brothers to deal with Jingzhou's [-] to [-] dead troops.With a group of screaming generals, no matter what, it should be enough to defeat the Jingzhou army.

As long as the Jingzhou Army is defeated and the area north of the Han River is controlled, the Jiangdong Army that was dragged in Hefei will have no choice but to retreat. Otherwise, the Cao Army will go down the river and cut off the Jiangdong Army's retreat. It is really uncertain how many people escaped.

This time, even Lu Yan had the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy.

However, the facts have proved that no matter when and what kind of enemy you face, the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy is absolutely unacceptable!
Hefei City is abundant in supplies, and there are [-] defenders inside and [-] troops led by Xiahou Dun outside.The Jiangdong Army's hasty attempt to capture Hefei was basically wishful thinking.

But it is clear that Zhou Yu will not be nailed to this tree; Pang Tong will not really honestly fight Jia Xu with a bayonet in Wancheng, and then be surrounded and rubbed to death by a group of strong men.

The reason why Pang Tong had to delay in Wancheng for half a month was to attract Cao Jun's attention to himself.

After Cao Jun gradually ignored a certain place, then Pang Tong's chess pieces ambush in a certain place would have their real use.

　The release of Chapter 3 can be regarded as making up for the interruption of power outages.

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