The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 538
The war started for more than a month, and the Han army's central and western fronts were advancing triumphantly.But on the Eastern Front, Malone played more depressed.

First of all, the imperial court allocated him the least troops, but he was facing Zhong Hui, the highest-level commander in Soochow.Moreover, the Yangzhou Corps, as the Weiwu Corps of Gongwei Jianye, has the strongest combat power.

But Ma Xiaoxing didn't take this seriously: so what about Zhong Hui?What about the strongest enemy force?Otherwise, I can't show my Malone's ability!
It's a pity that the battle on this front is full of weirdness.

At the beginning, Ma Long swore to march in early October, and Zhong Hui made a powerful stop in the direction of the Huaihe River.The progress of the Han army was not smooth.

Then, Ma Long bypassed the section of the Huaihe River where Shouchun was located, and crossed the Huaihe River at the other end.At this time, Zhong Hui ignored him.Then, the Han army on the eastern front crossed the Huaihe River smoothly.

After crossing the Huai River, Ma Long led his army back to the city of Shouchun.Zhong Hui first led his troops out of the city to fight a field battle with Ma Long.After the Wu army suffered a slight setback, Zhong Hui entered Shouchun and began to defend.

In November, after Zhang Zun began to send troops on the western front.Zhonghui sent someone to send a letter to Ma Long: I don't want Shouchun anymore, I'm going to Hefei, please let me go.

Of course Malone scoffed at such letters: Want to leave?It's not that easy.I wiped you out here, and Hefei behind is still easy to catch.

It's a pity that at this time, General Wei Luo Xian brought a letter from General Zhang Yi of Chariot and Cavalry.

"What? General Wei? Did the lower official read it wrong? General Che Qi asked the lower official to let the bell go south?"

"Hush! Silence." Luo Xian hurriedly covered Ma Long's mouth: "Zhong Shiji has already lost his sincerity to Da Sima. Therefore, Yangzhou side has more concerns during the battle."

"Ah?" After habitually exclaiming loudly, Malone quickly reacted.Then he lowered his voice and asked, "When did it happen?"

"During the Eastern Expedition in the past, after Jin lost Bingzhou, Zhong Shiji had already lost his sincerity to Da Sima. It was because of him that [-]% of the food that Soochow supported Luoyang was unqualified, almost none."

"Hey! Long was in Luoyang City in the past, but he witnessed the shortage of food in the city. Hey... let's not talk about these. Then General Wei, since Zhong Shiji is already one of our people, why don't you just raise the flag and fight with me? Join forces and go directly south to Jianye?"

"Hehehe..." Luo Xian smiled slightly and said with embarrassment: "When Xian was a court official in Chengdu in the past, he didn't understand anything. He only knew how to impeach Chen Shangshuling (Chen Yu). General, I just realized that the affairs of the government are really complicated. Many memorials back then were wrongly blamed on Chen Zhonghou... Xiaoxing, now there is a big Sima on top. Many of us can be pure generals. But people, You are in the middle of the game. You have to think about things other than the battle."

"General Wei, please clarify."

"You talked about why Zhong Shiji didn't directly raise the rebel flag and join forces with our army to go south. As far as the Yangzhou Army itself is concerned, Zhong Shiji can't respond to all calls. If you just raise the flag, it is impossible to say that the Yangzhou Army will have internal strife or split. If If one is not handled well, the whole of Huainan will fall into corruption. As far as Zhong Shiji himself is concerned, he still needs a little reputation. In this way, after the war in the future, the Grand Sima can assign him a position. After all, he is Sun Yuanzong's Conglongzhi Minister, from a defeated general who has nothing and was wanted by the Sima family to today's great general of the Eastern Wu. All of this was given to him by Sun Yuanzong. If he rebelled directly, he would only make the world despise him."

"Hmph, this is a shameless villain!"

"Hehe, there is another name for the shameless villain, and he is called Junjie who knows current affairs."

"Okay, this hero is unwilling to raise the flag of rebellion for the sake of his own reputation, so how should the subordinates cooperate with him?"

"Hehe, Xiaoxing, you should understand now. The main task of our East Route Army is to, with the cooperation of Zhong Hui, firmly contain the Yangzhou Corps of Soochow, so that it cannot go west to support its Jingzhou Army. , to lay a good foundation for the smooth march of Ling Xing and Yuan Kai. The Yangzhou Corps under the control of Zhong Shiji is the largest heavy army group in Wugou now, with [-] infantry and [-] navy. The resistance of the army is much smaller... Therefore, Shouchun must be taken down, and then we will push the front to Hefei. In this way, it doesn't matter whether it is the Yangzhou Corps or Sun Hao's most elite [-] personal guards in Jianye. They are all unable to move. When the situation in the upper reaches becomes clear, the Yangzhou Legion will naturally disintegrate."

