The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 255 The Feeling of Powerlessness Appearing out of Nowhere
After defeating Zhou Yu, Cheng Yuanzhi immediately rushed to Jiangxia without stopping, stationed troops at Sanjiangkou, and watched Jingnan as a tiger.

As soon as the front foot arrived at Sanjiangkou, two more bad news came: Wenpin was tricked, and Jiangling fell; Sun Quan married his sister to Liu Bei, and the two sides formed a solid alliance.

Cheng Yuanzhi was furious all of a sudden!

The inexplicable loss of the three Jingnan counties made him very annoyed, but he did not expect that Jiangling was also lost.

What annoys him the most is that there is no way to check and balance the Sun Liu alliance and recover the lost ground.

You can't drive 15 sailors, let's have a life-and-death contest with each other on the river.

If you do this, if you lose, you will repeat Cao Cao's mistakes and lose control of Jiangnan!

Previously, after Liu Cong surrendered, Cheng Yuanzhi left six generals to stay in Jingzhou: Man Chong guarded Dangyang, Xu Huang guarded Fancheng, Wen Pin guarded Jiangling, Han Song guarded Jiangxia, Li Dian guarded Nanjun, and Le Jin guarded Xiangyang.He personally led the army to fight Zhou Yu.

No wonder Cheng Yuanzhi takes Zhou Yu seriously, the shadow of a famous tree and Zhou Yu's destructive power cannot be taken lightly by Cheng Yuanzhi.

Qu Yi's thorn is a hidden danger in itself, and it may not be able to stop Zhou Yu!
No, Zhou Yu must not be stopped!

Before going to Jiangdong to fight Zhou Yu, Cheng Yuanzhi did not make any personnel transfers to the three counties in Jingnan, considering that the three counties in Jingnan had just surrendered, and the original team still took over.

But with such an arrangement, Sun and Liu's family immediately seized the opportunity and took advantage of the loophole.

Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to attack Lingling, guarded by Liu Du, and sent Tai Shici to attack Guiyang, guarded by Zhao Fan.

Liu Bei ordered Zhuge Liang to lead the navy to line up on the river to resist Cai Mao's Jingzhou navy and block the reinforcements from all over Jingnan.

Zhuge Liang carried out guerrilla warfare on the waterway between Xiangyang and Jiangling, and successfully prevented the four generals Le Jin, Wenpin, Li Dian, and Han Song from supporting Jingnan.

At the same time, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu to lead an army east to take Changsha.

In the end, the Sun and Liu families divided the four Jingnan counties equally, and Liu Bei occupied Changsha, Jiangling, and Wuling, forming a trend of rejection from the north.Sun Quan seized Lingling and Guiyang, forming a situation in the east.

At this point, Cheng Yuanzhi's power in Jingzhou retreated back to Jiangbei at once, leaving only Xiangyang, Fancheng, and Jiangxia County under Nanyang County.

Although the Northern Army failed in this battle, most of the losses were soldiers and horses from Jingzhou who surrendered. Except for Wenpin stationed in Jiangling, who suffered a bit of a loss, the Northern Army and Cai Mao's navy stationed in various places suffered almost no losses.

At this time, Cheng Yuanzhi's military strength was still many times stronger than that of Sun Liu's coalition forces.

Even so, Cheng Yuanzhi was still deeply concerned about the encroachment of Jingzhou by the Sun-Liu allied forces.

From the previous military deployment in Jingzhou, it can be seen that he attached great importance to the three counties and four cities in Jingnan (Changsha County, Guiyang County, Lingling County, and Jiangling City). Although the focus of defense was mainly on Jingbei, he did not neglect it. Jingnan's precautions.

Although the four Jingnan counties are still undeveloped wild lands with poor materials and few people, they have a vast territory and great strategic significance.

If Sun Quan or Liu Bei in the south occupy this place, they will have a base to go north to the Central Plains; if Cheng Yuanzhi controls this place, the unification of the world is just around the corner.

However, the four Jingnan counties have a fatal flaw - as long as the Sun Liu coalition forces send water troops to cut off the Yangtze River, the connection between the Jingnan four counties and Jingbei will be cut off instantly.

In view of such considerations, it is obviously an act of taking great risks to deploy troops in Jingnan.

