The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 79 Meeting Liu Biao
Sun Quan convened another meeting. First, he made self-criticism and self-examination, and then discussed and summarized the lessons of this defeat, and dealt with various post-war matters.

The attack on Jiangxia failed this time. The biggest mistake was to give up the advantage of their own navy and go ashore to besiege Jiangxia city without solving the Jiangxia navy.If the Jiangxia Navy can be dealt with first and the worries of the future can be eliminated, then Zhang Wu can avoid fighting when Zhang Wu is guarding Jiangxia City, and turn his head to attack Xiangyang or Jiangling.In this way, whether it is Liu Biao and Cai Mao in Xiangyang City, or Zhang Wu in Jiangxia, they will be very passive.

Because Xiangyang and Jiangling are the hinterlands of Jingzhou, even if the Jiangdong Army can't take down Xiangyang City or Jiangling City, they can still rob them and cause heavy losses to Jingzhou.

Another mistake was to only pay attention to guarding against possible reinforcements from Xiangyang, while ignoring other places where reinforcements might come. As a result, when Xinye Liu Bei led his army to support Jiangxia, the Jiangdong Army was unprepared.

Also, why are the catapults in Jiangxia City so powerful and can shoot far and accurately? How were they built?What is that poisonous smoke that makes people feel sick, dizzy, cough and cry?Since Jiangxia City was occupied by Zhang Wu, why has there been such a big change, there are so many unexpected things!

Sun Quan immediately sent more people to investigate Jiangxia County's intelligence, and must investigate these matters clearly.As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Sun Quan admitted that he also committed the taboo of underestimating the enemy. He didn't take Zhang Wu seriously at the beginning, thinking that Zhang Wu, a general who was born as a thief, would be capable, but in the end he regretted it .

It was another full moon night, in Jiangxia City, at the General's Mansion, Zhang Wuzheng was hosting a banquet to welcome Xu Shu to join him.

In the charcoal-fired copper pot, thin slices of meat were boiled in the boiling bone soup, dipped in the delicious seasoning, Xu Shu was lucky to taste the delicious food that he had never tasted before.At this moment, Xu Shu made up his mind to follow Zhang Wu. There is a saying, if you want to conquer a man, you must first conquer his stomach!
After the post-war affairs were almost handled, Zhang Wu and Liu Qi came to Xiangyang State Shepherd's Mansion and asked to see Liu Biao.

After autumn, Liu Biao became more and more unwell. He lived in the mansion to recuperate from his illness and rarely went out. Today, he found out that the Jiangdong army had invaded Jiangxia. He couldn't help asking angrily: "Zhang Wu, as the general of Jiangxia, why do you have such an important military situation? Don't report it sooner!"

Zhang Wu replied: "Let me tell you, Master Zhou, that when the Jiangdong Army assembled, the lower officials sent people to the Zhennan General's Mansion to report and asked for reinforcements. Later, when the Jiangdong Army landed and besieged the city, the lower officials sent people to come again." Asking for help, and at the same time, a letter of asking for help written by my family's prefect was also sent, could it be that Master Zhou didn't see it?"

Liu Biao asked in surprise, "Qi'er, is there such a thing?"

Liu Qi bowed and said: "My lord father, I have indeed written a letter of plea for help and sent it to the general's residence in Zhennan. This time, Sun Quan from Jiangdong led an army of [-] to invade Jiangxia. As the prefect of Jiangxia, my son is responsible for guarding the land. The only option is to stick to the city and ignore life and death. However, Jiangxia City has few soldiers and insufficient food, grass and equipment. Day and night, they are looking forward to the reinforcements from Xiangyang. The enemy army has been besieged for more than ten days. Everyone in Jiangxia City has been wounded, and the dead are not there. A few. Seeing that they were about to be unable to resist, Er wanted to die rather than surrender. At a critical moment, fortunately, Uncle Xuande led the army to come to the rescue. Regardless of the injuries on his body, General Zhang gathered capable fighters in the city and went out of the city to fight back , together with Uncle Xuande repelled the Jiangdong army."