"...The lower official understands. It's just such an arrangement, in fact, I should have told the lower official earlier."

"Hehehe, regarding this point, Da Sima and General Chariot also asked me to apologize to you. A dark son like Zhong Shiji is too high-ranking. He has to be carefully protected. Before leaving Wancheng this time, I also The chariot general told me frankly."

Therefore, on November 6th, Zhong Hui's army broke out, and Ma Long only carried out a symbolic chase.After that, the Yangzhou Corps, whose main force was not damaged, had about [-] infantry, retreated to Hefei City Fortress and held on.Ma Long led the Eastern Route Army to follow.

Hefei City Fortress is only two hundred miles away from Jianye.After Sun Hao of Jianye received the news, he held on tightly to the 3 people who were the most elite accountants, trouble-free, and trouble-shooters in his hands and dared not send them abroad.He also sent Prime Minister Wan Yu to Kuaiji and other southeast counties in an emergency, and forced [-] civilian husbands to enter Jianye, and each issued a knife to embolden his courage.

At the same time, Sun Hao first sent an urgent message to Tao Huang in Jiaozhou: Aiqing, quickly take your [-] Jiaozhou soldiers to the north!Jianye is in danger!

Then he wrote a letter to Zhonghui in Hefei: Northern Jingzhou is full of corruption, I really misunderstood Zhang Zheng.Although Zhong Qing lost Shouchun, but in the face of the enemy's heavy troops, he was able to keep the situation from collapsing, which is very good, very good.Sure enough, he is worthy of being the minister of my hidden residence.It's just that the war situation is urgent now, do you think it is necessary to transfer [-] to [-] infantry, and the last [-] navy troops to be dispatched to me for unified dispatch?
As a result, the person who sent the letter came back and reported that Hefei was surrounded by the Han army and could not enter.

Helpless, Sun Hao had no choice but to cross Zhonghui directly and issue an order to the [-] navy of the Yangzhou Corps stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River: anchor, go west to Xunyang, and support General Sun Zhen.

Less than two months after the war started, Sun Hao, who was still full of ambitions, had already lost a lot of weight.But at the age of 35, the temples are almost all white.

It is true that Jingzhou's defense line collapsed too quickly. Almost every morning when Sun Hao came together, all he received was news of where he was lost again and where he surrendered again.

In the early years when Ji Handong conquered Jin, Sun Hao kept complaining to the ministers about the waste of the Sima family.But now it seems that his family is not as good as Sima's.At any rate, the Sima family carried Ji Han in Bingzhou and Youzhou for more than a year.It took Guan Yi two years before and after the entire Eastern Expedition, not to mention a lot of casualties and a great general Jiang Wei.

But now?Guan Da Sima is not even interested in sitting in Nanyang.And even so, Ji Han swept Northern Jingzhou with a very slight loss...

"Tao Qing, I will hand over the country's last navy to you. I will leave everything to you."

Tao Qing here is not Tao Huang, governor of Jiaozhou, but Tao Jun, Tao Huang's younger brother.The Tao family's ancestral home was Danyang, and the family taught military science to the family.With the Jiangdong and Huaisi families getting worse and worse, the Tao family has become an indispensable general of Soochow.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I dare not say anything about the success or failure of this battle, but I will definitely let the Han army know that there are still men who can fight in Soochow! But Your Majesty, I have a request."

"Tao Qing, please speak."

"Your Majesty, please hurry up and send an order to the generals in Xunyang to let their navy troops retreat temporarily, and then make other plans after joining with the minister's navy. The water army only has the Yizhou road. Our army should not divide the water army into three branches at the beginning. Instead, it should be concentrated in Xiling. The national line of my Great Wu is the Yangtze River. As long as the Yangtze River is in hand, the Han Kingdom will take us Wu was powerless. However, due to a miscalculation before the war, our country divided the [-] navy into three units. As a result, Zhang Zizhong was outnumbered in Jingzhou. The subsequent two naval forces faced the Han army with little damage , the quantity is already insufficient. If they are not used together..."

"Uh...Tao Qing, the arrangement of the naval force is Shi Ji's plan. And what he said is also very reasonable. On Yangzhou's side, the north and south of the Yangtze River must also be kept unobstructed."

"The general is from the north, and he is not familiar with water warfare, so... In short, your majesty, I must do my best for your majesty. But please give your majesty an order for the navy in Xunyang."

"Good, this matter is up to Tao Qing. I will send someone to draw up an order immediately."

(End of this chapter)