The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 149 Prepare to meet the enemy
After Xu Shu finished speaking, Zhang Wu added: "According to the news sent by our spies in ambush in Xudu, Cao Cao may have obtained the secret of our army's catapult, and Cao Jun may also build a new type of catapult to attack the city in this battle. Although our military craftsmen have improved the catapult, this battle will definitely be very tragic, and the soldiers will definitely suffer a lot of damage. Everyone here, including me, may die on the battlefield, but Jingzhou is ours Home, we have our relatives and friends here, we can neither retreat nor be afraid, we must resist bravely and defend Jingzhou to the death!"

The others also said in unison: "We will defend Jingzhou to the death!"

"Okay, it's not that our army has no chance of winning this battle. Next, Shi Yuan will talk about our army's countermeasures."

Pang Tong got up, bowed to everyone, and said: "Master, everyone, the so-called army has not moved, and the food and grass go first. Cao's army has 30 troops, and there are not a few cavalry. The amount of food and grass needed must be huge. Ordinarily, transporting food and grass by water will It saves time and effort, but last time when Xiahou Dun retreated, our army robbed his luggage from the water. This time he would not dare to transport it by water. I predict that Cao Cao will definitely use Wancheng as a place to store grain and grass, and then avoid Xinye, where the rivers criss-cross. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the food road, Cao Cao must be determined to win the city. Although the terrain of the city is good for defense, it cannot resist the attack of Cao's army, so it can only slow down the progress of Cao's army. After that until There is no danger for Fancheng to defend, so we can only stop Cao Jun in Fancheng. Fancheng is a small city and cannot accommodate a large army. In order to transport reinforcements in time, we can build a pontoon bridge between Xiangfan and Xiangfan."

Pang Tong pointed the small fan in his hand between Xiangyang and Fancheng on the map, and then said: "Our army has the following advantages in this battle: First, Cao's army will come from a long distance, and there will be some acclimatization, and many soldiers will get sick; Second, although Cao’s army has a large number of people, they are not good at water warfare. We can use the water army to harass Cao’s army. Third, after long-term preparations, our army’s defense supplies are relatively sufficient, and most of the defense equipment has been improved. And today’s world Cao Cao's opponents are not only me in Jingzhou, but also Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Ma Teng in Xiliang, etc. As long as our army can form a stalemate with Cao's army, Cao Cao will not dare to stay for a long time. Therefore, our army The strategy this time is to defend, and keep defending until Cao Jun can't survive and retreats."

Zhang Wu said: "Shi Yuan is right. Although Cao Jun has a large number of people, they have a fatal shortcoming, that is, they have no navy. Although Cao Cao also trained tens of thousands of sailors in the big pond, but How can it compare with our Jingzhou Navy. Cheng Yuan, I will leave these tens of thousands of people to you."

Ding Feng got up and said: "My lord, don't worry, if Cao Jun dares to go into the water, I will definitely get them all into the water and feed them to the fish!"

All the generals laughed, and Zhang Wu also laughed and continued: "Fancheng is located on the north bank of the Han River, so it will definitely be attacked by Cao's army. We use Fancheng to attract the firepower of Cao's army and kill a large number of Cao's soldiers, and then we can abandon Fancheng. Retreat to Xiangyang and confront Cao Jun across the river. If Cao Jun dares to cross the river in a big way, he will never come back. When Cao Jun retreats, we can easily take back Fancheng. However, I am worried that kid Sun Quan will take advantage of the fire and loot behind us. Stab the knife, Xingba, you must guard Jiangxia and watch over Sun Quan."

Gan Ning said: "Brother, don't worry, with me here, no soldiers from Jiangdong will be allowed to cross Jiangxia."

"Okay, this battle is related to the life and death of Jingzhou. I hope that everyone will work together to fight against the Cao bandits!"

"Follow the order of the governor, and work together to resist the Cao bandits!"

Later, Zhang Wu ordered Chen Sun to stay in Xiangyang, and Ma Liang, Xiang Lang and others assisted Chen Sun.Gan Ning returned to Jiangxia to guard, Wenpin returned to Fancheng to guard, and Ding Feng led the Xiangyang navy to prepare.Zhang Wu led Huang Zhong, Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Wei Yan and others to rush to Rangcheng with 5000 people, preparing to fight Cao Jun's vanguard.

At the same time, Zhang Wu sent envoys to Jiangdong to discuss with Sun Quan about jointly resisting Cao Cao.Although Jingzhou and Jiangdong have been at war for many years, and Zhang Wu has also fought against the Jiangdong army many times, in terms of the general situation, Cao Cao is also their common enemy.Zhang Wu felt that although Sun Quan hated him very much, since he can be regarded as a famous figure in history, at least he should have this knowledge, right?What's more, there are extremely smart people like Zhou Yu who serve as the governor of Jiangdong. Even if they don't help Jingzhou resist Cao Cao, they should not join forces with Cao Cao to attack Jingzhou.If Jingzhou falls into the hands of Cao Cao, do you really think that Jiangdong can survive alone?In the original book, a war broke out between Soochow and Shuhan because they competed for Jingzhou. Soochow also killed Guan Yu, and Liu Bei also died because of the failure of defeating Wu, but then the two families still united to resist Wei!
As Zhang Wu said before, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

Zhang Wu guessed the beginning, but not the end. Sun Quan did not want Jingzhou to fall into Cao Cao's hands, but his hatred for Zhang Wu was higher than Zhang Wu imagined.

Sun Quan said to the emissary: ​​"If you want me, Jiangdong, to help Jingzhou resist Cao Cao, it is fine, and let Zhang Wu return my fast sailing horse and ancient ingot knife. And I heard that the Lu horse that Zhang Wu rode is also a BMW. , I also like it very much, let him send it over too!"

"This..." The emissary did not expect Sun Quan to make such a request, so he had no choice but to come back and report to Zhang Wu.

Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan: "My lord, although Cao's army is powerful, it lacks naval forces. It will not be able to quickly pacify Jingzhou for a while, but Jingzhou's soldiers will definitely suffer heavy losses. We don't need to rush to send troops, but we can take advantage of Cao Cao and Zhang Wu's stalemate. If we send troops again at that time, we can repel Cao's army at a very small cost, and maybe we can take advantage of the situation to destroy Zhang Wu and occupy Jingzhou."

Sun Quan said: "I know, I don't believe that Zhang Wu would rather be defeated by Cao Cao than return the treasure. After he sent the treasure, although I agreed to send troops, I didn't say when to send troops. What can he do to me?" ?”

Zhang Wu really couldn't guess what Sun Quan would ask for, he was preparing to meet the enemy in Rangcheng now, but he could also guess that Sun Quan would definitely have no good intentions.Therefore, although he lacked generals, he still put Gan Ning, a super-class naval general, in Jiangxia to guard against Sun Quan.

If Jiangdong wanted to help Jingzhou resist Cao Cao, it was very simple. He didn't need to send troops to Xiangyang to help in the battle. He only needed to send troops to Hefei when Cao Cao's rear was empty.Hefei is connected to the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, and it can advance and retreat freely. It is a nail that Cao Cao placed beside Sun Quan.If Sun Quan is allowed to take Hefei, then Jiangdong's defense line can be moved northward from the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River Basin, and it can also wait for an opportunity to go northward to attack Shouchun and threaten Xudu.Moreover, if Cao Cao lost Hefei, he would lose such a large grain-producing land in the Huaihe River Basin, which would be a huge loss.

If Sun Quan sends troops to Hefei, Cao Cao will definitely send troops to support, then the pressure on Jingzhou will be reduced.

(End of this chapter)