The last three kingdoms

Chapter 679 The Defeat of Yiyang
After Chen Qian received the edict, he did not dare to be negligent, and immediately mobilized his army to cross the Huai River in the south and attack Yiyang.

Jin's troops in Yuzhou are not many, only 7 to [-], and it is impossible for Chen Qian to bring all the troops there. For such a large area of ​​Yuzhou, it is necessary to keep troops for defense, Chen Qian said The troops that can be mobilized are only about [-].

One must know that Lu Kang led an army of [-] to capture Yiyang, with the danger of the Huai River in front and the Dabie Mountain in the back. Such a defensive situation clearly had an advantage. Chen Qian wanted to regain Yiyang, and it was not so difficult.

Therefore, after Chen Qian led his army to Xinxi, he did not rush to cross the Huai River, but asked Sima Yan for soldiers and horses. First of all, he had to ensure that the Jin army was not at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

Sima Yan has a big head now. Although Jin claims to have 50 troops, there are not many troops that can be sent to Chen Qian. However, Sima Yan is also very clear that if Chen Qian does not have enough troops People and horses are not enough to recover Yiyang, so at Chen Qian's request, Sima Yan still squeezed out a little force from Qingzhou and Bingzhou Xuzhou, about 3 to [-] people, and assigned them to Chen Qian's command.

At the same time, Sima Yan also ordered Sima Liang of Xiangyang and Shi Bao of Shouchun to do a good job of defending the two places, and at the same time send part of the army to reinforce Chen Qian to outflank the Wu army from the east and west sides.

After Sima Liang and Shi Bao received the order, they respectively dispatched [-] troops to encircle Yiyang from Xiangyang and Shouchun.

As a result, the strength of the Jin army surpassed that of the Wu army. Chen Qian was naturally full of confidence. Chen Bing faced the Wu army on the north bank of the Huaihe River.

However, Chen Qian was not in a hurry to cross the river. His purpose was to attract Lu Kang to set up defenses on the south bank of the Huai River, and only waited for the two groups of troops from Xiangyang and Huainan to kill them before encircling the Wu army.

However, Lu Kang saw through Chen Qian's intentions, and left only a small part of the army to defend on the south bank of the Huaihe River, while most of the main force turned to the west to meet the enemy who invaded from Xiangyang.

The Xiangyang soldiers, led by General Qi An, had just reached Jigong Ridge when they heard the sound of shouting and killing, and Wu Jun surrounded them from all sides.Qi An was shocked, his face was ashen, and he hurriedly led the army back, but unexpectedly, a group of Wu troops came out, like a whirlwind, the leader, white robe and silver armor, looks very young, he is Lu Kang's second son Lu Jing, Lu Jing is young and energetic, skilled in bow and horse, leading the army to charge and kill in the Jin army formation, as if entering a land without people.

Seeing Jin General Qi An over there, Lu Jing yelled, "Hey! The thief will leave!"

Qi An was terrified, he expected to be unable to hold back the enemy, he just turned around and was about to leave, when Lu Jing was fast and had already killed him, Qi An was forced to fight back, swung his spear and stabbed back, Lu Jing slashed down with the knife, the knife was heavy The shock made Qi An's arms go numb, and the spear almost fell out of his hands.Qi An was shocked, and turned around to pull his horse away, but Lu Jing could not allow him to run away from him. He quickly chased after him, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped down with his shoulders and head. Qi An's body was divided into two parts and fell under the horse.

As soon as the main general died, the Jin army was defeated, and all the soldiers rushed away, trampling each other, and there were many dead.Lu Kang did not chase after him, he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and moved to the east of Yiyang, where he fought with Shouchun's Jin army again.

In terms of total strength, the Wu army was at a disadvantage, but the Jin army came from three directions, which undoubtedly provided Lu Kang with an excellent opportunity, because no matter which way they deal with, the Wu army will occupy an absolute advantage in strength. It is a strategy of concentrating superior forces and annihilating the enemy individually.

He adopted the mode of quick battle and quick decision. First of all, he attacked the enemy of Xiangyang head-on, and then defeated the Jin army. The invading Jin army fought another encounter.

The inferiority in strength made Shouchun's Jin army unable to hold on. The battle lasted for more than an hour, and the Jin army collapsed across the board and fled in a hurry.

Lu Kang once again gave up the opportunity to chase and annihilate the enemy, and quickly returned to Yiyang to start a final decisive battle with Chen Qian's main force of the Jin army.

Even Chen Qian had to admire Lu Kang's skillful means. Faced with the siege of three groups of troops, Lu Kang showed outstanding military talents and superb command standards, which was amazing.

Don't think that anyone who reads Sun Tzu's Art of War can learn the tricks of concentrating troops to annihilate each one, and maneuvering in the enemy's encirclement. Without ordinary courage and wisdom, it is absolutely impossible. As long as the Wu army is surrounded by the Jin army all the way Don't worry, the other two armies may come for reinforcements at any time. Once surrounded by the three armies, it is absolutely impossible to escape defeat.

The strategy implemented by Lu Kang is to fight quickly, and each battle does not exceed one or two hours. It only deals a heavy blow to the Jin army, and ignores the fleeing enemy. Chance.

Chen Qian was no mediocrity either. Seeing Lu Kang's skillful actions on the battlefield, he immediately counterattacked and led his army across the Huaihe River, approaching Yiyang.

The Wu general Zuo Yi was in charge of guarding the Huai River defense line. Lu Kang led the main force to leave. Naturally, there were not many Wu soldiers on the Huai River defense line. When the Jin army crossed the river, they invested a lot of troops and built several floating bridges on the Huai River. The mighty kill came.As for the full force attack of the Jin army, Zuo Yi fought fiercely for a long time, but in the end he was outnumbered and unable to resist the enemy, so he could only lead the army back.

When Chen Qian was about to cross the river and launch a full-scale attack on Yiyang, the fast-moving Lu Kang unexpectedly came back at this time and attacked halfway across the river. As a result, Chen Qian was defeated. After being slaughtered, in the Huai River, floating corpses filled the river, almost silted up.

Chen Qian led the army back to the north bank, and lost at least [-]% of his troops. He had to stick to Xinxi while flying a report to Luoyang.

When the news of Yiyang's defeat reached the Luoyang Palace, Sima Yan turned pale and exclaimed, "Lu Kang is so brave, who can stop him?"

At the same time as the news of Yiyang's defeat came, the Jin army's attack on Guanzhong suffered setbacks. Four consecutive defeats shocked the Jin government and the public. The head-scratching blow made many people unable to accept such a fact.

Now that Yang Hu was defeated, Du Yu was defeated, Hu Fen was defeated, and even the veteran Chen Qian was defeated. If you really want to count, several well-known generals in the Jin Dynasty were defeated. Who will be sent next? It is really a thorny problem to deal with Ji Lu Kang.

When all the ministers were silent, Shangshu Yang Ji came out to play and said: "Your Majesty, I recommend one person, who may be able to defeat Lu Kang."

(End of this chapter)