The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 378 Attacking Wan City
Zhuge Liang was entrusted by Zhang Wu to build Jianye City as an important military town to defend the Cao army in the north of the Yangtze River, and to capture the bridgehead in the Huainan area. After the completion, Zhuge Liang commanded the army as the general of the Zuojun Division of the Chariot General's Mansion. There were generals Zhao Yun, Ding Feng, and Lu Meng. Wait for help.

Originally, there were [-] infantry and [-] sailors stationed in Jianye City, and later [-] Danyang soldiers were recruited.

In the late autumn of the 15th year of Jian’an, Gan Ning set out from Jiangling with [-] sailors and Jiang Qin and Zhu Huan. On the way, he joined Wenpin and [-] sailors stationed in Chaisang. A total of [-] troops came to Jianye City. Take military action against Jiangbei to respond to the Jiameng Pass battlefield.

When Cao Cao took advantage of Zhang Wu's destruction of Sun Quan, he sent troops to seize the buffer zone between Jiangdong and Huainan, and later established Lujiang County and Jiujiang County.The county seat of Lujiang County is in Wancheng, and Zhu Guang is the governor of the county. Lei Xu, the former prefect of Lujiang County, was transferred to be the prefect of Jiujiang, and the governor is Shouchun.

However, Cao Cao's main defensive center in Huainan was still Hefei, and generals Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin also stationed [-] troops in Hefei.

Zhuge Liang called a meeting to discuss the battle plan.

Lu Meng offered a plan: "Cao Cao now ordered Zhu Guang, the prefect of Lujiang, to station troops in Wancheng, reclaim rice fields, and collect grain in Hefei to strengthen the army. Now we can attack Wancheng first, and then attack Hefei."

Zhuge Liang also agreed to attack Wancheng first, and then Hefei.

First of all, because Wancheng was still Jiangdong's territory not long ago, Zhang Wu briefly lost its leadership in the middle, and was later taken over by Cao Jun.Now Lu Meng, Jiang Qin and other Jiangdong generals have surrendered to Zhang Wu, they are quite familiar with it and have a certain mass base.

Secondly, Wancheng is relatively close to the Yangtze River. From the Yangtze River, you can go directly to the bottom of Wancheng by taking the Wanshui River. You can send troops quickly, and then try your best to take down Wancheng before the reinforcements from Hefei arrive.

Finally, according to the scouts, there is no general Cao Jun in Wancheng, and there are not many troops. Zhuge Liang can give full play to his strength.

Among the civil and military officials in Jianye, Gan Ning has the highest position, but Zhang Wu has clear instructions, Zhuge Liang has the decision-making power and command power, and generals such as Gan Ning, Ding Feng, and Zhao Yun have the command power.That is to say, Zhuge Liang could decide whether to fight, when to fight, and how to fight, but he could not directly command the army over generals such as Gan Ning, Ding Feng, and Zhao Yun. He could only command these generals.

Generals such as Gan Ning, Zhao Yun, and Ding Feng must obey Zhuge Liang's decision-making and command, and then they lead the soldiers to implement various strategic deployments, and they must fight as they are told.But if Zhuge Liang asked them to rebel, they would definitely not listen, and Gan Ning would be able to directly control the army to take action.

This is why Zhang Wu can safely hand over the military affairs of Yangzhou to Zhuge Liang. Even if Zhuge Liang has some disagreements, the generals who command the army may not necessarily follow him.Zhao Yun is not a rebel, Ding Feng is Zhang Wu's absolute confidant, and the former Jiangdong generals are not very close to Zhuge Liang.

Of course, Zhang Wu also believes in Zhuge Liang's character, and believes that he will never betray him, but as the master of a great power, trust cannot be regarded as a system, and there must be measures to be taken. This is for everyone. good thing.

In the original book, Liu Bei trusted and relied on Zhuge Liang so much, and successively used Xu Shu, Pang Tong, and Fazheng to balance Zhuge Liang's power.Later Xu Shu entered Cao Ying, Pang Tong was shot to death by an arrow when he entered Shu, and Fazheng died of illness in the second year when Liu Bei became King of Hanzhong. After Liu Bei died, no one could check and balance Zhuge Liang.When Liu Bei died, he appointed two Tuogu ministers, one was Zhuge Liang and the other was Li Yan.Liu Bei originally wanted Zhuge Liang to manage government affairs and Li Yan to lead the army outside to check and balance each other, but Zhuge Liang was the main one.

