Chapter 761: Reaction on the Southern Front
Nanjun, Jingzhou City.
Jingzhou City is the largest main city in Nanjun except Xiangyang City, standing on the bank of the Yangtze River, the city wall is majestic, the city has a unique geographical location, it is one of the centers of Nanjun and even the whole Jingzhou.
Since the defeat of Yiling, Cai Mao retreated to Jingzhou City.
There is still a main force led by Zhang Yun in Jingzhou City.
The two armies converged, their strength was more than doubled, suppressed the river, and sat in the city of Jingzhou, they were like a huge mountain, blocking the front, suppressing the nearly 200,000 Yizhou army facing the west.
The Yizhou army attacked several times, but to no avail.
The most important point is that Jingzhou City was originally a rare main city, and the reserves in the city were enough to maintain the main force of Jingzhou for a year and a half, so even if the Yizhou army wanted to attack the grain route, there was no way.
They can only attack the city.
But the main city of Jingzhou City, even if it is attacked hard, it will not be effective at all in two or three months.
This is a close offensive and defensive battle.
But a sudden news made the two main generals in Jingzhou City panic.
"Xiangyang lost?"
Cai Mao's face was not a little bloody, his whole face was iron-blue, and he looked at the letter in his hand in disbelief.
"Impossible!"
Zhang Yun is much younger than Zhi, he is not only Liu Biao's fellow countryman, in terms of generation, he is also Liu Biao's nephew, and he can be regarded as one of Liu Biao's henchmen, he has followed Liu Biao since he was a child, learned literature and martial arts, respected Liu Biao very much, and never wanted to believe that Liu Biao was defeated.
"It's already true!"
Cai Mao said in a hoarse voice.
"I don't believe it!" Zhang Yun gritted his teeth.
"The Lord's secret letter, you know it!" Cai Mao handed him the letter in his hand and said coldly.
"How so?"
Looking at Liu Biao's seal on the letter, the facts he couldn't believe were placed in front of him.
But after being stunned for a while, he quickly came back to his senses: "What about the lord, how about the lord, should we go back to Xiangyang?" ”
"The lord is fine!"
Cai Mao shook his head: "He has already withdrawn from Xiangyang City, and there is no major problem, but his subordinates are seriously injured, and it is impossible to recapture Xiangyang City in a moment or three, so he is ready to retreat to Jiangxia!" ”
"That's good!" Zhang Yun breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's worry about ourselves!"
Cai Mao smiled bitterly: "Such news will spread soon, first of all, we will shake the morale of the army internally, and the Yizhou army outside the city will inevitably look for an opportunity to attack, one careless, all will lose, if we lose Jingzhou City, in Jingzhou, there will be no place for us to stand!" ”
"Don't worry about it outside, the key is to calm the hearts of the soldiers!"
Zhang Yun touched the key point at once, and he said in a deep voice: "Our Jingzhou City is well prepared, and the defense on all sides is indestructible, as long as there is no problem with the soldiers in the city, then there will be no big problem!" ”
"But once the news came......" Cai Mao was also worried about this.
Zhang Yun is okay to say, but three or four percent of the generals under his command are from Xiangyang, Xiangyang suddenly fell, worried about the safety of the family, it is inevitable, if you are a little bolder, you have to go back to see the situation at home when you become a deserter, it is not impossible.
At that time, if it is not handled well and there is a mutiny, then the problem will be big.
"Why don't you suppress the news first?" Zhang Yun said.
"Can you hold it down?"
"It's a state of lockdown outside, as long as we don't say it ourselves, we should ......" Zhang Yun said, and quickly reacted, and shook his head: "Even if we don't announce it, the Yizhou army will try every means to let the soldiers in the city know, so as to suppress our military morale!" ”
"That's exactly what I'm worried about!" Cai Mao said.
"Then let's just announce it!"
Zhang Yun said: "At least don't give them a chance to spread rumors, first stabilize our own people, my generals, most of them are from Changsha, the impact is not very big, from now on, transfer your soldiers and horses back, let my soldiers immediately defend the city, make time for you, let you stabilize the morale of the army!" ”
"Good!"
Cai Mao nodded, this treatment is the best way he can think of at the moment, as long as he is given time, he believes that he can stabilize the mood of these soldiers.
"One more point!" Zhang Yun squinted his eyes, and there was a touch of worry in his eyes.
"You mean the shepherds will go south?"
Cai Mao understood Zhang Yun's worries and whispered.
"Do you think it's possible?"
Zhang Yun asked rhetorically.
"It should be impossible, he just won Xiangyang City, and the damage to the pawn is not small, and there are our soldiers and horses in the north to balance it, unless he doesn't want Xiangyang City, it is impossible to send troops south!"
