Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 818 Besieging Zhang Renshang

Xiangyang City.

Chen Gong personally led the army to sit in the town, and Hou Qing, the former Nanyang prefect, presided over the government affairs. Things were orderly. Although there were some disturbances at the beginning, they quickly calmed down. The administrative efficiency of the Minghou Mansion is still very fast.

Hou Qing's ability is also good. Mu Jing asked him to come to the rescue, which is considered to be the right one. After he came to power, he repeatedly used methods, suppressed, wooed, calmed down, and provoked, tearing apart the unity of Jingzhou people from the inside. .

This also gave him the opportunity to appease the hearts of the people and establish the majesty of the Minghou Mansion, and the people's sentiments that had been a little boiling gradually calmed down.

After the beginning of spring, the most important thing is spring plowing.

The sky is big and the earth is big, it is better to eat the most. At this time, no matter who is in charge, everyone in Xiangyang is paying attention to the spring plowing, so some hostility is temporarily gone, and Xiangyang ushered in a short period of peace.

But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

Xiangyang is peaceful, but the situation is not stable. Whether it is the oppression from Nanyang or the pressure from Jiangxia, they are persecuting Xiangyang.

Of course, Mu Jun has an active advantage.

On this day, Chen Gong met Hou Qing.

Chen Gong led the army and wiped out all the forces in Xiangyang City that opposed the Minghou Mansion, and wiped out the surrounding bandits, while Hou Qing took charge of the government to appease the people's livelihood and restore the economy. Only with the joint efforts of the two can there be peace in Xiangyang.

"There are changes in Yizhou, and our army is about to go south!" Chen Gong said straight to the point: "Nanjun has also become a bargaining chip!"

"What about Xiangyang?"

Hou Qing frowned, Nanyang was lost, he had nothing to say, but Xiangyang was finally defeated, even if it was for the sake of the overall situation, he still felt a little heartbroken to send it away so directly.

"Xiangyang?" Chen Gong thought for a while, and said, "Nanjun is going to be handed over, but Xiangyang, maybe we can be sloppy, but this blame, we will take it directly, and we can't let the lord take it!"

"how do you want to do it?"

"Let me tell you the truth, Nanyang's troops will be dispatched back, leaving only Lei Bo's troops to guard Xinye, and the soldiers and horses going south are to join forces with the Jingzhou Army and besiege the Dongzhou Army under Liu Yan's command in Yizhou!"

Chen Gong said in a deep voice: "Don't ask me why, the higher-ups are considering the overall situation, and the Lord is considering the interests of the entire Yizhou and Jingzhou. Relatively speaking, they are not that important for the time being!"

He thought for a while, and added: "However, I'm not willing to spit out what's in our hands, so even if I want to use Nanjun as a bargaining chip, I'm going to eat Xiangyang!"

"One Xiangyang, I can't hold it!"

Hou Qing is also a person who understands the situation: "Once your army goes south, our Xiangyang will have no danger to defend. If we win, we will also lose!"

"I know!"

Chen Gong nodded: "I've thought about it. Xiangyang alone won't work, but if we add Xinye, it may not be so. If we connect Xiangyang, Yicheng, Caiyang, Xinye, Fancheng, and the mountains into a line, there will be Take the opportunity!"

He began to analyze the military layout: "Lei Bo has nowhere to go now. He fought with us before, and we sold his backhand, which has angered Yuan Shu. Now he can only rely on us. Xinye is guarded by him, and we have given him enough support. , it should be no problem, the mountain capital Fancheng is in the rear, and Wudang is connected to Hanzhong, there is no big problem, the key is Caiyang in Yicheng, I can only give you five thousand soldiers and horses at most!"

"Five thousand soldiers and horses?"

Hou Qing summoned Chen Nan, the former captain of Nanyang.

Chen Nan was born in the Violent Bear Army, with the support of the Violent Bear Army Yangshan Camp behind him.

"Chen Duwei, five thousand soldiers, are you defending Yicheng and Caiyang?" Hou Qing asked directly.

"The army is about to withdraw?"

Chen Nan's reaction was quick.

"En!" Hou Qing nodded: "If we can hold it, we will stay. If we can't hold it, we can only withdraw with the army and give up Xiangyang!"

"can!"

Chen Nan gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "Jingzhou has a large population, as long as you give me five thousand elites, plus enough financial resources and weapons, I can recruit troops on the spot, unless Jingzhou's army comes, or the Guanzhong army goes south, otherwise I can Stabilize the situation!"

"Then Xiangyang, I won't let go!"

Hou Qing didn't want to let go either, only one reason was missing, and now Chen Nan gave him a reason, he decided to stick to Xiangyang.

"Think about it, you will be responsible for this blame, even if the lord knows it well, but in order to give an explanation to the alliance and to preserve the reputation of Minghou Mansion, you will definitely be punished at that time, and you will not die. You have to take off this skin too!"

"My lord treats me like a scholar of the country, how can I put life and death as honor and disgrace, and put the overall situation first!" Hou Qing said firmly.

