Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 40
Chapter 40: What happened to Jiang Xia

After Wang Jin surrendered, Yue Fei left Li Xiucheng and Cai Mao with [-] troops to stay in Jiangling, and then led the army to E County.

Under E County, the commander-in-chief of the Wu army, Lu Ao, sent someone to inform King Wu immediately after Yang Yanzhao led his troops to arrive, and King Wu's reply was to play it by ear.

After getting King Wu's intention, Lu Ao kept hoarding troops under the city of E County. During this period, he also carried out several tentative attacks, but Yang Yanzhao repelled them all.

Five days after Yue Fei left Jiangling, he arrived in E County. This time Yue Fei brought [-] troops, plus the [-] soldiers and horses in E County, the number of Deng's troops gathered in E County was [-]. The town of E County is small and cannot accommodate so many soldiers and horses, so Yue Fei led [-] soldiers and horses into the city, and the remaining [-] soldiers and horses were stationed outside the city under the command of Wang Ce and Zhang Fei to confront the Wu army.

In the county government office of E County, everyone gathered together.

Yue Fei asked: "What are the actions of Wu Jun outside the city these days?"

Yang Yanzhao replied: "General Qi, before the last general led his troops to arrive, the Wu army had been hoping to recruit General Huang Tong, but Huang Tong refused. After the last general arrived in E County, the Wu army kept hoarding troops. During this period, several attacks were launched, but the offensive was not strong, and the general thought that it was the Wu army testing our army's reality."

Yue Fei nodded. This time, Wu Jun was purely trying to fish in troubled waters. If Jiang Xia didn't have many troops stationed there, they could take Jiang Xia lightly. However, after Yang Yanzhao's troops arrived in E County, the entire E County had [-] soldiers and horses Qian, if Wu Jun attacked by force, he would definitely suffer heavy losses. Wu Jun didn't want to lose too many soldiers and horses, and at the same time, he was unwilling to retreat in such a desperate manner, so he had to hoard troops under the city to see what opportunities he could take advantage of.

"From this point of view, the Wu army is not dead against our army. Now that the general has arrived with his troops, the Wu army has no chance. I am afraid they will retreat soon." Yue Fei affirmed that there were only [-] troops in E County before. Wu Jun didn't dare to attack by force, not to mention that after he led an army of [-] to arrive, the number of soldiers and horses in the entire E County reached [-], and Wu Jun had no chance.

Just as Yue Fei thought, Lu Ao in Wu Jun's camp was summoning all the generals under his command to discuss matters. He wanted to retreat. He originally wanted to take advantage of Deng Guo's extermination of Jingguo, fish in troubled waters, and take Jiang Xia's piece of fat pork. I didn't expect Jing Guo to be so unbearable. It was defeated by Deng Jun in such a short period of time, which led to a dilemma now. Let's go in. There are only 5 horses in hand. How can we break through? There are more than 7 people guarding E County. If you still want to plan Jiangxia, you have to send troops from the country, but now the main force of the Wu army is confronting the Chu army in Lujiang, and it is already a force that can be pulled out from the fingers to draw 5 people to Jiangxia. After all, there is still one in the south. The Yue State is extremely difficult to deal with. The Yue State is good at mountain warfare and harasses the border of the Wu State from time to time.

But let's say retreat, Lu Ao is not reconciled, this time he mobilized many people to come here, and he has not even fought a serious battle, so he retreated in such a despondent manner, how do you let him see Lu Ao.

"Everyone, now that the main force of Deng's army has arrived in E County, E County is already out of reach. Our army will withdraw soon, but how can we keep the two cities of Xiazhi and Qichun that our army occupied?" That's right, now Lu Ao's heart He no longer has any fantasies about other cities in Jiangxia, but he doesn't want to give up the Xiazhi and Qichun Luao that he occupies.

Everyone was silent for a while, Lu Meng smiled wryly and said: "General, the Deng army is attacking the fourteen counties of Jiangxia. I'm afraid Xiazhi and Qichun won't give up easily, and Xiazhi and Qichun are not strong. Once our army retreats back to Jiangdong, Xiazhi and Qichun won't be able to defend it, so why bother?"

