Chapter 279: Threatening Gangneung
"Your Majesty, our army won a complete victory in this battle, killing more than 6,700 enemies and capturing more than 20,000 Wu soldiers! 30,000 stone of grain and grass, as well as 18 flags and countless weapons and armor!"
In the camp of the Shu army, whether it was Huang Quan, Huang Zhong, or Ma Jian and others, they were all excited.
From the beginning of the Shu army's eastern crusade to the present, more than half a year has passed, and the Han army has finally won a great victory and broken the main force of the Wu army.
"To be able to break through the Wu army's camp, it is all the power of the secretaries!"
Yang Yun laughed, in an excellent mood. The defeat of the main force of the Wu army means that he has reversed the result of the Battle of Yiling, allowing the Shu Han power, which was already somewhat declining, to grow again.
"Your Majesty, now that our army has broken through the main force of the Wu army, the gate of Jiangling has been opened, and the minister has ordered the army to march east and attack Jiangling!" Huang Zhong immediately stood up.
"Hansheng, don't worry, I will listen to Gongheng and Youchang first!"
Yang Yun waved his hand, and then his gaze fell on Huang Quan and Ma Yan. Especially Ma Yan, he helped the army break through the Wu army camp this time, it can be seen that his ability is not weak, and he is more than enough to serve in the army.
According to the words of the captured generals of the Wu army, Lu Xun has already led 8,000 men and horses south, and the Wu army still has thousands of troops in Yidao City!
"Moreover, the vitality of the Jiangdong Naval Division is still there, if our army continues to attack Jiangling in the east, the grain and grass will continue for thousands of miles, once the Jiangdong Naval Division goes upriver and cuts off our army's grain and grass, the situation will be very unfavorable to our army!"
"The minister thinks that the army should attack Yidao now, and then the army should advance by land and water, step by step, and capture Xiaoling! Xiaoling is very public security, and it guards the waterway of the great river, as long as it takes two places, it will be able to stabilize the rear road of our army, and when this time comes, it will not be too late to attack Jiangling!"
Huang Quan analyzed the current situation and finally put forward his own suggestions. His method is to take it one step at a time, first to establish himself in an invincible position, and then to consider defeating the enemy.
"Although General Zhenbei's plan is safe, by the time our army captures Xiaoling and Gong'an, the reinforcements of the Wu army have already been stationed in Jiangling! Jiangling City is strong, and if it is attacked, it may not be able to capture it!"
Before Yang Yun could speak, Ma Jian immediately stood up and refuted this strategy.
Therefore, the minister suggested that Your Majesty should immediately send a vanguard to march eastward along the Yangtze River, and immediately attack Jiangling when the Wu army is defeated! As long as Jiangling is in hand, our army can attack Shangyong and Fangling! At that time, grain and grass will be heavy and can be transported from Hanzhong. Don't worry about Jiangdong Sailor disturbing my back road!"
"Moreover, after taking Jiangling, our army can still threaten Jiangxia to the east, and even if Lu Xun has 10,000 troops in his hands, he can only withdraw to Changsha!"
In the tent, after everyone heard Huang Quan and Ma Tan's strategy, they were silent, for Huang Zhong, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and other generals, of course, they were more inclined to Ma Tan's strategy.
If according to Ma Tan's plan, as long as the army takes Jiangling, it can restore the situation of the prosperity of Shu Han, and Jiangling does not have many soldiers and horses at this time, which is a good opportunity to take advantage of the weakness to attack.
Once this opportunity is missed, it will not be so easy to take this kind of fortified city again.
Huang Quan shook his head slightly, and said: "This plan is a bit risky, once our army can't break the city as soon as possible, Lu Xun can cut off our army's rear road, and then our army will have no food and grass, what should we do?"
Ma Jian smiled and did not continue to refute, but set his eyes on Yang Yun. Obviously, he asked Yang Yun to make a decision.
After all, Yang Yun is the commander of the army.
"With the current overall situation in the world, if we can't take Jiangling as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the Wei army will go south to intervene. In the original history, shortly after the end of the Battle of Yiling, the Wei army marched south to attack Jiangling......"
Yang Yun was more inclined to Ma Yan's suggestion.
And, with the current national strength of Shu Han, there is no Jingzhou and Jiangling. If you want to reverse the fortunes of the country, it is simply difficult to climb to the sky.
"I have already made up my mind! I will take a naïve plan to reorganize the army for one day, and immediately march east to attack Gangneung!"
Yang Yun stood up, swept his gaze, and said in a deep voice.
"Gong Heng, I will give you 10,000 soldiers and horses, here to guard the prisoners of war of the Wu army, and guard against Lu Xun! The back road of the army will be handed over to you!"
After Yang Yun made a decision, Huang Quan could only bow down and obey orders.
After leaving Huang Quan, Yang Yun asked Huang Zhong, Guan Xing, and Zhang Bao to reorganize their soldiers and horses, and a large amount of wine and meat were rewarded, which immediately boosted the morale of the elite of the somewhat tired Shu army and cheered loudly.
The Shu army marched for several days in a row, successively breaking through Linfu and Dangyang, and then storming the Wu army camp, which was the end of the crossbow. It had to be trimmed before the march could continue.
When the Shu army was reorganized, the movements of the Shu army in the past few days and the results of the battle of Yiling were also quickly transmitted to the high-level hands of both sides by the spies of Wei and Wu.
Suddenly, Wei and Wu shook.
After the Shu army broke through Yiling, the 700-mile waterway from Yizhou to Jingzhou was completely opened, and Yizhou's grain and grass were heavy, and the energy was continuously replenished along the waterway.
The Shu army can pose a great threat to Jiangling. Once Jiangling City changes hands, then Wei and Wu will be greatly affected.
When Jiangling was in the hands of Wu, Wei could rest easy. But Jiangling fell into the hands of Shu Han, so Cao Pi had to worry that Shu Han would fight Xiangyang again and go north to besiege Xiangyang.
For Sun Quan, Jiangling is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Great River, and can go down the river at any time to threaten Jiankang. He did not hesitate to take advantage of Guan Yu's attack on Jiangling when he went north to attack Xiangyang, just because he was worried about this.
Moreover, the slogan of the Shu army's eastward crusade this time was to avenge Guan Yu and annihilate Eastern Wu! Once Jiangling was breached and the army advanced by land and water, then Eastern Wu would have to fight another "Red Cliff Battle."
Whether it was the Battle of Xiangyang or the Battle of Chibi, it had a great deal to do with Wei and Wu. If Xiangyang is breached, then Xuchang of Wei will have no danger to defend, and Yuzhou will be eroded.
And the Battle of Chibi is the battle of national fortune of Soochow. Once defeated, the Koto forces will be destroyed!
The 50,000 elites of the Wu army were either killed or captured this time, and their vitality was greatly damaged, how dare they come to fight the station of national fortune at this time. So after receiving the war report. Sun Quan immediately began to mobilize the troops and horses of Wu County and was ready to support Gangneung.
Wuchang!
In this newly built capital of Eastern Wu, Sun Quan's face was gloomy, and the wooden case in the hall was slashed by him with a sword, and the whole room was in a mess.
After venting, he finally regained his composure. Began to convene the military ministers.
Soon, Zhuge Jin, Zhu Huan, Lu Fan and others walked into the hall one after another, and the ministers couldn't help but glance at each other after seeing the mess in the hall.
"Meet King Wu!"
Sun Quan waved his hand impatiently, asked the ministers to get up, and sat down. "Ladies and gentlemen, now that Liu Bei has broken through Yiling and threatened Jiangling, how should I, Wu State, deal with it?"