The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 215
Hearing that the second general had been beheaded, Cheng Yuanzhi was furious, and was about to send troops south to Jingzhou to flatten Xinye.

But Guo Jia came out and said: "No! Today Liu Biao is stationed in Xiangyang, facing Liu Bei in Xinye across the river. They are horns of each other. If I attack Liu Bei, Liu Biao will come to help. The land of Jingxiang is full of waterways and swamps. Difficult to attack and difficult to defend. A war together will definitely delay the sun and the moon, so it is not beautiful."

"The top priority is to take Jiangdong first, and then take Jingzhou."

The two of us wanted to go together. Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Guo Jia, and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, why do you want to take Jiangdong first?"

Guo Jia cupped his hands and said, "Attacking Jiangdong has two advantages. First, Sun Quan and Liu Biao had the hatred of killing their father first, and then they had the hatred of attacking Jiangxia. The two sides are incompatible, so they will never join forces; Jiangdong will never know about this matter, and with these two advantages, he can be caught unawares!"

Cheng Yuanzhi said in a deep voice: "Go on!"

Guo Jia nodded: "If you attack Jiangdong, my lord will send a suspicious army to Fancheng, threatening to take Jingzhou, and then transport troops and horses with warships from the dark, and arrive at Jianye by sea. And down, even if you can't capture Sun Quan alive, you can expand your borders and occupy the counties along the east of the Yangtze River."

Cheng Yuanzhi asked in surprise, "Could it be that this is a plan to attack the west?"

Guo Jia nodded: "Of course."

Cheng Yuanzhi continued to ask: "Are there any more down there?"

Guo Jia shook his head: "Forgive Jia for being stupid, that's all I can think of for now."

Cheng Yuanzhi clapped his hands and laughed, "Good plan! Good plan."

The good thing about this strategy is that it avoids the truth and ignores the truth. Since your Jiangdong navy is powerful, then I will not fight your navy. I will use the Lianfang warship as a transport ship and go ashore to fight you on land.

Jiangdong's coastline is so long, but Jiangdong only patrols on the big river, and has no defenses at all in the coastal areas.

Limited by the times and horizons, neither Sun Quan nor Zhou Yu would realize that the natural danger of the Yangtze River they rely on is just a self-deceiving display.

It only takes a simple landing around the sea, raising a war with a battle, or defending the city, and you can easily break through this natural danger and the survival problem after landing.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi immediately summoned all the civil and military personnel, and ordered: "Chunyu Qiong, Han Meng, Gao Lan, Zhang He!"

The four generals came out in response, clasping their fists in response.

"Order the four of you to command one hundred thousand soldiers and horses as the vanguard, and set off in the near future, passing through the ancient city and approaching Xinye by land."

The four of them agreed in unison and accepted the order.

Cheng Yuanzhi said again: "Shen Rong, Jiao Chu, Zhang Nan, Meng Dai, Yan Jing, He Mao, Wang Mo, Guo Zu, Wang Men, Guo Yuan... You and other thirty generals will hold our flag and lead the battle. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses are the rear, and they will kill and rush to Xinye!"

The generals responded to their orders and went to mobilize their troops.

Cheng Yuanzhi also secretly ordered Zhao Yun, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zhu Ling, Jiang Qi, Gao Gan, Yuan Mai and other seven generals to gather 10 horses in Guangling County, Xuzhou.

Afterwards, Su Gai, Zhang Liao, Qu Yi and other generals led [-] soldiers and horses to quietly rush to Shouchun.

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the other side.

The news that the Northern Army raised 20 troops to the south spread to Xinye, and the city was shaken.

Liu Bei convened a discussion with all the people, and asked the plan: "Yuan Zhi, how should he deal with the fact that he has raised 20 troops to seize Xinye?"

Xu Shu frowned and thought for a long time, then sighed: "Xinye is a small place with less than 20 soldiers and no more than three generals. It is really difficult to resist an army of [-]. My lord should ask Liu Jingsheng for help immediately."

Liu Bei worried: "The previous gap has not disappeared, if he doesn't help today, what should we do?"

Xu Shu said in a deep voice: "If he doesn't send troops to help, he will have to abandon the city and go south."

Liu Bei followed his words and sent Sun Qian to Xiangyang to rescue soldiers.

Liu Biao was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly gathered all the civil and military personnel in Jingzhou to discuss countermeasures.

Cai Mao said: "Liu Bei has great ambitions and talents. He has long wanted to annex our Jingzhou. Don't send troops to help, but let him guard the city."

