Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2085: Don’t drive Chen Deng, plot against General Wu

Not to mention Di Qing's place or Li Chengliang's place, a welcome banquet has been held for Di Qing and the others.

During this period, they were really beaten hard in terms of strong generals.

The top generals were so overwhelmed by Liu Bei that they couldn't even lift their heads.

Even if the arrival of the three powerful generals cannot completely solve their problems, at least they no longer have to be as passive as before.

The only good news about the Xuzhou battle is that Guangling's defense there is tight.

Liu Heitai had left 15,000 soldiers and horses around to guard Guangling, and he also used Chen Deng and Du Chongwei to integrate the 8,000 Xuzhou garrison troops originally in Guangling County.

To put it bluntly, in Guangling County, Liu Heitai could mobilize as many as 23,000 troops.

However, the Yangzhou army attacking Guangling County only had 30,000 troops in total.

As everyone expected, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was facing hundreds of thousands of Jin troops from all directions. Of course, it was impossible to mobilize too much power to help Zhao Kuangyin.

Yangzhou Army General Lu Kang, as the commander-in-chief of this 30,000-strong army, was ambitious and wanted to achieve something.

Even these 30,000 horses were extracted by Zhu Yuanzhang through gritted teeth.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's navy has an absolute advantage, he naturally has to maintain his only advantage. If the only advantage cannot be maintained, what hope is there?

In fact, even without the matter of the 30,000 navy troops, Zhu Yuanzhang could not let this matter go just for the sake of the stability of the alliance!

No matter how few troops you send, you still have to send them. Even if you only have 1,800, you still have to send them even though you know it will be useless. Sending troops represents an attitude. Sometimes it is just for this attitude, not because you really think it can be done. Solve the problem.

If he can make an impossible thing possible, this is naturally one of the fastest ways to become famous, and one of the fastest ways to take off in Zhu Yuanzhang's power.

Furthermore, at least judging from the current battle situation, it was Zhao Kuangyin who begged Zhu Yuanzhang for more.

Among the major families in Jiangdong, excluding the Zhu family, which is their own family, the Lu family is the one most closely involved with Zhu Yuanzhang's power. After all, among the aristocratic families, the Lu family has the largest number of people working for Zhu Yuanzhang.

First, it is for the cooperation and stability between alliances.

More importantly, it was to give Zhao Kuangyin an explanation!

Secondly, being able to contain the troops of Guangling County meant that Zhu Yuanzhang could finally help Zhao Kuangyin and Liu Bei.

After having those 30,000 naval troops, Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and sent 30,000 troops. Not only did he show his attitude, but it also made Zhao Kuangyin unable to say anything wrong in other aspects.

Famous generals include Lu Xun, Lu Kang and others. Strong generals include Lu Jie and Lu Er.

Moreover, the Lu family had a lot of grievances with the Jin army inside and outside. Among many families, it was one of the rare families that made Zhu Yuanzhang feel at ease. Of course, perhaps this reassurance is only relative.

Secondly, Zhao Kuangyin's 30,000 naval troops are still helping him fight on the Yangtze River. If Zhu Yuanzhang really doesn't care about anything and really falls out with Zhao Kuangyin, once Zhao Kuangyin transfers those 30,000 naval troops, for Zhu Yuanzhang, It’s also a moderate impact.

Thirty thousand troops attacked Guangling, which was garrisoned by 23,000 troops. I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang, the attacker, was not prepared to make a breakthrough in this direction!

Lu Kang's first battle against Guangling was in Jiangdu County.

Jiangdu County is not a big county, just a small county with low walls.

Some generals even have the idea of ​​bypassing this small county and attacking Guangling directly. If Guangling is defeated, the other cities will surely fall. However, Lu Kang had the appearance of a famous general, and he could see the importance of this humble little county at a glance.

If they attack Guangling lightly, Jiangdu can send troops to cut off their food routes. At that time, wouldn't it be in danger? Therefore, Lu Kang decided to go to Jiangdu first and then to Guangling.

But similarly, as a famous general, Liu Heitai could also see the importance of this small county.

Early on, Chen Deng personally led five thousand soldiers and horses to garrison here. It's like a nail stuck here. If the enemy doesn't remove this nail first, they can't really threaten Guangling.

"Report, don't drive. Lu Kang has only led tens of thousands of troops here. There are no more invincible troops on the river."

Although Su Qin's imperial edict was a fake imperial edict, it had not been approved by Li Xiang in advance. But Su Qin who was outside, after all, acquiesced that he had the right to act expediently. This kind of necessary fake imperial edict would naturally acquiesce that it was a true edict.

In this way, Chen Deng naturally became the Xuzhou Farewell of the Jin Dynasty.

Chen Deng said to the county magistrate and Yuan Lang, "General Yuan and I went out of the city to seek enemies."

"Yes!"

"Order!"

Watching the soldiers laying out firewood in the distance, he asked Chen Deng: "There are wide roads here, and Governor Chen's fire attack plan may not succeed."

Chen Deng said: "This is not a fire attack strategy, but a bluffing strategy."

In order to prevent Chen Deng from losing his footing and waiting for an opportunity to attack, Lu Kang stationed his army east of the Zhongdu River. Lu Kang thought he was safe, but instead gave Chen Deng a chance to make plans.

Chen Deng asked Yuan Lang's soldiers to leave the city through the west gate of Jiangdu County in the dark and detour to the northwest of Jiangdu County. Chen Deng asked the soldiers to place piles of firewood every ten steps along the road and arrange them neatly.

After arranging everything, Chen Deng and Yuan Lang left behind a few people who set fire, and led the soldiers across the Zhongdu River from the north to the east bank to wait.

At the fourth watch, the soldiers on the west bank lit firewood as agreed and began to beat drums and trumpets.

Lu Kang on the other side heard the sound of drums and horns outside the camp and rushed out of the camp. General Shi Qi also came to Lu Kang and said: "General, the fire on the other side is soaring into the sky and the golden drums are beating. It seems that Liu Heitai's reinforcements have arrived. "

"You don't know whether the reinforcements are real or not, so you must not act rashly and let all the soldiers in the army strengthen their defenses!" This was a blind act. Before he could clearly judge the strength of the opponent, Lu Kang could only choose this conservative attitude.

And during the day the next day, in a mere small county town, the number of flags on the city wall was doubled than before, and the city wall was also densely packed with human heads.

Lu Kang only had so few troops, so it was naturally impossible for him to use a forceful attack, let alone a forceful attack from the very beginning.

Therefore, he was not in a hurry to take action, but used various means to determine the reality of the city and the so-called reinforcements. This reinforcement came so strangely that he instinctively smelled a conspiracy.

It was precisely because of the lack of strength in his hands that he had to take every step cautiously, which made Lu Kang adopt the most conservative style.

But it happened that this gave Chen Deng room to operate.

(End of this chapter)