On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 600 Jiangling City Defense
When Cui Che captured Changlin County and opened the road to Jiangling, Yuwen Shiji also followed Zhang Heng to Jiangling.

Zhou Fashang, the governor of Nanjun, and Murong Sanzang, the governor of Changsha, led Jiangling officials to greet him outside the city.

"Thank you, the two gentlemen of the mansion will welcome you from afar."

Zhang Heng got off the carriage and laughed loudly.

The three of them greeted each other, and Zhang Heng called for Yu Wenshiji and introduced them to them:
"This is the second son of Xu Guogong, Yu Wenshiji. He is a member of the record office of Prince Qi's palace and joins the army."

Yuwen Shiji saluted and said:
"I have met the two princes."

The two of them did not dare to neglect and quickly returned the gift.

At this time, Jiangling County Magistrate came up and said with a smile:

"Zhang Changshi, a banquet has been prepared in the city. If you want to take care of Chang Shi, please move on."

Zhang Heng refused:

"Zhang accepts the kindness, but the reception banquet will be waived."

As he spoke, he said to Zhou Fa Shang and Murong Sanzang:

"Please also ask the two princes to tell me the current situation in detail."

Murong Sanzang kept silent and asked Zhou Fashang, who was the governor of Nanjun, to explain to Zhang Heng. After all, Murong Sanzang could also be regarded as a guest general.

Everyone was walking and talking, and Zhou Fashang introduced:
"Now the Yan bandits have occupied Changlin County and are temporarily resting in Changlin County.

"According to the news sent back by the spies, his generals Dou Jiande and Xu Shiji led [-] more cavalry to join him in Changlin.

"Now Yan Thief has [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] navy troops under his command."

Zhang Heng interrupted and asked:
"Where is the Yan Thieves Navy now?"

Compared with Cui Che's elite infantry and cavalry, Zhang Heng was more concerned about Yan Dynasty's navy. As long as he could severely damage or even annihilate the Yan navy, he could turn the tide of the war.

Without the cover of the navy, let alone attacking Jiangling, if Cui Che didn't run quickly, he might not be able to return to the north, let alone defend the previously captured Xiangyang, Xiyang and other places.

As a veteran, Zhou Fashang also knew this, and he immediately replied:

"Stay in search of the mouth."

Zhang Heng asked again:
"How strong is Yan Thief's naval force?"

This is the issue that Zhang Heng is most concerned about. On the way to Jiangling, he heard that the naval ships in Xiangyang were destroyed, which also gave Zhang Heng a little shock to the Yan Dynasty.

Although the Xiangyang Navy took the initiative to destroy the ships, it is an indisputable fact that they failed to break through the blockade of the Yan Navy.

This forced Zhang Heng to re-examine the strength of the Yan Kingdom's navy.

Zhou Fashang shook his head and said:

"The Yan thieves strictly guarded the water stronghold and stayed behind closed doors. The Jiangling navy army failed to test the truth."

As he spoke, he explained to Zhang Heng:
“The failure of the Xiangyang navy to break through the blockade was not due to a disadvantage in the water battle, but because the Yan thieves set up a large number of trebuchets on both sides of the river and blocked the river with iron cables and hidden piles. The Xiangyang navy was trapped and had to abandon the ship and walk. "

Zhang Heng felt relieved when he heard this.

He was really worried that the navy of the Yan Kingdom had grown to the point where it could compete head-on with the navy of the Sui Dynasty.

The three of them didn't leave or talk, and soon arrived at the prefect's mansion in Jiangling City. Yu Wenshiji followed closely behind and followed the three of them into the mansion.

Zhang Heng's attitude towards Zhou Fashang and Murong Sanzang was very kind, but this did not prevent him from taking over control of the army from them.

On the same day, Zhang Heng made readjustments to Jiangling city defense.

Yu Wenshiji participated in the whole process. When he returned to his residence, he immediately drew all Zhang Heng's previous arrangements for the city defense on paper.

A few days later, this drawing paper appeared on Cui Che's desk.

Cui Che stared at the distribution map of Jiangling City Defense and frowned.

Even if Zhang Heng's plan is known, how to break Jiangling City is still a problem.After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao retreated to the north, leaving Cao Ren to defend for a full year under the attack of the Sun and Liu families.

The east and north sides of Jiangling City faced the river, so it could not be used as the main attack direction when the defenders had naval forces as support.

Therefore, they could only attack the west and south sides, which also made it easier for the defenders in the city to concentrate their forces for defense.

Today's Jiangling is far more difficult to capture than Jiangling in the Han Dynasty. The reason is that when Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou, he built a new city, namely Nancheng, also known as Guan Gong City.

There is a barbican between the south city and the north city. If you want to attack Jiangling North City, you can only attack from the west side.

If we turn to attack the south city, even if we lose troops and capture the city, the defenders can still retreat to the north city and continue to resist.

As the saying goes, plan before taking action. Cui Che didn't leave Changlin County for a long time because he couldn't find a way to break the city.

Although Yuwen Shiji has a high status, he is a civilian official and has no soldiers on hand, so he cannot provide Cui Che with help other than intelligence.

Cui Che thought hard and didn't know how much time had passed. It wasn't until he heard a knock on the door outside Cui Youzhi's house that he realized that it was dark outside the window.

"Grandfather, it's already night, so let's have dinner first."

Cui Youzhi shouted outside the house.

"come in."

Cui Che called, he also felt hungry.

The guard on duty pushed the door open from the outside, and Cui Youzhi walked in holding a dinner plate in both hands.

Cui Che had dinner accompanied by Cui Youzhi. As soon as he wiped his mouth clean, he couldn't wait to tell Cui Youzhi:
"Badger, go and summon Xu Shiji and Xue Shan for me."

Cui Youzhi took the order and left. Not long after, Cui Youzhi brought Xu Shiji and Xue Shou to Cui Che's study.

"Wei Chen greets His Majesty."

"No gift, flat body."

Cui Che raised his hand and said.

Cui Youzhi saw that his grandfather had summoned the two of them late at night. He must have something important to discuss with them, so he excused himself and said:

"Grandfather, grandson, please retire."

Cui Che warned:
"Go to bed early and don't read all night to avoid eye diseases."

Cui Youzhi agreed, saluted Cui Che, and then obediently went back to lie down on his side to rest.

Cui Che had eaten before, so he put it away in order to prevent it from staining the Jiangling city defense map.

Now that Xu Shiji and Xue Shou have arrived, Cui Che unfolds it again and invites them to come for detailed information.

The two were surprised when they saw the blueprint. After all, only someone who knew the overall layout of Jiangling City Defense could draw this picture. This person must be in a high position in Jicheng.

They didn't know that they had such an internal agent in the city.

In fact, very few people know the identities of Yuwenshi and Naiying, and Cui Che protects him very well.

For example, for today's city defense map, he only called Xu Shiji and Xue Shou.

Both of them are men of outstanding intelligence and have won the trust of Cui Che. As for the other generals, Cui Che can certainly trust their loyalty, but the fewer people who know about the existence of this picture, the safer Yuwen Shiji will be.

If the news is leaked, it will inevitably arouse Zhang Heng's suspicion, and there is no guarantee that he will not follow the clues and find out Yuwen Shiji.

In Cui Che's plan, Yu Wenshiji still has a great use and cannot be exposed so easily.

"This is the current layout of Jiangling City Defense. You two must keep it secret and don't let the news leak out."

Cui Che told Xu and Xue.

　No more tonight, I'll figure out how to defeat Jiangling.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)