Chapter 63
When Sun Quan heard the news, he led nearly 100 people from all over the world to the big tent.
The tent was crowded, and outside the tent there were many military officials, as if not a fly could fly in.
In the tent, Lu Meng's face was like wax without a trace of blood, Sun Quan raised his hand to stop the report, walked lightly to the edge of the bed and sat down, and quickly grabbed Lu Meng's outstretched hand: "Ameng, be alone here." β
Lu Meng's face suddenly flushed, and he coughed violently before he spoke, his eyes looked at Sun Quan full of guilt and admiration: "Supreme, Jiangling City is strong, the child is vicious, you can't attack it again, it will damage the lives of the soldiers in vain, and it will not benefit the overall situation." β
"Amon, Lone understands, it has nothing to do with the soldiers, this time it is Lone who fell for a child's trick."
Lu Meng grabbed Sun Quan's hand and said forcefully: "The three counties of Jingnan are really hairless. Seeking peace with Guan Yu Jingnan is self-determined, and he can't put the cart before the horse and be counted by the thief. β
Sun Quan wanted to withdraw his hand to appease Lu Meng, but Lu Meng still looked at him with sad eyes: "Guan Yu is stationed in Dangyang, with the intention of inviting our army to fight a decisive battle with him. Dangyang west by Jing Mountain, Guan Yu has a high position has been advantageous, although our army is far away from the boat and go to Dangyang, like an eagle falcon folding its wings. β
The Wu army set out with an army of 100,000 at every turn, because it relied on boats and ships to bring enough supplies at one time, and the manpower and waste invested in military rations and logistics transportation were not much.
This also leads to a consequence, although there is a real army of 100,000, the real elite infantry on land is often between 30,000 and 50,000.
Infantry, generals, and colonels are heavily dependent on warships, and even lose the courage to fight after leaving them.
"Although he has been slightly defeated in Jiangling today, he has entered most of Jingnan, Lu Boyan has locked Jingyi's throat again, and Guan Yu is like a caged bird. Although its minions are sharp, there is no room for maneuver. When the weather is dry and the army is surrounded by three roads, he is tired and tired, but it can be decided by a battle. β
"On the occasion of the completion of this achievement, the minister is seriously ill and feels deeply guilty."
Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slowly: "Lone understands." β
The battle to capture Jingzhou reached this step, and there was no way out.
This is not a simple border general acting without authorization, it is Sun Quan who operated in advance, plotted against Mi Fang, and then personally led a large army to cut off Liu Bei's right arm.
Without the right arm that wields the sword, what is the meaning of Liu Bei's life?
What is the difference between seizing Jingzhou and killing Guan Yu and killing Liu Bei?
Even if we want to reconcile now, we must break the momentum of the Jingzhou army, which is rising in the east, and beat the Han army to a painful one, so as to end this war relatively decently.
The current situation has reached the worst situation that was deduced before the war, and it is even worse than originally predicted.
In today's battle, LΓΌ Meng's Huwei army can be said to be finished, and without more than half a year of rest and replenishment, this army will not be able to fight again.
Since Jiangling has not yet fallen, Guan Yu's main force is complete, which is the worst situation that was estimated at the beginning.
Now that the Huwei army is disabled and unable to fight, and LΓΌ Meng will also die of illness, the former will demoralize the army, and even if the reward of 100,000 households is thrown out in the future, it may not be able to motivate the officials to fight hard.
And LΓΌ Meng died of illness, and the governor of the capital died, and the impact on ordinary soldiers was huge.
What's more critical is that without Lu Meng, who can suppress Lu Xun, Sun Jiao, and Sun Ben?
Relying on Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, Zhuge Jin, and Xu Sheng?
It's not that these people can't fight, but they really don't have the combat exploits and qualifications that can hold people down.
Although Gan Ning, the only one with sufficient qualifications and military achievements, went out with the army, he was already disheartened, and the subordinate general Ding Feng and the subordinates had been transferred to Lu Xun and then to Pan Zhang.
How can a person who can't even defend his own troops be able to subdue other generals?
After Zhou Yu's death, Gan Ning became more and more violent, and he had no friends except Lu Meng.
Sun Quan felt deeply lonely and choked: "Lonely virtue is thin, both father and brother died early, and Gongjin and Zi Jingguo have also abandoned orphaned. Now that Amon is gone, his lonely heart hurts, like his arms are broken! β
Lu Meng was also in tears, feeling difficult to breathe, and his neckline was wet with tears: "I can't make the Supreme Emperor sweep away the enemy who sleeps in Jingzhou, and this minister has a great hatred in his life!" β
After speaking, his eyes widened, Sun Quan held Lu Meng's hand tightly, and there was no response, and he suddenly cried: "Ameng! Amon! Why don't you go alone? β
Most of the more than 30 people crowded in the tent were weeping, and Lu Meng's subordinates even knelt on one knee and sobbed in a low voice.
