Chapter 257: Farewell to Jiang Ziyi
Zhou Dunyi took the worst configuration, faced the 100,000 Dongxun forbidden army led by Shen Baoxu, a frontier general known as the first hidden dragon of the Dongxun Empire, and beautifully fought a great victory of killing 30,000 and capturing 20,000, and this matter spread all over Jinling City in one day.
Whether it is in some mansions or some street corners, there is a discussion everywhere about the beautiful battle of Zhou Wangye's weak victory over the strong Dongxun.
As soon as this battle came out, it can be said that it was a fierce shot in the arm for the entire Nanli Empire, and the big guys also had expectations for the day when the Nanli Empire would return to glory.
However, there are still a lot of people, and they have also seen some conjectures from the battle of Zhou Wangye.
A dignified marshal, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses before the Nanli Empire, the single-word prince, actually only took a few tens of thousands of Shangzhou garrisons to confront the well-equipped and well-trained Dongxun 100,000 forbidden army.
This is simply a fallacy, this is simply unprecedented, so they feel that the Nanli Empire behind them is actually a little unable to cover up their internal real weakness, right?
However, in fact, if he had learned all the things that had happened in Zhou Dunyi's front-line war, he would have been even more deeply shocked by Zhou Dunyi's boldness and carefulness.
Jingzhou Naval Division is a powerful naval division that is not inferior to the Nanli Main Battle Legion, and the only one in the entire continent who can confront it is the Jiangdong Naval Division of Dongxun that has a little bit of interest, even if it is the Beigen Empire, which is also an empire, it cannot be compared with the Jingzhou Naval Division in terms of the Naval Division.
In addition to the Shangzhou garrison under Zhou Dunyi, Zhou Dunyi also asked for assistance in the name of a private person and sent a partial division to help.
As for the county seat of Yueyang, it is the tomb left by Zhou Dunyi to the Dongxun army.
The burning of the granary caused the 100,000 army of Dongxun to panic in an instant, coupled with the accidental injury of the commander Shen Baoxu and caused him to fall unconscious, the final command of the 100,000 army of Dongxun fell on a middle-aged man.
This middle-aged man is also cowardly, he does not dare to have a head-on conflict with the tens of thousands of garrisons under the command of Zhou Dunyi, even if he occupies the right time, place and three points, he still does not dare to fight with Zhou Dunyi, who is known as the tiger handsome.
But if he didn't fight, this middle-aged general would inevitably encounter the exclusion and slander of the civil war fanatics after returning to the capital in the future, and in the end, as long as he did not get huge results, he would only be greeted by a bell and imprisonment.
So after thinking about it, this middle-aged man also got the information from Jiang Gan, the dark line of their ambush in Yueyang County, and learned that Yueyang County is now in their pocket, as long as their Dongxun army is in the city, he Jiang Gan can sacrifice Yueyang, and when that time comes, their Dongxun army can use Yueyang as a springboard, all the way to Jingzhou Water Village, and then land on the shore and then rush to Jinling.
This bold strategy, because of Jiang Gan as the inner line, and the threat from Zhou Dunyi can be completely shaken off along the way, this middle-aged general naturally agreed.
Therefore, he ordered to mobilize the army under his command to leave a part of the men and horses to guard the place, and the large army moved to Yueyang, but when passing through Tianzhu Mountain, it was blocked by the army under Xiang Yan, but fortunately, because of the huge number of Dongxun troops, the number of Shangzhou garrisons under Xiang Yan was only different, as if the difference between cloud and mud.
So after blocking for a long time, Xiang Yan reluctantly ordered a retreat, retreating all the way to Yueyang.
And the development of all these things seems to be following the will of the middle-aged general.
Because in his opinion, as long as these thousands of Nanli soldiers fled into Yueyang City, then when they killed Yueyang City, wouldn't it be like catching turtles in the urn?
As a result, the desire to become famous in the first battle and go straight to Jinling swelled more and more in the hearts of the middle-aged generals, and he felt that he had grasped a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he understood, and he also knew that if this opportunity was for Shen Baoxu to do it, it might be better.
But even if this task fell on him, he was confident that he would complete this task, kill under the city of Jinling, and force Emperor Nanli to sign a covenant with him under the city.
Hahahaha, when that time comes, the impression of the weakness of their Dongxun Empire's military strength should be swept away among the mainland countries.
With this desire, the middle-aged general gathered the Dongxun soldiers all the way, and the number of the Dongxun army under his command also swelled to as much as 150,000.
Such a huge amount was enough for him to completely complete the task of this surprise attack on Jinling, and in addition, he himself now had great hopes for this mission.
This matter, I can definitely do it, and when this happens, after I return to Dongxun, I believe that the reward I will receive will also make countless people envious.
In one fell swoop, he was awarded the title of prince with a different surname, and this middle-aged general did not think about it in his heart.
Just because, once this feat is completed, it is really too big, after all, this is the one who signed a covenant under the city of Jinling and the Nanli Empire.
Where is Jinling?
Jinling is the capital of the Nanli Empire, the first prosperous city of the mainland countries, so many years have passed, how many years have no country killed under the city of Jinling?