As soon as Liu Biao heard it, he understood that someone must be playing tricks. As for who it was, everyone knew the purpose, and the purpose was self-evident.

"Come here, order Cai Mao to come here quickly!" Liu's face became even more ugly, which is too shameful, he is not dead yet, what is Cai Mao trying to do?If you dare to conceal such an important matter and make your own decisions, who is in charge of Jingzhou?

Cai Mao came in a hurry, and he knew what happened in his heart, but he had already thought of the way to deal with it.This time, I wanted to use Jiang Dong's hand to get rid of Zhang Wu or Liu Qi. Unexpectedly, Zhang Wu not only defended Jiangxia City, but also defeated Sun Quan. This is a bit troublesome!

"My lord, why is my lord looking for me?" Cai Mao pretended not to know when he came to the state pastoral mansion.

"Cai Mao, did you know about the Jiangdong Army's invasion and besiege of Jiangxia City?" Liu Biao asked.

"Returning to my lord, my subordinates did receive information, but at that time there was no reinforcements to send in Xiangyang City, because they were attacking Cao Jun in Nanyang. The subordinates also ordered all the counties to guard the city in advance, but Xiangyang was empty of troops and could not support the counties. I feel that Jiangxia and Jiangdong have been at war for more than ten years, and Huang Zu never let Jiangdong succeed when he was there, if General Zhang can't even defend the city, I'm afraid he is no longer suitable to be Jiangxia's defender, right?"

Zhang Wu had expected Cai Mao's sophistry early on, so he said: "In the past, Xiangyang was supported, so it was able to resist the invasion of Jiangdong's army. This time, Jiangxia fought against Jiangdong alone with the power of a county. If Jiangxia falls, Jiangdong's navy can We will go straight to Xiangyang City along the waterway. If Mr. Zhou Mu is frightened by then, can you afford it?"

"Well, after I received the news, I immediately called the Xiangyang navy to gather, and I planned to go to support Jiangxia."

"The defenders of Jiangxia City fought bloody battles for more than ten days and suffered heavy losses. All the soldiers and people in the city were looking forward to the arrival of the reinforcements, but they didn't even see the shadow of the reinforcements! In a critical moment, if Uncle Liu Huang didn't bring troops to help, I'm afraid the whole city would The soldiers and the common people have all been murdered by the Jiangdong army. I am afraid that Liu Taishou and I will also die tragically at the hands of Sun Quan. Cai Mao, let me ask you, my family’s prefect once wrote a letter asking for help and sent it to Xiangyang. Have you ever received it? ?”

The letter had been torn up and burned by Cai Mao, and the only military officer who knew about it hadn't disposed of it in time, but he had already sent someone to look for it, and it was probably handled properly at this moment. have no idea.

"What request for help? I don't know! My lord, the Zhennan General's Mansion did not receive any request for help. You can call the relevant personnel to inquire. Maybe the person who sent the letter was intercepted and killed by the Jiangdong Army halfway?"

Liu Biao also thinks about this possibility. During the battle, both sides will send scouts to inquire about the news. It is also possible that the person who sent the letter was discovered by the Jiangdong army scouts and killed.

What Zhang Wu was waiting for was Cai Mao's words, the hole has already been dug, and it's just waiting for you to jump in!

"Lord Zhou Mu, I will finally report that Cai Mao disregarded the safety of Jingzhou because of his personal grudges. After receiving the letter of plea for help from Jiang Xia, he concealed it and did not report it. This caused heavy losses to our Jiangxia County. Cai Mao is despicable and shameless. He wants to get rid of him with the help of the Jiangdong Army The last general and the eldest son, in order to achieve their ulterior motives, please learn from Master Zhou!"

(End of this chapter)