Lu Meng really couldn't understand what Lu Ao was thinking, Jiangxia could not be taken down anymore, what's the matter with you occupying Jiangxia's two cities, wouldn't this allow Deng Guo to find a reason to go to war in the future?Now Wu State has Chu State in the north and Yue State in the south. It is really hard to make enemies. Xiazhi and Qichun are not strategically important places. If you don’t want it, just don’t.

But Lu Ao didn't think so. In his opinion, in today's world of great contention, what is being fought for is land. If his Lu Ao's combat exploits can't even keep Xiazhi and Qichun, it means that Lu Ao won nothing by sending troops this time.

"General, didn't you say that the Wu army will withdraw soon? But why is there no sign at all?" Ma Chao asked puzzledly when Yue Fei and the generals went up to the top of the city of E County to observe the movements of the Wu army.

Yue Fei smiled and said, "Wu Jun will definitely withdraw his troops. It is estimated that the commander of Wu Jun is unwilling to withdraw like this, and is still thinking about how to keep the two cities of Xiazhi and Qichun."

"What, this Lu Ao is crazy. At this moment, he still thinks about the two cities of Xiazhi and Qichun." Everyone was surprised. Although Xiazhi and Qichun are good, they are not so easy to get. If Wu Jun insisted on taking it, wouldn't that mean giving Deng an excuse to go to war?Although it is said that Deng Guo will not go to war immediately, as long as Wu Jun keeps occupying Xiazhi and Qichun, as long as Deng Jun recovers, isn't it possible to go to war anytime and anywhere?Could it be said that the state of Wu has become so strong that it can deal with the attacks of the three states of Chu, Deng, and Yue at the same time?You must know that the state of Wu is not the state of Han. The state of Han is in danger of four fortresses. As long as a few passes are guarded, the pass will be as stable as Mount Tai. However, the state of Wu has only one Yangtze River. Once the defense line of the Yangtze River is breached, the state of Wu will face annihilation.

"So, if Wu Guo wants to securely occupy Xiazhi and Qichun, then he needs someone from me, Yue, to nod. He, Lu Ao, will definitely send someone to discuss with me the ownership of Xiazhi and Qichun. The problem is, he is betting that we dare not go to war, so no matter how many people the Wu army sends in the future, we don't need to pay attention to it. We have to create a posture that the Wu army will not let Xiazhi and Qichun go. .” Yue Fei looked at Wu Jun’s camp meaningfully.

In the next few days, Lu Ao sent people to E County many times to ask to see Yue Fei, but they were all turned away. This made Lu Ao's face even more ugly. Qichun, if he doesn't let him out, he can only go to war. This made Lu Ao furious, and he wanted to fight Deng Jun on several impulses, but every time he was stopped by Lu Meng, the army adviser. down.

The two armies were in a stalemate in E County until an urgent letter from Wucheng broke the deadlock.

In the camp of the Wu army, Lu Ao tightly held the cloth in his hand. It was an urgent letter just sent from Wucheng, which said that the Vietnamese army was going north, and the Wu army was losing consecutive battles. The Chu army in the north seemed to have known about the Yue army's northward march. In desperation, the king of Wu had no choice but to order Lu Ao to stop entangled with Deng Jun and retreat quickly.

"Military division, I will not be reconciled." Lu Ao said harshly.

Lu Meng beside him smiled wryly and shook his head, saying: "General, the matter has come to this, we can only give up Xiazhi and Qichun, retreat quickly, and return to Jiangdong, if I guess correctly, Chu State will definitely join Yue State An agreement has been reached, general, don't forget that Deng and Chu are allies, there is no guarantee that the Chu State will not send someone to inform Yue Fei in advance, if we don't give up Xia Zhi and Qi Chun, I am afraid Yue Fei will not let us so easily Withdrew to Jiangdong."

Lu Ao looked defeated and said: "Send someone to E County again and tell Yue Fei that we are willing to give up Xiazhi and Qichun. The two countries will not invade each other in the future. At the same time, order the entire army to prepare to retreat."

In fact, Yue Fei didn't know about Chu and Yue's affairs at all, but since Lu Ao was willing to give up Xiazhi and Qichun, Yue Fei would certainly not refuse. Yue Fei sent troops to follow Wu's army all the way until all Wu's troops withdrew from Jiangxia territory. Deng Jun stationed in Xiazhi and Qichun before giving up.

(End of this chapter)