The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 66 The Arrival of the Jiangdong Army

After Liu Qi wrote it, Zhang Wu immediately arranged for someone to be sent to the General's Mansion in Xiangyang Town to hand it over to a military attache. After receiving the letter asking for help, the military attache immediately registered it and kept the evidence.

Then the military officer delivered the letter to Cai Mao in person. After reading it, Cai Mao asked, "Apart from you, who else knows about this?"

The military attache replied: "Report to the military division. After receiving this letter, the subordinate officer will report it to the military division immediately. No one else knows about it except the subordinate officer."

"Okay, you go back first, this matter is of great importance, it must be kept secret, and no one else is allowed to pass it on."

"Yes, the subordinate retire."

After the military officer left, Cai Mao tore up the appeal letter and threw it into the brazier to burn. He thought triumphantly: Zhang Wu is a thief, you don't know how to praise you, and this time I will let you be smashed to pieces. Wu and Liu Qi solved it together.

In Cai Mao's view, without the support of Xiangyang, Jiangxia would definitely not be able to withstand Jiangdong's attack this time.The Jiangdong army has more than [-] troops, while the Jiangxia navy has only [-]. The Jiangdong navy is stronger than the Jiangxia navy, so the Jiangxia navy is doomed.As long as the Jiangxia navy is destroyed, Jiangxia City will not be far from being broken.

Whether Zhang Wu died in battle or failed to surrender in the end, it was in line with Cai Mao's expectations, and if Zhang Wu surrendered, he would definitely dedicate Liu Qi to Sun Quan, and no one could shake Liu Cong's status.

Then, Cai Mao arranged for people to keep an eye on the battle situation in Jiangxia. If Jiangdong Army wanted to take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang after Jiangxia was destroyed, he had to make preparations as soon as possible.

As the saying goes, "When there are tens of thousands of people, there are no boundaries." It is very spectacular to gather a hundred thousand troops together. What's more, the one hundred thousand troops from the east of the Yangtze River all come along the river by boat. , can't see the end at a glance.

Although Sun Quan led the army this time, it was said to be an army of [-], but in fact the number was far less than [-]. The land east of the Yangtze River was more hilly than plain. It was originally a vast area and sparsely populated, and nearly half of the land was occupied by Shanyue people.

During the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu once said to Sun Quan, don’t be afraid of Cao Cao’s 80 army, it’s just to scare people. My lord, you only need to give me [-] elite soldiers, and I promise to let Cao Cao go back wherever he came from.

But Sun Quan was a little embarrassed and said, "Gong Jin, it is really difficult to gather [-] elite soldiers. How about this, I will give you [-] first, and then I will slowly gather together!"

Among them, Sun Quan was worried about handing over all the elite soldiers to Zhou Yu to lead, because Zhou Yu was Sun Ce's close friend, not his confidant who was promoted by Sun Quan himself, and Sun Ce had a son.But in fact, the number of Jiangdong troops has always been small, and it was gradually replenished by the continuous arrest of Shanyue people.

So this Jiangdong invasion of Jiangxia claims to be a 5 army, many of which are logistics transport teams that cannot go to the battlefield, and many are captured Shanyue people or temporarily recruited cannon fodder. There are at most [-] elite soldiers who can go to the battlefield. million people.Because it is impossible for Jiangdong to send all the troops, some will be left to guard the cities and suppress the Shanyue people.

But even these [-] elite soldiers are not something Zhang Wuneng can fight headlong, because the commander on the opposite side is Zhou Yu, the top commander in the world.In addition to Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, Tai Shici, etc. are also famous generals in the world. There are also a lot of talents in Jiangdong, and only fools will fight the main force of the Jiangdong army on the water.

In terms of the art of war, it is necessary to use one's own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses. Although Jiangxia's army is not as good as Jiangdong in water warfare, and Cao Cao is not as good in infantry warfare, but on the other hand, water warfare is worse than Cao Cao, and infantry warfare is worse than Jiangdong.So Zhang Wu had already thought about it, if Cao Cao came to attack, he would let you go into the water, and if Jiangdong came to attack, he would let you land, this "Ten Thousand Years Second" brother is sure!

Just like Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha in Journey to the West, one shouted "Do you dare to come down?" The other shouted "Do you dare to come up?"

The Jiangdong army came all the way along the river, but did not encounter any resistance. There was not even a sentry on the other side along the way. What's the situation?In fact, Zhang Wu had arranged sentries, but they were on land. Some scouts rode horses along the river to monitor the Jiangdong fleet from a distance.

But there are still some people who don't want to go out to fish secretly for their livelihood. Anyway, Jiangdong has been fighting Jiangxia non-stop for more than ten years, and they are used to it.

Therefore, when several common people who were fishing were brought to Zhou Yu by the Jiangdong Army outpost and asked about the situation, Zhou Yu felt that things were not simple anymore. Zhang Wu actually did this!
"My lord, I didn't expect Zhang Wu to carry out fortified walls and clear the fields. Not only did he gather all the soldiers into Jiangxia City, but he also moved all the nearby people away. This is to defend the city to resist us!" Zhou Yu said.

"Hmph! I didn't expect Zhang Wu to be so timid. Did he think Jiangxia City could stop my [-] troops? When I besieged Jiangxia City, it would be difficult for him to fly." Sun Quan said.

"That's right, this piece of martial arts is guarding the city, and when the time comes, I won't be able to run away even if I want to." Lu Meng also agreed.

Zhou Yu added: "My Lord, we still need to find out the movements of Jiangxia Navy. If Jiangxia Navy suddenly attacks from behind while we are attacking Jiangxia City, it will still be very troublesome."

"That's right, order the vanguard Han Dang to send more people to find out the whereabouts of Jiangxia's navy. If possible, destroy Jiangxia's navy first, and then encircle Jiangxia City." Sun Quan ordered.

"Yes, lord!" The ordering soldier took the order and left.

Sun Quan asked Zhou Yu to arrange for the army to set up camp, because he could not go any further, and he would have crossed the border of Jiangxia. Unexpectedly, Zhang Wu was so cowardly, he was not as good as Huang Zu.In the past, every time he came to fight Jiangxia, Huang Zu would at least go out of the city to fight, and run away when he couldn't beat him!

Zhou Yu arranged things properly and in an orderly manner. He set up a water village on the water and another camp on land.The two villages are the horns of each other, echoing each other from a distance, Sun Quan is in charge of Shuizhai, and Zhou Yu is in charge of Luzhai.

Not all generals can be commander in chief, because there are many things to worry about when marching in a large army, and coordination and arrangements must be made between various departments.

Some generals lead troops to charge and fight very bravely, but if you want him to do such things as marching, setting up camps, and even eating and drinking for the entire army, he will be blinded.This involves personnel management, overall planning and other knowledge, either you learn and accumulate bit by bit in the army, or it is the knowledge passed down from the aristocratic family.

The news that the Jiangdong army set up camp soon reached Zhang Wu. He knew that the war was not far away, and the Jiangdong army would attack aggressively after recovering their strength and morale. Come on, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, let you see Lao Tzu's ability to defend the city.

(End of this chapter)