Chen Gong looked at Hou Qing's determined expression, and his heart moved slightly.

What reassures him most about the Minghou Mansion is this kind of fighting spirit of one mind, which is inseparable from Mu Jing's ability, personal charm, and behavior style.

"Prefect Hou, Xiangyang, entrusted to you!"

Chen Gong took a step down, arched his hands, bowed slightly, and made a big salute to show his respect.

"Let's encourage each other!"

Hou Qing returned the gift.

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In just a few days, the Mu army was mobilized again and again. The first Jingping army, the second Jingping army, the violent bear army, the soldiers of the three armies, guarding Nanyang, guarding Xiangyang, and guarding the southern part of Nanjun quickly mobilized .

A few days later, the chief generals of the three armies gathered in Yicheng, Nanjun.

Huang Zhong is the main general, Chen Gong is the military adviser, the first army dispatched the main force of 1 soldiers, the second army dispatched the main force of [-] soldiers, and the Violent Bear Army dispatched the main force of [-] soldiers.

"Soldiers are expensive and fast, we have to be fast!"

Huang Zhong said: "My lord has only one military order, to besiege the Dongzhou army, whether to suppress or release, wait for the order, but they must be trapped!"

"General, the key is where is it trapped?"

Chen Dao arched his hands and asked.

"here!"

Chen Gong spread out the marching map, pointed in a direction, and said in a deep voice.

"Jingzhou City?"

Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes: "This is a good place!"

"How to lead the Dongzhou Army back to Jingzhou City?"

"We have help!"

"Who!"

"Jingzhou Army!"

"Will the Jingzhou army help us?" Chen Dao and Zhou Cang were a bit slow-witted, but Zhang Liao reacted faster: "Has the lord reached a temporary ally with Jingzhou?"

"Although the two parties still can't believe it, but at present, it can be considered that the interests have a common direction, and we can cooperate!" Chen Gong said.

"Wenyuan!"

"exist!"

"You lead the army first, go down Dangyang, and control all the waterways west of Jingzhou City!" Huang Zhong said.

"Yes!"

"Chen arrives!"

"exist!"

"Quick speed army, attack Maicheng!"

To the west of Jingzhou City, the most important thing is Maicheng.

Historically, when Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng, he was defeated in Jingzhou City and finally lost in Maicheng. He could have escaped, but he did not expect that the ambush Lu Meng had placed in Maicheng in advance completely wiped him out in Maicheng.

Maicheng is the main direction to besiege Jingzhou City.

"promise!"

Chen Dao took the order.

"Everyone is in position. Once the Dongzhou Army enters Jingzhou City, we will move immediately. This battle is very important!" Huang Zhong said emphatically: "My lord and Mr. Hu, the army division has been planning for several years and has gone through hundreds of battles. , Several times of danger, it's the result of today's game, success or failure depends on one action, if the opportunity is lost because of us, we will die without regret!"

"We should bow carefully, after death!"

The generals drank loudly.

……

Gong'an County, Dongzhou Army's main camp.

The Dongzhou Army is the main force left in Jingzhou in Yizhou. The main general is Zhang Ren, Liu Yan's most trusted general.

Before the end of last year, Zhang Ren once played a battle plan for Yizhou. He wanted to lead his army south to Changsha, capture Changsha first, and attack Jiangxia after returning to the division, but in the end Yizhou vetoed it. Although Zhang Ren had no choice but to Can give up the plan to go south.

These days, Zhang Ren puts all his energy on the opposite side, which is Jiang Xia.

Unable to go south, attacking Jiangxia has become his goal.

After the Battle of Jingzhou City, he deeply understood the fact that in the battle in Jingzhou, the force of the navy was stronger than he had imagined.

So he began to train the sailors of the Eastern State Army.

There were not many warships seized before, but there were many shipyards in Jingzhou, especially in Jingzhou City, where there was a large shipyard with a shipbuilding workshop dedicated to building warships for Jingzhou.

At present, although the Dongzhou Army does not have large ships, even if there are not many battleship-level warships, Zhang Ren searched for a lot of warships.

After the beginning of spring, Zhang Ren devoted himself to naval training. He hoped that by virtue of the combat power of the Dongzhou Army's navy, he could break the barriers of the Jingzhou Army. He didn't need a strong navy. Becoming his weakness, with his ability, he can actually drive straight into it.

"Report!"

A scout interrupted Zhang Ren's peaceful training life.

"Say!"

"Report to the general, there are warships approaching our police!"

"Battleship?"

Zhang Ren's pupils changed color slightly: "Jingzhou Army!"

"Look at the banner, it's already the Cai Mao Department of the Jingzhou Army!"

"How is the force?"

"I don't know for now, but looking at their warships, it seems that they are all out!"

"Report!"

Another scout came back and reported: "My lord, Huarong fell, Captain Xu Yan died in battle, more than two thousand soldiers, most of which were lost, and only less than five hundred remnants remained. Under the leadership of the military marquis Xu Nian, they withdrew to Jingzhou City .”

(End of this chapter)