Cai Mao said: "But this Minghou is very treacherous, the more we think it is impossible, the more likely it is to happen!" ”
"Then guard against him!"
Zhang Yun said.
"Where?"
"Nagasaka Slope!" Zhang Yun said: "If he wants to go south, he can't bypass Changban Slope, as long as we deploy a part of our troops here, we can defend against his surprise attack in advance, so that we don't know that his troops are coming to the city!" ”
"Good!"
Cai Mao agreed with Zhang Yun's method and said: "Now that I am in and out of Jingzhou City, only the waterway, I will let the battalion under my command go north to Changban Slope!" ”
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Outside the city.
Yizhou Barracks.
"Hahaha!"
Liu Yan laughed: "Tiger Fu has no dogs, at the beginning, Mu Xiangguo was able to rely on a white ding, in a short period of time, commanding millions of soldiers and horses, going north to the imperial court, and commanding Qiankun, how can the ability of his son be under this, this great goodness!" ”
Xiangyang City was breached, and he was the happiest.
I think that the longer the stalemate, as the attacking party, the more anxious, Jingzhou is a passive battle, the people will support even if you don't want to, but he is the initiative to attack, once the stalemate is fought, the consumption is too great, that is the reckless force, the people may turn against him.
So he's always wanted a quick fix.
But the breakthrough of the main battlefield is too difficult, Jingzhou, where the waterways are crisscrossed, they have empty troops, but they can't use it, if it weren't for the drama Zhicai's advice, with a treacherous method, to break through Yiling, I'm afraid they are still wandering in Yiling.
But after breaking through Yiling, Jingzhou City was a stronger defense, pressing them hard, making it difficult for them to advance an inch.
At this time, there was a breakthrough in the northern battlefield, which was definitely good news for him.
But after praising Mu Jing, he was a little disappointed in the generals under his command, and began to scold: "Look at yourself, and then look at the Minghou of the people, they only have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they can break the name of Xiangyang, and we have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but we are blocked here, and you will let a certain disappointment!" ”
"We deserve to die!"
The generals bowed their heads and confessed their sins.
"Humph!"
Liu Yan snorted coldly.
After half a ring, he looked at the young man on the right and said, "Zhicai, now that the northern front has made a breakthrough, but my southern front has not been able to break through for a long time, do you have a strategy to break the city?" ”
He attaches great importance to the drama Zhicai.
The ability shown by Xi Zhicai is also worthy of his attention.
"Lord Envoy, although Jingzhou is defeated, its strength is still there!" Xi Zhicai shook his head: "Xiangyang has just been broken, Jingzhou City must be well defended, at this moment, it is impossible to break the city!" ”
"That's the same as not saying it, can you say something useful?"
A Yizhou general said coldly.
There are many people in the Yizhou army who don't like this young man in white.
"Huh!"
Xi Zhicai sneered, and then looked at his nose and nose, and said nothing.
"Shut up!" Liu Yan scolded the general, and then said: "Zhicai, don't pay attention to these rough generals, if there is a way to break the city, please give it!" ”
"I don't have a way to break the city!"
Xi Zhicai shook his head: "But I have a way to attack!" ”
"Say!"
"Please help!"
"What?" The crowd will be puzzled.
"Now that Xiangyang has been broken, then tens of thousands of my herdsmen will be able to free up a little force, if they can attack from the north to the south, they will disrupt the position of Jingzhou City!" Xi Zhicai analysis.
"But the herdsman's army attacked Xiangyang, and it was better than the loss of troops, at this moment, how could the Marquis of Ming go south!"
Zhao Wei opened his mouth and refuted Xi Zhicai.
Liu Yan also thinks that Mu Jing is not his subordinate, between them, there is more of a cooperative relationship, although Mu Jing is so hard to fight Xiangyang City, but he thinks more that it is based on the promise of Xiangyang to him, he doesn't believe that Mu Jing surrendered to him with his heart.
"As long as the envoy gives an order, how can the Marquis of Ming disobey!"
Xi Zhicai said indifferently.
"If a certain person orders him to go south, can Ming Hou really follow?" Liu Yan squinted.
"The envoy is the king of Yizhou, and Hanzhong is the land of Yizhou!" Xi Zhicai is showing his loyalty: "The Marquis of Ming is naturally the minister of the king, the king has an order, the minister does not obey, and he is rebellious!" ”
"Good!"
Although Liu Yan didn't know what medicine to buy in Xi Zhicai's gourd, he dared to say this, so why should he give it a try: "I will give an order to let Ming Hou lead his troops south to reinforce our army and break the Jingzhou rebels together!" ”
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