Today, Cheng Yuanzhi has a total of 15 naval troops, some of which are scattered along the long coastline of Jiangdong to guard against Sun Quan;

On the other hand, Sun Quan and Liu Bei, the two sides combined, also have more than [-] naval troops, and they can join forces in one place.

Although the number of naval forces on both sides is similar, the combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the other side.In addition, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang are both experts in water warfare.

Taking this into consideration, Cheng Yuanzhi simply concentrated his troops to defend Jingbei, and the three counties in Jingnan only paid attention to it on the surface, but did not actually send troops to take over the city.

But it was such a not-so-obvious flaw that was successfully seized by the Sun and Liu families and maximized their benefits.

The more he thought about it, the angrier Cheng Yuanzhi became!Suddenly, a feeling of powerlessness that IQ is not enough is born in my heart.

Different from Jingnan, Jingbei area, especially Nanjun, is of great strategic significance, just as Zhuge Liang said in Longzhong Conversation: "Jingzhou occupies Han and Mian in the north, benefits the South China Sea, connects Wuhui in the east, and connects with Wuhui in the west. Ba and Shu, this is the place to use it."

Whether it is the Wuhui of the Eastern Union, or Xitongba and Shu, they are inseparable from Nanjun, occupying Nanjun, and can easily enter Xichuan from the west without breaking through the mountains; In the north, you can point your sword at Wan and Luo, and enter the Central Plains; in the south, you can control the south, and look at Jingnan and Jiaozhou.

For the forces of Cheng, Liu, and Sun, Nanjun is very important. No matter whether Nanjun is in the hands of any party, it will make the other two feel like a thorn in their throats and have trouble sleeping and eating.

It should be noted that Nanjun is a large area in the south of Zhiyang County, not a specific city. In this area of ​​Nanjun, there are two important cities: Xiangyang City, which is located south of the Han River and north of the Yangtze River, and south of the Yangtze River. Gangneung City.

Xiangyang City is the state capital of Jingzhou and the largest city in Jingzhou with a large population and an extremely important strategic position.

Cheng Yuanzhi deployed heavy troops here.

In the original time and space, Guan Yu defeated Cao Ren, captured Yu Jin, beheaded Pound, flooded the seven armies, and shocked China, but he failed to break through Xiangyang City.

The scale of Jiangling City is second only to Xiangyang, and it is also abundant in food and grass, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Cheng Yuanzhi also deployed heavy troops here. The general who guards Jiangling is the famous general Wenpin who is best at defending the city.

However, Wenpin was defeated by Zhuge Liang after he lured out of the city with the trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, and led the remnants back to Xiangyang.

Cheng Yuanzhi did not punish Wenpin, Jiangling's mistake was not the latter's fault.

Zhuge Liang made full use of the opportunity of Guan Yu's attack on Changsha to lure Wenpin to lead troops to help, and then seized Jiangling by taking advantage of the emptiness, and defeated Wenpin who returned to seize the city.

It only took ten days from Zhuge Liang's attack on Jiangling to the capture of Jiangling City and the defeat of Wenpin.Wenpin's [-] soldiers and horses traveled back and forth for hundreds of miles, being played around in circles, unable to stop them at all.

At that time, Cheng Yuanzhi was restrained by Zhou Yu in the southern field of Yuzhang, thousands of miles away, unable to respond in time.

In order to capture Jingnan, the Sun and Liu families cooperated with each other and made frequent tricks, even taking Zhou Yu's life as a bait.

This made Cheng Yuanzhi angry, but at the same time comforted him a little.

In any case, this wave of losses is definitely a loss, and Zhou Yu's injury or even his death has become an excuse for masturbation, which makes people feel less uncomfortable.

After the garrison at Sanjiangkou, Cheng Yuanzhi did not enter the army for a long time. He had already made the worst plan in his heart. He could lose Jiangling and the four counties of Jingnan, as long as he could keep Jingbei.

The reason for the delay in entering the army is: he is not sure that he can defeat the Sun Liu coalition army in the water army.

After Su Gai and Jia Xu found out about this plan, they were greatly surprised.

You know, since he came out of the mountain, the prime minister (general commander) has been victorious in almost every battle. Wherever he goes, powerful enemies have been wiped out.

Why did you lose confidence all of a sudden?
Sugai thought for a while, hesitated and said, "Marshal, why is this?"

Jia Xu also looked puzzled: "Could it be that the Prime Minister is not sure about recovering the four counties in southern Jing?"

(End of this chapter)