Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 800 Self-righteous
Could it be that he brought out all the people in Jiangdong?But from the description of the appearance of the general of the Han army, it should be Qu Fengxian, who is Zhou Xin's confidant. Since it is Qu Fengxian, it seems credible.

Cao Pi couldn't believe it.

Suddenly, Cao Pi thought of another possibility: Sun Quan sent people to join the battle.There is only one explanation. "Boren, have you seen the wreckage of the warship burned by the Han army, have you ever found any difference?"

Xia Houshang thought for a long time, then shook his head blankly, Sima Wang suddenly said: "Your Majesty asked this, I remembered that the Han army's warships retreated from the Han River were strong and thick, and the burned warships were extraordinary, but compared with them There are still deficiencies.”

Cao Pi slapped the case and jumped up: "This must be Sun Quan! I said why Sun Quan didn't move at all. It turns out that he and Zhou Xin have already formed an alliance. How can Zhou Xin get so many soldiers? How can he invade my Yiling? Wu Jun is right. Yiling is very familiar."

Cao Pi's subjective assumptions were echoed by Xia Houshang and Sima Wang. Sun Quan's deployment may have been the one who played in Jiangxia, and it was Sun Quan's joining that Zhou Xin dared to attack everywhere.In other words, those in Yiling are most likely the elite of the Han army.The more people talked about it, the more people believed that Cao Pi's analysis was correct, or that the combat arrangement of this battle was not wrong, and the reason for the defeat was due to Sun Quan's participation.

After further analysis, Jiangling is very dangerous, and guarding Jiangling must guard Yiling. This has been verified from the battle for Jiangling between Zhou Yu and Cao Ren.Since Yiling is lost, Jiangxia is gone, and Zhou Xin still has a powerful navy on the south bank, how can 3 people be enough?
"Your Majesty, please move quickly to Xiangyang!" Xia Houshang no longer hesitated for a moment.

Cao Pi followed good example and ordered Xia Houfeng to burn ships and water fortresses, abandon Jiangling and retreat northward in a hurry.The Southern Expedition, which had been planned for several months, ended with Cao Pi losing Jiangxia and Jiangling counties instead, and Xuan Gao completely failed.As for Meng Da's life and death, it can only be fate. Since Sun Quan participated in the war, it is more likely to be a disaster than a blessing.

After waiting for several days without seeing Cao Pi's army, Sha Zan defrauded Cao Pi of 8000 people and took Jiangling without bloodshed.

Qu Feng first gave Sha Zan a supercilious look, even if he was killed, he would not believe what Sha Zan said.There are only 8000 people in Yiling, except for Xu Sheng's navy on the south bank, Zhou Xin has only 8000 to [-] people, and Cao Pi has at least [-] to [-] people. Cao Pi just left like this?
Sha Zan also did not expect that Cao Pi would withdraw so resolutely and thoroughly, let alone that Cao Pi was self-righteous in believing that Sun Quan would join the war.

Sha Zan said that the most urgent task is to welcome Zhou Xin to cross the river and preside over the overall situation, so as to stop Qu Fengxian's desire to pursue him.

On September [-]th, when Zhou Xin entered Jiangling, Cao Pi left in a hurry, only burning ships and water villages, and the damage to Jiangling was not serious.Duanmuling couldn't help sighing, if it wasn't for Sha Zan's suspicious strategy, the important town of Jiangling would not be so easy to get.

Qu Fengxian strongly advocated taking advantage of the victory to take Xiangyang, but Duanmuling, Sha Zan, and Qu Ping unanimously opposed it.And Sha Zan reminded Zhou Xin by insinuating, after all, the soldiers of Jiangnan Road experienced a great battle for the first time, and the Han army won a big victory.

Zhou Xin took it for granted and ordered the training.Feng Jian and Su Li reported the whole story of the Jiangxia battle. Hearing that Gan Ning was seriously injured, Zhou felt heartbroken and ordered the best doctors to be sent to treat him.As for Wenxiu, Zhou Xin was not optimistic, even a little disgusted, but Duanmuling felt that Wenxiu was able to lead the army back to attack Jiangxia when Gan Ning was injured in the battle of Xiangyang. There will be surrendered generals, so Zhou Xin reluctantly met Wen Xiu, comforted him, and appointed Wen Xiu as General Zhechong.