Or, after all these years, which country can kill Jinling City alone?
No, from beginning to end, from the Nanli Empire thousands of years ago to the present, this kind of thing has never happened, just because the Nanli Empire is so strong that it has never been possible for the countries to achieve such a thing.
The thought that this possibility was about to happen in their own hands let the mainland countries witness how the Nanli Empire was oppressed by their Dongxun Empire.
When this middle-aged general led his 150,000 troops all the way to the county seat of Yueyang, he also identified Jiang Gan standing on the city wall with the help of others.
All the uncertainties, after seeing the appearance of their dark line Jiang Gan with his own eyes, the middle-aged general felt that everything had been settled.
They can start from Yueyang right away, create a miracle, and create a first encounter that oppresses the Nanli Empire under them.
However, the matter of Jiang Gan's dedication to the city did not happen, and the middle-aged general did not have any doubts in his heart at the beginning, but ordered the Dongxun army under his command to be stationed and rest, recuperate his spirits, and patiently wait for Jiang Gan's next step.
But after waiting for two or three days in a row, there were more and more garrisons on the city wall of Yueyang County, and they didn't see any news of Jiang Gan, and even from the next day, the middle-aged generals didn't even see Jiang Gan at all, which made them have some great doubts in their hearts.
Could it be that something has changed?
Yes, that's right, something did happen, on that day Jiang Gan saw the Dongxun army coming to the city without saying a word and went to find Huang Gai and Tai Shici, originally he went to Huang Gai What they wanted to say was to discuss when to welcome the Dongxun army into the city, but after Jiang Gan found Huang Gai and them.
What was waiting for Jiang Gan was not just Huang Gai and Tai Shici, in addition to the two of them, there was another face that Jiang Gan could never forget.
That is, Xiang Yan.
To be honest, Jiang Gan already felt a little wrong in his heart when he saw that Xiang Yan was also present, and he had already guessed something, so after finding them, Jiang Gan also quickly and unconsciously moved closer to Tai Shici.
Because in the opinion of some of his judgments, Huang Gai has already had some possibilities to turn against Nanli again, and in this way, among the three people present, only Tai Shici is the one who stands on their Dongxun side.
Jiang Gan is not stupid, who is Xiang Yan, will he not know?
That is the contemporary head of the Jiangmen Xiang family with a name and surname in Nanli, what does the Xiang family mean in the Nanli Empire?
That means loyalty, and it means that Xiang Yan is a diehard member of the Nanli Empire who no matter how much anyone says it, can change his position.
Since Xiang Yan appeared here at this juncture, it means that there are two possibilities.
First, in order to worry about some other factors, Huang Gai and Tai Shici decided to ask Xiang Yan here and then plot to get rid of him, but this possibility, in Jiang Gan's opinion, at least the probability of happening during this time period can basically be reduced to zero.
And the second possibility, then there is no doubt that Huang Gai did not fall to them at all, but has been playing with himself in a false way, so he made an appointment with Xiang Yan to come here and plan to get rid of him and Tai Shici first, if it is not like this.
As early as when Xiang Yan led the remnants of the rout to Yueyang City that day, Huang Gai could have ordered Xiang Yan and them to be dealt with, and there would not be much damage in the process and battle during this period, saving time, trouble and effort, but Huang Gai did not give this order that day, but instead welcomed Xiang Yan and his rout into the city.
At that time, Huang Gai's reply to him was that he wanted to collect some of the defeated soldiers, because the overall quality of the defeated soldiers under Xiang Yan's command was still good, and it would be a pity if they were all shot like this.
Jiang Gan didn't think about anything else at that time, so he didn't think much about it, and just passed, but when he saw Huang Gai, Tai Shici, and Xiang Yan waiting for him in the same room, his heart was already full of doubts and deep thoughts about Huang Gai's decision-making that day.
Yes, that's right.
Even Tai Shici, who Jiang Gan often believed from beginning to end, was the one who stabbed him first.
After lowering his head and seeing the tip of the knife emerging from his chest and abdomen, Jiang Gan's trembling body turned around, and after seeing Tai Shi Ci's expression looking at him coldly.
Only then did Jiang Gan understand, it turned out.
I am the grasshopper who is played with.
After stumbling for a long time, I thought that everything was under my control, but I didn't know that my life and death were just waiting for this moment to come.
As for how Huang Gai and the others would defend Yueyang after killing him, Jiang Gan didn't think about it anymore.
Because he realized it, Huang Gai's defection should be, from beginning to end, it was just a lead to lure himself into the bait, those who were behind him, I believe that one, should have been arranged a long time ago.
In fact, as early as the beginning of Zhou Dunyi's order to whip Huang Gai because of some trivial things, Jiang Gan felt a little strange about this.
After all, Zhou Dunyi was a god in their Dongxun country, obviously a famous marshal who was sympathetic to soldiers and loved soldiers like children, but when Jiang Gan saw Zhou Dunyi for the first time, he actually whipped a miscellaneous general because of some trivial things.