As a result, Li Yan was eventually deposed by Zhuge Liang and deposed as a commoner. In fact, this was not all because of Zhuge Liang's dictatorship. A large part of the reason was that Li Yan's ambitions were getting bigger and bigger. In order to improve his power, he even threatened Zhuge Liang and said Sima Yi Use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to recruit him.

The generals present also agreed with Lv Meng's plan, so Zhuge Liang adopted Lv Meng's suggestion. Liu Dingfeng led an army of [-] to guard Jianye, and Gan Ning led an army of [-] to attack with Lv Meng, Wenpin, Jiang Qin, Zhu Huan and others. In Wancheng, Zhuge Liang led Zhao Yun, Pan Zhang, Ma Zhong and [-] troops to feintly attack Hefei to contain Zhang Liao and others.

After Gan Ning led his army across the river, he went straight to Wancheng. Zhu Guang, the prefect of Lujiang in Wancheng, sent people to ask for help from Hefei, and at the same time, he held on to the city and refused to come out.

There were 20 defenders in Wancheng, and Zhu Guang knew Gan Ning's strength, so he didn't plan to go out to fight at all. In his mind, it should be no problem for 20 soldiers to defend the city for [-] days. After [-] days, Zhang Liao of Hefei will definitely be able to lead the reinforcements to arrive. At that time, the internal and external cooperation will surely repel the invading soldiers.

In fact, Zhu Guang was right. Wancheng was backed by the Dabie Mountains, which was very convenient for defense. In order to buy time, Gan Ning’s army began to attack the city as soon as it arrived. Zhu Huan of the city had to retreat temporarily.

Judging from this situation, even if Wancheng can be taken, Gan Ning's [-] troops will have to lose a lot, and it is not known when they will be able to take it.

Gan Ning asked, "What can you do?"

Wenpin said: "Soldiers can build an earthen city, and use crossbowmen to shoot at the soldiers defending the city. After suppressing the opponent's crossbowmen, our army can attack the city."

Jiang Qin said: "You can erect cloud ladders, build Hongqiao, look down at the city and attack it."

At this time, Lu Meng said again: "The methods you mentioned are too time-consuming. If reinforcements from Hefei come, it will be difficult to capture Wancheng. Even if Zhang Liao and others in Hefei are stopped by Zhuge's military advisor, Cao Cao will Leading the main force to attack Jiameng Pass, the Lord is looking forward to our performance. Now that our army has arrived, our morale is very strong, and we can take advantage of this spirit to attack vigorously. It is better to rest for one night today and march in the next day in peacetime. We can break the city at noon!"

It has to be said that Lv Meng is indeed capable of leading the army, brave and resourceful, and his words were also recognized by Gan Ning. Wenpin has been stationed in Chaisang for so long, and has never had the chance to fight. I want to have a quick fight.

Therefore, Gan Ning ordered a temporary withdrawal of troops, and then slaughtered pigs and sheep to reward the whole army. He mobilized again, vowing to capture Wancheng tomorrow, and the morale of the Jingzhou army was overwhelming.

The next day, after the fifth watch meal of the Jingzhou army, the [-]-strong army divided into three groups to attack. Gan Ning also went into battle in person, holding an iron chain in his hand and waving arrows.

Seeing that something was wrong, Zhu Guang hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shoot a volley of bows and crossbows, throwing wood and stones down together.

At this time, we can no longer care about the damage to the soldiers. We must rush up to seize the city wall, otherwise the momentum will be vented, and it will be even more difficult to capture the city.

Gan Ning braved arrows and stones to climb up the siege ladder. Halfway through the climb, the defenders above suddenly threw a big stone at him.Gan Ning couldn't get up and down, so he swung the iron chain, wrapped it around the ladder, hung his body around the ladder, avoided the stones, and then quickly climbed up.

The defenders on the city wall were taken aback, there are such fierce people!Just when he was about to pick up another stone and smash it down, Gan Ning used an iron chain to push aside an arrow that was fired at him, and after seeing that the distance was almost there, he swung the iron chain and killed the defenders on the city wall. Then he jumped up and jumped onto the wall.

(End of this chapter)