As soon as this remark came out, Zhang Yun, Han Song, Cai Zhong, Cai He, Wen Pin, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Liu Xian and others immediately echoed in unison.

Only Yiji held an objection, thinking that Xinye and Xiangyang are closely related, if they are not rescued today, they will regret it in the future.

Seeing this, Liu Biao was confused for a moment.

Liu Bei waited in Xinye for the reinforcements not to come, but waited for an order to "defend the city". At the same time, Tan Ma reported the military situation of "how far is the enemy's [-] vanguard troops from here" from time to time. He was really panicked.

Let's defend it according to the city. It is really difficult for thousands of people to defend the small city of Xinye. Once the soldiers surround the city, it will be difficult to fly.

He abandoned the city and fled south, but he felt that this was too cowardly and he was afraid of being ridiculed by Jingxiang civil and military officials.

The dilemma made Liu Bei worry all day long, not knowing what to do.

Xu Shu was powerless about this. He was a battle-ready talent, not a strategic strategist. The current situation had touched his blind spot in knowledge.

Forty to one troops are inferior, and the battle is definitely not enough.

In such a situation, there is no other way but to flee south.

In a few days, the [-] vanguard troops from Hebei Province arrived in the ancient city, and the situation of the extremely fast march suddenly changed. They traveled at a speed of [-] miles a day, and came slowly towards Xinye.

The ancient city is more than 400 miles away from Xinye, and the 100 troops marched for more than half a month, and there are still more than [-] miles to go.

Seeing that the front of the northern army was within sight and the reinforcements were still missing, Liu Bei really panicked. He hurriedly packed up his valuables and led all the soldiers and horses to flee towards Xiangyang.

Defend according to the city?

He is not that stupid!
How can 5000 people guard 20 or [-] people?
Before Liu Bei reached Xiangyang, he heard that soldiers and horses had entered Xinye City one after another and began to rest. He seemed in no hurry to pursue or go south.

It seems that the original purpose of the 20 army is only a Xinye County.

This makes Liu Bei extremely cowardly to abandon the city and flee.

The strange marching method of the Northern Army also made everyone confused.

Everyone knows the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty (Cheng Yuanzhi) very well. They have studied every battle he fought, and they also know his historical marching style. If I could describe it in one word, it would be "fast".

But today he suddenly became so hesitant, there must be some mystery in it.

Xu Shu thought hard for a long time, but still couldn't understand what it meant.

One day when he was marching, he slapped his thigh violently and exclaimed: "This is a plan to hit the east and hit the west, no, hit the west and hit the east!"

Liu Bei reined in the horse's reins, stopped the army, and asked why.

Xu Shu was about to express his conjecture, when a scout came from Xiangyang to report that Yuan She (Cheng Yuanzhi) sent troops to attack Jianye ten days ago, and now he has controlled all the areas south of the Yangtze River and north of Taihu Lake, including Wujun, Jianye (in the north of Danyang County).

In this battle, the natural danger of the Yangtze River did not play any role. Until now, the Jiangdong Navy still has no idea where the Northern Army came from.

Liu Bei hurriedly asked, "Where is Sun Quan now?"

The spies replied: "Sun Quan led the remnants of the defeated generals to retreat to the south of Danyang County. At this moment, they are gathering troops from Jiangdong to try to take back Wu County, the family, and all the civil and military officials."

Xu Shu said in surprise: "The young Sun Quan family was captured?"

The spies replied: "The northern army descended from the sky, and the city of Wu County was unprepared. Not only Sun Quan's family, but also most of the civil and military people in Jiangdong were captured."

Good guy, this time the old nest was stolen really badly.

Xu Shu and Liu Bei looked at each other, and they both saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

Liu Bei continued to go south, and when he reached Xiangyang, Liu Biao asked him to discuss the matter, and discussed sending troops to retake Xinye.

This time, Liu Biao spent his capital and gave [-] soldiers, and the generals were chosen.

Liu Bei also felt that he had lost face by abandoning the city and fleeing the previous time, so he led [-] troops to seize the new territory.

Xu Shu is Xu Shu after all, he can't do anything with a force of forty to one, but he can still operate with a force of two to one.

The soldiers and horses of the two sides faced each other outside Xinye City, and the generals of each faction rushed to the battle.

All of a sudden, the shouts and killings outside Xinye City were loud, and the battle was so fierce!


(End of this chapter)