This is simply not a person at all from Zhou Dunyi in Jiang Gan's impression, but ah, in line with the rumors at the time, seeing is believing and that is the reason why it is a miscellaneous general, so Jiang Gan naturally decided to contact it first and slowly test one or two.
Unexpectedly, I thought I had picked up a big bargain, but now it's good, it turns out that this so-called bargain should be the trap set by the prince of Zhou.
I'm as stupid as a fool, this is really, funny enough.
I believe that Yueyang County is also a tomb left by the prince of Zhou for their Dongxun army.
Jingzhou Water Division, cough cough cough, it should also be, give them the last means of reinforcement of the encirclement.
In this regard, Jiang Gan could only think of this before he died, and he was convinced, because the reason why he died like this was all because of his arrogance and inferior skills.
Rao is that he has been thinking about it for so long, but only before he died did he know that he had fallen into a trap, and he was really innocent of death, but ah, it was a pity that the army of 150,000 was gone.
They may also face the onslaught from Zhou Wangye, and I don't know if Shen Gongzi can predict some dangerous breaths in advance, and I hope that Shen Gongzi can return to China safe and sound.
Until Jiang Gan was dying, he didn't know that Shen Baoxu, the son of Shen Baoxu he was thinking about, had actually stayed unconscious in Jiujiang County for this time, but it was also because of Shen Baoxu's unconscious, which could be regarded as a crooked attack that allowed Shen Baoxu to escape the crisis of death.
When Jiang Gan died, he also understood a little bit about Tai Shici, because of this layout, maybe there was a senior general in their Dongxun country who was said to be a senior general of the Jingzhou Navy Division, and their Dongxun Empire had already fallen into the trap of the Nanli Empire.
In fact, it is not so much an internal response, but rather that it is just that the Nanli Empire threw a barb at their Dongxun Empire, in order to lure them to the Dongxun Empire, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.
Ziyi, after seeing himself, this time should be quite difficult, after all, he has already stood on the opposite side of him.
I don't know how Ziyi endured the sentimentality in his heart after he learned in advance that he was the Neiying of Dongxun during this period of contact with himself?
cough cough cough, Ziyi, since I owe something to you, my Jiang Ziyi's life will be handed over to you to take away, and it can be regarded as compensation with you.
I, Jiang Ziyi, only hope that in the next life, I can stand on the same side as you, and we have always had the potential to become good partners.
It's just that in this life, I, Jiang Ziyi, can only take the first step, sorry, Ziyi.
After killing his childhood friend with his own hands, Tai Shici's heart did not ease up for a long time, and in the end, after Cheng Pu's appearance, a few people comforted him, Tai Shici sighed helplessly, because he also knew that he had to do this.
Ziyi, in the next life, I hope you don't do such a thing, the two of us can obviously become very good friends, not enemies now.
Tai Shi Ci threw down the short sword in his hand, he didn't want to touch this short sword again, because since this short sword was stained with the blood of his best friend, it was nothing worth remembering again.
The story of his Taishi Ziyi and Jiang Ziyi's life will end here, and it will come to an end completely.
After Tai Shi Ci finished these things, what Huang Gai originally thought in their hearts was that they should face a period of decadence, after all, they killed their best friend with their own hands, this kind of gap, they really didn't think about it, on the second day, Tai Shi Ci was ready to go, and his mental appearance was still as usual, but his expression was a little unstoppably lonely and appeared on the city wall.
As for what happened next, it was very simple, Yueyang County couldn't hold out, the middle-aged general of Dongxun saw this situation, first waited patiently for two or three days, and then gradually found out that something was wrong, and then ordered a fierce attack without saying a word, and after three days of fierce attack, he saw that the walls of Yueyang City were already crumbling.
At the time when he was about to take Yueyang County, Zhou Dunyi led the Shangzhou garrison to arrive, and at the same time, there were more than 10,000 Jingzhou sailors transferred by Zhou Yu, the governor of Jingzhou Navy, carrying the Jingzhou Sailors under the command of Tai Shici, who had already been ambushed in Yueyang.
The middle-aged general, in the blink of an eye, died under the iron hooves of the black horseman.
As soon as the main general died, the army of Dongxun was suddenly leaderless and chaotic, and the first place of the army could not be connected.
The 150,000-strong army was defeated.
30,000 were killed, 20,000 were captured, and with the losses of the previous siege period, the Dongxun army was already less than 100,000.
The number is still huge, but is there only so much to prepare for Zhou Dunyi?
Please, such a God-given opportunity, will Zhou Dunyi probably let it go?
You must know that the last time Zhou Dunyi fought a beautiful pursuit battle, but he fought all the way to the Central Plains, this time, where will it go?
It's just that the war that broke out in those pursuit battles hasn't had time to be transmitted back to Jinling.
Zhou Dunyi just sent the first news of the Great Destruction of the Dongxun Army back to Jinling, so that Jinling could rest assured first, and he could prepare for the next pursuit battle.
This time, it is bound to hurt the Dongxun Empire, not to mention the destruction of the 150,000 army, but why does Zhou Dunyi also feel that he wants to leave more than half of the 150,000 army?
Zhou Dunyi will never leave the slightest hope for the enemy, cut the grass, and eradicate the roots.