Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 224

Cai Mao sent an envoy to see Wenpin, and told Wenpin that Zhang Yi's army was very powerful.Although Cai Mao was a little proud, he still knew the overall situation.Having defeated the foreign enemy, he is not wrong to be proud.But invincible, he can't even be proud.

Li Bao and Zhang Shun also went outside Xiakou, but they didn't attack directly.It's already midnight. After a day of fighting today, the soldiers also need to rest.The navy requires much more physical strength than the infantry. The infantry needs legs, but the sailors need more arms. Human thighs are more developed than arms!
Li Jing set out from Xiling with 2 people, and Zhang Yi sent Qin Qiong to Li Jing.Li Jing took Qin Qiong straight to Anlu County. While Li Bao and Cai Mao were fighting, Li Jing also launched an attack on Anlu County.

Jingzhou was the place of the Fourth World War and also a place of refuge.The reason for this is also related to the topography of Jingzhou.The interior of Jingzhou is mountainous, so it is not the development center of Chinese civilization, so it is excluded from the Central Plains.The reason why the Central Plains is called the Central Plains is mainly because most of them are plains, which are good for farming.There are really not many places in Jingzhou that are conducive to farming. Nanyang County and Nanjun are the few places that use farming.But the other five counties are not very conducive to farming, especially Jiangxia.

As I said before, the central part of Jiangxia is the Dabie Mountains, and the southwest is a swamp. This swamp is also famous, called Yunmengze.In the south of Jiangxia, there is Tianyue Mountain (called Mufu Mountain in modern times). Tianyue Mountain straddles Jiangxia and Yuzhang, and was historically the garrison of Tai Shici.

There are two big mountains and one big swamp in a county, and the area of ​​cultivated land can be imagined.But that's it, Jiangxia County is still supporting millions of people in this era of low labor force.But it also caused an obvious phenomenon, that is, the four counties in the north have a relatively large population, and the counties in the south of the Dabie Mountains have a relatively small population. Only the areas near the river such as Xiling, Zhu County, and E County have the largest population.

Although Anlu also has Weishui nearby, the population in the county is not very large, and its city is not a big city.Qin Qiong led his troops to attack the city, climbed to the top of the city first, and conquered Anlu.

Di Qing set off from E County and led an army of [-] to march westward to encircle Shaxian City.

Zhang Yi replaced Pang Tong as the prefect, and temporarily stayed in Xiling to govern the area. After the new prefect arrived, he went to join Zhang Yi.Zhang Yi, the new prefect of Jiangxia County, chose Zhuge Jin.The reason why Zhang Yi chose Zhugejin was because he wanted to use Zhugejin to attract his younger brother Zhuge Liang to Jiangxia and his brother-in-law Pang Shanmin.Even if neither of them came, the people in Jingzhou could be stabilized. At least they could run to Zhuge Jin's side to make connections, so as not to fight Zhang Yi to the end.

Wei Rui's body needs several months of recovery, so he can't be counted on for the time being.Zhang Yi didn't want to rush to Xiling immediately, but he had to leave because he saw a chance to win Jingzhou in one fell swoop.

Now facing Liu Biao, he has an absolute advantage. Not only are his soldiers strong, but his generals are also excellent. It is very hopeful that he will be able to capture Xiangyang in a month or two.

Faced with such an opportunity, how could Zhang Yi hold back.He is also afraid that Ye Changmeng will have many dreams. If one of Cao Cao's strings is not right, he will have to fight him to stop the war in Jizhou, which will be troublesome.

The entire Jingzhou is not comparable to Huang Zu. Speaking of which, before Zhang Yi occupied Yangzhou, Jingzhou's development was much better than Yangzhou.

Once he and Liu Biao fell into a tug-of-war, the situation would be bad.Even though Zhang Yi has many generals, Liu Biao's men are not useless. Wen has the Kuai brothers, and Wu has Huang Zhong Wenpin. It really forms a tug-of-war, and Jingzhou will definitely not be able to capture Jingzhou in a year or two.After Cao Cao pacified the north, it would be tantamount to making him a wedding dress for nothing.

Therefore, Zhang Yi resolutely led [-] troops out of Xiling, leaving nearly [-] troops with Pang Tong, and Xia Luqi also stayed behind.

The day after Cai Mao retreated to Xiakou, Zhang Yi's army appeared on the other side of the Han River.Li Bao's offensive plan this time is linked together. Zhang Yi's [-] troops appeared to put pressure on Cai Mao, so that Cai Mao would not enter Hanshui, but retreat to Jiangling.

When Zhang Yi arrived at the edge of the Han River, he asked people to set up more flags and drums to attract Cai Mao's attention.

Sure enough, Cai Mao saw Zhang Yi's army. Because of the angle of view, Cai Mao saw no less than [-] to [-] troops on the other side.

Cai Mao was also stunned, he didn't expect so many enemies to appear at this time.Originally, he was already unable to defeat Li Bao and Zhang Shun's naval forces, but now that [-] to [-] enemy troops came, he was even more unable to defeat them.

However, Cai Hao did not abandon the defense now, without Xiakou's defensive measures, he would not be able to beat Li Bao and Zhang Shun even more.Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, Cai Mao will not give up on Xiakou.

However, Cai Mao didn't have the confidence to successfully defend Xiakou at this time.He called Zhang Yun, "Send someone to ask Wenpin for help, and ask him to lead troops to come for reinforcements quickly. If our army fails, there will be no one to defend Jiangling. If Zhang Yi captures Jiangling, Jingzhou will be in danger!"

Zhang Yun quickly sent people to inform, and the other side had people step up their defenses and repair the warships. If they couldn't hold on anymore, they would leave and abandon Xiakou, break through and send them back to Jiangling.

Cai Mao has a lot of military talents, but they are far from being outstanding.He is more concerned with protecting his own army, which is a subconscious thought.He only thought that if he lost the army, then Jiangling would fall, but he never thought about what would happen to Xiangyang if Wenpin lost the army?
This is his limitation, the limitation of the aristocratic family, and he is thinking more about himself.In fact, he didn't lose much in the battle with Li Bao and Zhang Shun. He could return to Jiangling, increase the supply line of Li Bao and Zhang Shun, and drag them down.

Li Bao and Zhang Shun thought so, so they arranged Su Fei's fire attack.As a result, Cai Mao stayed in Xiakou. Li Bao waited for two days and was dumbfounded when he found that Cai Mao hadn't moved.

Li Bao said to Zhang Shun: "Cai Hao actually saw through our plan?"

Zhang Shun is also curious, but he doesn't think Cai Mao has this ability, "According to the intelligence, Cai Hao doesn't have this ability! Could it be that we overestimated him, and he was completely frightened by our ballista?"

Li Bao was also puzzled, "Isn't it possible? Is Cai Mao so timid? His casualties were not big! He was frightened after just a small defeat?"

Zhang Shun said: "Maybe he is afraid of death! You must know that Cai Mao came from a big family, and it would be an insult to him to die on the battlefield."

Li Bao came from a powerful background, and he knew much more about the family than Zhang Shun. "That's not right, the battles of the aristocratic families are much more dangerous than the battlefields. At least one knows who the enemy is on the battlefield, but in the battles of the aristocratic families, they often don't know who the enemy is."

The two guessed for a long time, but they couldn't figure out why, so they had to send their doubts to Zhang Yi.

(End of this chapter)