Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 225

After receiving the report from Li Bao and Zhang Shun, Zhang Yi also began to think, looking at the map while thinking.

Cai Mao didn't run away, which made Zhang Yi also feel puzzled.Because he had just received a military report from Li Jing that Wen Pin and Wang Wei's troops were defending Pang!Pang country is too far away from Xiakou, it is simply beyond reach!
It was indeed out of reach, and Wenpin felt baffled when he received Cai Mao's letter asking for help.He put the person who asked for help on the list, and said angrily to Wang Wei: "Cai Degui is only a small defeat, but he has shrunk to Xiakou, and asked me to rescue him? Are the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands eating grass?"

Wang Wei picked up the appeal letter, looked at it, and said to the trembling envoys below: "How is the battle in Xiakou?"

The envoy said cautiously: "Although Dudu Cai suffered a small defeat, he did not dare to break through at will. The Jiangdong navy has a strong crossbow, which can shoot through the scorpion and overturn the grasshopper boat. After shooting a person, he directly nailed him to the boat. The shouting continued, which caused the army's morale to shake. Therefore, Cai Dudu could only temporarily station in Xiakou to restore morale. However, Xiakou had no food, the waterway was cut off, and the food from Zhouling and Anlu could not be transported there. Food support, Huarong has little food, and Jingling is harassed by Jiangdong navy, it is difficult to support Xiakou's needs."

Wenpin held back a few cases and said: "Then what can we do if we go? Xiakou already has flaws and is not strong enough to defend eastward. Xiakou stationed troops need the support of Shaxian, Xiling, Zhu County, and E County to last for a long time. , now that the roads in these four counties are cut off, it is impossible to defend Xiakou! Cai Degui is also considered a veteran in the army, how could he be so unwise? What's more, Huang Zu has no news now, and the Jiangdong Army has already hit Anlu , doesn’t Cai Degui think about why?”

The envoy was tongue-tied and asked incredulously, "General Wen means that General Huang has..."

"Isn't this obvious?" Wenpin said, "Go back and tell Cai Degui that the Jiangdong Army has appeared in Anlu and will soon capture Nanxin City and Yundu. I still need to guard Pangguo."

The envoy could only retreat when he heard this.If what Wenpin said is true, then Wenpin will definitely not give up Pangguo to support Xiakou.

In fact, Wenpin's guess is in line with the facts, and it is more serious than Wenpin's guess.Li Jing led Qin Qiong to capture Anlu in less than two days, and then continued westward to Nanxin City.With Li Jing leading the army, Qin Qiong was trapped, and the three small counties of Anlu, Nanxin City, and Yundu were simply unstoppable, and they were all conquered in half a month.Then Li Jing rested in Yundu, waiting for the supply of food and grass from the rear.

After Di Qing captured Zhouling, he stopped temporarily to cooperate with Li Bao's fire attack plan.He crossed the river again and returned to the south of the Yangtze River, pretending that he had not yet crossed the river, just to deceive Cai Mao, so that Cai Mao could retreat with confidence.However, he was not idle, and sent a lot of scouts to investigate the enemy's situation, only to find that there was an army gathering in Xiajun.

Di Qing contacted Fu Youde, who was staying in Yuzhang, and stationed the army southward again.Anyway, he has nothing to do here, so he can just go and see what happened to Xia Jun, is Liu Qing gathering an army?

After staying in Xiakou for half a month, Pang Tong rushed over. Zhuge Jin had already taken his seat in Xiling, and brought a lot of talents from the Academy of Arts.Zhang Yi's establishment of the Academy of Liberal Arts has achieved initial results, and many small families and poor scholars have been recruited by Zhang Yi.These people want to get ahead, but they can't do it under the original system, so they can only take refuge in Zhang Yi's command.

However, there are not many poor families in Yangzhou, but there are quite a few small families. These people also want to get rid of the control of the big family, so they naturally hit it off with Zhang Yi.However, among these people, there are still too few talents, which is much worse than that of the big family.But even so, it is still possible to deal with the affairs of a county and make up for the lack of lower-level officials for Zhang Yi.

Pang Tong came to see Zhang Yi in the camp, "My lord, didn't you plan to attack with fire? Why are you still staying in Xiakou?"

General Zhang Yi handed the report to Pang Tong, "I don't know if Cai Mao was frightened or not. He has been hiding in Xiakou. I have arranged the fire ships, but there is no use for them at all!"

Pang Tong burst out laughing, "My lord, the authorities are confused! If Cai Mao doesn't come out, just drive him out!"

"Get out?" Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, then patted his head, "That's right! Haha—look at my head! Someone!"

The guards outside immediately came in, "My lord, what are your orders?"

Zhang Yi said: "Let Li Bao and Zhang Shun burn Xiakou with rockets, and force Cai Mao to give up Xiakou!"

"promise!"

After Cai Mao sent his envoy, he received a reply from Wenpin within ten days.When he got the meaning of refusal from the messenger, he became angry: "Wen Zhongye actually watched us being attacked, and he actually watched us wait to die here!"

The envoy said: "Commander, General Wen has something to say."

Zhang Yun immediately asked: "What else did General Wen say?"

The envoy said: "General Wen speculates that General Huang may have died in battle, and Xiling may have been captured by Jiangdong."

Cai Hao reprimanded loudly: "Should he tell me this? Zhang Yi's army is on the opposite side, and the navy is blocking the river and the Han River. If there is no reinforcement, even if we break through, we will be chased all the way. When we reach Jiangling, we will be hunted down." Half of the soldiers are going to die, what else can I do to stop the enemy army?"

Zhang Yun hurriedly persuaded: "Uncle, General Wen may be afraid that the Jiangdong army will attack Xiangyang. If the Jiangdong army passes through the state of Pang, General Wen's responsibility lies. Compared with Xiangyang, Jiangling is not the most important."

Cai Mao raised his fist and slammed on the cases, and said with some annoyance: "Of course I know, but I don't want to throw the army that I managed to pull up here!"

Zhang Yun persuaded: "Uncle, at this time, it should be time to make a choice, and there is no longer any delay."

"Let me think about it again!" Cai Mao said annoyedly: "You let the soldiers prepare, we can break through at any time."

"promise!"

Zhang Yun went to make arrangements immediately, but Cai Mao didn't give an order to break out of the siege for several days.Cai Mao never gave the order to break out. Zhang Yun didn't understand, so he came over and asked, "Uncle, why don't we break out?"

Cai Mao shook his head and said, "I found that Jiangdong Army's defense on the river is not very tight."

"Isn't this great?" Zhang Yun said, "Just so we can return to Jiangling."

"Jiangdong Army thinks the same way!" Cai Mao said in pain: "I'm thinking now, why don't they strictly prevent the river and let us enter the Han River? You must know that if we enter the Han River, they can directly attack Jiangling. In this way Once this happens, won’t they be able to attack Jiangling? If they capture Jiangling, they will be able to control the wealth and wealth of Nanjun. Wouldn’t it be much easier to attack Xiangyang?”

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