The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 536
On November 277, [-] AD, the navies of the Han and Wu countries fought a decisive battle in the waters of Xiling.Han wins and Wu loses.General Zuo of Eastern Wu and Zhang Zheng, Inspector of Jingzhou, died in battle.After Lu Kang's two sons were captured, they resolutely refused to surrender, but Zhang Zun was also unambiguous and cut them off directly.

Among the 120 main warships of the Soochow Navy that fought, about a hundred warships were sunk, burned or disintegrated.Most of the nearly 1 small boats of various types were also damaged.Among the [-] sailors, more than [-] were killed, more than [-] were missing, and more than [-] surrendered or were captured.

"Report to the former general, General Hengjiang. After counting and questioning by his subordinates, there are about twenty warships in Wugou that slipped away last night. Do you want to send ships to chase them?"

"No need, this little force can't accomplish anything, but it can help us spread the fear of defeat to Wu Dog downstream. Well, have you finished counting the battle damage of our army?"

"The inventory has been basically completed. In the battle yesterday, our army lost more than 180 suicide fireboats and 720 Nie Zheng boats. [-] people were killed and more than [-] people were missing. Those who were injured and could not go to battle for the time being, two More than a thousand and five hundred people."

"En." Hearing the report, both Zhang Zun and Wang Jun nodded to accept it.

"Shizhi, what should our army do next?"

"What does the former general mean?"

"Send envoys to Xiling to persuade them to surrender. If the enemy general does not surrender, just send out an army to besiege him. The main force of our army should continue to go down the river and join forces with the troops in Zhennan."

"The former general's opinion is extremely clever, and the last general also thinks so."

"Hahahaha, let's arrange it like this."

……

Cheng Ju, Wu Yan and the others saw clearly the battle between yesterday afternoon and night from the tower of Xiling City.However, although they could see clearly, as the commanders of the infantry, they were helpless against the defeat of their own navy.

"Zizhan, now that the navy has been defeated, what should we do?"

"What do you want, Brother Shi Ze (My Yan)?"

"The Han army is powerful. After losing the navy, the [-] infantry in Xiling City can't go out to fight with them. So there are only two choices. One is to defend Xiling City. In doing so, our contribution to the battle is to hold off three The [-] Han army is nothing more than that. The second is to leave the city overnight and evacuate. If we do this, if we can reach Jiangling smoothly, then we should be able to play a greater role than defending the isolated city. But if one is not careful, we may not have As far as Jiangling, the entire army has been wiped out."

"Brother Shi Ze is right. But if you look at it from Brother Yu, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave the city."

Sure enough, just as the sky was just getting brighter, the officer on duty outside the city had come to report: "The Han army has besieged the city, and at the same time there is a person outside the city asking to enter the city."

"Hmph, is this here to persuade you to surrender? Zizhan, you can be rich today because of your brother's simplification by His Majesty. Therefore, the general will never surrender. What is Zizhan going to do?"

I really want to surrender at this point, it seems that Wu Guo will not be able to survive this time.But you are so strong, what can I do?But it doesn't matter, if you don't surrender at this time, it will be nothing more than surrendering in a few months.The difference is not very big.

"Brother Zhuangzai, Cheng Ju, as a minister of the Great Wu, will of course fight to the end for His Majesty. Since we can't get out, then stick to this Xiling City and hold back tens of thousands of enemy troops for the country. That's all. The duty of a courtier."

"Good, if that's the case, there's no need to see this messenger."

……

"When did Wu Gou get so timid that he didn't even dare to meet the messenger? That's all, is Zicheng here?"

"Former general, Luo Xi is here."

"I'm sorry, Zicheng, the Wu dog in Xiling refuses to surrender. The general can only ask you to lead an army and surround it. There is no need to attack. Just guard the camp and prevent the Wu dog inside from wandering around. , just threaten our food supply."

For Ji Han now, the scale of this troop dispatch is so huge.Therefore, after encountering the enemy's key strongholds, if it is not particularly necessary, there is no interest in knocking them down one by one: you have 2 people defending the city, and I will send 3 people to besiege you.Anyway, when we catch Sun Hao, you still want to surrender.

But for Luo Xi, such a task is full of bitterness.

But there is no way, someone must do the job of the jailer, right?General Wei Luo Xian is sitting in Nanyang this time, coordinating military affairs.As long as the defeat of Wu is successful, a general will never escape.It's decided for father to be promoted to a noble, and it is right to wrong your son at this time, so Luo Xi can only bow his head and accept his orders.