"Changsheng once said that after this battle, he wanted to take a walk around, do you still have this idea?" Zhou Xin asked Sha Zan.

Sha Zan hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Jiangling has just been settled, and there are a lot of things to do. I plan to stay by the comforter's side to help."

"Huh? Is there a good way for longevity?"

"The appeasement envoy is a joke. I'm out of skills so there's no good strategy. However, I don't think Cao Pi will stay in Xiangyang for long, and maybe he will return to Luoyang in a short time. Therefore, the appeasement envoy does not need to rush into the army, but first establishes a foothold in Jiangling Besides, Zigui is an important place to enter Sichuan, please send a pacifier to guard it."

Duanmuling nodded secretly, this is an old saying.Zhou Xin immediately ordered Wang Chuan to lead the barbarians to station in Zigui.Duanmuling asked softly: "Meng Da has been imprisoned for a long time, I don't know how to deal with it?"

Zhou Xin looked at Sha Zan, Sha Zan understood, and coughed dryly: "Meng Da is considered a famous general, why didn't the appeasement officer report the victory to the State Council and offer prisoners?"

It's a good idea to dump the burden on Dad. "Is Li Hao back?"

Qu Ping said: "I just arrived, and I'm just waiting outside because the appeasement envoys are discussing military affairs."

Li Hao was ordered to persuade Bu Zhi, but Bu Zhi neither agreed nor refused, but only said that he could stay in Changsha temporarily, and he needed to ask Sun Quan for instructions before making a decision.Duanmuling laughed, Buzhi wanted to see the final situation of the battle and report it to Sun Quan. Since the Han army won a big victory and captured Jiangling, Sun Quan would be deterred.

Zhou Xin immediately reported the battle situation in Jingzhou in running script, and ordered Wenxiu to escort Meng Da and Dong Ligun to follow Li Hao to see Zhou Cang.Wen Xiu was extremely excited to be able to meet the famous Fu Guogong. He thought it was Zhou Xin who gave him the opportunity, and he was very grateful to Zhou Xin.

Cao Pi rushed back to Xiangyang, only to find out one after another that the so-called Yiling's [-] to [-] troops were only less than [-], and there were thousands of barbarians. He was ashamed and angry, and he had no face to stay in Jingzhou for another day.

On September [-], Cao Pi drove back to Luoyang with the leaders Wang Su and Kuai Jun.Xia Houshang, Sima Wang and Xia Houxuan stayed in Xiangyang, and Xia Houfeng stationed in Fancheng.

On the fifth day of October, Han Qian, the former governor of Youzhou, went south to serve as the governor of the four counties in Jingnan. At the same time, Zhou Xin received a secret letter from Zhou Chong, cryptically mentioning that Han Qian was alienated by Zhou Cang.Zhou Xinzheng didn't know what to do, Qu Ping came to report that Buzhi had agreed to the Nanyue courtiers to stay in Jingnan as messengers of the two families.So Zhou Xin ordered Han Qian to be the governor of Jingnan and the prefect of Guiyang. In fact, he restrained Han Qian in Guiyang, and handed over Jingnan's government affairs to Buzhi.

And Zhou Xin kept his promise, and paid Buzhi 4000 yuan in one lump sum for the ship.Buzhi learned that all the warships were almost burnt to the ground, and his heart ached. He wanted to scold Zhou Xin for being a loser, but when he thought about it carefully, Zhou Xin actually got a big deal. Tens of thousands of troops!I can't help but admire Sun Quan's wisdom. Isn't the two countries fighting for national strength? On this point, Sun Quan can't compete with Zhou Cang at all.

On the sixth day of October, upon hearing of Cao Pi's return to the north, Duanmuling and Sha Zan advised Zhou Xin to lead his army northward and station in Dangyang, put pressure on Xiangyang but not attack, and wait for Zhou Cang's instructions.

(End of this chapter)