The only remaining best friend died of illness in the army, and his ambition could not be stretched and died with hatred, which made Gan Ning cry the most embarrassed at the moment, so that he fainted on the spot.
Outside the tent, more military officials also knelt on one knee when they heard the cry, and many choked with tears.
When the sun sets, the battlefield is cleaned in a hurry.
Yu Ban was called to the city tower by Tian Xin, and the corpses outside the city were piled up in pieces, and the light and serious wounded were supporting each other and rushing towards the Wu army dock barracks.
The prisoners of the Wu army under the city were only dressed in single clothes and shivered, and after cleaning the battlefield, they received strange orders.
These captives had no choice but to line up in front of the stove, wash their hands with warm water mixed with plant ashes, and only after washing their hands were they cut off the palm of their right hand, bandaged and released, and evacuated in groups of two or carrying or carrying a corpse.
When Yu Ban came, Tian Xinzheng chatted with Pan Jun: "The confiscated armor must be cooked in boiling water, and if it can be used, it will be kept, and if it cannot be used, it will be recycled and recast...... No, it's time-consuming and labor-intensive. Later I will burn the armor, and the leather will destroy itself, leaving the copper and iron to be forged again. β
Pan Jun felt distressed: "General, this is more than 3,400 pairs of armor. β
"It's not worth feeling sorry for the burn, I'm afraid that the epidemic will spread to the city."
Tian Xin said and looked at a military official in charge of armor statistics: "All the things seized by the thief army, weapons and armor are burned and recast. The rest of the seized goods must be cooked in boiling water. β
The military officials surrendered their orders, and Pan Jun's face on one side was a little embarrassed, and what was even more embarrassing was that the surrounding military officials didn't care about him.
After Tian Xin finished instructing this man, he remembered something again, and said to another military officer: "You must repeatedly warn the soldiers and civilians who are participating in the war today, those who have a house should bathe in hot water to wash away their filth, and their clothes should be soaked in boiling water. The remainder ...... When building a bathroom, you should bathe it cleanly. In this way, we can resist filth, epidemics, and cold. β
The military officers went away with their heads held high, and this was an order that cared about the health of the military and civilians, and no one would refuse.
In the afternoon, when the prisoners were driven to clean up the battlefield, Tian Xin had already ordered someone to boil ginger soup, and the extra ginger soup was also distributed to the Wu army prisoners.
After being busy with these things, Tian Xin talked with Yu Ban during dinner.
On the city wall, Tian Xin's dinner plate is set up at the battlement, his left hand holds the dinner plate, and his right hand holds a wooden spoon to scoop the multigrain rice porridge, the rice porridge rises in the autumn and winter nights, and is particularly fragrant.
The cold had dispelled the bloody atmosphere outside the city, and Yu Ban was the first to finish eating the porridge on his plate, and when he saw the sergeant passing by with a bucket of hot porridge, he filled it with a spoonful.
Unlike Tian Xin while eating, he looked at Wu Jun, and Yu Ban was squatting on a bundle of hay with his back against the low wall to eat.
In such a cold weather, eating a hot meal, still standing at the head of the city where the river breeze blows directly, and facing the river breeze with his face...... How can I say this, Yu Ban can only sigh that the young man is full of fire and is not afraid of the wind.
There is a popular saying in the army, which is called avoiding the wind as avoiding arrows.
Whether it is wearing armor and taking off the armor to dissipate heat after fighting, or exercising and living in ordinary times, you must always pay attention to sheltering from the wind and paying attention to the alternation of cold and heat.
Tian Xin enjoyed the feeling of the cold wind blowing on his face, and only after he was full did he hand over the plate to his personal guard Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi and his brother Tian Ji were the two pro-soldiers of his new 'infection'.
Also sitting on the hay bunch, Tian Xin asked: "The old general is well-informed, how do you see the current situation?" β
Sun Quan couldn't easily withdraw from the army, so he withdrew from the army, his face was gone, and he still wanted to be the lord of Eastern Wu alive?
Yu Ban thought about it for a while, and said: "The general of a certain defeated army is also the commander who is led by the country, and has no other heart. If the general is sent, we will serve voluntarily. β
Tian Xin looked at Yu Ban's face and said with a smile: "In this case, the old general went back to recuperate. When the ground was dry and the Wu army entered the siege of the prince, the old general and I went out of the city to attack the Wu army. β