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On November [-]th, Lu Mu, who was in Jiangling, saw a large number of broken ships and planks floating across the river in the Jiangling section from the top of the city.

"Hey! It seems that there has been a fight in Xiling. But why hasn't the court's navy come up yet?"

At this time, Jiangling had more than 2 infantry and [-] sailors.Since Du Yu followed closely, Jiangling became an isolated city.However, since Du Yu did not have a navy, the Han Army's Central Route Army could not move in Jiangling at the moment.On the contrary, the [-] sailors under Lu Mu's command were able to move around, continuously transporting grain from the counties on the south bank of the Yangtze River to Jiangling City.

However, on November [-]th, the [-] sailors of Soochow had to retreat: first, the remnants of the Xiling navy came desperately with sails and paddles.When passing by Jiangling, I saw the size of our navy outside Jiangling City.The officer leading the team didn't even have the interest to stop for a while, and just sailed past.

Not long after this group of defeated soldiers passed by, layers of flags and masts appeared on the upstream river.After seeing such a lineup, the [-] sailors stationed in Jiangling all of a sudden dispersed.

"Hahahaha~~ How did the former general come so fast?"

"How dare you let Zhennan wait in Jiangling for a long time."

After Zhang Zun and Du Yu led their respective generals to meet, the two sides sat down.Zhang Zun opened his mouth and asked, "How did Jiangling break it?"

"If the former general has not arrived, there is no good way to take this city except for a strong attack. But now that the former general's navy has arrived, Jiangling can be taken in an instant."

"Oh? The plan will be released?"

"Ex-general, except for the [-] Lu family's private soldiers, the other soldiers in the Jiangling garrison are mainly people from the vicinity of Xiangyang. The people there are very close to our Nanyang County, so Si Wencao and others You have made some moves early in the year. Before your navy came, you had already thrown countless notices and pictures into the city through trebuchets, with one meaning, take down Lu Mu, and then everyone took the money and went home! In the past, because Our army does not have a navy, and Jiangling was not trapped to death. So the Wu generals who commanded the Jiangling soldiers were lucky. Now that the former general's fleet has appeared here, I think the other party will send us Lu Jiyang's head soon. .”

"Hahahaha, Zhennan is really powerful. So be it, our army came all the way after the Xilingshui battle with almost no rest, and it happened to be here to rest for a day or two."

"Well, the former general, according to the confession of the captured prisoners, Wu Gou also had a navy, which was deployed near Jianye before the war. It's just confusing why this navy hasn't reached Jiangling yet?"

"It doesn't matter, after the battle of Xiling, my big man's navy has completely established confidence in Wugou's navy. Even if Wugou's Yangzhou navy came, it would not be difficult to wipe them out."

Speaking of which, Sun Hao has quickly responded to Zhang Zheng's request.However, it has been 20 days since Sun Hao ordered the Yangzhou Navy to set off.Don't talk about Xiling, even in Jiangling, there is no trace of the enemy.This is really strange.

Actually, it's not surprising at all.

After the Kuaiji family was forced to transfer their family property to Huainan, on the entire south bank of the Yangtze River, except for the Sun family, the four families of Gu Lu Zhu Zhang Wu County were the most prominent.

The Lu family has guarded Jingzhou for a long time, so its hard power such as private soldiers is mainly in the direction of Jingzhou.As for Yangzhou, the Gu family is in charge.

As for the Gu family...they hold two salt mines in Yizhou, and have also obtained the goods agency rights of Fuxingshe in Yangzhou...so...

The aristocratic family is nothing but grass!When the strength gap between the two sides is too large, even though Ji Han's many policies make the Jiangdong family not so happy, but obeying the sword of the strong is one of the family's survival instincts.

Therefore, it took more than [-] days for this Yangzhou navy of more than [-] people to arrive in Xunyang after setting off from Jianye.

Xunyang is the junction of Yangzhou and Jingzhou.Before Soochow got Jingzhou in the past, it also stationed heavy troops here.But now, he is still a very important naval station.And when the commander of this fleet, Gu Qian, came here with his army.What he received was news that surprised him but at the same time completely relieved him: "Qi reported to General Lou Chuan that news came from the upstream that on November [-], Jiangling Governor Wu Yan in Jiangling City launched a mutiny. I beheaded General Jianwei Lu Jiyang and surrendered the city. Now, the entire Jingzhou along the river is no longer in my hands!"

(End of this chapter)