Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 226 Battle for Jizhou (1)

The young Sun Quan carried the banner of Jiangdong, and was about to do something, to do what his elder brother Sun Ce had not done, to seize Lujiang and pacify the six counties of Jiangdong.

After Sun Ce's death, Gan Ning of Lujiang County naturally would not let go of this once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity to lead troops to attack Danyang County, and Tan Daoji led troops to attack Yuzhang County.

It's too late for Sun Quan to show his ambition!However, they lost two counties one after another, and lost a lot of soldiers and horses. The elders of Jiangdong, who had not yet recovered from the bad news of the death of the lord, groaned in their hearts after receiving the news.

Sun Quan hurriedly ordered Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other veteran generals to lead the army to fight. Sun Quan was stationed in Wujun and mobilized in the middle.

A steed galloped on the official road to Guandu, galloped all the way, entered Li Song's camp without being stopped, stopped the horse outside a camp, got off the horse, shouted "Report!" and ran quickly into the camp.

"Prime Minister Gan Ning, the prefect of Lujiang, is here to report! Sun Ce, the underlord of Jiangdong, was shot by the prefect Gan Ning with an arrow in a battle with our army. Sun Ce died of a recurrence of the arrow wound at the end of March this year."

"His younger brother Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and became the new commander of Jiangdong. Our army launched a battle during Sun Ce's funeral and captured Danyang County and Yuzhang County. Half of Jiangdong's land fell into our army." The man entered the camp and stood in front of Li Song. Knelt down on one knee.

After Li Song heard this, he waved his hand to make him retreat, and the man clasped his fists as a salute, and retreated.

After the man withdrew, Li Song said: "Now, not only have we defeated Yuan Shao's army and shattered Yuan Shao's intentions, but now half of Jiangdong has fallen into our hands. I am afraid that the entire Jiangdong will be ours in a short time. "

"Wait for me to eliminate Yuan Shao and rule the world! Just around the corner!"

In the face of the general trend, all struggles are futile. No matter who it is now, it can't stop Li Song's progress.

"Prime Minister!" Jia Xu bowed his hands and said, "It is not difficult to seize Jiangdong. I am worried that Sun Quan will join forces with Liu Biao in Jingxiang, and General Gan Ning will be attacked by the enemy."

"Liu Biao and Sun Quan have revenge for killing their father! Sun Jian was shot and killed by Liu Biao's subordinates, how could they unite?" Xiao Mahe obviously disagreed with Jia Xu's point of view, and refuted it on the grounds of killing his father.

"It's not impossible!" said Sima Yi, a scholar of literature. Everyone looked at him, and Li Song also looked at Sima Yi meaningfully.

Sima Yi bowed to Li Song, and continued: "Jiangdong is in danger now! Even if Sun Quan and Liu Biao have a mortal feud, due to external factors, they will temporarily put aside all grievances and choose a short-term alliance."

Sima Yi boasted, and pointed out the various possibilities of the alliance between Liu Biao and Sun Quan, so that Li Song should be prepared just in case.

Everyone understands that the external factors mentioned by Sima Yi refer to the Yangtze River Corps commanded by Gan Ning. Once Sun Quan's faction is destroyed, Liu Biao's Jingxiang Group will directly face the peak of Li Song's army, and may even be wiped out by the regiment. , They all understand the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

In order to benefit the most, Sun Quan and Liu Biao will put aside their hatred for the time being and unite against Li Song. Even if they can't expand their territory, they can still hold their own one-acre three-point land. Even if they win, how dare they have other ideas right now? .

Li Song thought for a while and said, "Order people to go to Lujiang, tell Gan Ning to be more careful, especially to beware of back arrows from Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu."

"No!" A guard clasped his fists and saluted, exited the tent, and sent someone to report to Lujiang.

"The most important thing right now is to take down Liyang, and then send troops to Yecheng. If you have any good suggestions, please tell me." Li Song said, the main purpose of summoning generals this time is how to break through Liyang City.

"Prime Minister! The last general thinks that to capture Li Yang, he will send troops to attack fiercely, and he will definitely be able to break through." Guan Sheng stroked his long beard and said.

"General Guan Sheng is right, but in this way, our army will definitely lose a lot of soldiers and horses, which is not good for us. Even if we break through Li Yang, it will still hurt our vitality. I suggest besieging and not attacking!"

"Waiting for Yuan Shao's reinforcements to arrive, our army will attack and defeat the soldiers who came to rescue Li Yang." Xue Rengui said, isn't this just a siege to rescue Li Yang?

"Rengui is right! As long as we surround Li Yang, there will always be a time when Li Yang will run out of food, and we are not afraid that they will not surrender."

"As long as Yuan Shao dares to send troops to rescue, we will catch him by surprise. Now Qingzhou has been captured by Luo Cheng."

"You can order Luo Cheng to continue advancing, and order Yu Wencheng and others in Bingzhou to launch a fierce attack on Jizhou, so that Yuan Shao's army can't look at each other from head to tail. Our army will advance in three directions and conquer Jizhou in one fell swoop." Li Song said.

"Prime Minister, our army can also harass Li Yang in batches, day and night, so that the enemy is tired of coping, while our army recharges its batteries. When the defenders are exhausted, we can attack the city with all our strength and win the battle." Li Yang is not too difficult." Xue Rengui added.

"Rengui's method is very good, let's act according to this method, everyone should prepare!" Li Song said.

"No!" Everyone stood up and responded, leaving the camp.

Under the city of Liyang, the drums and horns of Li Song's army sounded, and they pretended to be attacking the city. Li Yang's defenders rushed to the top of the city, ready for battle.

After randomly shooting a few rounds of arrows at the top of the city, they immediately called for gold and withdrew their troops, making the defenders confused and completely unaware of what was going on.

Jiang Yiqu looked at the rapidly retreating enemy army, and murmured in his heart, worried that there might be some fraud, so he stood on the top of the city and waited quietly. If the general did not leave, the soldiers naturally had to stay in their positions, not daring to leave. mess around.

After waiting for two hours, seeing that the enemy had no intention of attacking, Jiang Yiqu left the city with doubts. Except for some people who continued to monitor the outside of the city, the other soldiers withdrew from the city.

As soon as they unloaded their armor, Xue Rengui seized the opportunity to harass again, and the drums and horns sounded again, so he had to put on his armor and weapons again, rushing to the city from all directions again like a tide, ready to meet the enemy army attack.

"What's going on?" Jiang Yiqu heard the movement, put on his armor in a hurry, ran out, and met the lieutenant who came to look for him.

"General Qi, the enemy is attacking us again." The lieutenant said out of breath.

"Could this be the enemy's trick? Pretend to attack and deceive our army into running around!" Jiang Yiqu said, having suffered a loss once, he was worried whether he would be deceived again.

"General, I don't think it's a fake this time. After all, the enemy's catapults and siege vehicles have already been pushed up. Judging by their posture, this time it should be a real attack." The deputy general didn't think Said falsely.

(End of this chapter)